I installed linux on an old laptop and I am very proud of myself.

[Anonymous]

As a Gentoo Linux user, I welcome you to Linux. You chose the Red Pill.

P.S. Microsoft hates you because their spyware OS can’t send logs of your computing life to a database.

[Anonymous]

Im so happy for you! Good job!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a Gentoo Linux user, I welcome you to Linux. You chose the Red Pill.

P.S. Microsoft hates you because their spyware OS can’t send logs of your computing life to a database.

What browser do you use? Why is no one specifying?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cool! What browser are you using? What works with this?

Anyone else try this since OP posted?

I’ve just been using Firefox, I didn’t even bother trying to install Chrome. This is a laptop I use at home casually. I’ll check it out and report back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a Gentoo Linux user, I welcome you to Linux. You chose the Red Pill.

P.S. Microsoft hates you because their spyware OS can’t send logs of your computing life to a database.

What browser do you use? Why is no one specifying?

I use Firefox browser with Adblock Plus extension. I can watch YouTube videos with zero ads, although there are sometimes a short delay before video plays.

IceWM is the desktop I use for my Gentoo Linux PC. It is not as polished and shiny as Windows or Linux Mint’s Cinnamon or XFCE but it is fast and easy to use and can be customized via config files.
That customization is fun and a learning experience if you like to geek out on that kind if thing.

Gentoo Linux uses a rolling release model: there is no End of Life cycle and you do not have to install a new version. Because I keep the system updated, when the Linux Copy Fail vulnerability hit, I was already patched. Lately, it seems AI is being used to find vulnerabilities in Linux.

I do not recommend Gentoo for someone new to Linux due to the complex installation and time-intensive compilation of software.

[Anonymous]

What if you still need to use word and excel and PowerPoint?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What if you still need to use word and excel and PowerPoint?

There is an open source office suite software for Linux but if you need to use Microsoft office specifically you should stick with Windows. Obviously Google Docs and the like will work fine from within a browser.

I am OP and the laptop I installed Linux on is extremely old and was no longer getting windows security patches. It was very slow and basically unusable and installing Linux made it feel like new.

I like having a laptop of my own for non work stuff like watching videos and checking email and Linux works perfectly for that. For Microsoft stuff I just open up my work computer or DH’s laptop.