Re: Dinner Plans for This First Day of November 2024?

  On Sun, 3 Nov 2024, songbird wrote:
 

Michael Trew wrote:
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Windows gets worse with each version, and I lost patience after W7.  I'm
still hanging on, but I'm going to install Linux Mint or something onto
an older laptop to tinker with it, I think.

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 pick a basic desktop and you'll be right at home once you
get the basics down.
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 songbird
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 You will find Linux to be _easier_ than Windows. My father is 73 and has happily been running Linux (with my help) for the past 15 years.
 In that time, he has become a GIMP-ninja, since he loves photography. He has also learned how to use torrents to download obscure and rare country music recordings from god knows where.
 Add to that, that there is zero risk for him to be attached by phishing and viruses, since they all go for windows. I have also forbidden him from getting digital ID in his phone, and that has also stopped multiple scammers as well, since they don't have the patience to try and trick someone who has to do the physical ID dance.