Microsoft Makes Switching to Linux The Only Option
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- Опубліковано 29 сер 2023
- Today I talk about why Windows continues to get worse and worse, and why you should only use GNU/Linux.
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gimp and krita [aseprite or libresprite if pixel art] = photoshop
inkscape= illustrator
synfig = animate
blender = dimension
darktable = lightroom
penpot = figma/XD
natron = after-effects
cinelerra-gg = premiere
ffmpeg = adobe media encoder
audacity = audition
scribus = in design
qpdf = acrobat
zathura = acrobat-reader
docuseal = adobe sign
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I've been using Linux and all of it's distributions and their endless parade of Linux and all of its re-spins on top of re-spins on and of for the majority of my teens and early adult years. I've got to admit that i much prefer to use Linux and other Free and Open Source projects and yes along the way I've even used both SUSE Linux as well as Red Hat both pre and post IBM take over the first time I even installed Linux I went to the local book store in the town down the road from our house in NJ and purchased a book on pre IBM take over Red Hat Linux I believe it was Red Hat Linux 6.x or something I just cant remember the exact Major Minor and patch level it was but that lead me down a huge period of rediscovery of how you're computing experience should be.
I also really love Linux, but my pc is a gaming pc, I am still a kid, so I don't need to be forced to use windows, but IDK how to adapt to Linux as a gaming pc, also when I tried installing, my pc got screwed up and had to repair to back to windows. As much as I would want Linux, I am unable to actually use it.
"Like people who don't like Star Wars or Star trek" - We need you here king.
@@Insomnia74 I have been gaming in Linux you years now, it works!! If I were you, I would install Garuda, XFCE. None of the wayland junk...it will have everything you need if you keep trying
One thing I appreciate about Linux is that the installation process is so much simpler. A few windows, and 5 minutes then you're done! And no Microsoft Account!
It's definitely faster but it's not easier for new user when installer spew some things like boot/swap/home/root partitions at you.
Some installers do it automatically but some don't.
It can be resolverd with watching a youtube video or reading manual/wiki... but is it simpler?
It's a tad more involved with Arch, but yes. I just like that it stays out of my way.
@@gor. It is just a new experience, new things can spook conformism.
Its not been my experience that it's easier though tbh. Not always
@@yogurtColombiano nah, disk management is pain.
I would never go back to using Windows or MacOS as I have never been so happy as I am using Linux. The freedom that Linux gives you is worth so much.
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How do you play games?
I don't play games,but for those who do there is Steam and Proton and contrary to common belief Linux gaming is growing in leaps and bounds.@@bluedark7724
@@bluedark7724
The overall amount of games compatible with Linux out of the box has actually increased the last years.
Steam has a good selection of Linux compatible games now days and Proton can work quite well for a good chunk of others.
Wine can sometimes be pain to set up and configure properly, but if you do, you might be able to run quite a few more games that way (some stuff like playonlinux and lutris might help you out here).
If your PC is good enough, you can also (as a last resort or even just a security measure) make a Virtual Machine and install a different system there (like Windows) and run programs (including games) there. That way you can still use Linux as your daily and preferred OS while having access to nearly everything a Windows user has (limitations would be on stuff like games with anti cheats that make it flat out refuse to work under a VM, which are more often than not the same ones that rootkit themselves and use it to embed themselves so deep on your system that you can't ever remove them unless you straight up nuke your OS, or stuff that is just too heavy to run on a VM on your PC) and also keeping Windows under a strict control while only having to deal with it when you use your VM.
All that won't make every single game work on a Linux system, but should be more than enough for the majority of them (Steam alone already covers a very respectable amount of games to be honest).
Steam with proton
Linux is such a breath of fresh air. I use Debian, and it feels like I have nearly complete control over it if I want. No ads for software, no popups. You can install just about any DE you like. You can even pick a more, or less, bloated version of a DE (for KDE Plasma, at least). You update the system on your own schedule. This is what using a computer ought to be like. You get the basics, and everything else is up to you. The system leaves you alone.
Or you just cron everything up, and you don't even have to maintain your OS.
Debian is def a good choice. I used to be big on Debian but used Pacman once and fell completely in love.
(Paru + hooks = easy updates)
I've tried Debian, but I couldn't get everything to work. I use Mint and Feren.
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@@Sonya_Makepeace Have you tried Debian 12 Bookworm? Debian is known for it's reliability, not so much for it's flashiness and modern features, but Debian 12 is by far the most modern version of Debian ever released. So, if you haven't tried Debian 12 you should certainly give it another shot.
Great video. The only reason i ended up on Linux is because Microsoft just kept making decisions that make Windows worse. This is just the most recent example in a long, long list.
Yes, and yes. What pushed me over the edge was when I got a 2nd laptop for lighter work that I can do anywhere without having to take my gaming one everywhere, drive was automatically backing up and replacing files across the board, so program files that we're one was automatically placed on the other, and I didn't want that, so when I deleted them on the one, it got deleted on the other, essentially screwing up my software. I decided to jump ship, happy ever since.
@@morpheon_xyz If we wanted those files on another PC, we can setup a file share or transfer them ourselves. That really drives me buggy about "One Drive".
Hey!! I learn a lot from your channel as well, can't wait for more new videos, even though you are trying to slow down
Time for the US to do the same as the EU: punish them with billions of dollars for not giving browsers equal opportunity.
Maybe when we have an actual left in the USA, and not a bunch of rainbow cultist LARPers who will gladly vote for another Ronald Reagan as long as they're the right gender, or say their "preferred pronouns."
People are mind slaves to corporations in the USA. There's no hope here, just ideology and psychopathy. Anyone that actually tries to fight corporate overreach gets a McCarthyite moral mob at their doorstep. The big money controls the counter culture, thus there can be no true rebellion.
Again you mean, they lost one antitrust suit over this with IE/netscape, but it had no teeth and MS was allowed to just basically ignore the consequences. (DOJ allowed them to settle by basically saying "ok, fine, we'll allow other people to make software for windows") When the law has no teeth vs those with money why would any company bother to follow the law :/
@@1Raptor85
They didn't lose the suit. The DoJ for all intents and purposes dropped it he moment Bush Jr. got into office.
It was pretty much guaranteed. No neo-con from that era of politics would ever let fair lady "free market" be deflowered by monopoly busting.
These days the dems are even worse than the pubs, so there is basically no hope anything will ever be done about any of these corporations.
People would rather whine about gender and start pedo panics than actually do anything about the out of control billionaires and businesses.
@@1Raptor85 Yep. The penalty should be upped to the entire Windows OS source code becoming public domain in my opinion. That should get them to stop. If they don't, one can fork Windows into a better operating system legally.
Why should they have to give competition equal opportunity? It's like forcing McDonald's to sell whoppers
Switching to Linux made me truly feel like I was taking back control of my OWN machine again, with only me and nothing else managing it, and being able to customise it as I like. It hasn't been like this with Windows for so many years now...
Windows is designed to control the user and steer him to certain buys, not to be controlled by the user
That is the primary main reason eyesight that I have been happy ever since. I left windows 100% as of July 28, 2020.
@@motoryzen Massive X
The feeling when you switch to Linux for the first time, and realize that the file manager doesn't need to take 15 seconds to open;
no annoying popups/ads on the start menu;
doesn't use half of my RAM at idle;
doesn't go for a "slowest boot time world record any%".
Feels pretty good imo.
@@UC6qD6l0DtdcX7lFnXrIhpPg i'd agree with you, if it weren't for ms forcing more bloated garbage with every version. And not only that, if you wanna talk about requirements, how about having control of your OWN system?
@@UC6qD6l0DtdcX7lFnXrIhpPg The bloatware i am referring to is stuff like the terrible Cortana assistant, OneDrive, the gunk that accumulates after only 1 month of use and the way the OS itself is built. You can disable it, i have never said that you couldn't. But to put it simple, just by the fact that these things NEEDS to be disabled just to make the experience slightly better, rubs me the wrong way. And good luck having to disable all of that all over again, when you update you system. Also the telemetry aspect of it, being extremely annoying to mitigate, requiring 3rd party software to manually turn it off one by one, says a lot about the people that made it. This is something i cannot fathom ever being a fan of.
On Linux Mint and other distros, none of that was ever a problem. The things that did not work I had the power to fix it. Simpler, faster and powerful.
That's the difference between a corporation focused on making as much money as possible vs community centered distro + software.
And this is coming from a person who has only used ms products all of my life.
I could go off about the security aspect, but i guess this is already enough to publish a book.
Early on i had forgot to mention that my Laptop, that has an i5 (not the best, but also not the worst cpu out there) + 8gb of ram, already came with w10.
If you wanna see what Linux is really capable of in terms of customization, just search for "r/unixporn" (i know reddit booo)
And that some of them on Linux even have tabs and have had them for years, which Microsoft just recently got in W11
or require specific configs on your motherboard for the system to boot
And that installing an app doesn't depend on a 'registry', or... really, _so much_ of what Windows still does in 2024 is based on software frameworks that are almost 30 years old. It's frankly absurd that Microsoft just keeps building on ancient, creaking frameworks that should have been scrapped by now. It's like putting bits of body-kit and new layers of paint on a 1924 Studebaker and rolling it out as a "new" model every five years. At some point, just _build a new fucking car_ already.
I've learned that people will do what they do and most are too stubborn to look at it objectively. Coming from Windows to Linux there are differences and if you're someone who doesn't want to switch you'll get hung up on those differences.
Bottom line: Windows is like any other bad habit, like smoking or meth, you got to want to give it up before any progress will happen.
most people really don't care about tech. they just want to go to the internet. the ones that do care in minority.
I guess that’s why I view Linux users as annoying vegans. Always trying to convert you and they have the issues with you using/eating what you do.
So suporting Linux becaue ou hate Micosoft. Yeo defeinetl based and not a bad habit
@@alexlehrersh9951I don't hate Microsoft, my machine was a Windows machine till I had to buy new equipment for Windows 11 and decided to switch to Linux. Best move I've done. I have Windows 10 on 4 cores and 16 gig memory machine at work, I have 6 physical cores and 32 gigs of memory and I couldn't run Windows 11? Microsoft pushed me into this choice and I thank them for it.
i've been steadily abandoning Windows for a few months now as a linux mint user. Had to keep W10 in another drive for specific hardware requirements, but i rarely use it as of recent. I plan to jump to plain debian and build my own suite once i get my new drive.
The amount of control i have now over my computer is something i don't remember ever experiencing and i freaking love it!
I accept wholeheartedly the penguin way in my life.
Remember, if you're in the EU, you can decline the Microsoft tax when buying a new machine. Generally you can either get a price deduction or a refund after your purchase matching the cost of the Windows licence.
not with Tuxedo machines!
@@thomaslechner1622 Their shit is overpriced. Not buying a laptop just for OS lol. EU customers can find better options locally.
@@onno_vocks Yeah, they really should. I've only done it in physical stores, where they often don't know about it either, but will usually check, confirm and then oblige.
As Linus once said, one of the biggest issues of why Linux isn't used too much by the pc industry is primarily because most laptops out there comes with Windows preinstalled. Just that alone hold me back for using Linux for a looooong time honestly.
I just have to say that the act of changing an OS is NOT that trivial for a average user. It would be nice to have the manufacturers aks us if we want another OS instead of Windows when we buy a new pc.
I tried that on my children. Do you want Linux preinstalled with your pc? One of them said yes, and then asked wtf is all the games
@@tecTitus tbf right now it's kinda easy gaming on linux, protonGE runs any singleplayer game i could think of and enough online games for my needs. I recently installed linux on a younger brother's laptop (it's a bit old, it couldn't run two programs at the same time on win10) and he's actually loving it. Definitely would do the same if i had a child
@pa-dn1vh yes, Windows never breaks after updates. And starting updates right in the middle of holding a presentation? Absolutely unheard of!
@@Sora-zb8kv A huge problem with that is a lot of kids are used to social media with easy, intuitive UIs but Linux distros tend to come shipped with programmer art UIs that are at least 6 years out of date compared to the UIs everything is using now. Sure, you "can" change it yourself as much as you'd like, but many children would find it hard to even navigate in the first place let alone change the UI themselves. Linux has great potential, but it's just too unpolished (graphics drivers another example) and has issues with program compatibility too often for most children to enjoy it.
@pa-dn1vh Yeah, I plan on being an engineer in the future and might have to do a lot of the same; since Windows isn't too hard to get and compatibility isn't an issue, Linux just won't cut it - not only in corporate but for industrial stuff too unless you develop your own software. I personally don't have much of an issue with Windows though so it doesn't bother me.
A lot of people I meet don't even know what Linux is.
Me: I don't use Windows at home, I use Linux.
Them: Linux? What's that?
I like pizza!
Dammit this has really made me want pizza for dinner
What type?
With some pinneaple and ketchup!
@@DanielCastro-ok8zbketchup?!? As well as the usual pizza sauce? Or instead of?
As well. On top of it all, my friend!
Windows 11 doesn't have a menu to chose your default web browser. You can assign file associations manually, but there isn't a spot in the Windows Settings app to pick a specific browser. Thankfully Firefox or Chrome do have the ability to make themselves your default browser, but this should be available in the OS menus, you shouldn't have to rely on 3rd party apps for that
agreed
Go to settings => apps => default apps. Find the browser you want to make default. Click on it, and select set as default.
@@wartlme I'm sorry but that's a stupid way for Microsoft to have done it. Every other OS has a drop-down for default browser, including previous versions of Windows. Also, that must be new, because it just gave a list of file types when 11 first came out
I used to use Windows 8.1. My harddrive died. I planned to use my Steam Deck as my main computer until I acquired a replacement harddrive. Using SteamOS, with its Arch Linux backbone, converted me. Fast-forward 2 months and the Steam Deck is still my main computer. 😊
I've never used Windows in my life, I just love using Linux.
Shame. You're missing out!
a update that microsoft pushed out was the reason my pc got bricked. i went to linux debian. not once has my system bricked from a update. or at all. hell. its the best choice you can make. hell you can even use wine for windows apps. your missing out on linux. you can even run mac apps too. linux is better then you think@@CustardCream22
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I've been on Linux exclusively for several years now and it keeps looking better and better. My wife was using Linux for a number of years, but decided to stick with Windows 10 when she got a new computer. It keeps pushing Windows 11 but so far we have not installed it and with these pop-ups now, and other things I'm trying to keep her away from 11 and I think, if she is forced to Windows 11, she'll probably ditch Windows completely again. She really hasn't used the one app that made her want to stay with Windows, as it only runs in Windows (wine doesn't work) and a VM was too awkward for her.
Keep up the great content.
Don’t get Windows 11, it is awful!!!. I finally caved in to the pop up and installed Windows 11. It seems like they are trying to make it look like an iPad. It is like a very bad mix of iOS and Windows 8. The only good thing Microsoft did with that - you can easily “roll back” to Windows 10, which I did after 30 Minutes in 11. Now I just have to endure the frequent pop ups to “upgrade” again.
I run Linux Mint on the same PC from its own hard drive. Love Linux Mint 😃. I use Windows mostly for work related stuff, Mint for everything else. I am a huge advocate for privacy, another reason I love Linux and open source software. My phone is a Pixel 6 running Graphene OS.
Glad you decided to come back Matt. Your blog post had me worried that this was the end. As AI develops this will only get worse, so we all need to be really strategic about what we say and where we say it
As soon as we get some
Native gaming support in Linux, I’ll be able completely
Switch my hosts to Linux and run windows as a VM for specific tasks.
Steamdeck has paved the way, hopefully it’s not long until we get
Multiplayer game/anti cheat kernel
Level support
I fully understand this issue, home I mostly run windows purely because of my gaming needs, I don't play on console I play on PC, and most of my games don't support playing on Linux not even with the wine and etc... (Think PUBG, BF2042 etc...)
I do have a dual boot system setup but recently I been too lazy to switch when I want.
Also, with the WSL and WSA windows has become a multipurpose OS in my eye's.
you're 100% right on that , most people i know only stick to windows because they play games. my biggest hurdle for years to give up windows was my league of legends addiction , once i got rid of that shit, i became a free man :')
My fandom and likeness is too good, that I have completely given up gaming, heck I am regretting buying a gaming laptop in the first place, could have used something with more battery performance
I got rid of windoze permanently 4 months ago, after exclusively keeping it around for gaming for the past year and a half. I can game on Linux just fine: league of legends, OpenArena, Citra, Cemu, et cetera all work well. I can also easily swap workspaces and recompile, edit some code, and generally be productive while I'm playing a game, and actually have my mic sound decent since I can easily pipe it through noise suppression stuff (EasyEffects). Kernel level anticheats will absolutely never be a thing on Linux, though it might be able to be faked at some point. easyanticheat and bottleye are compatible with Linux, and so a large amount of games with anticheat can be played on Linux.
The only things that I can think that I've thought might be better on windoze are printing (mine's been a massive pain to try to use with Linux) and PDF editing (reading is fine though, in Emacs and/or Firefox). But otherwise, I don't miss windoze at all, and have absolutely no reason to ever use it again, especially as these are rare things that should soon should be total non-issues.
Native linux support is not likely to ever happen. Proton is whats made linux so popular.
The evil of Windows is not the same as the "evil" of Red Hat in the ongoing drama with them or even the Ubuntu Amazon thing! At least WE can complain about it and not get shut out. These pop-ups show Microsoft wants to shut the user out, they're basically saying "f*ck your feelings!" But that's what happens when something becomes so greed-driven.
Honestly: one of your best posts. It's you, Louis Rossmann, and The Linux Experiment. I don't need much else. Keep up the good work.
And guess what? Matt and Rossman are both on Odyssey, and Nick from TLE is on PeerTube, and his weekly linux news are available as a podcast, so if that's all the content creators that matter to you, you'll be okay when UA-cam dies because of forcing us to disable the ad blocker.
Good to see you’re OK & back with the videos.
I first got into Linux in early high school, as just a screwing-around experiment. I had no intention of daily-driving it (though I don't think it was completely ready for that anyway, in terms of software support) but it was neat to kinda learn something so...not DOS & Windows. It had never occurred to me, for example, that there was another way to do it besides drive letters (not that I thought mobile devices secretly used drive letters or anything dumb like that, it just wasn't something I gave any thought to either way). Anyway, I forgot about it for years until college. This was the golden age of Windows 10 tablets and laptops which seriously could not actually withstand Windows 10 unless the OS was just about the only thing running. Faced with such a laptop performing like hot garbage, which made classwork more than a little bit unpleasant, I decided to try Linux a bit more seriously this time. And, what do you know, at least for basic tasks it actually worked! Libreoffice replaced MS Office perfectly fine, and for a fraction of the install size, and Wine even allowed me to run some of the casual games I had scattered around!
I was playing around with GNU/Linux in uni, and I was already doing some technical stuff in Windows. I absolutely hated GNOME and thought I hated Linux. Then I tried Kubuntu. Before long I was ready to get rid of Windows entirely. No regrets.
Now I'm one of those weirdoes who isn't happy to merely use a bizarre OS, I also have to use a tiling window manager. It's only a matter of time before I start compiling my own kernel.
Active Directory, rdp and directx are considerations when picking windows / windows server.
Somethings on Linux are easier for individual users but setting up a whole office environment connecting to a central server can be more difficult.
One thing that is a big deal is the forced deprecation of hardware with tpm2.0 on windows 11.
I’ve setup Linux servers, with rdp, and AD management. It’s wonderful.
Gabe knew this kind of crap was coming, that's why he has been pushing Linux and Proton. Other software companies, if they were smart, would move to Linux as well.
Doubt it, more likely it was because of the Steam deck.
@@simplyblunder You're quite smooth brained
@@gato-rs how so?
Both are right. Obviously there is financial interest behind the steam deck, but also, who says Microsoft will not do this with their own Xbox store against Steam in the future?
@@simplyblunder valve has been trying to make gaming on linux a thing since *long* before the steam deck, because they saw the possibility of the microsoft store killing their entire business model. hell, the first steamOS was released all the way back in 2013. they've been at this for a while.
You’re absolutely right about privacy, ads, pop-ups and forced updates. Linux shines in these areas. On the other hand, it would be nice to have less variation for variation’s sake, and better hardware support. Obviously more apps would be better, but that is probably a function of market share (that is, once Linux reaches 5% share of whatever the desktop OS), Adobe and others will come running.
I get so tired of seeing people complain about having too many choices. And often these same people remain complacent enough to stay with windows and have no choice at all.
That is completely asinine thinking.
Just because there are plethora of choices doesn't mean you can't choose a few of them to try out.
You are the problem, not limits, not choices. You are your own worst enemy. If you choose to be. So you have to change your mindset and learn to be patient with yourself and actually try.
In terms of software I find myself often missing more software on Windows than I miss on Linux nowadays (I have to use a Windows PC at work), especially when it comes to the terminal. No dd, tar, fdupes, no quick way to generate and compare hashes (crc32, sha256sum, md5sum etc.), no quick bash scripting and so on... Krita, Gimp and OnlyOffice are also passable alternatives for Photoshop and MS Office.
Content Creators like you is where and how folks like me learn things about Linux! Thanks for putting out content that's easy to follow and informative!
I think the downfall of Windows began with the infamous 1033 update in Windows 7 back in the day. From that moment, when they pushed out that update that would have your computer phone home every so often, was the beginning of the end. I finally switched to Linux about a year and a half ago and honestly, it just made me fall in love with computers all over again!
I use Debian at home and Mint at work and love it, but I have a dual boot on both for windows due to gaming (home) and proprietary software at work. I think I’ll keep a windows boot drive at home until gaming is as easy as windows. Install and run in most cases. I don’t want to deal with selecting which proton version or experimental or anything after a long day at work. I just want to install a game and play.
I needed very little commercial software, so I switched to Ubuntu back in January 2009. I started up in order to save money, and quickly found that I don't have to continually fix problems. Though it's possibly to force a virus or other intrusion, they are extremely uncommon. I just use and enjoy my systems, and run upgrades when it's convenient.
Apt has a somewhat unknown feature that you can put a hold on packages, this prevents it from being changed in state, so you can purge snapd and then put a hold on it, then it will refuse to be installed as a dependency, if it was just recommended then it proceeds without snapd, and if it was an actual dependency it fails the install until you either install snapd manually or ignore dependencies.
What you explain is a fact.
However, Canonical little-by-little. Has been pushing to try to become Microsoft. In their philosophies. It really would not surprise me. If 1 day they make it to where when you perform those steps that it will inevertly reverse them.
Given that I use Linux mint and have on and off since late 2010, it is for this reason that I look forward to Lennox minute Debbie addition. Becoming my replacement someday for lenox mint cinnamon.
On point man! I recently got a new laptop and have been trying out windows 11 before nuking it. Feels like a one way glass while Billy Gates watches and secretly owns my machine. Also feels mundane and uninspiring. Windows 10 was a lot better tbh. Won't be long before I go back home to Linux 🫡 I miss you bash lol
Since the first day of 2020, I have been using Ubuntu for basically everything.
In March of this year, my old laptop's HDD died on me and then when I rebooted it was very slow and stubborn. When I got a new computer, the ONLY thing I used Windows 11 for was to download a Ubuntu ISO file and Rufus and then burn that file onto a USB stick I had lying around. Then I initially dual-booted my machine to Windows 11 and Ubuntu, but after I foolishly screwed up the partitions on my SSD when I was allocating space for Ubuntu, I wiped everything and made Ubuntu my sole operating system.
Great to have you back, power outages really suck for us nerds!
i recently got a Lenovo 2in1 laptop which i expected to run linux on, but the touch experience on linux is very unpolished and the keyboard didn't disable properly, so i ended up going with windows instead, even as someone who daily drives linux on my desktop
I'm a windows user who does a lot of work on servers and raspberry - these pop ups have made me start thinking about permanently switching.
I don't believe in god or windows.
But I do believe in pizza and Linux.
The biggest issue I have with linux is gaming, It can take some work getting them working. And the lack of quality video drivers with the control's you get in windows. I installed Arch last night and am taking the deep dive again. Been a while for me, loved Fedora but missed the AUR.
I watched a few of your videos and must say you present yourself really well and you speak about the subject with details that people need to hear. Very informative. Also if you had to recommend a novice Linux distro which one would you suggest? Or in general would you pick.
Linux Mint or ZorinOS are probably the two best beginner distros. I prefer Zorin
Really nice video, and you've got a cool outro right there :)
The one thing that I am struggling with using Linux(I currently use it) is that I want to get back into making music and unfortunately Ableton live is only available on Mac and Windows
Music software is still behind on Linux. LMMS has come a long way and a lot of indie games uses it to make music without issue.
@@s1nistr433 I've also heard Ardour is pretty solid as well
Bitwig Studio. It's genuinely better than Ableton Live and a full featured premium product. Linux support included!
Reaper, Renoise, Mixbus, Bitwig, Ardour@@s1nistr433
there r many things that r windows native.not work in linux.but if u need a stable,safe and free system linux is the best.💐💐🌹
i love how microsofts response to devs using linux more and more is just to add ubuntu/linux distros in the ms store ... also if you want ubuntu without snaps , just get linux mint :D
Matt would never recommend Mint 😂. It was my intro distro and glad I used it and learned enough to move to ArcoLinux and within the last month I have resettled back into it after distro hopping. What I love about Linux is it just works. I do have a stripped down windows using ctt scripts to run win 11 for stuff I can't do on windows due to the fact that I need some software that is not available but I am not on that PC more than once a week maybe.
Iv'e dual booted windows 10 and Zorin16.3, since using Zorin and setting it up the way I like everything it's the only os I use now, my big issue is I want to re-install Zorin as the only os on my laptop which means I have to set everything up all over again. Since using this Linux Distro there is no reason I want to go back to Microsoft, It does hurt however think of all the money I have spent on my office suites, antiviruses and proprietary programmes I purchased but I'm getting to the point now where I just want to write it all off and dedicate my time learning to use Linux only, well spoken video btw, you make a lot of sensible arguments, I just want to add something to what you said, using Linux and setting it up the way you like makes it feel like your computer is yours again, I used the Group Policy editor in windows 10/11 and Microsoft just plain ignores my instructions which was really frustrating to me.
i recently built a gaming server running windows and that's used only to game on, i don't even have a monitor plugged in there. i remote into it using parsec, from my main pc, running kubuntu. that server is the only thing i have that runs windows. all other machines either run kubuntu, clear linux, mx linux, or arch. if you wonder why i love kde... is the wallpaper engine pkugin 😅
I'm actually in the middle of installing Debian on my old macbook pro since catalina is less and less supported now. It's been pretty much a nightmare from the start with missing wifi firmware drivers being the main problem. I have to use an offline ISO because I don't have internet fast enough to do a net install. There were a few times I felt like I would just plug in the windows 10 usb drive and be done, but I am sticking with it, because I agree with everything you're saying about MS and I want to move away from windows.
How are you having issues with macbook hardware compatibility on linux. Every macbook is fully compatible except for the new m cpus
@@flarebear5346 That's what I thought since it's an 11 year old macbook with stable hardware, but the required files are not included in Debian 12.
actually new M cpus are way more compatible, as there on the ARM architecture, which allows much more utilization of resources for Linux.@@flarebear5346
but usually only lower-level distros provide a ARM build. (Although its becoming more and more common again)
@@athorom5172 it's an i7...
I took the linux pill recently and I love it. I only ever used the terminal in Windows if I had some serious problem that you couldn't fix in the settings. Using the terminal in linux has made me understand computers so much more and massively improved my code.
I am a Linux newbie and I have been using Pop is for under a month but I decided to switch to Mint OS, and the experience so far is very amazing when it comes to productivity.
When it comes to games especially for VR, I would have to boot back to windows on my second NVME, and I will only use windows if I want to game.
I’m really liking the Linux space so far and I hope to learn more about it And really know how to customize my workspace if I would know how to do it.
Check Archcraft 🤌
Nice vid,
I see You using fuze distro but what is this theme ? plasma ? gnome ?
I like how elegant top bar is with these icons and stats.
I have used Linux for over a decade on my desktop. I do however also have a gaming PC that currently runs Windows 10, and I only have Win10 on it because the PC came pre-installed with it, and I mainly used it for Flight Simulator (and thought that game probably may be difficult to run under Linux). But when I heard for the first time that with Windows 11, you really cannot avoid using a Microsoft account anymore, that was the last straw for me. I will never, ever be forced to use some online account to log in to my local machine. Windows 11 is not an option anymore.
@@UC6qD6l0DtdcX7lFnXrIhpPg Not true after everything I've read. With Win 10 you could just disconnect from the Internet and you'd immediately get an option to create a local account. With Win 11, this is not true anymore; you simply won't be able to proceed with the installation if you're offline. I haven't done it myself, but read several articles that explained this. There seem to be methods to circumvent this and force creating a local account, but they are more complicated and involved than it was with Windows 10.
I really don't see why I'd have to jumpt through hoops for installing an OS just to avoid being forced to use an obscure online account that is used to collect my data.
@@UC6qD6l0DtdcX7lFnXrIhpPg Actually, only the "Pro" edition allows to choose "I don't have an Internet connection". Apparently, this option is not available for the "Home" edition.
@@bellissimo4520 you may create a local account for Home editions as well, there methods for such. But I'd use PRO personally, Home is bloated with crap anyway.
Moreover, I'd be exclusively using Linux by now if my favorite games such as Project Reality were supported (and no, emu won't do it, I lose several FPS).
Fuck M$.
I have a dual boot setup of Windows and Linux Mint. I kept Windows for the same reason of thinking Flight Simulator won't run on Linux (or the add one, yoke, throttles, etc won't work). I always heard the Linux distro Solus worked good for gaming. I am installing Solus (technically will have a tri-boot setup) so I can experiment trying to get Flight Simulator running on Solus. This way it does not screw with my Linux Mint which I use for all my day to day computing. (I have also read that Fedora Budgie and Nobara would be good for gaming also).
been using Linux for over a year thanks to your videos , thanks for the content matt
Sadly gaming is the biggest hurdle keeping me from switching to Linux as my primary. I do however really like Active Directory and use that but I can configure a Ubuntu or Debian distro to authenticate via AD and assign sudo based upon AD security groups
I use Windows because I need to use Visual Studio 2022 (I also use Visual Studio Code for front-end programming) and SQL Management Studio (I cannot open diagrams with Azure Data Studio). If I could run these two on Debian or Mint, I would seriously consider ditching Windows. Any hints?
I use VS Code on Fedora and it worked flawlessly so far
yes you can get around this stuff! I've modified tons of things on my Win11 install. I've removed Telemetry not just using gui but using PowerShell ,reg edit,local Group Policy and remove all the microsoft apps etc. hell i've even found a working script to remove edge with all the i use a local account. But yes linux is way better option.
It is unfortunate for microsoft that linux became really good, they should've pushed this crap before linux became what it is today(probably always was, but not for a novices and win users). Now it is a no brainer.. if it continues like this, it will grow at faster and faster pace, and i can't wait for that! I was a windows user for many years, it is been two months with linux, it is the best way forward!
that DE looks super cool, what is it?
I've tried many distributions over the years and just ran into so many issues with package managers and broken dependencies, sometimes even out of the box. For me that is just not acceptable. What finally fixed it for me was Mint XFCE, so lean and just works, and the package manager just worked fine. Upgrade to new kernel also just took a couple of minutes and reboot, and no issues whatsoever.
This was basically the reason I moved to Linux (you know aside from my hardware "not supporting" windows 11). I'm very much a linux newbie, but I made the move in January by dual booting my machine and I haven't actually booted into Windows since I installed linux. I've managed to do everything I want to (which granted isn't much and mostly gaming) on linux.
Did you run cmatrix? It's part of the ritual
@@softwarelivre2389 I did not know about this, but now I feel like I must for my transition to be complete.
@@softwarelivre2389 and neofetch, that is also part of the turtles.
I just recently switched to Linux (one month in). I have average tech literacy, not a programmer but I can follow instructions to write scripts. I’d say Linux is definitely better than windows, but the learning curve is a killer. I’m having a lot of free time right now so I could learn it, but I can’t imagine regular people having the luxury of time to learn Linux and also put in the time to fix things in Linux if they break something.
It is above all a problem of school education and market shares. In almost all institutes, the computers supplied all run Microsoft software, and students are educated to use that rather than open source systems and programs. Furthermore, the fact that almost all non-Apple computers are sold with a version of Windows already pre-installed does not help the diffusion and awareness of Linux. We should act first of all on a legal level, prohibiting the use of proprietary software in schools and public administration (which fortunately already happens in some cases) and allowing the customer to choose which operating system to have installed on the device he wants to purchase .
i live in the Philippines (at the third world country parts.) many Students and businesses here use Linux not by choice but because of survival. old broken computers are not thrown away here, they're restored. we're grateful for Linux for resurrecting our computers that other countries just throw out. 🙏
Big question; can Linux read NTFS drives and/or HFS?
I know for a fact that maintaining an OS is hard and needs a lot of manpower actually. I believe that OSs need to be available to the masses to be maintained and perfected.
Microsoft builds great applications and suites but when it comes to their OSs they seem unfocused and every now and then they come up with weird ideas that make the system worse every time.
Windows definitely has its quirks, but it's a better experience overall, at least for me.
I agree that Linux has very important benefits like security, customization, it's free - both in terms of price and what you can do with it. But the main problem with Linux is compability. I use Windows products at work, so in order to learn something new in my free time, I need to use the same programs - and they are not available on Linux. Once I decided to use Linux on my PC and Windows on the laptop. Here are my thoughts - gaming is objectively more difficult on Linux (Steam games work almost flawlessly, but if you use Lutris or Heroic Launcher your experience gets worse). And then there are some small quirks like problems with configuring your devices (mostly RGB), Whatsapp not allowing you to use webcam for calls, even some streaming sites not working - this one was actually surprising, in my case it was skyshowtime, in the US it's Peacock.
I know that those things are not caused by Linux itself, but they affect the overall experience.
It's the same with me; Windows (despite Microsoft's many problems) does provide a better experience because everything just works - and for the times it doesn't, fixing it usually isn't a big tedious hassle. Technically, everything I do right now can probably be done in Ubuntu but it might require a lot of fiddling to get it all to work and the quality might not be as good as at the end - making all the efforts to get it to work all for nothing. Even though I'm not doing too much too much now, I am also going to do more in the future, stuff the Linux probably won't take to very well. Also, I don't care how many people say it, I hate the LibreOffice suite. Technically, it gets the job done, but Office 365 does it way better and it looks better too (not just a little bit better, I mean it's out of the ballpark better). Does this mean I'm just going to not use Linux, no, even though I prefer Windows due to nostalgia and experience, I do judge fairly, I like Linux and It deserves its place as a proper OS, but to say that Windows is a horrible OS (like how many Linux users say) is a big stretch because in a lot of metrics, when it comes to day to day life, Windows is the better option.
For example, when I first launched Ubuntu on my PC, I tried to get HyperX Ngenuity. It doesn't work, so I can't configure my mouse's or my mic's LEDs, and I can't properly configure my mouse's DPI the way I like it. Then I had to do my Nvidia drivers. The drivers work, but all the colors are wrong and I've still yet to properly fix it. I have a folder of pictures I use for my wallpaper and I usually have them in a slide show. I got it to work on Ubuntu but surprise, it was janky as hell - I think the app got updated so now it looks better, but this is just my first experience with the OS. Musescore works fine with it, so no issues there, fortunately, and then LibreOffice is just, no. I also just found out that while Minecraft can technically run on Ubuntu, it's a hassle to actually get it running properly - this doesn't seem too bad at first, but Minecraft is my favorite game to play. I'll get it on Linux to see how it is, but this shows that game compatibility is an issue unless you have Steam - fortunately, I have Steam, but some games I play aren't from Steam, and these games I play A LOT. Even though I like Ubuntu, it's not really giving me the best time as of started to use it a few months ago. I don't hate it, but if that's my experience from that start, I feel like I might only see more issues down the line.
Every Linux user might just say "Use a different distro then" but that's easier said than done. Even though I feel like this argument is overused, there are a lot of choices out there and some choices work better for some things than others. That means I might have to sacrifice one thing to get another thing to work and deal with the issues of another distro; that's stress-provoking. And if something breaks, I'm mostly on my own to fix it unless I can find a person who experienced the same issue I did - this is because a lot of Linux distros don't really have good software and OS support, and the less corporate a distro is, the less support you'll have. It's not that I don't really have an issue dealing with these issues, but I have an actual life to live where I have legitimate problems. I need my OS to work and be reliable, and if every time I have to fix something or brute-force something to work just to get half-ass performance sometimes, it really isn't as reliable as it seems.
Listen, I love Linux, I have no ill feelings towards it, but as of right now, I can't fully justify a complete switch over to it. Maybe Linux will get better and be good enough for me to justify it but now isn't the time. Even if the time comes when I can justify the use of Linux, I actually like Windows despite Microsoft's problems, I grew up with it in my household back when life was happy and I still like it to this day (although I could care less for Windows 11, 10 was better). Besides, most Windows users bypass a lot of Microsoft's bullshit anyway - if you thought all of us were completely complying with Microsoft's ToS 24/7/365, then you thought wrong. We're not going down without a fight, we'll still keep fighting to use Windows because Windows isn't the problem, Microsoft is, and we're not going to let them completely ruin the OS that everyone and their mama grew up on. Since I love Windows, I'm perfectly fine fighting against the bullshit so I'm going to fight that fight; the fight to have an OS that is reliable, easy to use, and not Apple.
I Igree. I used Linux and Macos for years, nowadays I prefer windows and I'm more productive, not distro switching anymore. But I learned a lot with Linux ans I still use tools for development and server manager
hit the nail on the head at the beginning. when I bought my laptop, I didnt bother setting up windows, installed linux directly. after a long battle with driver issues, etc. (cuz very new hardware), and some software I needed to run, I had to install windows. When some of my friends ask me what OS I use, I'm really embarrassed to say i use windows. But I also quickly tell them that I use macOS too and that I got rid of most of the microsoft crap and disabled as much telemetry as I can, so its a bit better :(
What is your opinion for the best Linux for gaming? (by default)
I'm watching this video on Firefox set as my default browser on Windows 11 on a home-built PC. I've never seen any OS ads pop up trying to convince me to use Edge or other MS products. It's probably because I switched off a lot of the annoying stuff when I first set it up. I originally built this PC to run Linux mostly for entertainment use (media streaming and games) because it's permanently connected to my 4K TV. However, I hit some limitations when I ran Linux, so I decided to run Windows 11 for a time while those issues got worked out in the Linux distro I had originally chosen.
In my experience on this PC, Win 11 hasn't been the nightmare that some people make it out to be. I don't get pop ups or bloatware apps suddenly appearing, and it's way less "chatty" than Win 10, which notifies you of every little stupid thing. The only annoyance has been when it decides to run OS updates and restart on its own over night (once a month). My plan is to run Linux again on this PC as the daily driver, but for me Win 11 has been very stable, fast and reliable on this PC. YMMV.
Disclaimer: I recently switched back to windows for a variety of work reasons. I prefer Linux for obvious reasons to this audience I am sure.
My only caveat to the constant Windows to Linux comparisons. Is just that. All of the arguments for getting people to switch to Linux is the same old spiel. Linux can almost do what Windows can do. Or Linux is everything that Windows is not. That is not a very good sales pitch.
If I may. Linux enthusiasts should be pitching what Linux can do. Forget all the comparisons. Just focus on the awesome parts of Linux that make it unique.
Consumers are smart enough to grab what works for them and offers what fits their needs. They will seek it out.
And if Linux is not the right fit. So be it. Linux is not for everyone.
"Consumers are smart enough" is where you went wrong
@@HyphyHippo Are you a consumer?
I am considering of using both Linux and windows from my understanding gaming on Linux is hard do to anticheating software when you make Linux to be able to play windows games. Also is there a list that of stuff that does not work with Linux and games of course?
I really want to use debian as my main OS but I had to use android studio for a class and it would not work with java at all. This was PopOS and I think it had more to do with flatpak, but still, everyone seems to praise flatpak so that worries me. I also want to be able to play some games that don't have windows support. I know there's wine and a VM so some day I'll have the time to configure all of this stuff, it can just be obnoxious from the perspective of a noob who'se trying to quickly install devtools they're required to use or certain games without added latency. I actually like microsoft edge now (I know I know) but the popups were definitely something that makes me want to switch out of spite, especially because I needed to reinstall chrome for something and it KEPT doing popups on edge in the corner.
Great to see new video from you.i really appreciate all the content you make and publish.
I don't really agree with the premise of the video, I don't think that Microsoft has made switching to Linux "the only option", but I will agree that they're doing more to promote Linux than they are to Windows currently. I watched your video and I sort of agree with some things (I don't agree with "othering" people who like Windows, or people who don't like Star Wars or Star Trek) and disagree with others.
Let me start by saying I have used Windows, Linux and OSX for the 25 years that I have been using computers of all different versions and i'll say right now, Windows is a good operating system 90% of people are fine to use it and the occasional shitty move that M$ make is not really going to affect them or their enjoyment of windows, they'll just shrug and move on. At an enterprise and medium to large business perspective Windows overwhelmingly makes sense and there is a reason that it's the majority operating system by a long shot, it's because of its deployability and configurability that you just can't get with other operating systems (Active Directory and domain join was such a stellar feature that nothing in the FOSS world can even come close). Unfortunately this means that a majority of people who use Windows can't switch away.
For those that aren't in big business or the enterprise I will say that rather than using Linux they would be better suited to using something like Mac because of the fact that the Apple support is just top notch, their products last a REALLY long time and they "just work" for the most part once you get past all of the weird quirks that they have. Most of the important stuff that you can use in Windows has been ported to Mac so it's a good step for those that are disappointed in Windows that don't want to make the jump to Linux (most people) and almost every normal user I know that has used a Mac have the view of "you can pry it from my cold dead hands".
The area that Linux really could be making some moves is the gaming space where they have historically been terrible because Steam is making some great headways in this department and Linux is the perfect way to have a light weight, low overhead operating system for running games and maximising the hardware resources. This is where I think there needs to be a greater emphasis on the Linux market (if only they could find a way to convince NVIDIA to open source the driver) as this could be an absolute killer way to get more people over to this market.
Personally I think the focus on the "malware like" advertisements in your video are overblown because while yes it does that once in a while, it's hardly nagging you every second or even regularly so it's just not that big a deal to most people. I do agree that their deceptive practices on the "Microsoft apps" border on illegal (especially in the EU) and the telemetry is over the top, to suggest that it's a bad operating system because of this I think is just hyperbole and misinformation.
Is Linux good? Yes it is, but it's far from a refined enough product for the average user as it takes SIGNIFICANTLY more work to keep it running than Windows or Mac does. I have a crappy gaming laptop, 2 Linux laptops (one with Fedora, one with OpenSUSE) and I have to say that the Windows laptop while irritating sometimes is my fall back laptop when my Linux machine just won't work with something, which is still an unfortunate frequent thing even now in 2023 (sound is my biggest problem in Linux). I would be comfortable in my wife being able to use it on her equipment because she has some tech skills by osmosis but if I wasn't around there is no way she could do half of the stuff that is required of you when you run a Linux distribution as I STILL need to use the terminal to do much of the administration work and it STILL breaks with relative frequency (although Fedora has been installed for about a year or 2 by this point and it's been mostly fine).
I don't see any of those pop ups because I am running a modded version of Win11m that has that and the bloat removed, also have my pfSense firewall blocking those microsoft things from entering.
Can someone recommend a good user friendly Linux Distro that is more compatible with ASUS gaming laptops (e.g. I am able to access ASUS Armoury Crate and MyASUS)?
I want to switch to Linux but I have a lot of concerns. I have a lot of files to transfer, I'm worried if my data could get lost or corrupted on a Linux system.
I want to be able to play games such as Witcher3 since I am using a small gaming laptop. I also want to code in it (I really enjoyed coding on my Ubuntu VM).
I also use my HDD a lot for watching movies and films and books that are in various codec (so I'd love it if the distro is compatible with NTFS devices, though I'm worried since NTFS mostly works for Windows)
No matter which disturb you choose, you really should keep one thing in mind first of drunk.
Do not duel boot, Lennox and windows from the same physical storage drive. I don't care how many tutorials you watch? I don't care who says what. When you do that exact scenario otherwise you are risking so many rabbit hole possibilities of problems to encounter.
Grab a separate SS d.
Disable fast boot AK fast start. AK quick boot, AK quick. Start both within windows desktop and your u EFI bios system settings.
Also disable Secure boot. Both secure boot and fast start. Do not do what they claim anyways. That has been proven Time and Time again throughout more than 10 years.
Put any USB phone drive., Preferably at least u s b three point zero speeds, With the Lenox distro installation image of your choice., Once finished with that, Completely power down the computer..
Disconnect that windows drive and connect the drive. You want to install the linux distro into.
Yes, I realize the seems very tedious but I am trying to save you. All sorts of sanity, destroying headaches as well as to possibility of data loss.
Keep one thing in mind. You are not going to learn when it's over night or even over the course of a week. You didn't learn how to use windows in every way over the course of 1 week. Mac, when you first started using it. However, many years ago. Be patient with yourself. Thanks, tape time, and if you need to take a simple break from lennox and go right back to windows., That is o k and don't feel bad about that. But the instructions I am walking you through allows you to very easily do that, and you can jump right back into using linux at any time just as easily.
Now plug in that phone drive, you print with the Linux distro image installation And power the system on and boot to that links distro. This is called a live environment or live desktop.
Chances are once you get to the gooey desktop of that lenex distro you will see a installer gooey button.
Run it. Don't do any fancy encryption. Don't select any extra nonsense other than third party. Audio and video code x. Just just set it up a simple, normal way. What you wanna name it comma select the correct times only if you need to comma the correct t board layout comma things like that.
Now at the end of the installation wizard., Depending on the individual lenox distribution, You might be percent in with an option.
This way, what's you used the terminal as a command to do it? Or if you use gooey buttons, you can properly power down the computer., And no when it is fully powered down, And that way you won't risk unplugging. The links distribution installation thumbprive too soon. Or too late versus selecting to restart. And you're having to guess between the Zac time. When the computer is powered off for just a split. Second or 2 versus Winnie begins. The power on self-test a.k.a. Post.
Now, once you confirm, you can boot straighten to that. Newly installed lenox distro operating system correctly power the computer down, Plug your windows drive back in, Power the PC back on. And you will either boot straight into windows automatically. Or you will boot straight into that linux distribution automatically.
If your PC's motherboard is modern enough., If you need to temporarily select to boot into the other. Drive a k the other operating system world, You can easily do so with a specific hot key that you see on screen. Usually, it says something like quick boot menu.
, Orve if you prefer that from now on, the PC automatically boots into the opposite drive., Simply revisit your u EFI bios is. Select the drive you want to automatically boot to be the first boot drive or the top boot drive in the boot device order or boot device priority.
This am I opinion is the safest and sensible way to do. Boot multiple operating systems on a computer.
Yes, for laptops, it can either be more tedious or almost impossible if they only have one storage drive connection internally. But even if that's the case., Where's case you can always connect that. SSD of the other drive via a USB to Sata connection, a doctor cable, which are cheap enough. They are easily less than 30 bucks on Amazon and other places. The brand I recommend most is Star Tech.
Sorry for the long when did sounding comment, But I just wanted to offer some sensible advice. That way, at least whether you've dipped your toes in the Linux world already. Or if this will be your first time, you'll be able to gently dip your toes in and you can write back out if you don't like the feeling of that water without risking your data that you're already used to dealing with in the same way you're used to dealing with.
Also. Forums.linuxmint.com
@motoryzen thanks man 👌
I’ve recently gone back to windows after about 4 years of Linux. This is because the workflow with a taskbar is what I like, and I have been unable to replicate it on any Linux distribution. I use multiple monitors and want to have my taskbar on all screens working properly, and I want my refresh rates to work on the desktop properly. I can come close to this with Linux mint but xorg isn’t useable to me because the refresh rates aren’t correct for window movement, and the taskbar is only on the main screen. Additionally the mint search pop up thing with the super key is just absolutely horrible in my opinion. The only one of these I have ever liked was the design of the windows 11 one (once I remove the adds). On top of this I like to use VR on my quest 2 and this just isn’t really possible on Linux as I can’t sideload to my quest due to broken hardware (usb c port only works for charging). I like Unix and hence Linux but windows is just better for me, and I can’t do what I want to do on Linux anymore.
kde wayland is probably best with this.
kde has the most advanced taskbar by far. Wayland fixes a lot of the display issues.
cinnamon is very lame and is missing a lot of features. KDE is much better.
But yeah I use windows too
People liking windows is like people liking meth. Just because you like it, doesn't make it good.
I read this, somewhere: Mac OS treats you like a baby. Windows Home treats you like a child. Windows Pro treats you like a teenager. Linux treats you like an adult.
People liking Windows are mostly in one of these categories, either:
* they need the software and functionality, which is not available on Linux,
* or they don't want to learn something new or change their workflow,
* or they simply don't know it better, maybe never experienced Linux or have misconception knowledge about it
Pizza *really* is God's food!!! OH MY GOD!
Excellent summary. Thank you.💯
It might just be because I use 100% debian:stable which intentionally keeps me in the past but is there a decent modern open source option for filling out pdfs? To this day from debian I'm still physically printing things out, filling out all the fields, and then scanning them back into debian to send off.
@@silentJET85 ill try that out
Finally someone who understands something about operating systems! 👍
People like him are the biggest reason that people would not consider switching to Linux in the first place.
I've tried having windows around on a machine, but these days it just makes me feel unclean, and i return to BSD or Linux soon.
Ha ha I'm exactly the same when i have to interact with the Windows PCs the Lab analysers I service are connected to. It's even more annoying because most of the analysers themselves have Linux OSs running the analyser.
What version of suse and what front end or theme is being used here? I like the look
This is Tumbleweed, and the color scheme is a custom one I call fraggle.
Veteran Linux user here. After much hesitancy of making the jump, when an error message in Windows kept popping up every few SECONDS driving me to the ENOUGH! point, I finally went for broke and nuked Windows in favor of Mandrake in 2005.
I've used quite a few distros since then as well as most desktop environments out there plus a few window managers. Several years ago, I finally settled on Debian Stable, with Xfce on my desktop box and the Openbox window manager on my laptop.
Ain't lookin' back -- ever.
@@leed9720 I personally am convinced that Windows is the past and that Linux is the future. In fact, I recently converted my elderly mom to Linux after Windows 11 kept repeatedly dropping the wi-fi connection at the assisted living facility she moved to last winter (purely her own decision, BTW), so I put the latest Linux Mint, Cinnamon desktop, on there for her. No more dropped connections, and she's getting along with it pretty well.
Been using Linux since about 1995 and my main desktop is MXLinux currently. That being said I have to use Windows at work and still have to use Windows 11 on two machines at home for certain applications even in 2023...
You are spot on in this video. I am getting ready to test a few distros to see if the 3 games i play will work. If they do I am going to dump windows 11. I used linux mint for a few months, A few years ago, But some of my games wouldn't work. I am gonna try MINT, Zorin, Nabaro , and big linux. Games i Play are train sim world 3, I know it works from watching youtube. Trainz, And Run 8 Train Simulator. If you have a suggestion please let me know. Thanks for the video.
i moved to linux last year because of privacy concerns and i used for nearly a year but i had too many problems and it was like endless configuration and no productivity so i switched back to windows. and this time im using windows 10 ltsc, i have disabled telemetry using the group policy editor and edited the host file to disable most of the connections to microsoft services. This is as close as i can get to the linux level of privacy while also being able to use any software and play any games.
I’m tbh no longer happy on linux and have been this way for a very long time. Tbh linux feels like a burden to me now and I just can’t be asked to use it and it feels like a chore and I’m using it only to keep stormos going nothing more. Like I’m forced to, regardless what distribution or hardware I use
Linux needs to work on gaming support... and game devs need to work on Linux support... It's better than it used to be, but not yet good enough. If that much can be solved, I don't have any reason to keep windows around. Until then though, it's on a very transactional relationship.
I haven't seen these pop ups yet (I notably use Brave, not necessarily Chrome), but it's bad enough that I get pestered after every update about default settings that I've had for years, and have determined that I like. If I did see these pop ups, I'd be pissed!
Just yesterday I started looking upgrading my PC... Currently I have a drive for Windows, and a drive for Linux. I was thinking about reducing windows down to just a VM.
Microsoft... If you want people to use Edge, or bing, give people a reason to swtich. It's not about making the horse drink, it's about making the horse thirsty.
I switch to Linux in 2003. I never stopped gaming, I just changed how I gamed. I game with Linux games. All Linux games created for Linux work 100% in Linux. Those are the games I play. So I can enjoy gaming on Linux. Linux games and have zero problems gaming. Did I stop gaming with AAA games. No, I used gaming console hardware to fix that fix. Been very happy with Linux and never touch Windows since 2003. I only own Windows games from the era of 1995-2003. Was able to played all those games through wine applications. From 2003, I only purchase Linux games. So you can game on a Linux PC. You just have to changed how to game. It works great for me and will never touch Windows every again.
@@gimcrack555 I would if it were just for me, but I value gaming with my friends too. It's a complication to say the least, But, I do realize that games developed with Linux in mind do work as intended. It gives me a lot of hope for the future that Steam takes system surveys, and that the Steam Deck has given a large boost to Linux Gaming market share.
Here's to hoping devs notice sooner rather than later.
But in the meantime, Gaming is my only use for windows atm.
@@gimcrack555 well, at the end of the day we got SteamOS and Proton so yeah xD
If it wasn't for Project Reality (doesn't really support Linux and likely never will) I'd be exclusively using Linux by now. Fuck M$.
You need to grow up
@@user-kr6ih2gz5l X
Thank you. I had been in throes and tip toes of trying linux for the past 10 years but never made the move until I figured why. I had been tied down by a microsoft subscription for ms office and too used to ms products. In thw last two years I started to desensitise myself using open source such as libre office, gimp and scribus, and recently cancelled my subscription. I have now got Linux Mint on dual boot and use this for my main internet, admin and email needs as well as desktop publishing play. I switch on to win11 for playing world of warcraft until I figure out the playonlinux. Something keeps pulling me back to look at windows, but you're right about the ads and popups, and the hold. I'm using mint more and more now and enjoying it, a joy to use. Ironically, I'm using Edge in Linux so I need to stop that and migrate to firefox, but I like edge.. sorry... interestingly... i dont get the ads and popups on linux like i do on microsoft. A lot of what yo usay is true, and I'm finally. slowly but surely, moving over.
Psst... Lutris
Do you use linux to edit video to put on UA-cam, It so what do you use?
Yup, I don't have a Windows install and haven't since 2017. I use kdenlive.
I started learning my way on a Sun machine about the time that DOS was switching into Windows and i hated it. Then i learned about Linux and have been using it alot. And you can thank Steam for making me a full time user!! Linux now does everything i need it too!!
Fully embraced the poison pill. X on your whole story
Hawaiian pizza is the goat.
Hawaiian with maraschino cherries pizza is excellent, or Hawaiian with sour kraut if you like that sweet/sour/salty combo.
@@gingered just hurled lol
As I've mentioned on other channels, I switched all my computers to Linux.
My reasons, in short. "TRUST".
Plain and simple, I just couldn't trust the giant anymore.
I have MX Linux on some machines and Linux Zorin on others.
I am very happy switching over.
VERY HAPPY!
For those out there with the concern about running your software on Linux, I can say this.
With Linux, you can use a bridging software called 'WINE' to run a large number of programs on Linux.
I use Linux for my small media pc I use in the living room.
And even there it has sync problems and makes the picture tear in the middle of the screen.
Windows 11 on the other hand, with my 5year old pc and my new surface pro, it works great.
I am a diehard windows hater
same! i hate when i have to use it for school because it has problems it should not be happening even if its simple af. slow in comparision too
But Bill Gates literally owns your body in the current year. Safe and effective
"We don't need no stinking product keys!" made my day! Love you man!
I am thinking of trying Linux out on a spare PC. Then when I am ready change everything over. I just realize keep a copy of anything I want to keep offline while installing Linux just so if I choose the wrong drive that won't be the one with all of my stuff on it. I might keep a Windows 10 machine for my document scanner but that is only if for some reason it does not work well on Linux. The good news is that Linux can work with a lot of hardware or there may be someone on a forum somewhere who has been in the same situation and got it working.
I was getting malware-like pop-ups in Windows 10 telling me to sign into onedrive (I don’t want to). As soon as I learned abt the secure boot controversy with Windows 11 I switched to Linux
I didn't realise how hideously obtrusive windows has become, until I lately, when I had to use it for some work.
It has turned into a patronising monster where customers pay for their own serfdom. That's why I refuse to type windows with a capital "W". It deserves to be treated like a window nothing more.