Haha! I thought I was already in JP’s chat….am now! 👍

Just remember when you get the os loaded you aren't done yet . Google top 10 things to do after loading Linux . Mint is the only version I know of that turns the firewall on right away .

I thought I would share my Linux journey. I was a long time Windows user, with my needs primarily driven by Excel, VBA, SQL Server, OneNote, OneDrive, Visual Studio and Fusion 360 (Autodesk). I had developed many applications in Visual Studio which I used in my daily work. But about a year ago, I became so fed up with Windows updates and I started to look into OS alternatives. I had known about Linux for a long time but had never really tried it. After some research, I decided to give it a try. I was blown away by the speed and stability! As I continued to research Linux, I became much more aware of the spyware built into Windows (and Apple for that matter). The more I looked into the intrusiveness of the Microsfot ecosystem, I decided that I needed to switch over to Linux as my daily driver. I am running a four year old Dell XPS with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. I have dropped my subscription to Office 365 and am using Libre Office now. I have started using Python again and am rewriting some of my software. I am self-hosting my own Nextcloud (on Linode) and I run virtually all FOSS on my machine now. Unfortunately I don’t have a solution to my Fusion 360 problem, however need for CAD has diminished so this is less of an issue now. In addition, I am now using a de-goggled phone (running Lineage) so no more iPhone! I won’t lie to anyone, it takes a lot of work to de-MAGAFT (Microsoft, Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Twitter) your life, but it is well worth it. Congrats Jeffery on such a rapid rate of adding subscribers to your channel.

Thanks for the response. 👍 So where does a newbie like me get mint?

Oh how that long forgotten promise is like a tease.

At the end of the day, we collectively hold the power. If 40% of people switched to Linux purely, bigtech would soon need to reassess and support it.

By which time we wouldn't want their dirty binaries on our machines. VAULT 7 Leaked material showed Adobe intentionally left holes in their software.

Like @Animus_369 bite the bullet and retool our way to freedom.

Excellent share of someone who’s de-MAGAFT! )Microsoft, Apple, Hoogle, Amazon, Facebook and Twitter)

Right on! (Thank you Codemonkey for recommending your channel Jeffery. Boy do I have A LOT to learn lol )

Happy Sunday Patriots! Hope you are enjoying some nice family time. On tonight's video/voice call (cameras deactivated) at 8:00pm EST we will teach you how to monitor every single internet data packet going in and out of your computer so you can know exactly what it's doing and then continue with our ongoing trainings: Learn how to take back your digital freedom by leaving Windows/MacOS and teaching yourself how to use the free opensource Linux Operating System. Talk to you here on my Telegram channel at 8:00pm tonight!!

Been a linux user for about 15 years now . Nothing beats being able to compute rather than fixing windows frequently

For new subscribers to this channel, some background for you to read prior to tonight's Live Stream and Question and Answers at 8:00pm EST: https://jeffreypeterson.com/about-jp/

thanks for doing this. I have tried for years to get people to leave Windoze and move to open source. Have very little luck with it though. Most people are indeed too lazy or not tech savvy

Also forgot to mention earlier, as was stated above it is pretty cheap to grab an old/new pc off of ebay..yet if you don't want to go that route look into Raspberry Pi systems, they are small and powerful, great for beginners.

👍🏽👍🏽Baby steps!!!! Thanks for holding our hands!!!

Jeffrey, thank you for starting this. I spent last night and today loading and configuring UBUNTU on 3 old laptops.

Thank you Jeffery! God bless you abundantly.
1Peter 4:10 As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

For those of you who asked for a recording/playback of tonight's voice chat, here it is. Good luck fellow Patriots on your journey away from the "big tech" overlords, Microsoft, Apple, and Google, it's a good time indeed to learn about Linux and opensource!