3/12/2023 0 Comments Libreoffice chromebook![]() Or you can choose to completely replace your Windows operating system with Linux, which will unfortunately wipe the drive of all files. This is convenient if you want to retain Windows to use for certain Windows-only applications and then switch back to Linux. Or you can install it beside Windows on the same computer, which is called dual-booting, and choose which system to run when your computer starts up. When you reboot the computer you’ll be back to running Windows. ![]() You can try it out first by running it from a “live” DVD or flash drive without altering the computer. Linux is noted for being adaptable to any computer setup. Other notable distros are Knoppix ( Suse ( ), Debian ( and Fedora ( ). The best user-friendly distros, according to the It’sFOSS website ( ), are Ubuntu ( ), Linux Mint ( and Zorin ( ). Thus, there’s a staggering number of versions, called distributions or distros, which are free to download and install. Linux is open source which means any good programmer can legally tinker with it and improve upon the original. It requires less processing power and memory than Windows, and is very secure since it’s rarely a target for malware. Today Linux is used by millions of people and the Android operating system for smartphones is actually a variant of Linux. It’s called Linux and was created in 1991 by Finnish student Linus Torvalds. ![]() However, there is another free, time-tested alternative to Windows or Mac OS which runs well on both older or brand-new computers, allows for the installation of numerous programs, and files are saved locally on the hard drive. ![]() The limitations are that a Chromebook requires a constant internet connection for web apps to run in the Google Chrome browser, and files are saved in cloud storage, not on the computer. In my last column I discussed converting that ancient computer to a Chromebook operating system (OS) which requires the minimum in terms of memory and hard drive space. It may be quite capable of functioning but has become obsolete because it’s running Windows 7 or 8.1, or the operating system may have crashed entirely. An old desktop or laptop computer is not necessarily a decrepit computer. ![]()
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