10-02-2024, 08:38 AM
The main time I get confused on Linux installation is on disk area allocation. I have found though, with an old expendable PC, that the best approach is actually to reformat everything and totally obliterate Windows. Although I must admit that I do have Windows on another laptop I have not missed it at all on the ones I have installed Linux on. All my program developmet and hardware design is done on Linux based applications now. I even went as far as buying a new laptop with nothing but the basic OS on and installing from scratch. It has increased my confidence no end. In my opinion keeping Windows is often more like the 'just in case' situation where we keep old parts instead of passing or selling them on.
The main point I would make about Linux, apart from the disk issue I give above, is that you will need to be ready to search out solutions online to little issues which come along. There is a lot of information about but, as usual, it's sorting through the chaff for the wheat. It's such a pleasure after Windows though as I have found that even a full install of Linux is often faster than a routine large Windows update. You do have an option in Linux Mint these days of automatic software installation, I think, but I unticked the box so that the computer just flags up installs. That is very helful to me as the biggest bind I have with Windows is it's tendency to make demands just at the wrong moment. I dread to think of the situation if I tried to use my flight simulator with it.
Tracy
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The main point I would make about Linux, apart from the disk issue I give above, is that you will need to be ready to search out solutions online to little issues which come along. There is a lot of information about but, as usual, it's sorting through the chaff for the wheat. It's such a pleasure after Windows though as I have found that even a full install of Linux is often faster than a routine large Windows update. You do have an option in Linux Mint these days of automatic software installation, I think, but I unticked the box so that the computer just flags up installs. That is very helful to me as the biggest bind I have with Windows is it's tendency to make demands just at the wrong moment. I dread to think of the situation if I tried to use my flight simulator with it.
Tracy
Tracy
