What I want from the OS - to be a simple, user friendly and comfortable application launcher. As a long time Linux sysadmin, I was using Linux on servers, on my company computers and on everything work related. I always kept one PC with Windows for gaming. About a month ago I finally ditched Windows and my life is much easier now. Even the games I play run better now even if they are Windows versions running under Wine or Proton. It is absolutely crazy what Microsoft made from their once great product.
Yup!!! I know "Recall" has been postponed, and it's (for now) only supposed to be on these new generation of laptops... but it's only a matter of time before this and/or something else even more nefarious hits all Windows users. I will probably eventually make the move to using Linux exclusively as well.
Ironically, it was someone from Microsoft doing ad hoc testing who prevented a bad actor from slipping something truly nefarious into XZ Utils, which is used in most Linux distros. It was really only by luck that it wasn't widely released. It did make it into development builds. I like Linux, but people shouldn't get overly confident about its security. It's not impervious.
Exactly! It's not magic. It's just an OS. The RUclips channel "Dave's Garage" had an episode about what you referred to in your comment.. quite fascinating really.
Should it be a one or the other choice at this time? Perhaps a better option presently should be to use the OS best suited to the job at hand. Desktop Linux is improving every year and eventually will reach the point where those who want to can totally ditch Windows or Mac OS but we're not there yet. But the gap is closing.
You hit the nail right on the head! I would be exclusively a Linux user if it wasn't for gaming. The fact is, to play AAA titles, we still need Windows.
i'll switch to fedora kde spin next week after being exclusively on windows since windows 95 :D i tried manjaro live yesterday and booting back into win 10 felt kinda awkward. dunno why i waited so long. windows always worked for me and probably would still be enough. but i just don't like the path microsoft has chosen. i just don't want to be tired anymore.
3 years back, switched to ubuntu, purged gnome and installed kde on it. then realised why dont i just run kubuntu. installed kubuntu. then switched to majaro gnome then manjaro kde. then finally installed arch ( installing arch took me 3 days without sleep)
True, Linux is an OS. What is 'special' about it is that YOU control it. You update what and when YOU want. It does not phone home or keylog you. There are many Desktop Environments to choose from. Arch is for advanced users. If you want to hate yourself as a noob then install Arch. A sane person would choose Mint or Ubuntu. Then get comfortable and move on if you want to. Linux is not Windows and there is a learning curve but after 3 months most niggles will be gone. Expect to learn new ways of doing things and new software.
@@dansanger5340 You get a notice of all updates when they are available. An Icon appears and flashes. You see them in a list of how critical they are and what they are. You can decide to stop working on that important presentation that if not delivered on time will tank your company or wait a few minutes and apply the update at a time that you decide not M$. To date there has never been an update that needed to hijack anyone's machine on any OS. Choosing your own time to do things is what adults do. M$ has been known to brick machines and change settings after updates. What a crazy idea, allowing the owner of a machine to update when it suits them. Soon M$ will tell you what time to go to bed. Most Windows users will obey Just to be safe. I used to apply updates to all the work machines after hours. That way the workers got the days work done and if there was a problem I could fix it before work started the next day. But crashing and stopping business because an outside party sends a message is preferable. Not.
@@dansanger5340 Updates on Linux are not like updates on Windows. Files on Linux can be in use and will updated in the background. The user will not notice any change in the machine. You can be for example be watching a movie. I can rename that file and you will just carry on watching it. When you close the file, it will only be available in its new form and name. So updates on Linux take seconds and you don't need to reboot. The only time you might need a reboot is if the kernel is altered. Even then you get to say when you reboot. You can carry on working without any problems. It seems what makes Linux special is programs work interdependently of everything else. If a program crashes, the OS does not care. Just kill it and restart that program, everything else just keeps going. That is why a Linux machine can be up for months and be 100% up to date. No need to close files, stop work and watch the entertaining Windows update screen. No praying that your settings are intact and your computer is returned in a working state. You can set your machine to auto-update if you want that feature but it is risky and too Windows like.
What I want from the OS - to be a simple, user friendly and comfortable application launcher. As a long time Linux sysadmin, I was using Linux on servers, on my company computers and on everything work related. I always kept one PC with Windows for gaming. About a month ago I finally ditched Windows and my life is much easier now. Even the games I play run better now even if they are Windows versions running under Wine or Proton. It is absolutely crazy what Microsoft made from their once great product.
Yup!!! I know "Recall" has been postponed, and it's (for now) only supposed to be on these new generation of laptops... but it's only a matter of time before this and/or something else even more nefarious hits all Windows users. I will probably eventually make the move to using Linux exclusively as well.
Ironically, it was someone from Microsoft doing ad hoc testing who prevented a bad actor from slipping something truly nefarious into XZ Utils, which is used in most Linux distros. It was really only by luck that it wasn't widely released. It did make it into development builds. I like Linux, but people shouldn't get overly confident about its security. It's not impervious.
Exactly! It's not magic. It's just an OS. The RUclips channel "Dave's Garage" had an episode about what you referred to in your comment.. quite fascinating really.
Should it be a one or the other choice at this time? Perhaps a better option presently should be to use the OS best suited to the job at hand. Desktop Linux is improving every year and eventually will reach the point where those who want to can totally ditch Windows or Mac OS but we're not there yet. But the gap is closing.
You hit the nail right on the head! I would be exclusively a Linux user if it wasn't for gaming. The fact is, to play AAA titles, we still need Windows.
Linux is better at almost anything except gaming and app compatibility which will truly get there
i'll switch to fedora kde spin next week after being exclusively on windows since windows 95 :D i tried manjaro live yesterday and booting back into win 10 felt kinda awkward.
dunno why i waited so long. windows always worked for me and probably would still be enough. but i just don't like the path microsoft has chosen.
i just don't want to be tired anymore.
I think I might do a dual boot again. Linux/Windows. Both on their own Nvme drives. I still like to game.
playstation/switch for anything that proton and wine can't handle :D
3 years back, switched to ubuntu, purged gnome and installed kde on it. then realised why dont i just run kubuntu. installed kubuntu. then switched to majaro gnome then manjaro kde. then finally installed arch ( installing arch took me 3 days without sleep)
Lol! Yup!!! You're a Linux user!!! Distro hopping like the world is going to end! Hehehe
True, Linux is an OS. What is 'special' about it is that YOU control it. You update what and when YOU want. It does not phone home or keylog you. There are many Desktop Environments to choose from. Arch is for advanced users. If you want to hate yourself as a noob then install Arch. A sane person would choose Mint or Ubuntu. Then get comfortable and move on if you want to.
Linux is not Windows and there is a learning curve but after 3 months most niggles will be gone. Expect to learn new ways of doing things and new software.
100% agreed! In the major points you've made, you summed up the video very well! Thank you for watching and commenting! It's sure appreciated.
If there is a critical vulnerability under active exploit, I would want my OS to update itself ASAP, not sit around waiting to get compromised.
@@dansanger5340 You get a notice of all updates when they are available. An Icon appears and flashes. You see them in a list of how critical they are and what they are. You can decide to stop working on that important presentation that if not delivered on time will tank your company or wait a few minutes and apply the update at a time that you decide not M$. To date there has never been an update that needed to hijack anyone's machine on any OS. Choosing your own time to do things is what adults do. M$ has been known to brick machines and change settings after updates. What a crazy idea, allowing the owner of a machine to update when it suits them. Soon M$ will tell you what time to go to bed. Most Windows users will obey Just to be safe.
I used to apply updates to all the work machines after hours. That way the workers got the days work done and if there was a problem I could fix it before work started the next day. But crashing and stopping business because an outside party sends a message is preferable. Not.
@@dansanger5340 Updates on Linux are not like updates on Windows. Files on Linux can be in use and will updated in the background. The user will not notice any change in the machine. You can be for example be watching a movie. I can rename that file and you will just carry on watching it. When you close the file, it will only be available in its new form and name. So updates on Linux take seconds and you don't need to reboot. The only time you might need a reboot is if the kernel is altered. Even then you get to say when you reboot. You can carry on working without any problems. It seems what makes Linux special is programs work interdependently of everything else. If a program crashes, the OS does not care. Just kill it and restart that program, everything else just keeps going. That is why a Linux machine can be up for months and be 100% up to date. No need to close files, stop work and watch the entertaining Windows update screen. No praying that your settings are intact and your computer is returned in a working state. You can set your machine to auto-update if you want that feature but it is risky and too Windows like.