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I switched from 24H2 to Mint 22 a few months ago. The talk about breaking things has me a little concerned. I haven't broken anything but, I'm going to make backups (clones) more often now. I have pretty fast hardware and 24H2 runs great in a VM on Linux. I'm using the Windows VM (rarely use) for Garmin Express and a few other apps with no Linux support.

I think it's a good thing that Linux isn't as mainstream as Windows and Mac. Microsoft and Apple tend to take their users for granted, whereas in the Linux world there are a lot more choices. If you don't like one distro, just switch to another one. There are always people switching over to Linux, so it's not going to suffer the fate of Windows phone.

Don't want to choose between Cinnamon and Ubuntu? *MEMORY IS RAM!* --Moss

I had to tell my kid about this because he loves free stuff on games too

change title to "Why isn't Desktop Linux popular? because Linux is already popular in Servers and Cellphones.

Linux could be popular if they could figure out program distribution. That's by far the biggest issue. It's 2024 and I still have to add my own app icon and write a config file just to get an app icon and menu shortcut. The big distros need to get together and agree on a standardised app distribution method and all support it, and software needs to release in that format. Snap, Flatpak are great steps towards this, but there isn't enough consistent support from OSes or software vendors. You need to be able to go to a website, download a program, and have it work on Linux. Then it can become mainstream.

Zorin OS is amazing for new users or anyone else that wants a polished, stable, and pretty option with no fuss

Something I really like about Windows desktop (as someone who doesn't even have Windows on my home computer) is PowerShell. Powershell on Windows is amazing. It's Object-oriented, which makes it much better than Bash for pipelining commands.

Correction! @1:42 Cinnamon is a desktop environment, while Ubuntu is a distribution. Ubuntu's default desktop environment is Gnome, Cinnamon is a desktop environment created by the team at Linux Mint. Some distributions have made updating and software installation almost as easy as Windows, again Linux Mint comes to mind. Compatibility is an issue, but it is becoming less of one. You can install Proton, Valve's compatibility layer in most Debian based distributions and gain access to a wide assortment of games. nVidia and AMD both release drivers for their GPUs for Linux, not with the frequency or the software for tweaking comparable to their Windows driver suites but they are improving. I do agree with most of your points though, I think the biggest hurdle Linux has yet to face comes from its own community of users. So many of the developers and maintainers historically have been so adamantly against 3rd party proprietary software they have ham stringed adoption of the platform by making it impossible to get commercial projects readily on board, through sheer hostility or unwillingness to work with them, creating another self-fulfilling prophecy scenario.

Linux isn't actually hard to fix. It actually tells you what is wrong, so you can fix it if you know how to read. Meanwhile on Windows you get a useless error code, when you google it you get told to try a bunch of generic fixes that work 1/10 of the time.

What password manager do you recommend?

Fantastic video. Wish this had more views.

There's no hurry. Growth of linux has always been of organic rather than competitive nature. Some soils will never be fit for that growth, which is fine.

Windows is not the product, it's users are. Linux is not an out of the box OS and needs configuration due to its modularity unlike Windows which is designed to be a PC only system. It also comes to marketing. FOSS software doesn't really have a marketing team, does it?

I'm on Linux for two decades but the part with fixing in conjunction with a very elitist community still traumatize me. I managed to get 99% of my games library to work in more recent years, the software I use outside of games does run on both systems, so I am cool with it. BUT whenever someone asks, I just tell what they need to do to optimize Windows instead.

Excellent video considering the number of subs. Good job.

I jumped to Linux Mint in 2024, 3 months ago. Reason: Windows updates was slowing my system down, Windows 11 is requiring me to have a cloud place outside my control, and there is a risk that MicroSoft will more and more prohibit me from loading the software that I want. I have had minor issues (Printerdriver, special soundcard), but I can run Steam games and I found the software that I need - I have for many years used LibreOffice anyway. I see no return to Windows!

Aside from the absence of any decent software (which you mentioned) and there being too many distros and desktops to choose from (which you also mentioned), my other huge reason for refusing to use Linux is how you install most things. In 2024, I have to open a terminal and enter arcane commands to accomplish it. No, it's not actually hard, but oh god is it annoying, tedious and absolutely not something I should need to do, with contemporary software, in the third decade of the 21st century ...

I would use a Linux desktop if Blizzard games were available to be ran natively. (Yes, I know about lutris, WINE, and virtual machines)

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I genuinely tried desktop linux, arch to be exact as i have a steamdeck and wanted a comparable experience between the 2. The OS corrupted itself during a morning reboot a week later (i don't know how, i didnt touch anything) an hour before a zoom meeting for work. It was a lot faster to install windows then try and fix it. Also performance sucked no matter how much i tried updating drivers. When i went back to windows i actually went to windows 11 and have had nothing but a positive experince with it once i spent 10 minutes disabling bloat and recall ahd all that stuff

1:55 if you make a system any idiot can use, only idiots will find it useful.

Yeah, I agree. I don't use linux on my desktop because when I get home, I just want my stuff to work. We use Ubuntu at work and deal with hardware incompatibility, troubleshooting, and dealing with all sorts of crap on a day-to-day basis. I do NOT want to have to bring that home with me. And that's Ubuntu, one of the more mainstream options.

The main reason most people don't use Linux is because it doesn't ship on your computer Windows does and has for the last 40 years.

One of big annoyances is when you need superuser rights to configure keyboard driver - that means that you can't use some models of keyboard on particular computers. Even with some keyboards not working as intended - one should be prepared to invest time and money into buying compatible hardware. I think oversimplification of switching process might lead to negative experience. In my opinion anybody willing to switch to linux should start with dual computer setup (main computer + linux) and gradually transition to linux over long period of time. One should be able to tolerate a plethora of minor annoyances: you computer has gone to sleep - you need to either reboot or replug USB audio, you rebooted computer and hasn't logged in immediately - computer has gone to sleep and now you need to reboot it one more time, you have specified 200% resolution - but it is user resolution - main screen before first login would still have 100% resolution, etc, etc.

The reason is simple. People are set in their ways and do like to learn new things. Linux is not complicated and it is easy to search on line for the best distro to use as a beginner. When the answer comes up try that distro. You don't need to alter anything on your machine to try it, just run it from the USB stick. Is that too complicated? There is no spyware in Linux. Most of the programs are free and work just like the M$ ones. All it takes is a little effort but that is too much to secure your files and stop M$ and others accessing them at will. People will find the courage when their files are splashed over the net or money is lost. Look me up for help then.

Linux succeed when a company owns both the hardware and OS. I dont think steam os would work on an open hardware, but steam deck will be amazing if valve can count to three.

☁ like you, linux chnged my life also. In the 90s I ran DR-DOS, OS2 Warp, MS DOS and Windows but was introduced to Linux at the University at which I worked post to graduation and learnt on Slackware, patching kernels and programming in Bash and the new technology of the day for the web, HTML. I progressed to Perl 5. Its been a wild ride and I'm still learning with modern frameworks like React, Laravel, Ansible. I still use windows but with WSL, but also replace MS with Linux on my own hardware, on cloud VMs and run Linux routing with OpenWRT and the like. Mac I used for app development but not as a daily driver, Linux is favourite for me. All made possible by its community and being open source. .

If consumers can choose between hundreds of different car models or phones on the market which all essentially do the same thing, they can also choose between a couple of major desktop distros. We need to communicate that all these distros exist, and that they offer a good alternative to the uncaring corporate-led world which Microsoft is trying to force people into. We can even have a bunch of independent publicity campaigns, as long as they all share the common Linux identity at their core.

I think one issue with Linux that is overlooked by observers is that there aren't much published comprehensive self help reading materials for major or popular Linux distro. One can not rely on fora as Most Linux community fora are too technical for beginners not to mention that you have to wait if someone will pickup your quiry.

Great video. To the point, concise, doesn't waste time. As an occasional Linux user I agree with all your points. I always have the feeling Linux would be better if there were (much) less distributions but the remaining ones would be easier to use. The solution for your last point in the video is to make Linux more approachable and I think the steam deck, as you mentioned, is perfect for that. Windows beat Linux on gaming, easily, in the past. If that turns, Valve could be the catalyst that makes Linux more popular and then we finally there'd be some real change.

These are REALLY bad 'reasons that do not reflect reality. I'll split my response as YT loves deleting longer comments. The learning curve of Linux is slightly less than a Mac. I show people how to start apps in KDE, start 'Google' and most of them are off using online apps. Too much choice - just like there is too much choice on cars and breakfast options. You try, you trial, you are guided by a techie, like a 'motor mate' helps you buy a car. Software? 75% of the world now use online apps. "I just use Google" I am told time and time again. We live in an online 'google' world. Sure, Photoshop users hit trouble but that's 3% of the world' population. If you are breaking Linux you are either using a really poor distro are you are heavily misusing it. I reduced my support time DRAMATICALLY by giving people Linux! Plus, get the right distro and returning to a known working point is easy.

thanks for not making video with AI. and thanks for being an honest person. TH-cam need people like you.

Please, please look for another profession. The elevator music and your monotone droning would've put me to sleep if most of the things you said wouldn't have annoyed me so much. Such drivel! Oh man, where do I start? 'Linux is easy to break'. Linux is not easy to break. Where on earth did you get that stupid idea? 'Microsoft is popular because it's popular.' Huh?!? If your an engineer, please hide your academic credentials because the issuing university would want to sue you for bringing their brand into abject disrepute. Go home and rethink your life. TH-cam will not miss you.

tbh I have no idea how people can comfortably develop on Windows machines, the experience is just so scuffed on there imo. linux is always the dev''s path of least resistance imo

Ironically the Year of Linux will be 2038.

Recently linux caught my attention, mostly Mint, Arch, Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian. How easy is to break them? (I never used linux, i use windows at the time of speaking)

From what I've learned so far, Linux is still considered a server OS with some workstation distros attached. Windows have a huge legacy as it transcended generations of users. It would take just as huge mistake to create a mass exodus for people to make change. And while MacOS is still more used OS compared to Linux, I'm not sure every single person would throw away a useful hardware to buy Apple's expensive stuff just for their net surfing grandmas. But there's big BUT here. Even if Microsoft does indeed make a horrible blunder, Linux desktop ecosystem is not ready for mainstream usage unlike MacOS, which does have functioning services, which allow developers to distribute their software more or less comfortable. Same goes for basic support as MacOS doesn't have million distros to support. The problem with Linux is that it had everything it needed to be popular back in late 00s. Lack of support from big names like Adobe did hurt, but from what I can tell, no one really tried to appeal to proprietary software developers, it was always about free software. I guess Linux community is to blame for this. At least that's how much I know about this situation. There's now talks about flathub including ability to buy software, which can finally move this whole situation to something similar to MacOS. But this will mean the need to create an online account to be able to validate your purchases. Some people might be fine with that, but I can see a lot more people to oppose this as it would bring Linux closer to a Windows/MacOS territory of control over users. If that's how thing will turn out, Linux desktop will never achieve even MacOS level of popularity.

Linux changed my life yes mine too but the last cookie with cream too 🤣🤣🤣 now iam searching with ai the bakingrecipe i want it again but i dont wanna pay again 5€ for a really good cookie and a bit cream.... cmon for the 5€ i can bake 10 on my own and it needs only 35minutes (same time as in the supermarket checkout queue for the cookie....) :D

Straight forward, which linux distro is the best for gaming and performance?

I am not convinced the learning curve thing is necessarily true in the sense that people who have never learned to work with a computer can just as easily learn to work with linux than they do with Windows or Mac. I have seen it before when I put Ubuntu on an old machine many years ago before my mom ever really touched a computer. She had just as much trouble learning to work with Windows years later than she did learning to work with Ubuntu. But yes, for people who already are used to work with a computer a certain way, it means having to adapt just like it is when switching from Windows to Mac or probably even Windows XP to Windows 11 if you would have been away for years. I honestly believe people who have never touched a computer and just need to use a browser can work on any of the operating systems without issues. Finding help with problems is probably going to be the easiest on Windows, but I don't think it matters which OS people use if they just do simple computing tasks. And as far as the power user goes, those people have just forgotten that it took some time to learn it on Windows as well. I have not switched yet (I will when Win 10 support drops), although I have been daily driving a separate minipc for the last year and a half (and an old laptop that I booted up a couple of times a week before that for 5 years or so) on EndeavourOS (minipc) and vanilla Arch (laptop) and I personally haven't seen a huge amount of issues yet. But I certainly had to get my hands dirty a couple of times. But I would consider myself a power user, I had to do that on Windows as well in the past. Other distros I have installed over the years (not counting VMs, I learned most of it with those), Xubuntu on the previous mediaPC, RaspberryPiOS (or whatever it is called now), Antergos on my previous linux old laptop and Debian on an old PC and a VPS. Also I work as IT in a university, so while I don't personally administer the machines, I have plenty of linux experience over the last 15 years or so, just not as a daily driver. As far as the choice goes, there isn't that much choice overall because most of the distros are for niche audiences who know what they want. Most of the distros are extremely similar and you basically just basically just choose a package manager and maybe if you don't want to deal with more possible issues stay away from rolling release distros (I personal prefer them, but they are obviously easier to break). The desktop environments people tend to focus on can be installed on any distro anyway. I would just choose one of the bigger distros, in most cases the smaller spin-off distros are probably not really worth looking at with the exception of maybe some of the bigger arch based ones if you want an out of the box experience. So I would just choose between something like Mint, Fedora, OpenSUSE, arch for more adventurous users (or EndeavourOS/Arco Linux) or Ubuntu (I would not, but it has a lot of info online). For servers I tend to go for Debian but I like Alpine as well. I have put Mint on an old laptop for my dad (he asked to do so) and he never worked with linux before after having worked with Windows for 30+ years (and DOS before that) and it worked perfectly fine. I think if people just check Mint, Fedora or OpenSUSE they would be fine, the rest is probably not that relevant for new users. That's 3 choices (there is absolutely no reason for the majority of people to even think about things like wayland/X11 or Systemd/runit/sysvinit, that's only important for power users). As far as immutable distros go, they are not for me but I do agree they are a good idea for a lot of people. I think they will grow a lot in the next couple of years. That all said, I do think most people will agree with your take though and I do understand where you are coming from. It will take some work in the beginning from people who are used to Windows and most of them don't like doing that work and give up. But the work needed isn't that bad any more in my opinion. I have been playing games on that minipc for a year and a half and the majority of games just work without hassle. Wine and Proton have gotten very good thanks to Valve for a large part and I do think more people will be okay with switching if they are okay with putting in a bit of work in the beginning. I don't think it will get to 20% adoption any time soon (if ever), but I do think Win 10 being done next year might give it an other 1 or 2 % growth. Edit: also, sorry for writing this book, is it obvious I have thought about this before?

If a person is able to just keeps things simple with Linux, it's really no muss, no fuss. Work demands (even play demands), is where things can get complex. Basic usage shouldn't be any real issue, in my opinion.

Everything you said is exactly what I have been saying for years and getting so much hate for it.

Pat: No fixes or corrections. Instead, simply best wishes to you and yours, and may you live long and prosper.

haaaaa?whhhat? linux complicated what linux are you talking about????? funfaq at the windows phones is was really good this days i miss enough apps from it at my android-phone and my linux-phone iam an idiot who goes after 30years dos and windows to arch linux and whats to say about arch? "ITS A CUTE ANIMEGIRL IN A PENGUIN COSPLAY!!!" arch is easier then windows 11! you dont think so right? okay use linux terminal vs use dos and powershell aka cmd the penguin wins! if you have problems with windows wait some days till months for fix and never use in this time your pc vs. bro just go too archwiki and read the F....delphinetone! manual!!! 😂 and depends on your read speed the problem is solved in 1min till 1hour if you not wanna look at archwiki JUST USE ANY AI it helps 100% its good and easy JUST COPY+PASTE! 😂 can i programm YES! doo i programm at my linux? YES! do i often use some AI YES! is AI easier then windows fixreport? YES! how often you use AI YES! ehm everyday i not need any weird old searchmachines or old websites or old forum's ai is better and faster! did i use AI for this kommentary? NO iam too lazy for it! :P 😂😂😂😂 edit: i know my houmor is insane... ah just forget something: "I use animegirl in penguin cosplay btw!" 😋

Patrick youre a professional. your most unbias opinion Mac or Windows in Security natively Maybe on a scale from 1 to 5

You are so right about choice overload. Jesus Christ man. Still figuringing that out

Dove in two years ago just to finally see it at 45 years old. Ive been hooked every since. and Im a Mac fan boy. HomeBrew works on both. Wonderful world Great video dude

The things that have stopped me from using Linux over the years: 1. Ugly unintuitive UI - which has gotten better over the years, but still you have to pick the right one as there are still ugly ones. 2. Random issues - too many to list, but there is always a random issue I get which doesn't make sense, this is expected of community created software that has to work on many variations of hardware models. Ubuntu tends to be more polished though. 3. Emulators - I find that they tend to run better on Windows, maybe the Linux version is a port or less effort is put into making it polished? mGBA is not completely smooth in Linux but is on Windows on the same hardware.

There will be more immutable distros cus this future of linux.