@itsfoss Use Timeshift to automatically backup your system (not your files!) so that if you screw something up, you can restore your system back to some earlier timepoint.
@aral Totally! I edited my post b/c I meant to say "most" arent companies but that most are linked back to the companies in some way or another. I.e. it's complicated.
@media_dept Linux distros arent like Windows or Apple...theres no central company employing hundreds of workers. Often just a guy piecing components together that were made by other guys...from home. So there's not really anything to be green. You'll be happy with Cinnamon Mint.
Im passionate about biological diversity--always poking my macro lens in the faces of insects and spiders to reveal the details. My academic research focus is population genetics. Because I work at a university that (historically) has been teaching focused, my research questions and methodology are relatively simple. I'm active on iNaturalist, posting observations of as many different species as I find and providing identifications of others' observations.