I’m sorry for your computer troubles, and wonder if your Lenovo problem was a fluke or common.
Since I’m afraid to pay bills, etc. online, at least I don’t have to worry about that.
It sounds as if you are all set with your computer for awhile, but here’s a list of computers which use Linux, anyway (given to me by another FReeper):
https://system76.com
http://zareason.com/shop/home.php
https://www.thinkpenguin.com/
http://emperorlinux.com/
dear sun,
Thanks for the info.
The fixitwizardsnot said that somehow, my Irfanview photo program had hijacked the CD/DVD drive, so I think it was a fluke, for a 2009 Lenovo model.
When i pay my bills online, i go to the light company, phone company, V.A. - yeah i know, and cable company directly. I don’t think a third party, even the bank, should pay my bills for me, besides the one time i tried the automatic pay bill thing, it happened when another cost came up and was more urgent.