Hi, I’m over 65 and I’ve just dumped Win and MacOS for Linux Mint Cinnamon. Not ever going back. So, yes you should bother definitely. As other posts says, decide on a distro, find the relevant forum, join and ask questions. I tried Mint Cinnamon, XFCE, and also Gnome. The Mints are most like Windows, Gnome is a bit different. My point is once you’ve got your head round doing the SHA256 checksum malarkey and installed it, check it out, install what you need. If it runs it great. Or try a few, it’s a great thing to learn. Personally, I find it’s fantastic to get away from the tricks and all round ensh*ttification of the Win/Mac worlds. As Nike say ‘Just Do It’. 😁
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15·7 days agoLate 70’s, just after I started working. My then Union rep. ( Remember them?) was a good teacher and saw Thatcher for exactly what she was.
2·21 days agoAfter DJTs latest little sojourn into the Middle East, don’t bother invoking Article 5 next time…
2·1 month agoThanks for getting back.👍
👍 Well done there. Using Brave, DDG, Ecosia and Firefox. Got Mulvad, got Tuta. Pay for search? Who with? Moving towards self hosting. Just ditched internet on my TV.
Last paragraph: This!
It deprives Apple and Microsoft of revenue. /s
5·1 month agoOrient it so the LED is facing away from you, with the LED facing a surface covered with Vantablack or some such equivalent. This saves on tape etc…
“the economy is roaring back!” (Terms & Conditions apply).
Your hill - first two sentences absolutely, in UK so no chikfila.
Future generations are largely doomed by the apathy of the “we have nothing to hide” folks of today, or those who buy into the its “for the children” movement.
Horrifying for the generations to come, as it all advances from multiple angles to 1984 reality
This. Exactly.
"It feels as good as never giving a cent to Amazon, Uber, and streaming services.
Yay. " Yay indeed. Just started my Cinnamon journey. Old Win7 laptop - never going back, to Apple either.
Shame all this has happened to the ‘Land of the Free.’ /s
That’s not the problem. The problem is a far right kook that runs his campaign on ‘no foreign wars’ then does the exact opposite. So elect who you want, but keep to yourself stay out of other nations business for once.