I install Linux Mint, it wipes out ALL data and formats the drive differently (from FAT32 to EXT4). Linux does not (directly) run Windows programs and is immune to Windows viruses (yes, Linux "can" get a virus, but for a personal computer to get one is VERY, VERY, VERY rare). Linux Mint is easy to use and can use Google Chrome, or FIREFOX or a number of other browsers.
I've converted a number of people here in the villages to Linux and, so far, none have asked to go back to Windows.
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