A normal person does a normal review. In fact, that's one of the best reviews I've seen on "30 days of daily driving linux - my experience". All the other reviews I've seen put a significant focus on "my adobe suite doesn't work" or "microsoft office not working". Great job.
this. Others mostly complain that linux isn't windows. Then decide not to switch because they don't understand that they can't approach everything the windows way.
Why do people who don't even work for some company stick with adobe no matter their bs btw? Like, switching to other stuff will take you a week, and will save you a lot of headaches for the rest of your career. I understand how it can be hard to get used to a new thing or maybe they need some specific thing which is only in adobe... But come on.
@@purple0genMost of "XX Days Of Daily Driving Linux" videos is about complaining that Linux is bad because they did 0 research, Adobe do not work and Linux is not Windows.
I wish reviews were this authentic, almost all the issues you talked about i went through them and enjoyed fixing every one of them. Keep up the good work bro 💪
As a computer scientist who has been using Linux since birth, I sometimes forget how confusing Linux can be for people who have no experience with it. Very interesting and entertaining review! Keep it up.
The first night I got Linix Mint on my laptop. I stayed up all night installing apps and modding it until the sun came up the next day. I felt like a kid with a new toy. I haven't had any tech make me that interested in decades.
Basic Linux advice, whenever you change anything in the terminal, you must restart the session to apply the new changes. This explains why "suddenly it somehow fixes itself'
Eeeh, what? The only time you would "have" to restart the SESSION is if you upgrade your DE completely, like updating from plasma 5 to plasma 6 for example. If you HAVE to restart the session, just log out and then back in, but that is on very rare occasions. You can even reload the kernel not even having to reboot if you know what you are doing (I do not recommend that though). But you VERY RARELY have to restart anything, all you have to do (sometimes) is inform that changes has been made. You change you .bashrc? Just read the bash config again by typing bash. Made changes to a systemd thing? sudo systemctl daemon-reload.. Updated a software while it was running? Restart the software. etc etc etc... Applications that you are running while you update, yes ofc, like with ALL software, you have to re-read the code. But linux, compared to windows, does NOT require you to reboot over and over and over.
@@marcusjohansson668 What about adding your user to the vboxuser group in Linux Mint? I didn't get added to the group until I rebooted. Is that a Mint thing, or an edge case?
@@boirfanman Are you asking me why you did not do what you should rather than rebooting? I have no idea why you did that. Changing /etc/passwd or /etc/group does not require a reboot. LMAO
The best way to get into Linux is by actually being excited to try new things and willing to learn new things just as you would when going from Windows to Mac or Android to iOS. Now you've gotta try new distros. You will open your third eye after you've tasted all the distros. You can simply copy app configs and migrate your home folder so you can keep your data and configs. Oh, also if you want a good mix of tiling WMs and DEs use something like awesome or even openbox. Trying these things is real important because of how free you are to do as you please with Linux so you can make it perfect for your usage. I've been using Linux for 7 years and almost gave up week 1 because of how terrible my Ubuntu experience was.
@@ENNEN420 great advice fr, im looking into getting a new computer some time soon so when i do that ill be more willing to try different distros and stuff, also wanted to go through the experience of installing arch just for fun
Logseq is proving to be a GREAT resource for me. There's far too much to learn, so having an easily-parsed digital notebook is a wonderful help. I'm still scatterbrained as all heck, but with Logseq I can just pick up where I left off whenever inspiration strikes.
@@purple0gen I _highly_ recommend Garuda Linux. It's the most comprehensive and user-friendly Arch-based distro. It'll give you an idea of what _can_ be done. I've used it before for work, and subsequently as a reference point for my vanilla Arch system a lot. - It's got snapper pre-configured to create automatic system snapshots before and after each update. - Those snapshots are automatically added to your boot menu, so you can reboot into them and restore your system to that point if desired. - It's got resources for alternate input methods, input remapping (keyboard or controllers), and A LOT of other stuff. - Most popular software can be installed in their software page during the initial install and after signing in (until you tell it to stop showing you that window). - If you use it to install pamac or some other graphical front end for your package manager, you can do just about any day-to-day task without ever opening a terminal.
I use Fedora 40 with KDE Plasma 6 and I must say that this combo has become my favourite Linux desktop setup out of the many I've tried. Fedora keeps quite up to date with kernel and packages, but seems to be very stable to me, which is an impressive feat. KDE Plasma 6 looks decent out of the box and the level of customisation is off the charts. The only thing I'd like changed is Fedora to switch from 6-month to annual releases, but at least the upgrade process is pretty smooth.
I have been thinking of trying out fedora, they got balls and always adopt new solutions WAY before all other distros, but then there is the gnome thing, and that they ARE a fork of IBM:s Red Hat... That in combination with that I feel VERY at home on arch creates roadblocks in my head. Some day I will try it... _Some day..._
@purple0gen Actually wouldn't recommend it for you. I think Mint is maybe the best for your computer. Here is the reason why I think that bellow. Good reading ^^ Basically there are 4 'main' linux distro : 1. Debian : oldest, very stable because every package in it is 2 years old. Best for old computers (4~5 years old). 2. Fedora : Has a buffer of 6 month before updating packages. Yet quite stable and full so best for high end / new computers where you don't want to take 1 week to personalize it. 3. Arch : Youngest with no buffer. You always have the latest version of everything by default. The key is to 'freeze' packages that works for you and let update those which don't, or simply want to keep updating for optimizations (like graphic drivers). Anyway, by far the lest stable yet one of the best for customization. For instance, Valve is using arch for the Steam Deck 4. Gentoo : It's for crazy people. No installer, you compile from scratch the whole OS with only the packages you choosed. Then need to compile every little package even after install. To be fair it's the most stable if well made and best for performance and customization. After the 'main' ones, here is my favourite distro for each: - Mint (from Debian) : Rock solid for old devices with daily use. Even if you update daily. - Nobara (from Fedora) : Out-of-the-box for performance with high end devices. Basically more like a modded Fedora, because it add built-in packages (like wine, support for all graphic cards, etc) AND scripts and pre-cumtomization to make everything for out-of-the-box (again Wine, Steam with native games, no more random errors when launching some apps, fix for web applications on firefox and even OBS and etc.). Same if you do IA. It's the best for me with my AMD 7900 XTX or my convertible laptop (Lenovo Yoga). - EndeavourOS (from arch) : It's an hot take as many would say Manjaro, for me Manjaro is nothing more than a buggier Nobara. So I choose Endeavour because it does things that others I picked before don't. Basically, a quite stable arch distro with a lot of nice scripts for updating and fixing things that can be bothersome. And it's for most customisable graphical installer I saw (even more than bare Debian). You can select or not everything from the browser to your file manager, to your DE (Cinnamon, KDE, Gnome) or WM (I3, Sway, Awesome). - Bare Gentoo : The bare concept makes it one of the best, if you have the dedication for 1 month of learning.
Feels like i'm having a flashback, i've been using linux for a few months now and i find it funny how every trouble you show also happend to me. Also, inglês muito bom filho smooooth, espero que continue com os vídeos
Really relate to watching linux contents even tho have no pc. I'm still on the no pc situation tho. Economy has been rough. Good for you my man. Good luck on your linux journey. Hopefully joining soon
9:35 Regarding Discord Screenshare with Audio, As a member of the Datamining community, I am pleased to mention that we have reason to believe they are working to fix this. We believe that when discord finally updates their electron engine to the latest version, it will natively be able to pick up audio from screensharing.
Hi, maintainer of venmic (i.e. Vesktops Audio Sharing) here, the default chromium sharing (which also works on pulse) introduces a lot of latency and very few configuration options - So I'm quite skeptical how well that's going to turn out, for the best audio sharing experience (as long as you use pipewire, which is mostly the default nowadays anyways) I'd still recommend Vekstop :) Regarding the issues mentioned in the video, I'm currently working on fixing a venmic bug that's almost exclusive to mint and am also improving the prompts given to users without pipewire
@@Noah-hk4ec I looked into the OBS problems of capturing stuff if NOT installed from flatpak, and it all boiled down to chromium stuff, I would assume that is the same thing you are talking about here. I actually was in contact with the maintainer of the package and the response was pretty much "No. We will not try to keep that chromium code in our package, it would generate massive workloads and probably not work ootb anyway, you as end user will have to implement that". I selected to just use the official flatpak version instead, that just works ootb. Not to be rude, but nobody should use pulseaudio in 2024, for end users, it's more or less deprecated (it's still being "developed" but not for end users in mind). Pipewire is what is being developed and use pulseadio code in it's base, just use that. Wayland is also solving a lot of this stuff if I understand it correctly. Mint is a bit special so I am not sure it is great with wayland... Maybe you should stay on x11 until wayland is default, I honestly do not follow the distro that close. But in 2024, do not use pulseaudio, use pipewire.
as a new user it's really cool to see someone who recently went thought the "trouble" of getting adjusted to Linux. Personally I'm still trying ot wrap my head around all the different terminal commands lol
After switching to Linux for a few months, I have realized that I actually get better performance in some games on Linux. Obviously this doesn't make any sense, but it's true. For example, The Witcher 3. I get 75 to 80 FPS on Windows, 90 to 120 FPS on Linux same settings, Snow runner I get about 110 FPS on Windows about 130 on Linux. There is one game that has for sure worse performance on Linux, Trine 4, I don't play it. Tried it out as a test. I have tested over 10 games and every single one of them works. Really was not expecting it to be this good considering most people say Linux has worse gaming performance
That actually makes perfect sense. Linux is WAY more efficient in running software, cpu scheduling etc.. But what you DO get is a bit higher frametime than on windows because every call needs to be translated by proton, hence the extra frametime. I immediately relized this after switching to linux and installing control ultimate edition. Max settings, full raytracing etc, better framerate on linux, but about 5-10% longer frametimes. I as an old fart does NOT notice those longer frameimes though, so for me it's a win win.
@@marcusjohansson668 I definitively noticed long frametimes and delay using Wayland with older Nvidia drivers, I used X11 for a while and things were great, Now I have switched back to Wayland with the Nvidia 555 drivers and it seems all the issues are fixed! As a matter of fact, Wayland actually doesn't have some of the x11 Issues I have grown accustomed too such as plugging in my external monitor freezing my desktop
I was running GTA 5 on windows at 20 fps and 85 degrees Celsius!!! But on linux it’s basically 40-60 fps (depends on quality), and 67 degrees🎉 All of that on 1gb vram
Also looks like you played a lot of things on linux, have you tried sekiro? I get around 15-20 fps on windows + overheating But on linux, the loading screen opens, the cutscenes are opening but when the actual gameplay load, the game crashes instantly Info: proton 7 on steam
i swear i felt it as soon as you mentioned the privacy rabbit hole holy shmoly linux mint user on a macbook m1 and yeah it really is a relief ngl loving the content dude
It's super impressive that you're rocking linux, and awesome how you've turned a weak laptop into a powerhouse!! all that you're doing on it is incredible.
Welcome bro to the linux community!! I’ve been into linux for like 10 months probably, i really like it I have tried bunch of distros like fedora, pop os, amog os :), nixos. Currently i’m dual booting linux mint and tiny 11 Also i have simillar specs to you in terms of cpu: i5 4210u 2.4 ghz From 4 to 12gb of ram Gpu 1: integrated 128mb💀 Gpu 2: dedicated 1gb, funny that i didn’t know for almost 8 years that it exists because that wasn’t the one who bought it at that time until a friend of mine told me about it💀💀 Went from hdd 500 to ssd 1tb lately Great vid keep it up🔥🔥
Moved my main machine over to pop os (laptop happily running mint) and I think i'm going to be doing some distro hopping because like you mentioned because it's currently based on 22.04 I've run into occasional issues that from some research seems would be solved with newer kernels or software versions. Props for being willing to tinker to find what worked for you. Quite a bit more in depth with the hurdles you had to jump because of your PC as opposed to a lot of '30 days with Linux" videos but that's one of the great things about Linux, it adapts well to older hardware that windows would barely even run on (if at all).
This took me back to when I started out with Linux, nice to see one of these that isn't proactively trying to make the drama happen and puts in the work.
Another thing is help in the forums! Linux nerds have nearly zero patience for new users from Windows. Just today I nearly lost my cool in the Ubuntu forum after a "put down" by members there when I asked how to format my external hard drive, which has windows on it, so that I can use it on Linux since Linux will not touch an "open" file. Either forums want new users from Windows or they don't. No reason for the theatrics.
This feels like my experience with linux from 8-9 years ago on my old laptop with 8gb ram and old CPU (just without wm thing, I was just gnome/unity/lxqt/xfce user). Amazing video! Now I have very powerful laptop, work as developer and use Arch (btw) with Hyprland. This is the best experience ever
Awesome review man, good job for actually trying out different software and workflows. Most people try to force Linux to work like Windows because that's all they know so it's really nice to see somebody try and develop their workflow with all the different options available :)
For backups I strongly recommend borg. It's an incremental backup system. That means it looks at all your data and compresses it when doing a first backup. On subsequent backups it only saves files that were added or changed since the last backup. I have around 10 snapshots of my around 70% full 1TB drive taking ~600gb currently
I opted for Urbackup when selecting the backup software for my raspberry pi. Works similar but I found it way easier to modify exactly to my liking. I have 6 machines, all with 260 incremental backups EACH (in total about 1500 snapshots) and since it uses btrfs and snapshots my 6TB spinning disk fits all of it without problems. My main computer backs up about 1.5TiB, but the backup takes about a minute to run obviously only making a snapshot and then change the files that are not the same as the last backup. It's all very ingenious and btrfs is the magic.
The entire point of tiling window managers is to increase productivity and efficiency by reducing the number of actions/amount of time spent using the mouse which is by far the slowest part of working with almost any program on a computer. Often super+arrow keys are bound to focusing or moving windows by default exactly because you should already have your right hand on the right side of the keyboard instead of on the mouse. If your hand is already on the mouse, you can just move the cursor to focus on whatever window you want, which means there is no need to have a keybind that can by used with just your left hand. There is little practical use for a tiling wm without ditching the mouse for the most part, so if you feel more comfortable on a floating/dynamic window manager, stick with it. Also I would recommend not using Mint if you are going to stick with Linux long term because it is super famous for all of its repositories being full of old, deprecated packages like you mentioned at 19:01. Also it often mixes Ubuntu, Debian and its own Mint packages which can be a nightmare to manage. Pretty much all distros that have a GUI installer are the same as far as a beginner/intermediate Linux user is concerned. They can all use the same desktop environments and the same programs for the most part. The biggest difference of concern is probably their release/update schedule (periodic vs rolling updates). If you back up all of your dotfiles (configuration files), you can even use the same exact configuration on a new distro if you were to switch (assuming the same DE and all that). It is always interesting to hear the Linux experiences of the average computer user. I hope you stick with it and stay curious. You will learn so much about computer science and programming in your first 6 months or so and its very exciting. I still remember when I first switched to Linux.
Ayyy video perfeito mano, parabéns de verdade. Também quero parabenizar seu sotaque, que por mais que eu acho que nós não deveriamos ligar tanto, você fala inglês muito bem e "escondeu" bonitinho, seu vocabulário tambem é foda!!!
I wouldn't recommend pop os right now as its still based on Ubuntu 22.04, and the desktop environment is the old customized GNOME, and not the new one system76 is working on. So you should try pop when the new version drops
Super excited for Cosmic. Depending on how that turns out, I might start using. System76 rocks, and they've done a lot for Linux, but I personally can't stand Debian-based systems.
First of all, wanted to point out what happened in some cases thru out the video and just wanted to explain certain moments :) 1. balenaEtcher - is blocked by Win Defender on Windows, that's why it wouldn't worked, (balenaEtcher is safe, it's just WinDefender thinks it acts intrusive, what an irony), 2. Remove USB and a bunch of lines - is just a process to ensure you will boot right into the Linux Mint (by process - I mean removing a USB Stick not a process as in Software), the bunch of code - was a process (this time as in Software) which tried to kill services of LiveUSB (but failed) it will not induce any damage to your OS if it installed properly on the Installation step, soooo, you may not worry about it too much (btw - this "Remove USB stick and press enter" thing is only specific to the Ubuntu and Ubuntu-based distros, it is not necessary to do but it is made for convenience so if people selected USB Stick - as default - it would load actual Linux and not USB Stick ), but apparently failed, 3. Secure boot works OOTB on some distros (e.g. in Fedora Linux (even when you are using LiveUSB), it is not a critique, just thought it was interesting to explain as well :) ) 4. Some anticheats still work on Linux - e.g. Easy AntiCheat and BattleEye (VAC is obvious one), you may see games which have these ACs still with a flag "unsupported" (e.g. Paladins, RS - Siege), the reason is that devs need to put two check-marks to turn the support for Linux, but some devs - choose not to do that 5. Pipewire is a golden standard in Linux community at this point if to be honest, it was strange to hear that Pipewire wasn't included in the distro installation, consider it rather a strange quirk than a normal occurrence 6. Resonance is using LibAdwaita and gtk4, that means it was made to integrate well with GNOME Desktop Environment (It is a face of Linux basically), if you like that type of design (not particularly with blur effect but just the aesthetics - then you might like to look for apps with just searching in Software Store, it will show you a lot of (usually) simplistic and aesthetically appealing (if you like LibAdwaita and gtk4 aesthetic, of course) That's it! Hope you will have a lot of fun learning Linux!
Last time I used it (6 months ago) linux mint still used pulseaudio as their default audio system. I think their newest release finally switches it over to pipewire lol
What you guys are referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX. Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called "Linux", and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project. There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called "Linux" distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.
"I use Linux as my operating system," I state proudly to the unkempt, bearded man. He swivels around in his desk chair with a devilish gleam in his eyes, ready to mansplain with extreme precision. "Actually", he says with a grin, "Linux is just the kernel. You use GNU+Linux!' I don't miss a beat and reply with a smirk, "I use Alpine, a distro that doesn't include the GNU Coreutils, or any other GNU code. It's Linux, but it's not GNU+Linux." The smile quickly drops from the man's face. His body begins convulsing and he foams at the mouth and drops to the floor with a sickly thud. As he writhes around he screams "I-IT WAS COMPILED WITH GCC! THAT MEANS IT'S STILL GNU!" Coolly, I reply "If windows were compiled with GCC, would that make it GNU?" I interrupt his response with "-and work is being made on the kernel to make it more compiler-agnostic. Even if you were correct, you won't be for long." With a sickly wheeze, the last of the man's life is ejected from his body. He lies on the floor, cold and limp. I've womansplained him to death. Here is a quick text about GNU/Linux: "I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're refering to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX. Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called Linux, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project. There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called Linux distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux!" Understood? No? Here then: "I installed Linux and the feeling of freedom and privacy hit me so hard that I immediately began committing crimes, knowing that the FBI could never track me. Piracy, sexual assault, trademark infringement, petty larceny, tax fraud, you name it. I also own several fully automatic firearms even though I live in the state of California, but it doesn't matter. Ever since I removed Windows 10 from my computer and replaced it with Arch Linux, and began using a PinePhone as my daily driver phone, police can't even stop me in traffic. Windows may have a lot of video games, but the benefits of Linux should not be understated."
@@purple0gen damn, didn't expect to get hit with three copypastas, you win(the third one is too true, the fbi is still probably trying to figure out what the fuck is a de-bloated kernel)
I jumped into the privacy rabbit hole in January of this year and got more into Linux after having used it in the past to set up Minecraft servers on my raspberry pi4 and I'm very happy with this decision.
I wasn't expecting a newcomer to go straight into VMs lol If you want a deeper rabbit hole, try sway, hyprland and other wayland compositors as well :) For something more modern than i3 tech-wise
I don't even know you and I'm so proud of your drive to tinker and understand. Reminds me a lot of myself when I was first getting started with Linux. Keep on exploring your passions my dude, they will take you far and wide
Best thing about your video was you really are someone who isn't a computer guy. Other youtubers who do this challenges or reviews know what they're going to get into, so the perspective is not so on spot like a new user. Cheers!
I've been using (Not my daily, but whenever I wanna do things I don't do on windows) Raspberry Pi OS/Raspian/Retropie since childhood and holy heck I forgor what the learning curve felt like.
lmfao, its rly a reocurring thing, ig it makes the challenge more authentic tho like they had no knowledge what so ever about linux b4 jumping straight in
Photoshop works great, on a virtual win11 machine installed in linux... I do that, not with PS, but with Autodesk inventor that is also quote: "iMpOsSiBlE" to run on linux.. :D
@@marcusjohansson668 That isn't running on Linux, that's running on Windows. Plus that requires a PC with a powerful enough CPU/GPU to run all that while also running Linux, AND now you have all the exact same privacy issues as using Windows, so at that point you may as well just use Windows. What we need is something that can run Adobe in like Wine, not though a VM
@@RogueRen Ok buddy, not sure how to respond to something so uneducated as your comment, but let's try. "Running a virtual machine on an operating system means you are now running a different operating system". NO, YOU NOW EMULATE A DIFFERENT OPERATING SYSTEM FROM WITHIN YOUR OPERATING SYSTEM. Running qemu on linux for example can let you put 95% of the hardware resources to the emulated os, in effect just putting linux to rest while you run the windows virtual machine. The hardware utilization in this case would be 5% higher than running the same thing bare bone windows. And privacy issues? On a windows11 install running without access to the internet? How would that possibly be a privacy issue?!? If Adobe is REQUIRING YOU to have internet access, well, then it suddenly is neither a windows nor a linux issue is it? Wine is NOT AN EMULATOR (google what the wine acronym stands for if you don't believe me, it USED to be "windows emulator" but then changed it to "wine is NOT an emulator" to differentiate from emulators). Wine is more of a transition layer nowdays, linking windows dll files etc. What do I mean by that? Software like photoshop is not just "one binary", it's a whole suite of applications, hence just using a wine prefix is not going to work, you need to emulate an entire windows installation. What we need is for ppl to stop using trash software like adobe. xD Now, you can either thank me for correcting you (and start looking online to further educate yourself) or you can get angry and type something aggressive back, your choice... xD
@@marcusjohansson668 I've been using Linux exclusively for half a decade. I know what all this means. a VM is still running another OS, its not running on Linux. Its running in Windows which is running on Linux. If you're trying to run stiff without Windows, but still need to run Windows, then its not running without Windows. I'm not saying a VM is a bad solution, just not practical for most users unless they happen to already have high power machines. Also I never once said wine was an emulator.
pretty cool review, kudos for the try! Timeshift is not primarily made to backup your personal stuff, its main use is to backup your system files in case you break it with some bold update or something like that. Also, linux mint or any other debian based distro runs likes shit on my low end laptop, a lot of hardware compatibility problems, audio problems etc. Fedora, Arch/endeavourOS solved this problem. and when i say the name of a distro you pick whatever DE you want(XFCE, Gnome, KDE, Sway...).
You see SO MANY videos of "Running Linux for 30 days" where someone's biggest problem is that a game didn't quite work on proton, or a capture card didn't have drivers so they used something else. Those videos are the exception, not the rule. This video is refreshing. It's nice to hear the actual typical Linux experience where everything breaks or presents roadblocks you simply cannot fix without overhauling or replacing major components of the operating system (the audio driver in your example)
You see such videos because that's the way modern linux is, on most distros everything works out of the box. The major issues are the exception, not the other way around
i aint gon lie, i wish i could have remade this video because if you compare the quality of the editing in the first few minutes, as well as my audio, to the last section and last minutes of desktop experience its very noticeable, i was used to editing on my phone so i was kinda editing this and learning how kdenlive worked as well, but thanks, i will try lol
@purple0gen, look, it's fine. Don't overthink it. This video is already out. Think about the next video and make sure to do your best in terms of quality. Keep it up. I'm sure someday you will hit 1 million.
Very similar to my journey. After all that was said and done, I ressurrected a de bloated windows 10 as my gaming OS. Use Mint as my day to day for Browsing. And Once Nobara 40 is mature and bug tested...i'm moving everything to that Gaming OS. Virtualbox has been great for Virtualization. Proton drive for privacy storage online. Hope your journey settles down so you can just live a private and secure online/connected life.
thanks gang, i actually plan on dual booting debloated w10 with a linux distro as well, cuz there are some stuff that i want to do with the computer i might get that rly only works on windows, for example i wanna start speedrunning super mario 64 again, and the only version that is allowed to run is 1.6 of project64, i also want to play r6
About the Anti-Cheat: Not every game with Kernel-Level Anti-Cheat software (The ones that that usually don't work on Linux) is unplayable. Apex Legends was one of the first games to immediately support it. Fall Guys and Rocket League work as well. Even games I never expected to offer support like For Honor recently supports Linux. Good news is that Microsoft might just not allow them anymore cause of the CrowdStrike situation Great video! Welcome to the rabbit hole, and I can't wait to see more of your content
The issue you had with pipewire is likely that you started it but didn't tell it to start on system startup. This is needed sometimes when you manually set things up. If you started it with systemd (systemctl) with systemctl start command then you also need to run systemctl enable to make it start on system startup. This applies to software in general that needs to always run. Pipewire is the default on pretty much every distro these days, except linux mint since linux mint runs outdated software.
i remember the day i was fed up with windows, i nuked my entire system, installed mint cinnamon and i never lloked back. 4 years later... i'm glad to say that i dnt need windows anymore, i went trough some troubleshooting, yes, but it was worth it.
@@danielmugas3009 amazing, tbh i never had any big issues with windows as many people describe, i just dont like the cringe shit microsoft is doing to their OS, like the AI stuff is so dumb
For timeshift, by default mint uses ext4 file system, but you can use btrfs which is a lot better than ext4 with the same performance, but it supports transparent compression, and file system snapshots, meaning you can take as many backups as you can without taking any space! These backups will help you restore your system if you break it by updates or problematic packages.
i just gotta say this, but for normal vanilla Discord, there is a workaround for PulseAudio users, and that is a program called Soundux, and what it does is it streams system audio through your mic, it requires some tinkering with PulseAudio config files due to some automation BS that needs to be disabled anyway, but after disabling that setting it will work as good if not better than before. although, since most major distros are switching to pipewire because it's the new shiny thing, i might look into this modded Discord client
3:40 don't worry about those lines. That's just the system complaining that you took out its drive(USB stick), it doesn't matter to you since you already installed.
Musicbee is the main reason i haven't fully committed to switching. I've been on and off with linux due to just not having a good enough alternative. Seems like I'll be switching soon again thx to Microsoft ending support for Windows 10 next year
I tested it, it works with wine! Not sure if everything works, I listened to some music and it was working, though it's really ugly so maybe it's missing something.
17:21 That's likely because you are using the flatpak version of vesktop. In that case you would have to set the keybind to run the following command "flatpak run dev.vencord.Vesktop"
10:15 pipewire is the new standard, pulseaudio is the old standard. Pipewire is just better than pulse in every regard for nearly all users and even integrates pulse audio into it. I thought mint included pipewire by default considering even debain 12 uses it by default, and even ubuntu has included it for more than a year, so both LMDE and base mint should be using it by default.
So to get a key binding to work with a key binding in I3. From what i remember in the instructions you beed to put the right name. Or you may need to set the path to the file. So usually programs are in /bin/. So the path to that will be /bin/vesktop. Im pretty sure for just a keybinding though, you should be able to put the name and it will launch. Just figure out what you need to type in the ternimal for vesktop to open. Try that. You can also type xprop in the terminal. Then click on an open vesktop instance. And it will give you a bunch of info and the name of it. With the proper capitalization since things are case sensitive
@@_BLANK_BLANK i tried the xprop and a buncha different names, one comment here told me to do the flatpak run command and it worked lol, i dont know how i hadnt thought of that b4
@@purple0gen oooooh. Yeah. If you got vesktop through flatpak that makes it harder. Because flatpak gived all their files wierd names with like a bunch of numbers at the beginning or something. I just use the aur, and pacman generally. And if I don't do that then I try to use git or something along those lines. Because it just makes stuff like this easier.
can i ask, do you use many third party VSTs in FL Studio? i've been hesitating switching to linux because of FL Studio mainly, and i use a good bit of 3rd party VSTs like the Vallhalla suite, Kilohearts, omnisphere, etc. i've heard that there's lots of problems with third party VSTs on linux
yeaa... vst plugins are kinda weird, i havent gotten them to work but thats more because im like a sample fiend, i do very simple stuff and just transform sounds into what i want lol, but im 100% sure you can get them working, ive heard some of them just flat out not work tho so its definitely a concern
@@purple0gen mm, good to know thanks!! I might give it a try some day just to see if i can get most of my important plugins working. I'd love to switch to linux I really don't wanna switch to w11 with the way microsoft is going rn.
Don't be mad that u didnt figure the timeshift size out earlier, I also experienced this. LOOL. Also interesting how Cinnamon was laggy for you, I had crapbook from 2016 with 4gigs of ram as well that I put Cinnamon on and it didn't lag at all for me. Odd.
Hey, great video man, is the discord server you were talking in inside the video asking stuff about linux a private server or a public one? I've been considering switching to linux for a while, a place like that to ask stuff would be a big help.
@@moober_ it is a private one, but there are plenty of linux focused discord servers, just search for a linux yt server and youll get help with whatever you want mostly
Using discord on the browser Works the simplest for screen sharing in my experince, since it uses the browsers API for screen share and not discords custom one.
awesome! i have been using linux for about 8 months now i think, sadly i3 didn't work that well on my mint cinnamon install. I ended up switching to arch and using hyprland. Cosmic seems like it's gonna bridge the gap between DE and tiling as it will have a toggle i think.
@@Alienbishop-studio the only games i was playing on the laptop were super mario 64 and cs source, rainbow six was on the ps4. it has an i3 with 4gb ram the specs are shown at the first section
That's interesting you had issues with Etcher. Love Etcher. But you can also use Rufus which works great too. fyi.. Thunar is pronounced as Thoo-nar not Thu-nar. You should look into using OBS Screen Recorder for recording your screen instead of recording your screen from the room that nobody can really make out what you are pointing at. Most use OBS for that purpose.
I install Timeshift and make two backups one is a completely new install backup and then after installing everything i need and installing a DE of my choice that's its i have turned of auto timeshift backup If i mess anything up just restore using whatever backup you like
I mean, your processor was already kind of crappy when it came out almost 10 years ago and my three year old phone has double the ram. Running a modern operating system on it with a 3D shooter is kind of crazy. It's also refreshing that it is not the usual "I can't use all my Adobe and Microsoft" spyware crying - well then keep suffering. Nice video!
7:50 I haven’t heard anyone mention timeshift default settings being 5 backups a day, I only ever used it manually so I can't speak from experience on this. I think I had a similar issues with audio at some point when messing around with trying to get multiple audio streams to record from OBS.
Well, for that to make sense btrfs should also be used. And I agree, btrfs and snapper (or timeshift) to automatically create snapshots I can directly boot into has saved my ass more times than I would like to admit.
it is interesting to see what a brand new user does with i3wm. something you can experiment with is using i3 or bspwm with xfce theres a way to replace xfcewm with one of those and use sxhkd as a hotkey daemon. also learn vim bc the keybinds and movement is used through 99% of tiling window managers. try to stop using the mouse it will make you faster and when you are on a laptop you wont have to use the crappy touchpad.
5:12 i meant to say "anticheat" not "antivirus"
And what does not work are kernel level anticheats like vanguard. You may have luck with EAC or BattleEye
Glad you pinned this comment.
@@HowToLinux can confirm eac works.
and btw cs2 does not have an anticheat vac is a lie😂
@@ShidNoh 🤫
A normal person does a normal review. In fact, that's one of the best reviews I've seen on "30 days of daily driving linux - my experience". All the other reviews I've seen put a significant focus on "my adobe suite doesn't work" or "microsoft office not working".
Great job.
@@romancvijanovic7130 ayyy thanks for the feedback gang appreciate it
Same. Like they should have known. If you're those companies slave. Don't dog linux for being "not for you"
this.
Others mostly complain that linux isn't windows. Then decide not to switch because they don't understand that they can't approach everything the windows way.
Why do people who don't even work for some company stick with adobe no matter their bs btw? Like, switching to other stuff will take you a week, and will save you a lot of headaches for the rest of your career. I understand how it can be hard to get used to a new thing or maybe they need some specific thing which is only in adobe... But come on.
All videos only talk about davinci and obs
This guy was born to adapt. He's unstoppable! Welcome to the community brother.
🙏 thank you brother
The privacy rabbit hole is real
Can confirm, forcing myself to touch grass
not gonna lie it's so really that even my shoes are open source
Not worth been paranoid
@@4znice can you pass the GitHub?
@@lussor1 it is
Bro didn't just daily drive challenge Linux, he survived and adapted to it. Amazing vid!
@@IfritBoi 🙏 im a chameleon type shit
wow, UA-cam recommendations finally showed a normal video on Linux 😁
@@avencores lmfao, what that mean? i know there some weird mfs in the community but its not thaaat bad from what ive seen tbh
@@purple0gen just pure clean linux experience
@@whimsical_mango ahhh that makes sense then lol
@@purple0genMost of "XX Days Of Daily Driving Linux" videos is about complaining that Linux is bad because they did 0 research, Adobe do not work and Linux is not Windows.
I wish reviews were this authentic, almost all the issues you talked about i went through them and enjoyed fixing every one of them. Keep up the good work bro 💪
lesgo thank you
As a computer scientist who has been using Linux since birth, I sometimes forget how confusing Linux can be for people who have no experience with it. Very interesting and entertaining review! Keep it up.
tyty
I try to remind people with a saying: "Your easy is someone else's impossible."
cool quote, I might use it lol@@KTSpeedruns
Legend has it that they popped out of the womb carrying a ThinkPad with Arch installed
The first night I got Linix Mint on my laptop. I stayed up all night installing apps and modding it until the sun came up the next day. I felt like a kid with a new toy. I haven't had any tech make me that interested in decades.
@@TheBigBazzy type shit, literally me fr
Basic Linux advice, whenever you change anything in the terminal, you must restart the session to apply the new changes.
This explains why "suddenly it somehow fixes itself'
ohhh, thanks for the advice, it could be that for sure
Eeeh, what?
The only time you would "have" to restart the SESSION is if you upgrade your DE completely, like updating from plasma 5 to plasma 6 for example.
If you HAVE to restart the session, just log out and then back in, but that is on very rare occasions.
You can even reload the kernel not even having to reboot if you know what you are doing (I do not recommend that though).
But you VERY RARELY have to restart anything, all you have to do (sometimes) is inform that changes has been made.
You change you .bashrc? Just read the bash config again by typing bash.
Made changes to a systemd thing? sudo systemctl daemon-reload..
Updated a software while it was running? Restart the software.
etc etc etc...
Applications that you are running while you update, yes ofc, like with ALL software, you have to re-read the code.
But linux, compared to windows, does NOT require you to reboot over and over and over.
@@marcusjohansson668" restart session"
I didn't say restart computer 🙄
@@marcusjohansson668 What about adding your user to the vboxuser group in Linux Mint? I didn't get added to the group until I rebooted. Is that a Mint thing, or an edge case?
@@boirfanman Are you asking me why you did not do what you should rather than rebooting?
I have no idea why you did that.
Changing /etc/passwd or /etc/group does not require a reboot.
LMAO
Heck yeah dude! Sounds like my first experience with Linux. Been daily driving Linux ever since. Feels great being in control of your computer!
I respect how your recording the screen with an external cam
.. Respect bro
The best way to get into Linux is by actually being excited to try new things and willing to learn new things just as you would when going from Windows to Mac or Android to iOS. Now you've gotta try new distros. You will open your third eye after you've tasted all the distros. You can simply copy app configs and migrate your home folder so you can keep your data and configs. Oh, also if you want a good mix of tiling WMs and DEs use something like awesome or even openbox. Trying these things is real important because of how free you are to do as you please with Linux so you can make it perfect for your usage. I've been using Linux for 7 years and almost gave up week 1 because of how terrible my Ubuntu experience was.
@@ENNEN420 great advice fr, im looking into getting a new computer some time soon so when i do that ill be more willing to try different distros and stuff, also wanted to go through the experience of installing arch just for fun
Logseq is proving to be a GREAT resource for me.
There's far too much to learn, so having an easily-parsed digital notebook is a wonderful help.
I'm still scatterbrained as all heck, but with Logseq I can just pick up where I left off whenever inspiration strikes.
@@purple0gen I _highly_ recommend Garuda Linux. It's the most comprehensive and user-friendly Arch-based distro.
It'll give you an idea of what _can_ be done. I've used it before for work, and subsequently as a reference point for my vanilla Arch system a lot.
- It's got snapper pre-configured to create automatic system snapshots before and after each update.
- Those snapshots are automatically added to your boot menu, so you can reboot into them and restore your system to that point if desired.
- It's got resources for alternate input methods, input remapping (keyboard or controllers), and A LOT of other stuff.
- Most popular software can be installed in their software page during the initial install and after signing in (until you tell it to stop showing you that window).
- If you use it to install pamac or some other graphical front end for your package manager, you can do just about any day-to-day task without ever opening a terminal.
I use Fedora 40 with KDE Plasma 6 and I must say that this combo has become my favourite Linux desktop setup out of the many I've tried. Fedora keeps quite up to date with kernel and packages, but seems to be very stable to me, which is an impressive feat.
KDE Plasma 6 looks decent out of the box and the level of customisation is off the charts. The only thing I'd like changed is Fedora to switch from 6-month to annual releases, but at least the upgrade process is pretty smooth.
i seen some people on the discord server shilling fedora as well, it looks pretty good
I have been thinking of trying out fedora, they got balls and always adopt new solutions WAY before all other distros, but then there is the gnome thing, and that they ARE a fork of IBM:s Red Hat...
That in combination with that I feel VERY at home on arch creates roadblocks in my head.
Some day I will try it... _Some day..._
@purple0gen Actually wouldn't recommend it for you.
I think Mint is maybe the best for your computer. Here is the reason why I think that bellow. Good reading ^^
Basically there are 4 'main' linux distro :
1. Debian : oldest, very stable because every package in it is 2 years old. Best for old computers (4~5 years old).
2. Fedora : Has a buffer of 6 month before updating packages. Yet quite stable and full so best for high end / new computers where you don't want to take 1 week to personalize it.
3. Arch : Youngest with no buffer. You always have the latest version of everything by default. The key is to 'freeze' packages that works for you and let update those which don't, or simply want to keep updating for optimizations (like graphic drivers). Anyway, by far the lest stable yet one of the best for customization. For instance, Valve is using arch for the Steam Deck
4. Gentoo : It's for crazy people. No installer, you compile from scratch the whole OS with only the packages you choosed. Then need to compile every little package even after install. To be fair it's the most stable if well made and best for performance and customization.
After the 'main' ones, here is my favourite distro for each:
- Mint (from Debian) : Rock solid for old devices with daily use. Even if you update daily.
- Nobara (from Fedora) : Out-of-the-box for performance with high end devices. Basically more like a modded Fedora, because it add built-in packages (like wine, support for all graphic cards, etc) AND scripts and pre-cumtomization to make everything for out-of-the-box (again Wine, Steam with native games, no more random errors when launching some apps, fix for web applications on firefox and even OBS and etc.). Same if you do IA. It's the best for me with my AMD 7900 XTX or my convertible laptop (Lenovo Yoga).
- EndeavourOS (from arch) : It's an hot take as many would say Manjaro, for me Manjaro is nothing more than a buggier Nobara. So I choose Endeavour because it does things that others I picked before don't. Basically, a quite stable arch distro with a lot of nice scripts for updating and fixing things that can be bothersome. And it's for most customisable graphical installer I saw (even more than bare Debian). You can select or not everything from the browser to your file manager, to your DE (Cinnamon, KDE, Gnome) or WM (I3, Sway, Awesome).
- Bare Gentoo : The bare concept makes it one of the best, if you have the dedication for 1 month of learning.
One of us, one of US, ONE OF US, ONE OF US!!! :D
they not like us they not like us
oglothenerd spotted
@@zeckma Yep, you found me! :D
Feels like i'm having a flashback, i've been using linux for a few months now and i find it funny how every trouble you show also happend to me.
Also, inglês muito bom filho smooooth, espero que continue com os vídeos
vou continuar mano, obrigado 🙏
@pungus7 kkkkkk vlw
this is probably one of the best linux videos ive ever watched.
appreciate it a lot fr 🙏
Really relate to watching linux contents even tho have no pc. I'm still on the no pc situation tho. Economy has been rough. Good for you my man. Good luck on your linux journey. Hopefully joining soon
@@hamimabd the struggle is real lmao, i hope u can become a linux user in the future tho 🙏
9:35 Regarding Discord Screenshare with Audio, As a member of the Datamining community, I am pleased to mention that we have reason to believe they are working to fix this. We believe that when discord finally updates their electron engine to the latest version, it will natively be able to pick up audio from screensharing.
oh damn, nice
Hi, maintainer of venmic (i.e. Vesktops Audio Sharing) here, the default chromium sharing (which also works on pulse) introduces a lot of latency and very few configuration options - So I'm quite skeptical how well that's going to turn out, for the best audio sharing experience (as long as you use pipewire, which is mostly the default nowadays anyways) I'd still recommend Vekstop :)
Regarding the issues mentioned in the video, I'm currently working on fixing a venmic bug that's almost exclusive to mint and am also improving the prompts given to users without pipewire
@@Noah-hk4ec I looked into the OBS problems of capturing stuff if NOT installed from flatpak, and it all boiled down to chromium stuff, I would assume that is the same thing you are talking about here.
I actually was in contact with the maintainer of the package and the response was pretty much "No. We will not try to keep that chromium code in our package, it would generate massive workloads and probably not work ootb anyway, you as end user will have to implement that".
I selected to just use the official flatpak version instead, that just works ootb.
Not to be rude, but nobody should use pulseaudio in 2024, for end users, it's more or less deprecated (it's still being "developed" but not for end users in mind). Pipewire is what is being developed and use pulseadio code in it's base, just use that.
Wayland is also solving a lot of this stuff if I understand it correctly.
Mint is a bit special so I am not sure it is great with wayland... Maybe you should stay on x11 until wayland is default, I honestly do not follow the distro that close.
But in 2024, do not use pulseaudio, use pipewire.
@@Noah-hk4ecThank you for being a maintainer and doing one of the most ungrateful jobs in the community.
You guys simply don't get enough credit!
❤
@@Noah-hk4ec doing a great job, mate, thanks
When your set up is configured to that comfortable "nest" you described... that's where the magic happens! Great overview - thanks for sharing!
truee, thanks
Dude I love the way that you explained your journey, it really made me remember how I went through it hahah. Great video!
as a new user it's really cool to see someone who recently went thought the "trouble" of getting adjusted to Linux. Personally I'm still trying ot wrap my head around all the different terminal commands lol
@@stratosvagiannis5140 lmao yea, i learned more about programming than i have in all my life after switching
After switching to Linux for a few months, I have realized that I actually get better performance in some games on Linux. Obviously this doesn't make any sense, but it's true. For example, The Witcher 3. I get 75 to 80 FPS on Windows, 90 to 120 FPS on Linux same settings, Snow runner I get about 110 FPS on Windows about 130 on Linux. There is one game that has for sure worse performance on Linux, Trine 4, I don't play it. Tried it out as a test. I have tested over 10 games and every single one of them works. Really was not expecting it to be this good considering most people say Linux has worse gaming performance
It’s likely because of the lack of bloat
That actually makes perfect sense. Linux is WAY more efficient in running software, cpu scheduling etc..
But what you DO get is a bit higher frametime than on windows because every call needs to be translated by proton, hence the extra frametime.
I immediately relized this after switching to linux and installing control ultimate edition.
Max settings, full raytracing etc, better framerate on linux, but about 5-10% longer frametimes.
I as an old fart does NOT notice those longer frameimes though, so for me it's a win win.
@@marcusjohansson668 I definitively noticed long frametimes and delay using Wayland with older Nvidia drivers, I used X11 for a while and things were great, Now I have switched back to Wayland with the Nvidia 555 drivers and it seems all the issues are fixed! As a matter of fact, Wayland actually doesn't have some of the x11 Issues I have grown accustomed too such as plugging in my external monitor freezing my desktop
I was running GTA 5 on windows at 20 fps and 85 degrees Celsius!!!
But on linux it’s basically 40-60 fps (depends on quality), and 67 degrees🎉
All of that on 1gb vram
Also looks like you played a lot of things on linux, have you tried sekiro?
I get around 15-20 fps on windows + overheating
But on linux, the loading screen opens, the cutscenes are opening but when the actual gameplay load, the game crashes instantly
Info: proton 7 on steam
i swear i felt it as soon as you mentioned the privacy rabbit hole holy shmoly linux mint user on a macbook m1 and yeah it really is a relief ngl loving the content dude
lmfaoo, this experience is way more common than i thought from what people have said so far
It's super impressive that you're rocking linux, and awesome how you've turned a weak laptop into a powerhouse!! all that you're doing on it is incredible.
thank you 🙏, it got just usable enough after installing linux lol
It's the decade of Linux, man, I can feel it.
/suddenly depressed because of recent Linux stupidity on my own machine
Welcome bro to the linux community!!
I’ve been into linux for like 10 months probably, i really like it
I have tried bunch of distros like fedora, pop os, amog os :), nixos.
Currently i’m dual booting linux mint and tiny 11
Also i have simillar specs to you in terms of cpu:
i5 4210u 2.4 ghz
From 4 to 12gb of ram
Gpu 1: integrated 128mb💀
Gpu 2: dedicated 1gb, funny that i didn’t know for almost 8 years that it exists because that wasn’t the one who bought it at that time until a friend of mine told me about it💀💀
Went from hdd 500 to ssd 1tb lately
Great vid keep it up🔥🔥
I've been using Linux for a while and I still think Mint is my favorite distro, welcome aboard mate
Moved my main machine over to pop os (laptop happily running mint) and I think i'm going to be doing some distro hopping because like you mentioned because it's currently based on 22.04 I've run into occasional issues that from some research seems would be solved with newer kernels or software versions. Props for being willing to tinker to find what worked for you. Quite a bit more in depth with the hurdles you had to jump because of your PC as opposed to a lot of '30 days with Linux" videos but that's one of the great things about Linux, it adapts well to older hardware that windows would barely even run on (if at all).
Timeshift doesnt even backup files. I think its only useful for people who do a lot of system changes and need to roll back when one breaks.
This took me back to when I started out with Linux, nice to see one of these that isn't proactively trying to make the drama happen and puts in the work.
New uploads are always something to look forward to!
Another thing is help in the forums! Linux nerds have nearly zero patience for new users from Windows. Just today I nearly lost my cool in the Ubuntu forum after a "put down" by members there when I asked how to format my external hard drive, which has windows on it, so that I can use it on Linux since Linux will not touch an "open" file. Either forums want new users from Windows or they don't. No reason for the theatrics.
This feels like my experience with linux from 8-9 years ago on my old laptop with 8gb ram and old CPU (just without wm thing, I was just gnome/unity/lxqt/xfce user). Amazing video!
Now I have very powerful laptop, work as developer and use Arch (btw) with Hyprland. This is the best experience ever
glad you liked it, hyprland seems cool
Awesome review man, good job for actually trying out different software and workflows. Most people try to force Linux to work like Windows because that's all they know so it's really nice to see somebody try and develop their workflow with all the different options available :)
its great to see a lot more people trying linux nowadays.
bro reviewed all my rabbit holes in 20 minds great vid
u could have definitely worded this better lmfao 😭 but im glad you enjoyed it
Great video brother, your humor and editing is really entertaining. Welcome to linux community man
@@sebastiangonzales46 cheers
For backups I strongly recommend borg. It's an incremental backup system. That means it looks at all your data and compresses it when doing a first backup. On subsequent backups it only saves files that were added or changed since the last backup. I have around 10 snapshots of my around 70% full 1TB drive taking ~600gb currently
unfortunately i cant rly use a backup software like that cuz i need every lil bit of storage i can get, but i appreciate it
I opted for Urbackup when selecting the backup software for my raspberry pi. Works similar but I found it way easier to modify exactly to my liking.
I have 6 machines, all with 260 incremental backups EACH (in total about 1500 snapshots) and since it uses btrfs and snapshots my 6TB spinning disk fits all of it without problems.
My main computer backs up about 1.5TiB, but the backup takes about a minute to run obviously only making a snapshot and then change the files that are not the same as the last backup. It's all very ingenious and btrfs is the magic.
@@purple0geni suggest you buy 512gb ssd or maybe 1tb if you got some money rn
512 is about 30 bucks
1tb is around 50 bucks
The entire point of tiling window managers is to increase productivity and efficiency by reducing the number of actions/amount of time spent using the mouse which is by far the slowest part of working with almost any program on a computer. Often super+arrow keys are bound to focusing or moving windows by default exactly because you should already have your right hand on the right side of the keyboard instead of on the mouse. If your hand is already on the mouse, you can just move the cursor to focus on whatever window you want, which means there is no need to have a keybind that can by used with just your left hand. There is little practical use for a tiling wm without ditching the mouse for the most part, so if you feel more comfortable on a floating/dynamic window manager, stick with it.
Also I would recommend not using Mint if you are going to stick with Linux long term because it is super famous for all of its repositories being full of old, deprecated packages like you mentioned at 19:01. Also it often mixes Ubuntu, Debian and its own Mint packages which can be a nightmare to manage. Pretty much all distros that have a GUI installer are the same as far as a beginner/intermediate Linux user is concerned. They can all use the same desktop environments and the same programs for the most part. The biggest difference of concern is probably their release/update schedule (periodic vs rolling updates). If you back up all of your dotfiles (configuration files), you can even use the same exact configuration on a new distro if you were to switch (assuming the same DE and all that).
It is always interesting to hear the Linux experiences of the average computer user. I hope you stick with it and stay curious. You will learn so much about computer science and programming in your first 6 months or so and its very exciting. I still remember when I first switched to Linux.
Mint and Tumbleweed are my favorite distros as a long term user, I don't mind Mint's ideology and the way it works tbh
da pra saber que tu eh br so por causa do sotaquezinho kkkkkkkkkkkk
bem vindo ao linux mano
Ayyy video perfeito mano, parabéns de verdade. Também quero parabenizar seu sotaque, que por mais que eu acho que nós não deveriamos ligar tanto, você fala inglês muito bem e "escondeu" bonitinho, seu vocabulário tambem é foda!!!
Nice video, I'm starting to use Ubuntu since I have a good computer, and based on the carer path I'll take in my life, Linux will be essential
I wouldn't recommend pop os right now as its still based on Ubuntu 22.04, and the desktop environment is the old customized GNOME, and not the new one system76 is working on.
So you should try pop when the new version drops
i 100% will try some different distros when i get the chance to for sure. pop os seems very interesting as well 🙏
Super excited for Cosmic.
Depending on how that turns out, I might start using.
System76 rocks, and they've done a lot for Linux, but I personally can't stand Debian-based systems.
:)))))))) he sees the Linux kernel booting, he gets scared and shuts down the computer :))))))) You made my day :))
First of all, wanted to point out what happened in some cases thru out the video and just wanted to explain certain moments :)
1. balenaEtcher - is blocked by Win Defender on Windows, that's why it wouldn't worked, (balenaEtcher is safe, it's just WinDefender thinks it acts intrusive, what an irony),
2. Remove USB and a bunch of lines - is just a process to ensure you will boot right into the Linux Mint (by process - I mean removing a USB Stick not a process as in Software), the bunch of code - was a process (this time as in Software) which tried to kill services of LiveUSB (but failed) it will not induce any damage to your OS if it installed properly on the Installation step, soooo, you may not worry about it too much (btw - this "Remove USB stick and press enter" thing is only specific to the Ubuntu and Ubuntu-based distros, it is not necessary to do but it is made for convenience so if people selected USB Stick - as default - it would load actual Linux and not USB Stick ), but apparently failed,
3. Secure boot works OOTB on some distros (e.g. in Fedora Linux (even when you are using LiveUSB), it is not a critique, just thought it was interesting to explain as well :) )
4. Some anticheats still work on Linux - e.g. Easy AntiCheat and BattleEye (VAC is obvious one), you may see games which have these ACs still with a flag "unsupported" (e.g. Paladins, RS - Siege), the reason is that devs need to put two check-marks to turn the support for Linux, but some devs - choose not to do that
5. Pipewire is a golden standard in Linux community at this point if to be honest, it was strange to hear that Pipewire wasn't included in the distro installation, consider it rather a strange quirk than a normal occurrence
6. Resonance is using LibAdwaita and gtk4, that means it was made to integrate well with GNOME Desktop Environment (It is a face of Linux basically), if you like that type of design (not particularly with blur effect but just the aesthetics - then you might like to look for apps with just searching in Software Store, it will show you a lot of (usually) simplistic and aesthetically appealing (if you like LibAdwaita and gtk4 aesthetic, of course)
That's it! Hope you will have a lot of fun learning Linux!
this is awesome thanks
Last time I used it (6 months ago) linux mint still used pulseaudio as their default audio system. I think their newest release finally switches it over to pipewire lol
unironically the best video about switching to linux, every single video feels copy paste but yours
What you guys are referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.
Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called "Linux", and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.
There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called "Linux" distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.
"I use Linux as my operating system," I state proudly to the unkempt, bearded man. He swivels around in his desk chair with a devilish gleam in his eyes, ready to mansplain with extreme precision. "Actually", he says with a grin, "Linux is just the kernel. You use GNU+Linux!' I don't miss a beat and reply with a smirk, "I use Alpine, a distro that doesn't include the GNU Coreutils, or any other GNU code. It's Linux, but it's not GNU+Linux." The smile quickly drops from the man's face. His body begins convulsing and he foams at the mouth and drops to the floor with a sickly thud. As he writhes around he screams "I-IT WAS COMPILED WITH GCC! THAT MEANS IT'S STILL GNU!" Coolly, I reply "If windows were compiled with GCC, would that make it GNU?" I interrupt his response with "-and work is being made on the kernel to make it more compiler-agnostic. Even if you were correct, you won't be for long." With a sickly wheeze, the last of the man's life is ejected from his body. He lies on the floor, cold and limp. I've womansplained him to death. Here is a quick text about GNU/Linux:
"I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're refering to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.
Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called Linux, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.
There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called Linux distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux!"
Understood? No? Here then:
"I installed Linux and the feeling of freedom and privacy hit me so hard that I immediately began committing crimes, knowing that the FBI could never track me. Piracy, sexual assault, trademark infringement, petty larceny, tax fraud, you name it. I also own several fully automatic firearms even though I live in the state of California, but it doesn't matter. Ever since I removed Windows 10 from my computer and replaced it with Arch Linux, and began using a PinePhone as my daily driver phone, police can't even stop me in traffic. Windows may have a lot of video games, but the benefits of Linux should not be understated."
@@purple0gen damn, didn't expect to get hit with three copypastas, you win(the third one is too true, the fbi is still probably trying to figure out what the fuck is a de-bloated kernel)
@@oYakate lmfao
I jumped into the privacy rabbit hole in January of this year and got more into Linux after having used it in the past to set up Minecraft servers on my raspberry pi4 and I'm very happy with this decision.
@@Lohlund yoo that sounds awesome, never tried setting up servers and shit good job
@@purple0gen then you may want to try it someday. Its very easy :)
I wasn't expecting a newcomer to go straight into VMs lol
If you want a deeper rabbit hole, try sway, hyprland and other wayland compositors as well :)
For something more modern than i3 tech-wise
I don't even know you and I'm so proud of your drive to tinker and understand. Reminds me a lot of myself when I was first getting started with Linux.
Keep on exploring your passions my dude, they will take you far and wide
@@KasperMcKay goatedd thank you
Best thing about your video was you really are someone who isn't a computer guy. Other youtubers who do this challenges or reviews know what they're going to get into, so the perspective is not so on spot like a new user. Cheers!
I've been using (Not my daily, but whenever I wanna do things I don't do on windows) Raspberry Pi OS/Raspian/Retropie since childhood and holy heck I forgor what the learning curve felt like.
"I'm like a fanboy".. same
Its nice to see someone review this that doesn't come down to "I can't use Photoshop, SO THIS THING SUCKS NO ONE CAN USE THIS FOR ANYTHING"
lmfao, its rly a reocurring thing, ig it makes the challenge more authentic tho like they had no knowledge what so ever about linux b4 jumping straight in
Photoshop works great, on a virtual win11 machine installed in linux...
I do that, not with PS, but with Autodesk inventor that is also quote: "iMpOsSiBlE" to run on linux.. :D
@@marcusjohansson668 That isn't running on Linux, that's running on Windows. Plus that requires a PC with a powerful enough CPU/GPU to run all that while also running Linux, AND now you have all the exact same privacy issues as using Windows, so at that point you may as well just use Windows.
What we need is something that can run Adobe in like Wine, not though a VM
@@RogueRen Ok buddy, not sure how to respond to something so uneducated as your comment, but let's try.
"Running a virtual machine on an operating system means you are now running a different operating system".
NO, YOU NOW EMULATE A DIFFERENT OPERATING SYSTEM FROM WITHIN YOUR OPERATING SYSTEM.
Running qemu on linux for example can let you put 95% of the hardware resources to the emulated os, in effect just putting linux to rest while you run the windows virtual machine.
The hardware utilization in this case would be 5% higher than running the same thing bare bone windows.
And privacy issues? On a windows11 install running without access to the internet? How would that possibly be a privacy issue?!?
If Adobe is REQUIRING YOU to have internet access, well, then it suddenly is neither a windows nor a linux issue is it?
Wine is NOT AN EMULATOR (google what the wine acronym stands for if you don't believe me, it USED to be "windows emulator" but then changed it to "wine is NOT an emulator" to differentiate from emulators).
Wine is more of a transition layer nowdays, linking windows dll files etc.
What do I mean by that?
Software like photoshop is not just "one binary", it's a whole suite of applications, hence just using a wine prefix is not going to work, you need to emulate an entire windows installation.
What we need is for ppl to stop using trash software like adobe. xD
Now, you can either thank me for correcting you (and start looking online to further educate yourself) or you can get angry and type something aggressive back, your choice... xD
@@marcusjohansson668 I've been using Linux exclusively for half a decade. I know what all this means. a VM is still running another OS, its not running on Linux. Its running in Windows which is running on Linux. If you're trying to run stiff without Windows, but still need to run Windows, then its not running without Windows.
I'm not saying a VM is a bad solution, just not practical for most users unless they happen to already have high power machines.
Also I never once said wine was an emulator.
🗣️ Anti virus, Nice video btw.
ty ty
pretty cool review, kudos for the try! Timeshift is not primarily made to backup your personal stuff, its main use is to backup your system files in case you break it with some bold update or something like that. Also, linux mint or any other debian based distro runs likes shit on my low end laptop, a lot of hardware compatibility problems, audio problems etc. Fedora, Arch/endeavourOS solved this problem. and when i say the name of a distro you pick whatever DE you want(XFCE, Gnome, KDE, Sway...).
You see SO MANY videos of "Running Linux for 30 days" where someone's biggest problem is that a game didn't quite work on proton, or a capture card didn't have drivers so they used something else. Those videos are the exception, not the rule. This video is refreshing. It's nice to hear the actual typical Linux experience where everything breaks or presents roadblocks you simply cannot fix without overhauling or replacing major components of the operating system (the audio driver in your example)
I haven't had an experience like that in 15 years or so. How is that typical in your view?
You see such videos because that's the way modern linux is, on most distros everything works out of the box. The major issues are the exception, not the other way around
Dudebro, that's not your typical linux experience. Could it be that you made some awful choices when it came to your hardware?
Most of the footage in this video is multiplayer R6 siege, which doesn't work on Linux. Does not compute.
I always enjoy learning about people's Linux journey. Cosmic might be the wave for the best of both worlds.
truee, what ive seen so far about cosmic seems promising
Very inspiring brother!
1:28 the way you have xfce set up there looks so nice
brother i just watched ur video and it's quality is impressive im sure you will hit 1mil someday just keep it up
i aint gon lie, i wish i could have remade this video because if you compare the quality of the editing in the first few minutes, as well as my audio, to the last section and last minutes of desktop experience its very noticeable, i was used to editing on my phone so i was kinda editing this and learning how kdenlive worked as well, but thanks, i will try lol
@purple0gen, look, it's fine. Don't overthink it. This video is already out. Think about the next video and make sure to do your best in terms of quality. Keep it up. I'm sure someday you will hit 1 million.
@@nanifff true, you da goat thank you
Very similar to my journey. After all that was said and done, I ressurrected a de bloated windows 10 as my gaming OS. Use Mint as my day to day for Browsing. And Once Nobara 40 is mature and bug tested...i'm moving everything to that Gaming OS. Virtualbox has been great for Virtualization. Proton drive for privacy storage online. Hope your journey settles down so you can just live a private and secure online/connected life.
thanks gang, i actually plan on dual booting debloated w10 with a linux distro as well, cuz there are some stuff that i want to do with the computer i might get that rly only works on windows, for example i wanna start speedrunning super mario 64 again, and the only version that is allowed to run is 1.6 of project64, i also want to play r6
Vbox is trash. Hail VMWare
A 30 days in Linux where the person actually wants to learn Linux. Huge props, you made my day!
The best thing about Linux is that it makes my brain work again
Linux feels alive sometimes i swear
real af
Welcome to the community
ok this is actually so nostalgic lol i went through almost the same exact experience about two years ago hehe
About the Anti-Cheat: Not every game with Kernel-Level Anti-Cheat software (The ones that that usually don't work on Linux) is unplayable. Apex Legends was one of the first games to immediately support it. Fall Guys and Rocket League work as well. Even games I never expected to offer support like For Honor recently supports Linux. Good news is that Microsoft might just not allow them anymore cause of the CrowdStrike situation
Great video! Welcome to the rabbit hole, and I can't wait to see more of your content
The issue you had with pipewire is likely that you started it but didn't tell it to start on system startup. This is needed sometimes when you manually set things up. If you started it with systemd (systemctl) with systemctl start command then you also need to run systemctl enable to make it start on system startup. This applies to software in general that needs to always run.
Pipewire is the default on pretty much every distro these days, except linux mint since linux mint runs outdated software.
i remember the day i was fed up with windows, i nuked my entire system, installed mint cinnamon and i never lloked back.
4 years later... i'm glad to say that i dnt need windows anymore, i went trough some troubleshooting, yes, but it was worth it.
@@danielmugas3009 amazing, tbh i never had any big issues with windows as many people describe, i just dont like the cringe shit microsoft is doing to their OS, like the AI stuff is so dumb
I loved your video, very good, you are incredible
😍
For timeshift, by default mint uses ext4 file system, but you can use btrfs which is a lot better than ext4 with the same performance, but it supports transparent compression, and file system snapshots, meaning you can take as many backups as you can without taking any space! These backups will help you restore your system if you break it by updates or problematic packages.
Call this video: "A random dude tries Linux for 30 days".
This is what (most) people want/need to see.
i just gotta say this, but for normal vanilla Discord, there is a workaround for PulseAudio users, and that is a program called Soundux, and what it does is it streams system audio through your mic, it requires some tinkering with PulseAudio config files due to some automation BS that needs to be disabled anyway, but after disabling that setting it will work as good if not better than before.
although, since most major distros are switching to pipewire because it's the new shiny thing, i might look into this modded Discord client
ohh good to know, but yeah ig pipewire is just more simple for this kinda stuff
bro is a true warrior
3:40 don't worry about those lines.
That's just the system complaining that you took out its drive(USB stick), it doesn't matter to you since you already installed.
Musicbee is the main reason i haven't fully committed to switching. I've been on and off with linux due to just not having a good enough alternative. Seems like I'll be switching soon again thx to Microsoft ending support for Windows 10 next year
I tested it, it works with wine! Not sure if everything works, I listened to some music and it was working, though it's really ugly so maybe it's missing something.
This is how you do research, nice duking job!
17:21 That's likely because you are using the flatpak version of vesktop. In that case you would have to set the keybind to run the following command "flatpak run dev.vencord.Vesktop"
Nice video. Also run mint xfce, but barely customize anything, I’m not very creative
10:15 pipewire is the new standard, pulseaudio is the old standard. Pipewire is just better than pulse in every regard for nearly all users and even integrates pulse audio into it. I thought mint included pipewire by default considering even debain 12 uses it by default, and even ubuntu has included it for more than a year, so both LMDE and base mint should be using it by default.
17:20 have you installed it through flatpak or something similar?
ohhh, i dont actually remember but probably yes
@@purple0gen then you need to run it with " flatpak run dev.vencord.Vesktop "
So to get a key binding to work with a key binding in I3. From what i remember in the instructions you beed to put the right name. Or you may need to set the path to the file.
So usually programs are in /bin/. So the path to that will be /bin/vesktop.
Im pretty sure for just a keybinding though, you should be able to put the name and it will launch. Just figure out what you need to type in the ternimal for vesktop to open. Try that.
You can also type xprop in the terminal. Then click on an open vesktop instance. And it will give you a bunch of info and the name of it. With the proper capitalization since things are case sensitive
@@_BLANK_BLANK i tried the xprop and a buncha different names, one comment here told me to do the flatpak run command and it worked lol, i dont know how i hadnt thought of that b4
@@purple0gen oooooh. Yeah. If you got vesktop through flatpak that makes it harder. Because flatpak gived all their files wierd names with like a bunch of numbers at the beginning or something.
I just use the aur, and pacman generally. And if I don't do that then I try to use git or something along those lines. Because it just makes stuff like this easier.
I also have an issue with Pipewire where I reboot and I have no sound. I just fix it by changing the config to something and back in Pavucontrol.
can i ask, do you use many third party VSTs in FL Studio?
i've been hesitating switching to linux because of FL Studio mainly, and i use a good bit of 3rd party VSTs like the Vallhalla suite, Kilohearts, omnisphere, etc.
i've heard that there's lots of problems with third party VSTs on linux
yeaa... vst plugins are kinda weird, i havent gotten them to work but thats more because im like a sample fiend, i do very simple stuff and just transform sounds into what i want lol, but im 100% sure you can get them working, ive heard some of them just flat out not work tho so its definitely a concern
@@purple0gen mm, good to know thanks!! I might give it a try some day just to see if i can get most of my important plugins working. I'd love to switch to linux I really don't wanna switch to w11 with the way microsoft is going rn.
0:25 i have that issue with cs2 on my current computer
is it as old as my old laptop was/has as bad of specs?
Don't be mad that u didnt figure the timeshift size out earlier, I also experienced this. LOOL. Also interesting how Cinnamon was laggy for you, I had crapbook from 2016 with 4gigs of ram as well that I put Cinnamon on and it didn't lag at all for me. Odd.
Great video, learned a lot!
@@Grid1e glad you enjoyed it 🙏
Hey, great video man, is the discord server you were talking in inside the video asking stuff about linux a private server or a public one? I've been considering switching to linux for a while, a place like that to ask stuff would be a big help.
@@moober_ it is a private one, but there are plenty of linux focused discord servers, just search for a linux yt server and youll get help with whatever you want mostly
Using discord on the browser Works the simplest for screen sharing in my experince, since it uses the browsers API for screen share and not discords custom one.
awesome! i have been using linux for about 8 months now i think, sadly i3 didn't work that well on my mint cinnamon install. I ended up switching to arch and using hyprland.
Cosmic seems like it's gonna bridge the gap between DE and tiling as it will have a toggle i think.
cosmic seems promising ash for sure
Well done!
this video is amazing i like it very much, very well edited and built. youre a nerd though, but great video!! ☺️
@@maggsisw thankss
@@purple0gen youre also gay
Were you playing all that on the Compaq laptop? What specs does it rock? Thanks >
@@Alienbishop-studio the only games i was playing on the laptop were super mario 64 and cs source, rainbow six was on the ps4. it has an i3 with 4gb ram the specs are shown at the first section
That's interesting you had issues with Etcher. Love Etcher. But you can also use Rufus which works great too.
fyi.. Thunar is pronounced as Thoo-nar not Thu-nar.
You should look into using OBS Screen Recorder for recording your screen instead of recording your screen from the room that nobody can really make out what you are pointing at. Most use OBS for that purpose.
@@riseabove3082 my specs dont rly allow me to use obs to record something watchable
I install Timeshift and make two backups one is a completely new install backup and then after installing everything i need and installing a DE of my choice that's its i have turned of auto timeshift backup
If i mess anything up just restore using whatever backup you like
I mean, your processor was already kind of crappy when it came out almost 10 years ago and my three year old phone has double the ram. Running a modern operating system on it with a 3D shooter is kind of crazy. It's also refreshing that it is not the usual "I can't use all my Adobe and Microsoft" spyware crying - well then keep suffering. Nice video!
yeaa, at least i didnt buy this though lmao, thanks
7:50
I haven’t heard anyone mention timeshift default settings being 5 backups a day, I only ever used it manually so I can't speak from experience on this.
I think I had a similar issues with audio at some point when messing around with trying to get multiple audio streams to record from OBS.
Well, for that to make sense btrfs should also be used.
And I agree, btrfs and snapper (or timeshift) to automatically create snapshots I can directly boot into has saved my ass more times than I would like to admit.
it is interesting to see what a brand new user does with i3wm. something you can experiment with is using i3 or bspwm with xfce theres a way to replace xfcewm with one of those and use sxhkd as a hotkey daemon. also learn vim bc the keybinds and movement is used through 99% of tiling window managers. try to stop using the mouse it will make you faster and when you are on a laptop you wont have to use the crappy touchpad.