+Roquefort gang.

Hi there! I’m you. My first computer was a TRS-80 in the early 80s, and my daily driver today is Debian (a flavor of Linux). I’m not an IT person, but I’ve had some skin in the game for a while.

You won’t need to purchase a thing unless you have some weird/old hardware where drivers will be a challenge.

There are a million flavors (“distros”) of Linux. The most straightforward ones to start with are probably Ubuntu and Mint.

Most Linux distros have a “live CD” version that you can “install” on a thumb drive. That allows you to take the entire OS for a test spin without changing anything on your “main” computer.

I’ve been beating this drum for years, but Autoduel as a MMORPG.

Ditto, well put, thanks.

Serious question, what are we looking at and/or being mildly infuriated about here?

Agreed. I was a Relay user and fan for years, but this post has prompted me to finally uninstall it. :(

You’re very welcome!

Thanks! I’m sure it was something I botched, haha.

My gosh, I hate “lemmings” because of the connotation that we’re just here because everyone else is.

But you’re right. A term that folks can generally vibe with is really important.