Yes! My 2007 iMac just got Peppermint installed!

First learn Linux so yo are capable of operating a Linux phone. Then get an experimental Linux phone like the Pinephone. Keep your existing phone until you are comfortable with the experimental one.

you are most welcome.....I'm looking at my 2 old Dells .....trying to decide which one to 'play' with, and learn Linux...... :)

Pinephone's are harder to come by which is why I opted for a Pixel 4xl. Rooted it and loaded GrapheneOS last night. Will be moving off of my Verizon Samsung Note 10.

Well, escape Google any which way you can. A Pinephone would be my first choice but it will be frustrating if you are new to Linux. You might get a Pinephone and keep your old phone until you are sure you can live with a Linux phone. The Pinephone is like Android when it first came out, not many apps, slow and of course you need to know a few Linux commands to work with it. It is very cool when you have a Linux phone and PC. You can literally control one from the other, pass files etc.

I am one of those tech-users who knew (( they )) were/are stealing my info, but felt unable to move away. You changed that for me tonight.

Suggestion.
If you're going to move over to a blog (which may be good since even this platform is run by 2 questionable ppl), divide the learning curriculum up into learning levels (Absolute Beginner Computing, 101, 201...) -- with added on updates to keep the newest info flowing.

A friend sent me here and I am excited to learn. I am not at all tech savvy but I am sure I should be able to grasp it, fingers crossed.

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I have been thinking about doing this for a while now kinda techy but not in code waiting to need new computer then going to do it this is the first helpful source I found yet

Alway in for keeping up. Have a friend that encouraged us to switch to Linux. Starting at ground floor lvl. Heck possibly basement. Any suggestions definitely needing 101.

Yesterday's call mentioned a Librem 5 as a high end 32 GB option...has anyone here gone that route and if so how's it going?

Linux Mint is the most like Windows

DuckDuckGo is most like Google search, I've heard that storj.io is a Cloud alternative, but haven't been able to figure it out.

BitWarden seems to be a great option for saving passwords for websites and apps.

LibreOffice is the #1 replacement option for Microsoft Office.

The Linux phones are doing it. ARM is what Android phones use, and ARM is what the Raspberry Pi uses, and there has been a bunch of Linux development for ARM devices over the years. Plenty of drivers for Android devices using ARM and Linux, because that's what Android uses.

Freedom Phone is a good effort. Though a lot of their components are made in China, I believe they mean well.

startpage uses Google's search index. However both DDG and startpage shield the user's identity from Microsoft and Google, as you probably know so ... a lot of people feel those sites do serve some useful purpose as far as privacy is concerned. (shrug) ideally there would be more organizations indexing the web, something i've talked about a bit and will talk about more as we get our projects underway.

Thank you for your leadership and for all that you do. You are a patriot and I thank God for you. My file transfer from word doc to Libre should be completed by today, thanks to you. May Jesus continue to richly and abundantly bless you in all that you do. 🙏

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Just got mine in the mail yesterday.

My husband is a linux fan and he has me on bitwarden, vivaldi, and Linux manjaro. The switch was not hard and I'm super pleased. I don't think I will ever like gimp though and that would be the main program I'd use. 😢

StartPage feeds money back to Big Tech because StartPage uses BigTech's ad system.

Just hover your mouse over one of the "Ad" links and you will see the URL in the bottom of your browser status bar, pointing to Google or such. Brave search, (search. brave. com) is the only one that I've found that doesn't feed revenue back to Big Tech.

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For sure. I’m starting below beginner level with zero skills. Need to be shown like I’m a 3 year old. But DETERMINED….

One thing that Linux does offer is the excitement of discovery. Every day you learn something new and you end up - honestly - improving your IQ on everything. It’s amazing how technical knowledge helps set strategies in life.