WW 985: Putting the Mental in Experimental - Some Linux Learnings for the Windows User
Windows Weekly (Audio)
Leo Laporte
4.3 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 27 May 2026
⏱️ 158 minutes
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Summary
Paul has been testing various Linux distributions and other Windows alternatives for months as part of a Switcher series. The zen of Linux can mostly apply to Windows, too: Install and manage software with package managers, and embrace the command line, especially. And if you're going to use a local account, at least be smart about it. Also, Vivaldi 8.0 looks awesome and appears to deliver what Firefox is promising with its Nova UI. Plus, Discord has a native app for Windows 11 on Arm now.
Windows
- Week D arrives with a surprise: 24H2/26H1 are aligned and getting the same new features
- Shared audio with BT LE, multi-app camera support, many improvements - but the big deal may be the performance and reliability improvements across the board
- This is the next Patch Tuesday, today
- Friday builds - new accessibility features in Experimental and Beta, more
- Microsoft CMO Yusuf Mehdi to leave company after an astonishing 35-year run - started in Windows, but with IE, Bing & MSN, Interactive Entertainment (Xbox), Windows and Devices, and then a SLT position before the end. Incredible run. Paul has three milestones and one throughline to share.
- Lenovo revenues surge 27 percent to $21.6 billion
- NVIDIA revenues really surged 85 percent to $81.6 billion
AI/dev
- Google adds Google Drive sync to NotebookLM, and moves preferred sources into AI Mode and AI Overviews
- Saying no to AI: DuckDuckGo usage surges in the wake of Google I/O's AI tsunami
- OpenAI releases ChatGPT plugin for PowerPoint
- .NET MAUI to get Material You support for Android in .NET 10
- Follow-up on last week's vibe coding adventures: Paul talked about this last week, but a lot has happened since then. The Android app creation capability in Google AI Studio is live. A few thoughts on vibe coding with Android Studio, Claude Code, and more
Xbox and gaming
- XBOX—and, yes, it's XBOX now—has an official merchandise store to go alongside all its other official merchandise stores
- The Steam Deck is back in stock! Also, it's 40 percent more expensive
Tips & picks
- Tip of the week: Understanding the zen of Linux can help a Windows user too
- App pick of the week: A grab-bag of apps for Windows
- RunAs Radio this week: Team Productivity using Loop with Karinne Bessette
- Brown liquor pick of the week: John Sleeman & Sons Rye Whisky
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| 0:00.0 | It's time for Windows Weekly. Paul Therrots here. Richard Campbell's here. We'll talk about Week D. It's here too. |
| 0:05.7 | And actually, there's a lot of new stuff going in there, new Friday builds for the Windows Insider program. |
| 0:12.2 | We'll talk about AI and Paul's love, his newfound love for Linux. I kid you not. Windows Weekly is coming up next. |
| 0:22.1 | You can yell at him later. |
| 0:26.1 | Podcasts you love. |
| 0:27.9 | From people you trust. |
| 0:30.4 | This is Twitter. |
| 0:48.6 | This is Windows Weekly with Paul Thorad and Richard Campbell, episode 985, recorded Wednesday, May 27th, 2026, putting the medal in experimental. |
| 0:54.8 | It's time for Windows Weekly, the show we cover the latest news from Microsoft. |
| 0:58.6 | And here they are the dynamic duo of Microsoft Journalism. |
| 1:04.4 | Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages, winners and dozers. |
| 1:06.4 | I give you, Paul Thornt. |
| 1:08.0 | Is that good? |
| 1:08.5 | You like that? |
| 1:09.4 | Hello, Leo. |
| 1:10.4 | Yes. I always wanted to be a circus ringmaster? Hello, Leo. Yes. |
| 1:14.9 | I always wanted to be a circus ringmaster of Therot.com. |
| 1:23.1 | And his cohort in crime, Mr. Richard Campbell from run his radio.com. Stretch to call me a journalist. |
| 1:24.5 | Goodness knows. |
| 1:25.6 | Paul is in McCungy. |
| 1:29.3 | Richard's in Mad Park and all's right with the world |
| 1:32.9 | yep |
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