should you finally make the switch to linux?

[@dv_dream]

6:24 omg i fucking love this silly ass shrimp looking creature

[@_Learnix]

Had to keep that little guy in, he was the real star of the show

[@Micha-Hil]

no brain all happy :D

[@NJ-wb1cz]

What's an ass shrimp?

[@sweetsweetkhajoor]

W krill

[@CyanRooper]

It looks exactly like the shrimp thing from Finding Nemo that cleaned Nemo out in the dentist's fish tank.

[@Golem642]

"I'M A RACIST ! YOU MADE ME A RACIST !" I'm so dead 🤣

[@ciswhitememe]

What’s the original video?

[@mix3k818]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nqHFg2lrbbeYh8k

[@senditall152]

Not sure here but if you have Windows Pro you can say later. Dude has home version. Or am I wrong?

[@docbrown3551]

Original video is from Endless Jess

[@bigwalrosswalross3356]

@@ciswhitememe kzbin.info/www/bejne/qam7pGOPrppgZrs

[@miro007ist]

Windows XP did nothing wrong :(

[@katanah3195]

It was the last good one.

[@svendyy]

@@katanah3195 windows 7?

[@anotheranonhere]

True, but everything after Windows 7 is complete garbage

[@svendyy]

@@anotheranonhere +

[@superstar64]

​@@svendyy Windows 7 was basically just Windows Vista 2 with some new features and enhancements, but it was pretty much the last great one. Windows 8.1 was the last one I'd consider usable, since it didn't get bricked every update and slow to a crawl every 6 months. Both issues I've had with Windows 10 since day 1.

[@_boux]

1:26 Fucking plot twist of the century right there lmao

[@hugodecotignie3834]

plot twist of the 17th cestury (do you get it)

[@BostYT]

lmao

[@NJ-wb1cz]

​@@hugodecotignie3834 you probably mean neck twist

[@hugodecotignie3834]

@@NJ-wb1cz 💀

[@sillyGooberHamza]

I dont like using linux But the mascot is so based as fuck, I would date him if i want to, he looks so hot that my body explodes upon seeing tux

[@wcodelyoko]

Ok, but have you seen Xenia??

[@AwesomeYena]

...It's a bird

[@shoestork]

We love Tux (platonically)

[@LamaSlayer4622]

@@AwesomeYena Would

[@AwesomeYena]

@@LamaSlayer4622 Would what?

"I have nothing to hide so it doesn't bother me" ._.

[@_Learnix]

yeah, i've never understood that. If i had someone leering at me in my room constantly, asking about what i'm doing, i would want that guy OUT OF THERE! But people are not going to react the same way, because it is not that visceral, but its just as harmful. People don't mind that their entire life is being broadcasted to a company they know nothing about? That is terrifying, and the fact that all it takes is a bit of persuasion for the masses is unbelievable to me.

[@SergeyVolkov]

@@_Learnix People who "have nothing to hide" still lock bathroom doors. Why?! I don't understand.

[@_Learnix]

@@SergeyVolkov LMAO pretty much!

@@_Learnix Same, I don't get it, even more since, since a while people are getting more aware of cookies and try to avoid them, but, like, it's nice and all but if you avoid giving informations to some news website just to give even more to the company that made your operating system (amongs other not so great stuff linked to said operating system), idk if it changes that much

[@fortinfred]

People lack imagination or culture... Suggested reading: 1984

[@iceblade997]

The way installing software is described in WIndows in this this video is somewhat disingenuous. It ignores that Windows' use of .exes makes it a lot easier to install older software, both in case of not having (or wanting) to connect to the internet, and also in the case of old software having features that you want that've been removed in newer versions. You also skip things like dependency hell. Try and install a program in Linux that's old and no longer in the repos and see how well that goes.

[@Nothanksithinkimfine]

Only if we could bump yt comments...

[@pythogron]

You install it manually, just like windows. Not all software is in the same repo, so if you are unlucky, you will need to "add" a repo, which would do it BUT if you don't have an option like that, you download a ".deb" or ".rpm" package like windows and install it. Worst-case scenario, you need to compile from source or just use wine to run that software(worst option). Theres also stuff called snaps and flatpack and there also something called "appimage". Plethora of option, try and see what sticks

[@iceblade997]

@@pythogron that still doesn’t always work. A couple of years ago I tried installing banshee (a music player from about 2012 whose last update was in 2014) because it had some features I liked. I couldn't because it relies on mono which isn't used anymore. That's just one example I've had. Compare that to windows where on windows 11 (fully updated) I'm running several programs which were released in 2011 without issue.

[@Matt-li5pm]

If none of the native ways work, then just install the windows version. Wine (especially with something like Lutris) is a great tool. Granted its not the easiest to use and a lot of apps have issues, but it is getting better and is certainly better than having a bloated, backdoored OS that is just malware at this point.

[@Nothanksithinkimfine]

@@Matt-li5pm especially steam games with proton! Those are getting better! Also with windows you could unbloat it and disable some services that you don't like, restrict things, disable telemetry and stuff if you know the way around :)

[@ryanspaceYT]

When windows 11 came out, I switched to Debian and never looked back. I do not regret this at all.

[@Quadragintillion]

same

[@comradenygma86]

I did too after using windows 11 for a few years. I distrohopped a bit but found a hopefully permanent home on arch!

[@rajatmond]

How do you use the occational photoshop/illusterator/acrobat and play videogames?

[@madghostek3026]

​@@rajatmondMajority of games just work, we are in 2024 not 2014. Only the extremely intrusive anti cheat ones don't. Adobe products probably won't work, but maybe you will have some luck with wine, but general consensus is you should look for alternatives, and there are plenty. If you are forced to use Adobe stuff for work or something then this is probably the only case when you are out of luck

[@rajatmond]

@@madghostek3026 I regularly use illustrator for custom overlays on graphs I produce from some visualisation/graphing software. The input and output are both pdf in vector format. Inkscape completely destroys the pdf when imported. I haven't yet found a replacement for illustrator. If you have something to suggest, I'll switch right now.

[@Thurgenev]

"Are you spying on me Obama?" 😂😂

[@astrolight5708]

I should troll Microsucks and moon the camera do you think they will hate me?

[@n015y]

@@astrolight5708 do it

[@a_lethe_ion]

There's a reason i have a flap on my camera and have mic off in the hardware settings

[@CH3R.N0BY1]

the fact that windows makes you pay for them to shove ads in your face and ai down your throat and to spy on you is absurd and dystopian

[@TheDecodedMatter]

Greatest opening to any linux video ever.

[@Big-Chungus21]

The Dankpods video was what convinced me the most that Windows is just complete rubbish. On starting up a computer, you have to look through several pages of advertisements, look at the advertisements on your start menu and desktop, ask them what advertisement data they can collect, figure out what “S mode” is, turn off S mode, do a backflip, do a frontflip, etc etc.

[@Comm0ut]

I don't. The vanilla Windows experience is for people who don't know how to use a computer.

[@justinpatterson5291]

Dankpods... Is that the guy who reviews various MP3 players, headphones, music gear- and has a little red junker (Suzuki 0.8L)

[@Big-Chungus21]

@@justinpatterson5291 Yes - but most importantly, he gives a really good perspective for the average tech user. He’s definitely confident using tech, but isn’t a developer etc. If he struggles to use Windows 11, it shows how absolutely awful it is from a UX perspective.

[@roklaca3138]

​@@Comm0utwant to know a little secret? My shit just works on windows without major headaches GNU likes to give...but yeah, command line evangelista are the only ones, who know how to use a computer...enjoy your 1980s experience in terminal, you well deswrve it😊

[@arthurdefreitaseprecht2648]

​@@roklaca3138In mint you barely touch the terminal. Depends heavily on the distro. And I agree, my main driver is a win10, but win11 is looking bad for the future. It is good to have many options

[@maratkard]

As a Linux user, i want to present some problems i ran into when using it. First of all, it’s not really stable. Especially the god dammit KDE environment, which turned out to be super laggy and glitching out every single time. You have a root access. It gives you full control over your system. That’s great, but not using it correctly may break your system. You can even break it installing an Nvidia official driver! Second, there are much less applications available. Some software providers don’t make a Linux copy of their product. And many who do make don’t optimise it. Third, it’s hard to install some applications. You just have to use terminal sometimes. Or activate some stupid marks in system, allowing you to install non-free-products. Linux is a great OS, but there is a way to go to compete with Windows. I hope with time Linux will become better and better and more people will work on it to make it more stable, more optimised and better for new people.

[@PotatoTroll]

Great comment! The biggest issue of Linux community is that they don't want to accept these issues, and some even tell that Linux is easier to use than Windows for regular newbies, which is not. I like linux, but they have to acknowledge theses issues so that they can address them.

[@quackk_kk]

These are great reasons for why I'm still on windows 10, linux just doesn't have the software support and the stability of windows to leave me satisfied with switching. you see more people moving to mac os than linux ngl, thats probably because it works well with alot of things (except gaming). if you have to put windows in a vm simply to use most software because its either not optimised or doesnt support linux, theres no point in moving. also having full control is REALLY bad imo, if you can break the system by just replacing drivers, whats the point in using it?

[@escapetherace1943]

@@quackk_kk It is stable, he is probably on Arch which while more stable than recent years, can still utterly mess up. Also KDE doesn't lag on a modern system. Just try out Mint or Mint DE with cinnamon, it is a stable and clean desktop experience.

[@_Learnix]

I agree, issues must be acknowledged for growth. Gatekeeping is also a huge no-no. I do think there are checks and balances to things like this, though, because Linux is admittedly a lot better at doing certain tasks than Windows. Then again, good is the enemy of great. Windows is good enough at everything, and even if Linux punches way way above its weight class in many key regards, it is not good at everything, and that is an issue for the average user. I think discourse regarding this is important in moving Linux forward without compromising the communal aspect!

[@maratkard]

@@escapetherace1943 nah dude it’s debian kde :) I got it glitching many times, even before installing nvidia driver. After - i literally got my Wayland X11 completely broken. After some time i had to reinstall Debian completely (well i didnt have much on PC so that was not a problem), now i use Gnome alone. Idk what Arch is for. I used to have Manjaro on my PC, but it’s more complicated and has much less software available. And btw KDE lagged even there :)

[@thecracksoverhead]

4:45 "ProgressBar Lag Example" love it

[@DampusOnCampus]

I switched to Linux about 8 months ago now. Never looked back.

[@ArdaU]

My attempts aren't working I feel so limited when I use Linux any distro doesn't matter but I also don't like windows 11 cause it's the slowest windows ever released

[@bobowon5450]

​@ArdaU you need to find the Linux way to do things. Ultimately you are learning how to use a computer all over again

[@user-ks1oh2wx6o]

@@ArdaU What specifically are you having trouble with and with what distros?

[@MarquisDeSang]

25 years after me

[@redninja8006]

@@MarquisDeSang no one cares, it is cool that people are talking about linux more, but that isn't a reason to act all superior to every new user or potential new user.

[@manfredrichtoften8848]

As a windows user, right now I'm using what I hatefully call "windows 9.5" because I had to go through registry edit and cmd to remove/prohibit/delete programs and features so many times that I actually feel like a good chunk of the operating system is gone. Sure, I'm probably considered a superuser at this point, but that should not have to be the case when you want the privacy on your own computer.

[@LuxuriantCarrot]

As a penguin, this video is making me hungry

[@ciswhitememe]

Tasty fishe and CRUSTacean

[@Toll99725]

when windows 11 came out, I first stayed at windows 10. then I tried Windows 11, then I had a BSOD bootloop due to accidentally opening the MS Store.... that is when I decided it was time to move to linux. I still have windows 10 as dualboot, but it will be gone by the end of 2025

[@grah969]

what's with the MS store?! it bricked my mom's work computer and bsod mine...

[@Toll99725]

@@grah969 so it was a Problem on my side. Good to know

[@DominicBenny-r1t]

@@grah969 Why do you even use MS store? I never had a reason to open it...

[@grah969]

@@DominicBenny-r1t I had never even opened it before i was forced to when installing minecraft java for the first time in years

[@DominicBenny-r1t]

@@grah969 I haven't played Minecraft in ages, did the installation process change?

[@Pc118Gamer]

on my old pc with an HDD, I ran Linux and Windows 10 dual-booted. Windows 7 minutes to load, Linux took 45 seconds

[@atmeshwarsingh]

After playing with various linux distros on virtual box for two years, I finally mustered some courage and wiped out windows 11 and installed Arch. Everything was smooth except getting my printer to work but after spending some hours, got that working too. I am excited and also relieved to be part of the linux family ❤

[@tomat05]

I hate printers with a passion. Even when I was on windows, I could never get mine to to work reliably; in fact to this day only one device out of about 7 in my household plays nicely with the printer 💀

[@Droogie128]

I've been learning Linux through my Steam Deck. I switched all of my 11 computers back to 10, and I plan on switching to Linux completely when support for 10 stops.

[@Hypernerdwithcam]

You can start with linux even before that, dual boot or something. So you can take it more chill when learning it :)

[@CottenVee]

THE RESTART PART IS FR 😭😭😭😭

[@starfoxdelta]

It made you racist? 🤨

[@elwen8525]

The one thing that I find the most annoying about Linux is the fact that it just misses like small features that are on windows like auto scrolling. And I can never figure out how to get the open source alternatives to work

[@n.m4497]

Good evening, I hate Windows. I use Opensuse KDE. Love from Kazakhstan ❤

[@nxx99]

Hi, I live in the USA, and I juggle between Debian and OpenSUSE, both with XFCE

[@SethbotStar]

KDE is a big part of why I switched to Linux when I did. It had the least change in my workflow to get things done. The issue for me with Linux Mint is that Cinnamon feels different. Also the system tray was a big feature if you've used a version of windows past vista. Only thing missing is a start menu layout I like (And the ability to reorder the icons in the system tray, but that isn't happening any time soon.) Also I chose specifically Fedora KDE. I'm considering trying out Wayfire, and maybe Gentoo and trying to customize it into exactly what I'm looking for.

[@tangerchef6662]

Idk why, but for me KDE plasma is very buggy

[@cyanmargh]

Same. Recently switched to plasma+wayland+arch (Btw) and it's buggy as hell. Don't know who is the most guilty of this three. Probably nvidia, according to linux community. They love to point to someone else and say "hey, thats his fault, not mine!"

[@cephi_sui]

​@@cyanmarghNo joke I switched from Nvidia to AMD when using that combo. It was mostly. Almost entirely Nvidia. GNOME still more stable though.

[@cephi_sui]

​@@cyanmarghIn general, using Wayland on Nvidia means accepting there'll be issues. The best solutions at the moment are using X11 or installing Nvidia 555 beta drivers.

[@cyanmargh]

@@cephi_sui from the user's point of view, nvidia + windows = works fine. nvidia + linux = works terribly. the first two main goals of the OS is: 1) provide an abstraction from the hardware 2) provide the ability to manage programs in user-space so that they do not interfere with each other and the OS itself. The rest of the functionality, such as file systems and package managers, are secondary. While Windows cannot properly achieve the second point (it’s 2023 and it's quite common for a program to freeze, causing the entire system to freeze, even on really modern pc), Linux cannot achieve first. (in fairness, macos too, but that’s the original idea). You might argue that "Linux runs on millions of different kinds of devices, where windows is not even an ption." What a shame it turned out that it is not compatible with such a rare use-case as desktop!

[@guaiqueritech]

Microsoft has become the main sponsor and advocate for switching to Linux. By the way, my distro of choice for anyone wishing to switch from Windows is Zorin OS. I am no Linux expert, and that’s is precisely why I recommend it; the learning curve is quite low and the user interface is just gorgeous. I’ve used Linux Mint and, while speedy and easy to use, does not draw me in.

[@lllIIIlIllIIll]

The only reason I didn't choose Zorin is solely because I don't like its logo :D other than that it might be okay I guess

[@redstone0234]

great vid but i remind you that many linux distros where dropping support of 32bit before Windows

[@_Learnix]

You're completely right! However, many Linux distros were also very keen on keeping 32bit alive. This is part of the reason why Linux is recommended for older computers, as Microsoft is intent on completely phasing out hardware that is still in use to this day. And there aren't any Windows 11 distros, so 32bit is not gonna see any hurrah unfortunately

[@memesfromtheforsakenworlwi9218]

While I do agree with your point, but I do understand where they're coming from, you can't really do all that testing without being backed by a mega corp, it simply isn't feasible for the vast majority of distros, and even for the corporate backed they're a side job, not the main business

[@_Learnix]

@@memesfromtheforsakenworlwi9218 I believe that Linux wouldn't have gone this far had this been true. The communal aspect of Linux allows compatibility to be integrated piecemeal by many many contributors until the product is made; testing included. That is the Achilles' heel of closed source operating systems like Windows, certain aspects of progress are slowed to a crawl because the bigger and better will always be in development. Linux has no shortage of developers who work tirelessly to make better for older pieces of hardware, Windows is never looking towards the past, save their reliance (and what I would call laziness) concerning old Windows code still being used to this day. This hardware will definitely not last forever, but it is going to last a hell of a lot longer on Linux than Windows, and I think that extended support is what many people need, especially in such a competitive and oftentimes extremely expensive market like computers.

[@superstar64]

Let's be real, Mac OS X did it first by dumping PowerPC after Leopard and the original run of Intel machines after Snow Leopard. Then they dropped 32 bit application support in Mojave and expected users to simply get over it. I'm sure in a year or two we'll see the death of all Intel powered Macs when they can't install the newest version of MacOS, which will also likely be when x86 app support will be dropped too for the sake of progress. Keep in mind that the Mac Pro 5,1 (2010-2012) is a somewhat sought after machine because it can be heavily modified and patched to run the latest MacOS, Windows, and/or whatever x86 compatible Linux distro you can think of. I know this thread wasn't originally about Apple, but I figured I'd throw them in here as a sidenote about how much of a sorry excuse the locking down and lack of expandability is within the Mac line, especially with their "professional" computers. Truly a shame when the MacOS is a great alternative these days to the trash system that Windows has become, especially since 2015.

[@WWIIREBEL]

I got rid of windows a few weeks ago. Now using Mint/Cinnamon. As a new guy now taking the dive into Linux Mint... All i CAN say is WOW. I actually LOVE it. The differences are quite apparent , but this OS is so easy to use. Yeah, those whom absolutely must have a win based product might find it hard to switch, but i do know there are alternatives to what people use on windows everyday. All i can say to anyone that has never tried a Linux OS ever... give it a try. It's actually good!.

[@fliplus]

I like the video, specially the humor, but you should have talked about the negative sides of Linux too. I’m a Linux fanboy, but I still think it’s important to expose its problems to new people.

[@pornhubmante]

not like windows ever exposed its own problems in advertisings lol

[@fliplus]

@lofl6968 That really depends, I find Linux to have a lot of problems, mostly drivers. Some stuff doesn't work properly, like games and GPU based programs, because I have a decently old NVIDIA graphics card (GTX 1060 6GB). My capture card (Elgato 4K60 Pro MK.2) doesn't even have drivers, so I can't use it. Some programs don't run at all, which, to be honest, isn't really a big problem, but it can still be a major annoyance.

[@radzdahound3099]

​​​@@fliplusI've got a really similar setup with similar issues. Apparently, someone tried to reverse engineer the Elgato and make drivers for it, but Elgato shut them down for it. It stinks! And yeah, Nvidia drivers have always been a pain... but, have you tried the new v555 beta driver? My experience with it has been surprisingly great! They actually fixed all of the flickering on Wayland, finally!

[@mrmcguru163]

Just switched yesterday

[@TheDecodedMatter]

3 days ago for me. Yesterday fully daily driver.

[@N3ro72]

4-5 days on my personal laptop and reinstalled 4 times (I use Ar-

[@lussor1]

​@@N3ro72🥱

[@ginqus]

How's it going?

[@TheDecodedMatter]

@@ginqus so far I have hopped on many distros. Arch - Fedora - Endeavour - Fedora - MX Linux - Void. Pre-switch era not mentioned where I used Ubuntu and others. Fedora, MX and Void were good. Fedora - Didn't like Package installer, but the OS was pretty fast, didn't hang MX - The most complete OS, but hanged a lot, maybe could have been avoided if I selected other versions. Void - Hangs a little on fast clicking, but package installer is like flash from DC.

[@r34ztune11]

2032-33 might be the time I'll finally switch. Why? Because that's when security support for Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC ends. It's one of the few modern Windows editions that is nearly crap-free. I disable telemetry in group policy, install Simplewall (great open source firewall) and block internet access to everything that doesn't need to go online.

[@_Learnix]

Wow, besides custom Windows installations like Tiny11, I've never thought of using a version of Windows intended for embedded software before. Not that I've thought to use Windows in the first place LMAO. Seriously, is it just an unshittified version of Windows 10? I would imagine that the suite would be quite bare, with just basic utilities installed.

[@r34ztune11]

@@_Learnix Yes, apart from Edge, it is bare. But that's what I love about it. It's the closest thing you'll get to Windows 7 these days. And because it's so bare, RAM and CPU usage is lower, making it actually good for gaming. It really is a hidden gem as not many people seem to know about it. Maybe because it's supposedly hard to obtain and activate but it's actually very easy if you know where to look. 🏴‍☠

[@_Learnix]

@@r34ztune11 YARRR!!! sounds like a good time. A hidden gem is a good way to describe it, I have never even heard of that!

[@Flop666]

Windows 11 will have LTSC dont worry

[@Sezamn]

@@Flop666 i think he doesn't want to use win11.

[@bad_atgames]

I honestly dont mind Windows 11 that much after I downloaded StartAllBack to get a start menu/taskbar that doesnt suck and turned off all the telemetry features and WSL 2 is really nice as well. I love linux distros like mint for breathing life into older hardware and have a bunch of laptops filled with them and a steam deck but windows really just suits my workflow for a daily driver.

[@heyitsnemo]

I like the ‘behind the meme’ approach you did. Good job.

[@redspear007]

I have an old fossil laptop that i didn't use much anymore, since it suffered from lag and overheating, even while on the desktop. I decided to put Linux Mint on it to give it a new lease of life. I'm not gonna lie to you and say that it completely stopped it from lagging and overheating (it is an almost 20 year old laptop after all) but it did make it run a lot better. It can even comfortably run some older or less intensive games if I want it to. I decided to test it out on an old laptop first to decide whether or not i wanted to boot my current PC with it, and I'm honestly pretty set on doing it now.

[@aa898246]

SORRY KIDDO, I'LL GIVE MICROSOFT DAILY DNA SAMPLES IF IM GETTING HIGHER FPS IN GAMES

[@coderxgamer]

people who don't play games: 🗿

[@inval_]

im giving them my dna if it means i can run my software for digital art

[@pixel_shard666]

​@@inval_krita?

[@diluconeal7199]

Don't worry bro you'll be giving them way more than that

[@inval_]

@@diluconeal7199 i will work in the salt mines for them

[@Soupie62]

For those who are curious, you can get a version that lives on a USB thumb drive (or an SSD that plugs into USB-C port, for speed). This even lets you save documents etc. to the drive. Check out browsers, edit some Word or Excel stuff. See how often you NEED to fire up Windows. Then, when win10 support ends, you are ready. You can switch over, and be comfortable- or try to install Win11.

[@nohesiloli]

Good quality content, keep it up!

[@_Learnix]

I really appreciate it, thank you!

[@U9DATE]

I cannot fully switch to Linux atm. There are programs that I absolutely need that just don’t have Linux alternatives. I need to dual boot in the meantime

[@AndreaB6]

What about a Virtual machine? Or running those programs in Wine? I know not everything can always be done like this, but it's worth a shot

[@lussor1]

​@@AndreaB6no

[@progCan]

VM AND WINE!

[@radzdahound3099]

Real. Out of curiosity, what are those programs?

[@escapetherace1943]

@@radzdahound3099 lol they always say this but never the programs, because they are lazy liars.

[@gabolm]

That Windows XP startup sound gives me back some good childhood memories…

[@artjomdemenko3858]

What I really don't understand is how companies work with Windows Servers especially when they use MSSQL, there occur so many connection and software problems during shortest of time.

[@cassiuscartland]

Only reason I still have a Windows 11 PC is for gaming and schooI laptop. I use MacOS on my main laptop and it runs perfectly. Linux is great too from past experience and if I ever get a non-apple laptop thats the first thing im doing.

[@romus007]

if the laptop is not macbook, it has to be IBM Thinkpad

[@escapetherace1943]

As much as Apple cries about it by naming their OS XNU for "X is Not Unix," aka OS-X (XNU), Mac really is Unix despite their cope and basically kind of Linux, deep down

[@BlueEyedVibeChecker]

@@escapetherace1943 It's the same how an iPhone is still a smartphone despite how Apple fans cry when you call it that, it's a bit like someone saying "It's not a smart phone, it's a Sony Xperia". Of course in MacOS's defense. Bill Gates worked on the Macintosh OS before he made Windows with a GUI, Linux came after both, so I dunno if the modern MacOS is Linux-based, but the original versions weren't.

[@escapetherace1943]

@@BlueEyedVibeChecker it is unix-based, not linux based my friend. Unix is what makes it vaguely linux-like

[@sahar1213]

Windows 11 was the final nail in the coffin for me. Before, I couldn't fully move to Linux, as I do a lot of gaming, but now? I set up gpu passthrough with KVM, so now I don't have to dual boot anymore and can do everything on my Linux install (only gaming on the Windows virtual machine)

[@sahar1213]

If anyone is trying to set up a KVM Windows VM with gpu passthrough, I recommend the two videos by Mental Outlaw on setting up a Windows VM in KVM and setting up gpu passthrough for KVM (these 2 videos worked for me on linux mint)

[@the_icon_of_sin_94]

i need more info on the clip at 0:55

[@comradenygma86]

If been on linux for a bit. It's really surprising the amount of skills you pick up along the way and how independent you become!

[@Nothanksithinkimfine]

0:03, so you're showing a 2001 operating system 23 years later...(windows xp) for no reason, off to a great start..... My take: 1. No telemetry, Unless the recently canonical thingy (please double check again as it's been quite a while tbh, so yeah.) But still windows in that regard is still worse. And windows defender works quite well for me personally. 3. About the package manager, I wouldn't even start on the Microsoft store. But still the equivalent... And recently, Windows supports that too. 4. "It's just gonna run it just fine" Tell that, tell that to me when I'm trying out my Linux mint install, Ubuntu, and fedora installation-it didn't stand a CHANCE against my tuned windows in terms of battery efficiency and performance. Also my microphone turned dogshit in Linux, which is kinda cool in a way but not what you were expecting out of the box. So yeah, drivers...make sure you got all the drivers, even if you're on an user-friendly distro. But besides that it works just fine, customization is great, and would recommend if you like to play with your laptop/PC as a toy since it's free so no lost!👍

[@DominicBenny-r1t]

I agree

[@kittenzrulz2314]

Keep in mind the average user doesn't care about privacy, for the average person I can't imagine any reason to install Linux.

[@hans2396]

"The average person" you mean you?

[@kittenzrulz2314]

@@hans2396 I personally use Debian Linux

[@kittenzrulz2314]

@hexyellow9873 Try talking to an average person, ask them what properties they value in a computer. I can almost guarantee privacy and open source software won't be an answer unless they're a tech enthusiast (like me).

[@BlueEyedVibeChecker]

@hexyellow9873 Yes, Android is the market leader in mobile OS's and Windows leads PCs. Privacy is something many complain about, but few are willing to challenge.

[@BlueEyedVibeChecker]

I should add, I'm using Microsoft Edge on Linux and Android(de-googled LineageOS) because Firefox(Linux) was so slow my download speeds peaked at 13KB/s and on Android because screw Google in recent years with their scummy practices.

[@aman11025]

I am wondering why people are even using windows 11. Its a waste of time. 0:50 this guy could have saved time by not connecting to internet or installed windows 11 at all.

[@Nothanksithinkimfine]

Because it's pre-installed, they don't have time/or to lazy to install a "better" os, but who knows, "better" is subjective.

[@affabaffa4393]

I built a 3,000 computer in 2021 and it doesn’t meet the requirements for Windows 11, I’ll switch to Linux when Windows 10 support ends, however I am still hopeful of an open source windows 10-like port to Linux, Mint is getting there but isn’t worth the switch yet

[@zipkitty]

I put Arch on my microsoft surface pro 7, got double the performance, browsing the internet uses 20% CPU power, instead of 80. Battery life doubled. Gotta say, they put out good hardware, but the software is just disgusting. Big thanks to the linux-surface kernel devs, they do amazing work. Only thing not working is the camera (Surface Pro 7 and upwards) but everything else is just fine for me.

[@wisiel3861]

I have had Linux for 2days and overall don't feel much difference between windows, what I use works. I have no problem typing something into the console or learning a few commands, so there is high chance I will stay here for now :D Edit: Im using Arch btw

[@memastir]

I prefer windows 10 for now, but I think I'll probably move to macos or linux when windows 10 starts to become outdated

[@LoafingMushroom]

I've been experimenting, but not quite ready to make the full-time switch, but that will happen sooner than later.

[@Bhethar]

PS - the underwater sound in your video is so relaxing it’s worth a subscribe by itself 🐟🐠🐡🌊🐠💧🐬

[@pip5528]

Admittedly I did buy an Acer Nitro 5 gaming laptop with Windows 11 and have been using it for almost 2 years now. More recently I had bought a second drive and plopped Fedora 39 on there in November up until roughly February when going back into Windows caused static and sudden shutdowns/inability to power on so I had to perform a power drain on a few occasions, the last of which would even hard shut down on Fedora so I just lived on the Windows 11 drive for the past few months and I'm a little scared of both the sheer number of updates I'd come back to as well as having shutdown/static issues once again if I boot into Fedora and back again. My other computer is an HP 8200 Elite which is an old computer from 2011 made for Windows 7 but runs 10 rather well. Once that goes EOL, I'll make that a pure Linux machine once again. I've been in the Linux game on and off since 2015 and very happy to be a part of it.

[@rPenek]

Linux would be for me if not the three things. 1. Vulcan shader compiling for games which goes forever and when skipped game becomes laggy or less performance. 2. Compatibility issues for games and programs. 3. Windows dosent break as often as linux and when it does it repairs itself while i have to be a linux nerd and spend time to repair something. Used linux for 3 months, am back on windows.

[@Azurryu]

An almost unsolvable loop without a big enough userbase for driver and software companies to care. It needs a big manufacturer specializing in Linux Desktop and making compatible hardware. Those exist, but unless they reach a state where their machines are sold in electronic stores Linux won't become an alternative usable for anyone doing more productive work than just browsing.

[@rPenek]

@@Azurryu I love linux, but because windows is used by majority, i use windows because everything works. And to be honest, everything is a spyware, even in linux, like apps, but also i just dont care as its just not worth it.

[@CuteSkyler]

Vulkan shader compiling for "games", which "games"? I've never had this problem? Also, what is "breaking"?

[@rPenek]

@@CuteSkyler pretty munch every game, before you lauch it you have to wait. Breaking like updating python breaks system.

[@CuteSkyler]

@@rPenek I've only had to wait for shaders to compile once and that's with Overwatch, which I can just skip. I've never had any problems at all with using Proton. What are you even using if you say it's so broken. Updating Python shouldn't, perhaps couldn't even, """break""" your system, whatever that means. If it does, just downgrade the python version.

[@Rory_shi]

I have switched to Linux ever since 2020 when pandemic hit and gave me a lot of time. Going strong with Fedora nowadays. Love it so much.

[@SyRose901]

Early 2021 for me, and yeah, Fedora Linux has been great. Everything I do is compatible, and now I never have to care about the actual operating system again, it is the opposite of intrusive.

[@silverscalederg8632]

oh for real I do the distro hopping thing and with fedora my laptop trackpad works...very very very well and maclike with multi touch.

[@RandomManFromPoland]

Fun fact, my pc is locked in march 2020 windows 10 and can't be updated even if i wanted to. And because of that i may be one of few windows users without Microsoft spying the hell out of me. One con is that i can't play minecraft bedrock, since it requires spying settings i don't even have

[@RandomManFromPoland]

The day games/other programs stop supporting windows 10, i switch over to linux or tiny11

[@Junnnya]

@@RandomManFromPolandI'd recommend not trying modded windows isos as microsoft requires the spying telemtry for almost everything and also windows just breaks with that either so you'll be wasting your time

[@Junnnya]

just breaks without that* i meant

[@RandomManFromPoland]

then is there a linux version that has the best compatibility like windows?

[@shoestork]

This is good cooking here, earned a sub I haven't fully dedicated myself to daily driving Linux yet but I regularly use a dualboot installation of Mint on a decade old Vaio. Runs flawlessly. Haven't booted into Windows 7 on that laptop in weeks.

[@epicninja2715]

@learnixTv where did you get the background video (aquarium) and sound effects (bubbles) from, could you link it please. I really like it

[@gordonfreeman9641]

Short answer, if you do; graphic design, video editing, online gaming (especially online FPS) then you're probably going to have to either dual boot or use 2 gpus for a accelerated VM, the former being most likely to make you settle back to windoes because everything just works there, and the latter is very expensive requiring a powerful PSU and motherboard for it.

[@crazynote3781]

0:33 wow wade Nixon known as DANKPODS DINGUSPOD 😂❤

[@LessThanPro]

Was planning on getting Linux mint on a new laptop, but my dad let me mess around on his old one first. I can confirm, the LibreOffice suite works wonderfully with no issues at all on an Intel core 2 duo off a usb 2.0 flash drive. The main branch. Will definition be using either that or project bluefin.

[@4afq]

debloated windows 10 does the work and i wont switch no matter how many times linux neckbeards try to convince me to use their 3762th distro no one has ever heard about

[@DominicBenny-r1t]

So true lmao

[@MrHuntPowa]

4:42 Windows has all of this too, Microsoft Store as UI and winget as the package manager

[@msromike123]

Could it be used as spyware yes. Will it be used for spyware, nah. But for the tinfoil hat crowd out there, Linux is a good option. It's open source so all you have to do is go through a few 100 million (maybe a billion) lines of C/C++ and assembly of course (for critical parts of the Kernel.) Don't have time for that well of course you can trust random guys on the Internet. It's Linux and those guys are the white hats. A little birdie told me, I think it was a penguin, that Microsoft is now officially tired of making billions of dollars a year and have decided to kill the company by releasing spyware on all of their users' machines. Medical systems protected by HIPPA, stock market systems protected by SEC, power generation and nuke plants protected by NRC, ATC, FAA, you name it, it is all going down, because of spyware! It was all part of Bill Gates plan from day one.

[@Carlos-kh5qu]

fun fact of the day: CPUs can be backdoored

[@lukedavis436]

I shouldn't be running Windows 8.1 But now I'm justifying it for as long as humanly possible

[@NotAHueman]

I love 8.1 but it’s not great in 2024

[@Typou]

The problem with linux for me is that I won't be able to use software or play games that are available on windows.

[@evpn]

wine, proton, vms

[@_Learnix]

I agree! Linux is still a tough ask of many people who are not willing to sacrifice proprietary software, especially when it is crucial to their workflow or occupation. Games, however, are definitely finding their ground. In the last few years, thanks to Valve, mostly, game compatibility on Linux has skyrocketed exponentially, and even anticheats are beginning to play nice. I don't think it will be long before Linux is completely viable for any game!

[@YoStu242]

@@evpn Unfortunately it's not perfect and everyone's mileage may vary. For example I couldn't get Fallout 4 and few other games to run that according to protondb should work. No matter what I did but after I hit green Play button in Steam it just says running for a few secs and then goes back to Play and game doesn't start. Then there are games like The Evil Within 2 that seems to run even better and smoother without stuttering in Linux than in Windows.

[@detecta]

@@YoStu242 yea i keep seeing people promote proton as "le silver bullet" for anything that isnt like valorant even though it obviously isnt the case

[@MashonDev]

​@@detectaChecks protondb website, if some game is silver and bellow, it CAN run, just with some tweaks. Only gold and platinum run without problems.

[@k.g.b.8514]

I switched from windows 11 to Kubuntu just yesterday, the installation was painful on my high-end pc, took about 6 hours. But i got it running in a matter of minutes on my ancient laptop without any errors...

[@Nicefisher]

Nvidia drivers?

[@k.g.b.8514]

@@Nicefisher nope, AMD for life. The last time i used nvidia or intel was 10 years ago.

[@doctorfarchives]

A nice distro choice I might say. Been using it since February

[@shafi_m]

I am a computer science student. currently using windows and ubuntu on dual boot system. But I want to move to single OS. I am also considering Linux mint and LMDE. So, which do you recommend?

[@_Learnix]

LMDE is better performing and more compatible on older (32Bit) hardware. However, the updates are slow and are about what you would expect out of a debian based distro. If you like debian by itself, LMDE would be a no brainer for you!

[@CommandoBlack123]

You are a computer science student. One of your courses should be about picking programming languages best suited for clients. Apply the same knowledge and research techniques required to decide for yourself which distro would be best for you.

[@justiceiria869]

​@@CommandoBlack123what is the issue with asking a reccomendation from someone who is already familiar with Linux? You are assuming he is being lazy by merely asking a question. The question isn't even stupid, its sensible. Also, does his questioning not count as researching to you? He may as well get information from a primary source rather than secondary.

[@averagejoey2000]

the difference between mint and lmde is probably too small to notice a difference, so you'll just be losing disk space to duplicates if you're dual booting multiple Linux, consider making many more partitions, so you can make both versions mount sda3 to /home for instance, sharing swap space, or having a neutral zone where files can be passed from one side to the other. consider putting radically different operating systems on. a pretty distro for daily driving and a barebones one for rendering video. maybe dual boot kali if you want to practice your intrusion skills, or try your hand at installing Gentoo.

[@BlueEyedVibeChecker]

@@justiceiria869 That is a huge part of the Linux problem. The community wants more people on board, but the second people try, their inferiority complex kicks in and they start insulting people instead of helping them join in. This is in no small way why we have

[@Perc1000]

another benefit is that you can update linux while doing work

[@abdoun8214]

if you wanna learn linux the right way.. you can install any distro you want , but its all about the terminal , become a power user . I use arch btw

[@CommandoBlack123]

If you want linux to overtake windows you shouldnt have to learn it. The 60yo grandma who hasn’t retired yet for some reason at the office should be able to use it to edit documents, and send emails without needing to do bs in the terminal

[@abdoun8214]

@@CommandoBlack123 i said learn , not use. Think twice

[@CommandoBlack123]

@@abdoun8214 i dont think you understand the meaning of your words. Learn can be as simple as clicking the correct icon on the desktop, and clicking the correct button at the top of a floating window to close it.

[@lukasmarik6580]

I switched to Linux about 10 yrs ago. Came back to Winbloats about 3 times, "cus I missed some games. Now I"m older and don"t really got time for games... so I use Linux. It"s faster for practically anything - even more when compared to W11 on the same HW. You can update any time you want, your battery lasts longer, you got complete control of your HW. So, yeah.. it's very nice. Looking forward to see your experience ! Linux is more for powerusers sometimes and learning curve can be kinda brutal... so you got my interest now :D ...that means sub

[@_Learnix]

i really appreciate the sub, cheers to no more Winbloats!

[@LuigiCotocea]

So nowdays we have windows 10 and 11, back we had choices between Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Vista (Trash), Windows 10

[@uracontul1071]

what did vista did to you? i bet you didnt even try it😢😢

[@xxundeadgoddessxx]

You probably never even used Vista, kiddo.

[@lukedavis436]

8 was trash, vista was misunderstood, 8.1 fixed 8s problems And ME......was unfortunate

[@marco-ds1fy]

Vista was good, 8 was a watered down version of 7 but still okay, while 10 and 11 are just terrible

[@marco-ds1fy]

@lofl6968 I don't think Vista itself was ever bad, it was hated because potato Windows XP PCs couldn't handle it and there were no drivers for Vista upon release, XP drivers didn't work on Vista so when people couldn't install their XP drivers on it it probably led them to believe the OS is just bad.

[@sl00opy4b54]

The only reason I’m using windows is that some games don’t allow any games on a os except for windows

[@Knobbler]

0:31 I deeply sympathize with this man. I once had to setup firefox on a brand new out-of-the-box win11 machine. It took me 15 or so minutes because I had to disable something called "S mode" on a half functioning system(S mode stopped some SYSTEM SETTINGS applications from running) and it was not at all made clear how you do this. There was no link anywhere to any settings page and manually looking for anything didn't help because it was in the MICROSOFT STORE APP ffs. Not the settings app, not the control panel or anywhere like that, it was the STORE APP. After disabling it and navigating through Microsoft's desperate attempts to make me use bing I FINALLY could run the firefox installer. Meanwhile on linux, All I had to do was CTRL+ALT+T and type in "sudo apt install firefox -y" and after typing in the password I was done. Firefox securely installed in a minute in 3 simple steps. No fuss.

[@franciscojavierbravocerda3377]

Absolutely agree with you. I'll think at least I'll start to dual boot between Linux and windows to learn step by step so the change won't be to rough. But the distro for me I think is nobara. Mint does not tick all of my boxes.

[@jspencer89yt]

Linux is so safe it hides half the things you need to know about it without a Google search.

[@kensmith5694]

Windows hides more stuff. In Linux Mint, the settings stuff works well.

[@greggus1085]

what exactly linux hides? if you can't use your pc further than Microsoft Word then obviously Linux is not an option for you

[@kensmith5694]

@@greggus1085 Now Now! Anyone clever enough to know how to use word can easily use Linux instead.

[@bouncypear_net]

Would love to switch back if I didn't play niche old PC games with poor Linux support (The Sims 3). "Upgraded" to Win11 back before it wasn't that bad compared to Win10, but I really, really wish I hadn't now, lost the ability to go back when I ran out of storage space Used to use Ubuntu back when my old Win7 laptop killed its own install before I learned what SFC was. Would use it for my main fileserver/mediaserver if i didn't need XP compatibility on account of old hardware (the only reliable scanner I've ever owned) and having trouble with printer setup on Manjaro, though I've set up similar printers no problem on Ubuntu. I might switch my laptop, but more likely I'll just dualboot it

[@nikichashadow]

You made me a racist nahh if anyone is wondering i use ARCH BTW

[@RoseihDBTB]

arch is the best

[@nikichashadow]

@@RoseihDBTB I think to lfs Linux from scratch

[@_Learnix]

arch user moment

[@nikichashadow]

@@_Learnix I am installing lfs right now wish mu luck

I feel like Arch is to Linux what crabs are to crustaceans' evolution Everyone will turn into an Arch user at some point, using base Arch or an Arch based distribution

[@beanut7759]

you know it's good when he adds the DANKPODS CLIPS 🗣🔥

[@FunAngelo2005]

Whenever i see "never looked back" in a comment about switching to linux, i cringe

[@_Learnix]

well they just never looked back, right? I'm glad they're confident in their pursuits

[@kensmith5694]

My last version of Windows for home use was Windows-98. Linux does all I need done.

[@NJ-wb1cz]

I never looked back since I saw your comment

[@coderxgamer]

i actually never looked back tho

[@FunAngelo2005]

@@coderxgamer you're cringe for saying that

[@TKontent]

80% Educational 20% Swearing 10000000% silly goober fish

[@_repentence]

Use windows for gaming, use linux for everything else. Unless windows sending the entire data from your machine storage drive it should be safe.

[@algirdasltu1389]

The only reason i aint dualbooting or switching to linux rn is bc my ssd is full

[@s2tb2007]

Man, it will be a helluva day when most of not all VR applications (including virtual desktop) gets native support on Linux.

[@Sezamn]

Oh yeah that's the only reason i still keep windows on my PC. While VR *kinda* works thanks to Valve and the community, it isn't even near the convinience of Windows (when it comes to VR i mean).

[@s2tb2007]

@@Sezamn you and me brother!

[@JessicaFEREM]

The problem with the package manager example is that windows has the exact same type of thing, called winget built into windows 11 out of the box, and it works whether you installed the app from the store or not.

[@yaboinicola]

I've switched to Linux Mint some time ago. Every time I need Windows for some work-compatibility or new Teams i just switch on the Windows VM on my second desktop and I'm golden 👌

[@Comm0ut]

"Switching" implies one cannot easily run BOTH as if there were some hardware reason not to. If you're not a serious computer user in the first place Windows isn't an issue IRL. If you are, running new OS in virtual machines will be easy and give you both OS running at once. If you find a distro you like, you can load that as a host and convert your old Windows install to a VM which make outstanding "backups" since you already have X years using that install. VM can be reverted to snapshots so if you snapshot a clean install (of any OS) and an update breaks it reverting is easy as rebooting the VM.

[@BlueEyedVibeChecker]

Also want to add as an indie game developer, I don't disagree with the hardware limitations on Windows (MacOS and Android too by the way, Windows isn't the only one). I don't want to make a game that could push the PS5 to its knees only to have to make it run on your Core 2 Duo as well. I'm sure 99% of game devs will feel the same way. I also think it could do so much better if they advertised it in a way that appeals to the masses while showcasing what it can do and more importantly, how it will benefit them. Few of them care about privacy than people think, and even less are willing to challenge it when they do. So advertising other features while touting privacy as a benefit and not the focus would easily turn things around for them. Then get people on board to give it features you can only get on Linux, a good example is Nintendo and Xbox sales, Xbox has nothing it can do that a PC can't, while a Switch and PlayStation do, and it's shown when you see the sales of PlayStation to Xbox at 2:1 and Switch to Xbox at 5:1. Killer apps sell systems; they always have, and as it stands Windows just has more than us. And finally, if the community was more welcoming to newcomers and questions, and weren't so elitist 90% of the time, more people would be willing to try.

[@BlueBubso]

Id recommend Debian for beginners rather than mint, really. You don't really need the extra add-ons that mint comes with over Debian unless you know what they do. Arch is also good, but rolling release and less security when it comes to installing packages (not in a technical sense, in a you shouldn't just download anything on the aur sense) makes it less attractive for new users.

[@shaikayoub5273]

I did both the things from your thumbnail. Downgarded from window 11 to 10 and downloaded ubuntu. Now i mostly use Ubuntu as i get all the things i need. I only use Windows when i need to play games

[@agaldoo]

When i first switches to linux because klipper on a laptop only supported linux i learned all the commands and loved it

[@sinterso2.036]

Tried to install Win11 on a brand new computer had just built, downloaded the iso and made a bootable usb only for it to error out constantly. Not ruling out my smooth brainedness, but ubuntu just worked, flawlessly in fact.

[@patrickcardon1643]

11 doesn't even get on any of my machines ... already hate 10 with every fiber of my body and have no choice to run it on a single machine

[@Yomush]

I bought a new PC a couple days ago, was already extremely annoyed with windows 10 and all of it's "features" that brought nothing of value to my life. The initial plan was to do a dual boot with Windows 11 and Linux but I quickly changed my mind seeing how much of Microsoft's bullshit i'll need to clean up in Win11 and just decided to go full penguin. The initial experience was a bit rocky but thanks to my friends I got trough most of the hurdles and so far I can't really say that I really "need" Windows for anything and if that day comes I think I'll just spin up a VM because my new PC can absolutely handle pretty much anything i'll throw at it

[@_Learnix]

'grats! Windows is only getting worse and Linux is only getting better

[@DominicBenny-r1t]

These "Features" are useful to others. Maybe not for you but I respect that.

[@Fafr]

Here's my personal story of switching to Linux (only Mint so far since I'm just beginning): Used to use Windows 10 LTSC, but found that developing on C++ is a bit of a pain because you have to either use MSVC (which is a hassle to install), or MSYS2 (another step in an already complicated chain of building a project) if you want to use Clang or MinGW. So I decided, I'll dualboot with Linux Mint and develop on Mint. Learnt around about how things work, finally got it to dualboot properly, started setting up Mint, and after using it for a while, found that really, it's nothing different from Windows, just need to get used to how filesystems work differently. And it comes with some benefits too, I found package managers really convenient. As for using Windows programs, I did get a bunch of things to run with Wine, however with Steam things didn't go smoothly. But I'm sure I just need some more experience I used to be someone who said "windows is fine enough", "i'll only use linux for specific cases", etc. But now after using it, I really get it, I get why people use it. So now my plan of using Linux only for specific cases flipped upside down, since now I'll use Windows only for specific cases instead. Maybe one day I'll get into more advanced distros, and possibly set up tripleboot with Arch as well so I can learn Arch while still having a functional OS. But for now, I'll stick with Mint as I'm learning the ropes of the Linux experience

[@DillyzThe1]

i've been considering the switch for years & i'm gonna do it when windows 10 ends support OR i get a new computer. whichever one comes first, really.

[@xellaz]

While my main OS is Linux, I do have Windows running on another PC that is strictly only for gaming. It has been debloated with all the telemetry spying removed and is running behind a hardware firewall where I can further block any connections I deem unnecessary. It feels awesome not relying 100% on Windows! I have customized my Linux distro to suit my needs and it runs like a dream~ ☺ It looks purrrrrriiiiityyyyy too! 🤪

[@crydiamond8704]

best part about using arch is that you can run it on just about anything, and you have to customize it yourself from the get go and constantly fine tune it.

[@tolkien2013]

I'm watching this on linux, made the switch yesterday x). The difference in performance at idle is crazy, 60% vs 10% (yes i have a potato laptop)