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I'd absolutely love it if someone would be willing to virtually hold my hand/walk me through a #Linux install. I really want to do it but there's so much documentation and so many varieties that I'm finding it hard to break it all down. I installed one of the Linux packages from the Microsoft Store, but I'm not even sure how to get started with that. I used to be able to work from documentation, and I still am in some situations, but in this case having someone walk me through it the first time would be super awesome.
in reply to Caroline Toews

Wait, what really do you want? Do you want a fully-fledged Linux desktop to replace your Windows or a WSL (windows Subsystem for Linux) environment to perform some Linux tasks?
in reply to André Polykanine

@menelion I thought I'd play with it from within Windows, but my end goal is to have a separate laptop set up with just Linux.
in reply to Caroline Toews

Oh, then a boost is the most I can do for you unfortunately. I work in WSL but only from the command line, basically it's how I interact with every other remote Linux server. I know a guy who managed to make Orca work this way though, but since I'm not him, I cannot guide you, unfortunately, sorry.