Paul, I just bought a new computer, low to mid range Lenovo and like
    everything else it has Windows 10 on it. OMG what a total piece of
    crap O/S, I cannot even start to imagine what the developers were
    thinking. What would you recommend for a Linux O/S, web browser and
    mail program ? It irks me to no end that I have to buy a piece of
    crap like 10 just to throw it away.

    John

    Linux comes with FireFox and ThunderBird. I like the "Mate"
    distribution but more programs will run on Ubuntu. I think there is
    something like  50,000 free programs for Linux. Open Shot is a good
    video editor and Gimp is like photo shop. For music there is Banshe
    and VLC. I have been running Linux for 20 years. Upgrades are free.


    I have all the stuff from the news letter for the past 19 years. It
    is about 500 gig. When I die anybody taking over the newsletter
    better be familiar with Thunderbird. In the beginning  it was
    Netscape but all files are compatible with Thunderbird. All thousands
    of messages and photos. The command line search engine finds a key
    word in 3 terra-bytes in less than 2 seconds. The Gui search engine
    is a bit slower.


    Paul Lamar


   John,

   I run virtualbox so I can run both Ubuntu and Windows as needed.
   Sometimes I have to have Windows for different things such as software
   development, PCB design, etc. Oftentimes I use Linux Mint, which is
   base on Ubuntu but have a regular desktop.

   Just make sure you have a lot of memory. And, if possible, swap out
   the Hard Disk for SSD. It makes a lot of difference. I used different
   brands and found Kingston, Samsung, Sandisk and Toshiba SSD's to be
   reliable.

   Henry Nee

   How big are those SSD's now aday's Henry?

   Paul Lamar



   I saw1 TB Samsung SSD for little over $300

.   Henry Nee

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