To begin with, I would love if you put together some videos on doing just simple common tasks in the terminal like, installing a printer with Linux/ Home networking a printer, what to do if your printer is not listed for some reason on the manufacturer's web site (i.e Brother HL-2230) - the steps involved in removing old software drivers to the new. Just basic stuff would be very helpful for someone like my sister or my mom...even me. sudo apt...then what? Beginning the fall of last year, I got the IT bug. Once upon a time, I had my A+ and Network + certs and worked in I.T for a couple of years with a well establish firm until the bubble burst in 2001. It wasn't established anymore. I worked in I.T for several months after and finally had enough. I went to Iraq - got used as target practice with high explosives and came home with a TBI ...and things related. I was just a computer user at that point. Retention of information was troblesome, to say the least. I seem to be a lot better now, and want to really start testing myself. My first introduction to Linux was Wary Puppy. It rocked as a tool in repairing and helping me on removing viruses from an old Micronics Win XP box. I liked it so much, I just starting tinkering. From there, I've been using Linux Mint since 2013. However... The terminal has been something I've always been hesitant/ intimidated by in learning. My TBI was an obstacle. Windows Vista was the last Microsoft product I used until this February with Windows 10. I keep Windows 10 for the exclusive use of video games. (and eventual learning more about it) I really hate Microsoft/ Molestersoft and what it has devolved into. In my learning of things, I stumbled into the realm of cyber security, due to video's I was watching regarding Open Sense. I was lead to your channel a few months back, I liked what you were talking about and I subscribed. There are things out there that are terrifying, I've learned. I have decided that I needed to expand my knowledge and actually learn a whole lot! I "think" my TBI may be better now. I seem to be able to retain more information and in better ways. The Linux terminal needs to become my best friend, in particular. The only way I can have control on most things is to take direct control. Windows, does not allow much of that. In my opinion, Microsoft is a major cog in only adding to the privacy and security problems that we have. I'm even considering moving away from my iPhone's and doing a customized Pixel phone. Don't know what to do about a new vehicle yet and the built in spyware and telemetry involved with al that. Yes, my paranoia may sound out there. I'm here to learn!
Was recommended to me, hehe. Nixos and I am also in cybersec. By this time clicking on any video where someone from outside (like LTT) is talking about "Linux" (it's GNU) I just expect to hear a stream of garbage takes that makes me regret having ears. Thought here I'll hear something well-adjusted for change idk. I honestly still have no idea how any of that sounds for un-initiated, I am just too hopelessly professionally deformed. Why are we here? Just to suffer?
Windows 10 is honestly infuriating. Once you get around configuring Linux it is very confy and you just can't get back to using Windows. I reccomend trying Arch. The meme "it's too hard to install" is not true.
Me, I'm here to see how reasonable you are. As happens we also use Linux, but the timing of Windows 10 coincided with us retiring. Meaning we no longer needed to collaborate, Use Microsoft Office, or the Adobe suite. It also left me time to explore the world of Linux. Having been a Unix administrator, the terminal didn't scare me, and I cheated in that I used a spare PC to do that Linux exploration. No MS Windows PC was harmed, grin. Learning up front really does help, and I've learned to love Grub. My daily driver now boasts three different operating systems. This 71 year old support guy finds you very reasonable, and Subscribe I did.
Hey this might sound weird, but I can swear I’ve seen you around online in the past. You have a very distinct writing style that I remember seeing who I think was you online when I was growing up. I’ve bumped into you a few times and you’ve always been kind. It’s really humbling to run into you again and know you’ve watched one of my videos. You’ve always been smart and pleasant. Thank you for your help answering questions for me in the past
@@CybersecPat Well, I have a long history of operator training and customer support, and was a Technical writer for some 25 years. I had to learn to write simply so that the service manuals I used to create could be translated into other languages. I've also been know to help my Neighbours, and help them set up a Linux system. So I know from first-hand experience that Linux can be used by mere mortals. I truely wish we were neighbours, as I sure we could swap stories and life experiences. Do you happen to ride a Mountain Bike? I was a hard-core MTB rider for better than 30 years and entered several citizen races, where I finished in the top 5% for my age group.
A very good introduction. Comparing the use of Linux CLI to Google search bar was brilliant. It's just text, type it in and press Enter. One way of starting with Linux could be getting an old laptop, or desktop, a completely separate PC for Linux use only. Then start using the privacy-sensitive applications on it, keeping the Windows machine for gaming and watching ads. No dual boot or virtual machine just yet. Kind of start from bottom up. Install a very simple Linux distro which has a desktop that is completely different than Mac or Win, yet popular among Linux users (easier to get help). My friend Jorma uses 100% Linux: Ubuntu Studio on an old MacBook Pro (!), multiple Thinkpads with Linux Mint/XFCE. Plus a Raspberry Pi that is essentially a Linux PC.
10:08 Yes. The operating system is a vehicle to deliver you applications. It can also be a library of code for those applications to use, and an interface between the user space and the bare metal hardware. But that is the end of the job. I use Arch Linux with a windows manager called Hyprland. It is barely even a desktop at all. I boot up, and there is my wallpaper. I pull up a terminal with two keys. I can type any application I have installed and it launches. When I look at my system resources: My OS is using less then 1 G of memory and less than 2% of my CPU. That's it. My applications that I run have all the remaining resources to run on. That means my programs run snappy. I play AAA games such as Baldur's Gate 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 on my Linux. Yes, there are some proprietary software that some people might really need and I don't. But that isn't on Linux. That is because Microsoft and those companies did some backroom deals to ensure that they would share customers. You weren't asked if this was okay. This was decided for you. They claimed the market and their users as their property in order to keep people in walled gardens and to create paywalls. Now everything is turning towards subscriptions. Now you can't own software. Now you don't get a copy of it, you just get a license that you use. Once you are dependent, they will raise the price of it for features you might not need or want. I'm not playing that game any more. My computer belongs to me. My privacy belongs to me. My data belongs to me. They have no right, but expect you to sign over your rights when you become their customer. Apparently people paying out to sign over their rights is quite fashionable and that's why we are going to be the laughing stock of the world for the next four years.
Some screenshots or screencasts would be very helpful around for example 5:00 when you explain how Windows is weird with their settings app. Also, it's not true that all the Linux settings are in one app. GNOME for example has gnome-settings, gnome-tweak-tool, and dconf-editor, though the last one may be viewed as a regedit program.
This is great feedback! Thanks for taking time to share the tips. I'll incorporate that into the next vid. And you're 100% right, there is some fragmentation in some Linux desktops. I honestly forgot about Gnome tweaks because I never use it haha.
A linux user here specifically Linux Mint. Here are few of my gripes with Linux.I want to use Rhinoceros 3d, Hitfilm express, Filmora, Eon Vue environment generation suit. None of them installable under even wine. Then installed Windows under VM. It solved some of these problems except that even here, Hitfilm installs but doesn't work which worked just fine under normally installed Windows. I couldn't even find a good file renamer software like Bulk renamer utility for windows which is simply absurd. So the thing is many of us want to be expert in a software rather than of a operating system. I am not a system engineer or network administrator. I need some mundane apps to learn and I want to get skilled on those. Windows , Linux , Mac doesn't matter for me. Yes I use Linux because I admire the fact that people out there made a operating system for all people to use for free. And I wish Linux all the best and even wish to donate. I like that it's lightweight and fast and devoid of spyware and ads and also likes the fact that it can be automated easily. But my adoration stops there because of the lack of softwares which is absolutely agonizing because many of us simply want to be a expert on certain softwares rather than certain operating system . And we are not all just noobs out there. I know many people out there who are otherwise very good at maths or at STEM subjects but still somehow they want a straightforward operating system. It's not because of lack of skills by any means. It's just because they too want to dig deep but not dig deep in a operating system but rather they want to dig deep on a certain set of softwares which i think is absolutely fine and should be respected.
@@CybersecPat The operating system will become a goal when you will use your PC as a server or for other purposes where the operating system itself becomes an app. Also I have no hesitation to learn the necessary maths for using softwares like Houdini or for developing add-ons for apps like Blender or Gimp or Inkscape or any software of my interest, be it paid or be it commercial. Also I would like to know programming in c, c++ or python. The point is I (and many I know) are simply not averse to digging deep or even sometimes extremely deep. Many of us including me is absolutely ok with that. The point is we wouldn't like to do this for an operating system untill and unless you will be using that operating system as an app itself like I said in aforementioned scenarios. A bit of scripting here and there is ok. But otherwise we would like it to be as much GUI driven as possible. Another matter of concern is that even in case of using the command line sometimes the script given in the official website of a app doesn't match with what's prescribed in the distro forum causing immense confusion. Also sometimes the apps installed by the software center fails to function properly while the app download from the official website works perfectly fine. So even the software center is not a utopia after all. But what intrigues me is why software of great quality are developed much less frequently for Linux. Ok Windows sabotaging Linux may be a cause. But I think the constantly changing API along with presence of so many distros along with presence of so many formats also makes it excruciatingly hard for the software developers. Who would be bothered and why would be bothered to develop software for Linux given this messy scenario except for some very liberal individuals? Also when a solution like snapd or appimage or flatpack is developed to alleviate this horrendous scenario, to my amazement many Linux user does not like them. That's where I ultimately become doubtful as to what they actually are aiming for. Being the greatest system administrator on earth or the greatest os customization wizard on earth or a wizard in any specific area like image editing or 3d or cad or video editing or you name it. The last set of users are a huge portion of computer users along with those who simply use a computer for browsing and other extremely mundane things.
@@CybersecPat Also I think app developers remain very much stressed when a certain distro would start to disappear and new one would appear invalidating all the previous coding practices honed up to a point of time. I myself is afraid when Linux Mint may suddenly choose to disappear from the scene 😐. Again I will have to learn new ways just to install all those softwares that I am learning to use which is so irritating to say the least. Windows for all its shenanigans provides a much much more streamlined future in this regard. Yes I like Linux more than Windows. I wish and want it to succeed but I have to remain in a state of constant apprehension. And lastly presence of so many distros is simply simply horrendous. Now if someone say just install any of the top 10 distro, the question becomes doesn't this then invalidate developing so many distros just for the sake of it? What's the point?
@@nekriomycin90000 I think your comment here is a telling point often overlooked with moving to Linux. For all the videos talking about it 'all being the same under the hood' every distro configures all those underlying bits in different ways, so even if Linux is just the kernel, they don't all behave the same way even on the same hardware.
I'm using debian 12 cinnamon , is fast lightweight , I just using for visiting websites and watching movies and series and programming so it is enough for me why should I use windows 11which is very slow and disrespect to us for some feture that even it isn't neccessary . windows 10 and 7 was good but it doesn't support new software anymore or for future (windows 10 untill 2025) So question is: why should I use Windows?!
You will spend more time using the terminal in BSD than you will on many Linux Distro's. The software that doesn't work on Linux is because the software companies don't support Linux so that is not the fault of Linux. Linux has no ad's or spyware installed. I used Windows for years and I started using Linux in the early 2000's and for a number of years only Linux. I would not give you a thank you for Windows and wipe it off any PC or laptop I buy used and install Linux.Most average home users will be fine using Linux if you don't expect it to be the same as Microsoft's effort.
This is the video made the most for adult, intelligent, reasoning people on the transitioning to Linux topic. The pace is adjusted to newcomers. It is monotone a little bit
I spend 99% of my time in Linux, but I dual boot. I have Windows right there on my primary SSD any time I want to or need to use it. It has all of my stuff right there. But, I would rather be on Linux using my window manager environment in a clean fast and focused experience. It was a bit of a shock at first, but then I learned to customize things, and it became my own. My computer feels more like MY computer than ever in the last twenty five years. I don't feel like I have to answer to mother-Windows on what is okay or not okay.
I’ve been using Linux for years - since RedHat 3 - but can’t ditch Windows completely due to two programs: Excel and PowerPoint. Actually could make alternatives to PowerPoint word, but I have not found a reasonable alternative to Excel.
too late....already switched! Linux Mint on desktop/laptops Ubuntu on server LMDE/MX Linux/Debian 12 on 32bit x86 older laptops RPiOS on Raspberry Pi {thanks to RPi, switching over made it easier} Armbian/DietPi on other SBCs {another culprit... (^_^)v }
I would argue that you can't even write only one guide when using the command line when something as simple as installing something has a different package manager for each diestro family.
🤡 xd About the apps on Linux. There is no version of, as you said Adobe Suite, but also one-time payed alternative - Affinity Suite. Affinity apps are holding me from switching all in to Linux. There is not a thing like professional design (including DTP and color management) on Linux. There is only one way at this time - Windows VM on Linux. But I have too weak hardware right now. There is no point to dual boot in this case, because if someone is designing everyday, then it would be pain in a butt to do something else. Rebooting for example only for banking, watching YT, taking notes. P.S. I guess there is a way to make for example design with CMYK color space on Linux, but you would need to use Krita, Inkscape/GIMP and maybe other app. And it all just for one project, one file. Krita supports CMYK, but it's meant to be a drawing software. GIMP makes bitmaps and Inkscape makes vectors and does not support for example CMYK so far.
You do not have to fear someones getting access to your Recall PC. The AI will send a summary of what you are doing and thinking on a regular basis to.... 😂
two years ago basically being your average everyday Computer human. No real clue on the bad ass shit. Dove into linux having no clue Mac CLI and Linux was so similar. Then came across HomeBrew and its like I saw the face G-d. I cant stand using my really good maxed out Dell. Windows sucks balls but linux VMs are solid on it. But Linux VMs are flawless on my M1 Max AND my m1 Air. so. Barely even use my Dell anymore. Im texting Androids Iphones from any of my M1's or old ass 2012 unibody Macs. I feel so isolated in my windows machine. On top of having my M1 Air AND Max connected wirelessly. ONE key board and one mouse to control both of them. Each with external display. 4 massive screens just naviigating with one mouse keyboard set up. Shit connect an ipad as an external display. Using tor via HomeBrew. My public Ips and mac addresses change constantly. I Nmap scan them and Nmap basically gets shut off cause my M1's are so hardened. Ill try scans that sually should take minutes. Scans dont even last 10 seconds cause my Macs completely push scans away
I want to dive head first into Arch Linux and also not kill my hackintosh setup. Ever done this before? Also: check your audio sources, sounds like the mic is incorrect or gain too high? Add even a tiny bit of music in the background as it will be less jarring when you stop talking and it goes to absolute zero!! (also 🤡)
Thanks for the feedback! I'll work on the audio - room for improvement for sure. Dual booting with a hackintosh will be difficult. I'd get a separate drive for Arch if possible. Hackintoshes are bad ass, but I haven't done one in over a decade. Sorry I can't be of more help. Arch will absolutely teach you a lot about Linux
For a critical and objective point of view: Lunduke. Sry to say but having different desktop environments is - especially in the Linux world - not a plus. There is no linux desktop environment that even comes close to Windows. Some say that a large choice is good, but an average user no longer sees the forest through the trees in the big linux universe. It's one of the reasons they will never switch to linux. And eventually MS may switch to a linux-a-like OS.
Cmon, you dont relearn how to use your PC, the flow is exactly the same. And the terminal is barely used now as pretty much everything has been simplified through GUI.
I've put a few people on Linux desktops (who were interested.) They all had trouble navigating the system for the first hour or so until they got enough hands on time with it to "get" it. GNOME's workflow is totally different from Windows. KDE is closer, but you still can't approach it the same way you would Windows in terms of workflow. Look at the task switcher for example, or how you tailor the GUI to your needs.
@@CybersecPat You're looking at all of this backwards. People shouldn't be getting used to a particular workflow, the system should simply allow the users to set and use their own workflow. It's something Windows and Mac both suck at, and Linux leans into hard: choice.
I've been using Windows since the beginning. I use Linux as my daily driver now. Why? Because microsoft and every corporation under the sun decided my computer wasn't a computer and was a television to send me advertisements on, even while I was offline. My computer is for me and the programs I use. It isn't for every company in the world to live rent free on my hardware.
Like this comment if you're using Linux (why are you here)
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Because I can find recipes in the open source Kernel
To begin with, I would love if you put together some videos on doing just simple common tasks in the terminal like, installing a printer with Linux/ Home networking a printer, what to do if your printer is not listed for some reason on the manufacturer's web site (i.e Brother HL-2230) - the steps involved in removing old software drivers to the new.
Just basic stuff would be very helpful for someone like my sister or my mom...even me.
sudo apt...then what?
Beginning the fall of last year, I got the IT bug.
Once upon a time, I had my A+ and Network + certs and worked in I.T for a couple of years with a well establish firm until the bubble burst in 2001. It wasn't established anymore.
I worked in I.T for several months after and finally had enough. I went to Iraq - got used as target practice with high explosives and came home with a TBI ...and things related.
I was just a computer user at that point. Retention of information was troblesome, to say the least. I seem to be a lot better now, and want to really start testing myself.
My first introduction to Linux was Wary Puppy. It rocked as a tool in repairing and helping me on removing viruses from an old Micronics Win XP box. I liked it so much, I just starting tinkering.
From there, I've been using Linux Mint since 2013. However... The terminal has been something I've always been hesitant/ intimidated by in learning. My TBI was an obstacle.
Windows Vista was the last Microsoft product I used until this February with Windows 10.
I keep Windows 10 for the exclusive use of video games. (and eventual learning more about it) I really hate Microsoft/ Molestersoft and what it has devolved into.
In my learning of things, I stumbled into the realm of cyber security, due to video's I was watching regarding Open Sense. I was lead to your channel a few months back, I liked what you were talking about and I subscribed.
There are things out there that are terrifying, I've learned. I have decided that I needed to expand my knowledge and actually learn a whole lot!
I "think" my TBI may be better now. I seem to be able to retain more information and in better ways.
The Linux terminal needs to become my best friend, in particular.
The only way I can have control on most things is to take direct control. Windows, does not allow much of that. In my opinion, Microsoft is a major cog in only adding to the privacy and security problems that we have.
I'm even considering moving away from my iPhone's and doing a customized Pixel phone. Don't know what to do about a new vehicle yet and the built in spyware and telemetry involved with al that. Yes, my paranoia may sound out there.
I'm here to learn!
Was recommended to me, hehe. Nixos and I am also in cybersec. By this time clicking on any video where someone from outside (like LTT) is talking about "Linux" (it's GNU) I just expect to hear a stream of garbage takes that makes me regret having ears.
Thought here I'll hear something well-adjusted for change idk.
I honestly still have no idea how any of that sounds for un-initiated, I am just too hopelessly professionally deformed. Why are we here? Just to suffer?
Windows 10 is honestly infuriating. Once you get around configuring Linux it is very confy and you just can't get back to using Windows. I reccomend trying Arch. The meme "it's too hard to install" is not true.
Me, I'm here to see how reasonable you are. As happens we also use Linux, but the timing of Windows 10 coincided with us retiring. Meaning we no longer needed to collaborate, Use Microsoft Office, or the Adobe suite. It also left me time to explore the world of Linux. Having been a Unix administrator, the terminal didn't scare me, and I cheated in that I used a spare PC to do that Linux exploration. No MS Windows PC was harmed, grin. Learning up front really does help, and I've learned to love Grub. My daily driver now boasts three different operating systems. This 71 year old support guy finds you very reasonable, and Subscribe I did.
Hey this might sound weird, but I can swear I’ve seen you around online in the past. You have a very distinct writing style that I remember seeing who I think was you online when I was growing up. I’ve bumped into you a few times and you’ve always been kind. It’s really humbling to run into you again and know you’ve watched one of my videos. You’ve always been smart and pleasant. Thank you for your help answering questions for me in the past
@@CybersecPat Well, I have a long history of operator training and customer support, and was a Technical writer for some 25 years. I had to learn to write simply so that the service manuals I used to create could be translated into other languages.
I've also been know to help my Neighbours, and help them set up a Linux system. So I know from first-hand experience that Linux can be used by mere mortals.
I truely wish we were neighbours, as I sure we could swap stories and life experiences. Do you happen to ride a Mountain Bike? I was a hard-core MTB rider for better than 30 years and entered several citizen races, where I finished in the top 5% for my age group.
Why am I watching this on linux lol
lol I had a feeling
You want confirmation from experts that you are doing the right thing. Carry on.
Maybe you are using an android device
@@BachenBenno99 Desktop linux
@@AlfieLikesComputers As it should be...
A very good introduction. Comparing the use of Linux CLI to Google search bar was brilliant. It's just text, type it in and press Enter. One way of starting with Linux could be getting an old laptop, or desktop, a completely separate PC for Linux use only. Then start using the privacy-sensitive applications on it, keeping the Windows machine for gaming and watching ads. No dual boot or virtual machine just yet. Kind of start from bottom up. Install a very simple Linux distro which has a desktop that is completely different than Mac or Win, yet popular among Linux users (easier to get help). My friend Jorma uses 100% Linux: Ubuntu Studio on an old MacBook Pro (!), multiple Thinkpads with Linux Mint/XFCE. Plus a Raspberry Pi that is essentially a Linux PC.
GREAT VIDEO AGAIN BRO THanks again. Chicago in the house here
10:08 Yes. The operating system is a vehicle to deliver you applications. It can also be a library of code for those applications to use, and an interface between the user space and the bare metal hardware. But that is the end of the job.
I use Arch Linux with a windows manager called Hyprland. It is barely even a desktop at all. I boot up, and there is my wallpaper. I pull up a terminal with two keys. I can type any application I have installed and it launches.
When I look at my system resources: My OS is using less then 1 G of memory and less than 2% of my CPU. That's it. My applications that I run have all the remaining resources to run on. That means my programs run snappy.
I play AAA games such as Baldur's Gate 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 on my Linux. Yes, there are some proprietary software that some people might really need and I don't. But that isn't on Linux. That is because Microsoft and those companies did some backroom deals to ensure that they would share customers. You weren't asked if this was okay. This was decided for you. They claimed the market and their users as their property in order to keep people in walled gardens and to create paywalls. Now everything is turning towards subscriptions. Now you can't own software. Now you don't get a copy of it, you just get a license that you use. Once you are dependent, they will raise the price of it for features you might not need or want.
I'm not playing that game any more. My computer belongs to me. My privacy belongs to me. My data belongs to me. They have no right, but expect you to sign over your rights when you become their customer. Apparently people paying out to sign over their rights is quite fashionable and that's why we are going to be the laughing stock of the world for the next four years.
Some screenshots or screencasts would be very helpful around for example 5:00 when you explain how Windows is weird with their settings app. Also, it's not true that all the Linux settings are in one app. GNOME for example has gnome-settings, gnome-tweak-tool, and dconf-editor, though the last one may be viewed as a regedit program.
This is great feedback! Thanks for taking time to share the tips. I'll incorporate that into the next vid. And you're 100% right, there is some fragmentation in some Linux desktops. I honestly forgot about Gnome tweaks because I never use it haha.
A linux user here specifically Linux Mint. Here are few of my gripes with Linux.I want to use Rhinoceros 3d, Hitfilm express, Filmora, Eon Vue environment generation suit. None of them installable under even wine. Then installed Windows under VM. It solved some of these problems except that even here, Hitfilm installs but doesn't work which worked just fine under normally installed Windows. I couldn't even find a good file renamer software like Bulk renamer utility for windows which is simply absurd. So the thing is many of us want to be expert in a software rather than of a operating system. I am not a system engineer or network administrator. I need some mundane apps to learn and I want to get skilled on those. Windows , Linux , Mac doesn't matter for me. Yes I use Linux because I admire the fact that people out there made a operating system for all people to use for free. And I wish Linux all the best and even wish to donate. I like that it's lightweight and fast and devoid of spyware and ads and also likes the fact that it can be automated easily. But my adoration stops there because of the lack of softwares which is absolutely agonizing because many of us simply want to be a expert on certain softwares rather than certain operating system . And we are not all just noobs out there. I know many people out there who are otherwise very good at maths or at STEM subjects but still somehow they want a straightforward operating system. It's not because of lack of skills by any means. It's just because they too want to dig deep but not dig deep in a operating system but rather they want to dig deep on a certain set of softwares which i think is absolutely fine and should be respected.
I think you make a very potent point here. The OS is not the goal - the software running on it is!
@@CybersecPat The operating system will become a goal when you will use your PC as a server or for other purposes where the operating system itself becomes an app. Also I have no hesitation to learn the necessary maths for using softwares like Houdini or for developing add-ons for apps like Blender or Gimp or Inkscape or any software of my interest, be it paid or be it commercial. Also I would like to know programming in c, c++ or python. The point is I (and many I know) are simply not averse to digging deep or even sometimes extremely deep. Many of us including me is absolutely ok with that. The point is we wouldn't like to do this for an operating system untill and unless you will be using that operating system as an app itself like I said in aforementioned scenarios. A bit of scripting here and there is ok. But otherwise we would like it to be as much GUI driven as possible. Another matter of concern is that even in case of using the command line sometimes the script given in the official website of a app doesn't match with what's prescribed in the distro forum causing immense confusion. Also sometimes the apps installed by the software center fails to function properly while the app download from the official website works perfectly fine. So even the software center is not a utopia after all. But what intrigues me is why software of great quality are developed much less frequently for Linux. Ok Windows sabotaging Linux may be a cause. But I think the constantly changing API along with presence of so many distros along with presence of so many formats also makes it excruciatingly hard for the software developers. Who would be bothered and why would be bothered to develop software for Linux given this messy scenario except for some very liberal individuals? Also when a solution like snapd or appimage or flatpack is developed to alleviate this horrendous scenario, to my amazement many Linux user does not like them. That's where I ultimately become doubtful as to what they actually are aiming for. Being the greatest system administrator on earth or the greatest os customization wizard on earth or a wizard in any specific area like image editing or 3d or cad or video editing or you name it. The last set of users are a huge portion of computer users along with those who simply use a computer for browsing and other extremely mundane things.
@@CybersecPat Also I think app developers remain very much stressed when a certain distro would start to disappear and new one would appear invalidating all the previous coding practices honed up to a point of time. I myself is afraid when Linux Mint may suddenly choose to disappear from the scene 😐. Again I will have to learn new ways just to install all those softwares that I am learning to use which is so irritating to say the least. Windows for all its shenanigans provides a much much more streamlined future in this regard. Yes I like Linux more than Windows. I wish and want it to succeed but I have to remain in a state of constant apprehension. And lastly presence of so many distros is simply simply horrendous. Now if someone say just install any of the top 10 distro, the question becomes doesn't this then invalidate developing so many distros just for the sake of it? What's the point?
Mint is crap
@@nekriomycin90000 I think your comment here is a telling point often overlooked with moving to Linux. For all the videos talking about it 'all being the same under the hood' every distro configures all those underlying bits in different ways, so even if Linux is just the kernel, they don't all behave the same way even on the same hardware.
I'm using debian 12 cinnamon , is fast lightweight ,
I just using for visiting websites and watching movies and series and programming
so it is enough for me
why should I use windows 11which is very slow and disrespect to us for some feture that even it isn't neccessary . windows 10 and 7 was good but it doesn't support new software anymore or for future (windows 10 untill 2025)
So question is: why should I use Windows?!
Switched almost 20 years ago, running Debian Stable, with Xfce on my desktop box and Openbox on my laptop.
You will spend more time using the terminal in BSD than you will on many Linux Distro's. The software that doesn't work on Linux is because the software companies don't support Linux so that is not the fault of Linux. Linux has no ad's or spyware installed. I used Windows for years and I started using Linux in the early 2000's and for a number of years only Linux. I would not give you a thank you for Windows and wipe it off any PC or laptop I buy used and install Linux.Most average home users will be fine using Linux if you don't expect it to be the same as Microsoft's effort.
This is the video made the most for adult, intelligent, reasoning people on the transitioning to Linux topic. The pace is adjusted to newcomers. It is monotone a little bit
I spend 99% of my time in Linux, but I dual boot. I have Windows right there on my primary SSD any time I want to or need to use it. It has all of my stuff right there. But, I would rather be on Linux using my window manager environment in a clean fast and focused experience. It was a bit of a shock at first, but then I learned to customize things, and it became my own. My computer feels more like MY computer than ever in the last twenty five years. I don't feel like I have to answer to mother-Windows on what is okay or not okay.
yes, the commands line........... never knew adding an s at the end of "command" would make me feel some type of way
I’ve been using Linux for years - since RedHat 3 - but can’t ditch Windows completely due to two programs: Excel and PowerPoint. Actually could make alternatives to PowerPoint word, but I have not found a reasonable alternative to Excel.
Problem with LINUX are peripheral drivers.
This is a big issue!
too late....already switched!
Linux Mint on desktop/laptops
Ubuntu on server
LMDE/MX Linux/Debian 12 on 32bit x86 older laptops
RPiOS on Raspberry Pi {thanks to RPi, switching over made it easier}
Armbian/DietPi on other SBCs {another culprit... (^_^)v }
I would argue that you can't even write only one guide when using the command line when something as simple as installing something has a different package manager for each diestro family.
Very good point. Fragmentation is a big issue.
Don't forget key-logging.
lol Microsoft says "can I improve your inking and typing pweese :3"
🤡 xd
About the apps on Linux. There is no version of, as you said Adobe Suite, but also one-time payed alternative - Affinity Suite. Affinity apps are holding me from switching all in to Linux. There is not a thing like professional design (including DTP and color management) on Linux. There is only one way at this time - Windows VM on Linux. But I have too weak hardware right now. There is no point to dual boot in this case, because if someone is designing everyday, then it would be pain in a butt to do something else. Rebooting for example only for banking, watching YT, taking notes.
P.S. I guess there is a way to make for example design with CMYK color space on Linux, but you would need to use Krita, Inkscape/GIMP and maybe other app. And it all just for one project, one file.
Krita supports CMYK, but it's meant to be a drawing software. GIMP makes bitmaps and Inkscape makes vectors and does not support for example CMYK so far.
I love the Affinity suite! I will need to remember to download it. A Linux version would be amazing...
You do not have to fear someones getting access to your Recall PC. The AI will send a summary of what you are doing and thinking on a regular basis to.... 😂
I used to think xp and 7 were good operating systems before i discovered q wonderful thing called mac os
I don’t think number two is a valid point
two years ago basically being your average everyday Computer human. No real clue on the bad ass shit. Dove into linux having no clue Mac CLI and Linux was so similar. Then came across HomeBrew and its like I saw the face G-d. I cant stand using my really good maxed out Dell. Windows sucks balls but linux VMs are solid on it. But Linux VMs are flawless on my M1 Max AND my m1 Air. so. Barely even use my Dell anymore. Im texting Androids Iphones from any of my M1's or old ass 2012 unibody Macs. I feel so isolated in my windows machine. On top of having my M1 Air AND Max connected wirelessly. ONE key board and one mouse to control both of them. Each with external display. 4 massive screens just naviigating with one mouse keyboard set up. Shit connect an ipad as an external display. Using tor via HomeBrew. My public Ips and mac addresses change constantly. I Nmap scan them and Nmap basically gets shut off cause my M1's are so hardened. Ill try scans that sually should take minutes. Scans dont even last 10 seconds cause my Macs completely push scans away
i play multiplayer games, so linux is not for me , will stick to windows 11
I guess it's some of the games that don't work well on Linux then. Just that many do.
I want to dive head first into Arch Linux and also not kill my hackintosh setup. Ever done this before?
Also: check your audio sources, sounds like the mic is incorrect or gain too high? Add even a tiny bit of music in the background as it will be less jarring when you stop talking and it goes to absolute zero!! (also 🤡)
Thanks for the feedback! I'll work on the audio - room for improvement for sure. Dual booting with a hackintosh will be difficult. I'd get a separate drive for Arch if possible. Hackintoshes are bad ass, but I haven't done one in over a decade. Sorry I can't be of more help. Arch will absolutely teach you a lot about Linux
Yepp, 7 was best.
7 had just come out when I entered the workforce. I have fond memories of it
This feels like an AI generated video
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For a critical and objective point of view: Lunduke.
Sry to say but having different desktop environments is - especially in the Linux world - not a plus. There is no linux desktop environment that even comes close to Windows.
Some say that a large choice is good, but an average user no longer sees the forest through the trees in the big linux universe. It's one of the reasons they will never switch to linux.
And eventually MS may switch to a linux-a-like OS.
I think it is largely subjective. For some people, Linux GUI's are more capable than Windows. It boils down to what you're using it for.
Cmon, you dont relearn how to use your PC, the flow is exactly the same.
And the terminal is barely used now as pretty much everything has been simplified through GUI.
I've put a few people on Linux desktops (who were interested.) They all had trouble navigating the system for the first hour or so until they got enough hands on time with it to "get" it. GNOME's workflow is totally different from Windows. KDE is closer, but you still can't approach it the same way you would Windows in terms of workflow. Look at the task switcher for example, or how you tailor the GUI to your needs.
@@CybersecPat You're looking at all of this backwards. People shouldn't be getting used to a particular workflow, the system should simply allow the users to set and use their own workflow. It's something Windows and Mac both suck at, and Linux leans into hard: choice.
I like that perspective. One of the strengths really is having the choice to decide what workflow works for you.
"Windows has been getting worse and worse,,,"
Obviously untrue,
Explain please. You think ads and Recall is good?
I've been using Windows since the beginning. I use Linux as my daily driver now. Why? Because microsoft and every corporation under the sun decided my computer wasn't a computer and was a television to send me advertisements on, even while I was offline.
My computer is for me and the programs I use. It isn't for every company in the world to live rent free on my hardware.