Why I Switched To Linux! And How It's Going...

In this video I share with you guys my experience of using Linux (Pop!_OS) as my full-time operating system.
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[@udaysinh]

I have switched from windows to linux a few years back , because my potato laptop couldn't handle windows , but after the switch I got to say it was the best decision ever , never regretted this decision ..

[@bibekjha5628]

same for after windows 11 update my laptop don't support.

[@scar6073]

The reason Linux dosent have more users is because of the ongoing myth that Linux is for programmers on Adderall unless you master scripting and spend tons of hours reading wikis you shouldn't use Linux which is objectively false. This was probably the case in the 90s but not now. It's accessibility and user-friendliness is a million times better than windows or Mac. Distributions like Ubuntu and Mint require little to no bash scripting on the user's part. What bash scripting you do need is just copying the script and pasting it on the terminal. Way better than googling hours for the exe files because windows store sucks

[@udaysinh]

@@scar6073 true , couldn't agree less

[@yglyglya]

Same

[@gherbetto]

Unfortunately I need photoshop with smart objects:( that’s what holds me back)

[@GroundControlRC]

I'm glad you're testing out Linux. I switched to Linux from Windows 25 years ago and never looked back. Hardware compatibility is something people need to consider and look into first to make sure their hardware is supported. It does take more time to get the system setup and working the way you want but it certainly saves time from that point forward. If you're a Power User or Developer I think you'll feel at home with Linux. Good luck with your Linux System and hopefully it will stick ;-) I use Linux Mint with the Mate Desktop.

[@FarEvilDee1974]

Dell g5 laptop comes to mind here lol.

[@GroundControlRC]

@@FarEvilDee1974 I have an MSI GE75 Raider Laptop. It's my 3rd MSI Laptop and they're all still running.

[@reynold.lariza]

@@FarEvilDee1974 I love Linux... on the server/cloud side (even in my own home lab server) for serving specific tasks. But as a desktop... "Hardware compatibility is something people need to consider and look into first to make sure their hardware is supported." --- is still a chicken-and-egg situation. Most (latest and greatest) external hardware (audio interface, microphone, electronic diagnostic tools) which I prefer are mostly compatible in either Windows or Mac. While some works on Linux, but mostly at a degraded performance, and it sucks.

[@bobbyfried7478]

i use LM XFCE...been using on one system or another for just over a decade.

[@felderup]

though, considering hardware, some of my hardware stopped being supported on windows while i was in the middle of using it, old driver just uninstalled, can't find the driver to install the older version, even if it'd work. they've been clearing out the old stuff, there's a LOT of broadcom stuff out there for instance, lot of trouble getting it to work on linux, now with the reverse engineering it works better on linux than windows, where it no longer works at all. linux supports stuff in use since the 60's, the newest stuff and things with nda based drivers is hard to get support for. two windows systems and 7+ linux, with linux, 'it just works' once you get it installed, the old transformer netbook i got from my ma(very nice portable) is too much effort to change the os or it'd be one windows 10 system(it'll be converted eventually). i'm thinking of getting my old tx-p4x system running again, classic isa cards are worth digging up and some weirdos are actually making new ones, what's the chances windows will work on it?

[@guilherme5094]

I've been using Linux completely for the last 13 years, and I still have a lot of fun👍.

[@zeocamo]

i use Linux for 27 years, it is the best OS is the world.

[@CyberAndy_]

i use Linux for 47 years, it is the best OS is the world.

[@zeocamo]

@@CyberAndy_ so you is a time traveler

[@CyberAndy_]

@@DV-ml4fm 1991 was 52 years ago

[@CyberAndy_]

@@DV-ml4fm I was born in 1969 and am 64 years old do math better be better stop arguments about nothing

[@benjaminsmith3151]

My breaking point came when hitting the "window" key so I could run programs after typing the first few letters. One day, must have been after an "Update", I noticed that it was now showing ads, stock prices, and web site links based on characters I typed! This is more than just a "Privacy" concern, like you described. This means they integrated keylogging into the the most basic functions of the system. I've run Windows for years, always with the task manager open, and still to this day there are windows system-level processes that show up and max out the CPU for no reason. We need to stop treating the problems with Windows, and switching to linux, as just a matter of preference or habit. Do we really think a trillion dollar company, filled with thousands of developers using windows, just "Missed" the dozens of bugs I can replicate on any Windows machine I see? I get it, we're all sophisticated users, but the fact that regular people don't see the problems doesn't make them less real.

[@SiarheiAkhramenia]

Hey, I've been using GNU/Linux since Sep, 2013 as my sole OS (from LMDE Mate then to Linux Mint Cinnamon now). 10 years+ as of the time of writing this. No any regret, EVER. Have a bunch of offline UNIX/Linux tools, tried a lot of different distros on other devices. My whole dev/life digital infrastructure is built around and thanks to the unending world of possibilities that the GNU/Linux systems can offer. GL to all of you, strangers trying to apply this beautiful engineering gem to your life and work!

[@girohead]

Same here, LMDE is version 2 or 3 - works well on everything, and snappy.

[@ton146]

I moved to linux a few years ago and certainly never regretted the move. The most encouraging thing I heard was that no one knows all of linux/bash. I never knew all of DOS 5 anyway. The complexity means we need to have recipes for easy tasks as we get older. Can’t remember everything anyway. Dont want to have to reread manuals/guides every time I want to do something. I have started a hard file of recipes to not have to remember everything.

[@larva5606]

Nice. Do you think you'll ever share that hard file?

[@PEdulis]

Thanks for this informative video. I would also recommend to anyone to setup Linux either in a dual boot installation or to run it in a VirtualBox for starters, maybe to try different varieties like LinuxMint or PopOs before deciding which of them to install in the dual boot system. I also liked your conclusion that it would be harder for you now (after only 5 months!) to switch back to Windows than it was to switch to Linux. Many people underestimate the time they spent on getting their Windows system running the way they want it and claim it would all work right out of the box and then moan about something not working on Linux instantaneously. In reality, we all had our issues to setup Windows perfectly and we looked up what others did in that case or asked a friend and the same is true for Linux. In my view, the learning curve for Linux can be faster and once you got your system running the way you want it, you don't have to worry about much any more unlike Windows that may stop your workflow because it insists on installing an update right there and then or other issues. To me, privacy is a much more important point than it seems to be for you. Especially after reading the new MS service agreement that clearly states that MS can and will scan all the files and possibly report them for copyright claims or other issues, I can no longer think of using Windows as my main OS, only when I have to because my employer still thinks it's the way to go.

[@abhimanyu6599]

Keep Going!! I have also been using linux for a while. I started out by dual-booting on my new laptop but then windows just broke itself randomly, been using linux since(been around 1 year).

[@trajectoryunown]

I tried having a dual-boot setup. Got tired of Windows hijacking my boot sequence and placing itself first. Had to clear the CMOS every time I wanted to get back into Linux.

[@abhimanyu6599]

@@trajectoryunown True

[@MyReviews_karkan]

Running Linux is like building your own muscle/sleeper car. It might take time to make it fully functional and the way you want it, but once it's complete, you're going to have so much fun. I've been running Linux for 6 years now. It definitely got a ton better in the last couple of years. My only advice is don't distro-hop. Choose one distro and work it on it to make it work the way you want. That way, in a couple of months, you have fixed all the issues that may have popped up and set it up to suit your workflow. Also, keep a windows machine/drive/VM handy.

[@jamesaron1967]

I wish I had wetted my feet in Linux back in the '90s when I started being serious about computing. Unfortunately, fate had other plans. About a decade ago, I installed many Linux distros on virtual machines for a project I was doing. For a while, I experimented with them to see if I could ever function as well in the Linux environment as I did in Windows. I eventually realized that was probably never going to happen. I had already become too habituated. More importantly, I was too _dependent_ on the Windows platform and its apps to ever extricate myself from it. Fast-forward to the present, I've been hearing a lot about Linux Mint and how it dominates the Linux world, especially for ex-Windows users. I tried it in the past and liked it, but it wasn't sufficiently similar to what I had grown accustomed to making the switch. I am going to install Mint again in a VM and a few other distros, but this time will keep them to continue my research and gain experience. I fully understand your permanent switch to Linux. You are a developer. It makes sense for your requirements. You're also a lot younger than me and perhaps it was easier. My question is why bother with a dual boot and not simply run a Windows VM instead? It's much easier to open a VM and run a Windows program inside it. That way you never need to reboot your system. Additionally, you can have multiple Windows VMs in different versions (7, 10, 11, etc). Unless you absolutely need the full performance of your PC, VMs are vastly more convenient since you'll never need to leave your Linux boot OS. Virtualization is so good now and current hardware is so powerful, that I find permanent multi-boot setups are superfluous in most scenarios.

[@marioandresheviacavieres1923]

I really enjoy pop OS, super user friendly. As well your channel is great. Thanks for all the videos!

[@sheldonkupa9120]

Pop OS was a good choice! Its a serious distribution which i prefer. Hope their next iteration will be worth the wait.

[@matthewlee9728]

pop os is great but linux mint is propably teh best first distro coming from windows

[@lulube11e111]

​@@matthewlee9728way too old desktop for modern times. Imo

[@terrydactyl7026]

It’s nice to see someone else documenting their travels in switching from Windows to Linux. I am about to start on this journey and have selected Zorin (for a much simpler transition) as my Linux driver. The main issue (as you have highlighted) is that a lot of apps written for Windows are not written for Linux. The Main items for me are Filmora (video editing), NItro Pro (PDF), On1 Photo Raw for Raw / photo editing (i don’t subscribe to the Adobe eco system and thank goodness for that too).The rest of the apps i use I could easily replace with Linux alternatives. I have researched and Microsoft Office could be replaced with WPS Office(and this might just be good enough for the PDF replacement too) so i will give that a test drive for sure. I will inevitably end up running Filmora & On1 in VMware Player as that has 3D graphics pass through. Keep up the good work as you document your switch.

[@blaster3744]

I ll definitely give a try to pop os. Thx for sharing

[@MnemonicCarrier]

Thanks for sharing - always interesting to hear people's stories about switching to Linux. I've been using Linux full time for about 15 years now, have never looked back. In regards to "...I would never get rid of Windows completely..." - I used the think the same thing (many moons ago) 🤣Anyway - welcome to the fold, all the best!

[@vicenteeduardo5598]

I've been using linux for 8 years now and it is a decision i've never regretted so far.

[@seguramlk]

Me too, man. I migrated to Linux back in 2016 when I installed Ubuntu MATE 16.04 LTS. Don't regret it a bit

[@muddyexport5639]

Agree and do the same thing along with the MacOS & iOS in the mix via support needs for other users.

[@r3lativ]

You can get quick access to emojis either with a Gnome extension, or with rofi. There are also several good options for clipboard managers, either as Gnome extensions, or installing clipQ.

[@ryangarofano]

For debian based distros i recommend using nala as your package manager. Its basically a wrapper around apt that optimizes speed and makes the output look better.

[@derekr54]

I got shut of Windows for good some years ago after years of dual-booting and now every PC or laptop I have runs some version of Linux. I have never had the need to use Windows and certainly don't miss anything about it. I even put Linux on my old Macbook and it works fine on that also.

[@gand0rfTRZ]

Hey. Been using linux as my daily driver for over 6 months now. Only have a dual boot with windows, because cert exam companies are a pain. 100% agree with the development points. It has been much easier and quicker coding in python since switching over. I have also been getting better at bash. to the point of making my own scripts and setting up my own stuff to run at login. I really enjoy the gui editing and setting up my desktop the way I like. Gaming on linux has been great as well. Cyberpunk works better on my xubuntu then it does on my windows.

[@darrenlefcoe]

Why is it quicker and easier coding in python on Linux compared to Windows? Surely that's down to the IDE and little to do with the OS ??

[@what.-_-._.118]

@@darrenlefcoeopen source, more interactive developers, linux built diff, and generally the developers are better. they even made gaming easy! i play cs2, tf2, cyberpunk 2077(used too, i dont like it that much), gta V, farcry 6, combat master, TABG, minecraft, battlebit remastered and many others.

[@something_]

@@darrenlefcoe python packages are easier to work with, the IDE need to attach a Terminal and also the tools in Linux like diff,tee....it's easy, and also Bash is easier and advanced than Bat or Powershell, though in some cases it's better to code in Windows; like for C, C++ devs in Linux the standard libraries are included by default, maybe you don't want that.

[@darrenlefcoe]

@@something_ I use the same IDE for both. In fact, the most popular IDE (vs code) works natively and seamlessly on Windows... so it is not obvious that Linux is advantageous in this regard ?

[@googlymooglyman]

@@darrenlefcoe vs code works on linux as well

[@kellypainter7625]

I have Pop OS on my work laptop. I have two SSDs: one with Windows 10 that I never use and Pop on the other one. I have Windows 10 on QEMU/KVM on the Pop drive where I can run some programs that don't have Linux counterparts (like my password manager, mSecure). I just pause the Windows 10 VM when I am done with it. Everything is great on that machine.

[@stefannilsson2406]

DUDE! Why did I not know about btop earlier!?!?!? This is amazing!!!

[@SuvobrotoPal]

Very Educative Video, Thank you very much 🙏🙏

[@mskiptr]

As for autoscrolling, it's the apps themselves that decide what to do with a middle-click event. Pasting the primary selection is the typical behavior, but in e.g. Firefox you can change that to start scrolling instead. On another note, I personally don't use any office suit because I just find them all way too annoying. For writing notes, I typically go with markdown. And when it needs to be something of higher quality, I will bring out LaTeX. Using actual programming languages instead of Excel is also more convenient. (Especially functional ones, since they are naturally suited for calculations.) And presentations | slideshows are fortunately not something I typically need to bother myself with, but for that it would be either LaTeX again, or something like Reveal.js.

[@Mallchad]

Middle click is actually normal X11 behaviour it doesn't really have a traditional clipboard. I like klipper and it lets you disable that behaviour and gives you 1000+ item clipboard history

[@trajectoryunown]

You could theoretically remap the middle click to a different input (to prevent interference from applications) and program it to run a script for scrolling that disables on click?

[@mskiptr]

@@trajectoryunown YT is removing my reply, so here it is in pieces:

[@mskiptr]

@@trajectoryunown Judging by a few threads on Reddit, SE and Arch forums something like this seems to be possible, but also quite hacky and fragile.

[@mskiptr]

@@trajectoryunown The proper way to implement it would be to add this feature to libinput, which coincidentally already implements something very similar to enable scrolling with a TrackPoint (it's called button scrolling).

[@BitsOfTruth]

Very well done. I would have more trouble switching back to Windows too. I love the quiet experience of Linux Mint without all the interruptions and so much more I like about Mint. Well done..

[@walter_lesaulnier]

Switched to Fedora/ Plasma about 9 months ago on my main PC and LOVE it- not one single issue that I had to fix in that whole time. I have an older PC with Win 10 just for playing several very old games.

[@centuriomacro9787]

I switched from Windows to PopOS 1,5 years. Enjoyed it so far. Have kept Windows in dual boot as well. For example the HD resolution on Amazon steaming isn’t available on Linux.

[@pietraderdetective8953]

I've been contemplating to install PopOS as well...but I couldn't find my USB stick. Is there anything better than PopOS for a linux newbie? I omitted Mint as one of the alternatives but I cannot remember why...

[@jeisonsanchez4842]

16:13 this was my life when I used to run Slackware. I don’t recall there being a package manager at the time and lots of things had to be compiled. Overall, it was fun and reliable. It involved lots of reading and troubleshooting and hanging out at the IRC channels. Learning Linux makes you a better person. 😊

[@vegetalasbestos7928]

Im still using slackware (since 2009 when the 64 bit came out), still rock stable and still no official package manager.There are few unofficial and work quite well since installing/upgrading/reinstalling/removing packages on Slackware is so easy.

[@DanzzyTechWorld]

Great video bro. I agree with you 100% on the gpaste issue

[@derekp6636]

Only downside at the moment for me on pop os is the back/forward button on the mouse not working on web browsers....works fine out of the box on Mint and Ubuntu 23.10 though! Considering a distro hop until they release a newer version of pop os since I'm not really gaming at the moment anyways.

[@openm1ndead]

Interesting what would you say when you try KDE Plasma instead of Gnome-like desktop environment...

[@tohur]

I swapped to Linux full time when the steam deck was announced as I knew game compatibility was going to grow. I do keep my windows install in a KVM VM with GPU passthrough when I do want to play a game or use a software not compatible with linux.. have to say I much prefer having windows in the VM and isolated. I do plan on getting a second GPU just for windows so if I want I can have both the host and an vm running at the same time as with my current setup when I am in windows linux is unusable

[@dandahl1039]

I started playing with Linux a long time ago when kernel 2.0 came out. I've taken some classes and played around a lot, but not really much to do at the time. Now I'm retired so I built a state of the art Windows 10 machine, but now they are pushing me to goto Win 11 and I don't want to switch. I'm tired of switching and learning and updating and well another version of Windoze that's not ready to be released, but there it is. So I built another system and installed Pop-OS and have been playing with it for a year now. My life is still on the Windoze system, but I don't spend much time there anymore. Only when I have too. I spend most time on Linux. Anyway thanks for the article.

[@ekaterinaburakova8629]

You can customize shortcuts on any Windows system - although it may be ot as efficient as on UNIX-based ones. You go to the Properties of any shortcut icon and assign your key combination on the default tab.

[@gracc46]

Nice review. Good and honest .I'm a Linux man and have been for ever. I'm like you with the make it mine attitude.

[@AdenMocca]

Good video, I found it interesting that you found linux more glitchy than windows, probably some hardware being un-optimized. I've had some issues with Linux, but in many ways I think it is a lot more predictable than Windows. I also agree with "I would have a harder time switching to Windows than I did to Linux". Once you have something that only updates when you want, then go back to Windows that updates whenever it feels like it.... I once had a meeting and the other attendee told me they need to delay for about 10~15 mins while the computer is updating. On software compatibility, Linux has become the server OS, so while it is true there are a lot of client apps that might not be in Linux - and that gap is shrinking a lot with Proton and Valve's efforts - there are also a lot of server-side applications that can't be run or compiled in Windows - Redis I think is an example that can't be built with Windows natively. WSL helps overcome this, but WSL is a Linux VM that was highly customized to not look like a Linux VM. Windows can't be torn down into modular components, preventing a modular LSW (Linux subsystem for Windows), so the fact that WSL is a thing, is in a large part thanks to the customizability, and modularity of the Linux operating system. At the end of the day, users need to use what they like. It is sad more people don't have visibility into Linux because it is the only option where the users can control their choices, learning the system once can apply to hundreds of distros, and is - as mentioned - the most privacy-minded option.

[@mage3690]

I switched to Linux specifically so gaming was _harder._ I thought gaming too much was holding me back in college. It was, but it was a symptom, not the actual problem. How it's going is -- well, I put the line "PATH=' ' " in my bashrc yesterday. It went exactly the way you think it did (I had to live boot in with a USB to delete that line). The only thing that didn't "just work™" for me was that I couldn't watch KZbin or Twitch videos, for which I needed to install ffmpeg (and specifically _not ffmpeg-free), which required me to enable the RPMFusion repo since I'm on Fedora. Also, if you have the space, what you can do is use Disk Management to shrink your C: drive back by 100 GB or so, leave that space blank, and install Linux on that empty space. It's a surprisingly easy thing to do, actually. Windows will complain about it and maybe tell you to defrag your drive, but I'm dual booted on a single drive now without having lost a single byte of data or needing to reinstall Windows.

[@shalimarscubadiver]

What about installing msys64 for using development tools on Windows vs. using Linux with dual boot?

[@oldbeardedtech993]

Congrats on the switch. You won't be disappointed. I've been on linux for 10 years and have used a windows VM for 1 stupid application for work that has no linux alternative for the entire time. 1 W7 for 5 years and W10 for the past 5 years. No issues because it's basically sandboxed. If you're gaming then the dualboot may be the better option, however KVM/QEMU is pretty close to bare metal. Virtualbox is great too. The VM is also better because you can run both at the same time, unlike dualboot so in your case MS office or Adobe suite is right there in it's own window. Also the downside to dualboot is eventually a Windows update will mess with your bootloader. Good luck and looking forward to the linux content!

[@Dave-PL]

Great choice bro! I'm working with Linux since 1998. Around 9 years ago I switched completely to Linux Desktop environment. Thanks to companies which gives Linux tools like VariCAD, Cura 3D, Arduino IDE and many more I no need anymore MS or Apple environment 💪💪

[@jmirodg7094]

Been using linux for a while now. do not have dual boot anymore, nothing that I really need is on windows. The middle mouse button is the linux copy paste quicker than the ctrl-c ctrl-v and on a different buffer so you can use the two with different content I love it. Pop-os dose not handle the middle button very well though.if you really need to run a windos app you can always try your luck with wine.

[@asthmatic2455]

Hi :) sorry, you ment neovim or ? "nv newfile.txt"...Please, which program exactly should I install?

[@ruslansmirnov9006]

imho terminal workspaces are more suitable for administering, while windowing managers are more like for development terminals -> short scripts, much help, much auto-completion windows -> long programs, large projects, build stacks, etc.

[@patricioeb]

I've beeing a Microsoft user since my IT professional beginnings, mid '80s. I gave a chance to Linux, trying different distros, about may be 5 years ago but didn't fulfill my expectations. It has improved a lot, so this year I tried a dual boot installation with Linux Mint and I felt very confortable. I switched to Debian 12 (Kde Plasma) and for several months I'm using it as my main working environment using Windows for very specific tasks. Linux is way more efficient with resources, not to say about privacy and security, and it improves on each update. It kinds of makes me feel I "belong" to the community.

[@user-hv9sg5pl8b]

My first install of Linux was in 1997, Red Hat 5.2. I also played around with SUSE, Mandrake, eventually Fedora. These were usually dual boots with Windows. I switched to Linux full time back in the early/mid 2000s. Used Ubuntu exclusively on all my computers. Around about 2011, when Ubuntu switched to the terrible Unity UI, I was due for a new laptop. As always it came with Windows pre-installed, so I just kept using it. Linux did everything I ever asked of it while I used it exclusively back then. Around March of 2022, when I started getting the full court press to upgrade to Windows 11, I decided I didn't want the invasive "features" that came with 11. At that time, I switched all of my computers back to Linux. I'm currently running Manjaro on one laptop, MX Linux on the other laptop. On my desktop I have Gecko Linux running as the default installation, with Chachy OS as the dual boot option. I'm happy with all of them. Once you get the various flavors of Linux installed and configured (VERY easy today), I'm a pretty firm believer that Linux is Linux is Linux. Mostly minor differences between them, especially if you use the same desktop environment on all of them. My choice for that is Xfce. Just for fun, Who was a fan of Leo Laporte and the gang on The Screen Savers and Call for Help - they were our "Influencers" back in the day. LOL

[@PEdulis]

I started working with it when the kernel still had a 0 as the main number but I don't recall exactly which version it was. I then used several Suse versions as they appeared and paused for a while since my employer forced us to work with Windows but I'm still happy to work with Linux privately, currently using LMDE since I like the stability of Debian combined with the accessibility of Mint which I also install on friend's computers when they are frustrated again with their Windows experience.

[@rezapanahi553]

What is the gnome extension that shows OBS icon on the top bar?

[@darrenlefcoe]

the are a multitude of Linux distros, so 1000 users are split into pockets of 10 with fragmented usage and help. Whereas for windows (& mac), there is one version of each so the community, support and motivation is far greater... the one size fits all model is appears to be the popular choice.

[@bullpup1337]

there are so many linux users today that this isnt really an issue, unless you go to a super small and obscure distro

[@CristobalWatsonHernandez]

One point that is always raised which I both agree with and disagree with, is customization. Yes, Linux is very good for being very customizable, which is good for people who want this, but it is little more than confusing for people who just want to install a system and work with it out of the box (such as in corporate environments). I personally think a better way of putting this point would be to say that Linux is infinitely customizable for people who want to have their own look and feel, however, there are also several environments that you can use out of the box without customization. Like the Windows layout? Try cinnamon or KDE, like Mac OS? Pantheon and Gnome should be up your alley.

[@cesoirg]

we are alike! I also like to use alias in terminal ! for the short-cut to oepn commandline in windows... I think you can create a regular short-cut then assign a keyboard short cut via property tab.

[@archgirl]

For some reason, that’s never worked for me. No idea why. I make shortcut to CMD in Documents or somewhere similar, then set a shortcut to access it. Shortcut never worked, and I’ve no idea why.

[@distant6606]

@@archgirl i dont know if im understanding ur comment correctly. r u trying smth like (i use alacritty terminal for this example) `alacritty -c "cd Documents"`? If thats the case, then for me too, it doesnt work. i think the shortcut panel doesnt like spaces/args in the exec field. what i did is just make scripts to do the same thing, and added the script path in the shortcut panel to be executed instead. For example(using alacritty for default terminal emulator): 1. Create script at: `~/scripts/documents.sh`, 2. Write the script(replace with actual newlines): `#!/usr/bin/env bash alacritty -c "cd Documents"`, 3. (run in the terminal) chmod +x ~/scripts/documents.sh, 4. (in shortcut panel) add: `/home//scripts/documents.sh` to the executable field.

[@archgirl]

@@distant6606 No, apologies for the confusion; I was talking about Windows CMD, like the example given by the OP. On Windows, you can create a shortcut to a file, somewhat like symlinks in Linux. Then you can set a keyboard shortcut that triggers that shortcut, because you can’t set a keyboard shortcut directly to the actual CMD executable in System32. So you make a shortcut to the CMD executable, save it somewhere else, like My Documents, and then in the settings for that shortcut file, you can assign a keyboard shortcut to trigger and follow through to the actual executable. But for some reason, it’s never worked for me. I make the shortcut, set the hotkeys up, and nothing happens when I press them, every time. That’s all I was talking about.

[@somesalmon5694]

Yeah I think the windows shortcuts he's looking to make would be easily possible through ms powertoys would it not?

[@Xaito]

Switched over to Linux desktop over 3 weeks ago. Hopped distro once in that time already. ;) Started with Fedora based Nobara and it worked well at first, but I've somehow managed to make Steam stop starting windows games with Proton. I suspect it was either me playing around with the Nix package manager too much or some update broke something because I've installed qtile on top of the KDE Nobara came with, which is something the dev of Nobara discourages due to possible package mismatch. I was hoping to avoid issues by installing qtile through nix, but eh... I'm now on Arch (btw) based distro Garuda and I love it. It feels way more snappy - probably because I didn't need a single flatpak so far. The AUR is sweet.

[@UncleDavid]

Can you integrate an LLM into the source code of a Linux system and give it agency with cli tools?

[@leonidassavvides]

Do you use Wine App to run Windows 🪟 apps in Linux? Or do you use the Vmware player app to run Windows 🪟 VMs? Or only dual boot run Windows 🪟???

[@lebranding]

I had Bluetooth problems on Ubuntu as well. I switched to Fedora, and everything has been running smoothly since.

[@jonathanj.7344]

I've used Linux since 2009 and much prefer it. I'm just a home desktop user so don't really come up against professional software compatibility issues. For all of the programs I used on Windows, there's Linux equivalents for people like myself. CD/DVD burning, word processor, text editor, GIMP image editor, VLC media player... and of course there's Firefox for Linux anyway. I love the package manager too, there's GUI versions of it like Synaptic (or on my Slackware derived system Gslapt). But there's three big, big plusses which keep me from ever going back to Windows. 1. All of the software available via the package manager is FREE. Free of charge, and free as in open-source. 2. The system doesn't collect tons of garbage which run in the background and clog it up. 3. Anti-virus software is not necessary. So you don't get interminable reminders to update Norton/McAffee etc, or have them grinding away in the background eating at you processor power. Finally, as I say, I'm just an ordinary user. For normal use, I have never have to use the command line, same as in Windows. The only times I CHOOSE to use it are for fun/interest/finding out how it works, or to learn BASH commands, or if I fancy a change from using the GUI package manager.

[@ericjohnson5990]

Been using Linux for that the past two years, and have been enjoying it ever since. I've rarely had any serious problems, except for those early days with pipe-wire. I've just been debating on whether or not to go back to Ubuntu from Pop Os.

[@sshivam6955]

Is it because of gnome 45?

[@ericjohnson5990]

@@sshivam6955 I’m using pop os at the moment, but the reason I haven’t installed Ubuntu or Fedora is because they aren’t officially tested on my darter pro from System76

[@HadToChangeMyName_YoutubeSucks]

You might try out evince for your pdf viewing, don't know that you'll find it any better to use, just noticed you hadn't mentioned it.

[@BusDriverBob]

Ok, so.. developer here as well. Historically I've been a Windows developer. Currently I'm doing Go development on a Mac. I'm wondering what type of development you are doing? I know that I would not be able to switch to Linux since the type of applications I normally work on are not supported on Linux (or Mac for that matter) Beyond that I've done some Go development on Linux but opted out when I had some issues with Docker containers and it's networking. Not a Linux fault but I was able to get over it using a Windows server. Neither here or there though.

[@amirsaid]

i just have switched from win 11 to ubuntu few weeks ago , and was the best desition i have done ,amazion os ,very fast

[@gwgux]

Pop!_OS is still one of the go to distros I recommend to people trying Linux for the first time. It's great. I've been running Linux for over 20 years and I've run a lot of different distros over the years, and it was Pop!_OS that I settled on for my laptops. There may be a time when you stop booting into Windows. I used to keep Windows around for gaming and some other software too, but for my needs, I no longer need to with what we have on Linux capable of doing all that I need. Plus, many applications are going web based now too making the underlying OS less important to run them.

[@Wilhuf1]

Switched to Mint, then EndeavourOS a year ago. It’s great.

[@hoteny]

Congratulations. Waiting for you to come back to windows!!!!!!!

[@dtreezy]

Windows 11 will force people off of their ecosystem. It is abominable

[@ytfeelslikenorthkorea]

10:55 if you are a heavy office users, that's a problem. I completely moved away from that mindset, it's not 1990s anymore. But during the transition period I did use the simplified o365 through a browser.

[@tyronewalker5764]

What are you doing for apps?

[@Onjiii]

With lutris + steam and the modern wine and proton layers I have been able to perfectly run all games I've played so far. I would probably use windows for DaVinci resolve but other than than no reason to go back.

[@bobmcbob4399]

Ever been able to run Blasphemous with the cutscenes that use Windows Media Foundation here on linux? I could not. I just get that test pattern image inplace of cutscenes. Had to use Win7 to get glorious Blasphemous experience.

[@Blan_11]

I recently switched to linux. But, I'm currently using Endeavour OS and it works well. I also like pacman and yay. When I started using linux, I started to create scripts to speed up my tasks.

[@Professor762]

I made a script to automate my settings and program installs for a fresh install. I felt so proud of myself and it worked well on the first run.

[@stevesveryown]

Pop is a nice choice. I use it full time. Thanks for the review.

[@DenisTrebushnikov]

I use both: PC: Win10 (I still need it), Laptop: Manjaro Gnome (almost two years, I use xfce first, but love with Gnome for 1,5 years).

[@GDScriptDude]

Investigate backup systems too. How easy is it to restore your system etc.

[@somnia3423]

Timeshift is pretty good

[@markuszeller_official]

2:00 best point! There are still 2 apps left I need Windows for.

[@symmercy6782]

I switched to linux 2 years ago. I am dualbooting because I just need windows for some stuff like: VR (I have a nvidia gpu), Some games because (my nvidia gpu). Now i'm running ArCh BtW (sometimes debian) with dwm.

[@mortezanaghavimoghadam8258]

11:50 I use linux and using photoshop (with wine) is it is fine

[@XrsN]

i don't line code-why is it not possible for nerds to change a given program from windows to work in linux? why do you have to depend on a company to make it 'linux compatible'?

[@jesavius]

linuxbrew(back in the day), now homebrew officially, is what convinced me to go linux full time way back when!

[@ZombieTechie]

I had major issues using radeon on DaVinci Resolve, even tried distrobox. Even if I did get it to work, codec hardware decoders only work on nvidia, no intel or AMD. Ai stuff also runs better on nvidia. I probably would of stayed on popos, had I bought nvidia. Ran popos for over a year, mostly on windows for now.

[@ynno66]

i think WPS is the best office suit that works well in Linux. Give it a try if you don't know although not open source. It's free and there's an optional pro version.

[@cryptocurrents946]

BTW, in Document Viewer (PDF) you can use the Vim navigation keys, including "gg" and "G", as well as "Ctrl+U" and Ctrl+D"

[@TheKebabFTW]

I feel like you contradict yourself when it comes to the emoji keyboard and the middle click scrolling. Like you said, if you miss a feature you could write it yourself! For instance, I use dmenu to choose emojis, fits my workflow very well.

[@TomasRamoska]

I use Windows 11 Pro mainly because I'm a photographer and need Adobe LR, PS and DaVinci Resolve but love to play around with Linux for some Python coding for Raspberry pi

[@YeeLeeHaw]

DarkTable is pretty good as a Lightroom substitute, Gimp as a PS substitute is eh... well it's Gimp; it has improved a lot lately though, and you can also use Krita for some tasks. Video editors is really the only one that still has some major issues, but again, it is getting better; like KdenLive only crashes 1 out of 20 for me now, if that even.

[@oguzhan.yilmaz]

I also using like almost 1 year linux (It is not full time) i didn't use vi, or vim i often used nano and i feel i'm still beginner because i don't know bash scripting

[@elnkr2603]

No mention of Wine/Proton at all?

[@RakibHasan-hs1me]

I used Zorin. For six months worked fine. Later went to distro hoping spree. Currently using Q4 os with mate desktop. Finally, inner peace.

[@Chalisque]

Even on Windows, I do my file management using bash and a few python scripts (cygwin or WSL). I have a collection of old Thinkpads running Kubuntu beautifully, and a couple of minimacs. I use all three of Windows, Linux and Macos daily. The macs get the least use, one of the refurb minimacs is just a media player for my TV. For coding and writing I use Kubuntu. I'm writing this on Kubuntu on one of those Thinkpads. But I find there are various use cases where I need one of the three, so I like to have all three available. If all the music software I use was available for Linux, my music workstation could easily be running Linux not Windows. One thing that is telling in the comparison between a T450 running Windows 10 and one running Kubuntu is the amount of bloat in Windows: the CPU never truly idles, whereas with Kubuntu it does, so the battery lasts much longer (exactly the same battery in each, so it's not that the Kubuntu T450 has a better battery).

[@Mallchad]

You have to... file explorer is useless and crashy.... it's a bit better if you use 3rd party file managers like xyplorer but it's becoming harder to care when I can just install portable bash

[@Chalisque]

@@Mallchad a) having to grab the mouse is annoying; b) not being able to grep the directory listing; c) not being able to find ... | grep to recursively search for files matching a regex; d) not being able to automate common tasks via functions and scripts. Example: (filesrx is a power rename I wrote in Python) filesrx ' \[.{11}\]' '' * will take all files with a youtube id at the end (i.e. yt-dlp), and remove that id from the filename. filesrx '^' 'Boing_' *flibble* will take all files with names containing 'flibble' and prepend 'Boing_' to them. The thing then, is that once you have bash and python at your disposal, you can easily hack new features into your power rename, or write a separate script. Sometimes doing mass renames, I'll write a specific python script (e.g. renaming video files to include the vertical resolution and duration in the filename, which you get via ffprobe). Then being able to make a text file containing a list of files which I can then manually edit to give a list of files I want to do something with (e.g. put into an archive). GUI file management sucks.

[@Mallchad]

@@Chalisque I don't really agree that GUI file management suck, having a GUI is objectively better in theory because of the flexability to provide more info and input options to the user. But a lot of the options actually provided (gnome files, Windows Explorer, Sinder, Finder) are straight garbage where they often fail to even let you navigate the filesystem properly. All 3 hid the absolute path editor by default which is beyond annoying -.- Also Really resonate with the grep thing, Windows and gnome file searching is so bad I just don't use it because it doesn't save me any time Also there is no reason you couldn't provide scripting functionality in a GUI app. Dolphin for example just gives you a popup terminal to play with. Side note. I _really_ don't like python or bash scripting, they are both horrendeous to maintain and bash doesn't even attempt type safety which basically just becomes a built-in bug generator

[@Chalisque]

@@Mallchad The thing with adding such functionality to a GUI app is that you're talking of a multi 1000-line project to replicate what can be done in under 10 lines of bash or under 100 lines of Python. Then making it efficiently controllable by keyboard is something that basically never happens. The main thing that a GUI file manager can do that a command line can't, and this is my major use for them, is dragging a file into an application. Naturally I have the one-letter function o defined to open a folder. (o on its own opens the current directory in the relevant file manager). I do wish for better integration between the two: select files in explorer, and have them bound to a variable in a shell session. But overall I rarely use the GUI file managers for file management since nearly everything just takes significantly longer. And the mouse is so limited: it has basically two buttons where the keyboard has dozens and can be used with both hands.

[@louisfifteen]

I have the exact same setu0p except I run Fedora 39 desktop. I use windows only for gaming. Every day work is so smooth and fast in Linux that I almost forget that I have Windows on my computer.

[@Jack_Warner]

I have 3 operating systems on my desktop pc. Windows 10, Linux Mint and Linux Feren. A word of warning when you dual boot with Windows. You need to disable OS Prober in linux and update the grub file when you've done it. You need to boot into your OS using the bios boot menu, not the Linux Grub, otherwise it will overwrite your Windows boot menu and you won't be able to get back Windows unless you have the original installation disk / usb for windows.

[@ligaman1]

Hey Jack - Feren is a very unique choice - how do you find it ?

[@d.wolfin152]

With the growth of SaaS, more and more will become available to any operating system that runs a browser.

[@ErikS-]

I spent zillions on Mac's in the last decade. And I got screwed so often that I switched to Linux beginning of 2023. And yes, it got some time to get used to, but 10 months in I can say that it's a choice that I should have made many years earlier!

[@whoshotdk]

Same here, though I switched in 2020 after my last iMac died after a only a couple years use. I always intended to go back, just so I could use XCode to compile games for iPhone e.t.c but I still haven't got round to it. Ubuntu has a couple of flaws here and there but is pretty great.

[@TheMaxKids]

What was the best feature Linux had that made you stick with it. I am a Mac M1 user and am really frustrated by it's developing issues.

[@whoshotdk]

@@TheMaxKids For me it was mainly about the price. I didn’t want to spend any more on Apple hardware. I have encountered more issues with Ubuntu than with Mac OS and it can be equally frustrating. However if you have just enough technical know-how to solve relatively basic issues, you can have months of hassle-free computing. Until some random update kicks in and breaks something new. Some time ago I booted my PC and got only one out of three screens working all of a sudden. Turned out an update borked the graphics driver and a re-install of the driver fixed it. Stuff like that doesn’t happen too often, fortunately. I’m still using Ubuntu as my daily-driver and overall I’d say the experience, though marred with a few technical issues, is more-or-less equal to that of Mac OS, if not better. I do miss the device synch features of MacOS/iOS though.

[@gherbetto]

I wish you talked about IDE setup on Linux

[@kennybust]

Unfortunately, I can’t stay on Linux because hardware acceleration doesn’t work there, games lag with proton or don’t work at all. The file structure is also unclear to me and I can’t find out where the programs are installed, I’m used to having to specify where to install

[@kennybust]

@@anon8510 That's not the main problem though, it's just a matter of time to get used to it

[@maybe_raj]

Auto scroll is the biggest thing I miss in Linux. It just makes sense to press scroll button to enable auto scroll!

[@barry5]

Good news, its still there. There's browser extensions for it that you can install, and i think its just a setting you can turn on in firefox, but im not sure about that one.

[@nep7164]

Been on Linux since a while now Occasionally I boot into Windows just too look around if I miss it or not, yesterday after logging in and waiting for all the unnecessary things autostart and finally "my OS" finished sending all my data to the NSA windows just said screw you and started to freeze every 5 minutes or so, yea well, rebooted back to ~/

[@ebg100]

I've heard most MS office products and Adobe products can used online now. I don't personally use any of them, but just a thought for those that can't live without them.

[@davorbokun]

For developers, the first time you setup your ssh keys and start using remote machines like they're local, you'll never look back. I still use Windows occasionally but it's such a pain in comparison. Great overview btw!

[@darrenlefcoe]

agree with this as a motivation, but outside of this, windows is far more convenient (out of the box).

[@dtreezy]

@@darrenlefcoe I would have agreed with you until Windows 11....that OS is a mess

[@darrenlefcoe]

@@dtreezy apart from the taskbar being in the middle (which i have now got used to), it is excellent... what makes you say that it is a mess ?

[@darrenlefcoe]

​@mythbuster6126 as soon as I saw WSL I thought exactly the same. Have windows with Linix embedded. How is the experience?

[@stevea1708]

​@@darrenlefcoeyou can move it you know...

[@rizswitheral6304]

Evwn during installation of windows, already microsoft harvests user data by forcing a sign in option with an microsoft account. Not a good look. Evwn windows 10 pro has ads on start up menu, not to mention it randomly resets all your settings every update

[@wilk85]

For gaming you can use something like garuda gaming edition I have switched completely, not using adobe nor office

[@lancercncs1822]

As a long time Microsoft Office user and academic, Libre Office is a little different in feel BUT it does everything I ever used to do in Microsoft Office.

[@thomasgoodwin2648]

My 1st O.S. experience was called "Whatdoesitdo". The entire OS, Tiny Pilot language and enough space left over to run a 'Nym' script all fit into 256 bytes. Yes, that's bytes, not K or M or T or P, just bytes. Ran on a homebrew 8080. (1976-77). Lost count of the number of OS s I've seen since then. IMO Linux is far superior for dev, but I prefer a more visual style for my regular interactions. Dual boot is really the way to go, but you have to set it up that way from scratch. Trying to tack it on later just doesn't seem to work too good in practice.

[@bobmcbob4399]

Adding later is fine. I select my boot OS from my motherboard boot selection hotkey during startup. Most times its linux, but I do occaisonally hop into windows. Just mash F8 in my case and I get a selection of available OSes to boot from the UEFI boot select menu. No grub menu, no issues. And with linux being the default, I just power on PC and walk away and its all there for me.

[@shahnawazali9281]

Been using Linux from 2021 for astronomy projects. It's my primary OS now.

[@sasqwatcher_AtTheSource]

Yes I totally agree with this assessment of using Linux full time. I have been using Linux since 2014, have tried numerous distros... But, in all this time, I have had a two disc setup just like NeuralNine suggests (one for Windows and the other for Linux with the Linux being the default boot system). He is absolutely correct about the reasons to have access to a Windows system. There are some situations where Windows is essential. Using Linux is, by far, so much better if you are a developer. I do like PopOS but I have been using the Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE 6) lately and find it to be excellent. This distro is based directly on Debian rather than having Ubuntu as an extra layer. I really like the direction that Linux Mint team is going with this. As for the Office suite, I have been using LibreOffice for so long now that I don't even know and therefore, don't even care about the differences between Libre and MS Office. I do save my docs in MS Office format by default. But that may be a bone of contention for some people. I guess it depends on your use cases. I'm a 40+ year veteran in IT and have developed systems mostly on Windows OS systems (IBM initially - boring). Learning how to work on Linux systems is very empowering to me. I wish that I had worked on Linux for most of my career. Anyway, this is a good overview of why it would be good to consider switching. Even for normies (non-devs), many distros are quite user friendly. There have been huge improvements to Linux distros since 2014. Thnx.