Custom Ubuntu install without bloat

How to install Ubuntu without bloat & turn it into a fast, full-featured desktop with best applications?

Anger (poem)

Don’t tell me that you understand,
don’t tell me that you know.
Don’t tell me that I will survive,
how I will surely grow.

Who played the slide guitar on My Sweet Lord from Concert for George?

A few tweaks, tricks and settings rolled into one URL to make for a slightly improved DuckDuckGo user experience.

There has to be a better term than "Google it" when referring to a web search to be performed on search engine other than Google like DuckDuckGo.