STILL ON WINDOWS 7?

WE PRESENT THE CASE FOR LINUX

FULL TUTORIAL AND SETUP GUIDE

In April 2014 Windows XP, loved by some, a thorn in the side of others, went End of Life (EOL). There would be no more bug fixes, and no more security updates. Anyone who continued to use it was on their own.

Users had the choice of updating to the newly released Windows 8.1 (though its Metro interface was unpopular and its system requirements were considerably higher than XP’s) or 2007’s Windows 7, which we can rightly describe as the least worst Windows release of the last 20 years. At the same time, Ubuntu 14.04 had just been released, and back then we reminded people that there was another way. And that way was Linux.

And here we are, with exactly the same advice again. This time around it’s Windows 7’s turn to retire, and Microsoft would dearly love for you to switch to Windows 10. If, however, you feel that Windows is not the right OS for your needs we’re going to persuade you that this is the new OS you and your hardware deserve.

Windows 10’s official minimum requirements may be relatively low, and migrating to it from Windows 7 is probably painless. But the same cannot be said for users’ first experiences of it: see your desktop transformed into a marketing space. Have your work interrupted by lengthy updates. Share your private data. Be forced into discourse with Cortana when you just want to open an app.

So if you’re running Windows 7 and dreading the move to Microsoft’s latest system, fear not. And if you’re already running Windows 10, it doesn’t have to be this way. Thanks to Pop!_OS, running Linux needn’t be all cryptic terminals and gobbledygook. It can be easy, fun and involve onomatopoeia.