Denmark bans Google software and laptops in school
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Oh no not that! Then we'll have to use....😨... Apple? 😨
Try Linux.
I've heard linux mint is good?
Was thinking of trying a USB run on an only and dying laptop to see if it will run better than windows and decide if I will try the swap away from windows again.
The downside is that I use a good chunk of software that is windows only, like CAD software (Yes, I know there are 'alternatives' but they don't tend to play well with the 'industry standard' ones, which always seem to be in the ballpark of 1k per license... or more)
Run Linux as your primary OS for day to day work, and have Windows in a VirtualBox virtual machine for your CAD software. CAD can be resource intensive, so you may have issues allocating enough to VirtualBox.
With this setup, you learn the ropes of Linux, but can always duck back into Windows when you get stuck. And it's a whole lot easier than setting up a dual boot machine.
That seems an interesting possibility... in that arrangement the windows OS is running as an application within Linux? Does that serve as an emulator? Or just a 'GUI' which holds the windows screen (as though one was using windows within that window)?
The last time I tried, I wound up giving up; between the dual booting, not having as many alternatives to windows programs at the time at least, while trying to get accustomed to the linux OS and its different commands...
That's why I was thinking about trying to use it off a USB for a short time for trying things out before committing to reformating everything for linux.
Probably already banned.
Good.
It's not the end of the world, there are many free and open source alternatives that are not spyware like Google and apple. For example the linux operating system does not spy on your every move and in terms of security, it's more secure.
Ubuntu is so seamless and user friendly now it's a no-brainer. In fact, windows 11 is almost a clone of the current gnome desktop environment. Microsoft is now emulating linux. It is the way.