In a different thread ( [webmasterworld.com...] ) I remarked on adventures "new" to me as a Windows Buff helping out a few folks by recently saving borked Win systems with Mint, or underperforming/strained Win10 upgrade from Win7 on perfectly valid hardware---just stressed to the breaking point.

This adventure was originally done as a favor to a neighbor which evolved to include his family (Mom and Sis). All of a sudden I have an unexpected source of income AFTER RETIREMENT (I'm 71 and had already sold off all my 'net business). It now looks like if I keep playing this Win to 'Nix adventure just to keep brain sharp and "have something to do" I might actually have to report INCOME at annual tax time if this keeps up!

Since the last post (link noted above) I have serviced 8 recommendations from "satisfied customers" (I don't sell anything other than my skills) and ended up with enough ka-ching that equals 40 Mickey D Happy Meals each client. As an aside, for an additional 5 Mickey D Happy Meals, the client can get a permanent snapshot of their data (256gb---obviously more meals required for larger data collections).

As a WIN GUY I am pretty efficient in snagging the client's data, email/prefs, etc. Other fun is word of mouth actually works a lot better than adsense ever did. :)

YMMV

(NOTE: Win folks who lean toward Linux might find this post useful. Perhaps not so much for Linux folks who are not that familiar with Windows).

Fun Stuff!