Author Topic: Best overall Win10/11 alternatives?? List your thoughts (Read 23319 times)

Sandman[SA] · « **Reply #30 on:** November 02, 2025, 11:41:59 pm »

Quote from: KT 💣 KλBoƠM on October 30, 2025, 12:27:10 pm

That is good to know. I still feel Windows 7 was one of the best OS versions of Windows. Which do you think was the best?

There are A LOT of people out there that will tell you that Windows 7 was G.O.A.T! In case you don't know what that means. Greatest Of All Time. For what that OS was capable of doing, it did what it was supposed to do and did it very well. Unfortunately, you and I cannot go back to Windows 7 on our current rigs. 8th gen and newer Intel systems will not be fully supported by Windows 7. Same goes for 2nd gen Ryzen and up.

Windows 10 had it's teething pains early on. But once they got those kinks ironed out, Windows 10 turned out pretty damn good too. Windows 10 will truly be the last Windows OS that is backward compatible with older systems.

Sandman[SA] · « **Reply #31 on:** November 06, 2025, 06:22:15 pm »

I just thought I would drop this right here.

KT 💣 KλBoƠM · « **Reply #32 on:** November 10, 2025, 09:25:19 pm »

Thank you Sand! Definitely watching this video! Thanks!!

Dave was telling me that people are going to Linux Mint is the Cinnamon edition because it looks the most like Windows but I wanted to make sure it was easy for my mom as even Windows confuses her (she does not understand the directories yet and keeps asking me "where did my pictures save to?" and gets confused between online and offline thinking that saving an email to yahoo mail is the same as downloading an image or letter to the computer).

How to switch your Windows 10 PC to Linux Mint - for free

Your Windows PC has a secretly useful backup tool - here's how to access it

Sandman[SA] · « **Reply #33 on:** December 21, 2025, 12:08:48 am »

I found this Zorin OS review interesting. The more interesting part is it can run as a live OS. So, you can take it for a test drive before you commit to anything.

KT 💣 KλBoƠM · « **Reply #34 on:** January 15, 2026, 05:48:28 pm »

Quote from: Sandman[SA] on December 21, 2025, 12:08:48 am

I found this Zorin OS review interesting. The more interesting part is it can run as a live OS. So, you can take it for a test drive before you commit to anything.

I have heard great things about Zorin OS actually and am considering it

Sandman[SA] · « **Reply #35 on:** January 16, 2026, 09:21:40 pm »

So, what is stopping you from creating a live boot media and taking it for a test drive?

KT 💣 KλBoƠM · « **Reply #36 on:** **Yesterday** at 02:10:21 pm »

Quote from: Sandman[SA] on January 16, 2026, 09:21:40 pm

So, what is stopping you from creating a live boot media and taking it for a test drive?

You are right, and I DO know how to do that. Just hard to sit at the moment given my current health situation and also busy with funerals and sick family, bla bla bla and procrastination as I have so much to do before the start of this cancer treatment after the surgery. I think after the 17th things will get even more busy so you are right. I should do it now. My mom has been successful at making things real busy for me as it seems she can't do anything without me anymore. (Doesn't even know how to plug in her headphones ... and this is the woman who used to know how to burn her own music CD's....)

Sandman[SA] · « **Reply #37 on:** **Today** at 12:38:45 am »

All you need is a portable hard drive or a USB thumb drive. Setup a live boot media and take it for a test drive. If you don't like it, just remove the portable drive and reboot. But if you do like it, you will have wipe out a drive and install it fresh.