Yeah, I would recommend Mint as well. Version 18 is out now and I just
put it on an HP ProOne 400. Works great! Course, anything with 2.7GHz
CPU and 8GB of RAM should run well enough.
As far as Windows programs go, look here:
<http://www.howtogeek.com/133515/4-ways-to-run-windows-software-on-linux/>
There are many ways to run Windows programs on Linux and there are a lot
of substitutes; OpenOffice is just as good as MS Office and the number
of things it won't do is incredibly small. Although I just read that OO
might be having problems due to lack of developers.
Switching to Linux is a great way to go and allows you to make the most
of the hardware you already own.
Tom
On 9/6/2016 12:17 PM, merrowb@yahoo.com [LINUX_Newbies] wrote:
>
>
> Hi I'm Bev now living in South Dakota. Thanks for letting me join this
> group. There are several on Yahoo Groups. I chose you because of the
> excellent FAQ's that are publicly available.
>
>
> Prior to my retirement I was a Windows administrator and trained up
> through Windows Server 2008. Long ago and with little training, I was
> the administrator for a SCO Unix system (don't remember what version).
> I remember looking at the blank prompt line and typing what somebody
> told me over the phone. So not a whole lot of Unix knowledge. Currently
> using Windows 7 and 8 on PC's and Laptops; and various Android releases
> on various portable equipment. (Had two Win10 tablets that died).
> Still I'd drop MS in a heartbeat if my applications were ported to
> another OS. They are craft applications for Embroidery, Knitting and
> Sewing; and yes what I really want to be is not an administrator but a
> happy end user.
>
>
> I'm so tired of dealing with MS problems that I'd like to take my elder
> Win7 system and install Linux. Pretty sure that's a matter of making
> sure the distro I choose supports the hardware in the existing system.
> But will it be possible to move my Win-based applications and have them
> work or am I wasting my time? Would any particular distro be most
> suitable for my needs?
>
>
> TIA
>
> sdBev
>
Posted by: "T. Hunt" <roversouth@bellsouth.net>
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