Yes It is time for everyone to get off of everything and anything micro$oft. There's a FOSS (free open source software) alternative out there to just about any major software package. I've been on Linux for 10 years, never looked back. Let me know if you have questions, I can help.
Unfortunately IBM purchased Red Hat a little while back, but no, as of now, Linux is an open source project and is not owned by anyone. Load Linux on a separate hard disk (or USB flash drive if you have one) so you can boot back to windows if you absolutely have to.
Yes It is time for everyone to get off of everything and anything micro$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.
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.
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