Any Linux Users Here?

I bauked at Windows 11 and brought in my grandson to help me shift all my existing computers (Desktop and laptops) to Linux Zorin. And with a couple of speedbumps it all went well. You will find a bunch of You Tube "How to" video to talk you (or your grandson) through it. After wrestling with the recommended browser, I did revert to Google Chrome, to make my adjustment easier.. And from there on it went pretty smooth.😷

I've run linux for nearing 30 years, personal, professional, and had LUG going for a while.
you might find it helpful to look for a local LUG (Linux Users Group) that might have some pointers for you. in a 'try before you buy' type mode, I'd suggest downloading virtualbox from oracle and the ISO of whatever linux you want to try - with those two things (if your machine is sized large enough), you can try out/install/run a linux machine (or any OS, really. although I don't know there's much more then the linux/doze worlds anymore, really) without committing fully to moving to the new OS

Windows is no longer even an OS. It is just a portal to MS subscription services.


Not just co-pilot.


Links all your files to one drive and if you use more than 2 GBs of storage (so basically everyone) they will try and force you to buy a One Drive subscription.


Want to open a Word or Excel document? Subscribe to Office365.


It also seems to use your data for targeted ads.





As for Linux a good starter distro I recommend to Windows users is Solus Linux.

Looks and behaves alot like Windows 10 with the same sort of UI so less of a learning curve.

It is also a rolling release which just means you install it once and just update forever.


They also have a pretty chill community.

Linux Mint is also a good option for alot of the same reasons.

A nice thing about these distros or flavors of Linux is they have a live environment meaning you can run it off the USB stick, see if you like it without changing anything and then install it.

Micro$oft has been up to those sorts of shenanigans for decades now. I recommend Ubuntu. Unfortunately, with Linux you can't expect everything to be done for you. I think you'd find an impartial chat bot to consult for problems worthwhile

Yeah, it's not too hard for everyday use. I'd recommend Linux Mint, standard install.