MadModder

I have run Linux systems on and off for 30yrs plus.   However the Win 11 debacle has cemented my uptake of Linux for both the wife and myself as our go to desktop machines.   She is coming from Mac's so vaguely Linux like and more familiar to her than Microsoft OS's.

I have also moved our desktop machines to using Raspberry Pi's  Pi 4, 5, 400, 500 and 500+ for the wife as she wanted a mechanical keyboard.    These are excellent solutions as there is a healthy community supporting them with lots on online help and video tutorials online.  In my opinion this is one of the best ways to cheaply migrate to Linux, can't fault Pi OS.

I have also just started to play with RISC-V on Pi Zero 2W.   A very minimalist setup with many programming options and reasonable support.  RISC-V the code is very compact and simple for doing hardware related interfacing.  Using BBC Basic is generally my go to, as a programmer I am not.

                 Just my experience from the last few years hunting cheap low power solutions that don't involve 2nd hand PC's.

I hate synaptics and apt for a number of functional reasons, sudo as well.

How does that help new Linux users?

Again, as many of us know, Linux discussions can and probably will get pretty heated. I certainly hope that it doesn't have to happen here, on this forum.

The aim of this thread is to provide info written by me, a noob Linux user, to other noob Linux users reading this thread (if any).

I could go on and on about these off-topic subjects - but no, it has to end right here.

Merry Christmas to all of you!

 Seasons greetings and felicitations from me and ?er-indoors??

Happy New year to everyone?.

I hate synaptics and apt for a number of functional reasons, sudo as well. I'm telling you guys, try EasyOS. It has a package manager that will handle .debs, appimages, flatpaks, .sfs files, and many puppy .pets.

If you ever ran win98, this isn't much different in simple desktop interface. Menu in lower left. Big number of already installed programs. Encryption right out of the box. This thing will runs circles in speed around any of the big Linuxes. You can run it off of a thumbdrive permanently, not just as a test OS. And that can be run in a number of different computers. It's faster yes if installed on HD, but definitely not required. And it will run on older equipment.

It also features containers if you want to do development.