You’re in luck :) Ive done some previous videos doing “first looks” at a bunch of distros but im taking advantage of this and will be working on an “absolute beginners guide” for how to get started on Linux. Im hoping itll be done soon but I want to take my time and do it right, not just “oh shit im getting views gotta crap something out” so no real promises on a specific date, other than its my sole focus this three day weekend :)
It's not a replacement for Windows, unfortunately, and the learning curve and lack of support for full GUI and Steam and needed Windows programs makes Lunux distros pointless. Apple is worse and proprietary and overpriced. After end of life for Windows 10, you can pay a fee for three years, but why? Windows 11 version 23H2 and above uses artificial intelligence. That's the worst danger. This is wrong!
@@ernies8828 The way I see it, I can either run a two pc setup, keep my old windows 7 and use linux both for work and as my internet gate, or I can buy a bigger pc and use that to either emulate one or switch between the two. That said, I know enough people who do not use WIndows period.
@@ernies8828 windows is pointless. it's so much more buggy than linux it's actually laughable -- and the different code of paint they put on it every half a decade is unfathomable. the latest edition of windows uses context menu styles from the past ~ten editions. a classic meme by this day and age but it's still nuts. linux has almost everything and more you will ever need. the only reason you might need windows is minor programs that simply won't run (yet) on linux, a recent but rare example of mine being the tp-link powerline program which i didn't end up needing to begin with, or the big programs for which there mostly are replacements. can't use adobe's photoshop? there's gimp, and it's multi-platform. programmers, sound designers, artists of all kind, basic browser users and others are all using linux today as their main os. and good for them. windows is slowly dying, and by golly with this rhythm we'll see that unix flag hoisted by the end of the next decade _guaranteed._
Could be worse. Have you tried talking to anyone who was a computer engineer in the 60's and 70's? oOOooOOOOOOOOooOOOoo PUUUUNNNCHCCCHHHHH CAARRRRDDDSSSSSSS. For real though, I'm so tired of the AI marketing blitz. If I see you positioning "AI" as a selling feature I automatically purge all time I wasted looking at your product and forget it existed.
@@escapetherace1943 It was very easy to uninstall the Windows 7 telemetry updates. It's almost impossible to do with Windows 10 and beyond because the malware is baked into the OS itself.
@@carloschu7127 the linux kernel itself doesn't contain telemetry. distributions like debian might have a package popularity stats, but that is disabled by default. kde desktop environment also has something similar to telemetry however it is turned off by default as well. for both, you have to manually enable them.
Bingo. Artificial intelligence is the main reason I refuse upgrading to Windows 11 Pro, mainly because of version 23H2 and above has A.I. embedded. It's bad enough with it on apps, which most you can avoid, but once you connect to the internet of things, it will be risky.
Is it more welcoming than it used to be? Used to be windows users trying to learn Linux were treated like garbage for asking for help with things. I've got LinuxMint downloading now... is that the one to go for? I don't want something TOO dislike Windows so I can at least muddle my way around a bit.
@@CamMcGinn1981hey! I daily drive Linux and hope to see a new face haha. Linux has definitely become very user friendly. The community can be iffy tho unfortunately, but don't let that discourage you! Linux mint is great for beginners. Another I might recommend is zorinOS! It us very windows like. While Linux does have its issues at times, it has been an absolute joy to use and learn! I cannot recommend it enough! If you ever need help using Linux mint, just reply to this comment and I'd be happy to assist you :) good luck on your Linux journey internet friend!
Already breaked my head with these package installers "dependencies" *never gonna touch linux again* As an experienced user dont blame me for "OoH WINdOws sPYwaRE blah blah" i just debloated that all manually by the registry.
@@CamMcGinn1981 Make sure you always look up help from the Ubuntu related forums, then you should be good. Anywhere else is just as toxic as ever though.
I left windows when 7 died and i used ubuntu than went to garuda Linux than to arcoLinjx and called it good i just couldnt use 10 with its spyware 11 went way way to far 😂
The thing that really makes me mad is thinking about how much wasted potential there is in every facet of the modern world. Imagine if companies weren't harvesting and selling our data, and a program like Recall really was only local, and we really could trust Microsoft. It would be revolutionary and helpful in so many ways for so many people. Imagine if Facebook were really just used to share pictures and chat with family in a simple interface. Imagine if reddit weren't run by a capitalistic tool and remained a free place for communities to come together and talk about shared interests with no ulterior motives. Imagine if Microsoft spent developer time improving Windows and adding features that people wanted instead of harvesting all our data and serving ads to us. You could extend this out further into other areas, like healthcare. Imagine if (in the US) Washington wasn't run by lobbyists and the government actually worked for the people instead of the corporations. Imagine healthcare for all without multi billion dollar industry middlemen taking their cut and letting the 99% pick up the pieces. Most of all of this boils down to late stage capitalism. It's all just so depressing when you think about where we are and where we could be as a species.
we have the capacity to feed, clothe, and house every human in existence, and we just... don't, because of our collective obsession with an arbitrary system of token exchange. It's maddening.
@@Ay-xq7mj that is a tautology, but I understand the impulse. Better, though harder, is improving systems and insulating them from the worst human impulses.
@paultapping9510 Imposible. One of the worst human impulses today is the wanting of eliminating token exchange system. You are breaking your legs triying to run man.
"You can easily find the same recipe again" yeah just search recipe in your browser history, instead of having AI tell us just tell people how to better use a computer. This is 100% about greed and control, but the average person isn't going to notice because we still have so many people who don't understand computers at a basic level
At tgis point it's not even people not understanding computers . I feel a massive amount of the population has gotten so simple minded living in this narcissistic overly cynical bubble about things .People just lack seeing the bigger picture in all areas of life while thinking they're intelligent while never having basic logic . I feel sad for some these fools
Microsoft heard that all the kids want to be streamers, and now they can be as they stream all your data to their servers once they sneakily change the TOS.
@@wiktorwektor123yeah man, one of the most frustrating things about linux is unless you find an appimage, it’s almost impossible to get some obscure program that no one has touched in years to work.
I'm happy to have finally bitten the bullet! Honestly, it's something I've been able to do for years now, but I finally have the motivation to "just do it!" :D
I’m staying with Windows 10 until the true end of life. Used a script to disable ALL of the bloatware in it. The more of this news about AI in the latest versions of windows, the more appealing Ubuntu looks
I switched in 2022 and do not regret it one bit, but there is one thing I miss about Windows, and that's AutoHotkey. There isn't a real equivalent on Linux that can do everything AHK does.
The hype around the Steamdeck got my to test it out, fully switched within months, fully deleted Windows just a few months ago. Biggest issue was that I used Sketchup 2017 for my 3D modeling projects, had to teach myself Blender but it was so very worth it for a far better suite of tools, baring 1 or 2 games my Steam Library has worked great on Linux so far too, and even those games with issues have improved dramatically in the 2~3 years since I switched, And Garuda Linux is my personal go-to for some of the extras it has pre-configured to help newbies like me
I switched to Linux a couple years ago when I got mad out about being forced to sign in with a Microsoft account and all the work-arounds slowly disappearing. Switching was a bit of a pain but less of a pain than I thought it would be and I was mad enough at the time to stick through the learning curve out of spite. These new AI "features" make me very glad about my choice.
This is about when I first started diving in myself. I just needed that final push off the ledge. Honestly, its probably for the better to get me to stop playing some garbage video games for my mental wellbeing :D
@@Grizazzle oh I know but the number of working ways to get around needing an account keep shrinking and it gets more difficult. at the time i figured it was best to at least learn to use an alternative for when non of the work-arounds work anymore instead of waiting.
Sometimes being good and mad is the best way to get something done well. Always worked for my mum learning regulations and school policies to protect me and my brother.
This is the thing that scares me. This is the new database dump - why bother attacking the database when you can just see what everyone's passwords are in their Recall dump?
I was talking about this to my coworkers earlier today. Like, the Office 365 analytics are already insanely aggressive and quite frankly creepy, and using third party tools is always frowned upon when you can use the built in one for cheaper and more effectively! I need to take a shower after thinking about how slimy that is, I feel so gross and violated.
The same as "turning off" regular copilot no doubt. You can follow the instructions, enable the disable copilot option (deliberately confusing way of doing it btw), but it'll still be there and working. Turning it off does actually nothing.
I mean, of course you can turn it off. But the fact that it's turned on by default (and it cannot be turned off during set-up Windows), and that it'll be turned back on after a Windows update. It's essentially a moot point and useless to have the option to turn it off.
@lofl6968 It's quite possible but just remember the Steam Deck is a console first desktop PC second. It is not a normal Linux experience like Ubuntu, Mint, Fedora, ect on an actual PC, well not without a good bit of work.
@@hopelessdecoyBazzite may be worth looking into. It’s a SteamOS replacement built from Fedora’s Atomic variants, but it has a great desktop experience as well. I’m currently running it on my laptop and it works great.
The big problem is most normal folk have no idea this is even going on. My sister just shrugs her shoulders and says "I don't understand any of that so whatever". Then you try and explain it and it changes to "Well It's Microsoft and every company does that, I'm just doing (insert xyz) so it's not like they're going to get anything from me". I'm just a daily driver scrub that's been on linux for about 2 years at this point. As time goes on though I've been sitting in this penguin lawn-chair watching this MS dumpster fire grow and thankful I've been able to break away from Windows. Linux isn't perfect but it has been far less frustrating so far.
Ugh, I hate trying to have this conversation with the people who don't care enough to try and understand so just roll with it. It's such a back and forth and you never get anywhere lol. Well, give it time, and one day they might put it together themselves, and if not that's okay too - at least you tried!
Just wait for it to become a public disaster and eat pop corn and watch. This applies to everything, housing, jobs, education, immigration, families, etc.
This video is on the personal side of this, now imagine what companies think of this. So I'm Company X and each of my windows PCs has an encrypted store of all my business proprietary information of what my employees are doing.
This is literally my reality now, lol. I very much see a lot of other people doing the same, more and more commonly as more time passes. People can only get shoved around for so long before they react and fight back!
@@valcaron if I were to build my own business, yes, 100%, wouldn't even think twice before going full Linux. But when we work for a company, usually you just gotta use what's on their computers, and sadly most still go for Windows
@@wojtek-33 I think most stuff has alternatives for Linux. If you're building something new, there's no reason not to choose an alternative. Over the last few years the only Windows only software with no alternative for Linux that I used was AutoCAD
Linux rules! We have 5 pc's all running Mint, and one running Windows 10 (pirated). We don't pay a penny to MS. It isn't connected to the web, we just use it for certain apps we can't use on Linux.
That's fantastic to hear! Hopefully one day you're able to completely cut Windows out - I don't even want to be valuable to them as a marketing statistic on how many users they have, or whatever value they get from the telemety I missed disabling.
Embedded tools like this are STILL a major pain point for a lot of people. I know people that need machines from 15 years ago to run their equipment :(
I'm using Linux for 9 years as primary OS. I have Windows from my employer, but it's running as VM on Virtualbox on my Linux computer. I no need Windows anymore as regular user. Also many opesource projects getting better year by year. Also more and more companies searching possibility to port their software on Linux platform.
It's very telling that they chose to use Minecraft to demonstrate this "amazing" new feature. A clue to who they are trying to sell it to. Also, isn't Minecraft like, a last decade kind of thing? haven't we move don from that? Show how in touch Microsoft is.
I'm sooo sooo glad I'm not the only one who felt like this. I was really excited for the new X Elite CPU series then Microsoft decides to completely **** up Windows... That recall thing is the biggest red flag I've ever seen. I'm not touching this version of Windows PERIOD.
@@DesignDocsWithJames I hope that recall / copilot crap doesn't get hardwired so much to the point of having to take the worst thing yet on a computer JUST to enjoy a different cpu and not taking it with you meaning you don't get to use this cpu at all.
And the whole specialized "AI" hardware is sussy af too. Running pre-trained neural nets is cheap enough to do on most consumer hardware, or at least compared to the rest of the win11 bloatware. It's training them that really eats up computational resources, hence why specialized hardware is often used. Couple this with the immense amount of data that is coming from what is essentially a screen-recorder and keylogger installed on every windows user's system, and it is quite rational to suspect that MS is hoping to train their neural networks on the consumer's hardware, using the consumer's electricity, paid for on the consumer's dime, on data that the consumer themself provides, all with the very dubious consent of the user because they unwittingly "agreed" to it when they were presented with a box they had to check in order to use their computer. All the data on the internet wasn't enough for them, nope. Their LLMs are plateauing, and when more people catch on, over a year of artificial hype is going to come crashing down on their share prices. This just seems like an effort to wrangle up even more data, even more compute resources, in an effort to score slightly better metrics on their "AI" that they can then show to investors in the hopes of hanging on to this derailing gravy train a little longer.
I switched to Linux Mint awhile ago. Programs like Lutris are amazing for getting Windows Games/Programs running under Linux including Steam with Valves Proton, I can get my entire library going. I am not a huge multiplayer gamer, even then I can still get TF2 and some others like ESO running under Linux. The rest of the games that have Kernel Anti-Cheat which in my opinion feels like a big security hole waiting to happen I don't play anyway.
You'd be surprised about the anticheat - large portions of games are playable even with it! I've played Star Citizen, Halo MCC and Infinite, Helldivers 2, and many others on Linux, using the anticheat! Of course some don't work at all, like Call of Duty, Valorant, etc but I think im getting to the point where I'm just going to stop playing the games that don't support Linux, and vote with my wallet.
@@DesignDocsWithJames yeah this needs attention. The anti-cheat thing is basically a meme now, it is like half a dozen games Linux won't run now and they're all trash games anyway
Out of curiosity, what have you come across on the gaming and hardware front that doesn't work for you yet? I admittedly don't play a ton of modern games and every game I've attempted to play besides Call of Duty has worked for me for both my Steam Deck and my desktop, but that is admittedly a very small sample of the games out there. Software is of course a constant problem, but one improving every day. I don't do anything on the consumer side of software that I would consider "intense" these days where those pieces of software do not have native Linux support (ie, code IDE's, video editing, photo editing, game modding etc is the most I do on my personal kit) but I know a ton of people who do and I yearn for the day where Linux can quite literally be a drop in replacement for 95% of the population. In the modern web era it's so extremely close for a ton of people - Chromebooks prove this! We just need that additional push :)
@@DesignDocsWithJames VR Headsets have a lot of issues (I am a VR game dev, so it's a big issue). ALVR is OKish for the Quest2, but I also have a Pico 3 Link that uses the Display port...and for that, there is nothing yet. If I got that, I would jump in a flash. I already manage several debian headless servers, so switching to desktop would feel natural at this point.
@@DesignDocsWithJames Anti cheat breaks a lot of MP games. I don't have faith everything will just work. Steamdeck is a static target with Valve having a very strong incentive to make everything they can manage work. I don't have the same confidence in Linux desktop yet.
@@DesignDocsWithJames In my case I need to use MS office (mostly excel and word) and a couple other apps for work that don't run on Linux. I refuse to use 365 so I just got a mini PC to fire up when I need to do those tasks at home and moved my 'main' system over to Linux. Not a perfect solution and probably not something everyone would want to do but it works for me.
@@nadtz Why can't Libre Office work for your MS Office work? I use Libre Office for university classes and save as .docx, installed Time New Roman font, and have ZERO issues with compatibility for my assignments.
Remember that one day Microsoft will say "Windows can now be stored on our cloud, so you can have more storage space". And then all this "locally stored data"" will be on their servers.
People seem to have this idea that cloud computing is going to be the main thing very soon. Which, I don't think is true. I think we're at least 10 years off of cloud computing becoming something anyone attempts as a daily-driver sort of thing. Especially considering the main target for that sort of thing would be actively against it, in my opinion. However, something I do see happening pretty soon is Apple making an iPhone that works entirely in the cloud. You want a phone that's as powerful as a PC and has a 30 day battery life? Well, enjoy your handheld brick that only connects to our cloud intranet.
I'm not sure how much I see Apple doing this, but I can 100000000% see Microsoft shipping Surface thin clients that do completely this. An apple thin client would be a very interesting world. I wonder how well that would actually work in practice.
@@DesignDocsWithJames I mean, the more I think about it, it probably would hurt Apple's customer service division a nice bit. They'd also seriously have to try to make a thin device that's obsolescent, lol.
Years ago there was move in US DOD to move from Windows to Linux operating systems. This would allow IT personnel complete control and openness for reviews and actions. They could prove abiding by all laws and save lots of federal funds; almost free, because Windows licenses were expensive. It was turned down by senior management which is why Bill Gates and Microsoft own the world now, including all of those military and intel networks. Regards
I'm personally very bullish on AI, but the feature of Copilot constantly taking screenshots so it can recall what you were doing at any point is not something I would want. There are serious privacy concerns there. They promise it's entirely local, but I don't want that information to get stored at all. I don't really care if it's local. If they change it so I can voluntarily show Copilot my screen only when I want it to before disabling it again, I'll be a bit more okay with that, but looking at the direction Microsoft is headed I don't really have high hopes.
Even worse is the fact that these ARM laptops don't allow you to disable secure boot which means you are stuck with Windows. MS is really wanting to take the smartphone model to the PC
I was an older returning computer science student. 10 years ago at my student job a coworker said that he wouldn't mind companies reading his "surface thoughts" if it made his life a little more convenient. I'm probably a generation older than the presenter of this video, and my generation was just as shocked at the freedoms his generation gave up as much as the shock he has for the next - and how the generation before me was shocked at my willingness. Let's put it this way: most Americans carry corporate sitting devices tracking their location in their pockets. Apple and Google love the smartphones we don't lock down. TV manufacturers live the smart TVs. Auto makers are getting in on the deal. It is all changing fast, and all the young viewers here will be shocked at what is given up when they get to my age. It's the normal cycle.
Windows has been locked up in prison in a Virtual Machine with GPU Pass through for the few games I tend to play that do not work on Linux for months now. I am NEVER daily driving windows again. and Microsoft has people into thinking its the ONLY option for your PC but folks if we all moved to Linux software devs would port to it as they follow the money. As I will be the first to admit not all software has an alternative in Linux.. Run my own custom distro based on Bazzite btw.
When you have a proprietary closed source operating system and piece of software like this that Microsoft is releasing, It would be unwise to suspect the NSA doesn't already have a back door. Of course Microsoft is going to work closely with the US government to make sure they have all the tools they need to surveil the populace given their operating system. This is why Free and open source software is not only convenient but pivotal and necessary for the human race to continue technological progress. Knowledge is power, and Microsoft is afraid of that.
Friendly reminder to everyone that the NSA just out of nowhere dropped Ghidra as open source with no real warning or insight. That kind of implies that they must have something better internally yeah?
I moved to Linux/BSD more than 20 years ago - this is getting weird with those Windows AI pcs - in the case of Snapdragon X elite I would put Linux on it and see if I can disable the NPU to keep it classic, or enable it if I need it.
Well, they do appear to be making a considerable effort to allow Linux to exist on the platform and for that I am grateful. However they do not have great history with the open source community, so time will tell if this sticks around. Fingers crossed it does :)
If you have seen "Doctor Who", this is very close to how the "cybermen" had started out. I like the internet and having the info at hand, but I don't want to be that connected to where everyone knows your thoughts and they can tell you what you can or can't do. Its worse than dealing with tyrants.
I've been using Mint for a couple of years because I'm not super tech-savvy but have been creeped out my MS for a while. A few of my friends have messaged me and said that this is the last straw for them. Even my dad is so disturbed that his desire to be left alone is overriding his desire to not have to learn a new computer thing lol. We're not the sort of people who would normally have used Linux in the past, which is hopefully an indication of things to come. Right now Windows's desktop market share is ~74%. It's still dominant, but 10 years ago it was 89% and 15 years ago it was 95%. In that time, Linux has moved from 0.7% in 2009 to 1.3% in 2014 to just under 4% today. If this general trend continues, eventually the bottom will fall out and the world will be better for it.
And that's why and how this is different to every time before that something like this happened... it's the people like your dad, and the spirit I've been seeing ordinary people take towards this shift - it's anger motivated, sure, but it's also a spirit of "rebellion for its own sake" - I don't identify with this because I'm taking part or because I've believed in a lot of the principles of the FOSS movement since before I knew how to use a computer, but because the motivation is identical to how I approached nearly everything I did as a rebellious and angry at everyone 11 year old. I see people acting like 11 year old me, remember how stubborn he could be, and grab some popcorn and a comfy front row seat. This time, this outrage might actually mean something. Mostly because even people like your dad are angry. I'm enjoying watching the outrage, and in turn you lot being as friendly and helpful as I've ever seen computer nerds ever be. Maybe that year y'all keep harping on is actually coming this time.
Yo James, Zuck here- We’re gonna need you to stop puckering so much. I can’t control your every move if you’re going to restrict blood flow to my fingers.
Just found your channel and I absolutely love your take on this. It’s scary where tech is and where it’s headed and the lay person doesn’t seem to bat an eye anymore. Great video dude! Thanks for being a voice of reason in a place where reason isn’t favored. Liked and subbed!.
I shifted to Linux Mint a few years ago; I find it a lot simpler and more reliable than Windows, and much less likely to send my data to people who hate me.
I deleted my Windows partition a few weeks ago as this privacy crap was starting to come to light with Windows 11. I'm done with it. I don't play any games that require the use of specific anticheat software that is a problem in Linux, so buh bye MS Windows! I've got some of my games running just fine in linux and I'm happy with it.
Glad to see a sane person that could say goodbye to the anticheat spyware. People don't undertand this "but my valorant" fuck valorant. There 1000000 of games that runs perfectly fine "but maahhhhh COD" It's funny how some pc gamers have the console peasant mentality still
Switched to Linux in February of last year because I can't deal with MS bullshit anymore. Feels good to get constant validation for my decision. From my perspective, Windows has been going downhill after 7 and it seems they don't intend to stop any time soon. The way things are going I'd probably not even want to keep a VM/dual boot installation of Windows around for some rare cases/apps where Linux support isn't sufficient yet.
This is very dangerous. I think I'm quite disappointed that they think they could have wrappered this as a positive at all when we've been designing software to stop this from happening for years
microsoft bob was a tool designed for computer illiterates back when only computer nerds actually owned computers. it didnt fail on its merits so much as there wasnt a customer base for it yet. now the computer user base aren't computer people. if they rolled out microsoft bob today, people would use it. they will eat whatever gets put in the trough.
Microsoft is getting crazier each update, I remember a few weeks ago when they decided to add ads in the start menu of windows 11 on a test update, that was crazy, and now they are doing this. I want to migrate over to linux, I can and I'm currently dual-booting EndeavourOS, but I have too much data to move over.
Go slow friend - It took a long time for me to change my thought processes for how I store data in order to make migrations easier, and lots of "UGH I DIDNT BACK UP MY FALLOUT SAVE THATS 200 HOURS GONE" or "Well, I have to now completely remake this video completely from scratch" but it's worth it in the end :)
I keep telling people the same thing is happening on macs. Its ability to track your mouse through multiple computers and the screen sharing it does, add to its accessibility options, there is a full blown keylogger built into the system, and with AI, it could take screen shots of your screen and analyze them to know what is happening, this data is turned to text and could be sent in very small packets on the internet. With AI, they don't even have to hide it anymore.
No, the example in Minecraft was just teaching someone how to play it without looking at the controls. Basically it means it can search indexed or vectorised images if you want help or want to find something (i.e. where you saved that file)
A solution for those who need to use windows only software, have one win 11 pc at your home or business network, run linux desktop on other and run win software only by remote connecting to you win pc. This wont suit all cases but it wotks for our small business. Dual boot is of course another option...
Good luck friend! What distro did you decide to go with? I'm partial to Linux Mint for the newcomers but I'm really growing on Garuda - just wish it was less "#gamer-y" hehe
@@DesignDocsWithJames I started with Mint. I just couldn't get into it. None of them were for me. It just seemed so clunky. I then tried Nobara. I really liked it. But, for some reason it kept disconnecting from my network. No matter what I tried, it would disconnect whenever it felt like it. I also tried Fedora. I like it too, but from what I discovered, it's always in a state of new distro coming. So, I didn't want the haste. Maybe later. So, for now, I have Kubuntu. I'm really liking it. I did add Flatpak. Didn't get rid of the Snaps though. Just added Flatpak. So, for now, I'll stick with it and see.
@@DesignDocsWithJamesfor less gamery arch, you could run arco. That’s also why I didn’t keep Garuda when I was switching back to Linux. I’ve also heard endeavor is ok but I’ve never used it.
@@edwardsdigital I've used endeavour for about 6 months at this point, and have had very few problems. I do game quite a bit, and it has worked well for that as well. The install is very easy also.
I'm a linux systems engineer that has managed a fleet of 2500+ VMs before, in addition to using Linux in some form or another several times over the past 10-15 years on personal devices, and started making this transition in 2020 to eventually fully remove Windows. I think I'll be fine :)
@@DesignDocsWithJames My comment have nothing to do with how UNcapable you are, it is how long it took and it was about how it is being presented. It's not like Windows is just "starting to implement functions to spy on you", and you said you started on 2020... it's 2024! And just on THIS VIDEO you deleted Windows? lol It's like me saying " you know guys? I am done with Apple forcing me to use their own ARM processors! I can't stand it! So, wait 2025, i will sell all my Apple devices!" Like... wtf? Like, you work close to the same job i am working rn, and as a Linux systems engineer you are fed up with Windows NOW? Really? 2500+ vms and no errors to make you want to delete Windows from your entire life? Really? Sorry bro, i really, really doubt that. If not, what i am saying EXACTLY for the opposite reason, you are too capable to just see how absurd this is JUST NOW. And i won't buy that JUST NOW it was the tipping point, AT BEST it was an excuse do finally do it publicly.
I haven't personally used Windows in years, but I've just been _positively thrilled_ with Microsoft for the last couple of years. Windows 11 is quite possibly the greatest thing they've conceived since Windows XP. Keep it up, boys! You're doing great! Come 2025, the long-prophesied "Year of Linux" may finally arrive.
Windows is a corporate product which none of us actually owns. Microsoft can do whatever they want with it at any time, just like Google with Android and Meta with my headsets. We were all hustled into agreeing to terms of service that are insane.
60% people on this planet don't understand that anyway. New generations which started their journey with touch devices they will accept everything as is because they even don't mind that is possible to customize your device and install any OS environment. Corporate knows that and offers every new tech as a service.
I'm debating Linux Mint or Ubuntu because Microsoft sucks either stay on Windows 10 or transition to Linux the Linux Empire has begun!!!! Also if you hate Twitter PLEASE when you get this check out Minds!
I like Mint because it just works. First distribution where I had 0 problems with the package manager. The update manager even lets you update the linux kernel (within their collection of tested kernels) with a couple of clicks. I like it because I don't want to have to fsck around all the time and just use it. Oh and I use the XFCE version because it does all I need and uses less resources.
I think people are finally waking up and experiencing the "You'll own nothing and be happy" statement But when people were trying to raise awareness about such issue, they were called Nutjobs, conspiracy theorists and all words on the dictionary Yup, how about now?
Went back to arch a few weeks ago myself but opted to jump to arco after a week just because I wanted to try it out. Used arch full time for a few years back in 05 but went to windows 7 when it released in 09. I’ve always kept an arch VM because I enjoyed learning the inner workings of Linux, but it was finally time to go back full time.
I always loved linux and I went back in and out because there was always something that bothered me But this copilot shit is making me migrate asap cause I'm done with windows and microsoft bs
This is where I’ve been the last few years. I love linux but windows was just….easier, so it ended up being what id boot into by default. Not anymore. I dont care how painful it is, I draw the line here.
Subbed bro. 100% agreed. Btw been using Linux since 2004. For me Windows was always spyware one way or other, but recent developments are just outrageous. So glad I switched over all those years ago.
Robots will kick peoples ass, you need to save all that wordy code, juafix the dimensions into ass wooping. Affordable stuff = bust their teath with candy, use scare the kids. Hard ass reterick and wealth creshendo, i go camping in my hotel. You gotta leave when nobodies home. Boss lives at work, and then he got them. They live in a dream and then robots jumping for business.
I'm pinning this comment because of the absolute irony of LLM comment spam showing up on this video of all things. God, I love the sick twisted sense of humor of the universe.
We let global CEOs control what we can do and what the world does with our own data - covering up so much so that the ethics are hidden from us. Now compare the modern world with the potential of pen, paper, pencil and rubber.
@@DesignDocsWithJames please no stay on windows. dont invluence people to switch the more people who get on linux for laptops and desktop the more popular it gets. the more popular it gets the more shitification there will be! leave linux alone. just enjoy microcrap
I'm just deciding on what linux distro to start off with (to learn linux, and yes i know, everything is a bit different) . Got a new computer last year, still have old pc. Will be getting linux on old pc 1st, to learn it/play around with it. Then will put on new pc
An interesting thought. I don't know how effective or widespread this will be long term but I can absolutely imagine Microsoft selling a thin-client Surface where all processing is a VM in Azure.
I am just now looking into Linux because of the EOL coming with Win10, which is probably why you popped up in my recommended, but it looks like I am making the right call. Any recommendations for a distro that will work on a daily laptop for a college student?
Plenty, but in order to answer your question I have my own! Honestly, it really depends on your needs. If you're mostly a Google user, for example, you can just keep using Docs and all that in the browser no issue and I'd recommend a beginner friendly distro like Linux Mint. If you're doing high level CAD work, that's something that doesnt really depend on t he distro itself all that much and you can just kind of pick whatever, the software itself is the more important part of that puzzle. If you want to get some ideas for what the "new LInux user experience" is like (not to extremely shamelessly self-plug) but I have done several videos on doing exactly that to see what I like and dont like, so you can see firsthand what the experience is like before you dive in yourself. Of course, I would always recommend just playing! If you dont have older or spare hardware to install the stuff on, virtual machines are much easier to get up and running these days and will work "well enough" for you to get the idea of how they look and feel while using them, and you'll be able to decide if you want to commit longer term. If you want some more discussion on this, my Discord server is also a viable option if you prefer that route (and you might get some other opinions from others there too that might help you make the choice for you!)
@@DesignDocsWithJames I may just have to hop on discord to get some suggestions. I'm not running heavy programs necessarily, but I will be more of a power user, just not right away. Command lines give me headaches but I'm learning. I'm studying cyber security so yeah, I'll probably be a big advocate for the Linux colt by graduation 😂
I switched full time at the end of windows 7. It wasn't a difficult change for me to make as i had been duel booting for years and has always been a wee bit of a distro hoppa. The only thing that kept me tied to MS was MS flight sim but now since the launch of the steamdeck and all valves work on proton all my steam games work perfectly in linux now
1:09 microsoft wasent trying to advertize minecraft, they were just showing how with gpt4o and their integration with computers it dan read your screen and help you do school or anything you want, its already available for ios but with a subscription for gpt plus and on a server instead of locally on an npu
This video's main messages are so correct that I could even agree more! And it's the CEOs taking massive advantage of the clout attached to technology. Technology only provides guidelines to follow to help the user. It's not much different to paper, actually, which is so much better in my opinion. Congratulations dude, for exiting Windows!
Testing out bazzite an atomic distro from the immutable band. I need something that takes care of nvidia, etc and updates with out borking. So far, so good. Remember to use x11 plasma session as wayland menu flickering is a bit distracting atmo. Hopefully incoming Nvidia driver 555 will sort that. But plasma 6 is made for x11 and very smooth and bug free...Games don't stutter or tear.
yeah moved to mint a while ago its definetly got problems but i learned alot fixking a debugging and in the end got it running even better then windows execpt for certain games even with proton but wating for fixes
I'm on windows 10 and I didnt like seeing copilot randomly pop-up in the corner and that made me want to start using linux. I installed debian 12 on an old computer and I'm finding out that everything that I use is ether fully supported, has a better alternatives or needs small tweaks to get things running and that include the games that I play thanks to proton. Its also kinda inspiring me to start learning python
At this point, I'm planning on using Windows maybe twice in the next 6 months- once because I'm making a game and need to test it on Windows, and once because I want to take a look at Phantom Dust.
@@w3w3w3 oh, sweet summer child. You have faith in Microsoft? You do realize it's common knowledge that it is common practice for a companiy to gladly trade constraint fines for the profit they get for consistently breaking the law, are you that or of touch?
optional part is only limited offer the feature where you can turn it off and they integrated the hell of of it its hard to remove it without breaking the whole os
Another fun thing I see coming up with windows is Updates, you'll only get them if you're signed in. Or you'll get free updates for a year, and after that it's a subscription service.
They stopped letting you use your Windows PC without logging into an online account at Windows 10..... Now they want to record every single second of computer use and promise they won't look at or keep any of it? Sure right, I believe you Microsoft! - Sent from Linux Mint PC
Welp. Well, I wanted to learn how to linux anyway....
You’re in luck :) Ive done some previous videos doing “first looks” at a bunch of distros but im taking advantage of this and will be working on an “absolute beginners guide” for how to get started on Linux.
Im hoping itll be done soon but I want to take my time and do it right, not just “oh shit im getting views gotta crap something out” so no real promises on a specific date, other than its my sole focus this three day weekend :)
@@DesignDocsWithJames Looking forward to that, then.
It's not a replacement for Windows, unfortunately, and the learning curve and lack of support for full GUI and Steam and needed Windows programs makes Lunux distros pointless. Apple is worse and proprietary and overpriced. After end of life for Windows 10, you can pay a fee for three years, but why? Windows 11 version 23H2 and above uses artificial intelligence. That's the worst danger. This is wrong!
@@ernies8828 The way I see it, I can either run a two pc setup, keep my old windows 7 and use linux both for work and as my internet gate, or I can buy a bigger pc and use that to either emulate one or switch between the two.
That said, I know enough people who do not use WIndows period.
@@ernies8828
windows is pointless. it's so much more buggy than linux it's actually laughable -- and the different code of paint they put on it every half a decade is unfathomable. the latest edition of windows uses context menu styles from the past ~ten editions. a classic meme by this day and age but it's still nuts. linux has almost everything and more you will ever need. the only reason you might need windows is minor programs that simply won't run (yet) on linux, a recent but rare example of mine being the tp-link powerline program which i didn't end up needing to begin with, or the big programs for which there mostly are replacements. can't use adobe's photoshop? there's gimp, and it's multi-platform.
programmers, sound designers, artists of all kind, basic browser users and others are all using linux today as their main os. and good for them. windows is slowly dying, and by golly with this rhythm we'll see that unix flag hoisted by the end of the next decade _guaranteed._
Remember when Microsoft said Win10 would be the last Windows?
Well, it was for me.
For me too. 2017 was the last year I used Windows.
I moved to Linux in 2006, never looked back.
They've already installed their AI Copilot onto your windows 10 dude.
Win95 was the last for me lol.
@@rustymustard7798 gramps😜
We need to get rid of the “and it’s made with AI, oOoOooOoO!” mentality. I’m unimpressed and exhausted lol
Could be worse. Have you tried talking to anyone who was a computer engineer in the 60's and 70's? oOOooOOOOOOOOooOOOoo PUUUUNNNCHCCCHHHHH CAARRRRDDDSSSSSSS.
For real though, I'm so tired of the AI marketing blitz. If I see you positioning "AI" as a selling feature I automatically purge all time I wasted looking at your product and forget it existed.
@@DesignDocsWithJames As a high school student in the mid-80's, I actually toured a Bank 1 data center that still used punch cards.
AI is shunned and discouraged on the real Internet, i.e., everything outside of the corporate content silos.
AI is cool if it doesn’t harm you. But it does.
A.I is the fall of Humanity.
Microsoft added spyware as "telemetry" way back when they launched windows 10. They even backported it to windows 7 at the very end of its life.
yup I just think it is funny people are waking up to it now 😂I used windows 7 for so long it wasn't even funny
@@escapetherace1943
It was very easy to uninstall the Windows 7 telemetry updates. It's almost impossible to do with Windows 10 and beyond because the malware is baked into the OS itself.
Does anyone know, if I disable the telemetry in Linux, could affect my applications ?
@@russellmania5349 yup win10 was insidious from its release and people praise it just because they didn't know
@@carloschu7127 the linux kernel itself doesn't contain telemetry. distributions like debian might have a package popularity stats, but that is disabled by default. kde desktop environment also has something similar to telemetry however it is turned off by default as well. for both, you have to manually enable them.
Wait until youre generating a private key for a crypto wallet and the AI copy and pastes it and steals your bitcoin.
I am afraid, Dave, YOU can't do that!
Nah, that’s only if you have the wrong opinions. What’s there to worry about 😂
Or some hacker who gets access to their cloud because they left in some exploit due to spaghetti code.
@@alrightsquinky7798its wrong to own bitcoin because
Bingo. Artificial intelligence is the main reason I refuse upgrading to Windows 11 Pro, mainly because of version 23H2 and above has A.I. embedded. It's bad enough with it on apps, which most you can avoid, but once you connect to the internet of things, it will be risky.
LINUX calls all you innocent Windows victims!
COME!
Is it more welcoming than it used to be? Used to be windows users trying to learn Linux were treated like garbage for asking for help with things.
I've got LinuxMint downloading now... is that the one to go for? I don't want something TOO dislike Windows so I can at least muddle my way around a bit.
@@CamMcGinn1981hey! I daily drive Linux and hope to see a new face haha. Linux has definitely become very user friendly. The community can be iffy tho unfortunately, but don't let that discourage you! Linux mint is great for beginners. Another I might recommend is zorinOS! It us very windows like. While Linux does have its issues at times, it has been an absolute joy to use and learn! I cannot recommend it enough! If you ever need help using Linux mint, just reply to this comment and I'd be happy to assist you :) good luck on your Linux journey internet friend!
Already breaked my head with these package installers "dependencies" *never gonna touch linux again*
As an experienced user dont blame me for "OoH WINdOws sPYwaRE blah blah" i just debloated that all manually by the registry.
@@CamMcGinn1981 Make sure you always look up help from the Ubuntu related forums, then you should be good. Anywhere else is just as toxic as ever though.
I left windows when 7 died and i used ubuntu than went to garuda Linux than to arcoLinjx and called it good i just couldnt use 10 with its spyware 11 went way way to far 😂
The thing that really makes me mad is thinking about how much wasted potential there is in every facet of the modern world. Imagine if companies weren't harvesting and selling our data, and a program like Recall really was only local, and we really could trust Microsoft. It would be revolutionary and helpful in so many ways for so many people. Imagine if Facebook were really just used to share pictures and chat with family in a simple interface. Imagine if reddit weren't run by a capitalistic tool and remained a free place for communities to come together and talk about shared interests with no ulterior motives. Imagine if Microsoft spent developer time improving Windows and adding features that people wanted instead of harvesting all our data and serving ads to us.
You could extend this out further into other areas, like healthcare. Imagine if (in the US) Washington wasn't run by lobbyists and the government actually worked for the people instead of the corporations. Imagine healthcare for all without multi billion dollar industry middlemen taking their cut and letting the 99% pick up the pieces. Most of all of this boils down to late stage capitalism. It's all just so depressing when you think about where we are and where we could be as a species.
we have the capacity to feed, clothe, and house every human in existence, and we just... don't, because of our collective obsession with an arbitrary system of token exchange. It's maddening.
We need the return of good dictators.
@@Ay-xq7mj that is a tautology, but I understand the impulse. Better, though harder, is improving systems and insulating them from the worst human impulses.
@paultapping9510
Imposible.
One of the worst human impulses today is the wanting of eliminating token exchange system.
You are breaking your legs triying to run man.
@@christiangonzalez6945 mm, it is indeed easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism.
"You can easily find the same recipe again" yeah just search recipe in your browser history, instead of having AI tell us just tell people how to better use a computer. This is 100% about greed and control, but the average person isn't going to notice because we still have so many people who don't understand computers at a basic level
At tgis point it's not even people not understanding computers . I feel a massive amount of the population has gotten so simple minded living in this narcissistic overly cynical bubble about things .People just lack seeing the bigger picture in all areas of life while thinking they're intelligent while never having basic logic . I feel sad for some these fools
Microsoft heard that all the kids want to be streamers, and now they can be as they stream all your data to their servers once they sneakily change the TOS.
After IA Microsoft announcement I definitely put all in Linux and made a complete migration.
I love to hear it!!!! Its the only way to get the point across.
Don't expect from Linux to work like Windows - especially in case of how programs are installed on system.
@@wiktorwektor123Flatpaks
@@hazeydaze8396 Flatpacks are crap. Yet another duplication of libraries and they don't respect theme settings.
@@wiktorwektor123yeah man, one of the most frustrating things about linux is unless you find an appimage, it’s almost impossible to get some obscure program that no one has touched in years to work.
Glad I switched to Linux full time 3 years ago. I genuinely do not miss Windows in the slightest.
I'm happy to have finally bitten the bullet! Honestly, it's something I've been able to do for years now, but I finally have the motivation to "just do it!" :D
I’m staying with Windows 10 until the true end of life. Used a script to disable ALL of the bloatware in it. The more of this news about AI in the latest versions of windows, the more appealing Ubuntu looks
I switched in 2022 and do not regret it one bit, but there is one thing I miss about Windows, and that's AutoHotkey. There isn't a real equivalent on Linux that can do everything AHK does.
@@scott7305what script? 👎🤦♂️
The hype around the Steamdeck got my to test it out, fully switched within months, fully deleted Windows just a few months ago.
Biggest issue was that I used Sketchup 2017 for my 3D modeling projects, had to teach myself Blender but it was so very worth it for a far better suite of tools, baring 1 or 2 games my Steam Library has worked great on Linux so far too, and even those games with issues have improved dramatically in the 2~3 years since I switched, And Garuda Linux is my personal go-to for some of the extras it has pre-configured to help newbies like me
I switched to Linux a couple years ago when I got mad out about being forced to sign in with a Microsoft account and all the work-arounds slowly disappearing. Switching was a bit of a pain but less of a pain than I thought it would be and I was mad enough at the time to stick through the learning curve out of spite. These new AI "features" make me very glad about my choice.
This is about when I first started diving in myself. I just needed that final push off the ledge. Honestly, its probably for the better to get me to stop playing some garbage video games for my mental wellbeing :D
There are ways to bypass the Windows account requirement. I don't need to use an MS account to use my PC.
@@Grizazzle oh I know but the number of working ways to get around needing an account keep shrinking and it gets more difficult. at the time i figured it was best to at least learn to use an alternative for when non of the work-arounds work anymore instead of waiting.
Sometimes being good and mad is the best way to get something done well. Always worked for my mum learning regulations and school policies to protect me and my brother.
Spite is quite a good motivator
Imagine we are all going to start to see Recall Dumps of peoples internet habits being traded online. What a train wreck!
This is the thing that scares me. This is the new database dump - why bother attacking the database when you can just see what everyone's passwords are in their Recall dump?
If you use windows on your work computer, the ability to micro-manage you is about to make a quantum leap.
I was talking about this to my coworkers earlier today. Like, the Office 365 analytics are already insanely aggressive and quite frankly creepy, and using third party tools is always frowned upon when you can use the built in one for cheaper and more effectively!
I need to take a shower after thinking about how slimy that is, I feel so gross and violated.
Apparently you can turn Recall off, but I don't believe that actually *stops* it from recording, only makes you think it does.
yes you need a bulletproof firewall against that corpoSpyware/BitlockerRansomware
Yeah, I wouldnt trust Miscrosoft. Everytime Win10 would update it would reset your settings, and add in crap you dont need.
But it does record anyway, even now
The same as "turning off" regular copilot no doubt. You can follow the instructions, enable the disable copilot option (deliberately confusing way of doing it btw), but it'll still be there and working. Turning it off does actually nothing.
I mean, of course you can turn it off. But the fact that it's turned on by default (and it cannot be turned off during set-up Windows), and that it'll be turned back on after a Windows update. It's essentially a moot point and useless to have the option to turn it off.
They call it Windows because they can just look into your home through their Windows.
😂
Microsoft is off the hook with this crap at this point! Hello Linux Mint, Debian and Fedora.
Heck, at this point I'd prefer to use my Steam Deck as my daily use PC! :D
tumbleweed too!
@lofl6968 It's quite possible but just remember the Steam Deck is a console first desktop PC second. It is not a normal Linux experience like Ubuntu, Mint, Fedora, ect on an actual PC, well not without a good bit of work.
@@hopelessdecoyBazzite may be worth looking into. It’s a SteamOS replacement built from Fedora’s Atomic variants, but it has a great desktop experience as well. I’m currently running it on my laptop and it works great.
@@alucardhellsing9640opensuse gang
The big problem is most normal folk have no idea this is even going on. My sister just shrugs her shoulders and says "I don't understand any of that so whatever". Then you try and explain it and it changes to "Well It's Microsoft and every company does that, I'm just doing (insert xyz) so it's not like they're going to get anything from me". I'm just a daily driver scrub that's been on linux for about 2 years at this point. As time goes on though I've been sitting in this penguin lawn-chair watching this MS dumpster fire grow and thankful I've been able to break away from Windows. Linux isn't perfect but it has been far less frustrating so far.
Ugh, I hate trying to have this conversation with the people who don't care enough to try and understand so just roll with it. It's such a back and forth and you never get anywhere lol. Well, give it time, and one day they might put it together themselves, and if not that's okay too - at least you tried!
Just wait for it to become a public disaster and eat pop corn and watch. This applies to everything, housing, jobs, education, immigration, families, etc.
I stop caring what other people think and make sure my house is in order.
This video is on the personal side of this, now imagine what companies think of this. So I'm Company X and each of my windows PCs has an encrypted store of all my business proprietary information of what my employees are doing.
@@Ay-xq7mj "Pull up a lawn chair, have some popcorn, wait for this to all blow over."
I envision a future where businesses use Windows and Joe Public uses Linux.
This is literally my reality now, lol. I very much see a lot of other people doing the same, more and more commonly as more time passes. People can only get shoved around for so long before they react and fight back!
Nah, if I were running a business I'd consider Windows a security liability at this point.
@@valcaron if I were to build my own business, yes, 100%, wouldn't even think twice before going full Linux. But when we work for a company, usually you just gotta use what's on their computers, and sadly most still go for Windows
@@wojtek-33 I think most stuff has alternatives for Linux. If you're building something new, there's no reason not to choose an alternative. Over the last few years the only Windows only software with no alternative for Linux that I used was AutoCAD
@@WolfiiDog13 also you have wine to use windows soft
Linux rules! We have 5 pc's all running Mint, and one running Windows 10 (pirated). We don't pay a penny to MS. It isn't connected to the web, we just use it for certain apps we can't use on Linux.
Same here. I have a little Windows 10 netbook to run my USB oscilloscope, EEPROM burner, and logic analyzer. Everything else is Linux.
That's fantastic to hear! Hopefully one day you're able to completely cut Windows out - I don't even want to be valuable to them as a marketing statistic on how many users they have, or whatever value they get from the telemety I missed disabling.
Embedded tools like this are STILL a major pain point for a lot of people. I know people that need machines from 15 years ago to run their equipment :(
I'm using Linux for 9 years as primary OS. I have Windows from my employer, but it's running as VM on Virtualbox on my Linux computer. I no need Windows anymore as regular user. Also many opesource projects getting better year by year. Also more and more companies searching possibility to port their software on Linux platform.
I dont know how they don't see how much of a privacy concern this is. Its pretty bizzare to be honest.
Maybe they do and just don't care? Most likely nothing will be done about it.
you don't think they know that?? Oh you poor sweet summer child,wait until you find out everything about corporates and what they are about
you don't think they know that?? Oh you poor sweet summer child,wait until you find out everything about corporates and what they are about
You don't want Clippy helping you win Minecraft?
honestly i would 100% prefer having Clippy be the end result of this lmao
For years I've wanted to develop a pharmaceutical that will make everyone see clippy all the time.
It's very telling that they chose to use Minecraft to demonstrate this "amazing" new feature. A clue to who they are trying to sell it to.
Also, isn't Minecraft like, a last decade kind of thing? haven't we move don from that? Show how in touch Microsoft is.
@@DesignDocsWithJamessame
Clippy is life. Clippy is love.
I'm sooo sooo glad I'm not the only one who felt like this. I was really excited for the new X Elite CPU series then Microsoft decides to completely **** up Windows... That recall thing is the biggest red flag I've ever seen.
I'm not touching this version of Windows PERIOD.
Absolutely. Its time more than ever for the Year of the Linux Desktop!
Ikr?
@@DesignDocsWithJames I hope that recall / copilot crap doesn't get hardwired so much to the point of having to take the worst thing yet on a computer JUST to enjoy a different cpu and not taking it with you meaning you don't get to use this cpu at all.
And the whole specialized "AI" hardware is sussy af too. Running pre-trained neural nets is cheap enough to do on most consumer hardware, or at least compared to the rest of the win11 bloatware. It's training them that really eats up computational resources, hence why specialized hardware is often used.
Couple this with the immense amount of data that is coming from what is essentially a screen-recorder and keylogger installed on every windows user's system, and it is quite rational to suspect that MS is hoping to train their neural networks on the consumer's hardware, using the consumer's electricity, paid for on the consumer's dime, on data that the consumer themself provides, all with the very dubious consent of the user because they unwittingly "agreed" to it when they were presented with a box they had to check in order to use their computer.
All the data on the internet wasn't enough for them, nope. Their LLMs are plateauing, and when more people catch on, over a year of artificial hype is going to come crashing down on their share prices. This just seems like an effort to wrangle up even more data, even more compute resources, in an effort to score slightly better metrics on their "AI" that they can then show to investors in the hopes of hanging on to this derailing gravy train a little longer.
I switched to Linux Mint awhile ago. Programs like Lutris are amazing for getting Windows Games/Programs running under Linux including Steam with Valves Proton, I can get my entire library going. I am not a huge multiplayer gamer, even then I can still get TF2 and some others like ESO running under Linux. The rest of the games that have Kernel Anti-Cheat which in my opinion feels like a big security hole waiting to happen I don't play anyway.
You'd be surprised about the anticheat - large portions of games are playable even with it! I've played Star Citizen, Halo MCC and Infinite, Helldivers 2, and many others on Linux, using the anticheat!
Of course some don't work at all, like Call of Duty, Valorant, etc but I think im getting to the point where I'm just going to stop playing the games that don't support Linux, and vote with my wallet.
TF2 is native to Linux.
@@DesignDocsWithJames yeah this needs attention. The anti-cheat thing is basically a meme now, it is like half a dozen games Linux won't run now and they're all trash games anyway
If all my games/hardware/software worked in Linux I'd switch in a heartbeat. Maybe one day.
Out of curiosity, what have you come across on the gaming and hardware front that doesn't work for you yet? I admittedly don't play a ton of modern games and every game I've attempted to play besides Call of Duty has worked for me for both my Steam Deck and my desktop, but that is admittedly a very small sample of the games out there.
Software is of course a constant problem, but one improving every day. I don't do anything on the consumer side of software that I would consider "intense" these days where those pieces of software do not have native Linux support (ie, code IDE's, video editing, photo editing, game modding etc is the most I do on my personal kit) but I know a ton of people who do and I yearn for the day where Linux can quite literally be a drop in replacement for 95% of the population.
In the modern web era it's so extremely close for a ton of people - Chromebooks prove this! We just need that additional push :)
@@DesignDocsWithJames VR Headsets have a lot of issues (I am a VR game dev, so it's a big issue). ALVR is OKish for the Quest2, but I also have a Pico 3 Link that uses the Display port...and for that, there is nothing yet. If I got that, I would jump in a flash. I already manage several debian headless servers, so switching to desktop would feel natural at this point.
@@DesignDocsWithJames Anti cheat breaks a lot of MP games. I don't have faith everything will just work. Steamdeck is a static target with Valve having a very strong incentive to make everything they can manage work. I don't have the same confidence in Linux desktop yet.
@@DesignDocsWithJames In my case I need to use MS office (mostly excel and word) and a couple other apps for work that don't run on Linux. I refuse to use 365 so I just got a mini PC to fire up when I need to do those tasks at home and moved my 'main' system over to Linux. Not a perfect solution and probably not something everyone would want to do but it works for me.
@@nadtz Why can't Libre Office work for your MS Office work? I use Libre Office for university classes and save as .docx, installed Time New Roman font, and have ZERO issues with compatibility for my assignments.
Remember that one day Microsoft will say "Windows can now be stored on our cloud, so you can have more storage space". And then all this "locally stored data"" will be on their servers.
Technically they have access and will use it if they really really want ;)
People seem to have this idea that cloud computing is going to be the main thing very soon. Which, I don't think is true. I think we're at least 10 years off of cloud computing becoming something anyone attempts as a daily-driver sort of thing. Especially considering the main target for that sort of thing would be actively against it, in my opinion. However, something I do see happening pretty soon is Apple making an iPhone that works entirely in the cloud. You want a phone that's as powerful as a PC and has a 30 day battery life? Well, enjoy your handheld brick that only connects to our cloud intranet.
I'm not sure how much I see Apple doing this, but I can 100000000% see Microsoft shipping Surface thin clients that do completely this.
An apple thin client would be a very interesting world. I wonder how well that would actually work in practice.
@@DesignDocsWithJames I mean, the more I think about it, it probably would hurt Apple's customer service division a nice bit. They'd also seriously have to try to make a thin device that's obsolescent, lol.
Years ago there was move in US DOD to move from Windows to Linux operating systems. This would allow IT personnel complete control and openness for reviews and actions. They could prove abiding by all laws and save lots of federal funds; almost free, because Windows licenses were expensive.
It was turned down by senior management which is why Bill Gates and Microsoft own the world now, including all of those military and intel networks.
Regards
I just typed in "Linux" in the yt search and this video was the first result..
It's a sign take it
oh, you too ?
I'm personally very bullish on AI, but the feature of Copilot constantly taking screenshots so it can recall what you were doing at any point is not something I would want. There are serious privacy concerns there. They promise it's entirely local, but I don't want that information to get stored at all. I don't really care if it's local.
If they change it so I can voluntarily show Copilot my screen only when I want it to before disabling it again, I'll be a bit more okay with that, but looking at the direction Microsoft is headed I don't really have high hopes.
I knew that Copliot was a Trojan horse!
Ya, I think it is like Mosucker RAT (Trojan) you can take screen snapshots and watch key inputs.
Even worse is the fact that these ARM laptops don't allow you to disable secure boot which means you are stuck with Windows. MS is really wanting to take the smartphone model to the PC
I subscribed just because of you becoming a full time Linux user and abandoning Windows. Welcome aboard the Linux train!
I was an older returning computer science student. 10 years ago at my student job a coworker said that he wouldn't mind companies reading his "surface thoughts" if it made his life a little more convenient.
I'm probably a generation older than the presenter of this video, and my generation was just as shocked at the freedoms his generation gave up as much as the shock he has for the next - and how the generation before me was shocked at my willingness.
Let's put it this way: most Americans carry corporate sitting devices tracking their location in their pockets. Apple and Google love the smartphones we don't lock down. TV manufacturers live the smart TVs. Auto makers are getting in on the deal. It is all changing fast, and all the young viewers here will be shocked at what is given up when they get to my age. It's the normal cycle.
Windows has been locked up in prison in a Virtual Machine with GPU Pass through for the few games I tend to play that do not work on Linux for months now. I am NEVER daily driving windows again. and Microsoft has people into thinking its the ONLY option for your PC but folks if we all moved to Linux software devs would port to it as they follow the money. As I will be the first to admit not all software has an alternative in Linux.. Run my own custom distro based on Bazzite btw.
Absolutely! I follow the same mindset with my creative tools. I use Davinci Resolve and Affinity Design suite for the same reason!
@@DesignDocsWithJames Yep I use both Davinci and Affinity also
When you have a proprietary closed source operating system and piece of software like this that Microsoft is releasing, It would be unwise to suspect the NSA doesn't already have a back door. Of course Microsoft is going to work closely with the US government to make sure they have all the tools they need to surveil the populace given their operating system. This is why Free and open source software is not only convenient but pivotal and necessary for the human race to continue technological progress. Knowledge is power, and Microsoft is afraid of that.
Friendly reminder to everyone that the NSA just out of nowhere dropped Ghidra as open source with no real warning or insight. That kind of implies that they must have something better internally yeah?
@@DesignDocsWithJames so true boo ♥️
If you give up liberty for security, you will eventually lose both.
The bloat of surveillance is unbelievable.
Just a preparation for the Social Credit Score AI build in Windows 12
haha jokes on them my credit is already shit
oh wait you meant social credit
haha jokes on them my social credit is already shit
I moved to Linux/BSD more than 20 years ago - this is getting weird with those Windows AI pcs - in the case of Snapdragon X elite I would put Linux on it and see if I can disable the NPU to keep it classic, or enable it if I need it.
Well, they do appear to be making a considerable effort to allow Linux to exist on the platform and for that I am grateful. However they do not have great history with the open source community, so time will tell if this sticks around. Fingers crossed it does :)
Preach my guy. Get windows out of your life people while you still can.
If you have seen "Doctor Who", this is very close to how the "cybermen" had started out. I like the internet and having the info at hand, but I don't want to be that connected to where everyone knows your thoughts and they can tell you what you can or can't do. Its worse than dealing with tyrants.
They are your ruler
@@IrrationalDelusion I prefer a tape measure
I've been using Mint for a couple of years because I'm not super tech-savvy but have been creeped out my MS for a while. A few of my friends have messaged me and said that this is the last straw for them. Even my dad is so disturbed that his desire to be left alone is overriding his desire to not have to learn a new computer thing lol. We're not the sort of people who would normally have used Linux in the past, which is hopefully an indication of things to come. Right now Windows's desktop market share is ~74%. It's still dominant, but 10 years ago it was 89% and 15 years ago it was 95%. In that time, Linux has moved from 0.7% in 2009 to 1.3% in 2014 to just under 4% today. If this general trend continues, eventually the bottom will fall out and the world will be better for it.
And that's why and how this is different to every time before that something like this happened... it's the people like your dad, and the spirit I've been seeing ordinary people take towards this shift - it's anger motivated, sure, but it's also a spirit of "rebellion for its own sake" - I don't identify with this because I'm taking part or because I've believed in a lot of the principles of the FOSS movement since before I knew how to use a computer, but because the motivation is identical to how I approached nearly everything I did as a rebellious and angry at everyone 11 year old. I see people acting like 11 year old me, remember how stubborn he could be, and grab some popcorn and a comfy front row seat. This time, this outrage might actually mean something. Mostly because even people like your dad are angry. I'm enjoying watching the outrage, and in turn you lot being as friendly and helpful as I've ever seen computer nerds ever be.
Maybe that year y'all keep harping on is actually coming this time.
Yo James, Zuck here-
We’re gonna need you to stop puckering so much. I can’t control your every move if you’re going to restrict blood flow to my fingers.
Jokes on you Cucc, we all know you’re a lizard man and therefore have no blood flow! I’m on to you! 👀
Just found your channel and I absolutely love your take on this. It’s scary where tech is and where it’s headed and the lay person doesn’t seem to bat an eye anymore. Great video dude! Thanks for being a voice of reason in a place where reason isn’t favored. Liked and subbed!.
I shifted to Linux Mint a few years ago; I find it a lot simpler and more reliable than Windows, and much less likely to send my data to people who hate me.
I deleted my Windows partition a few weeks ago as this privacy crap was starting to come to light with Windows 11. I'm done with it. I don't play any games that require the use of specific anticheat software that is a problem in Linux, so buh bye MS Windows! I've got some of my games running just fine in linux and I'm happy with it.
Glad to see a sane person that could say goodbye to the anticheat spyware.
People don't undertand this "but my valorant" fuck valorant.
There 1000000 of games that runs perfectly fine "but maahhhhh COD"
It's funny how some pc gamers have the console peasant mentality still
Switched to Linux in February of last year because I can't deal with MS bullshit anymore. Feels good to get constant validation for my decision. From my perspective, Windows has been going downhill after 7 and it seems they don't intend to stop any time soon.
The way things are going I'd probably not even want to keep a VM/dual boot installation of Windows around for some rare cases/apps where Linux support isn't sufficient yet.
Great rule of thumb: LLMs are not datasets. They are statistical models of datasets.
Windows 11 is the greatest advert for Linux there has ever been
This is very dangerous. I think I'm quite disappointed that they think they could have wrappered this as a positive at all when we've been designing software to stop this from happening for years
I feel the same way, I was already moving in the same direction but now I'm moving all my systems to linux, I'm done putting up with their behavior.
People rejected Microsoft Bob, but that was 30 years ago and people were put together differently back then.
microsoft bob was a tool designed for computer illiterates back when only computer nerds actually owned computers. it didnt fail on its merits so much as there wasnt a customer base for it yet.
now the computer user base aren't computer people. if they rolled out microsoft bob today, people would use it. they will eat whatever gets put in the trough.
It didn't help that computers at the time were not quite powerful enough to really run Bob properly, Bob was so bizarrely out-spec'd for the time.
Couldn’t agree more, this is batshit crazy but fully unacceptable on any level.
Microsoft is getting crazier each update, I remember a few weeks ago when they decided to add ads in the start menu of windows 11 on a test update, that was crazy, and now they are doing this. I want to migrate over to linux, I can and I'm currently dual-booting EndeavourOS, but I have too much data to move over.
Go slow friend - It took a long time for me to change my thought processes for how I store data in order to make migrations easier, and lots of "UGH I DIDNT BACK UP MY FALLOUT SAVE THATS 200 HOURS GONE" or "Well, I have to now completely remake this video completely from scratch" but it's worth it in the end :)
I keep telling people the same thing is happening on macs. Its ability to track your mouse through multiple computers and the screen sharing it does, add to its accessibility options, there is a full blown keylogger built into the system, and with AI, it could take screen shots of your screen and analyze them to know what is happening, this data is turned to text and could be sent in very small packets on the internet. With AI, they don't even have to hide it anymore.
No, the example in Minecraft was just teaching someone how to play it without looking at the controls. Basically it means it can search indexed or vectorised images if you want help or want to find something (i.e. where you saved that file)
A solution for those who need to use windows only software, have one win 11 pc at your home or business network, run linux desktop on other and run win software only by remote connecting to you win pc. This wont suit all cases but it wotks for our small business. Dual boot is of course another option...
I am switching all of our pcs to linux. I'm migrating now.
Good luck friend! What distro did you decide to go with? I'm partial to Linux Mint for the newcomers but I'm really growing on Garuda - just wish it was less "#gamer-y" hehe
@@DesignDocsWithJames I started with Mint. I just couldn't get into it. None of them were for me. It just seemed so clunky.
I then tried Nobara. I really liked it. But, for some reason it kept disconnecting from my network. No matter what I tried, it would disconnect whenever it felt like it. I also tried Fedora. I like it too, but from what I discovered, it's always in a state of new distro coming. So, I didn't want the haste. Maybe later.
So, for now, I have Kubuntu. I'm really liking it. I did add Flatpak. Didn't get rid of the Snaps though. Just added Flatpak. So, for now, I'll stick with it and see.
@@DesignDocsWithJamesfor less gamery arch, you could run arco. That’s also why I didn’t keep Garuda when I was switching back to Linux. I’ve also heard endeavor is ok but I’ve never used it.
@@edwardsdigital I've used endeavour for about 6 months at this point, and have had very few problems. I do game quite a bit, and it has worked well for that as well. The install is very easy also.
“key logging?? ppffft. that’s cute” -microsoft
"Shit, our windows 10 telemetry keylogger is totally working but we need more perverted and sick data tracking! What do we do?????"
"I go Linux full time!"
I am pressing X for doubt on this one...
I'm a linux systems engineer that has managed a fleet of 2500+ VMs before, in addition to using Linux in some form or another several times over the past 10-15 years on personal devices, and started making this transition in 2020 to eventually fully remove Windows.
I think I'll be fine :)
@@DesignDocsWithJames My comment have nothing to do with how UNcapable you are, it is how long it took and it was about how it is being presented.
It's not like Windows is just "starting to implement functions to spy on you", and you said you started on 2020... it's 2024! And just on THIS VIDEO you deleted Windows? lol
It's like me saying " you know guys? I am done with Apple forcing me to use their own ARM processors! I can't stand it! So, wait 2025, i will sell all my Apple devices!" Like... wtf?
Like, you work close to the same job i am working rn, and as a Linux systems engineer you are fed up with Windows NOW? Really? 2500+ vms and no errors to make you want to delete Windows from your entire life? Really? Sorry bro, i really, really doubt that.
If not, what i am saying EXACTLY for the opposite reason, you are too capable to just see how absurd this is JUST NOW. And i won't buy that JUST NOW it was the tipping point, AT BEST it was an excuse do finally do it publicly.
18:52 This is already trivial on Windows btw
Although some password managers create a new desktop (similar to UAC)
I hate it when Zuck turns up with the rubber gloves.
He...he uses gloves with you????? T.T
Love ya work chap!
I haven't personally used Windows in years, but I've just been _positively thrilled_ with Microsoft for the last couple of years.
Windows 11 is quite possibly the greatest thing they've conceived since Windows XP.
Keep it up, boys! You're doing great! Come 2025, the long-prophesied "Year of Linux" may finally arrive.
Windows is a corporate product which none of us actually owns. Microsoft can do whatever they want with it at any time, just like Google with Android and Meta with my headsets.
We were all hustled into agreeing to terms of service that are insane.
60% people on this planet don't understand that anyway. New generations which started their journey with touch devices they will accept everything as is because they even don't mind that is possible to customize your device and install any OS environment. Corporate knows that and offers every new tech as a service.
You just can’t suddenly realize that you don’t agree because it’s complicated intentionally. No alternative if you do.
I'm debating Linux Mint or Ubuntu because Microsoft sucks either stay on Windows 10 or transition to Linux the Linux Empire has begun!!!! Also if you hate Twitter PLEASE when you get this check out Minds!
I like Mint because it just works. First distribution where I had 0 problems with the package manager. The update manager even lets you update the linux kernel (within their collection of tested kernels) with a couple of clicks. I like it because I don't want to have to fsck around all the time and just use it. Oh and I use the XFCE version because it does all I need and uses less resources.
My SteamDeck has prepared me for this time. Thank you Proton!
I think people are finally waking up and experiencing the "You'll own nothing and be happy" statement
But when people were trying to raise awareness about such issue, they were called Nutjobs, conspiracy theorists and all words on the dictionary
Yup, how about now?
Check the comments - I was still called a tinfoil hatter a few times, also common to see “lmao NOW you are concerned?”
Hello from Arch Linux. Just did the same. 🙂
Hello from Garuda Linux - because im lazy :D i really need to do an Arch Bringup video one of these days.
@@DesignDocsWithJames I have Garuda running on my miniPC. lol
Went back to arch a few weeks ago myself but opted to jump to arco after a week just because I wanted to try it out. Used arch full time for a few years back in 05 but went to windows 7 when it released in 09. I’ve always kept an arch VM because I enjoyed learning the inner workings of Linux, but it was finally time to go back full time.
I always loved linux and I went back in and out because there was always something that bothered me
But this copilot shit is making me migrate asap cause I'm done with windows and microsoft bs
This is where I’ve been the last few years. I love linux but windows was just….easier, so it ended up being what id boot into by default. Not anymore. I dont care how painful it is, I draw the line here.
maybe i missed the info on the video, did you mentioned what Linux you chose runing?
Subbed bro. 100% agreed. Btw been using Linux since 2004. For me Windows was always spyware one way or other, but recent developments are just outrageous. So glad I switched over all those years ago.
Robots will kick peoples ass, you need to save all that wordy code, juafix the dimensions into ass wooping. Affordable stuff = bust their teath with candy, use scare the kids. Hard ass reterick and wealth creshendo, i go camping in my hotel. You gotta leave when nobodies home. Boss lives at work, and then he got them. They live in a dream and then robots jumping for business.
I'm pinning this comment because of the absolute irony of LLM comment spam showing up on this video of all things. God, I love the sick twisted sense of humor of the universe.
Ay you domo origato Mr Roboto, calculate the square root of pi...without rounding. We'll wait. Also, this statement is false.
We let global CEOs control what we can do and what the world does with our own data - covering up so much so that the ethics are hidden from us. Now compare the modern world with the potential of pen, paper, pencil and rubber.
@@DesignDocsWithJames please no stay on windows. dont invluence people to switch the more people who get on linux for laptops and desktop the more popular it gets. the more popular it gets the more shitification there will be! leave linux alone. just enjoy microcrap
@@DesignDocsWithJames there is no way this is ai spam it sounds too nonsense
I'm just deciding on what linux distro to start off with (to learn linux, and yes i know, everything is a bit different) . Got a new computer last year, still have old pc. Will be getting linux on old pc 1st, to learn it/play around with it. Then will put on new pc
I guess this is part of the transition to fully online cloud OS.
An interesting thought. I don't know how effective or widespread this will be long term but I can absolutely imagine Microsoft selling a thin-client Surface where all processing is a VM in Azure.
We must defeat them.
I am just now looking into Linux because of the EOL coming with Win10, which is probably why you popped up in my recommended, but it looks like I am making the right call. Any recommendations for a distro that will work on a daily laptop for a college student?
Plenty, but in order to answer your question I have my own!
Honestly, it really depends on your needs. If you're mostly a Google user, for example, you can just keep using Docs and all that in the browser no issue and I'd recommend a beginner friendly distro like Linux Mint. If you're doing high level CAD work, that's something that doesnt really depend on t he distro itself all that much and you can just kind of pick whatever, the software itself is the more important part of that puzzle.
If you want to get some ideas for what the "new LInux user experience" is like (not to extremely shamelessly self-plug) but I have done several videos on doing exactly that to see what I like and dont like, so you can see firsthand what the experience is like before you dive in yourself.
Of course, I would always recommend just playing! If you dont have older or spare hardware to install the stuff on, virtual machines are much easier to get up and running these days and will work "well enough" for you to get the idea of how they look and feel while using them, and you'll be able to decide if you want to commit longer term.
If you want some more discussion on this, my Discord server is also a viable option if you prefer that route (and you might get some other opinions from others there too that might help you make the choice for you!)
@@DesignDocsWithJames I may just have to hop on discord to get some suggestions. I'm not running heavy programs necessarily, but I will be more of a power user, just not right away. Command lines give me headaches but I'm learning. I'm studying cyber security so yeah, I'll probably be a big advocate for the Linux colt by graduation 😂
I switched full time at the end of windows 7. It wasn't a difficult change for me to make as i had been duel booting for years and has always been a wee bit of a distro hoppa. The only thing that kept me tied to MS was MS flight sim but now since the launch of the steamdeck and all valves work on proton all my steam games work perfectly in linux now
1:09 microsoft wasent trying to advertize minecraft, they were just showing how with gpt4o and their integration with computers it dan read your screen and help you do school or anything you want, its already available for ios but with a subscription for gpt plus and on a server instead of locally on an npu
This video's main messages are so correct that I could even agree more! And it's the CEOs taking massive advantage of the clout attached to technology. Technology only provides guidelines to follow to help the user. It's not much different to paper, actually, which is so much better in my opinion.
Congratulations dude, for exiting Windows!
Great video.
Testing out bazzite an atomic distro from the immutable band. I need something that takes care of nvidia, etc and updates with out borking. So far, so good. Remember to use x11 plasma session as wayland menu flickering is a bit distracting atmo. Hopefully incoming Nvidia driver 555 will sort that. But plasma 6 is made for x11 and very smooth and bug free...Games don't stutter or tear.
yeah moved to mint a while ago its definetly got problems but i learned alot fixking a debugging and in the end got it running even better then windows execpt for certain games even with proton but wating for fixes
So glad I switched to Zorin Core two years ago on all my family's PCs.
Thank you for drawing attention to this. People need to wake up.
Also, we need more options.
Take care
that Attorney got sanctioned
I'm on windows 10 and I didnt like seeing copilot randomly pop-up in the corner and that made me want to start using linux. I installed debian 12 on an old computer and I'm finding out that everything that I use is ether fully supported, has a better alternatives or needs small tweaks to get things running and that include the games that I play thanks to proton. Its also kinda inspiring me to start learning python
At this point, I'm planning on using Windows maybe twice in the next 6 months- once because I'm making a game and need to test it on Windows, and once because I want to take a look at Phantom Dust.
number 3 was so unbelievable to me :P
It’s the literal return of Clippy. “It looks like you are trying to not suck at Minecraft…”
You can opt out / or it is opt in.. btw
I suspect if you opt out, it only changes on your end. The information will still be collected.
@@player_name_here Well they say it is all run locally, it would cause legal issues if it was not
@@w3w3w3 oh, sweet summer child. You have faith in Microsoft? You do realize it's common knowledge that it is common practice for a companiy to gladly trade constraint fines for the profit they get for consistently breaking the law, are you that or of touch?
@@w3w3w3 Lol, You're gonna go really far in the corporate world. 🤣
@@w3w3w3 I would search online "Microsoft breaks the law". See what comes up.
optional part is only limited offer the feature where you can turn it off and they integrated the hell of of it its hard to remove it without breaking the whole os
Another fun thing I see coming up with windows is Updates, you'll only get them if you're signed in. Or you'll get free updates for a year, and after that it's a subscription service.
Really? This is not fun if that's true...
Does anyone else remember that they said they wouldn't put ads in the os after getting caught.
I'm just struggling with the idea of utilizing new or adopting new program habits. I use soooo many different programs.
They stopped letting you use your Windows PC without logging into an online account at Windows 10..... Now they want to record every single second of computer use and promise they won't look at or keep any of it? Sure right, I believe you Microsoft!
- Sent from Linux Mint PC
For the data collection of a life time recall recall recall ...
This reminds me of the movie eagle eye where some one can hack the copilot and use it for anything.