Please keep the GPU vendor discussions civil. There's points to be made, and this isn't the place for it. No need to scare off people that do/don't have one or the other, kthx
@@TheCommunistRabbit i have a slightly older Nvidia GPU and haven't had a single issue with it while using Arch. GTX 1650 I do hear that AMD and Intel have better linux support but to say you are guaranteed to have issues with Nvidia cards on Linux is not entirely true.
@@TheCommunistRabbit I never had any problems with Nvidia on Linux. Started with a GeForce 4200 Ti, now using a 1660 Super. Maybe newer RTX cards have some issues, but I don't own any.
Stop cooking masterpiece videos that force me at gunpoint to watch them fully while dropping everything i was doing beforehand. Also you introduced me to tales of
I have no idea why am I watching this video, I've been on Linux for years. I guess it's fun to see our community grow and people like you trying to make it even more accesible to those who might want to switch. I run both pop and Endeavour on my machines. I also have a proxmox server and a TrueNAS system so I have a basic homelab at this point. It's really fun. Personally I love to use the terminal, but it is true that the last few years there's been A LOT of work done to make Linux based operating systems run without the need to do anything in there. I've personally convinced some family members to run Linux systems like Mint, Zorin OS and Pop_os, some close to 3 years now, and none of them felt the need to switch back to Windows. I am proud of that achievement, because just 5-7 years ago there were still many features that didn't match the convinience of Windows. Now it's a rare thing to find something that's not just as good on Linux. Even gaming, literally the only thing that's still annoying is how most anti cheat software work, because it's not compatible with Linux. But purely technically basically all games can run on Linux with the use of Proton these days.
FYI, on Windows, you can create Documents, Pictures, etc. folders on a separate drive and then link them by going into the folder's properties and changing the location. I've been doing this for a very long time.
I’m getting my dad set up with Debian GNOME next week! He’s tired of Windows crap, and I got him a Dell 2-in-1 laptop for his media streaming, browsing, and email. It’ll be perfect for him - touchscreen on GNOME is surprisingly good!
Unfortunately videos like this mostly preach to the choir. Honestly, the most significant "skill" I needed to start using Linux consistently was to just set up my system and be happy with it rather than screwing around with new stuff forever. I spent way too long distro and DE hopping.
The only part of your comment that I disagreed with to the smallest extent was the very last sentence. Disturb hopping may be inevitable depending on the individual Part of the point of the Linux world is you have options to explore to see if you could find what best matches your individual wants. And needs Don't beat yourself up over the fact that you distraught hopped much. That's part of the discovery process 🙂
sounds like me when i first got a pc after years of console gaming, but with windows. gotta focus this time around. Linux seems like everything I ever wanted in a system
When you can scroll through videos, have faster playback, lose interest in 3 seconds and go to another video, I have absolutely no problem sitting here watching, laughing, and thoroughly enjoying your videos Seong. Always awesome.
I raw dogged arch as my first distro and after a couple days of setting it up "the proper way" I've loved it. Haven't had any major issues that I didn't cause myself
You can get it up and running manually in 30 minutes and within 10 with arch install if you know what you are doing. It isn't as hard as people think it is. Btw there is no proper way just that if you do it manually you have a little more control but people exaggerate.
I went with manjaro got fed up after a month and decided to also just dive into arch. I have not regretted that choice since, the combination of archwiki and aur is hard to beat.
@@Isaac-eh6uu it took more time because I failed at setting up grub two times and I had to start over. Since I was doing it in the evening I decided to wait til tomorrow. Same story the second time I failed
This is the clearest most understandable intro to Linux I've ever seen. I already loved the rythme and quirky editing from your previous videos, and it works great here as well ! Can't wait for the follow UP episodes !!
As a seasoned Linux user, holder of a bachelors degree in computer sciences, and your average open source enjoyer, I approve this video so much. Not only the cadence of both jokes and info that makes the video easy to follow, unlike many Linux content creators that I know that unless you are into the topic are really boring and monotone. You gained a new sub, mate.
I can think of a few from my personal experiences. I hope you will have/are having better experiences. For one, and I have seen no UA-camr touch the subject, but like Windows, Linux also has EOL. While you can still use your favorite "flavor" of Linux, don't expect support beyond that eol. I am not too sure if theming has ever existed in Linux, and most likely if it does the means to do so are buried under the hood. Do not play a drinking game for every time you have to type SUDO. Rather than CLI, they call it the "bash terminal" while there may be many plausible reasons to do so, I have found it's what I end up wanting to do with the keyboard against the monitor. Do not ever look at the file system with either bash terminal or gui as yours. There are probably ten million commands (counting variants), but you will only need to master maybe fifty of them. If you haven't already, learn programming languages, it is common that a compiled program may need to be tweaked, and the source code is likely available and it would be easier if you tweaked it yourself. Also, don't trust anyone no matter how much of a fan person (yes women and other critters as well) they are, there are a lot of posers the will prostrate for Linux with effervescent glee, yet when tasked for help given their air of superiority over the "sleepy OS" will often just snub you for not being smart enough to do "simple things." That only shows how much they are truly lacking knowledge. Then there's the opposite spectrum of those who know the minute details of every Linux ever conceived, but they usually sneer at those because everyone should intuitively know what "ls" means. Whelp, good luck, and may you Linux journey be a fruitful one.
It is your problem. Windows is virtually free of cost these days and you failing to run a game in Linux that is stamped "Designed for Microsoft Windows" is you just being a bit silly, to be honest. Nobody ever said "Linux plays every game" and it's not as though you save hundreds of dollars on the cost of a Windows license by using Linux instead. If you really have to play your modern AAA "games as a service, gamers as whales" titles like "Cybersplatt 4044" or "Starfailed" with all their proprietary "anti-cheat" and "anti-piracy" rubbish built into then, then at least read the instructions properly and give yourself the best chance of being able to play them by installing them on the OS they were designed for. Alternatively, you can be like me and refuse to play any modern AAA titles after 2010 and then Linux should run all the games you do want to just fine - then you can just happily rid yourself of your Microsoft abuser completely.
@@terrydaktyllus1320 You've got it all wrong. In fact, you have just proven my point becuase you literally reiterated my comment. First, the title sais "Using Linux really ISN'T hard.". Well, gaming is pretty common (even if not AAA titles). If gaming on Linux is either impossible or requires me to go full Arch btw user then the title is only accurate for a set of actions. Yes, I know that the games are designed to work on Microsoft Windows and not on Linux, but that doesn't change my situation. You basically told me what I already know. Thank you very much! And, for you to know, I'm expecting Linux to have a magic way to run the new titles which I'm not even interested in. There is **one** game of my childhood which I tried running on Linux, the ultra super duper moden Heroes of Might and Magic 3 from **1999**. Runs fine under Wine... untill I install the WoG 3rd party patch from 2014 which opens the gate to the entirety of the community mods. Then the whole thing collapses. Though, thanks. I'll make sure to never waste my time with Linux ever again and only keep it in a virtual machine for programming.
@@Hardcore_Remixer "You've got it all wrong. In fact, you have just proven my point becuase you literally reiterated my comment." If I've "got it all wrong" then that's because of you not using the right words in the right places to make your point succinctly enough. And as you've not made your point succinctly in this case, then no point exists for it to have been proven. But let's continue... "First, the title sais "Using Linux really ISN'T hard.". Well, gaming is pretty common (even if not AAA titles). If gaming on Linux is either impossible or requires me to go full Arch btw user then the title is only accurate for a set of actions." I have no idea what that statement means - again, I point to your lack of succinctness. "Using Linux" and "playing games" are quite frequently mutually exclusive anyway. I for example run many Linux machines on a daily basis that handle various tasks but I may only dig out a game on them once or twice a week. "Yes, I know that the games are designed to work on Microsoft Windows and not on Linux, but that doesn't change my situation. You basically told me what I already know. Thank you very much!" Yes, I already said that, why are you repeating it? What changes your situation is something you do, not what someone else does. If your AAA game doesn't work on Linux, then you can either put in time and effort to do research to see if you can get it to run on Linux, or you can follow the instructions properly and install it on Windows. The responsibility to fix the issue is entirely yours, not anyone else's. If I owned a family saloon car that I took off-roading for a day and complained at the end of it that the suspension was broken, that would be my responsibility. "RIght tools for the job and all that". "And, for you to know, I'm expecting Linux to have a magic way to run the new titles which I'm not even interested in." I have no idea what that statement means. I only play the games I want to play, not the ones I don't want to play. "There is *one* game of my childhood which I tried running on Linux, the ultra super duper moden Heroes of Might and Magic 3 from **1999**. Runs fine under Wine... untill I install the WoG 3rd party patch from 2014 which opens the gate to the entirety of the community mods. Then the whole thing collapses." I am very aware of that game, it is one of my favourite games too and, in my experience, it runs fine in WINE on Linux. I've never use the W.O.G. patch, I know of it but I've veered more towards the engine remake called VCMI. But if your game collapses with that patch then either don't install it in the first place or raise a bug report to the developers. Why is that any different than what a responsible person should do with any OS or software that they use? "Though, thanks. I'll make sure to never waste my time with Linux ever again and only keep it in a virtual machine for programming." What you do is entirely up to you, it's of no relevance to me - if we passed in the street we wouldn't know it anyway. But you're beginning to sound very childish and like someone who gives up far too easily - and that, in my opinion, is completely the wrong mentality for being a Linux user anyway. In summary, I started this comment not knowing the actual point you are making here and I ended up being in entirely the same position having responded to your comment. What is your point here?
I didn't knew how, Let alone THAT YOU CAN, keep your files AND format the distro without playing volleyball with a hard drive to pass ALL YOUR FILES to the new distro! Thanks for the intro man! I mean..... 15 years toying with linux just to learn this today.....saaad.
Great video! I'd add that if/when the "beginner friendly" distros start getting in the way, it's worth it to consider a minimal install of a rolling release distro. It'll be more work to set up but the result is a simpler environment and you'll mostly know how things work, meaning you're more independent in managing/troubleshooting your install. The problem with "don't use this unless you know what it means" is that the only way to learn is to use it. The actual barrier is motivation: minimal rolling release is also a good idea if you want to learn more about "linux". For example, Arch is great for beginners in the sense that if you're motivated, all you need is the ability to read (as in don't just copy-paste but learn the why and the how) and after the installation you'll have a pretty good idea of how things are actually organized. Maintaining a rolling release really isn't that bad, ppl greatly overstate how difficult and how broken things are. However, if you hate technical troubleshooting and you don't mind being at the mercy of the maintainers, choose LTS.
This is the best intro to linux that i have ever seen. your editing was fantastic. you definately have your own particular style. Lets say it a million times you don't need to use the terminal.
my parents ended up giving my old pc to my little sister a couple years ago, I never even told her that it was linux but it was her favorite pc and (somehow) the only pc where she didn't break the os. she was 10 years old when she started using it
I'm on day 3 of my Linux journey. Just installed Mint on a second drive and have been dual booting. I've already got most of my programs migrated and I think I'll be finished by the end of the month! I was shocked by how doable it was. As long as you can follow a step by step text guide it's not very hard. I'm looking forward to the day I can format my Windows drive :D
I have been using linux exclusively for the worse part of 2 years and have been tying to explain the whole "linux thing" to my friends for a while and you do a great job of just mentioning the stuff that someone in the know would completely leave out so great job
I really needed this deeper dive videos all the years back when I switched to Ubuntu 12 as my first daily driver - besides XP (IIRC). There only were nerds to tell their experience. With Manjaro back in 2017 (?) I ditched my Mac and my parallel Windows installation to become a full time linux user. When I entered the Debian 12 area I knew, I arrived. (distrohopping wastes so much time besides the steep learning curve) Keep on making videos m8.
This what I experienced this week when switching to Linux. Getting tired of windows. My PC is 24/7 and I need to restart that Windows OS every week because it slows down literally when having tons of website tabs. When I tried Linux (Pop OS btw) that problem do not exist. And what I like in Linux is the backup using terminal. I have no separate partition of /home and I just read some reddit post and it works on new install with all the configs :O Games works fine too and that best part for me the "scrollable tiling of windows" which make a more productive PC "for me". What make me switch too is the steam deck because of support in games. I just ask Chat GPT for info about commands in linux and I learned fast because of that. I don't want to use Windows anymore lol BTW thanks for this, now I know what distros etc are. I enjoyed the whole video and I've learned more.
When I was completely new to linux and wanted to try daily driving it I had heard that Arch was the most well documented distro. So that's what I chose to start with because I figured the documentation would help me in resolving any problems that may occur. I'm still using it and have never considered switching to another distro full time.
you're probably the first person ive watched talk about linux that isnt trying to flex their own intelligence condescendingly and breaks things down. as i type this youre explaining you cant just throw someone in the mix with a FG with frame data and expect them to understand. thats exactly how i feel abour linux and I've taken that approach to Mint (im on day 4 first time linux user). im not learning frame data and playing footsies yet, im developing fundamentals. and you make that easier. subscribed.
These are your specs from... 3 months ago? I salute you for what you have been able to create with this humble rig. I... will not compare. I will say again that you are doing an amazing job.
21:48 you know what? this problem was solved in an abandonware distro that died in 2008... miss you kurumin. its amazing that 16 years later other distros still havent figured it out
Good job on keeping a lot of this simple. On Fedora, during set up, last time I installed, it asked me if I wanted access to non-Free repos during install, I hit yes... and I already had access to install nvidia drivers in Gnome Software without having to even know what RPMFusion was. Personally, I hate running separate partitions, like for /home, having multiple drives in any system is just a pain... I just want all my space available for anywhere I want to use it, so you can easily run everything in one big drive just fine. Reinstalling isn't an issue as I back things up already, the hassle isn't worth preserving /home and the mess it might accumulate anyways.
Having multiple partitions can be very useful. My /home is shared between a Debian and a Mint user, I never had any problem. Especially with modern huge hard drives, where we can have a few G0 for / and T0 for /home. Anyway you can boot on systemRescueCd, delete everything but /home, and install without formating.
Seeing you makes my day! That's all good, and happens that I agree that GNU Linux isn't hard to handle. My best find in the last month is that WUBUNTU actually installs and runs StarCraft and that game has continued working for more than a week. That's huge for me, and a vast improvement from my personal use of Wine or Bottles where running one or twice was normal. Praiseworthy integration indeed!
Your video editing and 'story telling' throughout your videos are awesome. Been wanting to swap to PopOS for a while, probably going to start making the move soon. Subbed and liked.
I tossed myself from a hill when switched from Windows 11. Manual Arch installation and have set it up for gaming. No GUI or websites for installing apps (unless I really need the Arch wiki), I search my options from the AUR in the terminal mostly. Oh and I'm loving it!
*sees title* "Yup, it's not any harder than other OSs. I've installed Mint on my parents computer and they use it just fine, if they have problems they'd have the exact same problem in windows"
the problem isn't that users find it hard, it's that users don't want change in any shape or form. >did you try eating something other than boiled potatoes? >>no? >try this plate it's different and better >>ew it's different from my boiled potatoes
yeah, no thats not it at all. linux makes the dumbest shit such a chore like fractional scaling. oh lets not forget i have to download codecs to get all youtube videos to work. no one cares about customizing every goofball thing only for it to break next minor or major update. windows used to suffer from this, but not for some time. linux hasnt evolved much other than it looks niced than it ever has. same stupid usability issues
@@JM-bl3ihuh most distros ship with codecs now, it's literally just Ubuntu stuff that makes you enable it in the settings. As for fractional scaling that's changing, it was a pain before because the display server everyone was using was from fucking 1984 and was held together with duct tape at a daydream, with Wayland there's now much better fractional scaling support.
"At least it's not the old-looking menu that Windows has" is not the best argument, IMO, since it's still far more user-friendly. Also, the hardest thing about Linux for me was the fact f.lux doesn't work on the recent linux vesrsions - I had to research a lot to find how to make a good alternative(redlight mod some nice dude made) work on my system(by lurking forums).
I disagree with the take that you never have to use the command line to use Linux - unless all you do is use a browser. I don't particularly like using the CLI, but somehow I find myself using it every other day. If you ever run into a problem on Linux (which you will), the solutions often involve using the CLI. If you want to install software that's even slightly unorthodox, you will need to use stuff like the CLI and Git. The command line has been 100% unavoidable in my case.
I've used it twice to install some packages I didn't see in the software center, but I put the command into a text file so I can just run that in the future instead of using the terminal. With sufficiently thorough install and backup scripts, I don't really see a need for using the terminal.
22:05 Fun fact, Debian actually does this! If you press automatic partitioning you can pick between all root, split root and home and split root, home and var. However for manual set up Debian has the absolute worst drive menu out of them all, but the presets are nice.
Btw on windows you can move/pinpoint(?) ALL your data from system partition to another one, just have to do it every single time you reinstall windows, set default location for each folder such as documents, downloads, desktop etc. I've been using that method for idk, a decade at least. I remember first trying out ubuntu around 2005 or 2006. Was amazing, I loved the way it handled partitions, user files and everything, but gaming was right outta window so I ditched it for windows.
Another good video! Yeah, disk partitioning could be better. I'd also like to see systemd-homed as option in those installers which would allow the home partitions to be encrypted per user and it allows moving the whole home partition easily between devices because it gets stored inside a single file.
Your videos as always are wonderfully edited and engaging. I'm deep in the penguin game and still ended up watching the whole thing over stuff I already know. One sort of side note on the application install thing, Windows at least does have winget now to install applications without going through the browser download rigamaroll. Basically its just installing the exe files from the sites through a CLI option. But you don't escape the stupid installers a lot of times and its painfully slow during updates.
I would argue OpenSUSE has the best partition screen because it even gives you a much more laid out automatic setup than most distros do. Most distros cram everything into boot and root but OpenSUSE gives you boot, swap, root, home, and even subvolumes.
@@nalinuxHaha, sure thing. Bought a random Bluetooth dongle. Guess what, not supported, but if I wait for like 3 years, it might get there. Old stuff straight up does not work with the modern kernel. SiS chips never ever worked to begin with, old GPUs require black magic to even attempt to install the driver, which will still not work anyway.
22:38 It's surprising to see how you found Fedora's installer the easiest to use when it comes to partitioning. It looks like their installer revamping progress is really paying off.
I just switched from LMDE to Garuda. I can't in good faith recommend Garuda to a new to Linux user. But if you know a little linux and have used the command line a bit I will say I love it and do recommend it. I am still struggling, but I am learning quickly.
Sick video brother. it's not for me but it's always fun to learn how to talk linux to newbies since it makes it easier for me to translate what I know to something that they want to know.
My favorite intaller partitioner is openSUSE's as it comes with a reasonable set of partitions, and it has the professional mode with "With current partitions" and "With current suggestion" (don't remember the exact words but that's the idea) so you can set it as you like.
i would swap over to linux. However if i swapped, I would not be able to play my favorite game without having to restart my account. And no way that is happening ive been playing almost 10 years now.
For any windows users worried about updates breaking your OS, I've been using Linux Mint for almost 2 years now and literally only had one update that made the OS bug out. It sorted itself after a reboot. It's pretty rock solid!
I was expecting sth polished and minimalist like NickTLE's videos, but this was a proper overview of the whole thing. It's great! I look for big overviews like these when getting into new hobbies. You won me with the dankpods clips. But damn, the editing is a bit hyperactive, Voice+music+text bleeps+explosions on top of each other. I did laugh at the "2 providers for dbus-units" bonk ngl. I felt that bit about the installers. Nobara tried to "improve" fedora by shipping calamares, but the advanced configs bit was broken. Same settings would work on PopOS and not boot on Nobara. So I did my partitions in Pop, then installed Nobara over Pop and it inherited the settings. (Apparently this is the cheater's way to install Gentoo, I was just trying stuff to see what sticks) what else.. I also wasted a few days with Floorp and Waterfox for a sanity check ^.^
I started with Linux when I was just 10 years old. Not as a daily driver, but I messed around with distros in virtualbox on my dad's computer. 8 years later, I daily drive linux. And I find it more comfortable and intuitive to use than Windows. If 10 year old me can do it, I think you can too. I also learned the lesson that distro doesn't matter, it's just what's under the hood. I used arch and gentoo for ages and then switched to fedora because I was sick of dealing with package issues.
i love your content man. I'd love to see some of your favorite games reviewed or something. 2 1/2 years lived longer than your windows installs? Oof I kinda feel that. Every day I boot p and feel like I should reinstall for some performance boost. I'm mostly apprehensive of game compatibility and streaming tbh. I might keep a windows drive around just for that. I also might learn how to virtual machine everything. I would need to upgrade my pc for that though i think. My pc struggles as is to run Remnant 2. It would explode if I tried to do it in a VM lmao. Keep it up!
linux is the sum of wobbly windows and quality-of-life feature personalization that _will_ make it unusable for anyone who isn't me touching my computer.
When I install a distro I let it use the whole disc. Easiest way to install, at least for me. Works fine. Left Windows in 2017 and have never used it since.
i recently started using arch full time as my desktop driver… still have to sort out the nvidia glitches and all; always had issues with nvidia and linux so i always went back to windows when i tried linux, but seems i fixed most issues this time around.. been mostly working with debian and red hat for sysadmin stuff for over a year, so that made it kinda easy to transition. anyway i really love your videos, especially your editing. would love to see your editing workflow since editing is my hobby, i wonder how it is going to translate to davinci when i have been using adobe for over 2 decades
With 360p on a iPhone SE sized phone in vertical, your bubble text is hard to read. I think a font change or bolding might help here. I’m loving your videos and approach to your storytelling/instruction style.
One thing which always boggles my mind is that none of these "introduction to Linux" videos (and I've seen many), ever mention you don't have to install most distros to try them unlike Windows. Is the concept of a live distro such an alien idea Windows users can't wrap their heads around?
Nice, except I keep hearing this thing about not needing the terminal for anything, and every time I go to try, immediately am forced to use it. Like, in the first 5 minutes, I search all over for how to do a thing without the terminal, skipping countless pages saying "just type this in", and just don't find it. Everyone just says "just type in the magic words" and it's not a good way to learn them. When it comes to troubleshooting anything not working, chances are the "GUI as a second-rate fill-in just for complete noobs" isn't going to cut it, and you are thrown off that cliff into the "there is no in-between" land, which I'm glad was mentioned. Windows lives in that in-between, and baby mode vs "I contributed to the kernel" mode is frustrating, coming from windows.
Agreed, Linux partitioners when installing the distro is the worst part for beginners. The only way to really get to know what you actually want/need, is to fail a couple times and do an Arch terminal install like 10 times to get it right. As a bonus, once you nail the Arch terminal install, you will get it right on every other partitioner as well.
Please keep the GPU vendor discussions civil. There's points to be made, and this isn't the place for it. No need to scare off people that do/don't have one or the other, kthx
windows setup got updated recently
I dont think we should lie to them. Yes linux will give you issues with Nvidia GPUs and that's that. But AMD and Intel ones are seamless
and good vid btw
@@TheCommunistRabbit i have a slightly older Nvidia GPU and haven't had a single issue with it while using Arch. GTX 1650
I do hear that AMD and Intel have better linux support but to say you are guaranteed to have issues with Nvidia cards on Linux is not entirely true.
@@TheCommunistRabbit I never had any problems with Nvidia on Linux.
Started with a GeForce 4200 Ti, now using a 1660 Super.
Maybe newer RTX cards have some issues, but I don't own any.
This man doesn't post too often, but when he does - it's quality!
he’s too busy cooking with the editing
Linux engine goes **vrooom**, Fedora car does the rest, got it! 💙
**tips Fedora**
@@theglowcloud2215 **tips in return**
wait, official fedora account, damn
hear they make pretty good cars to **boot** as well. (I use Arch btw)
wtf fedora account
I started using Linux as daily driver, and today, I completed 3 weeks since starting.
Congratulations, it take time to migrate :)
Excellent you've embraced ultimate power!
About the same story here, got so tired of Windows i needed to explore new horizons.
I completely switched about 2 months ago now! It's been so much better then my past times trying.
Nice!
Stop cooking masterpiece videos that force me at gunpoint to watch them fully while dropping everything i was doing beforehand. Also you introduced me to tales of
Truly the game of
God DAMN, Seong. Another banger! I really loved all the work you put into the editing. all the sound effects and visuals and all that. good shit 👍
I have no idea why am I watching this video, I've been on Linux for years. I guess it's fun to see our community grow and people like you trying to make it even more accesible to those who might want to switch. I run both pop and Endeavour on my machines. I also have a proxmox server and a TrueNAS system so I have a basic homelab at this point. It's really fun. Personally I love to use the terminal, but it is true that the last few years there's been A LOT of work done to make Linux based operating systems run without the need to do anything in there. I've personally convinced some family members to run Linux systems like Mint, Zorin OS and Pop_os, some close to 3 years now, and none of them felt the need to switch back to Windows. I am proud of that achievement, because just 5-7 years ago there were still many features that didn't match the convinience of Windows. Now it's a rare thing to find something that's not just as good on Linux. Even gaming, literally the only thing that's still annoying is how most anti cheat software work, because it's not compatible with Linux. But purely technically basically all games can run on Linux with the use of Proton these days.
One of the best Linux-related videos for beginners. If this gets lots of views, I'll expect more users to try Linux, no joke.
Great video!
FYI, on Windows, you can create Documents, Pictures, etc. folders on a separate drive and then link them by going into the folder's properties and changing the location. I've been doing this for a very long time.
I’m getting my dad set up with Debian GNOME next week! He’s tired of Windows crap, and I got him a Dell 2-in-1 laptop for his media streaming, browsing, and email. It’ll be perfect for him - touchscreen on GNOME is surprisingly good!
Dell laptops are good for linux. He should be good.
You just wait til he needs to install his banking software
@@yrnhhngr Good thing every modern OS comes with a web browser.
Unfortunately videos like this mostly preach to the choir. Honestly, the most significant "skill" I needed to start using Linux consistently was to just set up my system and be happy with it rather than screwing around with new stuff forever. I spent way too long distro and DE hopping.
The only part of your comment that I disagreed with to the smallest extent was the very last sentence.
Disturb hopping may be inevitable depending on the individual
Part of the point of the Linux world is you have options to explore to see if you could find what best matches your individual wants. And needs
Don't beat yourself up over the fact that you distraught hopped much. That's part of the discovery process
🙂
sounds like me when i first got a pc after years of console gaming, but with windows. gotta focus this time around. Linux seems like everything I ever wanted in a system
@@motoryzen you dont understand. distro hopping is what is stopping more people from adopting linux
Nah, I feel like some hate watchers might stick around to hear him out. I used to do that.
When you can scroll through videos, have faster playback, lose interest in 3 seconds and go to another video, I have absolutely no problem sitting here watching, laughing, and thoroughly enjoying your videos Seong. Always awesome.
I raw dogged arch as my first distro and after a couple days of setting it up "the proper way" I've loved it. Haven't had any major issues that I didn't cause myself
You can get it up and running manually in 30 minutes and within 10 with arch install if you know what you are doing. It isn't as hard as people think it is. Btw there is no proper way just that if you do it manually you have a little more control but people exaggerate.
I went with manjaro got fed up after a month and decided to also just dive into arch. I have not regretted that choice since, the combination of archwiki and aur is hard to beat.
@@Isaac-eh6uu it took more time because I failed at setting up grub two times and I had to start over. Since I was doing it in the evening I decided to wait til tomorrow. Same story the second time I failed
AMAZING COMMENT, ALSO - "Haven't had any major issues that I didn't cause myself" --story of my life....
This is the clearest most understandable intro to Linux I've ever seen. I already loved the rythme and quirky editing from your previous videos, and it works great here as well ! Can't wait for the follow UP episodes !!
As a seasoned Linux user, holder of a bachelors degree in computer sciences, and your average open source enjoyer, I approve this video so much. Not only the cadence of both jokes and info that makes the video easy to follow, unlike many Linux content creators that I know that unless you are into the topic are really boring and monotone. You gained a new sub, mate.
My dude you're going places. Great editing, presenting skills etc. Keep it up
Came around to see caveats and difficulties someone new to me has had on the penguin os, staying for the immaculate video editing.
I can think of a few from my personal experiences. I hope you will have/are having better experiences. For one, and I have seen no UA-camr touch the subject, but like Windows, Linux also has EOL. While you can still use your favorite "flavor" of Linux, don't expect support beyond that eol. I am not too sure if theming has ever existed in Linux, and most likely if it does the means to do so are buried under the hood. Do not play a drinking game for every time you have to type SUDO. Rather than CLI, they call it the "bash terminal" while there may be many plausible reasons to do so, I have found it's what I end up wanting to do with the keyboard against the monitor. Do not ever look at the file system with either bash terminal or gui as yours. There are probably ten million commands (counting variants), but you will only need to master maybe fifty of them. If you haven't already, learn programming languages, it is common that a compiled program may need to be tweaked, and the source code is likely available and it would be easier if you tweaked it yourself. Also, don't trust anyone no matter how much of a fan person (yes women and other critters as well) they are, there are a lot of posers the will prostrate for Linux with effervescent glee, yet when tasked for help given their air of superiority over the "sleepy OS" will often just snub you for not being smart enough to do "simple things." That only shows how much they are truly lacking knowledge. Then there's the opposite spectrum of those who know the minute details of every Linux ever conceived, but they usually sneer at those because everyone should intuitively know what "ls" means. Whelp, good luck, and may you Linux journey be a fruitful one.
Finally someone showing EndeavourOS some love
it's literally the best arch distro
Linux when you want to play a game outside a game launcher: "I missed the part where that's my problem."
It is your problem. Windows is virtually free of cost these days and you failing to run a game in Linux that is stamped "Designed for Microsoft Windows" is you just being a bit silly, to be honest.
Nobody ever said "Linux plays every game" and it's not as though you save hundreds of dollars on the cost of a Windows license by using Linux instead.
If you really have to play your modern AAA "games as a service, gamers as whales" titles like "Cybersplatt 4044" or "Starfailed" with all their proprietary "anti-cheat" and "anti-piracy" rubbish built into then, then at least read the instructions properly and give yourself the best chance of being able to play them by installing them on the OS they were designed for.
Alternatively, you can be like me and refuse to play any modern AAA titles after 2010 and then Linux should run all the games you do want to just fine - then you can just happily rid yourself of your Microsoft abuser completely.
@@terrydaktyllus1320 You've got it all wrong. In fact, you have just proven my point becuase you literally reiterated my comment.
First, the title sais "Using Linux really ISN'T hard.". Well, gaming is pretty common (even if not AAA titles). If gaming on Linux is either impossible or requires me to go full Arch btw user then the title is only accurate for a set of actions.
Yes, I know that the games are designed to work on Microsoft Windows and not on Linux, but that doesn't change my situation. You basically told me what I already know. Thank you very much!
And, for you to know, I'm expecting Linux to have a magic way to run the new titles which I'm not even interested in. There is **one** game of my childhood which I tried running on Linux, the ultra super duper moden Heroes of Might and Magic 3 from **1999**. Runs fine under Wine... untill I install the WoG 3rd party patch from 2014 which opens the gate to the entirety of the community mods. Then the whole thing collapses.
Though, thanks. I'll make sure to never waste my time with Linux ever again and only keep it in a virtual machine for programming.
@@Hardcore_Remixer "You've got it all wrong. In fact, you have just proven my point becuase you literally reiterated my comment."
If I've "got it all wrong" then that's because of you not using the right words in the right places to make your point succinctly enough. And as you've not made your point succinctly in this case, then no point exists for it to have been proven. But let's continue...
"First, the title sais "Using Linux really ISN'T hard.". Well, gaming is pretty common (even if not AAA titles). If gaming on Linux is either impossible or requires me to go full Arch btw user then the title is only accurate for a set of actions."
I have no idea what that statement means - again, I point to your lack of succinctness. "Using Linux" and "playing games" are quite frequently mutually exclusive anyway. I for example run many Linux machines on a daily basis that handle various tasks but I may only dig out a game on them once or twice a week.
"Yes, I know that the games are designed to work on Microsoft Windows and not on Linux, but that doesn't change my situation. You basically told me what I already know. Thank you very much!"
Yes, I already said that, why are you repeating it? What changes your situation is something you do, not what someone else does. If your AAA game doesn't work on Linux, then you can either put in time and effort to do research to see if you can get it to run on Linux, or you can follow the instructions properly and install it on Windows. The responsibility to fix the issue is entirely yours, not anyone else's.
If I owned a family saloon car that I took off-roading for a day and complained at the end of it that the suspension was broken, that would be my responsibility. "RIght tools for the job and all that".
"And, for you to know, I'm expecting Linux to have a magic way to run the new titles which I'm not even interested in."
I have no idea what that statement means. I only play the games I want to play, not the ones I don't want to play.
"There is *one* game of my childhood which I tried running on Linux, the ultra super duper moden Heroes of Might and Magic 3 from **1999**. Runs fine under Wine... untill I install the WoG 3rd party patch from 2014 which opens the gate to the entirety of the community mods. Then the whole thing collapses."
I am very aware of that game, it is one of my favourite games too and, in my experience, it runs fine in WINE on Linux. I've never use the W.O.G. patch, I know of it but I've veered more towards the engine remake called VCMI. But if your game collapses with that patch then either don't install it in the first place or raise a bug report to the developers. Why is that any different than what a responsible person should do with any OS or software that they use?
"Though, thanks. I'll make sure to never waste my time with Linux ever again and only keep it in a virtual machine for programming."
What you do is entirely up to you, it's of no relevance to me - if we passed in the street we wouldn't know it anyway.
But you're beginning to sound very childish and like someone who gives up far too easily - and that, in my opinion, is completely the wrong mentality for being a Linux user anyway.
In summary, I started this comment not knowing the actual point you are making here and I ended up being in entirely the same position having responded to your comment. What is your point here?
I didn't knew how, Let alone THAT YOU CAN, keep your files AND format the distro without playing volleyball with a hard drive to pass ALL YOUR FILES to the new distro! Thanks for the intro man! I mean..... 15 years toying with linux just to learn this today.....saaad.
still better to make backups if something does not go right
@@Henry-sv3wv yeah, I got a back up of the back up just in case.
Great video! I'd add that if/when the "beginner friendly" distros start getting in the way, it's worth it to consider a minimal install of a rolling release distro. It'll be more work to set up but the result is a simpler environment and you'll mostly know how things work, meaning you're more independent in managing/troubleshooting your install. The problem with "don't use this unless you know what it means" is that the only way to learn is to use it. The actual barrier is motivation:
minimal rolling release is also a good idea if you want to learn more about "linux". For example, Arch is great for beginners in the sense that if you're motivated, all you need is the ability to read (as in don't just copy-paste but learn the why and the how) and after the installation you'll have a pretty good idea of how things are actually organized. Maintaining a rolling release really isn't that bad, ppl greatly overstate how difficult and how broken things are. However, if you hate technical troubleshooting and you don't mind being at the mercy of the maintainers, choose LTS.
I love the way you explained what distros are.
Linux + Tales references out the ass + Lupin reference? Subscribed.
btw more Magilou plz
This is the best intro to linux that i have ever seen. your editing was fantastic. you definately have your own particular style. Lets say it a million times you don't need to use the terminal.
Damn. I love your humor, editing, way you talk, perspective, etc.
4 videos in and my favourite youtube channel period. thanks and never stop pls xD
Love to see more from you!
ALSO WAS THAT SPECTROBES IN THE BACKGROUND???
my parents ended up giving my old pc to my little sister a couple years ago, I never even told her that it was linux but it was her favorite pc and (somehow) the only pc where she didn't break the os. she was 10 years old when she started using it
9:48 Seeing this scene from SMBZ made me so happy lmao. Amazing video editing!
I swear you have some the best editing for any Linux creator (myself included)
I'm on day 3 of my Linux journey. Just installed Mint on a second drive and have been dual booting. I've already got most of my programs migrated and I think I'll be finished by the end of the month! I was shocked by how doable it was. As long as you can follow a step by step text guide it's not very hard. I'm looking forward to the day I can format my Windows drive :D
you helped me find Endeavour, and while I can’t daily drive it it’s still my favorite distro
I have been using linux exclusively for the worse part of 2 years and have been tying to explain the whole "linux thing" to my friends for a while and you do a great job of just mentioning the stuff that someone in the know would completely leave out so great job
Bro your editing skills are TOP tier! I would love to see a video guide on how you do your edits :3
you put so much thought and care into these videos:)
I really needed this deeper dive videos all the years back when I switched to Ubuntu 12 as my first daily driver - besides XP (IIRC). There only were nerds to tell their experience. With Manjaro back in 2017 (?) I ditched my Mac and my parallel Windows installation to become a full time linux user. When I entered the Debian 12 area I knew, I arrived. (distrohopping wastes so much time besides the steep learning curve)
Keep on making videos m8.
This what I experienced this week when switching to Linux. Getting tired of windows. My PC is 24/7 and I need to restart that Windows OS every week because it slows down literally when having tons of website tabs. When I tried Linux (Pop OS btw) that problem do not exist. And what I like in Linux is the backup using terminal. I have no separate partition of /home and I just read some reddit post and it works on new install with all the configs :O Games works fine too and that best part for me the "scrollable tiling of windows" which make a more productive PC "for me". What make me switch too is the steam deck because of support in games.
I just ask Chat GPT for info about commands in linux and I learned fast because of that. I don't want to use Windows anymore lol
BTW thanks for this, now I know what distros etc are. I enjoyed the whole video and I've learned more.
A minute in and the references and editing has already blown me away, this is ADHD as fuck and i love it. Subscribed
Edit: SPECTROBES ENJOYER
When I was completely new to linux and wanted to try daily driving it I had heard that Arch was the most well documented distro. So that's what I chose to start with because I figured the documentation would help me in resolving any problems that may occur.
I'm still using it and have never considered switching to another distro full time.
I use Ubuntu as my daily driver and feel the same once you get used to using a particular distro you really don't want to switch
THANK. YOU.
I've almost literally just left another comment on "that first video" asking for stuff like this.
I'll be looking for more stuff.
Our newly and unanimously appointed Pinguin Apostle posted again! Today is a good day...
you're probably the first person ive watched talk about linux that isnt trying to flex their own intelligence condescendingly and breaks things down. as i type this youre explaining you cant just throw someone in the mix with a FG with frame data and expect them to understand. thats exactly how i feel abour linux and I've taken that approach to Mint (im on day 4 first time linux user). im not learning frame data and playing footsies yet, im developing fundamentals. and you make that easier. subscribed.
These are your specs from... 3 months ago? I salute you for what you have been able to create with this humble rig. I... will not compare. I will say again that you are doing an amazing job.
21:48 you know what? this problem was solved in an abandonware distro that died in 2008...
miss you kurumin.
its amazing that 16 years later other distros still havent figured it out
I'm tempted to make a PR but I'm too lazy to do it.
When seong posts it's always good quality
Good job on keeping a lot of this simple.
On Fedora, during set up, last time I installed, it asked me if I wanted access to non-Free repos during install, I hit yes... and I already had access to install nvidia drivers in Gnome Software without having to even know what RPMFusion was.
Personally, I hate running separate partitions, like for /home, having multiple drives in any system is just a pain... I just want all my space available for anywhere I want to use it, so you can easily run everything in one big drive just fine. Reinstalling isn't an issue as I back things up already, the hassle isn't worth preserving /home and the mess it might accumulate anyways.
Having multiple partitions can be very useful.
My /home is shared between a Debian and a Mint user, I never had any problem.
Especially with modern huge hard drives, where we can have a few G0 for / and T0 for /home.
Anyway you can boot on systemRescueCd, delete everything but /home, and install without formating.
@@nalinux I realize why people do it... I find no benefit, and I have run into problems before and had to resize partitions
This editing is top notch, keep up the great work! Is this made in resolve?
This is such an underrated channel even for a mostly Linux focused one I hope the algorithm will start showing your videos to more people
It did for me (:
Nice freaking video man, so entertaining. Thank you for sharing your knowledge this way. Very impressive and happiness-producing.
Seeing you makes my day! That's all good, and happens that I agree that GNU Linux isn't hard to handle. My best find in the last month is that WUBUNTU actually installs and runs StarCraft and that game has continued working for more than a week. That's huge for me, and a vast improvement from my personal use of Wine or Bottles where running one or twice was normal. Praiseworthy integration indeed!
Your video editing and 'story telling' throughout your videos are awesome. Been wanting to swap to PopOS for a while, probably going to start making the move soon. Subbed and liked.
I tossed myself from a hill when switched from Windows 11. Manual Arch installation and have set it up for gaming. No GUI or websites for installing apps (unless I really need the Arch wiki), I search my options from the AUR in the terminal mostly. Oh and I'm loving it!
The editing in this video is insane - very entertaining!
*sees title* "Yup, it's not any harder than other OSs. I've installed Mint on my parents computer and they use it just fine, if they have problems they'd have the exact same problem in windows"
the problem isn't that users find it hard, it's that users don't want change in any shape or form.
>did you try eating something other than boiled potatoes?
>>no?
>try this plate it's different and better
>>ew it's different from my boiled potatoes
yeah, no thats not it at all. linux makes the dumbest shit such a chore like fractional scaling. oh lets not forget i have to download codecs to get all youtube videos to work. no one cares about customizing every goofball thing only for it to break next minor or major update. windows used to suffer from this, but not for some time. linux hasnt evolved much other than it looks niced than it ever has. same stupid usability issues
@@JM-bl3ih skill issue
@@JM-bl3ihuh most distros ship with codecs now, it's literally just Ubuntu stuff that makes you enable it in the settings.
As for fractional scaling that's changing, it was a pain before because the display server everyone was using was from fucking 1984 and was held together with duct tape at a daydream, with Wayland there's now much better fractional scaling support.
holy shit this editing is amazing, how tf do you only have 5k subs
"At least it's not the old-looking menu that Windows has" is not the best argument, IMO, since it's still far more user-friendly. Also, the hardest thing about Linux for me was the fact f.lux doesn't work on the recent linux vesrsions - I had to research a lot to find how to make a good alternative(redlight mod some nice dude made) work on my system(by lurking forums).
TLDR - still would rather use Win7.
I disagree with the take that you never have to use the command line to use Linux - unless all you do is use a browser. I don't particularly like using the CLI, but somehow I find myself using it every other day.
If you ever run into a problem on Linux (which you will), the solutions often involve using the CLI. If you want to install software that's even slightly unorthodox, you will need to use stuff like the CLI and Git. The command line has been 100% unavoidable in my case.
I've used it twice to install some packages I didn't see in the software center, but I put the command into a text file so I can just run that in the future instead of using the terminal.
With sufficiently thorough install and backup scripts, I don't really see a need for using the terminal.
The CLI is the default on Linux. What is he talking about? Lol
By the way, (Subscribed/All). This is my first time seeing your vids
22:05
Fun fact, Debian actually does this!
If you press automatic partitioning you can pick between all root, split root and home and split root, home and var. However for manual set up Debian has the absolute worst drive menu out of them all, but the presets are nice.
Me; waiting for 2 months for the shops to finish repairing my main PC.
Btw on windows you can move/pinpoint(?) ALL your data from system partition to another one, just have to do it every single time you reinstall windows, set default location for each folder such as documents, downloads, desktop etc. I've been using that method for idk, a decade at least. I remember first trying out ubuntu around 2005 or 2006. Was amazing, I loved the way it handled partitions, user files and everything, but gaming was right outta window so I ditched it for windows.
Awesome video bro ❤️
Another good video! Yeah, disk partitioning could be better. I'd also like to see systemd-homed as option in those installers which would allow the home partitions to be encrypted per user and it allows moving the whole home partition easily between devices because it gets stored inside a single file.
Your videos as always are wonderfully edited and engaging. I'm deep in the penguin game and still ended up watching the whole thing over stuff I already know.
One sort of side note on the application install thing, Windows at least does have winget now to install applications without going through the browser download rigamaroll. Basically its just installing the exe files from the sites through a CLI option. But you don't escape the stupid installers a lot of times and its painfully slow during updates.
This editing is crazy
i love your way to edit the videos, your way to be and your explanations, subscribed and alerts activated! :D ♥
XFCE Gang! I think mint (debian edition) is a pretty good choice for a begginer.
XFCE and KDE are my favorites for sure.
Hahhahahaha xfce is great for shit hardware but saying that’d be a good option for a beginner??? baahhahhaha
Love your videos! We need more, dear Linux messiah
the editing is just next level ngl
I started using linux shortly after you, man I wish this video existed then, ty this was good
Good video :D also, healthy pout @10:47 . Been using Linux for 3+ years now. It's.... liberating , if you know what I mean :D
Using since 1998 here :)
I would argue OpenSUSE has the best partition screen because it even gives you a much more laid out automatic setup than most distros do. Most distros cram everything into boot and root but OpenSUSE gives you boot, swap, root, home, and even subvolumes.
Yeah but I know people who hadn’t ever even heard of cmd, let alone a boot usb, bios, iso, or even limux
24:17 pretty sure modifying files in your user home does not require root. They are your files, you should be able to modify them as yourself
Linux is easy IFF your hardware is supported by the kernel
Most of hardware is.
Even obsolete.
@@nalinuxHaha, sure thing. Bought a random Bluetooth dongle. Guess what, not supported, but if I wait for like 3 years, it might get there. Old stuff straight up does not work with the modern kernel. SiS chips never ever worked to begin with, old GPUs require black magic to even attempt to install the driver, which will still not work anyway.
22:38 It's surprising to see how you found Fedora's installer the easiest to use when it comes to partitioning. It looks like their installer revamping progress is really paying off.
I just switched from LMDE to Garuda. I can't in good faith recommend Garuda to a new to Linux user. But if you know a little linux and have used the command line a bit I will say I love it and do recommend it. I am still struggling, but I am learning quickly.
It is too heavy for me, idk how but window is more lightweight in my computer
@@tangerchef6662 but Windows doesn't come with any of those programs installed. You install all of that and tell me Windows takes up less space still.
Sick video brother. it's not for me but it's always fun to learn how to talk linux to newbies since it makes it easier for me to translate what I know to something that they want to know.
really well made and cool video
My favorite intaller partitioner is openSUSE's as it comes with a reasonable set of partitions, and it has the professional mode with "With current partitions" and "With current suggestion" (don't remember the exact words but that's the idea) so you can set it as you like.
i would swap over to linux. However if i swapped, I would not be able to play my favorite game without having to restart my account. And no way that is happening ive been playing almost 10 years now.
For any windows users worried about updates breaking your OS, I've been using Linux Mint for almost 2 years now and literally only had one update that made the OS bug out. It sorted itself after a reboot. It's pretty rock solid!
I learned a lot from this video and you encouraged me to install Linux.
Great job! Thanks for the video!
I was expecting sth polished and minimalist like NickTLE's videos, but this was a proper overview of the whole thing. It's great! I look for big overviews like these when getting into new hobbies. You won me with the dankpods clips. But damn, the editing is a bit hyperactive, Voice+music+text bleeps+explosions on top of each other. I did laugh at the "2 providers for dbus-units" bonk ngl.
I felt that bit about the installers. Nobara tried to "improve" fedora by shipping calamares, but the advanced configs bit was broken. Same settings would work on PopOS and not boot on Nobara. So I did my partitions in Pop, then installed Nobara over Pop and it inherited the settings. (Apparently this is the cheater's way to install Gentoo, I was just trying stuff to see what sticks)
what else.. I also wasted a few days with Floorp and Waterfox for a sanity check ^.^
I started with Linux when I was just 10 years old. Not as a daily driver, but I messed around with distros in virtualbox on my dad's computer.
8 years later, I daily drive linux. And I find it more comfortable and intuitive to use than Windows. If 10 year old me can do it, I think you can too.
I also learned the lesson that distro doesn't matter, it's just what's under the hood. I used arch and gentoo for ages and then switched to fedora because I was sick of dealing with package issues.
your videos are great!
i love your content man. I'd love to see some of your favorite games reviewed or something. 2 1/2 years lived longer than your windows installs? Oof I kinda feel that. Every day I boot p and feel like I should reinstall for some performance boost. I'm mostly apprehensive of game compatibility and streaming tbh. I might keep a windows drive around just for that. I also might learn how to virtual machine everything. I would need to upgrade my pc for that though i think. My pc struggles as is to run Remnant 2. It would explode if I tried to do it in a VM lmao.
Keep it up!
linux is the sum of wobbly windows and quality-of-life feature personalization that _will_ make it unusable for anyone who isn't me touching my computer.
I really love this video! The wait was worth it.
Lovely, love the freespace reference
Lmao, great video and amazing editing !
When I install a distro I let it use the whole disc. Easiest way to install, at least for me. Works fine. Left Windows in 2017 and have never used it since.
i recently started using arch full time as my desktop driver… still have to sort out the nvidia glitches and all; always had issues with nvidia and linux so i always went back to windows when i tried linux, but seems i fixed most issues this time around..
been mostly working with debian and red hat for sysadmin stuff for over a year, so that made it kinda easy to transition.
anyway i really love your videos, especially your editing. would love to see your editing workflow since editing is my hobby, i wonder how it is going to translate to davinci when i have been using adobe for over 2 decades
Watching this video on my laptop with Linux Mint.
My desktop has Nobara for now...
With 360p on a iPhone SE sized phone in vertical, your bubble text is hard to read. I think a font change or bolding might help here. I’m loving your videos and approach to your storytelling/instruction style.
One thing which always boggles my mind is that none of these "introduction to Linux" videos (and I've seen many), ever mention you don't have to install most distros to try them unlike Windows. Is the concept of a live distro such an alien idea Windows users can't wrap their heads around?
likely
I liked the Dank Pods references.
❤
Nice, except I keep hearing this thing about not needing the terminal for anything, and every time I go to try, immediately am forced to use it. Like, in the first 5 minutes, I search all over for how to do a thing without the terminal, skipping countless pages saying "just type this in", and just don't find it. Everyone just says "just type in the magic words" and it's not a good way to learn them. When it comes to troubleshooting anything not working, chances are the "GUI as a second-rate fill-in just for complete noobs" isn't going to cut it, and you are thrown off that cliff into the "there is no in-between" land, which I'm glad was mentioned. Windows lives in that in-between, and baby mode vs "I contributed to the kernel" mode is frustrating, coming from windows.
Agreed, Linux partitioners when installing the distro is the worst part for beginners. The only way to really get to know what you actually want/need, is to fail a couple times and do an Arch terminal install like 10 times to get it right. As a bonus, once you nail the Arch terminal install, you will get it right on every other partitioner as well.