I went through a 3 year period back in 2015ish where I used gnome. It was easy to install and use. Never had a problem with it and then my computer died. The new one had windows on it and I was too lazy to mess with it. I am by no means an expert. I used to build gaming computers 20 or so years ago but if you are somewhat skilled enough to add hardware and drivers it should be a breeze. Its easier than that.
The names of a lot of components and the pros VS cons of each and their alternatives fade into the background now for new users, and thats fine. There is no need to know everything down to the nuts and bolts for anyone starting out, and they can pick that stuff up if interested. Or stay purely in the 'I dont need to care about that' column and instead learn the ins and outs of the apps most relevant to their daily usage.
For email, web browsing, watching videos and the like, its easy as. For stuff like image or video editing, coding and the like, you probably need to learn how the different editors work but otherwise the same set of functions will be present just as if you were working on windows or a mac.
Install the OS, install your apps(if they are not already present, browsers will be part of essentially all desktop-type installs), work out how to do updates, and thats everything you need to start with.
Post a thread, DM me or others here, roll up your sleeves and get started. A couple more USB keys is not a bad thing to keep handy, you will want to copy off photos or docs you want to transport over.. even browser history and bookmarks you can likely also capture and move over, depending on the browser you like to use.
Thank you. Yeah, my needs are pretty basic, so if it's as easy as you say, I shouldn't have any problems at all. Thanks for the info and I'll keep this post in case I do need to ask you something. Appreciate your help.
One other thought, if 'secure boot' is a thing on your hardware, which likely will be on anything made in the last 5 years, then you will likely need to disable this in the bios before linux will boot on it, once you've installed it.
Its a little trap that microsoft arranged with computer makers essentially, that make their stuff run but not others. Turn it off, and things are back to normal. All the more reason to justify getting rid of the Beast from Redmond.
So, work out how to get into the bios of your PC now, and where the secure boot setting is and how to switch it off. Normally, its by pressing ESC or F1 or holding down CRTL or ALT or something like that at power on.. it will be in the motherboard manual, and you can surely search online how to do it for your part as well.
I went through a 3 year period back in 2015ish where I used gnome. It was easy to install and use. Never had a problem with it and then my computer died. The new one had windows on it and I was too lazy to mess with it. I am by no means an expert. I used to build gaming computers 20 or so years ago but if you are somewhat skilled enough to add hardware and drivers it should be a breeze. Its easier than that.
Never heard of gnome. Thanks for mentioning that.
The names of a lot of components and the pros VS cons of each and their alternatives fade into the background now for new users, and thats fine. There is no need to know everything down to the nuts and bolts for anyone starting out, and they can pick that stuff up if interested. Or stay purely in the 'I dont need to care about that' column and instead learn the ins and outs of the apps most relevant to their daily usage.
For email, web browsing, watching videos and the like, its easy as. For stuff like image or video editing, coding and the like, you probably need to learn how the different editors work but otherwise the same set of functions will be present just as if you were working on windows or a mac.
Install the OS, install your apps(if they are not already present, browsers will be part of essentially all desktop-type installs), work out how to do updates, and thats everything you need to start with.
Post a thread, DM me or others here, roll up your sleeves and get started. A couple more USB keys is not a bad thing to keep handy, you will want to copy off photos or docs you want to transport over.. even browser history and bookmarks you can likely also capture and move over, depending on the browser you like to use.
Thank you. Yeah, my needs are pretty basic, so if it's as easy as you say, I shouldn't have any problems at all. Thanks for the info and I'll keep this post in case I do need to ask you something. Appreciate your help.
One other thought, if 'secure boot' is a thing on your hardware, which likely will be on anything made in the last 5 years, then you will likely need to disable this in the bios before linux will boot on it, once you've installed it.
Its a little trap that microsoft arranged with computer makers essentially, that make their stuff run but not others. Turn it off, and things are back to normal. All the more reason to justify getting rid of the Beast from Redmond.
So, work out how to get into the bios of your PC now, and where the secure boot setting is and how to switch it off. Normally, its by pressing ESC or F1 or holding down CRTL or ALT or something like that at power on.. it will be in the motherboard manual, and you can surely search online how to do it for your part as well.