Yeah why not. I take a look at it. thanks for the post.

Is this "heavier" or "lighter" than windows?

I have a laptop that runs very slow...it is 3+ years old...maybe over 4...would the performance be enhanced running this?

LOL, I asked to go to a Linux meeting last year so I could learn more and ask all the users stuff, it was good and funny...

I ended up showing everyone about Steemit and Crypto for roughly 15 mins unscripted.

Thanks again for the good comments today, I had to laugh when I saw the title of this blog based on my story there.

PS if you want to create some separation btw your bolded / larger font and the lines below use 4 dashes in a row 
 
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btw those lines.  It will help if you like that

I have read this twice and I am bookmarking this in my folder as a resource.

You just make so much sense with your whole Q and A format here, this is a gem of a post.

I am not the biggest tech, I actually asked some of these types of questions to the Linux group last year.  

Again, thanks.  

Really good job here.

Started slipping away from Mr. Gates' clutches with [Minix](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MINIX)  (if we don't include CP/M which was on my first desktop). It was not long before moving on to the Slackware flavor of Linux. Work, through the 90's, took me more into Red Hat's release. Now in semi-retirement Ubuntu serves my needs and could not be a more user friendly experience for the home user,  in my opinion.

**Ubuntu Home Site:**
https://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop

I ran Linux while in university. I was a computer science student, and we were pushed to use Windows and MS things. I got tired of how buggy Windows 98 (later I moved to NT4, later Windows 2000, later XP—all had problems) was so I moved to a custom install of Gentoo linux on my personal machine. Loved it. 

These days tho I use Mac. I would go back to linux, but I just don't have the time to troubleshoot when problems arise or search for open source alternatives to apps. Mac has its own problems, but it does usually work without problems, even if that means our options are very limited. 

But I do love linux. One of these days, when work lets up and my kids grow up and I have free time again, I may move back to it. 

i never ever tried that its open source but still i prefer other simple to use things

The devil you know...

I used to muck about with stuff inveterately, and have a pile of bricked phones as 'Good Hacker Awards' to prove it.  I set up my first network in 1987 with CP/M.  Then I started spawning, and time to muck about became scarce.

As a confirmed curmudgeon, I find it has become my habit to 'set it and forget it', leaving me reticent - afeared really - to undertake the learning curve (and the threat of a bricked laptop) required to move to Linux.

I am actually intent on acquiring a second computer so that the threat of a brick doesn't boot me offline, without tunes, news, or an outlet for my incessant rants.  That's really all that's keeping me from Linux.  I am seeking a second box I can spend Steem on, and then I prolly will do it.

Thanks for the nudge in the right direction!