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Chapters:
00:00 - Linux is complicated?
01:16 - Stability ...
02:07 - Updates ...
02:57 - Using Printers ...
03:28 - Privacy ...
04:09 - Security ...
04:33 - Efficiency ...
05:12 - Multi-User Options ...
05:35 - Installing Software ...
06:30 - Conclusion
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things linux is better than windows, linux vs windows, linux vs windows 11, linux vs windows 2023, why linux is better than windows, why linux is more secure than windows, why linux is more secure, windows vs linux, windows vs linux security, windows 11 vs linux security, michael horn
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[@someguyoninternet802]

Switching to Linux was the best choice I've made in a while, Currently I am using Fedora 38 workstation as my daily driver

[@MichaelNROH]

Noice 🫡

[@aravind076]

What's your MS office alternative?

[@ramen2001]

@@aravind076 libre office should be fine. but if you must, wine is your best friend

[@aravind076]

@@ramen2001 I'm missing from some formats in libre..But rn I sticked to onlyoffice is somehow compatible for now.. Currently dual booted coz of my low spec laptop

[@Gramini]

@@aravind076Another office suite would be OnlyOffice

[@VektrumSimulacrum]

I started with a very specific purpose for installing linux. That worked out fine. Then I started trying it as a daily driver. It has also gone fine for the most part. The few issues I did have support help was a lot easier to find than windows(that was actually helpful). Linux: "Enter this in terminal, that should fix the problem"..."You need to change xyz...here is how you do that" Done and Fix. Windows: " Reinstall windows...that didn't fix it? Well that sucks I guess. Maybe xyz company will care enough to fix it"

[@anon_y_mousse]

KDE, both for its customizability and the feature of multiple desktops, are two of the primary reasons for why I switched to Linux 20+ years ago. When I started out I dual booted and only kept Windows for playing games. I had Windows builds of GIMP, FireFox, Vim, etc. This is a huge part of why the transition was so seamless for me. I'm told that some of the features that KDE provided back then are in current versions of Windows, but that ship sailed so very long ago, and I can even play most of my games on Linux with few if any problems.

[@imacmadman22]

I started using Linux over 20 years ago and while I still use Windows at work, I use Linux at home almost exclusively. The amount of issues and problems I have with Linux is miniscule compared to Windows. I've used Linux Mint as a daily driver since 2009 and I've only had ONE system crash (Linux's BSOD) since I began using Linux. It's rock sold and I can do everything I want and need to do on my computer with Linux. Linux Mint had no trouble recognizing my Brother MFP attached to my wireless network and I was able to print immediately. Great video, Michael!

[@HikingFeral]

Linux is so good and getting better all the time. The gaming experience is almost there but it does need to cook a little bit longer. I would deffo recommend anybody to try it, there's never been a better time. Yes you need to use the terminal sometimes but that's not a bad thing, the terminal allows you to be the king of every blade of grass in the kingdom and it's lawn mowing time baby.

[@NKG416]

i'm waiting for GUI performance tuning tool for CPU and GPU

[@Gramini]

@@NKG416 There's GreenWithEnvy and CoreCtrl, but I have no experience with either of them.

[@davidturcotte831]

I had a Microsoft update that lasted 7 hours, my full work shift. The workplace had a policy that we had to shut down the computer at the end of our shift. So, I shut down. Next boot, wham! 7 hour update. They made a new policy that we had to leave the computer on and connected to the internet after each shift, thanks to me.

[@MegaManNeo]

To be fair, Microsoft introduced winget officially to Windows 10 and 11 which is basically apt-get. But they failed to provide an official GUI, so you need to use chocolate-gui also which is a 3rd party program that is not preinstalled. A step in the right direction but yea, of course there are also plenty of things that Linux does better like not forcing me to replace a perfectly fine working Skylake or Zen 1 CPU just because it is suddenly too old for a reskin of Windows 10.

[@BogdanMariusCalapod]

Isn't the Microsoft Store basically winget's GUI ?

[@alex15095]

It's more of a database (microsoft/winget-pkgs) of uncontrolled URLs to wget and execute arbitrary binary files from, than a proper software repository

[@5Hydroxytryptophan]

It is not equal.. there is no real repository, nothing that validates the files you are receiving. It is a random bunch of programs.. and even if .. one thing I learned is, the average user will not adapt to a better workflow. It takes quiet some time until they finally stop hunting for "installer" downloads on Linux.

[@antiwokehuman]

Meh. My sandybridge dual core can run win 11 with no issues.

[@APerson-tk8cw]

These factors are also great, but what makes linux even more better, in case of some distributions, is the ability to use a live usb, and check if the distro works well with the pc hardware and then decide if we want to install it or not. On the other hand, it can also be used to recover data from pc incase of some OS failure... Moreover, we also have options to run it even on the most older hardware, while having up to date packages by using lightweight desktop environments like Xfce, LXDE, LXqt etc..

[@MichaelNROH]

True

[@sherrilltechnology]

The printer part I have actually seen in real time my wife has a label printer that when I first booted up Linux Mint just showed up no driver install it just worked!! Great video and happy Tuesday!

[@shocka007]

Linux is not Windows, thank god

[@gripfraudalert]

Been using LInux exclusively for 20 years.

[@Quephara]

Windows has the Winget system for installing apps without having to Google. It is good. The atrocity that is Windows update has not been covered. Changing settings to 'recommended defaults' isn't even enough, you have to update windows, then Winget packages, then windows store. They couldn't create an update hook that would trigger the full update

[@edison3571]

I keep a notebook of all the things I will need to do after a Windows install to make it run the way I want it to. This is mostly things that I need to remove or disable. On Linux, it is things I want to add or change to my taste or programs I use. That I have a choice in what I install matters to me.

[@roberttranceedm]

Windows XP pushed me to Linux, and Vista's public tragedy just confirmed my choice😂

[@Drugvigil]

😁

[@moh.anifyuliansyah9863]

I use Ubuntu 23.04 and Linux still makes me comfortable with it

[@giuseppem.34]

Windows now allow to postpone updates and not to update during shutdown/reboot. The printer example is not correct since many printers are not recognised and WiFi doesn't work out of the box as well as fingerprint readers.

[@MichaelNROH]

You can only postbone updates for a couple of days until the option disappears. Especially on Windows Home, there is no easy way to disable this anymore since it now involves the Registry.

[@prakhars962]

@@MichaelNROH That is not entirely true. I use Windows 11 home. I suspend update for weeks. Currently, I haven't updated my laptop for 3 weeks. The "available update" is always on the bottom on the screen. But I've set it to manually download updates. The updates are cumulative updates, again I don't know what this update means.

[@paladingeorge6098]

From my experience with Linux, the people that tend to struggle the most with Linux are moderately advanced users. If your needs are any more complex than basic browser and productivity usage, you'll probably struggle with getting use to Linux. On the flip side, advanced users will appreciate the level of control over their system. The best advice I can give for someone just starting out on Linux is to find alternatives for the things they usually use that don't support Linux.

[@MichaelNROH]

I agree. Most people that tried out Linux on my notebook or Surface could use it without much effort. Issues start to occur when you start adding hardware, specialized devices or software that interacts with them.

[@paladingeorge6098]

​@@MichaelNROH Linux works wonderful on most integrated devices I have tried it on. A big pain point for me has always been graphics drivers but once your GPU is a few years old you don't have too many issues. However, one thing as a Linux user you have to let go of is RGB and/or USB device configuration. Most motherboard/keyboard/mouse/etc manufacturers just don't support Linux with their configuration software, and getting those devices to work with those apps running under WINE is spotty at best. I don't think letting go of that mess of propriety peripheral software is necessarily a bad thing, but it means cutting back on the RGB unless you really like rainbows. I think most moderate users are not willing to let that stuff go, which I completely respect. If you can come out on the other side, there are a lot of reasons to stay with Linux.

[@MindCaged]

I totally agree, I'm a two decade veteran of windows including quite a bit of programming knowledge in multiple scripting and programming languages but linux is just completely unfamiliar once you get past the surface of the desktop environment. There is a huge emphasis on using the terminal and while I was able to quickly master some of the basics as I've used a command prompt many times before including some batch file scripting, I was practically stumbling around in the dark when it came to troubleshooting problems. I could lookup the commands to do something, but either they would sometimes be the wrong commands or I was missing something because I'd get an error, maybe about permissions or something and have no idea how to fix it(at least properly). Or it might be because I simply didn't understand how the system is structured so I was just using the commands incorrectly. Like I remember clearly having a good deal of trouble figuring out how to get a second drive automatically mounted for media storage so I could try to run a jellyfin server on my old computer, I was finally able to just do it in the control panel for disks, but the terminal commands or config file editing just was not working for some reason, again I was probably doing it wrong because I /thought/ I understood and knew what I was doing but really didn't. I originally tried to follow the directions for a docker container but just could not figure it out or figure out how to change the settings of an existing container or how to get into a container to run commands so I had to keep deleting and recreating containers and even then I couldn't get it working quite right for days.

[@CrisisDigital]

I am a college student and I moved to linux 2 years ago. I daily drive fedora 38 gnome now. I went from zorin -> mint -> manjaro -> debian and now fedora. I did miss ms office. I adjusted it with google docs and only office. I still miss photoshop. I am now using photopea and gimp. I feel like my productivity increased after moving to a linux distro. My favourite DE is gnome . I was one of first to adopt a linux distro and many of ny friends followed my path 😅. Everyone loves using it now

[@ainsignis]

Thanks! Amazing content

[@LymanPhillips]

Im a big fan of GNOME and I love the keyboard centric nature of GNOME. I've also found some similar shortcuts in Windows, but GNOME does it better.

[@andrew8293]

I've been daily driving Linux for years. I ended up settling on Fedora. I really use Windows if at all on my home systems. With all of the great software and Windows compatibility options it's easier than ever and it's only going to get better.

[@msmalik681]

Just remembered when i used to use windows i had to have antivirus and anti maleware software running all the time would still have to reinstall windows once every year as the system slowed down now im perfectly happy with linux mint.

[@Skyman12808]

Thanks MR Michael i Already use Fedora Workstation Alongside Pop os Linux mint And Endeavour os as well

[@rc2276]

The use of web based log in google and Microsoft products has helped make the switch much easier. Yes most people are tied to corporate products.

[@MichaelNROH]

Everyone can use what they please. I also still rely on some proprietary software because there is either no alternative which features everything I need, or the amount of learning would make an instanst switch not possible

[@wisteela]

Excellent video. Subscribed.

[@MichaelNROH]

Awesome, thank you

[@MikeWood]

I ran the Mint Update Manager while watching your video. Including updating Firefox. Tried to post this comment and FF did crash the tab when I hit Comment. But it's all good now. :)

[@archlinuxsys]

I've used Windows 20 years since Windows 98. And last month, i straightly jump to Arch running hyprland. I wanna clarify, I did learn fedora in college in 2017, at that time I'm not to focused and nothing exciting to me. And did play around with Kali. Just basic commands like update and navingating around. So now, I think it's not hard to understand the system and shell commands. It has a lil learning curve, some concepts to grasp. Other than that, mostly straightforward. I absolutely love using shell to do something instead of GUI like I'm used to in Windows. There's a lot to learn and explore with Linux but don't let it overwhelms you. Take a step at one time. Be sure to make notes as you progress. Good luck.

[@MarcusBuer]

I use both, and I disagree. It has been a long while since I had a Windows crash, meanwhile I had multiple breaking issues on linux distros. Yes, most of linux issues can be solved with a bit of elbow grease, but they are more frequent when you use it as a desktop instead of a server, and usually fixing requires a lot of knowledge of how the OS runs. Windows updates got way better after the release of Win11, they are not as intrusive anymore. Almost no one use printers anymore, but even when they do, windows usually has a generic driver that works. Same could be said about linux and bluetooth, some distros need a lot of workarounds to make bluetooth work, while on Windows it works by default. Privacy and Security are dependent on user. You can use linux and still sell all your data to google, apple, etc. It is almost impossible to have privacy nowdays, when most services are online. Security on Windows is pretty good nowdays, the weak link is almost always the user, and will always be. About efficiency, you can customize Windows, and there are workspace workflows on Windows (win+tab, add new workspaces, ctrl+win+left/right arrows to move between workspaces). Each user being able to choose between multiple desktop environments is trying to solve an issue that linux itself created. Installing software on Windows nowdays is almost the same as on linux, you can use the store or you can use CLI (winget). Very few apps require you to download from the website, but same could be said about linux, as there are many programs that you need to download the .deb/.rpm file or build from source. I'm not saying Windows is superior, they both have their flaws and are better suited for different workflows. Use the one that is better for you.

[@musassh]

"Almost no users use printers anymore" and even then, Linux was failed to identify a printer over WPS for me. It identified it but gave some errors while trying to connect to it or print stuff, while Windows's "Search for Printers" option identified the Canon driver in two seconds and ready to work.

[@user-zb1gz1sb9c]

Windows updates are still intrusive for most users, people with less powerful machines have slowdowns in their workflow bc windows update on the background

[@WyvernDotRed]

Firstly, you got the conclusion right, Windows and Linux are different systems which serve different people. I know many people who have a better experience on Windows than they would have on Linux, often for software support reasons. Mostly fair points, I can't disagree with the stability issues, though I personally prefer this over Windows its still annoying updates. Which install impressively slowly and take a significant amount of CPU compared to Linux (though I have not tried Win11 yet). The Microsoft store being even more annoying in requiring waiting for updates which seem to have timed out before installing a new app. Driver wise Bluetooth generally just works on either OS, either system might struggle to connect in different ways. In the case of HP printers at least, Windows its generic drivers do not work at all and the OS tries to make you install horrendous borderline spyware from the M$ Store for it, which has problems with getting stuck in an endless error cycle that can not be solved on the Windows machine itself. This while Linux's CUPS does work just fine, if you figure out you can activate the printer again after such an error (which had no effect in Windows). That it is almost impossible to have privacy on the internet nowadays is no excuse for the operating system acting as spyware, especially as many actual works are made locally still. Security wise, nowadays the most exploited spot is online accounts through misleading oauth handoffs and token grabbers, for web based things. That said, these token grabbers are devastating on Windows for it's lack of security, the same applies to Linux but it has more options like Flatpak that do offer protection against this. The degree to which Windows can be customised is significantly lower, without resorting to buggy software that hacks into the system. A low hanging fruit is Win11's removal of the option to place the taskbar up top or to the side, all (subjectively) better options than the bottom of the screen. And please explain why a one-size-fits-all approach is better than the "problem" of having the choice of 2 well-supported or many more obscure DEs, which all implement the same standards and thus generally work with all software. Winget still relies on the Microsoft Store and the M$ Store is (in my experience) completely unusable and seem like a parallel to Snaps on Linux. Though other more functional 3rd party tools for installing software on Windows exist too, but it's means of managing installed software stays problematic.

[@sergeykish]

Windows had alternative shells, I don't like Windows default since before I've switched to Linux. Turns out I prefer tiling WM without any window decorations - looks clean and unobtrusive, how is that "issue"?

[@ThatTrueCJ201]

Although not a commonly discussed topic, Linux has significant advantages in its audio pipeline, in my opinion, for both professional and casual users. It supports more high-quality Bluetooth codecs like LDAC and has less latency compared to Windows. It also has EasyEffects which is just magical (I couldn't find anything as nice on Windows)

[@MichaelNROH]

But it also has some disadvantages, like no solid graphical user interfaces that feature everything from audio routing to customizing the device. Especially for audio routing, having a GUI simplifies it way more than just editing a bunch of lines

[@grantschilb8019]

Don't forget the lack of exclusive hardware access, apps can control the frequency of soundcards on Windows. On Linux, you may have to edit config files to not run into resampling.

[@ChristopherCo]

Been using Linux since Gnome 2. Now I'm on EndevourOS Gnome. And I love it so much!!!😊

[@vladyslavdiumin4124]

Thank you for the great video.🎉🎉🎉❤❤I love your channel in the way how you talk about different things and explain different topics! Very useful and very informative.🎉🎉❤❤😎😎😍

[@Saturn-OS]

Been using pop os on my gaming laptop and it works pretty well, even some of the games work as best as they can. Also been thinking about if I should switch my whole gaming pc to linux but also would have to sacrifice some things.

[@MichaelNROH]

Just give it a shot with a USB stick live environment. A lot of Linux installers feature a fully fledged operating system. I wouldn't recommend any high workloads or gaming, since it can wear it down this way, but for a usability test or looking up applications it's enough

[@Saturn-OS]

@@MichaelNROH I already know what applications I need or already use but a test is definitely needed because it is a custom built pc so not sure if it everything will work correctly, like wifi, gpu, cpu and everything else. I am more concerned about if my monitor will work with the hdmi. I had issues before with my laptop with it and there's nothing wrong with the hdmi.

[@iplayminecraft833]

please forgive my bad grammer and spelling mistakes 2:45 im not sure about the whole reboot your pc to update thing the only time i had to wait for an update was after installing fedora it took about 2 minutes but after that i never had to reboot just typed sudo dnf update and everything was fine maybe you have to restart for the updates to take place and if you dont restart the will be aplied on the next boot but im pretty sure the package manager handles all of that and it updates all your system packages if im not mistaken im not sure though also i think you should have mentioned the fact that you can use most linux distros while there installing on a live session sure you might not have everything in there but you can atleast browse the web while it installs also i kind of perfer using the commandline and terminal for installing stuff it makes me feel alot more comfortable all i have to do is type in a few commands and it installs i dont really have to go to any gui or anything and sometimes the software store might be broken and i have noticed some glitches with gnome software where it says its not installing when it actually is maybe thats something only i have noticed but still also i have alot of muscle memory with typing in commands so clicking around dossent really feel as good and contrary to popular belief installing something using a command line is way easier then going through a website or gui im not saying theres anything wrong with the software store its great and i use it to install some software depending on what it is i either use the terminal or software store i gues it really just comes down to prefenrces some people like software stores some people like command lines and some people like both thats the great thing about linux having multiple choices once you get use to them is awesome you get to pick when you want to use a certain method or package manager or just dualboot kernels and desktop envirments if you so please instead of being forced to do one thing by microsoft but overall the video was pretty good agreed with pretty much everything you said

[@MichaelNROH]

The difference between the GUI method with a restart and "sudo dnf update" is, that the GUI method just downloads the packages and installs them while restarting. The Terminal version does install it right away, though its not a live update and only applies once you boot into the new kernel either way. In short, a restart is required either way, but the Terminal method basically skips the installing screen.

[@kylespevak6781]

I would only use Linux if there was a way to install and use a single program as an OS basically. I don't find windows taking up too many resources to get done when I need to do but having a whole dedicated PC to run one program really well sounds awesome! Especially for a DAW or video editing setup. If this is doable and anyone can relay resources, I'd ve very happy

[@matthewharris517]

If gaming was easier on Linux I would be using it a lot

[@MichaelNROH]

Gaming is one of the things that needs to be working well. Once it does, then the whole Desktop will benefit from it, since Gaming relies on so many things (Video, audio, latency, etc.)

[@famousmwofficial8046]

You explain things easily even though I despise people that call gnu/Linux Linux but your channel is growing on me. I just think your voice kinda reminds me of the observer in rick and morty 😅

[@terryforsythe8083]

One more caveat - Linux is great on slightly older hardware, but driver support for new hardware can be problematic. Case on point, nearly a year ago I built a new AMD Ryzen 9 7950X computer using a motherboard including Intel AX210 WiFi. No Linux distribution I tried, including Arch, Linux Mint, LMDE, Neon and Fedora, was stable - WiFi would crash almost on a daily basis and I would have to reboot after each crash to get it working again. I tested with Windows 11 and it was stable, confirming it was not a hardware issue. In Mint and Neon I upgraded to the latest oem kernel, and in LMDE I upgraded to the latest kernel in Debian backports. This helped to reduce the frequency of WiFi crashing on those distros, and Arch slowly got better over time. But, it took 9 or 10 months of kernel updates for the problem to be seemingly resolved. It now has been over a month since I have experienced a WiFi crash on my new computer, so I am hopeful the issue now is completely addressed and will not pop up again (at least in Arch).

[@terryforsythe8083]

UPDATE: Funny, I just posted this maybe just an hour ago, and WiFi just crashed in LMDE. I am now logged back into Arch, for which the WiFi issue seems to be resolved.

[@Joel11111]

@@terryforsythe8083 I can sympathize with the wifi issues. Eventually I gave up and purchased a wifi extender with an ethernet port and connected it to my PC so it uses ethernet by default. My gigabyte X670E aorus master has that wifi chip and it always had issues every once in a while, but recently it's been an absolute nightmare and doesn't work (reliably) on Windows either. I highly suspect the quality control on these boards was not good... Funnily enough if you google "best wifi cards for linux" you get an article that recommends a card with the Intel AX210 as the best one lol. I recently switched to an Asrock X670E taichi, which does not have this wifi chip. As a bonus the Asrock bios lets you disable the built-in chip, letting you use an external pcie wifi card of your choosing if you have problems.

[@MichaelNROH]

I really should get some bleeding edge hardware and track the development experience. I kinda wanna know the patterns and devices that make the most problems. I always wonder, why they swap out a lot of adapters with new drivers, even though they mostly support the same protocols. It's like reinventing the wheel, but you add another layer not on the top, but change the axis.

[@palmernoah]

@@terryforsythe8083 It's simple problem to fix. Just buy a small USB Wifi adapter (that supports Linux, example T-P link, or any other that is clearly stated on the pack that it supports Linux, (most USB wifi support all 3 OS - Linux, Windows, & Mac, but check the info in the pack before you buy). The cause of the wifi problem is simply because some internally built-in WiFi adapters aren't free & Open source.

[@j2sk]

the only thing i barely miss in windows is compatibility, i really cant imagine switching my home pc back to it now.

[@nomadhgnis9425]

So how is your custom linux coming along. I finished my custom debian. I emailed you a link to download it. 👍

[@JohnXionidis]

For me as graphic designer i cant work without windows but for my friends Linux is the best option since all they do is browsing the web and gaming. I just wish adobe would bring native support for their suite and especially illustrator and indesign.

[@ele.mentalboi9562]

My best guess is that Adobe and Autodesk have some kind of background deal with Microsoft to keep their products exclusive to Windows but honestly it’s still worth dual booting just because the experience is just four times smoother on Linux then I’ve ever had with windows

[@Interplexx]

I had my very first contact with Linux back in 1999 with SuSE 6.3 but more or less as an experiment out of curiosity and not as a daily driver. Some time later, I had a lot of fun with Debian and FreeBSD as home server and self-build router OS (LAMP, etc.). Over two years ago and again out of curiosity, I installed Linux Mint on an old HDD to test how it would run on my main PC that I use mainly for gaming. Long story short, I used Linux Mint since then as my daily driver and for the only two very specific applications that don't run with wine, I use a virtual machine for Windows 10. Thanks to Steam and Proton/Wine, most of my AAA and AA games work perfectly and out of the box (or with minor tweaks). In summary, neither do I regret my decision to switch to Linux nor do I think I will switch back to Windows in future.

[@DTechDive]

No offence to Linux But I actually never faced updates issues on Windows. Windows 11 updates pretty quick. But yeah I did encountered blue screen of death once or twice, and I think same can be said for Linux, I mean it's an operating system and it can break sometimes. Although the certainty of breaking Linux due to updates is far less than Windows. And coming to software, honestly I'm tired of listening that installation of software is easy on Linux. Yes it is easy but in my opinion Windows has caught up with this. Installing softwares on Windows 11or even Windows 10 is as easy as Linux. And most of the times that software is available on Microsoft store. I beleive that Linux is superior to Windows but critising Windows based on atleast based Software Installation experience should not be valid now.

[@warthunder1969]

I have many times, but it has gotten much less likely of a total system crash like the old days. I just see alot more buggy behavior out of Windows 10/11 than I used to ever see on XP or even Windows 7

[@Joel11111]

As a disclosure, I don't use Windows, so I don't know what is or isn't available on the Microsoft store. But what I have observed from a lot of tutorials on KZbin over the years is that installing something on Windows usually involves opening up a web browser, typing in a site or clicking on a link, then clicking " download app/program X". Not only is that more of a hassle, it's just inherently less secure than installing from a known, trusted repository because it opens up additional sources of human error that can be exploited. For Linux, the tutorials are usually (but not always) just something like "sudo apt install app-name". But if Microsoft has taken steps to mitigate that with their App Store, then good on them. Fewer people installing viruses is always a good thing. As someone who came to Linux from Mac, it took me a while to re-train my brain so that my first instinct was to not install something through the browser, but to find it in a Linux repository. I imagine some similar habit re-training still needs to be done for some Windows users.

[@warthunder1969]

@@Joel11111 Yes, Microsoft should invest in their "winget" package manager and tie it into their GUI app store. Would go a long way to downloading less viruses

[@m4sterred853]

From what I’ve seen at my university, it’s laptops that face issues the most due to driver and even firmware updates being added to Windows updates. Often times, this won’t result in an unbootable system, but stuff like Bluetooth pairing may fail quite often. Edit: as for software, I do think Microsoft is catching up with their store, but it still has the corporate vibe to it: personalized recommendations and the Microsoft account requirement. Also, one hidden benefit of installing software from a dedicated installer on Windows is automatic updates when the developers implement it. I know Linux has it with Snap and Flatpak and that’s why mainstream distros should push for them (Flatpak more than Snap).

[@alphaclusters4537]

People forgot that winget exists. It is Microsoft packaging manager, so you can install stuff without doing the usual way. Most of the software you need can be installed there. Problem is it kinda still relies on MS Store (some open-source app I use, some Microsoft apps and 3rd party programs), not all the stuff can be installed (antivirus program) and it has some weird bugs, like you may not be able to update stuff that has the same name but different architecture (x64 and x32) because the package name is the same.

[@AundreL]

The driver claims that peripherals "just work" on Linux is a stretch. Many peripherals are expected to do basic operations, and both linux and windows try to use base drivers that utilize those base expectations. Many times you wont be able to unlock the full potential of your device on Linux because the manufacturer only produces drivers for window and mac. On the other direction manufacturers of IT devices like server NICs might only have drivers for Linux. There is no escape from the need to download drivers on either platform to properly run your device.

[@MichaelNROH]

Specialized devices, specialized drivers. It's really as simple as that. The sad truth is, that products for the home market just don't generate a considerably big demand on Linux yet.

[@basilcat3111]

Its true. The thing that ruins linux for many people is people like dreaper or lindenreaper8683 who have nothing to do but insulting and cursing people for not using linux. If they weren't depressed, then this wouldn't be happening.

[@Gramini]

It's both interesting and sad the see that name emerging more and more. It's a known harassment troll; probably best to just report and ignore. Btw, there's a second "lindenreaper" with a different number. All 3 accounts belong to the same person.

[@lettuce4956]

which linux distribution do you use

[@MichaelNROH]

Debian 12 currently

[@Jopekos]

Great video! showing the really important points, more people should give more value to Linux distros and their benefits, If it were just harmful, no one would use Linux, simple as that.

[@Prophet6000]

Windows updates is the main thing that pushed me into Linux. I got sick of it.

[@MichaelNROH]

😅

[@user-zu5gk8ng2p]

Unfortunately, in my case, the situation with printers is completely opposite. I have a Canon LBP 2900 and it works out of the box on Windows, but not on Linux. There is an unofficial solution from github, there you need to enter about 10-15 commands, then it will start printing, but with a very unpleasant delay of 1 minute upd: everything is fine on arch based distro, debian, opensuse. For some reason such a problem was only in linux mint

[@nithinvincent1464]

Where'd you get those wallpapers from ,

[@MichaelNROH]

Google or DuckDuckGo to be honest

[@inkontainableargs6]

In fact i didnt even need to connect the printer it just said hey there is a printer in your network wanna use it?

[@JacobP81]

I like this. I shared on Facebook.

[@dewrygwyllgi2636]

I want to install Linux on my laptop but for some reason I can't access the bios for it to boot into a USB or DVD drive since I've gotten so sick and tired of Windows over the past ten years that I've had enough. I've been using a chromebook for the past year to at least get used to a non Windows OS before I eventually find a way to install a Linux distro on that laptop I'm having trouble with.

[@MichaelNROH]

You can usually access the BIOS / UEFI from the Windows Advanced Boot Options. Press the Shift Key and click restart and after the menu comes up, there should be an option there. Some older laptop models might have some restrictions in place though. I tried setting up Linux on a 1GB RAM tablet once and it was very hard to bypass the locked Windows Boot loader.

[@prakhars962]

So, I have 3 Ubuntu PCs, 1 Elementary OS laptop, 1 Arch Linux laptop and a Windows 11 laptop. Last time it crashed (BSOD) was more than 1 year ago. That was because Valorant's anticheat which runs on inner circles of kernel had a bug. I think Windows 11 is very good OS. On top of that all my mechanical engineering softwares are available.

[@basilcat3111]

They are all good. Don't listen to people like @lindenreaper8683 and dreaper.

[@felixjohnson3874]

Im currently being forced to use a dual boot, and its always nice to be reminded just how good you have it. Like, holy shit windows is somehow worse than I remember?! It genuinely feels borderline unusable; its an unstable mess, even the default applications don't work right reliably, and across the board its just awful. And this is literally the sane windows install that shipped preinstalled on my laptop and has barely even been used.

[@OfficalAlexFrance]

i switched to pop os it was great i was customziteing my os is so good it uses less ram

[@kylespevak6781]

1. Making things more complicated and having larger rooms for things to go wrong with no discernable calls unless you're already tech literate

[@J.E.X]

Actually I have a problem with the Nvidia driver I can't save the configuration xorg can help or explain in a video please I have a 3070 Nvidia card

[@notjustforhackers4252]

Open nvidia-settings using sudo from the terminal. Make sure to save the file after making changes and reboot.

[@laszlob3683]

Such a linus tech tips thumbnail

[@AndersHass]

It has happened some repositories have bad software like recently with Ubuntu Snap but in general it is more safe installing on Linux than on Windows. I do think Microsoft’s intent with the Microsoft Store is to have more safe install, but gathering data and getting people to buy through their store are probably also goals.

[@MichaelNROH]

It's both yeah. They can also profit from it if they take payment from the devs for them to release it there. They promise a reasonable security, but they have to pay to be featured

[@AndersHass]

@@MichaelNROH right now I don't think they require payment but just want the store to become the default way of installing programs. But I did see they push for advertising on the store so that would be a way to earn money. It is also possible payment is required if the Store hosts the installation (or you buy Azure to host it, lol).

[@furdiburd]

I realy like linux (Feren OS) after switching to it from win 11. I think i made the right choice. My only problem is that my HP rinter dont have a driver

[@PaulaXism]

Have you tried their proprietary driver in wine? My nasty Epson wifi horror works rather well.... didn't work on windows 7 !!

[@felixfourcolor]

There might be but it's just hard to find. It took me hours to figure out my HP printer.

[@Joel11111]

That's kind of surprising, given that printing is one of the well-known examples of things that almost always "just works" in Linux. Having to install drivers for printers seems to be a Windows-specific thing. I've never had to do such a thing for both Linux and MacOS.

[@PaulaXism]

@@felixfourcolor I have a couple of old HP printers and they haven't given me problems.. but they are around 15 years old. The best thing I can suggest is to google your printer name and linux drivers.. chances are there is something in the Arch User Dungeon.. :D I wonder if the generic esc-pr HP driver would at least give basic printing capabilities.

[@tostadorafuriosa69]

use cups idk

[@mrbaba4355]

Hi! I've been using Linux for 3 years now. While I wouldn't call it the absolute best OS, it offers several features that keep me hooked: Full control: I get to choose my apps, manage updates on my own terms, and customize my workflow exactly how I like it. Cost-effective: In an era of subscription everything, Linux is a breath of fresh air. I can use and customize software without being locked into recurring fees. Lightweight and efficient: Whether you're on a budget or rocking an older machine, Linux shines. It runs smoothly and nimbly, even on less powerful hardware.

[@TorsionTestis]

I just disable windows bloat you mentioned with powershell and use winget/choco as package managers. Now my windows system is super stable and works on old laptops with better compatibility and driver support. Windows just works

[@TorsionTestis]

@@dreaper5813 you can use powershell to disable those forced update. I enabled only security updates to automatic. The key is just like you use terminal on Linux to make the system you want, you can use Powershell for the same.

[@notjustforhackers4252]

I bet Windows doesn't work well on old Linux laptops. You should try installing it on them.

[@TorsionTestis]

@@dreaper5813 i would rather setup windows once and play every game that gets released rather than installing linux and troubleshooting every game

[@TorsionTestis]

@@dreaper5813 can i run overwatch2, warzone2, valorant, destiny2, battlefield on linux? I picked those games because they are some of the most popular shooters on steam and twitch. If i use windows i dont have to ever worry about game compatibility.

[@WololoWololo2]

Play Roblox guys, Roblox has all games for free lol

[@ssdemon96]

I love gnome environment and everything linux it made me love tech for the first time when i was on windows 10. Ive tested linux off and on but apparently it may be required for me to do my job as a full stack engineer. Wayland is amazing and fluid and Flatpaks are amazing! Basically i love linux and open source but the issue i have is being forced to use windows for work heck i even tried linux gaming and to me its superior to windows with the AMD mesa drivers. I found amazing flatpak software such as cartridge game launcher and adwaita steam skin themes as well as bottles. If someone can convince me to use linux as a full stack engineer ill make the choice to full switch im literally disgusted by windows and its issues.

[@mrme488]

I like your channel ! plz plz plz make video about Nixos !!

[@MichaelNROH]

I personally find NixOS too "hard" for most people right now. Maybe I'll share an experience video, but I can't recommend it for everyone since editing a fundamental configuration is a power user thing to do.

[@masoudfasihi4342]

I switch to linux when it can run all software from Windows! whether it be native exe executions or native build it in and ready emulations

[@cig_in_mouth3786]

Either windows vm or wine 🍷 if I required windows application.

[@SimplyTexy]

I think ill switch to linux when more games support it which I believe will happen soon thanks to the steam deck running on a linux based operating system

[@raullamranibueno2780]

in 1984, I used Unix, in 1993 I used Debian, now I use Debian, and for gaming I use Garuda Linux all games run between 170 FPS to 256 FPS on ultra setting.

[@inkontainableargs6]

Also 2 graphics cards on linux means multiseat

[@TommyViper]

My new NVMe drive cannot come fast enough so that I can ditch Windows on my laptop and switch over to Linux. I'm loving Fedora KDE on all my test drives, so I think that's what I'm going to end up going with. :)

[@sandeepatree]

There is no professional software support in Linux. Most of the software are written for Windows.

[@jimgreene5748]

Not every Windows user will be comfortable switching to Linux, but consider this. If you are a Windows user who pines for the clean, functional simplicity of Windows 7, Linux is for you, because most Linux distributions look and act a lot like Windows 7, except for a few that look like macOS, and Ubuntu, which looks like nothing else.

[@WololoWololo2]

No they act like Windows 10 latest version

[@kylespevak6781]

Linux is cool, but i feel like all the options fragments it into being truly good software. What's rhe point of multiple desktops if you have on truly customizable one?

[@notjustforhackers4252]

What if the makers of that desktop suddenly decided to stop supporting it? or adding features you don't like? The point is you always have options.

[@kylespevak6781]

@@notjustforhackers4252 I do still have options, and I vote with my dollar. If Windows starts to become less efficient, I'd ditch it. Android is already a great software that doesn't require a terminal to use and is highly supported

[@hokagenaruto3986]

in all fairness it depends what you're used to... I didn't really like windows 10 experience but windows 11 makes life so much easier in my case. Now is it better for performance? hell no... but i don't think its important part when it comes to mid-high end pc's either way.. we should use whatever we feel better using. security wise its easy choice as well cos Bitdefender was 17$ for a year on a sale that's happening fairly often.. So in the end... it all comes down to what someone's used to and ease of use.. Windows is easier to use for majority of ppl and it more unstable system but every day consumer won't really deal with for everyday use anyways.. this video is good but still... all comes down to personal preference for all of us.. except for Atlas os.. if someone uses that get some help bro...bloatware ain't good enough reason to have all safety features off XD

[@Lunaticverse-oo1wu]

If someone install Mint, they can distro hop, but if someone considers using Linux., just recommend mint and they will probably never comeback, it's just better than windows and it's intuitive, after he gets familiarized he can do whatever he wants, but mint it's more intuitive than windows nowadays;.

[@Runco990]

I switched to Linux Mint 4 years ago. Microsoft couldn't PAY me to go back to Windows. Unless there is a specialized case where you MUST use Windows because it just cannot run on Linux, there is NO reason to run Windows and all their massive bloat and spyware.

[@PaulaXism]

Been running Mint as my daily driver since Crunchbang went down about 10 years ago. Apart from a few games I haven't come across anything I can't do.

[@DJNightchild]

For playing games you might be needing newer drivers and/or Linux Kernel. This is why I always recommend Arch or Arch-based distros to gamers. But granted, even then many online games can be problematic.

[@Tweaker420666]

At this point, GNU and Linux are just a small part of the systemd operating system 😅 But serriously, Linux4Life! KDE is awesome!

[@JacobP81]

For my daily driver I bonce between my Android smartphone, Linux Mint laptop and modified version of Windows 10 (added back old features, disabled telemetry etc). Using the Linux one now. They all have there different advantages. Smartphone more portable, Windows has software that doesn't have Linux versions, Linux is just so pro consumer without any of that anti-consumer garbage.

[@sayonaraincredible8310]

The virus story killed me lol

[@sajinprasad8711]

Bro, I quit win 3 years before. Linux is far better. Now I'm looking for good gui's available. Right now I'm using ubuntu. If you have any suggestion please share bro.

[@efethecaptain6]

You're right except when it comes to installing software. I prefer installing or configuring software in Windows over Linux any time of the year. It's such a painful experience. And let's not even mention compiling a program from its source. Not even starting with the pirate software, they can be such a lifesaver.

[@igorgiuseppe1862]

6:20 you can also add other repositories, at your own risk. generally speaking, those stores that come with any distro arent enough for many people use cases, for example, they didnt had any good game engine until a few years ago, they also dont have any motion capture tool for people who want make games or become virtual youtubers, or other niche use cases.

[@MichaelNROH]

From what I've learned in the game industry and movie business, there are quite a lot of options out there. The current issue on Linux right now is, that there is not a lot of software for the consumer market, but rather for the professional one, which is expensive. The biggest issue right now is probably the lack of demand, since the ones who need it, are specialized hardware anyway

[@igorgiuseppe1862]

@@MichaelNROH on windows you had tons of options for game engines, unreal, unity nowadays support linux, but their support is lacking in many areas, otherwise stadia wouldnt struggle and wouldnt had to spend so much to get ports, not to mention any midleware (eg; extensions) people used to make their games might not support linux. godot aways had support, but it was not famous enough (i never heard of it prior to 2017) nor much good in the past. others like game maker export for linux but cant run on it (without translation layers, and if you work with something you probably dont want to rely on those anyway) everything else... well... " that there is not a lot of software for the consumer market," i hate that division of consumer market, consumers want to make content too, otherwise mario maker wouldnt sell well.

[@Foga001]

Maaan, i hate bloatware, Linux must be a blessing.Last time uset 15 years ago at school, maybe i give it a shot

[@CRYPTiCEXiLE]

i always prefer linux over any OS, but i need to have windows on one box for certain games that does not work on linux. other than that i use all my other pc with Ubuntu 23.10 :)

[@MichaelNROH]

I have that too sadly. I really wish I could play all of my Games on Linux or maybe in a Virtual Machine, but I won't mess with Anti-Cheat. Hopefully some day there is a solution to this

[@CRYPTiCEXiLE]

@@MichaelNROH yeah i have a bunch of computers all run neither arch linux or ubuntu and one pc i mainly build for pc gaming and it runs windows 11 and i just stream it on bunch of linux computers which one im on that day.. Until i find a MMORPG game that works great on linux that i mainly just play FFXIV, ESO or Diablo IV and sad that battlenet has no linux support.

[@AndyTurcu]

@CRYPTiCEXiLE Hi! How is Ubuntu currently running? Still having issues with this distro? Ubuntu is back as it was in the past, is it good to recommend? I have an older configuration (8 years) and I thought about installing Linux Mint but I really like GNOME (especially for the very large support of extensions), Linux MInt with Cinnamon. ⁉

[@WololoWololo2]

Play Roblox on your Linux system while those games you want doesn’t get supported on Linux, one day they will be on Linux too. This is not worth staying on Windows for some games, Roblox has all games, FOR FREE

[@steveavecillas1114]

I used linux Mint, federo, and Ubuntu.. All of them have a lot of software bugs and also when playing pc gaming, and most of the free software are poorly designed .. Adobe, Unity, Office 365, Unreal and Camcorder, and camera drivers won't work on linux and their bugs when using 4k monitors, and it won't recognize 120hz... I know there are problems with Windows 11, but 95 percent of the time, it works great with any software and paid software with 100 percent better than free software.... Linux distro are nice for personal use, but using it for business and work is not good

[@fillixkid3005]

I wonder why I like to watch videos downgrading Windows

[@linuxnext]

great points :)

[@JacobP81]

2;48 You forgot something very important! Linux lets you actually use your computer WHILE it's doing the updates!

[@roachdoggjr3458]

Dang, you're using KDE? I feel heard lol almost every linix youtuber uses ubuntu or mint (not that those are bad theyre great) i rarely see a familiar desktop environment when watching linux youtubers

[@MichaelNROH]

I use both Gnome and KDE Plasma. I'm trying to customize as much as possible, but prefer Gnome to make my videos since everything seems a bit simpler in terms of usability.

[@Revan-HK-47]

I'm willing to put in the time and effort into learning and how to use linux or Unix I'm getting tired of windows os since the days of windows xp and the days of windows 7 where the golden years for windows os as a whole but now it's about pushing new updates and making older computers slower I once tryed a experiment with windows and linux on a very old laptop and the battery life while using windows was really bad I mean so bad that the laptop was only lasting for hour and half too me that's bad but when i used the same laptop with linux os the battery life on the exact same laptop lasted longer between four to five hours run time before the laptop needed to be recharged. Side note : My next build will be a linux or a Unix OS !!! Microsoft has now lost one customer for good ...!!!

[@user-ld9fi1xd2v]

Printers you say? Let me tell you a story. Had to install Canon LBP 6000 on Mint several times (as a part of my job routine). My advice is: NEVER EVER buy a Canon if you're using Linux. Brother, HP, anything but Canon!!! The Japanese did everything to make installation process as hard and complicated as possible. Doing it for the first time took me about 3 hours and looking through tons of forums, finding a script, editing it, downloading the correct versions of necessary packages, and finally it worked. But at what price! And it's in no way Linux's fault. It's all about Canon and their proprietary closed-sourse CAPT filter inside the CAPT printer driver. NEVER EVER buy a Canon for Linux.

[@ordinaryhuman5645]

The super cheap Canon Pixma I bought for $20 a few years ago when I was using Windows seems fine. On Windows I had to use the install disc to add some software, but on Linux I just had to plug it in. Both printing and scanning has been fine.

[@user-ld9fi1xd2v]

@@ordinaryhuman5645 I've dealt with LBP 6000. This model, just like 3000 series are a common problem. Pixma may work just fine.

[@MichaelNROH]

Seems to be model dependent. I've used 3 Canon printers so far and none of them made a fuzz

[@famousmwofficial8046]

Drivers point is a crazy lie. Go buy a new device and see if it just runs and besides that. And installing apps on gnu/Linux is actually the worst. That appstore trick doesn't work when you don't have an Internet connection. Especially in the 3rd world where people can just share an exe or dmg with each other you can't expect users to be opening the terminal just to install a flatpak, snap or deb that a friend just gave them because they don't have Internet.

[@ZombieFartDev]

you forgot to mention that all the apps on linux are free lmao, thats why no one uses the windows store its all money pit, linux itself is free too, if you game get manjaro or endeavour

[@1Abdullah]

also MULTI-TASKING is much much better on linux -faster on older devices (which will make you open more apps and navigate smoothly between them) -even better multitasking with tiling windows support

[@MindCaged]

To be honest none of these features are points that make it or break it for me. I do like the fact that Linux distros generally support old or even ancient hardware as I do have several old computers laying around and it's kind of nice to see them working even though I wouldn't be using them for much. In my recent attempts to learn linux I have run into the sunk cost fallacy where I've just invested about half my life into windows and almost everything I know about computers and the underlying workings of them(Not an inconsiderable amount of knowledge IMHO) is based on windows. Linux is like starting completely over almost from scratch. Like a veteran plumber trying to switch over to be an electrician or something. There might be similarities in having to run stuff through walls, but the differences are greater than the similarities. Perhaps paradoxically in my opinion one of Linux's greatest features and strengths might also be a drawback, it's variety. There's just so many parts of the system with so many different options with all sorts of different options and pros and cons it's rather overwhelming. There's all sorts of different terms, commands, and programs that are thrown around in videos about linux that are just like gibberish to those who don't understand what they mean or what they are. You can lookup solutions to problems and maybe they'll give you a list of commands to copy into a terminal, but those commands sometimes feel like they're in an alien language so you might at best have a general idea what the command is actually doing or why. I've actually messed up the system a few times trying to figure out a fix for a problem I was having only to either make the problem worse or give myself a new problem because I didn't understand what I was doing like if I was on windows. Frankly, in my limited experience windows just has the edge in being intuitive, since pretty much everything is designed from the ground up to be graphical by default and you can actually /see/ all the possible commands in the menus and such at a glance and see all the controls and options. Linux is the opposite, almost everything is designed to be terminal based to start with, and then maybe somebody will throw a GUI on it as almost an afterthought. This certainly has it's advantages if you already know your way around as you can cut out a lot of what's basically training wheels with the GUIs. But when you don't know, you can easily get lost. I know a side-effect of having to type so many commands in linux is that they tend to abbreviate the command/program names to be as short as possible to save on typing, so it can sometimes seems like a random jumble of letters without knowing what it actually stands for.

[@AntoineVanGeyseghem]

🐧

[@trueriver1950]

I heard that the reason Linux is stable is because MS have the patent on the blue screen

[@jimw7916]

Did you know that you actually "sing" when you speak English?

[@terryforsythe8083]

There are caveats that should be mentioned. In my experience Windows 11 is more stable than most Linux desktop distros, with the exception of Debian stable. All-in-one printer/scanners (HP in my case) can be a challenge in Linux. For example, the HP printer driver needs a plug-in for the scanner to work. For me, the setup process almost always fails attempting to download the plug-in, so I have to download it manually using curl or wget, then re-start the setup process. When the driver gets updated at some point, the plugin usually does not get updated, and I again have to manually download it. Last week the printer driver updated in Arch and the corresponding plugin was not even released yet. I had to downgrade the driver and set pacman to ignore future updates for that package. Still, I prefer Linux over Windows for home use. For work there is specialized software I need to run that is not available for Linux, so I run Windows for work.

[@MichaelNROH]

Thanks for sharing. I do think it is depending a lot on the model though. Up until now, I've mainly connected all in one printers from Canon and they worked great. I think problems could occur if the drivers (or baked in drivers) for a printer are seperated for it's internal devices. It is more of a design flaw, though to be fair on Windows you can work around that with the plug-in setup.