Who uses Linux instead of Windows?

I use Linux for software development, but I'm not convinced that it's the best OS for general usage for the casual user. And this is coming from a guy who pretty much despises Windows and knows nothing about iOS. Linux takes a good deal of commitment to get comfortable with using at any sort of deep level. It's quirky in places and, honestly, good help is hard to find. It's easy enough to use at a "basic" sort of level, but once you get beyond that, there is a big learning curve.

I think Ubuntu is a great choice for a Linus distro. It is well-maintained, stable and pretty easy to keep current. Like you say, it's virus resistant -- but stay cautious -- nothing is foolproof.

My best suggestion for learning to do things from a terminal window is to use internet resources to try to find stuff at your level. Stack Exchange is a great place to read -- and at least some of it probably isn't too deep for a beginner to learn from -- but I wouldn't recommend asking questions there unless you have a pretty thick skin. Much of the experienced Linux community isn't overly friendly to beginners -- they expect you to learn on your own. I'm sure there are a number of good learning resources, but it's been way too long since I've looked.

If there are a couple of specific commands you want to learn more about, drop me a message and I'll dig up a resource or two.

Good luck on your journey...

Back in 2000 I got a copy of Caldera Linux and I found it absolutely useless. That was the days of dial-up internet. I dual booted a computer and set two IDE drives on the same connection to master. Somehow it fried both hard drives. So for the longest time I was scared to mess around with linux. In 2009 I was having problems with Windows getting worms and pop ups and paying ridiculous amounts of money to remove the viruses. I worked at a VoiceOverIP company at the time. So there was a few computer geeks around there that I ran into on a daily basis. One of them told me about Ubuntu. So I had a little bit of moral support in uploading it. A couple years ago my woman gave me her old laptop riddled with viruses. I added Ubuntu. And it's useful again. I stick with Ubuntu because it's stabler than windows. And harder to get a virus in Linux, from what I heard.

Ultimately I want to get away from Google Drive. And keeping important stuff on thumb drives, similar to how we used to keep floppy disks back in the days. For security reasons. And I'm editing a piece of FanFiction I poorly wrote a few years ago. And I don't want somebody taking it. Because it's fanfiction and I have no legal recourse.

I don't know enough about Linux commands to work from terminal prompt. Any recommendations for books on Linux anybody can give to familiarize me with some basic commands and proper syntax? Thanks!

I use it all the time. All my clients running their own servers use it for the servers too. It saves them a small fortune compared to using Windows.

I do. Running Opensuse Tumbleweed at the moment.

Trying to get it to play nice with a Vega 56 I just got and it is giving me more issues than I have had to deal with in awhile.

Switched in 2017 with no plans of switching back. I used Ubuntu and eventually switched to Fedora.

Yes, Linux is awesome!

I use it for server purposes.

ClearLinux or Alpine on my servers. I have KDE Neon in a VM, but I wouldn't use it as my daily driver

I would like to get a second machine to play around with a different OS and such.