Best of Windows — March 2026

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   Windows Terminal Preview 1.25 Release

   Windows Terminal 1.25 is now available in the Preview Channel, bringing several new features: a Settings Search UI, a graphical key binding editor for actions, built-in Kitty Keyboard Protocol support for better input disambiguation, and community translations for Serbian (Cyrillic) and Ukrainian. Miscellaneous improvements include configurable Unicode ambiguous character width, a 10-20% I/O throughput boost from re-enabled guided optimization, VS Code Modern Dark/Light color schemes, and several bug fixes around elevated sessions, search behavior, and rendering artifacts. Windows Terminal stable is also updated to 1.24 with features from the previous preview cycle.

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   Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Requires More RAM Than Windows 11?

   Canonical has raised the minimum RAM requirement for Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 'Resolute Raccoon' desktop to 6 GB, up from 4 GB in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. While this appears higher than Windows 11's listed 4 GB minimum, the comparison is misleading — Windows 11 requires TPM 2.0, meaning most compatible hardware already ships with 8 GB RAM, and 4 GB performs poorly in practice. The 6 GB figure reflects real-world GNOME desktop usage more honestly. Users with 4 GB machines can still run Ubuntu 26.04 but may prefer lighter alternatives like Lubuntu (LXQt) or Xubuntu, or even minimal window managers like i3 or bspwm.

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   What's new in PowerToys 0.98

   PowerToys 0.98 introduces the Command Palette Dock (preview), letting users pin favorite commands to a persistent screen-edge bar. The Keyboard Manager editor was rebuilt with WinUI 3 and C#, consolidating key and shortcut remaps into a single view with per-remap toggle switches. CursorWrap was rewritten for better multi-monitor support and adds a Ctrl/Shift hold activation mode to prevent accidental wraps. Always on Top gains right-click title bar pinning and transparency controls. Other additions include a ZoomIt video trim editor, Advanced Paste auto-copy hotkeys, and New+ hiding default context menu items. The update is available via in-app updater, WinGet, Microsoft Store, or GitHub.

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   10 Things Linux Can Do That Windows Still Can’t

   A comparison of Linux capabilities that Windows lacks, covering 10 areas: live USB sessions, login screen customization, swappable desktop environments, headless/GUI-free usage, broad hardware portability, moving installs between systems, kernel swapping, filesystem choice during installation, reviving older hardware, and full stack customization. Each point highlights Linux's open-source and modular nature versus Windows' locked-down, proprietary approach.

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