katy ✨

smoulove is honestly the best translation of smurfs i’ve ever seen.

btw i use jellyfin

the major things i would check is your documents folder, which can be linked to onedrive, and to turn off bitlocker encryption if you’re going to remove windows entirely (your keys to it might be in your microsoft account). usually everything else is just in the folder on the drive; if you want any app data, then check the appdata folders but you’re better off just starting fresh or getting an export from the app if it allows and has a compatable linux version.

for browsing, most of my stuff was in my firefox account anyway so i could just sign back in on linux and get my bookmarks, history, etc.

just had to set up my imap info in thunderbird but all the emails were on the server so that wasn’t a big deal.

well most of the stuff i really wanted i either had in google drive (i just use it as an external hdd for random files) and then i moved the important stuff cough downloaded movies and shows to another external hdd and the rest i just blew away.

i’ve used linux in the past for servers so i did have some background but when i switched on my desktop from windows to linux, i jumped right into mint and it’s been one of the best experiences. setup was pretty easier; i recommend using a live usb to test it out since you can install right from there.

i used a live bootable usb stick to play around before i installed it; the one thing i had an issue with is my display drivers but simply updating using software manager (i think specifically the kernel or something; it’s been a while so I cant remember for sure) fixed it

and then it gets shutdown by the copyright police and you’re out of luck

it runs a real copy of Windows

then just run windows; at that point if you’re going to buy a license for windows, why go through hoops?

i decided to install linux mint over windows one weekend and here i am. plus i got sick of microsoft and their continuing quest to be terrible.