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Personally, I still use Windows from time to time, but I use Linux every day. And for that I used Windows To Go. There are many methods to do it, for example you can use Rufus. You can also use programs like WinToUSB, AOMEI Partition Assistant etc.

I didn't get on well with MX Linux. The lack of a software center was a point against it. And when I installed WINE and Winetricks so I could run some certain windows apps, it didn't work. this is the only ditsro I've tried where Winetricks just wouldn't run so that was a huge point against it. They run fine on other Distros, I've tried. Mint, Zorin, Ubuntu, even Fedora Workstation (my current favorite distro) Winetricks worked fine on them.

I have a huge problem, my usb is not even working to install linux! not to mention it has a digital copy of zorin os which is a dvd. The problem is I don't even have a dvd anyway that is physical. SO what can I possibly do???

For me I like to do things and find efficient way to do them. I like to collect statistics and turn them into usable data such as electricity consumption and such. Linux is much more friendly for creating things, you can do anything as long you thinker around for long enough. I still have dual boot with windows but that is only because when my students need help with theirs stuff it is easier to have reference to what they are using.

Watching this from the Debian-based environment on my Chromebook. Nice to see another video from you.

I got onto the Linux island this past weekend. It feels so good getting away from that spyware windows! I customize Mint the way I want with far more freedom. I'm not ready to ditch windows, just taking my time making sure I can do what I want like I would on win10. Realistically, I think I'll just need to keep my dual boot setup just for certain tasks. But I hope I can ditch windows in the future. So far my latest accomplishments are using _sudo apt update_ and other basic commands from a video, and installing Star Citizen. Right now I'm tackling modding Armored Core 6, going for the Coop and Armory mods.

I had been itching to get off of Windows for a long time. I would try Linux every year or two and would use it for a month before having to go back to Windows. I just had to have everything I needed to be working before I could make the switch. Finally about 3 years ago I could be just as productive on Linux as on Windows, so I switched.

Is it just me, or is this background actually hard to look at?

Like the video. Steam OS is great for Linux adoption. As soon as it gets good enough that enterprising gamers realize they don't need Windows anymore, I hope that'll put the screws to Microsoft!

I like Linux, but one issue that prevents it from being widely adopted as an OS for regular users is that a lot of things require a bit of effort to get working. For example I was trying to get a Bluetooth dongle working on some older laptops. Under Windows XP it was plug & play, while on Debian it required installing 3 packages and manually editing a config file.

Welcome back! I need windows for the work, but I've tried mint and liked it, although had some issues & wifi kept dropping no matter what I did. Recently tried Fedora and its been very stable and enjoying it so far.

That's basically what I'm using is a Fedora based distro. It's got a couple of weird things in it's installer like selecting disks and partitions, but once past that installing is easy. I have read they might be updating their installer with the next release to make things easier. The only other thing with Fedora is they don't have a lot of the "extra" stuff that you'll want installed to make it work - like Codecs and non-free repo's. But they're easy to install with a couple of commands. That's where some of the Fedora based disros help. I'm pretty happy with the Ultramarine KDE I'm running on a couple of PCs. If your son was using it for gaming it's most likely he was trying Nobara and that's it's own kettle of fish 😂. Much like yourself John, I'd been trying Linux on and off for the last 20yrs. But it's only been in the last couple of years that I thought the desktops were up to par and actually usable. BTW I did end up putting Linux Mint on a VM and played around with it for a couple of days. I managed to get a few things working but in the end still not for me 🤣. There's just some annoying things in it that I don't find when using KDE. So it may be I just don't get on with the Cinnamon DE.

I've hated Windows since the late 80s, but it was that or Apple if I wanted the combination of software and compatibility with hardware that I needed. Windows 7 was at last a version that I could reach an accommodation with, and Microsoft dumped that. After briefly experiencing the clutter and bloat of Windows 10 and Seven no longer being supported, I switched to Linux and will never go back.

Great insight, thanks for another video!

Another great video John, looking forward to seeing some feedback from your son. I have 22 USB drives with a different Linux distro on each one. My son asked me a couple days ago for the Zorin one, which he intends to install on his laptop to experiment with. He wanted to use Zorin because it's supposed to be very game-friendly. Personally, I've been running Mint for nearly 10 years, and currently have 26 Steam games installed that in some cases run better on Mint than they did in Windows.A second son added me as a Steam family member, giving me access to an additional 385 games to install if I wish. Some of those might not work in Mint, but I'm guessing a ton of them would. Checking ProtonDB will tell you which games are playable, and any launch options that might be required. The days of tweaking autoexec.bat and config.sys files to get a game working are just a distant memory.

Its been a while. Thanks for the vid.

Hi dad! Love the video!

great video, so true. Funny, youtube says you have 8 comments... i counted 2. Guess which ones were hidden!! XD

love the content! Linux and politics; my jam!

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Hi John. I too - when forced to enter the Win environment - don't feel comfortable and coincidentally, feel like an alien inside of it! Did you leave MX Linux then? Some time back you seems to be drifting from LM to MX.

This was a little unusual if I may say so myself. I don't think I've ever heard the idea about the government being 40 years ahead with certain technologies. Two unrelated questions I have for you are where did you pick up making RUclips videos and can you make some videos about that?

i'm new here. i clicked on this video thinking LM was making a laptop. half way through, i completely forgot why i clicked because of the great story. miss going to the theater, feels like no one (that i know) goes anymore

Screw Linux, that Alien story is the real treasure of this video.

Hi John, have a look at 2001 a Space Odyssey there was a computer called HAL that went I think rogue.

From the days when Dick Tracy showed us his wrist watch walkie-talkie mobile phone, Isaac Asimov and his Robbie, or even Aldous Huxley and his Brave New World, computing and telecommunication were always tied closely together as extensions of our presence in and domination of our own world, as well as others, to inspire us that we can do just about anything, as the future always seemed so wondrous, so inspiring and yet so distant from our current primitive daily grind. However, as computing became more miniaturized and more personal, we're also more inclined to to think of it as being more intrusive, more implanted into our own flesh and blood existence, not to mention, more controlling of our perception of reality and intellect. The latest AI incarnation comes across more like Arthur C. Clarke's HAL than George Lucas' C3PO in Star Wars. 40 years from now, bionic implants to allow a more visceral computing augmentation will be just as common as tattoos are today. 40 years from now, the definition of what a human is will more likely mention the absence of such implants than the unadulterated version of our genome.

Hi John, I hope you're keeping well. I've also been contemplating buying a new laptop to replace one about 4yrs old. And only for the fact that I blew the USB-C port up on it (apparently plugging an external screen into the USB-C and also trying to charge your phone off that screen's USB ports isn't a great idea LOL). If it was any other port I wouldn't have worried about it. Even with the past sales - something with similar spec's is still $1000-1500AU over here. With WIn10 coming to an end relatively soon and many newer laptops are not able to be upgraded now (unless it's like a higher end gaming laptop) - laptops are certainly seeming like a bad investment. I certainly got more bang for the buck with a mini desktop PC, but certainly can't take that on the road with me.

After using Linux I can't get used to the Windows GUI or the way things are done either.

I accidentally came across MX-Linux the other day and installed it on my VM on Mac. It was nice. However, when I wanted to run neovim, it suggested "sudo apt install". When I tried that it installed an old version of neovim. Often it did not have other packages, so I had to download binaries or deb files and hand install those. That was quite disappointing as I really liked how MX looked.

Worst xfce look ever.

been using the 6.8 kernel on the new lm22, too many bugs on hardware related softwares; mainly my wifi doesn’t work well on 6.8.. so decided to go back to lm 21.3 with kernel 5.15🙂

Me personally, I’m kinda conflicted. On one side it’s useful if you wanna test out your lyrics and see what it would sound like in a actual song but on the other it’s like someone could just start producing music with AI which could be concerning for people who actually put time into there music.

thanks for this, it gave me the idea to look for plasma discover with flatpak and snap backends with synaptic package manager and install it on my Xfce rig, much nicer experience! ty

Typed in "mint kernel" in the search field, your video came up on top and - it was exactly what I wanted! A clear and concise answer to my question. So I'll stick with 5.15. Thanks a lot! :)

Its been said that Linux, like Linux Mint, just works...however in my experience that statement applies more to Windows than Linux. I have used Linux and Windows and every so often I run into a problem with Linux which in order to fix, if there is a fix, I have to research and modify a config file or the like. I have never had to do that in Windows....it has always just worked.

So, its Debian with an Xfce DE with a few tools i wont be using and a panel stuck on the left side of the screen which i will pull down anyway

Rolling release distros are cool, but they introduce too many stability issues for my liking. If you can deal with those issues, then great. But for me personally, as long as my system can play games and get work done, I'm happy. Stable releases don't update constantly for a good reason. Linux Mint hits the right balance between a stable release and maintaining the capability of supporting relatively newer hardware as well, especially after the recent release of Linux Mint 22 Wilma, where they transitioned to the 6.8 kernel.

Thanks so much for this. Is normal Linux users who just want to get things done appreciate people like you.

How is gaming on mint? Does it support steam or any other game store

For me, I only have to use Windows to use a PDF program - if there was a suitable, easy to use Linux version, or web app version I'd never be using Windows again

main stream media is control by deep state so they only tell what you want to hear not what is true

Just look at "Operation Mockingbird", where the CIA was working with the media.

Have you tried Windows x-lite?

so do you like windows 11 24h2?

Windows 11 is the worst program I have ever come across! When my Windows 10 PC becomes redundant I am going to format it and install my old XP and us my old programs and use my phone for all my banking

I still have to do things in Windows because there's no viable alternative in Linux and it's just quicker to boot back into Windows for those couple of things. That being said, I find myself doing Linux'y type things in Windows and wondering why it's not working 😂🤣. My desktop mini computer hasn't been booted into Windows in over 6 months

Sometimes to get a windows program to work I add it to my Steam library as a "game". Then I use Steam's compatibility options to "play the game".

What I've learned is that the majority of Microsoft Office who insists they cannot switch to an alternative such as WPSOffice or LibreOffice - and therefore can't switch to Linux - don't even use 1% of it's functionalities, I've come across Excel users who didn't know to replicate a formula by dragging down the cell, another who copied data from one spreadsheet to the other by copying and pasting each individual cell to the correct spot, and another who didn't even know how to use the autocorrect. I think the latter was used to an older office that was a bit different and got lost just by getting a new one and logically would not have much trouble switching to another suite. The resistance against linux nowadays it seems is way more based on ignorance rather than actual need.

Like so many others i have to use windows at work. I hate every minute of it. It's become so incredibly intrusive with popups everywhere, apparently you don't click on what you intended to click because some stupid popup was silently taking its time to load.

I'm trying to move to linux after copilot got installed on my machine, plus win10 only had 1 year left of support (unless you pay up to extend support). My issue is there is very limited support for nvidia and the only android emulator requires wayland, which runs bad on nvidia. So disappointing that linux still isn't easy to get into, after years of saying "gaming is almost there with linux, I'll switch over".