I still wonder why most people won't mention Krita as a Photoshop alternative, even though it is both as feature-rich as PS and has a huge plugin ecosystem, while being backed by the KDE community. People can try it on Windows or MacOS before switching to Linux too. Adobe software is advanced amateur and hobbyist software anyway, it is not professional-grade. (Stability issues, compatibility issues, data corruption and less-than-desirable configurability/customizability are just a few issues of Adobe's software)
I have family member who uses a tablet with an old version of photoshop. does Krita have tablet support? They don't know much about open source alternatives so i was trying to find them something they could try since they cannot afford to pay for a subscription to the newer photoshop.
Krita has relatively low exposure, especially on Windows. Even though I'm technically working a lot in this space, I had no idea it existed until I randomly stumbled upon it. Being mainly advertised as just a drawing program also doesn't help it in that regards. From a usability perspective, I think that Krita is way closer to Photoshop
@@MichaelNROH Indeed, the exposure and self-presentation aren't that good, as for many KDE projects that are great software. I'm still spreading it though, hoping people will try it and see that it's very capable and might just add to their workflow.
Switched to Linux based OS in 2017. Manjaro, MX linux, pop os, fedora, debian... you name it, pure love. Not perfect, but still better than Windows 10/11.
I'm looking at Zorin OS for the closest feel and operation like Windows GUI. I want to install and run Steam Linux games like I would run Windows. What are your thoughts?
Well, hard to answer this one. But you could try it. I mean Zorin looks good, propably its a good start point. But be prepared for alternative choices, when something not goes well. And dont give up. :)
@@ernies8828 as long as it can install steam and proton you’ll be fine. Just add games to your steam library and then go into settings in steam on the game in question and “force use of compatibility layer” and select the most recent version of proton.
@@swiftypopty1102 Idk about how you use it but you can run office 365 in a browser but it limited. If your willing to give it a go Libre/open office are pretty good. And for AutoCAD it unfortunately doesn't work but hey maybe give free cad a shot but it may not be sufficient IDK.
I have been using Linux since 2003. It was a CLI install each time and very tedious. It is sad that former, tainted and turned off users have to spread some misguidance that modern Linux, 20 years later is super hard to use. It is very easy compared to my days first learning it. Most of the OS was heavily manipulated in the BASH and needed some experience with command line. There was a fairly good user support community rising up at that time and only continues to grow to this day. I just two days ago dumped any dual boot support for M$ after their latest AI injection into the ARM supported laptops, because we all can see where that is going. They continue to infringe on user privacy and Linux is where we can take control of what we own and build.
I'm cheering for Linux, I wish Valve made a version of SteamOS for everyone, not only the Steam Deck users, shouldn't be that hard. And since it's a "gaming OS", that'll help with marketing and switching people over. With so many people being unhappy with Windows 11, now it's the perfect time.
They started contributing to some NVIDIA stuff which currently messes up their OS. My theory is, that NVIDIA has some weird guidelines for using their driver which is why Valve wants an open solution to work. Once Gamescope, their compositor, is NVIDIA compatible, then it can finally be released
There is a "version for everyone", its called Arch linux, the steameck runs on a forked and modified arch distro... :) Might not be EASY to use for anyone, but just sayin', it's there and nvidia works perfectly fine using their latest up to date drivers... xD
I can't use Linux as a daily driver for multiple reasons, but for the years that I was using Linux, it changed my choice in software for the better, I usually almost always choose the option source option for programs instead of the proprietary ones because I genuinely think most of them are better. Update: I did switch to Linux full time but I'm currently waiting on driver 555, because some things are just straight up broken and I still need Wayland I can't just use xorg
Yeah, I am also curious about that. There are a few programs that are not usable on linux, but the alternatives are in most cases very close. The only reason I can ever see is if a workplace DEMANDS the use of a software unsupported on linux, and that software can not be ran in a virtual win11 machine.
@@dznwombo maybe windows is required to his job, like mine. Or there is not alternative apps that he can use. My company only allowed windows and macos systems which is sad.
@@marcusjohansson668Anyone who says that the alternatives are in most cases very close really doesn't work with them for a living in my experience. You can't send something from Affinity Photo to somebody who uses Photoshop. There is literally nothing that can compete with After Effects for motion designers, for instance. So, even on Windows, people are stuck with Adobe. So, for average users, the alternatives are enough, but the people who can't switch are the ones who use software professionally.
I am a new user, not particularly good with computers. I have been using open source alternatives for years. Recently made the full switch to Linux a couple weeks ago. It has been really easy and my hardware now works again properly. Booting literally five times faster was a nice bonus. Windows is malware
Welcome to the community! ❤ Having a windows installation on a separate drive that you can select by pressing a key when you boot (bios key for selecting boot device, just like when you install with a usb stick) is really not a bad idea. Might give you a small sense of safety in case your linux install would for some reason become unbootable and demands a repair. In those cases it can sometimes be pretty nice as a new user to have windows to fall back on, no shame in that! Then in a year or so, when you realize "I haven't booted into windows for more than a few months", you remove it completely and your neckbeard magically grows a little.. xD
@@marcusjohansson668 Thanks for the info, but I went full cold turkey. If I really need it again I can borrow the work laptop. Will feel dirty doing though, not in a good way. I'd really rather not have any of their code on my machine in any capacity. Looking at my phone next. I don't do anything wrong but when they can change what "wrong" is at any point, I'd rather not let them develop the infrastructure of a totalitarian state. Watching my gov get a hard on for breaking the Nurenburg code without consequences recently put me on high alert. Neck beard coming along nicely lol. Wheres that tin foil at?
@@charliecarpenter2840 Shots fired.. Again, welcome to the community buddy.. :) Tinfol hat or not, here everybody is welcome, as long as you don't spread hate. Reading between the lines, I think we are on the same page here..
@@charliecarpenter2840 "Neck beard coming along nicely" 😂😂😂 Totally agree with you. "I'm not doing anything wrong so I have nothing to worry about" is crazy naive. There's tons of evidence that that isn't true. Plus linux is just better. I wish I had figured that out sooner! You can always run a VM of win10 or something if you really need a windows app (win10 runs better than 11 in my experience, maybe its just my machine tho)
I switched to Linux 2 month ago and I'm very happy with it. There are 3 apps that works only on Windows but I installed Win11 on VMware and the performance is really good.
It should be noted that running a windows virtual machine can help most people wanting to switch, but still have a few programs holding them back. It's not perfect & very geeky, but for me use case not having to dual-boot is a big win. Good list, but I wish you put links in the description to help those trying to follow along.
I previously used Kate but I switched over to KDevelop. It's basically the same program but I like the Intellisense features for C++. I get a lot less errors when I compile because it highlights the errors as I make them.
Do not use Chrome under any circumstances. If you must, disable third-party cookies. Chrome is designed to profile you and monetize you. In these days you do not need Chrome for compatibility reasons even with those “corporate apps”. Brave, Firefox. Anything is superior to Chrome.
@@ZephyrCheez honestly I wouldn't care if the data wasn't being given or sold to every govt on the planet. Companies can't k!ll me or kidnap me & lock me in a cage.
@@Francehelder Yes it easier to configure because you can do it via GUI, but my main issue with it is it has issues playing many online streams, and its a qt application, which means it will pull in a bunch of qt libraries if your running a gtk desktop, and it will look a bit out of place too, besides I think mpv may be more powerful too, you can add more functionality to with with scripts.
Michael I love Linux and watch pretty much all of your videos, today I decided I would start my journey into something I have never used and that is Arch Linux, I am doing a video series on it and I love it so far, I have been so used to using PopOS and Debian based distros so I wanted to venture in the unknown, great video Michael as always!
Piper is great. My logitech mouse stopped working and I wasn't able to use my desktop because that was my only mouse. I was able to unbrick it with a linux laptop by rewriting the onboard memory.
Additional software I use in Linux: Lutris - playing Windows games DOSBox - playing MS-DOS games AntiMicroX - mapping gamepad to keyboard SMPlayer - video player Qmmp - music player XnView MP - photo viewer Engrampa - archive manager GParted - partition manager BleachBit - disk space cleaner
I began learning Linux Mint in a virtual machine last week, and I'm already enjoying it. I plan to spend more time mastering the basics before fully transitioning.❤
I'm on linux only for my personal computers. And I see that you followed the good path: choose and use a maximum of programs you can find for all OS so you never run into big problems.
Reportedly in business over 30 years. Probably Audacity could substitute by now, but my license is still active and I'm used to the interface. The CD extraction tool doesn't function under Wine.
Programs i use on linux: XED - text editor, Libre Office Calc/Writer/Math, Steam, Heroic Launcher, Google Chrome, Document Scanner, Nemo - file organizer, Celluloid, CPU-X, Mangohud, Hardinfo, Stacer. That's about it, some programs look like shit - namely XED and scanner - but they are highly customizable and extendablizable. Notepad on windows was not.
I would say there is still a couple big missing features with discord on linux no audio when screensharing which is very disappointing that this still isnt implemented even tho third party clients like vesktop support it with their own api (venmic) Then there is no hardware encoding when screen sharing so the performance is still not good enough, then with hardware encoding your still using your cpu as there is no texture encoding support yet under chromium(this allows the gpu to encode fully instead of parsing it onto the cpu and back) obs is getting this support for all hardware vendors on linux like amd, nvidia, intel in their next release, so the encoding will all be done on the gpu instead. Jake from discord also said that wayland support is arriving official this year possibly but its on their lowest list of things to do which sucks :/ Great video nonetheless, i like using gimp also, took me a while to learn most things vs learning Photoshop but it was worth it in the end as i dont need windows :)
Yeah, it's very sad that discord refuses to release a linux version. Any discord version ran on linux is ported by random dudes so you can use it. Those guys (that port discord) are great. Discord themselves, not so much... I actually have never used screen sharing on discord, but it sounds like something with pipewire (or maybe xwayland) is not working properly. If it works on x11, use that and just wait and I have a feeling that sooner or later it will also work on wayland.
@@marcusjohansson668 discord does have a native port, it just sucks ass wipes lmao, missing hardware acceleration, and yeah the audio is discord not supporting pipewire or pulseaudio(we shouldnt be focusing on pulse anymore) then wayland natively doesnt work properly because of discords own api not supporting it fully when trying to do it, xwaylandvideobridge can solve this or vesktop with their own api that they use with pipewire for both capturing and audio + hardware encoding for amd gpus It rlly sucks that discord thinks of us as a "low priority" for bringing basic features, but it's all about money so what can you do :/
I need to take screenshots and then draw a couple of lines on them for work. I use Spectacle which is included with KDE Plasma. Is annotation is perfect because I need to do things quickly and it has a smooth flow.
- OSS for coding because the less microsoft I have on my system the better - Solaar for anything involving a logitech unifying receiver - Timeshift for back ups to external drives We use a lot of the same stuff, but those are a few helpful ones that you didn't mention or that I thought were alternatives (OSS instead of VSC).
Ciao, i'm Sandro from brunswick in germany, and i am Debian Linux User since late 1998, before that, i was using BeOS 3.2 yes from jolo Data in germany, un 1997 i had no Internet Connection, but a Kiosk had.. i paid 1 DM per 15 Minutes..in late 1998 i had Debian for the First time, and as a absolute beginner i've used it, my first Window Manager was Windowmaker so i've started my First Desktop Wallpaper in this year... Originated in 1989 on my Amiga 500 Computer ok another topic..in 2024c:i'm using Debian Linux 12 and doing Desktop Wallpaper, many greetings from brunswick in germany and please stay safe 🙃
I love these videos. For Linux I don't do as much gaming on PC but I do love Rofi for pulling up programs it is so quick and fast. Floorp for web browsing.
Okay. I had no idea that Piper existed until now. I had entirely assumed there wouldn't have been a Linux alternative for LGS or whatever it's called. The Logitech mice themselves are great, but that Logitech mouse/keyboard software to program them is terrible. Thanks, dude.
I've wanted to make the switch for years, but the 2 primary reasons I haven't are: 1. Lack of a good photo editor. I'm not technically a professional, but still do a ton of photo editing. I'm pretty anti-adobe, so use the Affinity suite instead, but Gimp isn't even close (though I do continue to check in on the project as well as try semi-alternatives like Krita). I say that with much love for open source tools and the devs that work on them (including making financial donations to projects like Blender, Krita). 2. I use Resolve for editing, and it's something I really need to "just work" and work well (I have an nvidia gpu for exactly that reason). This might be a non-issue, but with only one computer, it's been hard to really test out a full installation of Linux with Resolve to see what works, and what doesn't (including codecs) There are likely to be other issues too that I haven't thought of or encountered without doing a proper install. Though thinking about trying to do an install onto an external usb-c connected drive, to really try testing it. Just need to find the time. Thanks for a great video 👍
Oh nice! The last time I checked I saw someone trying to get it to work, and it kiiinda worked, but was pretty unstable. Happen to have a link to the install guide you're referring to? Thanks!@@leonardo.muricy
Windows 11 already requires 52 GB as I tried installing a VM it seems. In one year when it's the only supported version, it will grow bigger due to "local" AI.
@@MichaelNROH That's not true. I use Vmware, and if I configure the drives to be in sectioned .vmdk files (the files will increase in size when actual data is written to them even though the virtual hard drive is set to 100GiB) A fresh install I made last week with win11 is 19.7GiB.
if you need windows and love linux dual booting is pretty straightforward (at least when using grub and os-prober like i am), only hard part is sometimes you need to do partitioning voodoo i will eventually fully move to linux, i feel it will be almost as mature as windows soon enough
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Alternative for Bottle is Lutris, I can recommend it.
Just recently I remembered that MacOS is Unix based OS. And it made me thinking that Linux distros while does provide similar experience, still can work quiet differently from each other. You know Ubuntu use snaps by default and yeah, you can try to remove snaps and install flatpak for example. But guess what average Windows user will do? They would expect to install Linux (Ubuntu) and find out that their experience won't be the same as what you show on your "Linux" (Fedora I presume). It would be the same situation if someone would say "The Programs I Use On Unix" while showing MacOS as example, people would wonder why everything is different on their FreeBSD. And of course no one would make a video like that becuse Macintosh is as recognisable as Windows is. And so is Ubuntu and Fedora and Debian and Linux Mint and some others. My point is we should start to call things by their names. And if we want more people to adopt GNU/Linux, then don't generalize distros as "Linux" and call Ubuntu as Ubuntu or Arch Linux as Arch Linux. This way people can understand what's they going to try for themselves and when entry point trashold would be passed, people can decide if they want to try something new or keep learning what they have, even relying on your videos for example. At least I hope this way more people would like to try alternatives to Windows and MacOS.
Hi Michael, Thanks for your Video. HINT: Think it'd help Viewers should highlight Name of soft you explain, besides your helpful Index I work with Mint 21.3 & Debian 12.5 and make tests with Arch, Fedora 40 & Gentoo My Software = PDF Arrenger, Okular, Xournal++, Thunderbird, LibreOffice, Recoll, Qalculate!, Nemo, Kate, Brave, Firefox, Tor, Chrome, Edge, Ksnip, SimpleScreenRecorder, VLC, Tartube, qBittorrent, Intellect 10.4 (PIM only works in Windows)
I'm a full time professional illustrator and part-time professional musician, and I made the switch to Linux back in 2010. I cannot fathom ever using bloated, expensive, unstable, and insecure proprietary software or systems ever again. Linux has spoiled me for choice, quality, interoperability, privacy, precision, and stability, and I'm extremely thankful for everyone who has contributed to the Linux, *BSD, and FLOSS ecosystems for all their hard work and dedication. In terms of my digital life, professionally and privately, I live in a state of active, conscious freedom. I hope Linux adoption continues to spread!
It is always interesting to see the software others use. I am an avid Linux user and use most of the same apps. Unfortunately, the only thing keeping me needing to have a Windows install handy is Excel. I am a power user, and no Excel alternative can do what I need for my job. Here's hoping that either Microsoft make the full featured Office for Linux, or they finally start to get feature parity in Excel online. Until that happens, I can never dive fully in on Linux.
Hi, what's yout current linux distro / desktop environment? Your desktop looks super clean. I'm trying to convince myself to make the jump to switch to Linux finally, lol
i have been using Linux frequently for last 2 years. Runs well on an older desktop. Running LMDE. On my laptop, I found that Debian based runs so much better than Ubuntu based. Therefore I also have LMDE on laptop. I can do about 90% of the things I could do with Windows. I use a dual boot.
yo I noticed Davinci Resolve isn't properly picking up your cursor theme. if you want, you can fix this by symlinking your preferred cursor theme to a folder named "default" either in ~/.icons or in /usr/share/icons (or wherever your distro puts globally installed cursor themes). this will fix it for all apps that have issues finding your cursor theme btw.
@@MichaelNROH ah right makes sense, in that case you'd probably have to symlink it to ~/.icons/default and probably also copy it to your ~/.icons folder since if I remember correctly, the /usr/share folder is not visible to distrobox.
I understand that it's become somewhat of a trend to criticize Microsoft Edge, but I have to say, the Microsoft Copilot along with its Compose sidebar are truly leading the pack when it comes to AI assistants. Recently, I encountered significant issues with my HP Pavilion Gaming 16, specifically related to its German keyboard. While the Linux community didn't even respond, Copilot stepped in and helped me resolve the problem within hours.
AI can be pretty nice for some minor troubleshooting, but you can do that with any browser really. The Edge Copilot is just the Bing one in the Background
@@MichaelNROH Apologies for the lengthy response, Michael, but I wanted to express my thoughts thoroughly. I recall Microsoft previously imposing artificial limitations on using Copilot with browsers other than Edge, essentially restricting full functionality to their own browser. Furthermore, without the internet plugin, ChatGPT's responses are more often then not accurate or reliable. To access functionalities similar to Microsoft's offerings for free, one must invest in their services. Currently, there's no comparable competition providing similar services at zero cost; it's akin to a Google 2.0. The chat function surpasses traditional internet searches, offering swift solutions, which appeals to many users seeking expedited problem-solving. Engaging in conversations on complex topics, rather than researching them independently, significantly benefits from this conversational approach to problem-solving. Additionally, the sidebar's convenience is noteworthy; while ChatGPT can serve a similar purpose, Copilot's direct integration streamlines the process without the need for constant copying and pasting. Another point worth mentioning is how Copilot enhances research tasks. For instance, when delving into the latest German court cases for my work, Copilot's ability to support and even engage in discussions about complex legal documents is invaluable. Unlike mere summarization, Copilot facilitates a deeper understanding of the content. Looking ahead, once Microsoft's suite of products like Teams and Word fully integrate Copilot's capabilities, the convenience will be further amplified. Personally, I prefer conducting all my tasks through my browser-be it WhatsApp, email, calendar, ChatGPT, or Copilot. When the browser itself encompasses the AI functionalities I require, it maximizes my productivity to its fullest potential.
Love watching you as I wanna learn alot more about linux (like more commands and other more intermediate things) but I have 1 question, I have a redragon mouse but piper does not support redragon. Do you know any software for linux that does?
Only thing i will seem to miss is the whatsapp app and office, but having whatsapp web and libreoffice, my transition to linux seems to be an easy path
Regarding 7:50, GNOME Online Account's Microsoft 365 profile while allowing different client IDs doesn't require you to specify one as they ship a default GNOME provided/owned client ID for it since the recent version which is available in Fedora 40, etc.
I'd been considering Linux for a while. Then Windows 10 came out and it wouldn't run on my computer, so I switched to Linux and haven't missed a thing from not being on Windows anymore. As for the programs I use, I don't do video or photo editing but I do use Gimp when I need to mess with a photo for anything. I use VLC to watch things that aren't online. Discord is the only social media I do and I use Brave and Firefox to get online. Programs he didn't mention in the video, I use Vim as my text editor / development platform. I just Joplin for my note taking (OneNote equivalent) and I use Thunderbird for my email. Come to think of it, there is one thing I miss about Windows and that is that I use a Logitech keyboard and mouse and I cannot configure the extra keys on the keyboard because Logitech doesn't make a control center for Linux. But that's fine, I have created my own by editing my bash files and now don't need those extra keys.
While watching this video, I am copying a linux distro to my flash drive so i can install a duel boot for it then i will learn it, get stuff working for it, then bye bye windows!
With the recent microsoft announcemwnt of their AI spying on your every single action and how awesome it is, according to them, I guess Linux simply the only option now
Actually, I pay a very small amount of month on a subscription, which include 1 T onedrive that i use with MS on line. So for my level of work, i can you the online Microsoft apps with ease.
I encode to H.264 with an AMD GPU in Resolve on my Windows. What do you encode to with AMD GPU on Linux? Also, for image editing, I would somewhat disagree. Photoshop is established and has too much leverage power to lose its position. However, I've been using Krita for the last 5 or so years coming from a Photoshop background. I did not lose anything. I like the process in Krita more, it's somewhat more intuitive to me (although this is a preference). But there are other solutions, it's not only Photoshop.
I tried Linux Mint Cinnamon and it's an awesome OS. My problem is I'm a writer, and couldn't get Scrivener to work no matter what I tried. So I went back to Windows 10. If there's a way to get Scrivener to work, I'd give Mint another try.
Seeing you mention Resolve and how running it on Linux has affected your work (not just through the, ahem, adventurous installation involved), you wouldn't happen to be interested in making dedicated _Working in [this software product] under Linux compared to Windows_ videos, would you?
which version of Linux do you use? can you install it side by side Windows on the same HD? What about trading software like many brokers offer Schwab, Fidelity, Interactive brokers, Think or Swim? Can you run them somehow on Linux?
Are you interested in trying Fedora Silverblue/Kinoite or opensuse Micro OS? I would consider those the first flatpak/flathub native distros. Particularly Micro OS. They both are amazing.
Would be nice if we could use Whatsapp natively on Linux. Video calls is a Windows-Mac Whatsapp native app feature. As a students, it is a must for me, current solution is to use Windows VM.
App support is always important, though a proper PWA with local cache would be enough theoretically. I have no idea why WhatsApp never did more with the Web version
A little misleading on desktop sharing in Linux with Discord. Yes, in Wayland you can share the screen. However, Discord will not share audio, an issue that Discord devs have been aware of for 7 years now.
Piper didn't work for my Logitech mice (a basic wired one, and an M705 wireless one). Input Remapper works very well, though. All I wanted to do was configure the side buttons.
Using Bottles, for the game launchers do you use "Applications" or "Gaming" when creating a bottle? I'm using a VM atm and is trying to determine which software approach is the easiest for me (Lutris, Bottles, settings etc), trying to run games in VMplayer however isn't particularly optimal, but I need to know the approach the rest of you take for one launcher with multiple games installed before I considerngI making the move.
The Gaming template. The difference between the application and gaming template is, that some GPU related stuff (DXVK and VKD3D) are not enabled by default.
Linux Mint is my Thing and i IDGAF for Adobe or Any"digital slavery"proprietary software and Beat all this prop stuff is a matter of time.... Everything works fine on Linux,is secure...fast and we are straight to the Point Tasks...
Depends on the codec you use in the end. AV1 which can be hardware accelerated on new GPUs has a pretty low filesize. It's also not the best for editing, but comparable to H.264 in terms of performance
Good Morning. A beginner's question. I want to install Windows plus Linux in dualboot on a physical drive named A. therefore yes, because Windows is still useful, Linux to educate. The second physical drive name B, I want on files common to both systems. How to choose the type of formatting for physical disk B, so that it can be seen in two systems (write, read). thanks.
I would personally go for the default Windows Filesystem NTFS. Despite being a Microsoft proprietary solution, it has pretty good Linux support as well. I wouldn't recommend it for the main partition of the OS itself or very intense and constant workloads, but it should be sufficient enough for you. It's actually how I shared my games between Operating Systems when I was still dual booting
@@MichaelNROH I couldn't set the buttons in the gshift mode. I use the side button on the g502 to change what all the buttons do. Things like refresh (F5), close tab (ctrl+w), next tab (ctrl+tab), previous tab (ctrl+shift+tab), reopen tab (ctrl+shift+t) are all bound in my gshift mode when I press the side button. Fortunately the firmware is on the mouse so I set it up on windows and then it's good to go on any system I use it on.
Do you have a way of dealing with gtk4 apps like bottles or lutris looking out of place on KDE Plasma or do you just not care? The lack of cohesion between GUI toolkits and proprietary software/drivers are the only things holding me back from using Linux exclusively.
I don't mind it. There are dedicated GTK-Themes which sometimes come in the variant of your QT one, but the headerbar and overall layout is pretty much unchangeable
Do you think RocDecode available in the latest version of ROCm 6.1 will be something that will allow Davinci mp4 support on AMD cards? I wonder if it will be available for owners of graphics cards on RDNA2 architecture from the RX 6000 series.
I think that it's not a technical issue with AMD cards, but rather a "politics" thing. I'm not sure where I picked this up, but NVIDIA does ship the codec capabilities (or something like that) on its own as well, while AMD doesn't. I can't remember what actual problem was, but something with Codecs, Encoding and AMD not providing it in the same way. AV1 however might be the solution soon. We are still in the transitioning period, which will take some time, but eventually everyone will end up on AV1 capable hardware
@@MichaelNROH Ok. I realize that. This is not a technical issue just a legal issue. Related to the license of mp4 formats. hence my question. From what AMD developers write: rocDecode, a new ROCm component that provides high-performance video decode support for AMD GPUs. With rocDecode, you can decode compressed video streams while keeping the resulting YUV frames in video memory. With decoded frames in video memory, you can run video post-processing using ROCm HIP, avoiding unnecessary data copies via the PCIe bus. I thought this was AMD's answer to Nvidia's NVEC.
Why must your spin always be: "When you switch from Windows..."? Leave Windows out of it, please. It never did anything to you. If Linux was that great, it would stand on its own legs and you wouldn't have to denigrate another OS to make it appear better than it already is.
it's not windows... it's Microsoft. The decisions they have been making since 2015 I believe... has been terrible... after that recall feature AI, people are even more scared then ever. I don't blame, but Linux it's way to complex to switch... even with all he said, if you run into a wall... expect either no help, and a *solution* but not really. The fragmentation doesn't help at all as even listening makes you think, but why?... what can't just be like a mac or windows? one version of it. I don't like macs, but I understand how people pick them... it's not like 7 different distros.
What happend to Gnome? Are you just trying plasma out? or are you full on switching to it? I personally don't like it, the software store is too cluttered unlike the gnome software center that is way more clean. I also don't like the bar at the bottom, and I mean how it is, it reminds me of windows 11, I don't like the start menu it has. Again this is my personal opinion I just like the design of gnome, it's just more sleek modern and feels minimalist. it even has a consist feel across the desktop from the start.
Me too. I absolutely love Gnome, but for me and gaming since HDR and VRR support are still not yet, Ready is why I switched on my gaming rig, and I'm using bazzite currently I have a laptop that I run Gnome under because I like the interface better but for gaming it seems kde plasma 6 is the go to. I still prefer Gnome, but I feel like I can have a separate pc, aka laptop, for that since gesture controls are awesome on Gnome. I'm full AMD on linux, and I love the mesa drivers. But yeah kde is not for everyone.
I still wonder why most people won't mention Krita as a Photoshop alternative, even though it is both as feature-rich as PS and has a huge plugin ecosystem, while being backed by the KDE community. People can try it on Windows or MacOS before switching to Linux too. Adobe software is advanced amateur and hobbyist software anyway, it is not professional-grade. (Stability issues, compatibility issues, data corruption and less-than-desirable configurability/customizability are just a few issues of Adobe's software)
Krita is meant more for art than Gimp.
I have family member who uses a tablet with an old version of photoshop. does Krita have tablet support? They don't know much about open source alternatives so i was trying to find them something they could try since they cannot afford to pay for a subscription to the newer photoshop.
Krita has relatively low exposure, especially on Windows.
Even though I'm technically working a lot in this space, I had no idea it existed until I randomly stumbled upon it.
Being mainly advertised as just a drawing program also doesn't help it in that regards.
From a usability perspective, I think that Krita is way closer to Photoshop
One of the few product lines that the name brand just pwns. That said, *github has lots of PS for free repos.*
@@MichaelNROH Indeed, the exposure and self-presentation aren't that good, as for many KDE projects that are great software.
I'm still spreading it though, hoping people will try it and see that it's very capable and might just add to their workflow.
switching to linux years ago was a huge relief. I don't feel like I'm fighting my devices to do basic things on linux.
Windows is trash
My experience is exactly oposite.
@@pantarei. What distro are you using?
@@TerribleTom113
@@TerribleTom113he's using windows 🤣🤣
Switched to Linux based OS in 2017. Manjaro, MX linux, pop os, fedora, debian... you name it, pure love. Not perfect, but still better than Windows 10/11.
I'm looking at Zorin OS for the closest feel and operation like Windows GUI. I want to install and run Steam Linux games like I would run Windows. What are your thoughts?
Well, hard to answer this one. But you could try it. I mean Zorin looks good, propably its a good start point.
But be prepared for alternative choices, when something not goes well. And dont give up. :)
@@ernies8828 as long as it can install steam and proton you’ll be fine. Just add games to your steam library and then go into settings in steam on the game in question and “force use of compatibility layer” and select the most recent version of proton.
If Linux able to support AutoCAD & Microsoft 365, my life will be completed and permanently move to Linux
@@swiftypopty1102 Idk about how you use it but you can run office 365 in a browser but it limited. If your willing to give it a go Libre/open office are pretty good. And for AutoCAD it unfortunately doesn't work but hey maybe give free cad a shot but it may not be sufficient IDK.
I use Linux Mint one year and it just does everything I need from it without ads, bloatware and privacy invasion.
who rembers wen he switched to linux and now he is one of us
I have been absorbed
I have been using Linux since 2003. It was a CLI install each time and very tedious. It is sad that former, tainted and turned off users have to spread some misguidance that modern Linux, 20 years later is super hard to use. It is very easy compared to my days first learning it. Most of the OS was heavily manipulated in the BASH and needed some experience with command line. There was a fairly good user support community rising up at that time and only continues to grow to this day. I just two days ago dumped any dual boot support for M$ after their latest AI injection into the ARM supported laptops, because we all can see where that is going. They continue to infringe on user privacy and Linux is where we can take control of what we own and build.
I'm cheering for Linux, I wish Valve made a version of SteamOS for everyone, not only the Steam Deck users, shouldn't be that hard. And since it's a "gaming OS", that'll help with marketing and switching people over. With so many people being unhappy with Windows 11, now it's the perfect time.
Windows 10 is still supported (for now), but when it'll be out of support...
They started contributing to some NVIDIA stuff which currently messes up their OS.
My theory is, that NVIDIA has some weird guidelines for using their driver which is why Valve wants an open solution to work. Once Gamescope, their compositor, is NVIDIA compatible, then it can finally be released
There is a "version for everyone", its called Arch linux, the steameck runs on a forked and modified arch distro... :)
Might not be EASY to use for anyone, but just sayin', it's there and nvidia works perfectly fine using their latest up to date drivers... xD
There are bazzite and chimera os which are pretty similar to steamos
@@tapafon_redAnd at least AtlasOS exists.
I can't use Linux as a daily driver for multiple reasons, but for the years that I was using Linux, it changed my choice in software for the better, I usually almost always choose the option source option for programs instead of the proprietary ones because I genuinely think most of them are better.
Update: I did switch to Linux full time but I'm currently waiting on driver 555, because some things are just straight up broken and I still need Wayland I can't just use xorg
do you mind sharing the reasons why you can't switch to Linux?
Yeah, I am also curious about that.
There are a few programs that are not usable on linux, but the alternatives are in most cases very close.
The only reason I can ever see is if a workplace DEMANDS the use of a software unsupported on linux, and that software can not be ran in a virtual win11 machine.
For real, Amberol is decades ahead of every single music player I've tried on Windows.
@@dznwombo maybe windows is required to his job, like mine. Or there is not alternative apps that he can use. My company only allowed windows and macos systems which is sad.
@@marcusjohansson668Anyone who says that the alternatives are in most cases very close really doesn't work with them for a living in my experience. You can't send something from Affinity Photo to somebody who uses Photoshop. There is literally nothing that can compete with After Effects for motion designers, for instance. So, even on Windows, people are stuck with Adobe. So, for average users, the alternatives are enough, but the people who can't switch are the ones who use software professionally.
I am a new user, not particularly good with computers. I have been using open source alternatives for years. Recently made the full switch to Linux a couple weeks ago. It has been really easy and my hardware now works again properly. Booting literally five times faster was a nice bonus. Windows is malware
Welcome to the community! ❤
Having a windows installation on a separate drive that you can select by pressing a key when you boot (bios key for selecting boot device, just like when you install with a usb stick) is really not a bad idea.
Might give you a small sense of safety in case your linux install would for some reason become unbootable and demands a repair.
In those cases it can sometimes be pretty nice as a new user to have windows to fall back on, no shame in that!
Then in a year or so, when you realize "I haven't booted into windows for more than a few months", you remove it completely and your neckbeard magically grows a little.. xD
@@marcusjohansson668 Thanks for the info, but I went full cold turkey. If I really need it again I can borrow the work laptop. Will feel dirty doing though, not in a good way.
I'd really rather not have any of their code on my machine in any capacity. Looking at my phone next.
I don't do anything wrong but when they can change what "wrong" is at any point, I'd rather not let them develop the infrastructure of a totalitarian state. Watching my gov get a hard on for breaking the Nurenburg code without consequences recently put me on high alert.
Neck beard coming along nicely lol. Wheres that tin foil at?
@@charliecarpenter2840 Shots fired..
Again, welcome to the community buddy.. :)
Tinfol hat or not, here everybody is welcome, as long as you don't spread hate.
Reading between the lines, I think we are on the same page here..
@@charliecarpenter2840 "Neck beard coming along nicely" 😂😂😂
Totally agree with you. "I'm not doing anything wrong so I have nothing to worry about" is crazy naive. There's tons of evidence that that isn't true. Plus linux is just better. I wish I had figured that out sooner!
You can always run a VM of win10 or something if you really need a windows app (win10 runs better than 11 in my experience, maybe its just my machine tho)
@@marcusjohansson668 sir, i don't get a neckbeard after 2 years in the world of Linux. My skins just getting smoother, is this expected behaviour too?
I am using Linux and learning how to do everything i do in other OS and it is just awesome! Love it
OBS + VkCapture = Amazing capture performance.
is it banneble by any anticheats? Like Vac
@@milkkolajNo, and it will never be. It in simple terms, is just asking the GPU for the display output. That isn’t bannable.
@@xanderplayz3446 yeah I was just asking since its a less known program than mangohud for an example :D
@@milkkolajanticheat?you are a bot from montajn view this is not a game..
I switched to Linux 2 month ago and I'm very happy with it. There are 3 apps that works only on Windows but I installed Win11 on VMware and the performance is really good.
It should be noted that running a windows virtual machine can help most people wanting to switch, but still have a few programs holding them back. It's not perfect & very geeky, but for me use case not having to dual-boot is a big win. Good list, but I wish you put links in the description to help those trying to follow along.
Totally agree, a windows 10 VM is so much better than a dual boot system! (Win11 ran horribly as a VM for me, very slow and unusable)
i do like watching other peoples workflows and consider if i should adopt it in part.
I use Kate for programming, it's good
I previously used Kate but I switched over to KDevelop. It's basically the same program but I like the Intellisense features for C++. I get a lot less errors when I compile because it highlights the errors as I make them.
@@TheHighpotinuseIsn't KDevelop unmaintained?
@@mirakle9375 Their git instance has commits from a few days ago. Last stable release was 5 months ago.
Do not use Chrome under any circumstances. If you must, disable third-party cookies. Chrome is designed to profile you and monetize you. In these days you do not need Chrome for compatibility reasons even with those “corporate apps”. Brave, Firefox. Anything is superior to Chrome.
Thing is most people don't really care about being profiled/monetized
and how is that affecting me? I don't see a difference.
@@sloters5473 would you care if I was looking through your windows all the time?
I only use Google chrome because of Google sheets PWA that I find more intuitive than other spreadsheets available for Linux
@@ZephyrCheez honestly I wouldn't care if the data wasn't being given or sold to every govt on the planet. Companies can't k!ll me or kidnap me & lock me in a cage.
I think mpv is the best video player, it also integrates better with yt-dlp, where vlc won't play many online video streams, mpv plays most just fine.
VLC is more intuitive for configuration.
@@Francehelder Yes it easier to configure because you can do it via GUI, but my main issue with it is it has issues playing many online streams, and its a qt application, which means it will pull in a bunch of qt libraries if your running a gtk desktop, and it will look a bit out of place too, besides I think mpv may be more powerful too, you can add more functionality to with with scripts.
That video was extremely helpful. That "Bottles" thing ...
Michael I love Linux and watch pretty much all of your videos, today I decided I would start my journey into something I have never used and that is Arch Linux, I am doing a video series on it and I love it so far, I have been so used to using PopOS and Debian based distros so I wanted to venture in the unknown, great video Michael as always!
I like the hotdog plant there beside you.
Piper is great. My logitech mouse stopped working and I wasn't able to use my desktop because that was my only mouse. I was able to unbrick it with a linux laptop by rewriting the onboard memory.
I'm a programer i also use Linux for 1.5 Year. and I'm satisfied
I still edit my videos in FCPX, but everything else has been on Mint for years.
Additional software I use in Linux:
Lutris - playing Windows games
DOSBox - playing MS-DOS games
AntiMicroX - mapping gamepad to keyboard
SMPlayer - video player
Qmmp - music player
XnView MP - photo viewer
Engrampa - archive manager
GParted - partition manager
BleachBit - disk space cleaner
I began learning Linux Mint in a virtual machine last week, and I'm already enjoying it. I plan to spend more time mastering the basics before fully transitioning.❤
i switched to linux 4 years ago and never looked back. linux user for life!
I would recommend mpv for videos as it plays any video better where VLC can at times have playback issues.
I'm on linux only for my personal computers. And I see that you followed the good path: choose and use a maximum of programs you can find for all OS so you never run into big problems.
Goldwave runs well under Wine. It's the only commercial application I still use.
Goldwave still exists?? I remember their audio editing software from the early 2000s.
Reportedly in business over 30 years. Probably Audacity could substitute by now, but my license is still active and I'm used to the interface. The CD extraction tool doesn't function under Wine.
Programs i use on linux:
XED - text editor, Libre Office Calc/Writer/Math, Steam, Heroic Launcher, Google Chrome, Document Scanner, Nemo - file organizer, Celluloid, CPU-X, Mangohud, Hardinfo, Stacer.
That's about it, some programs look like shit - namely XED and scanner - but they are highly customizable and extendablizable. Notepad on windows was not.
I would say there is still a couple big missing features with discord on linux
no audio when screensharing which is very disappointing that this still isnt implemented even tho third party clients like vesktop support it with their own api (venmic)
Then there is no hardware encoding when screen sharing so the performance is still not good enough, then with hardware encoding your still using your cpu as there is no texture encoding support yet under chromium(this allows the gpu to encode fully instead of parsing it onto the cpu and back)
obs is getting this support for all hardware vendors on linux like amd, nvidia, intel in their next release, so the encoding will all be done on the gpu instead.
Jake from discord also said that wayland support is arriving official this year possibly but its on their lowest list of things to do which sucks :/
Great video nonetheless, i like using gimp also, took me a while to learn most things vs learning Photoshop but it was worth it in the end as i dont need windows :)
You should check out Vesktop. It tries to fix some of these problems and is more private than the official client.
Yeah, it's very sad that discord refuses to release a linux version.
Any discord version ran on linux is ported by random dudes so you can use it.
Those guys (that port discord) are great. Discord themselves, not so much...
I actually have never used screen sharing on discord, but it sounds like something with pipewire (or maybe xwayland) is not working properly.
If it works on x11, use that and just wait and I have a feeling that sooner or later it will also work on wayland.
@@marcusjohansson668 discord does have a native port, it just sucks ass wipes lmao, missing hardware acceleration, and yeah the audio is discord not supporting pipewire or pulseaudio(we shouldnt be focusing on pulse anymore)
then wayland natively doesnt work properly because of discords own api not supporting it fully when trying to do it, xwaylandvideobridge can solve this or vesktop with their own api that they use with pipewire for both capturing and audio + hardware encoding for amd gpus
It rlly sucks that discord thinks of us as a "low priority" for bringing basic features, but it's all about money so what can you do :/
I have used wayland on intel, amd and even nvidia gpu and it was 99% without issues. A lot better than x11 + trackpad gestures
I need to take screenshots and then draw a couple of lines on them for work. I use Spectacle which is included with KDE Plasma. Is annotation is perfect because I need to do things quickly and it has a smooth flow.
- OSS for coding because the less microsoft I have on my system the better
- Solaar for anything involving a logitech unifying receiver
- Timeshift for back ups to external drives
We use a lot of the same stuff, but those are a few helpful ones that you didn't mention or that I thought were alternatives (OSS instead of VSC).
Ciao, i'm Sandro from brunswick in germany, and i am Debian Linux User since late 1998, before that, i was using BeOS 3.2 yes from jolo Data in germany, un 1997 i had no Internet Connection, but a Kiosk had.. i paid 1 DM per 15 Minutes..in late 1998 i had Debian for the First time, and as a absolute beginner i've used it, my first Window Manager was Windowmaker so i've started my First Desktop Wallpaper in this year... Originated in 1989 on my Amiga 500 Computer ok another topic..in 2024c:i'm using Debian Linux 12 and doing Desktop Wallpaper, many greetings from brunswick in germany and please stay safe 🙃
forgot to mention, i'm using The Gimp, Blender 3D, Inkscape, for all my Desktop Wallpaper..
I love these videos. For Linux I don't do as much gaming on PC but I do love Rofi for pulling up programs it is so quick and fast. Floorp for web browsing.
Okay. I had no idea that Piper existed until now. I had entirely assumed there wouldn't have been a Linux alternative for LGS or whatever it's called. The Logitech mice themselves are great, but that Logitech mouse/keyboard software to program them is terrible.
Thanks, dude.
I've wanted to make the switch for years, but the 2 primary reasons I haven't are:
1. Lack of a good photo editor. I'm not technically a professional, but still do a ton of photo editing. I'm pretty anti-adobe, so use the Affinity suite instead, but Gimp isn't even close (though I do continue to check in on the project as well as try semi-alternatives like Krita). I say that with much love for open source tools and the devs that work on them (including making financial donations to projects like Blender, Krita).
2. I use Resolve for editing, and it's something I really need to "just work" and work well (I have an nvidia gpu for exactly that reason). This might be a non-issue, but with only one computer, it's been hard to really test out a full installation of Linux with Resolve to see what works, and what doesn't (including codecs)
There are likely to be other issues too that I haven't thought of or encountered without doing a proper install. Though thinking about trying to do an install onto an external usb-c connected drive, to really try testing it. Just need to find the time.
Thanks for a great video 👍
Affinity does work on Linux. There is an easy install guide on the forums (it uses bottles)
Oh nice! The last time I checked I saw someone trying to get it to work, and it kiiinda worked, but was pretty unstable. Happen to have a link to the install guide you're referring to? Thanks!@@leonardo.muricy
Running a dual boot system only costs upwards of 50GB of storage. Maybe then you can try those things without having to give up your Windows install.
Windows 11 already requires 52 GB as I tried installing a VM it seems. In one year when it's the only supported version, it will grow bigger due to "local" AI.
@@MichaelNROH That's not true.
I use Vmware, and if I configure the drives to be in sectioned .vmdk files (the files will increase in size when actual data is written to them even though the virtual hard drive is set to 100GiB)
A fresh install I made last week with win11 is 19.7GiB.
2:53 Text go brrrr
The Text:
"*That also includes Photopea"
Everyday the urge to switch to Linux grows
if you need windows and love linux dual booting is pretty straightforward (at least when using grub and os-prober like i am), only hard part is sometimes you need to do partitioning voodoo
i will eventually fully move to linux, i feel it will be almost as mature as windows soon enough
Alternative for Bottle is Lutris, I can recommend it.
Just recently I remembered that MacOS is Unix based OS. And it made me thinking that Linux distros while does provide similar experience, still can work quiet differently from each other. You know Ubuntu use snaps by default and yeah, you can try to remove snaps and install flatpak for example. But guess what average Windows user will do? They would expect to install Linux (Ubuntu) and find out that their experience won't be the same as what you show on your "Linux" (Fedora I presume). It would be the same situation if someone would say "The Programs I Use On Unix" while showing MacOS as example, people would wonder why everything is different on their FreeBSD. And of course no one would make a video like that becuse Macintosh is as recognisable as Windows is. And so is Ubuntu and Fedora and Debian and Linux Mint and some others. My point is we should start to call things by their names. And if we want more people to adopt GNU/Linux, then don't generalize distros as "Linux" and call Ubuntu as Ubuntu or Arch Linux as Arch Linux. This way people can understand what's they going to try for themselves and when entry point trashold would be passed, people can decide if they want to try something new or keep learning what they have, even relying on your videos for example. At least I hope this way more people would like to try alternatives to Windows and MacOS.
Hi Michael,
Thanks for your Video.
HINT: Think it'd help Viewers should highlight Name of soft you explain, besides your helpful Index
I work with Mint 21.3 & Debian 12.5 and make tests with Arch, Fedora 40 & Gentoo
My Software = PDF Arrenger, Okular, Xournal++, Thunderbird, LibreOffice, Recoll, Qalculate!, Nemo, Kate, Brave, Firefox, Tor, Chrome, Edge, Ksnip, SimpleScreenRecorder, VLC, Tartube, qBittorrent, Intellect 10.4 (PIM only works in Windows)
I'm a full time professional illustrator and part-time professional musician, and I made the switch to Linux back in 2010. I cannot fathom ever using bloated, expensive, unstable, and insecure proprietary software or systems ever again. Linux has spoiled me for choice, quality, interoperability, privacy, precision, and stability, and I'm extremely thankful for everyone who has contributed to the Linux, *BSD, and FLOSS ecosystems for all their hard work and dedication. In terms of my digital life, professionally and privately, I live in a state of active, conscious freedom. I hope Linux adoption continues to spread!
It is always interesting to see the software others use. I am an avid Linux user and use most of the same apps. Unfortunately, the only thing keeping me needing to have a Windows install handy is Excel. I am a power user, and no Excel alternative can do what I need for my job.
Here's hoping that either Microsoft make the full featured Office for Linux, or they finally start to get feature parity in Excel online. Until that happens, I can never dive fully in on Linux.
Hahaha you use Gimp too? I think we both just like the suffering at the end of the day, think about it my new friend
Hi, what's yout current linux distro / desktop environment? Your desktop looks super clean. I'm trying to convince myself to make the jump to switch to Linux finally, lol
This is Fedora with KDE Plasma and the "Nothing" Plasma theme. Nothing to special, but I like it
@@MichaelNROH thanks for sharing! It's clean and that's all I could ask for, honestly.
Nice wallpaper and nice tee btw :)
I would fully move over if my Adobe files could be opened in Open Source alternatives so that still could have access to them.
i have been using Linux frequently for last 2 years. Runs well on an older desktop. Running LMDE. On my laptop, I found that Debian based runs so much better than Ubuntu based. Therefore I also have LMDE on laptop. I can do about 90% of the things I could do with Windows. I use a dual boot.
Great video
Linux works like a dream!
yo I noticed Davinci Resolve isn't properly picking up your cursor theme. if you want, you can fix this by symlinking your preferred cursor theme to a folder named "default" either in ~/.icons or in /usr/share/icons (or wherever your distro puts globally installed cursor themes). this will fix it for all apps that have issues finding your cursor theme btw.
It's because of distrobox having its own cursor but I don't mind it at all which is why I never fixed it
@@MichaelNROH ah right makes sense, in that case you'd probably have to symlink it to ~/.icons/default and probably also copy it to your ~/.icons folder since if I remember correctly, the /usr/share folder is not visible to distrobox.
I went from OS/2 Warp 4 to SUSE Linux over 20 years ago.
Have used Linux since 2010. Never went back!
I understand that it's become somewhat of a trend to criticize Microsoft Edge, but I have to say, the Microsoft Copilot along with its Compose sidebar are truly leading the pack when it comes to AI assistants. Recently, I encountered significant issues with my HP Pavilion Gaming 16, specifically related to its German keyboard. While the Linux community didn't even respond, Copilot stepped in and helped me resolve the problem within hours.
AI can be pretty nice for some minor troubleshooting, but you can do that with any browser really. The Edge Copilot is just the Bing one in the Background
@@MichaelNROH Apologies for the lengthy response, Michael, but I wanted to express my thoughts thoroughly. I recall Microsoft previously imposing artificial limitations on using Copilot with browsers other than Edge, essentially restricting full functionality to their own browser. Furthermore, without the internet plugin, ChatGPT's responses are more often then not accurate or reliable. To access functionalities similar to Microsoft's offerings for free, one must invest in their services. Currently, there's no comparable competition providing similar services at zero cost; it's akin to a Google 2.0. The chat function surpasses traditional internet searches, offering swift solutions, which appeals to many users seeking expedited problem-solving.
Engaging in conversations on complex topics, rather than researching them independently, significantly benefits from this conversational approach to problem-solving. Additionally, the sidebar's convenience is noteworthy; while ChatGPT can serve a similar purpose, Copilot's direct integration streamlines the process without the need for constant copying and pasting.
Another point worth mentioning is how Copilot enhances research tasks. For instance, when delving into the latest German court cases for my work, Copilot's ability to support and even engage in discussions about complex legal documents is invaluable. Unlike mere summarization, Copilot facilitates a deeper understanding of the content.
Looking ahead, once Microsoft's suite of products like Teams and Word fully integrate Copilot's capabilities, the convenience will be further amplified. Personally, I prefer conducting all my tasks through my browser-be it WhatsApp, email, calendar, ChatGPT, or Copilot. When the browser itself encompasses the AI functionalities I require, it maximizes my productivity to its fullest potential.
Love watching you as I wanna learn alot more about linux (like more commands and other more intermediate things) but I have 1 question, I have a redragon mouse but piper does not support redragon. Do you know any software for linux that does?
Only thing i will seem to miss is the whatsapp app and office, but having whatsapp web and libreoffice, my transition to linux seems to be an easy path
I essentially use all of those apps on Windows with some changes. Linux still lacks quite a bit of support for professional audio, especially plugins.
Regarding 7:50, GNOME Online Account's Microsoft 365 profile while allowing different client IDs doesn't require you to specify one as they ship a default GNOME provided/owned client ID for it since the recent version which is available in Fedora 40, etc.
This footage is from my Fedora 46 vs Plasma 6 Overview, so did something change? During that time there was a lot of confusion
I'd been considering Linux for a while. Then Windows 10 came out and it wouldn't run on my computer, so I switched to Linux and haven't missed a thing from not being on Windows anymore.
As for the programs I use, I don't do video or photo editing but I do use Gimp when I need to mess with a photo for anything. I use VLC to watch things that aren't online. Discord is the only social media I do and I use Brave and Firefox to get online.
Programs he didn't mention in the video, I use Vim as my text editor / development platform. I just Joplin for my note taking (OneNote equivalent) and I use Thunderbird for my email.
Come to think of it, there is one thing I miss about Windows and that is that I use a Logitech keyboard and mouse and I cannot configure the extra keys on the keyboard because Logitech doesn't make a control center for Linux. But that's fine, I have created my own by editing my bash files and now don't need those extra keys.
Solaar ? May be worth a shot
@@motoryzen Sweet. It works great. Thanks.
@@dragonwood4562 🙂..awesome
While watching this video, I am copying a linux distro to my flash drive so i can install a duel boot for it then i will learn it, get stuff working for it, then bye bye windows!
ty for sharing
Danke Micha - Abo dalass ;) - GG!
Nice Video! Which Distro are you using at the moment?
Fedora
For future reference, smplayer that uses mpv is a far superior alternative to VLC player.
Can you do a video walking through your OBS settings and how you bring that into DaVinci Resolve?
With the recent microsoft announcemwnt of their AI spying on your every single action and how awesome it is, according to them, I guess Linux simply the only option now
Actually, I pay a very small amount of month on a subscription, which include 1 T onedrive that i use with MS on line. So for my level of work, i can you the online Microsoft apps with ease.
That KDE color scheme looks amazing, would you mind sharing it?
It's "nothing" I think
I liked your shirt man. Where can I buy one? Keep it up pal
It's in the description if you are interested.
I encode to H.264 with an AMD GPU in Resolve on my Windows. What do you encode to with AMD GPU on Linux?
Also, for image editing, I would somewhat disagree. Photoshop is established and has too much leverage power to lose its position. However, I've been using Krita for the last 5 or so years coming from a Photoshop background. I did not lose anything. I like the process in Krita more, it's somewhat more intuitive to me (although this is a preference). But there are other solutions, it's not only Photoshop.
I tried Linux Mint Cinnamon and it's an awesome OS. My problem is I'm a writer, and couldn't get Scrivener to work no matter what I tried. So I went back to Windows 10. If there's a way to get Scrivener to work, I'd give Mint another try.
Did you try the wine compatibility program to use that program?
@@Emperador122 I did, but I couldn't get it to work.
@@OlettaLiano I was searching and it's strange because it should work.
@@Emperador122 Thanks. Perhaps the problem is me being a Linux noob.
@@OlettaLiano I say a tip. The greatest weapon that exists is Google.
Yes fantastic
Seeing you mention Resolve and how running it on Linux has affected your work (not just through the, ahem, adventurous installation involved), you wouldn't happen to be interested in making dedicated _Working in [this software product] under Linux compared to Windows_ videos, would you?
which version of Linux do you use? can you install it side by side Windows on the same HD? What about trading software like many brokers offer Schwab, Fidelity, Interactive brokers, Think or Swim? Can you run them somehow on Linux?
Are you interested in trying Fedora Silverblue/Kinoite or opensuse Micro OS? I would consider those the first flatpak/flathub native distros. Particularly Micro OS. They both are amazing.
Sadly there is still the problem with some games anti cheat not working with linux.
Would be nice if we could use Whatsapp natively on Linux. Video calls is a Windows-Mac Whatsapp native app feature. As a students, it is a must for me, current solution is to use Windows VM.
App support is always important, though a proper PWA with local cache would be enough theoretically.
I have no idea why WhatsApp never did more with the Web version
Nice bro we wait for customize 2024 tutorial ❤
A little misleading on desktop sharing in Linux with Discord. Yes, in Wayland you can share the screen. However, Discord will not share audio, an issue that Discord devs have been aware of for 7 years now.
Piper didn't work for my Logitech mice (a basic wired one, and an M705 wireless one). Input Remapper works very well, though. All I wanted to do was configure the side buttons.
I still can’t screen share with discord on Wayland, even with the Xwayland video bridge. :( I just don’t stream anymore lol
Using Bottles, for the game launchers do you use "Applications" or "Gaming" when creating a bottle? I'm using a VM atm and is trying to determine which software approach is the easiest for me (Lutris, Bottles, settings etc), trying to run games in VMplayer however isn't particularly optimal, but I need to know the approach the rest of you take for one launcher with multiple games installed before I considerngI making the move.
The Gaming template.
The difference between the application and gaming template is, that some GPU related stuff (DXVK and VKD3D) are not enabled by default.
I like the customisations you have done, why don't you make video on editing your desktop enviorment
I already did one for Plasma 5. Nothing really changed for 6, except the Theme ("nothing")
Linux Mint is my Thing and i IDGAF for Adobe or Any"digital slavery"proprietary software and Beat all this prop stuff is a matter of time....
Everything works fine on Linux,is secure...fast and we are straight to the Point Tasks...
Hello you have great videos I was wondering what distro you are using thanks
1:37 - I wish I knew this before 🤦🏻. Surely this doesn't result in massive file sizes right?
Depends on the codec you use in the end. AV1 which can be hardware accelerated on new GPUs has a pretty low filesize.
It's also not the best for editing, but comparable to H.264 in terms of performance
Good Morning. A beginner's question. I want to install Windows plus Linux in dualboot on a physical drive named A. therefore yes, because Windows is still useful, Linux to educate. The second physical drive name B, I want on files common to both systems. How to choose the type of formatting for physical disk B, so that it can be seen in two systems (write, read). thanks.
I would personally go for the default Windows Filesystem NTFS.
Despite being a Microsoft proprietary solution, it has pretty good Linux support as well.
I wouldn't recommend it for the main partition of the OS itself or very intense and constant workloads, but it should be sufficient enough for you.
It's actually how I shared my games between Operating Systems when I was still dual booting
@@MichaelNROH thank you. but I will ask. the Common File system for windows and linux on a separate physical disk is ntfs as windows by default .
I have question, How can I install the OBS plugging for multi stream on a Arch Linux based distro?
and great video by the way
thanks
Unfortunately piper doesn't have all the features of ghub. This is one of the few reasons I keep a windows vm around.
Which features are we talking about? Keyboards, Headsets, or just Mice
@@MichaelNROH I couldn't set the buttons in the gshift mode. I use the side button on the g502 to change what all the buttons do. Things like refresh (F5), close tab (ctrl+w), next tab (ctrl+tab), previous tab (ctrl+shift+tab), reopen tab (ctrl+shift+t) are all bound in my gshift mode when I press the side button.
Fortunately the firmware is on the mouse so I set it up on windows and then it's good to go on any system I use it on.
I think you can change it so it's not case sensitive somewhere, but I forget where (I'm still on windows)
the only reason i switched back to windows is because of SketchUp and dual booting is a headache
The Program He Uses On Linux.
Do you have a way of dealing with gtk4 apps like bottles or lutris looking out of place on KDE Plasma or do you just not care? The lack of cohesion between GUI toolkits and proprietary software/drivers are the only things holding me back from using Linux exclusively.
I don't mind it. There are dedicated GTK-Themes which sometimes come in the variant of your QT one, but the headerbar and overall layout is pretty much unchangeable
Do you think RocDecode available in the latest version of ROCm 6.1 will be something that will allow Davinci mp4 support on AMD cards? I wonder if it will be available for owners of graphics cards on RDNA2 architecture from the RX 6000 series.
I think that it's not a technical issue with AMD cards, but rather a "politics" thing. I'm not sure where I picked this up, but NVIDIA does ship the codec capabilities (or something like that) on its own as well, while AMD doesn't.
I can't remember what actual problem was, but something with Codecs, Encoding and AMD not providing it in the same way.
AV1 however might be the solution soon. We are still in the transitioning period, which will take some time, but eventually everyone will end up on AV1 capable hardware
@@MichaelNROH Ok. I realize that. This is not a technical issue just a legal issue. Related to the license of mp4 formats. hence my question. From what AMD developers write: rocDecode, a new ROCm component that provides high-performance video decode support for AMD GPUs. With rocDecode, you can decode compressed video streams while keeping the resulting YUV frames in video memory. With decoded frames in video memory, you can run video post-processing using ROCm HIP, avoiding unnecessary data copies via the PCIe bus. I thought this was AMD's answer to Nvidia's NVEC.
Encoding always only after post!!! Never for recording
Why must your spin always be: "When you switch from Windows..."?
Leave Windows out of it, please. It never did anything to you. If Linux was that great, it would stand on its own legs and you wouldn't have to denigrate another OS to make it appear better than it already is.
it's not windows... it's Microsoft. The decisions they have been making since 2015 I believe... has been terrible... after that recall feature AI, people are even more scared then ever. I don't blame, but Linux it's way to complex to switch... even with all he said, if you run into a wall... expect either no help, and a *solution* but not really. The fragmentation doesn't help at all as even listening makes you think, but why?... what can't just be like a mac or windows? one version of it. I don't like macs, but I understand how people pick them... it's not like 7 different distros.
i dont know why people say you cant use adobie , all of their apps work perfectly fine on linux 🏴☠
What happend to Gnome? Are you just trying plasma out? or are you full on switching to it? I personally don't like it, the software store is too cluttered unlike the gnome software center that is way more clean. I also don't like the bar at the bottom, and I mean how it is, it reminds me of windows 11, I don't like the start menu it has. Again this is my personal opinion I just like the design of gnome, it's just more sleek modern and feels minimalist. it even has a consist feel across the desktop from the start.
Me too. I absolutely love Gnome, but for me and gaming since HDR and VRR support are still not yet, Ready is why I switched on my gaming rig, and I'm using bazzite currently I have a laptop that I run Gnome under because I like the interface better but for gaming it seems kde plasma 6 is the go to. I still prefer Gnome, but I feel like I can have a separate pc, aka laptop, for that since gesture controls are awesome on Gnome. I'm full AMD on linux, and I love the mesa drivers. But yeah kde is not for everyone.