Windows Future | What Happens if You Stay on Windows?
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- Опубликовано: 20 авг 2024
- I think some things get lost in translation, but I want to clear the air about Microsoft and Windows. Too many think I hate them, and this couldn't be further from the truth. .
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"What happens if you stay on windows?"
You will die sooner. Windows shortens your lifespan by inducing stress with all those updates, errors, and unwanted bloat on your system.
Yes, it's such a tragedy.
Microsoft isn't bad. Just lazy. They waited and did nothing with IE and other browsers overtook it, they tried to keep up but made IE messin the process.
They changed the design language but half the things are still the same. Same code base but modified to the state that changing one thing will break other. like " Hey , I fixed the start button but Windows wont update anymore" kinda bugs.
I hate all OSes now, Everything takes more than 1minute to boot fot me. Is it now rare for people to not use SSD? I don't have SSD and Windows takes 5mins to boot up with no start up programs and services. Linux takes way less time but I can't play Paladins thanks to EAC. Now If I'm to boot Windows by spending 5mins to boot & play a game, why should I restart to get my stuffs done in Linux? So I put up with these minor annoyances. And now I'm suffering with the Cortana eating my CPU for no reason. Waiting for bug fix to download which for some reason "cannot download"
It's me ranting so just ignore it rather than replying any angry comments.
You are absolutely right. It's much easier and less stressful following these easy steps: us.battle.net/forums/en/d3/topic/16774227309 than simply running a program and just push "Next" a few times.
Are you kidding me? I have several Linux servers and I am stressed, because there's no bulletproof auto update system for Linux. And it's 2019 - running an outdated system is a kind of a suicide now.
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Also TERRIBLE for the environment too. All that CPU time to run virus scanners, defrag spinner drives, constant reboots from unwanted updates and research time how to fix stuff the updates broke. /s
Windows is still alive only because of good application and game support. That's my opinion.
and hardware support, if you buy hardware it will come with a windows driver disk, if you are lucky you will find there is a linux driver, but not always
Only games keeps it alive
@@zordanxxx yep
@@debeeriz Unless it is some extremely new or esoteric hardware the Linux kernel already has full support for it, and if it is the former case you can bet that the next kernel update will support it.
The open source community is coming around in the driver arena for linux. It won't be a quick event, but it's slowly getting there. To be honest, I think Windows time of death is closer than people might want to admit. I know several corporations that are moving away from the expensive, security risks and problem ridden Windows over to Linux and have seen the benefits of it. It's a movement and it's growing in that area.
Winblows10 has one thing going for it... it helps to increase Linux adoption.
My dad straight up asked me to install Linux on his rig 3 weeks ago, he said that as his favorite OS (Win7) is getting axed on January and Win10 was going down the gutter he may as well start getting used to Linux, he has been happy with the performance of his rig running Linux Mint, he hasn't have any issues.
Exactly, I went full on Linux when I got my new laptop with win10 preinstalled. When I realised how shit it is I downloaded Mint and now I'm happy!
Dude that's so true that's why I'm here right now
Chris is 100% correct on Windows 7 and being the best version.
2000 and XP were also decent. But yeah, it's been sharply downhill after 7, when they stopped making OSs for their users and started making them for who they wanted their users to be or become, a Microsoft asset.
Windows 7 is the best OS in regards to user experience on Windows but now it is really bad as it has a lot of vulnerabilities and things of that nature.
I still use it without issue, though I'm not trying to install questionable pirated software or "freeware" nor clicking on porn site ads in Internet Explorer or whatever people seem to get up to all the time that they get so much malware.
But yeah, Windows 7 will likely be the last Windows OS I care to personally use instead of Linux in various flavors. I do support a couple laptops on Windows 10 for my family though, much to my chagrin.
Chris is so cool.
I totally hear ya. I paid off two mortgages and then some as a Windows server admin and once I learned that Win 7 was going away, I found Linux and it works for me. I didn't leave Windows, Windows left me...
This is accurate.
I still use Windows 7 on my workshop computer. It's an offline computer, used only for CAD/CAM and controlling machines. I never installed Windows 8 or 10, I just switched to Linux.
Unlikely. That Windows 7 computer is not connected to the Internet (or to any network). You'd have to break into my workshop to have access to it, and in that case, you having access to it is the least of my problems.
@ - My choice was the same as yours, offline win7 for the legacy apps and hardware control, Linux for the rest + online.
I still use Windows 7 online no problem, and probably will continue to for several years to come. I'm a classic computer enthusiast though, and still even occasionally use Windows 3.11 and Windows XP as well.
↑ Not recommended for those of you who like downloading questionable pirated software and clicking on ads on porn sites or whatever. XD
Same here, I've got one computer left with Windows 7, not connected to the internet. The rest of my computers all run Mint 19.2. I love that OS. :)
Oops, meant to say Distro, i don't wanna get slapped. ;)
I have 5 PC 3 Linux 1 Win7 and 1 Win 10. I use Linux computers 99 percent of the time. The Win7 is used for programs that I use that WILL NOT run on Linux. Win 10 is just an older pc that I use very little and keep for the sad day when Win 7 or Linux will no longer run a program I need.
"What happens if you stay on Windows"? You give up any and all privacy now and in the future, and become a walking targeted ad.
@@AlucardNoir You can block ads from being displayed but that doesn't mean you're excluded from Google's targeting algorithm (that also affects your search results and other things). The same goes for Facebook and other online services that track your activity and, of course, for Microsoft.
@@AlucardNoir "you've left enough of a trail to be found anywhere you might be hiding" To this, I always say: Stasi (the East German secret police) only had extremely rudimentary technology and they could still track you everywhere if they set their eye on you. Things like this just cannot be prevented and it has been this way for a long time.
@@AlucardNoir Oh I bet they would have loved that lol. It would have made their job much easier. My point was that even then, you weren't really able to hide if the secret services really wanted you.
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Tails, Qube... & many many more "distro" but you know that. 5', or 10' or15' years ago what you do on int.?!? (; Think a little bit, by have a great one !! (
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I have switched to Linux because it uses less ram and does not heat up my laptop. The laptop fan went berserk whenever Windows 10 boot up
I wish this was my case as linux does overheats my laptop sadly
@@harithal-safi544 Change the desktop environment or install a more lightweight distro.
Linus Tech Tips has been nice to Linux lately. He thinks its going to replace windows in gaming. He did a video showing fps rates and Linux did really really well.
I was also a life time windows user.. I actually liked windows8.1
Now from last 3 months, a Linux user and boy.!!, its good.
At first i had a hard time (on my laptop) figuring out correct kernel boot parameters and after that everything is working like a charm..
I was on Windows 7 until 2015, switched to 8.1 and tested Windows 10 in 2017. I jumped ship back to Windows 8.1 with in a month. Up until a few months ago I was on Windows 8.1 still, after I tried Proton I realized i'm finally able to change out my home desktop to Linux.
Windows 8.1 is a hidden gem by all terms. Most people won't even consider it for a second since the horrible rep is has but funny enough Windows 10 has been so much worse. More glitches, more UI failing to work, more applications freezing, more notifications that won't stay off, more issues on issues. Go into Windows 8.1 and it's silent. Like Windows 7. I prefer the flat UI with transparency as well.
@Hugh Jarce it will have security support until 2023 too!
I already managed to make my dad a full time Linux user, and I've made some of my friends interested in it.
@@maynnemillares they make it so long that no one wants to read it
Windows is still dominant in enterprise for one reason and one reason only:
Corporations run on Microsoft Outlook
And office package. Apart from that I also have no other intention to stick to that OS. Anyway moved to Apple Macbook due to hate of Windows and love of Office 😏
This is great support for a person like me. I have been on linux for a month and have had serveral crisis and wanted to switch back to Win10.
With all of the support that is on the web today for Linux issues, You just need more time. And things will get better. I promise.
I started 14 years ago....information was far more scarce back then.
I prefer macOS, but Linux is getting so much better as of a desktop experience, It's truly amazing what the community is doing recently. Both Microsof and Apple have so much to learn from GNU/Linux (mostly Microsoft, Apple is fine for me at least), Windows used be a good OS, nowdays it is just a decadent OS.
@a a Until Windows 8 came out, from there it went down hill. I've never considered it actually good, but it was ok to use it back then
For many users they use the OS that will run the software they want. This means that if you want to push them to another OS and it does not run this software you are going to fail to convert them. You can't just point to alternatives, as they want 'their' software, so if they are a Photoshop user, they don't care if Gimp will do, it's not Photoshop. Same for MS Office and anything else. Most End Users are driven this way and for those of us in IT support we know this. Comparing Linux to Windows becomes moot if Linux does not run the same applications. I have the same issue with Mac users who 'must' have a mac to run Final Cut Pro X, when Adobe Premiere will work on Windows or Mac and do the same job. This is why I think Micosoft will be around in the same way as the dominant desktop platform for at least the next 10 years.
You have a very solid point.
I love windows 7, too. It really is the best version of Windows. And I think it looks BETTER than Windows 10, even though it has a more dated look.
nah, Win2k was the best ;)
@who cares Windows 10 takes all the UI styles of past windows versions and combines them to create the ultimate inconsistent UI.
i use terminal and when i tell to somebody he/she awnsers you are a hacker, but thats what make people not use terminals bacause they think its super complex or hackers only use it its very easy i watched one begginer terminal video and now i use it always
How can a Linux user live without terminal....
CANONICAL says they are Developing UBUNTU OS to replace terminal use but it is not possible unless u r a complete noob.
I use Arch and terminal is my life.
@@diago2805 btw I also use arch 😆
I agree The console is very very powerful if you know the commands and really not that hard to learn
There aren't many negative Linux videos. Most people who use Linux love it, and the people who don't use Linux know nothing about it.
@randy s Make a video so Chris can dispute it.
After 2 years, It became true for Windows 11. The most frustrating thing is when it became useable, stable, comfortable, and relatively safer, they just throw it away for an unnecessary newer version. One of the best things about Linux, if you're using a distro, it will be the same for you in years.
I loved Windows 7, too. But I use Linux Mint now.
Microsoft's future is bleak after the Windows 7 eol on 14th January 2020.
I'm wondering about do you know about ReactOS? A possible (native) alternative to Windows in the future.
Sadly, ReactOS today is in Alpha development phase yet.
If you know about it, what is your opinon about ReactOS?
I work IT in a highschool. We were handing out Chromebooks to students, and I was inputting a property tag into a Google Sheets spreadsheet on a Windows Surface laptop. With a rush of students, my surface decided to disconnect from the network and then freeze because it was doing updates in the background. Now my settings were supposed to sync, meaning that the "off hours" were from 7am to 5pm. Didn't matter, right in the middle of everything it did what it wanted. That laptop is now on the floor and I use my Slate Tablet, or my Debian workstation. I am with Chris, with all that money that is gained from licensing and Windows, the only innovation you can think of is......Windows 10? OR...."Live tiles?" I like/love Linux, if you take the time to learn as you go, you won't be disappointed.
Windows XP was the pinnacle of Windows, 7 was really good but XP was the real thing!
Xp was good and loved using it.. I still "have" to use 7 awhile longer at work. Not looking forward to the move to 10.
agree, that's when I stopped using Windows after XP ran out.
Question for Chris (and others): Why is the learning curve on a Linux distro so much steeper than Windows or Mac OS? Tell me why I should use a Linux distro in terms of usability.
Thing is, I don't disagree with the opinion of Chris. Windows 10 is actually worse in many ways than XP, 7, or 8. However, after following Linux for decades, it is always "getting there" but never there. SO call me out. What has changed in Linux in the last 5 years regarding usability? How has it improved? Because, to me, it has the same issues that it did a decade+ ago. Spare me the trite "its better than windows ". Tell me how it has improved. (Yeah - it's a bit of a troll - but I am actually serious - heck, go back 10 years - how has it improved?). School me - seriously.
The last good Windows was Windows 2000
XP introduced registration
7 introduced UAC, which was a half-baked security patch
Vista - let's not talk about this failure
8 was user hostile
10 is a privacy nightmare
Don't you talk shit about Windows XP, mate.
It's quite amazing how much Linux-knowledge you have gained in nine months, hats off to you!
I recently installed Ubuntu on one of my 2018 Macbook Pro. I wanted to learn it before putting it on my 2019 Macbook pro and other Macs. I am liking it so far
I still run Windows 7 on my main machine because Windows 10 is not for me. My laptop has been running Linux Mint for the past year and it works great. Pretty soon I'll switch my Windows 7 computer to Linux.
I really like Linux Mint I started with version 15 and am now using 19.2 a really solid performer
Anyhow, if you still need Windoze, you can put that into a VM and then have Domain-0 take control. You can then even control what traffic your VM can send without Windoze being able to object.
@@Robidu1973 I know and I've already installed Windows several times in a VM on my laptop because I needed some applications for a subject in my university (Dreamweaver and Flash (not the player)) and they worked.
@@Robidu1973 The problem that I'm facing now is to install and configure Linux on my computer. I've tried 3 times to install Linux on my computer and I've always faced some issues, usually with the graphics card. Linux Mint with Cinnamon crashed every time I booted up because of my Nvidia 1050ti card. Ubuntu worked okay for the most part, but when I plugged my TV, the TV glitched. And recently I installed Pop OS with KDE, and that distro didn't like my 1050ti, even though I installed the version with the Nvidia graphics driver. I put my old Radeon R7 240 and it worked for the most part. I needed to transfer some stuff from my SD card and the SD reader didn't work, so I decided to put the microSD on a SD to USB adapter and it didn't want to recognize and that was the last straw and I removed pop os. Now I'm looking into cloning my Linux Mint installation from my laptop.
The best pieces from M$ have been XP and Win 7. Beyond that... Yikes!
I have seen Win 8.1 operate, but absolutely didn't like it (and Win 10 seems to be a lot worse even than that).
Updating Linux (even a full system upgrade): Download and install everything, and the system stays operable (you may have to restart some programs or have to log back in after the respective components have been updated).
Updating Windows: Download the updates (and cause network congestion on Win) - if you are running it in a VM, best use traffic shaping to prevent congestion on the outbound connection and so keep Domain-0 and any other VMs from getting affected by this congestion, then shut down to start the installation (wait until it actually shuts down) and then enjoy it installing and configuring the rest upon restart.
On Linux, my downtime is around about one minute. With Windoze, my downtime (even with Win 7 in the end) has been at least 15 to 20 minutes, possibly even more.
After 30 years on Microsoft OS's I switched to Linux Mint. I am retired and I only need Internet browsing, email and book reader. Linux is more than enough. MS Windows is just too heavy for me.
another excellent video
I switched to Linux back in 2012 and have since moved from Ubuntu to MINT, to plain Debian. I'm on D-10 at this time.
I have managed a few converts since I switched out. Generally these have started where an alternate or un-used box is available. I like to start folks on MINT/LMDE3 right now. By loading Linux onto an alternate or un-used box the client can move at his/her own speed. It doesn't take long though: as the client adapts to the Linux system reverting onto a Windows 8 or W-10 system become more and more repulsive.
For Windows apps today I run Oracle/Virtual box. This is less than ideal but, as we have noted: there's a few programs here and there that we just don't have .deb packages for, ...
Yes, Windows 7 (especially SP1) was the best and most awesome Windows version (and still is). After they end support for Windows 7, you can bet that at least some of those users will switch to Linux (or try to atleast).
Yep I am one of them. Switched 2 weeks ago and not looking back
Anybody else first Chris video "10 reason why I stoped using Windows 10". Thank you for helping beginners by making video on Linux and explaining many points that would other wise make one feel uncomfortable using linux
Windows 7 was the best version of Windows M$ produced. I love Linux Mint because it's like Windows 7, only better.
@Svein Are Karlsen , MS-DOS was even better -- no bloat and no windows.
If you were concerned about security, you'd have a different opinion.
Still using Windows 7 on my Lenovo laptop and Hp desktop / some strange message appears sometimes telling me to upgrade to win10
Proton is the final nail in the coffin for Windows, I don't need to use Windows for anything at all anymore and I have been using it since Win98. Running Arch KDE + Compiz-Fusion this setup is light years ahead of Windows 10.
One of the myths is that you have to do everything in the terminal. You might want to do more GUI guides, because I have noticed you spend a lot of time in terminal, reinforcing that myth. Not all beginners to Linux have I.T. backgrounds.
I've been loving the content. I've got a similar journey, supporting a largely Windows environment at the college I work for. I've switched from Windows 10 at home to Manjaro about 2 months ago. I'm loving it. Keep up the great content. :)
One good thing about Windows is that it works without glitches. I'm running Linux Mint on my laptop. I cannot logout because it goes black screen, then stops working anymore. So the only option is restart. However, the logout function worked perfectly on my desktop. Debian 10 had numbers of problems too. Windows 10 mostly works without these kinds of minor but bothering glitches.
Windows 10 is the best thing that has ever happened for Apple.
I have also been an IT support techie for almost 30 years, starting with Windows 3.51 (still best OS ever), now been using Linux Mint for almost a year and loving it (sorry MacDonald's). Also using OpenMediaVault as my primary Server. Have at least 10 VM's of different Linux distro's running on OMV. Always need to learn as Window 10 is a virus. Thank you for your contribution to the elimination of this CRAP OS.
Steve Frankes Why?
I remember being a teenager and installing Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex. It was so cool to me at the time. After awhile OpenSuse came out with their studio and I tinkered around with that and made my first OS I named Dmin, Dillon's Minimal OS. I used IceWM because I thought it looked nice, that whole 9x vibe. Good times, so I'm glad Linux is getting easier and easier for people to get into, especially in the gaming space of things.
You say "The only good thing about Windows 10 is that it looks better", but in fact many of us don't even like how it looks.
Couldn't agree more, the plain "Windows Mobile" like interface just blows, it looks so lifeless.
I like how any Linux distro looks with a tilling window manager well Riced xD
As long as Windows have great software compatibility, have the same good old UI, and stays user friendly it will stay relevant. As someone that used W7 Ultimate for years and switched to W10 Pro in 2018 i don't get all the hate. Took me 10 minutes to set everything up and remove all the "bloat". Clean OS with no third party program or script. Even the updates i disabled and W10 don't even bother me by months now (still on 1709). People need to stop being lazy and look into the system, you don't even need to go that far, gpedit does 70% of the trick for you. The rest is up to the Services and the Task Scheduler.
I can't get past Linux's CLI and the app store, thats not freedom. I like to go and search and install the programs i want from whatever site i want.
I agree that the amount of hate Windows 10 gets in Linux community is kind of comical. I is my long standing opinion that Linuxers should focus less on throwing dirt at Windows and more on showing why Linux is awesome.
I disagree with your second point though. People use package managers like apt or yum (the "app stores" are just nice graphical wrappers around that) for convenience. Packages in repositories are curated, maintained, the package manager takes care of dependencies and everything is (more or less) guaranteed to work and not cause conflicts. If you want to, you can absolutely install everything yourself and have complete control over it (much more that Windows gives you). You can download source code for everything and compile it all yourself. Sometimes you even have to do that when the software you want to run isn't in the repos (or it's not the version you want). The downside of that is that then you have to take care of all updating etc. yourself and it can be a lot of work when you install everything this way.
I am a "Late Adopter." I used Win2000 for a long time after it was obsolete. In fact, I still have that legacy PC win Win2000 on it. It still works just fine! I acquired an older Dell PC and put a copy of Win-Vista on it. So many tech people hated Win-Vista, but I used it for years and it was very sound and reliable. One day, around 2016 or 2017, it just stopped working at all. I am really suspicious that Microsoft terminated it because they wanted it GONE! So it was. I got a copy of Win10 and have had constant problems ever since. It crashed totally several times. I ended up buying a WD 2TB backup drive and Carbonite to keep my data safe when Win10 crashes. I also bought an Acer Laptop so I would have an alternative when my Win-PC crashed! I have about 150GB of real data, but that WD has about 500GB of data used to account for multiple Win10 crashes and odd backups. I copied data to OneDrive and that's a PITA too. (I had assumed that I could copy stuff there and it would be available on both my PC & LapTop. Not so! I haven't figured out how to really make that work.) My Win10 PC keeps giving me notifications telling me there are problems with my Microsoft Account. But not from my LapTop. (???) The PC keeps insisting that my 2nd HDD is in imminent danger of total failure. But it's been six months and it hasn't failed. My LapTop went through a phase of constant 100% HDD use. But why? I have at max 150GB of data on a 1TB drive. Why did Microsoft need 100% of Disk usage to manage that? I finally backed up everything and got Acer to format my LapTob and replace Win10 from scratch. Again, I used Win2000 from when it first came out until about 2010 and it worked just fine. Still works just fine. I used Windows Vista from about 2009 until it was cancelled around 2016 or 17. Never had a problem. I've had Win10 about three years on two computers and have total wipe-out crashes about once a year. WTF!
One of the reasons I still use MS Office is because I have some serious databases in MS Access. I was looking and Libre Office and am convinced their database program may be adequate. (I used Apache Office years ago but it's database program was minimal. Apache Office is now defunct.)
I have an old HP PC somebody gave me. Only has 3MB memory and small HDD. But I am thinking about loading Linux on it and learning Linux. I am watching you for versions. Mint? What was that one your daughter installed? Something a little girl can install is about my speed!
microphone problems (noise cancelling issues). Moving files from a windows install to a linux install (gaming related/basic files). Setting up a lot of games with proton versions ex:- windows compatabillity problems. This is just a few of the issues i have moving over right now.
Thanks for the video. I installed Linux Mint last night in a dual boot system with Windows 10. First impressions - opened up gimp, it was lightning, Libre Office opens all my word and excel files, VLC plays all my media, whats not to like. About the only thing stopping me from full time adoption is getting my canon printer working. Hopefully there's a fix for this somewhere.
People ask why use windows when linux is better. 8 days ago with a little help in comment section, i installed Linux Mint.
many hours was spent the first day trying to learn how to install AMD drivers to stop cinnamon crashing on start up and the screen tearing,
many hours on the second day was spent trying to configure raid drives and getting them to be able to be shared between many pcs,
The third day was spent trying to find software or alternative software that i used everyday on a windows pc.
By the end of the forth day i had finally got the pc up and running to a point it was sort of usable.
Jump forward to day 8, boot up the PC in the morning and see a little icon saying "hey there is a update, want to install it" so i install the update, that was kernal update, reboot the PC... and.... the the PC is broken, Raid drives are gone, try and rebuild them, no ... computers saying cant be done, Network shares are gone, cant access anything on the network, spend 5 hours trying to sort things with no end in sight,
Crack it and go im going back to windows, then there was another 6 hours of trying to burn a windows usb, every piece of software i found failed and failed and failed, finally got it done.
so i boot from the usb and i had windows installed and all the software i use installed within an hour.
Until linux becomes as simple to configure as windows, windows will always be the choose of operating system.
I switched to linux about a month or 2 before you did, the thing that got me to stay was being on the fediverse, and It's worth looking for solutions
As someone who is using Windows since I was a kid I have to say this video is 100% accurate. 5 years ago I went to a course and they introduced me Linux (in particular) Ubuntu and I really hated it because the things I needed were also available on Windows. Still now I don't like Ubuntu. I prefer other Linux OS like Mint or Zorin because they feel like a Windows OS but with the power of a Linux Kernel.
Sometimes when I boot up my PC and see Windows 10 I'm totally bored on how the system works. It's complex, full of options, most apps are installed and you don't know if it's ok removing it or not.
I think Microsoft will:
1) Build a new OS based on Linux (case less probable)
2) Making a new OS but with the problem of Windows 10.
I really wish to learn Linux but since I have to do some exams those makes a wall in front of me for learning Linux.
Hi Chris!
I enjoy your channel a lot and I have a similar background and history regarding computers as you. I have been involved in computing since the very dawn of home computers. My first machine was a Sinclair ZX 81 with 1 KB RAM (actually, only 0.8, because 0.2 was used by the OS). Then I went for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum (48K), then a Commodore Amiga 500 but after that, it was time for PC. Have been using Windows all my life but started to gradually switch over to Linux maybe 5 years ago (dual boot). Now I have not used my Windows boot for 2 years and I have a Windows VM on my Linux machine, just in case (mostly to be able to see how things look when giving support to windows users). So, my daily driver at home is Manjaro KDE, but I'm still "forced" to use a Windows laptop at my work place. However, there I run VirtualBox with Linux Mint Mate, where I do most of my work.
My opinion is that Linux Desktop has a hard time to gain traction due to the big corporations.
In my company (around 95,000) they are just to dependent on MS. It would be an almost impossible task to switch over to Linux, specially for the Office suite and the Business Systems.
Anyway, I really enjoy your channel, and I'm following your "Linux journey" with much interest.
P.S. Maybe this would be a good challenge for the specific topic in this video? D.S
Quote from the video linked below:
"The funny thing is, as soon as you tell me (and quite proudly, I might add) that you primarily run Linux, I already know a ton about you. I know that you have no artistic ability -- that you're not into full-stack or front-end dev (no photoshop), you're not a photographer (no lightroom), and you're not into video editing (no premiere). I know you're not a software entrepreneur, as you would have needed full-stack development for that. I know you're not into remote collaboration with Google Drive (and Dropbox support is being ended soon). I know you're not an iOS developer (no XCode), or mobile developer at all (which generally requires Photoshop). I know you haven't honed your UX/product sense. Even if you dual-boot, I know you're in pain and will probably lose a bunch of data one day and have no idea what happened. You see that? In your search for "freedom," you have boxed yourself in like a caged rat."
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I was one of the early adopters of Li ux ( SUSE 9.3) it was tough at first but I stuck with it now I use Leap 15 and I'm glad I switched.. I couldn't be happier, Linux just works.
My first Linux has been SuSE 6.0 (anyone remember YaST 1?), but about half a year ago (and some testing prior to that) I decided to switch to Debian.
I just use Win Update Stop it port blocks updates until you want to enable them. As for the bloat I use Enterprise edition which has it all stripped out. These two things solve most of the problems you mentioned.
A video about Google Chrome - on using so much resources, it used to be more lightweight, what are your point of views on that?
I started using Linux as well :D. cheers
My problem is that some programs run only on windows. I've tried wine and crossover and they do not run well.. So, what to do? I'm just continue with windows.. Congrats for this video....
Always tried to force myself using linux somehow, but everytime I still go back to windows... Thing is, nothing really works for me, work (adobe suite + graphic tablet), gaming, and general hardware compatibility things.
I'm sure if Microsoft didn't think Candy Crush was an essential part of the Windows operating system, they wouldn't go to lengths to make sure it stayed on your machine. :)
Great video as always, Chris! I agree that Windows 7 is the best all around Windows OS - second place to XP and 98SE a close third (which you could reinstall at will and no internet/phone verification!). The portability of swapping boot drives between machines without the OS whining is very liberating. I'm not a power user myself so the Ubuntu clones (MX, Mint) and plain ol' Ubuntu MATE are fine with me.
Windows 7 write protect file bug. You cannot remove the write protect from any files. This is nessicary for some older software. Microsoft will not fix just telling you how to remove the write protect from files in properties or command line. This just flat does not fix the problem at all. Try it yourself remove the write protect from any folder, then go back and check. It's still write protected.
Great Video! The only think it holds me in Windows is Adobe!!!(Lightroom- Photoshop)
You never heard of GIMP or GLIMPSE whatever..??
Its games
Of course. I work with both
I used linux for two years. Great years. But believe me gimb and camera raw and other i use is not Photoshop and Lightroom if you are using them for serious business... Unfortunately .
Darktable and rawtherape are good too
@@garthok6224 Yes i know my friend, but unfortunately no one is as good as adobe products. I had linux more than 2 years and for a time dual boot and i only boot windows for adobe!
Thanks to you I started using LINUX Mint and loving it... I still use dual boot but 90% of the time I don't need to use windoze.. but again..it's only been a week... will take some time .. you can even just run from the CD.. and still open up files on the original filesystem... it is quite amazing. Thank You!
I already dropped windows last night.
The blue screen constantly was driving me nuts, updates stopped working.. I was freaking DONE!
I can't do this anymore..
I downloaded the latest Linux Mint release and installed it.
Only complaint I have is that LM has a lot of ripping and tearing on screen with my machine.
Try to fix it and you will learn a lot
What set-up are you using? Hardware wise I mean :)
@@astrajim
It's an 8core CPU, the one from AMD from before they released the ryzens.
12 gigs of ram, and an nvidia GTX 650
I run Windows 10 and Mint 19.2 on dual boot. And I find myself going back more and more to Linux which is a fantastic system.
Wish I could do the change from MS to Linux. Applications support and game support is not there... Not even going to driver support.
The problem with drivers, it's not a problem of GNU/Linux, but the hardware manufacturers are to blame. There are still some out there who don't deem it necessary to support Linux, but if you take a look, you are going to find a lot that do.
The point is, if they don't care to support Linux, then don't buy their equipment. Things can be really simple - and when you are voting with your wallet, that's the first things that companies do notice.
I'm OK with add ware like Candy Crush on a fresh install, I get rid of it once. What I can't abide is why it keeps installing extra bloat at each update. Even stuff I've previously uninstalled comes back.
As to the updates happening at random times ... uhh ... I always get told to adjust my settings. Yep, done that, still goes and restarts right in the middle of me working. After I've just rebooted the machine, I've even run into scenarios where it simply force-shut-downs without asking to save your current work, to then boot into the "Please don't turn off, updates installing" screen - thank you, just lost hours worth of work due to this.
good presentation. I switched back in 2012. First: Ubuntu, then to MINT, then to MINT/LMDE, then: Straight Debian. Currently: D-10 ("Buster").
The one reason for hanging onto a Windows box is for the occasional program that we don't have a good Linux alternative for. I run a Win-8 guest in my "ResearchBox" using Oracle's Virtualbox. It works -- for the most part -- one of the new Ryzen chips would help the Research box with VM though.
The one thing that is troublesome at time is -- "How to? s". The LinuxQuestions board is good, the MINT board is excellent. Still, at times, I have to turn to the good old standby: Google. The last one was "How do I write a DVD for an old style DVD player>". Answer: use "DeVeDe": you have to convert your video track into a collection of .vob and .ifo and .bup objects and then load these into a VIDEO_TS track. If you can do this you should be able to burn a DVD using K3B. No need though: the last step in DeVeDe is BURN. *** This worked on D-10 ***
And there you see a bit of the trouble we still face: sometimes we have to find a clue and then figure out ho to apply it in the particular Dist. we are using.
Once again: good presentation!!
What version of Linux do you recommend? Mint?
I was on Arch Linux with KDE and liked it. I do agree with alot of the things you say but some things are just not there yet. Overwatch wouldn’t let me rebind crouch so I had to work around it using xmodmap. The final thing that forced me to switch back was my Vive. SteamVR is supported on Linux but I got horrible lagginess and bugs, probably due to me using nvidia instead of amd, saw some people saying that was the issue. All of this using a 1080 ti. Games do work but it’s not stable alot of the time because we’re using Wine. It’s not supported. I hope I can go back and I really loved the extreme simplicity of Arch but for now I’ll stick with a debloated Windows 10 installation. Cheers for the videos!
Started using MS when it was still in DOS and left t when they quit support for XP my first install of Linux was Ubuntu 9.10 and have not looked back my favorite machines were old Macs as they are optimized for Unix based software and once they are bricked by software updates they are free.
It's so weird to think that I used Linux longer than I thought I have. I first installed Ubuntu Mate 16.04 back in 2016 on my gaming laptop. However, a lot of the old laptops my dad used had some old Linux distro (Icebuntu I think) installed and never realized I used Linux back in the late 2000's. I was always wondering how I used to play Flightgear.
I've stopped auto updates from my windows on my account. I don't even remember how i did that but was a configuration that i did with admin tools and registry. Was pretty odd but it works. It only update when i click on "check updates" button.
That's great solution.
Ever wonder why MS makes bizarre changes to their apps or O/S which make no sense? For instance when they introduced the 'ribbon' to Word, notice they removed all the old menu shortcuts - the ones you took years to memorize. Why? Well, I worked at MS for a short time at one point and I think I have some insight. It was explained to me that programmers leave in droves and then they're replaced by a new batch. And either the new guys don't want to bother messing with old code, or they want to make a name for themselves by creating something new and different that they can claim credit for. They have a cutthroat employee review process and maybe that's what that's about? Anyway, as I've found, the new stuff is usually worse than what it's replaced. Ugh!
Thanks for the video, Chris. I'm in absolute agreement with you!
I used Windows for two decades till I finally could afford my first Mac. I never looked back since.
1.) What defines bloat? For me it was 2-3 unnecessary apps like Candy Crush and i removed it.
2.) Updates - I and i think most people are behind a laptop which they don't turn off or restart. We always use sleep functionality most of the times. So, unplanned or surprised updates don't bother me.
3.) Yes, there is telemetry and cortona, but I have never seen CPU hikes on my computer because of these processes. I don't use cortona and don't fiddle with their options because once it didn't allow me to change lockscreen wallpaper when i disabled telemetry. The message was 'Some settings are controled by your organization'
4.)And believe me, I have been on recent linux distros - ubuntu 19.04, deepin, manjaro, fedora . Nothing comes closer to Windows in battery efficiency. I used same browser Brave on linux and windows, linux always dies out first. And Yes, I am talking after applying the recommended TLP and Powertop tunables.
5.)I have also noticed that despite so many processes in the background in windows(180-190) when i leave it idle, it consumes less CPU than linux counterparts. Are windows drivers (not just gaming) more optimized, probably yes.
6.) And not to forget choppy touchpad experience on Linux(Windows Precision Touchpad drivers are bliss).
Microsoft also seems to have done something with their text/pixel rendering. Whenever I come back on Windows, it always looks so crisp and clear. I have tried many things on Linux but never got to the point where my display on Linux looked comparable to Windows.
7.) Paid Windows. Never. You're smart enough to search. ;p And no, my system is not infected and neither it has become a bot for the hacker whose script i utilized to activate windows.
I always get tempted to try new Linux distro but have realized that they all are the same except the versions of the packages in their repo, DE and package manager. Nobody in Linux Desktop space is bothered about refining the experience on laptop. And did you read the stackoverflow survey on what developers prefer to use. It was Windows on top even though some of them were developing for Linux/Server. That says a lot.
This video settles things for me. I should only run windows in a virtual machine if I need to. I'm going to go ahead and pack my things up for another move. I got bookmarks and files and I don't know what else that has to come with me to my next Linux environment.
Sad thing is, I had the development kit 2 for the Oculus and it worked on Linux.
I was first going to stay on Windows 7 by locking it with a deep freeze program then putting windows 10 on a separate hard because there was no other choice. I was reading /g/ and said linux will be too hard. It wasn't until LTT made a video about it, then I started exploring linux on youtube and one of the channels I found was yours. Eventually I tried Manjaro, then Mint and was happy with mint. I am in the process of making a full conversion to Mint as my main OS (or Kernel) with windows 7 in deep freeze on my new and first ssd. It is now your channel I watch every day hoping to learn something new about linux.
#neverwindows10
I run win 7 on my laptop, just to run a database. Which doesn't work properly in Linux. On my desktop I use Mint.
Autodesk Fusion 360, Solidworks, SCADA systems, PLC programming only run on Windows. I prefer Linux over Win 10 but my clients require specific software that only runs on Windows 10 or the latest Server platform.
Then you need to educate your clients. I have been a CIO for over 30 yrs and I just converted a big hospital over to Linux. All of the servers are Linux there as well. I saved them a bundle of cash and I refuse to work with vendors that dont support Linux.
@@rty1955 You need to get educated! The top SCADA and PLC programming platforms only run on Windows. Capisce!
@@no5x937 what's that .000001% of software? Get real. Only ONE reason that some companies ise windoze, they want to be able to use someone when it fails.
One of the CT scanners for healthcare recently switched to windoze, and the ONLY reason was that they needed someone to sue when it fails. The people who actually work with the stuff said Linux was faster, easier to maontain than windoze. Heres an idea, demand it to be ported to Linux. Sucks to be you
@@rty1955 no, you're the Stu Gatz on this thread! Linux is great for many things but corporate dollars still drive the Windows bus and engineers like me make the lion's share off those corporations leaving the scraps for children like you.
I teach in a third world country which is very Windows centric. There are even computer teachers in universities who have never heard of Linux. I introduced teaching Linux alongside Windows, Mac OS Android, and iOS to a local independent school. I prefer Linux which I started using in 1996. However I'll give an example of one of the biggest problems with Linux. I have had printers and other hardware before that "just worked" with Linux. I now have a wireless Brother printer that has been such a huge headache to get working with Linux. I have been in countless forums, scanned through RUclips videos, etc etc. I would find a link that would send me to part of the answer, but part of the answer was another link with another piece of the puzzle and another link and so on and so. Days and days approaching a week. I have even posted to Linux specific groups and even a local Linux user group which even has Linux professionals. Ultimately I was told by multiple people in multiple Linux groups to just use Windows for my printer. What would help many is for the distro creators themselves, to create wizards that would identify the hardware, in my case a printer, and go on line and get everything needed and install the printer.
The driver support sucks in Linux still. I'm using Pop OS with Kernel 5.
Still setting up a working wifi/Bluetooth connection is a pain in the butt. That's why I'm still on Windows( keeping linux in dual boot).
Because popOs is not 💯 configured with hardware other than system76
I just installed Manjaro and everything is configured even wifi,Bluetooth,dual screen and games
Making my full time switch to Linux at home currently! It's been quite the journey and I'm excited.
Why not just keep using Windows 7? Or better yet, switch to Windows 2000, probably the pinnacle of the Windows user experience. Clean, stable, solid, and bloat-free. Only complaint is Office 2007/2010 don't run on it.
I just switched to linux probably a month ago and I love every second I would spend on my laptop. Damm. Where have I been. Looking at you, Arch.
Hey there ;)
My next PC will be a Ryzen 3850x and both a AMD and a NVIDIA GPU.
While I wait for Easy Anti Cheat stuff, I want to do some GPU passthrough using VFIO. That's really interesting as it allows a Windows VM to access the secondary GPU and run games this way 'till we have full linux support for all our stuff.
I hope more people test and use this kind of virtualization, because there seem to be some problems involved with this set-up, such as choosing the right motherboard as well as having luck with the BIOS as some AGESA versions seem to have nasty behavior with this kind of use case.
EasyAntiCheat working on Linux whether it be natively or via Proton would be a game changer. Its only these MP titles that do not seem to work well on my Manjaro install.
For me, Windows 10's best thing is probably the Windows Subsystem for Linux, which is ironic as it's literally giving Windows users access to Linux native commands to help make Windows suck less
Hi Chris, I've primarily been an Apple user, though I do use both Windows and Linux as alternative OS'. Even though I've used Apple products since the 80's in school, and since the 90's at home, my experience has shown me, that I feel Apple did things right with Mac OS X. They took the familiar macintosh desktop, and combined it with the power of BSD, and also pulled in things from NextStep.
In my way of looking at things, this includes both proprietary, and open source into one platform, and it gives people more of a choice out of the box which type of software they want to run. Especially those experienced in Unix who can install the necessary tools to run their software. I've been following the Linux community quite a few years now. Some consistently, and some off and on. For me, when I've tried video editing programs for Linux, compared to what I'm used to on the Mac, things just didn't feel right, and I wasn't happy with the quality. Granted, that was several years ago now. However, the point I want to make, when it comes to help switching to Linux, I would much rather talk to a professional video editor, that does TV, and Film style editing for commercial production, who uses Linux because I feel they will have a more realistic outlook and expectations I would, to make the transition easier. With that said, I like Linux, i like what it has to offer, but when people on either end of the spectrum go to extreme, be it proprietary, or free and open source software, it really rubs me the wrong way. I believe there is an equal place for both ways of doing things.
I tried to switch to Linux (Mint Cinnamon) recently after watching your videos and others. I wanted it to work but couldn't do it. OpenOffice wouldn't work with my PowerPoint files without reformatting all of them. I couldn't watch Hulu and something else. Back to Windows 10. I share your frustrations and concerns with Windows 10. We need software companies to come out with quality Linux applications equal to Microsoft Office to take it to the next level. I hope it happens and Microsoft gets a serious competitor. Despite its issues and frustrations, Windows 10 works pretty well for me overall.
I just updated one of my VM's from Windows 10 v15xx to Windows 10 v1903 because and Autodesk product forced me. Now running v1903 I can no longer access my host drive. I've searched for a solution but have not found one. Do you know anything about it? I'm using VMWare.
I am almost ready to go full-time Linux on one of my machines - the only thing stopping me is the wifi dropouts in Ubuntu/KDE Neon. I use Win7 and Win10 too......There was a short learning curve, but, Linux is just what I am looking for.
if you stay on Windows, you'll forget the meaning of Personal Computer
I've dabbled with Linux Mint on laptops, but I am a video editor and use Adobe products. I also do Voice work, but that is easily handled with Audacity etc. I know Black Magic's Resolve is making headway in the editing side in addition to the colorist side, and there is a Linux version, but right now, I don't have a machine that can handle it. My laptop, well it barely hangs on... crazy HP Red Flyer that has no fan and I did some video on it which I think did some damage. :)
If you like Windows 7 - IMHO you would really like Linux Mint 19.2 mate or cinnamon. Its GUI looks a lot like Windows 7. You don't even have to install it you can run it from the live dvd or USB stick
Adobe is stopping me from fully switching, sorry. Davinci resolve on Linux has compatibility issues, gimp is not worth learning to me, and after effects plugins are only on windows. I use cinema 4d instead of blender because of after effects 3d camera integration but will use blender for anything else, audition can just be replaced with audacity though. If you’re going to tell me to spend time in gimp, Inkscape, or kdenlive it’s not happening. Lutris and wine never got the CC suite working on any distro I tried so far (which is not a lot, but I will keep trying) Easyanticheat games also keep me from switching, but games in my library that don’t use EAC pretty much work with some quirks and some performance degradation
The biggest issue for newb windows refugees is the infamous but requisite command line interface. As a veteran DOS and (blush) OS/2 user I'm not unfamiliar with it but for others seeking refuge from Win10 this is something that will come up
I never really saw your content as educational. I'd more describe it as motivational. an outlet for frustration, things to look forward to in the future or an overview about all the great features that exist. So certainly good content, but really educational videos like the one on libre office ms office compatibility and installing ms fonts, are a rarity on your channel. I don't consider that a bad thing, but if you want to produce more educational content, you should go into more details and also address more problems that might occure while following your advice.
Windows 10 is Linux's best friend. My Win10 PC crashed after an update in January 2019 and since it wouldnt repair correctly i thought hey let me try Linux if i have to start over rather than install Windows10 and its been a fun experience for me. Thanks Windows 10 for introducing me to Linux :P
Final Fantasy 8, which I am playing right now works in Linux, BUT the music does NOT work. Which I am playing right now. Mega Man Legacy Collection 2 will not start, and if it does start, the screen is backwards. I may finish these, and go back to Mint, but right now they are not working in Linux.