Hello. I’ve been a window user from win95. I’d like to learn more about Linux but don’t know where to start. I had a brief intro when I was in highschool and recently I’ve been seeing more and more talk here on Lemmy. Mostly memes.
With how bad Google is finding good information unless I add -reddit to my search. Which I won’t do. Trying to stay away from that.
What can I expect to find as a casual observer? Why does Linux do that’s “better” than Windows? That’s not meant to inflame anyone. More so what do you personally like better.
First, install Linux. Be sure to remove windows in the process.
Second, ???
Third, Profit
That’s how I did it 😹
For real tho just take the plunge and start using Linux, you can never know everything beforehand, just need to experience it
A similar method is to buy a cheap ssd, swap it with your current one, and put your old one into an enclosure so you can mount it like a usb drive and still access all your files. It has the advantage over dual boot and backup that you never wonder “did I back that up” or “did I format my windows partition?”
Make sure to backup you data beforehand, If you need an application for your work check if it exists on Linux and what alternatives you can use if it does not exists.
Yeahhh don’t do this on a machine you need for work 😹