Ok. I have stated before that I use my phone for everything. I have a computer, it is a little outdated and slow, but I do have a system. Though I love computers, I rarely use mine. Why, you ask? Simple. I despise Windows 10. I ended up with a crappy copy of Ubuntu Linux… And I just got frustrated. So when I got this system I left windows alone. I prefer open source programs. In the first days of my owning computers I was rigid. I had to get certain programs, and there was no substitutes. Since I have found an open source for all of what I need to do.
With my system having windows 10 on it… I only used it for layout. It was painful to work on. Tonight I was given access to Linux Mint. I am looking forward to exploring the new os. Yes, I still have a program that requires Windows. Kindle Create by Amazon. It is their layout application. However, Linux has a few windows emulation programs. This allows me to work with the programs that are only found in windows.
So, I am setting up my system tonight. This includes installation of the os, searching for the programs that I need, customizing settings and appearance, and enjoying the “new computer smell” of it all.
So, tell me, what is your os of choice?
Pattimouse 
My long time favorite OS is Open SUSE Linux. I’ve played with others, mainly when I had a aging machine that wasn’t up to running the latest SUSE version, all the way down to a couple of the minimal distros and lighter ones for older gear (Anti-X Linux is nice and based on Debian with a good clean desktop). I’ve also used a couple of different specialty distros for servers and firewalls. I do have two machines that run Windows 10, mainly for TurboTax and a scanner that doesn’t have a good Linux driver. Why two? I’ve had computers suddenly die and hard drives crap out, so I believe in “Fault Tolerance Through Redundancy” and never keeping only one copy of any file I want to keep on one drive.
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