do you have any recommendations for dealing with the MS forced win 11 stuff?…
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Really depends on what you are going to use your computer for, for all around use, I say “Ubuntu”, which I use for my Ham Radio rig. If you are more of a creative type and looking for tools for audio editing, video editing, photo editing, and web design I would go with “Ubuntu Studio”, which I installed on my old Windows 10 Gaming PC that did not support Windows 11. If gaming is your thing then “Bazzite”. No matter what you choose you will most likely be able to accomplish anything you are looking to do.
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This is the best solution for anyone who wants to get rid of Microsoft:
I’ve been Linux user for last 25 years.
There is no better and safer platform for home and, in my case, business use.
I recommend Linux Mint, because it’s plug&play what is “a must” for Windows users.
However you can use any Linux distro you like, as long you know how to work with it.
As @Papa_Zed mentioned - Ubuntu is also a great option, however it has more Linux in it than Mint… what sometimes makes people angry when they don’t know what to do to make things work…
But be careful with Linux for business use - there is a lot of software that won’t work without “Windows engine” and even using “Windows Emulators” or “Windows Compatibility Layer” on Linux this software won’t run.
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thanks for you replies appreciate the info
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I would recommend this Linux distribution:
I have been using Linux since 2001 in one way or another. When things went crazier over the “Summer of Love,” I made a lot of difficult decisions that I do not regret.
They have an off-topic Matrix chat and forum category where current events and other heated topics are sometimes discussed, but the project itself doesn’t participate in sociopolitical advocacy. It’s about the end product, just as it should be.
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I obtained a version of HELiOS to run my home theater server with, but that’s a custom Linux OS for scientific / medical imaging applications, it’s wicked fast!
For my regular PC I installed Linux Mint, once you get the hang of using open source software (GIMP, Open Office) you’ll find your machine runs faster and without all the annoying messaging that comes with Windows, and the Linux user community is great for troubleshooting and tips. The graphics card drivers are what impress me the most, the nVidea drivers for Linux are half the size of Windows and you’ll see a massive reduction in memory usage you normally see with all the Windows bloatware loaded.
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Tried many times over the years, more than one dual boot box. My problem was my profession. There simply are No Applications in the penguin world that come close to AutoCAD, Bentley or the other well known and used PC CAD Apps. I came up on Command Line and find it rather simple and easy…
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Are you using a browser on Linux for the USCCA forum? My old Win7 computer can’t use Firefox or Chrome with USCCA anymore. Now I only check this forum on my phone which is rarely.
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Windows7 doesn’t support any encryption levels used by almost everyone these days.
I run USCCA Community on my 3 computers
- main runs USCCA App (Chrome based)
- work PC - Chrome
- secondary home PC - Firefox.
All 3 computers run Linux.
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I work I’m a high tech industry. Our engineers chose Linux as the OS for our equipment controllers because it’s the most secure, stable OS available.
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Hands down, I am an engineer and have only been working in the Linux environment for work the last 25 years. I have even stopped interviews with companies that tell me they use a Windows environment for their appliances or servers, literally telling them, “I appreciate you reaching out for this opportunity however with Windows I don’t think this will be a right fit for me”. I only have two systems running Windows in my home, my work laptop which I use to connect to a Linux command line environment (I would prefer using Linux but all the so called remote work software for monitoring what you do all day and healthcare software for monitoring that I am not downloading patient PHI or Protected Health Information runs on Windows) and my gaming PC. Everything else I have is running on Linux.
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Yes. If you pick OpenMandriva Lx, you can install (in the Welcome application) with one click many of the Chrome based browsers like Brave, Vivaldi, etc. You could also use Firefox, but Mozilla has gone the sociopolitical activist route. It comes with an actual version of ungoogled-chromium. Meaning the Chrome Web Store will not work.
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Have you ever tried any of the Windows shell apps? I tried a couple, the names escape me, but if memory serves they are either painfully clunky or straight up didn’t work.
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On my work Windows laptop I use PowerShell, on my Linux boxes I don’t run any Windows apps period, back in the day I would use a Windows wrapper for my wireless network drivers but that was at least 20 years ago when there was not that great of support for wireless network adapters. I once used Wine to get World of Warcraft to run in Linux but it ran like crap and so I decided to just use Windows for gaming.
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