25-08-2024, 05:59 AM
(This post was last modified: 25-08-2024, 05:59 AM by ppppenguin.)
I've been running Linux Mint (Cinnamon version) for over a year now on both my main PC and my laptop. I'm very pleased to have made the move away from Windows. My laptop is dual boot with W10. I've never found a need to use W10. From all I've read about W11 I'm staying well away from it.
To log in without password: https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=329194 I use this on my main PC where I'm the only user. Otherwise entering the password before doing updates (or anything else that needs elevated privileges) is an essential security measure. Many users will only ever have to enter the password when doing updates or installing new apps.
Libreoffice comes as standard with many Linux distributions including Mint. For the most part it just works. As Mark says, you will occasionally get formatting errors when opening docx and xlsx files. Apparently Libreoffice will even open some damaged Excel files that Excel itself can't.
If you need to run software that's not available for Linux then you'll need to look at Windows or Mac. Photoshop and other Adobe products are a problem for Linux users. I don't need them and and I'm told that The Gimp isn't as well developed as Photoshop.
I run some older Windows software in an XP virtual machine using VirtualBox. This is software that didn't run properly in W7 and certainly won't in anything later. There are some tricks of the trade to doing this well. I needed help but a friend pointed me to some very good web pages. I also just couldn't move away from Irfanview as an image viewer and simple editor. That runs well enough using WINE.
To log in without password: https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=329194 I use this on my main PC where I'm the only user. Otherwise entering the password before doing updates (or anything else that needs elevated privileges) is an essential security measure. Many users will only ever have to enter the password when doing updates or installing new apps.
Libreoffice comes as standard with many Linux distributions including Mint. For the most part it just works. As Mark says, you will occasionally get formatting errors when opening docx and xlsx files. Apparently Libreoffice will even open some damaged Excel files that Excel itself can't.
If you need to run software that's not available for Linux then you'll need to look at Windows or Mac. Photoshop and other Adobe products are a problem for Linux users. I don't need them and and I'm told that The Gimp isn't as well developed as Photoshop.
I run some older Windows software in an XP virtual machine using VirtualBox. This is software that didn't run properly in W7 and certainly won't in anything later. There are some tricks of the trade to doing this well. I needed help but a friend pointed me to some very good web pages. I also just couldn't move away from Irfanview as an image viewer and simple editor. That runs well enough using WINE.
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