I do not have the skills to work-on/repair OSs alternative, if something goes wrong. Are there any top alternative Computer OSs that have IRW computer repairpeople that was work on computers that use their OSs? If the answer is yes, then around what USA cities?
Thank You, for everyone seriously trying help me. Which is most the replies:)!
If you can’t even click next enough to get a disto installed Linux is not for you
I am brandnew to Linux & alternatives to Windows & not a programmer. What is disto?
A distro is the variant of linux you choose. Some are optimized for servers, some are optimized for general desktop use.
For beginners, Linux Mint is where I would suggest starting. It feels familiar to a Windows user and is specifically designed to be beginner friendly.
There is a detailed install guide here. But the short version is:
Download the iso
Put the iso on a USB drive
Boot to the USB drive
Click next a bunch on the installer. If you don’t have anything on the computer already, choose to have it wipe the drive and install Mint as the only OS. That greatly simplifies things.
Thank You, been so focused on Mint, ignored the rest.
Mint is one of the more “Windows-like” versions of Linux. The deal breaker for Linux usually isn’t the OS, but what software you’ll run on the OS, and often a crucial one will be MS Office and compatibility with the proprietary junk that comes with it. If you need just a spreadsheet and word processor and they don’t have to be 100% MS compatible, then LibreOffice will work fine (even ON WIndows). If it’s other types of software, then see if they have a Linux option, or if there’s success in using Wine or Lutris to run it on Linux.
Linux won’t be without some learning curve, but it’s not nearly as steep as it used to be. I spent years occasionally playing with dual boots of different distros but not really using them, but last year found some things that would run better on Linux (I started by using WSL on Windows but it’s so slow because of what it is). Now I’ve all but completely remove my Windows partition, everything important is now moved over to my Ubuntu and I do not want to go back now.
Just keep using windows
Stop being a dick to OP. If you don’t have anything nice to say, you don’t have to say anything at all.
I will not because the OP hasn’t even done 5 minutes of reading before running to social media looking for answers.
On the plus side, it’s a good sign for Linux that even people like this want to run the fuck away from the monstrosity that Windows has become.
You should not assume, just ask me! I have, just this is the only social media I use. Really hate social media, but boards are dead & tech. corporations no longer do customer services.