Ok so my computer is a small thinkpad that runs windows 10 I mostly use it to write and use hexbear.
How do i change to linux?
Either a link to a good concise lay person worded article or some kind patient soul willing to help me in comments.
Thank you for your help!
Don't listen to the insane Linux freaks! I don't use a Linux desktop but you can somewhat straightforwardly install Ubuntu. It's pretty looking and has major financial backing (since it's developed by an actual company) https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop
It is by far the most well known and easily accessible flavor to my knowledge. Note: there aren't actually many fundamental differences between the different ones, some are just harder to set up. They all ultimately use the same file system structure, and most of the same software. The main differences seem to be with which software is installed by default, how often it is updated and from where, and the default settings for the GUI stuff and whatnot. You'll find that there are only like four or five different desktop window managers (the thing that shows the windows and the task bar and stuff) among all the different "operating systems".