Linux 2

 The Linux machine is working and extremely stable. I have installed Google Chrome, which gives me access to almost everything I use. Microsoft 365 with One Drive, access to my router and of course general Internet access. So at least I now have a machine without having to worry about lack of support. My next aim is to get as much software duplicated, such as Echolink.

Linux

 I have always been a Windows man and have used it since day 1. Unfortuantly my progress to moving to Windows 11 resulted in one of my PC's failing during an update. This gave me the push to see if 

a. I could load Linux and

b. If it would do what I wanted and

c. Would it be a useable alternative to Microsoft?

I intend to use this blog to chart my progress for my own benefit and in that may help some of you. I am not very good at putting my actions into words, but hopefully it will serve as an 'idiots' guide.

The equipment I have.

PC HP Elite desk 800 G1 USDT with 16GB of RAM. This worked well on Windows 11 until it didn't.

I started with this site https://itsfoss.com/install-linux-mint/ as it seemed to run through the stages step by step. 

Basically I downloaded the software to a bootable USB stick. 

I used https://rufus.ie/en/ to create the drive. It is very straightforward.

I encountered an issue here in that the PC had a BIOS password which I didn't know. Fortunately YouTube came to the rescue. 

I used this site which was very helpful https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKoRY7NL6vI.

I could now change the system to boot from the USB drive.

This was the moment of truth.

Following https://itsfoss.com/install-linux-mint/ I powered up the computer and to my surprise it actually worked. I followed the instructions. At that point I made the decision to fully download Linux on this machine. There are other alternatives, but given the situation I have I was able to dedicate this machine. 

THINK VERY CAREFULLY BEFORE DOING THIS AS IT WILL WIPE YOUR HARDDRIVE.

Anyway. After a short time Linux Mint Cinnamon was loaded and running. 

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