Ok so my computer is a small thinkpad that runs windows 10 I mostly use it to write and use hexbear.
How do i change to linux?
Either a link to a good concise lay person worded article or some kind patient soul willing to help me in comments.
Thank you for your help!
On Linux you will usually be using the package manager that comes with your distro to install and update apps and the distro itself. A package manager is like a great app store basically and they usually support Flatpaks out of the box so all you'll need to do is open the package manager, search for Element and install the Flatpak version.
Flatpaks are a way to package apps so that they work on any distro.