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The time has come to get rid off bill gates stupid windoze.

Some one recommended Linux Mint, because it has the best support.
When I clicked on the Mint in the download system I found that there are 4 versions, so I guessing the Cinnamon Edition is best one to download?
I am not a computer person, more I read more confused I get.
I have an Acer Aspire TC i7 Desktop
External hard drive with approx. 500 gb free on it.
 


G'day mate, just been helping another Aussie.

Cinnamon is Mint's flagship desktop environment - they developed it and it has spread to many other distros.

I like it a lot. If you wanted one that is more Windows-like in appearance, you could choose the MATE.

MATE is pronounced like latte coffee.

Your call.

I'll provide more info tomorrow, but have to sign off soon to get tea ready before Farmer Wants A Wife.

Are you still a working man or retired?

Cheers

Wiz
 
Good morning
there are many Distributions [over 500] which are available, many are newbie friendly, Mint with cinnamon desktop is very popular for relative ease of installing, you also have a choice of base, Mint 21 which is Ubuntu based or Mint LMDE which is Debian based, Both will run well on a 3 yr old machine of your spec. Mint LMDE is lighter than Mint21 so a tad [you may not notice] quicker,

to get you started, please read.. https://www.linux.org/threads/how-do-i-try-linux.45037/ and my How do i install guide, [link below]
 
Hello @wm460,
Welcome to Linux.org forum.
Mint is a good place to start they have a good forum also. As you will find out in Linux you have many choices. Mint has three desktops to choose from Cinnamon, Mate or XFCE4 all good in their own way, but Cinnamon is the flagship one for this distro so you most likely would want to go with that one for now. In any event enjoy the journey!
P.S. we are here if you run into problems, just give a shout.
 
Have a read of this : https://linuxmint-installation-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/choose.html

cinnamon, mate or xfce

Cinnamon is regarded as the 'flagship'...a few more apps/bells and whistles

When you read the infi from the link above, just take note to read the instructions carefully because some instructions will be for mac, some for windows (which will be the ones for you to follow for a short time...downloading and then making the bootable usb stick etc )

Above all...Have fun !

We are here to help ...no matter what the problem is, we can solve it.
 
Thanks, I will down load it after I get home from work.
Yeah still working.o_O
 
Mint Cinnamon is user friendly...stable and has all the tools you'll need...like all Distros it's all about learning and that's not hard just take your time.
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I absolutely don't know what I am doing. :mad:
I down loaded Linux mint to my hard drive.
I couldn't get anywhere with that so yesterday downloaded it to a USB stick.

Mean while windoze keeps trying to get me to install update etc.
When I first got the computer I installed google, widoze keeps changing the browser to either edge or bing.
Is it possible to blue tooth photos from my phone to the computer?
 
In their mint install guide, it says,

Boot Linux Mint​

Now that you have Linux Mint on a USB stick (or DVD) boot the computer from it.

  1. Insert your USB stick (or DVD) into the computer.
  2. Restart the computer.
  3. Before your computer boots your current operating system (Windows, Mac, Linux) you should see your BIOS loading screen. Check the screen or your computer’s documentation to know which key to press and instruct your computer to boot on USB (or DVD).

 
Done this,
clicked escape F12
I got a task manager box pop up.

It says this but I cant see it any where.

  1. From one of these menu, press Enter to start Linux Mint from your USB stick (or DVD).
 
wm460 said:
Mean while windoze keeps trying to get me to install update etc.
Click to expand...
if you want to stop them,then you can do that in the windows settings
wm460 said:
I installed google, widoze keeps changing the browser to either edge or bing.
Click to expand...

That is because windows will update using a Microsoft browser
wm460 said:
blue tooth photos from my phone to the computer?
Click to expand...
YES with the right applications
wm460 said:
Now that you have Linux Mint on a USB stick (or DVD) boot the computer from it.
Click to expand...
READ MY HOW DO I INSTALL GUIDE [link below] if you can print it off and keep it by you as your guide, It was written with minimal use of techspeak
 
I downloaded the balenaEtcher, when I try to open it, I get a box asking what app I want from microsoft store.
 
Burn the iso image to a DVD, much easier (at least to me), and boot from that.

Note: "burn" the image, don't just copy the file image.
 
wm460 said:
I downloaded the balenaEtcher, when I try to open it, I get a box asking what app I want from microsoft store.
Click to expand...
it sounds like windows 10 or 11 home and it is stuck in "S" mode which restricts all software except purchased direct from microsoft web store. You must disable "S" mode...

Windows 10 in S mode is designed for security and performance, exclusively running apps from the Microsoft Store. If you want to install an app that isn't available in the Microsoft Store, you'll need to switch out of S mode. Switching out of S mode is one-way. If you make the switch, you won't be able to go back to Windows 10 in S mode. There's no charge to switch out of S mode.

1 On your PC running Windows 10 in S mode, open Settings > Update & Security > Activation.

2 In the Switch to Windows 10 Home or Switch to Windows 10 Pro section, select Go to the Store. (If you also see an "Upgrade your edition of Windows" section, be careful not to click the "Go to the Store" link that appears there.)

3 On the Switch out of S mode (or similar) page that appears in the Microsoft Store, select the Get button. After you see a confirmation message on the page, you'll be able to install apps from outside of the Microsoft Store.


windows 11 is similar but you will have to go direct to the activation in settings.
 
I finally cheated and took the computer to Alice and got them to install Linux Mint.
Now comes the questions.

1, Is there any where else get apps from?
prefer to avoid mico crap store.

2, Previously I had AdBlock Plus and Privacy Badger and used Duck Duck Go as my browser,are these still good or are there something better?

3, What is the best anti virus, previously I used AVG?
 
1. Click on menu....type in Software Manager.....click on that....give it a full minute to load
In there are approx 50,000 apps
They all install from there...NOT from the 'net...definitely not from the microsoft store...(all apps in the microsoft store are .exe files and will NOT run on Linux
if there were any apps you had on windows that you still need....have a look at : https://alternativeto.net/
There are thousands and thousands of apps there.....type in what you are looking for and the site will show alternatives that will run in Linux....you need to read it carefully because there are so many

Adblock plus and Privacy Badger are good. Download them from the browser.....do you use Firefox ?....if not tell us which one, please.

You do not need an antivirus.

Antivirus is useless
A virus or rootkit can't install itself in Linux unless you let it. In order to install itself on your computer, a virus or rootkit needs your password. And that it doesn't have.

Turn on the firewall. This is a must.

Click on ctrl + alt + T ....that will open the Terminal (or you can find it from the menu....just type in terminal and then click on it

When you have Terminal open, copy and paste the code below in and hit enter.....then put in your password and hit enter again

Code: 
sudo ufw enable


Thats it.
 
Thank you.

How do I change my password?
 
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