Yes It is time for everyone to get off of everything and anything micro$oft. There's a FOSS (free open source software) alternative out there to just about any major software package. I've been on Linux for 10 years, never looked back. Let me know if you have questions, I can help.
Unfortunately IBM purchased Red Hat a little while back, but no, as of now, Linux is an open source project and is not owned by anyone. Load Linux on a separate hard disk (or USB flash drive if you have one) so you can boot back to windows if you absolutely have to.
No because your CPU has the backdoor. Doesnt matter what OS you are running.
Time to make our own silicon fabs and get to making cpus.
haha jk. There is nothing you can do to stop them from having full access to your computer. Linux or windows. Doesnt matter when its built into the hardware.
you cant overwrite a backdoor built into the hardware. Sorry but IS NOT SOFTWARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The best way I've found is to use a new/used hard drive (or SSD or USB flash drive if that's all you have) and install Linux to that. That leaves your windoze install intact in case you absolutely need to boot back to it. Copy your files over at will.
The most non invasive way to learn linux is to make a bootable USB stick, boot to that and leave your windows install and files intact. Start with Linux Mint. Word!
EDIT:- I missed BatteryBaron's comment. I concur!
Yes It is time for everyone to get off of everything and anything micro$oft. There's a FOSS (free open source software) alternative out there to just about any major software package. I've been on Linux for 10 years, never looked back. Let me know if you have questions, I can help.
Yes Krita is great.
https://www.fosshub.com/
Yes! Proton is friggin awesome. If you need to install steam on Linux, head over to rpmfusion.org, they've made it dead simple.
Can I just reload current machine with Linux? Is Linux an IBM product?
Unfortunately IBM purchased Red Hat a little while back, but no, as of now, Linux is an open source project and is not owned by anyone. Load Linux on a separate hard disk (or USB flash drive if you have one) so you can boot back to windows if you absolutely have to.
thanks
Linux is an open source code world wide...
No because your CPU has the backdoor. Doesnt matter what OS you are running.
Time to make our own silicon fabs and get to making cpus.
haha jk. There is nothing you can do to stop them from having full access to your computer. Linux or windows. Doesnt matter when its built into the hardware.
While this is true, you can in a lot of cases overwrite the IME. But Linux is far better than windoze in any case.
you cant overwrite a backdoor built into the hardware. Sorry but IS NOT SOFTWARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks. I guess there is no real privacy anymore unless the only electric device is an old 2 slice toaster .
Downloading Linux now. Is there a was to easily transfer all my data to a new OS?
The best way I've found is to use a new/used hard drive (or SSD or USB flash drive if that's all you have) and install Linux to that. That leaves your windoze install intact in case you absolutely need to boot back to it. Copy your files over at will.
The most non invasive way to learn linux is to make a bootable USB stick, boot to that and leave your windows install and files intact. Start with Linux Mint. Word! EDIT:- I missed BatteryBaron's comment. I concur!