[StuBeeDoo]

I've been using Microsoft products all my IT life - ie since about 1996.  I guess I'm not the only member here who has or does.

Currently I'm still using Windoze 8.1.  It does all I want, and I've got used to it.  But it does have some really annoying things that I've been unable to turn off - the charms, for example.   
I also had a really stressful experience when it automatically updated to 10 a few years ago.  I spent ages trying to roll it all back.  Normally, I don't allow updates, but that particular one caught me out.  Also, I now get messages every time I start the laptop telling me that I have to update to 10 or my device will become unusable.  I can see this situation getting worse once 10 is forcibly replaced by 11 later this year.

Recently I've read of someone using Linux.  To be honest I didn't understand a lot of the language, but it seems to be a case of "install it and forget it".  No forced updates to deal with - or learn to live with.  But is it useable enough for a technophobe?  I bricked a laptop years ago and don't want to risk doing it again.