I switched from Linux to Windows

[@stracciatella2782]

open-source/free software developer perspective (little history lesson, pin if you like ❤): As was explained in this video, one major issue GNU/linux always had (that applies still to this day), was that businesses wouldn't provide the necessary executables/binaries for GNU/linux, even if some users absolutely needed them. They do not want to support it because it would put them at a loss adapting their software for a platform that only makes 1-2% of the market. Some devs tried to fix this a long time ago with wine (a windows compatibility layer) but not all software will work out of the box with it. Most of the times it's missing special "windows" libraries and dlls that are supposed to be installed separately. Of course, like for the guy in this video, it doesn't come naturally to run something through the terminal when it won't launch and debug the error message. The wine devs tried to fix this again, for the people that werent that technical by making winetricks. An additional software that enabled users to make things work through a click GUI. All of this is really complicated and makes for a bad UX. Fortunatley, there is a modern way of tackling this issue of unsupported software. Nowadays we have specialized containers like flatpaks or snaps that are bound to work no matter what distro you are on. Think of it as installing a specialized mini-computer on your system that was made exactly to run said software. However this demands that someone made a container for the exact software you need and that the companies didn't take it down due to licensing and other complaints. Some companies like Spotify even provide the flatpaks themselves. ------ We do not force anyone to use our solutions, but we want to help people and as engineers it makes our day when we see people like this guy using our stuff. Videos like these are liquid gold because they show us the normal users perspective and what we need to improve on! Thanks for uploading this! ❤

[@Andoonline]

Beautiful

[@amelia_tar_gz]

nit: spotify doesn't ship a verified flatpak; they actually ship a verified snap.

[@HowdyYT]

I’m migrating to Linux at the end of Win 10 security updates. Eat my shorts Microsoft

[@YogertPC]

YEAR OF THE LINUX DESKTOP

[@Lizard_of_Linux_Lane]

I do hope you have some experience with Linux before the security updates to Windows 10 end. 🐧 Hope ya enjoy the Linux experience.

[@VEAFY]

Doesn't tiny11/AtlasOS solve this problem?

[@JohnnyThund3r]

@@curio78 Mmmmm.... you know I miss Mate sometimes.... I think about what Ubuntu could've been had they not royally screwed everything up with Unity and stuck with (now) Mate. Unity had me running back to Windows when it was released... what was canonical thinking I thought? I remember complaining on the Ubuntu forums asking "Why did you do this to me?!" and only Linux snobs responded saying "Desktop computers are going to die, you'll be doing everything on your phone in 5 years so you should just adapt to Unity because it's the future..." to which I responded "I can't run games on my phone, I'm defiantly NOT going to be using my phone for everything in 5 years..." to which the response was something like "Who uses Linux to game?" Yeah... Linux community can be a real pain sometimes. But that's why I never recommend Ubuntu anymore and say everyone should just use Linux Mint instead. The Linux Mint people understand all of my frustrations and try to remedy it as much as possible.

[@STONE69_]

Try installing Linux Mint or Zorin OS on a separate SSD drive or try it right from a USB drive. Start getting used to using new software. Good luck, Linux is Awesome.

[@RoyaltyInTraining.]

This is the first video about abandoning Linux I've seen that's actually fair to both sides.

[@YogertPC]

Thanks, I should have had more foresight about how precious and divisive the Linux community is. Some people aren’t taking this video very well

[@kumbah2006]

@@YogertPC - I would say that's "their" problem, for the attitude. Each tool can be used in a number of ways, and whatever tool works for the job at hand, is the one you want to use. If you'd rather use that smaller tool (the screwdriver) than you can - or just use a ratchet (Windows). Either one will tighten or loosen screws. Linux is like the screwdriver, it's smaller and sometimes lighter, but it's not always the best tool. I've got it installed on systems that Windows would crawl on, and it does quite a myriad of tasks that I need it to do. My main portable runs Windows 10, and my newest will have Pop OS. All sides win, and they all have their strengths and weaknesses. Some have been learned and other have to be re-learned, or given new roles, but it's all the same hill, and the roads all go the same way. I think the tool should be a matter of the person using it. The friendlier the community, the quicker one can learn. :) I still think they should just try and get along. (tee hee)

[@Andoonline]

This comment section smells like onions

[@Lizard_of_Linux_Lane]

Bro said "I need to be both micro & soft" 💀

[@new_simsons]

@@Lizard_of_Linux_Lane cringe

[@Lizard_of_Linux_Lane]

@@new_simsons Microsoft is cringe, so true. 💫 The More You Know

[@new_simsons]

@@Lizard_of_Linux_Lane you are projecting yourself bud

[@Lizard_of_Linux_Lane]

@@new_simsons "Intro cringe???"

[@new_simsons]

@@Lizard_of_Linux_Lane?

[@mintybit]

switched back to windows because I don't want another part time job. I've been a fedora user for about a year and it was working really well up until I switched laptops and got one with an nvidia gpu and a higher resolution laptop screen. DPI became a primary issue with games that used proton where everything would be too small. tried changing my session to x11 which fixed it but gave me more issues, I went through many different forums, talked to some people in the linux discord, and checked the internet and havent found any fix. Huge fan of what linux is doing and how far they've come, all I hope for is that support gets better as more people switch to it.

[@therflash]

When the same software of the same exact version behaves differently on different distros, it's either been compiled with different flags or it internally checks for existence of some other libraries or files or env variables runtime.

[@JohnnyThund3r]

Yeah... not gonna sit here and blame you for very valid reasons not to use Linux anymore. Every once in a blue moon I get the urge to switch back because spending ~4 hours to find a work around for why program X won't work on Linux even though the community says it works fine just gets kinda tiring after awhile and sometimes the community can be very unhelpful blaming the user and not trying to figure out why the user is having issues. Still... I bet when Windows 10 support ends, you'll probably come back... and maybe, just maybe, Linux will be less of a hassle then Windows 11 by then... 🤞

[@Andoonline]

I guess we are all just… born to lose.

[@YogertPC]

Im sure as hell not using 11, I may be back before the end of 10’s support

[@aku2dimensional]

I've fully moved from Windows recently and I'm currently enjoying my experience on Pop so far. I'm playing VirtualDelinquent 2077, Fallout, and Elder Scrolls on Proton and I'm able to use mods from Nexus. Once I built the environment I needed to use Windows programs, it just works. I run Pop OS on my Lenovo P520 Workstation with a WD Black SN850X, and it's way faster than using the same drive on Windows. Of course, there might be something I need that Linux won't do, so I haven't gotten rid of my Windows 11 drive, just in case.

[@truesosense7722]

"VirtualDelinquent 2077" 💀💀💀

[@Temet79]

I've been a Linux user for 20+ years. I have to use Windows for work, and yes I don't like Windows. I still agree with most of what you said, about software inconsistencies from 1 version to the other. And yes content creation and gaming experiences are definitely better on Windows. ... but -> I don't do content creation nor gaming on PC. I like using terminal, tweaking stuff to my needs, etc. Linux is absolutely not perfect, but I think over "not good solutions", it's still the best one for me :). I'm pretty sure I could like the Mac experience... but I just hate Apple as a company, so this will never happen :) Hope to see you back in 20 years, my tarot cards told me 2045 will be the year of Linux desktop :D

[@classicrockonly]

I dual booted Linux/Windows for many years but kept Windows for painless gaming and MakeMKV. Now I hardly game and occasionally use MakeMKV since there's an easy to install flatpak now...but now I'm weird and OpenBSD took over Linux's role and Linux took over Window's role

[@egarcia1360]

Ah, yes, the need for niche. Soon it'll be OpenBSD and TempleOS...

[@classicrockonly]

@@egarcia1360 the need for better ;) Linux doesn’t cut it all the time

[@NitroNilz]

Haha! I also finally dared to venture into BSD-land and OpenBSD was the one liking my laptop most. It is fantastic and six years later I still love it! It has a perfect WM called CWM and it's real Unix. It's also a real OS not just a kernel with different stuff thrown in from the bazaar... I #RunBSD because I love UNIX, not because I hate Windows.

[@classicrockonly]

@@NitroNilz bingo! OpenBSD is so fun to run. It feels well put together and designed to be a unit. It makes computing fun and reliable

[@outtheredude]

Linux user: Use the terminal. User into retro: goes back to CP/M.

[@YogertPC]

For some reason I think people are getting the wrong idea about this video. I support Linux, FOSS, and privacy and security. Linux is great, and it can replace your operating system with minimal effort. I actively push for more people to switch to Linux that use their computer more like a normie i.e. office tasks, web browsing. Gaming isn't even the issue, there are games that still don't work on Linux, but all of the ones I want to play work fine (Except for Counter Strike, which still has the odd bug from time to time. Which is actually a big deal if the things you want to do don't work as expected.) I'm not a software dev, I'm a hardware tinkerer, as well as a content creator. While you can get these things to work on Linux, Windows currently fits a little bit better on my primary gaming/production rig. I will continue to put Linux on secondary, & tertiary, systems of mine, as well as laptops, and old systems. But depending on how you want to use your computer, (which is part of the beauty, isn't it?) Windows might fit a little better for your software needs, just how Linux might fit a little better for your software needs.

[@claudiu7909]

I switched to linux around 2013-2014, than back to windows 2015, back to linux 2016, back to window 2017(2018?) And back and forth depending on what I need I keep both windows and linux on my laptop on separate drives and switch them depending on my needs/mood. One thing I learned is that I love and hate both of them at the same time. Each of them have features that I love and behaviors that I hate.

[@PremierPrep]

A very good video! I personally want to say, that "A just works" scenario with Linux for content creation definitely does exist. I may have to do a video on this very specific subject. But sadly yes, it comes with choosing hardware around it and using certain software over others. Linux still isn't perfect for sure, but it is getting much, much better and is continuing to get better.

[@YogertPC]

Please do make a video on this, i’ll be sure to check it out

[@PremierPrep]

@@YogertPC You got it! Love the channel BTW!

[@Andoonline]

Hi Ando from the video here. Perhaps we could collab for that video. It would be very interesting to look into though I think for that video DaVinci wouldn’t be the best option on Linux as it’s lacking a lot of codec support ect… maybe light works and then another piece of software for visual effects.

[@YogertPC]

@@PremierPrep Ando has my endorsement. Looks like you've also been making videos for a long time, and then stopped for a couple years to come back strong, just like me.

[@OpenSourceGuyYT]

True

[@tutacat]

don't keep distro swapping? research why specific things you want to do don't do it by default. If you want to use builtin screen sharing in discord without switching to the web version or a better fork, then you have to enable xwayland video bridge. Yes you have to do things if you want some specific things, it depends.

[@kittenzrulz]

Shocking news, Linux will never "just work", Linux will never run all Windows or MacOS software, and fundamentally Linux will never be the operating system for professionals/creatives/gamers. Hardware developers treat Linux users as second class citizens alongside software developers. This is because Windows is the default, MacOS is secondary, and Linux exists for those who manually install it. Microsoft can afford to pour billions into their OS and Apple into theirs, meanwhile the Linux desktop is funded by practically nobody. People see gatekeeping as a bad thing but personally I think there should be significantly less people recommending Linux as a "Windows replacement" and more people explaining that Linux is a unique OS that cannot do everything Windows can do (and by extension Linux software cannot do everything Windows software can).

[@joeschmoe3815]

Linux has a lot of funding by many multi million $ companies. IBM, Intel, AMD, Valve so I don't know where you got that idea from. I agree with the rest though. It is a specialist OS and I am all for gate keeping. I don't need an influx of the default super non-intelligent Windows users to ruin my favourite OS by dumbing it down. Not everyone needs to use it. Yes, that's harsh but idgaf.

[@kittenzrulz]

@@joeschmoe3815 I said the Linux desktop, the Linux foundation is dedicated to improving Linux on servers and for enterprise users. Currently there is no major organization for the Linux desktop and it's scarcely funded.

[@gx1tar1er]

​@@joeschmoe3815the FreeBSD/BSD community is better than the Linux community imo

[@Paul-qj4dr]

It's the chicken and the egg problem: not enough users because of lacking support for certain software (and not wanting/able to install an OS yourself), not enough support because there are not enough users.

[@GeorgeSomething5]

Chris Titus Tech has a great WinUtil program that helps with these tasks and more. He has been experimenting with creating a micro Windows install too. Great shirt too.

[@YogertPC]

Ah yeah, I love that guy

[@FAT8893]

I did the same in 2016 when Microsoft rolled out the Anniversary Update of Windows 10. Suffice to say, I never miss going back to Linux as my primary desktop OS. Nowadays, I only use Linux through VMware or WSL.

[@blast_processing6577]

Emulation and compatability layers on Linux have always bothered me in that the technical know-how for these solutions should make _recompilation_ possible. And not only would natively-run Linux apps (and games) run better than they would under an emulator or a compatability layer, but it would ease modding, something that would be particularly appealing for Windows XP-era (or older) apps as a means of modernizing a good starting point for a tool. Heck, there are some DOS-era tools that would be incredibly useful if they were given a proper GUI under Linux and a few quality-of-life features...

[@YAgamer1995]

Unfortunately the "year of Linux" will never come. As long as the OS is buggy, unreliable, and slow it will never become mainstream. Why would people switch to a worse operating system that has less than half the features of windows, and most distros of which can't play most games or run most software we all use. I respect Linux developers, they're trying to provide an open source solution to privacy and security, but personally I will never sacrifice usability for privacy. I could care less what these companies know about me, and even if some new thing gets revealed that I don't like, I can just disable it. And even if they try and disable the off button, I'm more than willing to go directly into the system32 files to force disable it.

[@BernardoHenriquez]

Gnu/Linux is not for windows users

[@asunavk69]

First video the algoritm recommends me an about "linux->windows" video. And ye its fine, it depends on how much you can happen to love freedom and is ok with tinkering and bear with the issues, that over times, these last years i'd say its been great progress. Recently what almost made me also switch back to w10 were issues with nvidia driver that would cause frequent kernel panics. Thank god the open km version didnt have this eventually even got fixed. Now i am happy, if ur happy with whatever you have its what matters, and this is how we all should feel about matters concerning tools(and yes i like linux wayy more than windows).

[@YogertPC]

I also like Linux more than Windows, but for gaming and production Windows better fits what I want

[@asunavk69]

@@YogertPC ye when things are just designed to work and improve more upon it windows just has that cake, i hate it but thats the reality. i just hope in the linux space things continue improve so we the end users have the options for PC as i fear quite a bit about the future of fredom on how one will use a PC.

[@OpenSourceGuyYT]

When it comes to running applications, the way an application works can vary depending on the package format. For example, an appimage may perform better than an RPM file, but I don't recommend running applications from compressed files. The compressed files you download may be missing dependencies. In this case, package managers handle this very well. If you have a problem with package managers, I recommend using a community-supported distribution based on Arch Linux. The reason is that packages like RPM or DEB are slow on my computer, and I think they may be on yours as well. However, when I installed them from sources like Arch Repo or AUR, I noticed that they were fast. Not every distribution will perform the same. I hope you understand.

[@calleha01]

I second this but would recommend either arch linux or void linux specifically. the derivatives are usually just not as good. both of these distros have really fast package managers. the AUR is problematic and you are more likely to run into issues on arch compared to void in my experience. but arch definitely has the best access to software

[@Sub0x-x40]

The key is having windows AND linux. I have both side by side and its jsut part of how i do things now. windows just works with apps like discord and gaming but i use linux as the daily driver with tiling window manager and its just great.

[@jarod1701]

Linux users praising Linux on reddit are all Jar Jars.

[@pip5528]

Funny, I just recently decided to daily drive Linux full-time instead of just using a dedicated Windows and Linux machine and you're absolutely right. The reason I went on Linux hiatus from 2019 to 2023 and just stuck with Windows is because it just worked for me. Ironically Windows 10 worked the best on a machine designed for 7 but that installation did indeed get bloated and slow. Being on an HDD only makes that worse. For some reason it had forced me to put the bootloader on the small SSD and made the 2 TB HDD the C drive the last time I installed it. My laptop has had Windows 11 for the past 2 years but when I get my build, I will probably also eek out the final year of Windows 10 on a dedicated drive. My understanding is that they'll charge annual support after expiration which may or may not be worth it to you.

[@toby9999]

"daily drive" is it a car? 😀 Sorry, I couldn't help it. This phrase just bugs me. Seems to be a Linux thing?

[@YogertPC]

No, its a common term originally for cars but makes sense and applies to many other things that aren’t cars, not inherently a linux thing

[@MrRom079]

Been using Arch over a year now and i love it i will never go back to windows

[@davidsearle9228]

Switching to Windows, it's doesn't have the same ring to it as switching to Linux.

[@Andoonline]

But man is it a curve ball. Bet you didn’t expect that lol

[@marioxdc123]

I get it, good luck on your jorney mate!

[@ScottAshmead]

Solution that worked best for me is find the most stable and basic distro for my system and then run all distros and windows in virtual machines (something like Vitrual Box) keeps the base OS stable from any software installs messing it up and allows me to distro hop or screw up any installs for any OS in a VM and just spin up another one if I screw it up. using windows makes me feel like a boiling frog ... it keeps slowly invading my privacy

[@MirelRC]

I wanted to get on the Linux side‚ played a little bit with it‚ but I don't have enough time to replace my usual habits with Windows.

[@YogertPC]

Its not that awfully difficult or time consuming to pick up. It could be, but as long as youre doing pretty basic tasks, there shouldnt be much hassle to set up

[@toby9999]

Except that Bill Gates isn't a bad guy at all, in spite of all the hate.

[@seventhtenth]

personally all the issues I don't experience and I have wayland discord streaming with pipewire, and a win10 dual boot drive for software requirements

[@grantschilb8019]

I think for me, the real issue is midrange PCs with Nvidia cards. My Ryzen 2400G + Nvidia GTX 1650 system ran considerably worse under Linux. Worse case scenario, games wouldn't launch at all due to outdated drivers (debian, mint, kubuntu). Best case scenario, most Windows games would run at 20 less fps than Windows (Bazzite Linux). Linux native games never had issues. However, there was always one game which ran worse on Linux, no matter the kernel or proprietary driver. Overwatch 2. I would get 720p low and not even 60 fps on Linux. On Win11, I could easily get 1440p @90 fps medium settings. And everyone online said: "Oh, you just have a bad config, you should just use ___ distro." Switching a whole distro does not solve the underlying issues. I'm pretty sure these issues don't exist on systems with faster CPUs and GPUs. I suspect that the poor preformance has to do with vulkan shader cache as steam always reported the cache as having 0 MB, regardless of distro. So for gaming, Windows is better for me atm. I'm sure most of the Linux people who have good gaming performance are on steam decks or PCs with high end CPUs and GPUs, or all AMD systems that actually can handle the vulkan shaders correctly. For instance, I originally only had the AMD APU (could run most games at 720p like the steam deck) and shader cache worked fine. But the 1650 is more powerful than the iGPU, so I'll always get better performance on Windows until I get a better PC.

[@AMidgetWalrus]

Same here. Pulled out my old laptop to play some games away from my desktop, the GTX 880m has LOADS of driver issues, probably due to low marketshare. Gonna try again once I upgrade it to a 1070(MXM), and while I use Linux for everything on my main PC(8086K+3060 12gb) I have found both my Macbook Pro(M1) and Windows on my laptop to be quite useful on rare occasions where I *can't* get something to work with Linux.

[@YogertPC]

Same here, even while on Linux, i’ve needed a Windows system handy in instances where I had a drive formatted as NTFS, or Ext4 and vice versa, or needed a software momentarily I didn’t have on the other.

[@grantschilb8019]

@@AMidgetWalrus It's your computer, run what works best for your needs or wants. My main computer for getting work done is an M3 Pro laptop, and I love the macOS experience. I only use my 1650 build for entertainment.

[@arpannaskar5758]

Am I the only one Who think linux is easier than windows 😐 For managing files atleast

[@YogertPC]

I definitely prefer the Dolphin file manager over Windows Explorer

[@MyBrunohp]

I've been using linux for a couple of years now, daily driving it. I have no complains, the games I like have no problems running and for my work as a developer I have 0 problems. The things I see people complaining is software for editing videos and streaming, ones that I do not use. Linux is treating me very well

[@XYZ-xm1ew]

Linux is behind Windows ::) .That always makes me laugh.

[@gorrumKnight]

Given your focus on video editing and gaming on the side, makes sense. Use what suits you best. People can quibble in the comments all they want, but at the end of the day your workflow being solid is what counts. I use Arch btw.

[@32th]

I use Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021 so I have until 2032. By then I hope to be able to use Linux as my one OS

[@BlueSparkzVideos]

I've heard that IoT Enterprise isn't available to individual consumers. You have to purchase Enterprise licenses which are in bulk and expensive. Could you link to a ISO and a tutorial/guide that explains how to get it setup? If it's simple and there are no drawbacks, then I'll just use IoT editions for all my Windows computers and VMs.

[@shaunosmorrison8385]

I use Windows 11 and haven't had any issues with it

[@georgeshalvashvili6270]

same. The moment I try to install Linux I have 100x more issues and stuff to google

[@jarod1701]

@@Tuco69I‘ve been using Windows for more than three decades and I never had a problem regarding privacy, malware etc.

[@V1CT1MIZED]

None of that exists on Linux because even criminals aren't dumb enough to waste their time on it. Android however is just as bad as Windows.

[@toby9999]

Nor have I. It's pretty good. Actually, better than 10 in my opinion.

[@toby9999]

​​@@Tuco69Not really. I have none of these Windows problems you listed. It's all Linux fanboy anti Windows propaganda. Everything just works for me and it's solid.

[@jonah4441]

idk when this guy came back but I'm kinda glad he did

[@THE_TROLLS_WIN_BOY]

2 minutes in and you admitted that you never figured out wine well lol

[@YogertPC]

I’ve used WINE, but its not a save-all, in my experiences its worked just as often as it doesn’t

[@ELEC7RO]

I am indeed a windows diehard and I am rejoicing, because I hate this OS as much as any other.

[@ivankintober7561]

people are gonna back to windows now...since update fix all amd problems since windows 10 last update..also i wouldn't want to stick around in linux distros. Something bad gonna happen to linux community...proton might be in last days left after final release 24h2....thats when every latest game crashes on proton...due to new kernel changes in driver level privilege that is no longer loaded as the same way as the past...by letting kernel control dx12 syscalls...now its driver doing all dx12 calls in software layer...Not sure how proton gonna run new dx12 syscalls for their gpu drivers is any different from windows drivers ...something amazing and new gonna happen...not good way for all steam deck users and proton users alike

[@daiyanhossainchowdhury5867]

i see your frustrations, if you ever come back i would suggest you give nobara linux with KDE a try

[@jarod1701]

Or Mint. Or Fedora. Or Ubuntu.

[@TheBcsilva]

Your problem are the distros you choose. I am running Zorin OS and I never had problems.

[@jarod1701]

Everybody has his little anecdotes when it comes to the „right“ Linux distro.

[@Andoonline]

The real problem is corporations not sharing that sweet sweet enterprise Linux secret Mac sauce

[@snooze6518]

I think for myself at the end of the day as someone that games, makes videos and other random media production like photo editing. knowing that the solution is way more likely to be found since Windows is so common is slightly reassuring. What I have unfortunately come to terms with is the fact that no operating system is perfect and flaws will be the norm probably forever. I wish shit just worked is what it comes down to but that seems like too much to ask for when it comes to technology :(

[@Lucius4992]

The spionage and bloatware on Windows sucks as much as anyone can describe, but the OS in itself for the end user is just better and it always has been.

[@unpronouncable2442]

Linux is one of two things. a hobby or a job. It's never going to be a serious choice for normal people who are not looking for a new hobby.

[@mrright1068]

LMAO! I can see his point and to suggest he should have spent more time in the terminal on a graphical os is absurd. GUIs were invented to abstract the user from long and cryptic commands thus reducing typos and errors. Its a productivity improvement the linux community should embrace more. Linux is better than 3 years ago but is not on par with windows, not sure about mac but I see many devs actually use mac so that says something there.

[@mustwatchgamer848]

Linux: UI/UX 😇 Coding😇 Gaming💀 Video editing💀 Serious steam app itself don't work properly on pop os😢

[@fokthewef]

I like when you admitted that you don't know what all these folders are for. I've seen a lot of folks make video about switching to Linux and why we should all do it and these same folks are just referring to de desktop environment. They literally have no clue what all these folders are for. Yet they pretend to be Linux experts. I've been using Linux since 1997. Mostly as a server OS over time and I've been an ISP admin running FreeBSD only. Yet I've still used windows as my desktop environment all these years. I've played around with all the Linux DEs over the years and none, i mean none, comes close to windows. People who switches to Linux because of yadadi yaradi Windows security are stpid. Linux is more than just the DE. If you don't understand Linux at core you're just kidding yourself if you believe you're an expert just because you understand how to use the DEs and install apps from different branches. Anyone who's used Linux to customize the kernel to suit your needs and tailor it to your hadware, truly understand Linux. Linux can be a great windows replacement, once it reaches the support level windows has. Not what the fanboys believe, but what real OS engineers can do for it. Specifically DE development and a single DE that enjoys the support level that Windows has.

[@TechnicalD499]

I watched a video about optimising windows by memory's tech tips, he used an answer file, which I never came across before. Very interesting. Looking back, I think that Atlas OS used the same method.

[@yadeemkool5895]

Software config does play a role, but in the end of the day, if there is not enough market share, why bother supporting them. Linux gaming for me is great outside of some competitive games dropping support. Hardware support software is not in a good enough place right now compared to windows in terms of ease of use. And when it comes to productivity outside of programming, its a harsh landscape. I think one of the biggest issue is not using flatpak as the main repo source since that should resolve a lot of the distro related issue if you just want a "just working" system. Though productivity is gonna suck either due to a lack of choice. I wonder if you are using wayland + Nvdia which may be a source of issues but not sure. Just a guess.

[@Karaklitch]

Why don't you just install the LTSC version of windows?

[@THE_TROLLS_WIN_BOY]

Vm?

[@swagmuffin9000]

Gpu pass through has worked for me. Uninstall script on my windows vm got rid of all the junk on it. Only thing, i didn't do really HEAVY games.

[@KrisKirkov]

You can share your screen on Discord from the browser version, I have no idea why. I read it on a Reddit comment

[@wilddemur9796]

Could also use Vencord / Vesktop. It is better than the standard Discord client and has fixed a few Linux issues Discord refuses to address.

[@mastergive71]

It works for me just fine in desktop version on arch Linux???

[@beni6746]

Expecting Linux to "just work" is very funny. Linux is a community driven, and if the drivers are not open source, the community cant do anything about the issues. Linux will NEVER just work, the good people who spend their FREE TIME on linux and linux programs are already doing their best, expecting them to fix every little problem that only a few people experience for FREE is crazy. everyone should be grateful that these good people are making the windowsless life as good as they can. (Resolve would work better if more content creators would buy the paid version, but ofc no one does that, but gladly pay for the adobe sub after)

[@EverSpaceTime]

We should not be grateful that the neck beards cannot work together on ONE fucking distro and make that distro actually work. Instead they have hundreds of fucking distros and waste absolutely everyone's time. Linux on the desktop is a cluster fuck of epic proportions.

[@reecesx]

Neither Windows nor Intel nor AMD drivers are open source, yet somehow they work best on Windows throughout several generations of releases. I wonder how that happened. It's almost like Linux "developers" are incapable of making a good stable ABI and OS architecture, and yet they spend half their time arguing that everything should be dynamically linked against one set of system libraries with no real versioning, to the point where normies think different distros add value and solve different issues, to the point where distros and stupid chroot tooling are deemed "necessary"

[@YogertPC]

Linux CAN "just work", and a lot of the time it DOES "just work", but it depends on what you expect it to do. I will never undermine the brilliant work that people do for FREE that makes these operating systems function. However, suggesting Linux will NEVER "just work" is funny. Linux has gotten so much better over the years and devs create experiences that function well out of the box. If you're looking for basic office tasks, and web browsing, Linux is perfect, and can be completely usable with minimal effort. I'm not a Software guy, I'm a hardware guy, as well as somewhat of a gamer. Linux isn't perfect for me yet, but it got me through the last three years on my personal rig. In many instances I find Linux to be better than Windows, but as a hardware tinkerer and video creator, Windows currently fits that bill a little better.

[@etooamill9528]

@@reecesx you definitely aren't a programmer

[@reecesx]

@@etooamill9528 cope

[@essetee]

When you download davinci they said you need to have a nvidia gpu to run davinci.

[@Andoonline]

We’d use it on Linux if we had access to some of these big studios secret sauce. Aka enterprise Linux. Fix all the problems that corps will only fix internally and not contribute to the public

[@jamesross3939]

I'm slowly switching to Linux... i like windows but MS just can't leave it alone and now i'm the product instead of the OS... and more and more it seems i don't own my PC... you know like Apple (iPhone/iPad)

[@johnprashanth]

man, screw linux.. get a debloated win 11 running and ur good to go. There are great tools available to disable tracking and telemetry

[@Spiderfffun]

The corectrl thing might be related to rolling vs point release (the package being a newer or older version.)

[@WINDOWSXP9013]

i hate windows 11/10 i whould love if xp/7/8.1 was still supported

[@BernieFromTheInternet]

wait till you find out about MacOS

[@YogertPC]

Oooh whats that?

[@mastergive71]

​@@YogertPC 👀💀💀

[@DerEchte101]

I use Win11 and Linux and ur totally right

[@pedromain]

Soldier down F

[@Snoweuph]

I like this video, even though I enjoy linux, and gonna stay, but im a dev. you guys could give some immutables a try, you cant even install system packages on them, you are limited to Flatpaks and appimages, on the otherhand the images are more stable prolly not the perfect solution for everything, but its a bit more stable

[@Andoonline]

Here’s an annoying thing that bothers me so much that doesn’t change unless I work at a studio with internal devs. The mp4 container in DaVinci resolve cannot contain AAC audio. *has something to do with the Linux spec. Bruh like a lot people use mp4 I know I can use mov but like seriously?

[@anthonywalker6268]

You didn't even give bsd a chance. 😢

[@Andoonline]

What do you mean we do Bath Salts Dances all the time

[@opfax163]

Average Linux videast: Replace kdenlive with DaVinci, only cut and add a music on most of his videos 😅

[@opfax163]

I bet that more than half of DaVinci users on Linux could use Openshot without being restricted in what they do .😂

[@YogertPC]

@opfax163 I’m fine with kdenlive, other than it getting slow on a larger project. However my co-host is pushing for me to switch to DaVinci. It doesn’t make a difference to me

[@opfax163]

​@@YogertPCno problem, it was a general statement, I mean people can use whatever they want 😅

[@YogertPC]

I mean while most people will be fine with an openshot or kdenlive, davinci is a more complex software that using will allow you to learn how to do more complex things and get better at editing as a whole. While you probably won’t use all of the features available, they’re there for if you wish to use them.

[@Andoonline]

@opfax163 Cohost here, I really do push even DaVinci resolve studio to its limits quite often as I used to and still kinda do occasionally do free-lance video editing. Ive read the works of Jeff Bartch and Walter Murch. So I use very traditional editing techniques ,and I can tell you once you get fusion, and fair light into the mix, as well as the color tab. My editing workflow can get… complex I even find myself missing features that I need to add in the form of plugins. So missing even a single feature from the windows or Mac OS version of DaVinci Studio would be devastating to me. I could go back to Avid but once again lacking Linux support and Nuke is a bit different from the last time I used it. I mean I usually preach. “Know one NLE know them all” but man do some just have creature conforts that others don’t .

[@georgeshalvashvili6270]

Linux is minimalism on CPU, Windows is minimalism on the brain

[@fredericjaquet3729]

Might as well have installed a VM for Window$ with a GPU passthrough 🤷🏻‍♂

[@rajmajumdar5253]

Now i need switch to temple OS or Mac OS ASAP.

[@YogertPC]

Temple OS all the way

[@NatraPutraEsa]

Linux had problem with anti cheat & third party launcher

[@stefanantijevic219]

Theres also Files file explorer thats open source and it has dual panel function

[@agata-1337]

audio only?

[@男の娘-b2h]

I had similar issues, just moved to Arch.

[@wolfwoof2000]

I have steam deck and it works

[@YogertPC]

The Steam Deck is one of my favorite devices and proof that Linux is completely and totally usable by the layman. Im actually on mine right now

[@androz42]

Guitar's out of tune. 😅

[@Andoonline]

Naw man… Your ears are out of tune

[@Tracing0029]

Ok

[@plitzi2640]

Take my downvote. "I miss things just working" - Yeah, then windows is not the place you will get lucky

[@YogertPC]

You're right, I'll get a mac

[@Rayu25Demon]

linux user are sudu get report

[@cryofwill1416]

the problem with your linux experience is that u are using manjaro, its a crap OS, like elementary os. it breaks everything for no reason, you should try and ubuntu or debian based distro honestly... or even fedora.

[@YogertPC]

Ive used more than Manjaro and even the others I mentioned. I’m not a fan of Ubuntu at least the GNOME DE, and I’ve used other Debian distros. And Nobara, the one I finished on I believe is Fedora based. They’re all pretty the same after a while

[@calleha01]

I think you should run arch linux or similar with a more minimal environment. it'll help to declutter the system when you're focusing on specific tasks and for all those windows programs you think you need, you actually don't because you can do the same and more with the terminal. Unless you're willing to abandon the idea that an operating system should have a streamlined and basic interface that everyone can learn as quickly as possible you're not gonna like linux. It's not really until you realize how powerful the keyboard is that you actually start appreciating the way linux works and you realize how little other systems make use of it.

[@CodeEnthusiast78912]

this guy is asking for something to "just work" and you are recommending him to try arch, please stop.

[@wilddemur9796]

Yea nobody follow this guy's advice, Arch users are incapable of properly determining when Arch meets someone's needs. If you want a system that just works or if you are wanting to move away from Windows DO NOT start with Arch or you will have a bad time and won't stick with Linux. For most people beginners and power users alike it is best to just use something simple like Linux Mint, Pop OS, or Ubuntu.

[@calleha01]

@@wilddemur9796 nothing in linux "just works", but if you want pretty interfaces you can install whatever you want I guess. I don't discourage installing Linux Mint or Fedora if that's all you want but I am only saying this because this person has already used linux for more than a year and doesn't appreciate it. which is understandable, because if all you see is gnome and kde you don't understand what linux is even about. and yeah I realize arch doesn't always "just work" because of its bleeding edge nature, which is why I said "arch linux or something similar". if you want a stabler minimal distro you can use void linux, or debian even. it's not hard to install a new system with your favorite programs if you already know what you want. if you're a power user you probably don't want a standard "user friendly" gnome distro. the amount of gatekeeping in the linux world is wild. you're trying to convince someone who doesn't like the buggy nature of gnome and kde to just stick to it even as they've made the switch back to windows already, instead of just handing them the keys to what we all know is the real deal. it's not too hard and alienating, it's a fun little project. some of you need to gain perspective.

[@calleha01]

the guy in the video said it himself, he got bored with what he's seen. when fedora got too boring for me, that was around the time I made the switch to tiling window managers and uninstalled gnome and everything with it from my fedora installation. but at that point I realized I might as well just use arch. so that's really all there is to it. the nightmare all these people want new users to avoid is just the process of learning the linux system. which you can't avoid anyway. you just have to think of it as something positive. it's a learning experience after all.

[@YogertPC]

The gatekeeping is real. I do want to try a tiling window manager, they always look really cool.

[@fireman5419]

It’s just like….your opinion man.

[@YogertPC]

Yeah like…I know man.

[@jarod1701]

No shit, Sherlock

[@animeshots7406]

I think you haven't knowledge about Linux

[@Andoonline]

I think you haven’t knowledge about video production

[@riccizepmeusel6899]

And that's exactly why Linux has been the operating system of the future for the desktop for over 30 years. And that's not going to change. You don't need "knowledge" to use Windows, MacOS, Android or iOS. You just use them.

[@jarod1701]

I think you have no knowledge about grammar.

[@xccr2]

tourist

[@sebasworldmemes]

Ha, take that you anime pfp Linux fanboys

[@EverSpaceTime]

They are progressively forcing you into a MS account.

[@YogertPC]

I refuse. Local account forever