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I love Satya, I would sell my dog for Windows!1 Well, I put some reasons against it in the comments and you can ask for more. There’s...a lot. The biggest issues I hear are it's hard and it's a third world OS. Both untrue (finally). Linux Mint Cinnamon comes in Ubuntu or Debian Linux flavors and it works like Windows out of the box, is popular, and free.

And it's increasingly supported. Steam has Proton to run Linux games, you can dual boot for Fortnite, and use WINE to run windows apps ⚠️ If you need to dual boot, keep or install a clean Windows first, and only then install Linux. Because Windows thinks it's god and clears the boot sequence. Still here? How about you... Get and download Linux Mint Cinnamon here (full guide here) Get and download Etcher here Plug a 4GB+ USB into your computer and run Etcher: - Click Select image and select your ISO file - Click Select drive and select your USB stick - Click Flash! Restart the computer, it should boot from USB depending on the boot load order and it'll have the option to press enter on linux mint to boot it, or it'll just auto-boot depending. If it does neither, check here When Linux starts, it's running off USB. Double click the "Install Linux Mint" icon and you're golden!

How to install apps Click Start and type “Software Manager” for a streamlined experience. Or grab stuff online and follow their install instructions for executables. Those end in .appimage and .deb, but you can’t double-click to run it until you right click → Properties → “Allow executing file as program” (true). You can make a start menu entry too.

Using Terminal – uncommon apps or programs for power users might ask you to paste lines in Terminal (equivalent of Command Prompt). Paste them one at a time in order via right click → Paste or Shift+Insert, then press enter after each one. If it starts with “sudo” it’ll run as admin and ask your login password. If it ends with (Y/N) it’s a yes or no question and expects you to type y for yes or n for no. Don’t get overwhelmed, you’ve got this <3

Valuable keyboard shortcuts - Lock is Ctrl+Alt+L now - Run is Alt+F2 now - Crop screenshot to clipboard is Ctrl+Shift+Printscreen Valuable tweaks Desktop icons can’t be dragged right click desktop → Customize → Auto-arrange (off).

For recycle bin right click Desktop → Customize → Desktop Settings → Trash (on).

To display time on a 12-hour clock press Super, type Date & Time → Use 24h clock (off).

For create shortcuts in right-click menu (as "make link") press Super, type Files → Edit → Preferences → Context Menus → Make Links (on). Adding a custom keyboard shortcut “Ctrl+Shift+Esc” to open Process Monitor

I'm used to Task Manager in Windows and Process Monitor is basically that, but it doesn't have a shortcut by default. You can give it one. Start by making a file containing your script, the first line is always needed:

#!/bin/bash gnome-system-mon­itor

Then save it to a stable location with filename ending in .sh Then press Super, type Keyboard → click Add Custom Shortcut, and give it a good name. Browse to the file you made, click add, and click the keyboard binding then press whatever sequence you want.

Adding a custom action “Convert File” to Files Press Super, type Actions → click Download tab → click Convert Files and click the download button to the right of it, then open Terminal, type this, press enter and give your login pass as needed:

sudo apt install ffmpeg imagemagick

I got that from the forum linked by the info button ( i ) for the action. It's a little..."open source" here. Anyway, go to Manage tab and enable it. Now in Files, you can right-click a file to convert it to related formats.

For power users! Disable alt+click to drag windows around Alt+click is used to select multiple lines in programs like VS Code, but window drag interferes with it. Press Super, type Windows → Behavior tab at top → “Special key to move and resize windows” (off)

For power users! Paste paths in filesystem This makes it possible to invoke Run (Alt+F2) and paste any path to open the folder or file, which is a really fast shortcut. Right click start (bottom left) → Customize → Menu tab → “Enable filesystem path entry in search box” (on)

How to run Windows apps in WINE VirtualBox and WinBoat are emulators but WINE isn’t an emulator so it’s faster, when it works. And it tends to work for me. Tutorial to install WINE is here After installing WINE, get WineGUI here

Add WINE programs to start menu searches Use WineGUI to load .exe files to register with WINE. Launchers are scripts displayed like files on your desktop that run on double-click, and we'll use that to run apps through WINE. Right click desktop -> "Create a new launcher here..." -> use any name you want, and this command:

wine "the full path to the windows exe file"

Put it in ~/.local/share/applications to see it in start menu searches.

There are still some rough edges

Files app:

Restricted actions when opened from some apps (can't rename, move files, etc.)

No easy way to copy/paste the address or open an unrestricted version of the Files app from a restricted one, which can get really in the way

Typing defaults to searching the current folder even when Files opens just to save a file (it should default to naming it, then)

Few/no integrations with filetypes e.g. no mp3 tags in properties

Desktop check~!

(Only if you feel like it, of course; obviously, "just google it" is a perfectly cromulent answer.)

The thing I miss the most is the Alt menu. Even in Windows 10, I could run Microsoft Office completely from the Alt menu if I cared to do so. And I can easily mess up my wrists with the mouse, so I used the Alt menu nearly all the time. I was so fast with it some people thought it was spooky, especially because my old office had the keyboard tucked under the desk so nobody could see what I was doing.

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