Migrating to Linux

This past January I decided to make the switch from Windows 10 to Linux. This was not an easy decision to make, but one I felt I had to make. My reasons for migrating to Linux as my daily operating system are:

• security, or should I say the lack of it. Windows 10 is so insecure that they have to push huge monthly updates to patch a myriad of security vulnerabilities.
• telemetry and lack of privacy. Microsoft has hidden and made it almost impossible to turn off all of their telemetry. Most major operating systems give you the option to turn this off, but not Microsoft. I believe that I own the rights to my own data, not Microsoft. Microsoft does not need to know everything that I am doing on my computer.
• updates. On the second Tuesday of every month Microsoft releases patches to cover security vulnerabilities, operating system bugs and sometimes add new features. Sounds great, except that these patches usually introduce their own bugs. Some users have discovered that their computers will not boot after being patched while others have found that it has deleted some files stored on their desktop. Sloppy updates seem to be Microsoft’s forte.

The main reason I stayed with Windows 10 so long was some of the programs I use were on Windows 10 but not on Linux. I have been a regular user of Microsoft Office and Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom. I have found an open source replacement for MS Office and am in the process of evaluating different open source programs to replace the Adobe products.

I am now into my third month of using Linux almost exclusively and I realize that I should have made the switch from Windows 10 to Linux much earlier.