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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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[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

A "just works" distribution like Linux Mint is miles ahead compared to Windows and Tails OS is a step even further as it is only Live and routes everything through TOR.

Linux is not hard to be honest. Your main concern in difficulty is third-party software support. (Creative cloud and office 365 does not work for instance.)

If you want to try out any of these, just ask me if you need any help

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

office 365 does not work for instance.

Well that's not true

O365 via the browser works perfectly fine and has done for years. You can't install windows executable apps if that's what you meant

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Yeah, the executable is what I meant. Sorry for being unclear