Linux Does Not Suck 2024 | We've Come a Long Way, Baby!

A tale of how Ubuntu made WIndows look bad... How I saved my son's computer with Ubuntu and he LOVED IT!
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[@tonywise198]

Linux certainly does not suck. I switched very successfully when I started watching your videos during the pandemic. So grateful, and have never looked back.

[@goodchildmusic0]

Snap! Would love to hear about the experience. No joke. I love meeting peeps that have moved to Linux for their daily driver. FUDGING GREAT.

[@tonywise198]

@@goodchildmusic0 Had a lot of time on my hands during the start of the Pandemic and having dabbled in the past, I thought it was a good time to seriously dive into Linux. A friend (here in the UK) pointed me in the direction of Joe's channel. I binged watched and still return to some of the old videos from time to time. I might add I was a Windows Insider checking out all the new stuff, but got disillusioned when some builds came with nothing in them as they were starting A/B testing. It became a total waste of time. That and the introduction of Windows 11 was the last straw. It took some time to get comfortable with a different OS (I started with Ubuntu), but I eventually got there on a separate PC. I have moved over to Linux MInt on one PC, and MX Linux on another. I finally formatted the Windows 10 machine late last year, as I was not using Windows by then. I'll add I'm coning up to 78 years old. If I can move to Linux, anyone can, unless you use Adobe stuff perhaps but then there are alternatives. It just takes the time and effort to learn. That includes the terminal. People should go and watch all of Joe Collins' videos. You won't go far wrong. Best of Luck to anyone with the bottle to "go for it".

[@tonywise198]

@@goodchildmusic0 Original reply was deleted, for what ever reason, by who/whatever unknown! ??

[@pratyay_barman]

Always a pleasure to hear you, Joe. About a decade ago, I was considering installing Linux, I came across your videos & it eased my phobia of Linux. Still I was a bit hesitant, so I wrote you an email about installing Linux Mint. You gave me some pointers & I installed Mint. Never went back to Windows. Thank you.

[@wateryevents960]

You have helped so many Linux users Joe, we owe you a lot.

[@matts7144]

Joe, it's always a pleasure when you post. The community owes a lot to you. Thanks for sharing your insight and expertise!

[@StaceyAyodele]

LINUX RULES! I went to it full time when Microsoft announced Windows Recall. I haven't looked back. I'm currently running FerenOS and I love it.

[@kevinrineer5356]

I hadn't heard of FerenOS. Very cool distribution!

[@act.13.41]

It sounds like they installed Win 10 with Bitlocker.

[@EzeeLinux]

Maybe...

[@w13rdguy]

People have had weird stuff happen on Discord 🤔

[@sicurr1]

@@EzeeLinux If the "User Account" that you created was not a local account but a Microsoft account, as Microsoft practically demands people to do these days, then Bitlocker is automatically enabled with the most recent Windows 10 updates. It is not enabled if using a local account though. They've been automatically adding small "Features" like this that automatically enable certain things. It's one of the reasons why I'm migrating to Linux. I've had enough of the big brother surprises that Microsoft has been adding in recent years. That recall "Feature" is what broke the camels back in my case.

[@goodchildmusic0]

That is a FUDGING awesome story. I've been on Linux for 10 years and do not miss Windows at all.

[@GoonyMclinux]

I have 2 decades with about 90% linux usage, it was rough for the first decade but its smooth sailing now.

[@thesaigoneer]

Thanks a lot Joe, good to hear this experience. And indeed, whenever you look for that very hardcore linux answer it's gonna be either in the Arch wiki, but also in the Ubuntu forums. So much i learned from those forums (even as a non-ubuntu user), with viable answers dating back to 2012, 2016. Keep them coming, much appreciated!

[@juanmacias5922]

Not mentioning the Arch wiki was blasphemous. ;D

[@henryfleischer404]

Yeah, as a Debian user, I've found that most fixes for Ubuntu also work on Debian.

[@paulandrews171]

Good to hear from you. Miss your Linux greatness!

[@bluesirva3574]

..when the drumbeats go like this! Your wallpaper made my day..;o)

[@neutral_positron]

You are the only person who can make my excited when I see a 30 minute video in my subscriber feed ready to be clicked. Cheers!

[@ah-64apache84]

I wanted do go to linux for some time, but gaming always held me back. now i tested fedora 40 with their new kde 6 desktop and getting steam games running was plug and play. love the features and that it doesnt invoke anxiety about data collection or secretly changing settings, signing my accounts into apps or loading unnecessary programs. its so sleek and useful, i love it. 2025 will be the year of the linux desktop for a lot of people i know!

[@berker82]

Yay🎉 an old school Linux video

[@gabriel38g]

Linux content on KZbin is becoming more abundant, too. I don't know if you've left the game, but maybe you should get back to making a few videos... Glad to watch this one, though! 👍

[@tomsass1789]

Yes Joe please do the videos like in the old days cant get enough of your expertise

[@dongiovanni8466]

Joe I'm happy you made this. You have with these videos about Linux get into fully because you made it so clear with some humor with it...

[@j.p.8248]

I always appreciate and enjoy your Linux videos, Joe!

[@Derpingtonshere]

Man it doesn't feel like that long since 2014... I feel old now. Been here through it all, and don't plan on leaving. Good to see a video coming out from you.

[@mnky75]

I took off Windows 10 off our Laptop about a year ago, and installed Mint Cinnamon. I'm very used to Linux, but my girlfriend isn't and loves Windows. Since using it, she now prefers Linux to Windows. Great story.

[@derekr54]

Great video Joe,it's always a pleasure to watch your videos.

[@TechStache]

A teen saying I don't need windows and hope we did it earlier says A LOT

[@davey820051]

A good father helps his kids learn many lessons, big and small. I can tell you're a good dad, and I can't think of anything in life more important than that.

[@stevegerst5229]

I always enjoy your content. Waiting patiently for your next video😄

[@kiwikeith7633]

I agree that Linux is the way forward. Very recently my Win-10 PC had a very major catastrophe. I lost everything. So I purchased a new PC, only to find just how invasive, intrusive and exploitative is Win-11. Then the old PC case was rebuilt on Linux Mint Virginia. That meant i had two computers to choose from - a contest between Win-11 and Linux Mint Cinnamon desktop. Windows was a clear loser in that contest. Linux even drove my old laser Printer and other peripherals, without any shagging about - Plug and play.

[@lancestu]

Yes -myth buster - Debian based has worked OFTB well for many years.

[@lawrencecavens5760]

Thank you so much for sharing this Video. After windows 10 is done I can rest my worries to finally making Linux Mint My Only trusted platform rather going to windows 11. From all the bad publicity that I have been hearing and trying to get out of sticky situations - Linux just Works - and Microsoft just quits and is not hearing there users complaints fast enough and like you said all the e-waist that will happen - It would bury Microsoft. Almost as bad as apple. As always Joe It's so nice to hear your voice in support of Linux. And to Mr Torvol we sure are in his debt of creating a OS that can include everyone...

[@richard343s]

I have used Linux for about 10 years now and I agree it's gotten a lot better. I haven't had any problems with my computer for a long time.

[@michaelastl]

I am a developer and I use Windows11 and Linux (Mint, Fedora) for productive work. The only real problem I see these days with Windows is still privacy and the fact that you are not controlling what's going on with your data and your machine. I never had any performance issues wth Windows or Linux. If you are aware of what you are doing, you can live in both worlds and use the tools provided there. Funny thing: I own a desktop computer (AMD Ryzen 5 PRO ) that does not like Linux Mint. No matter what I do, no matter how often or different I try to install Linux Mint, it just does not boot up. Every other Linux Distro (Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch, etc) are working just fine. Anyway, thanks for the video, a pleasure hearing from you again. All the best.

[@declanmoran1894]

Good stuff Joe , Great to hear from you again. Still promoting Linux. I'm still following and enjoying your content. 👍

[@JessicaFEREM]

You're some of the people who got me looking at linux back in the day. I really do enjoy using linux, but for the moment I can't use it due to wayland being a near requirement for me and using an nvidia card.

[@EzeeLinux]

DOn't worry too much. They are working on that now. Wayland will work with your new Nvidia card right about the time you're ready to buy it. :)

[@purpasmart_4831]

Issue is already solved. Use the beta 555 driver and plasma 6.

[@mechaform]

After using Linux off-and-on since the mid 90s, keeping old laptops useful and learning C programming, I finally switched the main streaming PC over to Mint 21.3 full-time. My only regret is not doing it sooner. OBS and Firebot work better than they did under Win11; it even solved my random frame loss problem.

[@WR3ND]

My daughter has been on LMDE since 5 came out, recently updated to 6. She uses it mostly for Minecraft and Krita using a drawing display pad. She has gotten really, really good at drawing. Some of her drawings look like professional cartoons, and I don't mean the prevalent bubble/stick figure type. She's 10. Anyway, yeah, it's just a useful computer to her. It being a Linux based system isn't something she thinks about at all.

[@chrismcdonnell7448]

Great video, story, and ideas on Linux vs M$. I have been using Linux since 2018 and have loved every second of it.

[@esvink20]

Great content as always! Thank you for always advocating for Linux!

[@michaelkerr4994]

For decades now, I've been dipping my toe into Linux now and again. Compiled my first kernel back around 2000. Two months ago, I finally walked away from Microsoft. Some of their decisions recently have been really bad. Gaming on linux is so much easier than it has been in the past. Due, in no small part, to Valve. I chose the Fedora path. I am glad to see that the Linux community has improved quite a bit. Thank you for a great video.

[@jwkmpli]

great to see another video thanks Joe, I've been onboard linux since 2012 only limitation I found is printer choice, I have used brother and hp printers no problem but I,m currently looking to buy a smart ink printer but seemingly they don't support linux at my price point

[@EzeeLinux]

Me too. It will come along soon, though. :)

[@GeekIWG]

My grandfather introduced me to Linux when I was 13, then my dad gave me an old laptop as my first computer so that I could run Linux on it. I tried dual booting with Windows at first, but couldn't get Windows to work, so I just stuck with Linux. I've been using Linux as my primary OS ever since. I'm very glad I stuck with it. Now I manage Linux servers as part of my job!

[@cubeskywalker4953]

I switched to Linux Mint about 2 months ago, because Windows 11 isn't supporting my CPU. It hasn't been perfect (nothing in this life is), but dang it if it isn't close to perfect! I totally agree with you about Windows/Microsoft basically creating unnecessary e-waste by having such a hard cut off for system requirements. I hope more users switch over to save these computers.

[@johnreinhardt1618]

Joe, I enjoyed your video. One thing that you talked about in passing was about smoothing out the ability to boot up from a USB stick containing a Linux ISO. I foreone would love to see a video on your procedure to bo that. Thanks for all you have done to help others like me to embrace the Linux world. John R.

[@EzeeLinux]

Thanks... Honestly, I just poked t it until it worked. I don't know what I did. Start with F2 and go from there... LOL

[@w13rdguy]

Cool. Now get him 100ft cat5 and a rj45 crimper!

[@dwbsovran]

Good to hear all is well with you! How about a refresher on your Back Up Tool. Got lazy for a while on updating LM versions, so now I am in update mode.

[@ronwike524]

MX Linux is looking good these days. Also, Debian based with the outstanding MX Package Installer and several other MX Tools..

[@michaelgreaves2375]

MX 23 is the Bomb!

[@ronwike524]

@@michaelgreaves2375 MX runs great on PCs and Raspberry Pis. So does Manjaro, but MX is easier for a newby to set up.

[@Sveto8]

htop is not a tool to measure computer load while playing a game, just RAM and CPU load not GPU load, for nVidia you could use something like nvidia-smi or jtop

[@EzeeLinux]

I didn't care about the video card. I know that was working harder because the CPU didn't show much of a load. Inference is awesome!

[@CandyCaneChris]

Btop will show GPU load, the default keybind is 5. The terminal needs to be big enough to fit all the information though so it's not shown by default.

[@EdnovStormbrewer]

What really became a wake up call to switch to Linux is when I noticed the pattern of issues Microsoft did with Windows: Windows Vista: Clunky UI and compatibility issues Solution: Released patches and Windows 7 as part of hotfixes and stability. Windows 8: Charms UI aimed for tablets Solution: Released 8.1 to bring back start menu button as temporary Solution. Windows 10: Lays off thousands of employees early on before release to use their Windows Insiders and general consumers as guinea pigs for telemetry and add more bloat. Solution: None. Start Menu is fully back though. Windows 11: Start menu is in the middle. More bloat. WSA introduced and next year end of support. Solution: None. Microsoft stopped listening to consumers. Those pattern of issues are why I switched to Linux and ditched Windows completely.

[@ElMarcoh]

together with htop you would want to also run nvtop for the gpu processes to ensure you are using the correct gpu, also nvidia-smi to check on browser video decoding, sometimes you need to tweak things a bit to make it work. My personal story is that I don't game much anymore but I have been using linux for a long time, I still remember playing unreal tournament 99 & 2004 on our crappy family computer we built with my dad back in the day running debian and gentoo, and a year ago I played a lot of Deep Rock Galactic in what's been my distro of choice for over a decade (yes, I use the meme BTW); sometimes I cannot believe it's been 20 years since I stopped using windows (I have to use macOS on my work tough), and as opposed to some might say, linux does indeed not suck at all, it's better than ever thanks to great individuals and companies like Valve, and I hope it keeps getting more awesome.

[@gerrycrisostomo6571]

I switched to Linux Mint Cinnamon 2 years ago and have been using it ever since. I have no plan to go back to Windows anymore. A few days ago, I installed Linux Mint Debian Edition 6 to my friend's computer to replace Windows 10. It is now even more awesome than my Cinnamon based PC! It made my friend happy and she also don't want to go back to Windows anymore.

[@badideaworkbench5155]

Good on your son for going into the trades and not college. I wish I had done the same. It's been a while since seeing one of your videos. I watched your video after seeing another tuber complaining about linux sucks in 2024.

[@MrHotshoe22]

Great to hear from you again! I've been using linux, in one form or another, since the 90's. Your so right, it has come a long way. Almost 3 years now that I have been using Arcolinux as my daily. Once I found a "native" linux app for my security cameras, See Ya! Bill. To tell you the truth there have been a few "hiccups" but nothing catastrophic like what happened to your son. IMHO if you are computer savvy, what are you still using windows for!

[@ideuz_yt]

Now I don't experience Windows dying at random moments, but it used to happen when I was a teenager, so it's not surprising to me. It’s also not surprising to me that if I create a bootable drive with Windows on Linux, I won’t be able to run the installer, I haven’t yet gotten to the point of understanding how to create a flash drive with the Windows installer on Linux. So for me personally, I didn’t hear anything special in the situation with your son, I always have a separate bootable flash drive with Windows, which I created on Windows so i always can install it without any issues any time. I will have 2 drives for Linux & Windows just because Linux is not ready to give me the ability to play most of the top multiplayer (rather competitive) games because of anti-cheats, which are present in almost all of them and maybe i will distrohop on linux to death because i want to use it but there is no distro wher i can play my favourite games with friends

[@RufianEmbozado]

About 17:21 I think I heard a furious approaching crowd wailing "I use Arch, btw." Maybe I'm too debianized. I'll tell you when I see burning torches, sharpened scythes and funnily tied up ropes, anyway (And, no matter the noise, they have a nice lot of awesome documentation, "btw").

[@JohannesDavidsen2024]

Linux works great now than few years ago, because it's optimized in many ways.

[@rialbbe]

Yes. I’ve been using Linux for very long time now. Switching back and forth for all those years. Ending up going back in 2019-20 due to windows update that turned my computer very slow. But in Linux, it runs smoothly. It still using it until now without any reformatting in that particular NVME M.2. I started as Ubuntu f several months. Then switched to KDE neon and the another one (laptop) is running in Big Linux. For several years, it’s been that way. My students ask me, did you reinstall in the past years. Nope, I answered. It’s been like that for years. Only, moving and creating new partition for testing. It’s all in my videos. Anyways, I agree with you. Linux is getting better and better each year.

[@KamaradeKriska]

"Greetings and salutations" Damn I love this intro !

[@andrewjones6239]

I've been running Linux on multiple computers since the '90s. I purchased an early Red Hat CD and played with that first. There were many issues with hardware support (video and network). I ran an HP RISC version of Debian on an HP UX workstation for a while as well. Over the years I've run SUSE, Mandrake, Knopics and others. My preferred and current distro now is Mint. I am currently running it on several machines. I also run Steam and have found that Proton does a great job with Windows versions of games. I have to run some games that have Linux native versions using Proton because of multi-player game version support issues. Basically a Windows game has been updated to newer versions and the Linux version is not. I don't have any playability issues with Windows games. With over 20 years of running Linux on various hardware and platforms, I have seen monumental improvements these years. Linux has grown up from a novelty to a real contender to Windows. I'm OK with it not having the installed base of Windows. I like your videos and have learned much from you. Keep up the good work.

[@EzeeLinux]

Thanks for the feedback. :)

[@justanotherpxrson]

The cool thing is that if he ever does anything more than gaming, he can start out trying to use open source software, or at the very least, cross platform software. I wish I was able to do that. In particular I learned music production on ableton live and I really don't want to start from square 1 and learn a new DAW.

[@cmaxwelljr]

I was listening to you the whole time while installing linux on a mini pc

[@skeleton_craftGaming]

How good is the Nvidia support in Ubuntu/ mint? Because I use proprietary Nvidia technology everyday in my line of work [whether that be AI, audio denoising or creating nerfs] And I really kind of need to be able to do that...

[@EzeeLinux]

I think the best way to answer that would be to suggest that you do some research with your use-case in mind. Go look to see how other are accomplishing what you need to do with Linux. :)

[@GeneralHazerd]

May you, good sir, never go EOL.

[@Aherz-yd4gs]

Last year I bought a Windows laptop and this year a cousin of mine gave me an old Window Acer desktop, but she lost the password. So I installed Linux from my USB an ever since January I've been using only this desktop with Ubuntu.

[@craigtegeler4677]

Hey there Joe! How are things going for for you now a days?? I still see you when you post!

[@DavidCoutinhoCG]

Hey Joe, i did a different strategy, i have 2 SSD M.2 drives here PCI-E 3.0, and i bought one with mid range speed, which doesn't heat much, its chinese, but it has aluminum heat sinks, anyways, my configuration, i did a cross use, this config of mine depends on 2 SSD's and Hard drives. Well what i did is, I did install Linux with its EFI and boot partitions in the beginning of one, and Windows on the other SSD (i have only for backups sake, i never use it.) home folder is on SSD, but i symlink the personal folder files to a HD drive that haves all my files, my programs i have a big "/opt" partition, i store there all programs i find on the internet and try to configure from there (including appimages), but i install various others to /usr/bin, /usr/local/bin and flatpaks as well. but tarballs and proprietary ones i hold all in "/opt" on the other SSD that has windows. So the load my system has is on both SSD's, its shared by both, running applications and so forth, so my system doesn't intensively use one SSD for all of it. Games i use hard drive as well, i don't hold game files on SSD, Projects as well, and My SSD's has 20% of OP (Over Provisioning), to prolongs its life, so 20% of the SSD's is unformatted free drive, for the SSD's operations to use it. and thats how i got it working here.

[@goodoldmate5548]

Thanks for the great content.

[@snowpirate2652]

It's nice to see more people who aren't really as interesting in playing with their computers as the majority of linux users I chat with, be able to just use their like they have been able to for years on windows.

[@kyledupont7711]

Hey, a hot tip for anybody trying to game on linux, you don't need to install proton. It comes built into steam. I haven't had to touch it or think about it I literally play games the exact same way I do on Windows, except for there's a compatibility box checked in each game in steam. I have done this with several distros

[@magicbeanman772]

you can install 11 with out tmp 2.0 if you use rufus to make the bootable usb, and if you need tpm 2.0 you can get a dedicated tpm 2.0 thingy if your mobo supports it. I just swapped to linux for the first time last month and honestly loving it, been running cachyos.

[@InsideOfMyOwnMind]

Literally the only reason my workplace has not become a Linux haven is because it will never ever ever ever run Quickbooks at least natively if at all. There are a few other things where it helps to have a Windows box laying around like Midiox and Audio Architect but QB is core to them Thank you Joe for doing these videos.

[@EzeeLinux]

QuickBooks runs great in a WIndows virtual machine running on a Linux host. Learn how to use VirtualBox and you off and running.

[@InsideOfMyOwnMind]

@@EzeeLinux Yes, currently trying to figure out how to sign kernel modules so that vb will work under UEFI.

[@lukefilewalker9454]

Thank you for sharing this story, I really enjoyed it. I just installed Ubuntu 24.02 I believe and I was wondering if you had any idea why I’m stuck in 640x480 window? I have a 27inch 120hz IPS monitor and it’s 1440p resolution, it only has DisplayPort for the connection to my graphics card and my graphics card is an AMD Radeon 6800xt. My CPU is Intel core i9 10900k and in Windows 11 works flawless, but for some reason I can’t change the resolution in Ubuntu, first I ran all updates then rebooted same, then I installed latest AMD drivers which Ubuntu said they were already installed. I’m just at a loss. Btw Ubuntu is on a separate SSD from my windows drive, so I’m dual booting them.

[@EzeeLinux]

24.04 is very buggy. Try 22.04 and see if it works. Plus, be sure to check for proper video drivers.

[@lukefilewalker9454]

@@EzeeLinuxthank you sir I will try your suggestions. 😊

[@KrissBartlett]

Very nice Joe good he finally went your way

[@gartennelke]

So LMDE versus Linux Mint Ubuntu (like I have at the moment) what are the advantages of LMDE? Closer to Debian is better?

[@EzeeLinux]

LMDE is considered experimental and a backup plan for Mint if they ever had to stop using Ubuntu as a base. I run it to help the project mostly and it has proven to be super stable and does what I need. It's not nearly as pointy-clicky as regular Mint, though. Therefore, I would only suggest LMDE for advanced Linux users. :)

[@user-pf9dr2bt6z]

It is a known bug in win10, profiles get corrupted and the only fix is to reinstall

[@walter_lesaulnier]

It didn't seem to be an issue here, but soon as you mentioned the Samsung SSD, I wondered if that might be the problem if it was one with the notorious firmware bug. Whenever I buy a Samsung SSD I first update the firmware just to be safe.

[@EzeeLinux]

The SSD is not Samsung in his machine. I was showing my machines drives in the video.

[@user-gp6rk7hg1q]

Hi Joe...nice to see a new video. I have a question pertaining to Linux and installing the OS on an Alienware machine. I haven't seen any videos on how Alienware systems are with the installing of Linus OS's on them, except for one which was a dell Alienware notebook. I guess it's something I will just have to do and see what happens. My warranty has ended this past May, and I think I use my system like your son does. I installed a 2 tb nvme into it...and have the original 1 tb nvme. I guess I won't break the system doing that and seeing what happens. My system is a liquid cooled, AMD R9/10 5900, Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060, 32G running Win11...and getting pretty tired of all the things Microsoft are doing. Have been using Linux off and on...but would like to just get On the Penguin train and say good bye to windows. Anyways...thanks for a new video...have you have a good one eh!! Shawn

[@EzeeLinux]

It can't hurt to try... Take the time to research what others say about installing Linux on that machine. You'll find out very quickly if there's some sort of issue. :)

[@zztp7822-ec6zu]

Ubuntu 24.04 is fantastic feels and looks runs better than previous versions. I loved Eoan 19.10 shame it was a seasonal version for me atleast that was the best solid UB version. This 24.04 runs perfect for me. Loving it. I do dual boot with Win 10 necessity with certain games with VR.

[@keiganthetennessean1796]

Sitting at my desk at work in front of a Windows PC watching this on my laptop running Mint XFCE :)

[@act.13.41]

I also have one of those HP Refurbs. It blue screens on Windows 10 and even 11 with an error on the UEFI/BIOS. No warranty, even though it was right out of the box. I installed Tumbleweed on it and I have been using Proton to run MechWarrior Online with it ever since.

[@EzeeLinux]

Thanks for the feedback. I ended up tweaking the BIOS quite a bit. I turned off as much of the redundant security theater stuff as I could.

[@writerconsidered]

Haven' I haven't had linux in years. If forced too I can switch back. Thanks Joe. You are my Linux guy.

[@EzeeLinux]

Thanks. :)

[@AhmMoh74]

Thanks Joe, you are my Linux Godfather!

[@IrishCarney]

Vinyl question. Sorry for the off-topic post, Joe (but hey, you did use a vinyl image here). And I'm sure you've heard this but I still want to say it -- why be a fan of vinyl other than to get recordings unavailable in any other format? Surely any improvement in audio quality over CD (debatable, and achievable in ideal expensive conditions if at all) is basically always trumped in real life by the inevitable crackle caused by dust, not to mention scratches, fingerprints, etc. If we're going to advocate quirky retro hobby media, why not MiniDisc? Yes ATRAC is proprietary but the audio quality (with no crackle) has to beat vinyl, and it must be fun to make "mixtape" disks, moving and renaming tracks without needing a PC, etc. And CDs are also prone to scratches, fingerprints etc like vinyl is. It's just a real shame MD didn't take hold and survive. I almost wish someone would make a kind of sibling format in the form of MiniCDs in a caddy. With MiniCDs of course being smaller than full size CDs, to fit a whole album you'd need compression like MD uses - MP3 is the obvious boring choice but we could then go ultra quirky and advocate they have Ogg (Vorbis, Opus etc). Anyway just some ideas - what do you think?

[@silvius6244]

Ubuntu is a good start - still much more private and efficient than Windows. Perhaps he will choose a different flavor in the future

[@uniqueprogressive9908]

Linux mint is good as well for new users, It has the same UI as windows and it still has the functionality and support from Ubuntu without the snaps.

[@BWGPEI]

It seems that drivers are a challenge, regardless of the OS. But GNU Linux, I agree, has indeed come a long way. By coincidence, we're both running the same processor. By happenstance, the OS is Mint. FYI, MS Windows 10 can be removed from the internet via a simple network configuration change, and thus decluttered stays that way.

[@etunimisukunimi7747]

I've been using Linux for about a year now and it has had it's ups and downs but during that time I haven't felt a need to boot into windows.

[@Nerd2Ninja]

I literally reimaged my gaming computer to an Arch based gaming distro this year (Garuda) in large part because I knew steamOS is based on Arch these days. I hardly play games anymore because I'm an adult, so I just decided there's so many games that do play on linux, that if there's a game that doesn't run, I'll just go look to play something else.

[@Sitwayen]

I once changed an acer laptop monitor, and it wouldn't turn on to show neither the bios or windows, but Linux worked fine. I tried connecting it with an external monitor to get windows on it but it would just bork itself. The laptop came back to me a couple of times because somebody else tried getting windows on it and it got borked every single time. Unfortunately the person could not use Linux for her use case and got a new laptop. I tried to buy it from her, to investigate but was unsuccessful.

[@shanedias3849]

I need some help So, I switch to Zorin os from windows 10 2 months ago, now my issue is that I just can't play native windows games via steam on it ......I do have wine proton and steam Linux runtime but the game ether crashes or it just show some wired artifacts on loading screen and doesn't open

[@EzeeLinux]

That's a video driver issue. I have no clue how Zorin handles that so I can't help you there but a little research goes a long way.

[@spiralcrunch6978]

Based ^

[@LUCKO2022]

It is scary how far Linux has come. I started in 2008 and it was not pleasant so I went back to Windows till 2014 and I tried again and eveything worked for the most part. Sure Netflix at that time didn't work and a few other things. Now pretty much everything works. I have no desire to go back to Windows, ever.

[@BilalHeuser1]

I don't use Ubuntu any more because I can't stand Snaps. Linux Mint has a Mate edition which is really nice to use, so that's where I am at now.

[@stephencullum8255]

I bought a Windows 10 refurbish computer off of Amazon two years ago. I had been using Linux and was surprise how many Linux features it had . Left the operating system be. Now I am looking at end of life for Windows 10. I just bought a System76 computer and after I get it and set it up to my liking I plan on putting Mint on my old machine which is a fairly powerful machine ,(why I bought it in the first place) giving it to my daughter. The system76 computer offers drive encryption at installation. I might on occasion want to compile hardware . Wonder how drive encryption would effect that, if I choose that option. That machine would be in my house and I would be the only user on it. It is a desktop, if I bought a laptop, oh yes I encrypt the hard drive. That feature of their Linux Distro (Pop!_OS) is a reason for laptop users to consider it.

[@davidmartin8211]

I wondered if something damaged the windows partition? I just had this occur after a power surge.

[@tutacat]

OEM install of windows has device encryption by default. But I don't think ebay sellers usually use OEM, apart from using the manufacturer's installer which may add encryption.

[@user-jy4oi2mu1s]

Wow nice to hear your rambling joe look forward to your next ramble about linux hopefully

[@tohur]

TBH Valve is an HUGE reason Linux is as good as it is.. the steam deck and proton have brought many many folks to Linux considering most games just work now . Business is what drove windows to popularity in the case of Linux its going to be gaming that drives our market share up.

[@PeterB144]

Hi Jo, cool Story. I also experimented a while ago with Linux and had it installed beside Wincrab in a dual-boot system on an HDD. But a few days ago this MS-poo crashed from one second to the other and that made me so angry I hate that they want to install that Recall-Crab sooner or later also on an X86-CPU-based System. So I suddenly now have quitted that Bulls... and installed MX-Linux XFCE on my PC on the SSD where WinCrab was and Micodirt can kiss my ass from now on. I code and play on my Linux like never before, because it doesn't have tons of background processes like WinCrab, and literally everything works faster and so smoothly all the time I tortured myself with WinCrap due to the illusion this and that is not really performant and stable under Linux but I was totally wrong. I will never go back to WinCrab on my private computers. Linux RULES is KING for me and I AM Maste of my System, not MicroCrab anymore. Greetings from Peter from Germany and please excuse my English as I'm still learning. Thank you for that video and I hope you and your Son will have a lot of fun and success while using you PC's now.🤘

[@eitanbirman1195]

you should've installed Garuda Linux for him it's perfect for gaming out of the box experience. And it's Arch based so plenty of documentation especially for Gaming since Steam Deck

[@EzeeLinux]

Ubuntu is a good starting point. If he decides he wants to learn how to install Garuda then he certainly can.

[@kronosthesoulshaker]

Just a pleasure to listen.

[@MrDerekLRobinson]

Yep... Windows will and has been known to self detonate. I am running Linux ( Zorin) on a 12 yr old laptop and Mint on a newer built PC. Also... Using Kali Linux on a USB live boot on both for the tools. I have been on windows since win 95 . Within the last 3 years now I have found Linux to be far more Superior! 😎👍

[@dandreani]

For nvidia gpus nvtop is a great package, like htop, to observe loads and temps on the dedicated graphics

[@NFvidoJagg2]

I remember hearing a store about when valve software first compiling CS on Linux and how it ran better then windows at the time.

[@evilroda]

Your son will move to something else if he starts to not like Ubuntu. We've all done it. I'm on Fedora now. Hell, maybe someday, I'll end up moving back. Well, I kinda sorta did already. I started using an old Chromebook for software defined radio, and Fedora XFCE was working great on it... Until I went to upgrade to the newest version and it ran out of disk space. Now I'm using Bodhi on that machine. There's no such thing as a forever distro.

[@EzeeLinux]

He can move where he chooses when he gets to where he's comfortable doing installs. We all have to start somewhere. :)

[@KTSpeedruns]

Linux is better than how it used to be in the same way I can lift more than when I was 1 year old. I still can't lift much, and I'm terrible at all sports, but hey, I sure have improved. Realistically, Linux does not meet the needs of creatives or gamers, and that's 99% of the world. Linux gaining traction will definitely be a good thing, and it is a good thing, but if that only happens because Windows gets worse, then that's like if Logan Paul beats Mike Tyson because Tyson broke his own legs on purpose while walking into the ring.

[@EzeeLinux]

That's what I would call an unfair exaggeration. I bet you haven't used much Linux lately 'cause if you had you wouldn't post such garbage. :)

[@doughboy1966]

If I could ever figure out how to run Uniden Sentinal to program my scanners as I can not figure out how to access the sd card in the scanner to retrieve and write data to the scanner I would be finished with Windows. I can program my Baofeng ham radios using Chirp software but not the Uniden software to program the scanner.

[@ShaunakHub]

For playing games probably Nobara/ Garuda is a better option than Ubuntu or Mint 🙂

[@barkingbandicoot]

I switched from (K)Ubuntu to Garuda - after failed upgrades to 24.04 on two computers. I am NOT a gamer, but it certainly looks like Garuda would be the perfect distro for a gamer - in both setup and looks! Ubuntu may have a great support history - but I would not say the Arch wiki is any less helpful! The Garuda forums have excellent support also!