Guides & tutorials
Step-by-step help for people doing it for the first time. Every program a guide mentions links to its page in the directory, with the official download.
Guides
- How to set up a fresh Windows 11 install in the first hour GUIDE
Update Windows and drivers, make a restore point, clear out the bloat, install good free apps in one go, then turn on encryption and a backup.
- How to download software without the junk GUIDE
Get programs from the right place, say no to bundled extras, check files before you run them, and clean up if something slipped through.
- Torrents 101: a client, the big torrent sites, and Big Buck Bunny GUIDE
How BitTorrent works, how to read a torrent site without getting burned, and a full walkthrough — Tixati, The Pirate Bay, and a film you are allowed to share.
- How to make a bootable USB stick with Rufus GUIDE
Use Rufus to turn a USB stick into a Windows 11 installer or a Linux live stick, start a PC from it, fix the usual problems, and make it a normal stick again.
- How to try Fedora Linux, then install it (next to Windows if you like) GUIDE
Run Fedora Workstation from a USB stick to check your hardware, install it alone or beside Windows, then add codecs, NVIDIA drivers and your apps.
- How to build a home theatre with Plex, Jellyfin or Kodi GUIDE
Turn a PC that stays on into a media server for your own films, series and music, then watch on every TV, phone and browser at home. Free, step by step.
- How to record your screen or stream with OBS Studio GUIDE
Install OBS Studio, build a scene, get clean sound, record with settings that just work, stream safely and fix the usual problems.
- How to set up a password manager and stop reusing passwords GUIDE
Move your saved passwords into a free password manager, lock it with one strong passphrase, and replace reused passwords, starting with your email.
- How to check your PC's specs, temperatures and drive health GUIDE
Find out what's inside your PC, check its temperatures, drives and memory with free tools, free up space, speed up start-up and know when to clean it or get help.
- How to replace paid software with free alternatives GUIDE
Free swaps for Photoshop, Premiere, Microsoft 365, Acrobat, AutoCAD and more: what you gain, what you lose and what to know before you move your files.
- How to use Cheat Engine to change a number in a single-player game GUIDE
Learn Cheat Engine with its built-in tutorial, then find, change and freeze your company's money in the free game OpenTTD. Single-player only.
- Minecraft with TLauncher: the unofficial launcher, step by step GUIDE
What TLauncher is and isn't, the licence question in plain words, installing it as safely as possible, accounts, versions and mods — and the free, fully licensed ways to play.
- Hybrid torrent clients: bridge the classic swarm to browsers GUIDE
Why most torrents won't play in a browser, how one hybrid client on any computer fixes that, and how to set one up so Nuxtre's browser client can fetch what you seed.
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