“A Linux OS interests me but I haven’t been able to find any information on them that isn’t written in technogeek so that I could understand it.”
That is a huge issue and I completely agree. The problem is differences of labeling and terminology for some of the very same things in Windows. I was just thinking about that yesterday in fact. There needs to be a layman’s glossary that explains what all the terminology is. It is actually kind of simple, it is just using different words for the same items and features so it is confusing. An example would be the “Panel” in Linux would be the “Task Bar” in Windows. “Grub” is just the utility that makes it boot into the OS. Etc.
I was searching for glossaries yesterday, and even the glossaries out there are more tech oriented. They are not “Linux for dummies” type glossaries. Even they are centered on folks who are techy already when it doesn’t need to be that complicated. Lot of terminal command line stuff but not much simple generic stuff for newbies to understand easier. there needs to be an Encyclopedia and simple Glossary for Linux... I spent hours chasing down terminology about Linux when I first started using it. One should not need to spend hundreds of hours researching just the differences in terminology. There really needs to be a comprehensive layman’s reference resource.
It is a very needed project that would help new users and the Linux projects too.
At my age I don’t have hundreds of hours to spare. I would just like to have system that I can turn on without the endless MS and OIS up dates and other BS.