Why I Have to Use Windows

[@TheLinuxCast]

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[@jr_Linux]

matt i don't understand how your getting ads? this pc i use is on windows mainly cause im not bright enough or brave enough to try to tty and learn to mount a drive so i can delete the windows partion as it has 2 drives in it. but ik people have talked about them but i also used the chris titus application to strip stuff out of windows so maybe thats why i don't. but being this has nvidia is my "excuse" for windows lol. but yea i mostly use windows for certain games. that i can't get on linux wiht there own launcher and also when i tried linux on the separate drive when i got the PC i had a memory leak or something. but i've been using a VM recently on windows with linux on it. lol. thats what i've been doing.

[@PPKNexus]

INTRO? Where's the intro????

[@kjala_nix]

Your video editing software of choice, Winaero Tweaker, OneCommander, Komorebi/GlazeWM, WSL, Busybox, FOSS Win Applications and you get close to home

[@NimrodBorja]

Why not running the ms win video editing tools in a container? If only as an experiment...

[@theharbringer3900]

Everything you are saying is the exactly the reason why I got rid of windows. Thanks for the heads up on the video editing. I am not running AMD I am running NVidia on Ubuntu. I have my own reasons for Ubuntu mainly because I need my whole house to be on one OS and Arch is too complicated for my husband. My daughter would not have an issue with cmd line because reasons. But Hubby Is not a tech guy and I need to be able to monitor all the PC's. I downloaded shot cut so I can edit video I am going to run a few tests to see how it runs. Thanks for the heads up and you might want to get REVO uninstaller pro for windows because reasons and also it the latent 6GB is because they are probably uploading your data somewhere or using it to crypto mine or something. Windows is basically garbage.

[@gepbalta]

denial -> anger -> bargaining -> depression -> acceptance I think that you're halfway now.

[@snackers7]

Sounds like crushing your will right?

[@gepbalta]

@@snackers7 E?

[@tylerdean980]

The Windows Cast confirmed

[@tylerdean980]

I had to install windows after using linux for 3 years so I could mod a couple games. And then right after nexus released their beta for linux too. Once that's done in a couple years, I guess I'll have another SSD to play around with. Dual booting OpenBSD might be nice.

[@Linuxdirk]

"2 Years Windows Experiment", when?

[@Andy-AJC72]

😂

[@tablettablete186]

The Year of the Windows Desktop!!! Wait...

[@alexismc1111]

this is the way

[@musicalneptunian]

Surely he has been kidnapped and injected with pentathol. We need a penguin rescue mission!

[@markh.6687]

"Penguin Six, going dark."

[@nittani.]

Alright how do you suppose we carry out this rescue opperation, officer @musicalneptunian

[@TheGroundScore]

this should be its own series of matt suffering on W11

[@V1CT1MIZED]

@TheGroundScore suffers so much it gets him paid unlike a certain penguin

[@jeremsgarage]

@@V1CT1MIZEDhard fact that money is made on Windows and Mac. Some do with Linux on desktop but it’s a very small number compared to the others. Making money with Linux should be a series somewhere. 💰

[@ChryptoCrystal]

YES YES YES this would be so funny!

[@marioprawirosudiro7301]

@@jeremsgarage Tbh, I don't understand why web devs choose Macs over a Linux machine, now that it's 2024. Some Linux distros are really stable and hassle-free. Besides, even if we're talking about terminal use, these are devs. Not some off-the-street layman...

[@teebeeonline]

@@marioprawirosudiro7301 that's true, but I think these front end devs are highly likely love the screen of the macbooks or Mac compare to just an average laptops. The color and brightness is extremely good in Macs.

[@nekomi_ch]

Engineering student here, the amount of software that is windows exclusive that I also needed for school is a shit ton, this proves the monopoly situation we have with OSes right now

[@latticepoint5245]

@@nekomi_ch engineering student here as well, it’s really frustrating because even if I want to dual boot both operating systems, windows update will override the boot loader periodically so they have to be on separate drives (which isn’t an option on my laptop)

[@dannylaqc]

Let's change that. Open source is the way to go to free the world.

[@michalsvihla1403]

I've been running dual boot on a single drive for almost two years now and haven't had Win update break anything, lol.

[@Paul-vi3on]

Saying "right now" is kinda undercutting how utterly worse it was before. 20,30 years ago when Windows was at its height there was basically *no* other option. That's the reason why now still a lot control computers in factories etc. run on WinXP or 95. But at least there was free software and a "baseline"; before that you basically had a ton of wholly incompatible machines, and porting software was a lot more complicated than today. Compared to then, I think we're on the right track..

[@kylejamesross]

It's happened. He has finally hit rock bottom.

[@espinita.]

💀

[@PixelBoar]

We knew this day would come, he has changed distro, DE and WM 2000 times.

[@RRR4847-o9g]

He bought an iPhone, too?

[@skelebro9999]

Only a while until Matt completely switches over to Windows. TheWindowsCast is going to happen soon and we are not ready for it!

[@TheLinuxCast]

Nah. I will retire first.

[@yurimodin7333]

@@TheLinuxCast mobaxterm for windows will save your sanity. It lets you natively use linux commands and even lets you open linux apps on other machines via x11 forwarding over ssh -X -C

[@nikichashadow]

@@TheLinuxCast dont betray us matt we belive in you

[@MarkusHobelsberger]

@@TheLinuxCast Did you try WSL yet? :P

[@TechnoMinded-qp5in]

@@TheLinuxCast You could always try ChromeOS for video editing even though we don't trust Google more than Windows but apparently has a lot of Steam support lately.

[@jesushernandez3700]

when he said windows should die it had the same energy like when kendrick lamar told drake he should die lmao

[@andrino2012]

Yeah, content creation in form of videos is quite hard on Linux from what I gathered. Love your content, keep it up, no matter if the video itself is edited via Windows.

[@CrescentRollCarl]

I don't get it. You had to buy a new PC, so why didn't you just buy a PC with a Nvidia card, and use Davinci Resolve with Linux? Or better yet, you should have just bought a Nvidia card and put it in your current PC to use Davinci Resolve without issues on Linux.

[@aarlavaan]

@@CrescentRollCarl he did that. But it kept crashing the pc.

[@drakemallard6100]

@@CrescentRollCarl or do a full installation of Windows on an external drive and use it with the existing PC

[@danieljeyn9847]

That was my thought. My wife is doing evideo diting on Windows, and I despise Adobe nearly as much as Microsoft. If I were to get into it, I'd prefer to be using something like Resolve. I'll keep this in mind.

[@Jxordan]

@@CrescentRollCarl or just a kvm virtual machine on Linux . Can even give it a dedicated gpu

[@egarcia1360]

@@drakemallard6100 and use Windows 10, which while still being spyware is at least not as obnoxious as 11. Especially after running a debloat script, I don't feel _too_ gross the few times I have to switch over for a couple of games.

[@syedumairali4345]

The most GOATED Linuxtuber. It's good that you're so transparent with your audience.

[@lufog]

I've never been a fan of either Windows or Linux, for me, they're just tools. I have both installed on my computer. Now my main operating system is Arch Linux (before that I had Fedora). Even before that, my main operating system was Windows (from XP to 11). And I've never seen built-in ads in them. Except maybe the icons of "pre-installed" games/apps from the store, on a freshly installed Windows 11. They were installed ONLY if you clicked on them, that is, to remove them you just need to unpin them via the context menu, since they are just shortcuts. So it's one of three things: the laptop manufacturer pre-installed Adware; the guy himself installed something from an untrusted source, and picked up Adware; the guy is lying for some unknown reason. The browser I always used (Chrome) never reset to IE/Edge. I've never encountered a computer rebooting with programs running. Although I have left my browser/office suite/Visual Studio running for weeks countless times. Since I very rarely turn off my computer, I usually put my computer to sleep. I have no idea why our Windows experiences are so different...

[@pip5528]

I've never had a browser reset either but I also haven't tried to uninstall Edge. I also don't see ads pop up in Windows 11. Sure, you can pull up that tab with news articles and such but Windows doesn't just randomly feed you ads out of nowhere. I also don't get forced reboots while actually using my computer. You can tell Windows to only reboot and install during certain times of inactivity but I'm not sure if Matt knew about that when he talked about inhibitors. Don't get me wrong, I prefer Linux in a lot of ways but my personal Windows 11 experience over the past couple years has been pretty okay. I don't like some of the layouts or occasional bugs that I've never had on 10 but the overall experience isn't as bad as some people claim, at least on OEM hardware that was clearly optimized for Windows 11. My 2021 Acer Nitro 5 laptop still runs smoothly 2 years after buying it so maybe bloat is less of a factor than it used to be or that could be because I'm on an nvme drive. That laptop runs Windows and Linux equally well but Linux causes static and hard shutdowns so I had to stop using it on there and mainly use it on my old HP 8200 Elite SFF from 2011.

[@keylowmike85]

I have to admit something too, I've had to get a Windows laptop. I've decided to go back to school to get my Bachelor's in IT, and one of the requirements was to have something that was running a updated version of Windows and my school offered a version of Microsoft 365 for schoolwork. I had no choice. If i knew that ReactOS (open source Windows, imo) would work I would use it, but i digress.

[@nfsjoey]

Don't forget to make Da Vinci resolve launch at start up so you can use windows a tiny bit less (Also it restores it if Windows decides to reboot)

[@TheLinuxCast]

Brilliant

[@LilithNephilim666]

Editing my videos is also one of the only reasons I still use Windows. Even if the OS sucks, at least it's supported by professionnal software. I know foss software on Linux are maintained by volonteers, but when using Vegas in a Windows VM has better performance and stability than kdenlive, that's a problem. Same story for Photoshop, some alternatives exist, but they're either not powerful enough, or they are a nightmare to understand and navigate (yes, gimp, i'm talking about you), so I end up still using Photoshop in a VM.

[@Skelterbane69]

I both love and hate gimp lol Navigating it is a nightmare

[@mono-ub4vc]

I use Photoshop CS6 through wine. Just needed to install the correct fonts and dlls into the prefix.

[@MouhamadouAlAmineDione]

Try photopea, it’s a online photoshop

[@alexismc1111]

next video: Why I have to User PowerShell Too

[@ernestoditerribile]

Without WSL(2)

[@tonydarcy7475]

We've all had software problems on Linux. As much as I don't like Windows, I still have a Windows laptop as I don't have the time or the patience to troubleshoot something all day - I'd rather just use my Windows laptop.

[@bologna3048]

Thats a real world example right there.

[@kolz4ever1980]

eventually a real os is needed over some bootleg community made project.. it happens.

[@Skelterbane69]

This is why mint exists.

[@tonydarcy7475]

@@Skelterbane69 Linux Mint is actually the distro that I use. Unlike many other distros I've tried, I can't really fault the OS itself - it has been a fantastic user experience, but I often have issues with 3rd party apps either not being available at all, being too buggy or not having a GUI (I hate using CLI - it is 2024, not 1990) and that is why I still like to have a Windows laptop to use in those scenarios.

[@PixelRyzl]

@@kolz4ever1980 ye if only companies put as much effort on improving the Linux desktops just like Linux servers

[@APNetworX]

I feel your frustration Matt. Its one thing knowing that it is bad, but when you start using it, you realize it is way worse... I switched a few years back, never been happier.

[@ringo8410]

In Matt's ongoing quest to try out every distro, he forgot one of the biggest ones: Windows.

[@mischavandenburg]

As a fellow tech KZbinr I'm soon embarking on a challenge to set up a new computer build for video editing on Arch Linux. I have a Macbook M2 as my current workstation which I can fall back to for editing. I thought DaVinci on Linux was feasible these days, but your video made me a little nervous. Screen recording and editing on Wayland.... I guess we'll find out!

[@bitterseeds]

And this is why I have a Linux desktop and a Macbook. I've covered my bases and don't have to use Wintendo.

[@TheLonelyMoon]

the only reason why i still dual boot w10 is because i need zbrush, clip studio paint, and easy canvas to link my ipad to the pc. tried linux for 2 months, would never turn back

[@Frozen_Death_Knight]

You can install ZBrush through Lutris. Though the 2024 version doesn't work because of the new Maxim launcher that's reliant on a Microsoft component that is supposed to be supported on Linux, but because Microsoft put the development on the backburner it doesn't work. Typical. XD

[@infiernoworks886]

you were the chosen one anakin!!!!

[@anthonybeyond]

IMDHO, apps like FL Studio & Photoshop are THE only 2 reasons why I would try to understand why some people cannot leave Windows so easily.

[@accountid9681]

not to mention everything from autodesk

[@user-ks1oh2wx6o]

Even though you can get them to work pretty easily with wine (if you sail the 7 seas first though)

[@javiereduardo89]

@@anthonybeyond started daily driving Linux last week and let me tell you; if it wasn’t because of FL studio, CapCut and Rocket league I would have deleted windows already. I’m hoping that we can get content creation together on Linux soon so switching over is more realistic for people

[@reallyweirdcat]

i have FL Studio on linux containerized in x11docker and it works with no issue there. As for Photoshop, since I'm not experienced enough, GIMP does just fine for me :)

[@TheFingerMove]

@@anthonybeyond Sadly, there’s more to add to the list if you have an Nvidia GPU: 1. Nvidia Broadcast (you can replace the microphone noise cancelling with Easy Effects, but there’s no replacement for the camera stuff) 2. Android Emulators, because Waydroid is a piece of ****** compared to even the worst Windows Android Emulator. It’s complicated af to install and get running the first time and it also works like trash if you don’t have the optimal AMD setup. 3. Remote Desktop Manager/Remmina: When I want to RDP into my work PC, the damn thing doesn’t apply my 125% scaling on it. I haven’t found a way to force it to do so, which is why I have to use a resource intensive workaround with VMware Workstation Pro and a Windows VM.

[@Vitis-n2v]

What kind of monitor setup can you possibly have that X11 wouldn't handle it. I find that hard to believe

[@deadboy1255]

Have you not tried going through the QEMU+KVM with GPU passthrough route?

[@MartinEvans]

This just popped up for me to watch this morning and I just want to say thanks for all the giggles Matt. Really needed that this morning!

[@chopin4525]

8:15 We finally got him on the record. 🤣

[@CalmSnow_]

I completely share this pain. Specially because I'm a Certified Data Analyst from Microsoft and i have to use windows for working with Power BI. I hope one day there will be an option to run that with wine or something else.

[@und3rpr]

Your being transparent towards your audience is very respectful.

[@magnificoas388]

cmon Matt, choose your distro and hardware taking in consideration the sofware you will use: I mean here davinci resolve studio, aka DRS ! You said you had "dependency" problems with opensuse. Did you solve that? If you can't, choose an other distro. And please avoid distrobox... DRS is maybe better with nvidia cards. BTW I am on NixOS and DR is flawless there.

[@visthj]

12:08 so true. Nobara linux just showed me what a usable OS looks like. Without any additional hacks, tools, activation scripts, programs, etc. Unlike Windows, you just install it and use it.

[@Bryan-po5wc]

am still new to linux but installed mint on my old laptop and chimeraos on my gaming pc i really enjoy how clean and simple the ui feels none of that pre installed clutter windows has but i cant play certain pc games like league of legends or dungeonborn hope with more ppl joining the linux community more improvements can be made for us all to enjoy

[@linkarzu]

If you're used to Linux, why not switch to macOS which is unix-like? I record all my videos in macos using a cheap M1 16GB mac mini, they're related to Neovim, docker, macos apps and I have never experienced a single issue with OBS, or Davinci Resolve, I install all my APs through homebrew, update them and reboot when I want, and I've never seen a single ad in the OS itself.

[@linkarzu]

I always watch your videos by the way, love the rants 😂

[@justinspeer8481]

I feel you. My employer is ultra Microsoft integrated. There’s no way I could get away from it in a practical way. Windows, Teams, Outlook, Office (I love how Excel randomly won’t open a sheet without closing another one first), Microsoft Dynamics 365 with Business Central, Project Pro (glitchy af and needlessly complicated), Power Apps, Power BI…. It makes me want to vomit.

[@wolfpoker]

Question, If you dedicate a system for video editing then couldn't you have done that with a separate linux system optimized for that? Like X or whatever?

[@craneology]

Wouldn't change the fact kdenlive will crash often.

[@Zetverse]

Its alright Matt, I never got rid of windows from my laptop too, even though I hate using it as daily driver. I work with music and audio stuff and all the primaries I use are windows only. All I did was disable the wifi adapter after I got all them installed and added a drive and installed Linux.

[@Zetverse]

Would have been a good opportunity to do a Window User Experience on a new laptop while setting it up, I heard its annoying as fuck now.😂

[@MSTNocte]

So, I recently migrated to Linux 2 months ago. I do some light gaming and use my computer mostly for my TTRPG notes and managing. You've become my favorite Linux content creator and as someone who just upgraded to windows 11. I know exactly what you mean. The advertising is insane

[@asphalt2554]

You meant Downgraded?

[@davidyoder5890]

You might consider that your feelings on Windows are largely how Windows users feel when they use Linux.

[@LowSpecLinuxLaptop]

I have never had Shotcut crash

[@keksmlg]

I love how what sparked all of this was the fact that alpha tier software like wayland is shoved through someone's throat enough that they have to completely jump ship

[@benderbg]

I like how this journey started with monitor problems and you ended up buying a Windows PC.

[@anthonybeyond]

I for one will NEVER go back to the Microsoft Plantation under any circumstances. It is bad enough that Windows still exist almost every job that I had in my lifetime. And I will be damnation that I will ever bring Windows back in my house! As a matter of ugly truth, if GNU/Linux never exist during the tail end of the Windows XP years, I would have switch to Apple Mac OS or take a bigger risk of learning BSD. But that is just me of course.

[@kolz4ever1980]

Cool story, apparently you don't do much then if you don't need a real os. Simple. ;)

[@catto-from-heaven]

@@kolz4ever1980 Software developers and system admins would lose faith in humanity if they read your comment

[@kolz4ever1980]

@@catto-from-heaven Coll story bro. I am sure that will ruin my sleep when I go to bed now..

[@catto-from-heaven]

@@kolz4ever1980 It surely does, because you took your time to fill the replies saying the same thing

[@kolz4ever1980]

@@catto-from-heaven yeah.. because a few sentences takes a life time to type out to someone triggered over their bootleg community made os.. ;)

[@ausarma8403]

Rossman might have some advice for you with video editing in linux.

[@k.b.tidwell]

+1000 for Rossman

[@haydarjohn]

that is the fundemental part of the success of windows. It does not matter how bad windows is. until linux will have good quaility equivilent software linux will be obsolete.

[@godofdeath8785]

Facts. And macos as well still niche is compared to windows. I like IPhone and IPad but I have windows pc and don’t see point in macbooks.

[@gx1tar1er]

​@@godofdeath8785But productivity & creativity is the reason why MacOS still surpass Linux & what people use for too.

[@dustys5512]

Which distro have you been using for your video editing software? Could you use Gnome instead of KDE? Would a distro that focuses on stability solve your video editing woes? I'm no linux expert but the step-by-step troubleshooter in me thinks that you should try using video editing software on a different distro and desktop.

[@boingboing172]

In case you are not informed, a lot of tools are available in making Windows more usable, including Atlas OS, Win11Debloat, Answer files (unattend.xml) that makes you preconfigure Windows before installing it, etc. Most if not all of the annoying aspects of Windows including Ads, telemetry, ludicrous hardware usage will be gone. Hope this makes you feel better while using Resolve on Windows. Personal opinion: You should invest the money on a NVIDIA card and Resolve Studio license instead of buying a new Windows PC tbh

[@k.b.tidwell]

A problem I've run into when running these fixes is A: I shouldn't have to run these fixes to have a great OS in the first place (just an observation, not a personal judgement) and B: many of the fixes are reverted every time I have a major OS update. Have you seen that on your systems?

[@SomvenIsHere]

Your points are absolutely right and now that you say it why is microsoft doing nothing about it. Is it a skill issue but that can't be it because it's such a large corporation then why the fuck are they not fixing windows

[@godofdeath8785]

They can’t compete in game industry, as well their tablets worse than IPads and Samsung tabs so seems like skill issue.

[@johnmckown1267]

I also had to get a Windows machine for work. I used it to remote in to my Windows desktop via a Terminal Server Gateway (mstsc). Since I've retired, that PC is now running Linux, mainly for my writing some "fun" programs, in various languages, just to keep my mind lubricated.

[@RicardoGarciso]

Hi Matt, Thanks for your Video No need apologize about sound as I find I do follow you for your Contents (what you know-teach) in front of which sound pales And concur with all you say.

[@kbc8090]

Windows 11 2024 LTSC + Startallback and few days of tweaking offers a pretty good experience.

[@ShadowPriestBear]

Just wait for the forced updates

[@minigpracing3068]

LTSC is only officially available to volume license customers, which I feel is a problem! Also it is still in preview for win11.

[@kbc8090]

@@ShadowPriestBear can turn them on or off as you please

[@Afurai_]

Until they start forcing the windows store more... Making .exe's "unsafe" to install, etc. The writing has been on the wall for a while, frog boiling in the pot scenario, but I could be wrong

[@PadhleBete]

Windows 11 LTSC is ❤

[@maddada]

Hey man, I really hope Linux improves and we could do everything there because Microsoft is not putting the user first in a lot of ways. Here are some tips on how I make windows pretty great to use day to day for my usecases: - I haven't had windows 11 force an update reboot on me once in years.. Make sure you didn't click schedule when prompted, and check the scheduling settings in windows update settings. - There's also a setting to resume all of the programs that you had open when pc starts which is great. - Yes the ads suck but at least you can disable each and every one of them pretty easily.. - The idle ram usage is working as intended as it loads programs that it thinks you will launch into ram so they open quicker. This is a good use of unused RAM imo. - Start11 fixes all of the issues with the start menu and task bar for me. Void tools everything is amazing for search. Power toys has some great utilities. Windhawk too. I'm pretty happy with my windows install after I set it up right and the compatibility with every program under the sun is a great benefit.

[@pip5528]

There is an inhibitor on Windows of sorts. You can select inactive hours for the system to reboot and apply updates. It is interesting that Matt has had issues with monitors not going to sleep on Linux for a long time because occasionally I have that issue on Windows despite having it set to go to sleep on the lock screen. Sometimes it goes to sleep on the fully open desktop and sometimes it's awake all night on the lock screen and it glares at me when I come out in the early morning. I have no such issues on my Tumbleweed installation.

[@keyboard_g]

Your audio sounds fine.

[@destiny_02]

no it doesn't

[@Raftzard]

Amazing video! It all had to be said! Cheers.

[@stathisath]

MSMG Toolkit or Windows Answer Files is the only way to create a minimal install that doesn't suck.

[@user-eg1qw]

Is NTlite not good? Idk much about windows stuff besides installing iot ltsc and running chris titus's script.

[@stathisath]

@@user-eg1qw It's good but it's not free. MSMG toolkit is free and does the same job if not better. Chris Titus has a video on it too, that's where I learned about it. His script is great as maintenance, since microsoft can change some settings with updates, but the toolkit will give you the cleanest and leanest Windows by far.

[@user-eg1qw]

@@stathisath I see, I wasn't sure if there was something wrong with NTlite I didn't know about.

[@samsowden]

could you maybe install tiny10 and keep it offline past the eol window? if you're only using it for Da Vinci Resolve?

[@TheKeirsunishi]

I virtualise windows for gaming or any other applications that need windows. GPU and SSD pass though grants near native performance, it's wonderful being able to copy and paste between the two.

[@MegaLokopo]

I can't wait until linux is more popular and has more support for software, but also hardware. Getting a surface pro 8 with pen support and LTE to work on linux does not sound like fun, but I need both so on that device I am stuck with windows for now.

[@t3m3d]

I literally just had to do this to make it easier for schoolwork. I'm cutting corners everywhere I can to make the last couple classes as convenient as possible. I swore off windows last year finally, but I think I am going to keep one Windows machine as back up and some games I haven't got to work on Linux.

[@einarrulfhednar5528]

Feel like some form of treason has been commited, by the way im a linux user and i play sims 3 and 4 on Linux i own it on steam and use proton and it seems to work flawlessly

[@JamesMowery]

I can definitely relate to the video editor situation. It's a shame there isn't a new open-source project that has as much attention and backing and hardware support as Blender, FreeCAD, OBS, and other tools like that.

[@JamesMowery]

P.S. I have a lot of new and high-end hardware (RTX 4090, AMD 7950X, 64 GB DDR 6000 RAM, 670E-E motherboard) and the stutters, lag spikes, and general slowness on Windows 10 and 11 was immediately apparent for the first few days I had the system. I initially thought I might need to keep Windows around for firmware updates or RGB lighting controls, which I found workarounds instead. I decided to nuke all the Windows stuff promptly thereafter. Performance is genuinely and sincerely worse on Windows than Linux... not even joking. The advantages of Windows are dwindling day by day. We just need the software and hardware (especially external peripheral) support to continue building for Linux.

[@fern_gdh]

I fell to my knees and sobbed

[@fabriciochamorro2985]

"Windows should die" procedes to buy a Windows machine and watching their adds. Question: why didn't you buy a mac pc instead? Those are great only for editing as far as I know and great pieces of hardware too

[@synthoelectro]

since I moved to Mac I've been happy, while I have my pc next to me for music concerns, at least I have complete stability in front of me.

[@cyberbeast93yt]

Illustrator is the only reason I still use winblows, I illustrate +- 15 hours a day

[@woyttas]

I started off with dual booting for some software, but after re-installing 11 with unattend file and a 3rd party taskbar... I found myself not having to go back to Linux at all and I'm kinda content. Gotta do what works for you.

[@synthoelectro]

Got PC on the left screen and Mac in front of me. Just bought a Mac, built the PC in 2014, and upgraded it a few times. now I need the Mac for my music and using the pc for a music server etc. Thing is, we need both in this world, either linux or Mac or windows or all of them. I use to hope to only use linux in place of a windows machine but the usage of certain software ties one to their computer of choice.

[@k.b.tidwell]

I had one program that took jumping through massive hoops to get running in janky fashion in Linux, but since WINE 9.0 came out, it's native quality. It's all getting better.

[@synthoelectro]

@@k.b.tidwell that's good, finally, after years WINE is helping this.

[@ericg7490]

Dude, why wouldn’t you just put in another drive in your existing PC and install windows? Windows plays nicely with Linux dual boot now. I haven’t seen it take over the boot loader since Windows 8.

[@ArtW1982]

I use Window 11 Pro full time for software development, I have never once seen an ad. I've heard people on KZbin talk about them, but I have never seen one, nor have ever seen a KZbinr show one. I'm more than curious about this.

[@LinuxLightHouse]

Same

[@SeanKent69]

I have never had my Windows 11 pro machine reboot on its own either...

[@SeanKent69]

After updates I mean

[@V1CT1MIZED]

I've never seen an ad either

[@anon_y_mousse]

Matt, you have my sympathies. Most people after they switch become used to the better usability of Linux and never go back and thus never have to experience the pain that Windows really is. They get used to Windows after years of it being the only choice and they don't realize how crap it is because they're the boiling frog. Windows has gotten so bad that now it's more difficult to hide it if you swap back and forth. I say this as a 25+ year user of Linux who has always found it to be the better system. Though, I've been a KDE user that whole time, so I have a different perspective. This is also why 6gb of RAM at idle doesn't bug me because if I leave myself logged in for long enough I eventually get to that amount of usage. I'm sitting at 6gb right now with 1.5 in swap, and I've been logged in for a whole month.

[@Creepavore]

No problems here with Kdenlive under Ubuntu and Fedora.

[@gimcrack555]

I used three video editors and have zero problems using any of them. I'm a 21 year Linux user. I still use X and I believe he is using Wayland. That's his main problem there. The three video editors I use are Kdenlive, Shotcut, and Openshot. And I limited myself to any Qt libraries if I can help it.

[@MaxJM711]

I study CS at at times it's very frustrating to see the amount of Windows-exclusive software we require for some courses. I can dual boot in separate drives in my laptop so it's not really a problem, and eventually using Windows just kinda works, but there really is nothing like fully customizing a system to your liking. Idk, if I ever have to get a non-Linux device for work, I'd rather go for a Macbook than another Windows device

[@jerssh]

As someone who exclusively used windows until around a month ago, i can indeed confirm it has gotten considerably worse since 2017. Even just staying on win10

[@sandcat731]

Gotta do what you gotta do brother, agree

[@anamoyeee]

I wish i could switch to linux but i'm so used to autohotkey that i can't. i was devastated when i got to know that autohotkey is not also for linux... little things like that have me stuck with microsoft unfortunately...

[@nyverinorlyth9555]

I'm slightly confused, only in the first quarter of the video, so why exactly did not just buy a NVIDIA GPU to use DaVinci, IIRC you said it doesn't like amd cards, I'm sure it would be the same price if not cheaper as to buying a whole new computer? Also I'm sure there is a version of one of those video editors that is stable, maybe the version in the Debian repos

[@glengrigsby4858]

So does your new windows PC have an Nvidia GPU or AMD? If Nvidia, install Linux on it and use Davinci Resolve there. Problem solved

[@greateranimal]

at 7:35 i started DYING laughing because he looked so distraught thinking about the amount of resources Windows uses and that is EXACTLY how I talk about it - "what the fuck are you doing ????????" hahahahah

[@SirChristoferus]

@@greateranimal _Windows 11: “I need a lot of space to talk with my advertising partners so I can produce the best ads for the day! I’ve gotta keep the lights on, dude! Advertisers love me, manufacturers love me even more! What can I say?”_

[@k.b.tidwell]

@@SirChristoferus "Even though they already paid for me...they're going to pay again!"

[@dannylaqc]

Let's go Matt. Davinci Resolve Studio works good with Octopi w/ paru install on CachyOS. Hard to install and keep working on OpenSUSE with Nvidia.

[@dualfluidreactor]

I wouldn't be so hard on yourself. Every job needs it tools: If you want to do the best job you need the best tool for the job.

[@Zeptic1]

Davinci resolve is a pain in the ass to get setup on linux, but it IS possible. I have had gotten it running on an rx480 (amd) and now on my rtx3080 and it works flawlessly. I run my own online video post production (color grading) studio and it is stable enough for me to use it for my business. I'd also like to mention, back when I was working with agencies, I had collaborated with many studios that migrated from using apple computers (which is like 90% of the industry) to running linux machines, mostly because you can no longer run dedicated GPUs on "pro" apple hardware.

[@Bananapeppersz]

I switched to my next because one of my biggest hate with Windows was UI. That’s one of the reasons why I always customize my. DE when I use them to be less like windows, I normally use a window manager, but when I have to use a desktop environment like KDE or cinnamon I will always change it. Also like many other people I hate how windows is basically just spyware now.

[@andremagalhaes664]

If you really have to use Windows what about Windows 10/11 LTSC ?

[@Technopath47]

I seriously am glad I use Linux at home all day. Windows 11 got so frustrating for me to setup today as it wouldn't freaking listen to me my heart monitor went off three times. lol

[@prakhars962]

I am okay with the legacy stuff on Windows. I can install a program from 2004 and it just works fine on Windows 11.

[@k.b.tidwell]

Matt, great video, rant felt and commiserated with fully. It's a depressing time if you happen to be one of the Windows faithful. I'm not NOW, but I was for near 30 years, and it's definitely Win11 that's ruined the whole Windows experience. I've been a Windows user since, ummm, 1992 or 1993, on 3.1, and I actually enjoyed what I could do with it through Win95, 98, 2000, XP, Vista, 8 (yes, even those two), 10, and after buying an Acer Nitro a couple years ago, 11. Out of all of the systems I have (at present seven), the Nitro is the last Win machine ONLY because I haven't gotten off my lazy rear to move to Linux gaming. That's all I do with that machine, and I know Linux gaming is "there" for me, but my internet isn't super great, and I want to brace up for possibly having to re-download all of my Steam games if I screw something up. Linux full-time came for me in 2019, so I was still Win10 at that time, and generally happy. Enpoopification was going on then too, but NOWHERE near the pinnacles of garbageness that Win11 has accomplished. You are completely right...in spite of all of the garbage with the ads and the regression of UI features that 11 has brought, Microsoft's not-so-secret weapon has always been that everybody codes for Windows (usually first) so EVERYTHING works with a minimum of faffing about. It's very depressing, and I can only hope that Linux's surge in popularity now will bring with it enthusiasm by devs to move it up the priority list. Microsoft knows that many of their users will never change, no matter how bad they make the OS become. They just won't because they lack the thinking out of the box nature, the ability to use an OS without deifying it, or the humility to consider that their first choice could be wrong in any way. And there will always be a sizeable percentage of people who won't change out of the inconvenience factor, like me with my Nitro (for now). I can't be without my stress relief relaxation gaming machine for long at all because work life stinks. But then there's my dad, who although he LOVES techy stuff, has reached an age where he's not confident at all in his memory or mental reflexes, and fears losing data that's important to him if he tries to switch. He wants to get away from Windows badly because he sees where they're going with Win11 (he's on 10), and he's fearful of losing support in Win10 next year, but he's a big fan of not taking big plunges. Believe me, everybody feels more like that with age. The risks can get more painful the older you get. I talked with him yesterday about installing Linux on a spare drive, and then booting from that sometimes to get the hang of things before we make it his home OS. He's comfortable with that, but I wonder about the millions of elders out there who don't have a techy relative to assist in the transition in a "soft" way. They'll be on Windows all the way to the bloody end. Yeh, people who have grown old with Windows have been sort of locked in by nature itself to an extent (the fears that come with aging), if they're of the non-techy general populace. We all need to look for opportunities to help people out of that situation, because it can only be good for them.

[@flexplodin]

The Steam Deck launched Linux into orbit. Linux could make a lot of money, I'd wager, if developers made all the same Windows programs ported to Linux, an "either or" installer. The market is here. In the meantime, the sandbox Windows launchers are getting better and better.

[@MrBilliam29]

In the short time I've been watching your videos, a fair quantity of the complaints I've heard you mention about Windows could probably be solved be a clean install of Pro Edition. Whether it's worth your money for Pro, and worth your time for the manual reinstall and set up to your liking is another matter entirely. But things like ads and forced reboots after updates can go away by taking this route (using a local account). Should you have to do this just to arrive at a palatable user experience on Windows? No, of course not. It's absurd. I just wanted to bring it up to suggest at least some potential dampening between your head and the wall. 🙂 P.S. I'm using 5.5 GB on Win 11 Pro with Firefox open watching this video.

[@visthj]

He can also "legally" install Windows 11 IoT LTSC, it basically has no bloatware besides Edge (imagine an empty start menu with only Edge staring at your soul)

[@visthj]

He can also "legally" install Windows 11 IoT LTSC, it basically has no bloatware besides Edge (imagine an empty start menu with only Edge staring at your soul)

[@visthj]

He can also "legally" install Windows 11 IoT LTSC, it basically has no bloatware besides Edge (imagine an empty start menu with only Edge staring at your soul)

[@sibu7]

@@visthj I keep hearing about Windows 11 IoT LTSC, but I cannot find much information about it online. Can you legally use this edition as a private/personal (not Enterprise) user? What happens after the 90 days evaluation period, do you need a license and how much would it cost to buy one? Or can you activate it with a normal Windows 11 Pro/Enterprise key?

[@rehabwardialer]

There is Azure Linux, formerly CBL-Mariner. There are plenty of way to schedule the update. RAM usage you mentioned is from SuperFetch, i.e. its a feature.

[@darthkielbasa]

My primary gaming machines are Unraid VMs w/ gpu passthrough. To use a local K/M, I pass through a USB card as well. I’ve accomplished the same with Proxmox in the past. 6:25 preach brother! Midstream Rant in full effect. Also, Titus toolbox works. Run it often to keep junk at a minimum. Love you.

[@Johan87577]

I’ve been a window user for 20 years. Then moved to macOS 5 years ago and now a full time arch user. I still have to use windows for work, unfortunately. I used to dualboot windows but the games I use works fine with lutris/proton.

[@dee23gaming]

The best way I can describe Linux, is it's completely mine to own and mess around with, but I'm also completely alone in using it. Windows feels like I don't 100% own it, but I can confidently bet that literally anything and everything is gonna work on Windows. Websites don't glitch out as much on Windows as it does on Linux (both use Chrome), the ecosystem is so polished and efficient, and the vast majority of the games I bought and play only work on Windows. Vintage Story for example is a game that performs amazing on Windows, but the Linux version felt like I was playing on a potato, even with all settings on its lowest. Same gaming laptop, but now it doesn't want to perform like a gaming laptop on Linux, even after switching to Nvidia drivers. Garry's Mod has countless issues with Linux, even though it can technically run on Linux. I won't be able to use Hammer if I want to create Garry's Mod maps. BeamNG Drive is just unstable on Linux and it performs worse. Minecraft Bedrock Edition isn't even supported on Linux, so that's a game I paid for that I wouldn't be able to play again, and yes, I do like things about Bedrock over Java. I am kinda split 50/50 between the two operating systems. I recently got hacked because of Windows, trying to download cracked Windows-only software, so that's definitely a plus point for Linux. I should've stuck to what I knew, which was free and open source software. I'm not paying $60 a month just to use a couple programs.

[@AndyGait]

I don't think I've ever seen Matt so angry. 😂

[@ReLoneR]

Maybe just bye three exactly the same monitors, so you dont have "weird monitor setup"

[@VulcanOnWheels]

0:33 I have no problem with the sound in this video.

[@BReal23-qm8hs]

I purchased a VideoPad license from NCH Software back in the summer of 2022 and now found out that it is now expired and needs to be renewed for 59 US dollars. Ugh.

[@phosphorus8691]

Youre not missing anything with Blender, it is my favorite program of all time but it crashes daily, multiple times.

[@HcgRandon]

You should consider doing a gpu passthrough vm with looking glass instead of a physical machine, makes it sting less

[@uuu12343]

Interesting position here, now imagine being a windows user from the start and being thrown into a linux environment/system

[@k.b.tidwell]

I was. It wasn't hard. It all depends on the distro used.