3 Things I Love Doing, 3 Things I Hate Doing...On Linux

[@Belsen85]

Checking wallpapers must be one of them :)

[@DistroTube]

It would have been the fourth thing I love. :D

[@Bonez0r]

​@@DistroTube Hey DT, I don't know if this is the right place for a video request, feel free to ignore it. I'm new to Linux and one thing that is still confusing me is the repositories (I use Pop OS btw). So in Pop OS, things like proprietary, release, staging, staging-proprietary, staging-ubuntu, security, updates, backports, proposed, and then also components called main, restricted, universe, multiverse... what _exactly_ are they and which ones do I need or are safe to use? If I look them up in a search, some of the results are conflicting. It would be nice to have this cleared up. Not sure you're the right channel for that. If not, maybe someone can suggest a better place to look. edit: Also, what do you do when a package you hear about and want to try out is not in the repository? I've heard of PPA's for example. And how to install software from github or gitlab? Some of it is binaries and some you have to build from source? Sometimes an app is offered on its own website, as a deb file or source code. Lots of questions.

[@raphaelkyembe4407]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Technopath47]

So, I'm not the only person who immediately copies the entire /usr/share/backgrounds and/or wallpapers directory over to their main system then. xD

[@fubaralakbar6800]

Dependency hell: oh my God dude, let me tell you. In my first days with Linux, I not only had to chase my tail, but because my personal Linux machine had no internet connection, I had to do my tail-chasing on the family machine, which was running Windows XP! Until I got DSL and a wireless router, I was dashing back and forth between two machines with a flash drive, downloading files with names that were 30 characters long and had three or four dots in them. Absolute madness. But it was SO worth it.

[@jethrot100]

Reading about your experience here brought to mind the opening line from a John Curry ballad, "Picture the scene". I did just that, and it was far from a pretty sight. But Oh! What fun.👍

[@KingKrouch]

Been using NixOS. Pair that with Distrobox containers and it's very powerful. Don't have to worry about dependency hell with Nix.

[@stolenlaptop]

Back in the late 90s it was quite a choir. I remember setting up a Linux server took me a day because of this.

[@halfsourlizard9319]

I mean, it wouldn't be any easire to install Windows Update airgapped ... when you create problems for yourself, you'll have a rough time ...

[@nellatl]

Flatpak

[@packetcreeper]

After 26+ years on Windows, I made the permanent switch to Linux this past April. I love gaming on Linux (so far everything just works!), using the terminal (it's just faster!) and I absolutely love that there's no damn registry or Device Mangler anywhere to be found.

[@l30n.marin3r0]

The /dev folder is where you can see your devices

[@nahidahmed9153]

r u stupid or what linux doesnt support online multiplayer games ur games might work but not everyones game will work

[@bobbybologna3029]

Device Mangler is accurate, I dunno how windows does it. "Hey that's a nice thumbstick you've got there AAAAAAND ITS GONE!!!!" Really gotta give props to Valve and Glorious Eggroll, it was just a few years ago Gaming on Linux was still pretty hit-and-miss, now it seems night & day. You can get away with just about anything gaming-wise.

[@Rbourk252]

That darn registry is a distant memory that and the protected memory errors. When I must work on windows I feel as though I have half a config and my arms have been chopped off.

[@packetcreeper]

@@bobbybologna3029 It seems like the only games that don't work are made by companies who refuse to allow their anti-cheat system to work for Linux (example: BSG who makes Escape From Tarkov).

[@raute2687]

The single greatest thing about linux for non-technical users is probably the updating process. It takes windows ages to get it done and noone knows what it's doing, whereas on linux it's super fast and you know exactly what it's doing.

[@afroceltduck]

And you can choose when to do it!

[@pearandapricots]

this man's getting more and more freaky with the thumbnail faces and I'm digging it

[@mble]

4:20 I wouldn't say that GUI is a wrapper for command line. Command line is an interface, GUI is an interface. Some GUI applications simply run commands, but most of them call a library directly, which is yet another interface.

[@halfsourlizard9319]

Nice!

[@terrydaktyllus1320]

You can say that in a lot of cases. If you start scanning through configuration files on your system then you will come across comments is config files like "Do not manually edit this file because it was created by XXXX". Even you used the word "most of them" which is not the same as "all of them" - so I think you're just being pedantic for the sake of it.

[@nathan34914]

I love troubleshooting in Linux. Like I always say: Windows: Oh, there's a problem.. Too bad, you have to wait or buy a new pc. If you try to fix it, that's up to 30yrs in jail for hacking. Linux: Hold my beer. You fixed it! Great job 👍. Thank you for the help. Much love ❤️.

[@Cyco_Nix]

Coming from the old Unix days, I no longer have the desire to compile anything. I have found myself using more ready to go distros these days. I have been there and done that.

[@PotatoSofi]

One thing I have to say: solving issues yourself is A LOT more frustrating in windows than Linux (sometimes). As long as you are not using some weird distro or troubleshooting some semi-unknown software, pretty much every major issues you can imagine has already been solved in the internet and actually getting it sorted out is EASIER on Linux than on Windows. Now... That was for the casual and basic users. For advanced users, that might be having ultra-specific issues rising up because of the nature of Linux and foss, then I wish you luck in your endeavours to solve your issues without creating another 3.

[@DonRamonHernestodelaCruz]

it is not my case

[@MnemonicCarrier]

I just bought a new dirt cheap budget Dell laptop, and the thing I love doing on this machine is logging in and unlocking the screen using my fingerprint! It's the first time I've seen this working on Linux, and I'm addicted to it 🤣

[@raphaelkyembe4407]

That's a dream I look forward to linux. How did you do it?

[@MnemonicCarrier]

@@raphaelkyembe4407 I didn't do it - all those wonderful people working on Linux and the KDE Plasma desktop did it!!! All I had to do was open SETTINGS, and then enroll my right-hand pointing finger. It was all GUI, basically telling me to "continuously touch the fingerprint reader". This made it work for unlocking the lock screen. I think followed section 2.10 "Using a fingerprint reader" from the SDDM page of the Arch Wiki to add a couple of lines to /etc/pam.d/sddm to make it work for login. I've lost count of the number of times I've closed the lid, just so I could open it again and unlock my laptop with my fingerprint! 🤣I thought the novelty would have worn off by now, but nope, it's still so addictive!!!

[@MnemonicCarrier]

@@raphaelkyembe4407 Oh, and the other thing - I didn't have to install any drivers or anything! The fingerprint reader "just worked" after installing Arch Linux with KDE Plasma!!!

[@terrydaktyllus1320]

It's good to get fingerprint ID working - just always leave the secondary option of logging in with a password "just in case".

[@estried86]

Cool! What model is it?

[@Peterdge]

I just like the fact that I can run system updates when I want and not when Microsoft wants ....

[@Eddthompson]

I remember when you had to chase down your dependencies with RPM, Redhat was my first Linux. I found out that Debian based distros did that for you. So I switch and did lots of distro hopping until Ubuntu. It was the 2nd easiest installer every, Mandrake was very good, Yellowdog for Mac was easy too. I can remember configuring a kernel compile with ncurses controls way back. I have not compiled my own kernel in 20 years I think. I like the stability. I like owning my computer unlike Windows and Mac. I like that most things just work. I code a little python. Write a lot and keep trying different tools. Play too much FreeCiv. Watch videos with VLC or Celluloid. And I play with Pinokio. My only real challenges have been getting SALTO to compile and trying to use Davinci video editor.

[@peterrjg6843]

The way Windows is going shooting itself in the foot re: telemetry, CoPilot, Recall et al, Adobe won't be able to ignore Linux for much longer. A lot of people are fed up and are making the switch to Linux.

[@christer8964]

I love programming on my Linux machine. The aviable tools on Linux makes it so easy. There is only one thing I don't like, that is unstable distros. I left Arch and went back to my old friend Debian.

[@quaesitrix881]

Here are mine : - I love being able to decide how I want my system to be. I can choose a distro and DE that just work and take care of everything. Or I can choose a minimalist distro and experiment to find which standalone WM I like best, which bar, which notification daemon, which app launcher, etc. Or I can have both and switch between a DE and a custom system when I want. I can even have 50 different WM installed and configured to work with different apps if I want. I can be as stupid as I want and no one is stopping me. That is just awesome. - I like that I can easily find out how to do stuff and how things works if I want. Which doesn't mean that I'll actually understand any of it (me on the arch wiki: 🤯😵), but that's usually just a knowledge issue. Trying to understand how to do stuff on Windows was a always leaving me close to a mental breakdown. Well OF COURSE you need to open the eldritch horror that is the registry, go to [obtuse over-complicated and impossible to remember registry path] and add a string of type [not binary that would make too much sense for a 0/1 value] named [undecipherable] of with a value of 1, HOW IS THAT NOT OBVIOUS ??? - Troubleshooting and fixing problems is much easier. I have a lot more problems than I had on Windows, but 90% are self-inflicted ("I'm going to build my system myself I don't want a DE doing everything for me" ==> a lot of stuff not working because I don't understand how to do it properly yet) and of the remaining 10%, the annoying ones are the Wayland related problems because it's newer so there's less resources on them compared to X11 problems. When something's not working, it's usually easy to fix, and while fixing it I actually learn stuff. It I can't fix it, I know there is a solution somewhere, I just can't identify the problem first, or understand it, or understand the solution. On windows, it was : 1. Check the forums to find instances of the same issue. 2. Try the solutions given by MS support people, with zero idea of what those solutions actually do. 3. If I'm lucky, then one of the solutions works and I go back to what I was doing without having learned a thing. If none of the solutions work, then swear a lot at Microsoft. - Not getting malware by installing software from the wrong source - Organization. Software not installing wherever the heck they want. Config files and preferences stored all in the same place instead of wherever that particular software feels like even if it makes absolutely no sense and makes it impossible to find anything. - And I like using the terminal, I was mad as hell when Microsoft dropped MS-DOS 😠

[@shadowseek27]

terminal is pogged honestely, its fun af for no reason

[@randomrfkov]

I haven't watched DistroTube since a while ago(maybe in two years), and I am going to tell you, that's some really good physical transformation. Well done DT.

[@cordovajose5693]

"Please, Mr. Adobe, port Adobe Creative Suite to Linux" ... that's a multi-million dollar investing... a board of directors has to aprove such a massive undertaking and it has to make business sense. It's not matter of how much you beg. The user base doesn't garantee a ROI. A company such as Adobe or Aurodesk will need to have an ulterior strategy in order to make such a move.

[@bobbybologna3029]

I JUST learned NixOS and I'm still floored by the experience, it's not often a distro comes along and just completely warps my concept of a linux system, it felt like being a newbie all over again in some ways. I still have Gentoo to conquer someday.. wish i could collect achievements lol, a few years ago i was just learning arch 😂

[@terrydaktyllus1320]

All I can say is that as a Gentoo user of 21 years now, it's worth the "pain" of the steep learning curve if what you're looking for is a Linux distro that you can customise to the extreme and make run on just about anything. If you take that path, I wish you every success.

[@shutdowncnn6086]

I love everything about Linux. My opinion as a Linux user we create our own problems. Over time with experience and other users I have learned the ways of the force. Install what you need for the daily tasks at hand. Learn to use what you have to the fullest potential. Realize that updating a system is a break or make operation and learn the various tricks and commands to fix a broken update. I use the command line to edit videos and I'm absolutely amazed what one can do without a full blown GUI video editor. It's a full plate to learning experience but these days for me after thirty years it has become instinctive and a memory re-flexed accomplishment.

[@ShaunakHub]

Yup, installing and updating your packages on Linux is a bliss! I have never used Mac, but considering Windows as well as a lot of Windows software pops up a window in the middle of your work every now and then, so practically doing anything in Linux is great, at least when compared to Windows!

[@louisgaarphotography4249]

Great new camera angle, eye level seems better. Plus as always great content. ✴

[@hesslein007]

Absolutely correct. I feel the same way like you do. I will not beg for software companies to make apps for linux.

[@Rbourk252]

There isn’t much that I dislike about Linux I enjoy tinkering with it. I have an Arch box and Mint box and a spare one to hop around with. I have an old Garmin motorcycle satnav that I update using Windows periodically I have a small form box that I use to do that. Besides that there is no proprietary software that I need. I don’t compile software sounds like a pain. I’ve been using Linux as my main driver for decades. Love your Channel.

[@Technopath47]

I personally love being able to just fundamentally change how I do things from time to time. Sometimes I'll be on Cinnamon, then Gnome, then KDE Plasma, then i3wm, then back around for another go. I tend to get bored and/or stagnate without change like that and, ironically, for me going through that process of change means I further optimize my workflow as I focus on what I actually need or want to do.

[@mwolfer1]

3:25 The joy of the terminal, fast, immediate, powerful, and very satisfying. If you worked with Unix systems in the 80s (SunOS, HP-UX, Xenix) , there was nothing else but the terminal to do the things you need to do, like installing, configuring, trouble-shooting, running business apps, etc. Once you started this way, it's very difficult to transition to the newfangled GUI apps. 😉

[@JLajos]

Yes, this describes me as well!

[@terrydaktyllus1320]

That describes me too - I cut my UNIX teeth on SCO UNIX some time around the early 1990's.

[@TheRedMenace12]

It's fast if you don't have to look up commands, switches, etc.

[@terrydaktyllus1320]

@@TheRedMenace12 Every has to look up commands, there are too many of them to remember. However, it is not an issue to those of us who understand UNIX and Linux properly and a lot of us make notes and/or make aliases or functions to make looking up stuff easier. If you're not willing to look stuff up occasionally, make notes or make your own customisations to ease command input, then Linux is probably not for you.

[@TheRedMenace12]

@@terrydaktyllus1320 You understand it, but have to look up commands???

[@olebloom1641]

I started with GENTOO and compiling a lot. Then got into linux distros as a hobby. Wrote my own very, very, very simple debian OS and would trouble shoot for hours. Grateful to have learned and only call my brother when I can't figure it out or find the solution. Now I just want an OS to work. Daily driving Fedora 40 and liking it so far. Some weird quirks but easy enough to find the solution. Ubunto became too big of a pain point with their network card issues through several distros.

[@SeanClarke]

Hey DT, have you ever done a video on Espanso? I think people might be interested in seeing what they can do with Espanso.

[@travisharrison478]

I’ve exclusively used Linux for over a decade and not once have I compiled from source. Just use a mainstream distro and normal software and this is never an issue. Compiling requires certain level of expertise to do, but it also requires a certain level of expertise to even encounter this problem in the first place.

[@Atlan0815]

I completely agree with you on all points. As for compiling stuff, as you are using Arch, you usually find the software in the AUR, so yay can manage the compiled packages for you. But with Arch and AUR you can run into dependency hell if the AUR packages needs dependencies like older Python or QT packages. After a while these dependencies can collide with the updates Pacman is trying to install, so you need to investigate and manually uninstall older stuff. That is something i hate...

[@xXx_Regulus_xXx]

regarding begging proprietary software vendors to make Linux versions of their software...Linux is as enjoyable as it is to use currently in large part because of how open-source/foss the entire environment is. I get that many people would like to have this or that program that they know will never be open sourced so that they can move all of their work over to linux, but I think a lot of people would wake up one day and say to themselves, "wait, didn't I move to Linux to get away from this?" if proprietary software vendors all flocked to Linux. Consider Windows and MacOS as buffers to keep them out and be happy 😁

[@SuprousOxide]

Because i got so used to managing linux servers through the command line via ssh, i want the same tools on the desktop. Even in windows, I use the git bash shell a lot (even for non-git related tasks) and edit a lot of files in vim.

[@MiningForPies]

Powershell sort of works like ssh for managing servers, it’s not quite as good but it is very powerful

[@Error4x5]

I love typing in commands like the DOS days. I love not having to find drivers and I love ricing my desktop

[@douglaskane4708]

I concur with terminal being my favorite part of Linux

[@Tech_with_Loco]

I've migrated to Kdenlive, GIMP, Audacity and OBS! Switched in 2014, have one dual boot for my VR stuff, ready to dump, VR is nice, but is not for long time usage! Mint 22 is my present OS, I've tried a few. Exposed and trained in UNIX during my telco career.

[@_Lumiere_]

Im sorry lol but I cant unsee the soyjak face youre making in the thumbnail. That combined with the title is kinda funny xD

[@datbeastful]

DT is too manly to do the wide-open-mouth soy face. Dude looks like the doctor gave him thorazine. Unfortunately, they have to do it for the logarithm. Kinda like every hollywood actor has to dress up as a woman on film…

[@datbeastful]

DT is too manly to pull off mouth-wide-open thing…

[@Xizax41325]

I have only dabbled with Linux since Ubuntu in late 2010-2011. It's been one of those try it out and go back to Windows because my main reason for a PC is gaming. Then when ricing Windows causes an update to brick things, and forcing a reinstall of the OS, swapping back to Linux to give it another go. Only to swap back for one reason or another. Finally decided to go either Garuda or Nobara at somepoint by the end of the year. Yes I know, gaming distros are cringe, I don't care. Excited to get back into terminal. It's one of the things I always end up missing when I swap back to windows. Especially installing things through it. It's easy and I get to feel like hackerman.

[@johncrunk8038]

I pretty much agree with everything you said. But the Windoze world is no fun road trip either. Although installs usually work OK, troubleshooting a problem boils down to searching the internet for someone who was able to fix the issue. The biggest problem I hate is the dependency hell that crops up more often than it should. I still have Ubuntu 14 installed to "fix" some software that I can't do without, usually "abandonware" that I need for my business. Good job.

[@mcpr5971]

What I hate is reading man pages. They pretty much never help. Even if I find the option or flag I need, it's almost guaranteed to fail because they don't show how the option works. So now I'm out the time to look it up, but I'm no better off than when I started.

[@ArturdeSousaRocha]

Today I used jq a lot and, to my surprise, the man page is great. It's such a rare thing indeed. And don't get me started on POSIX man pages.

[@terrydaktyllus1320]

"What I hate is reading man pages." Then don't expect to ever be fully competent with Linux. " They pretty much never help." No, they do help. If you can't be bothered to read the entire page, then you need to learn command line tools to pick out what you need in the man page - that's why we have "grep", for example. "Even if I find the option or flag I need, it's almost guaranteed to fail because they don't show how the option works." The job of a man page is to tell you what is available for use, not to train you how to use it. "So now I'm out the time to look it up, but I'm no better off than when I started." Then allow more time and find the patience to teach yourself how to do efficient man page look-ups. You can also use "--info" on a lot of commands that may give you a shortened version of the man page. But it's not the fault of Linux that you're not willing to put in time and effort to learn it a bit better.

[@tomas-wi8dy]

Hates 1). I really hate to work in terminal, I don't care how linux works under the HUD. I use linux from 2005 (start with Slax but move fast to Ubuntu Breezy). Today in terminal I use system update (zypper dup), flat-pak install & update, and very rare (happens once in 3 years I was needed to recovery from snapshot in tumbleweed). 2). I hate to fix problems (I prefer to drop the problem, not to fix them. No problem can be so important to waste my time and nerve with.) Loves 1). I do on linux almost everything, search on web, email, any kind of social-media I need to use, do graphic design, academic research, learn, ...

[@bobbybologna3029]

Could be worse. "Unhandled Exception 0x000000192540917zx9z09xjh09hjs0dinosaursdiogha" What does that mean? "I dunno, good luck."

[@tomas-wi8dy]

@@bobbybologna3029 I don't care what mean, restart from snapshot ... and if this not resolve the problem, reinstall OS

[@maartenc6099]

DT it is very simple, for software and hardware. No Tux, no Bucks.

[@gerardgauthier4876]

One great thing about Linux! You can find malware free software that may be installable on Windows too.

[@croll66]

Customizing the look and feel of my computing experience is one of the things that make Linux OS's so awesome. Not a big fan of editing config files, but I don't shy away from it if that's what it takes to get more enjoyment from my PC. You can make a darn pretty desktop for yourself in a way that Windows and Apple just won't allow. The only thing I hate about Linux is the skepticism from die-hard Windows users when I talk OS with them. I'm perceived as some sort of freak because I like doing things for myself. I don't think that's a problem with Linux, though...

[@terrydaktyllus1320]

The skepticism from Windows users invariably comes from the "what the bloke in the pub told me" philosophy - they actually know nothing about Linux because they've never tried to use it so the only reference they have to how good or bad it is is what they read on the Internet or what someone else tells them.

[@KosmicWolf]

Finally someone that understands that trying out new software can be really entertaining

[@Euathlus1985]

I switched to Arch some weeks ago and I love it, the only thing i hat is that I need to mount my HDD/SSD every time I restart. For USB drive KDE offers a solution but not for internal drives.

[@user_user1337]

Troubleshooting and bug fixing: no.1 pain in the ass on Arch

[@halfsourlizard9319]

I run Arch and everything just works 99.999% of the time.

[@bobbybologna3029]

I run arch on my main rig (nixos on a number of others, its so sick) and uh... nope. These days you having issues on archlinux just boils down to reading comprehension, the documentation is rock solid. I do content creation and gaming on arch i've never had an issue, even when I installed it semi-incorrectly back before the arch-install days. lol.

[@halfsourlizard9319]

@@bobbybologna3029 Yup! Back in the day, it broke a lot more, but biggest issue I've seen recently is when I went on holidays and needed to manually pull keys because I hadn't updated in like a month.

[@terrydaktyllus1320]

Arch is poor man's Gentoo.

[@Michael_Knight823]

Adobe (at least IMO) supports the Windows-macOS duopoly as far as desktop operating systems are concerned. They would rather have no idea what Linux even IS. The same goes for Electronic Arts.

[@nifftbatuff676]

The fact that there aren't adobe products on Linux is a feature.

[@bobbybologna3029]

F Adobe

[@Tuishimi]

I agree with your last complaint very much. On the other hand I get that people don't want to spend hours (which is money) on porting, even if the porting isn't all that large of a task. But I do wish they would understand what kind of doors it would open and how much (at least so I believe) their product would grow and their profits could grow if they did this. Just because linux is open source, software applications do not have to be open source. Puts food on their tables... they have a right to eat. They should WANT to eat.

[@emacsking4310]

Great thumbnail, DT 👍👍👍

[@wimhuizinga]

I had a lot of various problems in the past 15 years I've used Linux. But the kernel and distros have gotten a lot better in the past years. To cure 2 of your headaches: I pick hardware that is well supported by Linux. That should get the crashes to almost never crashing. To get around the compilation problem, it depends on the situation. Some programs just aren't available. The other times I use a Flatpak, Snap or AppImage to get around the dependency hell. I also use Docker for things like a database or some other program, that's terminal based or has a web-UI.

[@michaeleber4752]

There are two things that I wish existed in Linux that would help make it better. 1) Let the "Windows Key" bring up the panel which is missed when you are playing a game but need to access a different running task without shutting down the game. 2) A real functioning Network Manager that shows me if the internet is active or inaccessible.

[@terrydaktyllus1320]

1) Not that I play many games but I am sure that this would be configurable to do just what you want if you're willing to do some research and edit some config files. 2) That is not the job of NetworkManager. It "manages network connections" for you, its job is to bring a network interface up and get it addressed so it can start talking to other things on the network. It is not there to test the network itself, that's why you have command line tools like "ping", "netstat", "ifconfig" and many others. And this is why I keep telling Linux users here that if you don't understand how to use the command line to write your own configurations (1) or test the network (2) then you're missing out on a lot of functionality - it's not someone else's job to write GUI-based software for you just because you don't want to open a terminal.

[@GleidsonTseva]

I enjoy dual booting. Switching everyday between Linux and Windows is great. Whenever I see a 365 add I remember freedom in the PC is great.

[@terrydaktyllus1320]

Getting rid of bloated and privacy hating Windows and just "single booting" Linux is even better - that's true freedom.

[@GleidsonTseva]

@@terrydaktyllus1320 I get your point. Can you agree Windows is better when you don't need it everyday?

[@GleidsonTseva]

Sometimes I want to play a game that needs Windows. I also need MS Word for my job. the point I made is Windows remembers me I am using Linux since last year :)

[@terrydaktyllus1320]

@@GleidsonTseva I haven't needed it for years - but I do get that some people need it for AAA gaming, advanced MS Office work or Adobe stuff, none of which I do anyway. Even so, privacy issues are my biggest concern with Windows.

[@GleidsonTseva]

@@terrydaktyllus1320 Sadly not for a AAA game, The newst game I play in the PC works fine on Proton. Steam use of Wine made it super easy to play games without anticheat.

[@anoobplays386]

A problem I still have in cinnamon is you cannot set gmail on google chrome as your default mailto application. So the only way to fix this is you have to have an external mail app like evolution. On KDE you can make gmail a default for mail.

[@vladartiomav2473]

The third point is pretty valid. Especially for Adobe who is clearly an evil company which does not respect their customers, period. No matter if they are on Windows or not. I think, Affinity suite would be a much better proprietary software to see on Linux than Adobe.

[@JustinGeekNerd]

"It's not all sunshine and rainbows" lmfao

[@kptxxz]

Things I love on Linux: Integrations with Emacs Declarative Package management Terminal + Tmux workflow "Unix as ide" (with emacs over vi) Krita Zsh (not for scripting though) Gnu project Things I hate on Linux: Vim integrations by default Dependencies (imperative package management) Scattered/nonexistent documentation across different interfaces Unwarranted & often unfounded elitism Gimp Systemd(eez Nuts) Gnu project

[@uglyrikk]

He loves doing soyjack thumbnails on Linux

[@tony4cats214]

love photo editing on darktable , hate reinstalling because i screw up

[@raughboy188]

Speaking of dependency hell i encountered one and it is tied to hyprland on distros that don't support it well. Dependency hell is one of the biggest problem you can encounter on linux and i know it full well and depending on distro of choice it's either the worst or more tolerable. Some distros when you wanna download software even as normal package tend to make sure that you get all. I know linux can be temperamental at times but if you're patient and take one step at a time you'll feel comfortable using your distro of choice and in the end,you'll know how your distro works and that will in turn give insight into how to prevent most problems you'll encounter. Begging companies like Adobe to port their software in linux is waste of your time so don't do it. In retrospect perhaps we in linux community stand to gain far more if keep proprietary companies mostly out of linux and remain as independent of their software as much as possible. Didn't we join Linux community because none of us wants to be slave of proprietary companies?

[@patriot925]

nixOS eliminates dependency hell.

[@estried86]

Adobe doesn't care about any of their users...

[@D.von.N]

Re adobe: I have made myself a gen2 usb with installed Windows, for cases like Adobe, which only use less than 2% MS users anyway. Not a big deal. Just boot into that usb and you won't even notice it isn't on a hard disc. Fast enough on my 16GB ram laptop.

[@matematleta492]

My view on this is: learn to use the terminal, I mean learn it well. Then and only then, if there is a gui that makes your life easier, use it. Example, I use doom emacs to copy files. No way I would do it from the terminal now.

[@und3rpr]

My first distro was also ubuntu 8.04. Krunner, rclone and rsync changed my workfkow.

[@wantgoodvibes6166]

Good video, thanks man, :)

[@rationalbushcraft]

I think the unsupported software thing is a simple money issue. Porting something like photoshop for an OS that only has 4% of the desktop market is not cost effective to do. I have a lot of clients I could move over to Linux if it wasn't for Quickbooks. Now I can install Quickbooks on an RDS server and let them run it that way but then you get into integration's with email and other things that forces them to buy Office as well. Most home users would be find with linux. I can run it because even my company stuff I have a pc I can rdp to that has my necessary microsoft software installed.

[@imzesok]

I don't mind compiling so much personally. in my view it's better to do that than to have weird performance issues by just installing a flatpak or . That said, dependency hell sucks on the relatively rare occasion it comes up. thankfully that only comes up when someone does something weird like relying on a specific, sometimes very old version of something else as a dependency(devs please update your damn depends when you can, thanks --everyone). This is also made worse when your distro for whatever reason doesn't let you have multiple versions of the same app/library that you need to build against without breaking...well, all versions of it. Sure, I can install those dependencies, but that doesn't seem to mean the compiler will see them though. a lot of the time though the thing is just not available in the repos, and you have to go hunt down it's project site. Whether or not you can, in turn, compile and install that after finding it, is a pretty big dice roll.

[@Eric-R]

hey DT, do you have a video that covers your preferred tool(s) for filling out PDF forms?

[@dreamer8973]

this is generally why i stoped messing with source based distros. feels like endless compliling forevor. espically when trying to do updates also.

[@hrmf32]

There is a ton of distros and each one fits some place, but if you had to chose one distro, one DE, one window manager to be used in a all-in-one scenario of use what would it be now? I know your in a minimal use, but in a somewhat medium upper level...

[@elalemanpaisa]

For me the customization comes from make menus :D If you hate compiling - you already are aware of it but I have to bring it up - distrobox?

[@o0Enmity0o]

My pet peeve is poor pdf editing and manipulation support. Have tried a few paid applications but yet to find anything quality.

[@terrydaktyllus1320]

I don't understand people that try to directly edit PDF - to me it has the same logic as trying to edit a printer image on a piece of paper once it has been printed. The only PDFs that I need to edit are those that I create myself - and I edit the source data in markdown or a LibreOffice-supported format and then export to PDF when I am happy with it. Sure, it's useful to add my own annotations and notes to a PDF document but those don't change the document itself.

[@zinedine911]

just try to compile zed using cargo, i spent my whole life waiting for it to compile

[@micmaci9343]

True story. I want to say dependency hell ... high way to the 7th Dante hell circle where there are souls of people who are victims to others, quick to anger etc. Peace.

[@jacobwerner8533]

i like writing my own programs in c or bash, playing with unix programs like sed and spell, and i sort of like/sort of hate compiling stuff from source. i hate dependency problems, broken packages, and debugging programs

[@zinedine911]

the only thing that i love in linux is the terminal, terminal = everything u will need

[@frankhuurman3955]

Linux thing I hate the most is wishing upon a star that an LTS to LTS upgrade goes well and how much I have to fix again in order to get a decently working system afterwards. It seemed like my Ubuntu 22.04.4 to 24.04.1 upgrade went well but of course things broke. The desktop bg was black after the upgrade reboot, the dock no longer had rounded corners with blur, Brave browser is buggy when I resize the window, scrolling through text or windows seems less fluent, everything feels like it has a small delay now when I click it. I hate the downgrade feeling that an LTS upgrade sometimes gives even though everything is supposed to be smoother, better, faster etc.

[@bonfromagetech5207]

If Adobe still offered the option to buy their software outright (as they did with CS6) I might be a bit more interested in "begging" them to make a Linux version. But I don't want anything to do with the subscription model they've gone to. While GIMP is not a perfect solution, especially for those in the graphic design field, for the average user like myself, who mainly used Photoshop for making memes, thumbnails, and flyers for my band(s), it's all I'll ever need. I definitely don't miss the days of downloading an EXE file from some sketchy website for a piece of software I need. Opening a terminal and running a command is SO far superior to that.

[@firestormjupiter]

Having moved from linux back to windows-wsl for individual reasons I avoid downloading installers where possible too. It’s so troublesome compared to installing via winget

[@MiningForPies]

All winget does is download a sketchy exe and call it for you 🤔

[@robertmaxa6631]

Windows has tried to duplicate the central software repository concept, with "winget".

[@saccharineboi]

Are you planning to do a VR setup tutorial on linux?

[@LilithNephilim666]

Love you Ubunu shirt

[@TheRedMenace12]

Me: 1)Watching porn. 2) Playing games. 3) Designing evil scripts to conquer the world. I really don't hate anything relative to Windows or MacOS/iOS.

[@terrydaktyllus1320]

"Hate" really is a very immature word - it always reminds me of a screaming toddler in a store telling their mother that they hate her because she won't buy them the toy they want. Hate is the result of frustration from being "backed into a corner" and believing there is no way out of it. You don't need to hate something that you can easily avoid. I don't hate Windows or MacOS, I simply choose to ignore them because as a competent computer engineer, I can build the solutions that I want to on Linux anyway. Nothing Apple or Microsoft does affects me, so I've no reason to hate them because they haven't backed me into any kind of corner.

[@DonRamonHernestodelaCruz]

​@@terrydaktyllus1320I hate Windows

[@Cands528]

What current version of Linux are you using on your desktop? Thanks

[@CarlGerhard.27]

Hey ,DT , Termite is revived , please check it again for arch based

[@andbenn]

is that green thing a garden hose running through your office?

[@halfsourlizard9319]

It is truly bewildering that anyone considers an OS that doesn't have a centralised package manager (Windows, Mac) credible / usable.

[@terrydaktyllus1320]

Where are those people you describe? I've been a Linux user since 1996, I have never seen them. LFS (Linux From Scratch) is the only distro that I know that does not have a centralized package manager but I don't know anyone who uses it as their day-to-day distro. I built it back in 2002, it was a great Linux learning process and I am pleased that I built it once. But when it was built, I had no idea what to do with it and then went to Gentoo Linux in 2003, which is another source-based distro with an extremely good package manager (Portage).

[@danielvarga4395]

With all due respect, please don't do these thumbnails.. it doesn't look good. Good video tho 😄

[@ArturdeSousaRocha]

Command line is the real deal.

[@alfkh]

well, i love all the things u love & like u, my 1st linux distro was ubuntu 8.04. Unlike u, i'm not a fan of snap bec it has been an absolute nightmare for me, but i'm happy it turned out well for you, keep it up! As for going out begging for proprietary companies to support linux & them giving u such stuck up answers, i thot the only software vendors that did those sorts of things were bible software. i've had really rude answers like "We do not support your platform. Please use either windows or mac." As far as i know, xiphos is the only bible software that works on linux, others, i've not yet come across. Happy 2 hear i'm not the only 1!

[@robbiet4028]

Bible time is pretty similar! I prefer its UI a little more, I think.

[@rob28459]

I would like to switch back Linux desktop, but I want to stick on my fan less arm laptop

[@AlGhostZX]

Packaged software is all nice and good until you find one that isn't packaged in your distro or the aur, then good freaking luck.

[@moetocafe]

What I hate really, and that is on any OS, not just on Linux is where I'm to the point, that I have to reinstall, despite me not wanting to. Because installing and configuring everything after that is a lot of work, and I really try to maintain my OS, whatever it is, to the best of my abilities, so I don't have to reinstall often, at least not for good 2-3 yrs or more, if possible. I'm also not very fond of having to make large backups, but it is really a necessity. The other thing is, like you've said - the unavailability of certain software or drivers under Linux, although with the years it is less and less of a problem, but is still a thing. And I also hate, that some agencies (you know which) are trying to smug into the FOSS world, under some "inclusive" pretensions, but their real agenda is to keep everyone in the Matrix, even on Linux. This is an ongoing battle and the future doesn't look guaranteed for our good at all. What I love is so much - the freedom, the power, the software, the knowledge - all, that you gain by using Linux. And those things don't always come easy or fast, sometimes it's a struggle, but the feeling when you overcome an obstacle and learn something new is truly great. Btw I save myself from compiling manually. If something is not in the repos, there is no flatpak or AppImage or some other way to easily install it, then I just don't use it.

[@terrydaktyllus1320]

"What I hate really, and that is on any OS, not just on Linux is where I'm to the point, that I have to reinstall, despite me not wanting to. Because installing and configuring everything after that is a lot of work, and I really try to maintain my OS, whatever it is, to the best of my abilities, so I don't have to reinstall often, at least not for good 2-3 yrs or more, if possible. I'm also not very fond of having to make large backups, but it is really a necessity." You do realise that you can't have it both ways, don't you? This is a "black and white" situation - you either make backups and then have a quicker reinstall or you don't, and then you build it from scratch each time. That's it, those are the choices. What else are you expecting here as an answer?

[@moetocafe]

@@terrydaktyllus1320 having backups does not guarantee quick recovery, unfortunately. I have incremental snapshots, but for some reason it might not work in time of need. Therefore I also have a separate full backup of my /home But making everything like you want and need - is indeed a time and efforts consuming process. So, the less one has to recover or reinstall - the better. Good maintenance of the OS is a thing.

[@elizakimori8720]

"May the command line live forever"

[@RoryWeb2011]

Terminal is awesome when learning Linux.

[@cammelspit]

For me personally, lit's about the thrill of the chase, when you nail that one incredibly complicated thing that you were trying to do and you learn something new, there is no feeling better. That satisfaction is unbeatable.

[@janvangorp6918]

When more companies give a linux version of there software, i think linux desktop will explode. Begging? Yes me to, for virtual dj or serato. Mixxx is fine. But to big troubles with the soundcards.

[@OnlyKaerius]

When the program you want is available on Linux, just not your distro. Like I cannot install anything using the appimage file format on my steam deck.

[@terrydaktyllus1320]

A Steam Deck is not a proper Linux computer - it's a games console.

[@halfsourlizard9319]

Worst part of existence -- including Linux -- is anything that involves glibc.

[@mirage1857]

Your "I hate list" troubleshooting problems. That is WHY I switched to Linux. To have problems to solve. I've used windows for so long it really has next to nothing left to teach me. I moved to Archlinux so I had something new to learn. Linux is such a deep rabbit hole that you can learn for many years.

[@franktewierikholscher]

I love the feeling that my computer does what I want it to do. I love thatThing go likeI want them to go. I left Windows because microsoft determent what and how something works. I stil give up within 10 minutes when some one asks me to fix somethingon a windows computer.

[@jamonmang6099]

are you the guy maintaining TT in the AUR?

[@DistroTube]

No, that's not me. You can find the name/email of the package maintainer at the top of the PKGBUILD file.

[@jamonmang6099]

@@DistroTube I just subscribed to your options chan, and looked like you were using TT. love your content.

[@John7No]

Installing software: Actually right now it is better on Windows instead of Linux. On windows you can use Chocolatey or Winget, and you will have 98% of apps installed with a command. On linux as the landscape is with repositories, snaps flatpaks, you don't know where is what and if the version on the repository is updated.