Life with Linux
So I switch back and forth between multiple desktop OS and recently have been exercising Linux Mint 19.1 "Tessa" on a 5 year old Dell Inspiron 3647 desktop. The first question with Linux distros in my mind has always been can you utilize it as a daily driver and be able to perform all of the tasks that you would normally. In my case it's an emphatic yes. The OS is extremely fast even on an 4th gen Core i3 with 8GB of RAM and Intel graphics. Compared to Windows 10 running on the same system it's night and day. The Cinnamon UI version is very intuitive to navigate and feels very natural. While MS does not support a Linux version of Office - the distro includes the LibreOffice suite and to be honest the quality of the Office365 Web experience has gotten to the point where you have to question the need to install Office at all. With that said - there are two MS apps I use that are not part of our corporate E5 O365 subscription - Visio and Project. And so