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My personal suggestion, if you want it? Go to portableapps.com and download the alternate versions of the applications that are big in the Linux world, and just expand them, without having to install them, and play with them, with the spare time that you have, now that you're no longer wasting it on the Windows 10 Insider Program.  Try LibreOffice, GIMP, even an alternate browser, though FF is still #1 in that world. GIMP has really made some UI strides recently. LO Writer looks like Office '03, but that's when 99% of the functionality of word processors was defined anyway. Every little thing you learn now will come in handy in 2-3 years, as I will soon explain.
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Decided to take your advice so I downloaded and installed Ubuntu 15. Placed it on a 42 Gb partition I'd saved when I recently reinstalled Win 7. And boy, am I glad I installed it.
Came home tonight, turned the computer on and MS wanted to install some updates. Being distracted, I clicked on OK and went to do a few things. Came back and the install appears to be trashed. Isn't working at all. Will have to go into safe mode to set things straight (hopefully) after I'm done here.
And people wonder why I really dislike MS.
And Rick Danger, Gonna have to look into some of those distros. Ubuntu is working fine but some of those sound kind of interesting. Will have to give a few a try. Tried Cinnamon a couple of years ago and kind of liked it. Very light weight as I remember.