As someone who has used Linux for many years now I love it and im a computer engineer, the one thing I would suggest and it is down to yourselves is that I send the developers a little bit of money as a thank you for all there time. There are people who work on these distros in there own time and a little bit of money goes a long way to helpin them continue.
Hi! I'm new lo Linux. I just wanna know, if there's a way to run .exe files in Linux. I'm a student so I need the MS Office to work in Linux. Thanks in advance.
WINE on Linux, look it up. Even WINE Bottle if you are technical enough. You can run windows software in either of these without needing an emulator, VM or dual boot.
I second this. I did install Mint on my 3 computers and sent money to the Mint team. It's a lot less than MS used to charge for their licenses and will go a much longer way.
Tomorrow in a different timeline: Linux Kernel Level Ads. One minute after tomorrow in a different timeline: 2 forks get made of the Linux kenel, to remove the ads.
I switched to Linux a few weeks ago. Microsoft decided that my product key was invalid and forced me to use a Microsoft account to log in. I had to do this as I needed to get on my pc at the time. I did have another product key but could not get on the computer to put a new product key in! Microsoft made an enemy. I closed my hotmail account and abandoned windoze, not looking back, ever. My pc is now my property and I need no more product keys nor an EULA. Freedom. No telemetry, no recall, no ads on the start menu…..
Maybe it is better if you can't use the Powershell... ;) OR! Move to the EU! NO ADS, NO any fuss about any datamining thanks to the EU's GDPR laws! Sad to see that your goverments and agencies are taking a huge dump on you users just cuz of profit... :/
@smoothie9931 I did try multiple distros, but gaming was a bit problematic with nvidia. Now I'm on Nobara KDE nvidia version, which has native nvidia support, games like Apex, OW2 run on 165 FPS and are very smooth. Windows will be my secondary OS starting this weekend...😊
Moved to Mint three months ago. Yes, I know that warm and fuzzy feeling :). But if Microsoft had gone for "Windows 7 with faster and better engines under the hood", I would probably have had no reason to switch.
So nice of Microsoft to add Recall, for malware to be able to access without having to record your usage! Thats so thoughtful for their ecosystem partners!
The only way you're going to get Recall is buy a brand new (not available yet) copilot plus PC with the neural processing unit. Microsoft never said that malware is going to be able to dig into Recall. Edit: More than likely that information "should be" OBFUSCATED, and encrypted. There are early reports that the stored info is obtainable easily. Time will tell.
@@SpaceCadet4Jesus Encryption is not nearly as safe as you think. All you need is the Key. MIcrosoft is not some behemoth of defense that no one has ever gotten into. They are hacked regularly. Your data with them has never been safe. It probably wont be safe on your home PC either. Its just about who I want defending me. Me or the other guy. I think I want me. Becuase I have 1 goal, they have what billions of people to protect?
@@Salmacream To date no one has been able to get far enough to hack into Microsoft's storage to obtain any encrypted Bitlocker key. Besides, the Bitlocker key has to be used at a local console, not remotely. Any recent Microsoft hack was due to email phishing attempts to corporate officer accounts, not into the protected separate client databases. Microsoft caught on and eliminated the threat. Microsoft has teams of IT security pros that have a much better handle on data separation and security than you or I will ever have. To assume you or I are smarter than they are would be ludicrous. I have a Security+ and a Network+ certification and I know I'm not up to their league. I'm sure your defenses aren't watched by a human and machine alert algorithms 24/7, nor are you sniffing data packets, monitoring IP locations, etc.. 1 person to protect or 1 billion to protect, it's all under the same umbrella regardless the number of users.
@@hunterzone4846 Saving website passwords in Chrome or Edge is a joke. Actually, it's a security problem. They should have NEVER offered that. Unsure if it is being breached remotely, but I do know it's easily taken if I'm at the local console.
@@SpaceCadet4Jesus "Teams of IT security pros" has never stopped people from getting their computers hacked. It hasn't even stopped major corperations form being hacked. The issue though isn't Microsoft itself getting hacked, it's the fact that most computers running windows have malicious software on them and said malicious software will be able to compromise the locally stored data.
Yep. I've owned my computers for over 20 years now. And in fact if a Microsoft user was using it they would be blown away as to how simple, private, and quickly they can get things done. They also remark about how fast my box is. Yeah when I hit something its there instantly. It IS slow to boot though because of all the checks on stuff that it makes before it turns things over to you. But once it does...
yep i can confirm, on linux you have FULL control, also linux doesnt have a HQ bc linux is a kernel and its up to the users how they wanna customize it i think
you can't even setup an offline account and you "own" your pc with linux! Funny! :D (btw not a windows fanboy! But it's clearly visible how little your knowlage is about the things in real life situations) let me help youz guys out a bit! ;) while clean setup: shift+F10 (brings up the console) type the following command and hit enter: OOBE\BYPASSNRO (this disables your network adapter so after the setup you need to re-enable the adapter) BOOOM you have an offline account with every function you need. Learn your systems...
That is what i am struggling with. Bought a Dell laptop and because of how Windows behaves it does not feel like I own / control the hardware. The problem for me is actually putting the time into switching. I have 4-5 development build / toolchains I would need to setup on Linux. Hard to make the leap.
@@GuyTraveler I understand your situation, moving from one system to an other can be hard, especially if your primary source of income relies on it. If you want to switch to Linux I would suggest that you try out Linux on the side and try to find solutions for all your needs before you make the big switch, then when the support for W10 ends you have a backup plan.
So with Windows 11, Microsoft will bring us amazing things like - advertisements in the start menu - total surveillance with "Recall" which has of course, like, totally, zero potential for abuse by hackers or corporations - automatically enabled Bitlocker disc encryption which will make a lot of people lose their data because they don't realize they should write down the recovery code I wonder what the next great news will be?
@@gilbertpillbrow6978 You mean so far. And totally optional at first. Then mandatory a year from now. And ooops we removed any way for you to disable it.
I actually do to play Fortnite but even as a long-time Windows user I'm already getting tired of this bs. I can already do my work on Linux since .NET is now cross-platform so only thing really keeping me back is games.
@@washington6986yes its tough used to switch only cause apex got ported. I lost access to my ubi games like for honor and r6 but I wasn't playing those much anymore either.
I actually started using Linux just out of curiosity a few years ago and now I have a dual-boot setup, but when W10 support ends next year I might actually finally get rid of Windows for good.
that is where you get it wrong, those multi billionaires do not think as a species they only think about themselves. you can't be filthy comically rich if you give a fuck about other human being
Every time I see some moron crying about MS "spying", they're an iPhone or Android user who has no problems with them recording every word they say, face scanning every photo they take, and scanning every document on their phone to upload to iCloud and GoogleDrive. Hypocritical idiots pretending to care about privacy, in reality they're just manchildren fanboys hating on their chosen enemy corporation while taking it up the ass from their favored corporation. 1984 already happened 10 years ago on iOS and android.
@@GeistInTheMachine I disagree. It takes a lifetime of mandated indoctrination and constant reinforcement via all avenues of entertainment to make it work for as many as it does.
I switched to Linux a few months ago and haven’t looked back. It’s so nice to barely worry about malware (Linux isn’t technically immune to malware, it’s just that no one bothers to make malware that works on Linux.
I think I've been basically Microsoft-free (and Apple-free) for about 10 years now. It's so nice. Sometimes I see my colleagues doing something on Microsoft Windows and all the crap they have to go through just makes me want to cry.
As more people switch to Linux more malware will be written for it. A form of Linux (Android) already has a large market share on mobile devices so expect expect more viruses in future.
You are aware of the number one operating system for servers and appliances out there, yes? Hint: It is Linux. It is BY FAR more profitable to create malware for servers than for desktops. What powers your TV? Your router? Your phone? (unless you are an iPhone and AppleTV user) Ofc people can build malware, yet it's not that easy to 1) run it in confined user space, 2) elevate privileges, 3) distribute it unnoticed given the fact that vulnerabilities are actively monitored and constantly fixed, and 4) have these vulnerabilities running in an ecosystem, where the code base is being worked on by a enormously bigger number of people than the Windows code base.
@@leoniscsem I cant see why you’d be wrong. But when I got started with Linux I did a decent amount of research into what antivirus I would need. And by far the most common answer I found was none, people don’t make malware for Linux. Something that does occur to me though is maybe hacking servers is less likely to involve trying to trick a human into downloading and running malware, but more likely to revolve around existing flaws. I also wonder whether it’s easier to try and sneak malicious code into Linux, as recently happened
@@Lege19 Searching for antivirus software for Linux makes no sense. You don't need this. Servers are per se more vulnerable because - duh! - they serve data, thus they have to have interfaces that are open to connect to the world. Exploiting servers most of the time happens by finding vulnerabilities in runtimes (e.g. PHP, Java, Ruby, node.js), and elevating privileges. That's why the whole server world moves on to containerized applications to keep these applications confined in their own space. The main reasons why servers get hacked or attacked are sheer incompetence or laziness of system administrators. Other sources are poorly written plug-ins for content management systems (*snorts at WordPress*) A successful exploit depends on attack vectors. With Linux, there are just very little attack vectors in comparison to Windows. It starts with the problem of "downloading and installing some bullshit" - nope, thanks. I do not download any .deb package from any random website and then $ sudo dpkg -i rapemefrombehind.deb or just have to doubleclick on anything shady. To sneak milicious code into a repository is a very, very difficult task. When you want to publish malicious code, then you need to create something popular. If something is popular, your code gets scanned and WILL be reviewed (sooner or later). Your code also depends on a ton of other libraries, that are monitored and being reviewed. So you must be very lucky to circumvent all these obstacles.
Recently moved to Linux full time with no dual boot shortly after CoPilot was put on my Win11 machine. After the Recall announcement, I'm glad that I decided to finally try to make it work. There ARE compromises, but luckily most of these are gaming related as no software that I run, needs windows.
I was the same way. As soon as I heard about recall I hopped over to Nobara linux and haven't looked back I do all the same content creation here that I did in windows 11 and just use a vm for my affinity photo and that's it
Pop!_OS has virtually no gaming compromises outside of games with anticheat or DRM crap that accesses the kernel to work, and the junk makes games actively perform worse so you're better off pirating cracked versions that remove that stuff than buying them anyway.
After having used Linux in parallel with Windows since the mid-to-late 1990s, I've been on Linux exclusively for 10 years, 1 months, 3 weeks, and 1 day, exactly. How do I know? That was when Windows XP went EOL. I never looked back.
I have been on the wagon since August 7, 2007. That's the day I no longer needed to dial into AOL to get the internet and could use an Ethernet connection to connect to the internet. Switching from Windows to Linux is like when you had a ice cream 1 mile from home on a hot day and you have no car and explosive diarrhea and you have your butt cheeks tightly clenched as if you are a man in prison trying to keep the monday night football game in your colon from going thermonuclear, you are all sweaty and sticky and have a hill to climb...then Tux in air-conditioned car drives you back home so you can wash up and use the toilet so there's no danger of pumping feces into your underwear the way that heating oil is pumped into a basement with no oil burner with the pipe still attached to the side of the house....
The most important reason why we should switch to linux or a similar licensed OS is that companies like microsoft, google, apple, valve, amazon etc. etc. will eventually try to sell you all their software or data as a service for a monthly fee and in the end you will own nothing.
@@IsmaelLuceno Good point. It depends on what "owning" means to you and I'm sure there are volumes of literature on the legal definition. Licenses regulate that. However, copyright laws are subject to change and anything is possible. But even then, at the very least, even if you don't have the source code, you should own a digital copy of the binary code, that you can run that on physical or emulated hardware as long as it is available and functioning. To me, that still is a lot closer to "owning" than a subscription service.
@@christianscholz3170 sure, ownership isn't trivial to define in this context, and you might always be able to emulate a machine and patch a binary to make it work, but it means a huge amount of work, not at all comparable to having access to the source code and permission to modify and distribute it. It's important to have the software in a convenient from to modify and the tools to do it (if you have the source but you can't build it, then it isn't nearly as useful, right?). If what you have is unpractical, if it isn't equivalent to what the author used to produce a final releasse, then it isn't ownership.
Moved to Linux Mint just over a year ago and haven't looked back. Running the same hardware and the machine is now so much faster. Loving Linux now and wish I moved years ago
Linux has worked easily and stable for years, however the main problem is that new people take anyting on the internet to direct and serious, and many people install unstable/experimental Linux versions and run commands without knowing what they do. also Linux users in general are far more critical of when things don't work properly. as for desktop problems, those are not linux problems but DE problems and it is very easy to change or fully switch yout DE in Linux.
Even for modern versions of Ubuntu, one of the most user friendly distros, there are tons of common tasks that just work in Windows and are a nightmare in Linux.
What about when you install linux mint on an older laptop because "it'll save old laptops" just to have the gpu not work properly, lid closing not working properly, backlight controls not working, wifi not working and the only solution online is using vim or geany to edit some file thats in the wrong spot because the guide is for a distro from 2016? Its super easy for linux to get shitty and messy which is why I can never recommend it to anyone
@@eda2000-r8h Some software that is not compatible I guess. Thankfully I use none of it, but if you use something like Solidworks, then I guess you are fucked.
@@eda2000-r8hthat one thing thats like audible but for pros on the real industry with a pro job. Gimp is a hobby project not meant for a real job. You work in it. Thats why it works for you.any other job is dead on linux
Moved to Ubuntu yesterday, all the games I play regularly run perfectly. Had to fiddle a bit with the display configuration files. I work with WebStorm, it runs a lot faster on Linux than Windows
@@janboyega I have played a lot of games with Lutris on Linux, like Assassins Creed, GTA V, Doki Doki, and League of Legends, now I can't play league of legends because their Vanguard that relies on the windows kernel, and this does not mean Linux is bad for gaming, but Riot intentionally decided to fight against Linux community and their creative solutions for playing games in Linux like Wine, Lutris, and a lot more. there are games that supports Linux out of the box like NWN, Albion, Osu Lazer, and it performs way better on Linux than windows
@@yuki-were-here the battleye anti cheat wont work, so u can only play offline... Every major game i play has anti cheat that doesnt work with lutris etc. Did Gta online work for u? Could be because there is no anti cheat, but i wouldnt be so sure.
I was about two months ahead of you sir ;-) and settled on PopOS I had been distro hopping for over a month and after trying out 9 different distros that is where I landed.
Linux has greatly improved. My first forays were in the days of Ubuntu 7.10/8.04; a LOT has changed. There are several Debian based distros (and Debian itself) that are more than user friendly enough for most users, most being so user friendly that the elderly and younger children find it easier to use than Windows or Mac. Ubuntu, MX Linux, Linux Mint/LMDE, Sparky, Q4OS, Solyd X/K, Rhino Linux, Pop!_OS, Peppermint OS, Elementary OS, Tuxedo OS, Endless OS... all are super easy to use for beginners, whether coming from Chrome OS, Windows, Mac, etc. I've been dual booting for a few years now, and this is enough to make me say, "After 10 goes EoL, Windows will be Ameliorated 10 installs, or run in a VM, but my main OS will always be Linux."
One thing that _will_ prevent mass adoption of Linux is what you just posted. You listed literally a dozen distros, that to a layperson, might as well be a dozen different Operating Systems completely. Don't get me wrong, I love that anyone can make their own distro of Linux and communities can be built off of making what works best for them. But the fact that you can't just "install Linux" and get going means that most PC users are going to have analysis paralysis and decide "I'm just going to stick with Windows" or "I'm just gonna buy a Mac/Chromebook." Also, the lack of certain specific industry software support means that there are very large companies of people stuck on Windows, and no amount of WINEing is going to change that.
@@KyleDavis328 >most PC users are going to have analysis paralysis and decide "I'm just going to stick with Windows" Yep, this is my exact problem. I just tried to install Linux Mint, and when it downloaded, I didn't know how to go from there. Not to mention even verifying the ISO is legit, from the official Mint website, mind you. I just don't have the mental capacity for it right now. lmao
@@KyleDavis328 unfortunately, you are correct. Will it be possible for laymen just using their computer to go on Facebook and Netflix, or gamers in general? Yeah, but essentially any desktop on Linux IS it's own separate OS, let alone that every distro customized it differently out of the box, and every distro might as well be it's own OS, so every DE spin of every distro appears to be a different OS to random "normal people" lol. Geeks, nerds, tech specialists, scientists, and Neurodivergent people, or any combination thereof are the main people who use Linux. You're absolutely right, sadly. Linux's greatest strength - user choice - is also it's greatest weakness.
Until you want to use it on a laptop that isnt a 2015-2019 laptop with all amd gpu/cpu, broadcom/atheros wireless chip and a supported chipset, screen backlight controller and disc drive. If you dont have this kind of laptop then you're a bit screwed if you dont enjoy fixing your computer more than using it
@@georgewashington6171 I have a brand new Asus Vivobook Flip 2 in 1 Convertible, and every single thing on it works. All the special keys, the touchscreen, screen brightness, keyboard backlight, everything. Hell even my Asus bluetooth Stylus works. It's perfect.
@@kevinsedwards -Linux community touts linux as an old laptop saviour -Complains about linux not working with older laptops "Just get a new system lol" ? I tested 4 debian distros on 4 laptops ranging from 2006-2015 and only one of them worked somewhat ok out of the box and that was the 2015 one, the rest were catastrophically unusable
I've run 3 linux distros on a _Microsoft Surface_ and have backlight + brightness & media controls, really everything works. On all 3. (Microsoft does a ton of nonstandard, custom hardware!) Mind you, don't want to oversell: These didn't "just work" - I had to search online to find the steps & software that enabled this, but the resources were readily available on google ("microsoft surface linux"), and the instructions straightforward. Was just a matter of installing pre-made packages in the right place.
I think that Windows as a guest VM on a KVM Linux host, with disk + GPU passthrough, is an achievable hybrid solution that lets us have our cake and eat it. The KVM project needs its Proton equivalent, it needs someone to iron out the kinks and make it user-friendly, but it's very close, and hopefully with GPU drivers moving to open source we have more reliability there. The biggest advantage about KVM with disk passthrough is you can move the Windows guest disks to its own PC and continue running that Windows installation as the main OS, so you're not trapped in KVM. We're not going to get rid of Windows entirely any time soon, and I don't think a hard breakup is the solution. We need to gradually shift over to Linux, weaning people off Windows and rewarding more open source dev activity on Linux.
I've tried to move to Linux once every year since 2015. Hey, at least this year I lasted a month before wiping that drive again which is 3 weeks more than every other year! Maybe when I have kids and these kids reach my age it will be better for anything other than web browsing, programming and _some games™_
I give Linux a go every five years, have a miserable experience, then give it up for another five years. I recently tried installing Linux Mint on a seven-year-old laptop. Didn't work as the screen just went black immediately post login.
Switched to Linux Mint 21.3 after my going back from W11 to W10 (an option available the first month after doing upgrade to W11) completely bricked my PC by not finding USB drivers (even though it had them less than 3 weeks ago). So I decided that it was finally a good time to do the great (and permanent) migration to Linux. Got everything set-up in a few days, even found ways to use the "loudness equalization" feature from Realtek Audio Panel. At this point it looks like I'll not even try to dual-boot to Windows. I have all I need and nothing that I don't want :) Even the GPU power usage in idle went down by 30W (I have a Radeon 7800XT, and it was idling at 110W total power draw from the socket, which went down to 82W in linux). I can even use 144Hz on my monitor and it still stays at the same idle power draw. Big WIN FOR LINUX from where I'm looking.
I said it time and time again: The feature is actually great. I really want it. HOWEVER: I don't want it delivered from Microsoft. I want it developed open source and truly local. I want to inspect the code for it myself and see whether it sends data to anyone. Thankfully, Linux is picking up some steam the last couple of months/years.
I agree in that it's a great and useful feature too. People are letting their hatred for Microsoft blind them from the truth. I would love to have a personalized assistant that could do things for me, that could assist me with both productive and recreational stuff. In fact, it's exactly what I've been envisioning would happen since AI started to trend and have eagerly looked forward to it. It's worth mentioning that this feature will be very helpful for people with disabilities. I've looked at Linux but from the looks of it, over half of my games wouldn't run there and I don't want to abandon and forget about them even if I don't play that much. Furthermore, as you inferred, Linux doesn't yet have an alternative to Recall. As long as Recall is a feature one can disable in Windows, it doesn't look like it would be worth transitioning to Linux and enduring limitations.
I want to switch to Linux mint as I have used this in the past, but there are so many applications I lose with mint vs windows. and yes gaming is an issue for me as well. But this AI garbage is deplorable! what about switching to Linux and running a VM of windows? what would the performance be? Any advise would be great!
VMs are very very good nowadays, especially so if you have powerful hardware. Highly recommend an amd gpu for pass through though, because right now the development for nivida pass through isn’t there
I've been on dual boot W10/Fedora for the last couple of years. I'm booting less and less on my Windows partition since 99% of what I do on my PC, works on Fedora. I can't remember last time I booted w10 tbh.
I would like to switch to linux but which version is best for art or indie game dev? I heard there are versions that are simple and ones that are complex. Thanks in advance
The distros are all the same under the hood. There isn't one that can't do something a different one can. Start with Mint. There are legitimate reasons to favor other versions, but Mint is newbie friendly and you need experience with Linux to know what you like and want for those differences to mean anything to you. Start with Linux Mint.
It doesn't really matter which distribution you choose*, as software like Godot, Inkscape, and Krita will work on any Linux distribution. Linux Mint is a good choice for a newcomer. *For Krita specifically, maybe avoid Fedora for a year or so as they're moving fast and breaking things. Not that I'd recommend Fedora to a new user anyway.
I agree with starting with Linux Mint. When you look for screenshots of different Linux distributions you may see different desktop layouts and appearances, but note that you can achieve the same look on almost all distros, because it's determined by "Desktop Environments" and "Window Managers". The downside you should be prepared for, is that it's rather impossible to run Adobe programs like Photoshop on Linux, and some other specialized software that you may need. So I recommend still having your Windows installed on the other drive of your PC, for when you need it.
Do it now! I've been a long time windows user and just switched to (after a good amount of distro hopping admittedly) to Manjaro with KDE, and the experience has been nearly perfect. I just got a VM with GPU passthrough running + Looking Glass so I can keep using SOLIDWORKS, too.
On this laptop, I have a dual-boot setup with MX Linux (used 99% of the time) and Windows 10 (in case I have to use something Windows-only). I won't update Windows 10 to Windows 11, even after its end-of-life date. I know that Windows 10 is awful, but I know how much worse Windows 11 is, so... Windows 10, even after October 2025. 🙂
I was doing some research about windows 11 before wanting to buy a surface pro 11. My question is to all the computer nerds is can I switch to a linux operating system while using a microsoft main computer? If so how can it be done?
You can totally do that, Ive done it myself The process is the same for all computers First choose a linux distro I recommend fedora if you are a developer Then dowload the iso and put it on a usb with rufus to make it bootable Specifically for the surface you need to deactivate the secure boot in the uefi Then just follow the steps for installing the distro
@@txxn7 thanks and I appreciate your input! Reason I was looking into these computers was mainly for the reason for work since I do engineering work and didn't want Microsoft playing with my data for the wrong reasons
they are taking advantage of people using windows as many people are scared of linux and think its hard when in reality its as easy infact more easy to use than windows
I don't agree with the assessment that "Linux was a hassle to use." I think a lot of people, yourself included, mistake the "hassle" of learning to use a new operating system, with the hassle of using something that doesn't work. Windows users have a sort of learned helplessness where they expect everything to be the exact same as Microsoft Windows or else it's a "hassle," but I don't really agree with that. In fact, when I actually took the time to learn Linux, I found it a lot easier to do things that on Windows would take a million clicks and digging through menus and sub-menus.
I fully agree. My observation is that those who have problems with Linux are either unwilling/too lazy to learn new things, or simply don't like the idea of there being an anti-Windows. They're dwelling in the past where yes, you had to live in the command line. That's not true now with distros like Zorin and Mint not really requiring any command line use at all. I've spent as much time in Powershell as I've ever spent in the Linux command line, but that stuff is all above and beyond normal usage. I like to tinker. There are things in life I don't want to hassle with, and the Linux complainers feel that way about OS's. Command line is faster and more efficient, bottom line, but it ain't pretty. People want pretty.
What percentage of people who use a computer actually need the Adobe Suite of products? I would posit at most 2-4%. The vast majority of computer users would never need such a sophisticated suite of applications. Heck, that's part of the reason it's so ridiculously expensive!
@@mafioso12dk That's outdated. On Steam, the vast majority of games work out of the box, no issues. The only really big issue is certain anti cheat systems, but that's only a tiny handful of games. And then there's nvidia drivers, which might be an issue if you want state-of-the-art high-end gaming, but otherwise won't be noticeable. My gtx 1070 is chugging along quite happily. Of course, if you're not playing on Steam, then yeah, it can be a bit of a pain to set up wine or lutris, but usually not that bad, and it's something you only do once per game anyways.
@@mafioso12dk what? I have the absolute oposite experience, almost all games on steam "just works". I can use epic, ea and other launchers using lutris. The only games not working are the AAA studio games known for scummy practices, Common denominator: Game dev known for greedy practices > possibly not working on linux. Me for one, do not care for supporting these game studios anyway, so no problem for me. If you are talking about 🏴☠games, there are new things coming out from Glorious Eggroll (proton-GE and Nobara dev) that can pull protonfixes on ANY game you run through proton, ie you will no longer need to run it through steam to get the game to work... Nobody obv mentions you can do this with the coming updates, because, well, it's pretty BM from a youtuber to openly promote 🏴☠:ing, but yeah, that is a thing that probably soon will work too.. xD PLEASE DO NOT 🏴☠GAMES!!! SUPPORT THE DEVS OF GAMES YOU LIKE!!!
It's a system snapshot array, just like the sleep function only stored at intervals for a limited time span. There's nothing unsafe about it except for the fact that hackers would instantly seek to clone that array as a compromise. Apple do the same thing, only it's cloud-based 'automatic backup' which most users don't know about and thus compromise by phishing. Keylogging and encrypting memory snapshots to short-term local storage are quite different things.
Linux has all the features the user wants in it. Just because there isn't AI spyware yet, one could make it if they so choose. But that's the thing, it is the user's choice to do so.
I think it's main selling point is that it's customizable with less malware/bloatware/spyware baked in- though that might be the same. General selling point is that it's not apple or windows
You buy the computer, you buy the OS, still get ads and lose control of your computer. I've been on Linux for more than a year now and oh boy, I don't plan on looking back.
Actually I only buy the computer, as the OS is included, no extra purchase. And what ads are you talking about? The recommendation feature which is easily turned off. Don't you remember that Windows 95 even had ads or are you not that old? It was included with the product called Active Desktop and it was easily turned off again. I don't agree with your guys's definition of the word "Ads". I don't consider OS recommendations to be ads, but I do recognize third parties trying to sell products as ads just like on TV.
fun fact, Recall has an infant form in Windows 10 that was found not long after it's release by a Russian user who proved that Windows 10 takes periodic screenshots among other things. Telemetry has been a massive problem in WIndows since XP. The jump to Copilot and Recall may seem extreme, but the biggest leap they took in breaching your privacy was in Windows 7, with 10 being the runner-up. 11 is just the icing on the cake.
Is that the timeline feature they added and then withdrew a few years later? It would record what you were doing and when and you could go back to that task from the task view menu. Don't know of anyone actually making use of it though.
i started using linux for game servers hosted in vps machines. i recently deleted everything related with windows and using manjaro. so far everything speeded up and i don't deal with bloatware shit. you can customize every detail of your linux if you want
As an AI/ML Engineer and researcher, i'm getting incredibly frustrated with the current state of AI usage. Big corporations are integrating AI into every conceivable area without clear purpose or use just to say "We're an AI driven company". AI models used to be an interesting and potentially useful linear algebra abstraction used to solve real world problems and now we have subpar ChatGPT clones on every single website doing the exact same thing.
AI seems like Icarus' flight incarnate. We need more jobs, not less, and giving over tasks to computers that actually learn is just a recipe for disaster. Countless sci-fi stories are about how AI overthrew humanity. Computers should calculate, not think.
It's the new gold rush, investors fully believe AI is the future so, of course, every single tech company is going after that money. It's a bubble waiting to burst.
Microsoft *created* the trend. Their strategy of abusing lawfare and taking short-term losses to gain market share, then abusing their customers, has been going on since Facebook and Netflix were just a glimmer of imagination in some college kid's subconscious.
Late stage capitalism my dude! a.k.a cyberpunk dystopia. We gotta start anarchy-pilling users and switching to open source or we'll soon find ourselves having to pay $29.99 monthly for our AI powered organs' battlepass lmfao
Windows 8 was when windows died, people just stuck with it because back then Linux wasn't close to as good as it is today and nobody had the money for a mac
@@s1nistr433And Linux is so much more advanced today? Not so sure. And Mac, you mean that MacOS that sends every key stroke back home but nobody dares to talk about because … hey… it’s Apple? Yeah, it’s so much better …. Not.
It seems that most "Windows" users are unaware of and indifferent to these changes. Whenever I see someone’s PC, the desktop is cluttered with icons, and the start menu is still filled with default tiles, showing no sign of personalization. People aren't seeking customization; they prefer a plug-and-play experience where the company takes care of the OS. This explains Microsoft's seemingly trivial decisions.
my linux dual monitor desktop is fulla icons as well. What's the deal with that? I don't mess with my menu's though and my panel rarely changes as well as my most common apps are launched from the panel I rarely go to the menu to launch and ditto for the desktop. I think its what you're just used to doing.
Yes, that’s how it works. Most people don’t want to get into the details of running a computer, they want a solution that works, plain and simple. Kinda like how when a software dev commutes to work, they don’t want to deal with details of driving their car, they just want the vehicle to safely and efficiently get them to and from their destination. The idea that everyone should learn everything about all the things in their lives, such as how to install and use linux, flies in the face of the division of labor that modern society relies on.
@@prostocheck "You think wrong" and who do you think you are exactly to say that ? Another pretentious linux user for sure. You are one reason why I never went further than just run linux to see what it is, the linux community is insufferable with its ego and its sect like mindset about them being the only ones "thinking right".
OneDrive gives you cloud storage for your personal files. Even to this day it does not back up OS specific settings or files or history. You're overreaching in your projection.
@@SpaceCadet4Jesus You missed the joke I guess. The bottom of it is that MS could send it to the cloud in the future and you will most likely have no control.
@@Kabodanki funny, your original post didn't look like a joke. It lacked any material that led me up to a punch line. Regardless whether MS COULD or WOULD, is mere conjecture, but there is a real truth, however, that Microsoft is working on a cloud only PC. You retain the monitor, keyboard and mouse connected to a terminal like device. It's likely, but not known, that there will be a subscription based model. Can you imagine the Bruhaha that's going to erupt when that finally gets closer to release? 😁 "Privacy, what privacy? We dun need no stinkin' privacy!"
Google's AI, which would also periodically threaten to unalive users if it "felt insulted". 😂 Don't you love the race to publish that means there are absolutely no safety checks between dev and prod now????
@@avwholesomegamer You can check if the toggle changes some parameter in the registry. Other than that, if that particular registry entry is actually read, if it gets toggled by something else... You can't guarantee anything. Every windows update screws with something on my system, and I generally don't know 99% of what it screws with.
@@PaulSpades And more importantly, it won't be the first time an update turns things you turned off back on... I feel the same way, already with Windows 10. The Bloatware removal tool is used on first installation and than the microsoft bloatware blacklist is run to wreck all the pre-installed shit, ads and apps microsoft really thinks I want on my PC out of it. Yes, it means I have to revert to more serious workarounds if I want to update 1 or 2 apps I can only get through the microsoft store, but for the rest it works a treat. Where I work, privacy is a very, very big thing (aviation industry) and I am already glad I'm not a system administrator, as these days this would probably be a big headache. What I really don't understand is why our CORPORATE machines, get the same ad-shit and apps pre-installed or added to the start-menu as private licenses... Since Windows 7 was replaced with Windows 10, I already said to myself 'this will be the last version I use...' I'm afraid that will be the truth...
@@weeardguy Let's not forget the update that maliciously removed flash player from every windows system that had it installed. And it was a mandatory "security" update.
I've been a Windows user for about 30 years. Early adopter of Windows 3.1. A couple of years ago I had enough, I felt that I'm losing more and more control of my compute environment. Switched to Linux Mint, and never looked back. Yeah, little adjustments, but a lot of cool benefits that cost me nothing. When I hear about Windows 11 forcing HW choices, configurations, telemetry, and now shoving AI down people's throat - I'm so glad it's not my problem anymore.
AI is one of the best things that's happened to computers. I use it extensively and I love it. It's very helpful and very useful. But then again, I embrace change and the future, making the most of opportunities. Change always brings opportunity. What a great time to be alive.
@@SpaceCadet4Jesus "I love AI. Now I know to adhere cheese to pizza using glue, that it's okay to leave my dog in a car on a hot day, that i should eat around one small rock per day, that if i get pregnant I should smoke 3-6 cigarettes per day, and much more! My life has never been better!" 🤡
5:40 Issue is Mint forces their own mods and fixes, this makes it unreliable, please try vanilla OS like Debian stable, if you need latest apps, you can try the backports, or Flatpaks and Snaps.
A few years ago, after installing windows, I tried everything to uninstall edge... After about a dozen attemps i finally succeeded and it was in unable to start. (I think i had to do edit the registry or delete some windows files, not sure but it wasn't straight forward.) You can imagine the horror on my face, when last week some link i opened in a random application opened the website in edge and it was perfectly functional.
It's strange because since Edge was installed back in the day webpages ran FAR better for me than with any other browser. It was far faster than Chrome or Firefox for me. I have no clue why especially seeing as these are my comp specs are considered low these days (was mid-range back in 2018): 460W PS intel i5 Quad Core CPU Only on 8GB RAM because the motherboard is locked Nvidia GTX 960 GPU
nicee yeah i still use it but use a vpn and my own Hardwarebased Firewall o boy it blocks a lot of crap even using a browser with Firefox and Ublock still things get blocked.
@@raandomplayer8589 If you just need an app for running windows, e.g. photoshop 2010, you don't need internet. You just need to have a public samba folder to share files between the host and guest OSes. That's what I do.
@@raandomplayer8589what would be the issue? Activate and disconnect. Even at that I think office 2019+ is the only MS thing that really wants activation and refuses to do it offline. To share files you can use VM lan, connect local storage to VM or switch back and forth external drives.
@@raandomplayer8589 Depends on how we define "work." But ddkj said that "if I need anything that will only run on windows," without specifically mentioning the word "work." If by "work," we mean as a job, then it could become pretty inconvenient to use Windows without internet access (and also doing it in a VM could be inconvenient somewhat too), since that would likely slow down work. But if they just have a program that they want to use, that only works on Windows, and the program doesn't require internet access, then I think it is possible to move that file over from the host into the VM, and then use it.
I mean, in the German government, I believe they swapped out Windows OS for Linux instead. I can definitely see a bunch of people simply transitioning to something else.
I switched to Linux Mint about 6 years ago. I will NEVER consider returning to windows. The adjustments needed to become proficient aren't hard to overcome and you will be a much better computer user for having done it.
opensource actually is better than propetairy, and should be second choice. the thing better than open source is Free Open Source, with Free as in Freedom). but Free Open Source, is more secre, privacy respecting, relyable, ethically correct, pure, functional, etc.
It is my first choice, and my only choice. They are all doable with maybe the exception of DAWs. Those all suck ass. The stuff I use daily is all very good nowadays. Firefox, Blender , Godot, VSCodium, Gimp, Audacity, etc. they get better every year
When I got my steam deck it made me realize how easy it is to use linux. It was no longer this weird frightening OS that I couldn't understand. Went cold turkey from windows with all my computers a mere month after I got the deck. Never looked back.
Steam deck isn't a good example because it is a closed architecture and updates are better tested before release. Gaming on Linux, especially with nVidia is a pain in the ass (but at last it is getting better)
Steam deck did the same for me. It was a real nice introduction to a non-windows OS. If it was available, I'd use steam os (holo os?) On EVERYTHING. I think it's fantastic.
You got balls, good for you! Steam deck is running a flavor of arch linux, so you can now say "I use arch btw"... xD I have been gaming on linux with my nvidia for more than a year without any problems. People with problems using nvidia is usually on a distro not up to date with latest nvidia drivers. The nvidia drivers has changed a LOT to the better just in the last 3 months, but to get that, you can NOT use something like Ubuntu because they do not pull the latest drivers as soon as they release, you could be on drivers more than 6-12months old and there is not much you can do (other than break your installation trying to implement the nvidia drivers yourself, I do NOT recommend doing that). If you want the latest drivers, use a distro that PROVIDES the latest drivers decently fast.
@mafioso12dk you severely overestimate how complicated linux is. You can MAKE it complicated, but my open system desktop has very few differences from steamOS closed architecture. The difference amounts to me not having to unlock shit to install wine or something on my desktop. Linux is linux. If you can use a steam deck comfortably you can use a desktop
As someone who closely followed linux since 2012, you must've dogfooded it a lot, or maybe just really lucky to have really compatible system Im now a full time linux user for like year and a half
@alexstone691 I've done well with linux because I stuck to it for many years. I've been there from the good and the bad. I even learned bash scripting and python from using linux to create my own custom script. I will be a linux user for life. :-)
Linux has become way easier to use in the last five or ten years, I'm not gonna say it's perfect, there's still the odd thing you have to get a degree to make work, but chances are high your sound, network, and GPU will "just work" in some capacity out of the box now at least. It's important to note that's actually better than Windows, where your GPU only has basic functions until you install the driver, Linux has 3d acceleration out of the box, although you might get better performance with the proprietary driver for Nvidia cards, AMD is more cooperative with the open source crowd
I using Linux on and off since 2012. While linux community keeps improving the user experiences for the operating system once they tell you it is for nerds, nowaday, even a grandma can use it without hassle then we got Microsoft here to made their products become user nightmares.
Correction at 7:03 The Nvidia userspace driver is NOT open-source, the only component going open-source are the Kernel Modules. On the topic of open-source Nvidia drivers, Red Hat has announced Nova, a replacement for the Nouveau driver, and there are some other folks creating a driver called NVK which is an open-source Nvidia Vulkan driver
As a Linux and Windows user myself, I think people need to use the OS that fits their needs. Windows has a fantastic user experience and out of the box features for the extremely large majority of users, which is probably a bit annoying for enthusiastic power users, understandably. On the other hand Linux based OS is really lacking in a lot of out of the box tools and user experience, but the freedom and ease of customisation is amaizing to set up and environment perfect for those who know how to. Choose what's right for you, not what people say you should use.
I would describe Windows as bloated crippleware, especially out of the box. I couldn't get anything to work when I bought my parents a new laptop... Familiarity goes both ways.
@@mikoserbousek4987 I give Linux a go every five years, have a miserable experience, then give it up for another five years. I recently tried installing Linux Mint on a seven-year-old laptop. Didn't work as the screen just went black immediately post login. Windows works right out of the box first time, every time and it supports the applications I need.
@@mikoserbousek4987weren’t you able getting a laptop with the most easy, boring, user friendly OS up and running? Dude, maybe you should consider a career change. Been using Linux for almost 20 years, windows is like a toy for me.
The way Ubuntu deals with multi-tasking out of the box, separate taskbar on each screen, how snappy it is, how fast it searches files is UX that's a decade ahead of Windows. I have never had the need to customize it. I disabled animations on Windows to try to emulate that and all I discovered was the animations are there to hide the laggyness. I have a samsung nvme SSD and a 5600X and still takes several to dozen 60Hz frames to populate tiles when I window key+tab like I am loading a web page.
I grew up with windows but honestly the last time i liked windows was windows 7. I think the biggest part of why i didnt switch earlier to linux is just because i dont know how to start and im not a software engineer. Gonna play around with linux on an old laptop now
It depends on what you do. I think 90% of people just do e-Mail, surf the web, watch RUclips, and write some letters. That is about it. Frankly, for these people, a tablette with a keyboard would work fine. They don't need a desktop computer. Do you work in teams where everyone expects high levels of office compatibility? Do you want to play any game (not just those that were built to run on Linux)? Do you need applications like Photoshop or SOLIDWORKS? Then forget it. You end up wasting so much time. The very fact that there are 40 distros and 10 different application distribution mechanisms, makes Linux an absolutely horrible end user experience, particularly once you need software that isn't in your distros native distribution system.
A good distro for those coming from windows is Linux Mint, for an old laptop, use Linux Mint Xfce edition. The user interface is similar to Windows 7 and it is light on system resources. If your laptop is really old (like 1GB RAM or less) try Bodhi Linux or AntiX.
@@MarkAvo But are you really being honest here? Even for Windows, far too many people still need help from some IT savvy family member, and Linux is far worse on that front. If you're an IT person, sure, different story, but for everyone else the notion that Windows will result in fewer gray hairs than Linux seems absurd to me. The very traits that make Linux inherently great for IT folks and server side systems, make it inherently atrocious for the normal desktop user. That problem will never be solved, as the traits are mutually exclusive. I know many still don't want to accept this. They think adding another package manager, or some new shell will change the fate of Linux on Desktop, but every such attempt just makes the situation worse, as yet another choice prevents Linux from ever having a standardized user experience. Frankly, all current desktop operating systems are awful. They all fail in some area.
I was a MS MVP for Windows in the 90s. MS has lost their mind. I recently bought a new laptop. It even has the nasty CoPilot key on the keyboard taking away the right control key. Taking away control.. a recent Windows update ran and suddenly my clipboard manager that I use no longer worked, and the awful windows clipboard manager was back in control. So I disabled it the same way I always had in the past with Windows 11 and nothing changed. I dug up more aggressive methods that involved deleting the executable file so I went hunting for it and lo and behold it's gone! So I dug more. They moved their clipboard tool to a damn. Windows service! So I got aggressive and ripped every bit about it from the registry. This worked.... For 2 days. Then it was back, fine, tried to disable the service. No dice, even as admin. So gutted it from the registry, switched the ownership of the dll for the service to me, blocked all Windows users and service from access to it and removed inheritance, then replaced the dll with a text file having the same name as the dll. We will see how long that lasts.
I feel your pain. I tried the same methods to disable Windows updates in the past. Removed all the entries from the registry, even did changes to the group policies, and managed to completely disable the updates. A few weeks later I noticed windows update was somehow miraculously back, and it was slowing down my system at the most inconvenient time as usual. I went through the list of services and noticed something called Windows Update Health Tool. That thing actually somehow installed itself on my system without me even knowing, and restored all Windows Update functions to its original state. It's crazy how far Microsoft is willing to go just to shove their stupid updates which no one even asks for, down your throat. Thank god I've made the decision to go back to Linux after their dumpster fire of an announcement about their new garbage AI "features".
I honestly genuinely think it's easier to switch to linux and learn that operating system... Not even being a over-the-top linux fanboy here, like, you really seem very very frustrated about something that you wont encounter in linux... Is there anything holding you back?
This kind of thing is what tipped me over the edge in the end: it kept becoming harder and harder to just use my computer how I want. Microsoft not only have extremely stupid defaults a lot of the time, but they don't let you change them - or they let you change them then take that away without your permission. It was the lack of respect that drove me to Linux.
Nah, the desktop needs a lot of work, and I'm saying this as a Linux user of over 4 years straight. Linux itself is great but the desktop later is just that, a layer. It doesn't work nearly as well as an OS designed from the ground up to be a GUI, such as NT which has a much cleaner architecture than people give it credit for
@@SomeRandomPiggo I'm curious what you think are the biggest pitfalls in that regard. Say the UIs of popOS/Ubuntu (Gnome DE, different WMs), or KDE's Plasma? What do they still miss that Windows does right?
@@john_paul_r I don't think they're explicitly missing anything, it's more like death by 1000 cuts. Sometimes Pulseaudio will break, Pipewire is no better. When going to sleep/suspend, sometimes it stops halfway and I have to force shut down. In demanding applications, the GPU driver (AMD btw) crashes after an hour or two. X11 has framerate and vsync issues, Wayland breaks everything. I really want the Linux desktop to succeed, but for the piece of software that is the sole way to use your computer it needs a bit more polish
Okay, cool. But let's see you stick with Linux permanently. Coding, art, gaming, and everything else. No compromises, no exceptions. You'll soon find that Linux has a long way to go in order to come even remotely close to replacing Windows. It's not as simple as saying "Wah, me no like pay money.". Linux has everything to prove and it currently isn't.
this absolutely, along with promoting companies that sell systems for end users with linux installed already, that way people will learn linux and be used to it in the same way that people already do, but with windows
@@RezaQinLiterally just look at Estonia. There’s no excuse for not putting programming and tech literacy into elementary or even kindergarten curricula.
And on top of that, it would both incentivize companies to sell linux laptops out of the box, which is another huge hurdle to get over for most folks, and institutionalizing it would inject an excellent source of funding for the organizations that maintain the ecosystem(The Linux Foundation, KDE, etc.).
I was using linux mint since a week and leave windows 10, after the update made an boot error. Some parts need to be tweaked and some windows software can run via lutris or bottles on your linux mint. So did I miss WinDOOM 10? Not really🤔
I hate to tell you but all the information that Recall offers is available for at least the last 6 to 7, if not 10 years, if you know what you're doing. Recall is only collecting some of that information and making it presentable to the normal user.
Sadly companies have found a way around GDPR, and that's to just make opting-out difficult and make opting-in easy. I know this because I'm one of the few people who do opt out every time a website asks me. The same website will ask me again and again every time I visit it, sometimes even when I just go to a different page. Of course if you accept, it never asks you again. Microsoft would likely do the same. Every time you boot up your PC or use any Microsoft services, you'd need to individually opt out of everything, or just click once for it to go away forever. Or even stick it in the terms and conditions. GDPR doesn't state that a website must be accessible without agreeing to data collection, just that the user should have the choice. Microsoft could always refuse your access to Windows unless you agree to it
7:44 but let's be honest here, Adobe is gonna fade out of existence, their products have proven time and again that they are not worth the absurd subscription costs.
This whole recall thing is what finally pushed me over the edge. There's a lot of useful quality of life things that AI can be used for, but it should always be optional, not crammed down our throats. So between recall, and the impending loss of support for windows 10 next year, I have chosen to wave goodbye. Pop_Os! Has been a really smooth experience for me.
Linus attempted to install PopOS. Needless to say it was a recorded multi-day nightmare just to get it installed. His audio still doesn't work and his gaming controller only works on very certain games. He's trying to track down so many weird problems. He'd have been much better off going to Linux mint.
It is literally the pay day for the AI hype. Apple incorporates it on OS level and gives it to OpenAI. Result: OpenAI gets closer to user data than google ever did. Good luck messing that data with addons. OpenAI will be much bigger than google ever was if this goes to the end game.
The fact that you can't install Windows 11 without an internet connection is also a final straw. I moved to Linux Mint/Ubuntu about 4 years ago. Haven't looked back ever since. It's a joy to use it now. Get out of Windows.
I recently (March 2024) installed Windows 11 Home without an internet connection, even if you plan on using a Microsoft account I would recommend installing both Windows 10 and 11 offline first, as then you actually get to choose the name of your user folder instead of just the first 5 characters of your email (The **weirdest** choice Microsoft ever made...)
I made the switch 3-4 years ago. It's not as bad as people claim, as long as you're mentally prepared to have to learn some new stuff at the start of your transition. Once I got over the initial hump I have no complaints, quite the opposite, I prefer Linux over windows now. And the feeling when you first start up Linux, knowing that everything there is yours, there is nobody collecting your data and monitoring you... it's very freeing! The only thing that previously kept me on Windows was the usage of some specific software. But now I've learned to not only use but even enjoy the Linux or multi-platform alternatives; software that's not only cheaper (often free), but also more ethical and sometimes actually even better than the Windows-version. I highly encourage you, stand up for yourself. You won't regret it.
going to linux, i feel like you re-discover the pleasure of computing, it's fun to mess around with, and just doing basic things is interesting (installing shit, customizing the looks, etc). Windows just fells like a black box that you cannot control.
@@touma-san91how have you come to such a level of hate for it ? I get the community side of it, but not the hate for the technical product itself, was is bad luck or just nit happy it's a 1 to 1 windows experience ?
Even though I'm quite new to Linux (Used it for only 2 years), it actually feels weirdly nostalgic getting deep and intimate with my computer's settings, customization and other "computery stuff".
Mint 22 is solid now. I've been running it for nearly a month now with no problems. I do a weekly streaming show and I have no problems and even the Stream Decks I bought that were only good in Windows now have software for Linux, native. It's not written by Elgato but it works. All of my Steam games run by installing Wine and then installing Steam for Windows not Linux.
It's very simple and easy my friend. I downgraded from win10 to win7 a few years ago until one day I just finally had it due to the gd activation or something. Downloaded a Zorin distro and everything worked. In ten minuted I got rid of Windows forever. I went to MX Linux and now I'm on Debian 12. I don't ever remember having to use the Konsol for anything other than something I wanted to learn how to do. Windows just copied that feature from Linux btw. So don't listen to the scary Linux stuff all over the internet if you can learn how to comment on RUclips you can get rid of Windows forever and then realize how much you didn't need it in the first place!
Linux Mint is a really painless experience IMO Couldn't be happier that I switched a bunch of my systems to it and a bunch of my tech illiterate family to it as well
@@Gormadt i wish i could switch my family to linux, but they are too used to windooze and can not bothered to learn something new, if windooze works. i guess they will stay on win10 even years after it's out of support
@@dyenire For my family they basically use their machines as Facebook and RUclips machines so it was really easy to swap them over. Basically just sync their Firefox accounts to the new machines and go. I personally refuse to play any game that has kernel level anti cheat, I ain't giving some rando gaming company that level of access.
I've been Windows free for 25 years. As someone who doesn't have any special hardware or software requirements, using Linux has made my computing experience much better, even surpassing the Amiga in the '90s in some ways. With Linux, the user is in control, not some corporation.
I stopped using Windows after 7. I'm fortunate that pretty much everything I want to have works on Linux. As you mentioned, gaming support is improving, so I see no reason to even entertain the idea of using Windows. The first thing I did when I got my current laptop was wipe the W11 install on it and install Linux (Mint bc I'm actually p bad with computers lol).
You unnecessarily paid for win 11 on laptop. The cost of win 11 is included in laptop. You should have directly bought non windows versions to avoid additional cost.
@@teixopoison601 You have valve working on the proton compatability layer and other devs working on their own spin of it like proton-GE and wine-GE and wine-proton? Alot of really good stuff that's constantly improving. I am in a love/hate with valve but I love their work with proton!
NVIDIA's drivers are only partially open source. The only open source component is the kernel driver however the usermode runtimes are still proprietary.
I would rather use Ubuntu than Windows. People tend to criticize the direction Canonical is taking when it comes to Ubuntu on the desktop but whatever M$ is doing is 10,000x worse than whatever Canonical is doing. The only time I use Windows is on someone else's computer.
@@dysonspreybar4903I'm fulltime on linux myself and aren't libre calc and unofficial teams launcher or web client enough? Only problem that had with teams is switching different microphones if i have more than one
well there are Mint or ZorinOS as well that make it very easy for Windows users... but the best they can do is actually to not pick a "layout" that simulates windows, but pick one that is "new" to them so they need to explore and learn it...
No hold off until installing something on linux becomes something your grandma could do! I recently installed Ubuntu and I really liked how it loaded up RUclips and played videos right outta the gate, but seriously if you play games ... just wait , it isn't for everyone and it really isn't as fun to maneuver around as it could be. Installing a simple game could be an entire night or two of your time, when over on windows you can just click a few times and have an installed game ready to play... Seriously I want to switch over but it just isn't there just yet... I am still very much Hopeful!
I wonder if it’s a complete coincidence that my PC running windows 10 just so happened to really up the ante on trying to get me to upgrade after this update was announced.
the thing about linux is that it’s as complicated as you want it to be. if you respect your time, you can pick Ubuntu or Mint. if you need something just a little more intense, pick Pop!_OS or maybe Fedora. if you actively hate yourself, pick Arch, NixOS or Gentoo.
To me an OS is for letting me run programmes and control the computer. I don't need it to have lots of fancy bells and whistles, just to let me do the things I need to do to like copy files, install software, open apps. As someone coming from Windows I find Mint the easiest to get started in as it looks like Windows, just runs faster without built-in spyware, ransomware and ads.
@@SiimKoger that’s totally fair, and even though it has made a whole lot of progress it still isn’t quite ready to replace every other OS for everyone yet. it has a long way to go. i’m glad that you tried it out though!
As someone who has used Linux for many years now I love it and im a computer engineer, the one thing I would suggest and it is down to yourselves is that I send the developers a little bit of money as a thank you for all there time. There are people who work on these distros in there own time and a little bit of money goes a long way to helpin them continue.
Hi! I'm new lo Linux. I just wanna know, if there's a way to run .exe files in Linux. I'm a student so I need the MS Office to work in Linux. Thanks in advance.
WINE on Linux, look it up. Even WINE Bottle if you are technical enough. You can run windows software in either of these without needing an emulator, VM or dual boot.
@@AhmadMahirShadab_1why? Run it in your browser
@@b.bradley6525 Will do!
I second this. I did install Mint on my 3 computers and sent money to the Mint team. It's a lot less than MS used to charge for their licenses and will go a much longer way.
Today: Kernel Level 'Anti-Cheat'
Tomorrow: Kernel Level Ads.
Tomorrow after: brain ads in your microsoft brain chip. 😔
Tomorrow in a different timeline: Linux Kernel Level Ads.
One minute after tomorrow in a different timeline: 2 forks get made of the Linux kenel, to remove the ads.
Soon you will be reading ads from AI answers
@@xanderplayz3446Ha, why bother forking Linux, hop onto a BSD, there are several already.
@@slaapliedjeWhy BSD over Linux?
"Windows Killer Feature," is surprisingly right word usage here.
well the pun was INTENDED ig.
They were damn right with that one lmao
they were right, it kills itself
Microsoft CEO: windows is ready to fight with Mac again.
Me: how bad is your AI to make windows even consider macOS as a competitor????????
A feature that kills
With the latest Adobe ToS update, I don't think Photoshop's absence from Linux is an issue any more.
I just use the web version of photopea
It's not recent, really. It's been like this for a while. The only difference is that people are starting to get tired of Adobe.
Some people will still defend Adobe and Microsoft for some reason. Especially on r/pcmasterrace
@@minecraftlord189 Yup! Just wanted to say that. It's a fantastic software - and super cheap.
true
I switched to Linux a few weeks ago. Microsoft decided that my product key was invalid and forced me to use a Microsoft account to log in. I had to do this as I needed to get on my pc at the time. I did have another product key but could not get on the computer to put a new product key in! Microsoft made an enemy. I closed my hotmail account and abandoned windoze, not looking back, ever. My pc is now my property and I need no more product keys nor an EULA. Freedom. No telemetry, no recall, no ads on the start menu…..
Maybe it is better if you can't use the Powershell... ;) OR! Move to the EU! NO ADS, NO any fuss about any datamining thanks to the EU's GDPR laws! Sad to see that your goverments and agencies are taking a huge dump on you users just cuz of profit... :/
How has the migration gone?
Was looking at Ubuntu as a main, since I use it ocasionally on an old laptop. I guess I'm just scared to move.
@smoothie9931 I did try multiple distros, but gaming was a bit problematic with nvidia. Now I'm on Nobara KDE nvidia version, which has native nvidia support, games like Apex, OW2 run on 165 FPS and are very smooth. Windows will be my secondary OS starting this weekend...😊
@@miti4045 Thanks for the heads up about Nobara KDE, I had never heard of it.
@@smoothie9931 Don't be scared just do it. You will soon find your way around Linux and wonder why you didn't do it before.
I moved to Mint three years ago. Every time I hear something about a Microsoft product, I'm confirmed in the choice I made.
Mint is a solid choice, after years of being stubborn i moved two of my pc's back to mint this last year, its been fantastic!
I moved to QNX in early 2000 then moved to Linux in 2006. Life is good.
Moved to Mint three months ago. Yes, I know that warm and fuzzy feeling :). But if Microsoft had gone for "Windows 7 with faster and better engines under the hood", I would probably have had no reason to switch.
Mint is the distro that made me love Linux.
I just changed to mint from win11, I'm having a blast
Imagine you have to watch 30 sec Ad to log into desktop💀💀💀
It’s coming
Into YOUR OWN Desktop Computer
they'd call it a "premium feature" and offer to let you pay to get rid of it. That is after you pay your monthly subscription fee to use Windows.
They call it the "Future".
Replace "desktop" with "electric car." It's coming.
So nice of Microsoft to add Recall, for malware to be able to access without having to record your usage! Thats so thoughtful for their ecosystem partners!
The only way you're going to get Recall is buy a brand new (not available yet) copilot plus PC with the neural processing unit.
Microsoft never said that malware is going to be able to dig into Recall.
Edit: More than likely that information "should be" OBFUSCATED, and encrypted. There are early reports that the stored info is obtainable easily. Time will tell.
@@SpaceCadet4Jesus Encryption is not nearly as safe as you think. All you need is the Key. MIcrosoft is not some behemoth of defense that no one has ever gotten into. They are hacked regularly. Your data with them has never been safe. It probably wont be safe on your home PC either. Its just about who I want defending me. Me or the other guy. I think I want me. Becuase I have 1 goal, they have what billions of people to protect?
@@Salmacream To date no one has been able to get far enough to hack into Microsoft's storage to obtain any encrypted Bitlocker key. Besides, the Bitlocker key has to be used at a local console, not remotely.
Any recent Microsoft hack was due to email phishing attempts to corporate officer accounts, not into the protected separate client databases. Microsoft caught on and eliminated the threat.
Microsoft has teams of IT security pros that have a much better handle on data separation and security than you or I will ever have. To assume you or I are smarter than they are would be ludicrous.
I have a Security+ and a Network+ certification and I know I'm not up to their league.
I'm sure your defenses aren't watched by a human and machine alert algorithms 24/7, nor are you sniffing data packets, monitoring IP locations, etc..
1 person to protect or 1 billion to protect, it's all under the same umbrella regardless the number of users.
@@hunterzone4846 Saving website passwords in Chrome or Edge is a joke. Actually, it's a security problem. They should have NEVER offered that.
Unsure if it is being breached remotely, but I do know it's easily taken if I'm at the local console.
@@SpaceCadet4Jesus "Teams of IT security pros" has never stopped people from getting their computers hacked. It hasn't even stopped major corperations form being hacked. The issue though isn't Microsoft itself getting hacked, it's the fact that most computers running windows have malicious software on them and said malicious software will be able to compromise the locally stored data.
In Windows Microsoft owns your computer.
In Linux you own your computer.
The choice is simple.
Yep. I've owned my computers for over 20 years now. And in fact if a Microsoft user was using it they would be blown away as to how simple, private, and quickly they can get things done. They also remark about how fast my box is. Yeah when I hit something its there instantly. It IS slow to boot though because of all the checks on stuff that it makes before it turns things over to you. But once it does...
yep i can confirm, on linux you have FULL control, also linux doesnt have a HQ bc linux is a kernel and its up to the users how they wanna customize it i think
you can't even setup an offline account and you "own" your pc with linux! Funny! :D (btw not a windows fanboy! But it's clearly visible how little your knowlage is about the things in real life situations) let me help youz guys out a bit! ;)
while clean setup:
shift+F10 (brings up the console)
type the following command and hit enter: OOBE\BYPASSNRO (this disables your network adapter so after the setup you need to re-enable the adapter)
BOOOM you have an offline account with every function you need.
Learn your systems...
Nah I own my computer with windows too
@@NotJacobX even full control to delete your system lmao
Switched to Linux Mint, couldn't be happier. My computer feels like my own again.
That is what i am struggling with. Bought a Dell laptop and because of how Windows behaves it does not feel like I own / control the hardware. The problem for me is actually putting the time into switching. I have 4-5 development build / toolchains I would need to setup on Linux. Hard to make the leap.
@@GuyTraveler I understand your situation, moving from one system to an other can be hard, especially if your primary source of income relies on it. If you want to switch to Linux I would suggest that you try out Linux on the side and try to find solutions for all your needs before you make the big switch, then when the support for W10 ends you have a backup plan.
i switched to linux mint as well after 30years of windows.
Am on mint on my laptop and win 10 on my desktop. I find myself using the desktop less and less. I will eventually switch over completely
nah, Debian.
So with Windows 11, Microsoft will bring us amazing things like
- advertisements in the start menu
- total surveillance with "Recall" which has of course, like, totally, zero potential for abuse by hackers or corporations
- automatically enabled Bitlocker disc encryption which will make a lot of people lose their data because they don't realize they should write down the recovery code
I wonder what the next great news will be?
No that's Copilot Plus PCs. You can get a Windows 11 PC that doesn't have this feature
@@gilbertpillbrow6978 You understand that all computers will eventually have a NPU built in and in turn make all PCs "Copilot +"
Hopefully the next great news from Microsloth will be that it's going bankrupt! No, that'd be too good to be true, alas.
@@gilbertpillbrow6978
You mean so far. And totally optional at first. Then mandatory a year from now. And ooops we removed any way for you to disable it.
*abuse by hackers or corporations OR GOVERNMENTS
You THINK you need windows, but you don't.
I actually do to play Fortnite but even as a long-time Windows user I'm already getting tired of this bs. I can already do my work on Linux since .NET is now cross-platform so only thing really keeping me back is games.
i do need it, at least for face tracking in VRChat that's why i still use a windows computer for gaming and a macbook for the rest
The only reason I used windows was once upon a time laptop support was shakey. These days I just buy a unit from System76.
@@washington6986yes its tough used to switch only cause apex got ported. I lost access to my ubi games like for honor and r6 but I wasn't playing those much anymore either.
I do for music production & DJ software 😐
I switched to Linux in 2014, on the day that Microsoft stopped supporting Windows XP. Haven't looked back.
meanwhile i'm watching this on win xp
You laying@@CHF_Cars
@@CHF_Cars how does it feel to time travel? 🤣
@@CHF_Cars I am watching this on my Windows XP Linux Mint dual boot system.
I actually started using Linux just out of curiosity a few years ago and now I have a dual-boot setup, but when W10 support ends next year I might actually finally get rid of Windows for good.
I'm impressed with the intensity & speed we as a species are determined to live in full-on dystopias.
that is where you get it wrong, those multi billionaires do not think as a species they only think about themselves.
you can't be filthy comically rich if you give a fuck about other human being
We have rulers and their sycophants forcing things on us.
Every time I see some moron crying about MS "spying", they're an iPhone or Android user who has no problems with them recording every word they say, face scanning every photo they take, and scanning every document on their phone to upload to iCloud and GoogleDrive. Hypocritical idiots pretending to care about privacy, in reality they're just manchildren fanboys hating on their chosen enemy corporation while taking it up the ass from their favored corporation.
1984 already happened 10 years ago on iOS and android.
@@robertbeisert3315 It's not like they have to try very hard.
@@GeistInTheMachine I disagree. It takes a lifetime of mandated indoctrination and constant reinforcement via all avenues of entertainment to make it work for as many as it does.
I switched to Linux a few months ago and haven’t looked back. It’s so nice to barely worry about malware (Linux isn’t technically immune to malware, it’s just that no one bothers to make malware that works on Linux.
I think I've been basically Microsoft-free (and Apple-free) for about 10 years now. It's so nice. Sometimes I see my colleagues doing something on Microsoft Windows and all the crap they have to go through just makes me want to cry.
As more people switch to Linux more malware will be written for it. A form of Linux (Android) already has a large market share on mobile devices so expect expect more viruses in future.
You are aware of the number one operating system for servers and appliances out there, yes? Hint: It is Linux. It is BY FAR more profitable to create malware for servers than for desktops. What powers your TV? Your router? Your phone? (unless you are an iPhone and AppleTV user)
Ofc people can build malware, yet it's not that easy to 1) run it in confined user space, 2) elevate privileges, 3) distribute it unnoticed given the fact that vulnerabilities are actively monitored and constantly fixed, and 4) have these vulnerabilities running in an ecosystem, where the code base is being worked on by a enormously bigger number of people than the Windows code base.
@@leoniscsem I cant see why you’d be wrong. But when I got started with Linux I did a decent amount of research into what antivirus I would need. And by far the most common answer I found was none, people don’t make malware for Linux. Something that does occur to me though is maybe hacking servers is less likely to involve trying to trick a human into downloading and running malware, but more likely to revolve around existing flaws. I also wonder whether it’s easier to try and sneak malicious code into Linux, as recently happened
@@Lege19 Searching for antivirus software for Linux makes no sense. You don't need this.
Servers are per se more vulnerable because - duh! - they serve data, thus they have to have interfaces that are open to connect to the world. Exploiting servers most of the time happens by finding vulnerabilities in runtimes (e.g. PHP, Java, Ruby, node.js), and elevating privileges. That's why the whole server world moves on to containerized applications to keep these applications confined in their own space.
The main reasons why servers get hacked or attacked are sheer incompetence or laziness of system administrators. Other sources are poorly written plug-ins for content management systems (*snorts at WordPress*)
A successful exploit depends on attack vectors. With Linux, there are just very little attack vectors in comparison to Windows. It starts with the problem of "downloading and installing some bullshit" - nope, thanks. I do not download any .deb package from any random website and then $ sudo dpkg -i rapemefrombehind.deb or just have to doubleclick on anything shady.
To sneak milicious code into a repository is a very, very difficult task. When you want to publish malicious code, then you need to create something popular. If something is popular, your code gets scanned and WILL be reviewed (sooner or later). Your code also depends on a ton of other libraries, that are monitored and being reviewed. So you must be very lucky to circumvent all these obstacles.
Recently moved to Linux full time with no dual boot shortly after CoPilot was put on my Win11 machine. After the Recall announcement, I'm glad that I decided to finally try to make it work. There ARE compromises, but luckily most of these are gaming related as no software that I run, needs windows.
playing OpenRA on this Linux Mint for my RTS needs
I was the same way. As soon as I heard about recall I hopped over to Nobara linux and haven't looked back I do all the same content creation here that I did in windows 11 and just use a vm for my affinity photo and that's it
Pop!_OS has virtually no gaming compromises outside of games with anticheat or DRM crap that accesses the kernel to work, and the junk makes games actively perform worse so you're better off pirating cracked versions that remove that stuff than buying them anyway.
@@laurentitolledo1838 - I highly approve of this
@@YouTubdotCub pop os is kind of outdated at this point iirc
After having used Linux in parallel with Windows since the mid-to-late 1990s, I've been on Linux exclusively for 10 years, 1 months, 3 weeks, and 1 day, exactly. How do I know? That was when Windows XP went EOL. I never looked back.
I have been on the wagon since August 7, 2007. That's the day I no longer needed to dial into AOL to get the internet and could use an Ethernet connection to connect to the internet. Switching from Windows to Linux is like when you had a ice cream 1 mile from home on a hot day and you have no car and explosive diarrhea and you have your butt cheeks tightly clenched as if you are a man in prison trying to keep the monday night football game in your colon from going thermonuclear, you are all sweaty and sticky and have a hill to climb...then Tux in air-conditioned car drives you back home so you can wash up and use the toilet so there's no danger of pumping feces into your underwear the way that heating oil is pumped into a basement with no oil burner with the pipe still attached to the side of the house....
@@brentfisher902woah 😨
@@brentfisher902 i had a minor brain hemorrhage reading this but thank you for the contribution
@@brentfisher902 in this scenario, Windows be like "heres a diaper, have a good walk"
@@drako_claw Actually, windows would give you a pair of shoes with the laces tied together.
The most important reason why we should switch to linux or a similar licensed OS is that companies like microsoft, google, apple, valve, amazon etc. etc. will eventually try to sell you all their software or data as a service for a monthly fee and in the end you will own nothing.
do you own anything if you don't have a license to the code?
@@IsmaelLuceno Good point. It depends on what "owning" means to you and I'm sure there are volumes of literature on the legal definition. Licenses regulate that. However, copyright laws are subject to change and anything is possible. But even then, at the very least, even if you don't have the source code, you should own a digital copy of the binary code, that you can run that on physical or emulated hardware as long as it is available and functioning. To me, that still is a lot closer to "owning" than a subscription service.
@@christianscholz3170 sure, ownership isn't trivial to define in this context, and you might always be able to emulate a machine and patch a binary to make it work, but it means a huge amount of work, not at all comparable to having access to the source code and permission to modify and distribute it. It's important to have the software in a convenient from to modify and the tools to do it (if you have the source but you can't build it, then it isn't nearly as useful, right?). If what you have is unpractical, if it isn't equivalent to what the author used to produce a final releasse, then it isn't ownership.
Well this aged well
Moved to Linux Mint just over a year ago and haven't looked back. Running the same hardware and the machine is now so much faster.
Loving Linux now and wish I moved years ago
Linux has worked easily and stable for years, however the main problem is that new people take anyting on the internet to direct and serious, and many people install unstable/experimental Linux versions and run commands without knowing what they do.
also Linux users in general are far more critical of when things don't work properly.
as for desktop problems, those are not linux problems but DE problems and it is very easy to change or fully switch yout DE in Linux.
Even for modern versions of Ubuntu, one of the most user friendly distros, there are tons of common tasks that just work in Windows and are a nightmare in Linux.
@@illustriouschin my experience with Mint was the opposite
@@connivingkhajiittry using Excel, Outlook or MS Teams.
until you try to just “uninstall” something from your system
What about when you install linux mint on an older laptop because "it'll save old laptops" just to have the gpu not work properly, lid closing not working properly, backlight controls not working, wifi not working and the only solution online is using vim or geany to edit some file thats in the wrong spot because the guide is for a distro from 2016? Its super easy for linux to get shitty and messy which is why I can never recommend it to anyone
Done already (Linux Mint) and absolutely no regrets, no spyware works out of the box and it is free....what is there not to like?
idk, some "professional" still say "it not for them" somehow 😂😂😂
@@eda2000-r8h Some software that is not compatible I guess. Thankfully I use none of it, but if you use something like Solidworks, then I guess you are fucked.
@@eda2000-r8hi Daily drive Linux but adobe suite is so trash that I still need to dual boot to work peacefully
@@eda2000-r8hthat one thing thats like audible but for pros on the real industry with a pro job.
Gimp is a hobby project not meant for a real job.
You work in it. Thats why it works for you.any other job is dead on linux
Meant IT. you work in information tech*
Moved to Ubuntu yesterday, all the games I play regularly run perfectly. Had to fiddle a bit with the display configuration files. I work with WebStorm, it runs a lot faster on Linux than Windows
I'm using Linux for 2 years now, after the first year, I feel like I can do anything I need with Linux, anything.
stands up , I need.
Alright, try to play rainbow six siege on it
@@janboyega I have played a lot of games with Lutris on Linux, like Assassins Creed, GTA V, Doki Doki, and League of Legends, now I can't play league of legends because their Vanguard that relies on the windows kernel, and this does not mean Linux is bad for gaming, but Riot intentionally decided to fight against Linux community and their creative solutions for playing games in Linux like Wine, Lutris, and a lot more.
there are games that supports Linux out of the box like NWN, Albion, Osu Lazer, and it performs way better on Linux than windows
@@janboyega and for R6S if I have it on my Epic games I would be able to play it easily
@@yuki-were-here the battleye anti cheat wont work, so u can only play offline... Every major game i play has anti cheat that doesnt work with lutris etc.
Did Gta online work for u? Could be because there is no anti cheat, but i wouldnt be so sure.
I was about two months ahead of you sir ;-) and settled on PopOS I had been distro hopping for over a month and after trying out 9 different distros that is where I landed.
Linux has greatly improved. My first forays were in the days of Ubuntu 7.10/8.04; a LOT has changed. There are several Debian based distros (and Debian itself) that are more than user friendly enough for most users, most being so user friendly that the elderly and younger children find it easier to use than Windows or Mac. Ubuntu, MX Linux, Linux Mint/LMDE, Sparky, Q4OS, Solyd X/K, Rhino Linux, Pop!_OS, Peppermint OS, Elementary OS, Tuxedo OS, Endless OS... all are super easy to use for beginners, whether coming from Chrome OS, Windows, Mac, etc. I've been dual booting for a few years now, and this is enough to make me say, "After 10 goes EoL, Windows will be Ameliorated 10 installs, or run in a VM, but my main OS will always be Linux."
One thing that _will_ prevent mass adoption of Linux is what you just posted. You listed literally a dozen distros, that to a layperson, might as well be a dozen different Operating Systems completely. Don't get me wrong, I love that anyone can make their own distro of Linux and communities can be built off of making what works best for them. But the fact that you can't just "install Linux" and get going means that most PC users are going to have analysis paralysis and decide "I'm just going to stick with Windows" or "I'm just gonna buy a Mac/Chromebook."
Also, the lack of certain specific industry software support means that there are very large companies of people stuck on Windows, and no amount of WINEing is going to change that.
@@KyleDavis328 >most PC users are going to have analysis paralysis and decide "I'm just going to stick with Windows"
Yep, this is my exact problem. I just tried to install Linux Mint, and when it downloaded, I didn't know how to go from there. Not to mention even verifying the ISO is legit, from the official Mint website, mind you. I just don't have the mental capacity for it right now. lmao
@@KyleDavis328 unfortunately, you are correct. Will it be possible for laymen just using their computer to go on Facebook and Netflix, or gamers in general? Yeah, but essentially any desktop on Linux IS it's own separate OS, let alone that every distro customized it differently out of the box, and every distro might as well be it's own OS, so every DE spin of every distro appears to be a different OS to random "normal people" lol. Geeks, nerds, tech specialists, scientists, and Neurodivergent people, or any combination thereof are the main people who use Linux.
You're absolutely right, sadly. Linux's greatest strength - user choice - is also it's greatest weakness.
EVERYTHING just works now. Linux Mint has everything I need. Never looking back.
Until you want to use it on a laptop that isnt a 2015-2019 laptop with all amd gpu/cpu, broadcom/atheros wireless chip and a supported chipset, screen backlight controller and disc drive. If you dont have this kind of laptop then you're a bit screwed if you dont enjoy fixing your computer more than using it
@@georgewashington6171 I have a brand new Asus Vivobook Flip 2 in 1 Convertible, and every single thing on it works. All the special keys, the touchscreen, screen brightness, keyboard backlight, everything. Hell even my Asus bluetooth Stylus works. It's perfect.
George just needs a proper version that works for his machine or should just accept using something that's not brand new
@@kevinsedwards
-Linux community touts linux as an old laptop saviour
-Complains about linux not working with older laptops
"Just get a new system lol"
?
I tested 4 debian distros on 4 laptops ranging from 2006-2015 and only one of them worked somewhat ok out of the box and that was the 2015 one, the rest were catastrophically unusable
I've run 3 linux distros on a _Microsoft Surface_ and have backlight + brightness & media controls, really everything works. On all 3. (Microsoft does a ton of nonstandard, custom hardware!)
Mind you, don't want to oversell: These didn't "just work" - I had to search online to find the steps & software that enabled this, but the resources were readily available on google ("microsoft surface linux"), and the instructions straightforward. Was just a matter of installing pre-made packages in the right place.
I think that Windows as a guest VM on a KVM Linux host, with disk + GPU passthrough, is an achievable hybrid solution that lets us have our cake and eat it. The KVM project needs its Proton equivalent, it needs someone to iron out the kinks and make it user-friendly, but it's very close, and hopefully with GPU drivers moving to open source we have more reliability there. The biggest advantage about KVM with disk passthrough is you can move the Windows guest disks to its own PC and continue running that Windows installation as the main OS, so you're not trapped in KVM.
We're not going to get rid of Windows entirely any time soon, and I don't think a hard breakup is the solution. We need to gradually shift over to Linux, weaning people off Windows and rewarding more open source dev activity on Linux.
100% this. I've already decided that when I can't viably use win 10 anymore, it's Linux for me
I've tried to move to Linux once every year since 2015. Hey, at least this year I lasted a month before wiping that drive again which is 3 weeks more than every other year!
Maybe when I have kids and these kids reach my age it will be better for anything other than web browsing, programming and _some games™_
I had exactly the same experience as you. That is until recently when I installed Linux Mint and it actually works better than my Windows.
I give Linux a go every five years, have a miserable experience, then give it up for another five years. I recently tried installing Linux Mint on a seven-year-old laptop. Didn't work as the screen just went black immediately post login.
@@soulsphere9242 never ever seen that with MInt.. not in 15 years.. not once have I seen mint fail to load to a desktop... I smell bacon
Switched to Linux Mint 21.3 after my going back from W11 to W10 (an option available the first month after doing upgrade to W11) completely bricked my PC by not finding USB drivers (even though it had them less than 3 weeks ago). So I decided that it was finally a good time to do the great (and permanent) migration to Linux. Got everything set-up in a few days, even found ways to use the "loudness equalization" feature from Realtek Audio Panel. At this point it looks like I'll not even try to dual-boot to Windows. I have all I need and nothing that I don't want :)
Even the GPU power usage in idle went down by 30W (I have a Radeon 7800XT, and it was idling at 110W total power draw from the socket, which went down to 82W in linux). I can even use 144Hz on my monitor and it still stays at the same idle power draw. Big WIN FOR LINUX from where I'm looking.
since you have AMD, if youre looking to get "msi afterburner"-esque software for your gpu, you should try LACT
@@connivingkhajiit and also have a look at pulse-effects for audio superpowers
I said it time and time again:
The feature is actually great. I really want it.
HOWEVER: I don't want it delivered from Microsoft. I want it developed open source and truly local. I want to inspect the code for it myself and see whether it sends data to anyone.
Thankfully, Linux is picking up some steam the last couple of months/years.
I agree in that it's a great and useful feature too. People are letting their hatred for Microsoft blind them from the truth. I would love to have a personalized assistant that could do things for me, that could assist me with both productive and recreational stuff. In fact, it's exactly what I've been envisioning would happen since AI started to trend and have eagerly looked forward to it. It's worth mentioning that this feature will be very helpful for people with disabilities. I've looked at Linux but from the looks of it, over half of my games wouldn't run there and I don't want to abandon and forget about them even if I don't play that much. Furthermore, as you inferred, Linux doesn't yet have an alternative to Recall. As long as Recall is a feature one can disable in Windows, it doesn't look like it would be worth transitioning to Linux and enduring limitations.
@@timer4times2 you're glowing
I want to switch to Linux mint as I have used this in the past, but there are so many applications I lose with mint vs windows. and yes gaming is an issue for me as well. But this AI garbage is deplorable! what about switching to Linux and running a VM of windows? what would the performance be? Any advise would be great!
VMs are very very good nowadays, especially so if you have powerful hardware.
Highly recommend an amd gpu for pass through though, because right now the development for nivida pass through isn’t there
@@MrRockrazer OK amd cpu but Nvidia gpu rats! thank you for the advice!
@@MrRockrazer I've passed an nvidia GPU through before fine.
Nobara Linux makes gaming a ton easier than other distros from what I've seen. I'd recommend that to start with.
I've been on dual boot W10/Fedora for the last couple of years. I'm booting less and less on my Windows partition since 99% of what I do on my PC, works on Fedora. I can't remember last time I booted w10 tbh.
I would like to switch to linux but which version is best for art or indie game dev? I heard there are versions that are simple and ones that are complex. Thanks in advance
The distros are all the same under the hood. There isn't one that can't do something a different one can.
Start with Mint. There are legitimate reasons to favor other versions, but Mint is newbie friendly and you need experience with Linux to know what you like and want for those differences to mean anything to you. Start with Linux Mint.
It doesn't really matter which distribution you choose*, as software like Godot, Inkscape, and Krita will work on any Linux distribution. Linux Mint is a good choice for a newcomer.
*For Krita specifically, maybe avoid Fedora for a year or so as they're moving fast and breaking things. Not that I'd recommend Fedora to a new user anyway.
I agree with starting with Linux Mint. When you look for screenshots of different Linux distributions you may see different desktop layouts and appearances, but note that you can achieve the same look on almost all distros, because it's determined by "Desktop Environments" and "Window Managers". The downside you should be prepared for, is that it's rather impossible to run Adobe programs like Photoshop on Linux, and some other specialized software that you may need. So I recommend still having your Windows installed on the other drive of your PC, for when you need it.
Just pick any distro that focuses on a normal functional out of the box experience. I like Fedora a lot
@@jarcopolo3109if the pc is good enough he can just run windows in a virtual box
Do it now! I've been a long time windows user and just switched to (after a good amount of distro hopping admittedly) to Manjaro with KDE, and the experience has been nearly perfect. I just got a VM with GPU passthrough running + Looking Glass so I can keep using SOLIDWORKS, too.
Why do we need a copilpt in a one seat plane?
I like that one too...My favorite one is "Computers are like air conditioners...they stop working when you run Windows."
What do you plan to do after windows 10 support runs out? I am desperate about it too… i REALLY dont want to switch to windows 11
Come over to the land of FLOSS. Join us.
Windows 10 IoT 2021 LTSC
@Dust-cx8ge "compatibility, software"? Really? :D
Kras the title of the video has your answer
On this laptop, I have a dual-boot setup with MX Linux (used 99% of the time) and Windows 10 (in case I have to use something Windows-only).
I won't update Windows 10 to Windows 11, even after its end-of-life date. I know that Windows 10 is awful, but I know how much worse Windows 11 is, so... Windows 10, even after October 2025. 🙂
I was doing some research about windows 11 before wanting to buy a surface pro 11. My question is to all the computer nerds is can I switch to a linux operating system while using a microsoft main computer? If so how can it be done?
You can totally do that, Ive done it myself
The process is the same for all computers
First choose a linux distro
I recommend fedora if you are a developer
Then dowload the iso and put it on a usb with rufus to make it bootable
Specifically for the surface you need to deactivate the secure boot in the uefi
Then just follow the steps for installing the distro
@@txxn7 thanks and I appreciate your input! Reason I was looking into these computers was mainly for the reason for work since I do engineering work and didn't want Microsoft playing with my data for the wrong reasons
Buy a ThinkPad dude these systems are high compatible with arch and Debian (Ubuntu and Linux Mint are based on Debian)
that AI rant at the end is so fucking real. not to forget AI being used for disgusting military operations overseas.
they are taking advantage of people using windows as many people are scared of linux and think its hard when in reality its as easy infact more easy to use than windows
I don't agree with the assessment that "Linux was a hassle to use." I think a lot of people, yourself included, mistake the "hassle" of learning to use a new operating system, with the hassle of using something that doesn't work. Windows users have a sort of learned helplessness where they expect everything to be the exact same as Microsoft Windows or else it's a "hassle," but I don't really agree with that. In fact, when I actually took the time to learn Linux, I found it a lot easier to do things that on Windows would take a million clicks and digging through menus and sub-menus.
I fully agree. My observation is that those who have problems with Linux are either unwilling/too lazy to learn new things, or simply don't like the idea of there being an anti-Windows. They're dwelling in the past where yes, you had to live in the command line. That's not true now with distros like Zorin and Mint not really requiring any command line use at all. I've spent as much time in Powershell as I've ever spent in the Linux command line, but that stuff is all above and beyond normal usage. I like to tinker. There are things in life I don't want to hassle with, and the Linux complainers feel that way about OS's.
Command line is faster and more efficient, bottom line, but it ain't pretty. People want pretty.
What percentage of people who use a computer actually need the Adobe Suite of products? I would posit at most 2-4%. The vast majority of computer users would never need such a sophisticated suite of applications. Heck, that's part of the reason it's so ridiculously expensive!
Games. It is possible to play on Linux but often it isn't turn on and play experience.
@@mafioso12dk That's outdated. On Steam, the vast majority of games work out of the box, no issues. The only really big issue is certain anti cheat systems, but that's only a tiny handful of games. And then there's nvidia drivers, which might be an issue if you want state-of-the-art high-end gaming, but otherwise won't be noticeable. My gtx 1070 is chugging along quite happily.
Of course, if you're not playing on Steam, then yeah, it can be a bit of a pain to set up wine or lutris, but usually not that bad, and it's something you only do once per game anyways.
@@mafioso12dk what?
I have the absolute oposite experience, almost all games on steam "just works".
I can use epic, ea and other launchers using lutris.
The only games not working are the AAA studio games known for scummy practices,
Common denominator: Game dev known for greedy practices > possibly not working on linux.
Me for one, do not care for supporting these game studios anyway, so no problem for me.
If you are talking about 🏴☠games, there are new things coming out from Glorious Eggroll (proton-GE and Nobara dev) that can pull protonfixes on ANY game you run through proton, ie you will no longer need to run it through steam to get the game to work...
Nobody obv mentions you can do this with the coming updates, because, well, it's pretty BM from a youtuber to openly promote 🏴☠:ing, but yeah, that is a thing that probably soon will work too.. xD
PLEASE DO NOT 🏴☠GAMES!!! SUPPORT THE DEVS OF GAMES YOU LIKE!!!
Adobe ain’t the problem in my experience Web Conferencing and complex spreadsheets are the issue.
I use Lightroom and Photoshop daily.
It’s not Microsoft recall. It’s a KEYLOGGER. Plain and simple.
It's even worse than a keylogger, because it records the screen, not just keys.
It’s a macro, that presses PrtScn every 5 minutes.
It's a system snapshot array, just like the sleep function only stored at intervals for a limited time span. There's nothing unsafe about it except for the fact that hackers would instantly seek to clone that array as a compromise. Apple do the same thing, only it's cloud-based 'automatic backup' which most users don't know about and thus compromise by phishing. Keylogging and encrypting memory snapshots to short-term local storage are quite different things.
@@Mikeztarpoh shit
Microsoft is run by Indians and those People don't have moral Values.
I realized today that Linux's main selling point right now is that it has _less_ features: no integrated AI spyware
Linux has all the features the user wants in it. Just because there isn't AI spyware yet, one could make it if they so choose. But that's the thing, it is the user's choice to do so.
I think it's main selling point is that it's customizable with less malware/bloatware/spyware baked in- though that might be the same. General selling point is that it's not apple or windows
No, the selling point is that companies can't abuse users, because of the licensing scheme.
What is the spyware on windows PC's?
@@vadski3469 the everything and more specifically ai spyware is co-pilot
Trojans have been programmed to do EXACTLY this for decades... now it's baked with the operating system * maniacal laughter * 🤣🤣🤣
LMAO!!!!
You misunderstand...
When megacorps starts doing it, it's no longer malware, it's a FEATURE! (sarcasm)
@@marcusjohansson668to improve user experience
Perfect comment.
This is on a much higher level than just a Trojan.
You buy the computer, you buy the OS, still get ads and lose control of your computer. I've been on Linux for more than a year now and oh boy, I don't plan on looking back.
in the future governments also control your computer from what programs you can run on your computer to what computers that legally you can use
@@punkofthedeath And I would want to watch the world burn if that becomes the case.
I've been on Linux for somewhere around 8 years now. Never have I felt more vindicated...
Actually I only buy the computer, as the OS is included, no extra purchase.
And what ads are you talking about? The recommendation feature which is easily turned off.
Don't you remember that Windows 95 even had ads or are you not that old? It was included with the product called Active Desktop and it was easily turned off again.
I don't agree with your guys's definition of the word "Ads". I don't consider OS recommendations to be ads, but I do recognize third parties trying to sell products as ads just like on TV.
Same. And I hope there's some similar alternative soon for Android too. It's just too much
fun fact, Recall has an infant form in Windows 10 that was found not long after it's release by a Russian user who proved that Windows 10 takes periodic screenshots among other things. Telemetry has been a massive problem in WIndows since XP. The jump to Copilot and Recall may seem extreme, but the biggest leap they took in breaching your privacy was in Windows 7, with 10 being the runner-up. 11 is just the icing on the cake.
It just showed up on my laptop yesterday. I disable updates and yet it still found its way onto my laptop. 😒 I want it get rid of it asap
source? i cant find any evidence of windows 10 doing this.
if it's true, it'd be one hell of a motivator to some of my more stubborn windows user friends to finally switch
Is that the timeline feature they added and then withdrew a few years later? It would record what you were doing and when and you could go back to that task from the task view menu. Don't know of anyone actually making use of it though.
I'm curious: what was the breach of privacy they made with Windows 7? I usually hear nothing but fond words about 7.
Unlearning Windows was more complicated than actually learning Linux
This was my experience as well; once I figured Linux out I found it to be far more user friendly (for most things) than Windows ever was.
cant Switch because music software in linux is kinda nonexistent...
(no, Audacity and ardour are not valid option for serious music making ...)
@@Arkansyareaper? i know camellia uses reaper (not on linux, just a serious artist who uses reaper)
@@Arkansya I agree. I use FL Studio 21 with wine/Bottles on Linux. I have Kontakt 7 and Serum working fine
I've used Windows on every computer, but when Windows 10 support has gone I plan to move to Linux.
I'm fed up with their crap.
Same here, especially if I can still use my present computer.
Same here, and I'm getting a head start. I'm already working on making a VirtualBox with a fresh Mint install my daily driver.
What crap? Wait until you encountered the Linux headaches you have in store. Never again for me. What a nightmare.
i started using linux for game servers hosted in vps machines. i recently deleted everything related with windows and using manjaro. so far everything speeded up and i don't deal with bloatware shit. you can customize every detail of your linux if you want
Same here
As an AI/ML Engineer and researcher, i'm getting incredibly frustrated with the current state of AI usage. Big corporations are integrating AI into every conceivable area without clear purpose or use just to say "We're an AI driven company". AI models used to be an interesting and potentially useful linear algebra abstraction used to solve real world problems and now we have subpar ChatGPT clones on every single website doing the exact same thing.
One of my bosses desperately wants us to integrate ai into our products. It wouldn't benefit anyone, but hey, gotta have the newest buzzword. Hate it.
couldn't agree more!!
This!
AI seems like Icarus' flight incarnate. We need more jobs, not less, and giving over tasks to computers that actually learn is just a recipe for disaster. Countless sci-fi stories are about how AI overthrew humanity.
Computers should calculate, not think.
It's the new gold rush, investors fully believe AI is the future so, of course, every single tech company is going after that money. It's a bubble waiting to burst.
Windows is following the tech trend of Enshitification.
Microsoft *created* the trend. Their strategy of abusing lawfare and taking short-term losses to gain market share, then abusing their customers, has been going on since Facebook and Netflix were just a glimmer of imagination in some college kid's subconscious.
Late stage capitalism my dude! a.k.a cyberpunk dystopia. We gotta start anarchy-pilling users and switching to open source or we'll soon find ourselves having to pay $29.99 monthly for our AI powered organs' battlepass lmfao
Windows 8 was when windows died, people just stuck with it because back then Linux wasn't close to as good as it is today and nobody had the money for a mac
I don't think it's just a tech trend sadly.
@@s1nistr433And Linux is so much more advanced today? Not so sure. And Mac, you mean that MacOS that sends every key stroke back home but nobody dares to talk about because … hey… it’s Apple? Yeah, it’s so much better …. Not.
"That's the magic of the modern day EULA, you've already given them permission to ignore that choice if they want to."
on point!
Yeah. If our politicians were of any use that loophole these companies give themselves would have been made illegal by now.
Louis Rossman calls this "the rapist mentality of modern companies"
It seems that most "Windows" users are unaware of and indifferent to these changes. Whenever I see someone’s PC, the desktop is cluttered with icons, and the start menu is still filled with default tiles, showing no sign of personalization. People aren't seeking customization; they prefer a plug-and-play experience where the company takes care of the OS. This explains Microsoft's seemingly trivial decisions.
my linux dual monitor desktop is fulla icons as well. What's the deal with that? I don't mess with my menu's though and my panel rarely changes as well as my most common apps are launched from the panel I rarely go to the menu to launch and ditto for the desktop. I think its what you're just used to doing.
@@leecowell8165 You think wrong 😉
@@prostocheck let me guess, an arch user?
Yes, that’s how it works. Most people don’t want to get into the details of running a computer, they want a solution that works, plain and simple.
Kinda like how when a software dev commutes to work, they don’t want to deal with details of driving their car, they just want the vehicle to safely and efficiently get them to and from their destination.
The idea that everyone should learn everything about all the things in their lives, such as how to install and use linux, flies in the face of the division of labor that modern society relies on.
@@prostocheck "You think wrong" and who do you think you are exactly to say that ?
Another pretentious linux user for sure. You are one reason why I never went further than just run linux to see what it is, the linux community is insufferable with its ego and its sect like mindset about them being the only ones "thinking right".
Recall will be local for about five seconds before onedrive decides to upload it to the cloud for you as a backup.
OneDrive gives you cloud storage for your personal files. Even to this day it does not back up OS specific settings or files or history. You're overreaching in your projection.
@@SpaceCadet4Jesus You missed the joke I guess. The bottom of it is that MS could send it to the cloud in the future and you will most likely have no control.
@@Kabodanki funny, your original post didn't look like a joke. It lacked any material that led me up to a punch line.
Regardless whether MS COULD or WOULD, is mere conjecture, but there is a real truth, however, that Microsoft is working on a cloud only PC. You retain the monitor, keyboard and mouse connected to a terminal like device. It's likely, but not known, that there will be a subscription based model.
Can you imagine the Bruhaha that's going to erupt when that finally gets closer to release? 😁
"Privacy, what privacy? We dun need no stinkin' privacy!"
@@SpaceCadet4Jesus that is the intended behavior, but it backs up a whole lot more by accident sometimes.
@@SpaceCadet4Jesus Respectfully, it's incredibly naive to think that MS won't just do this at their own discretion
Wait…did that Co-Pilot response say “It’s always safe to leave a dog in a hot car?”
I would switch to Linux just based on that.
that was google's ai
Wrong, it was Google's AI, which quickly got removed
Google's AI, which would also periodically threaten to unalive users if it "felt insulted". 😂 Don't you love the race to publish that means there are absolutely no safety checks between dev and prod now????
Do the toggles REALLY turn anything off in Windows, or are they there JUST to make you FEEL safe?
They're just a placebo for the user , yeah
This is answerable - people (smarter than me) have looked at exactly what the OS sends out. The toggles can be demonstrated and checked.
@@avwholesomegamer You can check if the toggle changes some parameter in the registry. Other than that, if that particular registry entry is actually read, if it gets toggled by something else... You can't guarantee anything. Every windows update screws with something on my system, and I generally don't know 99% of what it screws with.
@@PaulSpades And more importantly, it won't be the first time an update turns things you turned off back on... I feel the same way, already with Windows 10. The Bloatware removal tool is used on first installation and than the microsoft bloatware blacklist is run to wreck all the pre-installed shit, ads and apps microsoft really thinks I want on my PC out of it. Yes, it means I have to revert to more serious workarounds if I want to update 1 or 2 apps I can only get through the microsoft store, but for the rest it works a treat.
Where I work, privacy is a very, very big thing (aviation industry) and I am already glad I'm not a system administrator, as these days this would probably be a big headache. What I really don't understand is why our CORPORATE machines, get the same ad-shit and apps pre-installed or added to the start-menu as private licenses...
Since Windows 7 was replaced with Windows 10, I already said to myself 'this will be the last version I use...' I'm afraid that will be the truth...
@@weeardguy Let's not forget the update that maliciously removed flash player from every windows system that had it installed. And it was a mandatory "security" update.
i feel like yesterday's debacle is gonna be a net positive for Linux availability
Changes are coming for sure
I've been a Windows user for about 30 years. Early adopter of Windows 3.1. A couple of years ago I had enough, I felt that I'm losing more and more control of my compute environment. Switched to Linux Mint, and never looked back. Yeah, little adjustments, but a lot of cool benefits that cost me nothing. When I hear about Windows 11 forcing HW choices, configurations, telemetry, and now shoving AI down people's throat - I'm so glad it's not my problem anymore.
AI is one of the best things that's happened to computers. I use it extensively and I love it. It's very helpful and very useful. But then again, I embrace change and the future, making the most of opportunities. Change always brings opportunity. What a great time to be alive.
Same. I'm glad because I know I don't have to deal with it anymore. I'm an arch user btw
@@SpaceCadet4Jesus Tell me what can AI do that a simple google search can't.
@@xpdatabase1197 Try AI, see what you get. Ask it questions, have it make stuff. Convince yourself is the best method.
@@SpaceCadet4Jesus "I love AI. Now I know to adhere cheese to pizza using glue, that it's okay to leave my dog in a car on a hot day, that i should eat around one small rock per day, that if i get pregnant I should smoke 3-6 cigarettes per day, and much more! My life has never been better!" 🤡
2021: You cant use windows 11 without upgrading to new hardware
2024: you have to upgrade to new hardware again to use our new and amazing AI features
features that only leverage the cloud aka someone else computer
@@HatTrexThey are actually running some stuff directly on the client, if you have a compatible NPU.
I'm using AI in Debian... in Firefox. Why would they put it in the OS... oh collecting data, right.
2026: The death of Windows
Gpt 4 clone
5:40 Issue is Mint forces their own mods and fixes, this makes it unreliable, please try vanilla OS like Debian stable, if you need latest apps, you can try the backports, or Flatpaks and Snaps.
As more of a casual user - I find Mint easy to use and very reliable. Mint MATE though - old fashioned GNOME 2 desktop...
A few years ago, after installing windows, I tried everything to uninstall edge... After about a dozen attemps i finally succeeded and it was in unable to start. (I think i had to do edit the registry or delete some windows files, not sure but it wasn't straight forward.) You can imagine the horror on my face, when last week some link i opened in a random application opened the website in edge and it was perfectly functional.
Enjoying Microsoft Windows? ;-)
r/twosentencehorror
Zombieware
Damm i tought i was crazy lol i tought i uninstalled it and suddenly i sawit again :/
It's strange because since Edge was installed back in the day webpages ran FAR better for me than with any other browser. It was far faster than Chrome or Firefox for me. I have no clue why especially seeing as these are my comp specs are considered low these days (was mid-range back in 2018):
460W PS
intel i5 Quad Core CPU
Only on 8GB RAM because the motherboard is locked
Nvidia GTX 960 GPU
Yep. This has done it for me. In the future, if I need anything that will only run on windows, it will be in a vm with no internet access.
nicee yeah i still use it but use a vpn and my own Hardwarebased Firewall o boy it blocks a lot of crap even using a browser with Firefox and Ublock still things get blocked.
How are you supposed to work on wi dows without internet?
@@raandomplayer8589 If you just need an app for running windows, e.g. photoshop 2010, you don't need internet. You just need to have a public samba folder to share files between the host and guest OSes. That's what I do.
@@raandomplayer8589what would be the issue?
Activate and disconnect. Even at that I think office 2019+ is the only MS thing that really wants activation and refuses to do it offline.
To share files you can use VM lan, connect local storage to VM or switch back and forth external drives.
@@raandomplayer8589 Depends on how we define "work." But ddkj said that "if I need anything that will only run on windows," without specifically mentioning the word "work." If by "work," we mean as a job, then it could become pretty inconvenient to use Windows without internet access (and also doing it in a VM could be inconvenient somewhat too), since that would likely slow down work. But if they just have a program that they want to use, that only works on Windows, and the program doesn't require internet access, then I think it is possible to move that file over from the host into the VM, and then use it.
Remember when if you wanted software you could go out and by it ? My problems began with the cloud.
You use Linux because of privacy
I use Linux because of penguin mascot
We are not the same
I use Arch btw
Is Club Penguin compatible with Linux?
Lol of course you use arch
@@aqdrobert its a browser game wdym is it compatible
@@icyman11_26it’s a joke
You use Linux because you like sucking knobs and wearing programmer socks
I don't use linux.
I am superior.
If more people jump to Linux they will start porting software over to it.
Absolutely!
Yup, because marketing to freeloaders is the future of Corp.
@@ojoshiro Good boy. Paying full price for your garbage software helps them collect the most accurate and up-to-date info on you.
@@ojoshiro I'm willing to pay for Windows if it wasn't shit.
unfortunately fortnite wont coz of their anticheat :(
This is the reason why 3rd-party tools are a godsend. Microsoft is gonna get sued by the EU for this at some point. I can feel it.
They can settle it
They did it before with Internet Explorer
EU will never sue Microsoft... Because till now Microsoft should be sued at least 100 times but it never happened, so it won't happen
I mean, in the German government, I believe they swapped out Windows OS for Linux instead. I can definitely see a bunch of people simply transitioning to something else.
@@voogarix - A single google search will reveal that they have in fact been sued in both Europe and America for enormous amounts of money.
@@voogarix EU has been cracking down on a bunch of big tech.
Did you notice the iphone charging port?
I switched to Linux Mint about 6 years ago. I will NEVER consider returning to windows. The adjustments needed to become proficient aren't hard to overcome and you will be a much better computer user for having done it.
While open-source may not be our first choice, soon it will be the only choice
opensource actually is better than propetairy, and should be second choice. the thing better than open source is Free Open Source, with Free as in Freedom).
but Free Open Source, is more secre, privacy respecting, relyable, ethically correct, pure, functional, etc.
The hole Internet is Open source based.
Imagine it wasn't xd
It is my first choice, and my only choice. They are all doable with maybe the exception of DAWs. Those all suck ass.
The stuff I use daily is all very good nowadays. Firefox, Blender , Godot, VSCodium, Gimp, Audacity, etc. they get better every year
The one thing you can say about open source is it never gets worse
Open-source is the people's source. ✊
When I got my steam deck it made me realize how easy it is to use linux. It was no longer this weird frightening OS that I couldn't understand. Went cold turkey from windows with all my computers a mere month after I got the deck. Never looked back.
Steam deck isn't a good example because it is a closed architecture and updates are better tested before release. Gaming on Linux, especially with nVidia is a pain in the ass (but at last it is getting better)
Steam deck did the same for me. It was a real nice introduction to a non-windows OS. If it was available, I'd use steam os (holo os?) On EVERYTHING. I think it's fantastic.
You got balls, good for you!
Steam deck is running a flavor of arch linux, so you can now say "I use arch btw"... xD
I have been gaming on linux with my nvidia for more than a year without any problems.
People with problems using nvidia is usually on a distro not up to date with latest nvidia drivers. The nvidia drivers has changed a LOT to the better just in the last 3 months, but to get that, you can NOT use something like Ubuntu because they do not pull the latest drivers as soon as they release, you could be on drivers more than 6-12months old and there is not much you can do (other than break your installation trying to implement the nvidia drivers yourself, I do NOT recommend doing that).
If you want the latest drivers, use a distro that PROVIDES the latest drivers decently fast.
@mafioso12dk you severely overestimate how complicated linux is. You can MAKE it complicated, but my open system desktop has very few differences from steamOS closed architecture. The difference amounts to me not having to unlock shit to install wine or something on my desktop. Linux is linux. If you can use a steam deck comfortably you can use a desktop
@@fanglespangle110 bazzite is a steamOS fork made for desktop use. Check it out.
I moved to linux full time in 2015. Still using linux and no windows today.
As someone who closely followed linux since 2012, you must've dogfooded it a lot, or maybe just really lucky to have really compatible system
Im now a full time linux user for like year and a half
@alexstone691 I've done well with linux because I stuck to it for many years. I've been there from the good and the bad. I even learned bash scripting and python from using linux to create my own custom script. I will be a linux user for life. :-)
Linux has become way easier to use in the last five or ten years, I'm not gonna say it's perfect, there's still the odd thing you have to get a degree to make work, but chances are high your sound, network, and GPU will "just work" in some capacity out of the box now at least. It's important to note that's actually better than Windows, where your GPU only has basic functions until you install the driver, Linux has 3d acceleration out of the box, although you might get better performance with the proprietary driver for Nvidia cards, AMD is more cooperative with the open source crowd
I using Linux on and off since 2012. While linux community keeps improving the user experiences for the operating system once they tell you it is for nerds, nowaday, even a grandma can use it without hassle then we got Microsoft here to made their products become user nightmares.
@@Burbun yes and if you try to debloat windows 10 ore win 11 it still takes more time and work then using and setting up linux.
This guy was warning us and we should've listened.
Correction at 7:03
The Nvidia userspace driver is NOT open-source, the only component going open-source are the Kernel Modules. On the topic of open-source Nvidia drivers, Red Hat has announced Nova, a replacement for the Nouveau driver, and there are some other folks creating a driver called NVK which is an open-source Nvidia Vulkan driver
"Killer Windows feature" or Windows killing feature?
Yes.
Yes.
Both.
...that's the joke
For me it is MacOS killing feature. If Apple will not introduce it to MacOS soon, I will switch to Copilt+PC just becouse of Recall
As a Linux and Windows user myself, I think people need to use the OS that fits their needs.
Windows has a fantastic user experience and out of the box features for the extremely large majority of users, which is probably a bit annoying for enthusiastic power users, understandably.
On the other hand Linux based OS is really lacking in a lot of out of the box tools and user experience, but the freedom and ease of customisation is amaizing to set up and environment perfect for those who know how to.
Choose what's right for you, not what people say you should use.
I would describe Windows as bloated crippleware, especially out of the box. I couldn't get anything to work when I bought my parents a new laptop...
Familiarity goes both ways.
@@mikoserbousek4987 I give Linux a go every five years, have a miserable experience, then give it up for another five years. I recently tried installing Linux Mint on a seven-year-old laptop. Didn't work as the screen just went black immediately post login. Windows works right out of the box first time, every time and it supports the applications I need.
@@mikoserbousek4987weren’t you able getting a laptop with the most easy, boring, user friendly OS up and running? Dude, maybe you should consider a career change.
Been using Linux for almost 20 years, windows is like a toy for me.
me: uses both
The way Ubuntu deals with multi-tasking out of the box, separate taskbar on each screen, how snappy it is, how fast it searches files is UX that's a decade ahead of Windows. I have never had the need to customize it. I disabled animations on Windows to try to emulate that and all I discovered was the animations are there to hide the laggyness. I have a samsung nvme SSD and a 5600X and still takes several to dozen 60Hz frames to populate tiles when I window key+tab like I am loading a web page.
I grew up with windows but honestly the last time i liked windows was windows 7. I think the biggest part of why i didnt switch earlier to linux is just because i dont know how to start and im not a software engineer. Gonna play around with linux on an old laptop now
It depends on what you do. I think 90% of people just do e-Mail, surf the web, watch RUclips, and write some letters. That is about it. Frankly, for these people, a tablette with a keyboard would work fine. They don't need a desktop computer.
Do you work in teams where everyone expects high levels of office compatibility? Do you want to play any game (not just those that were built to run on Linux)? Do you need applications like Photoshop or SOLIDWORKS? Then forget it. You end up wasting so much time.
The very fact that there are 40 distros and 10 different application distribution mechanisms, makes Linux an absolutely horrible end user experience, particularly once you need software that isn't in your distros native distribution system.
A good distro for those coming from windows is Linux Mint, for an old laptop, use Linux Mint Xfce edition. The user interface is similar to Windows 7 and it is light on system resources. If your laptop is really old (like 1GB RAM or less) try Bodhi Linux or AntiX.
I tolerated 8 but it wore me down to the point I abandoned Windows a few months into 10.
@@MarkAvo
But are you really being honest here? Even for Windows, far too many people still need help from some IT savvy family member, and Linux is far worse on that front. If you're an IT person, sure, different story, but for everyone else the notion that Windows will result in fewer gray hairs than Linux seems absurd to me.
The very traits that make Linux inherently great for IT folks and server side systems, make it inherently atrocious for the normal desktop user. That problem will never be solved, as the traits are mutually exclusive. I know many still don't want to accept this. They think adding another package manager, or some new shell will change the fate of Linux on Desktop, but every such attempt just makes the situation worse, as yet another choice prevents Linux from ever having a standardized user experience.
Frankly, all current desktop operating systems are awful. They all fail in some area.
@@a5cent absolutely being honest. It helps I don’t game on a PC, but I haven’t used Windows outside of admin help for family in 9 years.
I was a MS MVP for Windows in the 90s. MS has lost their mind. I recently bought a new laptop. It even has the nasty CoPilot key on the keyboard taking away the right control key. Taking away control.. a recent Windows update ran and suddenly my clipboard manager that I use no longer worked, and the awful windows clipboard manager was back in control. So I disabled it the same way I always had in the past with Windows 11 and nothing changed. I dug up more aggressive methods that involved deleting the executable file so I went hunting for it and lo and behold it's gone! So I dug more. They moved their clipboard tool to a damn. Windows service! So I got aggressive and ripped every bit about it from the registry. This worked.... For 2 days. Then it was back, fine, tried to disable the service. No dice, even as admin. So gutted it from the registry, switched the ownership of the dll for the service to me, blocked all Windows users and service from access to it and removed inheritance, then replaced the dll with a text file having the same name as the dll. We will see how long that lasts.
I feel your pain. I tried the same methods to disable Windows updates in the past. Removed all the entries from the registry, even did changes to the group policies, and managed to completely disable the updates. A few weeks later I noticed windows update was somehow miraculously back, and it was slowing down my system at the most inconvenient time as usual. I went through the list of services and noticed something called Windows Update Health Tool. That thing actually somehow installed itself on my system without me even knowing, and restored all Windows Update functions to its original state. It's crazy how far Microsoft is willing to go just to shove their stupid updates which no one even asks for, down your throat. Thank god I've made the decision to go back to Linux after their dumpster fire of an announcement about their new garbage AI "features".
Removed the R ctrl/took away control… that’s accidentally poetic
I honestly genuinely think it's easier to switch to linux and learn that operating system... Not even being a over-the-top linux fanboy here, like, you really seem very very frustrated about something that you wont encounter in linux... Is there anything holding you back?
This kind of thing is what tipped me over the edge in the end: it kept becoming harder and harder to just use my computer how I want. Microsoft not only have extremely stupid defaults a lot of the time, but they don't let you change them - or they let you change them then take that away without your permission. It was the lack of respect that drove me to Linux.
Microsoft doesn't own the computer, but they sure as hell try as much as they can to wrestle with all the choices you try to make ON YOUR COMPUTER
This is what I'm thinking too. Steam Deck blew away my previous assertions on Linux. The OS is ready for prime time.
Valve is doing a lot for linux gaming, I just hope more people move away from windows so devs start taking it seriously as well.
The SteamDeck was my first experience with Linux too and I was shocked at how much easier it is to use in desktop mode than I thought it would be.
Nah, the desktop needs a lot of work, and I'm saying this as a Linux user of over 4 years straight. Linux itself is great but the desktop later is just that, a layer. It doesn't work nearly as well as an OS designed from the ground up to be a GUI, such as NT which has a much cleaner architecture than people give it credit for
@@SomeRandomPiggo I'm curious what you think are the biggest pitfalls in that regard. Say the UIs of popOS/Ubuntu (Gnome DE, different WMs), or KDE's Plasma? What do they still miss that Windows does right?
@@john_paul_r I don't think they're explicitly missing anything, it's more like death by 1000 cuts. Sometimes Pulseaudio will break, Pipewire is no better. When going to sleep/suspend, sometimes it stops halfway and I have to force shut down. In demanding applications, the GPU driver (AMD btw) crashes after an hour or two. X11 has framerate and vsync issues, Wayland breaks everything. I really want the Linux desktop to succeed, but for the piece of software that is the sole way to use your computer it needs a bit more polish
Okay, cool. But let's see you stick with Linux permanently. Coding, art, gaming, and everything else. No compromises, no exceptions. You'll soon find that Linux has a long way to go in order to come even remotely close to replacing Windows. It's not as simple as saying "Wah, me no like pay money.". Linux has everything to prove and it currently isn't.
Welcome to Linux brother!
he didnt switch he just hemmed and hawed
We would get serious acceptance of linux if we could get public schools to switch over
this absolutely, along with promoting companies that sell systems for end users with linux installed already, that way people will learn linux and be used to it in the same way that people already do, but with windows
you're absolutely right
Gen alpha can't read, you think they could understand Linux? Maybe if there's a skidibidi distro...
@@RezaQinLiterally just look at Estonia. There’s no excuse for not putting programming and tech literacy into elementary or even kindergarten curricula.
And on top of that, it would both incentivize companies to sell linux laptops out of the box, which is another huge hurdle to get over for most folks, and institutionalizing it would inject an excellent source of funding for the organizations that maintain the ecosystem(The Linux Foundation, KDE, etc.).
I was using linux mint since a week and leave windows 10, after the update made an boot error. Some parts need to be tweaked and some windows software can run via lutris or bottles on your linux mint. So did I miss WinDOOM 10? Not really🤔
I will be extremely surprised if Recall doesn't get annihilated by EU legislation in fairly short order.
The GDPR issues alone make it a non-starter.
I hope they'll take care of this, I don't want to be able to have a "when did you nut?" button on my computer
exactly what I thought
I hate to tell you but all the information that Recall offers is available for at least the last 6 to 7, if not 10 years, if you know what you're doing.
Recall is only collecting some of that information and making it presentable to the normal user.
GDPR doesn't cover spyware.
Sadly companies have found a way around GDPR, and that's to just make opting-out difficult and make opting-in easy.
I know this because I'm one of the few people who do opt out every time a website asks me. The same website will ask me again and again every time I visit it, sometimes even when I just go to a different page. Of course if you accept, it never asks you again.
Microsoft would likely do the same. Every time you boot up your PC or use any Microsoft services, you'd need to individually opt out of everything, or just click once for it to go away forever.
Or even stick it in the terms and conditions. GDPR doesn't state that a website must be accessible without agreeing to data collection, just that the user should have the choice. Microsoft could always refuse your access to Windows unless you agree to it
7:44 but let's be honest here, Adobe is gonna fade out of existence, their products have proven time and again that they are not worth the absurd subscription costs.
This whole recall thing is what finally pushed me over the edge. There's a lot of useful quality of life things that AI can be used for, but it should always be optional, not crammed down our throats. So between recall, and the impending loss of support for windows 10 next year, I have chosen to wave goodbye. Pop_Os! Has been a really smooth experience for me.
I guess nobody can get this distro's name right, can't blame you though
@@lllIIIlIllIIll what did I miss?
it's Pop!_OS and honestly i think it's borderline malicious of System76 xD
Linus attempted to install PopOS. Needless to say it was a recorded multi-day nightmare just to get it installed. His audio still doesn't work and his gaming controller only works on very certain games. He's trying to track down so many weird problems. He'd have been much better off going to Linux mint.
@@lllIIIlIllIIll i just write popos and anyone that says otherwise is wrong.
i think AI is a fancy term used for data collection these days.
It is literally the pay day for the AI hype. Apple incorporates it on OS level and gives it to OpenAI. Result: OpenAI gets closer to user data than google ever did. Good luck messing that data with addons. OpenAI will be much bigger than google ever was if this goes to the end game.
The fact that you can't install Windows 11 without an internet connection is also a final straw. I moved to Linux Mint/Ubuntu about 4 years ago. Haven't looked back ever since. It's a joy to use it now. Get out of Windows.
I recently (March 2024) installed Windows 11 Home without an internet connection, even if you plan on using a Microsoft account I would recommend installing both Windows 10 and 11 offline first, as then you actually get to choose the name of your user folder instead of just the first 5 characters of your email (The **weirdest** choice Microsoft ever made...)
O_O that's absurd. glad I left
Microsoft also plans to get rid of the WSA as means to say to statistically use Microsoft store as alternative. Can anyone say roofies?
If Linux becomes mainstream, they'll start to implement the same crap.
Due to the magic of Open Source, if you don't like it, fork it and modify it!
I made the switch 3-4 years ago. It's not as bad as people claim, as long as you're mentally prepared to have to learn some new stuff at the start of your transition. Once I got over the initial hump I have no complaints, quite the opposite, I prefer Linux over windows now. And the feeling when you first start up Linux, knowing that everything there is yours, there is nobody collecting your data and monitoring you... it's very freeing! The only thing that previously kept me on Windows was the usage of some specific software. But now I've learned to not only use but even enjoy the Linux or multi-platform alternatives; software that's not only cheaper (often free), but also more ethical and sometimes actually even better than the Windows-version. I highly encourage you, stand up for yourself. You won't regret it.
i moved to linux. now i don't have headache every time i start my pc
i had the same experience when i switched 2 years ago
but you have headaches when using it, right :-)
@@slavic_commonwealth The only people that fear things like the terminal are people that don't like to read.
@@slavic_commonwealthда 😂
@ZEROxDEADDEAD but I don't want to learn something new everyday with Linux.
going to linux, i feel like you re-discover the pleasure of computing, it's fun to mess around with, and just doing basic things is interesting (installing shit, customizing the looks, etc).
Windows just fells like a black box that you cannot control.
So wrong. I re-discovered my hate for the Linux and it's community after switching over for few months.
@@touma-san91 - if you're calling it "The Linux" then I highly doubt anybody is going to listen to your opinion.
@@touma-san91how have you come to such a level of hate for it ? I get the community side of it, but not the hate for the technical product itself, was is bad luck or just nit happy it's a 1 to 1 windows experience ?
@@JohnnyWednesday It's like boomers calling Facebook "The Facebooks" 😂
Even though I'm quite new to Linux (Used it for only 2 years), it actually feels weirdly nostalgic getting deep and intimate with my computer's settings, customization and other "computery stuff".
Mint 22 is solid now. I've been running it for nearly a month now with no problems. I do a weekly streaming show and I have no problems and even the Stream Decks I bought that were only good in Windows now have software for Linux, native. It's not written by Elgato but it works. All of my Steam games run by installing Wine and then installing Steam for Windows not Linux.
I really have no excuse. I need to move to Linux by the time 2025 rolls around.
It's very simple and easy my friend. I downgraded from win10 to win7 a few years ago until one day I just finally had it due to the gd activation or something. Downloaded a Zorin distro and everything worked. In ten minuted I got rid of Windows forever. I went to MX Linux and now I'm on Debian 12. I don't ever remember having to use the Konsol for anything other than something I wanted to learn how to do. Windows just copied that feature from Linux btw. So don't listen to the scary Linux stuff all over the internet if you can learn how to comment on RUclips you can get rid of Windows forever and then realize how much you didn't need it in the first place!
Linux Mint is a really painless experience IMO
Couldn't be happier that I switched a bunch of my systems to it and a bunch of my tech illiterate family to it as well
some software and "need" for invasive anti-cheats is a valid excuse imo. not for me though, since i don't need those
@@Gormadt i wish i could switch my family to linux, but they are too used to windooze and can not bothered to learn something new, if windooze works. i guess they will stay on win10 even years after it's out of support
@@dyenire For my family they basically use their machines as Facebook and RUclips machines so it was really easy to swap them over.
Basically just sync their Firefox accounts to the new machines and go.
I personally refuse to play any game that has kernel level anti cheat, I ain't giving some rando gaming company that level of access.
I've been Windows free for 25 years. As someone who doesn't have any special hardware or software requirements, using Linux has made my computing experience much better, even surpassing the Amiga in the '90s in some ways. With Linux, the user is in control, not some corporation.
I stopped using Windows after 7. I'm fortunate that pretty much everything I want to have works on Linux. As you mentioned, gaming support is improving, so I see no reason to even entertain the idea of using Windows. The first thing I did when I got my current laptop was wipe the W11 install on it and install Linux (Mint bc I'm actually p bad with computers lol).
You unnecessarily paid for win 11 on laptop. The cost of win 11 is included in laptop. You should have directly bought non windows versions to avoid additional cost.
@@hydrilara Got it used.
Game support is improving?
@@teixopoison601 You have valve working on the proton compatability layer and other devs working on their own spin of it like proton-GE and wine-GE and wine-proton? Alot of really good stuff that's constantly improving. I am in a love/hate with valve but I love their work with proton!
Next step, all PC’s will have the OS in the chipset so you can’t install alternatives.
NVIDIA's drivers are only partially open source. The only open source component is the kernel driver however the usermode runtimes are still proprietary.
I would rather use Ubuntu than Windows. People tend to criticize the direction Canonical is taking when it comes to Ubuntu on the desktop but whatever M$ is doing is 10,000x worse than whatever Canonical is doing. The only time I use Windows is on someone else's computer.
i keep a boot partition for windows specifically for teams and excel. other than that i’m using fedora
And even if something happens, moving from Ubuntu to Mint or whatever distro is easier than moving from Windows
@@dysonspreybar4903I'm fulltime on linux myself and aren't libre calc and unofficial teams launcher or web client enough? Only problem that had with teams is switching different microphones if i have more than one
Why not use Mint? I started with Ubuntu but it became too much of an annoyance. Mint is just... So very good.
well there are Mint or ZorinOS as well that make it very easy for Windows users... but the best they can do is actually to not pick a "layout" that simulates windows, but pick one that is "new" to them so they need to explore and learn it...
No hold off until installing something on linux becomes something your grandma could do! I recently installed Ubuntu and I really liked how it loaded up RUclips and played videos right outta the gate, but seriously if you play games ... just wait , it isn't for everyone and it really isn't as fun to maneuver around as it could be. Installing a simple game could be an entire night or two of your time, when over on windows you can just click a few times and have an installed game ready to play... Seriously I want to switch over but it just isn't there just yet... I am still very much Hopeful!
I wonder if it’s a complete coincidence that my PC running windows 10 just so happened to really up the ante on trying to get me to upgrade after this update was announced.
the thing about linux is that it’s as complicated as you want it to be. if you respect your time, you can pick Ubuntu or Mint. if you need something just a little more intense, pick Pop!_OS or maybe Fedora. if you actively hate yourself, pick Arch, NixOS or Gentoo.
Arch based distros (not arch itself) are literally the most user friendly distros I've ever used out of all distros you mentioned.
To me an OS is for letting me run programmes and control the computer. I don't need it to have lots of fancy bells and whistles, just to let me do the things I need to do to like copy files, install software, open apps. As someone coming from Windows I find Mint the easiest to get started in as it looks like Windows, just runs faster without built-in spyware, ransomware and ads.
@@thanosfishermanagreed. They do exactly what you want. Except you have to know what you want, but hey, if you're a bit tech savvy you're good
My current distro of choice is Debian. I guess that just means I'm old.
@@SiimKoger that’s totally fair, and even though it has made a whole lot of progress it still isn’t quite ready to replace every other OS for everyone yet. it has a long way to go. i’m glad that you tried it out though!