This is a request to find someone community minded who would like to help people escape Windows and start using Linux.

I found out that my laptop would not be suitable for Windows 11, that made me furious at the high handedness and the absolute waste. So I started to research on YouTube and other sources and decided to go with Linux Mint.

I installed it on my laptop and was really pleased with it, then I did my husband's and another small laptop we had and they all worked. We then rescued an old Mac (2015) from loft and revived that too! So I am a convert.

I am involved in a community project just opening in Ipswich and I would like to set up a group which would help people do what I did. But I do not have any real expertise except following instructions and fortunately I had no real issues.

I have put feelers out locally and have found a couple of people with some experience but also not confident enough to put themselves forward as an 'expert'.

So that's the ask - is there anyone out there who might be up for this?

Probably, a once a month group where people bring their tech for assessment for suitability, trying out Linux on a USB and a bit of hand-holding as they switch over.

Find out more about our project at linktr.ee/IpswichUmbrella