Windows 10 meets the Recycle Bin

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I highly recommend you make a live USB so you can try the variety of linux you are going to use and see if you are comfortable with the feel

I run Mint Linux on my home, and my kids run edubuntu.
However if you want to run a server CentOS is the way to go... stable like rocks!

Linux has come a long way since the RedHat days

[Martolod]

i am on Ubuntu Linux on my laptop. runs superbly of a usb stick and does everything i need it to do and then some.
and the LTS version (long term support) means you don't have go to a new operating version,but use a fully supported stable user friendly OS that will serve(sic) you well for a few years to com.
althoughi use win 10 on my desktop purely for convinience, if i had the time i would go completely Ubuntu.
but there are some things i still like about the WIn OS, so for now, i use both

[jamesmck]

i am on Ubuntu Linux on my laptop. runs superbly of a usb stick and does everything i need it to do and then some.

Are you running a full install on the USB, or the live "trial"?

[Martolod]

i run a full install via WUBI along side win7. was a little tricky when i first started out as windows does not like to play well with other OS.
i ended up installing Ubuntu first on a blank HDD then win 7 afterwards.

[jamesmck]

i run a full install via WUBI along side win7

Oh, I thought you were running from a USB stick. I have 14.04.3 32-bit fully installed on an 8GB USB stick (USB 2.0) in an old Vista 32-bit laptop, and it runs well if a little slow. I just got an external solid state USB 64GB drive and plan on installing the 64-bit version on it and running it from a USB 3.0 port on a newer 64-bit Windows 7 machine with 6GB RAM. All reports are that this should make for good speed. I like using USB because of portability (and not having to mess with hard drive partitioning).

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It seems W10 is hoved down peoples throas by making it a non-optional update
http://arstechnica.com/information-tech ... next-year/

http://lifehacker.com/how-to-block-wind ... 1730024570