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Well at least “kind of sort of” is not actually putting out a true number... Well done! lol

There are a lot of us here. But you sound like the perfect candidate for a Linux operating system that is easy to use, stable, creates no added hardships once it is set up, and isn’t constantly trying to self destruct every time it updates. :)

There is only one slightly complicated operation to worry about when getting Linux, the rest are fairly simple. Making the live install/test USB drive is pretty easy with the right steps explained. The only harder issue would be setting up your machine bios to boot from an external drive. This is where everyone just backs out of the Linux test drive because they are afraid they will goof up something in the bios. And every PC maker is different so there is no industry standard. It sometimes takes a little bit of research on how to boot from an external USB on your particular device.

But fortunately most computers now days have a “boot option list” feature that will let you choose from a list of boot devices it detects as plugged in. Just have to find out what button to push as you power it up to get this boot option list so you can boot from the Linux USB.

On my HP it is F9, on my Asus it is DEL. But each maker has it’s own default for this if the boot list option is indeed available on it. One would have to do a search to find what it is per device. But after that you are off and running. You can just run it from the stick and browse the net and check out what apps and features it has and how they work. Basically you have full system running from that stick. Only thing is... It won’t remember any changes you made.

But there IS a way to also make it remember everything if you like! And this can be done when the stick is first created. But seriously, it is not at all as complicated as folks assume it is. and once you test drive it you will smile big. I know I did, I kicked myself for not doing it many years sooner. :)