windows 7 64bit ult or linux mint cinnamon

[2009joseph]

hello i have went and dont it again lol . i got another ledgent of a dell e6430 core i5 again so now thats 3 i have and well there cheap ebay buys . anyways the one i got was dirt cheap came with no ssd or power cable so thats why . and well i have a few spare ssd about and the windows sticker on the back did not have a product code so it must been a school one. well i cleaned it out put on new cpu paste on it and a spare 250gb ssd in it plus 16gb of samsumg matching ram and i thought for a change i will try linux mint cinnamon 64bit on it and you can get it to act and look like windows 7 withn the uk landscape theme on it with picture and sounds .tbh i have to say i do like it and its running prety well on it .but on my laptop i still have the windows 7 ult 64bit on it and i love it . but with the linux os you dont need to buy a antivirus i guess on it .whats your guys thoughts on it

 

[michael diemer]

Why not run Linux? It is definitely safer, and unless you need Windows for something, why not have at least one machine that runs Linux? If nothing else, it's educational, you will learn new things. It can also be handy at times. Linux can be so handy that Microsoft themselves have embedded it in Windows as the Linux subsystem. Some people use it for the great tools, like the partition editor. And with the future of Windows unclear you may really need Linux at some point. (Why is Windows' future unclear? Have you tried running Windows 11? Who knows what they will do next, but the trajectory for awhile now has not been up).