Good to hear that your experience went well. Linux is a scary jump to make for a lot of people, and I hope people are more comfortable after seeing this
I think he did pretty well, one way to make things easier: start using more and more open source software which is available on both Linux and Windows before making the switch, the switch should be easier, you are already used to working with those applications.
Sadly, as much as I'm curious about linux, I'm far too invested in Windows with about 2 decades and my system far too customized. At this point i might have to somehow lose my computer and all backups and be facing having to restart from scratch anyways to possibly give me enough motivation to try starting over in linux. The AHK thing really kinda clinches it for me, as I've spent years developing and tweaking my AHK script and I use it constantly, i'd have trouble functioning efficiently with my daily tasks even on another windows system like my laptop let alone a completely different OS. Not to mention my huge collection of software and utilities that at best I'd have to see if they have linux versions and reinstall, second best hope they all run under WINE or something, and worst case I'd have to either try tomake something from scratch or do without. It's just a ton of work. Heck, I was running out of energy just trying to setup skyrim special edition and trying to find different versions or alternatives to my favorite/essential mods from original skyrim. Some of which I have yet to find alternatives for which is surprising as some of them are extremely useful and have a ton of use-cases.
I did an experiment with a friend who is around 65 years old. I told him that Ill install Linux Mint and runs way better on his PC. He doesn't a lot of things. Just youtube and internet stuff. After 2 years there is only one time he needed help is setting up audio equalizer for audio which Mint has. Previous OS was Windows 10 and it ran horribly on dual core and 4gb laptop spec of 2009. It scored about 400 pts on single thread on geekbench. Mint scored 475 pts on the same version. It really help alot on very old machine. For some reason Windows 10 does slow down over time on older machine.
My Linux journey started in 1998/1999. For context. Microsoft was talking about reading and tracking Intel CPU ID's and going to a Software-As-A-Service model where you pay monthly for Windows and Office. As it turns out they have spent 25 years moving to that goal and they are getting much closer. At the time, it looked like it was going to happen much faster than it did. I moved to Linux and never looked back. I pushed thru each game-stopping issue. In my personal life moved to 100% free and open source software and lived with any limitations. At work? I use whatever I am paid to maintain.
Yeah, the late 90s were a great time to learn linux and unix for me. Bought a lot of animal books. Microsoft and Apple really "borrow" a lot from open source. But, then again, the BSD license allows this.
The title kinda gave me the impression that this was a video dwelling deep into Linux "lore" as a long time Arch user myself and I was very excited. But, this felt more like a tutorial or introduction to Linux for people who are just wanting to "peek" in. I enjoyed the video regardless though. My biggest issue with linux is, it feels like I'm constantly waiting for new things. Gnome takes absolutely forever to implement VRR for example. I'm eagerly waiting for Nvidia to implement brightness controls on Wayland. I currently use the Hyprland window manager which uses Wayland. Window managers are a god-send especially for people willing the spend the effort to customize every aspect of your desktop experience. r/unixporn I could scroll for hours.
True. My issue on my machine atm is that NVIDIA's sensors do not appear on KDE's system monitor again. It was an issue last December on KDE, and it reappeared last June. Also, I wanted to switch to Wayland, because X11 or NVIDIA (not sure what) is causing the top part of my 3 monitors to blink at random times for some odd reason. lol. Switching to Wayland also means forgetting what I just learned on AutoKey. I like AutoKey, but at the moment, they don't have plans to support Wayland. I'm sad.
Just stumbled across your channel, great video. Arco is great and it's lived on my main laptop for close to 2 years. It really is a great learning tool for Arch. I've been a Linux user since Edubuntu 5.10 came on a donated Compaq Presario that my Mom received in 2006 and she and I both were a bit lost to say the least. I was hooked. I still distro-hop. I still watch videos that contain info that I already know. I still get excited upon finding new content such as yours and I still keep learning. I'm a FOSS enthusiast to say the least. It is absolutely a rabbit hole that has been beyond beneficial for myself and others. I love it when someone has an old piece of hardware that can be revived and I'm able to help
Great video. My path was similar. I loaded a laptop I wasn't using with Linux Mint and willed myself to use it as my daily driver. For the first few weeks, I had to push myself to do something in Linux rather than going back to my Windows desktop. After a year, I realized I was not using Windows at all. Most of my games didn't work at first, but Steam also wanted to move away from Windows around the same time I did, and support for 95% of the games I own is available in Linux one way or another. Currently, I only use a Windows VM for my Brother P-Touch label software and labeller. My motivation was that I was fed up with Windows and the shenanigans they employed to push people to Windows 10 and the loss of control and privacy that came with it. No regrets.
I use NixOS which is a Linux distro that is completely configured via a config file! So, installing Discord on one device installs it on all my devices, and I can have an identical system after reinstalling NixOS, copying over my personal files, and then rebuilding my config from the file!
@@HeathenHacks No! Not an install script! NixOS is literally all about being reproducible! The OS is configured in its own programming language! Whatever you do in the config file, you never have to do it again! I will make tutorials eventually on my UA-cam channel about it! It is one of the few distros I see actually reinventing the way Linux works for the greater future!
@@HeathenHacks Lol! You thought Linux was a rabbit hole coming from Windows? Well, NixOS is a rabbit hole coming from other distros! It is like how ricers rice how their system looks with config files saved to a Git repo. NixOS is the same, just for your packages, GTK theme, environment variables, etc....
unrelated, but i sincerely appreciate that you labeled the source for the anime clips, it's been a pet peeve of mine in other videos, and i hate it when i see a cool-looking clip, and have no idea what to look for to find the anime
In the last month I also fell into this hole. I had already used linux several times but without giving up windows, but this time I decided to use only linux. These days I tried Windows again to run Office and it was like the worst experience ever, entirely slow and buggy, I can't use another operating system.
My Linux experience is fairly minor. I played around with Linux Mint on an old laptop when Windows 7 support dropped. It was fun and easy to learn. Not many of my games worked, because the laptop was pretty underpowered. But I could play some games. Most of my experience has been on Steam OS with the Steam Deck. And I definitely find it less of a headache than Windows, most of the time. My next PC I build im planning on making the jump to Linux as a daily driver. Looking at Chimera OS for the console like experience since I've always been more of a console gamer.
@@ADarnSmore and bloatware everywhere that makes you want to hack your own damn PC to force uninstall every shit they put in the OS natively without giving you the possibility to uninstall them the “normal” way.
Wow ,loved this video ,I'm a Linux user and yes you right about Arco and Eric Du Bois ,he's a genius and their community is very helpful ,I'm on their learning path and will one day get this Linux thing , thanks for the video man ,keep up the great work
From my experience, don't try to use the software you know if it not native, the moment I stopped trying to get Lightroom and Photoshop and started to emprace Darktable, Gimp and Hugins, I stopped looking back.
Funny enough I too started on April last year, inspired by Mental Outlaw and SOG. Ended up on Arch 8 months later and realised that Arch and Debian are the only distros that really matter
Cool! Glad it worked out for you! I'm also a big KDE fan and prefer it over all the others out there. It's a complete and fun to customize and use desktop environment. The developers really do a good job with it. I've been running Linux on a desktop for over 20 years now and it's come a very long way. After Valve dove into Linux and made Proton I was finally able to leave Windows for good at home. It was a long time coming and I'm so glad all my games run without issue now and if something doesn't work it doesn't stay broken forever anymore either. Plus, Valve has the Steam Deck out there now so even if people don't know about ProtonDB they can still have a good idea of something will work on Linux by checking to see if the Steam Deck can run it. I agree about the jargon. I run into that a lot when telling new users about Linux. Especially when I need to start at the very beginning and cover what a distro is or what a desktop environment is and so on. There's a lot to take in when you make the initial jump into Linux. There's that hurdle of unlearning some of what they have learned in Windows to start thinking differently for a different environment and it takes time. A lot of people don't like feeling like a newbie after feeling like they knew what they were doing for so long so that probably makes the learning curve harder for some people too. I think your video will help give some people a little more confidence about at least trying it out to see if Linux can work for them. It's not going to work for everyone, but if people are at least trying it out now, it's a start.
Interesting video there, mate! I used to have Linux (Debian-derived Raspberry Pi OS specifically) way back around 2015-2016, when I've to deal with my crappy specs hand-me-down ThinkPad laptop (I don't remember the model, but it's AMD "APU" (as in not a powerful one, remember that APU market back then wasn't as competitive as nowadays) of single core, dual thread with single channel 2GB DDR3 RAM and 250GB HDD). If I tried to use Windows 7 Basic in it, neither it will help the laptop at all, as the laptop will be rendered slowly useless it's barely usable at all. Meanwhile, when I switched to Linux, due to it's lightweight nature, I'm able to use it for browsing, watching videos, editing photos and some lightweight games available on Linux (back then, Wine and Proton wasn't fully a feasible option to even try to play Windows games). I'm very happy using it, if I've to be honest (up until one point when the laptop fan suddenly no longer functional, in which I've no option but to abandon it since I cannot find a good spare part to replace it). To be honest though, I find your journey on using it present day really an eye-opening experience for me too. Considering how Microsoft being very disrespectful towards its userbase with little control, little customization features and some removed useful features with more confusing, even way more telemetry usage than Windows 10, and convoluted way to use Windows 11 (and next version after it), added in with more buggy update patch (I thought Windows 8/8.1/10 past update debacle makes them learned the lesson, but nope!) and obscene hardware requirements, if Microsoft decided to stick with its gun and no longer support Windows 10 beyond 2025, that's it. I'll fully switch to Linux by the time most software no longer supported on Windows 10. Well, hope you won't mind with my slight rant there, didn't meant to do long comment, but hey, for the sake of algo, it's alright. Thanks for the insights, hope to see you again with more interesting videos! 😊
Thanks for the comment! Yeah, it's good for the algorithm. lol. Really glad that people seem to like it. I just uploaded it a few hours ago and this one received the most engagement when compared to all of my other videos.
Same here, with Gentoo and Garuda, switched 2021 never looked back :) Note: I had Resolve Studio already on Windows 10 Pro, so switching for me wasn't an issue either ^^ and the SpeedCutter Panel worked out of the box with Linux :D
Really nice video. I'm looking forward to do a dual boot Windows/Linux and see how it goes. This video is like a compass on how to approach this subject which has made me think a lot. I think I'll just give it a shot and do it ! Thank you again
A word of advise: some sources suggest that when installing dual-boot Windows/Linux (especially on separate drives), you *must* install Windows first, and then Linux. Something to do with Windows randomly installing its bootloader on the wrong drive. They recommend going as far as removing the drive you intend to install Linux onto, until you're done installing Windows. I haven't personally tried this yet (I intend to at some point), so take this info with a pinch of salt, but I'd suggest researching it first. Hopefullt it'll save you the headache I've had with the Windows setup being literal trash and corrupting your drives :)
@@logixthedev It's not that windows will corrupt the drive, it's that windows will overwrite the bootloader so as to may the linux partition inaccssible. Windows is built in a way that it expects to be the only OS on the system. You data will still be there but you may need a recovery usb or to boot the correct drive from your bios which is why it is reccommeded to have them on 2 separate drives. Also note you may need to disable secure boot in your bios as it only really works with windows dy defualt.
Wow, you really went in depth with learning what linux is and if it will work for you. Respect! I wasn't that patient and just jumped to linux about two years ago, but I think because of that, I didn't enjoy it at first because I didn't know what o expect, but now I have been using linux daily (arch on pc & debian on laptop) for about a year and a half now. Been really enjoying it so far.
I have been using Linux for over 20 years now, and I have tried both KDE and Gnome desktops, but have always gone back to KDE as it reminds me of the old style windows 95/98 desktop, which I loved way better than any other version of windows desktop, I am not a games player so games were never the real let down for me over the years, and I have found that I can get hardware and software that I need with ease.I am currently running Kubuntu 22.04 and loving it
I had fiddled around with Linux off and on for a while before I purchased a laptop from System76 (running PopOS) in early 2022. Although I didn't use it exclusively, I did use it some. It was like a half step into the Linux world. I finally went the rest of the way in late 2022 and installed Linux on my main system in the place of Windows. There was some learning to do, but it wasn't too bad. The challenge was getting started gaming. I just didn't know what was available and possible, but I eventually learned of Lutris, and now I can play some of the games I like. The one that has given me the least trouble is Final Fantasy XIV online, but I also play WoW and MTG Arena. There are a few games that are Windows games that I got in Steam that I've been unable so far to get working on Linux. I do have a computer with Windows on it, and I decided it's only purpose was for playing games that I haven't been able to get to work on Linux. I suspect the trouble lies mainly with my lack of experience with Linux and my many years of dependence on Windows, 🤣. I currently use Manjaro, and I like it well enough so far, but I've been experimenting in VMs with other Linux distros (including Arch and Debian) and even with BSD (FreeBSD and GhostBSD). I've also tried out Linux Mint, which I do like. I'm not necessarily the type to "distro hop." I generally prefer to find something that works well enough and just settle in for a long stay. That's probably why I didn't move from Windows sooner. I guess I will have to try out several Linux distros to see if there is one I prefer over Manjaro or Mint. I'm not unwilling to learn, but I can be a little slow.
Not distro-hopping is actually fine. It depends on the person. I, too, have not changed distros ever since installing Arco. I think if I would move to another distro, it would probably be to another Arch-based one, so that I don't have to learn another type of terminal commands... or to NixOS.
i started using linux recently on my gaming desktop and it has been an amazing experience so far! i decided to run a little experiment to see if there was any differences in performance, speed, and resource management between windows 10 and my Linux Ubuntu setup. it was no competition. linux was able to load up my previously 40+ tabs on firefox in just 2 seconds, meanwhile windows was still trying to boot up. i am amazed at the community support and how quick they are to implement fixes and changes when need be.
I have the "privilege" of having learnt how to use a computer on Linux. My first own computer was a RasPi (which I needed to reinstall hundreds of times because I screwed around with things I shouldn't) and even though I've used Window$ quite some time inbetween I'm using Linux now and have banned Window$ out of my life. And I'm happy with that as it's a real struggle for me to get anything done on a Window$ that's newer than 7.
Switching has always been hard since everything will have to change not just the OS but the software you use and the alternatives are not alway that good and sometimes you may end up using the terminal. Its so nice there is a GUI installer for rolling release distro now... when I had to pick I had no choice when picking a rolling release I had to go into the weeds and do it myself by going with arch.
Indeed. Yep. That's why I chose to start on a VM and did not dive deep right away. On using the terminal, tho. I think there's some sort of unfounded fear on using it. I mean, it's nothing to be afraid of. It's just a tool. But yeah. To each their own. And yeah. It's really awesome that there are GUI installers now. *ALL HAIL CALAMARES!*
@@HeathenHacks and I aggree with you... hell most good Linux tools don't tend to have a GUI or if they do the GUI is terrible... But many people are afraid if getting into the weeds...
While I do love Linux I have a very creative workflow with apps I took time in to learn for years used in the professional world and do the occasional online gaming with friends so I like to stick to Mac and Windows for compatibility sake but totally would love Linux on all my servers I will one day run. Before I get the comment mentioning dual boot or just try another app... I would end back up on Mac and Windows yet again out of familiarity sake and learning a thing for years makes it harder for me to wanna just learn a replacement for it which will take up more time where work could get done.
Just wanted to say that I used to think like you before. But, my knowledge on the stuff that I used to use are just on a minor/amateur level, so I guess I had less skills to relearn how to apply.
I picked up a decommissioned HP z230 workstation as a second PC to run linux on after throwing Linux on a hand-me-down laptop. I've been using the linux desktop daily since I aquired and set it up. The windows machine has only been turned on to grab a file saved on it or let it get security updates. I like having both machines but I've been using the Linux machine for 98% of what I was doing on windows. I'm not a power user and the most I've done with linux is turn a laptop into a research workstation. At this point I think I'd like enough that I'd like to get me a Slimbook or Starlabs labtop someday.
Honestly, same. These days, I only use my Windows 11 OS for FL Studio and other Adobe Suite applications, and only if I'm desperate enough. lol. I only occasionally login to it as well, just to update the security features. I do like having both, tho. Ironically, my Windows11 OS have saved my Linux install once when an update borked it. It's a long story tho, so I'm just going to leave it at that.
I don't hate windows, I just use linux for work and everything else imaginable. Been a Linux user for 20+ years. So once in a while I try Windows but then I have to install the chipset drivers, graphics drivers.....er....no. I'm too lazy. Just go back to using Linux on my all AMD systems and blindly dkms my wifi drivers without knowing what I'm doing, once a year when I upgrade or want an overhaul. I'm not a hypocrite, please do what works for you.
You may have already figured this out in the 11 months at this point, but a very easy way to keep your custom stuff backed up through your reinstalls and distro hopping would be to manually partition the drive(very carefully) and separate the /home directory. That way all your files in all the directories that are specific to your user, as well as all the cache stuff and the so-called "dotfiles" which live in the .config directory in /home will be there, untouched and after a fresh install you will log in to find everything where it should be, without having to back up everything manually and copying
Yeah, I've come across that approach before as well, and have actually considered doing it that way, but, according to the answers on forums where someone asked the same question, apparently, it's not that necessary if you're planning to back up your stuff anyway. So, I went with the easier route and just installed Linux the "usual" way. Besides, having a clone of my whole system have saved me quite a lot, since it's not synced.
@@HeathenHacks Yeah if you're gonna do that anyway then I guess it makes sense, although I would still argue it's a good idea to have /home separate, just in case something happens that even a snapshot won't be able to fix, and you forgot to make a backup recently or something. But hey, if it works, then it works
I switched to Linux since the beginning of this year and it's great to see people transitioning to Linux and make videos of their experience to show to others how switching from Windows to Linux isn't hard at all: it definitely wasn't for me, and at first, I actually prepared for a lot worse, considering all the things I've heard about Linux that were valid maybe 10 to 20 years ago but aren't anymore. You will just have to adapt to a much more flexible and customizable OS, which as you described in the video is basically learning all the terms, jargons and references that people are unaware of on Windows because apparently for Microsoft, you don't have and even shouldn't know them, when you see how Windows isn't customizable at all compare to Linux. But regardless if you know the terms or want to learn them, you can still go with Linux and not have to understand any of this to use it, which is what I find great about Linux: it's as simple for the average person as it's technical and customizable for the more tech savvy. Also, you're editing is brilliant, I love it!
I started with Linux Mint, but I felt more comfortable with Arch based distributions even though most guides/reviews tell me that those may break often. The only breakages I encountered since 2021 are: grub, pipewire, wayland, and pahole/dkms issues. BTRFS with snapshots is a lifesaver. I started using Arch based distros with Manjaro and now I'm using stock Arch.
FYI, clementine broke for me last week on Arch. Their last release was 2016, but there is a fork called "strawberry" which looks the same and is still developed.
Yes, it was broken for me as well. Afaik. it was because of a protobuf update. Luckily, I have a system-wide backup, so I just copied and pasted the missing protobuf file and it's working now.
@@HeathenHacks Damn, and I recently reinstalled and haven't setup snapper yet, lmao. Sooner or later i would have had to switch anyway, and they are practically identical so I don't mind.
PSA: Don't use Mint, Ubuntu, Manjaro or other derivative distros unless you know what you're doing and actively want to torture yourself. Only use primary distros, or distros that use the packages of their upstream and just add some QoL features, like a GUI installer and pre-installed macros or whatever. (Examples for that being Endeavour OS or Arcolinux) You'll save yourself so much trouble. Distros to use: Arch, Debian (12 or Sid) or OpenSUSE. I despise SUSE, but some people love it, so take that for what it's worth. Debian Sid is surprisingly recent given Debian's reputation of being almost as out of date as Suse. Debian 12 also started doing a lot of things right, that previous Debian versions were sleeping on. Edit: I used to recommend Fedora, since it was (and still is) a fantastic distro, *but* the developers were bought up by IBM, and for those not in the industry, this means it'll be dead within 5 years, probably dead within 2. They've already axed the project lead, it's gonna go to shit for absolutely certain, and unfortunately sooner rather than later.
Telling people not to use Ubuntu over Denise because it's a derivative is a "lmao" moment. Ubuntu is the most popular and widely used desktop Linux distro. Don't get me wrong, I hate Ubuntu, but that doesn't mean it's a bad starting OS.
Translation: "if you have 20+ years experience on the IT field, and potentially have a bit of autism, use these distros." ...For everyone else, Linux Mint is the way to go. Ready to go, just works, barely any tweaking required.
Your video proved that only people who are tech savvy (developers etc.) can use it. Secondly, you still need Windows for some of your tasks. Linux cannot cater your needs alone. This leads me to stick with Windows forever.
Your PC, your choice. You can use whatever OS you want. No one's forcing you to use Linux. If you think it's not for you, by all means, stick to windows.
I switched to Linux Debian about 6 months ago. I dual boot it with Windows 10, which I have not used in about 5 months, but I expect to use again soon to play Phantom Dust. I've had some trouble running some games on Proton, Touhou games won't control my secondary monitor's refresh rate and resolution like they should, but other than that, it's been good.
And i went nuclear and just threw myself into pop OS, but installed kde ontop of that, i used kde since it looked and felt most similar to windows, but since then im using the cosmic desktop, which is similar to Gnome. Also since i mainly used my PC for youtube and co it went all pretty smoothly, i didnt even need to fiddle with proprietary drivers as im using an AMD card. Looking back i think made the right decision, especially after what is the shitshow of windows 11, which *removed* previous functionality present in 10
I've used Linux, Mac, and Windows for various amounts of time, and I typically always go back to Windows. Right now, Linux is probably the worst place to be in terms of the amount of vulnerabilities open source and Linux have. And some of them were found years after they were initially injected into the code base. That and I got tired of constantly having to troubleshoot drivers, errors in upgrades and finding adequate alternatives for software or having to work against the grain because I couldn't do x. I know every time MS makes a mistake Linux bros run out and proclaim "switch to Linux!" And just about any feature MS has that Linux bros rise up in arms, there's always an option to turn it off and then remove it. The funniest was, "you can't remove Edge!" And Edge, now, is so much better than Firefox.
Sounds like we had a very similar introduction to Linux, watched the same channels and videos, I ended up using fedora tried both kde and gnome and for the longest I used gnome but eventually I switched over to keep for more customization. Fedora is perfect for me because I need it to be able to use Maya and other pro software. But that's not without it's work arounds and jank. Overall I learned a ton in these last months and I'm glad I switched
Sorry in advance this is so long. Thanks to all who read and respond. I am open to info or just opinions. Windows is creepy with how invasive it is with the tracking, boatware and the ADS. I finally switched to Fedora 40 KDE from Windows 11 a couple months ago and I am SUPER NEWB lol. I am managing because I am 99% just UA-cam, X, email. I tried Zorin Core OS and I tried LM for a few weeks. I didn't care too much for the old versions of apps and Cinnamon DE kept crashing over and over with no explanation so I started looking at other options. I did some research and they were saying Fedora is kind of a "best of both worlds" distro. I was hearing Fedora is good because it isn't bleeding edge and more unstable, but that it still updates apps a heck of a lot more than Debian based distros. They were saying it would be good for a newbie like me since (while not as large as a distro like Ubuntu), Fedora is still one of the largest distros and is backed by Red Hat so you could find a lot of help for it.
You have enthusiasm and energy which is nice. But for me, I felt that at 1.5 speed, your sound effects and memes + animations were over the top. I watch everything at 1.5x speed because most yters speak at the same slow rate.
Can't blame you there. I watch most things at 1.5x speed as well, and I kinda want my videos to be at the same 1.5x speed, because I get sleepy watching my own videos at normal speed, but, well, I do know that we are in the minority, so, I thought it would be better to keep it at a normal pace. I mean, the speed setting is always available anyway.
For my distro of choice. I use Linux Mint 21.3 Virginia because it just works on a crappy HP stream 11. It has an intel celeron n4000 with 4gb ram and can do everything what i did on a windows pc. I mainly use it for education.
the steam deck was what converted me to linux, it does almost everything i need it to do, it doesnt have any bloatware, and it runs great. my games all work, my productivity software (mainly unity) still works, and steamos is super user friendly most things i use either just work or have simple workarounds to get working, and the ones that take work are honestly pretty niche, namely the monado openxr runtime, which just straight up wont work on steamos due to how weird valve made it, despite it being built on arch
i also started using linux about 2 years ago, i started with ubuntu, started modifying it a lot and stuff untill i started distro hopping, and eventually fell onto arch linux and loved it
There are other rolling releases besides Arch, of course, but if you want to tinker the Arch Wiki is God Tier levels of usually useful documentation that other distributions just wish they had. Someone's going to point out Debian unstable is also a rolling release. Er, rolling non-release. It is, but it's not released. But it doesn't have as much effort put into making sure it gets fixed quickly when there's an issue and you might be fixing it yourself when someone breaks something. Which happens less often than Arch, admittedly, but there's less hand-holding when it does. So I guess you could run it that way, but … unless you're used to Debian, I dunno if I would-and I do because I'm used to Debian. What I wish I could recommend is Debian testing as something where you let others do the bleeding for you on the razor's edge and get the stuff that's been found not to break things too much. The reason why I can't recommend Debian testing is because you don't have security updates. Which means you want to run nothing that exposes itself to the Internet as a server on it, including a personal web share, and definitely not anything running e.g. PHP or anything like that. And then I'd say you need to have access to unstable with low priority pinning and high priority pinning for your web browser and a few other things. And by the time you know how to set all that stuff up and are ready to track security updates yourself … you may as well run unstable or a distribution like Arch anyway. It seems the choices are bleeding edge or outdated two months after it releases. There isn't much in between. That's how we get so many distributions: "There isn't a this but that distribution…"
FL Studio has run fine on Wine for me ,especially under Endeavour(arch based distro),but out the box there are issues with text missing in places i never learned how to fix and 32-bit plugins CANNOT be run under 64-bit FL and vice versa.
I like learning new/unfamiliar things that interests me, and I took using Linux as a daily driver as a challenge. It's been almost 2 years since I took that first step.
I 1st tried Ubuntu 16.04 cos i was just curious about Linux and now i use Fedora Mate on my HTPC and Debian 12 on my laptop. The only computer that still uses Windows is my gaming PC.
I've used Linux for 2 years. The only other times I had to use Windows were if the software I used wasn't available on Linux (which are just the tts voices that I had to use for EAS scenarios.) Other than that, I haven't relied on Windows since then, so that's good. I do have a massive mp3/flac collection that I did start on Windows (on a computer I used to use for video editing until a drink spilled on it,) but I ended up having to port it to Linux. My mom doesn't like me using it because she thinks it's because I want to be different or she's worried I'm doing something I shouldn't be doing when, as a matter of fact, it's neither of those reasons. I use Linux on my computer because it runs faster and it's a vital part of a movement I support (the foss movement.)
Thank you for the disclaimer. I am a Win user and I never liked the Linux users (most the bad apples) who bully other os users. I don't want use it, but I'm curious about your journey.
Ah. Yes. The stereotypical Linux users. They do exist. But, tbf, tho. There are Windows users who are like that as well. In my opinion, it's best to just ignore them and use whatever OS you prefer. It's your PC, and you're the one who's going to use it, and not them.
A couple of years ago I gave Mint a go, got frustrated when certain things were just not wanting to work and went back to windows. I'm now a month in with EndeavorOS and have had very little issues (if any). I'm still dual booting, but outside of one very specific task, I have had no need to load into windows. The biggest thing that has helped this time around is using ChatGPT and Bard in combination when I have a question. As a newer/returning user, they are great tools when you want to understand commands, or have a reminder about the file system, or need some guidance on doing something. Sure they can provide you with a string of commands that you could otherwise get off a related website, but they can also dumb it right down.
Man, I miss Linux. Like you, I had been using it for a little over a year but earlier this year, either a kernel or Pipewire update messed up my audio and I had to go back to Windows because I had an important meeting that day and I had no time to troubleshoot. I'm still waiting for the perfect opportunity to go back but it has been difficult 'cause just recently my studio started to send me PSD files that had to retain their layer structure after editing (impossible with Krita/GIMP). When I was on Nobara Linux, I was the one sending them my output done in Krita so there were zero Adobe compatibility issues. Got me thinking into building a secondary desktop or buying a laptop specifically for Linux/personal use.
You could always dual boot. I've been on Linux for more than a decade now, most of that time with Arch. But I have never been able to ditch Windows completely because of damn Adobe products. I don't need Adobe, but other people do lol. Dual boot allows me to have Linux as my daily driver and what I use most but I can always boot into Windows when I need to.
This is why you should avoid using a rolling release distro in production. With a Debian based system like Linux Mint the chances are much lower that just something breaks randomly. Also when I use Arch Linux, I install it on a btrfs filesystem so that I can take, boot into and restore system snapshots easily with Timeshift. This could also have helped you out of this bad situation.
Sometimes, our little Tux will trip and fall, but if you give it a chance, Linux can prove to be a great operating system for you. Note: I recommend installing Ubuntu if you have Steam. Although they have their own Arch based SteamOS, Ubuntu has a supported deb install straight from the mouth of GabeN.
Have you tried FL Studio in Wine? If you set up a custom wineprefix FL throws some errors but everything works fine. I'm very much a hobby user and don't have any MIDI instruments to test out tho.
Dude, don't beat yourself up for choosing Arco, I've been using Linux exclusively since 2015ish, have finished the Linux From Scratch book and I know my way around the OS to the point where nothing is really off limits. I can install Arch without looking at the wiki at all and yet I choose to use Arco over base Arch, it really is the best Arch based distro around. Knowing how to do something is important and I would say you should always put in the effort to understand why you do something rather than just blindly copy/pasting commands with no idea what they are actually doing, that said though, ain't nobody got time to be setting up Arch from scratch. I can be at a desktop in under 20 minutes but it takes literal days of fiddling with all the small quality of life improvements that exist elsewhere but not on Arch. On Arco you choose KDE and it automagically fills in all the things you need for a functioning desktop, its simply faster. Again though, I encourage new Linux users to not cheat your way to the end of the game then realise you don't understand the rules. Its important that you learn what it is you are doing and why you are doing it otherwise later down the line you're gonna find yourself in trouble. Also I STRONGLY recommend Linux From Scratch to anyone who really wants to understand Linux, its a huge and pretty daunting thing at first but it genuinely teaches you fundamental principles about how Linux works. Edit - You can run FLStudio from Wine using Bottles, it has an auto install script built right, you just gotta point it to the windows installer binary.
Wait. I'm not beating my self up for choosing Arco. I like Arco. It's the first distro that I've tried (except Ubuntu in 2017) and here I am. Still using it. Your advice was really good, tho.
I used to do Linux for servers only. My 9 year old ultrabook reached crippling slowness with Windows so I thought why not try put Linux desktop on it? Suddenly it ran like a champ again! Fast forward I now run Ubuntu desktop on all computers at the makerspace I work in, including our classroom. Hundreds of people have come in, and been surprised how quickly and easily they are up and running, having never used Linux before.
That's amazing! I've never been to a makerspace before. We do have some in my country, but it's quite far from where I am. That's a nice way to introduce people to Linux, too.
A tip for easy reinstall is to create a separate disk partition only for the home directory. then it will be mounted like any other disk. And when you want to reinstall. make sure to choose manual partitioning so you can tell the OS to mount /home. And voila.. no more copying home folder =P
I think you did a variant of what my suggestion would be for most: first switows and linuxch applications which can run on windows and linux and then switch to linux
I used KDE 3+ years ago, when it was just gaining momentum. I broke mine within the day 😂 Lots of bugs back then and Linux being notorious against APUs didn't help. Now that I have my dedicated GPU, I'm planning to go back. Hopefully, I don't break it haha. Thanks for sharing your experience! :D
I started on the raspberry pi. Next thing you know I’m installing Kali on the metal, distro hopped for a couple years. Sounds like heroine would have been easier
I actually made my own TUI program to monitor and control my GPU (I have a hybrid setup, and my cooling setup is jank asf). It's simple and allows me to neatly fit it into a tmux session with any other monitoring programs (like htop/btop) on my second monitor. So far all it does is lets me change my fan speed and clock speed and displays both GPU temperatures, and automatically slows down clock speed and turns up fans whenever the GPU gets too hot.
@@HeathenHacks I swear I'm not that smart lmao, *really* the program works as a wrapper for a other program called Lact, the reason I made it was because it took up so much room on my monitor and didn't leave enough for discord or anything else lmao, so the actual program just runs the same commands Lact does under-the-hood. The whole thing isn't but like 60 lines long (minus the newlines), and it's all just simple C code. Like anything, skills require time, and whilst I have both, time and motivation, the latter extends mostly to my interests, otherwise I am pretty lazy lmao
Win11 wound up pushing me to move to Linux, due to incompatibility with my CPU. I wasn't about to go out and build a new PC when mine works perfectly fine, nor am I willing to use an outdated Windows when EOL comes around. Been on Garuda KDE ever since, and love it. I find windows very annoying to use now, that's a downside I guess. Just for fun, I slapped Hyprland on the laptop, too. Peace out, Windows. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, check out Ardour. Pretty good for a free DAW.
A live CD / USB version of Linux might be useful to run on their existing hardware instead of / in addition to a virtual machine. Back in 2007, I tried a live CD version of Knoppix to see if I would have any problems with hardware drivers. I also found that DistroWatch was very helpful for information on different distros, their popularity, and the links there provided a lot of information.
Hmmm... good point. I just suggested using a VM, so that you can try using alternative applications. Then again, VMs might not suitable if your hardware can't support it. Also, thanks for mentioning DistroWatch. I have also used it, but forgot to include it on the video. lol.
@@HeathenHacks Yes. Back when I tried Knoppix for the first time, I was using an old laptop and back in those days there was a bunch of issue with wired / wireless network drivers. By using a live CD, I could test for driver issues without disrupting the existing windows installation on the laptop. Much to my delight, everything just worked (sorry if I'm channeling Todd Howard). That gave me the confidence to experiment further and do an actual installation. I've used Ubuntu since version 7.04. Right now running 22.04.2 on an Intel 4770k with 16GB ram that I built back in 2013. This has been my daily driver for almost 10 years which show how well Linux runs on older hardware. It might be time to upgrade my SSD to something a litter bigger than 1TB as I have currently 4.9 GB free space. Thanks again for your video.
Man, being able to make something last that long is rare these days. You have my respect. Your 10 y/o machine reminded me of my 10 y/o headphones that I just modded recently. lol. Thanks for sharing!
the funny thing, I own a DIFFERENT corsair k70 and it has no support in ckb-next. I might have to get a different keyboard or switch to a different one, but I really like cherry mx silvers
Having recently reinstalled windows 10 on an old laptop, I'm so close to just throwing Wind 10(or 11) into the trash and moving to MacOS or Linux. Windows 10 is super bloated and full of spyware, even with the installation spybot anti-beacon, it made feel ill. You answered a lot of my questions and raised a lot more. I'm mostly concerned with drivers. about 20 years ago I switched to a Linux OS and it didn't come with my dialup modems driver. With no internet and no neighbors with internet, I was hard stuck for a couple weeks there. Thanks for sharing your journey!
The easiest way to answer the driver question will likely be to boot off of a live installation medium. You should be able to test all of your stuff except a gaming level test of the gpu before you install. If you have very new hardware, somethings might only work after an install and update (but you know going in that there may be something to fix); but the vast majority of hardware should work out of the box on an up to date distro. If you have internet on the live environment, you will have internet after the install (you can and should open up a browser and check before pulling the trigger). HW compatability is much better than it used to be, and as long as you don't go with something like Vanilla arch the installation will boot you into a full desktop so you can check everything out (and browse the internet while it's installing).
I am forced to use Linux daily. My only windows PC has a virus rn, but luckily I still have a Chromebook, a copy of Ubuntu installed on a 32 gb USB, an odroid c4, and a dell dimension 3000 with antix installed. If I wanted to, I could set up my windows 7 PC, but I don't have enough room for it Edit:I'm 14, and do this kind of stuff for fun
i also fall into the rabbit hole . My experience was a bit different i also started to use mint in VM then I was bored of slowliness of VM i switched to Lubuntu in VM . After I gained some experience i wanted to use arch based distro cuz it seems kinda cool but i don't know if I could setup arch so I decided to use endeavour os but after 1 or 2 month of use it was a bit hard for me and I want something more stable that's why since 2 weeks i use debian and it's a quite fit for me I use xfce and customiz it to my liking . Since I don't play a lot of games and most of the time I use my PC to coding i don't have to give up on lots of software and now i gained lots of trust to myself and feel like a superuser I don't think i use windows in Future unless I have to
That's 2 rabbitholes. If I remember correctly, when I checked Cider (or maybe a different FOSS project) for the first time, I've seen quite a lot of Takodachis as sponsors. lol.
Seems you're kababayan! 😊 Just jumped into Linux last month with Nobara! It's a fantastic distro for gamers, and with the Steam Deck launch, the whole Linux gaming scene feels amazing. Next on my list might be exploring Wayland and NixOS - that's the tinkering spirit calling! Really appreciate the editing! btw how do you manage the sound quality of it? i got levels too high and too low...
I wanted to try out linux about a year ago and see if I could daily drive it. I installed mainline Arch with the archinstall script built in to the ISO and haven't looked back since.
I don't want to beta test the system so it was Debian. But Debian was a bit too conservative in terms of PCI passthrough/drivers so I ended up with Ubuntu LTS. And the update to 22 resolved the last big issues, namely audio device management even when switching between them. And in the 3 years I had only one problematic update. But I could just boot the older Kernel again. And wait for the next one. That came and had no issues. So the final transition around 2019 went surprisingly smooth. I mostly gained features, for example the main one proper PCI pass-through. And proton now runs more windows Games then any single Windows version.
For me libreoffice is not a replacement to corporate office. The web apps though are how I got round that issue. However it is missing some features there as well. But easy to have virtualbox with a windows VM running.
Yeah. I'm a freelancer tho, so, it's good enough for my use case. Also, maybe QEMU/VirtManager would be a better choice if you just need to use MS Office. Or maybe try Bottles.
I clicked to see if i disagree with the video, and stayed for the anime clips lol. I deal with linux daily on servers, so im glad i can return to windows at the end of the day. Though to be fair, almost all of my contact with linux is over the command line, and most of my time is spent solving obscure and infuriating issues
Just like you could run Linux in a VM under Windows you can run Windows in a VM under Linux. That may allow you to run the Windows programs for which you can't find an alternative Linux version (that you like).
Correction: Anthony's name is Emily now. I apologize. I didn't know.
Don’t worry, it’s hard to keep up with everything that happens.
search lutris
Unfortunately..
What's unfortunate about it?
@@suicidalteddy Yes. I did try Lutris as well, but I think it was having a bug when I used it. Either that or Winetricks. Not sure.
Linux is addictive. The first time I saw someone switching desktops with a "cube", I was hooked.
This was way before windows could switch desktops at all, too.
Maybe a little too much, it's insane how much time i've spent ricing with just i3 and polybar...
compiz my beloved
Yes indeed! I remember doing that with Ubuntu 8.04 on my HP dv9000 back in the day! That was so cool.
@@Very_Questionable cringe
Good to hear that your experience went well. Linux is a scary jump to make for a lot of people, and I hope people are more comfortable after seeing this
Thank you!
I think he did pretty well, one way to make things easier: start using more and more open source software which is available on both Linux and Windows before making the switch, the switch should be easier, you are already used to working with those applications.
Sadly, as much as I'm curious about linux, I'm far too invested in Windows with about 2 decades and my system far too customized. At this point i might have to somehow lose my computer and all backups and be facing having to restart from scratch anyways to possibly give me enough motivation to try starting over in linux. The AHK thing really kinda clinches it for me, as I've spent years developing and tweaking my AHK script and I use it constantly, i'd have trouble functioning efficiently with my daily tasks even on another windows system like my laptop let alone a completely different OS. Not to mention my huge collection of software and utilities that at best I'd have to see if they have linux versions and reinstall, second best hope they all run under WINE or something, and worst case I'd have to either try tomake something from scratch or do without. It's just a ton of work.
Heck, I was running out of energy just trying to setup skyrim special edition and trying to find different versions or alternatives to my favorite/essential mods from original skyrim. Some of which I have yet to find alternatives for which is surprising as some of them are extremely useful and have a ton of use-cases.
No need to worry about it too much. A VM/dualbooting is always an option if you want to dip your toes on it, but not that ready to dive deep.
i agree heavily with this
i mean fr the "i use arch btw" mfs be deterring everyone omg
I did an experiment with a friend who is around 65 years old. I told him that Ill install Linux Mint and runs way better on his PC. He doesn't a lot of things. Just youtube and internet stuff. After 2 years there is only one time he needed help is setting up audio equalizer for audio which Mint has. Previous OS was Windows 10 and it ran horribly on dual core and 4gb laptop spec of 2009. It scored about 400 pts on single thread on geekbench. Mint scored 475 pts on the same version. It really help alot on very old machine. For some reason Windows 10 does slow down over time on older machine.
could have used a chromebook also. This isn't much of a flex.
Linux is easy if you don't ask much from it....
@@jamesjacob9632 "Could haver used a newer hardware also" you missed the point.
My parents have been on Linux for over a decade, they ask the same number of user questions for Windows and Linux.
You forgot he could have gone to windows x lite and activate via massgravel hwid
@@degenerate8228 Linux system requirements can be lighter than Windows XP. I have experienced difference on netbook.
My Linux journey started in 1998/1999. For context. Microsoft was talking about reading and tracking Intel CPU ID's and going to a Software-As-A-Service model where you pay monthly for Windows and Office. As it turns out they have spent 25 years moving to that goal and they are getting much closer. At the time, it looked like it was going to happen much faster than it did. I moved to Linux and never looked back. I pushed thru each game-stopping issue. In my personal life moved to 100% free and open source software and lived with any limitations. At work? I use whatever I am paid to maintain.
Yeah, the late 90s were a great time to learn linux and unix for me. Bought a lot of animal books. Microsoft and Apple really "borrow" a lot from open source. But, then again, the BSD license allows this.
I decide what OS to trust based on whether they have a cartoon mascot
My favorite is AROS Kitty, but unofficially all OS-tan are cute.
does clippy count?
The title kinda gave me the impression that this was a video dwelling deep into Linux "lore" as a long time Arch user myself and I was very excited. But, this felt more like a tutorial or introduction to Linux for people who are just wanting to "peek" in. I enjoyed the video regardless though. My biggest issue with linux is, it feels like I'm constantly waiting for new things. Gnome takes absolutely forever to implement VRR for example. I'm eagerly waiting for Nvidia to implement brightness controls on Wayland.
I currently use the Hyprland window manager which uses Wayland. Window managers are a god-send especially for people willing the spend the effort to customize every aspect of your desktop experience. r/unixporn I could scroll for hours.
True. My issue on my machine atm is that NVIDIA's sensors do not appear on KDE's system monitor again. It was an issue last December on KDE, and it reappeared last June. Also, I wanted to switch to Wayland, because X11 or NVIDIA (not sure what) is causing the top part of my 3 monitors to blink at random times for some odd reason. lol. Switching to Wayland also means forgetting what I just learned on AutoKey. I like AutoKey, but at the moment, they don't have plans to support Wayland. I'm sad.
Nvidia only has one guy working on linux stuff... it's gunna be a while for sure.
Hyprland is pretty, but the animations don't run at the refresh rate of the monitor :/
Just stumbled across your channel, great video. Arco is great and it's lived on my main laptop for close to 2 years. It really is a great learning tool for Arch. I've been a Linux user since Edubuntu 5.10 came on a donated Compaq Presario that my Mom received in 2006 and she and I both were a bit lost to say the least. I was hooked. I still distro-hop. I still watch videos that contain info that I already know. I still get excited upon finding new content such as yours and I still keep learning. I'm a FOSS enthusiast to say the least. It is absolutely a rabbit hole that has been beyond beneficial for myself and others. I love it when someone has an old piece of hardware that can be revived and I'm able to help
That is so true! I learn something new everytime. Specially when submitting bug reports and interacting with the devs.
Great video. My path was similar. I loaded a laptop I wasn't using with Linux Mint and willed myself to use it as my daily driver. For the first few weeks, I had to push myself to do something in Linux rather than going back to my Windows desktop. After a year, I realized I was not using Windows at all. Most of my games didn't work at first, but Steam also wanted to move away from Windows around the same time I did, and support for 95% of the games I own is available in Linux one way or another. Currently, I only use a Windows VM for my Brother P-Touch label software and labeller.
My motivation was that I was fed up with Windows and the shenanigans they employed to push people to Windows 10 and the loss of control and privacy that came with it. No regrets.
Yep. It is indeed interesting, right? One day, you're quite unsure of using it and then after you started, you find yourself using it more and more.
I use NixOS which is a Linux distro that is completely configured via a config file! So, installing Discord on one device installs it on all my devices, and I can have an identical system after reinstalling NixOS, copying over my personal files, and then rebuilding my config from the file!
That's really neat! I, too, would love to make my own install script someday, when I have the time.
@@HeathenHacks No! Not an install script! NixOS is literally all about being reproducible! The OS is configured in its own programming language! Whatever you do in the config file, you never have to do it again! I will make tutorials eventually on my UA-cam channel about it! It is one of the few distros I see actually reinventing the way Linux works for the greater future!
Oh. I see. My bad, I had no idea.
@@HeathenHacks Lol! You thought Linux was a rabbit hole coming from Windows? Well, NixOS is a rabbit hole coming from other distros! It is like how ricers rice how their system looks with config files saved to a Git repo. NixOS is the same, just for your packages, GTK theme, environment variables, etc....
Yeah, just watched a video about it earlier. Apparently, it has a steep learning curve.
unrelated, but i sincerely appreciate that you labeled the source for the anime clips, it's been a pet peeve of mine in other videos, and i hate it when i see a cool-looking clip, and have no idea what to look for to find the anime
Thanks! Yeah, I don't like it when people do that, too, so, even if it's just a random gif, I try my best to find the source of it to share.
just reverse image search
In the last month I also fell into this hole. I had already used linux several times but without giving up windows, but this time I decided to use only linux. These days I tried Windows again to run Office and it was like the worst experience ever, entirely slow and buggy, I can't use another operating system.
My Linux experience is fairly minor. I played around with Linux Mint on an old laptop when Windows 7 support dropped. It was fun and easy to learn. Not many of my games worked, because the laptop was pretty underpowered. But I could play some games.
Most of my experience has been on Steam OS with the Steam Deck. And I definitely find it less of a headache than Windows, most of the time. My next PC I build im planning on making the jump to Linux as a daily driver. Looking at Chimera OS for the console like experience since I've always been more of a console gamer.
Yeah imagine that.. support for an extremely out dated os being stopped.. just imagine if there was a newer windows..
@@kolz4ever1980 which needs much more ressources to run
@@schwingedeshaehersand hardware requirements that make you not able to even install it.
@@ADarnSmore and bloatware everywhere that makes you want to hack your own damn PC to force uninstall every shit they put in the OS natively without giving you the possibility to uninstall them the “normal” way.
I like hearing about Linux escapades like this. Good editing too.
Thank you!
i used linux for 3 years and never looked back. At home and work. Pogchamp.
Wow ,loved this video ,I'm a Linux user and yes you right about Arco and Eric Du Bois ,he's a genius and their community is very helpful ,I'm on their learning path and will one day get this Linux thing , thanks for the video man ,keep up the great work
Thank you!
Correction: If you want an overcomplicated distro, use arch. If you want the newest software, use fedora.
Its just great that you've given the name of shows on each clip
From my experience, don't try to use the software you know if it not native, the moment I stopped trying to get Lightroom and Photoshop and started to emprace Darktable, Gimp and Hugins, I stopped looking back.
Funny enough I too started on April last year, inspired by Mental Outlaw and SOG. Ended up on Arch 8 months later and realised that Arch and Debian are the only distros that really matter
Cool! Glad it worked out for you!
I'm also a big KDE fan and prefer it over all the others out there. It's a complete and fun to customize and use desktop environment. The developers really do a good job with it.
I've been running Linux on a desktop for over 20 years now and it's come a very long way. After Valve dove into Linux and made Proton I was finally able to leave Windows for good at home. It was a long time coming and I'm so glad all my games run without issue now and if something doesn't work it doesn't stay broken forever anymore either. Plus, Valve has the Steam Deck out there now so even if people don't know about ProtonDB they can still have a good idea of something will work on Linux by checking to see if the Steam Deck can run it.
I agree about the jargon. I run into that a lot when telling new users about Linux. Especially when I need to start at the very beginning and cover what a distro is or what a desktop environment is and so on. There's a lot to take in when you make the initial jump into Linux. There's that hurdle of unlearning some of what they have learned in Windows to start thinking differently for a different environment and it takes time. A lot of people don't like feeling like a newbie after feeling like they knew what they were doing for so long so that probably makes the learning curve harder for some people too.
I think your video will help give some people a little more confidence about at least trying it out to see if Linux can work for them. It's not going to work for everyone, but if people are at least trying it out now, it's a start.
Interesting video there, mate! I used to have Linux (Debian-derived Raspberry Pi OS specifically) way back around 2015-2016, when I've to deal with my crappy specs hand-me-down ThinkPad laptop (I don't remember the model, but it's AMD "APU" (as in not a powerful one, remember that APU market back then wasn't as competitive as nowadays) of single core, dual thread with single channel 2GB DDR3 RAM and 250GB HDD). If I tried to use Windows 7 Basic in it, neither it will help the laptop at all, as the laptop will be rendered slowly useless it's barely usable at all. Meanwhile, when I switched to Linux, due to it's lightweight nature, I'm able to use it for browsing, watching videos, editing photos and some lightweight games available on Linux (back then, Wine and Proton wasn't fully a feasible option to even try to play Windows games). I'm very happy using it, if I've to be honest (up until one point when the laptop fan suddenly no longer functional, in which I've no option but to abandon it since I cannot find a good spare part to replace it).
To be honest though, I find your journey on using it present day really an eye-opening experience for me too. Considering how Microsoft being very disrespectful towards its userbase with little control, little customization features and some removed useful features with more confusing, even way more telemetry usage than Windows 10, and convoluted way to use Windows 11 (and next version after it), added in with more buggy update patch (I thought Windows 8/8.1/10 past update debacle makes them learned the lesson, but nope!) and obscene hardware requirements, if Microsoft decided to stick with its gun and no longer support Windows 10 beyond 2025, that's it. I'll fully switch to Linux by the time most software no longer supported on Windows 10.
Well, hope you won't mind with my slight rant there, didn't meant to do long comment, but hey, for the sake of algo, it's alright. Thanks for the insights, hope to see you again with more interesting videos! 😊
Thanks for the comment! Yeah, it's good for the algorithm. lol. Really glad that people seem to like it. I just uploaded it a few hours ago and this one received the most engagement when compared to all of my other videos.
Your use of showing the source of your B-Roll got you a subscribe, I wish more Content Creators did this.
Thank you! Yeah, I don't like it as well when people don't provide the "sauce", so, I try my best to provide them.
Same here, with Gentoo and Garuda, switched 2021 never looked back :)
Note: I had Resolve Studio already on Windows 10 Pro, so switching for me wasn't an issue either ^^ and the SpeedCutter Panel worked out of the box with Linux :D
Really nice video. I'm looking forward to do a dual boot Windows/Linux and see how it goes. This video is like a compass on how to approach this subject which has made me think a lot. I think I'll just give it a shot and do it !
Thank you again
Thank you! Glad you liked it.
A word of advise: some sources suggest that when installing dual-boot Windows/Linux (especially on separate drives), you *must* install Windows first, and then Linux. Something to do with Windows randomly installing its bootloader on the wrong drive. They recommend going as far as removing the drive you intend to install Linux onto, until you're done installing Windows. I haven't personally tried this yet (I intend to at some point), so take this info with a pinch of salt, but I'd suggest researching it first. Hopefullt it'll save you the headache I've had with the Windows setup being literal trash and corrupting your drives :)
@@logixthedev It's not that windows will corrupt the drive, it's that windows will overwrite the bootloader so as to may the linux partition inaccssible. Windows is built in a way that it expects to be the only OS on the system. You data will still be there but you may need a recovery usb or to boot the correct drive from your bios which is why it is reccommeded to have them on 2 separate drives. Also note you may need to disable secure boot in your bios as it only really works with windows dy defualt.
for minecraft, i found it easier to use prism launcher. you dont even have to download and install the base game first, it does that for you
For me, I just use the minecraft launcher from the AUR.
Wow, you really went in depth with learning what linux is and if it will work for you. Respect! I wasn't that patient and just jumped to linux about two years ago, but I think because of that, I didn't enjoy it at first because I didn't know what o expect, but now I have been using linux daily (arch on pc & debian on laptop) for about a year and a half now. Been really enjoying it so far.
Thank you. I treated it like I was choosing parts for a new PC build, so I guess that helped.
I have been using Linux for over 20 years now, and I have tried both KDE and Gnome desktops, but have always gone back to KDE as it reminds me of the old style windows 95/98 desktop, which I loved way better than any other version of windows desktop, I am not a games player so games were never the real let down for me over the years, and I have found that I can get hardware and software that I need with ease.I am currently running Kubuntu 22.04 and loving it
I had fiddled around with Linux off and on for a while before I purchased a laptop from System76 (running PopOS) in early 2022. Although I didn't use it exclusively, I did use it some. It was like a half step into the Linux world. I finally went the rest of the way in late 2022 and installed Linux on my main system in the place of Windows. There was some learning to do, but it wasn't too bad. The challenge was getting started gaming. I just didn't know what was available and possible, but I eventually learned of Lutris, and now I can play some of the games I like. The one that has given me the least trouble is Final Fantasy XIV online, but I also play WoW and MTG Arena. There are a few games that are Windows games that I got in Steam that I've been unable so far to get working on Linux. I do have a computer with Windows on it, and I decided it's only purpose was for playing games that I haven't been able to get to work on Linux. I suspect the trouble lies mainly with my lack of experience with Linux and my many years of dependence on Windows, 🤣.
I currently use Manjaro, and I like it well enough so far, but I've been experimenting in VMs with other Linux distros (including Arch and Debian) and even with BSD (FreeBSD and GhostBSD). I've also tried out Linux Mint, which I do like. I'm not necessarily the type to "distro hop." I generally prefer to find something that works well enough and just settle in for a long stay. That's probably why I didn't move from Windows sooner.
I guess I will have to try out several Linux distros to see if there is one I prefer over Manjaro or Mint. I'm not unwilling to learn, but I can be a little slow.
Not distro-hopping is actually fine. It depends on the person. I, too, have not changed distros ever since installing Arco. I think if I would move to another distro, it would probably be to another Arch-based one, so that I don't have to learn another type of terminal commands... or to NixOS.
i started using linux recently on my gaming desktop and it has been an amazing experience so far! i decided to run a little experiment to see if there was any differences in performance, speed, and resource management between windows 10 and my Linux Ubuntu setup. it was no competition. linux was able to load up my previously 40+ tabs on firefox in just 2 seconds, meanwhile windows was still trying to boot up. i am amazed at the community support and how quick they are to implement fixes and changes when need be.
I have the "privilege" of having learnt how to use a computer on Linux. My first own computer was a RasPi (which I needed to reinstall hundreds of times because I screwed around with things I shouldn't) and even though I've used Window$ quite some time inbetween I'm using Linux now and have banned Window$ out of my life. And I'm happy with that as it's a real struggle for me to get anything done on a Window$ that's newer than 7.
Switching has always been hard since everything will have to change not just the OS but the software you use and the alternatives are not alway that good and sometimes you may end up using the terminal.
Its so nice there is a GUI installer for rolling release distro now... when I had to pick I had no choice when picking a rolling release I had to go into the weeds and do it myself by going with arch.
Indeed. Yep. That's why I chose to start on a VM and did not dive deep right away.
On using the terminal, tho. I think there's some sort of unfounded fear on using it. I mean, it's nothing to be afraid of. It's just a tool. But yeah. To each their own.
And yeah. It's really awesome that there are GUI installers now. *ALL HAIL CALAMARES!*
@@HeathenHacks and I aggree with you... hell most good Linux tools don't tend to have a GUI or if they do the GUI is terrible...
But many people are afraid if getting into the weeds...
That's true. Then again, I have an IT/CS background, so maybe that plays a huge role on my view on it.
While I do love Linux I have a very creative workflow with apps I took time in to learn for years used in the professional world and do the occasional online gaming with friends so I like to stick to Mac and Windows for compatibility sake but totally would love Linux on all my servers I will one day run. Before I get the comment mentioning dual boot or just try another app... I would end back up on Mac and Windows yet again out of familiarity sake and learning a thing for years makes it harder for me to wanna just learn a replacement for it which will take up more time where work could get done.
Just wanted to say that I used to think like you before. But, my knowledge on the stuff that I used to use are just on a minor/amateur level, so I guess I had less skills to relearn how to apply.
I picked up a decommissioned HP z230 workstation as a second PC to run linux on after throwing Linux on a hand-me-down laptop. I've been using the linux desktop daily since I aquired and set it up. The windows machine has only been turned on to grab a file saved on it or let it get security updates. I like having both machines but I've been using the Linux machine for 98% of what I was doing on windows. I'm not a power user and the most I've done with linux is turn a laptop into a research workstation. At this point I think I'd like enough that I'd like to get me a Slimbook or Starlabs labtop someday.
Honestly, same. These days, I only use my Windows 11 OS for FL Studio and other Adobe Suite applications, and only if I'm desperate enough. lol. I only occasionally login to it as well, just to update the security features. I do like having both, tho. Ironically, my Windows11 OS have saved my Linux install once when an update borked it. It's a long story tho, so I'm just going to leave it at that.
I don't hate windows, I just use linux for work and everything else imaginable. Been a Linux user for 20+ years. So once in a while I try Windows but then I have to install the chipset drivers, graphics drivers.....er....no. I'm too lazy. Just go back to using Linux on my all AMD systems and blindly dkms my wifi drivers without knowing what I'm doing, once a year when I upgrade or want an overhaul.
I'm not a hypocrite, please do what works for you.
You may have already figured this out in the 11 months at this point, but a very easy way to keep your custom stuff backed up through your reinstalls and distro hopping would be to manually partition the drive(very carefully) and separate the /home directory. That way all your files in all the directories that are specific to your user, as well as all the cache stuff and the so-called "dotfiles" which live in the .config directory in /home will be there, untouched and after a fresh install you will log in to find everything where it should be, without having to back up everything manually and copying
Yeah, I've come across that approach before as well, and have actually considered doing it that way, but, according to the answers on forums where someone asked the same question, apparently, it's not that necessary if you're planning to back up your stuff anyway. So, I went with the easier route and just installed Linux the "usual" way.
Besides, having a clone of my whole system have saved me quite a lot, since it's not synced.
@@HeathenHacks Yeah if you're gonna do that anyway then I guess it makes sense, although I would still argue it's a good idea to have /home separate, just in case something happens that even a snapshot won't be able to fix, and you forgot to make a backup recently or something. But hey, if it works, then it works
Good video! It was interesting to see your Linux journey.
Thanks for the comment! Much appreciated.
I switched to Linux since the beginning of this year and it's great to see people transitioning to Linux and make videos of their experience to show to others how switching from Windows to Linux isn't hard at all: it definitely wasn't for me, and at first, I actually prepared for a lot worse, considering all the things I've heard about Linux that were valid maybe 10 to 20 years ago but aren't anymore.
You will just have to adapt to a much more flexible and customizable OS, which as you described in the video is basically learning all the terms, jargons and references that people are unaware of on Windows because apparently for Microsoft, you don't have and even shouldn't know them, when you see how Windows isn't customizable at all compare to Linux.
But regardless if you know the terms or want to learn them, you can still go with Linux and not have to understand any of this to use it, which is what I find great about Linux: it's as simple for the average person as it's technical and customizable for the more tech savvy.
Also, you're editing is brilliant, I love it!
Aww, thank you!
I started with Linux Mint, but I felt more comfortable with Arch based distributions even though most guides/reviews tell me that those may break often. The only breakages I encountered since 2021 are: grub, pipewire, wayland, and pahole/dkms issues. BTRFS with snapshots is a lifesaver. I started using Arch based distros with Manjaro and now I'm using stock Arch.
8:46 my guess, they changed the name from "culero" because it basically means "asshole". It can mean other things but that's the first definition.
They spelled it "Coolero", but yeah. Maybe.
FYI, clementine broke for me last week on Arch. Their last release was 2016, but there is a fork called "strawberry" which looks the same and is still developed.
Yes, it was broken for me as well. Afaik. it was because of a protobuf update. Luckily, I have a system-wide backup, so I just copied and pasted the missing protobuf file and it's working now.
@@HeathenHacks Damn, and I recently reinstalled and haven't setup snapper yet, lmao.
Sooner or later i would have had to switch anyway, and they are practically identical so I don't mind.
PSA: Don't use Mint, Ubuntu, Manjaro or other derivative distros unless you know what you're doing and actively want to torture yourself.
Only use primary distros, or distros that use the packages of their upstream and just add some QoL features, like a GUI installer and pre-installed macros or whatever. (Examples for that being Endeavour OS or Arcolinux)
You'll save yourself so much trouble.
Distros to use: Arch, Debian (12 or Sid) or OpenSUSE. I despise SUSE, but some people love it, so take that for what it's worth.
Debian Sid is surprisingly recent given Debian's reputation of being almost as out of date as Suse. Debian 12 also started doing a lot of things right, that previous Debian versions were sleeping on.
Edit: I used to recommend Fedora, since it was (and still is) a fantastic distro, *but* the developers were bought up by IBM, and for those not in the industry, this means it'll be dead within 5 years, probably dead within 2. They've already axed the project lead, it's gonna go to shit for absolutely certain, and unfortunately sooner rather than later.
Telling people not to use Ubuntu over Denise because it's a derivative is a "lmao" moment. Ubuntu is the most popular and widely used desktop Linux distro.
Don't get me wrong, I hate Ubuntu, but that doesn't mean it's a bad starting OS.
Translation: "if you have 20+ years experience on the IT field, and potentially have a bit of autism, use these distros."
...For everyone else, Linux Mint is the way to go. Ready to go, just works, barely any tweaking required.
Thanks for sharing the experience
Thanks for watching!
Your video proved that only people who are tech savvy (developers etc.) can use it.
Secondly, you still need Windows for some of your tasks. Linux cannot cater your needs alone.
This leads me to stick with Windows forever.
Your PC, your choice. You can use whatever OS you want. No one's forcing you to use Linux. If you think it's not for you, by all means, stick to windows.
Can confirm. My mom switched to Fedora Workstation (GNOME) a year ago and is very happy with it!
I switched to Linux Debian about 6 months ago. I dual boot it with Windows 10, which I have not used in about 5 months, but I expect to use again soon to play Phantom Dust. I've had some trouble running some games on Proton, Touhou games won't control my secondary monitor's refresh rate and resolution like they should, but other than that, it's been good.
And i went nuclear and just threw myself into pop OS, but installed kde ontop of that, i used kde since it looked and felt most similar to windows, but since then im using the cosmic desktop, which is similar to Gnome. Also since i mainly used my PC for youtube and co it went all pretty smoothly, i didnt even need to fiddle with proprietary drivers as im using an AMD card. Looking back i think made the right decision, especially after what is the shitshow of windows 11, which *removed* previous functionality present in 10
I've used Linux, Mac, and Windows for various amounts of time, and I typically always go back to Windows. Right now, Linux is probably the worst place to be in terms of the amount of vulnerabilities open source and Linux have. And some of them were found years after they were initially injected into the code base. That and I got tired of constantly having to troubleshoot drivers, errors in upgrades and finding adequate alternatives for software or having to work against the grain because I couldn't do x. I know every time MS makes a mistake Linux bros run out and proclaim "switch to Linux!" And just about any feature MS has that Linux bros rise up in arms, there's always an option to turn it off and then remove it. The funniest was, "you can't remove Edge!" And Edge, now, is so much better than Firefox.
Sounds like we had a very similar introduction to Linux, watched the same channels and videos, I ended up using fedora tried both kde and gnome and for the longest I used gnome but eventually I switched over to keep for more customization. Fedora is perfect for me because I need it to be able to use Maya and other pro software. But that's not without it's work arounds and jank. Overall I learned a ton in these last months and I'm glad I switched
Sorry in advance this is so long. Thanks to all who read and respond. I am open to info or just opinions. Windows is creepy with how invasive it is with the tracking, boatware and the ADS. I finally switched to Fedora 40 KDE from Windows 11 a couple months ago and I am SUPER NEWB lol. I am managing because I am 99% just UA-cam, X, email. I tried Zorin Core OS and I tried LM for a few weeks. I didn't care too much for the old versions of apps and Cinnamon DE kept crashing over and over with no explanation so I started looking at other options. I did some research and they were saying Fedora is kind of a "best of both worlds" distro. I was hearing Fedora is good because it isn't bleeding edge and more unstable, but that it still updates apps a heck of a lot more than Debian based distros. They were saying it would be good for a newbie like me since (while not as large as a distro like Ubuntu), Fedora is still one of the largest distros and is backed by Red Hat so you could find a lot of help for it.
You have enthusiasm and energy which is nice. But for me, I felt that at 1.5 speed, your sound effects and memes + animations were over the top. I watch everything at 1.5x speed because most yters speak at the same slow rate.
Can't blame you there. I watch most things at 1.5x speed as well, and I kinda want my videos to be at the same 1.5x speed, because I get sleepy watching my own videos at normal speed, but, well, I do know that we are in the minority, so, I thought it would be better to keep it at a normal pace.
I mean, the speed setting is always available anyway.
@@HeathenHacks Thanks for the replies anyhow
For my distro of choice. I use Linux Mint 21.3 Virginia because it just works on a crappy HP stream 11. It has an intel celeron n4000 with 4gb ram and can do everything what i did on a windows pc. I mainly use it for education.
the steam deck was what converted me to linux, it does almost everything i need it to do, it doesnt have any bloatware, and it runs great. my games all work, my productivity software (mainly unity) still works, and steamos is super user friendly
most things i use either just work or have simple workarounds to get working, and the ones that take work are honestly pretty niche, namely the monado openxr runtime, which just straight up wont work on steamos due to how weird valve made it, despite it being built on arch
i also started using linux about 2 years ago, i started with ubuntu, started modifying it a lot and stuff untill i started distro hopping, and eventually fell onto arch linux and loved it
There are other rolling releases besides Arch, of course, but if you want to tinker the Arch Wiki is God Tier levels of usually useful documentation that other distributions just wish they had.
Someone's going to point out Debian unstable is also a rolling release. Er, rolling non-release. It is, but it's not released. But it doesn't have as much effort put into making sure it gets fixed quickly when there's an issue and you might be fixing it yourself when someone breaks something. Which happens less often than Arch, admittedly, but there's less hand-holding when it does. So I guess you could run it that way, but … unless you're used to Debian, I dunno if I would-and I do because I'm used to Debian.
What I wish I could recommend is Debian testing as something where you let others do the bleeding for you on the razor's edge and get the stuff that's been found not to break things too much. The reason why I can't recommend Debian testing is because you don't have security updates. Which means you want to run nothing that exposes itself to the Internet as a server on it, including a personal web share, and definitely not anything running e.g. PHP or anything like that. And then I'd say you need to have access to unstable with low priority pinning and high priority pinning for your web browser and a few other things. And by the time you know how to set all that stuff up and are ready to track security updates yourself … you may as well run unstable or a distribution like Arch anyway.
It seems the choices are bleeding edge or outdated two months after it releases. There isn't much in between. That's how we get so many distributions: "There isn't a this but that distribution…"
FL Studio has run fine on Wine for me ,especially under Endeavour(arch based distro),but out the box there are issues with text missing in places i never learned how to fix and 32-bit plugins CANNOT be run under 64-bit FL and vice versa.
I always love when people have a good time with Linux that first jump is kinda scary. But it is smooth sailing once you find what works for you.
I like learning new/unfamiliar things that interests me, and I took using Linux as a daily driver as a challenge. It's been almost 2 years since I took that first step.
I 1st tried Ubuntu 16.04 cos i was just curious about Linux and now i use Fedora Mate on my HTPC and Debian 12 on my laptop. The only computer that still uses Windows is my gaming PC.
I've used Linux for 2 years. The only other times I had to use Windows were if the software I used wasn't available on Linux (which are just the tts voices that I had to use for EAS scenarios.) Other than that, I haven't relied on Windows since then, so that's good. I do have a massive mp3/flac collection that I did start on Windows (on a computer I used to use for video editing until a drink spilled on it,) but I ended up having to port it to Linux. My mom doesn't like me using it because she thinks it's because I want to be different or she's worried I'm doing something I shouldn't be doing when, as a matter of fact, it's neither of those reasons. I use Linux on my computer because it runs faster and it's a vital part of a movement I support (the foss movement.)
Thank you for the disclaimer. I am a Win user and I never liked the Linux users (most the bad apples) who bully other os users. I don't want use it, but I'm curious about your journey.
Ah. Yes. The stereotypical Linux users. They do exist. But, tbf, tho. There are Windows users who are like that as well. In my opinion, it's best to just ignore them and use whatever OS you prefer. It's your PC, and you're the one who's going to use it, and not them.
I use Arch btw
did you know i use arch?
just make out already
@@pruna536 with whom?
A couple of years ago I gave Mint a go, got frustrated when certain things were just not wanting to work and went back to windows. I'm now a month in with EndeavorOS and have had very little issues (if any). I'm still dual booting, but outside of one very specific task, I have had no need to load into windows.
The biggest thing that has helped this time around is using ChatGPT and Bard in combination when I have a question. As a newer/returning user, they are great tools when you want to understand commands, or have a reminder about the file system, or need some guidance on doing something. Sure they can provide you with a string of commands that you could otherwise get off a related website, but they can also dumb it right down.
Man, I miss Linux. Like you, I had been using it for a little over a year but earlier this year, either a kernel or Pipewire update messed up my audio and I had to go back to Windows because I had an important meeting that day and I had no time to troubleshoot.
I'm still waiting for the perfect opportunity to go back but it has been difficult 'cause just recently my studio started to send me PSD files that had to retain their layer structure after editing (impossible with Krita/GIMP). When I was on Nobara Linux, I was the one sending them my output done in Krita so there were zero Adobe compatibility issues.
Got me thinking into building a secondary desktop or buying a laptop specifically for Linux/personal use.
You could always dual boot. I've been on Linux for more than a decade now, most of that time with Arch. But I have never been able to ditch Windows completely because of damn Adobe products. I don't need Adobe, but other people do lol. Dual boot allows me to have Linux as my daily driver and what I use most but I can always boot into Windows when I need to.
This is why you should avoid using a rolling release distro in production. With a Debian based system like Linux Mint the chances are much lower that just something breaks randomly.
Also when I use Arch Linux, I install it on a btrfs filesystem so that I can take, boot into and restore system snapshots easily with Timeshift. This could also have helped you out of this bad situation.
i'm using wine for photoshop...
@@DerK3BAPor use nixos where rollback is built into the system
have you gone back to linux yet?
Sometimes, our little Tux will trip and fall, but if you give it a chance, Linux can prove to be a great operating system for you.
Note: I recommend installing Ubuntu if you have Steam. Although they have their own Arch based SteamOS, Ubuntu has a supported deb install straight from the mouth of GabeN.
Have you tried FL Studio in Wine? If you set up a custom wineprefix FL throws some errors but everything works fine. I'm very much a hobby user and don't have any MIDI instruments to test out tho.
Thanks for the tip!
Dude, you put in the Dragon Maid transition things 😂 Instant like
I do like that anime. Kobayashi best girl. She's a Python dev/programmer. lol.
Dude, don't beat yourself up for choosing Arco, I've been using Linux exclusively since 2015ish, have finished the Linux From Scratch book and I know my way around the OS to the point where nothing is really off limits. I can install Arch without looking at the wiki at all and yet I choose to use Arco over base Arch, it really is the best Arch based distro around.
Knowing how to do something is important and I would say you should always put in the effort to understand why you do something rather than just blindly copy/pasting commands with no idea what they are actually doing, that said though, ain't nobody got time to be setting up Arch from scratch. I can be at a desktop in under 20 minutes but it takes literal days of fiddling with all the small quality of life improvements that exist elsewhere but not on Arch. On Arco you choose KDE and it automagically fills in all the things you need for a functioning desktop, its simply faster.
Again though, I encourage new Linux users to not cheat your way to the end of the game then realise you don't understand the rules. Its important that you learn what it is you are doing and why you are doing it otherwise later down the line you're gonna find yourself in trouble. Also I STRONGLY recommend Linux From Scratch to anyone who really wants to understand Linux, its a huge and pretty daunting thing at first but it genuinely teaches you fundamental principles about how Linux works.
Edit - You can run FLStudio from Wine using Bottles, it has an auto install script built right, you just gotta point it to the windows installer binary.
Wait. I'm not beating my self up for choosing Arco. I like Arco. It's the first distro that I've tried (except Ubuntu in 2017) and here I am. Still using it. Your advice was really good, tho.
I used to do Linux for servers only. My 9 year old ultrabook reached crippling slowness with Windows so I thought why not try put Linux desktop on it? Suddenly it ran like a champ again! Fast forward I now run Ubuntu desktop on all computers at the makerspace I work in, including our classroom. Hundreds of people have come in, and been surprised how quickly and easily they are up and running, having never used Linux before.
That's amazing! I've never been to a makerspace before. We do have some in my country, but it's quite far from where I am. That's a nice way to introduce people to Linux, too.
@@HeathenHacks If you ever get a chance you should go!
A tip for easy reinstall is to create a separate disk partition only for the home directory.
then it will be mounted like any other disk.
And when you want to reinstall. make sure to choose manual partitioning so you can tell the OS to mount /home.
And voila.. no more copying home folder =P
I think you did a variant of what my suggestion would be for most: first switows and linuxch applications which can run on windows and linux and then switch to linux
I used KDE 3+ years ago, when it was just gaining momentum. I broke mine within the day 😂
Lots of bugs back then and Linux being notorious against APUs didn't help. Now that I have my dedicated GPU, I'm planning to go back. Hopefully, I don't break it haha. Thanks for sharing your experience! :D
It's way better now compared to befo- well, can't really say that, since I haven't tried KDE until last year. lol.
I started on the raspberry pi.
Next thing you know I’m installing Kali on the metal, distro hopped for a couple years.
Sounds like heroine would have been easier
Lol.
you forgot the i use arch btw part
thought the joke was old, so i omitted it from the script. lol.
thats not fair@@HeathenHacks
I actually made my own TUI program to monitor and control my GPU (I have a hybrid setup, and my cooling setup is jank asf). It's simple and allows me to neatly fit it into a tmux session with any other monitoring programs (like htop/btop) on my second monitor. So far all it does is lets me change my fan speed and clock speed and displays both GPU temperatures, and automatically slows down clock speed and turns up fans whenever the GPU gets too hot.
Man, I wish I'm as smart as you. It's not like I lack the resources, I'm just dumb and lazy. lol.
@@HeathenHacks I swear I'm not that smart lmao, *really* the program works as a wrapper for a other program called Lact, the reason I made it was because it took up so much room on my monitor and didn't leave enough for discord or anything else lmao, so the actual program just runs the same commands Lact does under-the-hood. The whole thing isn't but like 60 lines long (minus the newlines), and it's all just simple C code. Like anything, skills require time, and whilst I have both, time and motivation, the latter extends mostly to my interests, otherwise I am pretty lazy lmao
Win11 wound up pushing me to move to Linux, due to incompatibility with my CPU. I wasn't about to go out and build a new PC when mine works perfectly fine, nor am I willing to use an outdated Windows when EOL comes around. Been on Garuda KDE ever since, and love it. I find windows very annoying to use now, that's a downside I guess. Just for fun, I slapped Hyprland on the laptop, too. Peace out, Windows.
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, check out Ardour. Pretty good for a free DAW.
Thanks for listing the anime titles from your clips.
A live CD / USB version of Linux might be useful to run on their existing hardware instead of / in addition to a virtual machine. Back in 2007, I tried a live CD version of Knoppix to see if I would have any problems with hardware drivers. I also found that DistroWatch was very helpful for information on different distros, their popularity, and the links there provided a lot of information.
Hmmm... good point. I just suggested using a VM, so that you can try using alternative applications. Then again, VMs might not suitable if your hardware can't support it. Also, thanks for mentioning DistroWatch. I have also used it, but forgot to include it on the video. lol.
@@HeathenHacks Yes. Back when I tried Knoppix for the first time, I was using an old laptop and back in those days there was a bunch of issue with wired / wireless network drivers. By using a live CD, I could test for driver issues without disrupting the existing windows installation on the laptop. Much to my delight, everything just worked (sorry if I'm channeling Todd Howard). That gave me the confidence to experiment further and do an actual installation. I've used Ubuntu since version 7.04. Right now running 22.04.2 on an Intel 4770k with 16GB ram that I built back in 2013. This has been my daily driver for almost 10 years which show how well Linux runs on older hardware. It might be time to upgrade my SSD to something a litter bigger than 1TB as I have currently 4.9 GB free space.
Thanks again for your video.
Man, being able to make something last that long is rare these days. You have my respect. Your 10 y/o machine reminded me of my 10 y/o headphones that I just modded recently. lol. Thanks for sharing!
Alternatives that you've mentioned as not existent:
1. Lightroom - RawTherapee
2. FL Studio - LMMS
Yeah, I have FL running on Bottles now. I've tried LMMS, but I was overwhelmed and got scared. lol.
Tried Mint, tried Pop, almost stayed on Garuda, settled on Manjaro for a year, went back to Windows. Still looking...
For LightRoom, do give RawTherapee a try maybe ... and FL Studio, maybe Ardour, though it might be closer to Audacity.
Awesome! Thanks for the suggestions!
For FL try LMMS
the funny thing, I own a DIFFERENT corsair k70 and it has no support in ckb-next.
I might have to get a different keyboard or switch to a different one, but I really like cherry mx silvers
Lately, I'm getting these "trying to use Linux" suggestions. Is there an increase in interest in Linux? Or the UA-cam algorithm is doing this?
Most likely, UA-cam, I think. Seen quite a few videos from new accounts as well.
Having recently reinstalled windows 10 on an old laptop, I'm so close to just throwing Wind 10(or 11) into the trash and moving to MacOS or Linux.
Windows 10 is super bloated and full of spyware, even with the installation spybot anti-beacon, it made feel ill.
You answered a lot of my questions and raised a lot more.
I'm mostly concerned with drivers. about 20 years ago I switched to a Linux OS and it didn't come with my dialup modems driver.
With no internet and no neighbors with internet, I was hard stuck for a couple weeks there.
Thanks for sharing your journey!
Thanks for the comment!
The easiest way to answer the driver question will likely be to boot off of a live installation medium. You should be able to test all of your stuff except a gaming level test of the gpu before you install. If you have very new hardware, somethings might only work after an install and update (but you know going in that there may be something to fix); but the vast majority of hardware should work out of the box on an up to date distro. If you have internet on the live environment, you will have internet after the install (you can and should open up a browser and check before pulling the trigger). HW compatability is much better than it used to be, and as long as you don't go with something like Vanilla arch the installation will boot you into a full desktop so you can check everything out (and browse the internet while it's installing).
20 years ago, that sounds like you had a 'winmodem' as people referred to it.
I am forced to use Linux daily. My only windows PC has a virus rn, but luckily I still have a Chromebook, a copy of Ubuntu installed on a 32 gb USB, an odroid c4, and a dell dimension 3000 with antix installed. If I wanted to, I could set up my windows 7 PC, but I don't have enough room for it
Edit:I'm 14, and do this kind of stuff for fun
"And Gimp for Photoshop" 😭😭 Never gets old
i also fall into the rabbit hole . My experience was a bit different i also started to use mint in VM then I was bored of slowliness of VM i switched to Lubuntu in VM . After I gained some experience i wanted to use arch based distro cuz it seems kinda cool but i don't know if I could setup arch so I decided to use endeavour os but after 1 or 2 month of use it was a bit hard for me and I want something more stable that's why since 2 weeks i use debian and it's a quite fit for me I use xfce and customiz it to my liking . Since I don't play a lot of games and most of the time I use my PC to coding i don't have to give up on lots of software and now i gained lots of trust to myself and feel like a superuser I don't think i use windows in Future unless I have to
Linux video with Hololive memes. My cup of tea. 🍵
That's 2 rabbitholes. If I remember correctly, when I checked Cider (or maybe a different FOSS project) for the first time, I've seen quite a lot of Takodachis as sponsors. lol.
Seems you're kababayan! 😊 Just jumped into Linux last month with Nobara! It's a fantastic distro for gamers, and with the Steam Deck launch, the whole Linux gaming scene feels amazing. Next on my list might be exploring Wayland and NixOS - that's the tinkering spirit calling! Really appreciate the editing! btw how do you manage the sound quality of it? i got levels too high and too low...
Hello! Thanks for the comment! Yes. I am indeed your kababayan. 😂 for the sound being too high or too low, try searching for *LUFs*.
learning linux was one of the best decisions i did in my life
I wanted to try out linux about a year ago and see if I could daily drive it. I installed mainline Arch with the archinstall script built in to the ISO and haven't looked back since.
I don't want to beta test the system so it was Debian. But Debian was a bit too conservative in terms of PCI passthrough/drivers so I ended up with Ubuntu LTS. And the update to 22 resolved the last big issues, namely audio device management even when switching between them. And in the 3 years I had only one problematic update. But I could just boot the older Kernel again. And wait for the next one. That came and had no issues. So the final transition around 2019 went surprisingly smooth. I mostly gained features, for example the main one proper PCI pass-through. And proton now runs more windows Games then any single Windows version.
For me libreoffice is not a replacement to corporate office. The web apps though are how I got round that issue. However it is missing some features there as well. But easy to have virtualbox with a windows VM running.
I might get back to running a dual boot with my PC. Be interesting to see support for Scarlett and Elgato hardware in Linux.
Yeah. I'm a freelancer tho, so, it's good enough for my use case. Also, maybe QEMU/VirtManager would be a better choice if you just need to use MS Office. Or maybe try Bottles.
How exactly? What about the real office experience are you lacking with libreoffice? I have yet to have any reason to want to switch back.
Nice editing skills! You are so good that i enjoyed the whole video even though i wasnt supposed to care about what OS you use
Thanks! Glad you liked it!
i absoloutely love linux but im learning game dev and it isnt the same on linux in my experience.
That's fine. You have the freedom to use/choose what you want.
Oh thank you for the sauce names!!!
No problem 😊
I clicked to see if i disagree with the video, and stayed for the anime clips lol. I deal with linux daily on servers, so im glad i can return to windows at the end of the day. Though to be fair, almost all of my contact with linux is over the command line, and most of my time is spent solving obscure and infuriating issues
i cant switch to linux
i want to play roblox
roblox doesnt allow wine on linux
john not happy
Bro, just pirate software, you ""think"" you can't live without, if you need your job done atvm, it's not that hard.
It is morally correct in the case of Adobe or some others.
@@4.0.4it is morally correct in any case
how does that make it work on Linux tho?
yarr!
I just started on Linux because "why not?"
My best decision so far when sober.
Just like you could run Linux in a VM under Windows you can run Windows in a VM under Linux. That may allow you to run the Windows programs for which you can't find an alternative Linux version (that you like).