So, first time post here, just joined the forum few minutes ago, after watching few videos ( maybe more than few ) ….old IT guy .. started with C64.. 286..386 , adlib sound cards and TURBO button on computer 
.. my setup, main computer.. games and editing videos and pictures.. media computer connected to TV and a laptop. Media and laptop were win10.. can’t update the windows so I was looking into rufus and doing it that way, but decided not to. and one day I just snapped and installed Ubuntu on my main computer, separate disk from Win, weekend and I will install Mint on laptop and media computer ! So, I didnt get rid of Win11, just separate partition and booting into linux as default. Managed to get one game that I play in Wine and running on Ubuntu, Brave as browser , and looking into proton ecosystem , but need some time to decide whats best for me. No problems with Linux ( I did hate linux for years ) except I can’ get used to no desktop shortcuts/icons and procedure how to create one and run a program like that ( chatGpt ftw ! ) So I would say this is kinda half win . Second part of my story is Pixel 7a and GrapheneOs, installed this week, still have my Samsung because this is even worse than Linux.. watching too many videos, reading too much, and then experimenting, but its all fun and games . I think this is a step in good direction. Getting rid of Google…. Microsoft.. maybe Facebook.. and probably Whatsapp .. Got Signal installed and 1 managed to get one of my friends to install it , so, small steps 
still finding myself in Linux and GOS !
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