one good tip for beginners looking to switch: Lock linux as the default boot in your dual boot setups, this way you only use windows when you NEED to, and you'll always boot into linux when you don't choose, or just leave your PC to turn on while you go grab a snack or smth
@@that_guy1211 H2M is a mod for call of duty to bring back Stuff form MW2R Witch the multiplayer Was canned The mod Required Modern warfare remasterted To install the mod The mod got an Cease and Desist by activision but people leaked the files Im just Thinking will it work on arch linux?
@@Chaos0.5 idk anything about cod or mwr, but i do know that games with client side anti-cheat don't work on linux, which is why you should dual boot instead, there's a lot of games that don't work on linux
Funniest thing about "small Linux marketshare" justifying not supporting it is that Linux has a bigger marketshare than macOS on Steam. Companies just can't be bothered - see League of Legends.
Its crazy because when I was using Unreal and Unity there was literally an automatic process to port it to Linux and involved no extra steps. It is just pure laziness.
Linux now has similar marketshare to what Mac OS had before the iPhone was announced, and Mac was the #2 OS then. Based on the stats it looks like we're at the beginning of the snowball effect. 3 months of more than 4% this year and a clear upward trend.
To some extent I think it's also about the high level of control that Linux gives you as a user. Developers of anti-cheat software don't like that because it makes it harder for them to keep you from making modifications that might count as cheating. Personally I would rather keep the control and leave the anti-cheat software.
@@rossjennings4755 Linux has recently come up with something called Immutable distros where you cannot edit the system files therefore it may actually be a possibility as you cannot mess with the kernel (how anti cheats work)
@@connivingkhajiit at least more people are switching. Market share is currently steadily rising and now getting close to 5%. Which is a big improvement over the 1% from a few years ago.
they do if you use arch and use random shit compiled from binaries for programs you have to have or you are going to die because you refuse to learn a free alternative program lmao, otherwise any program windows has linus has and its free
@@CommanderBeefDev Unfortunately, for some programs that many people on Windows or MacOS use, there really aren't comparable alternatives. For example, I use the Reaper DAW (digital audio workstation) for recording music. It's available on Linux. The problems I have are that it doesn't work with many (probably majority) of audio plugins that make the DAW worth using. Additionally, I have the newer generation of probably the most commonly used audio interface after the Scarlett Solo -- the Scarlett Focusrite 2i2, and I can't even get it to give me options similar to the Windows ASIO driver to set up sample rate and low buffering, which is essential to being able to monitor while recording without too much audio latency, which isn't a problem for Windows or MacOS. I found a couple channels where the video authors seem to have conquered it, and I couldn't get a reply on one, and the other said I'd need to compile something somewhere. If I ever have enough time to try to figure out how to go about that or to end up wasting on yet another Linux rabbit hole, I'll definitely give it a go. I've wasted many hours and days trying to get certain programs to work on Linux, seeing others having success, for example, on a particular instance and version of a distro that no longer is available and the available ones don't end up working (I wanted to get Amplitube and EZ Drummer working on Linux in that instance). That said, I don't completely disagree with you; I think it's awesome that Linux has been getting great support from Valve and people such as GE regarding gaming, and other than modding the hell out of certain Bethesda games (I understand Linux has problems with scripted mods), I plan on optimizing a Linux gaming setup and to transition away from gaming on Windows as I get better with using Linux for that purpose. I can't currently recommend Linux for people using common recording software and equipment and whom have invested a lot of time and money into various recording plugins that either mostly won't work or, best case scenario, will take a lot of luck and time to get straight whereas you can just load it up and use it on Windows and MacOS and it just works. Again, I understand Linux is fantastic for many things (also including running virtual machines) and that many people have worked hard on making it a great platform, and I want to give a lot of credit for the advances in gaming that it has seen in the past few years. Maybe something like a Valve for audio or video producers will eventually pop up in the Linux world. I really do hope and wish to switch away from Windows (and possibly MacOS) entirely eventually, so I'll switch in what ways I can.
I had the issue on linux mint, that I counldnt play FH5. but that wasnt because of linux, it was because I broke something in Lutris XD. so that quote is quite accurate
If you're gonna build a pc for linux then hardware generally works but it's still good idea to look up if things like the given network card, wifi card, capture card(if you use it) are compatible. Those are some components that sometimes can have issues but stuff generally works. Basic components and peripherals like mouse,keyboard,gpu are fine unless you're looking for mouse or keyboard customization because that software is 99% of the time windows only though for some brands RGB customization is available through community made software
You open the conversation by saying that you talked about how to run Genshin on Linux XD. I play Genshin since a while and of course on Linux. First I had it in WINE, but after some rendering issues I switched it to Steam Proton and now it runs perfectly. Wellcome to the world of the penguin!
Hahaha, I also had a similar issue. When I run Genshin with Wine, I get some performance issues, but when I switched to Proton-GE, the game runs much better. Thanks, much appreciated!
proton has modified d3d dll library with dxvk and vkd3d by default, but if you are running with vanilla wine or other modifications, you need to change and override wine build-in d3d dll library in the wine prefix with dxvk
Also vanilla wine doesn't ship ESYNC/FSYNC by default like proton/wine-ge does, so you'll face massive CPU overhead using it. This is changing though, wine developers are working towards standardizing NTSYNC (both on vanilla wine and linux kernel) to replace completely the hacky and "buggy" ESYNC/FSYNC patches.
I want to switch completely to Linux as a beginner, but I was worried that I could not keep playing Genshin. What are the steps that I should follow so I can start? I was thinking about using Fedora, as I read that is better for coding
Yeah, same here; except my first exposure to Windows was 3.1. Been using Windows ever since. I dabbled with Linux in the late 90's, a distro that no longer exists and while I learned a fair bit, I was still an impatient person. I tried Linux Mint in 2013 "just because" and that lasted for all of six months until I couldn't get a couple of my Windows games to work and just went back to Windows. When 10 came out, I didn't have system issues peer se, I was just unhappy that after i installed it, I would spend another hour turning things off or removing junk I didn't want. I had then realized that Microsoft was slowly removing control even from "power users". When 11 was announced, I was not impressed and about two years ago I dual booted with Arch Linux. I needed the space, and I am on newer hardware anyway, so I decided to wipe all my drives, reinstalled Arch from scratch and have been Windows free since around June 2022, not a bad 40th birthday present; a slew of new near top of the line hardware and a clean and snappy OS that does what I want it to do, not what some corporation wants. And not a moment too soon with the "Recall" crap... no... Sorry Microsoft. I've known you since I was 10. 1992 was my first computer i built on my own, and MS-DOS 6.22 with Windows 3.1 was there for that momentous occasion and Windows has been there for most of my life. But you are no longer relevant to me. I know enough to either fix issues myself or know how to find/ask questions to get help when I need it. Half my life is over already so, I just want to play my games in peace.
Yes, it saddens me when I remember the windows days of my childhood. They have neutered it beyond recognition now. I'm on arch, but the majority of my life has been on windows. Nostalgia aside, I'm more than happy with linux, and I'm especially satisfied with how everything (literally) is a file on the filesystem and the system can be configured fully and reliably with "sudo nano /this/file/that/has/configuration/for/somthing" and access to the internet (archwiki. This fella has been helping me since my days in linux mint, believe it or not.) What desktop environment do you use or like best?
The first time I used Windows was a Dell 486 SX 25Mhz 4MB machine. I think it was Windows 3.1. This was around 1992 when I was thirteen years old, it was the base machine without a modem or sound card. It had both a 5.25" 1.22MB floppy and a 3.5" 1.44MB floppy. I had used Apple II machines prior to this and also some MS-DOS machines. I didn't know anything about computers or software at all though, we just used them to type reports and practice typing at school.
@@TheLionAndTheLamb777 Same! I was 10 in '92 I had 8 MB memory. my computer was handed down from my father and incomplete. I had to teach myself real quick what was going on if I wanted a working computer. XD He introduced me to the owner of the only computer shop in the area and that was it. No help from the parental unit XD Thankfully, though. Taught me how to find answers. The only reason I'm highly tech minded now.
I switched to Linux when Windows 10 came out. Back in 2015 the only games I played on Linux were Team Fortress 2 and a few FOSS games like sauerbraten and open arena but now you can run any game that doesn't have an invasive anti-cheat. Seriously, There were so many things Linux didn't have back when I started using it that it has now and it's amazing.
It's nuts what has happened to linux in such a short time. Not just proton, but pipewire has also made everything a lot easier. Nvidia is finally trying harder to get support going as well with Wayland well under way to replace the ancient X11. Things are really looking good.
Nice video, could have mentioned some of the elitists in the linux community, but im happy you havent dealt with that enough to feel the need to include it. Keep it up!
I've used Linux on/off since '97 and in my opinion the #1 thing that has held Linux back is the toxic community. There is a large and vocal contingent of Linux users that enjoy lording their knowledge over the general populace and I don't believe they want Linux to ever become truly popular. This is a shame because Linux really does have a lot to offer and if more people were helped to make the most of it instead of being told to read a dense and convoluted wiki and solve their own problems I think it could really take off.
@Cod-w1s Yeah, you're right. The Linux community can sure be toxic, (not all of them) which I find a bit disappointing. Since more People are considering Linux, I wish the community could be more wholesome and help people rather than just being complete elitists. But overall, I had some good people who helped me solve my issues with Linux :)
@@acrawley5128 Yeah theres quite a bit of "holier than thou" type of mentality among the community, like i was asked how i installed arch and got the response "thats not really supported here and you should better your reading skills"
@@DualryG I am glad that youve gotten great help with linux and that you're now passing your knowledge forward to others so we can bring more people into the community and hopefully persuade companies to start supporting linux
@@Cod-w1s To install Arch, I recommend using an arch-based distro instead tbh. Way better experience, with all of the benefits. Garuda, CachyOS, EndeavorOS, etc. Garuda and CachyOS are my two favorites, personally.
I am using both Windows (10) and Linux (Ubuntu) for specific needs. The reasons I still don't make a complete switch are: - Specific needs. There are still a lot of work that I can't do on Linux, either due to not supported or I don't want to have to run through emulators. This include working softwares and games. - When I encoutered issues, tutorials or answers often didn't help because my environment was (likely) different from them. - The "superior race". I know Windows 11 and Microsoft's movement are bad, but it is far better that people who use every single nanosecond to brag about how superior Linux is. (There are good people as well.) The last one is the biggest reason.
That is why many switch back to windows, without making considerations. And that is also why they should keep Windows, because without their favourite software or specific needs, they will not get their job done. As stated in my video, I made these mistakes, haha.
@@DualryG I think the problem is not about whether the software is their ""favorite"" or not, because some times that is the only one that works (that's why I said "specific needs"). A few months ago I tried to install the driver for my Wacom tablet. It was quite a journey, took me a whole day trying to compile libwacom and failed. I gave up on the tablet. Last month, in one of the class I enrolled we started to use KH Coder (a tool for text mining). In class there were 2 Ubuntu, 1 Mac users. It took us two session trying to get KHC to work on the 2 Ubuntu machine. At the end we decided that it is not worth it and the three should prepare their own Windows machine. Honestly saying, I don't care whether it is Windows, Linux, DOS, or even RTOS. I use the computer to do work (and games ^^), so if it works as expected then that should be enough.
Those "superior race" Linux zealots are some of the most insufferable people I've dealt with in my life lol. I personally use Windows primarily, but have WSL with Ubuntu LTS installed because my work is with Linux and I need a good terminal. I also have a Mac at home so that I can keep experience using all three.
@@ULTRAYT agree.. even Linux is more secure than Windows and Mac in terms of virus attack or malware, but it still can get attacked if the user letting their guard down when using Linux..
Well, Linux did have malware published IN THE KERNEL for a while, and bad code purposefully implemented to prove how bad Linux was at checking code. Meanwhile, on Windows, it's almost like people have to purposefully try to get malware and virus. It isn't just built in. The problems this guy has run into would have me taking his PC away in the office, or putting him in a special policy to prevent him from being able to change things as he clearly can't be trusted to act alone in regards to Windows.
Reason for game developers not porting their games to Linux is due to hassle of making sure their games work on Linux and because Proton usually is fine enough. And low market share. Basically, they don't want to do it if it would mean low sales. It's all about money. I port my games to Linux due to wanting to support Linux gaming, money does not matter to me
It is not much more work if you make your code generic enough. It is enough hustle to take care about instruction set extensions, dependencies and stuff like that. If you use engine, yeah, it is easy. If you make your own one and would have to make it work for linux just because microsoft seems to lose market right now...that costs some time. Plus testing.
@@RukopisyNarnie well nowadays you need to be in some very specific cases to build your own Engine. Most of the time it makes no sense, especially for a product meant to be widely distributed. Good luck finding people who will already be familiar with your tech stack.
@@beuman0 what techstack? C? Tjere is lot of c developers. Major studios build their engines. Both because they have specific needs and don't want to pay license.
I've been using and gaming exclusively on linux for 20+ years now. I honestly don't know how anyone puts up with windows, it's dramatically worse than when I left it, back in the early 2000s windows was not that bad, but Linux was free, no spying, practically virus free, and very empowering. Linux gaming used to be more of a challenge long ago but now it just works on almost anything. Many games even support it natively. Often on steam I don't actually even notice one way or the other
"I honestly don't know how anyone puts up with windows." Because 20 years ago I didn't know about Linux. I'll just assume that a lot of people didn't, then and now. I've been trying to go Linux for over a decade now and every time Linux does something stupid, random thing, I go back to Windows. Why? Because I know exactly when and how Windows is going to fuck up. Better the devil you know, right?
@@md_vandenberg I recommend Linux mint, I use the mate desktop (they have a few desktop bundles) . It has a classic windows feel to it and is very stable, well fleshed out without being bloated
Thats last 3 comment in the opening is't true. 1) Linux is easy to install just follow the instruction. 2) Windows have more virus than Linux just like Android have more virus than iPhone. Because the majority using windows and android. 3) Linux can boot in windows laptop or mac. They need small resource than windows.
Haha, I know. These are just myths that most people think about Linux and I decided to add them in my video to prove that Linux has got better over the years.
Linux easy to install and follow true. No linux has the same amount of viruses as windows. Android doesn't get virus itself unless you mess up iOS doesn't get virus because it's unusable to begin with.
Last I checked Android to iOS market share is nearly 50/50, (though it was a few years ago now) it's just that iOS has a very locked down ecosystem for apps but Android not only lets you install any app you want, but you can even mod the drivers and install custom ROMs (which are basically distros of Android)
I'm currently on the verge of going down the path of Linux, despite all the issues I had and saw friends have with it(mainly because of language or random bits old of laptop hardware not working) since I've been battling with game crashes for the past 3-4 days, started on Windows 10, now on a clean Win11, but yesterday evening I was already looking up what flavor I'd go with. The constant crashing due to the OS being essentially corrupted out of nowhere after AN UPDATE, the constant "do this, try this" BS along with the "update now, update now, update now, update now" stupidity, not even mentioning the updating without user input. I don't really care about compatibility, because games I play currently work on Linux, I'd probably go down the path of dual booting anyways, that could solve the issues, the only program that could be problematic is SolidEdge, but I can live without that. If Linux works out I might give Mint another go on my laptop as it has Hungarian localization and would work for my mother as well. EDIT: Here we go. Opted out of fucking OneDrive and look at that, OneDrive is enabled and saved all my shit AGAINST MY INPUT.
Yeah, as much as I really don't like Windows, I still need it for using other software that is not supported on Linux. Hence why I have a second PC for that. Good luck on your journey with Linux though, I'm sure you'll find a distro that suits your needs.
Í would suggest Kubuntu. My 50yo mom uses it so that simple it is. It also suports most of stuff you would need. Much more stable than fedora. It is just ubuntu with desktop similar to windows.
Been using Windows since I was a kid. I had linux distro's on a spare laptop. Since Windows 11, I have Windows and Linux on seprate SSD'S. Use linux as my main, and windows for music, audio, and video editing.
update on my part, like a rat on a sinking ship a week ago i bailed on windows 11 on a 3k self built pc, it now has arch build from base arch and using arch install, i really like kde and just recently it supports both hdr and vrr, you need headers gamemode ptotonup-qt power-profiles-daemon and a couple more with steam in compatibility mode and install proton GE 9-11, even starfield is running fabulously
Nobara is a fedora-based distro by linux gaming expert Glorious Eggroll. Most gamers that don't know how to use linux and want to try it should use it because it's game ready on install with all the tweaks that makes gaming that extra bit more perfomant while also increasing combatibilty. Alternatively, Debian 12 is pretty good and light, better if you have an AMD GPU. It'll be your more set it and forget it kind of setup
I've been using Windows since 95a/NT4. Windows 10 was annoying but 11 finally got me to move my machines to Linux. Started with my laptop last year and my desktop a few months ago. I still have a Windows mini pc for some work stuff and the transition hasn't been without issues but I'm finally at the point where I'd rather deal with Linux issues than Windows ones. It helped that I use Linux on servers and am familiar with Linux as a desktop OS (and man has it gotten better as a desktop OS in the last few years). It's been really interesting to see so many people at least trying Linux of late, even if it doesn't work for them. Really tells me MS has screwed up as far as the desktop experience goes.
hadnt used windows since 2020 when my last windows pc blew its ssd and i went from dual boot to linux only. thats my gaming pc too its so much better now
Missed using Linux. It's just that the stuff I need to use are mostly on Windows. Had to lived with external hdd as boot drive that time for around 2 years, so opted for popOS, one of the newer Ubuntu or was it Debian based distros. It was dual boot, so can use either Windows or Linux. Mostly use Linux for daily use, and Windows if needed for University stuff like Photoshop etc. That's how I came by Firefox, sharing tabs between devices was one of the best features at the time for my use case. And Proton was a game changer for gaming on Steam tbh, but there were not much games supported that time. Mostly only Valve games. And I really struggled setting up Wine back then. It just doesn't work.
Ahh I see. I think Linux has potential and the only things holding it back are kernel level anti-cheats, since they can't force them on us and lack of software. While it will take time for users to switch to Linux, its current state is good enough and it is only getting better.
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On Windows there is official Winget package manager
Hilarious, isn't it? Windows needs dozens of different security programs to try to patch the holes in it's security While Linux has very few and often little need for them because the Community can find and correct vulnerabilities that an over-stressed team in Microsoft's office would never even conceived... well, if they had a QA team, but that went extinct over a decade ago It's no wonder why most servers run variations of Linux, not Windows, not Mac OS, not Android (and yes, Android is different enough these days to not really be Linux anymore)
My first experience with Windows was a little bit of 98 with most of my early days being on XP. Didn't really have any problem with Windows as a whole until Windows 8 since it was pretty much trying to be Android without anything that made Android great. Then Windows 10 came and while it was a lot better than 8, it was filled with telemetry and bloatware. Now Windows 11 is pretty much the true downward spiral stage of the whole Windows landscape and Linux starts becoming very appealing to most users. I was interested in Linux when this year started and started using a couple of distros a few months ago and am already satisfied with my experience with it. I use Linux Mint on my laptop and Bazzite in dual boot on my desktop; Had zero issues on my laptop and user-made errors on my desktop since I was wanting to customize grub and write rules on the Bazzite drive while in root (GParted is recommended but I didn't know at the time). While I do acknowledge that it's gonna be a while before more common users try out Linux, I personally prefer Linux over Windows since it has everything I would possibly want from an operating system while Windows either doesn't or it's harder to implement
I'm not new to Linux, but I am also not good yet. I tried beginner friendly distros but they were just not for me, so eventually I jumped a lot of steps and went into Arch. No, not because the memes, but I wanted to learn how to do things from scratch. I am a visual hands on learner and while beginner distros usually come with everything you need, I wanted to learn how to do it myself and that's what pushed me to use vanilla Arch, so that if something breaks, I will know where to look and how to fix it. To top it off, my hardware is new/recent, so I figured a rolling release would be best. I also sold my 4090 to get a 7900XTX JUST so I can use Linux without graphical issues months ago (before Nvidia even thought of going open source). So far, no regrets.
So the solution is to sell my integrated 4090 in my laptop and replace with a AMD GPU. Can you help me. How do I replace my GPU in my laptop. Thank you.
The statement "Linux is not compatible with hardware" holds some truth, especially when it comes to bleeding-edge technology and specialized devices like handhelds. For instance, I had to wait for kernel 6.10 to use the keyboard on my new 2024 Asus Vivobook 15 Pro. Additionally, Linux struggles with hybrid GPU switching on my laptop. Despite installing the drivers, Linux (Nobara) detects my NVIDIA 4060 GPU but doesn’t necessarily utilize it for gaming out of the box. While it’s not entirely accurate to say Linux is completely incompatible with hardware, there’s a kernel of truth in it. Linux still lags behind Windows and macOS as a mainstream competitor. With only about 4% of the PC user base using Linux, the operating system faces challenges. These include the learning curve for new users, the complexity of some distributions, and general unfamiliarity with the platform. It will likely be years, if not decades, before Linux can truly compete with Windows or macOS on a large scale. Moreover, we shouldn’t overlook the fact that many regular users-who don’t game or aren’t particularly tech-savvy-are unlikely to adopt Linux. This segment of users, in particular, will find Linux less appealing due to its complexity and lack of widespread software support.
Too many linux versions to go through and find the right one. What is like the basic linux version compared to a basic windows 10? No mods, no hacks, nothing else put on there. just out of the box plug and play. something you can find at best buy or target etc.
while watching this video my internet keeps crashing and no not my actual internet im texting my friend on discord on my android phone constantly like this is just why and also as long as i keep a cpu uptime of my usual 10 to 20 days straight i get less and less problems the moment i "turn it off and on again" theres always a higher chance of complete input freeze followed by a bluescreen if i wait for like 10 to 30 minutes so i just keep restarting until it stops doing that
I bought a Raspberry Pi5 2 weeks ago and i used it as my main system since then... it's not perfect, but very impressive how easy it was to get into Linux with it. Also I'm very impressed of the capability of that little Beast.
Many of those developers for online games don't give support first because of the marketshare as you mention, but also the problem is the anti cheat companies not supporting linux, an ideal scenario would be games completely ditching such software but as of today that would be impossible. This makes some certain games have a peculiar situation where if you obtain a legally dubious copy with drm and such garbage disabled it is more likely to work on linux than a standard copy from the official store.
I switched out of necessity, Microsoft decided my computers aren't good enough for windows 11 (no TPM 2.0 module) Windows 10 only has about a year left of security updates before they abandon it, and i'm not buying a new computer just because they want me to. So I went ahead and made the switch to Linux mint. It's only been a few days, but so far so good. It actually feels like im back in control again. No bs ads, no OneDrive, no microsoft account needed. I'm actually shocked how easy it is to use.
I've been dealing with windows since 3.1 when my dad bought me an old PC from the Boeing store back in the 90's. The family PC ran 95 but I wanted something to play my dos games in. Plus it was fun having my own PC in my room as a kid My experience with Linux goes as follows. I first dipped my toes into it with ubuntu on a netbook back when those were a thing. But I'd quickly get dissatisfied with it and jump back to windows. Every time Microsoft would brick my system with an update, I was a power user and messed with system files too often, and I was forced to either try and fix things or just wipe my system drive and reinstall, I'd give linux another go. I always keep a drive for the OS separate from my drives for games/media. Learned to do that the first time Windows shat the bed on me and I lost everything. Since then I also have a network and offsite backup of anything I want to make sure I dont lose with a drive failure. The last time I tried Linux was with diablo 2 resurrection's release. I installed PopOS. Eventually went back to 10 after a month or so because dealing with games was still a pain and I didn't have a bunch of alternatives to windows software. Stuff like HeSuVi and parsec. I heard that HeSuVi has since had alternatives now that the new audio controller, pipewire(?) I forget the name, allows for it. Parsec I still haven't been able to find an alternative for. My GF and I use it to stream to one another across a network since we live in a small apartment and dont have room for a couch/tv with the two computers set up also. I figured worse case scenario I could always set up a stream with OBS since I dont need the KVM features of parsec, just the screen sharing. I just want to avoid the delay is all. Still, I am not using 11. I deal with it enough at work to realise I am going to hate it for personal use. With 10's EoL just around the corner it's time to make the switch permanently. I am thinking about doing arch since I dont mind trouble shooting. At the same time however, I dont want to spend my entire day troubleshooting an update constantly, so who knows.
I migrated to Arch in the end. I started my journey on Linux Mint back at the end of 2016 and into 2017. As a repair technician, I didn't like the direction Windows was going with 10 (and now that monster 11) so I jumped ship out of spite, only keeping a Windows install around for Destiny 2 on a portable SSD. I migrated to Fedora for a while, before dipping my toes into Arch-based with Manjaro. I didn't like having packages held back, so I went in headfirst to a pure Arch installation. So much learning, so much Arch wiki, lol. In the end I settled on CachyOS for my desktop because of sane defaults and having less time now that I have a wife and 3 cats. I still run vanilla Arch on my laptop because I am too lazy to reformat at this point.
I think I'm going to try GNU/Linux again and maybe use a Windows VM for other stuff related to my Channel. (Minecraft Tutorial Stuff) From what I see Linux can see an uptrend and I think this is the best time to switch and reclaim our freedom from Microsoft Windows... 👑 Also, nice video!
I can recommend zorin to people who are first to linux. I have it and happy with it. Now I learned and understand many things. I’m planning to switch to Debian when debian 13 comes.(I know it’s a really good distro. I just didn’t understand it first.) I have a trust issue on ubuntu and ubuntu based distros. 😅
You know what's funny? Sometimes, supporting linux on a game under certain engines is literally as easy....as a checkmark. No joke. A fucking checkmark in a setting. I get the low market share and different distro pain in the ass. But for some of them when it's as simple as a checkmark...why not?
i'm trying to switch to linux myself, still playing around with Garuda, my question is, how did you get the Hoyo games to run? did you ever get banned or something similar? that risk is the sole thing still holding me back, i'm really scared of losing everything
If you watch my Genshin Impact tutorial for Linux, I made a fresh account and used it for a few weeks. I haven't received a ban since and I switched back on my main account. After that, I was playing it just fine with no risk. The game works with wine and so does the anti-cheat, so don't worry, you'll be fine. The only Hoyo game that could get you banned is Honkai Star Rail for some reason.
You could create a new account and play on it to see if you can get banned or not. Then you can decide if you want to play on your main account or not.
I use AnAnimeGameLauncher and its other versions. Genshin doesn't require any patches anymore, so it should be fully safe. I think for ZZZ its the same, but I didn't play it yet, so I'm not 100% sure. For the Honkai games anticheat patches are still required, so they might not be 100% safe, but I don't think anyone got banned for them yet. Just keep in mind that after a new version got released, the patches might take a few days until they are released and tested.
The compatibility issues that most people have with linux and newer hardware is specifically related to ubuntu/debian or similar distro with a long update cycle (ubuntu is a 2 years behind if my memory serves right). Most of that can be solved using different distro, but you then run into the risk of using software that is sometimes unstable, so it's often recommended to have at least some experience with linux before doing so NixOS is great for gaming too, and has all of that bleeding edge and even some more stability, but it's a lot harder to use as a new user, although it's definetly worth learning and using.
at least the lts versions are far behind for ubuntu, the non lts versions are often not that far behind. Debian on release is also not to far behind, but doesn't release that often. But yeah, for people around me, were I can give some support in the worst case, I normally suggest something like manjaro with btrfs for filesystem level snapshots to easily and quickly go back to the last working state.
@@Hartie95 Right, I forgot about the non LTS versions! You're still far from day1 drivers for a lot of stuff, but that's much better. And getting the snapshots at that levels basically gives you the same rollback powers as nix does with the static config, that's a great one ^^ Only missing the true replicability, but you can't have it all and I'd gladly give that to a new linux user any day rather than nix where they'd be stuck figuring out the basics for days or weeks before getting the hang of it all
If he's on AMD, that might be why it's been alright. They tend to work better on linux. Of course NVIDIA will work as well, though their drivers have a bit of a reputation for not always operating quite right, though I'm sure these cases vary and there are plenty of NVIDIA users on linux whom don't have such...issues.
0:41 And that's the problem with Linux. When this happens to someone trying it for the first time, they will not research what went wrong and try to fix it. Instead, they wipe their drive, cut their losses, and proceed to reinstall Windows and never look back. My issue with Linux is that, of course, as a creative professional, my proprietary software isn't available, so I wouldn't get my job done on Linux.
Yeah, a bad experience like that can lead to the user switching back to Windows and never reinstalling Linux again, yet, the problem can be solved. That is completely understandable, that kind of software is not yet ready on Linux.
If you are having major issues with OBS and using voicemeter then its a issue with them working together. Basically voicemeter makes OBS constantly do something that eventually causes ram overflow no matter how much ram you have. OBS could be updated to fix this...... but dont hold your breath.
I use exclusively linux for about a year and had almost no problem with it. I am not gamer, so ot probably helped me. Now with proton, gaming is not issue at all if I want to play something sometime. I am programmer and hate programming in windows. Terminal tools anf workflows for windows are so bad.
I did the same thing as you more than a week ago. I'm from Windows 7 initially (now Windows 11) and I bought a new laptop for 299 € to install Arch Linux, customize it as I want and I can code and do some cybersecurity stuff while I play games on my first laptop (which is Windows 11).
Linux is has terrible HDR compatibility atm. Was on Arch for a year, had to move back when I got a pretty beefy monitor. Would have been a waste of money otherwise. I'll switch back immediately when HDR, RTX HDR (or an equivalent), and Wayland works well for gaming on Nvidia cards (As res scaling is dogshit on X11, esp with multi-monitors of different res).
Those windows issues are hardware specific. You are blaming Windows for hardware specific problems lmao. In my experience, ive had 2 laptops in my past (currently on my 3rd, and its a goodish one). Both were about the same spec wise except for ram, one had less. One was an HP Notebook and the other was a Lenovo Thinkpad (this one had less ram). And in my experience, only the Lenovo had network driver issues. HP had 0 problems in my time using it, it kinda just died, probably due to charging too much and the framework being kinda trash. The Lenovo on the other hand had no such problems, yet would constantly disconnect from the network for inexplicable reasons. They both do have different network drivers from memory, so that plays into it probably. What this tells me is that these problems are hardware specific. So the way I see it, a hardware change wouldve helped out there. But its too late atp it seems.
Yes, you could say that. Since Windows is already bloated enough with unnecessary stuff running in the background and taking resources, it can have an impact on one's hardware. But it also has enough spyware, that made me want to give Linux a chance to use it. Linux takes less resources than Windows. Hence why most of my "issues" were not present anymore compared to Windows.
i used these operating systems: bliss os, Deepin Linux, and windows 10. those what i love the most windows for everyday use and linux for emulation and bliss os for my simple uses i love to use it on laptop.
I've been using Windows 7 - 10 before switching to linux. A friend of mine constantly told me to just make the switch everytime I had some weird issues xd One day, I was extremely angry, because of some Windows issues. Windows had one last blue screen before I basically rage quitted Windows. I first tried to get all my windows softwares running on linux though - Which was a big mistake in my opinion. Used CrossOver and other software to get them running... At some point, I just gave in and searched for alternatives instead - Some of which were even better. I tried many distros before settling on NixOS for now. I also had the advantage that I don't play games like Fortnite. Glad to hear it's working for you well :)
I switched to Linux mint about 8 months ago, it was simple and fast, then go to steam and in settings click the force compatibility, and download your game and the proton version it comes with, epic has heroic launcher and blizzard and ea works naturally with bottles.. yw
i did try fedora 40 a few days ago and i had a a few problems : 1 - i have a couple of movies on a hdd ...and when i wanted to play them in vlc and some other video players ... i didn t have the codecs ... when i installed the codecs a couple of them just didn t work 2 - i didn t have the nvidia control pannel to set the dinamic range of the rgb color format to limited ...something i do on windows and it s important to me 3 - no control panel for my sound card ( a creative s c ) no driver support in general and apps more simple whit no support , i will try again in the future when hopefully the software and hardware have alot more suport
It's probably not the mountain I feel like it is, but I'm scared to go through setting it up and messing up some how, and then it may not even support all my software needs. Ig the best in between might be running both? Tbh I didn't even know you could do that. Honestly, the more time passes, and the worse Windows gets, the more incentivized I feel that I will inevitably have to pick up linux one day. In fact, next pc or laptop I'll probably switch. Anyways, I know we see a lot of techie videos on how bad Windows is getting, but I think most users don't really feel it since it's very useable on a daily basis, and it's everywhere. More people would switch to linux, but people are (understandably) turned off by the fact that it's not as beginner friendly as windows. For most ppl it's either Windows or Apple, they don't really know much about anything else, they feel like they don't need to learn about other options. And Ig the average user doesn't necessarily need to switch (rn anyways) if they do very simple tasks and have no concerns about the lack of privacy, heavy advertising, etc. A lot of people only trust what's ultra mainstream, and they do not want to do the work of putting Linux just to make a pc/laptop usable when there are countless laptops and PCs w Windows or Apple installed already, that's the standard. People also hate the idea of having to switch what they're used to. It could be hard, it could be easy, it could take long to get used to it, you might have to compromise somehow along the way, but you'll never know until you make the switch and I thinking about that is another reason why ppl don't switch to linux. People only remember how bad Windows is when they go through a blue screen or death or when we have situations like that recent event where worldwide, Windows failed so unbelievably bad. But it's getting bad. The "AI" image generation (I swear, all these corps are obsessed w "AI", on a side note, thank you for crediting the the people in the description), ads, and random website articles in the search function, updates being mostly just cosmetic and just to be more beginner friendly (there's a point where you just can't make it more beginner friendly than it already is), bloatware (why the heck is Disney +, Spotify, etc auto installed?), files search function getting ruined with updates (now I always have to put an asterisk at the end to make sure it searches through *all* of my files which we didn't even have to do b4) etc. The thing that gets me most is the fact they have billions of dollars both from being the most widely distributed OS, and from Microsoft (Ik they gotta be making bank off of Minecraft) and yet... Window's progress as an OS just feels so stagnant and un-innovative. They just sit on their billions and don't bring anything good (passable and usable, yes, but not good) to the table, just like every other billion dollar company. How do you expect to surpass Apple if you're not even trying to be innovative and you make it feel like a OS that can't even be viewed as premium compared to it? It is constantly regressing, it feels like all the changes we get are mostly just to appear more cosmetically appealing and more beginner friendly (obviously taking heavy inspiration from Apple sometimes) and yet it somehow fails at both goals. Every time they try to appear innovative to consumers they're clearly just hopping in on the bandwagon, Apple, corps going heavy on AI, Cortana, AI copilot, etc. They need to focus more on fixing concerning issues (that we as consumers shouldn't have to deal w) and focus on improving the software.
Windows eats where it shits, Linux does not. I chose a Debian based distro, and at first it was great, because of how stable it is. But then you try to install some software, maybe you need to compile modern source code, and suddenly you need dependencies that isn't old as shit. This has led me down the route of going mostly for flatpak versions of software, and that's how I've gained an appreciation for software being partitioned from the OS. That's not how Windows works, software you install there has dependencies thrown around all over the place, that's how those big software suites can burrow into the OS. Oh and how invasive anticheat works. How Sony installed a rootkit back in the day, how µtorrent installed a bitcoin miner and so on and so forth. That's not to say Linux is "better", only philosophically in my opinion, because a lot of extra work is often needed. But I feel like the rewards are worth it. As an older gentleman in his early 40s, I've played the competitive games, I don't need much anymore, so it's easier for me to say to someone with an active gaming friend group to switch, because maybe that's not what you want to pour all your time into instead of the fast and loose approach Windows has.
I've never had a problem with Linux as long as it was for a non gaming system, my old desktop from a decade ago had Ubuntu and I used that for years with no issues. I started having issues with this system and trying to game, stupid stuff like trying to fix game not launching, get them working only for the next update to break it again. It felt like a consistent battle for me, of which I had very few "wins". I am a gamer of a few games, World of Warships (stand alone client not Steam) they are not cross compatible, not losing many years of progress, and Destiny 2 which is unplayable on Linux due to anti-cheat. Those are really they only things I play D2 being the main one roughly 90% of the time, I tried to get into other games, but even stuff like wemod was giving me issues. I would fix one issue only to be faced with the next, it was this on repeat for everything I don't dislike Linux, I just didn't enjoy gaming on it. As for a normal desktop/laptop absolutely no issues, but I've tried everything from Manjaro to Nobara with each giving me enough issues where I never felt like I was learning or progressing. I don't mind learning, as long as I feel I am making some progress, it took me roughly 3 days to get the World of Warships launcher working in Bottles and I was VERY happy to finally feel like I accomplished something, which broke the very next update. Stupid stuff like enabling G-sync or vsync in Linux would break games for me, this was an issue which took me a few days to realize once I came to the conclusion this stuff was working before I turned g-sync on. Also stuff like my speakers only working at 10% volume even when set to max, was never able to fix this, no matter how many times I tried I would only get a fraction of the normal volume even though my dedicated dac worked without issue.
Another great way is to start your journey on linux by installing it on some old hardware i for example right now im testing bazzite on my old laptop and basicly troubleshoot before insallin it on my main laptop and new pc that im aout to build. This way i can test how it works with no scares of running in some issues that might wipe some important files or wahtever that can happen of course only if you tinker or have some weird things like i for example own sound card but turns out is just works wit no probelms just need to do simple thing in kernel but because i also have mixer otherwise everything on my specific distro works flowless and its kinda funny if i look back at fact how many articles i read before switching about sound on linux just to run it on system where i dont need to care cause thats why i did it so if you in same situation like me whre dual boot is meh option and have lots of sensitive hardware doing first trouble shoot is awesome this way i prevented especially cause you still can do normal stuff on windows if neeeded
Hello mate, I have a question that's been borthering me for a while. The question is; "How do I run a cracked GTA IV Complete Edition on Linux?" I haven't tried any Linux distro yet, but I do plan to do so by using Linux Mint on my old laptop. Thing is, unlike any other cracked games, GTA IV still requires Rockstar Social Club in order to make it possible for the gamer to play the game. One way to bypass this issue is to use a 32-bit version of RunAsDate software. The thing is, both the cracked game and the software is only compatible with windows and as far as I'm aware with my limited knowledge so far, I doubt that Bottles or Wine could help. Or perhaps I'm wrong. Could you do a tutorial on how to run the game?
Look up "how to run executable inside wine prefix". Basically, whenever you run a Windows Application under WINE, it uses a WINE Prefix, which is just the common Windows directory structure (the default prefix is ~/.wine). If you run two different executables under WINE using the same prefix, it would be the same as running both executables under the same Windows installation.
all what was said at the start of the video, Linux Mint. and as for ecosystems, google pixel 6 is 135 usd, iphone 13 is 350 ( and android alternatives) guess what will last longer? the pixel 6 because it can get community support and already does too
Zenless Zone Zero work without patching or anything on Linux with wine. I heard Genshin just recently able to do that and Honkai Impact 3rd on steam should work. only Honkai star rail doesn’t work.
Honkai Star Rail works just fine, less than 24 hours ago i did my weekly Simulated Universe before the reset, look for the " The Honkers Railway Launcher" in the internet.
last time i play genshin (for 3 yrs) and quit before summer event this year, and still playing 6 more gatcha games like nikke, wuthering waves (now you know), snowbreak containment zone, punishing gray raven, and honkai star rail and also future incoming ones, and also afraid my favorite Wallpaper Engine won't work here in linux, not to mention i got like many wallpapers... kinda sadly i got more interest in gatcha, than pc games, nothing clicks me, and yes im a weeb also lel. edit: almost forgot, i play in bluestack on gatcha games that doesn't have a pc client loke Aether Gazer and using Bluestacks for that.
Which is why they can't force their anti-cheat to run on Linux. But I think it shows just how unnecessary it is to have one when there are better alternatives to catch cheaters.
I am using PopOs and I don't really bother game compatibility because I only play dota2 and Linux supports the game out of the box. I don't even have a GPU, intel integrated graphics.. 😢 that is why i got bad performance, not because Linux is incompatible. Also, I work in tech and we use linux cloud servers a lot. So it makes a lot of sense for me to daily drive a Linux distro. Btw, I am also thinking of distro hopping. I am leaning towards Fedora or EndeavourOS (or any arch based prebuilt. Don't have time to config my own. Lol). Suggest me a distro..
i dont play games with kernal level malware anyway so that limitation doesn't effect me however i am a 3D artist and... well... substance painter is in my workflow... armor paint exists and i have used it but it is comically unstable.
I have been wanting to be changing to Linux but I'm not even sure where to start. Which one should I try first? Would it be worth it to switch on my computer even though I have all my files or should I wait until I get a new computer?
First, I recommend you start with something like Linux Mint or Ubuntu. These are geared towards beginners since they have all of the applications automatically installed. Second, I would suggest you keep windows in your system, since Linux doesn’t support all of the the software, yet. You can dual boot Windows with Linux, if you have enough storage, or you can just buy or build another PC separate from Windows and use Linux for it. That is what I have, two PCs separate from Windows and Linux.
That would also depend on what you're doing on your PC. I recommend 1 terabyte, if you're going to play games or do some productivity. It's just nice to have some storage. As for how to dual boot, there should be tutorial videos, so I'm sure you can find some helpful.
@@Disearned Disclaimer: not understanding what you're doing and just copy-pasting commands from the internet is a sure path to data loss. Most Linux distros can run under 20GB or less, however that would limit how much stuff you can install. See if you can shrink your Windows partition and create a new one. It's not always possible, since some important files might be located in the far sectors of the disk, stopping it from being resized. My current solution for League is using a separate HDD for Windows. My Linux install has 20 gigs for the root partition (where stuff is installed), and 100 gigs for my home directory (where personal files like documents are saved), and three separate 1TB HDDs for games, where I keep my Steam and GOG library.
When you had BSoD errors with Windows, did you do a memory test or use memtest86 to test your memory? I had BSoD/drive timeout errors every few days and then did the memtest and sure enough that was the problem. Luckily, I still had warranty and they swapped out the fault ram, now it works fine. But now I use Linux (Ubuntu) mainly instead of Windows.
When I started to get BSODs, I ran memory tests several times because I thought ram was the issue. After the tests, it showed me no issues, which was weird enough. So, I ran my games without overclocking on Windows. Only when I switched to Linux and started overclocking, did I not have any issues.
@@DualryG wut alternative software for undervolting or overclocking for the nvidia or amd gpu side for linux? I know how to undervolt or overclocking cpu because I've experienced it before.. but for gpu side im pretty much noobies😅
-Tried linux on my laptop to see what all the fuss is about -Linux doesn´t detect half my hardware -Googling why, the answers all come down to "It´s more for old hardware" or "just get distro xyz, duh" -Wiped Linux and didn´t care since. I dind´t even came close to the more exotic usecases like trying to interface my 3D printer, video cutting or 3D/simulation software, which I could have lived with if those things don´t work. After all, that´s why VMs tailored to specific usecases are so great. Obviously I´m not an IT expert, but I´m not using the two finger typing system either. For me as a normal user, this whole experience was just annyoing as hell.
Basically all my games dont work on wine ive used 4 distros to look for a decent is that us compatible with me hardware and actually launch my games Os's Endeavor Os (Plasma, Gnome) Debuan 12 (gnome) Mint Ubuntu
Your fps drop while recording screen playing a videogame? PLEASE, do yourself a favor and enable HARDWARE ASSISTED ENCODING. As simple as that. AMD has even a native AV1 encoder.
@@unlimitedslash AMD RX 6500 XT. This GPU does not come with hardware encoding. I still bought it so that I can play some games with a GPU, without putting so much toll on my CPU. I will check on OBS and see if it is available.
@@DualryG Off, for a bit more you could've grabbed a RX6600, one decent alternative would be to look into dual gpu setup, maybe a used GTX 1060 or 1050 just for hardware encoding.
I love Linux runs 80% faster than windows(on every task, video editing and encoding, video capture, image editing, programming, gaming, booting up and overall system responsiveness), even games run faster locked 165 FPS on most games at 4k when windows struggles to get 100FPS with the same game and same PC, it even installs faster, took less than 15 minutes to install Linux and get things working and it took over an hour with windows because it kept blue screening during install and after on the same exact PC that I just installed Linux on and it had zero issues.. I would totally and completely main Linux, but cannot due to games I want to play that use EAC... to name a few(this is NOT all the games).. Star CItizen, and Wuthering waves. As well as other games that now use Microsoft game services that will not automatically install when you install the game and then when you try to run that game it crashes with an error about missing the game services..so basically that prevents any Microsoft games that use that service from functioning.
Do you have any specific ones in mind? I make videos showcasing gaming on Linux and so far this year the only ones that haven't worked are those that simply block Linux outright. However, I of course have my blind spots since I don't play every type of game.
@@Yupmoh Those are in a league (sorry) of their own. Can't even run them in a Windows VM and before too long will only run on Win11 with secure boot and TPM.
I have them in dual boot and I was going to get rid of windows but 2 of the apps I use on windows cannot be emulated on Linux and there is not closed enough alternative 😢
i have a 256gb ssd only for windows that has photoshop and valorant on it, other than that my 512gb ssd has linux mint with just libreofffice and a browser for personal use as it is much safer than windows to store important files on linux, all of my other files are also on a separate hard drive that is not mounted when i use windows
Just about hanging in there with Win10... And yes, I currently have an update issue that won't resolve itself... And I'm VERY disappointed overall with this OS as is... And as for Win11? My machine is too old to install that anyway! And even if I could.. I wouldn't! So yes.. Come end of next year... I am screwed! And have no choice now, but to cut my teeth on Linux! I'm a developer anyway so, hopefully, this won't be TOO much of a huge transition for me! And I already use Docker and can write code which can run on multiple platforms anyway (under .NET) so again... Hopefully... I'll be able to cope without the WinAPI and other Windows OS system calls, that I do use from time to time.
@@RenderingUser Yeah... It's a known issue... Microsoft has provided manual steps involving resizing your WinRE partition on your OS drive... Apparently, this is the cause of the 0x80070643 error on my machine... But man!!! It sure involves a LOT of tedious steps! And I'm baffled as to why a company, as large as Microsoft... Simply just can't roll out a simple fix for this without us having to faff around with manual drive partitioning ourselves! 😡
one good tip for beginners looking to switch: Lock linux as the default boot in your dual boot setups, this way you only use windows when you NEED to, and you'll always boot into linux when you don't choose, or just leave your PC to turn on while you go grab a snack or smth
I'll have to do that on the vista. My mom used to leave it and it booted Ubuntu when she wanted windows.
Can it run H2m ? (mwr mod)
@@Chaos0.5 what's H2m? and mwr?
@@that_guy1211 H2M is a mod for call of duty to bring back Stuff form MW2R Witch the multiplayer Was canned The mod Required Modern warfare remasterted To install the mod
The mod got an Cease and Desist by activision but people leaked the files
Im just Thinking will it work on arch linux?
@@Chaos0.5 idk anything about cod or mwr, but i do know that games with client side anti-cheat don't work on linux, which is why you should dual boot instead, there's a lot of games that don't work on linux
Funniest thing about "small Linux marketshare" justifying not supporting it is that Linux has a bigger marketshare than macOS on Steam. Companies just can't be bothered - see League of Legends.
Its crazy because when I was using Unreal and Unity there was literally an automatic process to port it to Linux and involved no extra steps. It is just pure laziness.
Linux now has similar marketshare to what Mac OS had before the iPhone was announced, and Mac was the #2 OS then. Based on the stats it looks like we're at the beginning of the snowball effect. 3 months of more than 4% this year and a clear upward trend.
It's not about playercount. It's about how much catching they can extract per player. macOS has a much higher ratio than linux.
To some extent I think it's also about the high level of control that Linux gives you as a user. Developers of anti-cheat software don't like that because it makes it harder for them to keep you from making modifications that might count as cheating. Personally I would rather keep the control and leave the anti-cheat software.
@@rossjennings4755 Linux has recently come up with something called Immutable distros where you cannot edit the system files therefore it may actually be a possibility as you cannot mess with the kernel (how anti cheats work)
If every Program and Application would work on linux as good like it does on windows, I would switch immediatly.
That time will come.
The problem is until more people switch the support won't be encouraged.
@@connivingkhajiit at least more people are switching. Market share is currently steadily rising and now getting close to 5%. Which is a big improvement over the 1% from a few years ago.
they do if you use arch and use random shit compiled from binaries for programs you have to have or you are going to die because you refuse to learn a free alternative program lmao, otherwise any program windows has linus has and its free
@@CommanderBeefDev Unfortunately, for some programs that many people on Windows or MacOS use, there really aren't comparable alternatives. For example, I use the Reaper DAW (digital audio workstation) for recording music. It's available on Linux. The problems I have are that it doesn't work with many (probably majority) of audio plugins that make the DAW worth using. Additionally, I have the newer generation of probably the most commonly used audio interface after the Scarlett Solo -- the Scarlett Focusrite 2i2, and I can't even get it to give me options similar to the Windows ASIO driver to set up sample rate and low buffering, which is essential to being able to monitor while recording without too much audio latency, which isn't a problem for Windows or MacOS. I found a couple channels where the video authors seem to have conquered it, and I couldn't get a reply on one, and the other said I'd need to compile something somewhere. If I ever have enough time to try to figure out how to go about that or to end up wasting on yet another Linux rabbit hole, I'll definitely give it a go. I've wasted many hours and days trying to get certain programs to work on Linux, seeing others having success, for example, on a particular instance and version of a distro that no longer is available and the available ones don't end up working (I wanted to get Amplitube and EZ Drummer working on Linux in that instance). That said, I don't completely disagree with you; I think it's awesome that Linux has been getting great support from Valve and people such as GE regarding gaming, and other than modding the hell out of certain Bethesda games (I understand Linux has problems with scripted mods), I plan on optimizing a Linux gaming setup and to transition away from gaming on Windows as I get better with using Linux for that purpose. I can't currently recommend Linux for people using common recording software and equipment and whom have invested a lot of time and money into various recording plugins that either mostly won't work or, best case scenario, will take a lot of luck and time to get straight whereas you can just load it up and use it on Windows and MacOS and it just works. Again, I understand Linux is fantastic for many things (also including running virtual machines) and that many people have worked hard on making it a great platform, and I want to give a lot of credit for the advances in gaming that it has seen in the past few years. Maybe something like a Valve for audio or video producers will eventually pop up in the Linux world. I really do hope and wish to switch away from Windows (and possibly MacOS) entirely eventually, so I'll switch in what ways I can.
Windows creates problems, you create problems for Linux. 😂
I solve practical problems ~~ Engineer probably when he encounters whathaveyou.
It's the other way around in my life. Whenever linux shows up, problems come along with it. No issues on Windows.
I had the issue on linux mint, that I counldnt play FH5. but that wasnt because of linux, it was because I broke something in Lutris XD. so that quote is quite accurate
@@Hlebuw3k Yeah. Out of all my linux installations, only about 2 or 3 were without any bugs or hardware problems
Linux mint is a lot better than Ubuntu on the community. Maybe I should consider building a new computer just for Linux.
If you're gonna build a pc for linux then hardware generally works but it's still good idea to look up if things like the given network card, wifi card, capture card(if you use it) are compatible. Those are some components that sometimes can have issues but stuff generally works. Basic components and peripherals like mouse,keyboard,gpu are fine unless you're looking for mouse or keyboard customization because that software is 99% of the time windows only though for some brands RGB customization is available through community made software
Noooo arch is better 😢
Nixos and arch users 🗿🗿🗿
@@VitisCZamd generally has had the best graphics compatibility on Linux. Others basically force the community to reverse engineer usable drivers.
@@DevinMyers-u4w 🤝
You open the conversation by saying that you talked about how to run Genshin on Linux XD. I play Genshin since a while and of course on Linux. First I had it in WINE, but after some rendering issues I switched it to Steam Proton and now it runs perfectly.
Wellcome to the world of the penguin!
Hahaha, I also had a similar issue. When I run Genshin with Wine, I get some performance issues, but when I switched to Proton-GE, the game runs much better.
Thanks, much appreciated!
proton has modified d3d dll library with dxvk and vkd3d by default, but if you are running with vanilla wine or other modifications, you need to change and override wine build-in d3d dll library in the wine prefix with dxvk
Also vanilla wine doesn't ship ESYNC/FSYNC by default like proton/wine-ge does, so you'll face massive CPU overhead using it. This is changing though, wine developers are working towards standardizing NTSYNC (both on vanilla wine and linux kernel) to replace completely the hacky and "buggy" ESYNC/FSYNC patches.
I want to switch completely to Linux as a beginner, but I was worried that I could not keep playing Genshin. What are the steps that I should follow so I can start? I was thinking about using Fedora, as I read that is better for coding
@@victoria__ballesteros__ just install and play it, genshim anticheat is fully supported on wine/proton.
Yeah, same here; except my first exposure to Windows was 3.1. Been using Windows ever since. I dabbled with Linux in the late 90's, a distro that no longer exists and while I learned a fair bit, I was still an impatient person. I tried Linux Mint in 2013 "just because" and that lasted for all of six months until I couldn't get a couple of my Windows games to work and just went back to Windows. When 10 came out, I didn't have system issues peer se, I was just unhappy that after i installed it, I would spend another hour turning things off or removing junk I didn't want. I had then realized that Microsoft was slowly removing control even from "power users". When 11 was announced, I was not impressed and about two years ago I dual booted with Arch Linux. I needed the space, and I am on newer hardware anyway, so I decided to wipe all my drives, reinstalled Arch from scratch and have been Windows free since around June 2022, not a bad 40th birthday present; a slew of new near top of the line hardware and a clean and snappy OS that does what I want it to do, not what some corporation wants. And not a moment too soon with the "Recall" crap... no... Sorry Microsoft. I've known you since I was 10. 1992 was my first computer i built on my own, and MS-DOS 6.22 with Windows 3.1 was there for that momentous occasion and Windows has been there for most of my life. But you are no longer relevant to me. I know enough to either fix issues myself or know how to find/ask questions to get help when I need it. Half my life is over already so, I just want to play my games in peace.
Yes, it saddens me when I remember the windows days of my childhood. They have neutered it beyond recognition now. I'm on arch, but the majority of my life has been on windows. Nostalgia aside, I'm more than happy with linux, and I'm especially satisfied with how everything (literally) is a file on the filesystem and the system can be configured fully and reliably with "sudo nano /this/file/that/has/configuration/for/somthing" and access to the internet (archwiki. This fella has been helping me since my days in linux mint, believe it or not.) What desktop environment do you use or like best?
Nah, man. Microsoft needs to apologize to YOU! Not the other way around.
The first time I used Windows was a Dell 486 SX 25Mhz 4MB machine. I think it was Windows 3.1. This was around 1992 when I was thirteen years old, it was the base machine without a modem or sound card. It had both a 5.25" 1.22MB floppy and a 3.5" 1.44MB floppy. I had used Apple II machines prior to this and also some MS-DOS machines. I didn't know anything about computers or software at all though, we just used them to type reports and practice typing at school.
@@TheLionAndTheLamb777 Same! I was 10 in '92 I had 8 MB memory. my computer was handed down from my father and incomplete. I had to teach myself real quick what was going on if I wanted a working computer. XD He introduced me to the owner of the only computer shop in the area and that was it. No help from the parental unit XD Thankfully, though. Taught me how to find answers. The only reason I'm highly tech minded now.
you don't need to censure your local IP, it's just used to connect to your router, great video btw
Thank you. Haha, thanks again, I didn't know that
I switched to Linux when Windows 10 came out. Back in 2015 the only games I played on Linux were Team Fortress 2 and a few FOSS games like sauerbraten and open arena but now you can run any game that doesn't have an invasive anti-cheat. Seriously, There were so many things Linux didn't have back when I started using it that it has now and it's amazing.
It's nuts what has happened to linux in such a short time. Not just proton, but pipewire has also made everything a lot easier. Nvidia is finally trying harder to get support going as well with Wayland well under way to replace the ancient X11. Things are really looking good.
Nice video, could have mentioned some of the elitists in the linux community, but im happy you havent dealt with that enough to feel the need to include it. Keep it up!
I've used Linux on/off since '97 and in my opinion the #1 thing that has held Linux back is the toxic community. There is a large and vocal contingent of Linux users that enjoy lording their knowledge over the general populace and I don't believe they want Linux to ever become truly popular. This is a shame because Linux really does have a lot to offer and if more people were helped to make the most of it instead of being told to read a dense and convoluted wiki and solve their own problems I think it could really take off.
@Cod-w1s Yeah, you're right. The Linux community can sure be toxic, (not all of them) which I find a bit disappointing. Since more People are considering Linux, I wish the community could be more wholesome and help people rather than just being complete elitists.
But overall, I had some good people who helped me solve my issues with Linux :)
@@acrawley5128 Yeah theres quite a bit of "holier than thou" type of mentality among the community, like i was asked how i installed arch and got the response "thats not really supported here and you should better your reading skills"
@@DualryG I am glad that youve gotten great help with linux and that you're now passing your knowledge forward to others so we can bring more people into the community and hopefully persuade companies to start supporting linux
@@Cod-w1s To install Arch, I recommend using an arch-based distro instead tbh. Way better experience, with all of the benefits. Garuda, CachyOS, EndeavorOS, etc. Garuda and CachyOS are my two favorites, personally.
I am using both Windows (10) and Linux (Ubuntu) for specific needs. The reasons I still don't make a complete switch are:
- Specific needs. There are still a lot of work that I can't do on Linux, either due to not supported or I don't want to have to run through emulators. This include working softwares and games.
- When I encoutered issues, tutorials or answers often didn't help because my environment was (likely) different from them.
- The "superior race". I know Windows 11 and Microsoft's movement are bad, but it is far better that people who use every single nanosecond to brag about how superior Linux is. (There are good people as well.)
The last one is the biggest reason.
That is why many switch back to windows, without making considerations. And that is also why they should keep Windows, because without their favourite software or specific needs, they will not get their job done. As stated in my video, I made these mistakes, haha.
@@DualryG I think the problem is not about whether the software is their ""favorite"" or not, because some times that is the only one that works (that's why I said "specific needs").
A few months ago I tried to install the driver for my Wacom tablet. It was quite a journey, took me a whole day trying to compile libwacom and failed. I gave up on the tablet.
Last month, in one of the class I enrolled we started to use KH Coder (a tool for text mining). In class there were 2 Ubuntu, 1 Mac users. It took us two session trying to get KHC to work on the 2 Ubuntu machine. At the end we decided that it is not worth it and the three should prepare their own Windows machine.
Honestly saying, I don't care whether it is Windows, Linux, DOS, or even RTOS. I use the computer to do work (and games ^^), so if it works as expected then that should be enough.
Those "superior race" Linux zealots are some of the most insufferable people I've dealt with in my life lol.
I personally use Windows primarily, but have WSL with Ubuntu LTS installed because my work is with Linux and I need a good terminal. I also have a Mac at home so that I can keep experience using all three.
Welcome to the club, m8
Stay safe and enjoy the ride
I'm at a point where if a game doesn't work on my OS, I just refund it.
"Linux is not secure". WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK
It is, if user dont know what he actually doing. Any system isnt secure if you run sus programs with administrator rights
@@ULTRAYT agree.. even Linux is more secure than Windows and Mac in terms of virus attack or malware, but it still can get attacked if the user letting their guard down when using Linux..
Well, Linux did have malware published IN THE KERNEL for a while, and bad code purposefully implemented to prove how bad Linux was at checking code.
Meanwhile, on Windows, it's almost like people have to purposefully try to get malware and virus. It isn't just built in. The problems this guy has run into would have me taking his PC away in the office, or putting him in a special policy to prevent him from being able to change things as he clearly can't be trusted to act alone in regards to Windows.
Reason for game developers not porting their games to Linux is due to hassle of making sure their games work on Linux and because Proton usually is fine enough. And low market share. Basically, they don't want to do it if it would mean low sales. It's all about money. I port my games to Linux due to wanting to support Linux gaming, money does not matter to me
Hey bro same here, I always package games on Linux. It's not much more work to support it for me anyway.
It is not much more work if you make your code generic enough. It is enough hustle to take care about instruction set extensions, dependencies and stuff like that. If you use engine, yeah, it is easy. If you make your own one and would have to make it work for linux just because microsoft seems to lose market right now...that costs some time. Plus testing.
@@RukopisyNarnie well nowadays you need to be in some very specific cases to build your own Engine.
Most of the time it makes no sense, especially for a product meant to be widely distributed. Good luck finding people who will already be familiar with your tech stack.
@@beuman0 what techstack? C? Tjere is lot of c developers. Major studios build their engines. Both because they have specific needs and don't want to pay license.
Or cpp, which has c bidnings which has even more devs.
I've been using and gaming exclusively on linux for 20+ years now. I honestly don't know how anyone puts up with windows, it's dramatically worse than when I left it, back in the early 2000s windows was not that bad, but Linux was free, no spying, practically virus free, and very empowering. Linux gaming used to be more of a challenge long ago but now it just works on almost anything. Many games even support it natively. Often on steam I don't actually even notice one way or the other
"I honestly don't know how anyone puts up with windows." Because 20 years ago I didn't know about Linux. I'll just assume that a lot of people didn't, then and now. I've been trying to go Linux for over a decade now and every time Linux does something stupid, random thing, I go back to Windows. Why? Because I know exactly when and how Windows is going to fuck up. Better the devil you know, right?
@@md_vandenberg I recommend Linux mint, I use the mate desktop (they have a few desktop bundles) . It has a classic windows feel to it and is very stable, well fleshed out without being bloated
Thats last 3 comment in the opening is't true.
1) Linux is easy to install just follow the instruction.
2) Windows have more virus than Linux just like Android have more virus than iPhone. Because the majority using windows and android.
3) Linux can boot in windows laptop or mac. They need small resource than windows.
Haha, I know. These are just myths that most people think about Linux and I decided to add them in my video to prove that Linux has got better over the years.
*Whoosh*
someone didn't watch the video ahead of the intro, it seems
Linux easy to install and follow true.
No linux has the same amount of viruses as windows.
Android doesn't get virus itself unless you mess up
iOS doesn't get virus because it's unusable to begin with.
Last I checked Android to iOS market share is nearly 50/50, (though it was a few years ago now) it's just that iOS has a very locked down ecosystem for apps but Android not only lets you install any app you want, but you can even mod the drivers and install custom ROMs (which are basically distros of Android)
I'm currently on the verge of going down the path of Linux, despite all the issues I had and saw friends have with it(mainly because of language or random bits old of laptop hardware not working) since I've been battling with game crashes for the past 3-4 days, started on Windows 10, now on a clean Win11, but yesterday evening I was already looking up what flavor I'd go with.
The constant crashing due to the OS being essentially corrupted out of nowhere after AN UPDATE, the constant "do this, try this" BS along with the "update now, update now, update now, update now" stupidity, not even mentioning the updating without user input.
I don't really care about compatibility, because games I play currently work on Linux, I'd probably go down the path of dual booting anyways, that could solve the issues, the only program that could be problematic is SolidEdge, but I can live without that.
If Linux works out I might give Mint another go on my laptop as it has Hungarian localization and would work for my mother as well.
EDIT: Here we go. Opted out of fucking OneDrive and look at that, OneDrive is enabled and saved all my shit AGAINST MY INPUT.
Yeah, as much as I really don't like Windows, I still need it for using other software that is not supported on Linux. Hence why I have a second PC for that. Good luck on your journey with Linux though, I'm sure you'll find a distro that suits your needs.
Linux mint is the best "just works" distro
Can confirm Linux Mint just works™️ its especially good for laptops with goofy hardware but Fedora is better for newer hardware like my Arc GPU
Í would suggest Kubuntu. My 50yo mom uses it so that simple it is. It also suports most of stuff you would need. Much more stable than fedora. It is just ubuntu with desktop similar to windows.
Been using Windows since I was a kid. I had linux distro's on a spare laptop. Since Windows 11, I have Windows and Linux on seprate SSD'S. Use linux as my main, and windows for music, audio, and video editing.
real gamer genshin impact fr
update on my part, like a rat on a sinking ship a week ago i bailed on windows 11 on a 3k self built pc, it now has arch build from base arch and using arch install, i really like kde and just recently it supports both hdr and vrr, you need headers gamemode ptotonup-qt power-profiles-daemon and a couple more with steam in compatibility mode and install proton GE 9-11, even starfield is running fabulously
Nice dude! Windows vista back in the day pushed me to Linux and I never looked back. Love your story!
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed the video :)
Nobara is a fedora-based distro by linux gaming expert Glorious Eggroll. Most gamers that don't know how to use linux and want to try it should use it because it's game ready on install with all the tweaks that makes gaming that extra bit more perfomant while also increasing combatibilty.
Alternatively, Debian 12 is pretty good and light, better if you have an AMD GPU. It'll be your more set it and forget it kind of setup
I've been using Windows since 95a/NT4. Windows 10 was annoying but 11 finally got me to move my machines to Linux. Started with my laptop last year and my desktop a few months ago. I still have a Windows mini pc for some work stuff and the transition hasn't been without issues but I'm finally at the point where I'd rather deal with Linux issues than Windows ones. It helped that I use Linux on servers and am familiar with Linux as a desktop OS (and man has it gotten better as a desktop OS in the last few years). It's been really interesting to see so many people at least trying Linux of late, even if it doesn't work for them. Really tells me MS has screwed up as far as the desktop experience goes.
Linux:
sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo add-apt-repository multiverse
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt install curl file libc6 libnss3 policykit-1 xz-utils bubblewrap curl icoutils tar libvulkan1 libvulkan1:i386 zstd cabextract xdg-utils openssl libgl libgl1:i386
kernel panic!!!!!
Windows:
setup.exe
Play games :D
Congratulations on your switch
"gaming has got way better" heard that 5 years ago
i was switching from windows to gentoo without knowing things about linux man this was a hell of a ride
hadnt used windows since 2020 when my last windows pc blew its ssd and i went from dual boot to linux only. thats my gaming pc too its so much better now
Missed using Linux. It's just that the stuff I need to use are mostly on Windows. Had to lived with external hdd as boot drive that time for around 2 years, so opted for popOS, one of the newer Ubuntu or was it Debian based distros. It was dual boot, so can use either Windows or Linux. Mostly use Linux for daily use, and Windows if needed for University stuff like Photoshop etc. That's how I came by Firefox, sharing tabs between devices was one of the best features at the time for my use case.
And Proton was a game changer for gaming on Steam tbh, but there were not much games supported that time. Mostly only Valve games. And I really struggled setting up Wine back then. It just doesn't work.
Ahh I see. I think Linux has potential and the only things holding it back are kernel level anti-cheats, since they can't force them on us and lack of software. While it will take time for users to switch to Linux, its current state is good enough and it is only getting better.
On Windows there is official Winget package manager
Surely Windows users will use winget and not download malware from the browser Clueless
@@sara8913 I saw linux users download software with browser too and manually installing it
Who starts with "Linux is not secure"???
MF Linux IS the REASON that you're SECURE😂😂
Haha, I just added it in my video because some people think it is not secure xD
Hilarious, isn't it?
Windows needs dozens of different security programs to try to patch the holes in it's security
While Linux has very few and often little need for them because the Community can find and correct vulnerabilities that an over-stressed team in Microsoft's office would never even conceived... well, if they had a QA team, but that went extinct over a decade ago
It's no wonder why most servers run variations of Linux, not Windows, not Mac OS, not Android (and yes, Android is different enough these days to not really be Linux anymore)
@@DualryG 😂😂😂Classic
@@UNSCPILOTtbh linux doesn't need a virus to destroy its systems, it handles that itself very well already.
@thechugg4372 your trolling?
My first experience with Windows was a little bit of 98 with most of my early days being on XP. Didn't really have any problem with Windows as a whole until Windows 8 since it was pretty much trying to be Android without anything that made Android great. Then Windows 10 came and while it was a lot better than 8, it was filled with telemetry and bloatware. Now Windows 11 is pretty much the true downward spiral stage of the whole Windows landscape and Linux starts becoming very appealing to most users. I was interested in Linux when this year started and started using a couple of distros a few months ago and am already satisfied with my experience with it. I use Linux Mint on my laptop and Bazzite in dual boot on my desktop; Had zero issues on my laptop and user-made errors on my desktop since I was wanting to customize grub and write rules on the Bazzite drive while in root (GParted is recommended but I didn't know at the time). While I do acknowledge that it's gonna be a while before more common users try out Linux, I personally prefer Linux over Windows since it has everything I would possibly want from an operating system while Windows either doesn't or it's harder to implement
Yay! One of us now! 🎉
I'm not new to Linux, but I am also not good yet. I tried beginner friendly distros but they were just not for me, so eventually I jumped a lot of steps and went into Arch. No, not because the memes, but I wanted to learn how to do things from scratch. I am a visual hands on learner and while beginner distros usually come with everything you need, I wanted to learn how to do it myself and that's what pushed me to use vanilla Arch, so that if something breaks, I will know where to look and how to fix it. To top it off, my hardware is new/recent, so I figured a rolling release would be best. I also sold my 4090 to get a 7900XTX JUST so I can use Linux without graphical issues months ago (before Nvidia even thought of going open source). So far, no regrets.
So the solution is to sell my integrated 4090 in my laptop and replace with a AMD GPU. Can you help me. How do I replace my GPU in my laptop. Thank you.
The statement "Linux is not compatible with hardware" holds some truth, especially when it comes to bleeding-edge technology and specialized devices like handhelds. For instance, I had to wait for kernel 6.10 to use the keyboard on my new 2024 Asus Vivobook 15 Pro. Additionally, Linux struggles with hybrid GPU switching on my laptop. Despite installing the drivers, Linux (Nobara) detects my NVIDIA 4060 GPU but doesn’t necessarily utilize it for gaming out of the box.
While it’s not entirely accurate to say Linux is completely incompatible with hardware, there’s a kernel of truth in it. Linux still lags behind Windows and macOS as a mainstream competitor. With only about 4% of the PC user base using Linux, the operating system faces challenges. These include the learning curve for new users, the complexity of some distributions, and general unfamiliarity with the platform. It will likely be years, if not decades, before Linux can truly compete with Windows or macOS on a large scale.
Moreover, we shouldn’t overlook the fact that many regular users-who don’t game or aren’t particularly tech-savvy-are unlikely to adopt Linux. This segment of users, in particular, will find Linux less appealing due to its complexity and lack of widespread software support.
Too many linux versions to go through and find the right one.
What is like the basic linux version compared to a basic windows 10?
No mods, no hacks, nothing else put on there. just out of the box plug and play. something you can find at best buy or target etc.
fedora, Ubuntu and arch is what most distros are based on but i use fedora on my devices.
@@TheCorruptCat everyone i know is saying go mint as a baseline standard.
while watching this video my internet keeps crashing
and no not my actual internet
im texting my friend on discord on my android phone constantly
like this is just
why
and also as long as i keep a cpu uptime of my usual 10 to 20 days straight i get less and less problems
the moment i "turn it off and on again" theres always a higher chance of complete input freeze followed by a bluescreen if i wait for like 10 to 30 minutes so i just keep restarting until it stops doing that
I bought a Raspberry Pi5 2 weeks ago and i used it as my main system since then... it's not perfect, but very impressive how easy it was to get into Linux with it. Also I'm very impressed of the capability of that little Beast.
Many of those developers for online games don't give support first because of the marketshare as you mention, but also the problem is the anti cheat companies not supporting linux, an ideal scenario would be games completely ditching such software but as of today that would be impossible.
This makes some certain games have a peculiar situation where if you obtain a legally dubious copy with drm and such garbage disabled it is more likely to work on linux than a standard copy from the official store.
I switched out of necessity, Microsoft decided my computers aren't good enough for windows 11 (no TPM 2.0 module)
Windows 10 only has about a year left of security updates before they abandon it, and i'm not buying a new computer just because they want me to. So I went ahead and made the switch to Linux mint. It's only been a few days, but so far so good. It actually feels like im back in control again. No bs ads, no OneDrive, no microsoft account needed. I'm actually shocked how easy it is to use.
I was pissed enough to switch at xp I raided wow on a live cd and a usb backup drive 5minutes after my real HD died. The learning curve is worth it.
I've been dealing with windows since 3.1 when my dad bought me an old PC from the Boeing store back in the 90's. The family PC ran 95 but I wanted something to play my dos games in. Plus it was fun having my own PC in my room as a kid
My experience with Linux goes as follows. I first dipped my toes into it with ubuntu on a netbook back when those were a thing. But I'd quickly get dissatisfied with it and jump back to windows. Every time Microsoft would brick my system with an update, I was a power user and messed with system files too often, and I was forced to either try and fix things or just wipe my system drive and reinstall, I'd give linux another go. I always keep a drive for the OS separate from my drives for games/media. Learned to do that the first time Windows shat the bed on me and I lost everything. Since then I also have a network and offsite backup of anything I want to make sure I dont lose with a drive failure.
The last time I tried Linux was with diablo 2 resurrection's release. I installed PopOS. Eventually went back to 10 after a month or so because dealing with games was still a pain and I didn't have a bunch of alternatives to windows software. Stuff like HeSuVi and parsec. I heard that HeSuVi has since had alternatives now that the new audio controller, pipewire(?) I forget the name, allows for it.
Parsec I still haven't been able to find an alternative for. My GF and I use it to stream to one another across a network since we live in a small apartment and dont have room for a couch/tv with the two computers set up also. I figured worse case scenario I could always set up a stream with OBS since I dont need the KVM features of parsec, just the screen sharing. I just want to avoid the delay is all.
Still, I am not using 11. I deal with it enough at work to realise I am going to hate it for personal use. With 10's EoL just around the corner it's time to make the switch permanently. I am thinking about doing arch since I dont mind trouble shooting. At the same time however, I dont want to spend my entire day troubleshooting an update constantly, so who knows.
Only reason why l do not switch to Linux as my main OS is because of gaming.
What games do you play on windows?
I migrated to Arch in the end. I started my journey on Linux Mint back at the end of 2016 and into 2017. As a repair technician, I didn't like the direction Windows was going with 10 (and now that monster 11) so I jumped ship out of spite, only keeping a Windows install around for Destiny 2 on a portable SSD. I migrated to Fedora for a while, before dipping my toes into Arch-based with Manjaro. I didn't like having packages held back, so I went in headfirst to a pure Arch installation. So much learning, so much Arch wiki, lol. In the end I settled on CachyOS for my desktop because of sane defaults and having less time now that I have a wife and 3 cats. I still run vanilla Arch on my laptop because I am too lazy to reformat at this point.
Oooh, are HSR and ZZZ also on Lutris? If it works well, I might consider swapping my main computer, since I only use fedora on my work laptop.
Well, HSR works but I'm not sure if there are/were bans for Linux users, but ZZZ works just fine On Lutris or Heroic.
I think I'm going to try GNU/Linux again and maybe use a Windows VM for other stuff related to my Channel. (Minecraft Tutorial Stuff) From what I see Linux can see an uptrend and I think this is the best time to switch and reclaim our freedom from Microsoft Windows... 👑
Also, nice video!
Thank you. Hope you have a good Linux ride!
@@DualryG You're welcome and thank you too!
Why'd you need Windows to do a Minecraft tutorial?
I can recommend zorin to people who are first to linux. I have it and happy with it. Now I learned and understand many things. I’m planning to switch to Debian when debian 13 comes.(I know it’s a really good distro. I just didn’t understand it first.) I have a trust issue on ubuntu and ubuntu based distros. 😅
You know what's funny? Sometimes, supporting linux on a game under certain engines is literally as easy....as a checkmark. No joke. A fucking checkmark in a setting.
I get the low market share and different distro pain in the ass. But for some of them when it's as simple as a checkmark...why not?
i'm trying to switch to linux myself, still playing around with Garuda, my question is, how did you get the Hoyo games to run? did you ever get banned or something similar? that risk is the sole thing still holding me back, i'm really scared of losing everything
If you watch my Genshin Impact tutorial for Linux, I made a fresh account and used it for a few weeks. I haven't received a ban since and I switched back on my main account. After that, I was playing it just fine with no risk. The game works with wine and so does the anti-cheat, so don't worry, you'll be fine.
The only Hoyo game that could get you banned is Honkai Star Rail for some reason.
@@DualryG that's the one i wanna play the most...
You could create a new account and play on it to see if you can get banned or not. Then you can decide if you want to play on your main account or not.
@@DualryG well i'll have to put it on hold for now anyways, it no longer mounts my hard drives that all of my games are on...
I use AnAnimeGameLauncher and its other versions. Genshin doesn't require any patches anymore, so it should be fully safe. I think for ZZZ its the same, but I didn't play it yet, so I'm not 100% sure. For the Honkai games anticheat patches are still required, so they might not be 100% safe, but I don't think anyone got banned for them yet. Just keep in mind that after a new version got released, the patches might take a few days until they are released and tested.
The compatibility issues that most people have with linux and newer hardware is specifically related to ubuntu/debian or similar distro with a long update cycle (ubuntu is a 2 years behind if my memory serves right). Most of that can be solved using different distro, but you then run into the risk of using software that is sometimes unstable, so it's often recommended to have at least some experience with linux before doing so
NixOS is great for gaming too, and has all of that bleeding edge and even some more stability, but it's a lot harder to use as a new user, although it's definetly worth learning and using.
at least the lts versions are far behind for ubuntu, the non lts versions are often not that far behind. Debian on release is also not to far behind, but doesn't release that often.
But yeah, for people around me, were I can give some support in the worst case, I normally suggest something like manjaro with btrfs for filesystem level snapshots to easily and quickly go back to the last working state.
@@Hartie95 Right, I forgot about the non LTS versions! You're still far from day1 drivers for a lot of stuff, but that's much better. And getting the snapshots at that levels basically gives you the same rollback powers as nix does with the static config, that's a great one ^^ Only missing the true replicability, but you can't have it all and I'd gladly give that to a new linux user any day rather than nix where they'd be stuck figuring out the basics for days or weeks before getting the hang of it all
Cool man. Hey did you face any GPU issues?
Thanks. So far no, I didn't encounter any GPU issues in installing Linux distros or playing games on it.
If he's on AMD, that might be why it's been alright. They tend to work better on linux.
Of course NVIDIA will work as well, though their drivers have a bit of a reputation for not always operating quite right, though I'm sure these cases vary and there are plenty of NVIDIA users on linux whom don't have such...issues.
@@FautorFox well, my 13 years old gtx 650 works very well on zorin os 17 (based on ubuntu 22.04)
@@FautorFox I don't know about the newer GPUS, but my 1050ti worked flawlessly even on Wayland under GNOME.
Anything that is not Nvidia works great on Linux. Even Intel Arc.
THE FINALS MENTIONED 🗣🗣
0:41 And that's the problem with Linux. When this happens to someone trying it for the first time, they will not research what went wrong and try to fix it. Instead, they wipe their drive, cut their losses, and proceed to reinstall Windows and never look back. My issue with Linux is that, of course, as a creative professional, my proprietary software isn't available, so I wouldn't get my job done on Linux.
Yeah, a bad experience like that can lead to the user switching back to Windows and never reinstalling Linux again, yet, the problem can be solved. That is completely understandable, that kind of software is not yet ready on Linux.
@@DualryG First: Some things can't "be solved". 2: What kind of * would seek problems to solve when they can just use what works?
@@joroc what do you mean with (*)?
@@ethanmutandi2218 maybe they want to say idiot? (you couldve just said person joroc)
If you are having major issues with OBS and using voicemeter then its a issue with them working together. Basically voicemeter makes OBS constantly do something that eventually causes ram overflow no matter how much ram you have. OBS could be updated to fix this...... but dont hold your breath.
I have never seen that before. I do use OBS and voicemeter together on my separate windows PC and I haven't noticed anything strange...
I had used some Ubuntu distros like Ubuntu itself, KDE neon, xfce mint and than I discovered arch Linux and I am with it since😊
I use exclusively linux for about a year and had almost no problem with it. I am not gamer, so ot probably helped me. Now with proton, gaming is not issue at all if I want to play something sometime. I am programmer and hate programming in windows. Terminal tools anf workflows for windows are so bad.
Finally someone who doesn't only use there computer for writing and editing
I did the same thing as you more than a week ago. I'm from Windows 7 initially (now Windows 11) and I bought a new laptop for 299 € to install Arch Linux, customize it as I want and I can code and do some cybersecurity stuff while I play games on my first laptop (which is Windows 11).
Linux is has terrible HDR compatibility atm. Was on Arch for a year, had to move back when I got a pretty beefy monitor. Would have been a waste of money otherwise. I'll switch back immediately when HDR, RTX HDR (or an equivalent), and Wayland works well for gaming on Nvidia cards (As res scaling is dogshit on X11, esp with multi-monitors of different res).
@Slot-sk2bd Yeah, that is still an ongoing issue unfortunately. Let's hope this gets added soon!
For windows you can install winget to install software from the command line. Useful when your acustumed to linux.
Those windows issues are hardware specific.
You are blaming Windows for hardware specific problems lmao.
In my experience, ive had 2 laptops in my past (currently on my 3rd, and its a goodish one). Both were about the same spec wise except for ram, one had less. One was an HP Notebook and the other was a Lenovo Thinkpad (this one had less ram).
And in my experience, only the Lenovo had network driver issues. HP had 0 problems in my time using it, it kinda just died, probably due to charging too much and the framework being kinda trash.
The Lenovo on the other hand had no such problems, yet would constantly disconnect from the network for inexplicable reasons. They both do have different network drivers from memory, so that plays into it probably.
What this tells me is that these problems are hardware specific. So the way I see it, a hardware change wouldve helped out there.
But its too late atp it seems.
Yes, you could say that. Since Windows is already bloated enough with unnecessary stuff running in the background and taking resources, it can have an impact on one's hardware. But it also has enough spyware, that made me want to give Linux a chance to use it.
Linux takes less resources than Windows. Hence why most of my "issues" were not present anymore compared to Windows.
welcome to the community
i used these operating systems: bliss os, Deepin Linux, and windows 10.
those what i love the most windows for everyday use and linux for emulation and bliss os for my simple uses i love to use it on laptop.
I've been using Windows 7 - 10 before switching to linux.
A friend of mine constantly told me to just make the switch everytime I had some weird issues xd
One day, I was extremely angry, because of some Windows issues.
Windows had one last blue screen before I basically rage quitted Windows.
I first tried to get all my windows softwares running on linux though - Which was a big mistake in my opinion.
Used CrossOver and other software to get them running...
At some point, I just gave in and searched for alternatives instead - Some of which were even better.
I tried many distros before settling on NixOS for now.
I also had the advantage that I don't play games like Fortnite.
Glad to hear it's working for you well :)
I switched to Linux mint about 8 months ago, it was simple and fast, then go to steam and in settings click the force compatibility, and download your game and the proton version it comes with, epic has heroic launcher and blizzard and ea works naturally with bottles.. yw
Linux is not perfect, at least I'm free
i did try fedora 40 a few days ago and i had a a few problems :
1 - i have a couple of movies on a hdd ...and when i wanted to play them in vlc and some other video players ... i didn t have the codecs ... when i installed the codecs a couple of them just didn t work
2 - i didn t have the nvidia control pannel to set the dinamic range of the rgb color format to limited ...something i do on windows and it s important to me
3 - no control panel for my sound card ( a creative s c )
no driver support in general and apps more simple whit no support , i will try again in the future when hopefully the software and hardware have alot more suport
The first one is an issue with the media player in Gnome. for colours There are probably other apps for it.
I don't use it, so sadly, I couldn't help you, but you could Google it. And I also think linux isn't ready yet to be mainstream as much as I love it.
It's probably not the mountain I feel like it is, but I'm scared to go through setting it up and messing up some how, and then it may not even support all my software needs. Ig the best in between might be running both? Tbh I didn't even know you could do that.
Honestly, the more time passes, and the worse Windows gets, the more incentivized I feel that I will inevitably have to pick up linux one day. In fact, next pc or laptop I'll probably switch.
Anyways, I know we see a lot of techie videos on how bad Windows is getting, but I think most users don't really feel it since it's very useable on a daily basis, and it's everywhere. More people would switch to linux, but people are (understandably) turned off by the fact that it's not as beginner friendly as windows.
For most ppl it's either Windows or Apple, they don't really know much about anything else, they feel like they don't need to learn about other options. And Ig the average user doesn't necessarily need to switch (rn anyways) if they do very simple tasks and have no concerns about the lack of privacy, heavy advertising, etc.
A lot of people only trust what's ultra mainstream, and they do not want to do the work of putting Linux just to make a pc/laptop usable when there are countless laptops and PCs w Windows or Apple installed already, that's the standard. People also hate the idea of having to switch what they're used to. It could be hard, it could be easy, it could take long to get used to it, you might have to compromise somehow along the way, but you'll never know until you make the switch and I thinking about that is another reason why ppl don't switch to linux.
People only remember how bad Windows is when they go through a blue screen or death or when we have situations like that recent event where worldwide, Windows failed so unbelievably bad.
But it's getting bad. The "AI" image generation (I swear, all these corps are obsessed w "AI", on a side note, thank you for crediting the the people in the description), ads, and random website articles in the search function, updates being mostly just cosmetic and just to be more beginner friendly (there's a point where you just can't make it more beginner friendly than it already is), bloatware (why the heck is Disney +, Spotify, etc auto installed?), files search function getting ruined with updates (now I always have to put an asterisk at the end to make sure it searches through *all* of my files which we didn't even have to do b4) etc.
The thing that gets me most is the fact they have billions of dollars both from being the most widely distributed OS, and from Microsoft (Ik they gotta be making bank off of Minecraft) and yet... Window's progress as an OS just feels so stagnant and un-innovative. They just sit on their billions and don't bring anything good (passable and usable, yes, but not good) to the table, just like every other billion dollar company.
How do you expect to surpass Apple if you're not even trying to be innovative and you make it feel like a OS that can't even be viewed as premium compared to it?
It is constantly regressing, it feels like all the changes we get are mostly just to appear more cosmetically appealing and more beginner friendly (obviously taking heavy inspiration from Apple sometimes) and yet it somehow fails at both goals. Every time they try to appear innovative to consumers they're clearly just hopping in on the bandwagon, Apple, corps going heavy on AI, Cortana, AI copilot, etc. They need to focus more on fixing concerning issues (that we as consumers shouldn't have to deal w) and focus on improving the software.
Windows eats where it shits, Linux does not.
I chose a Debian based distro, and at first it was great, because of how stable it is. But then you try to install some software, maybe you need to compile modern source code, and suddenly you need dependencies that isn't old as shit. This has led me down the route of going mostly for flatpak versions of software, and that's how I've gained an appreciation for software being partitioned from the OS. That's not how Windows works, software you install there has dependencies thrown around all over the place, that's how those big software suites can burrow into the OS. Oh and how invasive anticheat works. How Sony installed a rootkit back in the day, how µtorrent installed a bitcoin miner and so on and so forth.
That's not to say Linux is "better", only philosophically in my opinion, because a lot of extra work is often needed. But I feel like the rewards are worth it.
As an older gentleman in his early 40s, I've played the competitive games, I don't need much anymore, so it's easier for me to say to someone with an active gaming friend group to switch, because maybe that's not what you want to pour all your time into instead of the fast and loose approach Windows has.
My b45 motherboard fails to detect windows after some time, so I am stuck with Linux even if windows was good.
I've never had a problem with Linux as long as it was for a non gaming system, my old desktop from a decade ago had Ubuntu and I used that for years with no issues.
I started having issues with this system and trying to game, stupid stuff like trying to fix game not launching, get them working only for the next update to break it again. It felt like a consistent battle for me, of which I had very few "wins". I am a gamer of a few games, World of Warships (stand alone client not Steam) they are not cross compatible, not losing many years of progress, and Destiny 2 which is unplayable on Linux due to anti-cheat.
Those are really they only things I play D2 being the main one roughly 90% of the time, I tried to get into other games, but even stuff like wemod was giving me issues. I would fix one issue only to be faced with the next, it was this on repeat for everything I don't dislike Linux, I just didn't enjoy gaming on it. As for a normal desktop/laptop absolutely no issues, but I've tried everything from Manjaro to Nobara with each giving me enough issues where I never felt like I was learning or progressing.
I don't mind learning, as long as I feel I am making some progress, it took me roughly 3 days to get the World of Warships launcher working in Bottles and I was VERY happy to finally feel like I accomplished something, which broke the very next update. Stupid stuff like enabling G-sync or vsync in Linux would break games for me, this was an issue which took me a few days to realize once I came to the conclusion this stuff was working before I turned g-sync on.
Also stuff like my speakers only working at 10% volume even when set to max, was never able to fix this, no matter how many times I tried I would only get a fraction of the normal volume even though my dedicated dac worked without issue.
I switched back in 2018 and I'm doing just fine.
Another great way is to start your journey on linux by installing it on some old hardware i for example right now im testing bazzite on my old laptop and basicly troubleshoot before insallin it on my main laptop and new pc that im aout to build. This way i can test how it works with no scares of running in some issues that might wipe some important files or wahtever that can happen of course only if you tinker or have some weird things like i for example own sound card but turns out is just works wit no probelms just need to do simple thing in kernel but because i also have mixer otherwise everything on my specific distro works flowless and its kinda funny if i look back at fact how many articles i read before switching about sound on linux just to run it on system where i dont need to care cause thats why i did it so if you in same situation like me whre dual boot is meh option and have lots of sensitive hardware doing first trouble shoot is awesome this way i prevented especially cause you still can do normal stuff on windows if neeeded
Hello mate, I have a question that's been borthering me for a while. The question is;
"How do I run a cracked GTA IV Complete Edition on Linux?"
I haven't tried any Linux distro yet, but I do plan to do so by using Linux Mint on my old laptop. Thing is, unlike any other cracked games, GTA IV still requires Rockstar Social Club in order to make it possible for the gamer to play the game. One way to bypass this issue is to use a 32-bit version of RunAsDate software. The thing is, both the cracked game and the software is only compatible with windows and as far as I'm aware with my limited knowledge so far, I doubt that Bottles or Wine could help. Or perhaps I'm wrong. Could you do a tutorial on how to run the game?
Look up "how to run executable inside wine prefix". Basically, whenever you run a Windows Application under WINE, it uses a WINE Prefix, which is just the common Windows directory structure (the default prefix is ~/.wine). If you run two different executables under WINE using the same prefix, it would be the same as running both executables under the same Windows installation.
Try using bottles I'm currently playing GTA IV without any issues with the default prefix and soda as my runner.
all what was said at the start of the video, Linux Mint.
and as for ecosystems, google pixel 6 is 135 usd, iphone 13 is 350 ( and android alternatives) guess what will last longer? the pixel 6 because it can get community support and already does too
Zenless Zone Zero work without patching or anything on Linux with wine. I heard Genshin just recently able to do that and Honkai Impact 3rd on steam should work. only Honkai star rail doesn’t work.
Yes, I heard that The company allowed Linux users to play the game on the Steam deck, hence it works fine with wine and the anti-cheat. :)
Honkai Star Rail works just fine, less than 24 hours ago i did my weekly Simulated Universe before the reset, look for the " The Honkers Railway Launcher" in the internet.
@@unlimitedslash Really? Didn't you get banned?
@@DualryG Nope, been playing for 2 or 3 months now.
I see. I'll look into that :)
what desktop environment do you use?
I use KDE Plasma, but I switch to Gnome as well.
@@DualryG what gnome extension did you use to get the dock and move the applications menu thing to the left?
@@DualryG check for hyprland and you probably never switching back to windows lol
@MA78yt I use Gnome extensions. You can watch this video: ruclips.net/video/7SyBakqrC6k/видео.htmlsi=ggW-IPa_uRcV-lpI
I have a second PC for windows, so I'm still using it, whether I like it or not.
welcome to the fam bro hope you enjoy it here!
great vid! what was that game at the end of the video there? looks like a lot of fun.
Thanks man. The game is called Zenless Zone Zero.
@@DualryG keep up the good work :)
i've had my far share of using Linux over the years and even make a video on my take on it.
Nice dude!
i am gonna go, take a break by ricing my sway setup
last time i play genshin (for 3 yrs) and quit before summer event this year, and still playing 6 more gatcha games like nikke, wuthering waves (now you know), snowbreak containment zone, punishing gray raven, and honkai star rail and also future incoming ones, and also afraid my favorite Wallpaper Engine won't work here in linux, not to mention i got like many wallpapers...
kinda sadly i got more interest in gatcha, than pc games, nothing clicks me, and yes im a weeb also lel.
edit: almost forgot, i play in bluestack on gatcha games that doesn't have a pc client loke Aether Gazer and using Bluestacks for that.
The situation with Kernel level anti cheats is that under Linux it works under userspace rendering it inapplicable
Which is why they can't force their anti-cheat to run on Linux. But I think it shows just how unnecessary it is to have one when there are better alternatives to catch cheaters.
@@DualryG Yeah like how The Finals does it with their server side anti cheat and it works perfect
@@DualryG And as someone dipping my toes into Cyber security I believe that this is a point of failure waiting to implode like Crowdstrike
I am using PopOs and I don't really bother game compatibility because I only play dota2 and Linux supports the game out of the box.
I don't even have a GPU, intel integrated graphics.. 😢 that is why i got bad performance, not because Linux is incompatible.
Also, I work in tech and we use linux cloud servers a lot. So it makes a lot of sense for me to daily drive a Linux distro.
Btw, I am also thinking of distro hopping. I am leaning towards Fedora or EndeavourOS (or any arch based prebuilt. Don't have time to config my own. Lol). Suggest me a distro..
I think you need to commit. We are waiting for your video of How to install linux and whats your setup. We want to give it a try
i dont play games with kernal level malware anyway so that limitation doesn't effect me however i am a 3D artist and... well... substance painter is in my workflow... armor paint exists and i have used it but it is comically unstable.
I have been wanting to be changing to Linux but I'm not even sure where to start. Which one should I try first? Would it be worth it to switch on my computer even though I have all my files or should I wait until I get a new computer?
First, I recommend you start with something like Linux Mint or Ubuntu. These are geared towards beginners since they have all of the applications automatically installed. Second, I would suggest you keep windows in your system, since Linux doesn’t support all of the the software, yet. You can dual boot Windows with Linux, if you have enough storage, or you can just buy or build another PC separate from Windows and use Linux for it. That is what I have, two PCs separate from Windows and Linux.
@@DualryG How much storage would it cost to dual boot? And how would I go with doing it? I'm probably going to start out with Ubuntu.
That would also depend on what you're doing on your PC. I recommend 1 terabyte, if you're going to play games or do some productivity. It's just nice to have some storage. As for how to dual boot, there should be tutorial videos, so I'm sure you can find some helpful.
@@DualryG Alright, thank you.
@@Disearned Disclaimer: not understanding what you're doing and just copy-pasting commands from the internet is a sure path to data loss.
Most Linux distros can run under 20GB or less, however that would limit how much stuff you can install.
See if you can shrink your Windows partition and create a new one. It's not always possible, since some important files might be located in the far sectors of the disk, stopping it from being resized.
My current solution for League is using a separate HDD for Windows. My Linux install has 20 gigs for the root partition (where stuff is installed), and 100 gigs for my home directory (where personal files like documents are saved), and three separate 1TB HDDs for games, where I keep my Steam and GOG library.
When you had BSoD errors with Windows, did you do a memory test or use memtest86 to test your memory? I had BSoD/drive timeout errors every few days and then did the memtest and sure enough that was the problem. Luckily, I still had warranty and they swapped out the fault ram, now it works fine. But now I use Linux (Ubuntu) mainly instead of Windows.
When I started to get BSODs, I ran memory tests several times because I thought ram was the issue. After the tests, it showed me no issues, which was weird enough. So, I ran my games without overclocking on Windows. Only when I switched to Linux and started overclocking, did I not have any issues.
@@DualryG wut alternative software for undervolting or overclocking for the nvidia or amd gpu side for linux?
I know how to undervolt or overclocking cpu because I've experienced it before.. but for gpu side im pretty much noobies😅
For AMD GPUs, I use Corectrl and for Nvidia, use GreenWithEnvy.
Very good video, you should definitly make a vid about trying arch linux or nix and ricing it
Thank you. Haha, I will think about it 🙂
2:20 you may need to tamper with snappy driver installer origin and test out screen record with "outplayed" on windows
-Tried linux on my laptop to see what all the fuss is about
-Linux doesn´t detect half my hardware
-Googling why, the answers all come down to "It´s more for old hardware" or "just get distro xyz, duh"
-Wiped Linux and didn´t care since.
I dind´t even came close to the more exotic usecases like trying to interface my 3D printer, video cutting or 3D/simulation software, which I could have lived with if those things don´t work. After all, that´s why VMs tailored to specific usecases are so great.
Obviously I´m not an IT expert, but I´m not using the two finger typing system either. For me as a normal user, this whole experience was just annyoing as hell.
wine and proton don't work on my zorin os install ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ guess i'll just have to keep my dual boot install of windows in order to play games, ig
Basically all my games dont work on wine ive used 4 distros to look for a decent is that us compatible with me hardware and actually launch my games
Os's
Endeavor Os (Plasma, Gnome)
Debuan 12 (gnome)
Mint
Ubuntu
What kind of games are you playing?
@@DualryG all of my steam games....
never had a positive experience with Zorin, that said, you probably should try another more mainstream distro
@@sara8913 i'll try vanilla OS orchid once it releases fr, waiting till the alpha is finished first
Your fps drop while recording screen playing a videogame? PLEASE, do yourself a favor and enable HARDWARE ASSISTED ENCODING.
As simple as that. AMD has even a native AV1 encoder.
Mfw my gpu doesn't support hardware based encoding
@vxvicky My GPU doesn't support hardware encoding, so I use OpenH264, which is my CPU.
@@DualryG Which GPU are you using? Nowdays basically ALL gpu's have hardware encoding and decoding.
@@unlimitedslash AMD RX 6500 XT. This GPU does not come with hardware encoding. I still bought it so that I can play some games with a GPU, without putting so much toll on my CPU. I will check on OBS and see if it is available.
@@DualryG Off, for a bit more you could've grabbed a RX6600, one decent alternative would be to look into dual gpu setup, maybe a used GTX 1060 or 1050 just for hardware encoding.
I love Linux runs 80% faster than windows(on every task, video editing and encoding, video capture, image editing, programming, gaming, booting up and overall system responsiveness), even games run faster locked 165 FPS on most games at 4k when windows struggles to get 100FPS with the same game and same PC, it even installs faster, took less than 15 minutes to install Linux and get things working and it took over an hour with windows because it kept blue screening during install and after on the same exact PC that I just installed Linux on and it had zero issues.. I would totally and completely main Linux, but cannot due to games I want to play that use EAC... to name a few(this is NOT all the games).. Star CItizen, and Wuthering waves. As well as other games that now use Microsoft game services that will not automatically install when you install the game and then when you try to run that game it crashes with an error about missing the game services..so basically that prevents any Microsoft games that use that service from functioning.
When most of the games I enjoy playing gets playable in linux, I'll migrate to linux as well
Do you have any specific ones in mind? I make videos showcasing gaming on Linux and so far this year the only ones that haven't worked are those that simply block Linux outright. However, I of course have my blind spots since I don't play every type of game.
@@necuz Hoyoverse gacha games and other games look a like
@@necuzwhat about league and valorant? both use vanguard now 😢i dont think they work on linux
@@Yupmoh Those are in a league (sorry) of their own. Can't even run them in a Windows VM and before too long will only run on Win11 with secure boot and TPM.
@@necuz Now this sucks!
I have them in dual boot and I was going to get rid of windows but 2 of the apps I use on windows cannot be emulated on Linux and there is not closed enough alternative 😢
i have a 256gb ssd only for windows that has photoshop and valorant on it, other than that my 512gb ssd has linux mint with just libreofffice and a browser for personal use as it is much safer than windows to store important files on linux, all of my other files are also on a separate hard drive that is not mounted when i use windows
Just about hanging in there with Win10... And yes, I currently have an update issue that won't resolve itself... And I'm VERY disappointed overall with this OS as is... And as for Win11? My machine is too old to install that anyway! And even if I could.. I wouldn't!
So yes.. Come end of next year... I am screwed! And have no choice now, but to cut my teeth on Linux!
I'm a developer anyway so, hopefully, this won't be TOO much of a huge transition for me! And I already use Docker and can write code which can run on multiple platforms anyway (under .NET) so again... Hopefully... I'll be able to cope without the WinAPI and other Windows OS system calls, that I do use from time to time.
Oh I thought it was just me. Last time I let windows 10 update, it decided to undo changes cause update failed
@@RenderingUser Yeah... It's a known issue... Microsoft has provided manual steps involving resizing your WinRE partition on your OS drive... Apparently, this is the cause of the 0x80070643 error on my machine... But man!!! It sure involves a LOT of tedious steps! And I'm baffled as to why a company, as large as Microsoft... Simply just can't roll out a simple fix for this without us having to faff around with manual drive partitioning ourselves! 😡