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  • If their computer can handle running a windows vm on virtualbox, I’d recommend that over dual boot. Windows update will almost certainly cause issues on boot…eventually.

    Jump into Linux with both feet. Use the vm as a crutch or a bridge to windows only software.

    Follow the advice below… backup everything. If you have a 2nd hd, this makes it easier to keep files and is separated.

    If you’re prepared to reinstall, it’s easy to nuke it and try again. It’s part of learning and sometimes easier to troubleshoot.


  • Bard on my experience, Mint is probably the best gateway distro into Linux from windows. Debian and Ubuntu forums are relevant and useful. My wife and I are both IT professionals, and mint was just “natural”. She couldn’t care less what os, de, or wm is in use as long as it gets it done. She’s got mint on one laptop and Debian with gnome on another.

    Once they decide they want something different they can find what meets those needs nice they have their bearings and a “need”.

    Ubuntu never really hit home for me for some reason.

    I wanted to move off mint, because I wanted the gnome DE. Yes, I did successfully slam gnome on top of mint, more as a can I do it vs should I do it exercise. Then I wanted something further upstream and went to Debian.

    Then, I started tinkering with Endeavouros. This has allowed me to learn more about how things really work and WHY they work the way they do. Documentation on arch to me is second to none. Until I had daily driver Linux experience and spent some time tinkering, this was just overwhelming.



  • I think your biggest issue is going to be getting black listed IPs or other provider marking you as unknown/untrusted. That alone is enough to make it unreliable no matter how good you are at being able to setup, secure, and run your own mail server.

    Get your own domain, then find a zero trust provider and leverage their size.

    This way if you need to change whoever is hosting your email, it’s and easy lift and shift.












  • Cars have gps built in even if you don’t use the onboard navigation. For some odd reason you care goes to a particular club / establishment every Thursday and stays parked there for 2.75 to 3.5hrs each time. If I took all the data your car’s gps collected, I bet I could make some pretty good inferences about you. Even if they’re wrong but roughly accurate, I could still sell it.

    Now imagine something associated with where you’re going suddenly becomes illegal or target activity. Now you’re on a cool new government list.

    Heck let’s go one step further. The location you frequent gets associated with pro Israel or pro Palestine. And since all companies are perfectly with safeguarding data, somehow has a breach. Now a true wackadoodle has this and your home location. What could possibly go wrong here? All actions and dialogue around this topic have been perfectly mannered and civil </s>. You might not even have a clue that your now associates with something to which you had no awareness or affiliation.

    All of these scenarios go away if they didn’t harvest data.