I just want to write stories again and haven’t been able to at all since 2025 due to…2025 and all that has entailed. I no longer feel safe or secure using any of my current devices. I feel surveyed and watched 24/7. I’m absolutely not okay with things as they are currently. (.-.) For more context, I have pre-existing mental disorders and this year has just done me in.
I’m striving toward switching out at least one device with something that I can install linux on. I was thinking either a lenovo or a dell, and will start probably with linux mint, they say it’s a good beginner distro.
Not being able to write is killing me. I love writing so much even though it’s not anything special. It just felt good.
I’ve never used linux but want to learn and I will learn, because you have to if you want to use it. You can’t just hop in a car and hope it will work without knowing how to drive it. I will learn the commands. I’ll fail at it a couple times but learn. It’ll be great. Bring it.
I appreciate you taking time to reply.
Edit: You guys are amazing. My hope for the future is restored. Thank you!
Once you get a little more comfortable with Linux, there’s some cool things you can do, such as convert an old laptop into a 100% pure writing-only device using a couple pieces of software, a simple startup script, and a barebones Debian installation. One such project has been created to help automate that process: tinkerwriterdeck What’s cool about something like this is that it doesn’t have a typical desktop experience, it’s exclusively used for writing and nothing else. Use a USB drive to save / load files, and it becomes a modern typewriter appliance with no internet to distract.