From: Mick.Finnlay@yopmail.com   
      
   "John C."  wrote:   
      
   > eventually it was the lack of application choice that made me give up   
   > each time.   
      
   You will still find areas where Windows apps are more polished, powerful   
   etc etc. That's why I moved my whole Win7 install and a separate Win10   
   install into VBox VMs on my Linux boxen. I still use four Windows apps   
   on a daily basis (eg my old trusty Agent used to post this) and a few   
   others every now and then.   
      
   I see two obvious ways to get on the Linux bandwagon without killing   
   your Windows install: install a user-friendly distro as dual-boot and   
   switch between both OSs on boot. Or install VBox on your Windows install   
   and install a user-friendly distro in a VM, play with that until you're   
   comfortable with it and then dual-boot or even remove Windows (with   
   possibly moving your Win install into a VM as I did... it's pretty   
   straightforward).   
      
   As to what distro... I've switched 7 years ago to then Linux MX v18 and   
   am now on MX23 with planning to update to MX25 one of these days. I   
   tested various other distros but none had the combination of power and   
   ease of use that MX had.   
      
   MX has some unique features, the most important ones its collection of   
   MX utilities and the ability to run a full install off an existing   
   Windows installation (meaning you don't need repartition and reformat   
   your drive... that's what I did all those years ago). It also has a very   
   lively and helpful forum.   
      
   --   
   Mick   
      
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