17-10-2019, 02:50 PM
"I suspect I need a Linux 101 type of book or online tutorial"
No need for maybe the last 10 years:
1. Mostly stuff is now more intuitive than Windows.
2. You can even have a Redmond Theme (clue in name) and up to four task bars, configure any or all to be like XP classic Start Menu + task tray. Or make desktop be like Mac or Solaris.
3. Typing Linux and problem into search works better than Windows or Mac and problem now
Very many tools are either already on Linux Mint or a couple of clicks away on the package manager. There is a naive user GUI "Software Manager", an advanced GUI "Synaptic Package manager", a command line tool and also the Debian equivalent of Windows MSI or Redhat rpm (.deb packages).
I have no desktop icons except for mounted USB devices or network drives as I don't need them! I have the default four desktops that date back to 1990s on the top autohide task bar.
Caps Lock key is now the ancient UNIX/ DEC Compose key, Caps lock function is done by using both shift to set and either to cancel.
The AltGr does all the usual windows presses as well as on most other keys.
Things like USB based Wacom, Soundblaster, Serial, Bluetooth, many webcams, any phone (except iOS, needs extra software), USB storage, USB Wifi etc just work even when Win7 or Win10 doesn't or loads wrong driver.
Gimp runs on Windows and Linux and takes a little getting used to, then it's better than Irfanview or PSP7 (my wife used both and Windows since Win3.1 and changed to Linux from Win7 and The Gimp on newish Lenovo some months ago).
No need for maybe the last 10 years:
1. Mostly stuff is now more intuitive than Windows.
2. You can even have a Redmond Theme (clue in name) and up to four task bars, configure any or all to be like XP classic Start Menu + task tray. Or make desktop be like Mac or Solaris.
3. Typing Linux and problem into search works better than Windows or Mac and problem now
Very many tools are either already on Linux Mint or a couple of clicks away on the package manager. There is a naive user GUI "Software Manager", an advanced GUI "Synaptic Package manager", a command line tool and also the Debian equivalent of Windows MSI or Redhat rpm (.deb packages).
I have no desktop icons except for mounted USB devices or network drives as I don't need them! I have the default four desktops that date back to 1990s on the top autohide task bar.
Caps Lock key is now the ancient UNIX/ DEC Compose key, Caps lock function is done by using both shift to set and either to cancel.
The AltGr does all the usual windows presses as well as on most other keys.
Things like USB based Wacom, Soundblaster, Serial, Bluetooth, many webcams, any phone (except iOS, needs extra software), USB storage, USB Wifi etc just work even when Win7 or Win10 doesn't or loads wrong driver.
Gimp runs on Windows and Linux and takes a little getting used to, then it's better than Irfanview or PSP7 (my wife used both and Windows since Win3.1 and changed to Linux from Win7 and The Gimp on newish Lenovo some months ago).
