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I have one GPS app that will only work with Windows - otherwise, everything is Mint. For that, I have Win10 on a separate SATA 250 GB HDD I can boot from (I have two NVMe SSD's and five SATA HDD's, totaling 22.25 TB - my HDD's are in an external cage with two fans blowing through it). You could do that. My ASUS MB has six SATA connectors, you probably have lots, too.
Not sure where my previous comment went. But i would like to see you try to get Daz3D to run, aswell as some other 3D software. Maybe even some cracked version of Zbrush or something or the other.
Subscribing your channel, because this video shows you'd switch to Linux (Mint it fine as long you stay secure, try SteamOS in a future may be great and safer to use compared to your current distro you're using for 130 days by now). I personally use Ubuntu and I have been switched to Ubuntu for over 2 years which it's 600 ½ days longer than 130 days. Over a month (October 2024) Ubuntu celebrates its 20th Anniversary (2004 - 2024) which I'm also 20 years old (Back in August).
Fun fact: After the backlash over RECALL Microsoft have added a system that scans for your Banking Details and automatically 'blurs' them from the snapshots of your desktop. Let this sink in............ Microsoft has a system to scan for your banking details. FYI: Valve recently announced 17 thousand+ games are official supported by Proton on Linux.
@@Jayteaseepiirturi you should give it a go, you can run it directly on a USB to play with different spins to see what you like/what works for you before you commit. Also getting everything working for desktop use is miles better than it was even 5 years ago, especially for games
If you have a second drive, doing a Dual-Boot is worth it. That's what I do. I still have Windows, but I rarely dip my toe over into that OS any more because I rarely need to. I use Arch, btw. Hyprland, btw. It's a lot less junk, and a lot more of my computer just doing what I want it to be doing, and not what somebody in an office thinks they need my computer for.
Same here. I started my Linux journey by having a dual boot setup. But just after a month or two I simply stopped booting to Windows. The need was simply no longer there. Now I run Linux only, and my life is improved :)
What exactly makes you sick of it? I don't mind which os I use for basic Internet tasks, I like Linux but think Windows runs fine. Don't like the endless updates or I teusion but that's avoidable to a large degree. If recall was mandatory I would ditch Windows.
@@GoonyMclinuxTrust me Windows 7 is fine but the later Windows is like they had done a great job of making every single thing worse than the previous Windows somehow😂
@@GoonyMclinux Ha yep, often when I have to use Windows I feel like how new Linux users must feel. Everything seems a bit alien and esoteric lol! Have to google how to do certain things. It just goes to show, how much familiarity plays a part.
I switched from windows 11 pro to Linux mint 22 two months ago. Best tech decision I’ve made in awhile. I should have done this years ago. DaVinci Resolve Studio was a challenge but figured it out. Even with the changes in workflow for DVR in Linux, it’s still faster than Windows 11 was to make a short video. After upgrading my CPU from a 3900 XT 12 core to a 5900 XT 16 core. This system just rocks in Linux. Cool stuff 🎉
I moved to Mint also. Deleted my Windows 11 on my Desktop and loaded up my Dell laptop with Mint. I do run into some problems once in a while. But that’s not to bad. Always can find a workaround. I did use my time shift once. Best thing ever. By by Windows
If you have another computer to install windows just for the updates, that would be much ideal. It’s unfortunate that everybody wants to collect user data now these days. I understand these data helps going forward with technologies however there is huge disadvantages like security. You have so much more patience than any other people for trying out all these Linex os. Your experiments help a lot of people. Thanks for doing that.
Personally I would stick with Linux, don't go back to Windows unless something happens in Linux that effectively forces you back to Windows. I have a desktop PC with Linux Mint and Windows 10 that I dual boot, but I am planning on getting rid of Windows at some point. My laptop has Fedora Linux and Windows 11, it came pre-installed with Win11. I definitely want to get rid of Windows 11, it works well on the laptop but the telemetry and data mining really piss me off. Oh, and not actually owning the copy of the OS, that's pretty annoying too. I love using Linux, I've had no really bad issues so far, just little niggly issues that aren't deal breaking. Great video as always!!
For most folks, dual booting is the way to go, because you can have your cake and eat it too. I dual boot w/ Arch. I love Hyprland because it is light and clean and it is like using a computer that doesn't have training wheels on it to slow it down. It's fast and my cooling fans aren't screaming at me while the computer is only idling.
I'm in a similar boat. Microsoft has gone off the deepend and I don't really want to use Windows anymore, but it's the app compatibility that keeps me on Windows 10. Hopefully by the time Windows 10 hits "end of life", I can find an alternative that has what I need and I can prevent from spying on me and trying to convince me it's a good thing lol. Looking forward to the impact that impact that the full SteamOS release will have on the amount of users moving over to Linux, especially if they are mainly staying for ease of use when gaming.
I recently did the same thing. I removed the Windows 11 SSD from my machine, and put in a spare 1tb ssd. I installed Fedora 41 and so far, everything is working. I can do video editing, bible study research for my channel, gaming, and more. I have yet to find anything I could do before that I cannot do in Linux. What I would love to see is your video editing workflow in Linux.
You now get forced to use an account to install Win11 and they try to get your name, birthday and so on. After installation Windows starts crypting all your SSD drives with Bitlocker without even asking first. When you boot an other OS all your drives are crypted and you cant use them any more. In my case all my games and videos on drive D where gone. I needed to go back to Win11 and decrypt drive D what took nearly an hour. When you somehow lose this Win11 and your drives are still crypted your data will most likely be gone forever.
It's worse than that. Because you now have an account with MSFT they store an unlock code for your bitlocker'd drives in the cloud. If Windows detects a change in the UEFI, the system TPM wont unlock the bitlocker'd drive anymore. You have to login to the MSFT website with the MSFT account credentials they forced you to make. Once there you can copy down the unlock code that your system created. Then you reboot and enter that code into the computer, after that your TPM will unlock your drives again. Imagine if you didn't have access to the internet. Or, some 3 letter agency wanted to access to your encrypted drive.
Linux has been my daily driver for over 5 years.. no regrets! I put second SSD in my Dell XPS 15 9530 so I can boot to either Win 11, or Linux Mint 22, in case I need Windows for some reason. Turns out the only reason I boot into Windows is only to let it do updates. I also discovered the value of timeshift.. it saved me after something went wrong during a software install. Kind of like Windows Restorepoint.. it's a good idea to run a timeshift backup before making suspected risky changes.
I am on Windows 11 been playing with Linux looking for a good distro to use. Whilst watching you video my screen was stuttering freezing and going out of sync with words. I fired up Mint Mate on my OLD laptop and tried same video, worked perfectly. Guess I am going to be like you and get another drive and take out Windows and install Mint. Thanks for helping me make up my mind.
I'm on day 167 as of this writing 😃 Like you, I was a sysadmin on various flavours of Linux (Red Hat, CentOS servers) and actual Unix (AIX, HP/UX, Solaris) since the early 2000s. My criteria to move to Linux was - "I must be able to play my games, cuz my backlog is in the hundreds" 🤣 For everything else, I can do workarounds, I thought to myself. Turns out... I don't need workarounds. I did test Mageia (mostly works, some games get weird fps stutters), kubuntu (cuz I'm a KDE fan), KDE Neon, TuxedoOS, PopOS, Budgie OS, Zorin, Debian, and still came back to Mint cuz it's the only one that's "hands off". Everything just works. Install-to-play-game time usually 1 hour on Mint. On other flavours when I tested, anywhere from 3 to 7 hours cuz I need to fiddle around so much to get basic stuff to work. I don't want to fiddle with the OS to play my games. I just want it to GO!!! 😂Mint is the only one that does that. Oh yes, the 1 hour includes installing KDE Plasma desktop too 😂 However I still keep Windows 10 on an SSD that is connected on a SATA cable ("hot") so I can dual boot back to it when needed. I have booted to Windows 10 once or twice the past few months to let Windows do its update thing, but never needed it to "get something done".
Welcome to the club. It is about time. I have been using Linux since day 1. I have only used Windows when companies for which I worked require it; but only on HW they supplied. I feel so much more productive on Linux. I have used macOS; but it is not true *NIX. It is just a massively trimmed down version of BSD with a wild execution model. It is not bad, to be honest. But, it is not Linux either. FYI - I currently use Fedora and have for quite awhile now. I have spent some time with Mint and am convinced this is great for a new user. But I need GNOME. Nothing else cuts it for me. There are reasons. I also have deep appreciation Fedora's quality control process. I am happy to hear you are having good experience with Mint. Good to know. Linux certainly is not perfect, but I believe it is the best available today. Welcome!
Thanks for your videos. For everyday use we now run Linux Mint v22, a few changes needed to be made as the computer is 15 years old-replaced the old NVidia graphics for AMD and use USB keyboard and mouse not PS2. I was amazed how my fears over drivers were consumately resolved, and I found drivers to tun our new printer/scanner that Canon couldn't be bothered to provide to paying customers. Someday we will buy a new computer and install Linux Mint. This way we have saved a perfectly good running pc from scrap and not put a penny into the pocket of MS, how satisfying is that.
Maybe you should show how the Linux alternatives work, instead of just talking about them. 99% of Windows (spyware) victims would satisfy their needs with these alternatives, me included.
6:36 SSD are static storage (electrical) if you let the static discharge completely then your datas lost. It recommended every 3 to 6 months, Longest I've heard of successful reinsertion was two years.
2012 was the year I committed myself to Linux mint, It was rough finding alternatives to windows programs at first. Many software and hardware makers have focused on Windows since it's introduction. Linux is rising but there are still a few more bumps to get over. If linux mint wants to be in the contension they need to have the backing of the entire industry.
I have been on both Linux and Windows since 1994. Love both. They do the job, cost about the same during 30 years time frame. Both can delete, steal, betray at any moment. Just do your part of job - be smart yourself and do not blame tools.
I was surprised by this also ... why not dual-boot though? I have used Linux for many years, but that doesn't mean I don't need Windows every now & then. If you have room for more than one NVMe drive, then you could have both right there. You'd just need to use your PC's boot menu to select the Windows drive, if needed (YMMV ... Windows can be funny if it's not the PRIMARY drive). Anyway, thanks for a great vid ... you've definitely earned a like AND a subscribe =)
When it comes to these threads that’s why I tend to take snap shots of these threads just in case anything arises, yes do a update on the windows stick, look for Cinnamon
Thanks for your perspective! I've just never liked Microsoft anything. It always seems to be flawed and poorly designed and written. Its security issues and remedies are awful as well. So, aside from having to use it at work, I never use it at home. I enjoy Mac and Linux at home.
It's up to you whether you want to update Windows or not. Do be aware that version 24H2 is being released to Windows 11 users. Depending on certain hardware you are using with your current Win 11 version, an upgrade to 24H2 may cause certain hardware to stop working unless a new driver is released. This happened with a Logitech webcam I use, where it worked fine with 23H2, but NOT 24H2! Now if you are using Windows 10, you don't need to do anything as it will be EOL on October 14, 2025. So really since you seem to be satisfied with Linux Mint so far, it's really your call whether you want to update the Windows you have or not.
@@jcristina Then if you are still using Linux all the way through the end of Sept 25, you MAY want to consider at least updating all the security features in your Win 10 install in early Oct 25 before it goes EOL. MS is offering security upgrades to the general public for up to 3 years after the EOL date, but there is a $30 per year charge from MS to do this. I would say around Oct 1 25, that is where it's decision time. Keep what you have, update to Win 11 (who know if Win 12 will be released around the same time Win 10 goes EOL), or just run what you have with the risks associated with using EOL Win OS. Just look at the approx 1.5% of the world population still using Win XP!
I have used Linux on and off for years. My rig is always setup to duel boot. If I was just browsing online or using an office suite for something I was doing for work I would spend that time in Linux but because the games I play are windows I would usually find myself there and staying there for a while. I came across LMDE 6, Linux Mint Debian Edition, and found it to be the best version of Mint that I've used. After upgrading my Windows 10 installation to 11 I now spend most of my time in LMDE. If it weren't for having to jump back into windows to play games I wouldn't use 11 at all. No longer being able to setup a local account and Recall was the deal breaker. There are work arounds for the local account but I just had enough. I'm in Linux now as I type this.
Good on you man.Most distributions are similar, it is mostly the desktop that changes. There are some advanced ones but unless you really need them stick to mint for a good period.
I'm an old UNIX user of the 90's, moved to Linux in 2002. I use Mint, and won't change. Unless you didn't know what your doing, I don't know why you would want to move back to windoz! Glad you stayed with the future! You need to know that most devices and servers are running Linux! Get used to it! --- NO!!! 👎 DON'T UPDATE THAT STICK!! FORGET IT EXIST AND RE-FORMAT IT AS A SPARE DRIVE OR PUT LINUX ON IT!!! --- I'm hoping someone will sneak into microshaft and blowup all of the source code, then vendors will get off the a$$ and port over to Linux!! 👍
To be fair to Recall, it's only enabled on an AI pc which has an NPU and that chip does all the metadata processing not the CPU. And they did enable bitlocker on it for production, where the preview build of Recall had all the images and metadata just human readable in the clear stored in your user profile. Which still shouldn't leave you very confident. Take the plunge and level up as a user. You will find it rewarding.
I been distro hoping for over two decades. I usually run between 3 - 4 distro at the same time to stay up to date with what's new. My rule is to keep at least one version of the 3 core main distribution. Rpm, deb and arch packages. 1. With Rpm packages I found Nobara OS the most stable and hassle free a modified Fedora setup by Glorious Eggroll a legend in the Linux community. 2. DEB: I rotate between Mint, LMDE, Ubuntu, PopOs, Zorin, Debian, Mx Linux, Pepermint os. MX and Mint tend to be the most stable but Ubuntu the most visually pleasing. 3. Arch, Garuda, Manjaro, endeavour os. As a daily driver my preferred os hands down Garuda distro KDE. I been using for years and very happy with it. In my experience the best all round daily driver in 2024/2025 is Garuda!!!, followed by a close second Nobara ( which is not a distro but and optimised / modified Fedora that works out of the box. Garuda Linux is an excellent representation of Arch at it's best and Nobara is the same to Fedora.
I've been running Linux for over a decade now. I recently converted from Ubuntu to Fedora and really enjoy using Fedora so much better. My daughter asked me to setup our granddaughter's new laptop running Windows. I completely forgot how challenging it is to get Windows setup. Plus the updates that seem to take forever to complete. Going thru this exercise just validated why I'll never go back to Windows.
This series inspired me to do the same. I have tried all of the distros you have, maybe a few more with Prox Mox VM’s.i have settled on the most stable and versatile distro, Ubuntu 24.04. I can run all of my Apple apps (Numbers, Pages, iCloud,etc), my data synced and it runs like a top. Very stable, runs VM’s with ease and most importantly, it just works. I would compare it to open source iOS. BTW, I am running AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS system
Recall and Win 10's file system breaking after uninstalling Copilot, were the last straws. Installed Mint a couple months ago and it's been a good learning experience. The fact that Mint comes with Libre Office, has a good backwards compatibility with media, and easily still supports a DVD drive, makes it quite valuable to me. It also easily recognized my 3060 and suggested better drivers. Now, there have been some bumps on the road. In Steam, any time there is a game update, the Vulkan shaders reprocess and that can take a while. On SWTOR, I have to agree to the EULA every time I log in to the game, vs just once. Also, an external floppy drive is treated like a USB flash drive and gets pinged every few seconds, making the drive motors tick. Even so, using a floppy drive to read old data for archive updating is much smoother than on Windows. Overall, the switch to Linux and performance was worth it. Definitely building future PC's with Linux.
I switched to Linux over 20 years ago. Unfortunately, I still have to use Mac for work, and I used to have to use Windows for work sometimes. I've been using Mac at work for about five years and I find its workflow far inferior to using KDE. I like the Cinnamon desktop (Mint) too, but I really can't stand Gnome, although it works exceptionally well for a lot of people. I like the diversity in Linux and I'm glad it doesn't have a mono-culture like Windows and Mac. I would stick with what you're using for a while because you've become productive in Mint. Eventually you may want to see if other desktops work better for you, but get good enough with what you're using first, especially since you're using it as your daily driver.
*Hi JC. --- I've 30 years of computing under my belt* As an OS Agnostic - I've never cared what system I used - as I could do my work. But all that changed after Windows 11 came out & Mac started slugging more & more for it's equipment -- Like $2000 for some wheels. Since it came out last year - I've been using *Linux Mint LMDE-6.* It's my daily workhorse. I appreciate it's rock-solid stability. Recently, (to mix things up) I added *'Regata-OS'* as a 'dual boot' to my set up. It's OpenSuse based Gamers distro. Now, I'm using LMDE-6 Mint for work & Regata for fun --- You might like to give it a spin. 😎
You are not alone!..I've dual booted my PC I only got windows 11 because of my twin daughters like playing "Roblox". I personally never use windows at all...I'm currently using ZorinOS 17.2 pro it's brilliant.!
To update your windows drive, you can put the windows SSD in an enclosure, plug it back into the pc over USB, then boot from the usb with windows. It should work as long as you kept the windows boot manager and didn’t make any other bios changes. It won’t be as fast, but it’s easier than taking the computer apart again. This is what I’m doing with my old windows drive as I transition to Linux too. 😊
Mint is where I started and stuck with it for about 6 months. For me, my "end game" was to get into Arch. I switched to Manjaro a couple months ago, and recently switched to the unstable branch which has all the latest Nvidia drivers (565). Gaming is so much better for me on this, running Cyberpunk 2077 with frame gen, path tracing, all the bells and whistles on a 4080, and it runs a few fps better than Windows. I actually deleted Windows 4 days ago, finally. It don't seem like you would want something like just pure Arch (much easier to install these days, I have it on my 2nd PC), but maybe look into Manjaro unstable if you want to make sure you are on the "latest and greatest" in terms of drivers and everything. It is only "unstable" by name, and as long as you have 2 kernels installed, you should be fine. They had a "kernel panic" a week or so ago, but just switching to another kernel on boot was fine until they fixed it, which they did the following day.
"I use a dual boot of Windows 11 and Mint Cinnamon. Over time, I find myself using Mint more than Windows. Advantages of Mint: fewer annoying updates than Windows (don't turn off your computer...), less telemetry, a more pleasant user experience... Disadvantages: finding the right WiFi adapter, needing Windows for certain apps (e.g., an app for bike lights), and some terminal knowledge required to tweak Mint. I managed to upgrade Windows 10 to W11 (hardware not suitable, TPM 2.0 not present). It took me about five methods to achieve the desired result. W11 will be my last Windows OS; I refuse to buy newer hardware if the original is still suitable. Billy boy is rich enough."
I work with Photoshop/Bridge/Nik every day. I switched from Mac to Windows 10 and built my own pro workstation for half the price of a Mac Pro. But after three years of struggling with bugs and updates, I have decided to go back to Apple and pay the "Apple tax" on their hardware. My highest priority is peace of mind (required for a smooth creative flow) and reliability. Mac is criminally expensive, but smooth running and reliable.
Don't waste time on Windows. Just look toward the future. Actually, highlighting cool Linux tricks would be the most interesting. For example your discussion of the backup system was pretty cool.
Your apparent aversion to Arch Linux based on your experience with Cachy OS notwithstanding, why don't you try Garuda Linux, a great and beautiful version of Arch?
Having fully switched to Linux 6 years ago, I have been using Garuda Linux for the past 3 years and am happy with it. But I don't think it would be a good starting or continuation point for someone unfamiliar. It has many opinionated and unusual defaults, from the kernel level to the desktop theming. For me these work great, but for example copy-pasted commands might not work in the default terminal. And the FireDragon rebase from LibreWolf to Floorp broke Widevine on transferred profiles. While garuda-update adequately warned for this, this still is a nasty one since it breaks Netflix and similar services without a clear cause. For newcomers I would recommend TuxedoOS or Linux Mint, depending on whether you want a modern or old-school system. TuxedoOS is a more obscure Ubuntu derivatives which makes tweaks similar to Linux Mint, but more conservative. And it ships the new KDE Plasma 6 desktop, which I consider a must since it is a major upgrade over Plasma 5.27. Personally I am investigating OpenSUSE Tumbleweed as a backup option. On paper it seems a better fit for me and long-term it should be more stable. But setting up more obscure things has more friction on non-Arch based systems, so I am sticking to Garuda for now.
No need to put your W11 drive in there to do updates unless you just really want to. As for which distribution - I'm a big fan of Aurora. They have a version that includes the Nvidia drivers out of the box, and it can install Davinci Resolve with a single command (running in a sandbox). And... I have W11 on a dual-boot drive in my computer, but I rarely ever boot into it. Too much of a pain to try to use in comparison.
I dumped Windows in 2018 and went with Linux. Haven't looked back since. Everything I was doing on Windows (video rendering, detailed route maps using Google Earth, playing high quality audio routed through my sound system, etc.). Haven't had any issues. And, yes, I can play games on Steam, too.
Timeshift is already installed in Mint upon install. If you go through the startup wizard window that appears, one of the things in there will be to setup and create your first backup with Timeshift.
I use linux mint, it just works. Mint looks dated compared to ubuntu but it has so many superior features like web apps that just work so well for what i want to do with my PC
I'm so behind on a lot of your videos that I want to watch, but I'm happy to see a Linux update from you. I'm on day 193 for my Linux journey and so far, I've found basically everything I need to do works except for one really simple, stupid thing that Wine/Bottles tries to work, but something is still broken. I'm almost thinking of installing Windows 98 on a VM and using it on there, since it's a program that works on there. That way it's a very light and small footprint on my main system to do that one task I need it to do. I saw that Debian Sid has finally moved over to KDE Plasma 6.2.4 and that was a big thing for me. I do like Fedora...but I'm the one that would like to kind of eliminate more corporate overhead and while it's still community based to an extent, it's not exactly without corporate strings. I'm kind of waiting on it but I may switch over to Debian Sid for a while and see how I like it. It's kind of like Arch, yet it's not exactly. I don't mind using the terminal, but I don't like that you don't get the option to use a software store in Arch or Arch derivatives. I really don't see the point in that. But Debian has a slight quirk that it took me a while to figure out. When assigning Sudo to a user, when you go into the terminal you use "su -" and not just plain "su". It has something to do with being in the root's user directory which the dash gives you in which the non-dash version does not. I also notice that Debian really calls it sudo and "apparently" not wheel like I'm used to for doing a usermod -aG command. Anyway, I still love watching your comment, just wish I had more time to sit down to watch and comment. I want to watch your Acrobat Alternative video and it's literally been sitting as a tab on my browser for at least probably close to two weeks now. 😅 But I say, keep riding the Linux train as long as you can, it's fun being a rebel and this is a fun journey with you!
The bulk of my early dev work was on big iron unix in the 90s. AIX, SunOS, Solaris, NewsOS etc. but I always used windows at home and on desktop. Currently, I have a couple of workstations at home that are super powerful, but aren't win 11 supported. I've tried many distros, but I keep going back to mint, it just works. looking forward to the new cinnamon this month. thx for your work here.
I've been running one version of Linux or another since the mid 90's. I dual-booted Windows for gaming until Windows 7, but I haven't had Windows installed since around 2012.
i switched to linux , its nice , its expanding and getting more friendly for what i want to do i have also started using riscv os on an SBC firstly for the nostalgia as i was a fan of acorn , and that also is fast becoming a good platform , not quiet there yet for a PC or even laptop but it is defiantly expanding and starting to become such maybe a couple of years away but will definately get there and its arm based so looking at phones tablets etc
I've been using Manjaro for about 2 years on my laptop, and the only major thing I have an issue is that Zoom is not great on there and I need Zoom for work. As an ex-sysadmin and tech leader, it was super disappointing to see where Microsoft was taking windows when it comes to privacy and 'ownership'. If possible, I'd love to see how you are configuring and using Elgato StreamDeck on your Linux system as moving to Linux on my 'daily driver' Desktop is my next major project. Thanks.
Try debian kde plasma, it has default zoom options, which you can customize according to your choice. You can set how much amount of zoom you can increment with each click, and also options to customize focus size and area. It's better than windows magnifier
I advise to go for something that stays more up to date without the possible instability of a rolling release distro. For me, Fedora is that perfect middle ground. Massive community, as much software support as Ubuntu and Ubuntu-based distros, being Red Hat backed.
Sounds relatable. I lost my patience long time ago. I really don't understand why normal person wpulwould still use windows (except when you not are forced by an employer to use some specific software)
Please stick with mint because mint is the key all this info that you provide has convinced me of that of that and the direction that mint is going is the right way for sure!
I've been using Linux since it would fit on a floppy disk. But my career is Windows as a software engineer. It's what makes me money. Work laptop is Windows 11. All computers in my house run pure Debian. (not ubuntu, not mint, etc.).
Ive been on linux for 9 years now, I quit windows in 2015 after the horrendous windows 8 came out. NEVER looked back!. my favorite distrobutions are linux mint, linux lite, and manjaro. mint is the one I reccommend to newbies. mint is STILL my favorite distro.
1) you should update your windows installation just to have it up to date... 2) try intel arc to see if that works on linux... 3) is there a alternative of voicemeter banana for linux... 4) stick with mint as it works... you can always change your DM if you want a different look!!!
1:00 explore the more unconventional side of linux and how it delivers peak efficiency.... provided there is good amount of time to learn the workflow. try using a tiling window manager. or try using a declarative package manager like nixpkgs
I migrated to Linux about eight years ago. Tried many distros. I isolated Windows to a few external drives in order to keep them current with updates and to use when necessary for hardware that could only use Windows. I have presently three computers using Linux Mint with the cinnamon desktop. This approach works for me. I am submitting this for you consideration.
Sounds like you're getting great out-of-the-box results from Mint! Easily one of the best distros for Windows migrants. Kubuntu is awesome too, it's fast and stable, and the KDE Plasma Desktop is like a breath of fresh air. It's definitely worth a try!
Same. I got sick of Microsoft crap. I switched near the same time you did believe it or not. I'm on Ubuntu and I love it, no problems. It just works. I have experience with Linux for last 15 years though. (Off & On) it runs better than Windows!
For me another big problem with software as a service is that you end up paying much more than when you just buy a program 1 time and can use it forever (unless they would do some dirty things). Why? Simply because most people suck at arithmetic and they don't understand how much they spend on something when they pay 'small' montly fees, it adds up over time, much more so than that most people are aware of. In regard to Arch-based vs Fedora-based, here the difference: with Fedora you get all those extra programs and it all being taped together, on Arch you install those programs and add the tape. It is just a matter of how well you know what you want and need. If you know that very well then it makes sense to do some server-install from the tty, that could of course also be done with Debian or Red Hat. The system comes with the bare minimum out of the box. I prefer installing whatever I need over removing or changing a lot of things which I don't need or which get in the way. In regard to your Windows-SSD, if you don't update it regularly the updating-process could indeed easily break. That is fine as long as you make certain that your data is secure. Does your Windows-system use Bitlocker? If so, copy that data immediately! If not, then you can always easily get the data back if Windows won't start. I myself felt relieved after not using Windows anymore, no longer that horrible updating-process.
The last Windows I used was Windows 10 and that was only because I thought it would make my online schooling easier. (This was ten years ago) Before that I used Linux exclusively, having made the switch in the Windows XP days. My Windows 10 experience lasted about a year, and then I switched the school laptop (that was mine) to Linux. Since then all of my machines run linux exclusively.
I am loving this series. I am heavily leaning towards mint 22 myself. Something that I would like to run on mint is a gaming program called launchbox. Would you look into this at all?
The boss Finn and Linux' father Linus Torvalds (nowadays living in Oregon, USA) could have kept Linux closed and proprietary - he said himself that he could have been the Bill Gates of Finland... But he chose common good and sharing. Just imagine where the computing world would be without free as in freedom Linux...
I have done like you. I have two SSD's for my laptop (Which isn't Really supported by Win 11). (I know I could make it run...but) I do have to open the back and exchange SSDs, but that isn't a problem. I am running Win 10, most of the time, because Linux just seems to be too much like work. (I've been building and maintaining Windows based computers since Win 95.) I love how easy-to-use Windows is and the compatibility. (The things that turn me off of Linux.) I hate how intrusive Windows has become. I believe it will just be getting worse. I just bought a Dell XPS desktop, (Knowing End-Of-Life is coming for Win10). Figured I better get a jump on how to use and modify it. I'd really like to just switch to Linux, but it seems to me that the Linux world has their collective heads up their individual butts, and no one can agree on anything. That keeps them in the 1990's There are way too many choices, and not enough common advancements. Which makes compatibility an issue. Things break too often.,..I mean, I haven't been in the registry since I changed from xp to Win 7. There has been no need to. The computers just work. I feel that is about to change. I know there are a lot of things that will need uninstalled, turned off, or fiddled with constantly. And then do it again when an update comes in. I think back to Windows Me, that had to be reinstalled and configured every 6 months or it would slow to a crawl. Sorry for being so long winded. Something I haven't tried yet (in Linux) is Canon DPP4 Editing software. Raw Therapee and GIMP have such a big learning curve, I keep going back to DPP4. It's easy, intuitive, free, and does everything I want it to do. I know I need to get back to using Linux more, and now with Win 11, I will. I have plenty of computers, 3 fully operational with xp Pro and Home; One triple boot hotrod with 7,10, and Linux openSUSE, My laptop with i7 Win10 (Upgraded from 8) plus Mint Cinnamon on extra ssd. Plus, I just got that Dell with Win11 that I haven't even plugged in yet. (I've had it 3 days) Just doing a lot of reading online. I don't even know if there is a question here. I just like to ramble. Loved your video. Already downloaded the latest Mint/Cinnamon and RUFUS. Think I'll try to load Win 11 in an old xp box with an AGP video card and eide HHD. I did buy an adapter to plug in a SATA into that ide port. Might do Linux that way too. Good video. Like a lot.
If the driver for the printer is packaged as a deb(which are essentially like zip files), may be able to just extract, drag and drop (usually the file structure within the data part of the deb will give a clue as to where it goes on the host) and off to the races. If there are externals debs involved, usually a postinstall script in the other part of the deb package will mention which ones that it needs and just find the respective versions for the non debian based distro that you may be using. There are situations to where that isn't an issue thing to do, but there are options even if one just has software distributed as a .deb package. Just more manual in nature.
What should be next? How about moving from Mint to the upstream distro of Debian? Videos showing how to battle through the tough work of getting peripherals working on a distro, closer to kernel updates, are critically missing. To Chris Titus' point, "most distros are pointless." However, my personal peripherals are not pointless - they are critical! Knowledgeable users should move toward using a "root" distribution and then augment to meet their needs. So, how do we diagnose and get peripherals working? What is the pattern - the process - where do we go to find answers fast? The only thing more critical than mastering core Linux is developing the knowledge to fix our setup. This is what we noobs sorely need to have the confidence to move from surveillance state software to freedom-ware. If we can fix peripherals in the "root" distro, we can fix it anywhere.
I moved totally to Mint from 8.1 when MS was trying to force Win10 on me. Best thing I ever did. My most important program is QGIS (mapping software) and it crashed constantly with Windows. With Mint, never, not once. Every other app I use (all FOSS) runs much, much faster, and I don't have all that click-click-click nonsense with Windows. Workflow is efficient. And NO SPYWARE!
Looking back at my off and on over Linux experience over the past 24 years Linux has always been my favored cross the board and was previously hindered a long while back due to lack of game support up until proton become better at supporting games I play most minus one title I can never get to refer Vulcan on without it crashing. OS wise it feels more like home for me and runs on all but my ROG Ally X… for now Debian variants have been my most stable go-to while Fedora, and arch have been ok for on and off testing but never really set the mark for me for how I use my environment. Kubuntu is my end all be all for a daily driver and continues to keep that trend going.
I worked with Windows all my work life and the antivirus programs have pissed me off tremendously. I use Linux Mint at home on my 3 computers since 2017 and I am very happy with it. There has been a learning curve but I did not mind. I keep a W7 version on a laptop for the few software packages that do not run on LM e.g. Income tax programs. I would like to learn how to use Virtual machines on LM to run Windows when needed. Cheers Richard
Could you elaborate more about your experience with Cachy? I'm very surprised you had such a bad experience. Regarding "should you plug in my Windows drive and update" - if you are on Windows 10 22H2 or any version of Windows 11 there is no such thing. Microsoft will automatically only send you the appropriate delta updates at a later date if you ever update at a later date.
I have only tinkered with Zorin off and on for a while..but Win11 is holding a xxx to my head. I have several PCs that are 10 years + ,some running XP, that suit my needs just fine thank you. I'm not prepared to replace working boxes. Going to make the push and give Zorin an honest shot..Wish me luck !
Switched from Win11 to Kubuntu since May of this year 2024. So far it has been great. Love the KDE Environment. My home labs are running Ubuntu/Debian. Raspberry Pi running Retropi. Steamdeck running Arch. Now my laptop running Kubuntu. Eyeballing my main desktop and htpc to linux in the next year?
5 PC's in my house. 3 linux mint 1 window 10 pro, 1 windows 11 pro ( wife's work pc) my game rig is windows 10 but when EOL comes, I'll force myself to game on linux and make that change. I use steam so I'm sure it will be fairly painless. The only thing keeping my wife on winblows is intuit quickbooks enterprise and some tax software title. We are getting close to being completely rid of microshaft.
If your a basic user, Linux Mint is your undiscovered friend. It's been mine since 2012. Early in 2024, I loaded Windows 10 on another machine, as I acquired a geek tech bug and I'm not a fan. Windows is so in my face and demanding of ALL of my life for Microsoft's benefit. I will not tolerate the molestation! I've just been using it for certain video games. I will be finding a Linux Distro (or enhancing Mint) that will fit my wants and needs list in that regard soon, as I learn things.
I switched to Mint ,Zorin and MX after having driver problems installing windows 11 again on my computers.I used windows to fool around with Unreal Engine but now I can do it with linux mint so bye windows.Honestly the last 10 years i tried all kind of linux distros but the latest ones convinced me.
Are you tired of Big Tech invading your privacy and turning your computer into a surveillance machine? Picture this: you buy a shiny new laptop with Windows 11, connect it to WiFi, and the spying begins. Your browser nags you to stay loyal to Microsoft Edge, even as you try to download Chrome. And now, with features like RECALL taking screenshots every 3 seconds (yes, every three seconds!), Microsoft’s stranglehold on your data hits a terrifying new level. What if I told you this is just the tip of the iceberg? In this video, we dive into how Windows 11 went from an operating system to an overlord-and my journey escaping its clutches, rediscovering Linux, and finding an OS that finally respects my freedom. This is DAY 130 update!
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I would really really like to see you try out Daz3D and a cracked version of Zbrush or something.
I have one GPS app that will only work with Windows - otherwise, everything is Mint. For that, I have Win10 on a separate SATA 250 GB HDD I can boot from (I have two NVMe SSD's and five SATA HDD's, totaling 22.25 TB - my HDD's are in an external cage with two fans blowing through it). You could do that. My ASUS MB has six SATA connectors, you probably have lots, too.
Not sure where my previous comment went.
But i would like to see you try to get Daz3D to run, aswell as some other 3D software.
Maybe even some cracked version of Zbrush or something or the other.
Subscribing your channel, because this video shows you'd switch to Linux (Mint it fine as long you stay secure, try SteamOS in a future may be great and safer to use compared to your current distro you're using for 130 days by now).
I personally use Ubuntu and I have been switched to Ubuntu for over 2 years which it's 600 ½ days longer than 130 days.
Over a month (October 2024) Ubuntu celebrates its 20th Anniversary (2004 - 2024) which I'm also 20 years old (Back in August).
How about Zorin-OS-17.1-Lite-64-bit?
Fun fact: After the backlash over RECALL Microsoft have added a system that scans for your Banking Details and automatically 'blurs' them from the snapshots of your desktop. Let this sink in............ Microsoft has a system to scan for your banking details.
FYI: Valve recently announced 17 thousand+ games are official supported by Proton on Linux.
Wow.. I feel safer now that microsoft is scanning my system for my banking account details.. 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
It like something from a bad Bond film.
If they blurred it, they had to see it.
God, I hope I figure out this Linux thing. Because that, Microsoft, is just fucking insane.
@@Jayteaseepiirturi you should give it a go, you can run it directly on a USB to play with different spins to see what you like/what works for you before you commit. Also getting everything working for desktop use is miles better than it was even 5 years ago, especially for games
I’m sick of windows and your story is compelling,thank you.
If you have a second drive, doing a Dual-Boot is worth it. That's what I do. I still have Windows, but I rarely dip my toe over into that OS any more because I rarely need to. I use Arch, btw. Hyprland, btw. It's a lot less junk, and a lot more of my computer just doing what I want it to be doing, and not what somebody in an office thinks they need my computer for.
Same here.
I started my Linux journey by having a dual boot setup.
But just after a month or two I simply stopped booting to Windows.
The need was simply no longer there.
Now I run Linux only, and my life is improved :)
What exactly makes you sick of it? I don't mind which os I use for basic Internet tasks, I like Linux but think Windows runs fine. Don't like the endless updates or I teusion but that's avoidable to a large degree. If recall was mandatory I would ditch Windows.
Linux user for 26 years here. Im happy many people are making the move.
Me too as it happens.
Me only 13 years.
I've been on Linux for 7 or 8 Years and will never go back to anything else.
How about Zorin-OS-17.1-Lite-64-bit?
I've been on Linux since the beginning, I have absolutely no clue how to use windows. 😂
@@GoonyMclinuxTrust me Windows 7 is fine but the later Windows is like they had done a great job of making every single thing worse than the previous Windows somehow😂
I didn't know there was anything else.
@@GoonyMclinux Ha yep, often when I have to use Windows I feel like how new Linux users must feel. Everything seems a bit alien and esoteric lol! Have to google how to do certain things. It just goes to show, how much familiarity plays a part.
I switched from windows 11 pro to Linux mint 22 two months ago.
Best tech decision I’ve made in awhile. I should have done this years ago. DaVinci Resolve Studio was a challenge but figured it out. Even with the changes in workflow for DVR in Linux, it’s still faster than Windows 11 was to make a short video.
After upgrading my CPU from a 3900 XT 12 core to a 5900 XT 16 core. This system just rocks in Linux. Cool stuff 🎉
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How about Zorin-OS-17.1-Lite-64-bit?
@@AnthonyManzio I might try that in a VM to see how I like it.
@@FuzzeeDee Let me know how you like it?
I'm 50% over at Linux now. Started out with my newest laptop.
Sweet
can one jusy buy a laptop without windows and already installed with linux and which one for say a begginer 48 yr old lol
I'm currently in my 213th day post Windows. I've been using Linix Mint 22 since than and will never go back to big corpo Windows.
Crushing it
I moved to Mint also. Deleted my Windows 11 on my Desktop and loaded up my Dell laptop with Mint. I do run into some problems once in a while. But that’s not to bad. Always can find a workaround. I did use my time shift once. Best thing ever. By by Windows
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If you have another computer to install windows just for the updates, that would be much ideal. It’s unfortunate that everybody wants to collect user data now these days. I understand these data helps going forward with technologies however there is huge disadvantages like security. You have so much more patience than any other people for trying out all these Linex os. Your experiments help a lot of people. Thanks for doing that.
It will check for hardware and if it all changes it will tell me to go pound sand..😁
ok but i do0nt see how may bank details or what i purchase has to do with tech development other then them selling it to the highest bidder
I'm on day 2,555 without Windows. No plans of ever going back.
Personally I would stick with Linux, don't go back to Windows unless something happens in Linux that effectively forces you back to Windows. I have a desktop PC with Linux Mint and Windows 10 that I dual boot, but I am planning on getting rid of Windows at some point. My laptop has Fedora Linux and Windows 11, it came pre-installed with Win11. I definitely want to get rid of Windows 11, it works well on the laptop but the telemetry and data mining really piss me off. Oh, and not actually owning the copy of the OS, that's pretty annoying too. I love using Linux, I've had no really bad issues so far, just little niggly issues that aren't deal breaking. Great video as always!!
Great dual booting!
@@jcristina Thanks dude!!
For most folks, dual booting is the way to go, because you can have your cake and eat it too. I dual boot w/ Arch. I love Hyprland because it is light and clean and it is like using a computer that doesn't have training wheels on it to slow it down. It's fast and my cooling fans aren't screaming at me while the computer is only idling.
I'm in a similar boat. Microsoft has gone off the deepend and I don't really want to use Windows anymore, but it's the app compatibility that keeps me on Windows 10. Hopefully by the time Windows 10 hits "end of life", I can find an alternative that has what I need and I can prevent from spying on me and trying to convince me it's a good thing lol. Looking forward to the impact that impact that the full SteamOS release will have on the amount of users moving over to Linux, especially if they are mainly staying for ease of use when gaming.
switched to Debian with KDE Plasma desktop and loving it.
I am using Linux for years now and I will not go back.
I recently did the same thing. I removed the Windows 11 SSD from my machine, and put in a spare 1tb ssd. I installed Fedora 41 and so far, everything is working. I can do video editing, bible study research for my channel, gaming, and more. I have yet to find anything I could do before that I cannot do in Linux.
What I would love to see is your video editing workflow in Linux.
You now get forced to use an account to install Win11 and they try to get your name, birthday and so on. After installation Windows starts crypting all your SSD drives with Bitlocker without even asking first. When you boot an other OS all your drives are crypted and you cant use them any more. In my case all my games and videos on drive D where gone. I needed to go back to Win11 and decrypt drive D what took nearly an hour. When you somehow lose this Win11 and your drives are still crypted your data will most likely be gone forever.
It's worse than that. Because you now have an account with MSFT they store an unlock code for your bitlocker'd drives in the cloud. If Windows detects a change in the UEFI, the system TPM wont unlock the bitlocker'd drive anymore. You have to login to the MSFT website with the MSFT account credentials they forced you to make. Once there you can copy down the unlock code that your system created. Then you reboot and enter that code into the computer, after that your TPM will unlock your drives again. Imagine if you didn't have access to the internet. Or, some 3 letter agency wanted to access to your encrypted drive.
Linux has been my daily driver for over 5 years.. no regrets! I put second SSD in my Dell XPS 15 9530 so I can boot to either Win 11, or Linux Mint 22, in case I need Windows for some reason. Turns out the only reason I boot into Windows is only to let it do updates. I also discovered the value of timeshift.. it saved me after something went wrong during a software install. Kind of like Windows Restorepoint.. it's a good idea to run a timeshift backup before making suspected risky changes.
I am on Windows 11 been playing with Linux looking for a good distro to use. Whilst watching you video my screen was stuttering freezing and going out of sync with words. I fired up Mint Mate on my OLD laptop and tried same video, worked perfectly. Guess I am going to be like you and get another drive and take out Windows and install Mint. Thanks for helping me make up my mind.
I'm on day 167 as of this writing 😃 Like you, I was a sysadmin on various flavours of Linux (Red Hat, CentOS servers) and actual Unix (AIX, HP/UX, Solaris) since the early 2000s. My criteria to move to Linux was - "I must be able to play my games, cuz my backlog is in the hundreds" 🤣 For everything else, I can do workarounds, I thought to myself.
Turns out... I don't need workarounds. I did test Mageia (mostly works, some games get weird fps stutters), kubuntu (cuz I'm a KDE fan), KDE Neon, TuxedoOS, PopOS, Budgie OS, Zorin, Debian, and still came back to Mint cuz it's the only one that's "hands off". Everything just works. Install-to-play-game time usually 1 hour on Mint. On other flavours when I tested, anywhere from 3 to 7 hours cuz I need to fiddle around so much to get basic stuff to work. I don't want to fiddle with the OS to play my games. I just want it to GO!!! 😂Mint is the only one that does that. Oh yes, the 1 hour includes installing KDE Plasma desktop too 😂
However I still keep Windows 10 on an SSD that is connected on a SATA cable ("hot") so I can dual boot back to it when needed. I have booted to Windows 10 once or twice the past few months to let Windows do its update thing, but never needed it to "get something done".
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Welcome to the club. It is about time. I have been using Linux since day 1. I have only used Windows when companies for which I worked require it; but only on HW they supplied.
I feel so much more productive on Linux. I have used macOS; but it is not true *NIX. It is just a massively trimmed down version of BSD with a wild execution model. It is not bad, to be honest. But, it is not Linux either.
FYI - I currently use Fedora and have for quite awhile now. I have spent some time with Mint and am convinced this is great for a new user. But I need GNOME. Nothing else cuts it for me. There are reasons. I also have deep appreciation Fedora's quality control process. I am happy to hear you are having good experience with Mint. Good to know.
Linux certainly is not perfect, but I believe it is the best available today.
Welcome!
Thanks for your videos. For everyday use we now run Linux Mint v22, a few changes needed to be made as the computer is 15 years old-replaced the old NVidia graphics for AMD and use USB keyboard and mouse not PS2. I was amazed how my fears over drivers were consumately resolved, and I found drivers to tun our new printer/scanner that Canon couldn't be bothered to provide to paying customers. Someday we will buy a new computer and install Linux Mint. This way we have saved a perfectly good running pc from scrap and not put a penny into the pocket of MS, how satisfying is that.
Maybe you should show how the Linux alternatives work, instead of just talking about them. 99% of Windows (spyware) victims would satisfy their needs with these alternatives, me included.
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6:36 SSD are static storage (electrical) if you let the static discharge completely then your datas lost. It recommended every 3 to 6 months, Longest I've heard of successful reinsertion was two years.
2012 was the year I committed myself to Linux mint, It was rough finding alternatives to windows programs at first. Many software and hardware makers have focused on Windows since it's introduction. Linux is rising but there are still a few more bumps to get over. If linux mint wants to be in the contension they need to have the backing of the entire industry.
I have been on both Linux and Windows since 1994. Love both. They do the job, cost about the same during 30 years time frame. Both can delete, steal, betray at any moment. Just do your part of job - be smart yourself and do not blame tools.
Fact check: You didn't delete Windows, you sequestered Windows in cold swap media. 😊
Correct.. Not yet.. 130 days.. Maybe in a month or so, I'll delete it an use the extra space in this box.
@@jcristina I like the idea of having a little shadow box sized prison where you keep Microsoft Windows in jail.
I was surprised by this also ... why not dual-boot though? I have used Linux for many years, but that doesn't mean I don't need Windows every now & then. If you have room for more than one NVMe drive, then you could have both right there. You'd just need to use your PC's boot menu to select the Windows drive, if needed (YMMV ... Windows can be funny if it's not the PRIMARY drive). Anyway, thanks for a great vid ... you've definitely earned a like AND a subscribe =)
When it comes to these threads that’s why I tend to take snap shots of these threads just in case anything arises,
yes do a update on the windows stick, look for Cinnamon
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Thanks for your perspective! I've just never liked Microsoft anything. It always seems to be flawed and poorly designed and written. Its security issues and remedies are awful as well. So, aside from having to use it at work, I never use it at home. I enjoy Mac and Linux at home.
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It's up to you whether you want to update Windows or not. Do be aware that version 24H2 is being released to Windows 11 users. Depending on certain hardware you are using with your current Win 11 version, an upgrade to 24H2 may cause certain hardware to stop working unless a new driver is released. This happened with a Logitech webcam I use, where it worked fine with 23H2, but NOT 24H2! Now if you are using Windows 10, you don't need to do anything as it will be EOL on October 14, 2025.
So really since you seem to be satisfied with Linux Mint so far, it's really your call whether you want to update the Windows you have or not.
Ouch! I'm using W10
@@jcristina Then if you are still using Linux all the way through the end of Sept 25, you MAY want to consider at least updating all the security features in your Win 10 install in early Oct 25 before it goes EOL.
MS is offering security upgrades to the general public for up to 3 years after the EOL date, but there is a $30 per year charge from MS to do this.
I would say around Oct 1 25, that is where it's decision time. Keep what you have, update to Win 11 (who know if Win 12 will be released around the same time Win 10 goes EOL), or just run what you have with the risks associated with using EOL Win OS. Just look at the approx 1.5% of the world population still using Win XP!
I have used Linux on and off for years. My rig is always setup to duel boot. If I was just browsing online or using an office suite for something I was doing for work I would spend that time in Linux but because the games I play are windows I would usually find myself there and staying there for a while. I came across LMDE 6, Linux Mint Debian Edition, and found it to be the best version of Mint that I've used. After upgrading my Windows 10 installation to 11 I now spend most of my time in LMDE. If it weren't for having to jump back into windows to play games I wouldn't use 11 at all. No longer being able to setup a local account and Recall was the deal breaker. There are work arounds for the local account but I just had enough. I'm in Linux now as I type this.
Good on you man.Most distributions are similar, it is mostly the desktop that changes. There are some advanced ones but unless you really need them stick to mint for a good period.
I'm an old UNIX user of the 90's, moved to Linux in 2002. I use Mint, and won't change. Unless you didn't know what your doing, I don't know why you would want to move back to windoz! Glad you stayed with the future! You need to know that most devices and servers are running Linux! Get used to it!
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NO!!! 👎 DON'T UPDATE THAT STICK!! FORGET IT EXIST AND RE-FORMAT IT AS A SPARE DRIVE OR PUT LINUX ON IT!!!
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I'm hoping someone will sneak into microshaft and blowup all of the source code, then vendors will get off the a$$ and port over to Linux!! 👍
To be fair to Recall, it's only enabled on an AI pc which has an NPU and that chip does all the metadata processing not the CPU. And they did enable bitlocker on it for production, where the preview build of Recall had all the images and metadata just human readable in the clear stored in your user profile.
Which still shouldn't leave you very confident. Take the plunge and level up as a user. You will find it rewarding.
I been distro hoping for over two decades. I usually run between 3 - 4 distro at the same time to stay up to date with what's new. My rule is to keep at least one version of the 3 core main distribution. Rpm, deb and arch packages. 1. With Rpm packages I found Nobara OS the most stable and hassle free a modified Fedora setup by Glorious Eggroll a legend in the Linux community. 2. DEB: I rotate between Mint, LMDE, Ubuntu, PopOs, Zorin, Debian, Mx Linux, Pepermint os. MX and Mint tend to be the most stable but Ubuntu the most visually pleasing. 3. Arch, Garuda, Manjaro, endeavour os. As a daily driver my preferred os hands down Garuda distro KDE. I been using for years and very happy with it. In my experience the best all round daily driver in 2024/2025 is Garuda!!!, followed by a close second Nobara ( which is not a distro but and optimised / modified Fedora that works out of the box. Garuda Linux is an excellent representation of Arch at it's best and Nobara is the same to Fedora.
I switched to Linux 4 years ago completely.
All youz dooz w Linux helps us all retain autonomy. As always, love your entertaining truth rants on tech.
I'm on my ~97th of being windows free and I ABSOLUTELY love it!
I've been running Linux for over a decade now. I recently converted from Ubuntu to Fedora and really enjoy using Fedora so much better. My daughter asked me to setup our granddaughter's new laptop running Windows. I completely forgot how challenging it is to get Windows setup. Plus the updates that seem to take forever to complete. Going thru this exercise just validated why I'll never go back to Windows.
Love Fedora
This series inspired me to do the same. I have tried all of the distros you have, maybe a few more with Prox Mox VM’s.i have settled on the most stable and versatile distro, Ubuntu 24.04. I can run all of my Apple apps (Numbers, Pages, iCloud,etc), my data synced and it runs like a top. Very stable, runs VM’s with ease and most importantly, it just works. I would compare it to open source iOS. BTW, I am running AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS system
Merry Christmas J thanks for this and starlink updates
Recall and Win 10's file system breaking after uninstalling Copilot, were the last straws. Installed Mint a couple months ago and it's been a good learning experience. The fact that Mint comes with Libre Office, has a good backwards compatibility with media, and easily still supports a DVD drive, makes it quite valuable to me. It also easily recognized my 3060 and suggested better drivers. Now, there have been some bumps on the road. In Steam, any time there is a game update, the Vulkan shaders reprocess and that can take a while. On SWTOR, I have to agree to the EULA every time I log in to the game, vs just once. Also, an external floppy drive is treated like a USB flash drive and gets pinged every few seconds, making the drive motors tick. Even so, using a floppy drive to read old data for archive updating is much smoother than on Windows. Overall, the switch to Linux and performance was worth it. Definitely building future PC's with Linux.
I switched to Linux over 20 years ago. Unfortunately, I still have to use Mac for work, and I used to have to use Windows for work sometimes. I've been using Mac at work for about five years and I find its workflow far inferior to using KDE. I like the Cinnamon desktop (Mint) too, but I really can't stand Gnome, although it works exceptionally well for a lot of people. I like the diversity in Linux and I'm glad it doesn't have a mono-culture like Windows and Mac. I would stick with what you're using for a while because you've become productive in Mint. Eventually you may want to see if other desktops work better for you, but get good enough with what you're using first, especially since you're using it as your daily driver.
*Hi JC. --- I've 30 years of computing under my belt*
As an OS Agnostic - I've never cared what system I used - as I could do my work. But all that changed after Windows 11 came out & Mac started slugging more & more for it's equipment -- Like $2000 for some wheels. Since it came out last year - I've been using *Linux Mint LMDE-6.* It's my daily workhorse. I appreciate it's rock-solid stability. Recently, (to mix things up) I added *'Regata-OS'* as a 'dual boot' to my set up. It's OpenSuse based Gamers distro. Now, I'm using LMDE-6 Mint for work & Regata for fun --- You might like to give it a spin. 😎
You are not alone!..I've dual booted my PC I only got windows 11 because of my twin daughters like playing "Roblox". I personally never use windows at all...I'm currently using ZorinOS 17.2 pro it's brilliant.!
How about Zorin-OS-17.1-Lite-64-bit?
I think most everyday users just need a browser, video player and a utility to share files, now we have all of these things on linux.
To update your windows drive, you can put the windows SSD in an enclosure, plug it back into the pc over USB, then boot from the usb with windows. It should work as long as you kept the windows boot manager and didn’t make any other bios changes. It won’t be as fast, but it’s easier than taking the computer apart again. This is what I’m doing with my old windows drive as I transition to Linux too. 😊
Mint is where I started and stuck with it for about 6 months. For me, my "end game" was to get into Arch. I switched to Manjaro a couple months ago, and recently switched to the unstable branch which has all the latest Nvidia drivers (565). Gaming is so much better for me on this, running Cyberpunk 2077 with frame gen, path tracing, all the bells and whistles on a 4080, and it runs a few fps better than Windows. I actually deleted Windows 4 days ago, finally. It don't seem like you would want something like just pure Arch (much easier to install these days, I have it on my 2nd PC), but maybe look into Manjaro unstable if you want to make sure you are on the "latest and greatest" in terms of drivers and everything. It is only "unstable" by name, and as long as you have 2 kernels installed, you should be fine. They had a "kernel panic" a week or so ago, but just switching to another kernel on boot was fine until they fixed it, which they did the following day.
"I use a dual boot of Windows 11 and Mint Cinnamon. Over time, I find myself using Mint more than Windows. Advantages of Mint: fewer annoying updates than Windows (don't turn off your computer...), less telemetry, a more pleasant user experience... Disadvantages: finding the right WiFi adapter, needing Windows for certain apps (e.g., an app for bike lights), and some terminal knowledge required to tweak Mint. I managed to upgrade Windows 10 to W11 (hardware not suitable, TPM 2.0 not present). It took me about five methods to achieve the desired result. W11 will be my last Windows OS; I refuse to buy newer hardware if the original is still suitable. Billy boy is rich enough."
I work with Photoshop/Bridge/Nik every day. I switched from Mac to Windows 10 and built my own pro workstation for half the price of a Mac Pro. But after three years of struggling with bugs and updates, I have decided to go back to Apple and pay the "Apple tax" on their hardware. My highest priority is peace of mind (required for a smooth creative flow) and reliability. Mac is criminally expensive, but smooth running and reliable.
hell ha peace of mind...
Don't waste time on Windows. Just look toward the future. Actually, highlighting cool Linux tricks would be the most interesting. For example your discussion of the backup system was pretty cool.
Your apparent aversion to Arch Linux based on your experience with Cachy OS notwithstanding, why don't you try Garuda Linux, a great and beautiful version of Arch?
I just wrote it down.
Having fully switched to Linux 6 years ago, I have been using Garuda Linux for the past 3 years and am happy with it.
But I don't think it would be a good starting or continuation point for someone unfamiliar.
It has many opinionated and unusual defaults, from the kernel level to the desktop theming.
For me these work great, but for example copy-pasted commands might not work in the default terminal.
And the FireDragon rebase from LibreWolf to Floorp broke Widevine on transferred profiles.
While garuda-update adequately warned for this, this still is a nasty one since it breaks Netflix and similar services without a clear cause.
For newcomers I would recommend TuxedoOS or Linux Mint, depending on whether you want a modern or old-school system.
TuxedoOS is a more obscure Ubuntu derivatives which makes tweaks similar to Linux Mint, but more conservative.
And it ships the new KDE Plasma 6 desktop, which I consider a must since it is a major upgrade over Plasma 5.27.
Personally I am investigating OpenSUSE Tumbleweed as a backup option.
On paper it seems a better fit for me and long-term it should be more stable.
But setting up more obscure things has more friction on non-Arch based systems, so I am sticking to Garuda for now.
No need to put your W11 drive in there to do updates unless you just really want to.
As for which distribution - I'm a big fan of Aurora. They have a version that includes the Nvidia drivers out of the box, and it can install Davinci Resolve with a single command (running in a sandbox). And... I have W11 on a dual-boot drive in my computer, but I rarely ever boot into it. Too much of a pain to try to use in comparison.
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I dumped Windows in 2018 and went with Linux. Haven't looked back since. Everything I was doing on Windows (video rendering, detailed route maps using Google Earth, playing high quality audio routed through my sound system, etc.). Haven't had any issues. And, yes, I can play games on Steam, too.
That's why I switched 100% to Linux. Windows wants to know everything you do on your computer
Timeshift is already installed in Mint upon install. If you go through the startup wizard window that appears, one of the things in there will be to setup and create your first backup with Timeshift.
I use linux mint, it just works. Mint looks dated compared to ubuntu but it has so many superior features like web apps that just work so well for what i want to do with my PC
I'm so behind on a lot of your videos that I want to watch, but I'm happy to see a Linux update from you. I'm on day 193 for my Linux journey and so far, I've found basically everything I need to do works except for one really simple, stupid thing that Wine/Bottles tries to work, but something is still broken. I'm almost thinking of installing Windows 98 on a VM and using it on there, since it's a program that works on there. That way it's a very light and small footprint on my main system to do that one task I need it to do.
I saw that Debian Sid has finally moved over to KDE Plasma 6.2.4 and that was a big thing for me. I do like Fedora...but I'm the one that would like to kind of eliminate more corporate overhead and while it's still community based to an extent, it's not exactly without corporate strings. I'm kind of waiting on it but I may switch over to Debian Sid for a while and see how I like it. It's kind of like Arch, yet it's not exactly. I don't mind using the terminal, but I don't like that you don't get the option to use a software store in Arch or Arch derivatives. I really don't see the point in that. But Debian has a slight quirk that it took me a while to figure out. When assigning Sudo to a user, when you go into the terminal you use "su -" and not just plain "su". It has something to do with being in the root's user directory which the dash gives you in which the non-dash version does not. I also notice that Debian really calls it sudo and "apparently" not wheel like I'm used to for doing a usermod -aG command.
Anyway, I still love watching your comment, just wish I had more time to sit down to watch and comment. I want to watch your Acrobat Alternative video and it's literally been sitting as a tab on my browser for at least probably close to two weeks now. 😅 But I say, keep riding the Linux train as long as you can, it's fun being a rebel and this is a fun journey with you!
The bulk of my early dev work was on big iron unix in the 90s. AIX, SunOS, Solaris, NewsOS etc. but I always used windows at home and on desktop. Currently, I have a couple of workstations at home that are super powerful, but aren't win 11 supported. I've tried many distros, but I keep going back to mint, it just works. looking forward to the new cinnamon this month. thx for your work here.
I stop using windows about 17 years ago love linux and the challenges it give sometimes.
I've been running one version of Linux or another since the mid 90's. I dual-booted Windows for gaming until Windows 7, but I haven't had Windows installed since around 2012.
The top question is… is it really tea or a herbal infusion on the other side of the pond if it ain’t a Yorkshire tea is it tea at all 😂.
i switched to linux , its nice , its expanding and getting more friendly for what i want to do
i have also started using riscv os on an SBC firstly for the nostalgia as i was a fan of acorn , and that also is fast becoming a good platform , not quiet there yet for a PC or even laptop but it is defiantly expanding and starting to become such maybe a couple of years away but will definately get there and its arm based so looking at phones tablets etc
Thanks again J for another informative video. 😊
How about the following - NO COMPROMISES, NO MATTER WHAT - attitude, in adopting Linux?
Where there's a will, there's a way! 😁
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I've been using Manjaro for about 2 years on my laptop, and the only major thing I have an issue is that Zoom is not great on there and I need Zoom for work.
As an ex-sysadmin and tech leader, it was super disappointing to see where Microsoft was taking windows when it comes to privacy and 'ownership'.
If possible, I'd love to see how you are configuring and using Elgato StreamDeck on your Linux system as moving to Linux on my 'daily driver' Desktop is my next major project.
Thanks.
Try debian kde plasma, it has default zoom options, which you can customize according to your choice. You can set how much amount of zoom you can increment with each click, and also options to customize focus size and area. It's better than windows magnifier
I advise to go for something that stays more up to date without the possible instability of a rolling release distro. For me, Fedora is that perfect middle ground. Massive community, as much software support as Ubuntu and Ubuntu-based distros, being Red Hat backed.
Sounds relatable. I lost my patience long time ago. I really don't understand why normal person wpulwould still use windows (except when you not are forced by an employer to use some specific software)
15:36 Thanks immensely for this tidbit. Always wondered how to Timeshift if the drive gets corrupted.
You got it!!! Glad to help.
Please stick with mint because mint is the key all this info that you provide has convinced me of that of that and the direction that mint is going is the right way for sure!
I've been using Linux since it would fit on a floppy disk. But my career is Windows as a software engineer. It's what makes me money. Work laptop is Windows 11. All computers in my house run pure Debian. (not ubuntu, not mint, etc.).
Ive been on linux for 9 years now, I quit windows in 2015 after the horrendous windows 8 came out. NEVER looked back!. my favorite distrobutions are linux mint, linux lite, and manjaro. mint is the one I reccommend to newbies. mint is STILL my favorite distro.
Can you explore some privacy alternatives for phones? Just curious how something like GrapheneOS would fit into this idea.
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1) you should update your windows installation just to have it up to date... 2) try intel arc to see if that works on linux... 3) is there a alternative of voicemeter banana for linux... 4) stick with mint as it works... you can always change your DM if you want a different look!!!
I'm not familiar with voicemeter banana.
I like the monitor burning on the background. It is my laptop all the time I try to record some gameplay.
1:00 explore the more unconventional side of linux and how it delivers peak efficiency.... provided there is good amount of time to learn the workflow. try using a tiling window manager. or try using a declarative package manager like nixpkgs
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I migrated to Linux about eight years ago. Tried many distros. I isolated Windows to a few external drives in order to keep them current with updates and to use when necessary for hardware that could only use Windows. I have presently three computers using Linux Mint with the cinnamon desktop. This approach works for me. I am submitting this for you consideration.
Sounds like you're getting great out-of-the-box results from Mint! Easily one of the best distros for Windows migrants. Kubuntu is awesome too, it's fast and stable, and the KDE Plasma Desktop is like a breath of fresh air. It's definitely worth a try!
Same. I got sick of Microsoft crap. I switched near the same time you did believe it or not. I'm on Ubuntu and I love it, no problems. It just works. I have experience with Linux for last 15 years though. (Off & On) it runs better than Windows!
For me another big problem with software as a service is that you end up paying much more than when you just buy a program 1 time and can use it forever (unless they would do some dirty things). Why? Simply because most people suck at arithmetic and they don't understand how much they spend on something when they pay 'small' montly fees, it adds up over time, much more so than that most people are aware of.
In regard to Arch-based vs Fedora-based, here the difference: with Fedora you get all those extra programs and it all being taped together, on Arch you install those programs and add the tape. It is just a matter of how well you know what you want and need. If you know that very well then it makes sense to do some server-install from the tty, that could of course also be done with Debian or Red Hat. The system comes with the bare minimum out of the box. I prefer installing whatever I need over removing or changing a lot of things which I don't need or which get in the way.
In regard to your Windows-SSD, if you don't update it regularly the updating-process could indeed easily break. That is fine as long as you make certain that your data is secure. Does your Windows-system use Bitlocker? If so, copy that data immediately! If not, then you can always easily get the data back if Windows won't start. I myself felt relieved after not using Windows anymore, no longer that horrible updating-process.
Welcome to the table friends. we greet you warmly. toods
The last Windows I used was Windows 10 and that was only because I thought it would make my online schooling easier. (This was ten years ago)
Before that I used Linux exclusively, having made the switch in the Windows XP days.
My Windows 10 experience lasted about a year, and then I switched the school laptop (that was mine) to Linux. Since then all of my machines run linux exclusively.
I am loving this series. I am heavily leaning towards mint 22 myself. Something that I would like to run on mint is a gaming program called launchbox. Would you look into this at all?
The boss Finn and Linux' father Linus Torvalds (nowadays living in Oregon, USA) could have kept Linux closed and proprietary - he said himself that he could have been the Bill Gates of Finland... But he chose common good and sharing. Just imagine where the computing world would be without free as in freedom Linux...
I have done like you. I have two SSD's for my laptop (Which isn't Really supported by Win 11). (I know I could make it run...but)
I do have to open the back and exchange SSDs, but that isn't a problem.
I am running Win 10, most of the time, because Linux just seems to be too much like work. (I've been building and maintaining Windows based computers since Win 95.) I love how easy-to-use Windows is and the compatibility. (The things that turn me off of Linux.)
I hate how intrusive Windows has become. I believe it will just be getting worse.
I just bought a Dell XPS desktop, (Knowing End-Of-Life is coming for Win10). Figured I better get a jump on how to use and modify it. I'd really like to just switch to Linux, but it seems to me that the Linux world has their collective heads up their individual butts, and no one can agree on anything. That keeps them in the 1990's There are way too many choices, and not enough common advancements.
Which makes compatibility an issue. Things break too often.,..I mean, I haven't been in the registry since I changed from xp to Win 7. There has been no need to. The computers just work.
I feel that is about to change. I know there are a lot of things that will need uninstalled, turned off, or fiddled with constantly.
And then do it again when an update comes in.
I think back to Windows Me, that had to be reinstalled and configured every 6 months or it would slow to a crawl.
Sorry for being so long winded.
Something I haven't tried yet (in Linux) is Canon DPP4 Editing software. Raw Therapee and GIMP have such a big learning curve, I keep going back to DPP4. It's easy, intuitive, free, and does everything I want it to do.
I know I need to get back to using Linux more, and now with Win 11, I will.
I have plenty of computers, 3 fully operational with xp Pro and Home; One triple boot hotrod with 7,10, and Linux openSUSE, My laptop with i7 Win10 (Upgraded from 8) plus Mint Cinnamon on extra ssd. Plus, I just got that Dell with Win11 that I haven't even plugged in yet. (I've had it 3 days) Just doing a lot of reading online.
I don't even know if there is a question here. I just like to ramble.
Loved your video. Already downloaded the latest Mint/Cinnamon and RUFUS.
Think I'll try to load Win 11 in an old xp box with an AGP video card and eide HHD. I did buy an adapter to plug in a SATA into that ide port. Might do Linux that way too.
Good video. Like a lot.
Ocean 10 Linux looks interesting for those migrating for the first time from Microsoft
If the driver for the printer is packaged as a deb(which are essentially like zip files), may be able to just extract, drag and drop (usually the file structure within the data part of the deb will give a clue as to where it goes on the host) and off to the races. If there are externals debs involved, usually a postinstall script in the other part of the deb package will mention which ones that it needs and just find the respective versions for the non debian based distro that you may be using. There are situations to where that isn't an issue thing to do, but there are options even if one just has software distributed as a .deb package. Just more manual in nature.
What should be next? How about moving from Mint to the upstream distro of Debian? Videos showing how to battle through the tough work of getting peripherals working on a distro, closer to kernel updates, are critically missing. To Chris Titus' point, "most distros are pointless." However, my personal peripherals are not pointless - they are critical! Knowledgeable users should move toward using a "root" distribution and then augment to meet their needs. So, how do we diagnose and get peripherals working? What is the pattern - the process - where do we go to find answers fast? The only thing more critical than mastering core Linux is developing the knowledge to fix our setup. This is what we noobs sorely need to have the confidence to move from surveillance state software to freedom-ware. If we can fix peripherals in the "root" distro, we can fix it anywhere.
I moved totally to Mint from 8.1 when MS was trying to force Win10 on me. Best thing I ever did. My most important program is QGIS (mapping software) and it crashed constantly with Windows. With Mint, never, not once. Every other app I use (all FOSS) runs much, much faster, and I don't have all that click-click-click nonsense with Windows. Workflow is efficient. And NO SPYWARE!
Looking back at my off and on over Linux experience over the past 24 years Linux has always been my favored cross the board and was previously hindered a long while back due to lack of game support up until proton become better at supporting games I play most minus one title I can never get to refer Vulcan on without it crashing.
OS wise it feels more like home for me and runs on all but my ROG Ally X… for now
Debian variants have been my most stable go-to while Fedora, and arch have been ok for on and off testing but never really set the mark for me for how I use my environment.
Kubuntu is my end all be all for a daily driver and continues to keep that trend going.
I worked with Windows all my work life and the antivirus programs have pissed me off tremendously. I use Linux Mint at home on my 3 computers since 2017 and I am very happy with it. There has been a learning curve but I did not mind. I keep a W7 version on a laptop for the few software packages that do not run on LM e.g. Income tax programs.
I would like to learn how to use Virtual machines on LM to run Windows when needed.
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Could you elaborate more about your experience with Cachy? I'm very surprised you had such a bad experience.
Regarding "should you plug in my Windows drive and update" - if you are on Windows 10 22H2 or any version of Windows 11 there is no such thing. Microsoft will automatically only send you the appropriate delta updates at a later date if you ever update at a later date.
I have only tinkered with Zorin off and on for a while..but Win11 is holding a xxx to my head. I have several PCs that are 10 years + ,some running XP, that suit my needs just fine thank you. I'm not prepared to replace working boxes. Going to make the push and give Zorin an honest shot..Wish me luck !
Switched from Win11 to Kubuntu since May of this year 2024. So far it has been great. Love the KDE Environment. My home labs are running Ubuntu/Debian. Raspberry Pi running Retropi. Steamdeck running Arch. Now my laptop running Kubuntu. Eyeballing my main desktop and htpc to linux in the next year?
5 PC's in my house. 3 linux mint 1 window 10 pro, 1 windows 11 pro ( wife's work pc) my game rig is windows 10 but when EOL comes, I'll force myself to game on linux and make that change. I use steam so I'm sure it will be fairly painless. The only thing keeping my wife on winblows is intuit quickbooks enterprise and some tax software title. We are getting close to being completely rid of microshaft.
Steam is revolutionary for Linux gaming.
If your a basic user, Linux Mint is your undiscovered friend. It's been mine since 2012.
Early in 2024, I loaded Windows 10 on another machine, as I acquired a geek tech bug and I'm not a fan. Windows is so in my face and demanding of ALL of my life for Microsoft's benefit. I will not tolerate the molestation! I've just been using it for certain video games.
I will be finding a Linux Distro (or enhancing Mint) that will fit my wants and needs list in that regard soon, as I learn things.
I switched to Mint ,Zorin and MX after having driver problems installing windows 11 again on my computers.I used windows to fool around with Unreal Engine but now I can do it with linux mint so bye windows.Honestly the last 10 years i tried all kind of linux distros but the latest ones convinced me.
Time shift has saved my bacon several times. Love it.
Oh ya!😁
Same here a few times, mainly because of stupid things I did.
Microsoft/Amazon/Apple won’t own Chrome, the Linux Foundation will buy Chrome and turn it into a local computer
Watching with popcorn
Source? I was not able to find anything
It is almost like we are AA group. I am without windows for almost year. Running on fedora currently and no problem.