Windows 10 to Linux | How to Plan the Transition
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- Опубликовано: 17 окт 2024
- This shows you how to make the jump from Windows 10 to Linux. You need to plan the transition to really make the leap over. It is not easy, but is absolutely worth it!
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During the last 20 years of tech support, the easiest way I've found to convince someone to try Linux is to make sure you install the backdrop they use from their windows machine. The moment they see that shot of their kids or whatever,they think they're 'home'. A little bit of familiarity goes a long way. Great video as usual Chris! 👍🏻😎
Such a great point!
I haven't helped anyone switch from Windows to Linux (other than my mom) BUT when helping people upgrade PCs, I've been amazed at how many people love the Solitaire game that came with Windows 7. It's almost as if having *that* Solitaire game is more important than anything else! :) lol
@Donald Mickunas Thanks 👍🏻😎
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@@TheCocoaDaddy Yep, that and Mahjongg! 👍🏻😎
"It is making me productive"
This is the key of this video.
Can't agree more.
I actually switched from Windows to Ubuntu 1 year ago after using windows for almost 8 years. All i wanted windows was for Photoshop. I made it to run on Ubuntu using Wine, and now, i'm independent lol!
I stopped using Photoshop, GIMP is my way.
DualBoot / Wine / VM windows for one program can be used as a crutch- rather than quitting windows cold turkey
you can try doing stuff & learning GIMP over time, but still have Adobe in case you just cant figure something out in Gimp under a production deadline (that you can look up & learn the Gimp way later).
Win3.11 WordPerfect folks had to learn msWord, anyone tell them to stay with WordPerfect cause _Learning Is Hard_ ?
@@rwbimbie5854 I haven't made the switch to Linux yet, but your comment about WordPerfect really makes the point!. WordPerfect 5 and Word 2a were great, fast and intuitive. Their successors were bloated and less productive despite their added features. About the only justification that I still have for Windows is Excel vs OpenOffice Calc... Office on-line could complete the solution.
@@themedleb I have tried GIMP but in my perspective i found Photoshop more easy and does all my works pretty fast... Maybe it's because i didn't found time to learn GIMP!
@@PixBolt
Yeah, most probably that.
I am not a power user per say, but i switched to Linux around 6 months ago, and i couldn't be happier! The sense of freedom, and respect for the user...i love it! Thank you for your great content!
Have a good one!
Linux is like a new relationship, all exciting and fun.
Windows is like a stalking, moody jealous ex, who dosn’t want you to succeed.
Just wants alimony
we don't get this analogy brother we are incels
@DonaldJ huh?
I duel booted for a few months when I first started using Linux although the Windows partition was just there in as a comfort blanket. Once I realised that I had no need for Windows I ditched it in favour of a virtual version and even then I very rarely booted into Windows. 12 years a Linux user and my virtual version of Windows is probably covered in dust due to lack of use.
I was looking forward to the duel.... :)
Same here i did dual booty for a while then committed fully to linux
I am a learner, and a fast learner, so I switched directly without learning anything, in 2 months I first installed ubuntu, then switched to kde neon then preparing my mind, learning more things to switch to arch, as I said I am a fast learner, all this progress is in 2 months, partitioning, file systems, commmands, customizations, DE, Windows managers, docks and panel, file managers, package Managers and much more, and still more to learn, and at this time I am installing manjaro kde, so I will switch to it for 1 to 2 weeks and then switch to pure arch, and then try some others ones like gentoo, deepin, endeavour and much more...
Thank you, Chris. What I did, many years ago, was use whatever FLOSS programs had a Windows version. Then the transition was relatively easy. And that's what I recommend to people. Also, people can try Linux in a VM for a few days or weeks.
I really appreciate your videos, Chris. You acknowledge and facilitate the switch from Windows to Linux so well with all your videos on the topic.
You are so awesome
I switched from windows to linux 4 months age.
I really feel sad about the years spend with Windows,
I loved linux too much reading books and watching training video
Thank you so much and Keep up your great job 👍
Hi Chris after giving it plenty of thought I finally moved over fully to Linux Pop os from Windows 10,and to be totally honest I'm loving it, and to be totally honest I found the transition refreshing. And thank you so much for your helpful RUclips videos giving inspiration to try something new 😃👍
The transition helped for me because for years I used Open Office and Gimp on Windows. It's far from easy, especially for a power user. But it can be done.
What's perfect on windows? When you do some tweaking for certain tasks, disable some (a lot) features that you dont like, an update comes and all is reverted. CONVERT YOU INFIDELS. Feel the freedom 🤘
Thx man for the beatiful content 😉
Being a windows user since 3.11 kind of scares you off, but I jumped in. I am now on the 3rd week of Kubuntu inspired by this channel. Until now it has been a somewhat easy and enjoyable experience. I know friends of mine that would have a hard time changing. But beeing the "lite" geek, all those almost forgotten ms-dos commands came in handy.
Coming from a small country with only 6 mio. people I'm surpriced how well everything is translated into my language. And hey - a big shout of thankyou for the ubuntu forum. Even an old post about making Citrix work in Linux was so well-written, that I could figure out the newer changes myself. Wow I'm impressed. And by the way Citrix takes its toll on my windows 10, but the same pc with Kubuntu runs smoothly and even loads Citrix faster than our dedicated thin clients at work. What's not to like?
I would be interested in your GIMP setup and workflow. I need some motivation to actually sit down and learn how to use it.
I'm planning on switching in the near future, and have actually been using Gimp, Openoffice, audacity, etc, for years, just because they were free to use. As long as I can get my games working, it shouldn't be an issue.
One of the biggest blessing of Linux for me has been the Font Scaling across all UI. Finally I can read things properly. In Windows everything looks so small and glitchy whereas in Linux you have front hinting option.
Best video I've seen, you convinced me to switch to Linux with the proper mindset and guidance. Thank you for your hardwork. And sharing your mistakes so we can do better. God bless you and more power to you.
New set and lighting nice step up. Well done Chris.
I am so glad that when I switched I had barely any Windows-Only software.
Great video I've just made the full switch and I love it. One thing I struggle with like you mentioned was gaming I'm still not sure I have the right things installed for my gpu would like to see a video explaining the way you set up vulkan and if/what ppa you use for gaming.
Chris, Love the channel... I am going down a new rabbit hole in my IT career to learn Linux and also AWS. Your words of wisdom about distro's and how great Debian is were very useful. I was struggling with Ubuntu for a few different reasons but I loaded up Debian10 and so far I am impressed. Thanks and look forward to seeing more content from you.
With my upcoming Ryzen 3600 build (coming from an old heavy oced Xeon system on W7) I'm planning switching to Linux full time, with W10 as backup.
Having ran Linux *cough* Ub... *cough* for several years on my media&tv PC and laptop. What I miss are proper by AMD developed open sourced (kernel) 'driver tools' & 'utilities' for Linux. Like a: Radeon Settings, Overdrive/Wattman, or the newer OC tweak utility: Ryzen Master. All are still made Windows exclusive by AMD.
I know there are community developed utilities, that offer certain above mentioned features, but what I gathered is that they are limited in scope depending on used hardware. Due to the small, sometimes 1 man, development teams.
This is currently holding me back from going full Arch Manjaro for my new desktop and dropping the Idea of Win10 all together.
Agreed, my Corsair K63 keyboard is not supported by the open source ckb project, so if I ever wish to adjust the backlighting I have to fire up a Windows. Uhhhhggg!
I switched my mom's laptop to Kubuntu. If it weren't for the different style of icons on her desktop, she wouldn't notice the difference.
The KDE desktop environment + improved privacy/security is what sold it. She loved the wallpapers that cam bundled with it, and it looks good and functions enough like Windows on a surface level that it was an easy switch.
It was also easy enough for me to switch over on the basis that I'd been using mostly open source software my entire time on Windows. Everything I installed I was already familiar with, and Proton does a fantastic job with getting my games to run.
The part that's hard - I got a new laptop recently. It wasn't well-supported out of the box. It will be. I know that because the 5.16 kernel made everything that's baked into it work without issue. Problem is - you want a stable Pop OS installation? Good luck with that. Mine ended up in an unbootable state with the tinkering I had to do to get my hardware running optimally. My experience with Pop OS as a relative newbie is that it either works flawlessly out of the gate or you're going to break it trying to make it work. (Which is also my experience with every other Ubuntu distro, too.)
Manjaro is running like a dream on here, and it was much easier to get it where it needed to be than it was with Pop OS. (Pop OS was close - I just couldn't figure out how to get rid of the last of the screen tearing I was experiencing when using my Nvidia GPU. It wasn't system wide, just specific applications. The point where my install was borked was when I tried switching to Nvidia mode and it wouldn't boot.) Update packages. Update kernel. Update Nvidia drivers. Install Optimus (Adding the two comments needed for KDE). Turn on Hybrid graphics. Everything works perfectly.
I'd go as far as to say for most home users, the switch isn't that difficult - but it's not easy if you ever need to go deep into the guts of your filesystem or you have hardware that isn't supported out of the box. I'm lucky I got my laptop when I did as it's been around long enough to get its drivers baked into the newest kernel. Nothing else I tried worked the way it was supposed to. I'm on Linux because of privacy concerns and personal convictions at this point, so if push came to shove and my computer didn't have wifi for a while, I'd deal with it. (And keep at it until it did.)
But there's a lot of personal circumstances - including specific hardware configurations - that can make the switch complicated. I appreciate people outlining how simple it can be, but they don't do Linux any favors by pretending it is -that- easy. For your older relatives who use an office suite and web browser? Hell yeah - in fact, save yourself headaches by putting Linux on their machines. You're their tech support anyway. They won't get viruses, ransomware, none of that, and if you make it look like Windows they might never know.
For everyone else - it helps to research your personal use case and to get accustomed to free and open source software before you make the leap.
3:14 Was about to say “butt,” said “ass” anyway lol
Hahahah, so true.
@@ChrisTitusTech no one is offended at the word ass! if they are then who cares! LOL
@@PenguinRevolution The RUclips algorithm cares, sadly.
@@PenguinRevolution The RUclips algorithm cares, sadly.
@@PenguinRevolution The RUclips algorithm cares, sadly.
Use both Windows and Linux. Text Encoding is a potential issue - especially when creating a script in LINUX for use in Windows. The other is that you need to ensure if you run a word processor, spreadsheet, etc. you have to remember to export to xlsx, docx, etc. You have to keep in mind of where you are running.
I have been trying to switch from Windows to Linux for over 10 years. You got the point, there are softwares that still not currently available as an alternative in Linux.
In my personal experience, I'm a grapich designer, my personal needs the softwares become broken or not usable in my workflow.
Inkscape - has an issue were illustration Whit many nodes and gradients are no display properly and fluent.
Cutting plotters machines do not have drivers, also the plug-ins usually do not have all the feachures like contoure cutting.
The softwares that share special compabilities between then are missing in Linux, like Photoshop, indesing and illustrator, or affinity designer and affinity photo, they can mix raster and vector files properly.
I haven't hear so far about an alternative in Linux about book layout softwares at all. Or a good PDF editing alternative.
I have been trying to switch but there are many roadblock that I can not use just Linux alternatives, almost every time I need to turn on my workstation I need windows.
I hope one day the linux community focus on graphic designer needs, until then I do not have other choice windows or MAC OS.
Many softwares do not have GUI, installation or alternative, for a Graphic designer that is focus on that, using the console can be a huge challenge. This is another roadblock I found when finding a out of the box experience, I tried Debian and Ubuntu.
I think either you or one of the other Linux youtubers mentioned this before: Switching to Linux means you're more than likely going to have to switch to different programs as well. Meaning the new GUI and/or CLI of Linux is actually one of the minor stuff you're going to have to learn. In comparison to switching between something like PS and Gimp it's actually child's play, for me the biggest shift ever was moving from 3dStudio to Blender. Fortunately I had dropped PhotoShop at least a decade ago, and have used Gimp since then even on Windows - for the sorts of stuff I do in it (touch ups and modifications to renders from a 3d model) I found Gimp to be a lot more productive (similar to how you were saying about KdenLive). I know there are some stuff Gimp doesn't do well as compared to PS, e.g. they're still not "great" with colour schemes other than RGBA, text editing isn't as "easy" as in some others, but I rarely need these things so Gimp does the rest (which I do use heavily) "faster" for me.
For layouts, text, setting up brochures and displays, I actually prefer Scribus over InDesign as well. But again, it's a new thing to learn if you're used to something else. Which BTW may be something you can use for PDF, Scribus can make interactive PDF forms - though that's not its main reason for being (instead it's a layout system, effectively what a typesetter would do for a magazine / newspaper).
My Linux transition story is all over the place in the RUclips Linux community...so I will just say that I actually went through the needed thought process before I switched. Videos? VLC Media Player. Productivity? Open Office (keep in mind that this was late 2009/early 2010). Games? That one I knew was going to be tough, but that was okay. I was willing to give up my library of precious Windows games to escape from Microsoft...so you can imagine my delight when I discovered Wine.
It was rough at first, but I have never regretted it for a second, even when I was having to download dozens of files separately and dash back and forth between two computers with a flash drive to install one program. I counted the cost, and I was willing to carry it. So much better this way :D
I have the same question. In Windows Adobe Acrobat pro has some very nice PDF form filling and signature options. I was wondering if there was a Linux equivalent? With equal or better functionality? I can put images on PDF, but the ease of use has been keeping me from a full switch.
I do know that Libre Office supports opening and editing PDFs, Used it to get computer class work done and I was able to do my work from my home without any problems!
So as you're so opposed to Windows 10 but are fine with using older versions of programs, why not just stick with Windows 7 for longer or 8.1 with Classic Shell installed?
Don't forget to check your hardware compatibility too. Almost all motherboards etc work fine. But there are still a few peripherals like USB wifi cards, bluetooth, printers, etc which don't have Linux drivera.
I started my Linux transition a couple of years before migrating by only buying hardware and software which was conpatible wuth all three OS (Windows, Linux and MacOS). If it isn't compatible with all three then I won't spend money on it. So when I switched to Linux full time everything just worked.
Linux hardware compatibility is amazing these days. I've only had one issue and that was with a laptop I just bought from the store it didn't have wifi drivers recognized out of the box. After a linux kernel update, that was resolved. Drivers used to be a sticking point years ago from my understanding, but these days I've installed Linux on dozens of PCs without any issue.
Any hardware that doesn't work on Linux is probably trash anyways. So you're better off not wasting your money on it.
Well I was hooked on Linux coming from 30+years a power windows user and gamer.... And I tried so hard to love Linux... But after 90 days I had to submit and went back to Windows 10 pro +debloater+Shutup10 because I just couldn't deal with 50% of my gaming library just not working. Still love you videos and I'll give it another try in the future I'm sure 😉
The hard part of switching to Linux is saying good bye to some software. Happens to many users and many switch back. However, once you realise that you also leave a lot of crap behind (likes, virusses, software that installs stuff you don't want, well, you know the disadvantages of Windows), things often get diffent and this is what makes people switch for good.
I've switched myself around 2005, so that's a long time ago already. The problem of a gaming library does not exist, because my Steam library contains Linux games only... once switched it'll solve itself after a while.
@@danielmantione honestly I didn't miss any software and enjoyed the overall Linux experience just with owning a gaming built pc it wasn't fully practical at this point even though the games that did function did so OK after walk arounds and fixes to do so
@@danielmantione you're going to say goodbye to software on Windows all of the time too. In fact I'd say Linux is considerably more stable when it comes to supporting old software. I can run most of the same programs today as when I started running Linux back in 1995. If I really want to run ancient code I can always take the time to port it so it compiles today too. Although I have to admit porting to newer versions of GCC is a bit of a pain. I know the guy that maintains GCC though so I guess I could get him to help me out. He's pretty good at programming.
Update after going back to windows 10 for 60 days... I'm back on Tumbleweed 100 % 😁
Great content Chris .... I intend on making the switch to Zorin OS, and finding someone with experience in both OS's is really great!
I switched away from Windows to my first Linux distro in 2016, Ubuntu 16.04, and even though it was a bit difficult to me, I got used to it, nowadays I use Arch, and love it! Some reasons to why I switched to Linux were: Windows Update, lots of bloatware and bugs and so on... Anyway, great video! :)
Trying out Zorin OS Lite and just loving it whereas Windows sucks on my prehistoric laptop. Tried Lubuntu, but it's old fashioned. Just loving linux 💖
There are a ton of light weight Linux Distros. Consider looking into Xubuntu or any other distro centered on Xfce like MX Linux.
www.distrowatch.com/
Excellent choice of ZorinOS. Beautiful interface. Jammed with nice tweaks. One of the most "Windows User" friendly distros.
i already switched to ubuntu few days ago after using windows over 25yrs..the only thing i miss from windows are few basic photo duplicate scanning tools that i cant find on ubuntu no matter what..and also i dont know how to add new repositories..thats all but all in all..ubuntu is lighting fast on ssd drive..boot time is incredibly 2s..while shutdown is less than a 1s...really like this distro..much stable in comparation to others ive tried.
Install synaptic and you will find repository manager and ppa manager under settings for the application.
Don't know what a photo duplicate scanner is or what it does, if you could expand on that I might be able to help.
@@Zandman26 just a basic duplicate photo finder. U can google for awesome duplicate finder, thats the best duplicate tool that i was using for a years, not fast but very effective. I have huge amount of images and thats why i need good duplicate finder to have everything under control
Honestly, I made the full transition to linux a few months back out of an impulse decision (after backing up all my important windows stuff onto an external hard drive, of course), and *_for me,_* the transition was (for the most part) pretty easy. Granted, I had been using debian on my laptop for a few months at that point, so I was already somewhat accustomed to linux. What mostly made this easier for me was that I didn't really use windows that much outside of gaming, browsing the web, and coding as a hobby, so finding alternatives to the smaller windows programs I used wasn't really that much of a hassle.
I made the full transition when the few times I needed a Windows program, such as the utility to pair Logitech mice and keyboards to a Unity receiver, every attempt to run Windows resulted in several months of forced upgrades and that sometimes reset secure boot, or replaced the MBR so the dual boot was damaged. Booted Windows and it now sits in a bookcase on an old laptop for the few times i need it. It no longer damages my daily use Linux Mint machine.
@@isettech I remember Windows doing some other, less technical bullshit to me. It might've been a driver issue, a windows issue, or most likely a mix of both.
Anyway, I have a cheap 2-in-1 lenovo thinkpad laptop that I recently switched from windows. When it was on windows, every 4 to 8 weeks, my laptop would blue screen, most of the time when I was talking with friends on discord (which is somewhat relevant). After that, I wouldn't be able to get the laptop speaker nor headphone out/mic in to work from the headphone jack. To get sound, I had to rely on bluetooth or by plugging in a cheap usb audio adapter with an unfortunately _really shitty_ DAC. After almost every forced windows update, my speakers and headphone jack would _magically_ start working again.
On my main pc, one time I had another forced update which made my all my directx 9 (and maybe also dx10 but I forget) games stop working for some reason. I had to rely on a factory reset which preserved all my data but got rid of all my installed programs.
Foxit is a very competent PDF reader/editor with a full Linux version. Sure it's no Adobe and there might be a slight learning curve but it's a pretty adequate substitute.
i use foxit on windows! its really nice
Not there yet.... But you are right, it's sweet.
@@anindyaambuj you cant have all but its free and is good, does the job
Chris - thanks for this! I've been trying to 'convert' for years now. I've finally reached a level of comfort for sticking with Linux - specifically Mint 19.1 (currently). My biggest hang-up - Lightroom. I love Lightroom. I hate Adobe licensing. I wonder if Adobe will ever open that door for Linux. I'm attempting other "capable replacements" like Rawtherape and DarkTable, but Lightroom just has a great work flow that I KNOW. Honestly, that's the biggest hurdle. We're comfortable with what we KNOW. All else is a learning curve and when we're in a bind on time, we just go with the path of least resistance.
That opener move in the top of the video is hilarious. 💯😂😃👍
I rolled to POP_OS a month or so ago. I made it about a week. I'm a heavy gamer and some of the titles in Steam I play were acting a bit meh. I have no prblems installing my Battle.net games via Lutris so that's fine, but if I can get more smoothness in a greater amount of Steam titles, i'm so there. Pretty much everything else is there, Discord, Spotify, I use Libre Office so that's covered. We' seriously almost there and I can't wait.
I'm already using Debian on a "server" I set up on some older hardware. Running pihole and a minecraft server on it. So i'm ready to move my desktop when I can.
I've been with Linux now since 2012. All I can say here is: Chris has produced an excellent video. It is interesting to me to ponder how life might now be different had the IBM 5150 been released with CP/M instead of MS/DOS. I've suspected for some time that the troubles with MSFT/Windows lie in its roots. This, I think, is an interesting question to ponder, and it leads us to wonder about the future directions of MSFT. My guess is that the local o/s will be dropped and replaced with some sort of appliance that simply launches a browser package. This approach would result in users doing all their work "in the cloud". I have, of course, no way of knowing what really the future will bring. Still, its interesting to turn this around in the mind and ponder the question "where's all this going" -- in the next few years.
I guess you convinced me to go for Linux. Why every time I updated my windows I had to learn all new things. I never really felt comfortable with windows. I do use editing program. But not Adobe tired of them to. I capture one pro 12
I was going to put Linux Mint on my Dell laptops but on the live USB my Logitech mouse locks up. I don't use trackpad because of my Cerebral Palsy I have issues with them. I have an HP all in one I had Mint on worked great. I went back to Windows 10 because of your other video about debloat made my life better. Linux Mint is the only version I would install. I find it so easy for me.
The MINT LMDE/3 dist. is a good step for folks getting started. It covers a lot of the rough spots for you -- and -- you get away from the commercial connection associated with Canonical Systems: the "LMDE" distros -- are based on straight Debian.
All those win updates and reloading it made me switch to ubuntu for good ... I test other new distros now and then but always find my way back to ubuntu .. been dual booting ubuntu since those free disk days from ubuntu .. great video like always...
Suoerb combination.. In laptop Fedora In Studio Arch and inside Debian it's only linux but i'm shocked how you manage all the things when you add a windows pc and also MacBook. such you're our inspiration
I've been a long time user of Windows (since Windows 95 and DOS long before that) and have been using Linux for just over 2 months now. The reason I am here is because I realised I had to consider moving from Windows 7 to 10 because of the support for Windows 7 finishing in January. I was trawling through RUclips and stumbled across this channel which turned out to be a gold mine. I followed your original 30 day challenge series which re-sparked my interest in Linux. Back then you recommended Linux Mint which I researched extensively and settled on as my distro of choice which I am now running.
I was pointed to an article entitled "Windows is NOT Linux" linux.oneandoneis2.org/LNW.htm which is something every person considering the jump from Windows to Linux should read. It points out the differences between Windows and Linux and why things are the way they are. After reading it, it confirmed I was making the right choice. Glad I did.
Switched to Linux completely about 2 years ago. Now I use it for audio production and it performs much better than windows.
I switched from Windows to Linux and I am very happy that I did. I can now have Linux running on as many computers as I want, and it seem it is playing all the games that I want to play (Fallout Series from 1st to last) it is playing half life, and my Far Cry, Far Cry 2, just downloaded Far Cry 3 so I haven't played it yet. It also plays my Amiga games that I like to play using Amiga Forever. But the best is I don't have to worry about an EULA or just buying several windows OS for my 7 Computers. Now I have been with MS since DOS 1.0, on up to Winblows 10, got tired of their BS, and since I Have been with Linux since Red Hat 1.0 then Mandrake, then Lindows, and then Ubuntu, Zorin, Linux Mint, and now PopOS and Steam OS and these last three are the ones I am using. Now do I know more then Chris Titus Tech, No way man, I watch him on boob tube to learn more about Linux. You see I am LAZY, so I let him do the work and then I watch.
I can't live without either. I am an IT manager and have a Windows PC and a Linux PC (currently Pop-OS, want to go back to Manjaro now that I found my problem with it was due to a bad memory stick) on my desktop. I use Synergy so my mouse and keyboard moves between my monitors like they are a single PC. I would love to go Linux-only but there are just too many things I need that are Windows-only.
As a windows power user, a tip that works for me is with dual boot, if possible, use two different hard drives.
And setup the drives so you have to physically disconnent one drive and connect the other. This reduces the tempation to just select windows on boot because it's easier.
This extra step makes committing to linux just a little easier.
But yes! As a win_pwr_usr "LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP!"!!!!!!!!!!
Whilst Linux has improved so much over the years, it still needs a lot of polishing. The user experience for a beginner is very difficult. Some distros are more complex than others. If you're going to do the leap go for Linux mynt or Manjaro. Ubuntu unfortunately have not made it easy enough for the smooth transition. Nonetheless windows has become more stable throughout the years. Windows is still leading when it comes to ease of use, compatibility etc
If you want to use windows vm on Linux you can use vmware and while setting up the vm select use phisical disk and select your windows partition.
This can save you from restarting.
Just watch out ... if you ever then do dual boot back into that Windows, it tends to "think" you're on a new machine and wants to re-activate.
I've had this previously with XP and W7 on a Fedora dual boot with VirtualBox. Each as a boot option in grub, and each as a raw disk mount in VB as well (yes VMWare Player makes setting this up a whole lot easier than fiddling with VBox's command lines). But in every single case Windows wanted to re-activate. It even got so bad that activation stopped and I needed to phone in to MS to get my system running again.
Perhaps it's better now with W10 which doesn't stop the entire OS if not activated. But just for me, I'm never trying this again, just too many hassles. At work I run Windows straight (due to many AutoDesk products I'm tied to), at home I only ever fire up Windows inside a VM, never run it as dual boot anymore. And I have switched to VMWare Player as well, since its graphics acceleration far surpasses that of VBox. I've even got a situation where an old machine of mine having a GTX 460 cannot run ADesk Revit on bare metal, but it runs smoothly through a VMWare Player VM.
I dont know that didnt happened to me
@@filipstefanovski2077 Yeah as stated, this did happen some time ago. It might be better now with W10. Who knows, perhaps MS even figured out that Windows on bare metal and through a VM on the same machine doesn't mean it's a different machine. If so great!
hey, started following you 2 days ago, great information. my first intro was knoppix, my seriously high level programmer friend said it would help to just be able to plug it in to try. i did like it, but he didnt explain like you have its ability to be manipulated visually and even how the updating or the no need there of. i game so i and going to go that way first with pop-os, you sold it with video drivers.lol
thanks and i will continue to learn, so i can show my son... what a hacker really is... a programmer with a goal to create.
When I used to stream to Twitch I did it on Windows because the chat bot software i used were Windows only. Same thing with the software mixer called Voicemeeter Banana. Windows only. OBS Studio works on Linux tho. That and Adobe Acrobat Pro were the only things that kept me having a Windows installation (on a separate drive). The games I played worked natively on Linux. I didn't need Lutris and/or ProtonDB.
*Chris the major issue is with corporate user converting them from windows to Linux as Microsoft dominates the Business market making users dependant on their products....😐*
Like a farmaceutical company, first one is almost free!
Yup I couldn't imagine converting like a law firm but it depends on the business
My company deals with highly sensitive data.
And we are in the works of switching to Linux.
@@Zandman26 *Good Luck buddy....do make sure you have a great Linux support team....👍*
@gilkesisking *Only the cloud platforms are banned in German schools as per the article 😐, but this may not be the case in the future as cloud technology matures 👍*
For those looking to switch to a Linux distro, it is not just the software you use to consider but also your hardware. Just like Windows, Linux does not natively support all hardware on every system. Some may need to load proprietary drivers (if they are even available from the manufacturer) or will give you limited functionality verses full functionality you could get in Windows. It all depends on what your PC has. Since Windows is so mainstream, practically all manufacturers provide full support for their hardware and you can get things loaded and working. This is especially true for laptops with their hardware setup. I've had some that are impossible to use Linux due to it not supporting the cooling system. It never would run the fans and the laptop would overheat and shutdown/freeze but worked great with Windows. But, since all distros are free, you can always try it and see what works and what doesn't. If not, you can always go back to Windows so don't be afraid to try. Just make sure you've backed up all your data first.
When it comes to scripting in Office products, just use JavaScript - you will be easily able to use those scripts online, since you just need to attach an appropriate XML, which all it does is linking the scripts you upload to a hosting service (e.g. your website)
2 questions.
1. If I bought all my games on windows I dont have to buy them again, do I?
2. Does lutris work better than proton? Or is it more or less the same? Skyrim se only has a silver rating on proton but people using lutris seem to have no issues whatsoever.
yeah.. as someone who's moving onto Ubuntu as a lifetime Windows user, I can confirm that the switchover is super weird initially and that finding good alternate programs is hell at first. I have had prior experience thanks to Raspberry Pi but never really used Linux as my daily driver until I assigned a couple drives to ext4 partitions so that helped me kickstart with installing from tarballs and using the apt-get install command. I'm in the process of learning DaVinci Resolve so that I don't have to rely on Vegas 13.
my only massive gripe is that I have to edit fstab to get my god damn drives to auto-mount!!
Also... with regard to Oculus... there is a way to get it to (kinda) work using OpenHMD. I haven't had time to set it up and try to get it working for myself but I thought I'd just throw that out there!! :)
Which version of Kdenlive do you use? I have many problems with it for years.
My advice to someone asking this question is always download a few distros and run them from a dvd, thumb drive are a spare computer and see how you like them.
While I'm still currently working on Windows and looking to change (maybe for the 4th or 5th time), I haven't used MS Office for maybe 10 years. In that time I've been using Open Office and like any software, it takes a little getting used to if you use formula's etc. But their help docs are good. And while I have used Libre Office and it's updated more regularly, I just like the look and feel of OpenOffice over it.
Are those "Matrix" screensavers I see in the background? Was Neo using Debian?
Its probably cmatrix
The capabilities of Adobe Creative Suite are the reason I can't use Linux as my primary OS. And before anyone tells me that I just need to spend more time with Gimp, or Python script the heck out of Imagemagick, or how Foxit PDF is almost nearly just about as full-featured as Adobe Acrobat (hint: maybe it is for how *you* use Acrobat, but not for how I do) I've had Linux on one computer or another since Mandrake Linux was a thing. I appreciate that Chris, while advocating Linux, admits there are still some unavoidable roadblocks for some folks based on our workflow needs.
Why is there a Matrix display in the background Chris? Is this hardline secure huh?
It's to encrypt the interwebs
It is an older Linux screensaver.. LOL. Dual monitor setup, screensaver kicked in. Ran that screen saver for about 4 months.
I was inspired by your videos to try Linux again a few days ago, but I quickly realized how clueless and unprepared I was xD
I installed Linux Mint, screwed up Steam somehow, tried to get Steam working by following instructions blindly that I found on Google... and I managed to already make Linux Mint unbootable, even into recovery mode, on the very same night that I installed it :P
I guess I need to learn the Linux equivalents of "don't delete system32" first!
On a previous attempt I tried Linux on an old laptop too, but it seems that almost all of my Steam games expected a newer AMD GPU for Linux, and I only got sort of 1 and a half games running out of about 10 games I tried, so I gave up that time too...
😊 yeah they dont tell you that, outside of a clean install and only using firefox u are safe but if u start messing around with it u can easily screw it up, plz keep everything backed up, and plan on clean installing the os Again & Again & Again & Again until u become more competent, for offline stuff u can use XP & 7 forever & ever 😀
@@MrSamadolfo Thanks, definitely trying it all again at some point xD and yes definitely keeping my important stuff faaaaar away elsewhere until I'm not so clueless 🤣
@@amorettique 😊 ur welcome
@@maynnemillares 🙂 yes thats true, i forgot about that 😊
Can you please also do a video for Mac OS X to Linux? I have a family friend who is asking me about if they can update an old leopard/snow leopard install to something newer.
Haha, I installed Manjaro Linux on my Macbook Pro. Got the Camera working as well. Only problem is Bluetooth headphone connectivity.
elementary os is good for a Mac os user, it workflow is close to what Mac OS is
@BlackWorm @Mrinal Saurabh Blueman you should Not start a new user on Arch, use Elementary OS it is easy for new users and Arch got some a-holes in the forum that will make a new user run away.
@@zeocamo I think what he means is that the Arch wiki has a good tut on how to get BlueMan to work with "weird" hardware. And since it's the exact same program on every distro, that can be used if you're on Arch based, RedHat based or Debian based distros (as Elementary is). I.e. the wiki is a resource to help you get other distros working as well. Not necessarily that you have to use Arch to also use their wiki tutorials.
@@benriful oohh yea, i use that too on my manjaro pc, well sry misunderstand ..
So is Pop OS best for gaming? Is the distro fast stable and not to bloated compared to win 10?
I planned my migration on my main desktop from Windows 10 to Linux thusly:
1. I downloaded a Linux Distro - Opensuse 15.2 Leap.
2. Installed it.
I didn't need anymore convincing or planning than that.
I Love Windows,, it just works
I love my Adobe After EFFECTS
I used to love Windows but after I saw Deepin, Elementary, Manjaro, Pop!OS, and MacOS I really want to switch.
@@spiceydice6968 but you not really, are you?
@@mbahmarijan789 no I'm still on windows but when I'm making a new pc I plan to use Linux, but I'm still going to use Windows for my Laptop and gaming with a dualboot
Congrats for sharing useful knowledge about switching to Linux.
What would be a recommendation for backing up personal data when switching to Linux so that the format is compatible for both Windows and Linux?
For example:
Windows is installed on NTFS.
When we switch to Linux we might back-up our data on an external disk.
Then the Linux installation formats the disk as ext4, as this is the format for Linux.
Then when we bring our data back, the file system of the external disk must be compatible with Linux.
Some people told me NTFS would be a good format for an external disk because its compatible for both (Windows and Linux)
Other people told me to use FAT32 or exFAT for a drive used for both Windows and Linux.
I can tell you my experience. I dual boot. Linux can read NTFS almost seamlessly.
I can access my Windows files from my Linux partition with ease. All I need to do is add it to the file system using the _mount_ command.
I think there are many reasons to keep Windows in a functional state somewhere to play with sometimes. At least for me. The update policies are forcing us to have at least one extra machine when the updates are going on, so I will recommend such an extra machine. If you install Linux then you can research any issues with it on the Windows machine until it's better. Just pause the updates while doing so, otherwise you need 3 machines, maybe a Mac on top of the other ones.
Chris: How much you like me guys?
Me: *YEEEEEEEES!!!!!!*
You make some excellent points however I think for many people the best solution is to have two computers. Maybe have Linux on your best pc and Windows on another. For about the same price of say a mid-range phone, or a video card, you can buy a Windows laptop that won't be fast but get most things done quite well. Plus it will run all those little but very nice programs that Linux does not have such Crystal Mark. Say you want to check a new portable hard drive or make a warranty claim. It is all a lot easier if you can prove that you've used the appropriate WD or Seagate program to verify the issue. Maybe you like a certain printer but from research it is obvious that set-up in Linux is not going to be easy. Linux is great in some ways but it can make you feel like a software 2nd class citizen as well.
I recently got a new dell laptop and decided to stay with the stock linux ubuntu. After 3 4 days of playing around i came to the conclusion that its alot less bloated os them windows. Installed scinnemon desktop and fell inlove. Everything feels so much smoother.
I'm currently planning on switching (proton being available, LTT videos, Windows 11 being crap convinced me).
At the moment running Linux only on my gaming laptop to get the hang of it (nVidia Optimus made it a little more difficult). After this I want to switch my main PC and I still can run Windows if I need to (external SSD with Windows on it, usually unplugged).
Don't know if it's the right way, but I think it's way better for me this way
Where do you sign up, for the online Linux account? ;-)
lol
what
For people accustomed to MS Office OUTLOOK, I really love Evolution as a comfy replacement. Only bummer is that I've not found an easy way to pull in my Contacts list from Outlook.
Okay, I've been watching your videos for a little bit now, and while I don't agree with everything you've said, I like where your head is at. I love Linux on the back-end, I hated the desktop experience (but it was 5 years ago when I tried to switch).
I'm looking to revisit the question of switching permanently. 2 potential problems. 1) I make my living writing c# code. But with .net core that is almost becoming a trivial problem. except that I have to support apps that require COM (yeah, I know). 2) and the bigger issue, Active directory, say what you want about it, until someone comes up with not only a good replacement but something demonstrably better, Windows is going to rule the business world. Frankly, I like being able to afford food.
I guess, I'm looking for advice on how to deal with #2. (yeah, that was intentional. It sums up my feelings on it).
I switched from windows to Linux like 10 days ago and I just struggle for like 15 minutes installing apps but is very easy if you can find it on the Ubuntu store and .deb files are easy to install too
Even if you find good Linux counterparts to your Windows apps, there is still that little problem of hardware support. And I'm talking about more than just motherboard and video card. Do you use a gaming keyboard and mouse? Do you want your RGB lighting to work? What about your printer? Sound card? USB devices? Wireless LAN card? Any specialized and uncommon hardware?
One needs to do a complete software AND hardware inventory and compatibility check.
To smooth out a move to Linux, you would want to start by switching applications first. Research if your most frequently used/important applications are available in Linux, a lot of popular Windows applications are available on Linux but not all. If some of your applications are not available in Linux, find an alternative that do have both Linux and Windows versions, or find a browser-based alternative. Switch to using these new applications one at a time and integrate the new applications into your daily use and workflow. Once you figure out that most of your applications would be available on Linux as well, then you can start moving to Linux, taking the time to get used to some cross-platform applications will help you feel more at home once you actually moved and reduce the culture shock of everything being so foreign.
Sometimes, Linux also have great native applications that aren't cross-platform on Windows, you might eventually find that you prefer these applications to the ones that are available on Windows or the cross-platform apps that you took during the transition. This may come in time.
Some suggestions for cross-platform applications:
1. Firefox, Chrome
2. LibreOffice, Google Docs
3. VLC
4. Steam, GOG
5. Thunderbird
6. GIMP, Krita, Inkscape, Scribus
7. Kdenlive, Blender, Audacity, Kodi
8. Pidgin
When are you going to revisit Bedrock Linux in VirtualBox?
Chis should do a drunken stream of that. I love his drunken streams!
@@PenguinRevolution Totally!
I'd like you to show us through while you are editing a video, start to finish in KDenlive.
I want to get rid of it now!! Please a guide of which are the benefits of each distro and how to play steam and apex? Is to much to ask? 😅 Thanks!
Holy Hanna, man. Phenomenal video
@Chris Titus Tech
Look up the program PDF Arranger on your Arch install, it is in the repostiories of Manjaro, I think that it is one of the repositories which is in Arch. This program allows you to edit PDF's in a simple way, there are more PDF-tools in the repositories.
If you decided to switch to linux, heres what you should do (based on MY EXPERIANCE): 1.Try an easy distro on a vm (like virtual box).
2. If you got hooked, you should *not* use a dualboot solution from a linux installer. Instead, try wubi or wubiuefi. That will not replace the windows bootloader and if you decided that you want to go back to windows-only, you can just uninstall it like any other normal app. If you want to use linux only, you can either delete wubi and install linux from a live cd or, if you use the windows 10 bootloader, set ubuntu to be the fist boot option. And yes, I said ubuntu, because wubi only works with "vanilla" ubuntu.
thank you for actually saying what the experience is like.for me the biggest downer in linux is that there are a million ways to skin a cat and most vendors dont handle that.installing sql server 2017 on pop-os. sigh. use the docker version.finding that out requires reading a lot.
again, cheers and thanks
KeepassXC is probably one ofthe best Password managers on Linux. it's a continuation of Keepass & KeepassX which have stalled in development etc. Also has browser intergration
Just bought a Lenovo with Windows 10 on it and tried to set it up the same way I set up some other machines with an admin account, and a non privileged user account for a specific offline tool task. Think DMX Lighting desk or CNC machine controller, laser lightshow controller, etc. Many of these tasks work fine with LINUX CNC, for machine control, QLC+ for DMX lighting, Inkscape for vector drawings, Libre office for office suite, Audacity for editing audio files and recording, The Gimp for photo editing, etc. A bonus they are all open source and free.
Windows 10, changed and makes the ASSUMPTION that all accounts are single user online accounts and REQUIRES an active EMAIL account tied to the login. Not a problem on Linux Mint. Admin account for all software installs, system upgrades, etc, and a non privilaged account for CNC and other tasks. Ne machine, wiped and OS replaced. Was a little pain to get past secure boot to enable WiFi, but other than that, install was no problem.
Why does a User unprivilaged account REQUIRE an active email account? User tracking maybe? Is it broken when the Internet is down or you are out doing an AV gig? Didn't bother setting up a user account in Windows as it would not let me add a user without one. I needed a user account on the machine, not a tracking portal to online tracking.
In regards to Linux, I tell users the transition has a huge advantage and a huge disadvantage.
The advantage is It is not Windows and Does not run Windows programs.
There are many Linux versions of Windows programs and many Linux only programs that are fantastic. When setup with an Administration account, and a User Account, the user account privileges prevent running Windows virus programs. Prevention is better than the cure in most cases.
The disadvantage is it is not Windows and Does not run Windows programs.
OK you can't just load MS Office, Adobe Premire, Autodesk Autocad and run them out of the box. For many people this is a show stopper.
I suggest a KVM and running both or two setups if you have the room. I keep my Windows laptop in the bookcase out of the way when not in use. As mentioned in the video, it is a pain to use when there is a month or more of updates ready to keep the machine very busy before you are actually allowed to do your job.
I'm in the UK and the TV has Screenshare, which means I can watch via WiFi from my PC. If the film has subtitles I can use VLC and it all works fine.. Have not found anything on Linux that can do this. Apart from that, I use Fedora 30 90% of the time.
I used GIMP on windows. The only reason I ever used Photoshop was to skin characters in DOA Beach Volleyball for the original Xbox. (it supported color pallets at the time).
Great points!!! Plan it!
I scraped a text file off the web yesterday. I looked at the txt file which was a complete mess. A quick bash file with three sed commands later I had piped the file to a nice csv file which I could use in Jupyter Lab.
I have no idea if this is even possible with Windows and to be honest, why would I even care? I have the opposite view. Why would I move from Unix/Linux systems to Windows? :-)
The only problem for my Linux experience is the absence of drivers for Huion drawing tablet and the fact that sometimes I don't really know what to do or what am I doing. Especially when you boot your Linux, get this blackscreen and you are supposed to run manual fsck, but you don't really know how. Especially when you don't have any other device with internet connection in order to search for any help. My girlfriend uses Linux only for web browsing and occasional document creation or plays a few steam games and she likes it very much, but I'm a bit sceptical. Maybe I'm just afraid of the neccessity of learning these PC things all over again! :D
To smooth out a move to Linux, you would want to start by switching applications first. Research if your most frequently used/important applications are available in Linux, a lot of popular Windows applications are available on Linux. If some of your applications are not available in Linux, find an alternative that do have both Linux and Windows versions, or find a browser-based alternative. Switch to using these new applications one at a time and integrate the new applications into your daily use and workflow. Once you figure out that most of your applications would be available on Linux as well, then you can start moving to Linux, taking the time to get used to some cross-platform applications will help you feel more at home once you actually moved and reduce the culture shock of everything being so foreign.
Sometimes, Linux also have great native applications that aren't cross-platform on Windows, you might eventually find that you prefer these applications to the ones that are available on Windows or the cross-platform apps that you took during the transition. This may come in time.
Some suggestions for cross-platform applications:
1. Firefox, Chrome
2. LibreOffice, Google Docs
3. VLC
4. Steam, GOG
5. Thunderbird
6. GIMP, Krita, Inkscape, Scribus
7. Kdenlive, Blender, Audacity, Kodi
8. Pidgin