I've been using Linux full time for 7+ years now. Can't imagine going back to Windows. In these 7 years Linux taught me sooo much about computers that 20 years on Windows didn't.
Switched from win11 to Ubuntu on my desktop and Arch on my laptop. Loving it. I've done mac and windows for a while but now I can't imagine going back since they feel so clunky especially when I use hyprland and navigate purely with the keyboard (hypr + nvim btw). Would recommend to anyone to try it for a while, and on real hardware. Dual boot if you need. Most people watching this channel are probably devs so it really won't be an issue for you at all. I've also had windows bluescreen, randomly break my wifi on the os (had to reinstall the entire OS to fix), and randomly wipe my entire SSD and break itself playing certain poorly made games (tarkov for example, and it happened multiple times). Not taking those chances anymore.
Linux is a rabbit hole. Once you fall in it's hard to get out. Also your Mac theory is on point. I've never used any apple product either, but now after close to a decade on linux if I had to go back to a proprietary os I would choose mac.
Yep, quite agree. I wrote M$ apps from DOS to Win7. I made lots of money, but as a developer I was aware of the REAL M$ agenda, and eventually I moved to Linux. Used Linux as a hobby for years, so it was not hard to do. Since I retired. I changed my Office/Lab & house fully to Linux. My wife uses Win at work, but uses Linux mint on her laptop at home. Took her 5 minutes to figure it out, she would never change back. The main thing holding Linux back is that when a Noob asks a question, they don't get a straight answer. The gurus are hell bent on showing how clever they are, and can be very rude, or dismissive. It gives the impression that you have to be a terminal expert to do anything, when in fact everything can be done in a GUI, just like Win.
Yeah, the Linux community is oftentimes quite elitist. I get it, Linux is fun and everyone likes to mention that they use Arch btw. But getting "normies" onto Linux full-time would benefit the whole ecosystem.
How do you know when you shouldn't take someone seriously? When they repeatedly use "M$" unironically. Linux is great, obsessive pandering Linux acolytes? Not so much.
Switched a few years ago to Mint, then Solus, then Fedora GNOME, and now I'm on Fedora KDE. Really nice operating system! Development is nice on Linux. I don't have to reach for that backslash. Things like Unity Engine don't support fractional scaling on Linux, but it's okay since I don't use Unity too much.
Yes, there are specific pieces of software that don't run smoothly. If the Linux systems take a larger percentage of the desktop PC market, these things would change too.
Hey, I am plunging into the Linux world (currently dual-booting into Mint). Could I respectfully ask what motivated you to move to Fedora? I am considering it. Thanks in advance!
In 42 years of software dev I have developed on a lot of OSs. MS-DOS and MS-Windows were the worst. Loved VAX VMS, but once I got on Unix for the first time in the late 1980s, I have never wanted to go back to any of them. Linux is a perfectly good Unix. But my favorite Unix is Darwin, which underpins MacOS. And really that is because Apple has done a fabulous job of hiding Unix, but Unix is there, follows Unix conventions, and I can always drop into a terminal any time. Ubuntu is getting there, but installing my tool stack on Ubuntu is nowhere near as easy as on MacOS. Once Ubuntu matures a bit more, I might just prefer it for development for anything that will run on Docker.
Switched to Arch Linux for the last couple of months (btw). It took me a while to configure and customize everything, but once it's done, the system is really good. So good that I only switch back for the MS Office suite and other tools that I have to use Windows for. I only have problems when I have to install something new that wasn't planned for Arch, other than that, I rarely have to troubleshoot my system (and I didn't break it yet). I'm actually so used to it that I often use my workspace switching keybinds on Windows and find out it doesn't work lol.
I've been a Linux user since Red Hat 5.2 in 1998 and I will never leave. I just installed CachyOS along with the Cosmic Desktop. Seems to work very well.
i Agree with You,i work for myself,so i work only with Free and Open Source Apps and i can do Any Online Job without Proprietary and Closed Source Software,i dont come back,im not an Adobe Slave,and Micrisoft is a down to the hill company,an outdated 90s Company,otherwise im With IA,new open source apps,i make my money,pay my bills,using de contaminated Software,i Recycle Machines with Linux,because we need to not Discharge Eletronics so fast on the Nature,Linux is Eco Friendly and is good for Environment.
7 years full time on linux Mint (entrepreneur & employee), actually all my computers using only linux, mainly Mint, but I have one on Ubuntu. When I have to use Windows (employment), I really hate it a I really do not do anything on Win so far. For gaming I run Xbox Series X. When it is too complex, I solve it other way. Same with cellphone, good old dumb phone, but with modern technologies without Android or iOS - CAT B40. It`s all about preferences and your needs and if you do it in steps, it is possible.
My hope is that we won't need as many workarounds in the future. But for this more people would have to use Linux systems as their main OS. Then companies would be stupid if they don't invest the time and effort into making everything compatible.
PopOS is probably the best distro for new people. It looks great, mostly works, and the convenience of the shortcuts for window management is hard to beat even with a dedicated window manager. PopOS is the only no-bull linux distro. Before you hop onto linux, make sure it's compatible with your hardware, especially if you have an HDR display or an uncommon wifi card.
I have almost the same situation with my home PC. The difference is, that I also have a work laptop, which is Windows. I've used linux for home machines (primary PC, nextcloud server, several raspberry pi's and so on). The management of the home fleet is just so much easier this way, I have a shell script to do all the updates and backups in one go etc. Also, my wife has external HDD which didn't mount on her windows laptop -> plug it to my desktop and linux just works. A colleague of mine had an old cd with some family videos on it, windows failed to read the disc, I plugged it to my home desktop and again it just basically worked (yeah, bitrot had eaten couple of files unreadable, but for the most part the files were salvageable). No extra software necessary, these things just work...
I've been using Arch-based EndeavourOS for a while and I love it. I just switched the DE from XFCE to KDE Plasma. I have the option to boot into this DE with Wayland, but I'm going to save that for later. I started with Slackware in the late 1990s and since then I've run several different distros. If I weren't running an Arch-based distro, I would probably try Solus, but the AUR has so much and usually the packages are as up to date as you can find on Linux.
Can confirm your theory on Mac. At my work I had to choose between windows and Mac machine. No chance to have Linux on my machine. For the first time in my life I tried Mac - it's super similar to Linux with Gnome environment, but you have Photoshop and MS Office suite
What a great content for us, honestly... I had questions for a while that you answered in this video, thanks for your input. I learned a lot, as usual lol.
Had experience with ubuntu, popOs, Linux Mint, currently staying with Linux Mint, it is fast, never break, compatible with all peripherals I'm using. Significantly my ml models runs faster, way faster than on windows.
What You said about MacOS, if You'd have to use MS Office etc. is fully true. I switched to a Mac some longer time ago and I appreciate it a lot. After many years I just recently got a little annoyed as I can't upgrade above 12.x and Homebrew isn't supported as well for a legacy machine (MBP 2015). I know about the "unofficials" ;). I have used some Linux as well and I like switching between both kinds of systems, because as You mentioned - Mac is Unix based and the differences aren't that huge. Overall I dislike Windows, which I sometimes just have to use and indeed there is just something unpleasant about the user experience, after having some action time on MacOS/Linux. I like the videos - thanks for them and take care!
A thank-you side note: Your neofetch output tells me I should be able to run Linux without issues on my Windows laptop. I haven't decided yet if I'm gonna tolerate Windows 11 next October or not. I'll need to explore the differences between Ubuntu and Pop!_OS.
Appreciate the video. I've still been on windows but am committed to switch once i upgrade my pc soon. And i agree doing dev work on windows is not great with many extra steps, and i don't game much anymore so that isn't an issue for me. Will check out pop OS!
I've been using Linux for a few months now. Fedora and Ubuntu on different computers. I am far from a computer expert. Less has broken on Linux (especially on Ubuntu, Fedora needs a little tweaking out of the box) than breaks on Windows. Windows needs more troubleshooting.
My biggest issue is I'm not a techie, even though many people at work think I am so, so I've always dipped into Linux but gone back to Windows. That was until I discovered that AI can create my terminal instructions and troubleshoot for me. Now I'm on Pop OS and everything is much faster.
i Linux used For several years I have not needed to install drivers except in a very special case that I customize. I create the system once for a long period. The programs are available and I customize them as I want. The construction programs are automatically available. As for Windows programs, I use Where. As for games, you can use technology Passthrough
I love Linux and used it for 5 years but Windows + WSL2 is awesome ... I use all Linux tools I want directly in Windows and I strongly recommend it. (maybe because I hate to restart my machine if I want to open a game ... dual boot is not a good idea)
Why do you made a text file instead an SH scrip to run for troubleshooting / setting as your wish when you reinstall a system if you are familiar with coding? Won't be easier?
I've been using FreeBSD on the desktop for 30 years now. It's not really suitable for the desktop environment if I'm being honest as it's not where it is focusing it's efforts. With that said, I've tried going to a few other things and just can't. The file system layout, the documentation, the performance, etc. is just simply amazing. It's got it's quirks for sure in the desktop world, but I just can't seem to get away from it. ;)
You're absolutely right you would enjoy MacOS over Windows. The only things I can't get anywhere from Windows are IrfanView (XNViewMP is close but not relatively) and TCUP (which you can get similar programs but not as good). I ran Linux as my daily driver for almost 6-7 years. The only reason I wouldn't go back is the need for more priority for development in large enterprise software. For example, during the pandemic, running Zoom on Linux was an inferior experience to what they offer on Windows and MacOS. Spotify on Linux is another example. I find it similar to phone apps between Android and iOS. However, you can't beat Linux in terms of customization and sheer leanness in a system. From time to time, I do miss the elegant simplicity that Linux provides. MacOS is a nice second because of its Unix component.
I was also using dual boot but recently, i have converted my pc into Ubuntu server and installed tailscale, and i have macbook air m1 i ssh in my pc and study.... Initial setup was tough ( steep learning curve ) but everything is smooth now -> everything for ml and deep learning works smoothly on my pc/server now and i am happy with my setup. Mac and ubuntu server win. There is no reason for me to go to windows. Edit : i want to give shout out to lambda stack to make setup easy for data science related stuff
I prefer Linux to Windows and MACOSX because of its greater freedom and variety. I don't particularly appreciate using the command line (Terminal) interface. I'm delighted I have that option with Linux. Nothing wrong with CLI, however I'm so used to a GUI, that using a CLI feels a touch archaic. For instance, Who uses a Terminal on their cell phone ? See My Point.
I read "amd ryzen 7 5800" in the CPU and I liked the video. I judge people based on their CPU processors, haha Jokes apart, i am amazed how so much of the Dev community has adopted AMD, love it!
For the people that are still thinking of switching to Linux but they don't have a spare drive try it in Virtual Box (virtualization software). Its going to be a fun learning experience without any extra cost or fear of losing data.
I "upgraded" my 2020 Asus G14 to Windows 11 and it's terrible. I'll keep dealing with it for some games and Affinity programs until the laptop starts to crawl... I've got a 2014 dell inspiron i5 4th gen with Linux Mint and it just works. I've worked in architecture for 13 years and so need Windows for Autodesk and Adobe. I also bought the Affinity suite when I got my first iPad in 2021. If i were to leave the drafting/autodesk part of this sector, I would get a Mac mini as my next computer to still run Affinity programs. Otherwise, I'm more than happy using Linux for my general productivity work.
The CLI is a first class citizen in Linux. You want to know something in windows you can open powershell and type in some very complex command line to get what you want. Need to filter? Great, those are complex as well. Whereas on Linux there are simple commands, short and easy command options, and filtering is done with standard tools like grep, sed, cut. Otherwise in Windows you have to dig down 5 levels to get to the right GUI tool to get the info you want. Speaking of the CLI being a first class citizen. I use a drop down terminal "tilda" in which I run a tmux session. I am never more than one keypress from having a terminal open and in front of me.
@@NeuralNine Way to go. Couple that with Tilda or Yakuake and you are never more than 1 second from having a terminal window open in front of you. My basic layout is 0: btop 1: finch (cli text mode Pidgin) + python tray applet to indicate new incoming messages. 2: ncmpccp (mpd music player client) 3. bash (Empty bash session always ready)
The deal with davinci resolve and the codecs is because codecs are proprietary and on windows and Mac resolve uses system codecs, and windows and Mac have license of those codecs. On Linux the codecs are unlicensed and the studio version includes them.
I remember my first time with linux in the beginning of 2020. So many graphic driver issues after updates. I usually was greeted with a black screen lol. Usually needed to reinstall the graphics driver. However since 2022, it's been rock solid stable. Even on Arch, very stable. Granted, I use window managers which takes less cpu usage.. But I also use graphic apps like Krita, Blender, Godot, Gimp and such that can eat up usage. Again, very stable experience. Last time I logged into windows was probably a little more than a year ago.. I really don't look forward to updating my windows partition 😅
I've been using Linux for 5 years. I haven't had to use the terminal at all on my recent installs. When I have to use Windows at work it infuriates me at how slow and clunky it is, and how ads keep popping up.
Neofetch is depcrecated btw. And Pop!OS is the Linux alternative to Windows like every other Ubuntu based Linux distro, so if you want a stable Windows-like experience with more control over your system and without your typical BSOD and random updates, use Pop!OS. /e: Not talking down on Pop!OS or Ubuntu based systems here, just pointing out.
I use a W10 vm for one ridiculous work application and even that short use can be horribly frustrating. Luckily every other function of my job can be done on linux and most times easier than if on windows. My wife is stuck on a locked down windows machine at work with tech support in India and she literally spends the majority of her day on the phone with them.
Many people use Windows because they HAVE to. I would like to know how many people genuinely enjoy it and would choose it if compatibility was not an issue.
People may not want to admit it, but you have to do as much troubleshooting on Windows as you do on MacOS or Linux. The difference comes into who you can unload that job to. On Linux, you mostly have to do it yourself. Same with MacOS.
Linux Mint user... I don't want to deal with the mess that is Windows (besides my work - i have no choice there...) All my computers run Linux/MacOS now!
I liken moving to Linux to moving to a new house. Certain things are the same but rooms are different. You need to furnish the new place and decorate. It cannot and will never be the same as your old house. Sure there is work to do in the beginning but that is true for most things. The terminal is like a tool kit that you use to fix stuff, you don't use it everyday but you are glad it is there when a tap starts leaking. I could never go back to Windows. People use any excuse not to move on.
I need Adobe for my passion (photography) and Excel every day for my job. A lot in the car, Hotels,… for me a MacBook is the best. I did all my job 2007 - 2011 in my private company. Nearly all is possible with linux. I love apt-get. On the mac Homebrew, chocolate with windows
If you had to switch to a brand new computer (assume you lost your hard drive!) Is it hard to come back to linux now? Do you know the stuff u did once (to configure linux) or do u have to 'find it back' ?
It would probably take me 1-2 weeks of using it daily to get it back to where it is right now. After this, I probably won't have to troubleshoot problems for quite some time.
Alot of the configuration can be backed up onto github. I have a dotfile repo. If i get a new pc, i can clone the repo just install stow and run it and it will sym link my dotfiles to home dir. This "should" maintain alot of things I have configured like my bashrc, vim config, i3 config etc. Havent needed to do it yet tho lol. So most of your configuration you can take to another computer
@@Sub0x-x40 this is very interesting ! Can you please share (somehow) where I can achieve that? I can reconfigure my windows in a day, but I still think I would have hard to do so if I configure Linux today and then in 5 years I have to rebuild my software config...
I switched to Linux about 8 years ago, I run a propriety CAD programme in Virtual box and that is the only time I need to use windows. Otherwise I find Linux is a good operating system, unobtrusive updates no spyware and bloatware etc. As you say it takes a couple of weeks to get use to using. If not an expert stick to say Linux Mint, and you will wonder why the hell you used windows.
mostly agree and for similar reasons. midi based devices have some incompatibilities and specific devices cause a bit of grief. gaming - some companies are blocking linux. RDP for work is a no go due to work implementation but almost anything else... linux does me well. (p.s. I like shotcut too. its simplerbasic). I do dislike upgrades/patches because you have to stuff around a bit. extensions might take a week or so to catch up. small prices to pay. pretty happy. if I "had" to use windows, I'd get a cheap laptop to get me through. I'd never use a mac. personal preference.
@Louis-L186 Yeah, it's very nice, * Building Software * Using Docker * Software Manipulation Tools * Flexibility (U can do whatever you want) * Works perfectly with almost every Dev tools * Like I don't know what to say but Linux is life 🧬
ive been a linux user since '95 the only thing that keeps me booting windows is for some reason i can never get WoW to run the same on linux no matter what I try. I can get it running alright but on windows its just so much better which is sad. I just wish that one thing I could get past but i cant
wow is the only game I play, i run it on debian via bottles and it runs smooth. Another game I play is Supaplex as nostalgie to my DOS years. Easy to install via steam.
They are still including it in the paid version on Linux. By not including it in the free version, they alienate creators like myself which would have maybe bought the Pro version one day.
@@NeuralNineMicrosoft pays the licensing fee on Windows. Resolve appears to pay for the licences as part of the paid offering. Paying for those licenses for a free product does not make any sense.
Another good reason to switch to Windows - "Recall"!!! I want an operating system that takes a screenshot of what I'm doing every few seconds, and then feeds that through an AI 😉
Wow i am fan of linux. I did not know you were using Linux all the time in ur videos. We have an Ant machine in our company and it has linux os. And its isolated from organisation network as it lacs in security. Is that correct ? We use that machine only to train our models. Its really powerful machine. Its customised and have powerful Gpu. I think it costs more than 24000 usd.
Linux doesn't lack in security at all, this is why defense systems are all run on linux. Your company keeps it isolated for additional security perhaps
My take on reason why free non-Studio version Davinci Resolve on Linux doesn't support proprietary(licenced) codecs (HEVC, H.264, AAC,...) , but support on Windows is because somebody payed for them (Microsoft). They are payed in Studio version on Linux (by BlackmagicDesign). Probably.
I went Mac as daily driver in 1998 but had to use Windows for work in most of the intervening time and almost all my dev work has been targeting Linux. Mac works well because you can work on/for Windows on it, as well as Linux of all vintages. It’s ironically the most open and flexible tool in the box. I too love the command line and can’t really love desktop Linux but windows has been a horror since Vista in my view. Slow and power hungry. Too many steps to get down to WSL2. If I ever found Apple uncomfortable I’d be looking at an LTS Linux distro. On Arm.
I'm a proud Linux Mint user. I am concerned over privacy and didn't want to be a part of telemetry anymore on Windows. It was worth the switch over a year ago. I'm definitely glad I took the time to move over to Mint.
Been using linux for maybe 8 years now. No way I'd ever go back to Windows. Linux is way faster and way easier to program on. And since I kept a slightly older stable build, it never even crashes.
Linux is like a really nice manual transmission on a really nice sports car, while Windows is a 3 speed automatic transmission. Most peoples complaints with Linux is of the type "There is no drive (D) on the transmission, like I am used to so I think it sucks." Plus they are annoyed that they can not eat their hamburger and fry's from the drive thru and drive a manual transmission at the same time. Meanwhile the Linux user is out on some seriously whindy road putting the sports car thru its paces.
For me Linux wasn’t much faster and more stable than Windows, although Linux mint was stable but I didn’t like its desktop environment but if I want to switch my OS, i will switch to Fedora.
OK, say you want some modern interface on your computer. Let it be borderless and buttonless (without ancient trio: "minimize, maximize, close" app stuff). Sort of smartphone type or tiling. Also let it be dark themed and with violet accent colors (or any other) for displayed elements. Could you do this in MasOS or Windows? No. Why? Because you've been sold a false idea that best UI designers developed their interfaces. And these interfaces if you dig into computer history are actually some ~30 years old. In GNU/Linux I can do any of above and even more. And not only in dwm, qtile or hyprland, but in KDE also. As for initial setup... well, yeah, have to install several packages, because I want it to work the way I like.
Yes, for people like us it's a dream. But I can also understand the designer or business guy who wants everything to work out of the box. They prefer not having control and customization options.
I've been using Linux full time for 7+ years now. Can't imagine going back to Windows. In these 7 years Linux taught me sooo much about computers that 20 years on Windows didn't.
Troubleshooting sucks while doing it but you learn so much and I am actually grateful for all the frustrated sessions.
over 15 years and i am so used to it...
Switching back would be a nightmare.
Switched from win11 to Ubuntu on my desktop and Arch on my laptop. Loving it.
I've done mac and windows for a while but now I can't imagine going back since they feel so clunky especially when I use hyprland and navigate purely with the keyboard (hypr + nvim btw). Would recommend to anyone to try it for a while, and on real hardware. Dual boot if you need. Most people watching this channel are probably devs so it really won't be an issue for you at all.
I've also had windows bluescreen, randomly break my wifi on the os (had to reinstall the entire OS to fix), and randomly wipe my entire SSD and break itself playing certain poorly made games (tarkov for example, and it happened multiple times).
Not taking those chances anymore.
This man has so much coding street cred. Arch, hyprland and nvim. Real G.
There is so much that I learn from you every time. Thank you so much ♥️
Thanks for watching! :)
Linux is a rabbit hole. Once you fall in it's hard to get out.
Also your Mac theory is on point. I've never used any apple product either, but now after close to a decade on linux if I had to go back to a proprietary os I would choose mac.
Yep, quite agree. I wrote M$ apps from DOS to Win7. I made lots of money, but as a developer I was aware of the REAL M$ agenda, and eventually I moved to Linux.
Used Linux as a hobby for years, so it was not hard to do. Since I retired. I changed my Office/Lab & house fully to Linux. My wife uses Win at work, but uses Linux mint on her laptop at home. Took her 5 minutes to figure it out, she would never change back.
The main thing holding Linux back is that when a Noob asks a question, they don't get a straight answer. The gurus are hell bent on showing how clever they are, and can be very rude, or dismissive. It gives the impression that you have to be a terminal expert to do anything, when in fact everything can be done in a GUI, just like Win.
Yeah, the Linux community is oftentimes quite elitist. I get it, Linux is fun and everyone likes to mention that they use Arch btw. But getting "normies" onto Linux full-time would benefit the whole ecosystem.
How do you know when you shouldn't take someone seriously? When they repeatedly use "M$" unironically.
Linux is great, obsessive pandering Linux acolytes? Not so much.
There's no way to set up a cron Job under Linux Mint in a graphical way... I wish I am wrong about that though...
@@thiesenfI dont use systemd but there is SystemdGenie, which is a frontend for systemd
Switched a few years ago to Mint, then Solus, then Fedora GNOME, and now I'm on Fedora KDE. Really nice operating system! Development is nice on Linux. I don't have to reach for that backslash. Things like Unity Engine don't support fractional scaling on Linux, but it's okay since I don't use Unity too much.
Yes, there are specific pieces of software that don't run smoothly. If the Linux systems take a larger percentage of the desktop PC market, these things would change too.
@@NeuralNineyeah you are absolutely right!
Hey, I am plunging into the Linux world (currently dual-booting into Mint). Could I respectfully ask what motivated you to move to Fedora? I am considering it. Thanks in advance!
GNOME and KDE Plasma
In 42 years of software dev I have developed on a lot of OSs. MS-DOS and MS-Windows were the worst. Loved VAX VMS, but once I got on Unix for the first time in the late 1980s, I have never wanted to go back to any of them. Linux is a perfectly good Unix. But my favorite Unix is Darwin, which underpins MacOS. And really that is because Apple has done a fabulous job of hiding Unix, but Unix is there, follows Unix conventions, and I can always drop into a terminal any time. Ubuntu is getting there, but installing my tool stack on Ubuntu is nowhere near as easy as on MacOS. Once Ubuntu matures a bit more, I might just prefer it for development for anything that will run on Docker.
Once you go Linux, you never look back. I've been through the same experience 9 years ago.
And it's getting better, more compatible and more stable over time.
Switched to Arch Linux for the last couple of months (btw). It took me a while to configure and customize everything, but once it's done, the system is really good. So good that I only switch back for the MS Office suite and other tools that I have to use Windows for. I only have problems when I have to install something new that wasn't planned for Arch, other than that, I rarely have to troubleshoot my system (and I didn't break it yet).
I'm actually so used to it that I often use my workspace switching keybinds on Windows and find out it doesn't work lol.
I have still not used a rolling release distro for a longer period of time. I think I am scared of updates breaking my system.
@NeuralNine it's a great operation system 💪
As a daily driver arch is annoying when devs change the config files of their programs :\
I've been a Linux user since Red Hat 5.2 in 1998 and I will never leave. I just installed CachyOS along with the Cosmic Desktop. Seems to work very well.
Switched to linux arch variants about 3 years ago as my main OS and I can say it will take a tech miracle for me to start using Windows again.
i Agree with You,i work for myself,so i work only with Free and Open Source Apps and i can do Any Online Job without Proprietary and Closed Source Software,i dont come back,im not an Adobe Slave,and Micrisoft is a down to the hill company,an outdated 90s Company,otherwise im With IA,new open source apps,i make my money,pay my bills,using de contaminated Software,i Recycle Machines with Linux,because we need to not Discharge Eletronics so fast on the Nature,Linux is Eco Friendly and is good for Environment.
What do you do?
If you do software, then your app has to work on Windows and Mac too. So there is no switching, there is coexistence.
7 years full time on linux Mint (entrepreneur & employee), actually all my computers using only linux, mainly Mint, but I have one on Ubuntu. When I have to use Windows (employment), I really hate it a I really do not do anything on Win so far. For gaming I run Xbox Series X. When it is too complex, I solve it other way. Same with cellphone, good old dumb phone, but with modern technologies without Android or iOS - CAT B40. It`s all about preferences and your needs and if you do it in steps, it is possible.
My hope is that we won't need as many workarounds in the future. But for this more people would have to use Linux systems as their main OS. Then companies would be stupid if they don't invest the time and effort into making everything compatible.
@@NeuralNine
Same. There are actually only a few (important for me) programs, that I need and only run on Windows.
I've mostly used debian based distros and tried NixOS when it came out, I gotta go back and try NixOS again and also fedora
I like Debian-based distros, because of compatibility and availability of packages.
Thanks for btop. I didn't know that one. I immediately like it way more than htop.
Yes, I think it's better in every way.
I started playing around with Linux about 20 years ago or so, and have used it exclusively for about 15 years. I've never missed Windows.
PopOS is probably the best distro for new people. It looks great, mostly works, and the convenience of the shortcuts for window management is hard to beat even with a dedicated window manager. PopOS is the only no-bull linux distro.
Before you hop onto linux, make sure it's compatible with your hardware, especially if you have an HDR display or an uncommon wifi card.
Agree!
I have almost the same situation with my home PC. The difference is, that I also have a work laptop, which is Windows. I've used linux for home machines (primary PC, nextcloud server, several raspberry pi's and so on). The management of the home fleet is just so much easier this way, I have a shell script to do all the updates and backups in one go etc.
Also, my wife has external HDD which didn't mount on her windows laptop -> plug it to my desktop and linux just works. A colleague of mine had an old cd with some family videos on it, windows failed to read the disc, I plugged it to my home desktop and again it just basically worked (yeah, bitrot had eaten couple of files unreadable, but for the most part the files were salvageable). No extra software necessary, these things just work...
0:39 love that background
Has a nice vibe, especially at this time of the year :)
@@NeuralNinewhat is the wallpaper name
It's from a GitHub repo: github.com/Narmis-E/onedark-wallpapers
The name is autumn I think.
Linux since 1.0.7 here. No regrets.
I've been using Arch-based EndeavourOS for a while and I love it. I just switched the DE from XFCE to KDE Plasma. I have the option to boot into this DE with Wayland, but I'm going to save that for later. I started with Slackware in the late 1990s and since then I've run several different distros. If I weren't running an Arch-based distro, I would probably try Solus, but the AUR has so much and usually the packages are as up to date as you can find on Linux.
Arch is definitely on my list. I will try it at some point in the future.
Can confirm your theory on Mac.
At my work I had to choose between windows and Mac machine. No chance to have Linux on my machine.
For the first time in my life I tried Mac - it's super similar to Linux with Gnome environment, but you have Photoshop and MS Office suite
What a great content for us, honestly... I had questions for a while that you answered in this video, thanks for your input. I learned a lot, as usual lol.
Glad it helped! Especially happy if it helps to get more people to use Linux :)
I use Zorin OS since this spring (switched from Win 10) and feel I trouble shoot less in Linux than in Windows. Will definately stay with Linux.
For all of those using Linux; what software did you end up using to scan docs to an existing pdf (Append)? TIA
I have been distro hopping for the past 5 years and I can say it doesn't get better than Debian Sid and Fedora.
Had experience with ubuntu, popOs, Linux Mint, currently staying with Linux Mint, it is fast, never break, compatible with all peripherals I'm using. Significantly my ml models runs faster, way faster than on windows.
What You said about MacOS, if You'd have to use MS Office etc. is fully true. I switched to a Mac some longer time ago and I appreciate it a lot. After many years I just recently got a little annoyed as I can't upgrade above 12.x and Homebrew isn't supported as well for a legacy machine (MBP 2015). I know about the "unofficials" ;). I have used some Linux as well and I like switching between both kinds of systems, because as You mentioned - Mac is Unix based and the differences aren't that huge. Overall I dislike Windows, which I sometimes just have to use and indeed there is just something unpleasant about the user experience, after having some action time on MacOS/Linux. I like the videos - thanks for them and take care!
A thank-you side note: Your neofetch output tells me I should be able to run Linux without issues on my Windows laptop. I haven't decided yet if I'm gonna tolerate Windows 11 next October or not. I'll need to explore the differences between Ubuntu and Pop!_OS.
A lot of people think about switching because of Windows 11. I would give it a try. You can still go back to Windows if you don't like it.
@NeuralNine I know all the pros and cons and I use Ubuntu on my old MacBook Air. Works great, definitely better than Mac OS ever did.
I switched to Linux because I was addicted to gaming so I wiped my hard drive and installed linux on it. And I love it
Appreciate the video. I've still been on windows but am committed to switch once i upgrade my pc soon. And i agree doing dev work on windows is not great with many extra steps, and i don't game much anymore so that isn't an issue for me. Will check out pop OS!
Definitely give it a try! :)
I've been using Linux for a few months now. Fedora and Ubuntu on different computers. I am far from a computer expert. Less has broken on Linux (especially on Ubuntu, Fedora needs a little tweaking out of the box) than breaks on Windows. Windows needs more troubleshooting.
My biggest issue is I'm not a techie, even though many people at work think I am so, so I've always dipped into Linux but gone back to Windows. That was until I discovered that AI can create my terminal instructions and troubleshoot for me. Now I'm on Pop OS and everything is much faster.
Awesome. Unusual but great :)
i Linux used For several years I have not needed to install drivers except in a very special case that I customize. I create the system once for a long period. The programs are available and I customize them as I want. The construction programs are automatically available. As for Windows programs, I use Where. As for games, you can use technology Passthrough
It works surprisingly well for most programs / pieces of hardware.
I love Linux and used it for 5 years but Windows + WSL2 is awesome ... I use all Linux tools I want directly in Windows and I strongly recommend it.
(maybe because I hate to restart my machine if I want to open a game ... dual boot is not a good idea)
WSL is a MUST on Windows. But its not remotely comparable to running a Linux system full-time.
I would not call your initial customizations "issues"! I'm a 25years linux desktop user.
Why do you made a text file instead an SH scrip to run for troubleshooting / setting as your wish when you reinstall a system if you are familiar with coding? Won't be easier?
I've been using FreeBSD on the desktop for 30 years now. It's not really suitable for the desktop environment if I'm being honest as it's not where it is focusing it's efforts.
With that said, I've tried going to a few other things and just can't. The file system layout, the documentation, the performance, etc. is just simply amazing.
It's got it's quirks for sure in the desktop world, but I just can't seem to get away from it. ;)
You're absolutely right you would enjoy MacOS over Windows. The only things I can't get anywhere from Windows are IrfanView (XNViewMP is close but not relatively) and TCUP (which you can get similar programs but not as good). I ran Linux as my daily driver for almost 6-7 years. The only reason I wouldn't go back is the need for more priority for development in large enterprise software. For example, during the pandemic, running Zoom on Linux was an inferior experience to what they offer on Windows and MacOS. Spotify on Linux is another example. I find it similar to phone apps between Android and iOS. However, you can't beat Linux in terms of customization and sheer leanness in a system. From time to time, I do miss the elegant simplicity that Linux provides. MacOS is a nice second because of its Unix component.
I still hope that more companies start taking Desktop Linux seriously one day and start developing for it. The user base needs to grow.
Your points are solid. Fyi Irfanview is specifically supported by wine so you should be able to run it on mac and linux. Good luck no matter what!
flatpak install irfanview
I was also using dual boot but recently, i have converted my pc into Ubuntu server and installed tailscale, and i have macbook air m1 i ssh in my pc and study.... Initial setup was tough ( steep learning curve ) but everything is smooth now -> everything for ml and deep learning works smoothly on my pc/server now and i am happy with my setup. Mac and ubuntu server win. There is no reason for me to go to windows.
Edit : i want to give shout out to lambda stack to make setup easy for data science related stuff
Sounds like a nice setup!
I prefer Linux to Windows and MACOSX because of its greater freedom and variety. I don't particularly appreciate using the command line (Terminal) interface. I'm delighted I have that option with Linux. Nothing wrong with CLI, however I'm so used to a GUI, that using a CLI feels a touch archaic.
For instance, Who uses a Terminal on their cell phone ? See My Point.
Well, I recently installed Termux on my phone 😂
@@NeuralNine What kind of phone are you using Termux on?
I read "amd ryzen 7 5800" in the CPU and I liked the video.
I judge people based on their CPU processors, haha
Jokes apart, i am amazed how so much of the Dev community has adopted AMD, love it!
AMD had such a bad reputation back in the day but nowadays I prefer it over Intel.
it is a bad habit in long run ,
@@hiru92 it was a joke, I won't judge anyone like that.
@@abc_cba that is why you mentioned it at the first place
For the people that are still thinking of switching to Linux but they don't have a spare drive try it in Virtual Box (virtualization software). Its going to be a fun learning experience without any extra cost or fear of losing data.
Yes, but expect limited performance then. It's a good way to start though.
I "upgraded" my 2020 Asus G14 to Windows 11 and it's terrible. I'll keep dealing with it for some games and Affinity programs until the laptop starts to crawl... I've got a 2014 dell inspiron i5 4th gen with Linux Mint and it just works. I've worked in architecture for 13 years and so need Windows for Autodesk and Adobe. I also bought the Affinity suite when I got my first iPad in 2021. If i were to leave the drafting/autodesk part of this sector, I would get a Mac mini as my next computer to still run Affinity programs. Otherwise, I'm more than happy using Linux for my general productivity work.
The CLI is a first class citizen in Linux. You want to know something in windows you can open powershell and type in some very complex command line to get what you want. Need to filter? Great, those are complex as well. Whereas on Linux there are simple commands, short and easy command options, and filtering is done with standard tools like grep, sed, cut. Otherwise in Windows you have to dig down 5 levels to get to the right GUI tool to get the info you want.
Speaking of the CLI being a first class citizen. I use a drop down terminal "tilda" in which I run a tmux session. I am never more than one keypress from having a terminal open and in front of me.
I started using tmux yesterday!
@@NeuralNine Way to go. Couple that with Tilda or Yakuake and you are never more than 1 second from having a terminal window open in front of you. My basic layout is
0: btop
1: finch (cli text mode Pidgin) + python tray applet to indicate new incoming messages.
2: ncmpccp (mpd music player client)
3. bash (Empty bash session always ready)
'btop' is nice, I doesn't know that.
Why you dont make your notes in a markdown file instead of an .txt file?
Please talk more about the actuall features and reasons you use linux
11:16 the codecs require licensing, other OS license them at the OS level, but Linux is OSS so it is not, Davinci has to license them themselves
Makes sense. Probably not their fault then.
The deal with davinci resolve and the codecs is because codecs are proprietary and on windows and Mac resolve uses system codecs, and windows and Mac have license of those codecs. On Linux the codecs are unlicensed and the studio version includes them.
Makes sense. Other people said the same.
If Video games didn’t run better on Windows I’d have Linux as my main OS. For now it’ll be my most used on Vmware
I remember my first time with linux in the beginning of 2020. So many graphic driver issues after updates. I usually was greeted with a black screen lol. Usually needed to reinstall the graphics driver. However since 2022, it's been rock solid stable. Even on Arch, very stable.
Granted, I use window managers which takes less cpu usage.. But I also use graphic apps like Krita, Blender, Godot, Gimp and such that can eat up usage. Again, very stable experience.
Last time I logged into windows was probably a little more than a year ago.. I really don't look forward to updating my windows partition 😅
Yes, Linux distros seem much more stable nowadays.
I've been using Linux for 5 years. I haven't had to use the terminal at all on my recent installs. When I have to use Windows at work it infuriates me at how slow and clunky it is, and how ads keep popping up.
Neofetch is depcrecated btw.
And Pop!OS is the Linux alternative to Windows like every other Ubuntu based Linux distro, so if you want a stable Windows-like experience with more control over your system and without your typical BSOD and random updates, use Pop!OS.
/e: Not talking down on Pop!OS or Ubuntu based systems here, just pointing out.
I also think that Ubuntu-based distros are an "easy start". Maybe one day I can confidently say that I use Arch btw.
neofetch is a bash script no? doesnt really matter if it's depricated
I use a W10 vm for one ridiculous work application and even that short use can be horribly frustrating. Luckily every other function of my job can be done on linux and most times easier than if on windows. My wife is stuck on a locked down windows machine at work with tech support in India and she literally spends the majority of her day on the phone with them.
Many people use Windows because they HAVE to. I would like to know how many people genuinely enjoy it and would choose it if compatibility was not an issue.
People may not want to admit it, but you have to do as much troubleshooting on Windows as you do on MacOS or Linux. The difference comes into who you can unload that job to. On Linux, you mostly have to do it yourself. Same with MacOS.
Linux Mint user... I don't want to deal with the mess that is Windows (besides my work - i have no choice there...)
All my computers run Linux/MacOS now!
I liken moving to Linux to moving to a new house. Certain things are the same but rooms are different. You need to furnish the new place and decorate. It cannot and will never be the same as your old house. Sure there is work to do in the beginning but that is true for most things. The terminal is like a tool kit that you use to fix stuff, you don't use it everyday but you are glad it is there when a tap starts leaking. I could never go back to Windows. People use any excuse not to move on.
I like the analogy!
Dude - please provide a link to that wallpaper! 🙏
github.com/Narmis-E/onedark-wallpapers/blob/main/misc/od_autumn.jpg
I need Adobe for my passion (photography) and Excel every day for my job. A lot in the car, Hotels,… for me a MacBook is the best. I did all my job 2007 - 2011 in my private company. Nearly all is possible with linux. I love apt-get. On the mac Homebrew, chocolate with windows
I would probably also give Mac a try, if I wanted to use Adobe or MS office products.
I would love to run Pop!_OS, but it's based on such an old Ubuntu version. Is all the software for it also out of date?
Sometimes yes. But you can always install packages manually as well.
because its works, its os, not alien tech. its free option, everyone should at least try.
If you had to switch to a brand new computer (assume you lost your hard drive!)
Is it hard to come back to linux now?
Do you know the stuff u did once (to configure linux) or do u have to 'find it back' ?
It would probably take me 1-2 weeks of using it daily to get it back to where it is right now. After this, I probably won't have to troubleshoot problems for quite some time.
@NeuralNine many thanks for the quick reply and all the good content 👍. Noted
Alot of the configuration can be backed up onto github. I have a dotfile repo. If i get a new pc, i can clone the repo just install stow and run it and it will sym link my dotfiles to home dir. This "should" maintain alot of things I have configured like my bashrc, vim config, i3 config etc. Havent needed to do it yet tho lol. So most of your configuration you can take to another computer
@@Sub0x-x40 this is very interesting ! Can you please share (somehow) where I can achieve that? I can reconfigure my windows in a day, but I still think I would have hard to do so if I configure Linux today and then in 5 years I have to rebuild my software config...
I switched to Linux about 8 years ago, I run a propriety CAD programme in Virtual box and that is the only time I need to use windows. Otherwise I find Linux is a good operating system, unobtrusive updates no spyware and bloatware etc. As you say it takes a couple of weeks to get use to using. If not an expert stick to say Linux Mint, and you will wonder why the hell you used windows.
Yes, the only difficult part of switching are the first couple of weeks. It's totally worth it.
Pop OS distribution is better than regular Ubuntu?
It's a modified version of Ubuntu made by System76. If you like the modifications they make then use it
It's basically Ubuntu with some changes and better compatibility out of the box.
mostly agree and for similar reasons. midi based devices have some incompatibilities and specific devices cause a bit of grief. gaming - some companies are blocking linux.
RDP for work is a no go due to work implementation but almost anything else... linux does me well. (p.s. I like shotcut too. its simplerbasic).
I do dislike upgrades/patches because you have to stuff around a bit. extensions might take a week or so to catch up. small prices to pay.
pretty happy.
if I "had" to use windows, I'd get a cheap laptop to get me through. I'd never use a mac. personal preference.
Agree. Unless one needs to rely on specific software that does not run properly on Linux, the price one pays is tiny compared to what you get.
I have been using Kali Linux kernel for decade and what I will always say is if you are a developer use Linux full-time.
Agree!
Wait you're using Kali as a daily driver ?
@Louis-L186 Yeah, it's very nice,
* Building Software
* Using Docker
* Software Manipulation Tools
* Flexibility (U can do whatever you want)
* Works perfectly with almost every Dev tools
* Like I don't know what to say but Linux is life 🧬
@@AGASTRONICS Okay, you're probably the first person I see using Kali Linux for a daily driver and not for a pentesting device 😂
@@Louis-L186 Yeah, I do penetration testing on Software and IoT devices
Hii! What do you think about i3wm for development? I think I'm in love with it.
Unfortunately, I have not really used a tiling window manager yet. It's on my to-do list.
@@NeuralNine I wish you the best of luck! I want to thank you for your Neovim config video! I benefited a lot from it!
I need to rework the config. Lua is the way to go nowadays but I am too complacent.
ive been a linux user since '95 the only thing that keeps me booting windows is for some reason i can never get WoW to run the same on linux no matter what I try. I can get it running alright but on windows its just so much better which is sad. I just wish that one thing I could get past but i cant
For games Windows is definitely (still) the best operating system. Unfortunately.
wow is the only game I play, i run it on debian via bottles and it runs smooth. Another game I play is Supaplex as nostalgie to my DOS years. Easy to install via steam.
The reason some codecs are missing on linux is because Microsoft provides them with windows.
They are still including it in the paid version on Linux. By not including it in the free version, they alienate creators like myself which would have maybe bought the Pro version one day.
@@NeuralNineMicrosoft pays the licensing fee on Windows. Resolve appears to pay for the licences as part of the paid offering. Paying for those licenses for a free product does not make any sense.
Linux is the way to go.
❤ hell yeah.
9:13 strongly agree
Another good reason to switch to Windows - "Recall"!!! I want an operating system that takes a screenshot of what I'm doing every few seconds, and then feeds that through an AI 😉
Sounds fantastic
Can you share your linux config steps txt?
Bro make a series about pyrogram library
Wow i am fan of linux. I did not know you were using Linux all the time in ur videos. We have an Ant machine in our company and it has linux os. And its isolated from organisation network as it lacs in security. Is that correct ? We use that machine only to train our models. Its really powerful machine. Its customised and have powerful Gpu. I think it costs more than 24000 usd.
Linux doesn't lack in security at all, this is why defense systems are all run on linux. Your company keeps it isolated for additional security perhaps
You will at some point, just to try some new stuff) not because you will stay on it, but just to try new stuff
I use openBSD
Do u consider using new MacBook s?
I don't consider buying a Mac as of right now. Only if I experience significant issues with Linux at some point.
My take on reason why free non-Studio version Davinci Resolve on Linux doesn't support proprietary(licenced) codecs (HEVC, H.264, AAC,...) , but support on Windows is because somebody payed for them (Microsoft). They are payed in Studio version on Linux (by BlackmagicDesign). Probably.
Makes sense. Other people said that too.
I went Mac as daily driver in 1998 but had to use Windows for work in most of the intervening time and almost all my dev work has been targeting Linux. Mac works well because you can work on/for Windows on it, as well as Linux of all vintages. It’s ironically the most open and flexible tool in the box.
I too love the command line and can’t really love desktop Linux but windows has been a horror since Vista in my view. Slow and power hungry. Too many steps to get down to WSL2.
If I ever found Apple uncomfortable I’d be looking at an LTS Linux distro. On Arm.
I can imagine Mac being a good compromise. But open? That's not a word I would have ever associated with it at all 😅
I'm a proud Linux Mint user. I am concerned over privacy and didn't want to be a part of telemetry anymore on Windows. It was worth the switch over a year ago. I'm definitely glad I took the time to move over to Mint.
Awesome!
After breaking Arch many times I ended up sticking with endeavourOS. It works with my Nvidia GPU.
Heard it is a less bloated alternative to Manjaro.
@@NeuralNine Yes that is true. Also it doesn't collect any data unlike Manjaro.
Been using linux for maybe 8 years now. No way I'd ever go back to Windows. Linux is way faster and way easier to program on. And since I kept a slightly older stable build, it never even crashes.
That's why I stick with POP for now. I am afraid of using Fedora or Arch because the system could easily break. At least that's what I think.
i am convinced but still afraid of how to establish what you have...
If you can, try using Linux on a second machine or hard drive without uninstalling Windows. That way you can always fall back to it if necessary.
Dude, run Windows in KVM virtual machine or VirtualBox. No more dualboot!
Been on Linux since 2018. Never going back to Windows.
which is best Linux distros among all available distros
There is no best. But as a beginner I would recommend starting with an Ubuntu-based distribution.
there's a funny thing with Linux users, the ones that move from Windows to Linux tend to eventually move to MacOS if they still don't like it lol
Right now I would not make the switch. Also, does Mac support things similar to i3wm?
I use Linux in my main computer, It is amazing. I use Fedora btw
Great! :)
Linux is like a really nice manual transmission on a really nice sports car, while Windows is a 3 speed automatic transmission. Most peoples complaints with Linux is of the type "There is no drive (D) on the transmission, like I am used to so I think it sucks." Plus they are annoyed that they can not eat their hamburger and fry's from the drive thru and drive a manual transmission at the same time. Meanwhile the Linux user is out on some seriously whindy road putting the sports car thru its paces.
I switched to Linux after Windows XP 😂❤🐧 in my experience, it's always "just worked". I dabbled with MacOS briefly and was horrified 😮
Why horrified? Because of the lack of control or was it just a bad experience overall?
Not sure why you would change back to windows yeah
People are fleeing adobe though today due to their sales policies
Good news for Linux I guess.
After some distro hopping, PopOS is my 1st choice
It's very nice for new Linux users! :)
I use both
For me Linux wasn’t much faster and more stable than Windows, although Linux mint was stable but I didn’t like its desktop environment but if I want to switch my OS, i will switch to Fedora.
OK, say you want some modern interface on your computer. Let it be borderless and buttonless (without ancient trio: "minimize, maximize, close" app stuff). Sort of smartphone type or tiling. Also let it be dark themed and with violet accent colors (or any other) for displayed elements.
Could you do this in MasOS or Windows? No. Why? Because you've been sold a false idea that best UI designers developed their interfaces. And these interfaces if you dig into computer history are actually some ~30 years old.
In GNU/Linux I can do any of above and even more. And not only in dwm, qtile or hyprland, but in KDE also. As for initial setup... well, yeah, have to install several packages, because I want it to work the way I like.
Yes, for people like us it's a dream. But I can also understand the designer or business guy who wants everything to work out of the box. They prefer not having control and customization options.
@@NeuralNine It works out of the box in Manjaro, Kubuntu or Raspbian. It's just we want something more 🐧