Not interested in installing Windows 10 on your computer after reading news reports indicating Microsoft will track your online behavior and save your search queries, private emails and contents of private folders, including photos?
Too bad. You may not be given much of a choice.
Microsofts Windows 10 is preparing to automatically download onto computers currently installed with Windows 7 or 8 without the computer users knowledge, Londons Guardian reported.
According to the report, Microsoft announced that Windows 10 will become a recommended update in 2016, and anyone who has automatic updates activated will have the new program installed automatically on their PC.
After it has downloaded, the Windows 10 installer will begin. At that point, users will need to actively cancel Windows 10.
That is, if they arent in the habit of just hitting OK when presented with a prompt, as many users often do.
In the meantime, until 2016, the Windows 10 upgrade will be considered optional and could still be downloaded if a user has the computer set to install automatic updates, which can be disabled.
If you choose to upgrade (our recommendation!), then you will have 31 days to roll back to your previous version if you dont love it, said Terry Myerson, executive vice president of Microsofts Windows and Devices group.
Had updates already disabled on my tablet running windoze 8.1, it only has a 32gb HDD and the previous updates just totally ate all the free space left on that tiny hdd... Can't imagine what windoze 10 would do!
Found it suspicious that they were offering a free upgrade, microsoft are not in the business of just giving away free and newly released OS. Sticking to Windoze 7 for my pc.
It is, not a guru here but I installed linux mint on Anarch's pc and the subsequent releases.
You can even have a dual boot with both Linux and windoze both installed on your pc, that is an option you can also explore to see and get the feel of Linux. There are also different Linux distros. Here is a beginners list.
There is also a lot of documentation on how to install those and with mint, what I remember is that you can give it a test run without installing it with the live cd option. If you do wish to do a full clean install, you will need to back up everything you wish to keep from your current pc. Maybe you can create a partition if your HD is big enough to store all the files you wish to keep and then, go from there.
My experience with various distributions has been disappointing. Most I've tried (in the past) just haven't worked well, either because they are outdated and not working well with the latest hardware designs, or because they don't have the robust development time put into them to work with the wide variety of hardware components that people have.
For beginners, rather than confuse them with big lists, I would recommend trying Linux Mint first. Spending time trying out various distros that might not work well is just a source of discouragement. Start with something that does work.
I say that without looking at the link you gave. Maybe it's got good and helpful info for beginners. I don't know, but I do know beginners have a very high likelihood of success by just downloading Linux Mint, burning a DVD, and booting up with it.
what I remember is that you can give it a test run without installing it with the live cd option.
Correct.
If you do wish to do a full clean install, you will need to back up everything you wish to keep from your current pc.
If the install is done properly, there's a 99% chance it can be done without harming existing data. But it's not 100%, especially if it's done by someone inexperienced Linux so.... correct.
Maybe you can create a partition if your HD is big enough to store all the files you wish to keep and then, go from there.