On Fri, Jan 30, 2026 at 08:09:49PM +0000, Sue Hagley wrote:
This is a request to find someone community minded who would like to help people escape Windows and start using Linux. I found out that my laptop would not be suitable for Windows 11, that made me furious at the high handedness and the absolute waste. So I started to research on YouTube and other sources and decided to go with Linux Mint. I installed it on my laptop and was really pleased with it, then I did my husband's and another small laptop we had and they all worked. We then rescued an old Mac (2015) from loft and revived that too! So I am a convert. I am involved in a community project just opening in Ipswich and I would like to set up a group which would help people do what I did. But I do not have any real expertise except following instructions and fortunately I had no real issues. I have put feelers out locally and have found a couple of people with some experience but also not confident enough to put themselves forward as an 'expert'. So that's the ask - is there anyone out there who might be up for this? Probably, a once a month group where people bring their tech for assessment for suitability, trying out Linux on a USB and a bit of hand-holding as they switch over. Find out more about our project at [1]linktr.ee/IpswichUmbrella
Hope someone can help
I might be of use. I'm a 'professional' in that I spent most of my working life from the early 1970s unit the naughties writing software in all sorts of places.
However, probably of more use to you, is that I have run Linux on all my home computers for many years. I left MS Windows (for home use) some time around Windows XP.
I also use Raspberry Pi systems for various things.
Is there anywhere we can meet up and talk about this? ... or maybe, to begin with, take this off list and E-Mail directly?