LibreOffice opens M$oft files and can save to those formats or to PDF.

Yes sir, and I can hardly wait to kick MSoft and my android OS to the curb! 🙋‍♀️🙏💯

👍 I Agree with you 100%. Linux is Wonderful. Don't forget you can Install Virtual Machine and load your Version of Windows and needed Windows Applications and run them Inside Linux. Works Great for the few Applications that do not have Linux Support.

If you're asking about Mint vs Ubuntu, I suggest Mint. It's based on Ubuntu so packages for Ubuntu will work. There are two graphical "flavors" for Mint, Cinnamon and Mate. Cinnamon is the most Windows-like. And unless your hardware is very old, use the 64-bit version.

I have worked with Unix. When i did my time with ATT & Lucent! Linux does give one hope for thr future. As far as apple goes, never another cent!

You don't have to give it up. Get a second cheap device, install free linux on it and start learning. Best of both worlds.

All of you guys rock! ☀️Thank you Jeffrey for this channel and thank you allllll so much for your time and continued support and suggestions, it's very much appreciated 🙏❣️

I do not know of one that is completely safe to use. Would leave gmail in a heartbeat.

No clue...I appreciate you teaching on this subject...I want to evolve and learn 😉...thank you Jeffrey Peterson

Linux can be themed to look just like Mac OS. I have an old, slow Macbook Pro, wiped it and installed Ubuntu then set up the desktop to look like the Mac. People see my screen and think I'm a Mac user, but it's all Ubuntu, baby!

Ok ? I am not th most tech person, hearing so much about Linux, & computers is there a written & visual version step by step how to down load to my computer?

here's a page to show you how to make your Mint desktop look like Mac Os
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/07/linux-mint-cinnamon-mac-theme

As with all things new, be sure to research things you are uncertain about before doing it. Read up on Linux, and ask questions here, or in other linux community forums. I've been a Linux user since 2000 (21 years) and still haven't learned everything, but that's the beauty of it all. Take your time, easy does it - and enjoy it.

What Ubuntu looked like after I installed. I'm exited I now have control to customize it 🥰

Same been a user since 1994 because I wanted the C compiler. SCO was charging $800 for a computer at that time. Linux was an awesome alternative. Been using it for business purposes since 1998. It's almost indestructible 😀.

I‘m running Ubuntu Mate on an 2009 MacBookPro. Works flawless.
Just make sure you’re connected via Ethernet during install to get the lastetest updates during install. Otherwise you’ll have no WiFi after install.

Thank you! I know enough of linux to use it but install will be an experiment for me. Fortunately I still have an old Toshiba laptop I can futz around with...will have to learn more b4 tackling the macbook...

I was going to ask Jeff what's your thoughts on degoogling a pixel phone with GrapheneOS or CalyxOS.

If you want to understand the CHIP shortage please share & read this article! Important to understand.

The great computer chip shortage of 2021 will likely get worse before it gets better. This conclusion was reached following brief study and anecdotal review.

Moreover, while COVID lockdowns may have initially triggered the shortage, several decades of shortsighted decisions and simmering geopolitical tensions make it much more than a matter of fixing a few broken links in the supply chain.

The world’s top two leading chip companies are Taiwan’s TSMC and South Korea’s Samsung Electronics. These two Asian firms, combined, control more than 70 percent of the semiconductor manufacturing market.

The U.S., which was once a leader, lags behind in chip manufacturing after major and shortsighted shifts in the business models in the semiconductor industry over the last 15 years. But this could change…

@Qtah_17

Read more:
https://economicprism.com/the-great-computer-chip-shortage-of-2021-is-just-heating-up/

This is Negative Nate. He knows a lot about computers. But instead of helping Patriots get away from the "big tech" overlords, he uses his knowledge of computers to write complicated things that confuse and distract Patriots in our new technology community. He knows enough to know that learning about Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and the Linux Operating System empowers Patriots, but he hates our country, and he hates you. We don't know where Negative Nate comes from, bit we suspect it might be an ANTIFA camp in Portland. Negative Nate is not your friend. Watch out for, and don't be, a "Negative Nate!"

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