Several of my friends have
been asking about Linux lately. In the past it was mainly just an idle
curiosity, but now it is a serious alternative to Windows. In the past
Linux was aimed mainly at geeks and was difficult for regular computer
users to come to terms with. When I first tried Linux in 2010, I soon gave
up and went back to Windows XP.
As of 2025 some of the Linux Operating systems (Distros) are pretty good, as they have been slowly progressing, while Windows has been going backwards since Windows 7.
In
2025 Microsoft will be ending support for Windows 10 and ramping up
their efforts to push their Windows 11 full blown spyware operating
system with "Recall" taking constant screenshots of your desktop and
sending them back to Microsoft. I'm expecting that even non security
minded Windows 10 users are going to start having concerns about this level of
spying.
Anticipating that this year I'm going to be trying to help more people make the switch to Linux I've started compiling all my Linux notes and blog posts into one big "LINUX NEWB" page on my blog.
I'll also get into some of the open source software I'm testing out such as the Japanese privacy browser Floorp which is a cleaned out fork of Firefox
