What's the deal with all those distributions? (Linux for Noobs Episode 1)
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- In the "Linux for Noobs" series, I take the viewer from being an absolute beginner to knowing how to use Linux on their desktop or laptop. In this debut episode, I talk about why there are so many distributions.
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I'm not a tech person. I'm a literature teacher. I started using linux when it was 1999 and the distro was Conectiva Linux (I'm from Brazil by the way). I bought the installation media at a newsstand. My learning curve has passed through Fedora, Ubuntu, Mint, Arch. I still miss a more "humane" approach to new users that are not experts. I appreciate your effort to make things clearer for non-tech user.
I'm using Arch, by the way.
That sounds super interesting. Was the person at the newsstand tech savy or was it just another item they were trying to sell?
It's almost exactly a year since I've been Windows-free, using Linux Mint 19.3. I'm an old fart former farmer/ English teacher, and I figured out how to install it myself. I follow this channel to keep up-to-date on keeping up to date ...
Thank you very much.
Thank you ,Noob here , lifelong Swindows user and recently switched to Manjaro XFCE on a 10yr laptop and struggling but loving Linux!! Love the learning curve !! love the channel
I think it's important to know for new users (like me, I just rediscovered Linux after 10 years) that there isn't "the best distro". That doesn't exist. Every distro is best in it's own way.
Linux Mint is best for people wanting a distro that's easy to use, Debian is extremely stable, KDE neon looks stunning, Red Hat Linux is good for servers, and Arch is for individualists building their own system and QUBES is for extreme safety concerns.
But it's hard to draw lines between some distros. With some workarounds, you can basically take any part from another distro and build it into your current one.
Great series, I hope you continue it!
I'm not a newb in Linux anymore, like, at all, but I'm watching this because I want to know whether I should recommend this series to a newb.
Let me know either way, opinions matter and help shape the direction. This series is a pilot at this point.
@@LearnLinuxTV So far I would recommend this, although I'm not sure a noob will know or care what Linode or KernelCare+ is ;)
This newb says yes, share it. The more we learn, the better we are.
@闘将ダイモス Whoops, yeah it is supposed to say newb.
Thank you, Jay. It's good to start a new series to help new users.
I've used Linux for almost 20 years, but I still enjoy content like this. Well-presented, Jay; keep up the good work.
Been using Linux for five years, but still watching this video... Keep up the good work and maybe I’ll direct some of my noob friends here!
Veteran of 21 years here watching.
sometimes there a tips or hack we dont know but usefull in video like this
Appreciate your efforts.
I was always wanted to learn Linux, but gave up because the software my customers want me to use, are not available on any Linux distribution. OK alternative software are available but my customers are not ready to migrate. So back to MS Windows.
I would like to request you to consider the following while making this video series.
The reason why Windows users just don't use or hate Linux on their working machine is, the way Linux's experts present Linux to new or Windows user.
They just ask to install XYZ destro. Open terminal and *Blah Blah*
No average user want to use command prompt.
I agree you can do hell lot of things using terminal. But really does anyone want to *start* with it? This makes impression to new user that Linux means command prompt. 🤷🏻♂️
No one teach concept.
Linux's teachers must consider that, in today's generation, no user want to use terminal (or command prompt) until he is done with GUI methods.
In Linux flavor like Android, how many users use command prompt like Terminal?
It is way more popular than any other flavor of Linux, among average or below average users.
Terminal is for advanced user, not the beginner who can't (to be precise don't want to) memories commands.
Average user use Word, Excel, Power Point, Photoshop, Chrome, OBS Studio, Hitfilm Express kind of software. There was plenty of free software available on various repositories. To use these software, an average user even don't need (to be more precise *Don't WANT* ) *Terminal* or command prompt.
I am still waiting for a daredevil, who will make a Linux training video(s) without touching Terminal.
If the GUI is different, it's the different OS for non technical users.
One more reason mentioned by Linus.
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There is an equivalence category between pressing keys and pushing buttons!
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I don't get you.
I remember the first day of college in 2005 when we received a free book of Linux and a DVD with a Linux distro. It was a RedHat clone with all the possible applications installed. I remember editing Xorg.conf to get my Nvidia card working. Then later one older college student said to me: " You should try Ubuntu, it's pretty good." The same day I installed Ubuntu Dapper Drake RC and I was SOOOO AWSOME :) Today I use Pop_OS! and it's also SOOO AWSOME!
I was just telling my fiancé how windows needs to rethink their workflow. It’s so mouse oriented. I think most people don’t even consider any other workflow because all they know is macOS or windows. It wasn’t till I switched to linux is when I noticed how much better and customizable it was. Great vid 🤙🏽
Just started to learn about computers and Linux, have watched several of your videos on Linux command line and starting to get excited about this whole cluster of choices on operating system distros! Currently trying out Ubuntu with Oracle VM Virtual Box machine.
Thank you for posting all these videos and guides!
I am a complete noob. My friend told me to try XCFE when I build my first computer in about a week or so. I’m very excited
Another thing that I think deserves to be mentioned here is that different distros have different "rules" that you should follow if you want a smooth experience. The primary one on almost any distro is to install things through the package manager when possible, but depending on the distro, there may be many more aspects to doing it the way, and instructions "for linux" that you find out there often won't be correct in those senses for the distro you're on. This is more common in the advanced user distros, since a lot of new-user-friendly distros are ultimately based on ubuntu, and work very similarly in underlying architecture because of that.
So the basic advice nugget is this: learn what practices and methods are particular to your distro, and be aware that instructions and guides may need some translation before they work smoothly for your distro.
Started with Ubuntu 10.04. After much distrohopping I have settled on Arch with i3. Linux has come a long way. Good to see there are so many new user friendly distros out there.
Well presented and concise. A good intro into distros. My employer runs Ubuntu clients so I put v.18.04LTS on an old MS Vista laptop. Flies along, easy interface, all the tools - new life for the old machine. Now looking to become more command line orientated, utilising Red Hat in the first instance, on VirtualBox. Keep up the good work
I think one thing that's ALMOST touched on in this video but not quite, is that because Linux is open source, it's not just that you're "better listened to" if you don't like the way a distro works, or that you can go elsewhere: in principle, you can make your own, while you very much can not make your own Windows or MacOS if you have some issue with them. In reality, you, the average user, probably can not, but if there's a public, someone will probably do it. And similarly, although e.g. Canonical (who are behind Ubuntu) are pretty big, have vested monetary interests and are probably mostly out of the average user's reach, the whole free-and-open-source ethic does mean Ubuntu-based distributions are possible.
I think that really goes a long way towards explaining for the average person why there are so many Linux distributions. If you make your own Windows version, you get sued (if you can even manage it in the first place). If you make your own Linux distro, you get praised. So for the average user, well, you have to figure out what works for you. But as a recent Linux convert who doesn't come from a particularly techy background, I don't think it's that difficult, especially lately with distros like ZorinOS which seems specifically tailored for Windows/Mac users.
I feel like today, the big things is simply that the average person will likely never use hardware that runs Linux unless they're personally interested for some reason. Take a popular tech store and pre-install a user-friendly, beginner-friendly Linux distro on one-fifth of their sales for everyday-use computers, and I think you'd see Linux usage spike with very little downsides for the consumers on the receiving end. For historical and financial reasons, Linux just doesn't get a fair shake. Give it that fair shake today and it'd be much bigger than it is.
Sounds good to me, I will follow watching.
So will I
I am a Noob, lets change that :D
Hey thanks for the video. I'm a windows and mac user, but Linux has always been interesting to me. I have some old laptops that might find new life with some linux distribution installed on them. Looking forward to more videos!
You're going to have a ton of fun with those old laptops! Word to the wise though - I recommend downloading memtest86 and running a memory test on each of them before installing Linux. You'll save yourself a lot of headaches (potentially).
I’m still trying out distress to see what works with my old 2012 Mac Mini. This was helpful.
New subscriber, been using Pop! OS for a while, been distro hopping a lot and when I get frustrated I always come back to Pop! OS. Want to learn a lot more because I have a long way to go. Would love to teach as much as I can to my child. Thanks
Yes results for your search ! You can try with the advanced search.
Thank you so much! I just got a Raspberry Pi4 up and running and am trying to find my way into understanding Linux. I've used macs since the 80's but have come to resent the controll apple forces with every update. The waters are deep but I love the idea of an active community working together to enable free choice.
I use both Debian and Arch. One thing to consider about Debian: forget the "default" Stable or even Testing branch. Use Debian Sid. It's a rolling distro just like Arch. And don't worry that it's called Unstable.
I don't mind folks calling me a newb, probably because I'm 62. I looked into Linux many times over the years, I bought the big box set of Open Suse I bet 15 years ago came with a bunch of cds installed it had no idea what the heck I was doing, it seemed pretty thorough on the install asking plenty of questions and if it would have been a car I would have had a daily driver small easy to get around in vehicle that could pull anything. I think at the time I made it dual boot and it worked for a while, but ended up destroying both operating systems and yes Windows was the other.
Now I use the hardware switches that are as handy as sliced bread, and can have multiple operating systems on separate drives, hdd are so cheap like 50 bucks for 1TB and the three minutes it takes to boot into my MX KDE Linux distro can be spent changing out of work clothes and getting a cup of coffee.
Anyway I'm loving Linux more everyday, I have to have windows until Linux lets me use my VR. To be honest VR is pretty neat but doesn't cast the same spell over me it once did, although the investment has been made.
Linus distros I currently use are MX xfce and Mx kde, and Pop os, and what is with the lack of min and max buttons on those windows in Pop os ?
Looking forward to your "Linux for Noobs" series, love your channel, your a great speaker and teacher and have an easy manner about you, thank you for you channel.
Love MX Linux too and have a 20yo laptop with MX Xfce4. But my desktop only runs Arch and my laptop runs Manjaro. Other distros I try in virtualized. So the next step for you is to teach your friends on how amazing and easy Linux is and dump Windows or Macs.
What a great idea! Bravo Jay! Linux Mint distribution made it possible for me to completely migrate to Linux from Windows.
Excellent video. I think you succeeded in making Linux less intimidating to Noobs. I'd suggest trying to explain networking and updating early in the series. FWIW, I'd recommend MX Linux as a very Noob-friendly distro and user community, particularly for people with older (even I-686!) hardware. Debian 10 (Buster) with training wheels.
So I installed my first distro of linux on my laptop about 3 weeks ago and I laugh after watching this, because it was Arch. After 3 days of research including your installation videos (which is how I stumbled across your channel) I successfully installed arch and KDE and was blown away by how the system resources were practically untouched while in idle. While all I did was browse the web my laptop battery life nearly doubled over windows usage. I was blown away. But then I tried to install software. Using the AUR, almost everything I installed did not work as expected. I got frustrated and switched. Now that being said for anyone adventurous I would recommend trying Arch. I learned a lot along the way and I'll probably dabble in it again. Again I laugh because the next thing I tried was debian. I cannot tell the difference between debian and ubuntu since every guide I used on setting up software was for ubuntu and it worked flawlessly. Since then I have tried fedora and that was a wonderful experience I highly recommend it. And now I'm using manjaro. Which is basically a lot like my first arch install but slightly easier to use, a lot easier to set up, but killed my battery life. So far I'm only 3 weeks and 4 distros in but it's fun to explore. I suppose I should try POP!_OS next. Would you have any recommendations for distros specific to laptops and battery life? I love the content! keep 'em coming.
I think I'm 1.5 months into Linux. Tried Neon, Buntu, MX, PCLOS, and quite a few other distros. Each one had it's perks. Yesterday I tried Debian 11 bullseye, and loved it. I tried Debian 10 in the past, and it was slow as heck, for some reason. Anyways, to make a long story short, I have ran into so many problems trying to learn, that I "almost" went back to windoze. I am glad I didn't do that. I now have a server running Debian 10.7/ It's doing file serving, media serving, print serving (or sharing, lol), and www serving. Now I need to set up, on another server, a VM and security cameras. I'm loving this now
Thank you for making such a good video series...previously I have tried the Linux mint but now I am using Feren OS....its very good plasma based...and just totally love it....once I have installed it I have not even started my Macbook Air almost a week....Thanks once again for very good initiative !!!!
What came to my mind was the question, whether a kind of linux "teaser" would make sense as part of the series? What I mean is, maybe as an episode 0, deal with the question, what possible reasons there are to change to linux. Some small aspect was already mentioned in this video, how you want your interface being customised, but I think there are more reasons, that might you make consider linux. And part of that video could then also be, what a new user can expect from linux, in a general sense.
What do you, Jay and of course everyone else, think?
I also started with RedHat and its derivatives and then tried Debian because it was less commercial but I really hated the way it kept reminding me to update all the time. It also seemed to be trying too hard to look like Windows. I looked at Ubuntu but it's basically a user-friendly version of Debian. What self-respecting Un*x doesn't include a compiler with the basic install?
I decided to try one of the very first Linux distributions I ever heard of, Slackware.
This was exactly what I wanted.
Back in the day they used to say "If you want to learn Red Hat get Red Hat. If you want to learn Debian get Debian. If you want to learn Linux get Slackware.
Slackware is the most Unix-like and simplest (programs are as unmodified as possible in order to maintain the original developer's intention) Linux distribution. It is therefore the fastest and safest Linux distribution. All configuration files are user-editable text files.
Slackware is also the most internally documented distribution with the customized man files, info documents, readme files and Linux how-tos. Also the highly documented source code.
If you do a full install (recommended) you will get plenty of applications for a number of general uses and programming tools for a very wide number of programming languages.
People complain that Slackware doesn't have a package manager. It does have package tools.
The standard Slackware package format is .tgz
Dependency checking is left up to the operator so that nothing is added or removed completely automatically without the operator's control.
Get Slack!
Too many of these distributions try to look like Windows which is completely wrong-headed for Linux in my opinion.
You have a great site here.. I've been using Linux for years but really need these lessons.
4 years Ubuntu - 14.04 - 16.04
3 years Linux mint - 18.3 - 19.3, 20.1
recently - Manjaro KDE (in learning phase)
I have already purchased my copy of "Mastering Ubuntu Server 3rd Edition" Thanks!
Cause who doesn't get excited about Linux?! Been using it for about 15 yrs. Started with Ubuntu. Then Mint when Mint was still blue instead of green. Tried Fedora but stuck with Ubuntu and Mint. I'm running Kali ATM. I'm on my Cybersecurity journey. I have never looked back to Windows. Every computer I build comes with a Linux. No questions asked.
I think the having many different distros is both good and bad. I think there needs to be a distro and desktop environment that meets the needs of many different linux users. One way to do that is by having one desktop UI that easily lets you choose the theme, layout and icons. That will phase out a lot of DEs and linux distros and everyone can focus on making that DE better. Zorin and Manjaro are starting to include a layout chooser, KDE has always let you change the layout and theme, (though it is quite buggy).
Gentoo? Nothing better than Gentoo if you want to seriously deep learn Linux!
I once tried to install Arch when I was in my first year in college.. could install 😂... then tried Fedora, Ubuntu, Backtrack, Debian... always ran problems with my wifi drivers.. But now in 2020 I am running Ubuntu.. works great, full driver support.. It has come a long way from the Ubuntu 14 days...
I've been looking for something that distills what you need to do into simple procedures. I recently purchased a System76 laptop based on your videos. And POPOS is great. But because you can do things so many different ways it is confusing, like which distro to use. But now that I am on POPOS my confusion has shifted:)! I am confused on when to install from the POP shop, or using Eddy vs command line. I heard you should never mix things up as it will cause corruption. Not sure if I heard that on your channel or elsewhere. Part of my problem is that I am not in love with Windows, LInux, or Android. Rather, I want to know the right way to install and maintain the software (OS and APPS) so that I can use focus on using the device. This may not be where you are headed with thte Noobs series, but figured I would let you know what info seems to continue to elude me. Thanks for all your content! It was your channel that actually gave me sufficient confidence with your POPOS coverage to make the jump from Windows to Linux, now I am just trying to learn what to do to keep the OS healthy and the apps installed correctly so they update when they should.
Distro Tube has that same little statue in his videos.
Please continue this series!
One issue that came up for me when I started was dual booting with W10. Obviously that's whole other video(s) , but in Live Mode my laptop would detect everything and appear to work. Then along side W10 the wifi and BT were not available. Not a Linux issue but I had to learn another level of computers; UEFI Bios, Secureboot, Fastboot, etc. Now everything works and I learned and helped a few others. TLDR Live mode is a great tool, but you may still have a few things to work through, just be patient and learn.
Excellent initiative. Very helpful. Thanks
you are the only linux user who isnt bitter and toxic
I feel you're a little off with your comments about Debian. Debian has multiple release stages, with the "Stable" stage as the typical recommended version. I have my 80 year old parents using Debian Linux and they are managing fine with it (I set it up for them, they use it). Debian Stable found their printer and scanner fine, and could use them out of the box, similar with their graphics, wifi, and other hardware.
I personally use the "Testing" stage which has more up-to-date software and hardware drivers than the 'Stable' stage, because I use my Debian system for modern gaming. Thanks to Proton and Steam, I can play recent Windows titles directly on native Debian Linux (such as RAGE 2) as well as native Linux games (e.g. Shadow of the Tomb Raider). Not everyone wants a computer for gaming though, and Debian Stable is pretty good for those users who aren't at the cutting edge. I mean, many people are using computers which are 5 years old, not everyone buys a new PC every year.
@6:55 I'd suggest to not use a notebook if not necessary because it is a package deal. If the hardware package is not fully compatible, you can run into driver support issues. In case of a desktop PC you can choose components accordingly. If you don't use niche products, it shouldn't be a problem. :)
@10:34 Also called the paradox of choice.
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Heck yea, fellow newb here
can you make a walkthrough of "The Linux Command Line" it will be very helpful for newbies like me
I hope I will find this series helpful for me ^_^ I've been using Mint for 2 months now and I'm happy like never before
I prefer rufus to etcher. rufus lets you make a persistent volume, which I really like for a portable OS you can carry with you. It's like having a PC in your pocket.
Hundreds of distributions is kind of inevitable in a environment that is designed for freedom.
Instead of suggesting starting to distrohop just because of the look of some dock or whatever interface detail, you should instead suggest trying different DE or just swap the irritating piece out. That's the beauty of the Linux. You can CHANGE the things.
Easier to understand with a flow chart starting with vanilla Debian, Arch and Fedora. Basically everything else is a spin off of the three. Not a Ubuntu fan due to their dependencies on SNAPs; however, seems to be what most use to start their Linux journey. When I help others switch to GNU Linux, I have found the latest versions of Fedora w/ KDE works on old and new machines and the dnf package manager does a good job keeping their installs up-to-date and clean. I never get complaints.
Newb Here... Thanks For This Video. 🌟
You’re welcome 😊
Thanks I appreciate the content. Please keep it going.
Can you also do a complete installation guide for the best distro for windows 7(I mean windows 7 alternatives)?
Nice job
I like this series I am a new user to Linux basically a noob.
I am currently using Linux mint
TBH I think many distributions feel like a copy of another in a "just because we can"-kind of way. I don't like that. If a distribution can bring something new to the table, by all means go for it. If it is "yet another bundle of the same software" then just don't. It isn't helping anyone, it just adds to the clutter.
Personally I believe Ubuntu has done more to bring Linux based OS'es forward than anyone else. I like what Pop_os is doing to make things accessible and easy to use. Most distributions are "just there".
Linux Mint 20 Cinnamon v4.6.7 here. Easy to get started & easy to use.
Yep I found linux mint with cinnamon desktop the nicest for my simple desktop os needs. Was on windows 10 before but just over its updating bull. I do ms windows for a job but at home I wanted a break. I don't play games on the pc so linux is perfect for my use case.
Have you tried Garuda Linux - a version of Arch?
Why is etcher no longer recommended?
I wondered the same thing.. Is there a particular reason for this?
You should make adding stickers to your toys a special at the end of episodes :)
Please Review Garuda Os
14:53 Y’all don’t use Gparted for your daily driver?
Is there a LIVE USB thumb drive version of Open Suse Leap?
Thank you for this
Ubuntu MATE is called like this because it is not named after your mate (friend) but after the tea like drink Mate from South America.
Thanks for the noobs series. I have started learning Linux with my raspberry pi. I have a question for you though. With so many distros out their, how can I trust them? How secure am i with my personal information when I start to use these distros. I don't mean how secure I am when I visit a malicious site. I meant how sure one can be that these distros are not malicious. I know you can say the same for Windows or mac os but I would say likelyhood of windows or mac os being malicious is quite low because if they are caught they have a lot to lose. I have started liking Twister OS for rpi4. Can I trust pilabs?
regardless of others... Debian is the TRUE Implementation of a Linux Structure...
linux user since 1998 and I beta tested NetMax linux many years ago
Nice job! Manny from Puerto Rico
You're really not doing Distrowatch justice. Yes, their ranking system is based on clicks per day. Anyway, anyone who has never used Linux and wants to try it, and picks something from the top ends up with MX, Manjaro, Mint or Ubuntu - which is all fine. But this list is rather meaningless. Distrowatch is keeping you informed about new releases, gives you good summaries of what each distro is about, and offers a sophisticated search. You can filter for beginner Distros, CPU architecture, specific use cases (like disk management, desktop, multimedia, forensics, firewall, older computers with x86-32 bit, Docker, etc.), supported languages, Desktop environment, install methods and so on. That makes Ditrowatch invaluable for Linux users of all experience levels.
I guess the best way to use Distrowatch is to visit them frequently, look up the news, and if something got released that might interest you, just try it out. By the way, they do not only cover Linux Distros. Sooner or later a new version of a BSD-, Solaris-, or Android derivate, Haiku or Linux from Scratch (which is basically a workshop that teaches you to compile your own system entirely from source) will show up, which makes Distrowatch a great starting point for all kinds of interesting experiences.
I needed an alternative to Windows back in the day that wasn't resource hungry as I found Windows to be. So I started with Linux Mint 5.0, currently on 5 machines out of 6 I have some version of Mint Linux from 18.1 - 19.3. I did for a while use Mint 17.3 on my notebook PC with KDE, but now, with 19.3 KDE isn't directly available, so I went to 19.3 Mint with XFCE for my notebook PC. On my older AMD PC circa 2008 I am running Mint 19.3 with Cinnamon, but I also for some variety added LXQt desktop with ICEwm, which I find on that hardware is snappier than Cinnamon, I flip flop between Cinnamon and LXQT + Icewm. I do have intention to give POP_OS a try out..since i have heard and read that it is good for gaming. On an even older notebook PC I am running Bodhi Linux. I have mixed feelings on it, but that older laptop is at least usable now..which it would not be if I attempted to install something like Windows 10 on it.
Thumbs up esp for beginners, I'm currently testing pop O/S I'm not a fan of gNome 3 but forcing myself to use it
Jay, can you make a video on what is going on with the centOS distro and what rocky linux promise?
He made one about centos a couple of days ago FYI
Another - easier, but slower - way of testing different distros is distrotest.net/index.php
New users could start with this link, which does NOT require installation or "burning" distros on dvd/usb
After a new user has found a distro, he likes, then he could put it on an USb and try it out to see if his hardware is found
Kind Regards
Gert
OK, what happened? I was downloading a new O/S in linux and etcher would make a usb installer. Even W10 with Rufus would work. Now I get a new e f or g drive letter with a dvd iso and nothing I've tried will make an install usb. Do I need to dig out my 5.25 dvd R/W to install a new distro. I'm lost.Please help!
Jay can you please explain why that Mint Cinnamon (version 20) , Mint 18.3, Endless and Chromium all start with multiple images on my display?? Do all these distros hate HP Pavilion DV2500 laptops? I can't get any of them to run to point where I can use terminal to modify "Grub" to enter "nomodeset"! PLEASE ANSWER.
Instead of etcher i would recommend rufus and unetbootin.
Ventoy is also super easy and really flexible. You literally put .iso files on the stick and can boot into them (after installing Ventoy to that stick of course).
Why is Etcher no longer recommended? I've been using it for a long time.
What r your thoughts about the death of centos?
Isn't it true that the most compatible OS with pretty well ALL hardware configurations is - Microsoft Windows?
And don't many Linux experts advise you & AND FOREMOST to make sure your hardware or Linux box, is compatible?
Hi I currently have windows 10 with my TV as a second monitor. It's connected via HDMI to my Yamaha receiver Rx-v385. It does most of the audio formats like DTS-HD-MA and TrueHD. But when I installed Ubuntu 20.04 and played my movies that where installed on my external hard drive they just wouldn't play those formats. When I had VLC on Windows 10 it had pass through where I could just pass through the audio and I could just play those audio formats. But for some reason VLC on ubuntu 20.04 it doesn't have that pass through option. Is there a way around this to get my audio formats back. Or a Linux distribution that will work better for me. Because I mostly use my computer for movies with Makemkv. Blurays and all the audio formats that go with it. But Ubuntu is making it hard for me. I hope you can help thanks.
Noob here, will appreciate if you show some excel tabs and simple distributions explanation-comparisons.
Thanks for sharing..
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looks good to me.
maybe provide a timestamp to the actual content.
It's surprising to hear you say that Linux is MORE COMPATIBLE with hardware that is available, than any other system! Isn't Windows the one that is not only ubiquitous, but can run on just about any kind of computer hardware?
Thank you!
I am not a noob, I used a lot of linux distro's and we do have many of them.
My first linux distro was slackware and this was in the time of windows 95. I had windows95, OS/2 (merlin) and slackware running on my computer. And I had no internet, so first slackware was difficult and without internet it was useless for me.
Second distro i used was Suse (this was before it was open SUse). It came in a green box with some kind of gecko on it.
It was more user friendly but still was not very easy.
So the third one I tried was Red Hat. And kept it for a long time.
But the big game changer for me was Ubuntu. I think it was in 2004. Ubuntu made the install very easy, but also it was easy to maintain. And yes, by that time I had internet.
And slowly It began to replace my windows needs.
Nowadays the distro is not so important to me. I can switch between all of them and still use the same programs.
The look and feel is also not so important, because I can change it the way I want it.
But I do prefer a Debian-base.
If I wanted te start again with linux I probably buy an old computer to install linux, our I would buy a raspberry pi.
I am not a distro-hopper. But on my raspberry pi 400 I change distro's very easy and can try them out. And guess what, I still love the Debian-base.
Now at this moment I use Kubuntu on my desktop (love KDE).
I use Pop! OS on my laptop. Because Pop! OS has great hardware support and supports my hybrid (AMD/Nvidia) laptop out of the box.
And on my Raspberry Pi I use twister-os, wich is based on Raspbian (Debian base).
So my recommendation is try any of the Debian-based ones.
I have tried Manjaro and it makes installing Arch very easy. But I think I am too much of a Debian user, to switch to Arch.
Why do I use GNU/Linux.
I am not depended one any company and can switch to what ever I want.
Second It is just pure fun, tinkering with your computer and Linux is very open.
No, stop it, don't try Arch. No.
I want see the stuff, before I buy a Linux computer from System76.
I would like to see what a distribution contain.
I have had the Mint Live CD work with hard ware then after the install it will not. (WIFi)
A. Mr. Jay Do you think knowing the 8 major distribution families help you understand Linux and and help you provide technical support for Linux?
B. The 8 Major Distribution Families Are.
1. Arch
2. Debian
3. Fedora
4. Gentoo
5. openSUSÉ
6. Slackware
7. Ubuntu
8. Independent Distributions (Distributions not based on the 7 other Distributions listed above.)
C. Mr. Jay please continue to get on life's stage and let your Godly inner light shine. Please continue to climb life's ladder and let the world see The Great and Wonderful Gifts, Talents, and Treasures that are inside of you.
D. Mr. Jay You're a Great Gentleman!!!
E. Mr. Jay Please stay safe.
F. Mr. Jsy God Bless You!!!
good morning jay - 12/28/2020 a 11.54hs
I don't see any Gentoo installation videos and you can make a video of this distro with the boot in efi mode, you are an expert and I would like if you have time for this video, you are great in your tutorials ok
wait if possible and nice day to you .
thank you
I manage windows computers and servers for a living and I'm starting to switch over to Linux for personal desktop but your comment about Linux having better driver support than Windows I found not to be the case. Since Windows is the 800 pound gorilla companies make sure that their software works for that. I know with the laptop that I put Ubuntu on the fingerprint reader doesn't work when it's works just fine in Windows.
Linux Mint for new users?
the next video should target absolute beginner this one is not,
we should just choose one distro to market it,
fedora or ubuntu is my top pick.
I'm no longer an absolute noob, but I've never been able to get the hang of the Ubuntu interface. My recommendation would be to check out MX Linux, Mint or even Q4OS.