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<blockquote data-quote="Captain Holly" data-source="post: 1084486" data-attributes="member: 90494">I try my best not to preach about Linux here on MWT, I realize this is primarily a Windows help site. I still visit MWT because I am still very interested in computer security and I like to learn about what to watch out for. I will say this though, I tried several Linux distro&#039;s last year and Mint was by far the easiest one to use. There really was not much of a learning curve to it and it more closely resembles Windows than any other distro I have seen. I have only used the Terminal one time, to keep the number lock on the keyboard enabled all the time. Everything else I needed was in the Software Manager and there were multiple Mint equivalents for every Windows app I use. Mint has a very good help forum and I found everything I needed to know there. I don&#039;t play modern video games so I don&#039;t need Steam or any of the high-powered gaming stuff. I do play old school Tetris and Chess online but those are on their respective websites. I also have a clone of Asteroids on the Neave games website. The few games I do play work fine on Mint, either in Firefox or Chromium, but there are a bunch of other more modern free games in the Software Manager if I ever get the urge. Pandora works fine for listening to music in its web player. I play my own music library in Mint with their Strawberry music player, it works great, it&#039;s a lot like old school iTunes. I am no expert but everything I read from people much smarter than I am says Linux and Mint are very secure, and that is good enough for me. The main thing I like about Mint is it is just an OS. They don&#039;t hassle me to create an account so they can serve me targeted ads or try to monetize my computer usage or collect and sell my data to some unknown broker. Mint has never tried to push AI or any other agenda on me. It also respects my preferences and settings, doesn&#039;t go behind my back and turn stuff on or off without my permission. I don&#039;t think I will ever go back to Windows.Thus endeth my Linux sermon.C.H.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Captain Holly, post: 1084486, member: 90494"] I try my best not to preach about Linux here on MWT, I realize this is primarily a Windows help site. I still visit MWT because I am still very interested in computer security and I like to learn about what to watch out for. I will say this though, I tried several Linux distro's last year and Mint was by far the easiest one to use. There really was not much of a learning curve to it and it more closely resembles Windows than any other distro I have seen. I have only used the Terminal one time, to keep the number lock on the keyboard enabled all the time. Everything else I needed was in the Software Manager and there were multiple Mint equivalents for every Windows app I use. Mint has a very good help forum and I found everything I needed to know there. I don't play modern video games so I don't need Steam or any of the high-powered gaming stuff. I do play old school Tetris and Chess online but those are on their respective websites. I also have a clone of Asteroids on the Neave games website. The few games I do play work fine on Mint, either in Firefox or Chromium, but there are a bunch of other more modern free games in the Software Manager if I ever get the urge. Pandora works fine for listening to music in its web player. I play my own music library in Mint with their Strawberry music player, it works great, it's a lot like old school iTunes. I am no expert but everything I read from people much smarter than I am says Linux and Mint are very secure, and that is good enough for me. The main thing I like about Mint is it is just an OS. They don't hassle me to create an account so they can serve me targeted ads or try to monetize my computer usage or collect and sell my data to some unknown broker. Mint has never tried to push AI or any other agenda on me. It also respects my preferences and settings, doesn't go behind my back and turn stuff on or off without my permission. I don't think I will ever go back to Windows. Thus endeth my Linux sermon. C.H. [/QUOTE]

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