Originally Posted By: alarmguy
Originally Posted By: frankbee3
I have been thinking of trying Linux for a long time. Are you using Ubuntu or Mint? Something else?
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Yes, me too, been computing for decades here on Windows, maybe have owned 2 dozen desktops and laptops over the years, currently 3 (one is my wifes Dell home office workstation) solid Windows10 PCs and 2 laptops running.
But have 3 REALLY not to old computers around, hate to throw one of them out, actually its a Dell Business machine (maybe 2/3 years old), and a bit older Lenovo A4 and an 8 year old HP Pent 4 ... anyway,
I NEVER EVER knew/know where to start with LINUX! I guess it wasnt at the top of my list, all I need to do is research it I assume.
I guess I could google Linux for Dummies! I just want to download a copy of some variation of Linux and magically have it work, just like Windows!
Someone, someplace, must have some solid advice on the very best Linux to install that will be hassle free to set up.
I have a "disposable" HP Windows XP professional computer I can start with to try out and see if I can get the hang of it until moving onto a better computer.
Lately I have heard of security flaws in Linux.
When the partition of my HDD that contained the OS was corrupted a couple of years ago, resulting in BSOD (luckily the rest of the disk, where my data was, was fine), I was able to boot the PC from a USB drive, using Linux Mint.
I used my laptop to load the necessary files onto my USB drive (YouTube helped me with this), plugged the drive into my PC, selected to boot from USB drive in BIOS, and away I went. We hadn't backed up a lot of photos and videos, so I was ecstatic when I was able to use Mint to view and verify that all of my data was intact!
I could have used a SATA-to-USB adapter to pull the files, but I didn't have one at the time. I did have a USB drive and was able to figure out how to work with Mint within an evening of research - super easy!