ACTUALLY Using Linux
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- Опубліковано 22 чер 2024
- In today's video we'll be getting into what it's actually like to use the Linux operating system! Is it easy? Hard? Let's find out!
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My PC Specs:
OS: Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS x86_64
DE: GNOME 42.9
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X (16) @ 3.800GH
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
Memory: 32GB DDR4 - Наука та технологія
Using Linux and having a crt monitor? Extremely based
They really add that old computer look and feel. I wish I could afford a nice modern one and had space for it, and the strength to actually move something like that around (I can barely handle moving far lighter monitors).
Got this one for free! 😁 Family friend was getting rid of it. It’s not the best one out there, but I’ve always wanted one for my setup!
I wish my dad ever got rid of his old computer junk. It just all piles up in his basement. So no cool old junk for me to save from his trash and play with.
Damn! That’s a shame.
If a streaming platform straight up refuses to serve me content for any reason, with me being willing to give them money - I pirate that shit.
I am not gonna bother going out of my way to give anyone money.
Exactly why I have a home server now with completely legally sourced movies and TV shows!
@@MKKomputing for me, it's more like "legally" lol
@KCKingcollin "legally" sourced is always on the quality of content you choose, 720p, 1080p, 4k, unlike legal services which either upscale or force lower quality 360p more than half the episode. You have the content FOREVER. You can even play it without internet.
Your Peacock example has the answer for the streaming sites problem. There's a bar on the top of the page where Firefox asks if you want to enable DRM to watch protected content.
Yes this is the solution
I completely forgot that I had to do that. 😅 But I have tried getting Peacock working before using Firefox with DRM enabled a couple years back. Didn’t work then, either. But I’ll try it again and see if it’ll work now.
@@MKKomputing Any update?
Yup! Just tried it. Still didn’t work.
What exactly?
No, you don't install from the internet. That is a really good way of breaking your installation.
Use flatpak if things are not in the distros repo. There is also snaps, but I do not feel comfortable recommending them...
Only install a tarball or deb package if you know what you are doing and realize that the package manager will NOT KEEP IT UPDATED OR INFORM YOU OF UPDATES! You have to make sure that you manage security patches for that software manually!
It can also introduce dependency issues with the rest of your system. So KNOW what you are doing if you do things like that.
That is why you want to use a package manager for installing things and never have to worry about above.
Glad you will stick to linux, your will have to start shaving multiple times per day unless you want to develop a neckbeard now. xD
This. Installing random crap is how you break your system and will not be able to remove the weird stuff again.
Good advice!
Understood! Thanks for the advice! I will adhere to that and make sure to spread it in the future! And I’ve got my shaver at the ready! 🫡
@@MKKomputing There are as in anything, exceptions. Ventoy comes to mind as an example.
A good rule of thumb is this order:
Distro repo > flatpack > other sources.
I do not include git repos here, because that is a beast of its own that opens up a whole new universe when you figure out how that works.
Combine that with a pyenv, and you have the knowledge to run AI:s locally. xD
@@marcusjohansson668 i prefer appimages bundled in one folder, maybe multiple in that one if necessary. i like flatpak but remembering all those super long start commands for each program is bloat.
The amazing thing with Linux is that its already close to perfect and it just keeps improving.
I agree 100%!
I'm forced to use windows because of nvidia's tools and more advanced support. I'm a content creator (another channel) and linux is not good for me, unfortunately. I daily drived fedora 40 for like 3 week and it is far better than windows. But shitty nvidia forces me to use windows.
Also I'm using GPU Undervolt, and I can't control my voltage manually in linux because of nvidia. this sucks.
@@elrondforwin nvidia is launching the 560 driver and it will support some more stuff. Use an arch based distro or arch itself for fast updates. Fedora will receive the updates in a week or two later. Also, you need to manually enable the repositories on fedora for nvidia drivers.
You could put some kernel parameters or compile a new Linux kernel to fix the underclocking issue. Obviously, you wouldn't be able to build your own kernel would ya? Just change the kernel parameters and for a better Linux experience, install it around August or September or the best time is when kubuntu 24.10 releases. By then, drivers would've been fixed by default .
For most people who want to use fedora, use the kde version not the gnome one. Fractional scaling is not there. Triple frame buffering isn't great on gnome. Use only if you are ok with 100% display scaling.
It's a pain to use. I can use windows with no manual, but with linux...
@@Bender-official skill issue
Enabling DRM was most likely the issue you had. Regardless, good video.
Yeah, I completely forgot I had to do that. 😅 Thanks!
It's awesome to see you complete this challenge! I found this channel around the same time I started integrating everything over. I settled into Pop OS and have been finalizing the process of moving everything over. Aside from edge cases like having no audio in streaming while using Discord or having to use an office program outside of MS Office, everything on Linux has been preferable for my need cases. I've historically covered psychology & horror content on my channel a while ago, but felt like I couldn't really make content for a while cause of my old Macbook that I saved for just that dying off and Windows not really offering the layout or compatibility for things I needed. Windows just never seemed to fit much of what I needed on a creative front. That's not even to mention things like Microsoft Recall or Adobe's recent policy changes presenting themselves as nightmares to me for my irl psychology-related work. While I still rely on Windows for niche entertainment-related things during my downtime, I've almost entirely moved my daily workflow and creative suite over to Linux and am not looking back. It's been a pleasure to watch this project unfold and I hope (assuming this challenge or computing still interest you) to see you cover more things related to Linux or computing in general!
That’s great to hear!!! I’m glad that Linux was a solution for you and I hope it serves you well in the future! Oh, absolutely! I’ve got some more Linux related videos and videos about tech but not specifically about Linux. Really hope everyone likes my future non-Linux related content as much as they’ve liked my content so far!
Yeah discord devs should support audio streaming for linux o_o
@@shadowrealms2676 it's honestly the only niche case that matters to me at this point? Ubisoft Connect? nah. Office 365? I have the browser version and LibreOffice/OpenOffice integration. Native steam gaming? Proton plays everything I want well or plays it better on Linux (yes, Windows 11 holds some games back that much). I really just need Discord to support audio streaming on Linux to feel completely comfortable to switch. Windows has become my backup OS, yes. However, it's one I still have to use on occasion for edge cases like this that still matter to me.
@@shadowrealms2676 Its super simple for them to do so. Discord is based on Electron. The version of Electron that Discord currently uses is YEARS old and didnt support audio sharing on Linux yet. Electron does support audio sharing on Linux these days though. All Discord has to do is update to a more recent version of Electron; but for some reason they won't bother with it.
@@shadowrealms2676 that's one thing that holds me back from linux.
Hey, watching from my linux imac; I wanted to share that I asked you before I started with it that I did not want to use the Terminal. I didn't think I would love using it so much
Right?? It’s such a quick and easy way to do stuff! Just enter in a simple command and off it goes!
Ahh, my favourite part of people's switch stories... watching a future terminal junkie get hooked.
You're one of my new favourite UA-camrs, rn. So happy I found your channel
I really appreciate that! I’m so glad you’re enjoying the channel. I’ve got more coming! Hope you like it!
Its been about 3 years now and I can do 99% of the stuff I did on windows in linux. Even in just the past 5 years, Linux has changed immensely.
That’s awesome! Yeah, it absolutely has made some HUGE strides!
@@MKKomputing I forced myself into the Linux challenge unknowingly. I tried Ubuntu as a kid and failed. But this was also the era of Windows 7, which I consider to be the peak of Windows, I tried again as an adult, got a bit of experience, but it was still unusable for my gaming side. Then Valve came along and broke the barrier. I've been using Linux for over two years and I never want to go back to Windows. I refuse to go back. I don't personally care for having to use MS software or the compatibility layer but its way better than dual booting. If I have to pay a company, I'll chose Valve anyday.
I wish I had this video in 2018 when I switched to Linux full-time on all my computers. Great video! I just subscribed to your channel. I really like the way you explain things in great detail. 👍😁
Again, he is too early in his experience to give some tips.
Dont follow his recommendations blindly, a lot of things are wrong or insecure.
Read the comments
Thank you!!
Yeah, I’m definitely still learning. But from the comments the three biggest things I’ve gotten wrong were saying that a .deb was the same thing as a .exe, forgetting to enable DRM on Firefox, and telling people to enable the Steam beta update. The .deb and Steam beta update I cleared up in a video talking about things I’ve gotten wrong or failed to mention. And for the DRM issue, I tried it on my own to see if it would let me watch Peacock, and it still didn’t work. Do I get things wrong from time to time? Sure, like I said, I’m still learning. But it’s not usually something that’ll steer people in the wrong direction and I make sure I correct myself when I do get something wrong. Should I be the end all be all of information regarding Linux? No, absolutely not. I don’t pretend to be an expert by any means. But I also don’t think I’m a bad source of information either.
On the whole "What does a Command do thing" A lot of Command actually have a -h or --help option that explains what it does. and there's also a terminal app named TLDR which does the same but well, TLDR.
Oh! I didn’t know about TLDR! That’s awesome!!
@@MKKomputing Yeah I use it a lot. It's really good if you just want to find out what a "simple" command does without searching online.
There’s also “man command”
This video series is making me want to try this too
You should, just get a spare drive and install mint. It probably works faster than your current OS!
Agreed!
Honestly it's kind of liberating, seeing what windows has become now. Been using Zorin OS for 4 months now, pretty smooth for the most part. The choosing a distro part is the hardest imo.
Maybe ill give PopOS another shot. theres just so many creature comforts that I need linux to implement or improve on for me to leave windows completely.
Another good vid btw!
It's a lot better than it was two years ago I will say that. Personally it's my favorite distro, mostly due to a nice UI with good device support. It's one reason I was able to ditch Windows and still game
It’s the reason I chose it for this challenge! 😁
I love your videos, you are explaining Linux not as a "techy nerdy hardcode" system, but just like any other OS. Doing God's work in spreading the word about the ease of using it! Keep up the good work
Thank you! That was actually my goal for this channel. A tech channel that all can enjoy! Glad to see I’m succeeding on that front!
is it not hard if you one of those lucky one with no hardware issue like me who the wifi wont workk under linux but only on windows :(
@@xgui4-studios sounds very oddly specific. Have you tried searching something like "(wifi model) Linux not working"? If anything, see if you can find something based off the chipset.
I've been on Pop for 4 years. I may be biased but good choice!
Thanks! It’s a pretty great and stable Distro. Glad you had luck with it, as well!
On firefox to watch any streaming you need first to enable DRM,
You had message about it under adressbar on record you shown.
Yes! I completely missed that when I was filming the video and a few people have brought it to my attention. I tried enabling DRM after a couple comments about it and it still didn’t work, unfortunately.
@@MKKomputing after enabling DRM, you should delete all site data (under the little lock icon) and fully refresh the page with Shift+F5 too.
Okay! I’ll try that!
This series been great to watch and fun. A fun one next time would be using a windows virtual machine or dual boot but only one physical disk.
I am thinking of covering VMs! Mainly to see if they can help get around some of Linux’s shortcomings.
@@MKKomputingYou'll get things like MS Office and Adobe suite working, but anticheats will most likely still get angy at you.
But feel free to explore that on your own, whether it'd be with VirtualBox or diving into the deep end with QEMU/KVM + Virt Manager. VMs and (especially) hardware passthrough are easy ways to stumble upon firmware bugs, hardware bugs as well as effects of artificial market segmentation...
@@MKKomputing That would be interesting as well.
Awesome!
Thanks!
I'm happy for everyone that tries out Linux and has a positive experience. It has come very far. I'm running CachyOS for 2 weeks now, TuxedoOS for a month before that (my work laptop has been running on TuxedoOS for 3 years now). I wouldn't return to Windows for anything. For the 2-3 apps I still require Windows (taxes and some school software), I just use a virtual machine.
Nice! Yeah, I’m pretty sure I’ll also only need Windows in a VM for the few things that don’t work. VERY happy with it so far, though!
8:23 that stream...
I know! Zentreya is super funny. 😁
Thanks for the video. I'm working on my Linux transition, Fedora with KDE Plasma has been nice so far! Only things keeping me from switching are:
1) the complete dearth of cloud storage options that work well. Someone suggested pCloud, but it's really expensive for little space.
2) fonts in Chrome are super weird, especially the tiny font used in the address bar.
3) Gtk / GNOME apps don't obey my dark theme, which is actually critical because of my extremely light sensitive eyes. :(
4) a decent mail/calendar client that does the dark theme on messages.
5) Overall lagginess in the screen and launching stuff.
6) "Slider bar" controls in the UI are extremely hard to see in dark mode. There's no visual contrast.
7) VLC is strangely laggy. I have a dedicated AMD graphics card, so no idea why.
But I'm working on these. I hope I can transition by next year when my Windows 10 goes out of support.
However, one niggle in your video: I've used Windows for 30+ years. I haven't had to install a printer driver in ~15 years. They always just pop up, no issues at all. I have no idea what you're doing wrong.
Awesome on your Linux transition! I definitely hear you on a few of those issues. Especially the dark theme sync and mail client. A few of my apps don’t always obey dark theme. I don’t have the same light sensitivity but it’s still annoying, and the best mail client on Linux right now is Thunderbird and it’s super outdated and not that easy to set up. I think a lot of my printer issues come from using HP Printers mostly (not my choice, when I got my own place I bought a Brother laser printer) and I always had to download some proprietary software for some reason or another, usually to scan stuff properly. On top of that I ALWAYS ended up having some kind of issue at some point when printing. Usually the print queue would freeze up on me and I would have to do some kind of combination of clearing the queue, restarting my computer, and turning my printer on and off.
@@MKKomputing Weird about the print queue. I used to work at HP as a dev many years ago and, of course all the printers were their own. But somehow there were never any technical issues with them. 😂
I've heard that when Linux drivers do tend to work better, it's because they lack a lot of advanced features that come with the Windows drivers, I think. IOW, they speak basic protocols, and eliminate the inevitable bugginess of fancy features.
Anyway, good luck.
@@MKKomputing Oh, and yeah, Thunderbird is super outdated in the UI. Tabs are a terrible way to design an interface, forcing you to constantly close them. The fact that there's no horizontal line between emails in the list just drove me mad, though. I need contrast between items or it causes nausea.
There was one email client called Blue(something), I forget the exact name. It was nicer than Thunderbird, and would even run in the tray. But it had too many bugs and irritants for me.
About switching user agents: maybe the website caches the info via cookies? So have you tried opening a private browsing tab, switching the user agent, and then go to the website to see if it works? If it does, all you need to do is set the user agent permanently and clear your browser cookies. Normal everyday browsing won't be affected at all if you just leave the User Agent set to Windows 11/Chrome.
By the way, the 3 apps for video calls work on all OSes because they're all just basically Chrome lol (except maybe Zoom though)
I’ll have to try that out! Gotcha, I figured they were just skins for the browser versions. 😂
@@MKKomputing yeah as soon as the UI is drastically changed and doesn't seem to follow any standards like Microsoft's legacy, UWP and whatever they now have layouts, macOS's Aqua layout or the respective Linux DE's layout, then you can be 99% certain that the application is basically a browser, because HTML and CSS is basically complete freedom to the developers when it comes to the UI. But there's a catch.... browsers and their engines are patched each week at the very least, and application updates which include those patches are delivered very frequently. But these apps that rely on a specific browser engine (Chromium being the most prevalent) don't actually update their underlying engine that often. This comes with the advantage of the UI looking the same and has the exact same functionality across application updates, but security patches are left out as well. The Arch Linux package for Discord for example was horribly outdated for some time, I believe due to some licensing issues. But even then, the upstream application still used some basically ancient version of Chromium. It's kinda scary how many apps are browsers. Adobe Reader, Steam (or any game launcher for that matter).... really weird. But weirder is that the most native apps I've seen were Windows or macOS apps.
bro is back lets goo were is your other chnel this is the chanel i got recomandet
whats that retro tv monitor ? your not switch back fr real so i can contienio watching the chanel lets goo
Here’s the other channel: youtube.com/@michaelkrattiger?si=a3rmKDuTZcMjK0Kk
It’s an old CRT TV a family friend was getting rid of!
I’m sticking with Linux full time!!
When installing .deb files via terminal I prefer to do that with apt instead of dpkg. apt also handles/installs dependencies of the package whereas dpkg doesn't. Just give apt the path to the file: "apt install ./thing.deb"
Ah, gotcha! I’ll recommend that from now on!
Awwww lucky! CRT owner!
Did you try Nobara? just to test and compare your general experience and games vs PopOs. How did you solve the Photoshop issue? did you replace with Krita and the plugin Krita ai Diffusion? liked and subscribed.
Not yet! Working on all of that, though! And thanks for subscribing!!
Hey man, New Subscriber here and Greetings from Brazil. I just want to point out that using APT (Ex.: sudo apt install app / sudo apt update / sudo apt upgrade) its not a universal command on linux, APT is common on Debian based distros (not sure if apt its avaliable on ALL debian distros btw) but will not work in Arch based distros like SteamOS for example, where the default package manager is Pacman. I'm not an expert on linux but I think that u should clarify this on another video to avoid problems. Good luck with the channel.
Hey! Welcome in! I thought I did say throughout the video that I was using a Debian-based distro and that the commands were for said distro. 🤔 I will be more clear about it next time, though! Thank you for bringing it to my attention!
Hey bro, I re-watched the video and yeah u did say that, my bad. I have a suggestion to help improve clarity, since now we have a lot of Steam Deck users and they may be confused, u can just add a friendly reminder that the commands you're showing are not compatible with Arch/SteamOS. 😊
This video reminds me of xkcd 456
Reminds me of first learning about Linux a few years back. 😂
8:19 what is bro watching💀
Zentreya! She’s a Vtuber (Virtual creator). Basically they stream using a motion captured model instead of a facecam. What you’re seeing is her model.
Taste, I'm assuming.
@@MKKomputing XD
@@MKKomputing I know what a Vtuber is I was just poking fun at it
@minibruh Oh! Sorry. 😅 I don’t run into a ton of people who do.
Why does a website care about what OS you have? Other than detecting what you're on for convenient downloading of installers? Nothing
What HDMI to Composite thing do you use for your CRT? Looks great.
Just a cheap HDMI to RCA adapter from Best Buy. Probably would look even better if I ACTUALLY had an HDMI composite adapter. Future purchase though!
I noticed that you pronounced "sudo" as "pseudo" (which I also personally prefer) but some pronounce it as "soo-doo" because it stands for "Super User Do ..."; so I thought you were going to note that it works similarly to the "Run as Administrator" mode for the Windows CMD.EXE terminal, but for just a single command so you aren't encouraged to stay in admin mode during normal usage.
I actually was going to explain that it stood for Super User Do! But I ran the script for this video by my brother before filming to make sure I got my information correct and he said I might want to leave that part out because while the community as a whole accepts that it stands for that, the actual creator of the command never confirmed that. So, I took it out to try and keep the video as accurate as possible.
The issue with most streaming services is not that they won't play, but that they don't work with the DRM for full HD on Linux. So you get standard resolution of 480p which looks like shit. For Netflix you can get around this by using Kodi with the addon for Netflix.
Huh, I actually didn’t know that! I’ll have to look further into this. Thanks for letting me know!
Didn't this bullshit with Netflix also affect Louis Rossman?
@@breakfast7595 Yeah. It's not only Netflix though. It's every streaming service as far as I know. It really makes it even more worth it to pirate.
1 day to go??, Vacation's don't count bro.🧐. Seriously, welcome back. Looking forward to more Linux content. btw, loved the oop's parts on the last vid. Hope you vacation was good.
Need to hide the wi fu content better 😂.
😂 Either way, Linux has me here to stay! Thanks!! I can’t keep the waifu contained much longer!!! It’s too strong!
@@MKKomputing 🤣🤣
MK did you have any problems with your DAC? I use an M-track solo for my mic/headphones and I wonder if it had any issues on your end because audio troubleshooting is usually a pain
Yeah, audio troubleshooting is a HUGE pain on Linux, luckily though I actually didn’t run into any issues with my DAC! But that could be because I actually use my PC’s optical out for audio and not USB.
1:36 Did you ever try clicking the "Enable DRM button that is beneath the url bar? Stuff like Netflix and Disney+ play when this is enabled. (If this seems rude I'm sorry but the button is right there staring at me)
No, you’re fine! It’s a decently hard thing to miss…which I, in fact, did. 😅 It’s been so long since I had to MANUALLY enable DRM (I mainly use Chrome and it doesn’t ask for that) that I completely forgot that was a thing. But I have tried watching Peacock in the past as well, and I tried using Firefox WITH DRM enabled and it still never worked for me.
@@MKKomputing Oh, that is quite sad :(
I think the biggest surprise I had when using Mint is that it picked up my LQ-590II without any issue. It even prints just fine, though a bit wonky since I'm not used to dot-matrix style printers and the formatting of the margins, paper position, paper types, so on and so on. But hey I get to annoy my neighbors whenever I print a 200 page manual now.
I'd be interested in a test where you load up the exact same browser down to the extensions installed on a Windows VM and the other on Linux to see if it is a user-agent thing or an extension issue. Also enable DRM on Firefox I beg you.
Oh! That would be a good test! I’ll have to try that! Also, awesome that it was able to pick that printer up! That’s pretty crazy! Whoops! Need to enable DRM there. I’ll get it done right away!
For day to day use Linux Mint is perfectly fine. When it comes to gaming though I still find myself having to play Terminal Simulator far too often. Don't get me wrong, gaming on Linux is far better than it used to be but when things do go wrong it tends to be more difficult to know where the problem lies; is it the game kicking up the error or is the problem because of the translation layer?
The terminal is also something the average user should NEVER need to touch but as you noted sometimes it's an absolute necessity.
It's been said for over 20 years now that 'this is the year of the Linux desktop' and I still think it isn't quite ready for the mainstream yet but for the first time I actually think it soon might be.
Oh, I agree. Problems in Linux can be very difficult to diagnose and fix and doing work through the terminal can be extremely tedious. I also agree that the average user should switch over to Linux. Most people just want to get in and have their computer work. Linux has gotten MUCH better at being able to do that, I wouldn’t feel comfortable switching if it wasn’t as good as it is now, but it’s still not completely there.
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Prime video doesn't even stream on 1080p, My 4k monitor still has scaling issues, state of linux is absurd in 2024, it's still not stable at all, trust me I've tried all the distros, I spend my time fixing random things instead of actually getting things done. it's not worth the hassle at all
Sorry you didn’t have a great experience with it. I still think it would work great for some though! For me, I don’t really care about 4K, my monitor’s are still 1080p. I’ve had some scaling issues on some of my systems but right now I’m running two modern 1080p 144hz monitors and an old CRT tv and I don’t have any issues. Not trying to convince you to give it another go or anything. If you decided it’s not for you, then it’s not for you and that’s okay. But for some, it works just fine and you’ll never know unless you try it at least once. 😁
1:34
....You might want to read the top part of the screen
I tried enabling DRM after a few people reminded me that I have to do that on Firefox. Still didn’t work. But there’s a few other things people told me to try as well, so I’ll give those a shot. But so far, enabling DRM did not solve the issue.
Also switched to Pop_Os and Linux. My only gripe is pipewire not working right if recording audio in Davinci Resolve. It gets all stuttery and glitchy. Funny enough, other programs are fine.
Huh, I’ll have to try that on my setup. That’s a weird issue! Good thing I don’t usually record audio with DaVinci. 😂
I think people try to make linux windows and treat linux like windows. they are different, and most linux distros have a learning curve...some steeper than others. The work being done on the user friendly distros has been incredible over the last 10 or so years. I remember having to manually configure display drivers and other hardware drivers via the shell when I was first learning about Linux using OpenSUSE so many years ago. about 15 years ago I was able to game decently on Linux using WINE.. It definitely wasn't perfect, but it was neat. Now the process is SO easy. It takes a little know how and desire. There is a lot of work to be done, but a few linux distros out there are perfectly usable for average users now.
I agree! It’s gotten so much better in recent years! Even GPU support is so much better. So many things didn’t work for me before PURELY because I was using an NVIDIA graphics card. But now, I’ve had no issues at all!
@@MKKomputing Oh man, for SO long nvidia drivers were just crap on Linux; the nouveau and closed source drivers. Nvidia recently hired one of the devs of Nouveau, which is super promising. I will admit, over that last 2 or so years that i've been daily driving Linux (distros include OpenSUSE, Nobara, Arch, Manjaro, Pop!_OS
@derpaderpaderpader Thank you!!!
@derpaderpaderpader Thanks! And yes, I’ve been operating under the mindset that running Windows in a VM would go against the spirit of the challenge. But I don’t have to worry about that because come tomorrow morning the challenge is over! I will stay on Linux though. I won’t be switching back to Windows.
How about showing different Desktop Enviorments, I highly suggest KDE Plasma (especially the 6.1 release.)
Thinking about doing that in the near future! 😁
Congratulations, you can now title the series "my switch to Linux" instead of "the Linux challenge" as I am now glad that there is one less Windows user in the world, congratulations for making the switch and welcome to freedom.
Unrelated note please switch to any other launcher besides the official Minecraft launcher, the one I use on my PC is called prism and it allows you to download the different versions of Minecraft and mods for the different versions of Minecraft right in the launcher and because it's based off of multi MC which is another Minecraft launcher, you can easily create different instances and they will all be secluded from each other, it's an amazing Minecraft launcher and I cannot recommend it enough.(Java versions not included, Java versions can be installed through the graphical package manager or through the terminal using the terminal based package manager)
Thanks! Ooh! That sounds awesome!! I’ll have to check that out!
@@MKKomputing +1 for prism launcher, it beats pretty much every other launcher out there.
true, prism launcher is miles better than the official launcher, starts up way faster too.
Btw, a lot of gui package managers will handle .deb and sometimes even .tar, might give it a try next time from your file manager
Oh! Gotcha! Thanks!
@@MKKomputing ye, np, also asside from maintenance there shouldn't really be a reason to use the terminal now a days, I think a lot of the websites that give terminal commands are just adhering to old standards or are assuming that you were having trouble installing it, though that's from the perspective of an arch user, could be that Debian based systems still require it for some software and settings
Once I can easily toggle full HDR on Cyberpunk and framegen, then I should be able to switch to Linux full time also. Atm I'm using a win10 with gpu pass-through. We aren't far away from HDR+DLSSFG, hopefully. (I mean HDR without 10 steps in between to maybe get it displaying correctly...)
I hope we get it soon! I don’t really use HDR stuff, but I know it’s a pretty important feature for a lot of people!
@@MKKomputing HDR is amazing when it works. Most newer games are getting proper support for it now but in the past it was a badly implemented afterthought. Cyberpunk has some of the best HDR of any recent game IMO.
@gerarderloper Nice!
Your CRT tube is gonna get burnt in if you keep it on your desktop for prolong periods of time. I'd recommend throwing a video on there instead. Great setup though!
Gotcha! Thanks!
I didn’t know peacock gave an issue when watching on Firefox/linux. Guess I have most of what I’d watch there (the office, parks and rec) on Plex. 😂
Oh and for Minecraft a launcher like Prism is far easier to maintain Java edition.
Right??? Gotcha! I’ll check it out, thanks!
Btw, you can also use apt to install .deb files.
sudo apt install ./package.deb
Where ./ is the current directory and package.deb the file
It's important that you specify a path, like ./package.deb or /home/user/Downloads/package.deb so apt knows that you're pointing to a file instead of a package in the repo
But the most easy thing is to just "double click" the .deb file like an .msi or .exe
You should use apt, nobody uses dpkg and it doesnt resolve the dependencies well or something
Yeah, double clicking is normally what I do for Pop!_OS. I didn’t know you could install them with APT though! I’ll suggest that from now on for distros that don’t have something like Eddy like Pop has.
Understood! Will do that from now on!
On the newer versions ofdeb-based distros there are gui tools to do it as well so you can usually just double click it in the file manager meaning you don't even need to use the terminal (though ironically I think there have been some issues with it on the most recent version of ubuntu)
i tried a lot of linux distro but quit because they crash and recently i started arch and at least for me it is very stable and not that hard to use unlike what it is acording to the internet, and i dual boot with windows for gaming, and i've being doing this for weeks and i'm enjoying it
and of course, i use arch btw
That’s great!!! I’m glad it’s working out for you!! And hey, I might be joining you on arch soon! Depending on how much I like EndeavorOS. 😁
Hey dude loved the video. Could you cover how to properly install a tar folder (such as the firefox tar.gz2 folder) on linux in a future video? I understand that it is a compressed folder but how do I make it act like something that is installed directly from the distro repository?
Where do I put the files? How do I make a shortcut to put on the desktop and task bar?
Sure thing!
usually those .tar (dot some compression algorithm) contain the source cdoe itself for distribution maintainers to compile, not a ready to install version of the program. I believe this is the case for the "firefox tar.gz" folder you are referring to
@@mega_gamer93 Oh, I didn't know that. What's weird is I was still able to open it normally if I double clicked firefox in the folder. a but I could not figure out how to create a symlink or whatever to make it open.
@@eray5991 turns out that firefox actually does *also* ship pre built binaries, in a .tar.bz2 file, so in this specific case I was wrong. I'm not sure why you wouldn't be able to make a symlink to it though. I don't use graphical file managers so I can't help you with the GUI. Does running
ln -s /path/to/firefox-bin ~/Desktop/firefox
not work?
@@mega_gamer93 I'll try it when I get home and report back, I'm currently away right now.
for me sadly, i am stuck runing linux on vm like i am right now due to hardware compatibility :( my laptop wifi dont work under linux. but i might switch one day when runnning windows will worse than the hassle of switching to linux on unsupported hardware ! or when i will have a machine that support it well !
Yeah, that’s the unfortunate thing with Linux. When it doesn’t work. It REALLY does not work. Sorry you’re having those issues. :(
Next video: MK Computing installs Gentoo.
I can't lie, the terminal issue is something youd think you wont get the hang of, but after maybe a few hours or a day of using it and I prefer using it over graphical installers
Same here! It’s so much easier and quicker to just enter a command and have something installed and ready to go!
zentraya nice
She’s awesome!
bro how much do you spend on subscription services holy
Not too much, actually. I split the cost with my Wife’s family. Her brother pays for a couple, her Mom pays for a few, I really only pay for Discovery + and Max since those are the two I use the most. Although, it’s getting harder to keep that going with these companies cracking down on password sharing. Which is I why I now have a home server with completely 100% legally obtained movies and shows, that I definitely purchased…with money.
hey forgot to ask you what about that prime video quality issue on linux that happens bcuz amazon blocked hd streaming on linux but not on windows and macos
Use a bootleg ass community made os and get bootleg results 😂
I actually didn’t know about that! I’ll look into that!
@@kolz4ever1980Hey at least It doesn't force me to install random crap they call as updates and nuking my entire printer and usb drivers in the procress
That why I moved here in 2020
Sure some stuff don't work but it's getting better and better and I am more than happy to wait a year or two
@@MKKomputingNo problem asking for my friend who watches all that , I visit the dark side for my entertainment purpose 😂
Actually, the OS itself is made by some actual companies like Canonical who make Ubuntu and Red Hat.
I wasn't able to watch Netflix because DRM thing was disabled in Firefox settings, i just enabled it and netflix started to work. As i understand this problem is not exist in chromium based browsers because they all have this thing enabled by default.
Which is very problematic
Speaking of which, i use firefox on mobile, and i was browsing the meta website. It would not stop telling me to enable drm content, despite the total lack of content on that site that would even require drm
drm is proprietary as far as i know. thats why they dont include it by default
I actually enabled it after a few people called it to my attention that I didn’t when recording this video. Still didn’t let me watch Peacock, though. ☹️
6:28 Please don't use dpkg directly, it's a low level tool. Use apt instead, like in 'sudo apt install path_to_package.deb'.
The difference is in how they handle dependencies. Unlike MS Windows where installers usually ship everything they need bundled inside, and as the result 20 applications can install 20 different versions of the same library, Linux packages usually just tell the system what they need, and it installs those other packages automatically, and as the result 20 programs can share one library instead of each bringing their own.
apt handles those dependencies automatically while dpkg does not and just prints errors when they are not available, so unless you want to role play a package manager it's better to use apt. :)
Understood! Thanks!
Why would you use a PC running at a few hundred watts to stream TV when you can use a Roku stick or something similar running at like 15 watts?
Because not everyone has a computer that runs hundreds of watts that they might want to watch Streamed content on. And because I usually stream tv shows while I’m doing something else and it’s a lot easier to just open up a second browser tab on my PC, where it’s already feeding audio through my headphones, than to use a separate device to do the same thing.
@@MKKomputing Fair, but are you using a 2nd monitor for the streaming? If so, a streaming stick could be plugged into that monitor. That's one way to avoid the linux issue.
@fearsmasher1299 Yeah, but I still have switch the input over to it and the sound won’t be coming through my headphones how I like it to.
@@MKKomputing Have you tried installing the Windows version of a browser with Wine?
Not yet, but I definitely will try it!
wait why didn't you click the enable drm button on the top of page?
If you don't want to use the terminal to add repos etc and want a more user friendly experience then use Manjaro, all the software is there in the graphical package managers repo, flatpak and AUR all in the graphical package manager
Congrats on the transition to Linux 😁🐧
Completely missed that it was there. 😅 I’ve actually used Manjaro before! Contemplating giving it another shot. 😁 And thanks!
@@MKKomputing no problemo, I was like the button is right there haha 😂
Yeah it's a great distro and definitely a better option for users especially new users compared to Debian and Ubuntu based distros I think you should definitely give it a try 😁👌
No problem I'm happy to see more positive Linux videos showing off Linux to the masses and helping them move, I've had my family and even grandparents on Manjaro for years after they were on Ubuntu for the longest time
@frosty295 Nice! I tried getting my grandparents on Pop before they passed, but they were not as receptive. 😅
@@MKKomputing haha oh that sucks, I'm sure they would have if they had the chance to learn it
You know? you can change your user agent by installing some web extensions right 🧐
I actually didn’t. 😅 Thanks for letting me know! I’ll look into that!
Use nala instead of apt. Nala will give more info when installing software.
not rlly useful in my opinion. newbies wont understand anything anyways and the parallel downloads arent significant enough for rare usage. also when googling something it may be confusing
I actually don’t think I’ve heard of Nala. I’ll have to look into that!
I've been using Linux for the past 8 months, the ninth month started two days ago
Awesome!!
What will you do with this channel now that the challenge is over?
I’ve still got some Linux video ideas! But I’m also gonna do some more general tech videos. I have one planned the first gen Microsoft Duo.
Will you use Linux as your main OS?
Yes I will!
@@MKKomputing Great bro! I also switched to Linux and it was way too better than Windows!
That’s awesome!!! Glad it’s been working out for you!
1k 1K you got to be kidding me HOWWWW!
Almost there!!!
We Are Free now...America means Freedom
🇺🇸
yea peacock is using some serious drm if linux can't get thru but yet anything else i can use just fine
Yup! Unfortunate, but there’s not much I watch on there anyway. And if I really need to, I can use my tablet or smart TV.
@@MKKomputing great choice with pop os that is like my favorite distro along with endeavor os
Thanks! Funny enough, I’m actually thinking of switching Distros to one with a rolling release, and Endeavour is one of the ones I’m looking at!
@@MKKomputing I use Arch. It's a clean base, so you can customise it as you wish. If you are going to look towards arch, Garuda is a good Arch based distro which is gaming centric. It has a lot of GUI menus to help you set it up how you want as well. There is also ArcoLinux, which is Arch based too, and also worth checking out.
My suggestion, if you are going to try Arch, is to go in at the deep end. Arch isn't as scary as it's made out to be, even installing it isn't as difficult as you may thinks. You have 2 ways to install pure Arch. Following the wiki guide and doing it manually, which can teach you a fair bit about disk partitioning and such. Or by using the Arch iso's built in "archinstall" script, which simplifies the install. KSKRoyal here on youtube has some great tutorials for installing both ways, worth checking out. The arch install script allows you to also install Nvidia drivers and a desktop environment at the point of install. Which again simplifies everything to get up and running. The install script can install Gnome, KDE, Hyprland, Sway, LXQt, XFCE, Cinnamon (and a couple others). So you can basically have any flavour of desktop environment that you want.
If you are unsure about trying pure Arch, its worth trying inside a virtual machine at least. All Linux distros are considered as a type 1 hypervisor for running virtual machines, as they have KVM in the linux kernal. You want to look towards QEMU/KVM + Virt-Manager for running virtual machines in linux.
Sorry for the info dump, great video.
Watching this while installing fedora. I got bored of the distro I was using. (OpenSUSE)
Nice!! Considering switching OS’s soon. Fedora is one of the ones I’m looking at! 😁
@@MKKomputing try the kde edition.
KDE supports triple buffering and fractional scaling and can be customised to your liking.
Was thinking of doing just that!
Welcome to linux have fun.
Thank you! Been having fun so far!
I use ARCH btw
Might be joining you soon!
@@MKKomputing that's great!
sudo commands only work in linux......... take it from me, going up to woman and sayin "sudo sleep with me" will only turn out bad i repeat do not do this
Well, duh! You forgot to add in what you’re commanding! Try: sudo wmn allow docking (THIS IS A JOKE! DON’T EVER SAY THIS TO SOMEONE!)
Too late @@MKKomputing
It's great not having to deal with Microsoft's shenanigans :P
Agreed!
Challenge yourself to use Linux a month without having to use the terminal
Oof. But that's one of the best parts!
Oof! That would be difficult!…And now you’ve got me ACTUALLY thinking about doing that…
peacock and xfinity streaming which comcast owns both comcast goes above and beyond to block linux.. Linux can play the widevine drm but they block it on purpose.. no other streaming service does and I HATE comcast
That’s so stupid!!!
@@MKKomputing Anti-consumer AF if you ask me.. if enough people complained to regulatory boards in the US it may change as like said NO other streaming service does so.. I legit have to watch peacock in either my windows VM or on my Xbox!
TempleOS is the best.
Are…are you in a cult? Blink twice if you need help!
@@MKKomputing i really appreciate that you respond to viewers bro
Of course! This is a community after all. Everyone should feel heard!
.tar is not like zip.
.tar cuts files into equally sized pieces or something, the actual compression algorithm deals with the deduplication (replacing duplicate bits with links or something).
.tar.gz .tar.bz2 .tar.xz are equivalents to .zip
Also .zip is pretty bad, the compression rate is not good. Linux has a lot better stuff.
.tar.zst is the future
boths a compressed file/folder
Yeah, this is the point I was trying to make. Which is why I said it BEHAVES like a .zip.
Distro Packages
.deb
.rpm
Directly Executables
.run
.sh
.Appimage
Compressed Folders
.tar.*
.zip
Sandboxed Applications
flatpak = .flatpakref