@@bmsuperstar1 it converts directX api calls to vulkan. the only thing stopping all games from working is anticheat or developers refusing to enable compatibility with said anticheat
@@xcroatoanx9661 I see. And that's applicable to Linux. Well, I have a spare SSD lying about. I might just do a dual system thing. What version of Linux do you recommend?
yeah, I just wish it was illegal for a software to intentionally prevent a specific OS from utilizing it just because it might "make things harder for the devs" (looking at you Roblox)
@@mr.perfect6300 Basically every piece of hardware that comes with an app to manage it don't work. We still have to use stuff like OpenRGB to manage them.
I’m in college rn and studying Cybersecurity, so I needed to switch to Linux either way and I absolutely love it. I’m still learning it though and I barely use my Windows Laptop these days. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Started using it in my freshman year of highschool, downloaded Ubuntu 08.04. Immediately moved to something that used XFCE. Went back to Gnome after it stopped sucking as bad on Debian a few years ago, then finally moved to Arch a while back, and eventually started slowly moving to KDE after I realized it's pretty. Gentoo with no desktop interface is my next final step before I get a neuralink and dual boot my brain with Linux from Scratch 😎
Started using Fedora, definitely has more bugs than ubuntu and Windows but man, I love its ease of access so much that I am not changing it anytime soon. It's an underrated distro, deserves more support imo.
During my CS degree, we had a lab where we had to learn about linux and general stuff in it. The lab had crappy core 2 duos with hdd and 4gb rams. Windows was so slow it was hard to open vmware. But I kid you not, ubuntu ran smoother inside the vm than window on the whole system.
My default Win 11 everything telemetry pro is not, never and nor did I see any annoying ads. When I search for something like new motorcycle tires on Windows, ads follow me in Edge phone browser and got the best deal afterwards. A notification while working sometimes pops up on PC saying that I should use Adobe Reader as default app and play Solitaire which makes sense coz I need to take a break. By the way my funds are safe.
@@TCG-p9fMy default Win 11 everything telemetry pro is not, never and nor did I see any annoying ads. When I search for something like new motorcycle tires on Windows, ads follow me in Edge phone browser and got the best deal afterwards. A notification while working sometimes pops up on PC saying that I should use Adobe Reader as default app and play Solitaire which makes sense coz I need to take a break. By the way my funds are safe.
I don't think so. I've tried to use EndeavourOS yesterday and after updating some packs my grub decieded to eliminate himself and i've got a error "you need to load the kernel first" Besides that, downloading speed with archer t4u is complete shit, drivers doesn't help at all
For beginners, I’d suggest Linux Mint! It’s very well made and has an active community who uses it. It gets upgrades recently as well, so you do not have to worry about it being dry.
Linux mint is best Linux distro for beginners. Most of your work will be done by the GUI, no need to touch the terminal unless you are a developer or tech-enthusiast.
My old laptop with 4gb of ram, an HDD and a 2nd gen Intel Celeron 847 ran Lubuntu like a modern gaming PC ran windows 11. Used it to play Minecraft on high settings at 60fps stable. (On windows 10, I could barely get 20-40 fps on medium-low, besides the absurd 6 minutes waiting for it to boot.)
@@Irelandnokuro yeah fair enough... id suggest looking up tutorials to get it working with wine (windows to Linux translation layer) if you're willing to get your hands dirty (or it might just run fine straight away idk). or you can look at open source alternatives like krita which is what I personally use but it's understandable if you'd want to stick with csp
I just recently installed Linux Mint on an old laptop my wife bought back in 2014, and she hasn't used probably since 2017. I took it apart, swapped out the HDD with a 2.5" SSD, installed Linux, and I'm loving playing with it and learning how it works. Also, for anyone wondering, this laptop has an Intel Celeron dual-core two thread processor with a base speed of 1.60 GHz, and 4 GB of RAM. And Linux Mint runs like a lactose intolerant kid after a large milkshake.
Guys, you don't need two drives to dual boot. You can just partition your drive and install Linux on one partition and Windows on another one. Edit: thanks for the likes, and I want to precise some things. You should always install Windows BEFORE any Linux distribution, as it tends to overwrite other bootloaders. You should correctly partition your drive/s, so that every OS fits correctly. Don't panic if you mess up, unless Windows or some other OS contained important files. If you want to dual-boot and you don't have much experience, I would recommend installing everything together, Windows and then Linux. So that when you do that there are no important files on the OSes, in case you screw up. That way, you can just format everything and retry :)
You don't _need_ another drive, but for the uninitiated it's much easier to install to an entirely separate drive. The extra space is also nice if you actually want to install anything as you can't play games from NTFS drives (least not easily).
I downloaded Linux on my school computer. Don’t ask how. I got the BIOS password (through very legal methods) and downloaded Linux. Linux mint specifically, as that was the one my friend recommended.
I once used KDE Neon as my daily driver (on my office-issued laptop) for nearly one whole year. And next year, come October 2025, I'm switching over to KDE Neon on my personal laptops.
Been dual booting mint and windows recently for a good chunk of this year. Just recently switched to Arch and windows. Once I build my console sized gaming pc, I would mainly be using Linux as my main OS. Don’t regret switching.
I've been on and off Linux for quite a few years already (mainly using Mint and Pop OS), but I feel like this time, since March, feels more permanent as the efforts of Valve and the entire FOSS community made everything I need in a daily driver available.
It's been fun learning how code works even though I literally have no knowledge on coding. I went from mint to arch - Kde plasma in the span of 2 weeks because of my curiosity and how much fun I was having tinkering with my computer.
@@gustavo9758Arch isn't all that hard tho. The most painful process is installing it, but archinstall really made the whole experience easier. The hardest thing on arch -is my pp- is arch devs attitude towards community.
@@gustavo9758What's so impressive about installing arch? You just follow a 15 minute RUclips guide and you're ready to go. Manual disk partitioning in CLI might be scary and confusing for the first time tho.
@@gustavo9758 you call that impressive? I went straight to arch Linux. (based)(my first distro was endeavouros (used it for a month). Then I went on to install Vanilla arch. Now, I am a frequent distro hopper.)
I’m “training” for Linux now. I have an external SSD with mint on it and I’m gradually using it for more and more tasks. When I upgrade my laptop, it’ll probably be the other way around. Mint on my internal drive and windows on an external SSD to maintain compatibility with some stuff I need. And for those of you telling me to just dual boot, I don’t want to.
@@melomelo420 Im not sure if its in TOS, but if its a multiplayer competetive game, they have the right to specify and ban you if you decide to use sth else that they said is allowed.
@@KARLsWay try getting Linux Mint or Zorin OS if you are a beginner. It all depends on how your pc performs. Use lighter distros for poor performing PC's and normal distros for good pcs and average pcs
Had dual booting windows 10 and fedora 40. But apparently when windows and linux are installed on the same drive, windows deleting Grub (the dual boot menu) when it gets updated. So i was sitting there super angry and said fuck it, and deleted windows completely. I play mostly Civ v, AoE 2 and factorio, they run smoothly, gta v was a bit slow but that's might be because i have a 940mx lol.
Are those 5 games really that important? They treat all linux users like hackers and cheaters for no reason and want to dictate how your personal computer is configured.
I remember installing Linux (mint, dual boot) when I was 8~12 years old and I immediately fell in love with it, everything was so snappy, and the game I played the most (and still do lol), Minecraft, was available natively. Some things, however, were not possible with my knowledge at that time, and my dad ceirtainly did not like the change, so I had to go back. Now, in 2024, I have tried lots of distros, and I'm currently daily driving NixOS on multiple machines, and a lot of friends switched to Linux or are thinking of doing it. Happy new year of the Linux Desktop everyone.
No, Linux people don't do that. Instead, when you ask them what you should use, they'll reply with a copy pasted list of distros you shouldn't use. Thanks, I guess?
Ok here's 2 distros I have tested myself and recommend. Nobara Linux, built for gaming, feels similar to windows with more customisation don't need to use the terminal. Pop OS, REALLY GOOD if you have a laptop with an NVIDIA GPU it just supports switching GPUs out of the box. If you're not a gamer then pick one of these 3 at random and you'll be golden. Fedora, Debian or Ubuntu are good For gaming when you install steam (either through the software manager, steam website or through the terminal, I'll leave what to type at the bottom DW) go to steam settings, compatibility and check the box that's unchecked it'll make windows games run. For Pop OS/Debian/Ubuntu sudo apt install steam For Nobara/Fedora sudo dnf install steam
I'm using Mint for a few months now. Installing games sometimes reminds me of the old time where I had no money and installed games via jack sparrow's methods. WoW runs 100% and was installed through Steam.
there's old versions of photoshop that work on linux as well as davinci resolve for video editing on linux, also keep in mind gimp is another alternative along with krita instead of photoshop.
its not. epic games doesnt work properly. and games that rely on external launchers (like EA, ubisoft or reddead redemption / GTA rockstar) Only steam has decent support for linux
@@Elvyne POV PC is broken, teacher yells at you to do what is on board but you cant because PC is broke, you fix it and then you get punished because you shall not log in admin acc.
Fedora is also a great option. Its a great middle ground between Debian (the distro ubuntu is a fork of) and arch. With arch the packages are very up to date which is great but it also leads to lesser stability. Debian is known mainly for its stability which come at the cost of more up to date packages. Fedora is a great middle ground between the two because its updates are only a few months behind arch’s making it more stable, its also pretty user friendly if you can get used to the gnome desktop environment.
Same talk for the last 20 years. Plus quite a bit of lost Windows users are now using MacOS which is always conveniently forgotten in these lists. It's market share has increased quite a bit.
Given that last year linux was 2-3% of use in the usa, and windows ten years ago was over 90%. That's a big difference. Though linux does have a ways to go. But word of mouth is spreading, and with one of the last big hurdles, gaming, being tackled I expect linux to double those numbers within 5 years.
@@hitandruncommentorGamers are not the target of Linux. So it's more to do with working users and tech people growing in proportion. When Linux will be able to handle 100% of games, then maybe will people really swap out to it. Until then, it's the vegan food of PC.
@@jothainI bought an M1 Max MacBook last year with the intention of installing Linux on it. After a week of getting used to it Mac OS was so good that I decided to stick with it. Infinitely better than windows, nice package manager like Linux, and unlike Linux most commercial software supports it, except for games.
@@Tsusday I’m aware. Didn’t mean to imply gamers were the target. Still recent trend being only gamers, programmers and some artists types use desktops anymore. So gaming will be essential if Linux is to be anything more than a hobby for most. Not saying that’s a bad thing either, it’s basically become a hobby for me too.
Tip for the hesitant yet curious: many popular distros can be installed and booted from a DVD (if you still have a drive) or any other removable media (pendrives, external ssd, etc.) so you can try different Linux flavors without using your "permanent" hardware. Keep in mind that probably the system state is not saved between sessions. This also makes for very useful recovery OS.
@@rofi-nugraha Yeah, that's the point. I won't use an operating system that I have to waste my time researching shit just to make things work. Because I have a life
I broke my windows 7 laptop when i was a kid and my mom gave her previous work laptop which had linux on it, i only started learning how to actually use it like a year ago and I'm happy that I still have it like that.
It's great to see a Tech RUclipsr like ZTT talk about Linux and its increase market share, I hope you'll make a video on trying out a Linux distro like Pop_OS!, especially after the Cosmic Desktop environment will be implemented into the system, whether it's on a virtual machine or a computer, whether it's new or old.
I think the first step to feel safe when testing the waters is to backup everything that matters to you: photos, music, videos, documents, game saves, etc. Don't necessarily bother backing up things that you can just download again (like most modern software and games). That way you'll have a copy of anything you can't easily replace.
if you play games then please don't even consider switching. Linux has many hardware issues, like for ex. your wifi adapter may not work. But if you manage to solve all of them if you face any in the first place then the you'll notice not many games are there for linux and those which are there are not properly optimised. It's a mess. Linux is good for those who are tech nerds and engineers. For example I use ubuntu for backend servers and robotic operating system/ ROS2.
Im not sure you can "move" any programs or files if you switch. Linux uses a completely different filesystem that works completely different. Also, many programs and games are (unfortunately) incompatible with Linux, so you might have to search for alternatives. If you do switch, always save your most important data in either an external drive (a USB or something) or on the cloud. You can also have linux AND windows on your pc at once. Some distros like Ubuntu simply let you choose to do so that in the setup menu.
@@AviSanXthis is mostly wrong or outdated You can play like 95% of the games on steam thanks to proton, minecraft is also native on linux so this mostly leaves out games that aren't on steam like league or fortnite Hardware compatibility has improved a lot over the years, specially if you use AMD I am no computer nerd, I know nothing about programming and even I can thrive on linux, I haven't had any issues at all even tho I use an intel lenovo laptop that was definetly not designed with linux in mind
Once all games can run on Linux I'll be changing without a doubt. At this stage with anticheats games not being able to be played is the only thing keeping me on windows.
I started dual booting my old PC a couple years ago. The experience was so much enjoyable I actually started just daily driving Linux. A couple of months ago I had to boot the old Windows 10 partition and I was floored by how slow everything felt. I had forgotten how was like having to wait for a file manager to load. So yeah, Linux is awesome, specially if you're a little low on resources.
Me seeing the Linux market share rise in the graph got me like "eh". But seeing windows slowly decline put a huge smile on my face. p.s. I haven't tried pop_OS or Ubuntu, but I had a great experience with mint in the beginning, and now I use Arch..... btw
I’ve been using Pop OS. Looking forward to Cosmic once it fully releases. Linux is making huge progress but there are still a lot of barriers to getting the average user to make the switch. Unless developers embrace standardization we won’t be seeing a takeover of Linux any time soon.
@@downey2294 very few pc gamers care about Apple for their gaming needs. It's just not a consideration when building custom gaming pcs, which is what this channel is about. Linux on the other hand is free software that is taking away users from Microsoft Windows because you can develop for and game on Linux.
@@s-nooze i don't think Linux is on a lot of gamers their mind but i could be wrong. Proton is nice and all but it's not very reliable. reliable as in a game can be platinum on protondb today and implement EZ anti cheat tomorrow. Linux needs better marketing if it wants to be anywhere in the desktop space. Too many times people ask me "what kind of windows are you using?!... Linux? never heard of it" everyone that i know that even know about Linux are software engineers and a small percentage of that actually daily drive it. many things are also way more difficult on Linux. like setting up an IME for example. considering most people that want use an IME are also not very proficient in english (think arabic korean hindi bengali chinese japanese) reading the already very technical instructions is going to be near impossible. even if you have set up your IME perfectly. you need to know that not every application will behave while using an IME. with windows it is very simple and instructions are readily available in any language. this is just one specific thing but you can imagine this alone is a massive barrier for entry for a large part of the population.
@@downey2294 again, we are not competing for market share so why do we need marketing? You're thinking about this like Linux is a corporation, it's not. Despite billions of dollars spent by Microsoft and Apple competing with each other and preventing users from seeking alternatives, the users continue to do so. Gaming has been a huge reason for the Linux numbers going up. Proton was a massive development and now the Steam Deck, which has sold millions, also runs a version of Linux. Tons of people who never considered using it before are now using Linux for gaming at least part of the time. The number of desktop Linux users is still very small but it continues to tick up every year anyway. I do not care if you switch or not. I want you to be free to use whatever software works best for you and your computing needs. Linux already runs the back end of the entire internet and all the important computers in the world. It's not going anywhere. It's just icing on the cake if a few more people quit using Apple and Microsoft products as much. As for the rest of what you said, you're wrong about Proton it will run anything at this point. Anti cheat is a separate issue yes there are a handful of games that do not run. That is a choice by their developers to exclude non-Windows users not the fault of Linux. It is possible for EZ anti cheat to work on Linux case in point Elden Ring. 99.9% of pc games ever made do not have that type of EZ anti cheat there are literally millions of other games to play. People who absolutely cannot live without Destiny 2 or whatever can still dual boot and use Windows, or just feel free to not use Linux. Again it isn't imperative that we capture every user and make them exclusively use Linux.
@@PeterFeederHQ Anything That Does Not Need Kernel Level Access, Like Anti-Cheat Sh*t, Will Work Fine. But Not Anything That Needs Kernel Level Access. Like Games With Highly Invasive Anti-Cheat Mechanisms.
@@atikattar1104 except genshin impact & zenless zone zero. mihoyo allowed to run with wine/proton unofficially without any modifications to game files and wine/proton config
I adore Linux. My favorite distro is Nobara linux. I would completely move to Linux if I didn't need Microsoft Office and I also bought Forza Horizon 5 and The Ori Collection from the Microsoft Store, because these games are cheaper there. All of my other games run well on Linux.
if you're planning to switch to linux, I recommend buying more games via steam, because it has proton built in and it is easier to make games work there, particularly for noobs
I'm tempted to do the switch as well, but see so little info about how Linux actually works that I'm still on the fence about it. Going full AMD with a 7800X3D and a 7800XT
@@Elvyne dual boot. Install Linux on a separate partition and daily drive that for a while. See if you enjoy it (you will). Feel free to experiment and all that.
I hope this trend booms and allows devs to have a linux version of their software. I use windows. I am always thinking of using linux and the only thing holdinh me back is I know a lot of games and utility softwares have no linux version. After using steam deck, I thought the day might come I’ll switch
Same. I’ve tried linux and it was really annoying to set stuff up and install stuff, constant errors in the command line and constant issues. Windows is straight forward and theres a reason its most popular
Windows is far from perfect, but at least when you run into an issue, it’s heavily documented. On Linux, you’re digging through 14 year old forum posts to troubleshoot where a lot of the info is now out of date.
I installed Ubuntu last week to try it out, and realized that it is absolutely better than windows. I just keep windows for stuff I can't do on Linux, which I hope the community eventually fixes
There's nothing wrong with it. Stop the Ubuntu hate. Ubuntu is the most popular Linux operating system. It has the largest community,great software compatibility and excellent hardware support. Even many laptops come with Ubuntu pre-installed.
How much of a newbie are you with computers? Have you, for example, ever installed Windows on your machine before? (It's not that different from doing that)
I have a 500 gig samsung ssd in my actual build rn, (with my 1050 Ti ofc) i’m going to put it into my 4080 super noctua i9 14 gen build in a couple of weeks and use it for linux
Linux is still extremely uncommon don't get it twisted but I find it odd you don't know anyone that has tried Linux for work if you're a dev, if you're not, well yeah@@ablanuza76
Pros of Linux: much better, especially for older hardware Looks good Almost no bloatware Fully customizable Free Steam is well integrated and is possible to run any game, but some titles will drop some performance Learns you a lot of things, like how pcs work Cons: Can’t run Fortnite, bc of epic games being &@£##% so raise your voices
So basically if I don't give two shits about Fort...nite, I'll remain polite. There's nothing keeping me on Windows? Sweet Shame I had Control on my Epic account but I didn't pay for it anyway so it doesn't matter much
I was a windows die-hard, but I wanted to compile a program that used linux syntax, so I used WSL but it was using too much network (it was actually some snapd package) & then installed linux just to compile it, and eventually ended up using it as my main system. Also Minecraft 1.20 was giving me 15fps (mesa) on windows, but 70fps on linux, so that's another reason.
The biggest disadvantage of using a Linux distro is not being able to run Adobe apps. Yes, there are alternatives, but many people are used to Adobe products. You would see at least 10% increase of Linux usage in the next year, if you could install Adobe apps without emulators.
I've used linux for quite a while now as my daily driver and I've been loving it ever since. Of course you will run into several hiccups as you're not used to this kind of system and things will seem weird at first but you get used to it quickly. I'm forced to use windows at my work though which only reinforces me in how much out of the way Linux is and how much better my computer experience has been since I've switched.
Wow, i just realized that I've been using Linux for 20 years now! I started with Ubuntu, since thats what my high school friends who introduced me were using, and spent weeks trying to get a working MythTV setup. My college essay about installing Ubuntu was what got me into college and now a software engineer, and it all dates back to trying to hack an old Pentium II to serve as a DVR.
I'm a musician and a budding programmer, so I'll probably end up using a Linux distro for my programming needs and general computing and my MacBook for music. This is because there isn't a lot of Linux support for music software. However, I use Reaper as my DAW, and Reaper does have official Linux support, so I might be able to get my hardware and my most essential plugins working with Reaper on Linux. But if compatibility becomes an issue, then I would rather use a MacBook than a Windows machine. macOS is very pleasant to use, and the battery life and light weight of the MacBook makes it very portable, so I wouldn't mind using it for music.
Glad to see you talk about it Zach, I've tried some distros before and I'd honestly switch over even on my main PC mostly because all I play is single-player games or multiplayer games that all run fine, though the reason maybe that I haven't switched is I'm not sure how my 1060 will do in Linux.
i would recommend mint over ubuntu for a few reasons 1. enforcing snap packages in a very hostile way that new users dont know about 2. the cinnamon desktop is morr welcoming and mint in general has more graphical tools
Which Linux distros have you tried?
Mint and Zorin! So good.
Nothing
Vanila os, lubuntu, arch, arch32, ubuntu, debian, batocera, mint, kali, blackarch, parrot os, pop os, open media vault, ubuntu server, fedora, nix os, kubuntu, xubuntu, slax, slackware, majaro
Edit: i also forgot open suse, suse, redhat, cent os, tiny core linux, tails, endavour os
Mint and I'm going to try Kubuntu
Ubuntu and a bit lubuntu crashed bc I run out of storage installing it
Linux users try not to say "I use Linux challenge" (impossible)
I use arch btw
Nah you can only use Linux when you Studied Computer Science(i use Kali Linux, Ubuntu, Raspbian OS, Mint Linux)
I use Gentoo BTW
This is legit getting annoying to see everywhere I go about a video on Linux. No one really cares how you use a computer if you’re happy with it.
@@D3a7Hm1N3 So what?
I posted my OS before I read this. Now I feel bad
The Steam Deck has also helped because it led to Steam investing in developing Proton which made gaming on Linux so much easier
What is that proton you speak of?
@@bmsuperstar1 it converts directX api calls to vulkan. the only thing stopping all games from working is anticheat or developers refusing to enable compatibility with said anticheat
@@bmsuperstar1A translation layer, which translates DirectX to Vulkan (the same with the sound) So no emulation
@@xcroatoanx9661 I see. And that's applicable to Linux.
Well, I have a spare SSD lying about. I might just do a dual system thing.
What version of Linux do you recommend?
@@bmsuperstar1can't go wrong with pop os
Steam Deck was a blessing for the Linux community in terms of gaming, Proton advanced gaming for linux 10+ years.
The great thing is that the more people use Linux, the more companies like Adobe and anticheat companies will be forced to support it.
Please list some important companies that don't support linux
yeah, I just wish it was illegal for a software to intentionally prevent a specific OS from utilizing it just because it might "make things harder for the devs" (looking at you Roblox)
@@mr.perfect6300 Basically every piece of hardware that comes with an app to manage it don't work. We still have to use stuff like OpenRGB to manage them.
Still sucks that Microsoft office don't support linux until now
Any company that uses a major anticheat system. Esp epic bc sweeny has some antiquated views on linux @mr.perfect6300
Started using it in college. Been a Linux user for 17 years at this point
I’m in college rn and studying Cybersecurity, so I needed to switch to Linux either way and I absolutely love it. I’m still learning it though and I barely use my Windows Laptop these days. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Started using it in my freshman year of highschool, downloaded Ubuntu 08.04. Immediately moved to something that used XFCE. Went back to Gnome after it stopped sucking as bad on Debian a few years ago, then finally moved to Arch a while back, and eventually started slowly moving to KDE after I realized it's pretty. Gentoo with no desktop interface is my next final step before I get a neuralink and dual boot my brain with Linux from Scratch 😎
Started using Fedora, definitely has more bugs than ubuntu and Windows but man, I love its ease of access so much that I am not changing it anytime soon. It's an underrated distro, deserves more support imo.
?@@WReCk3000😂
During my CS degree, we had a lab where we had to learn about linux and general stuff in it. The lab had crappy core 2 duos with hdd and 4gb rams. Windows was so slow it was hard to open vmware. But I kid you not, ubuntu ran smoother inside the vm than window on the whole system.
People don't need new computers. They need Linux.
"less annoying" pretty much nails it
My default Win 11 everything telemetry pro is not, never and nor did I see any annoying ads. When I search for something like new motorcycle tires on Windows, ads follow me in Edge phone browser and got the best deal afterwards. A notification while working sometimes pops up on PC saying that I should use Adobe Reader as default app and play Solitaire which makes sense coz I need to take a break. By the way my funds are safe.
Absoluty
@@TCG-p9fMy default Win 11 everything telemetry pro is not, never and nor did I see any annoying ads. When I search for something like new motorcycle tires on Windows, ads follow me in Edge phone browser and got the best deal afterwards. A notification while working sometimes pops up on PC saying that I should use Adobe Reader as default app and play Solitaire which makes sense coz I need to take a break. By the way my funds are safe.
real, linux is def annoying but a lot less annoying than windows
I don't think so. I've tried to use EndeavourOS yesterday and after updating some packs my grub decieded to eliminate himself and i've got a error "you need to load the kernel first"
Besides that, downloading speed with archer t4u is complete shit, drivers doesn't help at all
For beginners, I’d suggest Linux Mint! It’s very well made and has an active community who uses it. It gets upgrades recently as well, so you do not have to worry about it being dry.
Totally. And it's super reliable. I love Mint
Linux mint is best Linux distro for beginners. Most of your work will be done by the GUI, no need to touch the terminal unless you are a developer or tech-enthusiast.
They're better off on Ubuntu
The Mint community also tends to be a lot more friendly to Linux beginners, unlike many of the other distro communities.
@@UbuntuPersonNoMint both are very safe bets tbh
Lubuntu, a lighter "version" of Ubuntu, actually runs amazingly well on older systems with limited resources
lubuntu is unstable in my opinion, get xubuntu
the name actually stands for ightweight ubuntu
My old laptop with 4gb of ram, an HDD and a 2nd gen Intel Celeron 847 ran Lubuntu like a modern gaming PC ran windows 11. Used it to play Minecraft on high settings at 60fps stable. (On windows 10, I could barely get 20-40 fps on medium-low, besides the absurd 6 minutes waiting for it to boot.)
I just use debian, a lot of the support for Ubuntu trickles back down and I can run it on my Risc-v devices.
I did use stock debian on an old Celeron M machine
Been thinking about going Linux as well. Microsoft is so anti-consumer it's infuriating.
never knew ubuntu had w11 taskbar. thanks zach!
just go with zorin or mint.
Anti-consumer is too light of a word, we need to invent a new word that describes their practices
@@megabytesofremI'll leave a comment to be notified if someone did.
@@megabytesofrem What's bad about windows?
I use Linux (of course I use amd) and it has really gotten good with proton and wine translation layers! Everyone should try it out!
The only thing keeping me from daily driving linux is clip studio paint
Linux is great until you get an error that literally can only be answered with "It works as intended for me" by other linux users
@@Irelandnokurowhy not use gimp it’s free and maybe a solution
@@Irelandnokuro yeah fair enough... id suggest looking up tutorials to get it working with wine (windows to Linux translation layer) if you're willing to get your hands dirty (or it might just run fine straight away idk). or you can look at open source alternatives like krita which is what I personally use but it's understandable if you'd want to stick with csp
How's the gaming compatibility in 2024?Is it finaly compatible with more games than before?
I just recently installed Linux Mint on an old laptop my wife bought back in 2014, and she hasn't used probably since 2017. I took it apart, swapped out the HDD with a 2.5" SSD, installed Linux, and I'm loving playing with it and learning how it works. Also, for anyone wondering, this laptop has an Intel Celeron dual-core two thread processor with a base speed of 1.60 GHz, and 4 GB of RAM. And Linux Mint runs like a lactose intolerant kid after a large milkshake.
Guys, you don't need two drives to dual boot. You can just partition your drive and install Linux on one partition and Windows on another one.
Edit: thanks for the likes, and I want to precise some things.
You should always install Windows BEFORE any Linux distribution, as it tends to overwrite other bootloaders.
You should correctly partition your drive/s, so that every OS fits correctly.
Don't panic if you mess up, unless Windows or some other OS contained important files. If you want to dual-boot and you don't have much experience, I would recommend installing everything together, Windows and then Linux. So that when you do that there are no important files on the OSes, in case you screw up. That way, you can just format everything and retry :)
You don't _need_ another drive, but for the uninitiated it's much easier to install to an entirely separate drive.
The extra space is also nice if you actually want to install anything as you can't play games from NTFS drives (least not easily).
Completely seperate drive is much less rage inducing. Speaking from experience.
Yea but think about how many people have absolutely no space on their drive left or how many people would mess up shrinking partitions and using fdisk
@@CorneliusCornbread What do you mean that it is hard to play games on NTFS formatted partitions?
Nobody said you NEED two drives you doughnut
Switch to Linux and AMD yesterday. Ordered a 7800XT and downloaded Fedora.
Great choice of hardware and distro
Fedora is a solid distro
Ryzen 4070 is better
@@adithyagaming1989 Of course it's better value, but I don"t need absolute best performance.
Based distro
Bill became greedier
Linux became better
Truth spoken friend
Things were great with Bill. Not so much these days
Linux was the main os at my elementary school like all the computers were running on Linux
That's great where was that?
@@s-noozewhy would he tell you?
@@s-nooze 🤨
@@s-noozeprobably Switzerland, they mostly use open source software there
@@axethepenguin I meant the country relax
I downloaded Linux on my school computer. Don’t ask how. I got the BIOS password (through very legal methods) and downloaded Linux. Linux mint specifically, as that was the one my friend recommended.
I must know how
someone at my school got in trouble for installing Linux on one of the school machines 😭🙏
I did the same 😭
@@MechinsamLMAO how 😭
my school doesnt even have passwords on the bios
I once used KDE Neon as my daily driver (on my office-issued laptop) for nearly one whole year. And next year, come October 2025, I'm switching over to KDE Neon on my personal laptops.
Been dual booting mint and windows recently for a good chunk of this year. Just recently switched to Arch and windows. Once I build my console sized gaming pc, I would mainly be using Linux as my main OS. Don’t regret switching.
I've been on and off Linux for quite a few years already (mainly using Mint and Pop OS), but I feel like this time, since March, feels more permanent as the efforts of Valve and the entire FOSS community made everything I need in a daily driver available.
It's been fun learning how code works even though I literally have no knowledge on coding. I went from mint to arch - Kde plasma in the span of 2 weeks because of my curiosity and how much fun I was having tinkering with my computer.
You are new to Linux and yet managed to go from Mint ALL the way to Arch? That's impressive.
@@gustavo9758Arch isn't all that hard tho. The most painful process is installing it, but archinstall really made the whole experience easier. The hardest thing on arch -is my pp- is arch devs attitude towards community.
Btw, cool avatar
@@gustavo9758What's so impressive about installing arch? You just follow a 15 minute RUclips guide and you're ready to go. Manual disk partitioning in CLI might be scary and confusing for the first time tho.
@@gustavo9758 you call that impressive? I went straight to arch Linux. (based)(my first distro was endeavouros (used it for a month). Then I went on to install Vanilla arch. Now, I am a frequent distro hopper.)
I’m “training” for Linux now. I have an external SSD with mint on it and I’m gradually using it for more and more tasks. When I upgrade my laptop, it’ll probably be the other way around. Mint on my internal drive and windows on an external SSD to maintain compatibility with some stuff I need. And for those of you telling me to just dual boot, I don’t want to.
That's what dual booting is...
@@slaphappy6362 to clarify I meant I didn’t want to partition one drive to have both OS
based tbh
@@matthew78917Having separate drives is generally better, you don't need to have a single drive
there is no need for a second drive, you can just partition it
>Steadily increasing
Dude. That's a straight horizontal line
Although slowly, it is slowly increasing in market share.
In this moment I am playing all of my games on linux, even if it means breaking their TOS
Tos cant decide which system you'll have to use their software?
@@melomelo420 Im not sure if its in TOS, but if its a multiplayer competetive game, they have the right to specify and ban you if you decide to use sth else that they said is allowed.
i switched all my computers to linux, even gaming computers
what distro?
@@fortznite8150 Linux Mint, Ubuntu, and Debian
@@fortznite8150Hannah Montana linux
@@fortznite8150Hannah Montana Linux
Do you use still use STEAM? If so, how is the gaming experience on Linux?
I left windows and trust me...
ITS THE BEST DECISION I HAVE EVER MADE!!!!!
Me too 🙏🤩
so are you using linux or macos?
@@robloxian131 Linux. I use Parrot OS
Dude I'm moving to Linux, tired of all bloat ware of Windows since 2008
@@KARLsWay try getting Linux Mint or Zorin OS if you are a beginner.
It all depends on how your pc performs. Use lighter distros for poor performing PC's and normal distros for good pcs and average pcs
When Win10 ends its life I'm switching to Linux, I'm done with Windows, only going to keep a small drive of it for 5 games that have Anti-cheat
Had dual booting windows 10 and fedora 40.
But apparently when windows and linux are installed on the same drive, windows deleting Grub (the dual boot menu) when it gets updated.
So i was sitting there super angry and said fuck it, and deleted windows completely.
I play mostly Civ v, AoE 2 and factorio, they run smoothly, gta v was a bit slow but that's might be because i have a 940mx lol.
@@lior3300 last windows update made it impossible to dual boot with linux. On purpose. They really want you to use W11
LTSC. MAS. 🤫
Are those 5 games really that important? They treat all linux users like hackers and cheaters for no reason and want to dictate how your personal computer is configured.
@@s-nooze this
I remember installing Linux (mint, dual boot) when I was 8~12 years old and I immediately fell in love with it, everything was so snappy, and the game I played the most (and still do lol), Minecraft, was available natively. Some things, however, were not possible with my knowledge at that time, and my dad ceirtainly did not like the change, so I had to go back. Now, in 2024, I have tried lots of distros, and I'm currently daily driving NixOS on multiple machines, and a lot of friends switched to Linux or are thinking of doing it. Happy new year of the Linux Desktop everyone.
The one problem with switching to Linux is not two people can agree on what distro to use
No, Linux people don't do that.
Instead, when you ask them what you should use, they'll reply with a copy pasted list of distros you shouldn't use. Thanks, I guess?
Ok here's 2 distros I have tested myself and recommend.
Nobara Linux, built for gaming, feels similar to windows with more customisation don't need to use the terminal.
Pop OS, REALLY GOOD if you have a laptop with an NVIDIA GPU it just supports switching GPUs out of the box.
If you're not a gamer then pick one of these 3 at random and you'll be golden. Fedora, Debian or Ubuntu are good
For gaming when you install steam (either through the software manager, steam website or through the terminal, I'll leave what to type at the bottom DW) go to steam settings, compatibility and check the box that's unchecked it'll make windows games run.
For Pop OS/Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt install steam
For Nobara/Fedora
sudo dnf install steam
You just pick any popular one and stick to it.
I'm using Mint for a few months now. Installing games sometimes reminds me of the old time where I had no money and installed games via jack sparrow's methods. WoW runs 100% and was installed through Steam.
ryzen 4070 + Linux 😍
lol...
Goated
This joke was funny for the first day. Grow up.
@@Stepher45 This joke will be funny, even on our last day.
@@Stepher45 still is
Did You Know In Kerala India Govt school and hospital use Linux Ubuntu. We use a modified school version for our education
the one nerd about to say, "I use arch btw 🤓"
I use...
Pop os,i have a life(for now,atleast)
I use NixOS btw
i use gentoo btw
@@ThePr0_0149 i use lfs
I use Debian Testing btw
Man I wish I could switch to Linux, but my job depends on Photoshop and Vegas Pro which inconveniently lack Linux support.
I know it's not the same as Linux but macs are better than windows too.
use wine (if you can)
@@lior3300
היי מקורה? 🙂
@@last.r3sortWine won't cut it for those applications
there's old versions of photoshop that work on linux as well as davinci resolve for video editing on linux, also keep in mind gimp is another alternative along with krita instead of photoshop.
If Windows pushing the screen snapshot thingy, Im switching to Linux 100%
Linux is massively underrated.
It is so efficient and is compatible with most windows programs invluding games.
its not. epic games doesnt work properly. and games that rely on external launchers (like EA, ubisoft or reddead redemption / GTA rockstar)
Only steam has decent support for linux
@@PCs454you can also use heroic game launcher.
@@PCs454 still, steam has the most games of them all.
@@PCs454just letting you know that Heroic games launcher exists
@@Sezamn fortnight.
Big part of windows are schools, for some reason teachers are aganist Linux and prefer windows everywhere.
Anything they don't understand is always flagged as "bad, vicious and vile, blablabla"
Been the very same in my high school back in the day.
@@Elvyne POV PC is broken, teacher yells at you to do what is on board but you cant because PC is broke, you fix it and then you get punished because you shall not log in admin acc.
@@Elvynewho the hell wants these complicated manual software or operating systems in 2024
I think the schools really like the Microsoft Enterprise deals, so it really entices them to keep using their products.
I study software development and my teachers hate Windows 11.
Fedora is also a great option. Its a great middle ground between Debian (the distro ubuntu is a fork of) and arch. With arch the packages are very up to date which is great but it also leads to lesser stability. Debian is known mainly for its stability which come at the cost of more up to date packages. Fedora is a great middle ground between the two because its updates are only a few months behind arch’s making it more stable, its also pretty user friendly if you can get used to the gnome desktop environment.
Hey that's me I'm using Linux Mint and I recommend it to new Windows users, Pop OS if you have a Nvidia GPU
Pop os really doesn't has any advantage for Nvidia users accept that it has a version that comes with drivers which you can easily install by yourself
Linux users: less than 10%
Windows users: still above 70%
*"Everyone" is changing to Linux* 😑🙄
Same talk for the last 20 years. Plus quite a bit of lost Windows users are now using MacOS which is always conveniently forgotten in these lists. It's market share has increased quite a bit.
Given that last year linux was 2-3% of use in the usa, and windows ten years ago was over 90%. That's a big difference. Though linux does have a ways to go. But word of mouth is spreading, and with one of the last big hurdles, gaming, being tackled I expect linux to double those numbers within 5 years.
@@hitandruncommentorGamers are not the target of Linux. So it's more to do with working users and tech people growing in proportion.
When Linux will be able to handle 100% of games, then maybe will people really swap out to it. Until then, it's the vegan food of PC.
@@jothainI bought an M1 Max MacBook last year with the intention of installing Linux on it. After a week of getting used to it Mac OS was so good that I decided to stick with it. Infinitely better than windows, nice package manager like Linux, and unlike Linux most commercial software supports it, except for games.
@@Tsusday I’m aware. Didn’t mean to imply gamers were the target. Still recent trend being only gamers, programmers and some artists types use desktops anymore. So gaming will be essential if Linux is to be anything more than a hobby for most. Not saying that’s a bad thing either, it’s basically become a hobby for me too.
Tip for the hesitant yet curious: many popular distros can be installed and booted from a DVD (if you still have a drive) or any other removable media (pendrives, external ssd, etc.) so you can try different Linux flavors without using your "permanent" hardware. Keep in mind that probably the system state is not saved between sessions. This also makes for very useful recovery OS.
Nah, my experience with Linux is basically just Troubleshooting Hell
How long ago and what distro?
Skill issue
@@rofi-nugraha Yeah, that's the point. I won't use an operating system that I have to waste my time researching shit just to make things work.
Because I have a life
@@UltraCenterHQ what distro are you using as they're all not even that bad unless it's LFS afaik
yeah no shit u r gonna go tru troubleshoot hell if you dont know how to even handle a distro, you cant go straight to gentoo
Thousands of Win10 users are miffed that their perfectly good computer will soon be unsupported. Meanwhile, Linux still works on ANYTHING.
Linux dropped support of 486 in around 2022
486! A CPU nearly as old as Sega Genesis
I broke my windows 7 laptop when i was a kid and my mom gave her previous work laptop which had linux on it, i only started learning how to actually use it like a year ago and I'm happy that I still have it like that.
Can you make a video so my parents let me use my pc (that I bought by myself) in the summer?
Poor guy got robbed.
Sue them.
This is fucked up, good luck dude
It is normal BUT WHY AT THE SUMMER? YOU HAVE NOTHING TO STUDY IN THE SUMMER
@@blr9198 thanks
@@NP_Com ikr
Fedora 41 is best operating System than Windows 11❤😮I love to Linux
If you're coming from Windows, start with Mint.
It's great to see a Tech RUclipsr like ZTT talk about Linux and its increase market share, I hope you'll make a video on trying out a Linux distro like Pop_OS!, especially after the Cosmic Desktop environment will be implemented into the system, whether it's on a virtual machine or a computer, whether it's new or old.
cosmic desktop looks sick as fuck I’m so pumped for it
@@zetho.270ill try pop os, using ubuntu because easy for my family
Bro just suggested regular Ubuntu. 💀
Hey. I am using mint right now and I was trying to see if Ubuntu was somehow better. Seems like it's mostly not that popular right now.
XFCE>GNOME
@@charlesmartin1972 Yes, XFCE is definitely better.
GNOME sucks, KDE XFCE is more easy to use
@@TommyChristianD_ KDE is buggy.
Me who installed Mint yesterday is making me feel proud of myself for making that decision
I simply don't know how to switch, including all my games and apps being moved or whatever else needs done. I'd be too worried about losing everything
back your stuff up to another drive
I think the first step to feel safe when testing the waters is to backup everything that matters to you: photos, music, videos, documents, game saves, etc. Don't necessarily bother backing up things that you can just download again (like most modern software and games). That way you'll have a copy of anything you can't easily replace.
if you play games then please don't even consider switching. Linux has many hardware issues, like for ex. your wifi adapter may not work. But if you manage to solve all of them if you face any in the first place then the you'll notice not many games are there for linux and those which are there are not properly optimised. It's a mess. Linux is good for those who are tech nerds and engineers. For example I use ubuntu for backend servers and robotic operating system/ ROS2.
Im not sure you can "move" any programs or files if you switch. Linux uses a completely different filesystem that works completely different. Also, many programs and games are (unfortunately) incompatible with Linux, so you might have to search for alternatives. If you do switch, always save your most important data in either an external drive (a USB or something) or on the cloud. You can also have linux AND windows on your pc at once. Some distros like Ubuntu simply let you choose to do so that in the setup menu.
@@AviSanXthis is mostly wrong or outdated
You can play like 95% of the games on steam thanks to proton, minecraft is also native on linux so this mostly leaves out games that aren't on steam like league or fortnite
Hardware compatibility has improved a lot over the years, specially if you use AMD
I am no computer nerd, I know nothing about programming and even I can thrive on linux, I haven't had any issues at all even tho I use an intel lenovo laptop that was definetly not designed with linux in mind
Once all games can run on Linux I'll be changing without a doubt.
At this stage with anticheats games not being able to be played is the only thing keeping me on windows.
Battleye,easyanticheat and i think another one are supported by proton
So fall guys works,i guess
This is not a problem if you don't consume modern multiplayer slop.
you can just dualboot!!!
it's sooooo easy
just select install alongside windows on the setup
@@ThePr0_0149if the devs enable it for Linux else nope not working
Imagine getting curious and you open the console you bought from this man only to find skibidy toilet
I started dual booting my old PC a couple years ago. The experience was so much enjoyable I actually started just daily driving Linux. A couple of months ago I had to boot the old Windows 10 partition and I was floored by how slow everything felt. I had forgotten how was like having to wait for a file manager to load.
So yeah, Linux is awesome, specially if you're a little low on resources.
This is true. Linux is way better on my low end laptop.
I shifted to Linux Mint a few weeks ago. I am enjoying it.
Me seeing the Linux market share rise in the graph got me like "eh". But seeing windows slowly decline put a huge smile on my face.
p.s. I haven't tried pop_OS or Ubuntu, but I had a great experience with mint in the beginning, and now I use Arch.....
btw
I’ve been using Pop OS. Looking forward to Cosmic once it fully releases. Linux is making huge progress but there are still a lot of barriers to getting the average user to make the switch. Unless developers embrace standardization we won’t be seeing a takeover of Linux any time soon.
This just came out and it's in my feed already? Cool
I’ve got a debloated win 11 pro from a friend. He does this quiet professional and a fresh win install runs about 65 threads. Pretty neat
conveniently hides the chart with mac OS market share.
but yea Linux is getting more users and that's cool.
All it means is that people are desperate for Windows alternatives. Linux desktop use grows without need for profit or capital.
@@s-nooze i don't know about that. people buy apple products for status mostly. windows is just not a brand associated with that premium vernier.
@@downey2294 very few pc gamers care about Apple for their gaming needs. It's just not a consideration when building custom gaming pcs, which is what this channel is about. Linux on the other hand is free software that is taking away users from Microsoft Windows because you can develop for and game on Linux.
@@s-nooze i don't think Linux is on a lot of gamers their mind but i could be wrong.
Proton is nice and all but it's not very reliable. reliable as in a game can be platinum on protondb today and implement EZ anti cheat tomorrow.
Linux needs better marketing if it wants to be anywhere in the desktop space. Too many times people ask me "what kind of windows are you using?!... Linux? never heard of it"
everyone that i know that even know about Linux are software engineers and a small percentage of that actually daily drive it.
many things are also way more difficult on Linux. like setting up an IME for example. considering most people that want use an IME are also not very proficient in english (think arabic korean hindi bengali chinese japanese) reading the already very technical instructions is going to be near impossible. even if you have set up your IME perfectly. you need to know that not every application will behave while using an IME. with windows it is very simple and instructions are readily available in any language.
this is just one specific thing but you can imagine this alone is a massive barrier for entry for a large part of the population.
@@downey2294 again, we are not competing for market share so why do we need marketing? You're thinking about this like Linux is a corporation, it's not. Despite billions of dollars spent by Microsoft and Apple competing with each other and preventing users from seeking alternatives, the users continue to do so. Gaming has been a huge reason for the Linux numbers going up. Proton was a massive development and now the Steam Deck, which has sold millions, also runs a version of Linux. Tons of people who never considered using it before are now using Linux for gaming at least part of the time. The number of desktop Linux users is still very small but it continues to tick up every year anyway.
I do not care if you switch or not. I want you to be free to use whatever software works best for you and your computing needs. Linux already runs the back end of the entire internet and all the important computers in the world. It's not going anywhere. It's just icing on the cake if a few more people quit using Apple and Microsoft products as much. As for the rest of what you said, you're wrong about Proton it will run anything at this point. Anti cheat is a separate issue yes there are a handful of games that do not run. That is a choice by their developers to exclude non-Windows users not the fault of Linux. It is possible for EZ anti cheat to work on Linux case in point Elden Ring. 99.9% of pc games ever made do not have that type of EZ anti cheat there are literally millions of other games to play. People who absolutely cannot live without Destiny 2 or whatever can still dual boot and use Windows, or just feel free to not use Linux. Again it isn't imperative that we capture every user and make them exclusively use Linux.
And the bootup doesn't take years ...
Will all my games still work on Linux?
@@PeterFeederHQ if its a game with anti cheats then forget about it
@@PeterFeederHQno
@@PeterFeederHQ Anything That Does Not Need Kernel Level Access, Like Anti-Cheat Sh*t, Will Work Fine.
But Not Anything That Needs Kernel Level Access. Like Games With Highly Invasive Anti-Cheat Mechanisms.
@@atikattar1104 except genshin impact & zenless zone zero. mihoyo allowed to run with wine/proton unofficially without any modifications to game files and wine/proton config
I've been a linux user for the past 120 years. I recommend it to everyone.
I adore Linux. My favorite distro is Nobara linux. I would completely move to Linux if I didn't need Microsoft Office and I also bought Forza Horizon 5 and The Ori Collection from the Microsoft Store, because these games are cheaper there. All of my other games run well on Linux.
if you're planning to switch to linux, I recommend buying more games via steam, because it has proton built in and it is easier to make games work there, particularly for noobs
Ms office srs?
Bro there are so many alternatives to that
I recommend endeavouros, because it's based on arch and it means that there is pacman and aur packages
@@ThePr0_0149 My sister needs it for school.
@@emanueldumea8217 and?
There are still alternatives
I'm in the planning stage of my first build since highschool and I'm definitely not going to be using Windows as my primary OS
This is amazing. What distribution of Linux are you planning on using and or what operating system?
@@mrstargateI Recommend buying AMD gpu and cpu to avoid Driver hell in Linux .
@@personalperson2902 that's the way I'm leaning plus more fps for my dollar anyways
I'm tempted to do the switch as well, but see so little info about how Linux actually works that I'm still on the fence about it. Going full AMD with a 7800X3D and a 7800XT
@@Elvyne dual boot. Install Linux on a separate partition and daily drive that for a while. See if you enjoy it (you will). Feel free to experiment and all that.
I hope this trend booms and allows devs to have a linux version of their software.
I use windows. I am always thinking of using linux and the only thing holdinh me back is I know a lot of games and utility softwares have no linux version.
After using steam deck, I thought the day might come I’ll switch
I'll be using windows my life tbh
crazy troll (unless u're 60+)
Same, I'm not switching from Windows either
Same. I’ve tried linux and it was really annoying to set stuff up and install stuff, constant errors in the command line and constant issues. Windows is straight forward and theres a reason its most popular
Windows is far from perfect, but at least when you run into an issue, it’s heavily documented. On Linux, you’re digging through 14 year old forum posts to troubleshoot where a lot of the info is now out of date.
@@Stuke51 I'm still into windows for my life, it works for me and that's it.
My dad, who's in his 60s, can't stand using windows so I gave him a go with Linux mint and he loves it 😂
Cant wait! I sure do hope i dont brick my system trying to reinstall my audio drivers
"Less annoying"
Meanwhile me feeling like a hacker only downloading a simple file
Depends on what you are doing lol
Browsers are mostly preinstalled, Software-Stores exists
Download a file through browser normally
Download a file through wget to feel like a hacker
"Everyone is switching to Linux"
... Good luck getting past the "something has gone seriously wrong" error screen
I installed Ubuntu last week to try it out, and realized that it is absolutely better than windows. I just keep windows for stuff I can't do on Linux, which I hope the community eventually fixes
Did he just recommend ubuntu...?
Ubuntu is a great distro to start with.
Gnome is easy to use (since it's so restricted) and most people don't care about telemetry
yes he indeed did
@@lior3300not ubuntu gnome, I used ubuntu for years, horrible experience
@@lior3300ubuntu has telemetry ? Lol
There's nothing wrong with it.
Stop the Ubuntu hate.
Ubuntu is the most popular Linux operating system.
It has the largest community,great software compatibility and excellent hardware support. Even many laptops come with Ubuntu pre-installed.
Is there an updated newbies guide to installing and using Linux that you recommend?
How much of a newbie are you with computers? Have you, for example, ever installed Windows on your machine before? (It's not that different from doing that)
Turkish made Linux-based operating system is Pardus
"throw a spare ssd in" like i have one 😭
you can dualboot with a single drive,on mint,you can just select install alongside windows
I have a 500 gig samsung ssd in my actual build rn, (with my 1050 Ti ofc) i’m going to put it into my 4080 super noctua i9 14 gen build in a couple of weeks and use it for linux
@@Cloud67TR i know lmao i was jus makin a joke
@@gdotloading 14th gen i9.... rip bro 🙏 fly high 🕊
@@deereverdeen why is that bad?
They said exact the same thing 20 years ago 😂
They said the exact same thing 25 and 30 years ago.
I honestly don't know anyone who voluntary switched to Linux for work purpose. And i've been around.
Linux is still extremely uncommon don't get it twisted but I find it odd you don't know anyone that has tried Linux for work if you're a dev, if you're not, well yeah@@ablanuza76
@@ablanuza76 Me
People are also learning to navigate through commands, i think it is super satisfying and i may even switch to Linux on my lap soon
Legends use arch
Ofc not, arch is for toxic people, legends just pick a distro that works and stick with it
Which is arch (for me at least)
Don't hate on a distro/linux in general because of a small percentage of toxic people :/
@@Sezamn it’s just a joke bruv
Legends use debian
@@Isnoa-n9zlegends use the linux kernel itself without complaining
I use arch, and i agree what what you said about the arch community
As an OG Linux evangelist who gave up a decade ago...WTF?!?
Yes, welcome to the Linux age!
I jumped straight into arch as my first distro
You fucked up
Pros of Linux: much better, especially for older hardware
Looks good
Almost no bloatware
Fully customizable
Free
Steam is well integrated and is possible to run any game, but some titles will drop some performance
Learns you a lot of things, like how pcs work
Cons:
Can’t run Fortnite, bc of epic games being &@£##% so raise your voices
*teaches lots of things
Btw i'm pretty sure if fall guys works,fortnite can too
So basically if I don't give two shits about Fort...nite, I'll remain polite. There's nothing keeping me on Windows? Sweet
Shame I had Control on my Epic account but I didn't pay for it anyway so it doesn't matter much
@@ThePr0_0149 I forgot to mention, not only Fortnite but any exclusive epic game
@@Elvyne Not only Fortnite, but also fall guys and rocket league, and games made by epic games and not on steam
Thankfully I don't play those so that's fine
Yes and the biggest thing is that supported games run WAY better and with much less lag spikes than on windows
Worldwide usage barely hitting 4.5% after decades is considered "Everyone switching to Linux"?
Go all in. Overwrite your drive. Thats how I accidentally became a Linux daily driver. Never looked back.
I was a windows die-hard, but I wanted to compile a program that used linux syntax, so I used WSL but it was using too much network (it was actually some snapd package) & then installed linux just to compile it, and eventually ended up using it as my main system.
Also Minecraft 1.20 was giving me 15fps (mesa) on windows, but 70fps on linux, so that's another reason.
Using linux is just fun , i could spend all day customising it, using the terminal was great as well .
Elementary os is also quite nice and very user-friendly
The biggest disadvantage of using a Linux distro is not being able to run Adobe apps. Yes, there are alternatives, but many people are used to Adobe products. You would see at least 10% increase of Linux usage in the next year, if you could install Adobe apps without emulators.
Now it's been 3days since I started thinking to switch to Linux
I got recommended this today, the video came out two days ago and that’s when I finished my first pc build and installed linux on it
I've used linux for quite a while now as my daily driver and I've been loving it ever since. Of course you will run into several hiccups as you're not used to this kind of system and things will seem weird at first but you get used to it quickly. I'm forced to use windows at my work though which only reinforces me in how much out of the way Linux is and how much better my computer experience has been since I've switched.
I move to Linux because my laptop didn't have tpm module for win 11 and lucky software I use already in Linux too 😊
Until every. Single. Thing. On Linux being a side quest is fixed, it'll never have the market share of Windows
Linux is great. Unless you have to use computer to work
Been using Linux for decades now. Give it a go, you might like it.
dual booting windows 7 with fedora
i've been happier since then
Wow, i just realized that I've been using Linux for 20 years now! I started with Ubuntu, since thats what my high school friends who introduced me were using, and spent weeks trying to get a working MythTV setup. My college essay about installing Ubuntu was what got me into college and now a software engineer, and it all dates back to trying to hack an old Pentium II to serve as a DVR.
I'm a musician and a budding programmer, so I'll probably end up using a Linux distro for my programming needs and general computing and my MacBook for music. This is because there isn't a lot of Linux support for music software. However, I use Reaper as my DAW, and Reaper does have official Linux support, so I might be able to get my hardware and my most essential plugins working with Reaper on Linux. But if compatibility becomes an issue, then I would rather use a MacBook than a Windows machine. macOS is very pleasant to use, and the battery life and light weight of the MacBook makes it very portable, so I wouldn't mind using it for music.
Glad to see you talk about it Zach, I've tried some distros before and I'd honestly switch over even on my main PC mostly because all I play is single-player games or multiplayer games that all run fine, though the reason maybe that I haven't switched is I'm not sure how my 1060 will do in Linux.
i would recommend mint over ubuntu for a few reasons
1. enforcing snap packages in a very hostile way that new users dont know about
2. the cinnamon desktop is morr welcoming and mint in general has more graphical tools