The biggest advantage of Chrome OS is that you know outright that every single bit of data about you is being collected, so you don't have to feel confused about what data they have on you, you just know that it's everything.
@@EmmanuelGoldsteinUKMicrosoft's recent moves have triggered a lot of people. Privacy aside, I cant even listen to a local MP3 file I have. It opens in groove music and groove music shows an ad for spotify. Those ads make my blood boil each second I use stupid windows 10. The slow "Photos app" which literally takes 2 minutes to preview a jpeg. The constant push to use onedrive and edge eventhough onedrive is buggy af. Can't imagine how horrible 11 will be. 11 is more spyware and crap with a better looking shell IMO. And by the time windows 10 goes out of support in 2025, I assume linux gaming would be much better with better proton and wine supporting windows games and vulkan being state of the art API for native games with all features being supported in linux. Sorry for the long rant. Have a good day!
there are many privacy features in windows 11: Microsoft securely collects your browsing data, they capture pictures from windows hello, they securely and secretly store your passwords on their servers sorry this is sarcasm
You are right to mention this. Nowadays privacy is a main concern and it should be well adressed in a new operating system and as such, should have been mentioned at the Windows 11 event.
@@mskiptr The thing is I can replicate nearly all the things that I do in linux in mac os and windows and I use them too on regiular basis but not as a daily driver. But I am pretty sure about it that I wouldn't have been able to discover more than 95 % things as I know of today. Other operating systems hide to much for a computer user. For windows and mac acts like they are like android or ios but with more advanced application support.
@@pratyakshyt I use two distros. On my main machine which I use for my coding work is running ubuntu (Because of stability purpose). And my other machine which is slightly low end runs arch Linux (BTW😂)
Same! On my dad's PC (aka a potato) it ran GTA V very smoothy while windows itself was struggling. I had 10 chrome tabs open, was on a teams meeting, and yet GTA was still perfectly fine.
@@paristath6773 Gta V is super well optimized for a large variety of systems. Rockstar learned from the Gta IV mess. That being said, Windows is still bullshit!
@@abhileshxd621 It's also much older than Windows 11, so there's that as well (so of course older hardware would have likely been tested/officially supported)
Although the “fragmentation” and “hostile environment” are very real in the Linux world, I want to assure anyone interested in Linux that they are much less severe now. So many distros give everyone the option to try and choose according to her/his needs. And if you dig around a bit, you will find forums that are much friendlier and decorous than those of Windows or Mac. Although the caveats of using Linux mentioned by Gary here are well-intentioned, he should’ve mentioned the caveats of Windows and Mac, too. Windows is notorious for its privacy violation and security issues, and Mac suffers from unnecessarily set price tags and unnecessarily closed computing environments.
I concur. In fact, about 99% of the Linux forums are now very very friendly. You may get a couple of meatheads here and there, but it's actually rare now. Go to the subreddit "Linuxquestions" and see the amount of help you can get there.
@@LibreGlider Yeah - I wasn't very specific with my comment. I for one enjoy the fragmentation as I can pick the right distribution for the right use case or person if I help someone setup a system. I don't think I have been met with hostility in at least 4-6 years, so even though it can happen, it's just not typical anymore. At times with some arch users you can be unlucky, but most New users don't start with arch, so that's not a problem
Microsoft is definitely going to relax the requirements. There's no reason to cut off processors prior to 8th gen. Cutting off a vast majority of their market would be a stupid decision.
You mean like the stupid decision to stop support for XP, with millions of machines in service with thousands of big customers? I do not underestimate Microsoft's ability to make dumb business decisions.
They want us focused on the cpu issue so we ignore the rest. They'll back that off while going forward towards taking away your privacy and effective ownership of your computer
Lubuntu for me. Fancy effects no longer impress me. I just want speed and low resource usage. But I'll checkout Fedora (with LXDE and LXQt) and Zorin OS now that you've mentioned it. My first Linux OS was Fedora Core 1.
And me! Lubuntu with fluxbox on a (highly specced for the time) mid 2011 iMac 27. All the silence of the hardware, none of the compromises of the software.
Respect. I use Xubuntu for similar reasons -- I want something pretty lightweight, but I prefer a little more polish to the UI than Lubuntu has. I started on Red Hat and SuSE over 20 years ago. Then Ubuntu until they introduced that Unity monstrosity. So I switched to Mint. But then Gnome got all buggy, so I switched to Xubuntu.
I agree with Mubashir Hasan. I tried dozens of distros. I ended up with Mint, first using Cinnamon, and now MATE. What puts me off Ubuntu are the links to Amazon popping up where you do not want them. Before that link Ubuntu was the best for new or casual users, after that it lost it's way.
Best OS is the OS that fits ones requirements for me it’s macOS, years ago I was working for an R&D ltd company so it was Windows NT 4.x at the time so requirements change as well as OS so I never view one OS better than another rather what’s best for what I’m doing
Indeed and too many people forget this. There is no 'good' or 'bad' OS. It's just a tool, to get a job done. We're not arguing about which brand of spanner is better so this should be no different.
Same here. Been using Linux for six years, and Windows only when absolutely necessary. The hundreds of linux distros are annoying. I tried many then realised that ubuntu-based ones (for instance) work essentially the same way. I settled for Mint.
@@basshead. There are hundreds of Linux distributions out there, and some are made specifically to be like MacOS in regard to presenting you with a fully running desktop (that actually looks good) that requires no modification and providing an app repository for easy app installation, the latter of which Windows is lacking in. Typically, you are provided with ample choices for customization, but nothing says that you have to use them.
Mac OS isn't an alternative because it isn't available legally for PC's. Linux is the only alternative. Oh how I wish that IBM kept OS/2 development going.
LaTeX for life bro! I haven't started a PowerPoint (Impress) or Word (Writer) document in a very long time. I keep them on my computer just in case sometime you get a file in a particular format and you have to deal with it. But generally speaking LaTeX rules!
I have a history of "slower" machines using Windows 10. One time I bought a $300 3in1 laptop/netbook and it was suffering hell under Windows 10. 32 GB disc space couldn't handle constant updates, browsing just 2 tabs put a strain on CPU, I dare you to open MS Word. So I obliterated Windows 10, installed Linux Mint... it's not that it now runs faster, it's basically a useful machine now. And it wasn't. And the best part: with scripts available online I managed to re-create the 3in1 functionality: disable keyboard and touchpad when the device is folded, rotate the screen 90 degrees, open on-screen keyboard - all this without any programming knowledge, just straight up copy+paste scripts.
Windows 11 should use a DirectX HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) & HEL (hardware emulation layer) which could encapsulate ALL your multiple CPU cores (whether you have just 2 cores or as many as 64 cores) into a single "black box" interface, so when games make CPU calculation requests, it is instead passed to the CPU DirectX HAL/HEL black box, which breaks up the task and spreads it efficiently across ALL the cores and threads. This way, even though computer games programmers only currently optimise their games to make FULL use of 4 to 6 cores in most games, windows DirectX could act as an interim step which makes the game THINK you just have one AMAZINGLY fast CPU core, with windows 11 DirectX HAL/HEL creating that illusion. The net effect would be that ANY game doesn't need to be rewritten, it just pasts CPU calculation to this DirectX HAL/HEL black box interface, and then gets its answer back incredibly quickly from the other end of that same black box, without the game programmers needing to know how it did it. And this will FINALLY mean that PC owners get the FULL power of EVERY CPU core being used, with this DirectX HAL/HEL making it appear it is only dealing with an incredibly powerful single core, and removing complications like multithreading. My Masters degree was looking at DirectX (with HAL and HEL) and how it could be used in VR, so I KNOW this is possible, and it would make a HUGE improvement for gamers with CPUs that have lots of cores. :)
I have i7 720qm quad core 64bit 1.5 or 1.6ghz so windows 11 will work after modifying the registry. I have 6gb memory, video card matters or DirectX version? HP Pavilion dv7-3174ca Entertainment Notebook PC Windows 7 (64-bit) drivers upgraded to windows 10. 2025 i will upgrade it to windows11.
Not dissing the content, but the title of this video reads like a clickbait article and, true to such form, the number 2 did not shock me but it was also not an alternative to running Windows 11.
Actually running Win11 will be a real alternative to Win11.. TPM-free Win11 sold in China will eventually find its way to torrent sites. I'd assume since there will be official TPM-free version, there will be fallback code for lack of security features in all versions of Win11 kernel.. Someone will just patch the installer, remove these requirements and they won't matter. You can still run the latest version of Win10 on socket 478 Pentium 4s (without NXbit support) by patching the installer.
@@batuhancokmar7330 this is just a developer/preview build and why are we panicking right now. They just dont want thousands/millions of users with outdated system to start reporting bugs in windows 11 so they restricted it to sevaral cpus. Once they move forward with future builds, this restrictions will be lifted for sure.
I guess because of the software people use Linux is the final alternative, Ms office and adobe are kinda on Chromeos as Android apps. Anbox on Linux isn't exactly ready yet
I think Linux won't probably be 1st spot: Lack of programs, drivers, and games compatibility (95% people use Adobe, MS Office, Windows Games and they're used to use these programs, they don't use Open Source alternative like that and it'll feel uncomfortable for them). Most people don't even know how to use a computer other than opening MS Edge and Google Chrome so Linux will be nightmares for them. 95% of them learned to use Windows when they're young so they're used to use Windows, Linux will feel uncomfortable for them. Linux has too many distributions and it's not a single OS, regular people will be so confused even I was back then. Windows is Windows, MacOS is MacOS, ChromeOS is ChromeOS but Linux isn't. Even people with most technical at computer don't even know what Linux is. ChromeOS / Chromebooks now seems to be more dominating than Linux and MacOS due to how cheap and easy it is thanks to COVID-19 pandadamic, someday developers will port Windows programs to ChromeOS. ChromeOS is popular in school and learning.
@@gx1tar1er drivers? Nah drivers isn't really a problem these days it's mostly software(programs and games) granted I think Ms office and adobe could be used through anbox, tho I can't test don't have a subscription to burn Chromeos is Linux, if devs are going to port to chromeos that will likely just run on Linux. the many distrobutions being confusing is only on the surface
Hi Gary, I have a lenovo c330 chromebook. I love it quite a bit and enjoy pushing it to the limits. Do you think there is any way for a arm chromebook to run old windows apps with linux wine? Stuff like Windows 95/98/XP era of games. I know it can't run steam. I just wanted to do it for fun. Also can you make a video on Controllers for chromebooks i've only ever gotten 2 controllers working when the device. A old logitech and a third party Wii pro controller. Thanks for the awesome content!
Gary, weird problem here, or question, I am running Windows 11 on my system, 1300X Ryzen 3, idk if it is an installer limit or something, but after installing windows 11 TPM thing doesn't matter at all, if it is running or not, disabled or enabled, what does this mean?
@@adityapathak5761 well I haven't used Pop Os, so can't give a this vs. that review but, first of all gaming is good out of the box, even wine based( well pop does that too). I like xfce over the others so that's a very minor reason. I like pacman because it has this idea of all in one place, you're not adding repos and has a great software center gui(pamac) Somewhat bleeding edge is what everyone will say, if you want that. Cons: Have heard people say something broke their distribution, didn't happen to me, shouldn't happen unless you're doing something crazy which everyone has warned against. Also there's an awesome repository of community built packages called aur, this means almost all softwares that you had to build using cmake is just one click away with very small chances of failure.
Gary "... but don't buy a macbook with an x86 processor". Actually I did a few months ago, for the reason that one software application I use for work only runs on Windows, and its licensing is very restricted on a VM, so I was planning on using Bootcamp on the Mac. (In the end, I used my existing Windows laptop and did remote desktop from my Mac to the Windows laptop). But this leads to, any idea if Windows 11 can be installed as a dual boot; and if Windows 11 can be run as a guest OS in a VM?
@@GaryExplains Thanks for the reply. Sorry, my comment wasn't clear, I bought an x86 Macbook Pro in Feb, (and really happy with it), in one of those spend ages trying to decide which is the best option, and then realising the one you went with maybe wasn't the best, just after submitting the order. But I thought that the Arm version of Windows sucked. And the application I use isn't ported to Arm anyway. P.S. One of the first computers I used was a VAX 11/780 at the company my father worked for and I wanted to work for DEC. Never made it though, although in the 1990s I got to work using MicroVAXs, VAX Alphas and even DEC PCs
Installed Linux Mint 2 years ago. Never ever Windows again. Legacy Windows applications can be run in a virual box or on an offline W7 PC. Microsofts business model is getting closer and closer to facebook's. Mining data and sharing it is more profitable than selling a one time license.
I run Arch on my main PC and then Windows 10 LTSC on my (actually more powerful) laptop which I use primarily for games. Windows 10 is good until 2025, that gives Linux 4 years to resolve the few remaining problems it has, and I think it will. Wayland is getting there; Nvidia are working on driver parity for Linux/Wayland; Projects such as wlroots will help the smaller DEs migrate; we have the kernel changes to enable anticheat; proton/dxvk are already amazing and getting better.
Hey, I never knew. I have a Ryzen 5 1600 on an Aorus x470 Ultra gaming and right in the bios peripherals section there is an option for fTPM. Enabled it and now there is a TPM 2.0 device in device manager and windows security reports it as providing extra security. So I don't know if it's the Mobo or the processor, but I gonna be really pissed if Microsoft won't allow me to install windows 11 on it.
What about a 3rd gen i7? LMAO, I would have upgraded if there were chips, or at least chips at msrp and not at 200% the price. I really hate that my chip that launched a decade ago that still spanks whatever I want it to run is being strong armed into retirement.
I wouldn't have done that if I was you. You will be forced to do a clean re-install of Windows 10 soon. Please read the pinned comment to my first Windows 11 video.
I don't see any shortage in Intel chips. And stopping "support" does not equate to unusable device, as long as it's good, it's good, doesn't matter whether the calender reads 2025 or 2045.
@AstroCat Hey that is true, it doesn't (and will not be) retired. I more mean that if I want to use Windows 11 I will have to retire it even though it is perfectly useful still. Before when Windows 10 was introduced that was the only way to get DX12 as Windows 7 didn't support it. But that was no problem as I could easily install Windows 10 without a hardware change. Now if I want to use Auto-HDR and DirectStorage I need to go over to Windows 11, but I can't bring my current, perfectly good hardware. So it feels like if I want these features then I am being forced into a hardware upgrade that I don't actually need for these features.
Gary, I suggest you make a video compairing Wine to Virtual Box for running Windows Apps in Linux specifically focusing on performance. Honestly I've tried Wine but found it a lot if hassle, Virtual Box was simple and easy bit I'm not sure uf there is a performance hit.
Gary, hello from another DECite. You probably know by now, but in-case you don't, it is possible to install Win 11 on any PC hardware that supports Win 10. There are videos on other platforms that show the only limitation and restriction occurs during the installation phase which can be bypassed allowing the installation to continue. This so called security requirement (TPM) can also be dis-proven on a fully supported Win 11 PC by checking the TMP status after install. TheTMP manager will indicate you have a TPM but will also indicate whether it is in use or not. In other words it is still a user decision to use TPM or not. So why enforce a requirement if it's use is optional?
I have i7 720qm quad core 64bit 1.5 or 1.6ghz so windows 11 will work after modifying the registry. I have 6gb memory, video card matters or DirectX version? HP Pavilion dv7-3174ca Entertainment Notebook PC Windows 7 (64-bit) drivers upgraded to windows 10. 2025 i will upgrade it to windows11.
@@nsawatchlistbait289 ReactOS development has arguably taken a long time, dunno if it'll be stable enough to replace Windows in the next 10 years, if the development keeps going at the current rate.
@@markusTegelane It has actually sped up in 2020 and the ReactOS devs are doing sort of an OS development marathon nowadays. They have hired 2 engineers who are working full time and have made quite a lot of progress recently, but yea there is still a lot more to be done
After being at an event where the PC used delayed the start of the event by 40 minutes due to "Installing Updates" when the equipment was powered on, made me to look for alternatives to time and mission critical event software. Now my DJ software and lighting software run on Linux Mint. Normal user login never sees an update. Log in occasionally as Administrator and do the system updates on my schedule, not while 1,000+ people are waiting for the show to start. Lighting software is QLC+. DJ Software is MIXX. Both run fine on Linux Mint. Never had a show start late due to the OS and never crashed during a show.
As I'm used to state to whoever suggests me "a Windowsfied Linux..." "Just use ZorinOS until you drop your "Windows user" attitude and start behaving like a Linux one. Then you can try something better."
Zorin and a couple other distros have had a good business mimicing Windows to lessen the shock of switching. People need the same wallpaper and solitaire game, then they're cool.
I just want the direct GPU communication with Win11, no CPU passthrough anymore for gamers (when implemented). Small plus, I like the new rounded corners IMO. Other then that, would heavily prefer Linux as I have been a part of that community for over 10 years. I put Ubuntu 10.04 on a SD card on my Sony Laptop.
Have a look at "Explaining Computers" on YT. Recently he sowed "Twister-OS". It is interesting as you can select the look and feel you want. But it goes a bit deeper than just the desktop. The timing of the 2.02 release might be fortuitous?
@@CyberSkynet-o2b no the Desktop Environment that comes with it. There’s a community driven Ubuntu based distro that has it pre installed that removes all the Chinese spyware. I think the AUR has it too but I’m not sure if it’s packaged by someone who removed the spyware or not
Tbf due to the fragmentation there are several Linux communities out there. While some are indeed toxic and have a warlike attitude, many of them are friendly, welcoming and helpful.
Microsoft is not forcing anybody to switch to Windows 11 when released so your pc is still good for what it is already doing. Secondly the good thing about windows desktop is you can reuse many parts in the future if you choose to upgrade your pc. As for laptops newer technology usually means buying a new one anyway.
I actually think most people who use terminals in Linux know the harmony there... Yeah you get the occasional apt vs pacman or whatever. But mostly they are unified across the distros. Don't let the DEs fool you. Linux is Linux at the terminal level, and I think this is one reason many Linux fans love using the terminal.
Calling ChromeOS an alternative to windows is to call a skateboard an alternative to a car... and for the same reasons. If you've not got far to go and you're sticking around home then you're alright.
It was a bit difficult for me to use Ubuntu when Windows 7 ended it extended support. But after that everything went great. I have managed to switch my core applications too. Autodesk maya to Blender, Photoshop to Gimp, MS Office to Libreoffice. These FOSS are great and I don't wanna look back.
I loved running GhostBSD for a little while, but the software availability and the XFCE desktop were a little rough to tolerate. Had to go back to Linux.
Internet browsing aside, and this is improving, I have returned to RISC OS on my RPis 4 and 400 despite being a Linux/BSD user. No bloat, no BS, RISCOS just works.
HaHahA.. Let the Linux comments began... :-) I simply loved you expression Gary on the 'I Use Arch BTW' meme... Fantastic and I feel the same way. An I do use Arch & Mint & Spectrwm & MX & Debian and on and on.... Lol That is a great list for sure! Still a bit fuzzy on the use Windows 11 one... :-D Thanks for the video Gary! LLAP
I just recently had to buy a Windows laptop since my company is going to bring your own device but before that I have been running an iPad as my day to day laptop with a keyboard case.
Garry can you do a video on Bluetooth. I have a good Sennheiser Bluetooth Headphones with Mic but when i want to use Mic i have to set the audio to Headset mode, which gives very bad sound (but mic works.) If i set it to Headphone mode, i cant use Mic and hear sound at the same time. This is may be because i have Bluetooth 4.2 in my PC. I think Bluetooth 5.0 may have improved this, but if you explain it will be a good think to know for everyone.
I really looking to Install Chrome OS, but unfortunately that os is Proprietary software which only ship with bundle PC. Why I don't use Cloudready or Chromium OS, because lack driver support for my pc and no android apps compare Chrome OS which I tried before with unofficial method.
With Apple changing cpu's, and MS adding hardware checking, it looks like the old days of fragmentation of hardware kicking off again. Big tech companies never learn or the older employees have been put out to pasture and the experience of mistakes and what doesn't work has been lost.
I dualboot W10 and Ubuntu. I know my way around a PC, but that being said most of what I use a home computer for is browser based now days. So I picked up a Chromebook. Don't dismiss them! Battery life is great, cost is low (chromeOS runs great on lower end hardware) and if you know Linux the shell is super fun.
I am watching this on an ASUS Q200E i3 4gb/128gb that I rebuilt - bought broken for $10 then I changed the keyboard, replaced spinning rust with an ssd drive, and battery. I am using Linux Mint XFCE 20.1. Total cost about $60-$70 and I am intimately familiar with this machine and how it works. I have annoyed the CCP by repairing several broken computers, negating the need to buy new machines produced in the PRC.
My feeling is that linux (the big ones like Ubuntu, etc.) should be option no. 2. It is way easier to set most things in Ubuntu than Windows nowadays. That is in most cases. Have a network HP printer (I use a combo)? It is installed by default. Pretty much everything is detected automatically (as I said, in most cases, because there are exceptions, too). Buying a Mac is not a real alternative, because then buying a new compatible x86 computer is also an alternative.
Please read this before installing windows 11 dev build, or even “hacking” windows 11 when it comes out, Microsoft can add check during boot that will BSOD your PC if it doesn’t have a tpm etc. Apple did it in iPhones with error 53 and microsoft did that on beta build of windows to kill rival DOS ( i think it was drdos and windows 3 but I am not sure). Be careful when dealing with theme, so you don’t loose your files.
Unfortunately there are corporate environments as well where special software is used that runs only on Windows. Now I administer a company office with 65 PC's that are all 4th to 6th generation intel i5's, with SSD's and 16GB of RAM on all of them. For the time being none of the 65PC's is capable to update to Windows 11. The company will stick for the time to Windows 10 but I'm mostly worried what's going to happen after 2025 in regards of security. Sure the company may upgrade some of the 4th Gen PC's to newer ones, but under no reason I can't see them deciding to replace 65 fully functional and working PC's in the next 4 years. And just to be fare with them, I wouldn't either. It's not a multinational big company we're talking about. It's a middle class company that it's annual clear profit after taxes would merely be sufficient to replace all the computers at once. In other words, Microsoft asks from a middle class company to either loose a quarter of it's clear profits each year for the next 4 years, or take it's risks with security issues after 2025. Well done!
Mageia Linux 8 offers versions for i586 and x86_64 architectures with KDE, Xfce, GNOME, and other window managers, as well as a plethora of application software. It is a stable distribution with a long history of friendly users and steady progress.
MacOS is not a good replacement for Windows 11, as it's just more of the same. Apple has for years made older hardware redundant with the release of newer versions of MacOS, routinely forcing users to upgrade their entire computers. Anyone who goes down this route would just be stuck in the same rut, long-term, but with a less familiar and less functional system. You also don't need Windows 11 to be able to run Android apps, as there's already multiple options for running Android apps in Windows... not natively, granted, but fairly easily for anyone familiar with emulation or virtualization.
I would love to switch to Linux, but I've experienced more "hiccups" in Linux than I ever have in Windows. When the installation fails then it doesn’t inspire confidence in the system and hardware compatibility does cause issues, some never addressed. Yes the community in Linux is second to none and there’s often a workaround if you’re willing to get your hands dirty in terminal, but that’s more effort than your average user is going to enjoy. On paper, Linux is the operating system of choice for me. It can be installed as a minimal OS without the kind of bloat that comes with Windows. You can choose whatever UI floats your boat and pretty much customise it so that it’s perfection (well in your eyes anyway). Hell, you can even install tools of your choice…no more Bing integration. As Gary says, the biggest problem is its diversity, which is perhaps great for the geeks but a headache for others. I understand that choice (which is generally a good thing) has given rise to every aspect of the system being taken in every direction, but this has split the user-base and means that while one kernel or distro offers you what you need today it may be lacking in what you need tomorrow. Yes you can swap distros but perhaps you already use a feature that you are using that is not available in the destination environment. I just wish that Microsoft would make the base Windows OS (not the ecosystem it has become) available for free without any caveats or unnecessary requirements. They could then charge an amount for all of the parts of the “ecosystem” you want to buy into. Of course, while distributing the minimal OS for free would get it on many more PCs, very few people would actually want to buy into the ecosystem and utilities that are forced onto the user in the current Windows environment bundle…you know the ones that tie you into other Microsoft hardware, software or Bing! Come on Linux, get together and support some common developments that will tip the balance come 2025.
Try some distro with lots of support for the latest stuff, like Manjaro. You should have a better experience and it has a hardware manager that helps you with drivers for closed-source devices.
@@EricchiYukia Thanks for the suggestion, but Manjaro was one of the ones that struggled to install and when I finally did it was very unstable. Linux Mint has always been the best of my experiences. Unfortunately they dropped their KDE release and others, including KDE Neon, were just not reliable on my hardware. Some of the others (apart from Mint) that deserve a mention are Solus Budgie, Ubuntu (and its other flavours), Zorin OS and Deepin (fab, just concerned about its origin). Linux is almost there and surpasses Windows in many ways, but its diversity is both its crown and its ball & chain. Again, thanks for the suggestion, it may just help someone else having issues.
@@watsoft70 Oh, I see. Then I think in your case Kubuntu is the best. It's the closest thing to Windows that has KDE and you can refer to the vast amount of Ubuntu guides if you have some issues.
I have used several desktop on Linux desktops on Linux. It's not that hard to learn. But I have used computers from Vax VMS, RSX-11 on PDP-11 and IBM mainframes in a banking environment. Also used GEOS and the Amiga Workbench. Its really not that hard and their are plenty of tutorials on You Tube and elsewhere. Not bragging just been around a while. It takes some effort but its worth it if you really want learn computers and not just Microsoft.
ubuntu kylin is about the best Win 10 UI copy I've ever seen. It uses the UKUI desktop which can be installed on other distros as well. Still needs to have a fully English version (a few things are Chinese only, e.g., the weather plug, software center, and the Calendar appears bilingual). It's stunningly beautiful actually. For someone transitioning to Linux, it's pretty difficult NOT to just know how to use it from the get go.
Yeah, Linux biggest problem is that there’s not much of a common ground besides the core. If one package could be installed on all distributions without changes it would mean a lot for the adoption of Linux.
I'm not a big Apple person. Bur, I do have to give them one thing. They do support their products for an extremely long time compared to everyone else. I have, I think, a second gen Apple Mini and an iPad Mini 2. The iPad's support finally ended just within the last year or so. I have lots of Android devices around thst haven't had updates since I can't remember when. Fortunately, none have ever needed service. If they weren't such jerks about spare parts and service I wouldn't buy anything else. Too bad.
i thinks av linux is the best choice for old pc beacuse its very good for old pc , its also support 32bit :D and dont forget av linux mx edition is one of the best linux distro for multimedia :)
Still, you can make a custom Chromebook or "ChromePC", you can bypass Windows 11 installation and probably other fans will create another ways to bypass it, even MacOS has it's way with Hackintosh. Linux have many alternatives to Adobe too, and that's not a Linux problem, it's Adobe and totally Adobe the problem.
Personally I have Win 10 so I can run all my games library. I use a Linux distro for some Linux native games, ( massive thanks to the devs who support Linux ), and literally everything else. Sadly, if you're a PC gamer then alternatives like Chrome OS, Mac etc aren't even a viable option. When it comes to gaming Microsoft has everyone by the short and curlies and they know it.
i use windows, mac os and linux on a daily basis. windows because i have to at work, mac os and linux at home. i've tried many distros but pop os is my favorite! but overall i like mac os the most
I use Kubuntu 20.04 with a KDE Plasma desktop its just like a Windows machine in terms its interface. I started to use it after Windows crapped out on me, for the last time, I vowed! I have used Microshaft since DOS 6.22 and Windows for Workgroups 3.11 in 1995 and don't miss it at all. I moved to open source programs whilst still on Windows, Firefox, Filezilla, Thunderbird, Open Office, Netbeans and VLC and those programs run identically on Linux so not much has changed for me.
Love it!!! :-S "Don't get Windows 11 because they have made an arbitrary line in the sand on the hardware that they support!" Get these alternatives instead: MacOS - Same arbitrary lines in the sand and have been doing that for ever. Chrome OS - No Google supported version that can be installed on 3rd party hardware with out hacking it (technical ability). Linux - Sure you can use this as an alternative but only really recommended for those that have a bit of technical ability if you want to do anything else apart from email and browse. If you have the technical ability then you can probably hack Windows 11 installer to run on unsupported hardware, if you don't then you have to go buy a new PC, just like you would for an Apple device or a Google (android) device. I don't quite understand the diatribe? All the alternatives have their merits, as does Microsoft Windows. Not too sure I'll be taking my advice on the qualities of Windows 11 from a tech reporter (may be a little too kind?) that mostly wears an Android tee in his vids. Rant out...
I have i7 720qm quad core 64bit 1.5 or 1.6ghz so windows 11 will work after modifying the registry. I have 6gb memory, video card matters or DirectX version? HP Pavilion dv7-3174ca Entertainment Notebook PC Windows 7 (64-bit) drivers upgraded to windows 10. 2025 i will upgrade it to windows11.
Shame Chromebook and Linux don't allow for use of the fully featured Office apps with the toolbar and menu familiarity which many users have had for many years (incl me)
Hopefully when I checked my pc with the pc health checking tool. It says I could be able to upgrade for free. I have Intel i3 8th generation laptop which is two years old.
I have calmed down a bit. If they keep updates for Win10 until 2025 then I realised I will have replaced my PC before 2025 anyway, and we always used to upgrade windows when buying a new PC so no difference.
Looks like MS wants to take a back seat to Google as most people are already familiar with the OS due to all the mobile devices it's currently running on. Mac OS doesn't count as they require you to upgrade hardware as soon as anything goes wrong with your mac. Apple doesn't repair they replace at full price or you can buy this new computer.
The Windows 11 "dog and pony show" is the best commercial for switching to a desktop Linux environment that I've seen in quite a while. Too bad we're stuck with Windows for general, high-end gaming for those who still use a PC to do it ...
The biggest advantage of Chrome OS is that you know outright that every single bit of data about you is being collected, so you don't have to feel confused about what data they have on you, you just know that it's everything.
windows 11 will be more horrible. and to be frank, i trust google more than microsoft. and this goes without saying, use linux if u care about privacy
@@jesterflint9404 No doubt Microsoft has built in "friendly spyware" too. I switched to Linux back in January and I will never go back.
@@EmmanuelGoldsteinUKMicrosoft's recent moves have triggered a lot of people. Privacy aside, I cant even listen to a local MP3 file I have. It opens in groove music and groove music shows an ad for spotify. Those ads make my blood boil each second I use stupid windows 10. The slow "Photos app" which literally takes 2 minutes to preview a jpeg. The constant push to use onedrive and edge eventhough onedrive is buggy af. Can't imagine how horrible 11 will be. 11 is more spyware and crap with a better looking shell IMO. And by the time windows 10 goes out of support in 2025, I assume linux gaming would be much better with better proton and wine supporting windows games and vulkan being state of the art API for native games with all features being supported in linux. Sorry for the long rant. Have a good day!
Lmao 😂😂😂
@@jesterflint9404 I’m on windows 11 Dev beta , it’s quite fast than windows 10
During Microsoft Windows 11 event, they didn’t even mention a single word of privacy
there are many privacy features in windows 11: Microsoft securely collects your browsing data, they capture pictures from windows hello, they securely and secretly store your passwords on their servers
sorry this is sarcasm
"Privacy"? That's not a thing at Microsoft since Windows 10.
You are right to mention this. Nowadays privacy is a main concern and it should be well adressed in a new operating system and as such, should have been mentioned at the Windows 11 event.
Microsoft: Where privacy is number one priority.
What privacy? this was the Windows 11 event, not the windows 3.11 event.
Already running linux and it taught me more than anything else about computers.
Yeah, if you want to be a power user this is the way. And it's awesome!
(still, there are great distributions for casual users out there)
@@mskiptr The thing is I can replicate nearly all the things that I do in linux in mac os and windows and I use them too on regiular basis but not as a daily driver. But I am pretty sure about it that I wouldn't have been able to discover more than 95 % things as I know of today. Other operating systems hide to much for a computer user. For windows and mac acts like they are like android or ios but with more advanced application support.
@@rudeviper hello , which distro you use
@@rudeviper I used libre office and it is shit... Microsoft office is❤️❤️❤️..... online ms office is okaish.
@@pratyakshyt I use two distros. On my main machine which I use for my coding work is running ubuntu (Because of stability purpose). And my other machine which is slightly low end runs arch Linux (BTW😂)
"Windows probably won't run on your system"
Linux users: "Oh nooo....... anyways"
Lol. Have been with Linux since 08 and it just getting better!
I ran the test on my dual boot laptop... so I can see it moving to just running Linux!
@@muhwyndham Doesn't it just! I occasionally need to use Win10, and I hate it. I used to like Win7; but M$ could never leave a good thing alone.
Linux User there OS is a god or something too when It not best OS when come to Hardware and Program Support Linux Drivers are Rubbish
@@BeautifulAngelBlossom My 12 year old desktop has 20 year old peripherals - scanner, Hauppauge TV capture card - that run fine on MX Linux.
I think windows 11 has more system requirements than GTA V. Because my PC seems to run GTA V smoothly but it can't run windows 11.
Same! On my dad's PC (aka a potato) it ran GTA V very smoothy while windows itself was struggling.
I had 10 chrome tabs open, was on a teams meeting, and yet GTA was still perfectly fine.
@@paristath6773 Gta V is super well optimized for a large variety of systems. Rockstar learned from the Gta IV mess. That being said, Windows is still bullshit!
My ancient laptop with i3 4005U and GT930M can run GTA V funny enough. I'm happy with Linux though.
@@abhileshxd621 It's also much older than Windows 11, so there's that as well (so of course older hardware would have likely been tested/officially supported)
@@MasicoreLord besides, gta v is a game, while the other thing is an operating system. Not quite the same weight category
Although the “fragmentation” and “hostile environment” are very real in the Linux world, I want to assure anyone interested in Linux that they are much less severe now. So many distros give everyone the option to try and choose according to her/his needs. And if you dig around a bit, you will find forums that are much friendlier and decorous than those of Windows or Mac.
Although the caveats of using Linux mentioned by Gary here are well-intentioned, he should’ve mentioned the caveats of Windows and Mac, too. Windows is notorious for its privacy violation and security issues, and Mac suffers from unnecessarily set price tags and unnecessarily closed computing environments.
Very, very true.
I concur. In fact, about 99% of the Linux forums are now very very friendly. You may get a couple of meatheads here and there, but it's actually rare now. Go to the subreddit "Linuxquestions" and see the amount of help you can get there.
I agree entirely.
100% agree - and i say this as a user that uses the forums a lot!
@@LibreGlider Yeah - I wasn't very specific with my comment. I for one enjoy the fragmentation as I can pick the right distribution for the right use case or person if I help someone setup a system. I don't think I have been met with hostility in at least 4-6 years, so even though it can happen, it's just not typical anymore. At times with some arch users you can be unlucky, but most New users don't start with arch, so that's not a problem
Microsoft is definitely going to relax the requirements. There's no reason to cut off processors prior to 8th gen. Cutting off a vast majority of their market would be a stupid decision.
There may be technical reason, see my other video.
You mean like the stupid decision to stop support for XP, with millions of machines in service with thousands of big customers?
I do not underestimate Microsoft's ability to make dumb business decisions.
@@GaryExplains you're not best pleased then Gary? Twister is a pretty consistent gui across many arch, looks familiar too xx
They want us focused on the cpu issue so we ignore the rest. They'll back that off while going forward towards taking away your privacy and effective ownership of your computer
@@GaryExplains Got it already running on my G4560 Crap system without any mods. I think Microsoft will relax the requirements.
Lubuntu for me. Fancy effects no longer impress me. I just want speed and low resource usage. But I'll checkout Fedora (with LXDE and LXQt) and Zorin OS now that you've mentioned it. My first Linux OS was Fedora Core 1.
try linux mint
And me! Lubuntu with fluxbox on a (highly specced for the time) mid 2011 iMac 27. All the silence of the hardware, none of the compromises of the software.
first time i used lubuntu i loved it, it looked great being so lightweight
Respect. I use Xubuntu for similar reasons -- I want something pretty lightweight, but I prefer a little more polish to the UI than Lubuntu has.
I started on Red Hat and SuSE over 20 years ago. Then Ubuntu until they introduced that Unity monstrosity. So I switched to Mint. But then Gnome got all buggy, so I switched to Xubuntu.
I agree with Mubashir Hasan. I tried dozens of distros. I ended up with Mint, first using Cinnamon, and now MATE.
What puts me off Ubuntu are the links to Amazon popping up where you do not want them. Before that link Ubuntu was the best for new or casual users, after that it lost it's way.
Best OS is the OS that fits ones requirements for me it’s macOS, years ago I was working for an R&D ltd company so it was Windows NT 4.x at the time so requirements change as well as OS so I never view one OS better than another rather what’s best for what I’m doing
Indeed and too many people forget this. There is no 'good' or 'bad' OS. It's just a tool, to get a job done. We're not arguing about which brand of spanner is better so this should be no different.
I grew up on Windows, then eventually moved to Mac for a few years, then moved to Linux. Never going back.
Same here. Been using Linux for six years, and Windows only when absolutely necessary. The hundreds of linux distros are annoying. I tried many then realised that ubuntu-based ones (for instance) work essentially the same way. I settled for Mint.
nice decision
Linux is fine, if your time is worthless. Too much pointless tinkering.
Windows > macOS > Linux
@@basshead. There are hundreds of Linux distributions out there, and some are made specifically to be like MacOS in regard to presenting you with a fully running desktop (that actually looks good) that requires no modification and providing an app repository for easy app installation, the latter of which Windows is lacking in. Typically, you are provided with ample choices for customization, but nothing says that you have to use them.
@@YouKnowMeDuh I don't have to use a terminal to install apps on Windows. Windows is 100x easier than Linux.
I was very happy with the Microsoft announcement on windows 11 until I learned the sad truth😬.
What, bootloader or CPU
When I heard the rumors of Windows 11, I can't say there was ever a time where I liked what I heard. Later announcements reinforced my disappointment.
My vote goes to MX Linux. I’m a relatively recent convert, after many years with Ubuntu. 😎👍
Been running MX for quite a while, but I don't like that the KDE desktop is years old.
It's fast on my 12 year old HP.
Mac OS isn't an alternative because it isn't available legally for PC's. Linux is the only alternative. Oh how I wish that IBM kept OS/2 development going.
ibm has fedora
So buy a Mac. Simple. OS/2 was a disaster.
I like my new iMac M1 very much. Finally no more Microshit.
Yeah and buying a Mac doesn't make sense because you might as well buy a new PC that can run Windows 11
@@theredstonehive Yeah, but you end up with a better computer and a better OS.
I already use Linux, it seems to run a little bit faster on older machine. Also, I don't need LibreOffice, LaTeX is just fine :)
LaTeX for life bro! I haven't started a PowerPoint (Impress) or Word (Writer) document in a very long time. I keep them on my computer just in case sometime you get a file in a particular format and you have to deal with it. But generally speaking LaTeX rules!
I've noticed better performance on my old hardware too, especially running Manjaro.
I have a history of "slower" machines using Windows 10. One time I bought a $300 3in1 laptop/netbook and it was suffering hell under Windows 10. 32 GB disc space couldn't handle constant updates, browsing just 2 tabs put a strain on CPU, I dare you to open MS Word. So I obliterated Windows 10, installed Linux Mint... it's not that it now runs faster, it's basically a useful machine now. And it wasn't. And the best part: with scripts available online I managed to re-create the 3in1 functionality: disable keyboard and touchpad when the device is folded, rotate the screen 90 degrees, open on-screen keyboard - all this without any programming knowledge, just straight up copy+paste scripts.
Windows 11 should use a DirectX HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) & HEL (hardware emulation layer) which could encapsulate ALL your multiple CPU cores (whether you have just 2 cores or as many as 64 cores) into a single "black box" interface, so when games make CPU calculation requests, it is instead passed to the CPU DirectX HAL/HEL black box, which breaks up the task and spreads it efficiently across ALL the cores and threads. This way, even though computer games programmers only currently optimise their games to make FULL use of 4 to 6 cores in most games, windows DirectX could act as an interim step which makes the game THINK you just have one AMAZINGLY fast CPU core, with windows 11 DirectX HAL/HEL creating that illusion. The net effect would be that ANY game doesn't need to be rewritten, it just pasts CPU calculation to this DirectX HAL/HEL black box interface, and then gets its answer back incredibly quickly from the other end of that same black box, without the game programmers needing to know how it did it. And this will FINALLY mean that PC owners get the FULL power of EVERY CPU core being used, with this DirectX HAL/HEL making it appear it is only dealing with an incredibly powerful single core, and removing complications like multithreading. My Masters degree was looking at DirectX (with HAL and HEL) and how it could be used in VR, so I KNOW this is possible, and it would make a HUGE improvement for gamers with CPUs that have lots of cores. :)
I have i7 720qm quad core 64bit 1.5 or 1.6ghz so windows 11 will work after modifying the registry. I have 6gb memory, video card matters or DirectX version? HP Pavilion dv7-3174ca Entertainment Notebook PC Windows 7 (64-bit) drivers upgraded to windows 10. 2025 i will upgrade it to windows11.
Not dissing the content, but the title of this video reads like a clickbait article and, true to such form, the number 2 did not shock me but it was also not an alternative to running Windows 11.
I am glad to see you have a sense of humor.
Actually running Win11 will be a real alternative to Win11.. TPM-free Win11 sold in China will eventually find its way to torrent sites. I'd assume since there will be official TPM-free version, there will be fallback code for lack of security features in all versions of Win11 kernel.. Someone will just patch the installer, remove these requirements and they won't matter. You can still run the latest version of Win10 on socket 478 Pentium 4s (without NXbit support) by patching the installer.
@@batuhancokmar7330 this is just a developer/preview build and why are we panicking right now.
They just dont want thousands/millions of users with outdated system to start reporting bugs in windows 11 so they restricted it to sevaral cpus. Once they move forward with future builds, this restrictions will be lifted for sure.
I'm a Linux Mint user myself, and I believe it is a viable (and faster) alternative to Windows if you aren't tied to Windows-only software.
Legends use TempleOS 😜😜
Gods OS
Believes/Faithfuls You mean?
Oh wow, I believe I have finally seen the light.
😂😂
Legends do, indeed.
i was hoping for Linux on the 1st spot but kubuntu is very friendly for new users because it is ubuntu with the kde desktop
For me it was Fedora 34 that was the most friendly distro
I guess because of the software people use Linux is the final alternative, Ms office and adobe are kinda on Chromeos as Android apps. Anbox on Linux isn't exactly ready yet
I think Linux won't probably be 1st spot:
Lack of programs, drivers, and games compatibility (95% people use Adobe, MS Office, Windows Games and they're used to use these programs, they don't use Open Source alternative like that and it'll feel uncomfortable for them).
Most people don't even know how to use a computer other than opening MS Edge and Google Chrome so Linux will be nightmares for them.
95% of them learned to use Windows when they're young so they're used to use Windows, Linux will feel uncomfortable for them.
Linux has too many distributions and it's not a single OS, regular people will be so confused even I was back then. Windows is Windows, MacOS is MacOS, ChromeOS is ChromeOS but Linux isn't.
Even people with most technical at computer don't even know what Linux is.
ChromeOS / Chromebooks now seems to be more dominating than Linux and MacOS due to how cheap and easy it is thanks to COVID-19 pandadamic, someday developers will port Windows programs to ChromeOS. ChromeOS is popular in school and learning.
@@gx1tar1er drivers? Nah drivers isn't really a problem these days it's mostly software(programs and games) granted I think Ms office and adobe could be used through anbox, tho I can't test don't have a subscription to burn
Chromeos is Linux, if devs are going to port to chromeos that will likely just run on Linux. the many distrobutions being confusing is only on the surface
Hi Gary, I have a lenovo c330 chromebook. I love it quite a bit and enjoy pushing it to the limits. Do you think there is any way for a arm chromebook to run old windows apps with linux wine? Stuff like Windows 95/98/XP era of games. I know it can't run steam. I just wanted to do it for fun.
Also can you make a video on Controllers for chromebooks i've only ever gotten 2 controllers working when the device. A old logitech and a third party Wii pro controller.
Thanks for the awesome content!
Wow l, my decision to switch to Linux in 2012 seems to get better all the time! And which Distro doesn't matter, just learn to use what you choose.
and today you don't even need to learn anything. just use it
Gary, weird problem here, or question, I am running Windows 11 on my system, 1300X Ryzen 3, idk if it is an installer limit or something, but after installing windows 11 TPM thing doesn't matter at all, if it is running or not, disabled or enabled, what does this mean?
Please see the pinned comment on my first Windows 11 video or this post ua-cam.com/users/postUgzUeDnVkVE9wx8SSMF4AaABCQ
@@GaryExplains thank you man! And my windows 11 preview failed..... On my main pc 😀 all my files are sudo gone
Me, a Manjaro user: afterall, why not *clicks on video*
"It's my computer"
Ahaa.. me too still with manjaro linux 😁
I mean, I'm testing my third manjaro installation right here, right now. It's really comfortable and unlike Ubuntu quite fast, also love pacman.
@@maninthecrowd5076 I have been thinking of Manjaro, but am really happy with PopOS. Any idea what Manjaro does better?
@@adityapathak5761 well I haven't used Pop Os, so can't give a this vs. that review but, first of all gaming is good out of the box, even wine based( well pop does that too). I like xfce over the others so that's a very minor reason. I like pacman because it has this idea of all in one place, you're not adding repos and has a great software center gui(pamac) Somewhat bleeding edge is what everyone will say, if you want that.
Cons:
Have heard people say something broke their distribution, didn't happen to me, shouldn't happen unless you're doing something crazy which everyone has warned against.
Also there's an awesome repository of community built packages called aur, this means almost all softwares that you had to build using cmake is just one click away with very small chances of failure.
Gary "... but don't buy a macbook with an x86 processor". Actually I did a few months ago, for the reason that one software application I use for work only runs on Windows, and its licensing is very restricted on a VM, so I was planning on using Bootcamp on the Mac. (In the end, I used my existing Windows laptop and did remote desktop from my Mac to the Windows laptop).
But this leads to, any idea if Windows 11 can be installed as a dual boot; and if Windows 11 can be run as a guest OS in a VM?
I have a video about running the Arm version of Windows in a VM on a M1 MacBook.
@@GaryExplains Thanks for the reply.
Sorry, my comment wasn't clear, I bought an x86 Macbook Pro in Feb, (and really happy with it), in one of those spend ages trying to decide which is the best option, and then realising the one you went with maybe wasn't the best, just after submitting the order.
But I thought that the Arm version of Windows sucked. And the application I use isn't ported to Arm anyway.
P.S. One of the first computers I used was a VAX 11/780 at the company my father worked for and I wanted to work for DEC. Never made it though, although in the 1990s I got to work using MicroVAXs, VAX Alphas and even DEC PCs
The Arm version has x86 emulation like Mac OS does. You might find my Surface Pro X review useful.
Installed Linux Mint 2 years ago. Never ever Windows again.
Legacy Windows applications can be run in a virual box or on an offline W7 PC.
Microsofts business model is getting closer and closer to facebook's. Mining data and sharing it is more profitable than selling a one time license.
I run Arch on my main PC and then Windows 10 LTSC on my (actually more powerful) laptop which I use primarily for games. Windows 10 is good until 2025, that gives Linux 4 years to resolve the few remaining problems it has, and I think it will.
Wayland is getting there; Nvidia are working on driver parity for Linux/Wayland; Projects such as wlroots will help the smaller DEs migrate; we have the kernel changes to enable anticheat; proton/dxvk are already amazing and getting better.
*GARY!!!*
*Good morning Professor!*
*Good morning fellow classmates!*
Stay safe out there everyone!
MARK!
Hey, I never knew. I have a Ryzen 5 1600 on an Aorus x470 Ultra gaming and right in the bios peripherals section there is an option for fTPM. Enabled it and now there is a TPM 2.0 device in device manager and windows security reports it as providing extra security. So I don't know if it's the Mobo or the processor, but I gonna be really pissed if Microsoft won't allow me to install windows 11 on it.
What about a 3rd gen i7?
LMAO, I would have upgraded if there were chips, or at least chips at msrp and not at 200% the price. I really hate that my chip that launched a decade ago that still spanks whatever I want it to run is being strong armed into retirement.
Corporations treat consumers as assets that they own to be extracted value from.
I have Win11 installed on a first gen i7 and it works great. It‘s very easy to do that workaround. If you want I can send you the link.
I wouldn't have done that if I was you. You will be forced to do a clean re-install of Windows 10 soon. Please read the pinned comment to my first Windows 11 video.
I don't see any shortage in Intel chips. And stopping "support" does not equate to unusable device, as long as it's good, it's good, doesn't matter whether the calender reads 2025 or 2045.
@AstroCat Hey that is true, it doesn't (and will not be) retired. I more mean that if I want to use Windows 11 I will have to retire it even though it is perfectly useful still. Before when Windows 10 was introduced that was the only way to get DX12 as Windows 7 didn't support it. But that was no problem as I could easily install Windows 10 without a hardware change. Now if I want to use Auto-HDR and DirectStorage I need to go over to Windows 11, but I can't bring my current, perfectly good hardware. So it feels like if I want these features then I am being forced into a hardware upgrade that I don't actually need for these features.
Gary, I suggest you make a video compairing Wine to Virtual Box for running Windows Apps in Linux specifically focusing on performance. Honestly I've tried Wine but found it a lot if hassle, Virtual Box was simple and easy bit I'm not sure uf there is a performance hit.
Snapdragon 835 is not an official supported processor for Windows 11. The second point you said is not entirely true.
Gary, hello from another DECite. You probably know by now, but in-case you don't, it is possible to install Win 11 on any PC hardware that supports Win 10. There are videos on other platforms that show the only limitation and restriction occurs during the installation phase which can be bypassed allowing the installation to continue. This so called security requirement (TPM) can also be dis-proven on a fully supported Win 11 PC by checking the TMP status after install. TheTMP manager will indicate you have a TPM but will also indicate whether it is in use or not. In other words it is still a user decision to use TPM or not. So why enforce a requirement if it's use is optional?
I have i7 720qm quad core 64bit 1.5 or 1.6ghz so windows 11 will work after modifying the registry. I have 6gb memory, video card matters or DirectX version? HP Pavilion dv7-3174ca Entertainment Notebook PC Windows 7 (64-bit) drivers upgraded to windows 10. 2025 i will upgrade it to windows11.
reject Windows, embrace ReactOS
and take a shot every time it crashes
@@markusTegelane nice one 🤣
But you know the potential is has once it gets a stable release, right?
@@nsawatchlistbait289 ReactOS development has arguably taken a long time, dunno if it'll be stable enough to replace Windows in the next 10 years, if the development keeps going at the current rate.
@@markusTegelane It has actually sped up in 2020 and the ReactOS devs are doing sort of an OS development marathon nowadays. They have hired 2 engineers who are working full time and have made quite a lot of progress recently, but yea there is still a lot more to be done
@@STONE69_ firefox I think
After being at an event where the PC used delayed the start of the event by 40 minutes due to "Installing Updates" when the equipment was powered on, made me to look for alternatives to time and mission critical event software. Now my DJ software and lighting software run on Linux Mint. Normal user login never sees an update. Log in occasionally as Administrator and do the system updates on my schedule, not while 1,000+ people are waiting for the show to start.
Lighting software is QLC+.
DJ Software is MIXX. Both run fine on Linux Mint.
Never had a show start late due to the OS and never crashed during a show.
As I'm used to state to whoever suggests me "a Windowsfied Linux..."
"Just use ZorinOS until you drop your "Windows user" attitude and start behaving like a Linux one. Then you can try something better."
Zorin and a couple other distros have had a good business mimicing Windows to lessen the shock of switching. People need the same wallpaper and solitaire game, then they're cool.
I just want the direct GPU communication with Win11, no CPU passthrough anymore for gamers (when implemented).
Small plus, I like the new rounded corners IMO.
Other then that, would heavily prefer Linux as I have been a part of that community for over 10 years.
I put Ubuntu 10.04 on a SD card on my Sony Laptop.
5:30 as a windows 11 alternative , you need something with Kde Plasma or Deepin
You can customize basically any DE to feel similar to Windows 11, but to be similar out of the box then yeah.
Have a look at "Explaining Computers" on YT. Recently he sowed "Twister-OS". It is interesting as you can select the look and feel you want. But it goes a bit deeper than just the desktop. The timing of the 2.02 release might be fortuitous?
Deepin? You mean the Chinese Malware disguised as OS? LOL
@@CyberSkynet-o2b no the Desktop Environment that comes with it. There’s a community driven Ubuntu based distro that has it pre installed that removes all the Chinese spyware. I think the AUR has it too but I’m not sure if it’s packaged by someone who removed the spyware or not
Tbf due to the fragmentation there are several Linux communities out there. While some are indeed toxic and have a warlike attitude, many of them are friendly, welcoming and helpful.
1) Windows 10 : 0:37
2) Windows 11 : 1:48
3) Mac OS : 2:53
4) Chrome OS : 4:07
5) Linux : 5:29
@@STONE69_ For some reason he did list it. Kinda confused.
This should be top comment
Microsoft is not forcing anybody to switch to Windows 11 when released so your pc is still good for what it is already doing. Secondly the good thing about windows desktop is you can reuse many parts in the future if you choose to upgrade your pc. As for laptops newer technology usually means buying a new one anyway.
Me after reading the title: "hell yea"
fk yeah :D
I actually think most people who use terminals in Linux know the harmony there... Yeah you get the occasional apt vs pacman or whatever. But mostly they are unified across the distros. Don't let the DEs fool you. Linux is Linux at the terminal level, and I think this is one reason many Linux fans love using the terminal.
Let's be honest. They're all terrible in their own special way.
PoV 😂
Calling ChromeOS an alternative to windows is to call a skateboard an alternative to a car... and for the same reasons. If you've not got far to go and you're sticking around home then you're alright.
LOL
Gary helping with finding and alternative for Win11...
Me still confused with 101 linux distros
Make that 300 distros... and counting!
It was a bit difficult for me to use Ubuntu when Windows 7 ended it extended support. But after that everything went great. I have managed to switch my core applications too.
Autodesk maya to Blender,
Photoshop to Gimp,
MS Office to Libreoffice.
These FOSS are great and I don't wanna look back.
That's good. You could save a small fortune by not renewing those expensive Maya and Photoshop licenses.
I mean, Maya... $1500/year ?! ffs
@@richardconway6425 photoshop is a class
Linux, bsd are both nice
I loved running GhostBSD for a little while, but the software availability and the XFCE desktop were a little rough to tolerate. Had to go back to Linux.
@@MyReviews_karkan I usually don't use software that is not available for bsd but yes, you are right about shortage of software
Internet browsing aside, and this is improving, I have returned to RISC OS on my RPis 4 and 400 despite being a Linux/BSD user. No bloat, no BS, RISCOS just works.
HaHahA.. Let the Linux comments began... :-)
I simply loved you expression Gary on the 'I Use Arch BTW' meme... Fantastic and I feel the same way.
An I do use Arch & Mint & Spectrwm & MX & Debian and on and on.... Lol
That is a great list for sure! Still a bit fuzzy on the use Windows 11 one... :-D
Thanks for the video Gary!
LLAP
Gary should use Arch.
Hey Gary is ARM a threat to intel and amd what will be the future of x86
Linux time
I just recently had to buy a Windows laptop since my company is going to bring your own device but before that I have been running an iPad as my day to day laptop with a keyboard case.
9FRONT is the way of the future.
Seriously though, I'll be going to Ubuntu.
Garry can you do a video on Bluetooth. I have a good Sennheiser Bluetooth Headphones with Mic but when i want to use Mic i have to set the audio to Headset mode, which gives very bad sound (but mic works.) If i set it to Headphone mode, i cant use Mic and hear sound at the same time. This is may be because i have Bluetooth 4.2 in my PC. I think Bluetooth 5.0 may have improved this, but if you explain it will be a good think to know for everyone.
I'm an Arch Linux user! :P
😂
Therefore, you must be intelligent.
I really looking to Install Chrome OS, but unfortunately that os is Proprietary software which only ship with bundle PC.
Why I don't use Cloudready or Chromium OS, because lack driver support for my pc and no android apps compare Chrome OS which I tried before with unofficial method.
Running Windows 11 right now. Works great even in a a dev build. 👍
You Linux comments are spot on! I found myself chuckling and nodding. I am like you and agnostic about OS's. I like playing with most of them!
Ubuntu and Linux Mint ❤
Indeed or many other Debian based distributions. Even Raspberry Pi OS is ok for daily tasks. Linux Mint is my first choice though. 👨💻
So win11 got arm based. Can we install it on our android phone?
Gary: well I'm going to show you the alternatives..
Macbook air in the background
And a Chromebook. But I don't understand, I didn't say alternatives that you can run on your PC.
Excellent video, very nice of you to show people alternatives.
Glad you liked it!
damn, Gary is at war with microsoft
*Always has been
With Apple changing cpu's, and MS adding hardware checking, it looks like the old days of fragmentation of hardware kicking off again. Big tech companies never learn or the older employees have been put out to pasture and the experience of mistakes and what doesn't work has been lost.
Well apple is great!
@@riponrip4574 You can't upgrade anything in the M1 macs
@@Ffom177 and the performance?
@@iamajustababa2000s performance looks great for everything but gaming and you still can't upgrade the computer.
@@Ffom177 yeah gaming is not that great I mean
6:40 I do pat myself on the back for using Arch.
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Imagine using arch... Laughs in Artix 👀
I dualboot W10 and Ubuntu. I know my way around a PC, but that being said most of what I use a home computer for is browser based now days. So I picked up a Chromebook. Don't dismiss them! Battery life is great, cost is low (chromeOS runs great on lower end hardware) and if you know Linux the shell is super fun.
This video got me laughing out loud.
😂👍
Especially the linux comment... 🤣 (I run EndevaourOS btw. 😎 )
Yeah I lol'ed hard when he said "I use Arch Linux BTW" :)
I'm running Windows 11 on Skylake CPU, it has no issues. I think some of the drama was based on bad information about a release candidate.
6:34
I am watching this on an ASUS Q200E i3 4gb/128gb that I rebuilt - bought broken for $10 then I changed the keyboard, replaced spinning rust with an ssd drive, and battery. I am using Linux Mint XFCE 20.1. Total cost about $60-$70 and I am intimately familiar with this machine and how it works. I have annoyed the CCP by repairing several broken computers, negating the need to buy new machines produced in the PRC.
If you’re curious about gnu/linux , and feel intimidated about it , watch Erik Dubois tutorial on how to install the different favors available.
My processor isn't supported for windows 11 but I did got windows 11 insider preview update
My feeling is that linux (the big ones like Ubuntu, etc.) should be option no. 2. It is way easier to set most things in Ubuntu than Windows nowadays. That is in most cases. Have a network HP printer (I use a combo)? It is installed by default. Pretty much everything is detected automatically (as I said, in most cases, because there are exceptions, too).
Buying a Mac is not a real alternative, because then buying a new compatible x86 computer is also an alternative.
honestly the 1 and only feature i find interesting on window 11 is being able to run all regular PC apps along side apk files/android apps
Please read this before installing windows 11 dev build, or even “hacking” windows 11 when it comes out, Microsoft can add check during boot that will BSOD your PC if it doesn’t have a tpm etc. Apple did it in iPhones with error 53 and microsoft did that on beta build of windows to kill rival DOS ( i think it was drdos and windows 3 but I am not sure). Be careful when dealing with theme, so you don’t loose your files.
Unfortunately there are corporate environments as well where special software is used that runs only on Windows. Now I administer a company office with 65 PC's that are all 4th to 6th generation intel i5's, with SSD's and 16GB of RAM on all of them. For the time being none of the 65PC's is capable to update to Windows 11. The company will stick for the time to Windows 10 but I'm mostly worried what's going to happen after 2025 in regards of security. Sure the company may upgrade some of the 4th Gen PC's to newer ones, but under no reason I can't see them deciding to replace 65 fully functional and working PC's in the next 4 years. And just to be fare with them, I wouldn't either. It's not a multinational big company we're talking about. It's a middle class company that it's annual clear profit after taxes would merely be sufficient to replace all the computers at once. In other words, Microsoft asks from a middle class company to either loose a quarter of it's clear profits each year for the next 4 years, or take it's risks with security issues after 2025. Well done!
Mageia Linux 8 offers versions for i586 and x86_64 architectures with KDE, Xfce, GNOME, and other window managers, as well as a plethora of application software. It is a stable distribution with a long history of friendly users and steady progress.
MacOS is not a good replacement for Windows 11, as it's just more of the same. Apple has for years made older hardware redundant with the release of newer versions of MacOS, routinely forcing users to upgrade their entire computers. Anyone who goes down this route would just be stuck in the same rut, long-term, but with a less familiar and less functional system. You also don't need Windows 11 to be able to run Android apps, as there's already multiple options for running Android apps in Windows... not natively, granted, but fairly easily for anyone familiar with emulation or virtualization.
I would love to switch to Linux, but I've experienced more "hiccups" in Linux than I ever have in Windows. When the installation fails then it doesn’t inspire confidence in the system and hardware compatibility does cause issues, some never addressed. Yes the community in Linux is second to none and there’s often a workaround if you’re willing to get your hands dirty in terminal, but that’s more effort than your average user is going to enjoy.
On paper, Linux is the operating system of choice for me. It can be installed as a minimal OS without the kind of bloat that comes with Windows. You can choose whatever UI floats your boat and pretty much customise it so that it’s perfection (well in your eyes anyway). Hell, you can even install tools of your choice…no more Bing integration.
As Gary says, the biggest problem is its diversity, which is perhaps great for the geeks but a headache for others. I understand that choice (which is generally a good thing) has given rise to every aspect of the system being taken in every direction, but this has split the user-base and means that while one kernel or distro offers you what you need today it may be lacking in what you need tomorrow. Yes you can swap distros but perhaps you already use a feature that you are using that is not available in the destination environment.
I just wish that Microsoft would make the base Windows OS (not the ecosystem it has become) available for free without any caveats or unnecessary requirements. They could then charge an amount for all of the parts of the “ecosystem” you want to buy into. Of course, while distributing the minimal OS for free would get it on many more PCs, very few people would actually want to buy into the ecosystem and utilities that are forced onto the user in the current Windows environment bundle…you know the ones that tie you into other Microsoft hardware, software or Bing!
Come on Linux, get together and support some common developments that will tip the balance come 2025.
Try some distro with lots of support for the latest stuff, like Manjaro. You should have a better experience and it has a hardware manager that helps you with drivers for closed-source devices.
@@EricchiYukia Thanks for the suggestion, but Manjaro was one of the ones that struggled to install and when I finally did it was very unstable. Linux Mint has always been the best of my experiences. Unfortunately they dropped their KDE release and others, including KDE Neon, were just not reliable on my hardware. Some of the others (apart from Mint) that deserve a mention are Solus Budgie, Ubuntu (and its other flavours), Zorin OS and Deepin (fab, just concerned about its origin). Linux is almost there and surpasses Windows in many ways, but its diversity is both its crown and its ball & chain. Again, thanks for the suggestion, it may just help someone else having issues.
@@watsoft70 Oh, I see. Then I think in your case Kubuntu is the best. It's the closest thing to Windows that has KDE and you can refer to the vast amount of Ubuntu guides if you have some issues.
What about iPad OS? Ik ik it's not strictly a desktop OS but still can be great for many things
You're going to miss out on a lot of applications
@@Ffom177 i mean the same can be said for chrome OS
@@duckpotat9818 Worse things can be said for chrome OS. It's nowhere near as functional as Ipad OS
I have used several desktop on Linux desktops on Linux. It's not that hard to learn. But I have used computers from Vax VMS, RSX-11 on PDP-11 and IBM mainframes in a banking environment. Also used GEOS and the Amiga Workbench. Its really not that hard and their are plenty of tutorials on You Tube and elsewhere. Not bragging just been around a while. It takes some effort but its worth it if you really want learn computers and not just Microsoft.
ubuntu kylin is about the best Win 10 UI copy I've ever seen. It uses the UKUI desktop which can be installed on other distros as well. Still needs to have a fully English version (a few things are Chinese only, e.g., the weather plug, software center, and the Calendar appears bilingual). It's stunningly beautiful actually. For someone transitioning to Linux, it's pretty difficult NOT to just know how to use it from the get go.
Linux fragmentation is a good thing. Fragmentation is choice. Linux is the do what you want OS.
Yeah, Linux biggest problem is that there’s not much of a common ground besides the core. If one package could be installed on all distributions without changes it would mean a lot for the adoption of Linux.
I'm not a big Apple person. Bur, I do have to give them one thing. They do support their products for an extremely long time compared to everyone else. I have, I think, a second gen Apple Mini and an iPad Mini 2. The iPad's support finally ended just within the last year or so. I have lots of Android devices around thst haven't had updates since I can't remember when. Fortunately, none have ever needed service. If they weren't such jerks about spare parts and service I wouldn't buy anything else. Too bad.
i thinks av linux is the best choice for old pc
beacuse its very good for old pc , its also support 32bit :D
and dont forget av linux mx edition is one of the best linux distro for multimedia :)
Still, you can make a custom Chromebook or "ChromePC", you can bypass Windows 11 installation and probably other fans will create another ways to bypass it, even MacOS has it's way with Hackintosh.
Linux have many alternatives to Adobe too, and that's not a Linux problem, it's Adobe and totally Adobe the problem.
Personally I have Win 10 so I can run all my games library. I use a Linux distro for some Linux native games, ( massive thanks to the devs who support Linux ), and literally everything else. Sadly, if you're a PC gamer then alternatives like Chrome OS, Mac etc aren't even a viable option. When it comes to gaming Microsoft has everyone by the short and curlies and they know it.
i use windows, mac os and linux on a daily basis. windows because i have to at work, mac os and linux at home. i've tried many distros but pop os is my favorite! but overall i like mac os the most
I use Kubuntu 20.04 with a KDE Plasma desktop its just like a Windows machine in terms its interface. I started to use it after Windows crapped out on me, for the last time, I vowed! I have used Microshaft since DOS 6.22 and Windows for Workgroups 3.11 in 1995 and don't miss it at all. I moved to open source programs whilst still on Windows, Firefox, Filezilla, Thunderbird, Open Office, Netbeans and VLC and those programs run identically on Linux so not much has changed for me.
The Windows 11 controversy literally made Linux go like *GAS GAS GAS*
Love it!!! :-S
"Don't get Windows 11 because they have made an arbitrary line in the sand on the hardware that they support!"
Get these alternatives instead:
MacOS - Same arbitrary lines in the sand and have been doing that for ever.
Chrome OS - No Google supported version that can be installed on 3rd party hardware with out hacking it (technical ability).
Linux - Sure you can use this as an alternative but only really recommended for those that have a bit of technical ability if you want to do anything else apart from email and browse.
If you have the technical ability then you can probably hack Windows 11 installer to run on unsupported hardware, if you don't then you have to go buy a new PC, just like you would for an Apple device or a Google (android) device. I don't quite understand the diatribe?
All the alternatives have their merits, as does Microsoft Windows.
Not too sure I'll be taking my advice on the qualities of Windows 11 from a tech reporter (may be a little too kind?) that mostly wears an Android tee in his vids.
Rant out...
I have i7 720qm quad core 64bit 1.5 or 1.6ghz so windows 11 will work after modifying the registry. I have 6gb memory, video card matters or DirectX version? HP Pavilion dv7-3174ca Entertainment Notebook PC Windows 7 (64-bit) drivers upgraded to windows 10. 2025 i will upgrade it to windows11.
Shame Chromebook and Linux don't allow for use of the fully featured Office apps with the toolbar and menu familiarity which many users have had for many years (incl me)
Hopefully when I checked my pc with the pc health checking tool. It says I could be able to upgrade for free. I have Intel i3 8th generation laptop which is two years old.
I have calmed down a bit.
If they keep updates for Win10 until 2025 then I realised I will have replaced my PC before 2025 anyway, and we always used to upgrade windows when buying a new PC so no difference.
But a lot of people want to try the "new thing". You know how that goes.
Looks like MS wants to take a back seat to Google as most people are already familiar with the OS due to all the mobile devices it's currently running on.
Mac OS doesn't count as they require you to upgrade hardware as soon as anything goes wrong with your mac. Apple doesn't repair they replace at full price or you can buy this new computer.
My friend with I7 3770 installed the dev insider preview (without TPM) by replacing appraiserres.dll with the one from windows 10 installer
Yeah, that is a super bad idea. Your friends has a clean Windows 10 reinstall in his future.
So upgrade to ryzen 3000 is much?
you are using arch linux with what kde or what
The Windows 11 "dog and pony show" is the best commercial for switching to a desktop Linux environment that I've seen in quite a while. Too bad we're stuck with Windows for general, high-end gaming for those who still use a PC to do it ...