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Milford, IL | Wanted to share with agtalkers that I decided to give Linux Mint Cinnamon a try. For this experiment I bought a used Toshiba Satellite L675 for $37 and a new Crucial 500GB solid state hard drive for $30. Used our desktop PC running Win7 to create a bootable USB and was pleasantly surprised at the simplicity of the Linux setup process. Software for (almost) everything I do with a PC is readily available - even printer drivers were simple enough. One Brother brand printer was plug and play, Linux figured that out without my input and another kinda oddball printer had drivers available from the 'repository', which is a collection of Linux software.
So far, I think this will be a great fit. Web browsing, youtube video, work just like before and now I don't have to fight Microsoft for control of my computer (I have a strong dislike for Windows 10 and 11). Was already using Libre Office for 'Word' and 'Excel' replacements. Previously I intended on continuing with Windows 7 until the hardware won't go anymore BUT Firefox web browser plans to end support October 2024 and Chrome has already stopped updates for Windows 7.
Lengthy post to say, changing gears from W7/10/11 to Linux Mint is much easier than I had anticipated. | |
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Linux Mint Cinnamon
