Thanks.
The thing about Linux (and why I haven’t used it much) is this:
In the early 2000’s I had to run linux on my Laptop. There was, at that time, no linux version that was compatible with my hardware so... I used Cygnus linux under Win 2000.
It worked fine - then, in a terminal window I tried something like COPY A -> B
It spits out a man prompt and says I don’t know what you’re talking about or somesuch.
I had to use Move to get the job done and I said to myself that any OS that doesn’t know the COPY command is BUNK!!
Very, very BUNK!
Since Linux now has a gui I decided a year or two back to try it again...
LOL, I started out with DOS. Ran a dot matrix printer and I figured out how to get everything lined up on pre-printed invoices that you get from office supply as continuous with the holes in the edge and serrations to tear off one invoice, triple copy with white, pink and yellow copies. I had fun.
Linux has a different set of commands for the most part. (cp = copy) I’ve always used Thinkpads which tend to have good compatibility with Linux. Never used Linux pre-GUI and have always used Ubuntu distros.
I’ve got Kubuntu 20.04 LTS running on a Lenovo W530 Thinkpad and it just screams. Shut down time is less than 5 seconds and dual boot startup time is less than 15 seconds. Kubuntu has the Plasma desktop which has lots of bells and whistles and runs fast. Didn’t used to. It was buggy for years.
Always liked the off-lease business Thinkpads because I can get parts for them on ebay which is also where I buy the laptops. I’ve never owned a new PC. I figure any PC that gets leased by the hundreds of thousands to big businesses has to be built pretty well. Dell is another but I can download a manual for Thinkpads that tells me how to replace any part all the way down to the mobo.(without breaking any plastics)