I'm 65 yo. I've loaded Linux mint cinnamon on 1 old acer about 2015 and an HP 2012. Tossed windows 10 and windows 7 went straight up linux.. Not much IT knowledge. Followed this group they have wonderful info and live in truth. Both notebooks work like a bomb. Will never go back to anything ms. Next is my phone... Bit nervous about that but its most liberating. All that money spent on upgrades blah blah and all that bloatware. I'm over it like I'm over masks and ds

Good morning Linuxers!! Let's get our labs fired up and test some distros!! May God bless you all and a little extra for Jeff and staff. Its a beautiful day in deep South Texas.

Thanks to whoever recommended Manjaro KDE it has been the best operating system i have ever used, this community is great!

Just got my de-googled pixel, can someone let me know if there is just a way to pull my pictures over from my iPhone, trying to avoid a complete data transfer to make sure nothing unwanted makes it to phone.

I have a dumb question - can you buy a phone that isn’t a smart phone anymore or do you have to de-Google/Apple any phone you buy? Doing research to share with folks - thanks and pointing to articles would be appreciated. -

I just received my Google Pixel 2 phone. Is there a way to de google it and install CalyxOS on it?

Just go into Best Buy or any other store selling cell phones and tell them you’re looking for a Dumb Phone. That is the terminology I think they use to refer to a basic phone that just makes calls and may send text messages, but doesn’t access the Internet.

I run Calyx on a pixel 4. It's a treat.

For those who might be comparing the Wisephone and the Light Phone, here's a comparison page. It also compares with other similar phones.
https://techless.com/compare

We have a lot of previously-tech-challenged ladies here who have learned along with the rest of us. So take heart. You're in good company here. We want to help each other leave Big Tech and get back our lives.

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My experience with mint/cinnamon has been relatively easy on an old pentium pc, and i think a very important aspect if you’re just starting out is picking a commonly used version that has lots of help discussions/answers that apply.

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I am in the same boat, this group is amazing and very helpful. I have also been very nervous about making the change but I’m doing it slowly but surely. If it gets too much just step back for a minute and when ready just reach out and ask, the admin‘s on here are fabulous at responding to any questions you might have. You can do this! Love this community🤗

It is good to stay informed, this channel is the best I have found on the internet for that. Just this am I heard chatter that Firefox is Collaborating with Meta (Facebook) on targeting ads. So I just installed Brave Browser to My Mint Distro and put Firefox behind me..

Having suffered MS boot-up times approaching infinity, I’m now on Zorin 16 OS with the CAD and vector art systems I’ve needed for a decade but wouldn’t purchase and I’m digging into Python.

The entire evolution has been largely painless outside the Brother printer install that still doesn’t work. The best part… I am master of my own destiny, finally. That’s priceless.