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Hi everyone!

I'm trying to escape from W7, which is not so easy after more than 20 years of an intensive use of office sotware… But I remember why I rejected W10 six years ago: I didn't want it to send what it liked to ms. I guess (and have heard) it's still more or less opaque, so I'm determined to change, but I'll need your help!

Looking forward to reading from you.
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Welcome! You'll find that all three desktop editions of Mint (Cinnamon, Mate and Xfce) are delightfully traditional. A Windows 7 user should feel right at home. Personally I switched to full-time Linux use during the heydays of Windows XP, back in 2006.

Even the default Office Suite (LibreOffice) thankfully still has a traditional toolbar instead of a bloody ribbon (although -if I'm not mistaking- it can be ribbonized should you feel like it). :)
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Hello Divi56,
Welcome to Linux Mint Forums, this is the place to find any help you will need, enjoy! :)
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There are linux alternatives to most win software, and if you have some that you really can't do without, you can always run win7 in a VM using virtualbox. That's what I do.
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Welcome to the forums and enjoy Linux Mint!
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Hello Divi56, welcome to the forums. I am almost completely Windows free. I have a Win10 drive unplugged in my desktop, in case I get nostalgic? As already stated, the included word processor is all I use now. I have sent documents to family members and they have had no issues viewing or printing them with MSoffice.
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