I Tried Switching to Linux

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I tried switching from macOS to Linux. It went about as well as expected.
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[@SAMTIME]

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[@mintoo2cool]

try linux mint. it’s the most user friendly linux distro

[@Insomnia74]

I use arch btw

[@Pridetoons]

You should have ran with Manjaro.

[@NovaOutlaw]

you should use debian

[@yonatan2009]

I would suggest you to use Elementary OS becsuse it has a mac layout yo help beginners and may of the imes in the terminal you can just type the name of the application and it will tell you what to do.

[@brittb1696]

Apple telling you that leaving their ecosystem is dangerous is so painfully on-brand.

[@raven4k998]

well don't say they didn't warn you😀😀

[@joelcarson4602]

Dangerous to Apple's bottom line. Also, I'm sooooo sick of hearing how Apple's M-series hardware is like the greatest thing since sliced bread. Apple this, Apple that, blah, blah, blah. It's pretty good, yes, but can we give credit where credit actually due? Namely TSMC for translating Apple's design into something that actually works. They did all the hard work, just like all those engineers who turned the iPad and iPhone, etc into real products after Steve Jobs had an 'idea'.

[@noseboop4354]

@@joelcarson4602 Nobody cares about the engineers, they only care about the slick mouthpiece.

[@tonyhawk123]

That wasn't what the warning message was about but lets not let facts get in the way of a good Apple bash!

[@Äpple-pie-5k]

Well, it was a danger to your productivity and mental health, so it was an accurate warning. 🍎

[@BrodieRobertson]

Linux bad - Certified Arch Linux youtuber, btw

[@someone01233]

Finally I found the comment

[@mrlolziscool]

hate ya, btw

[@Alyx5512]

Me - Certified Artix Linux user, btw

[@DashRoyalVoid]

wait wut.

[@pumpkin_314]

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[@csengernyitrai968]

That power bank is especially perfect for flights because it definietly doesn't look like a pipe bomb 😊

[@LateNightPlays]

i was just about to comment this😂😂

[@toobaaaapi]

It even has a digital display to show count down like in movies

[@boriscat1999]

Custom make your own travel case with some white Blu Tack.

[@emeraldhamster]

Lmao fr

[@chillhour6155]

To me it looks like a car CD player

[@MrinalSaurabh]

1. Update machine after install 2. Do not kill a programme installation by closing the terminal. 3. Restart fixes most of the problems. 4. Set up your graphics card properly. Follow tutorials for NVIDIA to install propritery drivers. 5. Install Media codecs, fonts etc.

[@Angry-Lynx]

Yeah if closing app(terminal) keep some "lock" that will make impossible to do some other things thats intern -lvl fk up of such scale that I have no words.

[@matrixace_8903]

Or just use Windows like a normal person? 😂😂😂

[@nikichashadow]

@@matrixace_8903 windows shit

[@gegentan]

​@@matrixace_8903 At least I don't have to pay 139$ for an OS and have it spy on me.

[@zeebpc]

what is the proper way to cancel a hanged installation if its not to close the terminal? Why cant they just make closing the termianl execute the same behaviour as the proper way?

[@cern1999sb]

And remember, whichever distro you choose, you chose the wrong one

[@egida6486]

not if you have chosen arch ;D

[@robmc120]

@@egida6486 nope, still shoulda chosen LFS, lol

[@Unmixable404]

I was gonna suggest the same thing. Lol​@@robmc120

[@user-kc1tf7zm3b]

This is why Windows 11 is best.

[@nitrofueled505]

@@egida6486 youll want gentoo soon enough

[@Zayany-Malik]

SamTime is prob the only youtuber who turned from news of tech to roasting tech to parodies of tech to music meming tech to using tech.

[@Jv9569]

Comedy based on reality is the best because the subjects can't claim that you're a hater for telling the truth.

[@c14inmybag]

sam my beloved

[@Cukito4]

"Prob" is not a word. You must be confused.

[@Zayany-Malik]

@@Cukito4 bro doesn’t know slang

[@michael_c2]

​@@Cukito4I understand your point but you got to remember people are now so used to trying to make a point under character limits from Twitter or live streams. So that using short-term slang to limit character usage has become muscle memory. I use voice typing mostly. Even then Gboard sometimes introduces slang when I don't want it to. Like the word cuz... Instead of cause.

[@JScott-lg4jb]

“I mean… God… he only had 10 commands. Why does Linux need 100?”

[@mothwaltz4163]

😂

[@romancvijanovic7130]

Because in the first 9 commands he troubleshooted his script and the 10th command executed the script successfully.

[@wcs336]

@@romancvijanovic7130 🤣

[@wikwayer]

There's only 10 commandments in the bible 🤔

[@elmariachi5133]

Because Linux is meant to be maintained to stay functional. Opposed to god who did not give a f*ck about his creation ever since .,.

[@ForkedMan]

When he said "Ubuntu" I immediately knew how the rest of the video would look like almost entirely beat-for-beat.

[@3dhYT]

This is the best charger ad ever.

[@_nicetunes2790]

I even skipped back to watch it again. There's a first. 😅

[@goaway7346]

I must admit, that charger does look interesting.

[@ShFred]

It just really seems suitable for flights.

[@liu-river]

I have been totally sharged.

[@ShFred]

@@liu-river sharged with a bomb hoax felony that is.

[@pabloenriquegorga4222]

Here using linux as default OS for 20 years now. The "lock" error happened because you closed the terminal that was in the middle of downloading files and had the local repositories locked, when you closed it you killed the process but the lock was not released correctly.

[@infosponge6921]

Also, I think the reason it was initially locked when he was using the terminal is because he also had the gui software manager open.

[@TheCommunistRabbit]

Very user friendly

[@dvorakgigachad1444]

5 year linux user here, and I agree

[@roboko6618]

translation: It didn't work because some engineer designed a system that can only work if the user understands exactly what is happening at any given moment the same way the engineer does.

[@pabloenriquegorga4222]

@@roboko6618 I do not get how people says "linux is complicated because you may need to use the console" like this was something to be scared of and then when they actually make use of it (because they suddenly lost the ¨fear" of it) they think it is ok to run commands (that they do not understand) and close the window and hopes anything that has not yet finished do not breaks something. I think we could agree that closing the console with a running command should show a pop-up to warn that this may not be a good idea, like some terminal does or sending a "Control-C" signal to the process before closing the window. That could be a "better design" and a simple modification I guess.

[@KraKra-Ah]

"The power of sudo compels you..." 😅🤣

[@silentspy_]

I laughed so badly at that 😭😭😂

[@Alt.N]

"The user SamTime doesn't have elevated privileges to access Power of Sudo as they have not chosen correct OS, Temple OS"

[@toniodmonio]

You forgot the linux holy water

[@danieljuno810]

Sudo no just leave the root account log in aannnnddddd …it’s gone

[@SILVERF0X13]

He already figured out the most important part of linux

[@Ahamshep]

Did you intentionally choose the most incompatible hardware, skip the default system installation, and avoid updates? This sounds so painful-yet I’ve never encountered issues like this. It’s both hilarious and strangely entertaining!

[@scrittle]

Yep, but it was also my experience and undoubtedly many others. I think he was really lenient about it.

[@Ahamshep]

@@scrittle I buy cheep laptops "hp, dell, acer" and have always just thrown Linux on them, and never had issues. Seems odd, I wonder what hardware would make these issues arise.

[@MutedStoryteller]

​@@AhamshepWindows has a lot of handholding to get a good starting system going. More comprehensive error messages (splitting the technical from general information) also error rutines that solve the most common errors, restarting drivers, checking versions, resetting setting. I say that, knowing that linux is far more versatile and today has very few limits in terms of software. Its clear why people it that don't like tinkering, don't choose .

[@rano12321]

i thought linux is compatible for every hardware

[@Ahamshep]

@@MutedStoryteller that's fine and not at all what I was commenting on. This video just makes an obviously exaggerated attempt to break everything, which is not a common experience.

[@grzybki]

"On Linux people care about stealing things" :D I'm kind of convinced to Linux already :D

[@Tropics09-o6d]

Linux is good for piracy too

[@bibasik7]

I use yt-dlp to steal KZbin videos on Mac too!

[@rodh1404]

To be fair, Windows people care about stealing things too. It's just that the Windows people we're talking about work for Microsoft, and they want your data.

[@245trichlorophenate]

yt-dlp, my beloved.

[@MnemonicCarrier]

Linux is a general purpose operating system - it's good for just about everything (except entering activation keys).

[@Mr.Z1989]

Mint is the most customer friendly Linux destribution.

[@keithbrown7685]

I read there is a new distro called Linux Roadkill, which is supposed to be the most user friendly of them all. Unfortunately, they say its default desktop looks like that of a Mac.

[@bloop1152]

@@keithbrown7685 that would be a major selling point to this creator, actually.

[@NightmareRex6]

@@keithbrown7685 hmm intresting, altho usaly i think you can install another desktop tho? like kde MATE cinimon eta?

[@keithbrown7685]

Apparently it doesn't have the best spell checker.

[@smileychess]

@@keithbrown7685 Thankfully I know how to spell words.

[@hlashflahflhsjfh]

the video is fair, a lot of those errors were down to 'skill issue' but also Ubuntu should be holding your hand more to prevent them occurring in the first place.

[@sn5806]

TBH I think there are three types of people Linux is perfect for. Users that have simple needs, advanced users that already know how to use it, and computer enthusiast that want to know more. If you don't fit into any of those camps linux is probably not the best choice for you. Basic users that have someone to provide tech support when needed. Think grandma who checks her email and browses the web, but not much else. As long as her grandson can set it up for her it'll be perfect. She doesn't know how to use a Mac or windows machine anyway, so it's not like she's less comfortable with linux. People that have been using linux for years will obviously have no issues or at least they'll be able to resolve them with ease. They know the different package managers and windowing systems. They are comfortable with the command line. They want the computer to do what they want rather than what some corporation wants. Linux gives someone like this the freedom to do more than they could on any other OS, well maybe not more than BSD, but you get the point. If they need to run something in windows they can dual boot or use virtualization. People that have used Windows or MacOS for years and are comfortable with a computer, but want to know more can only become the power users of the other group by learning more, but you have to want it. If you don't want to watch tutorials, read manuals, or are terrified of the command line and can't live with your computer being out of commission for a day or two while you fix it this probably isn't for you. But if you want the freedom to create virtual environments that can directly utilize your GPU or have the option to use open source drivers want to learn how linux is definitely for you.

[@RoboBabeXD]

should've used fedora instead

[@RoboBabeXD]

@@sn5806 linux is perfect for anyone who is free from the corps

[@Mario583a]

People using Windows: Grr.. why the fuck does Windows insist of holding my hand too much?? People using Ubuntu: Grr.. why the fuck does Ubuntu not insist of holding my hand too much??

[@frealms]

@@sn5806 Remove your basic user from that list. Their tech support would just move in.

[@0xDEADD00D]

As a Linux fanboy it was a painful watch.

[@Angry-Lynx]

Almost as painful as trying to use linux itself 😂

[@balern4]

@@Angry-Lynx LMAO

[@nikichashadow]

@@Angry-Lynx using it is easy

[@RoboBabeXD]

@Angry-Lynx linux desktop is just android at this point

[@SergeySedlovsky]

2025-2026 is gonna be the true year of linux, when people who use Windows 10 won't be able to use it anymore and would be forced to throw away their PC (Not even sell it) because of redundancy. I used to be a Linux fanboy but I really need some apps and games on Windows and switched over. It was always the chicken or egg problem with Linux and it will always be most likely though.

[@two_motion]

Why do KZbinrs always find the weirdest bugs? I know 24.10 isn't LTS ...but I'm using the exact same release with no issues.

[@An_Attempt]

He opted out of the dependencies at the start. In other words, he removed the basic guardrails; the ones that are mandatory in windows and IOS. Yes, you can live without them if you know exactly what you want to do with the OS and have a fairly deep understanding of fixing all of the dependencies.

[@creeper6530]

Bad luck ig

[@Blinkerd00d]

​@@An_Attempt yeah, I've used so many Linux distros and never had problems like Sam lol PopOS, Ubuntu, Mint, Kali, Nix.....never an issue. Unless I was trying to do something like run something with Wine or whatever.

[@jfolz]

Looked exactly like Ubuntu to me. Granted, last time I used Ubuntu was 16.04 or something.

[@DavideDavini]

Me too. It’s working great, especially for gaming. I wouldn’t make the mistake of taking this channel too seriously though. The main purpose of these videos is to be funny.

[@Tracing0029]

I am amazed how many KZbinrs are trying Linux out. What a time to be alive

[@raven4k998]

well Linux is free might as well try it for the hell of it

[@z0s1a73]

"Can't play mp4's in Ubuntu, aaaahhhhhh, look at this, it's all in Romanian....", this had me crying with laughter!

[@tonyhawk123]

Linux is not free. Unless your own time is free.

[@nathanl2966]

@@tonyhawk123 Linux and time are the only two things which are truly free.

[@Gary71731]

Hitting up the Linux zealots for free views has been a thing for at least a decade.

[@dsagman]

I literally yelped when Sam “x”ed the terminal doing an install. 😂

[@50-50_Grind]

Same

[@vgamesx1]

But this perfectly demonstrates how a normal person will use linux and why it isn't for the average user, also the importance of a GUI instead of telling users to open terminal for everything, because a user can't break things unless the GUI lets them.

[@spatiumowl]

​@@vgamesx1This isn't as much of Linux problem as it is Resolve's one. These people made it for one distribution only, so people have to use hacks to bring it over to other ones.

[@shroomer3867]

@@spatiumowl Hey be glad they made it even for one distro, look at how Photoshop does things...

[@spatiumowl]

@shroomer3867 At least. Doesn't mean there aren't problems everyone is facing

[@BenderFondue]

You know Sam, I was on Windows for years, but a few months back my SSD with the OS died. Since there is no way I'm going over to Win11, and Apple-Products do not align with my bank account for being too expensive for the value, I had no other choice then the Penguin. And as you say in your conclusion, take a day to install / set up everything you need, and it's as good an every day OS as any other on the market.

[@terrytong8665]

same. Mint is great if you are fed up with Windows BS. You dont really own you computer if you use windows. You paid to be owned by Microsoft.

[@yggdrasil75]

dpkg error is because you can only have 1 program installing something at a time. and if something says its installing (even if its not) then its still locking the installer. having the synaptic installer or the ubuntu apps installer open says "this is installing something" at all times. and yes, I use linux every day now beacuse I got tired of the bs from microsoft (and avoided the bs from apple)

[@keithbrown7685]

Only to end up with the bs from linux

[@oplkfdhgk]

yes i also prefer penguin shit over bullshit.😀

[@geekley]

@@keithbrown7685 At least that one is public and everyone can see it and hopefully fix it, which is much better than secretive bs done under the hood

[@Damglador]

​@@keithbrown7685honestly, all bs on Linux is pretty easy to live with compared to Windows

[@SimplyVelraw]

​@@keithbrown7685 Every system has their cons, just depends on which ones you're willing to tolerate

[@raulbustamante8337]

I use linux and I can confirm to you that you had a more broken experience than usual, I hadn't seen so many errors so often for a fresh install. I'm more used to install programs through the terminal and use Linux Mint Debian Edition, maybe it's just better than Ubuntu, idk. Great ad portion, you convinced me to want one

[@KevinVeroneau]

Only users who are new to Linux will see those errors. Linux knows when a new user is trying to use it.

[@ian-atg]

my ubuntu setup has been more stable than windows 11 i have on the same pc. for me, comfort-wise, its macos-linux, and windows would be number 10, but i dont know any other 7 operating systems

[@holeefukisback]

i'm 100% sure you did not the system udpate after install, like shown in this channel

[@oscarfiala2104]

@@holeefukisback That's the one advantage/disadvantage of Linux, Manual updating. I like it because i feel in full control of my machine. But a laymen may find this frustrating.

[@oscarfiala2104]

Tried giving LMDE to a newbie, and i got no complaints. Other than, not all apps work on it.

[@uxus-oh3qk]

I've used Linux on and off over the last 20 years. A lot of those frustrations have greatly diminished. I've recently come back into the fold on the news of that other OS that is going to be taking snapshots of our screens every 5 seconds and an AI agent creating a 'description' of each screen-grab. No thanks. I've just loaded Linux Mint - its awesome. Many apps are preinstalled - especially the entire LibreOffice suite. I've also set up Virtualization (using KVM/QEMU, not VirtualBox) and set up a VM of that....other....OS for when I have to use apps that are only for that OS - it's all working great.

[@jfolz]

And once you realize you don't need that VM anymore, you get to reclaim a bunch of storage.

[@fex144]

I'm hearing good things about Mint. As a complete noob myself (I did the DOS-95-98-7-10 run), Is Mint the way to begin?

[@Connie_TinuityError]

@@jfolz That realization never happened, for me anyway.

[@BerserkerMomon]

I also initially wanted to switch to Linux because Recall was making me feel uncomfortable using Windows. But the good thing is that Recall can be disabled (and will be disabled by default) and not only that it can also be completely uninstalled from your PC. So, it seems like much less of an issue than I was initially thinking.

[@fieryscorpion]

In the Server Linux is great, but why would you want to torture yourself with Linux for everyday use. Just get Windows or Mac, they're vastly superior than Linux in terms of user experience.

[@Just_Lew]

This was painfully hilarious!!! You are the best at not taking this stuff too serious and having a heck of a lot fun making the videos.

[@abdullahleghari]

I've been a Linux user for many years, primarily as a developer, typing this comment on Linux too. I remember encountering some of those errors, but I never thought they could be a challenge for others. Btw, on new Ubuntu installations, the system checks for updates in the background, which locks the package manager. As a result, you can't install anything until the update process finishes.

[@mkatakm]

Yeah. But it doesn't inform you of that. Or of anything properly.

[@StanislavDemchenko]

I was a Debian and Ubuntu user for 10 years, primarily as a developer. At some point I got tired of errors and glitches, so I switched to Mac. I still use Ubuntu on VMs occasionally. Btw, instead of reporting an error on the package manager lock, Ubuntu could simply enqueue the app for installation, as you would expect any decent app store should behave. All kind of issues could have been handled in much more user friendly manner. Linux is just too exhausting for mere mortals.

[@abdullahleghari]

@@StanislavDemchenko Agreed. They seem to do a simple, if(locked) {this error message}, instead of checking who locked, why, and when is lock expected to be lifted. Ubuntu seem to don't know or care if the lock was by a sudo user or if it was the system itself checking for updates. Almost all open source software seem to not take care of these edge cases (aka user experience).

[@thomasr2472]

@@abdullahleghari The reason nobody has implemented this is that people prefer spending their time writing YT comments instead.

[@JhanOjan]

@@StanislavDemchenko Didn't mention the hardware support that their developers put attention into, even basic ones like the microphone of my Samsung TWS, which sounds weird on Ubuntu.

[@OliverTBrown-l7u]

He manages to make an ad entertaining

[@Dogappel]

Its a good ad if you don't know it's an ad.

[@michael_c2]

​@@Dogappel it was detected by the sponsor block extension I actually had to force it to watch it. Lol

[@Dogappel]

@@michael_c2 I also have the sponsor block extension but I was watching on my phone.

[@Dogo.R]

powdeom 140W does the same thing at the same specs and half the cost. Of of course that's because half the cost of this one is going to marketing budget.

[@Supremax67]

There was an ad?

[@BanditZA]

Literally ignores a file called "Install instructions" to install Resolve...

[@kartoffelbrei8090]

literally types "davinci reslove"

[@CathrineMacNiel]

Whaaat? reading the readme file before installing? MacOS and Windows user would never!

[@2amv685]

The first thing new Linux users must learn is reading documentations

[@ponponpatapon9670]

@@CathrineMacNiel tbf because 99% of the time you can just install shit completely seamlessly without the readme anyway

[@asandax6]

Because windows programs first install a program to install your program.

[@Supercoolusername-f4s]

Linux mint is the actual user-friendly Linux experience which to be fair is a pretty low bar

[@xxultz]

I'm a Linux and Windows user since the last century. The first time I seat in front of a MacOS computer (a few years ago) it looked like VERY complicated to me, I couldn't do simple tasks without the help of the computer owner. I tried for a few minutes and gave up. That's what happens when someone is too used to use a system.

[@mattm7007]

Or when the OS just errors at you with no resolution all the time

[@lllIIIlIllIIll]

Indeed. I've given up on w*ndows last April, too greedy for a Mac and motivated enough to try out a noob friendly distro. And so I stayed on Mint, ran into some problems on the way but that was to be expected. Anyway, after a week I realized Linux annoys me much less than windows did.

[@astrailiaous_Sempticreed]

Same. Even now, I tried using Anna's library on one of those flat iMacs and it was like playing wacomole with the dock with every action. I will give apple credit those, it's ui for downloads and overall asthetics has been unbelievably enlightening to have visualized from it's screen. It's kinda like looking at a painting from the paintings pov. Hard to explain, really- just looks really good and correct.

[@alvallac2171]

*sat

It looked complicated so you gave up after a few minutes? Ffs....

[@RaresCelTare]

Fun to watch. Keep up the good work. The linux community loves you. Salutations from NixOS.

[@keithbrown7685]

How is this love? This buntu distro gave so much grief.

[@245trichlorophenate]

(This comment was automatically generated by Nix config)

[@idkrandomusername69]

Holy shit it's another nixos user (that makes 3 of us)

[@raspy_on_osu]

nix power :muscle:

[@Lazdinger]

What is this NixOS you speak of?

[@EzekielMessenger]

Now go down the Gentoo rabbit hole. Gentoo developers are the "Autumn People" of Linux. The stuff of nightmare is their plain bread. They butter it with pain.

[@granitepenguin]

Hey, I resemble that remark.

[@tonyhawk123]

Is Gentoo a version of Linux which works?

[@granitepenguin]

@ they all work ;-). I would not recommend gentoo to the casual user, though. It assumes a lot of knowledge on the part of the user that most people do not (and probably should not) have. It’s a bit like giving a car with a manual transmission to someone that doesn’t even have a driver’s license, let alone know how to drive an automatic.

[@EzekielMessenger]

​@@granitepenguin Perfect description

[@EzekielMessenger]

@@tonyhawk123 Try Linux Mint or vanilla Debian if you need quick desktop. Ubuntu is focused on server support more than anything now.

[@scooter4196]

Man, Ubuntu has fallen... All those issues were not your fault. They were Ubuntu's fault. The snap package format has several issues and I am amazed that they haven't fixed them yet. It's been almost a decade.

[@_Hewman_]

yeah everything failed here works just fine on mint

[@GustavoNoronha]

Amazing. As a Linux user I thoroughly enjoyed this video!

[@NomNomBasti]

7:33 I swear to god, that is the real Linux experience right there. I love it.

[@gljames24]

DaVinci Resolv really needs to packaged as a Flatpak.

[@befru]

I have made at least 5 attempts to install Resolve over the years on a few different distros, and I have not been able to get it working even once. It's one of the very few reasons why I dual boot with Windows.

[@Skelterbane69]

It also needs a proper free version.

[@johndray2326]

Did you notice how Sam spelled it 'Davinci Reslove'? Might be why he didn't find it ;-)

[@hyperphrog69]

Why not just a .deb installer? Flatpaks are pure bullshit and cause nothing but issues

[@RoboBabeXD]

it needs an DNF, flatpak is slow

[@2_KidsInAtrenchCoat]

What surprises me is how everyone has issues but me with no clue what Im doing managed to get arch running on a 13 year old laptop and can get tf2 and hl2 working with no problems I swear these "I tried linux" videos are fake

[@cern1999sb]

You got the error about removing the lock because you stopped DaVinci resolve installing with apt by just exiting the terminal. That means it will have written a lock file, and it won't have gracefully exited, meaning that the lock file was still present, and when you try to install something else, it complains that it can't because it thinks something else is still installing programs on your computer

[@averageXIAOHONGSHUenjoyer]

honestly, i know why linux does it, but it shouldn't be left to the user if you want to offer them convenience...

[@sergeykish]

@@averageXIAOHONGSHUenjoyer atomic system updates and flatpak to the rescue.

[@hadeseye2297]

Yeah. Using shmuckbuntu has locking features.

[@bndlett8752]

@@averageXIAOHONGSHUenjoyer It's an apt/dpkg issue, not a Linux issue overall. I'm not sure why he was having the lock issues. There's no reasons as to why he should have had issues with the lock file afaIk.

[@Capocomico]

Tht's what a computer is supposed to manage, even react os is able to handle it

[@jorge86rodriguez]

Your video was fair, I moved to linux 6 months ago and the first week I had to fix many things which was annoying but there was a fix for everything, but once I got everything configured the experience is amazing. All this things need to be iron out for linux to be widely used by anyone.

[@RoboBabeXD]

which distro

[@jorge86rodriguez]

@@RoboBabeXD fedora

[@kindzadza134]

"It's awesome, as long as you have spare 6 months to constantly duct taping everything wrong/not working on it." Classic Linux cultist argument.

[@RoboBabeXD]

@kindzadza134 it only took me 30 minutes in a fresh install And what is wrong with you? He just said these problems need to go before it being widely used

[@jorge86rodriguez]

@@kindzadza134 It did not took me 6 months it took me a week but because I needed certain software and hardware that was a little more complex to configure since it did not had native support. That said I am not a cultist use the fuck you want on your computer, also there is a trend on linux to make things easier not more complicated moderate people like myself or anyone that has a steam deck appreciate it a lot. Not every linux user is cultist that hates guis and loves the terminal.

[@DannyMexen9]

Don’t be fooled, everyone. Sam actually knows how to use Linux. This is funny on purpose. Sam is a Gentooman.

[@keithbrown7685]

He even reads Gentooman's Quarterly!

[@halxenden3614]

First time viewer. I enjoyed the vid. I feel your pain. I've tried to use Linux a few times, but always end up going back to MS because it's familiar and I get it free via work. BUT... you can't expect to just completely switch to a new way of doing things without any learning curve. A single dedicated day, you said. This is easily an acceptable amount of time to spend changing your OS. Good luck!

[@markusTegelane]

Vivaldi is a web browser, but it also has a built-in e-mail client

[@MrOzzyWaldy]

You were trying to install stuff when ubuntu was updating, nooo.

[@metasystem8625]

This is exactly when Ubuntu should pop a warning message and tell you to wait until updates are finished.

[@N1Zer0]

Not really the user's fault that the system allowed to update other apps while updating the distro.

[@jm56585]

ffs canonical

[@andreys7729]

@@metasystem8625 no, ubuntu should display a clear error message when user's installation attempt failed, in the Ubuntu Software Center, not "cannot get lock" gibberish. Also, it should display a progress bar in the Software Center, while updating in the background.

[@zezba9000]

Atomic distros don't have this issue.

[@michaelplaczek9385]

Try Mint next time, an actual noob friendly distro

[@keithbrown7685]

I thought Ubuntu was the noob-friendly distro. Sam's got cryptic errors coming out the wazoo. And none of them are his fault. It's times like this that I wish nix would take on Apple's old credo- it just works.

[@ARandomUserOfThisWorld]

Or pop!_os

[@two_motion]

LoL You poking some balls with a stick here.

[@AndoShy]

Or just learn the command line, like god intended.

[@TheSuperNova994]

Was looking for this

[@RobertJene]

4:40 you can play videos with VLC; I saw a few seconds later that you had it; somehow you have to change the association so that MKV / MP4 open in VLC. But OBS likes to record in MKV because if your computer crashes while recording, the MKV will still be playable, but MP4's won't.

[@jimc9516]

2:20 "it packs 24 thousand milliamps of energy" is the same as saying "this jar packs 24km/h of volume"

[@CathrineMacNiel]

i mean 24 kiloamps doesn't sound as impressive.

[@rexsceleratorum1632]

@@CathrineMacNiel The problem is that amps is not a unit of energy at all

[@rexsceleratorum1632]

@@CathrineMacNiel Also a thousand milliamps is one amp, not one kiloamp.

[@datachu]

My car can drive at over 200ml per gram

[@bndlett8752]

@@rexsceleratorum1632 I'm sure he meant 24k milliampere hours.

[@FO0TMinecraftPVP]

Linux mint is actually the most user friendly version

[@teklife]

not really. you can't upgrade from release to release. years ago it was nice as it had wifi drivers and other little things preinstalled, but nowadays it's not an issue and i hardly see the point of it anymore, over an official flavor of ubuntu where u can easily upgrade to new releases every 2 years (minimum, for LTS releases, up to 10 years now), or every 6 months for short term support releases (with 9months only of support).

[@Mavendow]

Nah, I had a heck of a time using Mint. First GUI program I tried to run needed some permissions thing, I clicked yes, the system exploded. On Arch everything just works. Yes, I need to run pacman manually, but frankly that's a pretty low bar to learn compared to figuring out why I can't access some mounted drive without my system going kaput.

[@HOBBS-4]

@@teklife yes you can, you don't know anything.

[@bloop1152]

@@teklife >mfw the very first thing I did as a linux virgin was to update from an old boot image from 3-4 full versions ago

[@ilaripori6148]

It really isnt. Fedora 41 is.

[@epistemex10]

It's always fun to watch Sam install Linux. Reminds me of my late grandmother. Ahh...

[@raven4k998]

on linux people care about stealing things how lovely🤣🤣

[@HOBBS-4]

Your grandmother is smarter than you lol

[@kevinhasselquist]

I have installed MANY Linux distributions on MANY computers and only in the case of the most niche hardware have I ever had any problems with the install. Meanwhile every KZbinr installing Linux, "Installing Linux killed my first-born child!!"

[@jamesbyrd3740]

never installed linux on anything but a vm, and idk y anyone would

[@andrewmk8514]

Many KZbinrs seem to struggle with even INSTALLING any distros. But I guess the rest who actually have no problems won't have compelling content.

[@revelmonger]

I've only ever got one error running Linux. And it's because I forgot sudo......

[@chopin4525]

It's a tough job, being a KZbinr

[@rolandixor]

Imagine if they actually showed a real experience instead of making crap up?

[@andrewmk8514]

​@@rolandixor KZbinrs like to make themselves look like idiots to entertain yet videos like this really hurts the community and the developers to work tirelessly for free. When sane people call the KZbinrs out, we're called "linux fanboys".

[@rolandixor]

@@andrewmk8514 Yep. Unfortunately for them, I'm also a KZbinr ;). I won't make any promises, but I have plans.

[@CHADAFGHAN]

7:48 GOD HE HAD ONLY 10 COMMANDS THAT'S A GOOD POINT THO

[@dunhillleal9587]

LOL😂

[@ReinJakobson]

I installed Linux Mint about 5 years ago and I am quite happy with it. Main reason was that my windows started to ask too many updates and I had problems with viruses and/or spyware. Only things I miss on Linux are proper music software like Ableton Live or Reason and good Photoshop and Lightroom alternatives. I hate Gimp and Darkroom doesn't work as well as Lightroom. DaVinci, Blender, NukeX, Syntheyes, Houdini work on Linux very well.

[@DanWalshTV]

It's certainly not Ableton Live or Reason, but Bitwig Studio is natively available on Linux and is a pretty decent DAW.

[@benohb]

I have been a Linux user since I was a kid at home My company manager didn't understand the issue until his computer was frozen due to an update in an important meeting A company was saved because of a Linux live disk (literally) The only thing that prevents me from using it throughout the company is AutoCAD.

[@thatoneannoyingtornadosire8755]

you may have already tried this but have you tried krita? i haven't used gimp since i was in middle school so i'm unsure on how that's been lately

[@crysstoll1191]

Reaper is a great DAW, Ardour seems awesome, too. Reaper is highly configurable, takes some head scratching, but, there is a lot of tutorials esp Reaper Mania and Reaper blog on YT.

[@n00blamer]

@@thatoneannoyingtornadosire8755 GIMP 3 is "just around the corner", it should improve the UI quite a bit.. I never gotten really comfortable with it.. better than nothing, I guess. Have to check out Krita, seems worth a look.. thanks for the tip there.

[@gabrielex]

I nearly feel compelled to make a video showing installing Linux is actually a breeze and if you don't destroy things on purpose everything works out of the box. Ubuntu and many other user friendly distros have probably the fastest and easiest installation procedure out of all the other operating systems.

[@ManuelGrau]

Yeah, me too. I installed Ubuntu on a mini computer, the Geekom A8, just last week. If I would have known... Everything worked, no issues at all. Funny, it was windows 11 the one I had issues with.

[@metube197]

Watching Sam on my laptop running Mint Linux 😁 I've been using Linux for 25 years now and it's been much easier to install/set-up Linux than Windows for awhile now. After a Mint install, one reboot and most everything I needs is ready to go (Web, Mail, Office). With Windows install; reboot over and over and over, then load drivers, then install (buy) programs.

[@kehindeakiode2865]

Sounds like you haven't installed Windows in quite a while.

[@metube197]

@@kehindeakiode2865 Hi! I just installed Windows-10 last month on a laptop: First, getting a 'Clean' Microsoft ISO install media onto a flash drive was a pain because MS needed to use 'special tools' (Rufus/MS Media Creation) as opposed to just burning a bootable image like I've done with Linux ISOs. Next, several Windows created bootable flash drives would start and fail installs because Widows is picky about some models of flash drives, even though I was using name brands drives. I actually missed just using the old school CD/DVDs. Once the install was working, I had to opt-out of all the privacy invading 'features' as I could. Then had to decline all the MS products/service they were pushing. Finally at a desktop, now update, re-boot, update, re-boot a ridiculous number of times. After all that there is still no office suite, ect. installed. I've been using LibreOffice for years. The driver situation on clean windows installs is much better now. Thankfully Microsoft and the manufactures are working together with drivers on pre-built/laptop machines where they know the devices installed. No OS is perfect. Keep watching Sam, and..... Stay Funky! 😁

[@metube197]

@@MrHurricaneFloyd Started with RedHat (pre-enterprise) back in the day to use/play-with at home. I bought in a box from Best Buy because the Internet was still pretty slow for downloading that much data. Those days around the early 2000's were VERY rough. Yes, back then connecting a drive, changing video config, etc. often needed opening terminal windows and editing cryptic text files, and somethings would just not work at all. I got a job around the 2010's programming/maintaining a lab full of computers that ran RedHat (and many dual-boots w/Win). At home over the years I distro hopped; Suse, Manjaro, Ubuntu and even had an iMac that was great. I've been on Mint for years because it just works. I'm an Aerospace Engineer/Programmer, not an IT professional or Linux expert. I know some people like to define some distros of Linux as 'Beginner'. I spent plenty of time digging in the guts of Linux in those jobs years ago, now I just want something easy and reliable at home to watch Samtime 😁 Are you one of the hardcore Arch type guys? or just curious about my pick? My current laptop is a System-76 and I've been looking to play with PopOS! when they complete the 24.10 version. Have a great day and stay funky with Sam.

[@RoboBabeXD]

forgot to mention terminal tweaks and windows becoming slugish 1 week later

[@patrickcardon1643]

VLC is what you need on any OS ... all hail VLC

[@50-50_Grind]

Yes, but in Ubuntu you need to install _"ubuntu-restricted-extras"_ first or there will be no picture in VLC for certain codecs.

[@1pcfred]

I'm more a fan of mpv myself

[@keithbrown7685]

AIMP on Windows. Nothing better.

[@lasue7244]

Good video of showing what normal users face. When I used to daily drive linux, I made sure to update all packages. Install gpu drivers. Install essentials (this include proprietary codec for video and streaming that can't be shipped by default). And preferred Flatpak apps. Apt faces lots of dependency issues.

[@RAndrewNeal]

Apt just breaks after a while. Especially if you don't do a full system upgrade. I know that Arch Linux isn't beginner friendly, but Pacman and the rolling release nature of Arch makes it a dream to use for someone who knows how GNU+Linux operates. I'm way too outdated right now and kind of afraid to update because it's been so long, but the fact remains that I can, without having to make a big OS-change/upgrade event of it.

[@fredrickbambino]

And this is why pretty much no one uses Linux.

[@NonameEthereal]

@@RAndrewNeal If one wants Rolling Release but is a newbie, I think OpenSuSE Tumbleweed is probably a better place to go than Arch. (Though, Arch is what I use on the gaming computer.)

[@Crow-EH]

@@fredrickbambino Or why advanced users eventually switch to rolling releases where they don't have to live in PPA hell or any equivalent system to workaround a the limitations of the ditrib frozen repository, or worse: frozen kernel versions or module loading. Amusingly I have far less issues installing and configuring kernel level drivers on arch since it's automatic in most cases, if they're not already installed as dependecies. Not that easy on Debian or Ubuntu, honestly I would rather install arch on a recent laptop. A good package manager, with great dependency management and an up-to-date repository, + lots of automatic stuff makes your life pretty easy. There's a reason why Homebrew and Chocolatey exist too (even though they're far more limited). At a high enough level, ease of repeated / automated installation and configuration of a full system with apps, job specific tools (dev, video, etc.), vpns, proxies, etc. would be linux > macos >>>>> windows. Pretty easy choice when you have to setup computers regularly (one per new client or employer).

[@fredrickbambino]

Rolling releases have the risk of being buggy though, it also requires more commitment and is generally more time consuming. I barely know anything about Linux myself, and I'm not about to spend four years and graduate from Linux academy just to get things working.

[@lKrauzer]

Another way to solving all these problems is by using Ubuntu LTS and not interim release, because it is way more polished, the interim release gave me lots of issues, even though I know my way around Linux, is just that the LTS versions are much more dumb-proof

[@yamez69]

Just installed Linux Mint on a generic i3 miniPC and had a far better experience. Out the box working, bluetooth keyboard and mouse, MP4 playback, Canon WiFi printer/scanner, libreoffice. Installed OBS, shotcut video editor, no problems.

[@RoboBabeXD]

mint is patched ubuntu

[@beadsman13]

With Ubuntu and Mint I have problems with touchpad on my laptop (sometimes is working and sometimes is not) but with bluetooth mouse I don't have any problems. With Suse however I have problems with sound/built in soundcard. For now I'm sticking with Mint xfce edition.

[@RoboBabeXD]

@beadsman13 i would recommend fedora with gnome. Gnome has the best integration with touch

[@Petexy]

Holy cow, I haven't seen that many errors on Linux since I've used Ubuntu 9.10 and it was more than 15 years ago. It's just like every odds wants to show you this operating system from the worst site.

[@vamsiampolu8438]

I agree with this

[@Capocomico]

Try it and you'll see, they destroyed ubuntu from 11 on

[@johanb.7869]

Ubuntu always had these errors. Even when you install it, the installer crashes and you have to try several times for it to work.

[@maicon9]

@@johanb.7869 he didnt choose to install all the dependencies during the setup.... hence many things didn't work. Ive installed many linux distros over the years not once i had any of his issues. was user error

[@parito5523]

All linux distros are very hit or miss depending on the system where it's installed, I've tried to switch to linux many times on my personnal computers (use linux from command line server side since many years), and I can assure you that in a lot of systems, many distros are just completely broken like this in very random odd ways, then if you are lucky enough, you may end up with just the correct hardware configuration and distro that work well and think that this is the normal experience but it's not. I remembered that on a particular toshiba laptop I used to have, half of the keyboard just didn't work, the touchpad was extremely sensitive no matter the setting, and to make the keyboard and touchpad work, I had to do so many manipulations through the terminal, things a normal user wouldn't ever be able to do. Then the system would also just have random errors and crashes so many times a day, that ultimately, I switched to another distro, but then it was laggy as hell and the battery would drain in 30 minutes and the laptop fan would be at max systematically. So I brought that laptop back to windows and it's working fine, it's not like the hardware is broken or anything.

[@eklimkin]

7:16 you typed “resLOve”, not “resOLve”

[@nncg]

Came here to say the same. Don't know if it would have mattered though.

[@snappyie]

You sound like Hermione

[@eklimkin]

@@snappyie 😆

[@kaiperdaens7670]

The Power bank from the ad looks like a bomb

[@poglavicas]

Linux Mint, works for me.

[@andrewmackie5110]

Same! And I'm a total dumdum!

[@hackerhomestead]

Good job! I use Linux as a daily driver, including kdinlive to make KZbin videos. You’re not wrong the curve is still a bit steep. And things like the package management can be a mess. It’s more like a bazaar than the apple cathedral. But it keeps getting better in part by every day people like you giving it a shot. ❤

[@jakubhostinsky4482]

Interesting, I'm using Linux Mint and I didn't get any error at all. True - setup to my preferences was dificult, but possible and now I'm just enjoying it. Especially that there are no updates, lovely, I hate updates.

[@AnEagle]

As be said at the end, it's probably because his install corrupted(I have no clue how that happened)

[@KenW418]

You must not be using a lot of programs. I use Mint and I feel like I have several programs with updates available every week.

[@jakubhostinsky4482]

@@KenW418 I deliberately disabled all updates.

[@alvallac2171]

*difficult

[@-COBRA]

yeah, security updates are so overrated /s

[@brucesyvertsen2147]

Very entertaining and has cured me of wanting to try Linux! 🙂

[@jessl1934]

It's not as bad as critics make it out to be and yet it's not as easy as proponents make it out to be either. You can make a USB drive to boot into Linux (opt for Mint [cinnamon] because it's arguably the easiest option) with zero commitment (aside from formatting the USB drive) and you can try it out for yourself. You might be surprised at how smoothly it works for you. It's really not that bad and this video had an unusual amount of issues. Linux isn't the most user-friendly OS out there, granted, but it's not all that hard either. There's just a bit of a learning curve and it's not all completely intuitive to someone who has been raised on Windows but that's to be expected.

[@atarixle]

As a longterm distro and OS hopper I can tell you: macOS works because it usually is already set up for you. And if not, macOS runs on the hardware 100% known by the manufactor (except the ones that run on forgotten hardware via Open Core Legacy Patcher), so no wonder it runs smooth. Compared to Windows, your Linux experience had to be the better ones. That apt-error btw may occur because the installation of another app has been interrupted. A simple Windows-fashioned reboot should have helped. Next time just try debian, it doesn't fiddle with package formats like flatpacks and snaps, but relies on good old native debian packages called .deb-Files, and accepts side-loaded appimages (which are the honest snap-flats). All-in-all, Linux always has been picky about the hardware it runs on, but if it runs it runs pretty well, and is much faster installed and updated than any version of Windows or macOS. On my very machines it is at home on all non-OCLP-capable Macs, aswell as on PCs for which I am not willing to pay 500 € for the fundamental functionality of a professional Operating System - especially when its online-only.

[@Cart1416]

the lock error is from installing another package at the same time, try restarting the system

[@1pcfred]

When I ran Firefox and it crashed it'd leave a lock file. So I just had an alias that'd delete it.

[@hankkingsley9183]

So, Linux isn't for morons, got it 😅

[@RoboBabeXD]

he ignored instructions

[@axandraalex5869]

It's for people who wants to "look" smart and superior. While the actual smart people would utilize their time to actually get real results and money in a way more time efficient manner.

[@RoboBabeXD]

@axandraalex5869 if one wants to look smart and superior it would just get into bsd instead of easy systems like linux

[@axandraalex5869]

@@RoboBabeXD You flex that to linux users. Linux users flex theirs to normal users. Normal users would just be like ok cool then mind their own things & finish whatever task their job is paying them for.

[@logvoid]

@@RoboBabeXD No, not really. No one even knows what BSD is. Most people have at least heard of Linux. Basically no one uses an OS to flex lmao BSD's are just technically inferior compared to Linux.

[@kevinintheusa8984]

Subbed because you remind me of me when I went over to Linux a year ago. It is great now but the learning curve is pretty steep and I was concerned that I could not do what I needed with it. Now, I am happy and using it on several machines in my home and even set up a 15 year old laptop for my wife to use to surf the internet and she loves it.

[@1pcfred]

If all you do is use a computer for web browsing Linux can definitely handle that. It should do it with no drama too. It's when you try to do some other things that you can get off in the weeds.

[@doveofdestiny]

Davinchi resolve is known to be extremely hard to install on almost all distros, but kden live is good enough for basic stuff. Ubuntu is known to be quite buggy aswell now, Linux mint is a lot more stable, and fedora is stable, but some things have to be installed manually - nvidia drivers and codecs.

[@MikeSchmidt969]

Go Mint! Still my favorite distro

[@RAndrewNeal]

Super easy on Arch. There's an installer in the AUR for it.

[@alvallac2171]

*Davinci *as well

[@ArcticPrimal]

For some reason, linux community think linux desktop can compete with Windows desktop for average users. Windows is objective user-friendly for new and existing average users, which make up the majority of the market share.

[@CathrineMacNiel]

@@RAndrewNeal of course there is :)

[@normieeliminator]

I think people need to stop getting mad. This is how normal people use their computer. And this is exactly why Windows forces their updates on people. It's not Sam's fault he didn't update his computer after install.

[@normieeliminator]

>inb4 special people saying updoots are bad. 😂

[@CathrineMacNiel]

@@normieeliminator but Ubuntu does force Updates which locked the repository hench he couldn't install anything via software center?

[@normieeliminator]

@@CathrineMacNiel He was installing something else beforehand and it was still pending due to his slow connection. You can see it if you watch the video.

[@rememberthis3592]

I use Ubuntu, and just yesterday upgraded to 24 ( i was still in 20 ). Never saw an error, i installed everything i wanted and needed, and very fast, and in a couple of hours had my entire system complete. I just dont understand how or what you did to have those problems.

[@dougcollins8907]

Using windows 10, the most stable, versatile and best supported consumer operating system yet created. Having installed on bare metal and tested at least 50 Linux distributions including Ubuntu, it was, and still is, a patchwork quilt of homebrew code. Great for web servers, routers, firewalls, traffic lamps and HVAC controllers... as a desktop daily driver it's just not ready for prime time.

[@emkkla]

You had more issues showing in 10 min than I had in weeks. The video is really funny, but it makes Linux look like a broken system, which it is not, when installed and ran properly. But if these issues keep happening to people trying the OS over the years, that definitely means that there are things to improve :)

[@broccoloodle]

actually, any operating system needs a solid day to set up into the way you want

[@hopelesslurker4082]

Windows has way more natively supported software than linux

[@buffalox8492]

With Linux today, it only takes about an hour for me to get to 80-90 % functionality (Linux itself is only about 10-15 minutes). But that's because I can install all apps through package manager, and I have 1 gigabit internet, and most my files are arranged on separate drives. So my home directory is small to backup and restore. But to be fair, that's not counting game installs. I add them again as I want to play them.

[@MwilaWamz]

​@@hopelesslurker4082Linux can run windows softwares.

[@CathrineMacNiel]

@@hopelesslurker4082 that's not that hard when Windows is the default, what a non-comment.

[@davelloyd-]

Except windows you can generally get by without needing to google everything......except windows 8 and having to google how to shut the stupid thing down cos they hid everything offscreen and assumed you'd intuitively know that hovering the mouse in a corner would do something 🙄 Yes I'm decades long windows user, and only really have linux (ubunutu or debian/raspbian) for specific things, but windows makes it easy to stab around blindly until you find the thing you want - or at least it did. later versions seem to get more and more difficult. Having said that, long term android user too, so I do use linux daily I guess. Command line is like voice control, v GUI being like labelled buttons and other physical things. The former works well if you know the commands - if you don't, you're in for frustration. The latter can be used by anyone, even a child, without too much effort.

[@Nubafoxy]

2:30 “still be aloud on an airplane” he says while whipping out what looks like a bomb at first glance

[@Bryan-T]

allowed...

[@lepatenteux592]

As a full time Linux user, who's full time job, including video editing is done on Linux, I can tell you this: "You did everything wrong, but I don't mind! It was funny, and you learned a thing or two! Good job!"

[@Kibodi]

I think in recent years, Ubuntu has become a distribution that needs to be tamed in order to use it properly. In my opinion, it is no longer the beginner-friendly distribution it was back then.

[@c99kfm]

You are not wrong. I switched to Mint when Ubuntu switched to Unity and Gnome 3. Recently, I had to use Ubuntu for work, and after realizing it installed snaps by default, I had to take a couple of days setting everything up to something resembling sanity / Mint.

[@RogueRen]

Yeah nowadays I would recommend something else Ubuntu based like Pop!_OS or Mint

[@keithbrown7685]

It was beginner friendly once? In what dimension was that? 🙂

[@c99kfm]

@@keithbrown7685 2010 or thereabouts, I guess?

[@jackssrt]

I'm watching this from a laptop running Linux right now.

[@العبدالفقيرلله2011]

me too :)

[@-mozhel7252]

You must be a survivor!

[@PenguinByte]

same lol

[@duplicake4054]

I'm watching it from Fedora Linux :)

[@pianissimo7121]

did you type this from a terminal?

[@stefanschneider3681]

Maybe I am not the first not mention this, but did anyone else see the spelling error at 7:16 🤣?! He is so full of love for this Linux / Ubuntu-stuff that he wrote "davinci resLOVE" 😍... Great video as always!

[@FatheredPuma81]

Putting your password in to shut your computer off is the most Linux thing I've ever seen.

[@Satoshic_]

I use arch btw, it seems that your install was broken, so those errors are just consequences of the broken installation. Also there was a pdf file that tells how to install davinci

[@upthehat]

WAKE UP BABE ITS SAMTIME

[@Jay-h1f2h]

"Go back to sleep, Babe. It's a Linux video."

[@SurferBobbyLew]

You did almost everything WRONG the ONLY thing you did right is make me laugh like you always do!! Love your videos!

[@ninjanerdstudent6937]

When you have trouble with Linux commands, just turn to AI, and it works perfectly every time.

[@Siltprogramation]

Honestly, Linux mint seems easier for new users to me. Ubuntu just keeps getting worse XD.

[@BlueNorth313]

Yeah, Ubuntu is questionable at best.

[@WarlonWinterheart]

The very reason why Mint was started was because Ubuntu started caring about thing other than end user experience.

[@1pcfred]

@@WarlonWinterheart some folks really didn't like Unity. That's why they created Mint. Unity was Ubuntu's Desktop Environment. Which isn't around anymore I don't think. But for a while it was a thing. I don't know why they couldn't just install and use whatever they wanted to use.

[@WarlonWinterheart]

@@1pcfred I actually ran Cinnamon on top of Ubuntu for some time at that time. It was a very inconsistent and messy experience. Then I switched to Mint and have been using mostly Mint ever since.

[@1pcfred]

@@WarlonWinterheart you can just change what desktop you use in any distro. You simply install what you want to use and then use it. You don't have to change distros to change your desktop. Just change it. I only know how to change it in X though. I've never used Wayland. There's lots of desktops what work in Wayland so there must be a way to change them there too.

[@NonameEthereal]

@11:25 Since you asked... :P Gaming Desktop: Arch Linux Gaming Handheld: SteamOS 3 (Arch Linux derivative) Daily Driver Laptop: OpenBSD

[@flipflopski2951]

By The Way...

[@CathrineMacNiel]

why flip flop between arch and not-even-linux OpenBSD?

[@c99kfm]

@@CathrineMacNiel In some (generally non-relevant) ways, the Linux kernel is broken by design and locked into that design. It originated as a student project by Torvalds, based on a unix-for-students called "Minix", created by Tanenbaum and used in his Modern Operating Systems book. It was the first unix-like for the x86 (PC) platform, so it grew a following and became the "standard" before the actual *nixes, based on the Berkley System Distribution, made their way to the platform. Since Linux was already adopted and embraced, it's continuously seen more development efforts, including some efforts to fix the core problems, so it has considerably better driver support than the *BSD options. However, conceptually (as in, generally non-relevant) it retains those original flaws. Of the *BSD options, OpenBSD has the best reputation and track record on security. I'm a lazy person, so I run Mint, because it "just works" without me having to fiddle around too much, and has "enough" security for my (low) needs, but I appreciate NonameEthereal's setup: * Arch Linux, the most configurable version of Linux, bringing with it driver and gaming support for a gaming PC. * SteamOS 3 on handheld, because, well, handheld. You can brick yours if you want to. Also, Arch with flatpaks is quite stable. * OpenBSD on the actual workstation, where gaming support isn't needed but rock-hard security is. The "best" Linux alternative to OpenBSD, in this case, would probably be something like Qubes OS, which doesn't trust it's own kernel and runs everything as virtual machines, but OpenBSD deserves the love and isn't nearly as awkward (yes, Qubes people, I said it).

[@NonameEthereal]

​@@CathrineMacNielArch is a good OS for gaming. OpenBSD is not. The latter is, however, a much nicer, simpler, OS. Especially to work in C - the built in documentation is fantastic.

[@RingpopSmiths]

Probably the biggest thing you did wrong was installing Linux on Mac hardware... While Linux can be made to work on virtually any hardware, Macs don't make it easy. If you used PC hardware, you probably wouldn't have encountered most of the problems did.

[@markwilson3326]

Most of the problems were software related...

[@RingpopSmiths]

@@markwilson3326 Software problems are not always exclusively software problems, dude. If you've ever tried to write a hardware driver, you'd know that.

[@markwilson3326]

@@RingpopSmiths Yes, I know that. However, he didn't appear to have any trouble with drivers or anything related to them.

[@RingpopSmiths]

@markwilson3326 you're missing the point.

[@1pcfred]

He installed on that mini PC he held up.

[@ContemplativeCat]

I love Sam's videos. I've been using Linux for 20 years, and his Linux roasts always make me laugh. 😂

[@eimantasbutkus5324]

linux is just unoptimized shit :/ and on par with windows and macOS which are bad for other reasons

[@ContemplativeCat]

@@eimantasbutkus5324 You must be fun at parties.

[@lukashavel7690]

You set Linux up and then it breaks with the next update or the one after that. It is just a time sucking rabbit hole. And so much software for peripherals etc. either does not exist or is in some free barely working state. Same goes for HDR support, which is only on KDE (yes, I do not even count that one on GNOME), and still sucks even there. That being said... All the power to the Linux people! I especially look forward to the future development of distros such as Mint, Nobara, Zorin and Pop!_OS. But Linux people should also stop lying to themselves and to other people, how everything "just works".

[@mururoa7024]

Totally reflects my experience with Linux years ago. Couldn't recognize my wireless keyboard, mouse, monitor, GPU and my second hard drive. When turning to the "community" for help, all I got were laughs and insults. So OK, Microsoft, just take my money.

[@keithbrown7685]

And when you asked a question at a forum or some nix sub reddit, they said "google is your friend"--- when google is what brought you to them in the first place. I'm a PC, running Windows. Life's ok. To hell with the rest of them.

[@Space97.]

I absolutely had the same experience. their users are not at all welcoming and then they try spamming on every video about windows/macos to convert people it's annoying at this point like get a life 😅

[@RAndrewNeal]

How many years? All that stuff is plug and play now, even on Arch. You do, of course, need the driver for your GPU to get the most out of it, but it can show a display without it while you set things up.

[@245trichlorophenate]

Please don't form an opinion about all Linux distros from your experience with one. They are very different operating systems. I could make my own "Windows distro" by just strapping some bad, self-made software onto the NT kernel. Just because my result would suck doesn't mean every NT based OS sucks.

[@RAndrewNeal]

@@245trichlorophenate They are all the same operating system with different core packages. Hence the word "distribution."

[@TroubledTrooper]

Well there's the problem you are using Ubuntu 😁 Nah, sometimes I need to be reminded that I have been weirdly fortunate by not having any issues. A lot of weird errors. I think it's because you did a minimal install. Linux Mint is usually better for these general usage cases.

[@kizersoozie]

Dual-booted Ubuntu/Windows from 2004-2014, and now run only Mint on both of my desktop systems. Everything I used to do in Windows I can do in Mint, including gaming.

[@sanderdejong66]

I have used several versions of Unix, I have used Mac OS X 10.1 - 10.13(?), MS-DOS, as well as various Windows from as early as 3.1. I must say I am disappointed that in 2024 you still get those errors and crashes in Linux. I had thought that it (and especially Ubuntu) would be better by now.

[@rexsceleratorum1632]

Some of it he caused himself -- like closing the terminal while apt was doing something, and other things are probably Ubuntu-specific things. Never had such on my Linux Mint/Zorin/Debian installs

[@RoboBabeXD]

download fedora

[@lcssbr]

I use Linux distributions (mostly Arch Linux) for more than 9 years now and it's impossible for me to come back using Windows again. It's way cleaner and lightweight without a bunch of bloatware and services collecting information. At first you surely will spend a lot of time to understand better how the system works and do a lot of research to make things work the way you like, but after that, you'll almost never have a problem, and even if you do, since you are already familiar to the system, it'll be a easy task.

[@1stCallipostle]

This reeks of people who say coding isn't that hard

[@lcssbr]

@@1stCallipostle and it isn't, if you give it the same effort you do to so many other things.

[@1stCallipostle]

​@@lcssbr Being an astronaut is more realistic. I've never seen an actual coding student consider it anything but the devil's own trickery.

[@rexsceleratorum1632]

@@1stCallipostle Here in India, I learned to code from books before I ever laid my hands on a real computer. It's mostly about aptitude.

[@lcssbr]

@@1stCallipostle Almost all websites on the entire planet are running in Linux machines and that's because it's more resource efficient and stable. You could say it isn't the same when using it as a personal machine, because it's more complex and has less support for consumer products, and this is partially true. Unfortunately only a few companies care about supporting Linux distributions because the market share is way lower than Windows, but the difference is reducing each year. Furthermore, if you avoid buying products from companies that doesn't support Linux, that hardly will be a problem either.

[@ricky2k3_]

To think that Linux Mint is a derivative of Ubuntu and feels less clunkier just goes to show how Ubuntu sucks nowadays

[@alvallac2171]

*less clunky clunkier = more clunky *nowadays.

[@pvshka]

@@alvallac2171 *nowadays

[@MikkoRantalainen]

You can actually blame software patents for the mess around 4:00. The reason Windows or MacOS can handle this automatically is because Microsoft and MacOS used some of your license fees to pay for patent royalties for software patents for mathematical routines needed for video compression and decompression. Never mind the fact that patent law actually denies granting patents for mathematics!

[@eddieoconnor4466]

I ditched Windows in 203 and moved to Fedora Core. I have never looked back....even through the "Dependency Hell" era!...and I'm STILL using Fedora to this day with zero issues!

[@marcoagostoni8827]

in 203 I was still using wax tablets

[@Sarys385]

Are we talking about 203 BC or AD?

[@pabllosee]

3:36 "explaining computers" moment

[@Didigame111]

Tip: Everytime you install a new distro always remember to do sudo apt full-upgrade or if on arch sudo pacman -Syu

[@mademedothis424]

So if that's something you need to "always remember" why doesn't it... you know, just happen?

[@CathrineMacNiel]

@@mademedothis424 sure you can automate it, and distributions often do so, but it is the users task to house keep. Especially when updates can break things (looking at you Crowdstrike)

[@rexsceleratorum1632]

@@mademedothis424 Linux Mint shows a welcome screen that has a button to take you to the update manager. Linux generally doesn't do auto-updating, you have to trigger it. Having Windows do auto-updates right when you want to use it is a meme after all.

[@thatoneannoyingtornadosire8755]

@@mademedothis424 some distros are set up to be more geared towards letting you do whatever to them after install. some people don't want to have to wait for updates right off the bat so it's more of an option, similar to telling windows to not install updates right away

[@mademedothis424]

@@thatoneannoyingtornadosire8755 Yeah, no, I gathered that. But also, every single Linux tutorial on the Internet starts by telling you to run a full upgrade, so you'd think at some point you'd at least get an option to automatically do that, if not unprompted, which is annoying, at least before those things that require running an update first.