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I don't know how you post these threads knowing the same group of people are going to jump on it every time and claim how the average user could never use Linux. It would drive me crazy.

I'm a patient man.

Also, I would like to see real conservatives put their money where their mouth is, and leave the leftist, communist organization that is Microsoft. Yes, I do understand that some Linux developers/distros are not much better, but I am not giving them any financial support.

I’ve always stayed with Ubuntu derived distributions, Lububtu, Xubuntu, Ubuntu Studio, Kubuntu, Mint etc. Never ran straight Ubuntu because I’ve never like the desktops they chose, Unity and now Gnome. I like to customize so Kubuntu is great for me. I like my desktop widgets/applets. Weather forecast, dial clock with seconds hand, to do list, CPU temperatures and loads.

Type your ubuntu question into a search engine and you WILL get an answer.

I’ve always run off-lease Thinkpads I pick up on ebay and Linux always seems to just work. I think it helps that some Thinkpads have come with Linux pre-installed, especially on business models which is what the off-lease units tend to be. T, X, W & P series

Being off-lease units, I’m always running a 6-7 year old machine to start with and I usually upgrade every 4-6 years. My last upgrade was partly to get a decent screen size, 15.6 inch and upgrade to 1920x1080 pixels. I was running an X60 with 12 inch screen. Next will be P series with 17 inch screen.

Once you’re past the installation, I don’t see how people have problems. You click an icon to open a menu which has programs categorized by subject. Open one and use it. Search the docs or the web to learn how to use it. Networking sucks. I’ve never figured out Samba but I have plenty of USB sticks here if I want to share a file.

With KDE connect, I can click a few buttons on the cell phone and transfer today’s phone camera pics to the PC which also has KDE connect. I can reply to a text/sms message using the PC with a full keyboard instead of tapping on the little phone keyboard. Can be dangerous because it’s easy to text someone a 200 word reply.

Spectacle screenshot tool is da bomb. Take a screenshot, click Share, click imgur and it uploads to imgur and copies the image url to your clipboard. I use it here on FR a LOT. I have my clipboard set to save the last 20 entries. Can Windows even do that?

Thunar file manager with Ark(archive manager) integration is a favorite because you get the right click, ‘Extract Here’ or ‘Extract To’ dialog. IIRC that’s how Windows works but in this case, you’re not limited to only zip archives.

I have a nextcloud installation on my web hosting and there are two different note taking programs that will sync to nextcloud. Joplin and QownNotes but Joplin isn’t readable within nextcloud so it’s strictly for backup purposes. QOwnNotes is readable because both use markdown so that’s what I’m using.

Everything else is pretty basic. VLC media player, any browser I want, PIA VPN, qBitTorrent, Thunderbird/Evolution, InkScape vector graphics, GIMP, Spotify, LibreOffice, QuiteRSS and all the standard utilities like text editor, calculator etc.

Pollard said:

“I don’t know how you post these threads knowing the same group of people are going to jump on it every time and claim how the average user could never use Linux. It would drive me crazy.”

You replied:

“Yes, I do understand that some Linux developers/distros are not much better, but I am not giving them any financial support.”

Same sentiments here... And I just cannot morally or financially support the Bill Gates agenda period.

I don’t care how many trials and tribulations it bestows on me to use another OS. I would quit using computers before I would ever gave him another dime.

Some things are much much more important than personal comfort and convenience. I can’t even understand how so called moral people can do it and still sleep at night.

"Also, I would like to see real conservatives put their money where their mouth is, and leave the leftist, communist organization that is Microsoft. Yes, I do understand that some Linux developers/distros are not much better, but I am not giving them any financial support. " What cost aside from the OS itself? As for me, years ago, by the grace of God, I bought a upgrade at New Egg from XP to W/8 for $29 after the rebate, which upgrade somehow was on the Retail channel thus enabling transfers, and with free upgrades from 8 to 8.1 and then to 10 and now 11, then the license has gone thru 3 rigs.

Of course, Linux users need not pay for anything, including illegal codecs which used(?) to be an issue with some of the conscientious. However, while I have tried my every Linux distrto, and installed Mint for a brother is used daily on an older but capable (4.2 Ghz CPU) rig, yet as explained, I do not switch to Linux since there is no need, as the time it would take to attain the level of functionality and enhancements I can easily obtain under Windows (which I thereby find more functional, despite MS attempts to improve it) is not yet warranted. Thank God for options and tools however.