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submitted 1 year ago by QuietStorm@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

i use windows because its the only os i know how to use. i want to get into things like torrenting because free stuff is cool but im afraid to. ive heard of tails os, a os that boots from a flash drive, is that worth checking out or should i stick with windows?

what is your advice? what should i do?

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[-] Lemongrab@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago

Mint was designed to be easy for windows users. Learn some stuff about the package manager (software manager for GUI, and either apt or apt-get) and you should be alright. Fyi Linux Mint is basically Ubuntu (but with some good changes) so find what Ubuntu version you are running (using cat /etc/upstream-release/lsb-release in the terminal) and thats what software is compatable. I'd avoid full drive encryption because Timeshift (system snapshot app) doesn't work with ZFS drive partitions.

[-] Lemongrab@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

Also configure UFW (firewall service).

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