[mrinfinitiesx]

Seriously, join us over in the Linux desktop scene. I use Manjaro XFCE on my dinky little laptop (8GB RAM, 256GB NVME, 4core i3) and it works flawlessly. MX Linux for a solid debian desktop. Lubuntu for a lightweight Ubuntu install. Install 'Tilda' for a drop-down Quake style terminal.

Explore different Linux distros in a VM.

There's a reason Recall can't be turned off. There's a reason they made logins be tied to online accounts.

Don't let Linux be a turn off, KDE and desktop environments are fun to play with and get 'just right.' You don't need to live in a terminal editing configs anymore, but ..you can. You can customize everything and that's why it's so amazing. It's _YOURS_ - better than Microsoft turning on some weird AI that recalls _EVERYTHING_ you've ever done on your computer.

Shay-Dee.

[jmclnx]

>Seriously, join us over in the Linux desktop scene

Very good advice, I am in the process of converting a non-tech person to either MX or Mint, have not decided. Building the hardware now. I know she will have no issues these days.

Or, people can join the dark side -- daemons/BSD :)

[chopin]

I converted all of our stuff to Mint when Windows 7 went out of support. Went smoothly for all family members.

[deafpolygon]

I live in the cloud and have tried to make the switch to Linux many times over the years. It's just not there yet - it's a death by a thousand cuts.