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  • @susbaconhairman
    @susbaconhairman Місяць тому +16

    Insane thumbnail pull

    • @TheDiWhyGuy
      @TheDiWhyGuy  19 годин тому

      Well this is the most liked comment so I modded it a bit for you'll ;)

    • @susbaconhairman
      @susbaconhairman 16 годин тому

      ​@@TheDiWhyGuyyou ruined it 😞

    • @TheDiWhyGuy
      @TheDiWhyGuy  15 годин тому

      @@susbaconhairman oh you didn't want me to pull it 😆 I'll put back sorry man

  • @SkratchersOtherWorseChannel
    @SkratchersOtherWorseChannel Місяць тому +15

    " 'ALLO GORDAN."-French Barney

    • @TheDiWhyGuy
      @TheDiWhyGuy  Місяць тому +2

      Haha you know it. 50 cents from the French Thrift shop hopefully it helps with my French 😉

  • @rufuspilula247
    @rufuspilula247 28 днів тому +7

    6:40 Btw, you can just double click .exe files to run them, no need to use the terminal.
    (Or, if they don't open by default on your distro you'll be asked to pick a program to run them with. Select wine and select to remember the choice).

    • @TheDiWhyGuy
      @TheDiWhyGuy  28 днів тому +4

      Yeah bro 100% you can and you can install from software manager. I was more trying to show how terminal works as a quick over view sometimes its the only way to do things like change paging file size etc. Its easy for us but some people have never used commands before so was hoping to show its not so hard...

  • @cootason
    @cootason 26 днів тому +3

    absolutely love messing around with linux, thanks for sharing this video of an old laptop gaming. I found similar results even on my desktop system running steams proton and some modern titles. atm I have had fun running Manjaro with a bunch of games and even doing stream tests using my Intel Arc 770 16gb card. the damn thing runs better on linux then it does on windows especially doing gaming and streams at the same time. amazing how far proton has come now as well and linux as a whole.

    • @TheDiWhyGuy
      @TheDiWhyGuy  26 днів тому +1

      Thats the way I was thinking about dual booting my more modern PC to try it out since it runs so well and by the sound of that I might even get a boost as Windows 10 is so over-encumbered these days. Thanks mate!

    • @cootason
      @cootason 25 днів тому +1

      @@TheDiWhyGuy you can always get them back windows etc as long as you have the usb stick you are laughing just have to tinker a bit with some games but the rewarding part is what makes it worth it

    • @TheDiWhyGuy
      @TheDiWhyGuy  25 днів тому

      100% I would love to see how it preforms in video editing as my 8 year old CPU starting to show its age and I can not afford to upgrade these days as PC's getting way over priced and the reliability is getting out of hand. Thanks 4 you advice. 😊

  • @cppctek
    @cppctek Місяць тому +3

    Epic video brother ! Great job. Love the memes in the editing too. ❤

  • @JayRCela
    @JayRCela 27 днів тому +1

    Nice video, personally I am not a fan of RetroArch, never the less, so many excellent explanations of what you are actually doing in order to accomplish the end result. Well done.

    • @TheDiWhyGuy
      @TheDiWhyGuy  27 днів тому

      Thats fair there are a lot of other options so that should be no problem for you. Thanks ao much mate.

  • @EveryLastdrop-tw6rg
    @EveryLastdrop-tw6rg Місяць тому +2

    what a sick video mang! what a legend. absolutely the kinda shit i want to watch. you got such a badass editing style man. really clean i love it. what software do you edit

    • @TheDiWhyGuy
      @TheDiWhyGuy  Місяць тому +2

      Haha glad you enjoyed it. Thanks brother! Just use Adobe and a 1001 cuts just try take out anything that wastes time i always skipping slow parts when I watch videos so i try take them out of my videos. Hope that halps my old videos were pretty rubbish but its all part of the learning process so just keep at it mate!

  • @Tobirobih
    @Tobirobih Місяць тому +2

    That's a mint video brother!

    • @TheDiWhyGuy
      @TheDiWhyGuy  Місяць тому

      Thanks for watching brother 😁

  • @flexyna
    @flexyna Місяць тому +3

    Good movie, keep it up bro! Linux for life :)

  • @EveryLastdrop-tw6rg
    @EveryLastdrop-tw6rg Місяць тому +1

    BRO teach me how you edit so cleanly! Sick video mate got a sub and i forgot what it was about already gotta watch it again

    • @TheDiWhyGuy
      @TheDiWhyGuy  Місяць тому

      Thanks so much every sub counts hopefully one day I can hit 1000 and make a bit of cash to keep this channel going haha well I still got one working GoPro so expect more videos soon also next time you got editing to do hit me up I can try help you out my email is info.diwhy@gmail.com cheers brother!

  • @more.power.
    @more.power. 28 днів тому +1

    Chers bro excellent

  • @oglothenerd
    @oglothenerd 10 днів тому +2

    Linux is great. It is one of those things that every person who knows even a bit more than the average computer user should try. It is sooooo good! :D

    • @TheDiWhyGuy
      @TheDiWhyGuy  10 днів тому +1

      Yeah brother you know it can't go wrong!

    • @oglothenerd
      @oglothenerd 9 днів тому +2

      @@TheDiWhyGuy Yeah, if I never found out about Linux, I wouldn't enjoy using my computer.

    • @TheDiWhyGuy
      @TheDiWhyGuy  9 днів тому +1

      I fully get that what's your go to distro?

    • @oglothenerd
      @oglothenerd 8 днів тому +1

      @@TheDiWhyGuy I run Gentoo on 2 of my machines, and EndeavourOS on one of my machines.

    • @TheDiWhyGuy
      @TheDiWhyGuy  8 днів тому +1

      Cool I never tried those ones I should check them out

  • @luheartswarm4573
    @luheartswarm4573 8 днів тому +1

    rufus is good and all, but I have a even better sugestion!
    ventoy is an amazing little bootloader for your usb storage
    you can just put in any straight up iso on the device, as many as you can fit in and they won't interfere with each other, if you want, you can just put your iso and your important files if you want! the only exception is that windows no longer plays nice with ventoy at all, so you are stuck with rufus for that

    • @TheDiWhyGuy
      @TheDiWhyGuy  8 днів тому

      Yeah bro I heard its really good do you know if it works in Linux?

  • @someone01233
    @someone01233 Місяць тому +5

    Lmao I love the thumbnail

    • @TheDiWhyGuy
      @TheDiWhyGuy  Місяць тому +1

      Thanks mate 😆 got to make fun of billionaires to think poeple defending that Microsoft guy like he didn't rip off CPM OS to make DOS now rips us off to own Windows for a few years...

    • @someone01233
      @someone01233 Місяць тому

      ​@@TheDiWhyGuy You got new subscriber :D

    • @TheDiWhyGuy
      @TheDiWhyGuy  Місяць тому

      Thanks so much !

  • @lideruploader6577
    @lideruploader6577 24 дні тому +1

    Congrats on an awesome video, instant sub. 🥳
    So... I'm an idiot and a noob, just started to learn about Linux like 2 days ago.
    Could you do more content on this gaming on Linux topic? And a step by step guide for dumb people like me please?🙏

    • @TheDiWhyGuy
      @TheDiWhyGuy  24 дні тому +1

      Thanks so much mate fully 100% more of these to come 😁

    • @lideruploader6577
      @lideruploader6577 23 дні тому +1

      @@TheDiWhyGuy thanks m8 ❤

  • @iusearchbtw69
    @iusearchbtw69 Місяць тому +1

    W thumbnail

  • @kyledupont7711
    @kyledupont7711 Місяць тому +1

    I installed Linux thinking I would still want to play most of my games on Windows. I was wrong Linux is amazing for gaming. Many of my games Run better on Linux, I have also tested some multiplayer games everything works I don't play Call of Duty or anything with the anti-cheat that causes issues though

    • @TheDiWhyGuy
      @TheDiWhyGuy  Місяць тому

      That's awesome as. Its come along way in the last few years. Cool that you got some MP games working sounds like a good setup 😁

  • @Lizard_of_Linux_Lane
    @Lizard_of_Linux_Lane 17 днів тому +1

    I used Linux Mint (Maté), I don't have a 17 year old laptop tho...

    • @TheDiWhyGuy
      @TheDiWhyGuy  17 днів тому +1

      Yah mate Linux Maté is mint as mate haha but seriously might try it on my Windows XP build in a video out soon, cheers!

  • @RezaQin
    @RezaQin 24 дні тому +1

    So far, I've learned that Arch based are annoying. I put Ubuntu on a 10 year old Mac and it worked great. Also, Ventoy is better than Rufus.

    • @TheDiWhyGuy
      @TheDiWhyGuy  24 дні тому

      Ubuntu is awesome there are a lot of options for Linux distros just got to find the right one for you, I have heard good things about Ventoy I will have to try it out next time chees mate!

  • @AngeloCPozo
    @AngeloCPozo Місяць тому +2

    2 am here in peru why im watching this?

    •  Місяць тому

      Juan Deni os saluda desde su trono lleno de pis y mierda. Salve Juan Deni, Rey de los excrementos.

    • @TheDiWhyGuy
      @TheDiWhyGuy  Місяць тому +1

      Haha not sure why all I know is Tux the Linux 🐧 approves of this massage!

  • @PhilipKerry
    @PhilipKerry 28 днів тому +2

    All this having to type in commands to simply install stuff completely puts me off linux ... If they made it ACTUALLY user friendly and idiot proof so it was all just point and click then I would consider it .

    • @TheDiWhyGuy
      @TheDiWhyGuy  28 днів тому

      That's fair I was more trying to show how terminal works as a quick over view but as
      @rufuspilula247 said you can double click .exe files to run them, and you can install wine from software manager. no need to use the terminal. But sometimes its the only way to do things like change paging file size and it better for trouble shooting. So you don't have to use it but its good to know how good luck buddy thanks for watching.

  • @nicoful86
    @nicoful86 18 днів тому

    Idk, that thumbnail is kind of messed up 😂
    Also, since you already going to put in some work why not debloat win 10 / 11 with Microsoft config file instead? Now you can enjoy all your games at minimum ram usage

    • @TheDiWhyGuy
      @TheDiWhyGuy  18 днів тому +1

      Well that's me best video views to date so yeah 😂
      Are you going to buy me a SSD more RAM and a Windows key? because even a debloated Windows 11 light needs more than 2 GB of RAM and a HDD would never work as well as Linux and I have run out of Windows 7 keys so yeah no thanks Linux wins for this old girl, thanks for watching buddy!

    • @nicoful86
      @nicoful86 17 днів тому

      @@TheDiWhyGuy idk if you need to buy keys, aren't these old computers already bundled with win 7 / 10?
      I agree, 4GB of ram is probably minimum after debloat.

    • @TheDiWhyGuy
      @TheDiWhyGuy  17 днів тому

      This PC was bundled with Vista have you ever used Vista? Its trash and this PC is not compatible with XP the greatest OS ever crated so Linux is the best option for this build. If your interested in this free PC build in a NES shell you can watch the build video here: ua-cam.com/video/XGUSVQNjgvI/v-deo.html cheers mate!

  • @jonatanrq1304
    @jonatanrq1304 Місяць тому

    Yo! i try World of Tanks, but never load the map :(

    • @TheDiWhyGuy
      @TheDiWhyGuy  Місяць тому

      Sounds like you need this forum www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/18usu4l/world_of_tanks_on_linux_using_steam/
      GamertechAU
      WoT works pretty well on Linux. If you're not using flatpak Steam, then games are relying on Mint's ancient LTS system dependencies which causes all sorts of problems with gaming.
      LTS distros are not for gaming.
      Two primary options are to swap to flatpak Steam which packages its own up to date dependencies, though can still have issues with the old Mint repos as the packages the flatpak system itself relies on will still be out of date, or you can swap to a non-LTS distro such as Fedora which keeps all the packages up to date by default.

  • @lucienlachence
    @lucienlachence Місяць тому

    Better use ventoy there no need to rip data on flash every time u wright iso to flash

    • @TheDiWhyGuy
      @TheDiWhyGuy  Місяць тому +1

      True that looks good as I'll check it out next time i got to make a USB bootable cheers bro!

  • @scorpiotheory1658
    @scorpiotheory1658 Місяць тому +1

    Half Life isnt a win XP game son, its a Win 95/98 game. fuck im old

    • @TheDiWhyGuy
      @TheDiWhyGuy  Місяць тому +1

      your 100% right, XP is just the newest Windows my copy can run on sorry for not explaining better... I played it when it was new so your not the only old one haha

    • @SeeJayPlayGames
      @SeeJayPlayGames 29 днів тому +1

      OTOH, Half-Life 2 *is* a Win XP game but he didn't put that on. And I'm old too. ;)

    • @TheDiWhyGuy
      @TheDiWhyGuy  29 днів тому

      I found Half-Life2 the other day at the thrift shop but who ever donated it didn't release the steam key so I can't play it was so gutted...

    • @CFWhitman
      @CFWhitman 29 днів тому +1

      @@TheDiWhyGuy Perhaps you have done so, or you don't want to do it, but last I knew you could enter information from your original _Half-Life_ boxed purchase into your Steam account, and it would unlock the game on Steam, which allows you to play a patched version that will run on a modern version of Windows or on Linux with support for resolutions other than 4:3.

    • @TheDiWhyGuy
      @TheDiWhyGuy  29 днів тому

      It might be possible I never tried I perfer to use my Windows XP PC for old games anyways as it get full screen. This build is more for mame emulation it will run my arcade server nicely and fit well with the retro consoles that it houses as well i want one unit to compare console ports to arcade games will be a future video thanks for your advice!

  • @freeT0watch
    @freeT0watch 28 днів тому

    gaming is never better on linux .
    it's just possible

    • @TheDiWhyGuy
      @TheDiWhyGuy  28 днів тому +1

      So you going to buy me a windows key?

  • @FURIAfdx
    @FURIAfdx Місяць тому +3

    instead of using an unsupported os to use a windows emulator layer to play, how about just running windows natively? u have more compatibility and runs better cuz u have are not running an emulator in the back with u playing a game! I have a low end pc(it has more than 16 years) I loved windows 7 but games now require windows 10, i tried some linux distros but they are no good for gaming, only for things like watch vids or check emails or write something. but for gaming is not there yet, alot of games dont run natively on linux, online games u have a big change of getting banned. soo just use windows 10, i been testing and games are faster on 10 than 7 btw...

    • @TheDiWhyGuy
      @TheDiWhyGuy  Місяць тому +6

      This os is supported until 2025, you missed the point of the video. Linux beats Windows hand down for this computer and runs all my old af games that don't work in 10 or 11 the only problem with Linux is user error so if you want to use it do your research!

    • @GoonyMclinux
      @GoonyMclinux Місяць тому +1

      I've been gaming on linux for 20 years and never been banned, maybe if you try play a game with a kernel level anticheat that doesn't work on linux anyways.

    • @TheDiWhyGuy
      @TheDiWhyGuy  Місяць тому

      Lol this pc has 128 mb gpu its for emulation its just a bonus it can play HALF-LIFE not everyone cares about online games in fact online games suck ass they full of hackers, patches and 1 game would take up my whole hdd. Why you so mad bro I'm not the one that band you just dule boot windows if you want to play online you can use a windows 7 key on 10 just take a pic of a key on the side of a pc at the scracp wrecker or something easy peasy!

  • @Totallynotmwa
    @Totallynotmwa 15 днів тому

    Erm akutally bill gates stepped down from microsoft in 2020

    • @TheDiWhyGuy
      @TheDiWhyGuy  15 днів тому

      @@Totallynotmwa whats that got to do with the price of fish?

    • @Totallynotmwa
      @Totallynotmwa 15 днів тому

      @@TheDiWhyGuy talking about the thumbnail lol

    • @TheDiWhyGuy
      @TheDiWhyGuy  15 днів тому

      @@Totallynotmwa oh haha well This laptop is from 2007 and so is Windows Vista so by your logic it makes perfect sense 😆 why you defending Trust fund baby Bill Gates he literally stole MS-DOS from Gary Kildall.
      Gary Kildall had created an OS called CP/M. IBM was shopping for an OS for its PC, and struck a deal with Microsoft. Microsoft didn't actually had an OS when they made the deal, so Bill Gates paid Tim Patterson a CP/M engineer $75,000 to clone CP/M OS and renamed it MS-DOS dudes stole every good idea he ever had and sues small business that give anyone a free key... Go watch his TED talk form 2010 if you want to know what he is doing these days it much worse than you could imagine...

    • @Totallynotmwa
      @Totallynotmwa 15 днів тому

      Not defending bill gates lol just saying some truth

    • @TheDiWhyGuy
      @TheDiWhyGuy  15 днів тому

      @@Totallynotmwa each to their own thanks for watching mate

  • @SomeOrangeCat
    @SomeOrangeCat 27 днів тому

    The thumbnail makes no sense as Bill Gates retired from Microsoft in 2008. No one ever accused the Linux cult of being smart though.

    • @TheDiWhyGuy
      @TheDiWhyGuy  27 днів тому +3

      This laptop is from 2007 and so is Windows Vista so by your logic it makes perfect sense 😆 why you defending Trust fund baby Bill Gates he literally stole MS-DOS from Gary Kildall.
      Gary Kildall had created an OS called CP/M. IBM was shopping for an OS for its PC, and struck a deal with Microsoft. Microsoft didn't actually had an OS when they made the deal, so Bill Gates paid Tim Patterson a CP/M engineer $75,000 to clone CP/M OS and renamed it MS-DOS dudes stole every good idea he ever had and sues small business that give anyone a free key... Go watch his TED talk form 2010 if you want to know what he is doing these days it much worse or just cry more up 2 you buddy.

  • @wowitsshit9734
    @wowitsshit9734 Місяць тому +2

    what was the laptop spec?

    • @TheDiWhyGuy
      @TheDiWhyGuy  Місяць тому +2

      2007 HP Pavilion dv9500 Notebook PC. Has a core 2 duo 2ghz, Geforce 8400m 128mb GPU and 2gb ddr2 was Windows Vista Entertainment laptop just enough for xp games real good for Windows 98 games.

    • @wowitsshit9734
      @wowitsshit9734 Місяць тому +1

      @@TheDiWhyGuy neato

    • @TheDiWhyGuy
      @TheDiWhyGuy  Місяць тому +1

      Here is the link to the build bro ua-cam.com/video/XGUSVQNjgvI/v-deo.html

    • @wowitsshit9734
      @wowitsshit9734 Місяць тому +1

      @@TheDiWhyGuy thx

    • @TheDiWhyGuy
      @TheDiWhyGuy  Місяць тому

      Anytime thanks for watching