CachyOS

Nathan

Nathan

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CachyOS, another user friendly Arch-Linux derivative.

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Like most Linux .ISOs available, can be run "live" to try out or do a rescue operation on a broken Linux installation. Running from a USB 3.2 thumb-drive all last weekend, there was no difference at all in comparison to running an OS on the internal SSD drive. Upon initial boot up I chose the proprietary NVIDIA drivers to be loaded, later at desktop I installed WINE so I could use my Photoshop 6.0 editing suite.
 

I use Linux Mint "Mate" since 2009. It was most user friendly for me coming from Windows XP.

I NEVER install WINE !!! ... You can install the Windows emulator Wine in your Linux. Wine is an application that allows your Linux to run many (not all) Windows applications. As such, it's a small technological miracle. This miracle has a distinct and serious disadvantage, however: with Wine, not only some ordinary Windows applications can run in your Linux, but also.... some Windows viruses and other malware for Windows.

Although Windows malware in Wine can't touch your system files (Wine has no root permissions but only user permissions), it might access all of your personal files. Like documents, music, pictures et cetera. Which of course is very bad indeed.

That's why I'm against Wine. I prefer to keep Linux pure. Safety first. Therefore I don't install Wine in the first place. Especially on a computer that I conduct all personal business on.

I do have a very small, very slow, very inexpensive netbook that uses WIN 11 that I use when push comes to shove and I HAVE to run an *.exe file ... and that hasn't even happened this year yet, and only maybe once last year that I can think of when I needed to update my camera firmware.

For Photo Editing in Linux, I use GIMP. Has worked for every photo editing need I've had. GIMP
 
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Naturally said:
I NEVER install WINE !!! ... You can install the Windows emulator Wine in your Linux. Wine is an application that allows your Linux to run many (not all) Windows applications. As such, it's a small technological miracle. This miracle has a distinct and serious disadvantage, however: with Wine, not only some ordinary Windows applications can run in your Linux, but also.... some Windows viruses and other malware for Windows.

Although Windows malware in Wine can't touch your system files (Wine has no root permissions but only user permissions), it might access all of your personal files. Like documents, music, pictures et cetera. Which of course is very bad indeed.
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Well, if someone was running infected Windows software then that could be be a cause for concern. A discussion on unix.stackexchange

referred to a security measure whereby, you could run Windows/Wine applications under a separate user account: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/wine#Running_Wine_under_a_separate_user_account

Naturally said:
I use Linux Mint "Mate" since 2009. It was most user friendly for me coming from Windows XP.For Photo Editing in Linux, I use GIMP. Has worked for every photo editing need I've had. GIMP
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I use GIMP each and every day, as I post a lot of images on forums that need to be resized, cropped or have color adjustments.
 

I just keep it simple Nathan. Not a gamer or anything. Use a computer for online things, photos, personal documents and email mainly. When running Linux ... I just run Linux and of course DEB files with Linux Mint. Pure and simple.

When I need a Windows platform for something very specific which is once every year or couple of years or so and only for about an hour at the most, I drag out my HP Stream running Windows (which I've "dumbed" down) and never use it for personal computing or storage of personal data.

Two worlds totally separate, one is 99.99% safe and the other is risky. I find no need to combine the two, Wine, dual boot or otherwise or because it can be done. Separate worlds for me. A purist and conservative some might politely say.

My brother puts all kinds of crap on his computer and spends half his time on the computer doing computer maintenance. I asked him why so much stuff, some of which was redundant and he said it's a computer and I want it to do all it can. Well, I'm not trying to put a man on mars or anything, I keep it simple and have only what's required for my needs.

On the other hand, I can see prudent use of Linux with Wine and a separate user account is LESS risky, but find no need for it. YMMV
 
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