10 things you can do with Linux that you can't do with Windows

[@salcolonsc]

Actually, there is antivirus software that you can install on Linux... It's used to remove viruses from Windows, lmao.

[@onfire621]

damn

[@ryukshinigami5106]

Yeah most of the antivirus detects only windows viruses lol.

[@ArthursHD]

True, know at least 3 ClamAV, Eset Antivirus for Linux and Bitdefender. Point Nr.4 is only partly true. There is Live PE version of windows in Hiren’s BootCD PE, MediCat USB and other tools. Although licensing is whole another debuckle, plus viruses especially on MediCat USB.

[@georgewaring7168]

I got hit with the dreaded Linux "honor system virus." It was a text file that read: "Please delete a few random files on your computer, Please encrypt a few files and delete the private key, Please send this file to someone on your contacts list. Thank you for your cooperation."

[@Ballissle]

@@georgewaring7168 did you honor it?

[@panic_seller]

Windows Joke: Your Keyboard could not be detected, Press Enter to Continue

[@ClawGr]

This actually happens on Bios Post, if you have something like pause on errors (and checks for mouse\keyboard enabled). I found it super funny when I saw "Press F1 to continue"

[@zyan983]

@@ClawGr its a joke.....

[@PantsYT]

@@zyan983 he does you degenerate

[@crotchy7667]

LOL. It usually means PLUG IN THE KEYBOARD! But why didn't they just print "plug in your keyboard"? I don't know..... LOL

[@akallio9000]

About 2 months ago a lightning strike took out my Linux box, but somebody gave me an old iMac. Trying to install Windows 7 got me to the "which language is your keyboard" thing, but since iMacs use something called Open Firmware instead of a BIOS, neither the mouse or keyboard would work. So, when you got tired of staring at that "which language is your keyboard" thing, your only recourse was to hit the Big Red Switch. Windows XP complained that there was only 384K of low memory available but it needed 512K low memory. Sounds like an MSDOS limitation, no? OTOH, I now have Slackware and Linux Mint on it with no problems, save DOSbox and certain MS programs on Virtual Box not working correctly.

[@sameasnow]

i'm going to take your advice on putting two task bars in the middle of my screen thank you its a great idea.

[@bigfella9745]

not the cross huh like yeah i cant see anything really!!

[@Maybe-So]

Windows: You’ve successfully clicked your mouse somewhere. Please reboot.

[@LusidDreaming]

Are you sure you want to reboot? Yes In order to reboot, Windows needs to reboot. Are you sure you want to reboot? Yes In order to reboot, Windows needs to reboot. Are you sure you want to reboot? No BSOD

[@kurokurovich]

@@LusidDreaming please wait

[@theinceptor3672]

@@kurokurovich *A few years later *

[@esphilee]

As an mechanical engineer, the one most frustrating thing with linux is, the CAD softwares are from stone age.

[@MichaelVash7886]

Lutris can install autodesk fusion 360. Is that any better than what you've tried?

[@dmitryc5685]

That is not true. Try Draftsight, it is free for 2D, and need to buy for 3D modelling.

[@esphilee]

Dmitry C， Draftsight is no longer free in 2020.

[@dmitryc5685]

@@esphilee oops. You are right it is not free anymore. Missed that.

[@LusidDreaming]

As a fellow engineer, this kind of thing is the only reason I have a dual boot for Windows. A lot of engineering software is Windows only unfortunately.

[@ceediddy925]

Number 12. You never have to go into the Registry to fix some annoying behavior like "Balloon Tips"

[@vaisakhkm783]

😂only need to recompile your kernal

[@babitasaha6655]

@@vaisakhkm783 ?

[@MagikGimp]

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT YOU IGNOMINIOUS BASTARD??! THEY ARE TIPS!! THEY HELP!!! THEY HAVEN'T EXISTED FOR 10 YEARS!!!!!! I HATE LINUX USERS SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!

[@sirwin6161]

Well, Linux doesn't have all the telemetry data and Windows privacy theft that we all love so much !🤔

[@vinno97]

Don't you worry, canonical got you covered

[@sirwin6161]

You can disable that shit..apt-get remove connectivity something

[@wylie2835]

Maybe it should. Telemetry is always good.

[@sirwin6161]

@@wylie2835 you can proceed to say Hey Cortana.. but she already knows everything you do .. and that big fart you did last night , she heard it and reported it as new telemetry.

[@Appalling68]

@@sirwin6161 LOL!

[@shellsmoke1695]

"software from official repositories will never contain malicious software" I guess supply chain attacks don't exist.

[@1pcfred]

Mint exists

[@Kenionatus]

Never say never. But I'd say it's a lot more secure to get your software from a curated repository of open source software than from some random download site you googled and never heard of before.

[@1pcfred]

@@Kenionatus I download lots of software I've never heard of before. Never installed by root and only used by my user account what can it really do? I do get it from the upstream source though. besides if you're really that curious about what any software is doing on your system Linux does contain utilities that will show you exactly what's going on. You can monitor what files it is accessing, what system calls it is making etc.

[@JR-mk6ow]

Supply chains are much more common on Windows tho. When you find like 5 "official" websites for the program you want to download and then the Windows Defender comes beeping (usually too late)

[@LusidDreaming]

I always audit my software source code line by line before compiling from source. I then compile on a VM box running inside a VM box on a separate build computer that's not connected to my home network. After that, I use a custom assembly translator (similar to radare2) to verify the binaries, debugging where necessary. Once I've fully verified the compiled binaries, I transfer the source code to the target machine and repeat the process. This is the beauty of open source software. I'm super excited to finish compiling binutils using this method. If I stay on schedule, I should be able to have GCC up and running by 2022.

[@sushakya_]

5:34 "Windows update only updates Windows" Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.

[@johndoe-ic9zc]

Linux updates update everything, not just the kernel. WIndows just updates its kernel and base system functions. WHen Linux updates, it pulls the latest updates from the repositories stored in its conf files, and then looks at the apps that the user has installed and updates those, as they are either part of the saem repositories, or the repositories are shared with the distro that you use. Windows does not do this, and you manually have to install updates for each app on your system. This is what he means. And ufortunatly you didnt get that, nice joke, but your joke was its own punchline.

[@kresimircosic3753]

@Sushovan Shakya Mission failed, we'll get 'em next time.

[@thebets457]

I recently switched a month ago to Linux as my main OS because I got upset that my last Windows 10 update caused my system to crash and forced me to re-install the OS. I'm impressed with how much it's grown since I've last touched Linux back when Mandrake was around, back then i didnt play with it very much. So far it's been pretty easy to live with Linux even for a somewhat noob like me. It's actually refreshing coming home from working in Windows at work all day to something different too.

[@vibovitold]

Yeah yeah, every time I plug in a new printer on Windows, I go to the website to download the drivers. Because it's 2003.

[@mustafacandan9831]

Every time i install a new distro i have to download some drivers in linux too and in linux things are more complicated. In windows go hp site download next next finish in linux sometimes you have to compile your own driver

[@LuaanTi]

Are you really bringing up printers? That's always been a huge pain in the ass, and in my experience, absolutely intolerable on any Unix/Linux machine I've ever worked with. I do hope things got better, but printers are still _the worst_.

[@minepro1206]

Windows nerds.

[@ceediddy925]

Yes, printers can be a problem in linux. It's worth buying a printer that is well supported. A small research effort is totally worth it to achieve the advantages.

[@motoryzen]

@@mustafacandan9831 Since when is it complicated to click about 5 total times to check for an update drivers? The damn Driver Manager in Ubuntu and Mint is stupidly easy to deal with. Either the kernel already has the driver code for your devices..or it doesn't. And these days, these 4.18 and newer kernels are awesome. Ya don't have to do very much at all for amd gpu's that are rx series as well as now vega for the 4.20 and newer kernels. level1techs.com/article/gaming-linux-updated Ukuu kernel update utility and mesa vulkan drivers for both red and green team gpu's are reasonably explained there. The only reason I'd see you would have to compile your own driver is if you're using some more hardcore barebones Linus distro such as something along the lines of Arch or Slackware ( aka puppy linux..I think) which I gave up on both of those years ago. I respect being able to BUILD a damn house, but If i have to hand dig the damn land ...BY MYSELF....pack it...level it...pour gravel...AND I haven't even gotten to the part when it makes sense for it to be time to start harvesting lumber TO cut it..TO start laying it down to start building the sub floor and floors.....shit...fuck that.. I'm not trying to a damn distro builder. That's waaaay too much headache for me. It's just not worth my time. I'd actually like to USE the damn operating system and get work and play done. I"ve have absolutely no problems with 19.1 cinnamon with my 4790k cpu at 4.6ghz + rx 580 8GB sapphire nitro+ vid card playing all , so far, of my windows only games in Steam or Lutris.

[@DeadDad1]

RE: Moving hard drives in Linux vs. Windows - The registry is also a HUGE problem in Windows with doing this. I think that is one of Windows biggest Achilles Heel of Windows.

[@Roxor128]

You can get software to copy the contents of a Windows boot drive to a new drive, but my experience with it transferring from a HDD to an SSD, still resulted in Windows now thinking it was pirated. I think the software does a sector-by-sector copy and requires the destination drive has at least as much capacity as there is used space on the source drive.

[@alphatelligence3913]

@@Roxor128 Windows "Machine ID" changes will do this too. Too many changes of certain hardware will force a change in to the "Machine ID" and well since it is "different" from when installed... very annoying to work around in Windows 10.

[@Roxor128]

@@alphatelligence3913 Microsoft is no exception to the rule that trying to combat piracy by any means other than providing a better service makes the product worse. Look at what happened to Norton: Once the gold standard for antivirus, now a joke. All because they shifted their focus from stopping malware to stopping piracy.

[@alphatelligence3913]

@@Roxor128 Oh I agree with you, its a pain in my A$$!! I have audio plugins that if Windows does a build update or I move hardware in or out of my computer(s); the software tells me I don't have a valid license. I love and hate USB Wasp keys like iLok. However I have "soft" licenses only software and have to prove I legal own the rights to it.

[@aztracker1]

The registry is simply a database file on disk. Windows is also massively more forgiving on portability and installation. Of you don't care about changing the wallpaper, you can even run unregistered indefinitely.

[@JacoMyburgh]

When Windows 8 arrived I decided I had enough and jumped into Linux (Ubuntu). Never looked back.

[@JaimeValladares00]

Missing out bud

[@alkaupadhyay7650]

@@JaimeValladares00 what?

[@JaimeValladares00]

@@alkaupadhyay7650 wdym what? Windows has improved since then

[@alkaupadhyay7650]

@@JaimeValladares00 Alas. You are the only one saying that. Every other being on earth thinks that it has just degraded. And windows 7 was the peak of humanity, after that notging was good

[@Roxor128]

Never used Windows 8. Heard it was horrible and stuck on Windows 7 until EOL. Or that was the plan until a hardware failure prompted an early move to Linux, because I wasn't going to go through the hassle of reinstalling Windows 7 for only a year of usage, and I sure as hell wasn't going to install Windows 10 anywhere other than a VM.

[@derekprice9998]

20 minutes from start to finish Installing Linux Mint 19.2, getting the system updated and adding all the necessary extra programs I use. 2 and a half hours getting Windows 10 installed, updated, adding all the necessary drivers and extra programs I use. This clearly shows in terms of fresh installs which OS wins hands down.

[@redMaple_QC]

Reason to use Windows: it runs the software that I need.

[@user-cw3yj8jv1s]

Wine Bottler

[@RainShinotsu]

A lot of popular Windows software either has been made to work on Linux through Wine or has free and open-source alternatives with nearly the same functionality.

[@jamescollier3]

My newish HP laptop and Win10 sucks. It takes minutes to start and sometimes just when Bill wants updates or telemetry. Learning linux now

[@user-cw3yj8jv1s]

@@jamescollier3 Great idea learning to use Linux! It’s great to do more advanced things and to bring back life into your hardware! What distro and DE are you using?

[@jamescollier3]

@@user-cw3yj8jv1s Ubuntu. What is DE? Desktop environment? I have the GUI, but want to only focus on line commands now. I started at Hack The Box, classic version. Is there a good course or hand holding to get started you know of? I can do the very basics (ls, cmd, pwd etc), but want to start learning more mid-bottom level sudo, grep a bit more middle level stuff. Thanks. What do you use?

[@andy_leitermann]

You can download the source for Linux with Windows too ;)

[@cocbuilds]

checkmate Linus

[@imcornelius]

Years ago when I first heard about Linux, it sounded like an OS built only for specialists. But ever since I've started using it, I've come to love it. It's the best thing in the world. You can configure everything, if you know what you're doing. And now I have different flavors of Linux running on all my machines.

[@CoasterMan13Official]

Yeah I have several desktop environments on an old laptop myself.

[@kulled]

i took the time out of my day to set it up one day and its been running smoothly for being supposedly unstable (depending on who you ask, i guess)

[@johnrogers-thorn6504]

I just installed Linux Mint (duall boot) on my pc, and found it to be fantastic. I didn't know how good it was. Having great fun with literally thousands of programs to install

[@2112jonr]

I've used it for over six years ; 25+ years with Microsoft but use Linux for everything personal now.

[@dognip]

@@2112jonr what programs do you use on Linux? Do you have games?

[@WhiteLiliomcSRO]

I don't usually give negative comments on videos, but when someone states that dealing with drivers is more straightforward on linux than on windows... Then I must

[@Zandman26]

Depends totally on what distribution you choose to use, this is one of the reasons many people recommend Linux Mint for example for new users. Then installing Nvidia drivers is as hard as pressing a button.

[@lonttugamer2939]

@@Zandman26 but his point still stands. On Mint it's as hard as pressing a button, on windows its as hard as not doing anything. Windows installs drivers automatically now.

[@lonttugamer2939]

Well this is awkward, I responded to a comment that no longer exists. Thx Zandman26

[@Zandman26]

@@lonttugamer2939 Yes Nvidia has been slacking when it comes to Linux. If you buy a AMD or use Intel card you don't even have to download anything, it just works in Linux.

[@plonkster]

I find that it is largely true. Plug in some random scanner on Windows... Windows wants a driver CD, on Linux it's like "oh, some Canoscan derivative... loads driver". I plug in some random USB-ethernet thing, secretly worrying a bit that it's not going to work.. and Linux is like "oh, ethernet... loads driver, DHCP, icon shows up top right". Nice. BUT, conversely, when I buy printers or video cards, I KNOW my fear is warranted, and that is why I pick hardware carefully when buying these things. For printers and video cards... Windows will still ask me for the driver (as it always does), but this time... so will Linux.

[@dtvjho]

00:30 This is the source for the kernel only, not the whole installation. Linus Torvalds owns the kernel (the core program), while the libraries and the GNU tools (including most of the common commands) have source in another public location. Purists will refer to this combination as GNU/Linux, as those are the two most important contributors to an OS many of us find useful.

[@tamelo]

You are quite behind what the recent Windows server can do. I still prefer to develop in Linux/Unix but PC is much easier to use at home.

[@josueteodoromoreira8921]

br pare

[@jlinkels]

Windows server might be able to do something. But administration is a nightmare.

[@HighestRank]

1) Didn’t know Windows wouldn’t download from github based on it being closed source. 2) Didn’t know Linux is an updatable-cloud OS”. 3) Didn’t realize that my USB WiFi 802.11N dongle with an 8 yr. old chip was a ‘highly- specialized device’ because it required me to compile its driver. 4) YOU don’t realize that a cloud OS needed a pen drive to boot 5) Didn’t know Linux kernel >V4 updates wouldn’t lock up all running apps, stop com port activity and limit system memory to exclude cache drives. 6)Didn’t realize a bootable pen drive would boot on devices regardless of USB boot support lack 6) Didn’t realize that Linux could read 9) Didn’t realize that moving a Windows install to another identical machine would set off a zero day exploit. 10) There is no antivirus for Linux, notably any Posix operation with ‘ROOT’-credentials despite a straw man lookalike of UAC can not only destroy itself but also any whole partition or individual files whenever it can mount those.

[@IlyasWidaad]

7. You can load up a bookable recovery USB and jump into cmd. You are able to fix most windows issues with the bookable usb.

[@lawrencemorkeberg8371]

Gaming on Linux has come a long way especially for steam games. Steam recently released proton, a wine fork, that can run many titles fairly effortlessly.

[@sklanman]

As far as #4 goes, I have some information. There is a toolkit called Hirens which can be installed on CD or USB, and it has a Mini-XP. So.. it's a very trimmed version of Windows XP that can run from a thumb drive.

[@jimwinchester339]

Yep. I've got Mr. Hirens. Very handy to have. Priceless for going into stand-alone sessions and removing s##t from automatic update attempts that I'm just not allowed to remove any other way.

[@GLITCH_-.-]

4. Windows has PE versions which are used as Live OS. Even windows 10 has a PE version. Macrium Reflect for example uses Windows PE (You can choose what version) as the rescue OS. 9. You can use "sysprep /generalize" to use the same windows installation in another computer with different hardware. 11. Some software repositories contained malicious software in the past, sometimes even because someone snuck highly obfuscated, malicious code into open source software. Also the Ubuntu repository can arguably be called malicious since they stopped honoring the users privacy.

[@Fabian-_-]

4. Windows PE? Gosh, i bet that doesnt work 90% 9. You have to generate one? Thats not an argument, he meant just switching out the HDD and it works. 11. *contained* Sure, but it got removed, no? On Windows you got viruses by fucking Windows Defender. How fucked up can your ANTIVirus be? 11 too. Sure, Ubuntu isnt really safe anymore, but: you can switch to 100 different distros. If you hate Windows 10, what you gotta switch to? Windows 7? XP? Have luck with the compatibility

[@5hunt3r]

4. Ya bet wrong, it works great. You can get malicious software through anything, damn there was a possibility to execute malicious code through Counter-Strike at on point. McAfee was vulnerable, Kaspersky was, but so were ssh-servers on unix, apache, httpd, etc. It's not a Windows problem, it's a problem of developers making mistakes.

[@GLITCH_-.-]

I actually put the ssd from my laptop in my tower with totally different hardware (Intel to AMD, nVidia to AMD) and it booted without issue. (Windows 10 1803.) I just forgot to uninstall gpu drivers which caused issues. No sysprep generalize needed. (I actually forgot that too)

[@kquote03]

Lmao popularity-contest I miss the days when the installer asked you If you wanted that shit removed. Now you have to specifically know that it exists and remember to remove it, which most users won't lol

[@redMaple_QC]

If everybody have access to the source code, how does that makes it more secure???

[@farhadzaidi318]

While it's true that hackers and authors of viruses can see the source code and find vulnerabilities, there are also other people who can find those vulnerabilities and write code to patch them. I guarantee you the latter outweighs the former.

[@CristiNeagu]

More people looking for vulnerabilities, for starters, and also complete transparency. You know there are no inbuilt vulnerabilities and you know what gets fixed, when it gets fixed, and how it gets fixed.

[@BADEASTWIND]

you people are doing absolutely great job in helping people understand why linux is secure. I am a professional penetration tester but believe me when I say I patched two such loopholes in the github source code at the first place and thousands of people like me exist.

[@CristiNeagu]

@@BADEASTWIND While being open source does help a lot to make Linux safe, i think the biggest contribution goes to the fact that so few people use it, only about 2% or so. And the vast majority of them are tech oriented people. So there will be vastly more people trying to patch it and make it more secure than people trying to crack it. Releasing ransomware for Windows is a vastly more profitable business than doing the same for Linux, so next to no one will be looking for vulnerabilities in Linux with the purpose of exploiting them.

[@BADEASTWIND]

@@CristiNeagu thats true except only one fact, the profit. the tech monsters like Microsoft apple google or IBM, cognizant and almost any tech monster you can think of even facebook uses only linux in their core systems due to the fact that linux never requires a restart. And so if you find that good a vulnerability in Linux u r probably gonna steal data worth billions.

[@deusdat]

That's strange. I have to reboot each time the kernel is updated. There's a message in the update window. Otherwise the new kernel is not activated.

[@glenw3814]

Spent most of my life in Windows. Dipped a toe in the Linux pool once every decade. Been too cold for me in the past, but this time it's feeling just about right. I'm working on a full stack switch to FOSS. If I make it I'll try to pull everyone I know with me. :D Thanks for the video. I'll be sharing it with friends and family.

[@adamlevine2046]

So did you make it?

[@glenw3814]

@@adamlevine2046 Yes and No. I use Linux for my entertainment system. Tried some server stuff. Window is still my daily driver.

[@glenw3814]

@@adamlevine2046 Oh. I also did it some Linux projects with my kids.

[@adamlevine2046]

@@glenw3814 That's awesome. I hope your kids will love it more as they dig into Linux deeper. :))

[@rsmithuk]

Slight point around number 2. Yes if you update Windows you probably need to reboot but the references in relation to user outages and cloud, you would engineer your solutions with routine maintenance in mind. If your workloads require 24/7 uptime for users, you would engineer the workload to avoid user outtage if a node needs to be rebooted

[@MrGeekGamer]

3. Except if it's a graphics card. Or a sound card. Just the important ones :)

[@1pcfred]

Actually it is a graphics adapter if you want to get pedantic about things.

[@0012erick]

The audio have been annoying on Linux Mint, but the default graphics driver is just as good unless you're doing 3D gaming.

[@Symbiatch]

At least you have audio systems to choose from. It would be so annoying to have just one working system, with Linux you can choose from several which all have their own issues

[@1pcfred]

@@Symbiatch nothing seems to work with everything. Back in the day I had a commercial OSS license for audio drivers. Today if you are not using PulseAudio you will not get sound support in many applications either. As devs have dropped support for the low level driver in their software. If you are using PulseAudio I've heard that can cause other problems itself. I know I've had applications not have sound running Pulse. Others speak of delay issues too. I can't run Firefox or use OBS because neither supports the native low level Linux sound drivers as best as I can tell. I'm not really wasting my time finding out more about either at this point. Don't work. Round file it.

[@nathansmith3608]

Printer Drivers are the ultimate counter-example IME, but that was the example he gave. idk... ymmv? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@lpon9757]

I'm always amazed to see coworkers actually trying to work on windows, it's like trying to run a restaurant with camping cookware, literally

[@aaronmoreno655]

What kind of work are you talking about specifically? There is plenty of areas of software engineering that won't care if you use Mac, Windows or Linux

[@flashcat6665]

Really nice video, but a few things you got wrong on the Windows side: #4. Actually, yes you can, but in a limited fashion. Since Windows 8/8.1, Enterprise users have what's called Windows-to-go. It requires Windows Enterprise, but makes it so, just like a Linux Live CD, you have a Windows Enterprise image on your USB stick, ready to boot on any hardware that can boot from USB. #7: Yes and no for Windows. Since Windows 8/8.1, the recovery options are way different than just "system restore", namely, having access to the Command Prompt. You can also (mostly used in businesses but can be used at home too) use what MS calls DaRT - Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset. It's an ISO that you boot from on a USB stick, which gives you a lot of... well, diagnostics and recovery tools to repair broken Windows installs.

[@reichenwald-gm4qd]

With Rufus, you can install Windows on a stick, and even home editions work no problem

[@wilsont1010]

I'm watching this on Linux, Android Distro.

[@franchufranchu119]

*But not GNU/linux

[@peacemekka]

Its not the same thing.

[@natieklopper]

It's cringy when someone is so obviously biased, they claim false facts. I'm a Linux fan myself, but I can make a pretty sizable list too, about stuff you can do on Windows, that's not possible on Linux... Windows is not that crappy OS we used to hate so much anymore, hey and guess what? Linux is hosted on GitHub, guess who owns GitHub now? And claiming Linux just works, is talking complete chocolate yoghurt emoji...

[@CoWinkKeyDinkInc]

The Linux kernel hosted on GitHub is a mirror. Did you literally even check the repo?

[@diggydude5229]

I didn't used to hate Windows XP. It was rock solid and reasonably fast on a K6-2 400MHz CPU. (A computer store clerk who had never even seen my computer tried to claim over the phone that it wasn't fast enough, but he was trying to sell me a new computer.) Every system crash I ever had with that machine was due to hardware failure, not the OS or other installed software.

[@paololucchesi2827]

Let me reverse the question: who wrote git?

[@TailRecursive]

Mmm... The fact that Microsoft bought GitHub doesn't make the Linux a product from Microsoft. It bought the platform, not the user's creations.

[@EngineerMan]

I completely missed that he made that implication. Amazing.

[@AkosLukacs42]

Funny thing from yesterday: had to reboot Ubuntu to get a new keyboard layout working. :)

[@PeterMaddison2483]

could you not have logged out and then back in?

[@wisteela]

@@SimonWoodburyForget I've found hardly ever.

[@wisteela]

@@SimonWoodburyForget Oh, I make changes, but still hardly ever have to reboot.

[@wisteela]

@@SimonWoodburyForget As I've said, I've hardly NEEDED to restart.

[@wisteela]

@@SimonWoodburyForget Well, I mostly use a laptop, so it's gets restarted pretty often. And I kind of know when I need to restart.

[@HektorBandimar]

I use Linux, it's great, I don't really feel the need to use Windows anymore, especially Windows 10 !

[@clerickx1642]

i have dual booted windows 10 and forgot why i did because i never used it

[@Nik-rx9rj]

@@clerickx1642 I just spent a nice part of my day fixing a File History recovery. I wrote some Java code to remove duplicates and UTC timestamps, and that fixed it. Mind you, I had to recover those files due to reinstalling Windows 10. BitLocker froze when it was unencrypting. I backed everything up with File History and reinstalled Windows 10. But that only led to the backup corrupting. But that's just not something I've ever had to do with Linux, not even on Arch Linux. Windows 10, and now 11, is basically malware for gaming, Photoshop, and Premiere Pro. Outside of those uses, it's useless garbage.

[@boldakoldza]

Have you ever even see a real windows instalation as most of the staff you are saying is not true

[@CristiNeagu]

Typical, really... Some people here commenting quite recently haven't even heard of wsl.

[@gwolfe333]

Personally I think one of the best things Linux does is that you can swap out your hardware as much as you want without having your OS license revoked.

[@wojciechsura]

Exactly the same as with BOX Windows licenses. Come on: Linux is free and opensource and Windows is proprietary. You pay more, you have more. You pay less, you have less. It's that simple.

[@enkidux88]

i like both, these are my OWN opinion and personal experience results as normal user + retro gamer ( i use HDMI to CRT tv often )..so: what's bad in Linux: 1- no screen color settings( laptops ), display is washed out, xrandr settings is difficult to configure ,no scaling/ overscan settings. 2- no power management settings, harddisk spin problems, heat, high fan speed, fast bettery drain. 2- intel/ nvidia drivers are bad ,no enough settings. 3- pulse audio server latency problems, capture/playback input/output source switching problems,server breaks randomly. 4- hangs, bugs, screen freeze, shell problems(gnome / cinnamon desktops ),fullscreen program crashes,hangs. 5- limited apps. 6- laptop touchpads sensitivity problems. 7-xbox 360 controller manufacturer name / ID problem, swapped buttons. why windows is better: 1- great power management. 2- great color management ( brightness/gamma/saturation), custome aspect ratio / scaling / overscan settings ( for HDMI out displays ) 2- good enough sound quality / streams handling. 3- easiness. 4- software.(apps / programs). 5- games. 6- drivers support. what bad in windows: 1- updates takes so long time to install ( forced updates ). 2- registery errors, conflicts. 3- explorer crashes/restarts. 4-mouse pointer freeze hangs 5- privacy/ user data collecting/ telemetry. 6- viruses, trojans, mailware, addware. 7- unsettled system (windows 10) duplicated settings and software in the same environment ( desktop .exes/ windows 10 store apps). what good in Linux: 1- easy app install /update 2- themes and customization 3- less storage space needed 4- good preinstalled software ( office, pdf reader ) 5- almost no privacy issues nor virus threats. 6- FREE and open source software. Both systems has stability issues. sorry for my bad English.

[@torinfaes6278]

Enkidu l إنكيدو Windows burns my resources to hell, maybe I just have a virus on it though

[@codycast]

Are you comparing Linux vs windows 95? Some of this data is way out of date.

[@pauldhartley]

In my business I used Windows 95 as a file server. It ran for more than 5 years without needing to be rebooted - that was about ten years ago. I changed to using Slack as a file server only because Windows 95 I could not run 95 with new hardware (motherboards and hard drives)

[@trustytraitor]

Windows doesnt allow autorun with usb anymore my dude...

[@nilpo19]

It hasn't since before Windows XP.

[@tonysu8860]

AFAIK autorun isn't the automatic behavior anymore. Nowadays, you're asked what you want the default behavior to be, and then will remember it for that particular device.

[@dryrlent8782]

7:29 : "Most of the software you download for Linux come from official repositories. Those are guaranteed to not have malicious software or viruses" *Cries in Solarwinds*

[@vaisakhkm783]

:(. What will the future

[@nukedaddy]

Nice comparison. I have one objection. I’ve noticed that if I let my Manjaro box run for a day, KZbin videos start to stutter. I think I’ve heard the Arch distribution in general has this problem.

[@zer0python]

As a Gentoo Linux user, I think this list is somewhat inaccurate. I would've stuck with things like: * better integrated filesystem support (as well as those filesystems having proper ownership/execution permissions) * not as invasive of your privacy * being able to actually *configure* your kernel (granted- I don't know how many average users care about that sort of thing) * easy software raid, lvm, etc. * flat file configs (mostly true; only need a good editor.) * Little odd things like loop devices, unix (file) sockets, binfmt, the PAM system, etc * A TRUE multi-user OS that's secure. (Windows 10 may have improved this, but Windows 7 was still crap if your dealing with a user base that really knows what they're doing.) * Overall better environment if you're a developer. * Once you know what you're doing, you'll rarely leave a terminal. And chances are, the only real GUI you'll have running is a browser. * Other things (SELinux policies come to mind, but that's a-whole-nother topic.) I also like that Linux conforms to POSIX standards regarding their API-- I find the Windows API kind of annoying by comparison. Both Windows and Linux have come a long way. I hear Windows 10 is pretty decent with the inclusion of PowerShell, as well as finally having proper workspace support. (Yeah, there were after-market products that could add workspace support to prior versions of windows, but they all sucked.) However, * Linux on brand new hardware can still cause problems. * Printers suck regardless of Windows or Linux. * Specialized hardware is not supported at worse, and poorly supported at best. * Audio support has improved, but it's not as good as it could be. * Gaming on Linux is still crap. (if you care about that sort of thing.) * systemd is a nightmare. I hate it and wish it would go away. (Luckily, I can get away with using openrc.) * It took something like ~30 years for Xorg to finally 'just work', for them to introduce wayland, which my experience thus far has been: play with it until it works; if it works. * There really are a lot of distributions, many of which aren't worth using, but even the ones worth using have pro's and con's for the individual user, and nobody's got time to figure that out. (Unless you're a computer person.) Honestly, at this point, I can't really say Linux is better than Windows or vice versa. Just different ways of tackling the same concept of managing hardwaresoftware efficiently. (That's seriously understated, but I'm not gonna get into Timers, Schedulers, Memory management, Disk I/O, Filesystems, interrupts, Device Drivers, Network stacks, etc)

[@zer0python]

I guess I should also add, "Linux don't get virus'" is rubbish, things like chkrootkit exist for a reason.

[@wisegamer706]

Bought this laptop for 25 dollars. Got Ubuntu and got rid of the old windows by installing by a flash drive.

[@flocombo7209]

IQ 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

[@nandaybirb6633]

Even gaming is starting to become a thing on linux.

[@worsethanjoerogan8061]

The only thing that keeps me using Windows is gaming, plus just familiarity. I now understand that Linux is better but I've been using Windows since I was a small child and it's hard to let go

[@unspeci8852]

sTiKyt, Wine is not perfect, many games don't run at all, many others have significant issues. Valve's Proton is a fork of Wine that's more optimised for gaming, but it's still imperfect.

[@nandaybirb6633]

@@unspeci8852 It definitely isn't perfect but it is getting there!

[@vineet_kishore]

Nanday Birb How did you install your graphics driver on ubuntu because I solemnly failed

[@nandaybirb6633]

@@vineet_kishore In the terminal enter these commands. ubuntu-drivers devices sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall

[@angelcaru]

0:14 You can also download the source for linux on windows

[@SocratesAth]

I was so confused by this :D

[@Fytrzaczek21]

Even more, you can't download windows' source code on linux! Checkmate penguins

[@tomlewis3658]

#2 is a big one. When I was working, we had several Linux based appliances but no Linux based application servers. Too bad - updating important apps on Windows servers usually had to be done nights or weekends, just in case it was going to need a reboot. Way back in the Novell NetWare server days, you could find screen shots of some of those servers with uptime of more than 1000 days, so NetWare also had a similar advantage for application servers over Windows, in its day.

[@alexxx4434]

Point 4 is wildly incorrect. You can install and run full Windows from a pen drive. And custom LiveCD builds were possible since XP times.

[@deewinc]

I remember a time when I could run Ubuntu on my Windows to delete viruses on my PC.

[@marcogiai-coletti354]

You've just made up my mind about moving over to Linux.

[@doktork3406]

don't install it yet... see if there are any linux drivers for your hardware....video , audio , wifi , bluetooth ..etc i had the surprise to not be able to run linux because it's shit in terms of compatibility the guy in the video must have been talking about windows XP or 2000 ...almost all of his points are either crappy useless shits regarding updates or straight lies because he isn't familiar with windows 10 or 7

[@Veri7a]

for #11 you should point out that Linux will not save you if you go to suspicious websites and download directly from them. Also many people are getting viruses from emails nowadays, so linux will not help you there either. Especially if the payloads are crafted to determine OS and callback to remote server and download the corresponding malicious code. good vid tho man.

[@jonathanguthrie9368]

When I run Linux, I don't go to suspicious websites and download directly from them. I only have to do that when I run Windows. That's because the sorts of programs you get from those suspicious websites are part of the Linux distribution's repositories so you get them from official sources.

[@Veri7a]

Thats good practice. I wanted to bring up the email attachment thing too because linux cannot save you from a browser exploit sometimes because they can be cross-platform. Stay safe!@@jonathanguthrie9368

[@Veri7a]

This is not true. Email lists are a constant target. Hence, the "have I been pwned" service growing exponentially since its inception. Also consider that it is not about you being a target, but someone in your circles who you frequently email being compromised as well. You only have to open a suspicious link once to be compromised. Im saying too much here, however, let me end by just saying never trick yourself into lowering your defenses by thinking "this won't happen to me". stay safe!@@theblankuser

[@piotrj333]

@@theblankuser Well thing is linux is much more under watch of security experts/hackers then windows. You have to remember that linux kernel works on android and heavy majority of servers in the world run on linux. Now hacking average user having windows you have limited gains - even if you access somehow bank account there is 2-factor authentication etc. But hacking server gives you way way more possibilities.

[@CarinoGamingStudio]

the only problem thoughwindows is more prone to virus. because of downloaded apps or even a file. unlike linux it cannot run that unless you point out what apps will open that file. if you point that out as a installable deb file then your screwed up.

[@briant7265]

Windows: "Your email contact list has been updated. Please reboot and sacrifice a fatted calf."

[@TomLeg]

In 1992 we used a SparcStation 1 as our main server, with 32MB or RAM, 1 GB hard drive, serving one user on the main system, and 7 other users on X-terminals.

[@Nickgowans]

It's been a long time since you've used Windows. Windows has been able to run from a pendrive for a long time now. Also its incredibly rare for you to have to download specific drivers manually, normally Windows does it for you for 99% of devices. Most machines use hardware which will allow a windows drive to be shifted from machine to machine with little effort, particularly on a relatively clean install. Also switching from one machine to another is not only possible with windows, but it's been a thing for a while, windows simply checks that the install used previously is no longer in use, and then it will automatically reactivate the license to the new machine, this is to ensure 500 people aren't using the same license key.

[@123wer5]

You can run windows from USB,SD. You can do windows pe live from CD, but that's different. But yes you can run windows from portable media.

[@1pcfred]

Must be a trick they picked up from Linux. Because Linux was running live off removable media years before Windows could.

[@ChristopherCobra]

@@1pcfred It's not a trick. PE's date back to Windows ME. They are just not easy to find. They are mainly for development and OEM use.

[@1pcfred]

@@ChristopherCobra Linux live images have always been easy to find. I got 526 days of uptime running one once.

[@ChristopherCobra]

@@1pcfred I think both you and the video miss the point. It's not factually correct to say you can't do it. Like a number of things in the video, it seems to be comparing Windows and Linux from 1998. But there is a bigger problem. I have gone close to two years up time in the past with a win box. It can be done (as can a number of other things the video would imply can't) - but for 98% of windows users, they don't care - it requires knowledge they don't want and they turn off their machines off at night anyway (GASP!). They don't care about repairing their OS - they just run recovery or nuke and pave because it is easier. Drivers not included with Windows are also not generally included for Linux distros because they are new hardware - and in Windows they will often BG DL - other driver are already there. You can in fact hot swap drives in Windows (not with OS usually - but I have), but users won't. Point is - the video is not speaking to typical Windows users, it's speaking to Windows power users who are well aware that many of the points are exaggerated or not true. Some are totally legit - to be sure, but not enough to make me switch for instance. All that said - I really do like Linux - and long for the days when I had more time for it - and used it as a "go to". I have Debian in Hyper V running under Windows 8.1Pro. I need it for a few specialized programs, but generally, productivity demands trump figuring out how to get the most from Linux these days. The vid would be far more effective I think if it stuck to "Try it out - it's free, and you don't even have to install it to try it!" And it should push a distro with a good GUI - because asking a typical modern Windows or Mac user to drop to the CLI = no way! This has been a philosophical issue that had plagued Linux distros for so very long. And maybe push the privacy/security and fact that you are breaking free of "the man". I'm not sure most distros really want typical user popularity though. They seem to have other goals.

[@1pcfred]

@@ChristopherCobra you think a lot has changed? It seems like more of the same to me. Windows is Windows and Linux is Linux. My PCs have a life cycle. For a while I'll constantly upgrade them. Then I run them for a period of time. Then I finally retire them. This rig I'm still adding to. A few more upgrades and it'll be what it's going to be. Then I won't have any reason to shut it down and I can try to rack up some good up times with it. No one is going to get very far in Linux if they can't handle the command line. Issuing commands is the essence of power user. It is not a philosophical issue either. Expressing concepts with words is a time honored tradition. Trying to do stuff in a gui is like playing Pictionary. I'd rather just spell out what I want to do. The right command is like an incantation, it is magic.

[@johnopalko5223]

#6 is very true. One of my Linux machines at home is a clunky old 450 MHz Pentium III with 384 MB of RAM. It has more than enough power for what it does: firewall, DNS server, DHCP server.

[@nilpo19]

You can do the same thing on a stripped down version of Windows. What's the point?

[@johnopalko5223]

@@nilpo19 The point is I don't have to run a stripped down version of Linux. I'm running a full version of Linux and that machine will do all the things my six-core, 3.8 GHz, 16 GB machine will do, albeit more slowly.

[@justanotherviewer4821]

More than enough power... I am guessing the machine is so power inefficient that a modest upgrade would save money and the planet lol

[@ObviouslyCrap]

Additional bonus: For those graphical interface users out there, you have a choice of installing, running and switching the GUI and Desktop Manager (e.g., Gnome, KDE, etc.) of your choice ... and, like always, no reboot required!

[@donerickson1954]

with windows, even the act of downloading updates make changes that cause software to fail to operate correctly. Effectively forcing the reboot at that exact time, whether the user is ready to do this or not.

[@peterbreis5407]

Can you do a version of this: "10 things you can do with Linux that you can't do with macOS"... ...and vice versa.

[@TheMrfrodough]

Just outta curiosity are you planning or have done any Linux gaming related videos? I'm still on windows primarily for gaming but have been thinking about switching for awhile

[@EngineerMan]

I recently got Rocket League to work on my Linux install. I was quite thrilled at that. One less thing Windows is necessary for.

[@TheMrfrodough]

@@EngineerMan I've heard Linux is getting much better than it used to be for gaming. I'm mostly a gamer when it comes to pc use, which is probably my biggest hurdle in making the switch

[@ChannelOfElveman]

@@TheMrfrodough Steam supports Linux now natively, and all the games that run under Steam Play will run on Linux. Of course you can have Wine for other stuff with something like Playonlinux (which can be used to create virtual disc drives with Wine being automatically set up for this drive for specific games)

[@ChannelOfElveman]

I use Linux (OpenSUSE) for almost everything I do, and the only game I have that I found some problems with is Danganronpa v3 because of DirectX11, but that was 1.5 years ago, and nowadays Wine supports DirectX11

[@shrapnel4213]

@@TheMrfrodough steam has proton now and it can run almost any windows title under it, unless you don't like steam which can be understandable but since you are a gamer you probably use it already.

[@trustedsource1273]

Yep, when I installed Centos on a laptop it automatically had the Broadcom wireless driver. Wait, it didn't. Since the code is so thoroughly vetted a security flaw didn't exist in SSL for decades. Wait... a number of your list items are wrong.

[@ryukshinigami5106]

@Nocturn Adrift 🤣🤣🤣

[@tonysu8860]

Yes, Broadcom is particularly well known for its non-FOSS license which makes it impossible for anyone to distribute and install OEM drivers... So if anything is installed by default it would be a reverse engineered (non-authentic) driver. And then, you'll need to install the Broadcom driver on your own.

[@thijmenvoskuilen3646]

Extra bonus: Linux has support for FAR more filesystems.

[@le9038]

JUST BECAUSE YOU UPDATED YOUR KERNAL DOESN'T MEAN THE LATEST VERSION OF THE KERNAL IS RUNNING! ANY SOFTWARE THAT WAS RUNNING BEFORE THE UPDATE DOESN'T AUTOMATICALLY BECOME THE NEW VERSION YOU'VE JUST UPDATED. PLEASE RESTART YOUR SERVERS

[@altimmons]

“You can connect a device without installing drivers” -utter bull. Sure, when it works it works. But very frequently it doesn’t. And then you’re usually dead in the water. I get the feeling as well that you haven’t used windows in a bit. I work on Linux but live on Windows. Most of this is false. I get the very strong impression that you are very good at Linux but passing fair a Windows. I won’t deny Microsoft’s penchant for taking something simple and developing it super complicated to handle every edge case until the point where no one is actually able to use it. Looking at it you Windows server. Damn you. Autorun.ini hasn’t worked in years. You can customize everything in windows as well. It’s different than Linux. But possible. Mac is closed. Windows is moving to be less customizable though, but in general, the quality is much much better and more consistent, so it’s a trade off. They both have their uses. Microsoft of late has flipped the script as well. Instead of being antagonistic to Linux to borrowing the best ideas and even implementing a Linux environment on windows. Not true Linux and resources intensive- you won’t run a server- but it’s easy enough and handles most dev tasks well enough, without typing man 10x a day. While Linux is more customizable it is also harder. Know the commands well I. Your environment? Well if your friend/new job uses centos or redhat instead of Ubuntu- well there goes 30-40% of your info. I’ll bet you’re pretty good at bash. But if you’d learn Powershell which I prefer once I got over a very steep learning curve, I prefer. It’s very very rational. You can guess how something should work and it does. CMD has been “legacy” for a decade. You sound like everyone else who jumps on the msft hate train but is a decade out of date. Well me, I hate them both equally. But what are you gonna do. They’re tools. Just because you’re better with a screwdriver than a hammer doesn’t mean a hammer is bad. You just need to know when to use each and how.

[@AtomkeySinclair]

#12 You can run linux without a GUI. I tend to do that on Raspberry Pi when it is used as a controller (GPIO) or server. Opting to not use/or shutdown the xserver frees up a lot of resources.

[@LemonChieff]

Atomkey Sinclair i mean you can completely uninstall xorg. As long as you have a ssh server running you got all you need

[@AnthonyHandcock]

I have Pi 3 running Raspbian for my NAS and it does the job brilliantly and was doddle to set up but special cases don't make Linux superior to Windows for most people most of the time. I don't know why Linux evangelists like the one in this video have to tell so many lies. Why can't they just say "Linux is better for this, this and this and Windows is better for this, that and the other"? It would at least be true.

[@LabGecko]

@@AnthonyHandcock Engineer Man never claimed it was better for most people most of the time. He claimed Linux did 10 things better than Windows, and he's right about the vast majority. In the years since he uploaded some things have changed, but it's still mostly true.

[@AnthonyHandcock]

@@LabGecko You may be right but it's also true that I have Linux Mint as a dual boot on my desktop and rarely boot into it because Win 10 is still so much easier. That being said I brutally bludgeoned Mint onto my low spec, lightly used laptop which involved nuking the Win 10 on the pitiful 32gig SSD it has as its only internal drive. Partly because 32gig isn't enough for Win 10 to update properly but mostly for performance. Absolutely no regrets at all on that front even if it did take me several days to get past a bios that was determined to stop me.

[@justanotherviewer4821]

Actually, Microsoft launched a basic version of Windows for the Raspberry Pi without the GUI... (Windows 10 IoT?) not sure why someone would pick that over Linux.

[@gbjerregaard8306]

I've had 20+ years of Windows before I finally decided to move to Linux. But not at all for your reasons which are, factually, mostly wrong. I finally switched completely to Linux for the exact reason Siberian Husky Jasper is talking about "all the Microsoft telemetry data and Windows privacy theft that we all love so much !" But if you want to help the Linux community and bring more Windows users to Linux, stop telling them Linux is more advanced than Windows because this is simply not true and will simply let Windows users wondering if you've been really using Windows lately. You'll lose them. Two examples : a) 4K is working since the beginning with Windows and not yet in 2019 with Linux (double screens, 60 htz), b) Should you happen to have a printer not known by Linux (Brother DCP-L2560DW for example) you're out of luck ... With Windows you've absolutely nothing to to in both cases, just wait ... less than 5 sec and that's it !! I also run some Windows servers, one of which since 1997 (same old install, ghost on new hardware in 2012, OS upgraded in 2012 R2 at the same time), and let me tell you they're still 100% reliable as I know Linux servers would be. On the workstation side Windows users have to be prepared for some concessions because Linux is late. It's fully understandable because the Linux community doesn't have Microsoft and Apple's kind of money. Do I regret the extra features still lacking in Linux ? Not at all ! Linux is cool to use too, and without telemetry, without advertising ID settings, bla bla bla, you feel far better indeed !!! That's the way you'll make Windows users listen. Tell them Linux brings something essential : freedom.

[@burcakb1]

This. I'm trying to move over to Linux as well (still have to work out a few kinks - my work software doesn't play well with Wine, etc). I've been using Windows since 2.11 - yep, before the 3.0 that made it famous. There's a lot to hate about Windows, especially all the spying and the crappy updates they've been pushing out lately but Server Windows and Windows 10 do get a lot of things right. Let's place the crap label where it's warrented, not on old problems that have since been fixed. In my effort to move to Linux, I found that I spend about the same amount of time on Linux learning things and on fixing Windows problems - difference is, when I do stuff in Linux, it stays put, it doesn't start bugging me again the next day or the next patch. I'm looking forward to the day when I'll be able to format my main drive to ext4 and relegate my Windows install to a virtual machine.

[@ksp1278]

@@burcakb1 I am looking at switching to Linux too. From what I have read, it is still a bad idea to try to run Windows applications in Linux. You are opening yourself up to security issues. About 10 years ago I switched to Ubuntu for a year. Eventually I returned to Windows though, as it felt like I was restricting myself to software of limited functionality for no good reason. Windows 10 spyware is what is making me think again. I still run Windows 7 and don't want to upgrade it.

[@burcakb1]

@@ksp1278 I'm running Manjaro (i liked it a lot better than Ubuntu) on a seperate drive. I'm almost done switching to Manjaro - most things i want in windows run pretty well with Wine (Wine has developed considerably since I last looked). And for those rare cases it doesn't i'm trying out various virtual machine options for running native Windows on Linux. Boxes works pretty well for most things but i'm also toying with VMWare right now - once I sort this out it's game over for native Windows for me.

[@ksp1278]

@@burcakb1 yes, virtual machines are one way of doing it. Probably less risky than running Wine and probably less problems with the software too

[@HadToChangeMyName_YoutubeSucks]

Brother, in this country freedom sells like last weeks bread, people don't want freedom, they want Utopia and easy street. It used to be "give me freedom or give me death", but these days it's "give me free health care or at least toss me a few payments on an electric car and some solar panels". To be honest it used to be just as hard to get Windows working back in the earlier days as it can be in Linux today, back then people managed to do it, today if someone has to install a driver in Linux they'll just drive to Walmart and buy Windows, after all, it's on a credit card.

[@TailRecursive]

I started using Ubuntu 18.04 on a Live USB 2 days ago and I'm loving it (despite not having permanent storage and memory swap on the way I've formatted). I am planning on installing it on my computer as dual boot with Windows.

[@doktork3406]

that's good never replace windows most software people use for work does not exist for linux .... drivers are next to ghosts in linux...etc keep windows too m8 for your sake when you'll need it

[@TailRecursive]

@@doktork3406 yeah, I'm gonna do that

[@theroyalaustralian]

Fun fact: There have only ever been 2 instances of recorded Linux virus events, one is Panda virus, and other is Evil Gnome.

[@daniellee6912]

3:30 Acktchually Hiren's boot cd is a thing and the latest version runs Windows 10. It's pretty handy.

[@realcore]

This is actuslly Windows PE. It is based off of windows 10, but is **not** windows 10.

[@zephyfoxy]

I actually got away with moving one of my C: drives from one machine to another, with Windows, and it still works. On boot it behaved as if it was a fresh install tho, installing new drivers and rebooting a few times. Maybe I just got lucky with this one.

[@Sepisha]

Since Windows 10 a migration to other hardware has improved a lot. Changed my friends mainboard, cpu and ram at once. A few reboots and it worked fine.

[@ikat_tracer]

That's because changing hardware isn't as much of an issue as it's made up to be. Remember, you have the gaming community on windows, which change out hardware a lot. Whenever I added, moved, removed or swapped any part of my windows machine I didn't even have the slightest of problems.

[@LabGecko]

@@ikat_tracer You're lucky. I've built and upgraded hundreds of Windows systems and it is rare for hardware changes - especially if multiple changes are involved or a motherboard is switched - to not cause problems ranging from having to do the uninstall drivers-reboot-install drivers-reboot dance a few times to as much as being forced into purchasing a new Windows license.

[@steelpanther88]

Well I can say that point 3 did not work for me on Ubuntu at all, but Windows worked fine for same device (plugging in the second monitor...) I still havent found a good fix for hdmi second screen not being recognized on Ubuntu...

[@geicogecko8524]

On windows defense (linux admin here) , you don't have to reboot after installing updates. There's registry keys that you can clear so you don't have to reboot, however, in order for the patches to take effects you will have to reboot it.

[@Devnullzor]

Actually booting windows from a pen drive is possible and really easy to accomplish with microsoft own tools

[@ariesr4883]

Thanks a lot for the video. I’m gonna try it out on my new computer build. Gonna get my feet wet with Linux the first time ever.

[@danwilson5630]

I would switch over if it ran Ableton Live + my VST plugins

[@rameynoodles152]

Have you tried it under wine? It might work. Issue with linux and audio is the confusing drivers. There's ALSA and PulseAudio and JACK.. They are highlyflexible,but confusing to set up.

[@yizzie82]

2 things you can do with windows and not with linux 1) get perfect driver support and play all the games 2) use industry standard workflows in creative work

Why does Ubuntu ask me to reboot after some upgrades?

[@nilpo19]

Because this guy doesn't have a clue what he's talking about.

[@przemekkobel4874]

For me it is that if you learn almost any scripting language (even PHP), you can easily create a bits of programs that do useful stuff on your system. For example, if you're a server guy, you can download a public list of malicious IPs and null-route them every day (this is sort of firewalling, but without a firewall, because there's too many of them to use iptables). Or you can auto-upload photos from your network drive to your website. Or auto-manage backups of your files. Or start/stop apps. There are no limits to this.

[@GGShinobi77]

6:51 LOL that's EXACTLY what I need!!! X'-D

[@ashrasmun1]

Thanks for not writing in title that these are the things Linux do better than Windows, because that would obviously be flawed. The third point baffled me the most - I installed Ubuntu on a laptop and couldn't even access my cd drive, while Windows automatically configured the thing for me. "Not worrying about..." I installed manjaro on my PC with GTX 1080 and I had screen tearing in a browser and had to spend a whole day of searching for solution... Tearing in a browser! 8th point is obviously in favour of Windows - the OS is separated from the programs you write for it, which is neat. This "repository" thing in Linux is tiresome as you cannot simply just look for a program on the internet and install it. You have to build it from source or get from repo, which is completely bonkers imo. Thank God, Windows Update does what it says... It updates Windows. Obviously, I might be missing something... Even though you might think I'm a hater, I'm not. I agree that the other points are only some of the points why Linux is viable. I use it myself, but just as Windows gets on my nerves some times, so does the GAH NUUUUUUUUUUUU LEEENEEEEEXXXXXXXX. :)

[@monday6740]

That's the problem with Linux; all is supposingly working without any problem, yet the forums are scattered with issues left, right and center, because basic stuff is just not working. Also, there's 100s and thousands Linux variations and versions, so one can't even say "linux", without specifying a variation and a version. There's also real bad ones out there, since a problem is also that a lot of them are released when still beta, sort of "to help the developers".

[@Nickgowans]

Linux most definitely has its share of advantages, but a lot of the ones mentioned in this video aren't really a thing anymore. I personally have to use windows at work, but at home I have dual boot and find that I use Linux just as much as Windows. I think Linux suffers from a "too many chef's" problem and the fact that it's got a comparatively small user base means it can be really hard to find solutions to problems when they do occur.

[@naveenbattula]

Package managers are awesome

[@JoeTinnySpace]

Windows has Choco

[@sgky2k]

JoeTinnySpace ! Not made by MS. ;)

[@LuaanTi]

@@sgky2k If MS made their own package manager, they'd get sued to oblivion by anti-trust fanatics. Indeed, I wonder how Linux distributions (or MacOS) would work in practice if they had to comply with the same regulations. Just look at how much software a typical Linux distribution bundles - and how MS was being pushed around for including Internet Explorer, which was an integral part of the user-mode system, not to mention required to do anything on the internet (good luck downloading Firefox without IE :D ). Just look at how much flak MS got for just wanting to enforce some quality controls in device drivers, which are the most common cause of Windows failure (and poor experience)...

[@krisavi633]

@@sgky2k why would the package manager be even made by MS. In enterprise you have SCCM which is kind of package manager made by MS. Sometimes it is better if you have only 1 package manager than dozen per distribution.

[@nilpo19]

The Windows ones are too.

[@jamescrawford7513]

1. True 2. Partially true. Not all updates for Windows require a reboot. The only reason most update require it, is due to the fact that Windows distributes updates as a full package. Linux has separate updates for each independent piece of software. It was only recently that the kernel in Linux was allowed to update without a reboot. Your point is still valid, however. 3. Technically speaking, Windows has a driver for ALMOST every piece of software that you would plugin. The only exception to this, is very specialized equipment, or very specialized features of equipment. So that printer you plugin will print within seconds on a driver, but you might need a separate piece of software to allow the wireless capability. Usually this is just a ui element that a Web based UI already exists to do, if you know how to get to it. 4. Sort of. Windows has a runable version through the use of Windows PE. Not really a fully functional environment such a Linux, but still can be customized to be fairly useful, depending on your experience doing so. Linux is still better at this however. 5. Yep, Agreed, lol 6. True, but a bit misleading. Some Linux OS's can be installed like that. Different versions of Windows can be installed like that, but you have to use a version that was created for the era of hardware that you are trying it on. In the same fashion RHEL 7, I wouldn't suggest it on much older hardware than a couple of year, unless you are using it in only init 3, as it has a slew of updated graphical elements, that take their toll on older hardware. Similarly, Windows XP works on many older hardware, but that same older hardware would fail to run Windows 10. Again, you hit this point near the end, but you can also choose an older version of Windows, which still gets Security updates. I do agree that Linux does this better, but it is far from saying Windows cant do this. 7. Again, Windows PE. It does work, I have done it. It will not fix a Linux system, at least not that I have seen; but it does allow you to fix Windows systems without a "recovery" disc. 8. Very true, I love yum! This is where Linux shines in my opinion. They have done awesome things with updates and repositories. Specifically, I love the ease of setting up offline Repos. 9. Yes and No. The only thing that is really though for Windows is the move from one Architecture to another. I have done this on several occasions, and to great success. Personally I have run into several problems with Linux systems being moved from one set of hardware to another as well.; it really is a matter of what hardware to what hardware, and which flavor of Linux is currently running. The license resetting is true, but needing to pay more money is not. You can simply reactivate the system, at most is a simple call to Microsoft, which you tell them you moved the system to another set of hardware, and do not have the OS on the previous system, and they will allow you to activate the system as is. 10. While Windows is better at this now, you are absolutely correct about Linux being superior in this matter. 11. Please, please, please, DO NOT suggest that Anti-Virus software is not needed.... Getting your software from a single source, ie official repo, is great; but it is far from foolproof. And virus' have many more ways of entry than just updates. The new UAC stops many of the problems you mentioned in the WIndows section, but it is far from foolproof as well. To be transparent, I am a Sys Admin for Windows and Linux systems; both workstations and servers. I strongly believe that both bring positive and negatives to the market, and one must choose the best option for the environment they are working in.

[@thom1218]

Point number 9 should be: move a linux install from one machine to another of the same architecture - one "linux machine" to another implies the destination host is "linux specific" (which x86 hosts likely aren't), i.e. "linux machine" = bare metal with os on the hdd (usually). And btw, if the chipset on mobo is the same, you can do the same type of transfer with non-OEM licensed windows installs, or if it's OEM, then deactivate the key for the old hardware, and re-activate on the new. No re-install needed.

[@d3stinYwOw]

About Windows on pendrive - Windows-To-Go :) Driver situation aren't that great thou. Windows still support more hardware. But I love linux :)

[@bramblebop1904]

"The reason is because..." "What makes it possible is because..." GD. 😨

[@dexterman6361]

If I recall correctly, for (4) Windows now has what is called 'Windows To Go' that is similar to a live-cd experience. (7) I was recently installing Ubuntu to learn learning Linux and accidentally destroyed my boot partition. (I know, I was learning!) Using a Windows ISO burned to a pen drive and selecting 'Repair this System' fixed it. I once messed with the registry and bugged out, constantly gave BSOD, an ISO image, DISM and SFC fixed it. You can also start an admin console to try and attempt fixes. True, while not as extensible as Linux, you have a few options. But if it doesn't work, Reinstall™. Hope this helps someone!

[@CarinoGamingStudio]

the only problem with linux in my own experience is. once you go linux you cant go back to windows. im sure you know that too.

[@dexterman6361]

@@CarinoGamingStudio ^_^ hahaha! Well said! I love Linux but I find myself wishing some 'windows' functionality was present, especially 2 finger smooth zoom, dynamically switch between GPUs (integrated to dGPU) since I work on graphical design workloads. Other than that along with a few gripes here and there, it's a brilliant developer machine and some day, I hope to completely switch to Linux for all my work! Windows, personally speaking, ain't that bad either! In the end, it's just a tool to get work done, so I go with whichever is best for the occasion.

[@comradeakimov6183]

@@CarinoGamingStudio linux is like a drug and you get addicted to it.

[@carlocogni5504]

At 1:45 you say you can run machines without rebooting,but for ubuntu server when you ssh in it after a while you get the restart required flag. How do you avoid it ? Or you use other distros for servers ? Thank you man, great stuff on the channel, keep up the good work 👏

[@nerdy_lj]

I really love your channel and your content is very interesting. One thing to say though... The Windows repair menu features a command prompt which lets you work on your system. You are even "logged in" as the user system meaning you are allowed to do more things than an admin. But your right with not having a "functioning system" to use as a repair method.

[@justanotherviewer4821]

Depends on what you mean. Windows has a safe mode, and on some versions you are able to stick the disc in and trick your way onto a basic shell.

[@nerdy_lj]

@@justanotherviewer4821 The Disk method is basically what I meant... There are basically two ways to get to a shell... Way a) (the one I use mostly) Install Medium in and then recovery mode where I can open a command line... Way b) actually involves a) and uses the elevated privileges of a trusted installer to exchange the utilman.exe with the cmd.exe. That way you will get a command line when clicking on the ease of Acces button on the lockscreen. this command promo has also elevated privileges (system iirc) This is an age old trick to recover locked up systems... 😅😅

[@turbomeavel]

No 2: actually both Linux and windows sometime need reboot, sometime won't reboot. No 4: windows can be booted in windows to go (pen drive)

[@vaporlock32578]

Linux is awesome! I have switched all my computers to linux mint.

[@abhi_galav]

go fedora mate, atleast on one of them, just to stay updated

[@lawrencedoliveiro9104]

6:02 And note that, on Linux, the repository system is extensible. For example, Ubuntu has “PPAs”, which are personal package repos managed outside the official distro project. Once you add entries for these to your system repo list, the package commands handle packages from them as though they came from the official repo, so you can still update everything at once with a single command.

[@unspeci8852]

_laughs in Arch User Repository_

[@LuaanTi]

Windows supports that for Windows Update too, though it's never really been used and isn't all that well developed (and flexible). Some software vendors did use Windows Update for updates (e.g. nVidia used to distribute their software through Windows Update), and I worked on software that was intended to be updated through Windows Update. And of course, today there's Windows Store, but again most of the response to that is rather negative :)

[@unspeci8852]

Luaan Chocolatey exists too, it's just not installed by default

[@krisavi633]

@@unspeci8852 on machines that I have used I have had Choco installed. I may not sure what windows feature or package does that, but it is there, without me installing Choco manually.

[@mohamedshuaau632]

7 is wrong. Windows does use repair tools on installation media (which is not a live CD I know but it replaces dead files and does much more) 11 is wrong. There is auto run in linux I support both OS as I use both on a daily life basis. From servers to client normal user usage I use both. I love them both. And Ubuntu, oh my god. I’m just stating a mistake atleast in my point of view :)

[@NytronX]

1). Windows 10 source code leaked, so this is partially true. 3). This ignores the fact that many drivers are not even available for Linux. Windows is for sure better in this category. 4). You can do this with Windows. It's called Windows To Go. 7). This is possible in Windows too. You forgot to add that Windows doesn't require endless tinkering to simply get shit to work properly.

[@NytronX]

@João Pedro (Ryujin) Or even worse, Arch Linux.

[@kobihersh]

Although I support the move to Linux, some of the points are not valid as others pointed out and this makes this video demagogues and misleading and basiclly a click-bate. SHAME !

[@TheFarmacySeedsNetwork]

Excellent overview! Yeah, anyone wanting to try Linux... SHOULD... if you want a cheap computer to learn on, try a Raspberry Pi... It is an excellent way to learn on a cheap computer board that is HIGHLY flexible!

[@letucan9406]

I do not like that kind of advice, a Raspberry is not that fast and gives people a wrong idea how fast the OS is if its not running on computer hardware. I understand your point, but its easier to setup a virtual machine (VM) or put a live linux version on an USB stick and just boot that without installing anything to your hard drive.

[@TheFarmacySeedsNetwork]

OK, I think people understand the difference between processor speeds though. If they don't, maybe they should stay away from Linux because command line would stack overflow their mind. :)

[@TheFarmacySeedsNetwork]

additionally, I know many people "interested" in Linux but afraid to install it on their main computer. Raspberry Pi is a great way to learn Linux from a low-risk standpoint. This is really what I was pointing at. Just a simple $35 board as a cheap entry to learning.

[@LuaanTi]

Fortunately, there are some Linux vendors that don't share your viewpoint that people who don't understand processor speeds should stay away from Linux. Maybe one day they'll manage to develop the experience far enough for Linux to become a system for the general public :)

[@rickmisk]

If you're just doing browsing simple doc management for $35 the Raspberry Pi is totally viable

[@WhatnotSoforth]

11 things Linux does better than Windows. Linux still sucks though, just less than OSX and Windows. Sometimes I just want to run a program and it just work, but unless I'm running a highly specialized environment like Slackware, it won't work as intended. These are times I just want a USB persistent environment that does everything. Not to be stymied by Ubuntu and Redhat. And back to Slackware I go, that eighth circle of hell.

[@ewengoisot808]

0:23 Linux is REALLY the kernel. Here, this is Linus Torvald's Github, here you can se the source code of the kernel… actually you can see other parts somewhere else.

[@ContinuumGaming]

Just to mention it: Windows 10 pretty much installs drivers without any steps require by the user too. It might be a basic driver and there might be a more complex or specialized version available on the internet, but in general it already has one for you and updates it too. And the "please restart"-thing is there, but most updates on Windows Servers are not involving a restart neighter. That is mostly only like that for the desktop counterparts and here it really does not take that long anymore since SSDs are available. Still it can be annoying and you are right: This is done better in Linux. (at least for most software) The OpenSource-part... this is good and bad and highly depends on what is happening. If it is working out like with OpenSSL, OpenSource is bad. It makes it much easier for anybody who wants to search for a bug to hack into something and if nobody of the "nice guys" finds the problem, the bad guy who want to use the bug for whatever reason won't tell you it is there. Especially if the source code of smaller projects is not monitored that much by many people, even big errors can be there for a long time. Most people seem to think, that any developer out there is constantly scanning all the code parts of the libraries s/he is including in her/his code. That is very, very unlikely. Developers can have a couple of reasons to get a predefined library into the own program: 1.) It is a very basic task you do not want to program again. (in this case you very likely have already done it before you are using you could use your own code) 2.) It is too much work to write the code for something and you trust another person to do it better or well enough for you. 3.) You just do not know how to do it. 4.) You are just too lazy to do it yourself. None of those reasons is a good indicator that you are going to scan everything again for hidden bugs. For 1.): This might be that uninteresting to look at for a programmer, that s/he might just not bother with it. (likely what happend alot with OpenSSL) For 2.): This is more or less fine, but you are in a hurry pretty likely so your time to search the code is pretty limited. For 3.): Very likely you can't find the problems here if you can't do it yourself. For 4.): You are lazy... hopefully not lazy enought to have a look at the code, but this is really just a hope. And as an end-user I have to trust the software developer anyway. A big more or less "anonymous" crowd of people working on a project who I can't even blame for the stuff they do wrong is not helpful there. If I pay for it, I can at least call somebody and say "this is your software, I paid for it, get it fixed!". For most OpenSource software that is not that easy... "Hey, you gave it to me for free and programmed it in your spare time... now it is not working! Get it fixed!" is not a good standing point, especially if the author just says "no, do not want to do that anymore...". No warrenty of any kind there. Don't take me wrong: OpenSource is a great thing and I like it much, but it is not flawless and there are valid points for closed source (and paid software) in many situations.