I ordered a new PC that will arrive soon. It will have Windows 11 installed. What are some best practices I should follow to ensure a smooth experience? I'm talking about bloatware, folder structure and stuff. I'd be using it for games, programming projects and uni work
Also I wanna install Linux on my old PC and run a server and play around with that

>>106126550 (OP)
Disable visual animations. Go to advanced system settings and open the Performance Options window, select "Adjust for best performance", re-enable font related options so your text doesn't look like asscheeks, play around until happy. Adjust page memory if necessary (look it up). Enable "Game Mode" or whatever they call it now, disable notifications from annoying you in-game. Uhh it's been ages since I've used Windows and a lot has probably changed, I can't remember the rest.

>>106126550 (OP)
What computer? Desktop? Which components?

>>106127080
Yes desktop, do the specifics matter? Nvidia 5060 Ti, Amd ryzen 5 7500f, 2TB SSD and stuff
>>106126710
Alright sounds good, I'm talking more about keeping it clean and organised though, rather than raw performance

Consider installing Windows 10/11 IoT Enterprise LTSC:
https://massgrave.dev/windows_ltsc_links
It comes without a lot of the normal Windows bloatware.

>>106126550 (OP)
>ordered a new PC
anon, you mean PC parts, right?

>>106126550 (OP)
https://drive.massgrave.dev/en-us_windows_10_iot_enterprise_ltsc_2021_x64_dvd_257ad90f.iso
https://massgrave.dev/#how-to-activate-windows--office
https://gist.github.com/ave9858/a2153957afb053f7d0e7ffdd6c3dcb89

>>106126550 (OP)
Just install W10, w11 fucking sucks
t. forced to use wincuck11 at work
I want to kill myself over it, I can't even open the notification center to see the calendar or other notifications

>>106126550 (OP)

windows 11 likely has microsoft account thing why not login into bing use chat with copilot and use ms stuffs

>>106126550 (OP)
you can disable most of the bloat features with winutil

>>106126550 (OP)
Install gentoo

>>106126550 (OP)
>I ordered a new PC that will arrive soon. It will have Windows 11 installed. What are some best practices I should follow to ensure a smooth experience?
Install Linux.

>>106127252
based

>>106126550 (OP)
i used https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10 in the past to deactivate most of the spyware / bad "improvements". they get reset on system updates occasionally, but you can just untick them again

>>106126550 (OP)
unless you wanna forcefeed microsoft your personal info and drown in bloatware you're better off just installing linux

>>106126550 (OP)
Dual boot. Use Windows for gaming and Linux for everything else.