You use what you want to use. What fits your needs. I use linux and it is perfect for my use cases, games, programming, sys admin stuff, absolute control of the machine, etc.
Honestly, hear this man, don't be a fanboy and use the best tool available, do whatever works for you and your hardware I use Arch for study, developing and browsing the web because I like window manager, but for gaming and some software I use a custom Windows, less headaches.
I put Windows back on my laptop as soon I realized it didn't utilize iGPU for decoding videos but rather CPU, which was hammered hard while playing 4K60 video on TH-cam and still didn't run at full speed in fullscreen. Instead of trying to get it to work, I just re-installed Windows 11, and it works perfectly out of the box. I use Linux when it makes sense, like on my file server and my tinkering box, but on that laptop, I watch videos on TH-cam before bedtime, and it just doesn't work. Why this doesn't just work, I cannot understand; this is how you lose users. Having the CPU hammered full tilt just to watch a YT video is just NO.
I ran stock Ubuntu when I was on a 3400G and iGPU decoding has always worked for me. Unfortunately some NvIntel laptops have this limitation and Nvidia doesn't give two flying fucks since it's like 0.0001% of their customer base. If only we had a way to fix it as a community, alas, that would require Nvidia to actually cooperate...
iGPU is literally the CPU... You don't know what you are talking about, but for future reference don't starve your mobile device of power while expecting it to run laps. Plug it in if you want it to "work work". Your argument is the equivalent of "this car gets better gas mileage so I gave it less gas, while driving it up hill in stop and go traffic because I'm intentionally an asshole with metrics."
@@Vitis-n2v Pretty sure on windows it won't even attempt those 4k@60fps out of the box because the web browser has safe defaults baked into the optimization. Looks like a shitpost to me.
Va-api Libva Vapdu Etc etc etc. This stuff all depends on the distro you choose. I was using software for encoding and decoding for a while, then I realized I forgot to install the va-api packages. (Arch) It worked fine in NixOS because I had a one line configuration for it. It also works fine in Fedora and Ubuntu, but it wasn't in some other distros I tried by default.
Here is a laptop that only works correctly under Linux. This is a pretty recent system, where the laptop was constantly showing weird glitches in Windows 11. Reinstalled everything and the problem remained. Then I just put Linux (Linux Mint LMDE 6) on it and all the problems disappeared. I do recognise certain things, like power management, use of biometric devices, etc.... But so this laptop would not have worked without Linux. So it can also work the other way around. Probably a driver that is not properly kept up-to-date by HP. And of course, as a consumer, I don't care about any of that. I am not going to spend hours searching for a solution and trying all sorts of things. In this case, installing Linux was the best solution. However, this is an exception in my experience.
I'm the same Kent. I like Linux and Windows both but don't like where Windows is heading. For me Linux would be prefect. But with my ThinkPad E15 using Endeavour; Bluetooth will stop working randomly, Fedora some reason WiFi is slow like 60mbps and have display issues, Kubuntu I've been getting issues with, Ubuntu went well until some reason I reboot and my computer froze on the startup. That's when I took a picture of my computer installing Windows and heading to work. I install Windows and everything just works. Back in my head I still don't like what Windows is heading to and how much crap Windows tries to do on your computer. But I rather deal with Windows headaches where I and other Windows communities who don't like the direction Windows going, rather than playing distro hop to find the one. For me I'm still eyeing on ChromeOS and possibly in the future when needing a new computer switch to it. But for now Windows is way-to-go where Windows 11 (even though I don't use half the stuff on there) is getting better. I got a Rufus USB with Windows requirements ripped out of it and all I have to do is set it up, run O&O Shutup 10, uninstall the bloat, and install Start11. After using Linux since 2012 and love seeing Linux improving every year, Windows and Mac seems to be couple steps further.
Yeah I had the same issue with fedora it is kinda dumb that it is not solved by the distro maintainers when the fix already exists. What happened to me was if the PC goes to sleep or is rebooted you have to reload the kernel module. So I copied a script with removed the module when PC went to sleep and added it again. This script can be put in as a systemd service so you can put it and forget it. If you don't want script route then you have shut down and then turn on your PC (no rebooting does not work).
Fedora isn't ready product, it is preview for developers. Red Hat Enterprise is the ready product. Kubuntu is some funny version made from Ubuntu and it is not that is used on production environment, normal Ubuntu LTS should work but they polish their system after release. Bad idea to upgrade Ubuntu soon after release if current one works. Just wait 9 months or something. I don't see why you do that "distro hop", why not just do like others and specify your requirements first and then choose suitable system that is made for production use?
I had the same exact issue with Ubuntu a few times, and the last time it happened before I decided to uninstall it was when it froze, and rebooted to an error screen (complicated to explain the error).
@@gruntaxeman3740 I am quite comfortable to diagnose and fix my problems (not my first tango with linux name a distro and I have used it besides from linux from scratch) this case was just annoying to have and quite hard to debug considering there are already so many bug reports and the only solution that worked was a comment which was not even marked as the solution. If a distro is made for developers shouldn't these distros be more functional or more quick to solve issues ? Do developers not require functional software ?
Don't forget that all laptops that are coming out with Nvidia GPUs don't have access to frame generation, meaning you're losing out on free performance. In the past you could use laptops for hackintosh but with M chips that's dead as well.
X1 carbon gen 3 with fedora workstation Gnome works perfect. Even better from win11 for batery life and app performance. On my desktop i use the same with nvidia gpu and it flies. The only problem need solving is that eayland business. Its not yet mature enough but it is getting there
Triple boot: Arch for fun, Mint for main distro, and windows when you need it for work. Oh, and have a MacBook on hand when you just want to make AI generated emojis. Framework laptop expansion modules run Linux amazing and you can even mix and match them effortlessly.
@@KentsTechWorld"Windows also just runs" except when it doesn't... When you have to manually install drivers, even just using fastboot for Android requires fiddling with drivers on every fastboot connection. Last time I used Windows it decided to throttle my GPU to 400MHz, just killing FPS in games, meanwhile Linux ran out of the box (obviously after installing nvidia drivers with package manager, which is much better and faster than doing it on Windows). It just depends on use case and hardware. Someone without a touchpad simply don't care about gestures, I don't care if gestures are not perfect, I can install a Plasma plugin and create gestures I need, and my custom gestures will be more customizable than on Windows, and they'll work perfect for me, but may not work for others. And on the topic of Windows not working, fingerprint login just doesn't work without fast boot, yippee, and even when it does, they have 3 tries for successful fingerprint scan HARD CODDED, and most of the time, 3 tries is not enough. MacOS might just run, but: 1. Well, pay 1500-4000$ for it 2. Window snapping was implemented in 2024 and that shows how raw it is in features. "Just runs" depends on many things.
@@KentsTechWorld His point is actually a con. He is saying Linux "simply runs" on a restricted set of hardware, which is what he only buys, and he has to only buy hardware from that set if he wants Linux to "simply run".
No. If you build your own PC it’s hard to actually make one that Linux *doesn’t* run on. All the cpus all the mother boards all the graphics cards. Linux works with everything I’ve built I the last twenty years and I’ve never checked beforehand to see if it does.
@@graxxor This doesn't invalidate what I just said, every time you build a PC and Linux "simply runs" it means you're actually buying pieces of that set of hardware, for which Linux "simply runs". Nothing implies that one must do a research on what to buy first in order to get the right pieces. And the said set can perfectly be larger than what you need, such that you never buy anything out of the set. As long as you keep doing so, you'll never find an instance where Linux won't "simply run". The negation of what I said would be more like: there isn't a single piece of hardware out of the set for which Linux "simply runs". Which everyone knows to be a false statement.
I'm retired, so not much work to do, I have carpal tunnel damage and arthritis in my hands, so gaming is minimal. I have 8 computers at home simply because I like'm and I want one in every room. 3 Mac M1s, 4 Ubuntu 24.04 PCs (until I choose to install something else), and one Windows 11 Vivobook. Life is complete. Take any one of them away and Life is not complete! 😄
Spot on, Kent! That's why I can tinker with Linux for only 30 minutes at a time before going back to Windows. So many features that the laptop and other hardware such as mice and keyboards came with just go out the window the moment you go Linux! And ironically, I am supposed to think that on Linux I "own" my hardware! It's the exact opposite.
Same here, I've tried so many distros, but I always come to the conclusion that Linux is totally useless to me. So many compromises and lack of flexibility. Hardware not working (Properly), lack of (decent) software, apps hanging like it's a Windows 95. Why TF would I want to experience all this?
@@martinpetrov7228 on Desktop, for me, it is the exact opposite. I finally know and see why things don't work and I am able to fix it most of the time. There is little to no guesswork involved and the whole shebang can be kicked around until it works. For laptops... Be honest Linux is fucking shit for that purpose 😂 I usually just install Windows on laptops (win10 preferably) gut it as much as possible and for data safety I just don't let asinine bullshit piling up on me lovely folding computer. I also host my own file server with VPN so nothing needs to be stored on the laptop for long. Over all, Linux is my homebase, and anything else is just an extension to that. The laptop, the phone, and the iPhone are all accessing or pre processing data for the Linux main machine. Both Linux and Windows are just tools. If you use them well, you compute well.
I spent so long trying to make Linux work for me on the desktop and in the end just gave up. There's always something that ends up being a problem. I use a ton of FOSS software, not because of ideology but purely because it's the stuff I like and it works best for me. But it all works better on Windows. In reverse for my small media server Linux (Ubuntu Server) works amazingly and easily, but as soon as you give Linux a GUI it seems to shit itself somewhere along the line.
OMG! This is so very true! I’ve been using Ubuntu for four years now and I still have to troubleshoot stupid things like an NTFS external drive being read-only, computer going to sleep and not waking up, rebooting and drives are not mounted, and on and on. You said it exactly right, I don’t want to spend my time working on my computer, I want my computer to help me work, to help me do my job. I hope you keep on sharing this Kent! You are keeping it real and honest!
I totally agree with you. I have installed Suse Tumbleweed on my laptop and not everything just works. My RGB lightining on my keyboard does not work perfectly. It gives light and I can adjust the color. But when I restart it, the color goes back to it's standard. And I have a build in AMD GPU in the processor, and a Nvidia 1650. And yes it works on Linux. But it always is a hassle to get it working. Have to do a lot of installing just to get prime-run going in Linux. And yes, in Suse Tumbleweed it was the easiest way to get it working. Linux works, but there is always stuff that just will not run perfectly. And still I prefer Linux for myself.......
I personally don't understand all these issues people allegedly have with Linux working on their hardware. From a hardware perspective, I've never had any issues with any of my computers running Linux. In fact, the only issue I've ever had has been software (not hardware) issues with Ubuntu. Let me be clear, Ubuntu sucks! At least in my experience. I've had simple operations, like package manager updates, completely break on Ubuntu. This stuff NEVER happens on Debian or Arch. I haven't had any issues so far with Void Linux either. Stick to tried and true staples in the Linux community and you shouldn't have problems.
If you're gonna run Linux on a laptop, I would buy one that was built with Linux in mind. There are very few companies that build Linux laptops though. Here in Europe I believe Tuxedo is the only one. So it's obviously not a very lucrative market.
I like being able to customise my desktop, it's probably the best feature linux has, windows can be customised too but i find it very yanky. But yeah, once i start using it, i run into these irritations that you mentioned. It just feels like a lesser experience in comparison. Honestly at this point if I were to buy a new laptop, it would probably be a macbook air. Not sure how customisable it is but it would probably be a better experience than running a linux laptop.
You are absolutely right. My Latitude 5540 laptops with Windows 11 Pro work flawlessly. With Linux, any distro, there is always some issues. We're in 2024, and Linux desktop is still not ready for primetime.
You can get rid of those quite easily, especially when you get the enterprise editions. Windows will still be leagues above any linux distro for a good while. Not to say that linux is awful, for some it's perfect, not for this guy though.
@@scientist_nick There's an alternative for every productivity software in Linux: MS Office > Libre Office | Photoshop > Gimp | Illustrator > Inkscape | InDesign > Scribus | Premiere > Davinci Resolve | etc. Gaming is also better on Linux nowadays, with Steam games having a much better performance on our side, than on Windows. On the productivity side of things, the aforementioned software will work fine for the needs of 99% of the population, and trust me, everything works fine on Linux MInt 22, which is the distro I know better.
@@arabiamountain Recall and Copilot can't be removed from the latest update of Windows 11, and there's the most dystopian spyware ever implemented on Windows... Microsoft, a huge corpo, will start takins screenshots of your screen every 5 seconds, and they'll also start registering everything you type on your keyboard, so say bye bye to end to end encryption meassures. On the productivity side of things... There's an alternative for every productivity software in Linux: MS Office > Libre Office | Photoshop > Gimp | Illustrator > Inkscape | InDesign > Scribus | Premiere > Davinci Resolve | etc. Gaming is also better on Linux nowadays, with Steam games having a much better performance on our side, than on Windows. On the productivity side of things, the aforementioned software will work fine for the needs of 99% of the population, and trust me, everything works fine on Linux MInt 22, which is the distro I know better and is handles entirely on a graphical ui (there's no need to ever us the terminal, just as on windows).
Well, you don't get it. It is personal preference. A car guy would spend time and money modifying, customising, decorating a old car to his heart's content. Who are we to judge? A women would likely think it is incomprehensible, they probably just buy a boring Toyota Corolla and get done with it.
Ehhh... No? It depends on distro you use and features you need. Gamers have to do nearly nothing to game from Steam, a bit more complicated with Lutris and other launchers for non Steam games, but still it doesn't take a lot of time. And for most other tasks, configuring and installing is a one time thing, it won't take more time than actually using the thing you've configured. That's just not true.
Linux Can be installed faster than windows. Depends on the distro. The reason why people try Linux is the sad state of windows 11. Telemetry and bloatware. Otherwise I see people satisfied with MAC or Win. I am a Linux and I love it. It is the best for me. You don't have to use it though. Use whatever serves you best.
@@luisbispo3190 I use Linux because Windows simply didn't work for me, fingerprint login wasn't working without fast boot enabled and Windows throttled my GPU to 400MHz, killing FPS in games, all that worked just fine on Linux. GPU just worked, fingerprint required a bit of tinkering, but at the end works better than on Windows, so Im happy with that. Everything just depends and ppl saying that "Windows just works" is pretty bold, it might work for them, but not for others, same for Linux.
Looks like both the penguin and the Win world have their pros and cons. Funny enough, both my devices run way faster on Linux than they do on Windows. I also love the solid package management compared to Windows' winget and choco which, while very competent at what these solutions do, are fixes of an otherwise broken (or rather "non-standardized") installation-process (which, imho, too, feels like 10 years stuck in the past). So it's a matter of what aspects you care about and whether or not you like tinkering, I guess...?
Oh... also also, I guess it depends on whether or not you like automating stuff. Outside of an Active Directory environment, automating the setup of Windows, software installation (again, due to software install processes not being standardized) is a huge pain in the butt. I created a project for setting up OSes and Software automatically which worked flawlessly for Linux and was such a pain to also realize on Windows.
I have a Lenovo t470. It's pretty darn great with Linux, but Windows is incredibly laggy. The fingerprint reader doesn't work at all in Windows, no matter how many times I reinstalled the driver or how many hours I put into fiddling with configurations. I got it working in Arch, but only in Arch, and it required using stuff outside the normal repos (openfprintd and python-validity). I almost had it working in Gentoo and NixOS. It doesn't work in Fedora or Ubuntu. Some Dell fingerprint readers will work with the packages in the repos. These will work out of the box on Ubuntu or Fedora, but on other distros they typically require the installation of fprintd and maybe some other drivers/firmware. It all comes down to the sensor they used, whether or not it has well-supported drivers, and whether or not the distro includes fprintd. I found it unusual that it worked fine on Arch (after setting it up) but wouldn't work at all in Windows where it was supposed to be supported. Likely, the driver or firmware was developed for Windows 8.1 or Windows 7 and didn't quite work with Windows 10 or 11.
Gestures work on kde tho. Swiping, pinch to zoom, etc. The problem is you cant customize it. Just make sure to check in settings what the gestures do and change it. Take like 5 mins.
My PC has Issues with Linux.. 1. the Razer mouse is not smove. its hard to grab the side of a window and drag it where i want it exactly. 2. my USB Doungle for a Playstation Puluse 3D keeped droping out. Both works fine on my PC under Windows 11 (and thats unsuported hardware)
Great video! If some things don't work out for you on Linux, then use Windows for those things. For things that work on Linux, I highly recommend you stick on Linux. The things under the hood of Linux is handled much better compared to Windows, whether you care about it or not.
True so true. I think Linux is good on Desktop. On laptop it is fucky. What I do on Desktop is having a Windows VM to separate some of the work I do from time to time. On laptop I do nearly the exact opposite. I have windows as the host os and Have a somesort of linux (usually something well-known like Ubuntu) to do things I feel comfortable doing on linux. SyncThing is my greatest friend in that regard alongside the two (!) phones I carry. One of them is an iPhone the other is Samsung A53. Together they give me a lot of features and a great experience altho it is two devices. Windows laptop is also a great "portal" device enabling me to do some shinanings that would otherwise be nearly impossible to do in just Linux.A true nerd will use everything they can to to achieve what they want.
Btw I did have a similar experience with a new Lenovo laptop. I landed at Popos but Arch worked fine. The fingerprint reader does not work, but other stuff does. Windows had abbissmal battery life on it, now it almost comparable to my Mac M1 in time (not adjusted to capacity)
Kent - what do you think is holding Linux back from having those same features like Windows/Mac? Is it extra money for development or is it more that there are so many moving parts to get a Linux distro up and running these features don't rise to the necessity level? Are there open source track pad or biometrics programs or does it all have to be developed for the specific distro? I've only used Linux on desktop.
The FSF. The GPL. The toxic users. That people make it in to a religion or cult, that make it hard for small and big devs to work in, if you not 100% doing everything the way the "users" want it or think you should do it. The infighting. The US vs them. IF linux users and the FSF let people do what they wanted, and was more open to others way of doing software, we should see way more people willing to help out, and support it
Linux sucks on SOME laptops, yes, definitely. But it works on many, many devices perfectly fine. I have a random Lenovo laptop that came with Windows and it works beautifully. The 2014 MacBook that still lay around works great with as well. It isn't like it's unbearable. It's all about personal choice, and if you want to use Linux on a laptop, go for it, I was lucky to have a device that runs so much better with Linux so I can actually use it for school/college perfectly! :)
Biometrics would be great, but I'd be happy with just PIN authentication on Linux. I'm tired of typing in my long password all the time. I ask ChatGPT how to get PIN authentication working, and it gives me a long list of steps that I don't have the energy to do. On Windows and Mac it's dead simple.
I would like a real honest and objective video about using Linux. I would love an experienced user like you talking about the Linux landspace as a whole, and what distros do you use if even use Linux anymore. Because I like Linux, but it's not the god-tier OS like the community says it is. And another thing. I hate the advanced user elitism of the community, one of my fav distros is Ubuntu and I used Fedora Workstation, because they just work (Ubuntu wins in this regard many times) and because they use GNOME as a DE. Hell I've even used Mint with GNOME and it was still a more user-friendly experience then using Fedora. The distro that I like besides Ubuntu-based distros is OpenSUSE Tumbleweed by far. It is much better then Fedora for me, just because of it's Snapper integration.
Fedora runs perfect on my Thinkpad T490 and Dell Inspiron. I am not a gamer so all that bla bla about gaming does not hassle me. Changed 14 years ago and never looked back. Was not an easy journey and after going through the whole distro hop journey, which was fun, I settled on fedora. Fingerprint reader... That one thing not working. lol
Linux cooks your hardware. My nvme drive cooks at 70c. Processors cook at 65c lucky if the fans kick in. Tried Linux Mint 22 on a 6 core Asus F15. Its just cooks your hardware. Windows handles cooling much much better.
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I am one of those crazy Linux users and no matter how frustrating it is to admit, he is actually very right here. So many things are just 80% completed. Maybe it is impossible to have 100% without a yelling boss and a paycheck? Mostly because the last 20% takes 80% of the work, right? (Pareto Principle).
i got a shiny new xps laptop and promptly erased windows and installed ubuntu. i dont think it does biometrics but i dont use that. linux kernel doesnt yet support my meteor lake webcam but i dont really use that either. otherwise it does everything i want which is mostly games. the lts point one update didnt work on my computer but the newer interim release is working perfectly well. windows was a nightmare in the past for me so im unwilling to consider using it as an os anymore but i do still run 98 in an emulator for some games.
For me Windows doesn't "just works". Drivers doesn't just work, fingerprint login doesn't work AT ALL unless I have fast boot enabled, and I don't want this garbage to be enabled. Fingerprint login even if it works has only 3 tries hard codded into it and most of the time at least half of them fail and often I just have to type my password anyway. That's why I started using Linux, I choose features I want on my system (because ArchBTW) and to this day everything worked after installing one package or changing one variable, which is dead simple, the only thing that doesn't work is creating a hotspot and being connected to a WiFi at the same time, but that's a pretty niche use case and didn't affect me much. Whether or not things "just work" depends on what a person needs, their hardware and distro, on Linux and on Windows.
1. Your laptop is too new. I still run a Sandy Bridge HP Elitebook (i5-2520M) with 8GB DDR3 with Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, VirtualBox 7.1.4 and OpenZFS 2.2.2. I have no issues it runs all my VMs; for example, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 ESM, Fedora, Linux Mint, Windows XP and Windows 11 Pro. 2. Linux requires patience, a lot of patience. On my Ryzen desktop I could not run the VM of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS for half a year, the boot process crashed. I did not give up; I switched back to the VM of Ubuntu 22.04 LTS for that period and the last 1 to 2 weeks Ubuntu 24.04 LTS seems to boot again.
Gee no doubt, ratio in user-base will mean better support in windows. Few things i can say and that i prefer linux over windows, is, i like open source, and the windows refund day thing does tell you a bit of how Microsoft strategies worked on to become the standard, irreplaceable, alongside ofc the fact that only recently linux developelement got abit more serious, ye linux is late, quite abit. That said tho, linux more for enthusiasts, its catching up on desktop use ig, meanwhile windows more a just works, streamlined experience.
I only have a single windows machine now for gaming because it runs star citizen and dual universe. I dual boot it to Linux for everything else. All my other machines are Linux and MacOS. Windows is getting worse and worse with adware and telemetry and the new AI features sound dystopian at best.
i just use linux 20 + year as well .... i also have the windows os on the other otehr disk, but the things is i prefer to use linux, though this amd gpu pc seems to get freezes in gnome 47 its random and weird i didnt get this with kde, but kde is buggy so i can't use it.. and i like gnome cause its very close to macOS
@@Hardcore_Remixer Did you watch the video? Linux itself lacks good support for hardware. Keyboards, mice, fingerprint sensors, wifi, bluetooth, OEM utility, external audio and midi interfaces, etc... I am speaking of experience here... Linux is a hobby not an OS.
@AkbarKarimi-y5x idk what keyboard and mice you have problems with - i run gaming mice, reddragon keyboard, an behringer audio interface, a webcam... it all works.😊
@@Hardcore_Remixerwhat does a computer worth if no good software is installed. My problem the whole os debate is that i don't care about a system as long it boots reasonably fast and all the softwares that i want to use are plug and play. I spend 2 seconds with my destkop, and maybe 2 minutes with a file manager per day. If the software i was trained to use works properly it dosen't matter if it is Windows 7 8 10 11 or mac or Linux mint pop fedora etc. The more i have to think about the os the worse it is bc its take time for actually being productive on the computer
Linux keeps being trash in 2024, especially for gaming. Recently the big talk is about CachyOS and how well it runs etc. Well, i thought i install it on my dated but still fully functional HP G7 Lappo, just to check it out. Nowhere, anywhere does it state this Linux OS does not work, because of old hardware or what ever reason. It just doesn't work. Can't install. And i can't use Linux on my main Desktop, because i have no full Firewall control like i have in Windows. What i can do in windows with three clicks. Everything in Linux needs at the very least 15 clicks and hold the shift button..... and when i check online how to do something. Im bombarded with Terminal copy past texts. This is just pure garbage user experience. I want to be in control which program is allowed internet access. And in Windows i get a PopUp (Comodo Firewall) that freezes the application and im asked Allow, Block access or outright Terminate the program before it can even do something. Where is this function/Thirdparty App in Linux? How do i block Windows Apps/Games when using Proton/Wine/Lutris for NonSteamGames from accessing the internet while running the program? Why do i have to bock it before i start it? I have no control over this 💩 in Linux without needing a bachelor in computer science. Im not a ffking programmer! I want to game, and i want to block 💩tty apps from connecting when they have no business in doing so! Its so easy in Windows. Why should i allow an offline calculator app etc. access to the internet!? I can tell you, i should not!! And in windows i can block it on the fly in mere seconds! Not to mention the constant "input your password" bull💩 when i want to install something from the Flatpakstore or when another update for any app is available, like every ffking day! Its so god damn annoying! My password is "1" because fck you do i like to input my god damn password every 2 hours and some more1!!11!!! Linux will never be an alternative for normal PC users. Its easier to stick to Windows and use a "deactivate all Windows 💩" third party app!
Yep absolutely. That happens when you got a fully professional team working on it instead of just hobbyist. Linux is fun to use but windows will always be best because everything works on it.
@@malachkah The BlOaT is hardly an issue compared to things not working on expensive hardware lol. Like no frame generation on nvidia cards.. Imagine paying that much and not being able to fully use your own video card.. lol.. Many more situations that can go on and on that are more important than bLoAt really lol.
What kind of developer are you? I find it hilarious that you are saying linux cannot develop. I have been working on complex projects for over 20 years now. I believe you are not a real developer because a real developer would know linux is perfect for development.
I do windows things. so I need a windows OS. I state that clearly lol. I know you not a dev as you say Linux is perfect. a real dev knows that nothing is perfect lmao. I call you a fake :P
@@nomadhgnis9425 a 'real' developer uses the platform they're developing for. You wouldn't develop for Windows on Linux, just as you wouldn't develop for Mac on Windows.
@@karlisaac8981 Does that means that real music artist release albums C-cassette and that is the media they are producing for? Point is, Windows isn't used any more. Nearly all server load runs on Linux. And nearly all software is written for servers even longer to avoid having "IT-support". All business applications works in browser for that reason so they don't need anyone install and updating on client side.
@@karlisaac8981 You. You can develop for windows on linux. It is called cross-compiling. If you were a programmer then you should have known that. I no longer develop for windows because I would never recommend anyone to use it because it is so intrusive. No privacy. You need to come better than that.
What's your point? Linux isn't even an operating system technically. It's just a kernel. It needs to be pared with the GNU library to be a complete OS. Desktop environments are a whole other animal consisting of window managers and compositors. Technically they aren't even required. Although most people won't find running a TTY very useful for them.
You use what you want to use. What fits your needs. I use linux and it is perfect for my use cases, games, programming, sys admin stuff, absolute control of the machine, etc.
Honestly, hear this man, don't be a fanboy and use the best tool available, do whatever works for you and your hardware
I use Arch for study, developing and browsing the web because I like window manager, but for gaming and some software I use a custom Windows, less headaches.
I put Windows back on my laptop as soon I realized it didn't utilize iGPU for decoding videos but rather CPU, which was hammered hard while playing 4K60 video on TH-cam and still didn't run at full speed in fullscreen. Instead of trying to get it to work, I just re-installed Windows 11, and it works perfectly out of the box. I use Linux when it makes sense, like on my file server and my tinkering box, but on that laptop, I watch videos on TH-cam before bedtime, and it just doesn't work. Why this doesn't just work, I cannot understand; this is how you lose users. Having the CPU hammered full tilt just to watch a YT video is just NO.
I ran stock Ubuntu when I was on a 3400G and iGPU decoding has always worked for me. Unfortunately some NvIntel laptops have this limitation and Nvidia doesn't give two flying fucks since it's like 0.0001% of their customer base.
If only we had a way to fix it as a community, alas, that would require Nvidia to actually cooperate...
@wertigon nvidia works as well. Its been working for a while and i am able to decode video on igpu and dgpu. This is on arch
iGPU is literally the CPU... You don't know what you are talking about, but for future reference don't starve your mobile device of power while expecting it to run laps. Plug it in if you want it to "work work". Your argument is the equivalent of "this car gets better gas mileage so I gave it less gas, while driving it up hill in stop and go traffic because I'm intentionally an asshole with metrics."
@@Vitis-n2v Pretty sure on windows it won't even attempt those 4k@60fps out of the box because the web browser has safe defaults baked into the optimization. Looks like a shitpost to me.
Va-api
Libva
Vapdu
Etc etc etc.
This stuff all depends on the distro you choose. I was using software for encoding and decoding for a while, then I realized I forgot to install the va-api packages. (Arch) It worked fine in NixOS because I had a one line configuration for it. It also works fine in Fedora and Ubuntu, but it wasn't in some other distros I tried by default.
It’s crazy I’ve watched Kenny go from being a mechanic to being a developer
Here is a laptop that only works correctly under Linux. This is a pretty recent system, where the laptop was constantly showing weird glitches in Windows 11. Reinstalled everything and the problem remained. Then I just put Linux (Linux Mint LMDE 6) on it and all the problems disappeared. I do recognise certain things, like power management, use of biometric devices, etc.... But so this laptop would not have worked without Linux. So it can also work the other way around. Probably a driver that is not properly kept up-to-date by HP. And of course, as a consumer, I don't care about any of that. I am not going to spend hours searching for a solution and trying all sorts of things. In this case, installing Linux was the best solution. However, this is an exception in my experience.
I'm the same Kent. I like Linux and Windows both but don't like where Windows is heading. For me Linux would be prefect. But with my ThinkPad E15 using Endeavour; Bluetooth will stop working randomly, Fedora some reason WiFi is slow like 60mbps and have display issues, Kubuntu I've been getting issues with, Ubuntu went well until some reason I reboot and my computer froze on the startup. That's when I took a picture of my computer installing Windows and heading to work.
I install Windows and everything just works. Back in my head I still don't like what Windows is heading to and how much crap Windows tries to do on your computer. But I rather deal with Windows headaches where I and other Windows communities who don't like the direction Windows going, rather than playing distro hop to find the one. For me I'm still eyeing on ChromeOS and possibly in the future when needing a new computer switch to it. But for now Windows is way-to-go where Windows 11 (even though I don't use half the stuff on there) is getting better. I got a Rufus USB with Windows requirements ripped out of it and all I have to do is set it up, run O&O Shutup 10, uninstall the bloat, and install Start11.
After using Linux since 2012 and love seeing Linux improving every year, Windows and Mac seems to be couple steps further.
Yeah I had the same issue with fedora it is kinda dumb that it is not solved by the distro maintainers when the fix already exists. What happened to me was if the PC goes to sleep or is rebooted you have to reload the kernel module. So I copied a script with removed the module when PC went to sleep and added it again. This script can be put in as a systemd service so you can put it and forget it. If you don't want script route then you have shut down and then turn on your PC (no rebooting does not work).
Fedora isn't ready product, it is preview for developers. Red Hat Enterprise is the ready product.
Kubuntu is some funny version made from Ubuntu and it is not that is used on production environment, normal Ubuntu LTS should work but they polish their system after release. Bad idea to upgrade Ubuntu soon after release if current one works. Just wait 9 months or something.
I don't see why you do that "distro hop", why not just do like others and specify your requirements first and then choose suitable system that is made for production use?
I had the same exact issue with Ubuntu a few times, and the last time it happened before I decided to uninstall it was when it froze, and rebooted to an error screen (complicated to explain the error).
@@gruntaxeman3740 I am quite comfortable to diagnose and fix my problems (not my first tango with linux name a distro and I have used it besides from linux from scratch) this case was just annoying to have and quite hard to debug considering there are already so many bug reports and the only solution that worked was a comment which was not even marked as the solution. If a distro is made for developers shouldn't these distros be more functional or more quick to solve issues ? Do developers not require functional software ?
Linux isn't for everybody, if Windows works for you then that's what you should use.
Title:
That girl that needed Windows for college and got Linux: First time?
Don't forget that all laptops that are coming out with Nvidia GPUs don't have access to frame generation, meaning you're losing out on free performance.
In the past you could use laptops for hackintosh but with M chips that's dead as well.
Frame generation is not free performance, it's a pretty cheap way to get more frames, but it's not free
Nividia released frame gen in their current beta driver
X1 carbon gen 3 with fedora workstation Gnome works perfect. Even better from win11 for batery life and app performance.
On my desktop i use the same with nvidia gpu and it flies. The only problem need solving is that eayland business. Its not yet mature enough but it is getting there
This is not a Gentoo video.
Triple boot: Arch for fun, Mint for main distro, and windows when you need it for work. Oh, and have a MacBook on hand when you just want to make AI generated emojis. Framework laptop expansion modules run Linux amazing and you can even mix and match them effortlessly.
since 1994 i am on linux. I buy only supported Hardware. Since 2000 I am a Linux Administrator. I love the stability. It simply runs ...
macOS also simply just runs!!!!
windows also simply just runs fro me also!!!!
I fail to see your point :)
@@KentsTechWorld"Windows also just runs" except when it doesn't... When you have to manually install drivers, even just using fastboot for Android requires fiddling with drivers on every fastboot connection. Last time I used Windows it decided to throttle my GPU to 400MHz, just killing FPS in games, meanwhile Linux ran out of the box (obviously after installing nvidia drivers with package manager, which is much better and faster than doing it on Windows).
It just depends on use case and hardware. Someone without a touchpad simply don't care about gestures, I don't care if gestures are not perfect, I can install a Plasma plugin and create gestures I need, and my custom gestures will be more customizable than on Windows, and they'll work perfect for me, but may not work for others. And on the topic of Windows not working, fingerprint login just doesn't work without fast boot, yippee, and even when it does, they have 3 tries for successful fingerprint scan HARD CODDED, and most of the time, 3 tries is not enough. MacOS might just run, but:
1. Well, pay 1500-4000$ for it
2. Window snapping was implemented in 2024 and that shows how raw it is in features.
"Just runs" depends on many things.
@@KentsTechWorld His point is actually a con. He is saying Linux "simply runs" on a restricted set of hardware, which is what he only buys, and he has to only buy hardware from that set if he wants Linux to "simply run".
No. If you build your own PC it’s hard to actually make one that Linux *doesn’t* run on.
All the cpus all the mother boards all the graphics cards. Linux works with everything I’ve built I the last twenty years and I’ve never checked beforehand to see if it does.
@@graxxor This doesn't invalidate what I just said, every time you build a PC and Linux "simply runs" it means you're actually buying pieces of that set of hardware, for which Linux "simply runs". Nothing implies that one must do a research on what to buy first in order to get the right pieces. And the said set can perfectly be larger than what you need, such that you never buy anything out of the set. As long as you keep doing so, you'll never find an instance where Linux won't "simply run".
The negation of what I said would be more like: there isn't a single piece of hardware out of the set for which Linux "simply runs". Which everyone knows to be a false statement.
Fedora - Vanilla Gnome one-to-one trackpad gestures are making me really happy. sadly fingerprint reader isn't supported
I'm retired, so not much work to do, I have carpal tunnel damage and arthritis in my hands, so gaming is minimal. I have 8 computers at home simply because I like'm and I want one in every room. 3 Mac M1s, 4 Ubuntu 24.04 PCs (until I choose to install something else), and one Windows 11 Vivobook. Life is complete. Take any one of them away and Life is not complete! 😄
Spot on, Kent! That's why I can tinker with Linux for only 30 minutes at a time before going back to Windows. So many features that the laptop and other hardware such as mice and keyboards came with just go out the window the moment you go Linux!
And ironically, I am supposed to think that on Linux I "own" my hardware! It's the exact opposite.
Same here, I've tried so many distros, but I always come to the conclusion that Linux is totally useless to me. So many compromises and lack of flexibility. Hardware not working (Properly), lack of (decent) software, apps hanging like it's a Windows 95. Why TF would I want to experience all this?
@@martinpetrov7228 on Desktop, for me, it is the exact opposite. I finally know and see why things don't work and I am able to fix it most of the time. There is little to no guesswork involved and the whole shebang can be kicked around until it works.
For laptops... Be honest Linux is fucking shit for that purpose 😂 I usually just install Windows on laptops (win10 preferably) gut it as much as possible and for data safety I just don't let asinine bullshit piling up on me lovely folding computer.
I also host my own file server with VPN so nothing needs to be stored on the laptop for long.
Over all, Linux is my homebase, and anything else is just an extension to that. The laptop, the phone, and the iPhone are all accessing or pre processing data for the Linux main machine. Both Linux and Windows are just tools. If you use them well, you compute well.
I spent so long trying to make Linux work for me on the desktop and in the end just gave up. There's always something that ends up being a problem. I use a ton of FOSS software, not because of ideology but purely because it's the stuff I like and it works best for me. But it all works better on Windows. In reverse for my small media server Linux (Ubuntu Server) works amazingly and easily, but as soon as you give Linux a GUI it seems to shit itself somewhere along the line.
Brcause linux was never meant to be an OS with a gui, it will always stay as a half assed part because you huessed it...the terminal rules in linux
I literally switched from NixOS to Windows 11 and I‘m happy. WSL takes care of all my Linux needs.
You might want to try MSYS2 if you want something like a native Linux terminal on Windows, but without a virtual machine.
OMG! This is so very true! I’ve been using Ubuntu for four years now and I still have to troubleshoot stupid things like an NTFS external drive being read-only, computer going to sleep and not waking up, rebooting and drives are not mounted, and on and on.
You said it exactly right, I don’t want to spend my time working on my computer, I want my computer to help me work, to help me do my job.
I hope you keep on sharing this Kent! You are keeping it real and honest!
I totally agree with you. I have installed Suse Tumbleweed on my laptop and not everything just works. My RGB lightining on my keyboard does not work perfectly. It gives light and I can adjust the color. But when I restart it, the color goes back to it's standard.
And I have a build in AMD GPU in the processor, and a Nvidia 1650. And yes it works on Linux. But it always is a hassle to get it working. Have to do a lot of installing just to get prime-run going in Linux. And yes, in Suse Tumbleweed it was the easiest way to get it working.
Linux works, but there is always stuff that just will not run perfectly.
And still I prefer Linux for myself.......
I personally don't understand all these issues people allegedly have with Linux working on their hardware. From a hardware perspective, I've never had any issues with any of my computers running Linux. In fact, the only issue I've ever had has been software (not hardware) issues with Ubuntu. Let me be clear, Ubuntu sucks! At least in my experience. I've had simple operations, like package manager updates, completely break on Ubuntu. This stuff NEVER happens on Debian or Arch. I haven't had any issues so far with Void Linux either. Stick to tried and true staples in the Linux community and you shouldn't have problems.
If you're gonna run Linux on a laptop, I would buy one that was built with Linux in mind. There are very few companies that build Linux laptops though. Here in Europe I believe Tuxedo is the only one. So it's obviously not a very lucrative market.
I run Windows 10 and Mint currently.
I like being able to customise my desktop, it's probably the best feature linux has, windows can be customised too but i find it very yanky.
But yeah, once i start using it, i run into these irritations that you mentioned. It just feels like a lesser experience in comparison.
Honestly at this point if I were to buy a new laptop, it would probably be a macbook air. Not sure how customisable it is but it would probably be a better experience than running a linux laptop.
6:55 Wait, that's probably mean fedora cinnamon.
You are absolutely right. My Latitude 5540 laptops with Windows 11 Pro work flawlessly. With Linux, any distro, there is always some issues. We're in 2024, and Linux desktop is still not ready for primetime.
Did you miss the telemetry, spyware and bloatware of a big corporation?
😂
@KentsTechWorld he is right when I have my manager up my ass about deadlines the spyware from Microsoft is what I am thinking about 😂
You can get rid of those quite easily, especially when you get the enterprise editions. Windows will still be leagues above any linux distro for a good while. Not to say that linux is awful, for some it's perfect, not for this guy though.
@@scientist_nick There's an alternative for every productivity software in Linux:
MS Office > Libre Office | Photoshop > Gimp | Illustrator > Inkscape | InDesign > Scribus | Premiere > Davinci Resolve | etc.
Gaming is also better on Linux nowadays, with Steam games having a much better performance on our side, than on Windows.
On the productivity side of things, the aforementioned software will work fine for the needs of 99% of the population, and trust me, everything works fine on Linux MInt 22, which is the distro I know better.
@@arabiamountain Recall and Copilot can't be removed from the latest update of Windows 11, and there's the most dystopian spyware ever implemented on Windows... Microsoft, a huge corpo, will start takins screenshots of your screen every 5 seconds, and they'll also start registering everything you type on your keyboard, so say bye bye to end to end encryption meassures.
On the productivity side of things...
There's an alternative for every productivity software in Linux:
MS Office > Libre Office | Photoshop > Gimp | Illustrator > Inkscape | InDesign > Scribus | Premiere > Davinci Resolve | etc.
Gaming is also better on Linux nowadays, with Steam games having a much better performance on our side, than on Windows.
On the productivity side of things, the aforementioned software will work fine for the needs of 99% of the population, and trust me, everything works fine on Linux MInt 22, which is the distro I know better and is handles entirely on a graphical ui (there's no need to ever us the terminal, just as on windows).
The problem with Linux users is that they spend more time installing Linux than doing anything else. Freedom is not free either...
Right. No wonder they think everything works. They don't actually use the software. They're very good at installing it though .
Well, you don't get it. It is personal preference.
A car guy would spend time and money modifying, customising, decorating a old car to his heart's content. Who are we to judge?
A women would likely think it is incomprehensible, they probably just buy a boring Toyota Corolla and get done with it.
Ehhh... No? It depends on distro you use and features you need. Gamers have to do nearly nothing to game from Steam, a bit more complicated with Lutris and other launchers for non Steam games, but still it doesn't take a lot of time. And for most other tasks, configuring and installing is a one time thing, it won't take more time than actually using the thing you've configured. That's just not true.
Linux Can be installed faster than windows. Depends on the distro. The reason why people try Linux is the sad state of windows 11. Telemetry and bloatware. Otherwise I see people satisfied with MAC or Win. I am a Linux and I love it. It is the best for me. You don't have to use it though. Use whatever serves you best.
@@luisbispo3190 I use Linux because Windows simply didn't work for me, fingerprint login wasn't working without fast boot enabled and Windows throttled my GPU to 400MHz, killing FPS in games, all that worked just fine on Linux. GPU just worked, fingerprint required a bit of tinkering, but at the end works better than on Windows, so Im happy with that. Everything just depends and ppl saying that "Windows just works" is pretty bold, it might work for them, but not for others, same for Linux.
Kent, I'm a Linux user and I have to agree with you. Linux isn't ready for the masses.
Voyager Linux Gnome Edition. 24.10 version.
can you do a video where you talk about pears and other related fruit ? would love to hear it
Looks like both the penguin and the Win world have their pros and cons. Funny enough, both my devices run way faster on Linux than they do on Windows. I also love the solid package management compared to Windows' winget and choco which, while very competent at what these solutions do, are fixes of an otherwise broken (or rather "non-standardized") installation-process (which, imho, too, feels like 10 years stuck in the past).
So it's a matter of what aspects you care about and whether or not you like tinkering, I guess...?
Oh... also also, I guess it depends on whether or not you like automating stuff.
Outside of an Active Directory environment, automating the setup of Windows, software installation (again, due to software install processes not being standardized) is a huge pain in the butt. I created a project for setting up OSes and Software automatically which worked flawlessly for Linux and was such a pain to also realize on Windows.
I have a Lenovo t470. It's pretty darn great with Linux, but Windows is incredibly laggy. The fingerprint reader doesn't work at all in Windows, no matter how many times I reinstalled the driver or how many hours I put into fiddling with configurations.
I got it working in Arch, but only in Arch, and it required using stuff outside the normal repos (openfprintd and python-validity). I almost had it working in Gentoo and NixOS. It doesn't work in Fedora or Ubuntu.
Some Dell fingerprint readers will work with the packages in the repos. These will work out of the box on Ubuntu or Fedora, but on other distros they typically require the installation of fprintd and maybe some other drivers/firmware.
It all comes down to the sensor they used, whether or not it has well-supported drivers, and whether or not the distro includes fprintd. I found it unusual that it worked fine on Arch (after setting it up) but wouldn't work at all in Windows where it was supposed to be supported. Likely, the driver or firmware was developed for Windows 8.1 or Windows 7 and didn't quite work with Windows 10 or 11.
Gestures work on kde tho. Swiping, pinch to zoom, etc. The problem is you cant customize it. Just make sure to check in settings what the gestures do and change it. Take like 5 mins.
My PC has Issues with Linux..
1. the Razer mouse is not smove. its hard to grab the side of a window and drag it where i want it exactly.
2. my USB Doungle for a Playstation Puluse 3D keeped droping out.
Both works fine on my PC under Windows 11 (and thats unsuported hardware)
now that you have a functional OS installed, you can install WSL and have a linux that actually works too.
Great video!
If some things don't work out for you on Linux, then use Windows for those things. For things that work on Linux, I highly recommend you stick on Linux. The things under the hood of Linux is handled much better compared to Windows, whether you care about it or not.
True so true.
I think Linux is good on Desktop.
On laptop it is fucky.
What I do on Desktop is having a Windows VM to separate some of the work I do from time to time.
On laptop I do nearly the exact opposite.
I have windows as the host os and Have a somesort of linux (usually something well-known like Ubuntu) to do things I feel comfortable doing on linux. SyncThing is my greatest friend in that regard alongside the two (!) phones I carry. One of them is an iPhone the other is Samsung A53. Together they give me a lot of features and a great experience altho it is two devices. Windows laptop is also a great "portal" device enabling me to do some shinanings that would otherwise be nearly impossible to do in just Linux.A true nerd will use everything they can to to achieve what they want.
Btw I did have a similar experience with a new Lenovo laptop. I landed at Popos but Arch worked fine. The fingerprint reader does not work, but other stuff does. Windows had abbissmal battery life on it, now it almost comparable to my Mac M1 in time (not adjusted to capacity)
Fingerprint reader isn't supposed by fprint?
@@Damglador no, but I might look into writing an out of tree driver for it maybe :/
@@Tracing0029 that's sad. Good luck
@@Damglador I wanted to try coding stuff like that bc I like low level programming.
Kent - what do you think is holding Linux back from having those same features like Windows/Mac? Is it extra money for development or is it more that there are so many moving parts to get a Linux distro up and running these features don't rise to the necessity level? Are there open source track pad or biometrics programs or does it all have to be developed for the specific distro? I've only used Linux on desktop.
It's always money.
Money buys food and pays for rent.
Pay devs to develop for Linux full time, bingo.
For this to happen we need more users onboard.
The FSF.
The GPL.
The toxic users.
That people make it in to a religion or cult, that make it hard for small and big devs to work in, if you not 100% doing everything the way the "users" want it or think you should do it.
The infighting.
The US vs them.
IF linux users and the FSF let people do what they wanted, and was more open to others way of doing software, we should see way more people willing to help out, and support it
@@KentsTechWorld yooo this is the best analysis on what hinders linux. sadly every point is true 😢
Bluestacks make me keep windows for android gaming.
Have you tried Waydroid?
Correctly me if I'm wrong but couldn't you just use Waydroid to accomplish that on Linux?
i played clash of clans in waydroid all fine, i had graphical performance as if i have amdgpu. Unless you had nvidia
Waydroid works extremely good to be honest, it runs Minecraft inside of Android at 60 FPS - and I downclocked my CPU to 900 MHz.
Can you do a video where you talk about trees and mushrooms?
gravel
are you want try recall feature?
Linux sucks on SOME laptops, yes, definitely. But it works on many, many devices perfectly fine. I have a random Lenovo laptop that came with Windows and it works beautifully. The 2014 MacBook that still lay around works great with as well. It isn't like it's unbearable. It's all about personal choice, and if you want to use Linux on a laptop, go for it, I was lucky to have a device that runs so much better with Linux so I can actually use it for school/college perfectly! :)
Linux worked better than Windows on my ThinkPad P53
Mint is really good on old machines.
Biometrics would be great, but I'd be happy with just PIN authentication on Linux. I'm tired of typing in my long password all the time. I ask ChatGPT how to get PIN authentication working, and it gives me a long list of steps that I don't have the energy to do. On Windows and Mac it's dead simple.
I would like a real honest and objective video about using Linux. I would love an experienced user like you talking about the Linux landspace as a whole, and what distros do you use if even use Linux anymore. Because I like Linux, but it's not the god-tier OS like the community says it is. And another thing. I hate the advanced user elitism of the community, one of my fav distros is Ubuntu and I used Fedora Workstation, because they just work (Ubuntu wins in this regard many times) and because they use GNOME as a DE. Hell I've even used Mint with GNOME and it was still a more user-friendly experience then using Fedora. The distro that I like besides Ubuntu-based distros is OpenSUSE Tumbleweed by far. It is much better then Fedora for me, just because of it's Snapper integration.
there are plenty of video like that on my channel if you look a bit back in time
@KentsTechWorld oh, ok thanks.
The only thing keeping me from Full Linux desktop is the gaming, Proton does not support FiveM.
Fedora runs perfect on my Thinkpad T490 and Dell Inspiron. I am not a gamer so all that bla bla about gaming does not hassle me. Changed 14 years ago and never looked back. Was not an easy journey and after going through the whole distro hop journey, which was fun, I settled on fedora. Fingerprint reader... That one thing not working. lol
Linux cooks your hardware. My nvme drive cooks at 70c. Processors cook at 65c lucky if the fans kick in. Tried Linux Mint 22 on a 6 core Asus F15. Its just cooks your hardware. Windows handles cooling much much better.
I have been clean of windows for 4 years and no regrets 🙂
I am one of those crazy Linux users and no matter how frustrating it is to admit, he is actually very right here. So many things are just 80% completed.
Maybe it is impossible to have 100% without a yelling boss and a paycheck? Mostly because the last 20% takes 80% of the work, right? (Pareto Principle).
i got a shiny new xps laptop and promptly erased windows and installed ubuntu. i dont think it does biometrics but i dont use that. linux kernel doesnt yet support my meteor lake webcam but i dont really use that either. otherwise it does everything i want which is mostly games. the lts point one update didnt work on my computer but the newer interim release is working perfectly well. windows was a nightmare in the past for me so im unwilling to consider using it as an os anymore but i do still run 98 in an emulator for some games.
For me Windows doesn't "just works". Drivers doesn't just work, fingerprint login doesn't work AT ALL unless I have fast boot enabled, and I don't want this garbage to be enabled. Fingerprint login even if it works has only 3 tries hard codded into it and most of the time at least half of them fail and often I just have to type my password anyway. That's why I started using Linux, I choose features I want on my system (because ArchBTW) and to this day everything worked after installing one package or changing one variable, which is dead simple, the only thing that doesn't work is creating a hotspot and being connected to a WiFi at the same time, but that's a pretty niche use case and didn't affect me much.
Whether or not things "just work" depends on what a person needs, their hardware and distro, on Linux and on Windows.
1. Your laptop is too new. I still run a Sandy Bridge HP Elitebook (i5-2520M) with 8GB DDR3 with Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, VirtualBox 7.1.4 and OpenZFS 2.2.2. I have no issues it runs all my VMs; for example, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 ESM, Fedora, Linux Mint, Windows XP and Windows 11 Pro.
2. Linux requires patience, a lot of patience. On my Ryzen desktop I could not run the VM of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS for half a year, the boot process crashed. I did not give up; I switched back to the VM of Ubuntu 22.04 LTS for that period and the last 1 to 2 weeks Ubuntu 24.04 LTS seems to boot again.
Gee no doubt, ratio in user-base will mean better support in windows.
Few things i can say and that i prefer linux over windows, is, i like open source, and the windows refund day thing does tell you a bit of how Microsoft strategies worked on to become the standard, irreplaceable, alongside ofc the fact that only recently linux developelement got abit more serious, ye linux is late, quite abit.
That said tho, linux more for enthusiasts, its catching up on desktop use ig, meanwhile windows more a just works, streamlined experience.
I only have a single windows machine now for gaming because it runs star citizen and dual universe.
I dual boot it to Linux for everything else. All my other machines are Linux and MacOS.
Windows is getting worse and worse with adware and telemetry and the new AI features sound dystopian at best.
i just use linux 20 + year as well .... i also have the windows os on the other otehr disk, but the things is i prefer to use linux, though this amd gpu pc seems to get freezes in gnome 47 its random and weird i didnt get this with kde, but kde is buggy so i can't use it.. and i like gnome cause its very close to macOS
Windows and Mac OS are well-made. Linux is half-assed.
As a Windows user, you're wrong. It is apps developer support for Linux that is half-assed, but it is still growing.
@@Hardcore_Remixer Did you watch the video? Linux itself lacks good support for hardware. Keyboards, mice, fingerprint sensors, wifi, bluetooth, OEM utility, external audio and midi interfaces, etc... I am speaking of experience here...
Linux is a hobby not an OS.
@AkbarKarimi-y5x idk what keyboard and mice you have problems with - i run gaming mice, reddragon keyboard, an behringer audio interface, a webcam... it all works.😊
I'm sorry but I frequently use all 3 and MacOS is just horrible.
@@Hardcore_Remixerwhat does a computer worth if no good software is installed. My problem the whole os debate is that i don't care about a system as long it boots reasonably fast and all the softwares that i want to use are plug and play. I spend 2 seconds with my destkop, and maybe 2 minutes with a file manager per day. If the software i was trained to use works properly it dosen't matter if it is Windows 7 8 10 11 or mac or Linux mint pop fedora etc. The more i have to think about the os the worse it is bc its take time for actually being productive on the computer
Nvidia Open Source Drivers 😁
Linux keeps being trash in 2024, especially for gaming. Recently the big talk is about CachyOS and how well it runs etc. Well, i thought i install it on my dated but still fully functional HP G7 Lappo, just to check it out. Nowhere, anywhere does it state this Linux OS does not work, because of old hardware or what ever reason. It just doesn't work. Can't install.
And i can't use Linux on my main Desktop, because i have no full Firewall control like i have in Windows. What i can do in windows with three clicks. Everything in Linux needs at the very least 15 clicks and hold the shift button..... and when i check online how to do something. Im bombarded with Terminal copy past texts. This is just pure garbage user experience.
I want to be in control which program is allowed internet access. And in Windows i get a PopUp (Comodo Firewall) that freezes the application and im asked Allow, Block access or outright Terminate the program before it can even do something.
Where is this function/Thirdparty App in Linux? How do i block Windows Apps/Games when using Proton/Wine/Lutris for NonSteamGames from accessing the internet while running the program?
Why do i have to bock it before i start it? I have no control over this 💩 in Linux without needing a bachelor in computer science. Im not a ffking programmer! I want to game, and i want to block 💩tty apps from connecting when they have no business in doing so! Its so easy in Windows.
Why should i allow an offline calculator app etc. access to the internet!? I can tell you, i should not!! And in windows i can block it on the fly in mere seconds!
Not to mention the constant "input your password" bull💩 when i want to install something from the Flatpakstore or when another update for any app is available, like every ffking day! Its so god damn annoying!
My password is "1" because fck you do i like to input my god damn password every 2 hours and some more1!!11!!! Linux will never be an alternative for normal PC users. Its easier to stick to Windows and use a "deactivate all Windows 💩" third party app!
Yes, Windows better and it always was better
Yep absolutely. That happens when you got a fully professional team working on it instead of just hobbyist. Linux is fun to use but windows will always be best because everything works on it.
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windows is good but as time goes on they keep adding all that unnecessary unremovable bloat
@@malachkah The BlOaT is hardly an issue compared to things not working on expensive hardware lol. Like no frame generation on nvidia cards.. Imagine paying that much and not being able to fully use your own video card.. lol.. Many more situations that can go on and on that are more important than bLoAt really lol.
@@kolz4ever1980 then dont buy overpriced nvidia shit
What kind of developer are you? I find it hilarious that you are saying linux cannot develop. I have been working on complex projects for over 20 years now. I believe you are not a real developer because a real developer would know linux is perfect for development.
I do windows things. so I need a windows OS. I state that clearly lol.
I know you not a dev as you say Linux is perfect. a real dev knows that nothing is perfect lmao.
I call you a fake :P
@@nomadhgnis9425 a 'real' developer uses the platform they're developing for. You wouldn't develop for Windows on Linux, just as you wouldn't develop for Mac on Windows.
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Does that means that real music artist release albums C-cassette and that is the media they are producing for?
Point is, Windows isn't used any more. Nearly all server load runs on Linux. And nearly all software is written for servers even longer to avoid having "IT-support". All business applications works in browser for that reason so they don't need anyone install and updating on client side.
@@karlisaac8981 You. You can develop for windows on linux. It is called cross-compiling. If you were a programmer then you should have known that. I no longer develop for windows because I would never recommend anyone to use it because it is so intrusive. No privacy. You need to come better than that.
Almost a decade old channel, posting nothing but anti-linux baits. Yet this channel only has 5k subscribers.
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Linux is not a desktop environment.
What's your point? Linux isn't even an operating system technically. It's just a kernel. It needs to be pared with the GNU library to be a complete OS. Desktop environments are a whole other animal consisting of window managers and compositors. Technically they aren't even required. Although most people won't find running a TTY very useful for them.
@@JamesHardy-yi1ph I suppose my point is, if you're not interested in identifying your DE you clearly have no business railing against GNU/Linux.
@@SFDestiny he said KDE many times..
@calholli he said Linux many times