At the office I use Windows but at home I have a Dual Boot System with Linux.
Been on Linux Mint for the past 2 years and very pleased. I can go months without ever rebooting. No problems with Viruses
and it does about everything I need.
The linux mint looks exactly like Windows 7 and is very customizeable.
Recently I nuked my Linux Mint and decided to try UBUNTU 16 the 18 is coming out today but decided not to wait also figured to give it
a few months for stability. I added the Cinnamon Overlay and it looks and acts just like Windows. Except more stable.
You pretty well never need to use a command line but if you do it's so easy just find what you need off the web and copy and paste into the command line.
I have my Windows 7 installed on a 500gb SSD and a 4tb Drive for Storage and my Linux on a 1TB SSD. BTW I highly recommend the Samsung SSD I've used at least 5 of them for years on different builds and never had an issue.
My technique for my Linux install is to disconnect the other hard drives physically when I install and reconnect afterwards. I just use the f-11 key and choose the 500gb drive if I need Windows.
Linux when installed recognized all my Hardware easy peasy
Then I went to a site 48 things to do after installing ubuntu and one of the things was to install a program that installed all the other programs including Chrome. The Ubuntu install was the easiest operating system install that I've ever had.
The only thing that Linux won't do is play Blu Ray DVD because of Encryption Reasons. Also many games won't play on it, although Steam has a bunch of quality Linux Games too.
I probably use my Win 7 dual boot 1x every 6 months!
Been on Linux Mint for the past 2 years and very pleased. I can go months without ever rebooting. No problems with Viruses
and it does about everything I need.
The linux mint looks exactly like Windows 7 and is very customizeable.
Recently I nuked my Linux Mint and decided to try UBUNTU 16 the 18 is coming out today but decided not to wait also figured to give it
a few months for stability. I added the Cinnamon Overlay and it looks and acts just like Windows. Except more stable.
You pretty well never need to use a command line but if you do it's so easy just find what you need off the web and copy and paste into the command line.
I have my Windows 7 installed on a 500gb SSD and a 4tb Drive for Storage and my Linux on a 1TB SSD. BTW I highly recommend the Samsung SSD I've used at least 5 of them for years on different builds and never had an issue.
My technique for my Linux install is to disconnect the other hard drives physically when I install and reconnect afterwards. I just use the f-11 key and choose the 500gb drive if I need Windows.
Linux when installed recognized all my Hardware easy peasy
Then I went to a site 48 things to do after installing ubuntu and one of the things was to install a program that installed all the other programs including Chrome. The Ubuntu install was the easiest operating system install that I've ever had.
The only thing that Linux won't do is play Blu Ray DVD because of Encryption Reasons. Also many games won't play on it, although Steam has a bunch of quality Linux Games too.
I probably use my Win 7 dual boot 1x every 6 months!