That is the same way politicians in South Fl. do to look good, by hiring huge corporations, when can easily just create local neighborhoods doIng this themselves & regulate them, all most all cases not as good for The Environment. Newly elected Mayor of one of the counties, I (not the lamestream news challenges that did whole segments, on her plan) contacted pointed the above out & that the monopoly corporation she was talking up used tons of plastic, instead easily recycled metal & huge dump trucks traveling great distances. Since I do not live in Ag. & Unincorporated area/cannot vote for her, no one ever got back to me.

This is the problem with our species, we let those few that have a ton of resources & thus can easily do what must be for the benefit of The Living Planet & All Living Beings, just decide I want something cooler, to them, & never do it. There must be serious costs (rehabilitation & penalties) to those that refuse to do the right thing.

In my privileged family, many households could get solar panels, electric vehicles (both of these things my own parents just will not do) & so much more, yet it is not what they prefer to do, some BS reasoning!

Example is what at least over a decade ago, I remember watching Independent news reports on what South Africa did, when small percentage of their population (large percentage were Caucasian) was consuming too much of the water, South Africa was heading to having no more water! They put a limit on amount of water that could use & gave financial penalties for going over & hired people to travel around give citations!

Now Iran Capital is in the same fate,

I am do this:

I had to purchase a new thumb drive, since the one I have, now, got infected by malware. I am going to have the Windows backup on my thumb drive & Linux on my thumb drive. So if something goes wrong or I do not want one or the other, I can just start over, with saved copies of the OS I want to use.

Okay, that sounds awesome, but I have three-questions. 1st. Is it the same for Mint version? 2nd. Can test out/actually use The Linux Mint or Distro version, then backup it all, remove the same thumb drive & it is as if nothing occurred? & 3rd. Can I save both OSs’ files to same thumb drive & still do 2nd. question?

I had not known that I could use/test-out without downloading.

I have been thinking of installing both & chosing to keep the one I like best, because Microsoft Windows forced downloaded to my machine, buy family member buy both Framework 12 LT & Windows.

Not I

Is that first sentence a joke?

That is off topic & ridiculous, on your part, based upon that & context of my post.

That sucks, Suggestion for improvement, have (only heard of such volunteer-COOP product repair shops) Linux create such shopsaround as much of the world as possible. Thanks

I hear you on that, but if we are just talking about Linux (that appears to be the one to go with), then I should have been able to go to Linux’s official website & get them to provide me with licensed/trustworthy option(s) for me. Like any other services-product,

see then that is a big risk

Yeah, I hear you, now. But then I had even less income & without a LT for year. Went the cheapest possible route, cellphone specialist, but advertised he did computers as well.

Thank You, been so focused on Mint, ignored the rest.

You should not assume, just ask me! I have, just this is the only social media I use. Really hate social media, but boards are dead & tech. corporations no longer do customer services.

Thank you, but tablet low on battery,

No specific problem, except Frameworks’ undersized screens! Hate small screens!

My brother (in the software repair industry) loves Frameworks & Windows, & so do I love that part of Frameworks, so I have a small beginning understanding.

I cannot afford to have new LT out for a long time, while i learn.

I am brandnew to Linux & alternatives to Windows & not a programmer. What is disto?

I.n R.eal W.orld/retail location

Really? Wow, does not sound that skilled then. but the current computer repairperson said he only does Windows, & few affordable (no job, there is only geek sqaud) & trustworthy, past malware infections event, computer repair place. I live aura, unincorporated & Ag. area, nearest city is at least 15-Mins. away by automobiles.

I cannot agree more with what you said, but I was giftee, not the gifter.