10 free Windows apps that improved my productivity (and I'd easily pay money for)

LibreOffice is free to download and install for Windows.
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Ho to run Linux GUI apps natively on Windows 10/11 with WSL, No VM Required

Installing Linux distributions using WSL is simple enough. The official Microsoft Store has plenty of distros to choose from, ...
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After Trying Many Notes Apps, Blinko Is the Only One That Does Everything I Need It To

Blinko is a self-hosted notes app with AI search that finally matches the convenience of Notion without giving up control of your data.
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This open-source tool fixed Windows 11's ugly taskbar

If you're willing to use a third-party program, however, you can make the taskbar look and act like almost anything you want.