Beachcomber
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I've been on the forum for a little while asking laptop questions (hadn't even noticed there was an Intro section), so if you've seen my laptop thread then you'll already know the level of my computing knowledge!
So hi! I'm Carrie, from the north of Scotland, and I've just installed Linux Mint Cinnamon on my new (to me) Dell laptop. I've only ever used Windows before now, but they've been skating on thin ice for quite a while now. For someone who cares so much about the environment he wants to control the very farts of the cows, Mr Gates is rather pushy when it comes to forcing energy-sucking AI on everyone, and otherwise requiring perfectly good hardware to be constantly upgraded. The tipping point was having Copilot irreversibly installed without my knowledge or consent. I object to AI and refuse to use it on principal wherever possible (it's becoming less possible), so Copilot was the final straw. When my old laptop started having problems I came on here for advice and ended up getting a refurbished laptop and doing a clean install of Mint.
After the initial set up process (which was mostly smooth, apart from establishing a wireless connection), so far this Windows user is finding it quite intuitive to navigate. I seem to be able to do everything I need to do. I'm not ambitious though, I just wanted a basic system that I could use without having my machine loaded up with unnecessary junk.
So if there's someone out there who's thinking about switching to Linux but isn't feeling confident - it's no exaggeration to say that when it comes to technology I know my way around a spinning wheel more confidently than a computer, so if I can use Linux then anyone can do it.
So hi! I'm Carrie, from the north of Scotland, and I've just installed Linux Mint Cinnamon on my new (to me) Dell laptop. I've only ever used Windows before now, but they've been skating on thin ice for quite a while now. For someone who cares so much about the environment he wants to control the very farts of the cows, Mr Gates is rather pushy when it comes to forcing energy-sucking AI on everyone, and otherwise requiring perfectly good hardware to be constantly upgraded. The tipping point was having Copilot irreversibly installed without my knowledge or consent. I object to AI and refuse to use it on principal wherever possible (it's becoming less possible), so Copilot was the final straw. When my old laptop started having problems I came on here for advice and ended up getting a refurbished laptop and doing a clean install of Mint.
After the initial set up process (which was mostly smooth, apart from establishing a wireless connection), so far this Windows user is finding it quite intuitive to navigate. I seem to be able to do everything I need to do. I'm not ambitious though, I just wanted a basic system that I could use without having my machine loaded up with unnecessary junk.
So if there's someone out there who's thinking about switching to Linux but isn't feeling confident - it's no exaggeration to say that when it comes to technology I know my way around a spinning wheel more confidently than a computer, so if I can use Linux then anyone can do it.
