When using Linux, do sites like CathInfo have to be specially formatted to be viewable on Linux?  Or can I use Linux to download Mozilla (or any other browser) and surf the web per the usual?  

So download Linux, put on Mozilla, and things would be good to go?  ( aside from navigating the new system )

So download Linux, put on Mozilla, and things would be good to go?  ( aside from navigating the new system )

Most Linux distros come with Mozilla Firefox as the default browser, so there's really nothing you'll have to do. CathInfo works perfectly on my Linux laptop using any normal browser.

Thanks all.  Will take a look at the Linux link in the other thread and poke around.

I've downloaded Cinnamon 21.3 from Linux Mint onto a usb but it didn't automatically open up Linux.  Isn't it supposed to just open and start operating?  Attached is a screenshot of the usb files.  I put in the usb then turned on the computer.  Any quick thoughts or should I download it again as this is a clear indication something went wrong?  Thanks

Hunted around and got it operational so it looks to be up and running.  Should it typically be a faster system or just sapping less resources?

For your previous question, I was about to say that you needed to reboot your PC and press the appropriate key (based on your device, sadly the hardware manufacturers do not use a universal standard ) to pull up your list of boot devices. I'm glad that you were able to get Linux running. Are you just using the Live USB environment, or have you installed it on your internal drive? Using Linux off of a USB, and especially off of a CD/DVD, will be noticeably slower than running it installed on a hard drive or solid state drive.

For your current question, Mint using Cinnamon desktop should be faster than Windows 10, and definitely use way less resources. There's not a bajillion Microsoft spyware and update services running in the background on Mint, which significantly lightens the load on your CPU, memory, and internal storage drive. You can always check resource usage with whatever resource monitor program that ships with Mint (I can't remember which one it comes with on Cinnamon, but you can find it in your list of applications) to see just how lean it's running. I like to use a terminal-based program called Htop for system resource monitoring.

So far I'm just running it from the usb but the difference in speed is already noticeably different and faster.  I still need Windows for a couple of things so I guess I'll look into partitioning the drive.  It looks and feels just like Windows so I'm pretty happy it's already working.  Any hot tips on the best way to set it up to have access to both operating systems?  I'm a real newb at this stuff so anything appreciated.

So far I'm just running it from the usb but the difference in speed is already noticeably different and faster.  I still need Windows for a couple of things so I guess I'll look into partitioning the drive.  It looks and feels just like Windows so I'm pretty happy it's already working.  Any hot tips on the best way to set it up to have access to both operating systems?  I'm a real newb at this stuff so anything appreciated.

The best way to to have 2 separate Drives. One for windows and another for Linux. when you boot you can set it to which one you prefer, or take you to the boot menu and let you pick, otherwise you will need to press a button manually to bring up the options if you want to boot from a 2nd OS that isn't your default.