General Discussion

Sure, it's change. Life is nothing but change, and look at what Microsoft is jamming up your



It's all AI spyware.

I posted this for switchers, and we linux/mac_unix users are eager to help.

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My brother, the least techie person in the universe got tired of every update breaking his drivers and having to reinstall them, so he ended up with a Dell ordered online, with Ubuntu Linux, installed and supported. After helping him find substitutes for office and photo apps, he hasn't asked me anything in many years. It's that usable.

Here are some helpers

1. Linux online tutorial:

https://www.guru99.com/unix-linux-tutorial.html. (nice!)

2. 20 Best Linux Books You Can Download For Free Legally
https://itsfoss.com/learn-linux-for-free/

3. 14 Free Training Courses to Learn Linux Online
https://itsfoss.com/free-linux-training-courses/

People seem to love Linux Mint the most.
There are also slim distributions that run on very old and low-memory hardware.
I recall Xubuntu and Puppy Linux (extremely light)
https://itsfoss.com/lightweight-linux-beginners/

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The BIG THING about linux is that you can shop around for some distribution that looks and works damn close to how you like it to,

AND, you can change it!

Since the source code is visible to all users, including those power hackers, someone undoubtedly has tweaked any particular distribution "their way" so you can search for a special tweak (or ask here or some other forum or search the web).
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Some of the latest distributions, like Zorin
https://www.democraticunderground.com/109537349
are meant to be friendly to beginners and switchers.

YOU ARE NOT ALONE!!