My father-in-law has an 8 year old laptop that is still in perfectly good working condition, and was not happy about Microsoft forcing him to buy a new one due to the #EndOf10 , and he remembered I had mentioned to him #Linux so he asked me to install it for him. (Yay!) So I BitTorrented the latest ISO image onto my own computer and stuck-in an old USB stick.

In the Cinnamon desktop environment, all you need to do is right-click on the ISO image, and right there in the context menu there were two options: “Verify”, and “Make bootable USB stick”. It is so simple, its just right there in the file browser, in the right-click context menu.

Selecting “Verify” runs the GUI application mint-iso-verify and tells you with a big green checkmark or big red cross whether your ISO image is official. Selecting “Make bootable USB stick“ runs an applet built-in to the “Nemo” file browser (Cinnamon’s file browser, forked from Gnome File Browser), which finds attached USB media, prompts you for an admin password, and writes the image.

This does not work on Cinnamon DE running in stock Debian, it is specific to Linux Mint. Other Linux desktops may provide a similar feature, but I am not personally aware of any. Little details like this really make the Linux Mint user experience so much nicer and easier to use, and that is why it is my go-to recommendation for people switching from Windows.

#tech #software #Linux #FOSS #FLOSS #LinuxMint #CinnamonDE #EndOf10 #EndOfTen #SwitchToLinux

LWDW #Linux fun this week!
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This speaker runs Linux 🔊,
Ubuntu 25.10 releases 🎉,
One handed keyboard prototype
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Firefox 144 highlights 🦊,
Preserving the floppy disk 💾

#SwitchtoLinux #OpenSource
https://youtu.be/9K0BgAHIUFE

Linuxiac @linuxiac argues that what holds back from switching to Linux is more human nature than technology.

https://linuxiac.com/the-only-thing-stopping-you-from-switching-to-linux-is-your-mindset

#linux #SwitchToLinux

I decided to finally #switchtolinux (*) and it was... faster and easier than installing Windows, and then ran well right away with Bluetooth, etc all working? A lot has changed in the last several years, apparently.

("It" being Manjaro Linux with KDE.)

*Switch back to Linux, in my case, after a hiatus of several years motivated by software compatibility. But these days I find myself needing more Linux-friendly than Windows-friendly software anyway, and my, still very capable, home computer does not support Windows 11.

LWDW is live on YouTube!!! 
Come have some fun and get some #Linux #News along the way!
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#OpenSource #podcast #technews
#SwitchtoLinux #FOSS
https://shorturl.at/CbBHP

After the end of #Windows10, seize the opportunity – we can help with the #switchtoLinux !

On October 14, #Microsoft will discontinue support for Windows 10. For private customers, this means that their Windows 10 PCs can no longer be operated securely, as Microsoft will no longer close security gaps. In principle, support will only be extended for corporate customers. Microsoft has artificially set the hardware requirements for Windows 11 high in order to force as many users as possible to buy a new computer when updating to Windows 11, thereby lining the pockets of the tech monopoly.

In doing so, Microsoft is not only taking money out of its customers' pockets, but also causing a completely avoidable environmental disaster—according to our estimates, approximately 60% of all private and company computers operated in Germany are not (“legally”) able to update to Windows 11!

If the billion-dollar corporation has its way, hundreds of millions, if not billions, of computers worldwide will end up in the scrap heap for its profit, even though they work perfectly fine and have absolutely sufficient performance. Instead, new devices that are often inferior are to be purchased, wasting energy and resources senselessly for their production!

This calculation should not be allowed to succeed!

Our contribution to #EndOf10:
We actively oppose such crimes, which is why we support the international campaign @Endof10

The goal: To encourage as many people as possible to switch to GNU/Linux and help them get started.

What we do:

1. Linux courses and individual consultation: We help people install Linux on their computers and answer practical questions in Radevormwald.

2. Call for computer donations: We call on private individuals and companies who cannot or do not want to use Linux to donate computers that cannot be updated to Windows 11! In addition to the Left Forum, there are other initiatives and repair cafés that can refurbish computers and install GNU/Linux. We can put you in touch with them!

#Linux offers advantages: greater #security and #privacy, and no #advertising or costs. And: independence from US tech companies!

In our political work, we have relied on GNU/Linux and free software #foss since our founding.

Collectively, we have well over a hundred years of practical experience: Almost all of our members now also use GNU/Linux privately or for their work. Among them are office workers, typists and writers as well as artists and gamers. GNU/Linux offers solutions for almost all application scenarios.

We have the experience and are ready to share it.

So official support for Windows 10 ends today. If you were using it... are you planning to switch to Linux?

What flavor distro are you rocking? 🐧

#wind10 #windows #linux #switchtolinux