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Is Linux safe to write and save stories on? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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!

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Linux is perfect for that.

Mint is great, I use it myself.

They collect no secret data, but do obviously know, line, when you download an update from their servers, etc.

They don't keep track of anything as part of the OS itself. Mint doesn't "phone home" like windows phones home to Microsoft, just to keep tabs on you. Any time any data would be sent to them, it has a clear purpose, and is stated upfront, and it never includes user files, anyway. They don't want or use your files and would actually prefer not to have them, based on this.

https://www.linuxmint.com/privacy.php

Other distros have similar policies, too. Linux is open, so a given distro COULD do this kind of thing, so if you go another direction besides Mint, double-check, but I'd honestly need to try to find a distro that did snoop.

Linux source code can be checked, and shitty behaviors can be noticed.

Linux is safe. Linux minds its own business.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

That is amazing. That's all I needed to hear, thank you. I'm feeling a lot better about this!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

If literally all you want to do is write, with no distractions.

There's a Linux distro for that, this is an article about it.
And here's a direct link to their site.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

This is awsome. Thank you! :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

No worries my dude! 👍