oh great thanks for mentioning it, I’m behind a router so I thought I was pretty safe. Though I do share a place with 10 other people so who knows what’s inside this house.

I find that reinstalling and setting up Linux again is a lot quicker than Windows. I put Windows 10 on a spare drive fairly recently, and the amount of restarts it needs to get all the updates is flippin’ nuts. Windows nearly crashes for the first few hours, until I get all the updates installed and drivers set up. Too much background crap. In linux I can be ready in about 20 minutes.

All my equipment is 8 years old and I can’t afford a new system - not even a basic one. I’m permanently unemployed (until the economy fixes itself) but at least it’s put the brakes on wasted money. Now it’s just food + rent + transport.

If I want games then there’s Xbox and other systems for that, so gaming is not going to entice me back to Windows. Sure there are some games on Steam that aren’t on Xbox but I’m still finding dozens of games to play or replay on Xbox.

If I bought a new system in the future I’d put Linux on it again. There may be some occasional issues but it’s a lot better than Windows which I see as too commercialised. Microsoft wants me to use their browser and search engine, and any “free” application that I install will have ads and nag me to pay a subscription. On Linux I don’t have this problem with my apps and there aren’t any pop-ups except tips upon start-up. I really can’t go back because it’s not for me. I’m not a wealthy person looking to spend $2 a month on cloud storage or buy hundreds of games in 90% sales only to never play them. It isn’t my mindset.