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Why wait? Hell, you can test out a live distro in a virtual machine to start learning about it right now before taking the big leap. Unless you’re already familiar with Linux anyways. 🐧

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Indeed I am. I already have a dual-boot setup on my laptop (not yet on my desktop) but need to finish testing Linux alternatives and/or running under WINE for some of my Windows-only software. I’ve been slowly chipping away at that over the past few months and expect to continue to do so over the next few as well, after which I hope to be ready to completely switch over.

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I’ve been trying to buy a new computer for years. I finally put the remaining pieces on my Christmas list lol.

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Good news, Linux works well on old computers, and in many cases, you can just move the boot drive to the new hardware and you’re good.

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If this is about SecureBoot stuff you’d have to get a new motherboard lol which basically means new everything sadly.

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