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<blockquote data-quote="Captain Holly" data-source="post: 1026339" data-attributes="member: 90494">Thanks very much [USER=72227]@Raiden[/USER] for the info. I was thinking about trying Linux again and using a different distro, but I had no idea which ones are really easier to get started with. There is a lot of info and opinions online about it and I got kind of overwhelmed. I will take a look at Kubuntu and try it again. I do like the idea of escaping the Windows environment and being able to just use the computer without the MS update and AV problems. It is just a lot to take in when I have really never seen Linux in action before.One thing I wanted to ask here is when I had Mint running from the usb drive on the home desktop it had an icon that looked like a CD that said &quot;Install Mint&quot;. If I run that app does it put whatever distro I am running on my computer permanently and remove Windows? Or does it leave the partition with Windows alone and installs Linux so I can have both on one computer and use the dual boot to pick whichever one I want to use? I tried to find that out online but just did not understand the threads I saw. That was probably the biggest question I had about Linux.Thanks again.C.H.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Captain Holly, post: 1026339, member: 90494"] Thanks very much [USER=72227]@Raiden[/USER] for the info. I was thinking about trying Linux again and using a different distro, but I had no idea which ones are really easier to get started with. There is a lot of info and opinions online about it and I got kind of overwhelmed. I will take a look at Kubuntu and try it again. I do like the idea of escaping the Windows environment and being able to just use the computer without the MS update and AV problems. It is just a lot to take in when I have really never seen Linux in action before. One thing I wanted to ask here is when I had Mint running from the usb drive on the home desktop it had an icon that looked like a CD that said "Install Mint". If I run that app does it put whatever distro I am running on my computer permanently and remove Windows? Or does it leave the partition with Windows alone and installs Linux so I can have both on one computer and use the dual boot to pick whichever one I want to use? I tried to find that out online but just did not understand the threads I saw. That was probably the biggest question I had about Linux. Thanks again. C.H. [/QUOTE]

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