Good Morning, just starting this journey.
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Hello! My Dad (heās 90) and I are trying to figure out what to doā¦he canāt upgrade to Windows11 and I donāt want toā¦lol. For himā¦HIS major concern is TurboTax compatibility. For meā¦I have gmail, but most everything else I can probably deal with. MY biggest question isā¦how to convert the computers. My Dad has desktops that areā¦not new. I have a laptop and a netbookā¦the netbook is the easiest to convert, I think to Linux? Can someone help with the process to do that? Once I have Linux on something, I can help my Dad test TurboTax. Alsoā¦what about android phones? Because, theyāre google based, right? Iām sure I need to take a course or somethingā¦but I thought maybe I could do a little prep? TIA
Hello. Raven here and very much a beginner. Not sure this is how I post a question as I just registered for this forum a few minutes ago.
Iām using Windows 10 currently and know that there are no more updates after October 14th, 2025, which is just a day away and I have no wish to upgrade to Windows 11 due to all the negative things I have heard and the spyware. Iāve been wanting to get away from Microsoft for quite some time and have heard of the Linux operating systems but know nothing about them.
I read that Linux Mint Cinnamon is very user friendly and looks a lot like the Windows layout. Therefore, I would like to know where I can download an authentic copy of the most recent Linux Mint Cinnamon? I read somewhere that not all websites have authentic copies so Iām trying to be careful not to get a bad copy of this distro. Thanks in advance for any help in this area.
Have a look at Zorin. I believe it also falls into the āWindoze likeā category.
Also take a look at Ventoy
It allows you to put multiple ISOs on the one USB drive AND also use it as a regular USB for file storage (pretty cool, Huh?)
That way you could put Mint and Zorin and anything else you want to ātest driveā on the one USB.
Have fun, the learning curve can be a bit like going down a ārabbit holeā, but well worth the effort.
Welcome to Linux.
Hey, I am a File conversion, Cloud migration , File recovery and Email Management expert.