I have switched to mint and been using it as my main driver for a few months now. You explained things better than most channels and with more respect. I'd love to watch more videos on Linux!
Anyone or any company that has "Do no Evil" as a moniker is in fact evil. Who would even think of this phrase or consider it as a moniker unless EVIL WAS ON HIS/HER/THEIR MIND??
Great overview Rob! This is a difficult topic to do justice, and I think you nailed it. I'd love to see more videos from you on Linux. The more Linux, the better.
Mint ... I'm a pensioner and took to Mint 5 years ago. It is VERY intuitive for Windows users. I tried other distros and Mint has the easiest learning curve. I'd never change from Mint, nor go back to MS.
Mint has improved a lot since I last used it. You should try out arch in your spare time, they have Manjaro and Garuda that are more user friendly. Though I haven't used Mint for about 5 years so I can't compare between them.
Tyrotrainer: I'm a pensioner too, and have distro-hopped regularly. Currently I'm using Zorin and probably prefer it to such well-thought of distros as Mint and Pop_OS.
@@NigelPJ I would recommend you to stick to a package manager/distro ecosystem like debian based or rhel based or arch based and try to get similar functionality to any new distro that comes using existing distro. Its a nice little exercise and you dont have to murder you hard disk with a fresh install everytime.
Thanks for this comprehensible explanation! I've been using Linux on a desktop since 2006, and there were maybe two or three times when I've had to run a compiler, and none past, say, 2015. Here's my history with Desktop Linux: I've started with Debian Etch (and parallel to that, also Kubuntu 6.06 for a short time - back in KDE 3.5 times, I was a KDE fan), then Lenny when Etch became stable and Testing was "freezed" feature-wise. Then at some time, there came KDE4, so I switched to Gnome2 and with that also to Ubuntu, I think it was 9.04 at first, which I then upgraded to 10.04 LTS. Starting with 12.04 however, they introduced their new Unity desktop, which I didn't like, so I was looking around for what I wanted to use and ending up with Mint because of the Cinnamon desktop environment, which was still configurable to look and act like a modernized version of Gnome2 (MATE wasn't a thing yet back then, and later on when it existed, I found it to look somewhat out of date). Mint always had some disadvantages over Ubuntu, like not including kernel updates by default (never had a problem with doing them anyways), and also no dist-upgrades, which they later on started changing towards better solutions (although the warning about kernel updates are still unnnecessary in my opinion, and the dist-upgrade is currently still as much work or more as reinstalling the system). At the same time however, Ubuntu became worse and worse, with switching from Unity to Gnome3, which completely threw all known-to-me concepts of GUI usage over board, not offering an official Cinnamon flavour, and most recently the introduction of the proprietary SNAP package format. Oh, SNAP packages and the package manager can still be open source, *but* the only server that will ever distribute snap packages is run and owned by Canonical, and it is *not* open source software. So they want their gatekeeper role of software distribution, and I cannot accept that, therefore nowadays I always advise against Ubuntu, even for people who think their GUI is good. It's just inacceptable. Plus, I once installed a calculator app via snap on a PC (not mine), and it was somewhere around 25MB (I was like WTF is wrong here, this should be only a few kB or maybe a Meg or two), and when I clicked onto the launcher for the program to load, it took something like 30 seconds to load a zucking calculator! So it's slow, meaning resource inefficient and therefore absolutely out of the race. Hence: No Ubuntu here. Mint fortunately uses Flatpak, which at least is a truely free package format, where everybody can set up their own flatpak repository to distribute their own software... I thought about trying Arch or Manjaro, but in reality, I'm lazy, and why try something new when the thing I've got works so well for me? On my home server, I run Debian, because it has no GUI, it runs my Nextcloud to function as the backend of my phone. Although, I think I'm still on Buster there and should probably upgrade it to Bullseye...darn laziness! ;)
@@crimestoppers1877 Even reading the introduction I though: "Debian base? But then I'd have to manually configure the Xorg.conf just in order to get TrackPoint scrolling to work! Nope, that's not the base for a GUI operating system. Plus, the packages are usually rather old (OK, that they are also during the second, third, fourth year of an Ubuntu LTS-based distro like Mint). In addition to that: It sounds like the DE is still quite *different* than Cinnamon. So why should I try it when I've actually found something that works for me and am using it successfully? Somehow I never get the reason for such recommendations - after all, it's not as if I were dissatisfied with the distro I'm using, so why would I want to switch away from it?
@@Seegalgalguntijak What about using the word curiosity? If you are NOT curious to understand, then go ahead and use any Distro you want. If you like to understand and enjoy the differences, limitations and capabilities there are hundreds of EXCELLENT distros to experiment with on your own. An analogy is do you want to learn how to bait a hook and fish ( can be fun and entertaining), or do you just want to go to a market and buy some fish of unknown date and source. You might get lucky and buy exactly what you want or you can roll your own to your exact needs. It is your choice. If you REALLY want some fun you can make your very own Linux distribution and name it "Let's Go Brandon-Linux" or anything you want. Try "Linux from scratch" www.linuxfromscratch.org/://www.linuxfromscratch.org/
@@crimestoppers1877 I know about LFS, but I've never seen the necessity to go throuh with it - it would be an intense learning experience, I'm sure, but on the other hand, I'm also certain that it wouldn't really serve me all that much. As for the rest, I already stated that I'm happy with the distro I use, and while I could run virtual machines to try others out, I don't see any use in that either - the computer has become more and more a tool for me, and as long as it works as I want it to, I don't need any changes, so I'll stick with what I have and what serves me best. Thanks for the encouragement anyways.
Please make more videos about Linux! I would like to switch to it. I tried two times: In 2000 and in 2010. Each time I had so many problems with configuration that I eventually gave up. Trying to fix errors was particularly difficult. I remember chasing down leads in forums from many years prior, trying all manner of commands which I barely understood or didn't understand, and sometimes either getting no solution or a klunky solution. I would be interested to hear particulars of your problems with Linux on the desktop. Windows was unworkable for RoR development, while MacOS has been quite good, so I've just been doing MacOS for the last 10 years or so. However, now privacy has become a clear issue, and a very serious one, in the Apple universe. And thanks for mentioning Qubes. That's on my radar too.
Yes. Please do more Linux videos. Even though I have been using Linux for several years I always learn something new. BTW: First try at Linux was a dual boot Suse/Win98 system. Setting up Linux to work with my peripherals on that system was a real pain. Eventually I gave up on Linux because windows was much easier to use. 2nd crack at Linux was when my kids managed to virus the family computer (not my computer) so bad I couldn't fix it. Out of desperation I found Puppy Linux and set it up on that computer. What was really cool about it was that Puppy loads from the CD into a RAM disk, then boots and runs from the RAM disk. No matter what virus or malware they may come across, it couldn't modify the CD. So every boot was a fresh clean start. 3rd try at Linux was when WinXp went EOL. By this time I was getting tired of Windows. I was using Linux quite a bit at work as a wireless network evaluation tech. Although I had a dual boot laptop, I never booted the Windows partition. It was a running joke at work: "Gordon, when was the last time you ran Windows?". So it made sense that I would make the switch to Linux as my daily driver at home. That was (what) 8 years ago (I think). Ive been running Xubuntu as my daily driver and Windows is nowhere to be found in this house.
I've been using Linux desktops since the '90's. You might remember Caldera, SuSE, etc. Yes, the desktop distros are a mess, but for me it's worth a bit of inconvenience. Rob, you did a great job explaining things.
Yes, go ahrad and show us more about how Linux works. Due to the increasing disrespect for our privacy Linux will become more and more the main choice. Great video, keep up the good work.
To anyone wondering - the switch really isn't that hard. You might have to stay on windows for a work machine, but for home use most distros work just fine.
Far from being a programmer I have been using Linux for over a decade now. I started with different versions of Ubuntu and have moved to Debian. I have used both windows and mac os before and I much prefer using Linux. It is more stable, safer and private. It is also free!
I have been running Linux Mint for 10+ years. Never had an issue with it and it is 80% faster than Windoze. Your cable remote control is running it, DOD, NASA too.
Thank you so much for making this video. I first heard about Linux around 15 years ago. Trying it was always on my to-do list but I never got around to it. Now I understand it a bit more and the part about trying it out on a Windows machine has spurred me to action! Thanks again.
Yes, more Linux please! Though I'm running Mint on my web-facing machine (my work computer is an iMac for pro audio: air gapped) I've managed to do away with any Windoze 'look' and made it more Mac like. I used to be a Windoze proponent but after getting into Linux long ago it's the only OS I trust for keeping online. That and starting with Windoze 10 I found it an abomination.
@@rootcanal7188 yes, depending on the model Mac you may need to use a USB Wi-Fi module for connectivity, Macs are predominantly Intel, all else works well, single, dual or multi boot
Bob, thank you for this informative video. I'm already a Linux user but will point this video at some of my friends who are considering switching after not having much luck with Windows 11.
Nice info Rob. Telemetry seems like a deal breaker given that is what we have with windoze. It's fun trying different versions in a VM and one of these days I will choose one and say goodbye to windoze forever. I would enjoy more Linux related content.
Not really a computer enthusiast, but i managed to install Linux Mint onto an old Dell Vostro and it has been amazing. No need for Windows and I find it works more consistently, no Blue screen of death or other such annoyances - try it, if I can do it, anyone can.
Lenovo announced and started building machines to work better with Linux last year. It appears there is a desire to move away from MAC and Windows growing in the general public. Thanks for the info in this video. It makes me even more pleased with decision to switch to Linux. So yes, I'd support more content about it.
I'm a Linux newb and I installed Manjaro because of the Ubuntu telemetry issues you spoke of and I like the sound of the rolling release rather than the static Debian style. I have run it for about a years no problems, no crashes, it has been a very enjoyable transition.
I've been "exposed" lightly into Linux awhile back. However the last few years I've dived in heavily. I've found your video EXTREMELY informative even though I did understand 70% of what you discussed. Very much interested in you making more videos to get some of us MORE "up to speed". Thank you, loved the video. 👨🏾💻👀👍🏽
Good information Rob. Thanks. I’ve found most Lenovos do well with Linux. I’m running Fedora with KDE Plasma Desktop on a Lenovo notebook and have had zero issues. I always run lots of memory and an SSD so that resources don’t play a factor in the operation.
I am non-tech and wanted to get started using Linux. This was a good video to get oriented to it. Basic background for Unix/DOS, machine code, assembly language and C from the 1980s.... Can't remember much.
Thank you for doing a stand-up job of telling the world about GNU/Linux Rob. I personally use mint as my main OS and so does my dad, my best friend and some of my buddies down the radio club. If there’s one thing I’d like to point out to the new people coming to the GNU/Linux world however, it’s that the best thing they can do is grab a _sensible_ Linux buddy to guide them rather than worry about the minutiae. We don’t want them getting scared at the initial steep side of the learning curve and coming away with the wrong impression as so many seem to. Once again, I thank you Rob.
This is a good intro for those of us that feel intimidated by the whole process. I bought a computer with Ubuntu 18.04 and I messed up the login process. For over ten years I have not been able to get it done right. Such an idiot😭!!! More classes Rob, and thank you very much. See you in 1.5 hours.
This is the best breakdown/synapses of the evolution of GNU/Linux and complexities that surround it today. The only gripe I have with this video is that I wish I could have watched it years ago instead of learning the hard way. ;) I still really enjoyed it and will recommend it to anyone who wants to know more about this ecosystem!
Great intro to Linux thank you Rob. I would certainly like to learn more. I am a pretty basic laptop user and has been toying with the idea of Mint. More info and perspective would be appreciated
There are open source applications out there for editing. But the learning curve can be brutal I hear. I am not a programmer but have been using Mint and Manjaro as well as straight Arch a bit here and there over the last couple of years. Glad to see you touching on these subjects though, it may bring more people over to Linux.
Nice! Your videos are appreciated. I use Linux way more than Windows. So more videos on Linux would be nice. I'm also very interested in your BraX2 phone. Looking forward to more on that too.
Good day, OpenBSD is even tougher in terms of security and privacy. I actually use both of them as OS (Linux) and firewall (OpenBSD). Regards Jean-François
You are a consummate professional Rob, keep this privacy content coming so we can future proof our kids. Equipped with this mindset they will then realise that Linux and Bitcoin are tools to defeat the Darkside.
Fifteen years ago GNU/Linux was very rough. (i started with it in 2004) Nowadays getting started with it is MUCH easier. If you haven't lately, i hope you will soon.
I just installed mint on an old laptop last night and really enjoy it. I would love to hear more of what you have to say to us that are just getting started. I have already run into problems trying to install programs not stable on my distro lol, now I get why a little better.
Great intro to linux Rob. Besides the command line scaring people the general community shoots itself in the foot as well. I hear people scream that "we need more people using linux" and then berate and belittle people for using mint instead of compiling their own kernel. I primarily use kubuntu with a few raspberry pis and my kali laptop. I got my mother on kubuntu a few years ago after having issues with Windows 8 on her PC. It's a big step for her, she's afraid of ATMs being too complicated to use. =)
Excellent intro to the world of Linux. The arrival of Windows 11 convinced me to switch. Mint was the first variant I tried and I'm still using it with no complaints at all.
I was okay with Applesoft Basic and Assembly Language/machine code on my Apple //e computer. Now I fear that I will have to start all over, as computers and programming have changed so much.
An excellent presentation! Linux is becoming more & more compelling as a desktop OS every year. And Microsoft Churn is really starting to grate on people's nerves - tired of forced End of Life upgrades that change Look & Feel with an ever more bloated OS that also renames, moves or hides functions to necessitate staff re-training expenditures. How does this help productivity - the reason we use computers in the first place? That said, I need to learn more about what, exactly, Ubuntu distros are communicating back to Canonical. Surveillance Capitalism is another IT tech practice that is also grating on our nerves.
Intriguing topic. I had a good experience with Manjaro when they had the 32 bit now I have a dual boot with MX Linux and Devuan both are based off of Debian but without systemd both are with Xfce desktop environment. Hope to hear more on the Linux subject. Thanks!
Funny story -- I have a 2011 Mac Mini that Apple quit supporting. It would no longer connect to the App Store. I got pissed and looked up information on putting another OS of some kind on a Mac. Found some channels on TH-cam showing how to do it. I was nervous about trying it, but went for it anyway. I downloaded a copy of Mint, made the ISO from Balena Etcher (I think that is the name) put it on a thumb drive and rebooted the Mac Mini. It installed perfectly and every single peripheral I used on the Mac (the stand-alone trackpad, the 15 year old Wacom Tablet, the external CD drive and keyboard / mouse) all work perfectly. I would even argue that the stupid Mac Mini runs better in 2021 as a Linux machine than the Mac ran as an Apple machine 5 years ago. Very zippy and fast. I would love to see more Linux videos and maybe if you compiled a quality cheat-sheet for command line or put a link of where you know about one, especially for Mint type OS's... self interests of course! Cheers and thanks!
Thanks Rob! This was great learning. Appreciate all the videos you have here. Mint has worked the best and Ubuntu has froze and crashed in the past experience. Anymore internet security tips for Mint?
Well ... the open source movement acts rather like a bazar then a cathedral ... in the spirit of 'release early - release often!' ... but due to the large number of code contributors it had hit the wall ... so that Linus Torvalds created the code management system 'git' ... setting a new standard for software developements ... just genious!
Great overview! I can now refer people to this video instead of trying to remember all these details and explaining them myself. I will link the Odyssey version of this video on my MeWe group "Creating New Pathways on the Net"
After using Microsoft products for three and a half decades I switched over to linux. Now when I want to use a Windows program I run Windows under a virtual machine, such as Virtualbox.
Using "wokeness" as a reason to be concerned is sad. Go seek for better reasons, as most Linux developers aren't regressives, either. Linux is a kernel that allows you to build a private system on, not a politically driven one.
Running Linux Mint on 3 computers now! Love it, won't look back! Easy total control computing. Everything you need is there and more! Already have Brax's degoogled phones and wifi. Great products as advertised.
Another like, Another comment! Thanks Rob! I learned how to upgrade hardware on a pc with windows, it was easy. Windows had a 3 strike rule and would kick me off the machine. Sometimes tech support would save it, sometimes not. Probably thousands of dollars later, I found Linux had become user friendly er. Not like the early distros. I do have cheat sheets Rob :) I left all the uninstallable bloatware, spyware behind. Every now and then I wonder how secure it is but here you are telling me I most likely made a good choice.
I'd enjoy watching more Linux videos. I'm particularly interested in something called Tails, only because someone told me it can like.. start with a fresh OS every time you reboot?
TAILS OS is not installed on your computer, it will be booted from DVD or USB stick and run in RAM (memory), so when you reboot you get a fresh start and nothing of your previous sessions will have been saved anywhere, unless you download something and save it to a disk you would have to mount. In addition to this, when you open a web browser in TAILS it routes all of your internet traffic through TOR by default, keeping your searches and browsing activities private.
I would love to see a video on how Linux is secure in a VBox on windows sounds like a way I might be able to get some people to switch over time that way. I can't understand why you don't have 10 million subs by now.
It's as secure on Virtualbox as it would be on a real system. If anything, more secure on a real system because any system is more secure once you remove Windows.
thank you for pointing out the source and cause of a major Linux problem : the money comes from service, and it's in no one's interest to curb complexity. another open source caveat : important packages like BIND are open source, but always the target of hackers who would use it to gain root access. i was forced to use Mint Linux since Windows mysteriously lost some .dll files one fine day. There are some bugs in the install process, but the fact that video drivers and third-party codecs are pre-installed makes it easy to use. Installing Brave Browser is not as easy as it should be, as it is not in the default repository. Trying to install the lighter-weight xfce is not as easy as it should be.
I know this video is 2 years old, but I had the latest version of Linux Mint v22 and switched to Ubuntu 24.04 after watching you and my chronic bluetooth problems went away.
Linux Mint is the best think ever made for windows users. Also Manjaro and PoP OS! are good choices. I was a windows user for decades but always checked for linux distros I liked. Ubuntu was that close to make me switch years ago but win7 took away this opportunity... After the end support of win7 I had a hard decision to make and after a distro-war installations that followed I finally chose MINT as the one... Cinnamon is all the money and it will hold me in the Linux community for years...
This video really put it into perspective and made more sense than any other I've watched. Could you possibly make more linux videos that dive deeper and add them to your linux tips playlist? Specifically, it would be nice to know if linux servers at home can be run in a VM on a Windows PC and how to automate some of the processes and maintain privacy. Other youtubers always seem to leave out important details and are bad at explaining the concepts involved.
Go GNU ! For Linus Torvalds, Richard Stallman, and all the community :)
@@crimestoppers1877 lol
I have switched to mint and been using it as my main driver for a few months now. You explained things better than most channels and with more respect. I'd love to watch more videos on Linux!
@Uncle Pete you can't just say anti semitism about everything you don't like
@huriquaggo How is Mint Anti-Semetic???
Same dude but it's been my first month and I'm loving it from almost every aspect than WIndows
Had Google stuck to its motto, "Do no Evil", we'd all be better off today.
Impossible if you go public.
Anyone or any company that has "Do no Evil" as a moniker is in fact evil. Who would even think of this phrase or consider it as a moniker unless EVIL WAS ON HIS/HER/THEIR MIND??
Power corrupts.
Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Compared with this Lord Acton's motto, Google's motto means nothing.
Google's motto and business model are actually "Do Know Evil."
Yep.
That was a nice explanation for the non-Linux folks as to why we like, and trust, Linux. Thank you.
Really appreciate Rob's videos. I've learned a ton from this guy.
Thanks for this video, Rob! It’s a big help in understanding Linux. Please make more!
You should check out MentalOutlaw, he does a lot of very user-friendly information about Linux, crypto, security, etc.
Great explanation Rob. I will be trying Linux on Virtual setup soon, so I appreciate your tutorials. Watching from the Philippines.
That was quite a class room full, thank you! Greatly appreciated and ever ready for more.
This is priceless Rob, would definitely love to see more thank you.
*I'LL HAVE TO WATCH THIS A FEW TIMES AND TAKE NOTES TO SEE IF IT FITS MY USE...* *MUCH APPRECIATED MR. BRAXMAN ;-)*
Best overview of the Linux/GNU world I've seen. I'm a newbie, and I would appreciate more videos in this vein, Brax. Thanks a lot for this one!
Great overview Rob! This is a difficult topic to do justice, and I think you nailed it.
I'd love to see more videos from you on Linux. The more Linux, the better.
Thanks for the information Rob. That makes me want to actually learn more about Linux and writing for it. Pretty cool.
Works great with Python
Mint ... I'm a pensioner and took to Mint 5 years ago. It is VERY intuitive for Windows users. I tried other distros and Mint has the easiest learning curve. I'd never change from Mint, nor go back to MS.
Mint has improved a lot since I last used it. You should try out arch in your spare time, they have Manjaro and Garuda that are more user friendly. Though I haven't used Mint for about 5 years so I can't compare between them.
@@tacticalcenter8658 imo endeavour instead of manjaro is better since its closer to stock arch and breaks less.
@@pupperemeritus9189 thanks for the tip, I'll give it a try some day.
Tyrotrainer: I'm a pensioner too, and have distro-hopped regularly. Currently I'm using Zorin and probably prefer it to such well-thought of distros as Mint and Pop_OS.
@@NigelPJ I would recommend you to stick to a package manager/distro ecosystem like debian based or rhel based or arch based and try to get similar functionality to any new distro that comes using existing distro. Its a nice little exercise and you dont have to murder you hard disk with a fresh install everytime.
Great video, hope to see Linux tutorials soon
I've been using Linux Mint for a decade but I'll have to confess I don't know much about it. I would like to see more linux content from this channel.
Thanks for this comprehensible explanation! I've been using Linux on a desktop since 2006, and there were maybe two or three times when I've had to run a compiler, and none past, say, 2015. Here's my history with Desktop Linux: I've started with Debian Etch (and parallel to that, also Kubuntu 6.06 for a short time - back in KDE 3.5 times, I was a KDE fan), then Lenny when Etch became stable and Testing was "freezed" feature-wise. Then at some time, there came KDE4, so I switched to Gnome2 and with that also to Ubuntu, I think it was 9.04 at first, which I then upgraded to 10.04 LTS. Starting with 12.04 however, they introduced their new Unity desktop, which I didn't like, so I was looking around for what I wanted to use and ending up with Mint because of the Cinnamon desktop environment, which was still configurable to look and act like a modernized version of Gnome2 (MATE wasn't a thing yet back then, and later on when it existed, I found it to look somewhat out of date). Mint always had some disadvantages over Ubuntu, like not including kernel updates by default (never had a problem with doing them anyways), and also no dist-upgrades, which they later on started changing towards better solutions (although the warning about kernel updates are still unnnecessary in my opinion, and the dist-upgrade is currently still as much work or more as reinstalling the system). At the same time however, Ubuntu became worse and worse, with switching from Unity to Gnome3, which completely threw all known-to-me concepts of GUI usage over board, not offering an official Cinnamon flavour, and most recently the introduction of the proprietary SNAP package format. Oh, SNAP packages and the package manager can still be open source, *but* the only server that will ever distribute snap packages is run and owned by Canonical, and it is *not* open source software. So they want their gatekeeper role of software distribution, and I cannot accept that, therefore nowadays I always advise against Ubuntu, even for people who think their GUI is good. It's just inacceptable. Plus, I once installed a calculator app via snap on a PC (not mine), and it was somewhere around 25MB (I was like WTF is wrong here, this should be only a few kB or maybe a Meg or two), and when I clicked onto the launcher for the program to load, it took something like 30 seconds to load a zucking calculator! So it's slow, meaning resource inefficient and therefore absolutely out of the race. Hence: No Ubuntu here. Mint fortunately uses Flatpak, which at least is a truely free package format, where everybody can set up their own flatpak repository to distribute their own software...
I thought about trying Arch or Manjaro, but in reality, I'm lazy, and why try something new when the thing I've got works so well for me?
On my home server, I run Debian, because it has no GUI, it runs my Nextcloud to function as the backend of my phone. Although, I think I'm still on Buster there and should probably upgrade it to Bullseye...darn laziness! ;)
@@crimestoppers1877 Even reading the introduction I though: "Debian base? But then I'd have to manually configure the Xorg.conf just in order to get TrackPoint scrolling to work! Nope, that's not the base for a GUI operating system. Plus, the packages are usually rather old (OK, that they are also during the second, third, fourth year of an Ubuntu LTS-based distro like Mint). In addition to that: It sounds like the DE is still quite *different* than Cinnamon. So why should I try it when I've actually found something that works for me and am using it successfully? Somehow I never get the reason for such recommendations - after all, it's not as if I were dissatisfied with the distro I'm using, so why would I want to switch away from it?
@@Seegalgalguntijak What about using the word curiosity? If you are NOT curious to understand, then go ahead and use any Distro you want. If you like to understand and enjoy the differences, limitations and capabilities there are hundreds of EXCELLENT distros to experiment with on your own. An analogy is do you want to learn how to bait a hook and fish ( can be fun and entertaining), or do you just want to go to a market and buy some fish of unknown date and source. You might get lucky and buy exactly what you want or you can roll your own to your exact needs. It is your choice. If you REALLY want some fun you can make your very own Linux distribution and name it "Let's Go Brandon-Linux" or anything you want. Try "Linux from scratch" www.linuxfromscratch.org/://www.linuxfromscratch.org/
@@crimestoppers1877 I know about LFS, but I've never seen the necessity to go throuh with it - it would be an intense learning experience, I'm sure, but on the other hand, I'm also certain that it wouldn't really serve me all that much. As for the rest, I already stated that I'm happy with the distro I use, and while I could run virtual machines to try others out, I don't see any use in that either - the computer has become more and more a tool for me, and as long as it works as I want it to, I don't need any changes, so I'll stick with what I have and what serves me best. Thanks for the encouragement anyways.
Please make more videos about Linux! I would like to switch to it. I tried two times: In 2000 and in 2010. Each time I had so many problems with configuration that I eventually gave up. Trying to fix errors was particularly difficult. I remember chasing down leads in forums from many years prior, trying all manner of commands which I barely understood or didn't understand, and sometimes either getting no solution or a klunky solution. I would be interested to hear particulars of your problems with Linux on the desktop.
Windows was unworkable for RoR development, while MacOS has been quite good, so I've just been doing MacOS for the last 10 years or so. However, now privacy has become a clear issue, and a very serious one, in the Apple universe.
And thanks for mentioning Qubes. That's on my radar too.
Easily the best explanation of Linux on TH-cam
Yes. Please do more Linux videos. Even though I have been using Linux for several years I always learn something new.
BTW: First try at Linux was a dual boot Suse/Win98 system. Setting up Linux to work with my peripherals on that system was a real pain. Eventually I gave up on Linux because windows was much easier to use.
2nd crack at Linux was when my kids managed to virus the family computer (not my computer) so bad I couldn't fix it. Out of desperation I found Puppy Linux and set it up on that computer. What was really cool about it was that Puppy loads from the CD into a RAM disk, then boots and runs from the RAM disk. No matter what virus or malware they may come across, it couldn't modify the CD. So every boot was a fresh clean start.
3rd try at Linux was when WinXp went EOL. By this time I was getting tired of Windows. I was using Linux quite a bit at work as a wireless network evaluation tech. Although I had a dual boot laptop, I never booted the Windows partition. It was a running joke at work: "Gordon, when was the last time you ran Windows?". So it made sense that I would make the switch to Linux as my daily driver at home. That was (what) 8 years ago (I think). Ive been running Xubuntu as my daily driver and Windows is nowhere to be found in this house.
I use Linux not because i have any delusion of privacy from it. I use it because I refuse to PAY to be spied on.
And pay nothing to not be mistreated, above the hardware level
I've been using Linux desktops since the '90's. You might remember Caldera, SuSE, etc. Yes, the desktop distros are a mess, but for me it's worth a bit of inconvenience. Rob, you did a great job explaining things.
Rob, thanks for the Linux overview. I am new to it. Please keep doing these. Love it!
Yes, go ahrad and show us more about how Linux works. Due to the increasing disrespect for our privacy Linux will become more and more the main choice. Great video, keep up the good work.
ALWAYS LEARN SOMETHING NEW FROM YOU, ROB! THANKS FOR YOUR CARING & TEACHING DRIVES!!
I always learn something watching your channel. Never stop doing what you do!
To anyone wondering - the switch really isn't that hard. You might have to stay on windows for a work machine, but for home use most distros work just fine.
Far from being a programmer I have been using Linux for over a decade now. I started with different versions of Ubuntu and have moved to Debian. I have used both windows and mac os before and I much prefer using Linux. It is more stable, safer and private. It is also free!
I have been running Linux Mint for 10+ years. Never had an issue with it and it is 80% faster than Windoze. Your cable remote control is running it, DOD, NASA too.
Thank you so much for making this video. I first heard about Linux around 15 years ago. Trying it was always on my to-do list but I never got around to it. Now I understand it a bit more and the part about trying it out on a Windows machine has spurred me to action! Thanks again.
Yes, more Linux please! Though I'm running Mint on my web-facing machine (my work computer is an iMac for pro audio: air gapped) I've managed to do away with any Windoze 'look' and made it more Mac like. I used to be a Windoze proponent but after getting into Linux long ago it's the only OS I trust for keeping online. That and starting with Windoze 10 I found it an abomination.
@Peter Michael Sullivan, So you are running Linux Mint on an iMac? Do you still get Linux privacy on a non-Linux computer?
@@rootcanal7188 yes, depending on the model Mac you may need to use a USB Wi-Fi module for connectivity, Macs are predominantly Intel, all else works well, single, dual or multi boot
@@owenbruce4120 Thanks
How do you have an air gapped iMac?
Thank you Rob, your work here is fantastic and all your effort is really appreciated, keep it up!!!
Yes I am interested in more videos digging deeper into Linux, thanks.
Please add more video's of "how linux works". I was able to fill in some gaps of my linux knowledge with this video. Keep up the great work Rob!!!
Read the book ‘How Linux Works’ by Brian Ward.
More please! Thanks for all you do Rob!
Bob, thank you for this informative video. I'm already a Linux user but will point this video at some of my friends who are considering switching after not having much luck with Windows 11.
Nice info Rob. Telemetry seems like a deal breaker given that is what we have with windoze. It's fun trying different versions in a VM and one of these days I will choose one and say goodbye to windoze forever. I would enjoy more Linux related content.
Not really a computer enthusiast, but i managed to install Linux Mint onto an old Dell Vostro and it has been amazing. No need for Windows and I find it works more consistently, no Blue screen of death or other such annoyances - try it, if I can do it, anyone can.
Please do Rob keep'em comin and thanks for everything you do.
Lenovo announced and started building machines to work better with Linux last year. It appears there is a desire to move away from MAC and Windows growing in the general public. Thanks for the info in this video. It makes me even more pleased with decision to switch to Linux. So yes, I'd support more content about it.
I'm a Linux newb and I installed Manjaro because of the Ubuntu telemetry issues you spoke of and I like the sound of the rolling release rather than the static Debian style. I have run it for about a years no problems, no crashes, it has been a very enjoyable transition.
I've been "exposed" lightly into Linux awhile back. However the last few years I've dived in heavily. I've found your video EXTREMELY informative even though I did understand 70% of what you discussed. Very much interested in you making more videos to get some of us MORE "up to speed". Thank you, loved the video. 👨🏾💻👀👍🏽
Good information Rob. Thanks. I’ve found most Lenovos do well with Linux. I’m running Fedora with KDE Plasma Desktop on a Lenovo notebook and have had zero issues. I always run lots of memory and an SSD so that resources don’t play a factor in the operation.
I am non-tech and wanted to get started using Linux. This was a good video to get oriented to it.
Basic background for Unix/DOS, machine code, assembly language and C from the 1980s....
Can't remember much.
I like Lubuntu. It just works! Never breaks.
Thank you for doing a stand-up job of telling the world about GNU/Linux Rob. I personally use mint as my main OS and so does my dad, my best friend and some of my buddies down the radio club. If there’s one thing I’d like to point out to the new people coming to the GNU/Linux world however, it’s that the best thing they can do is grab a _sensible_ Linux buddy to guide them rather than worry about the minutiae. We don’t want them getting scared at the initial steep side of the learning curve and coming away with the wrong impression as so many seem to.
Once again, I thank you Rob.
This is a good intro for those of us that feel intimidated by the whole process. I bought a computer with Ubuntu 18.04 and I messed up the login process. For over ten years I have not been able to get it done right. Such an idiot😭!!! More classes Rob, and thank you very much. See you in 1.5 hours.
Please do look into making more videos like this! I'd personally appreciate some comparative deep-dives into the various distros.
I'm interested. I'm very interested in Linux. An entire series of Linux learning from novice to pro would be awesome.
Outstanding overview. Please do more. Thank you for all the info you put out.
Bob
"More Linux"?...
Yes please Mr Braxman, I would love to see more of your superb expertise for the Linux desktop experience.
This is the best breakdown/synapses of the evolution of GNU/Linux and complexities that surround it today. The only gripe I have with this video is that I wish I could have watched it years ago instead of learning the hard way. ;)
I still really enjoyed it and will recommend it to anyone who wants to know more about this ecosystem!
Synopsis
Synapses are in your brain
Please make more linux videos like this one. I'm a total newbie and this really has helped.
really informative, I'd love to learn more about linux
Great intro to Linux thank you Rob. I would certainly like to learn more. I am a pretty basic laptop user and has been toying with the idea of Mint. More info and perspective would be appreciated
Just went with mint. It's great and easy.
There are open source applications out there for editing. But the learning curve can be brutal I hear. I am not a programmer but have been using Mint and Manjaro as well as straight Arch a bit here and there over the last couple of years. Glad to see you touching on these subjects though, it may bring more people over to Linux.
Nice! Your videos are appreciated. I use Linux way more than Windows. So more videos on Linux would be nice.
I'm also very interested in your BraX2 phone. Looking forward to more on that too.
More Linux please! Thank you Rob!
Good day,
OpenBSD is even tougher in terms of security and privacy.
I actually use both of them as OS (Linux) and firewall (OpenBSD).
Regards
Jean-François
You are a consummate professional Rob, keep this privacy content coming so we can future proof our kids. Equipped with this mindset they will then realise that Linux and Bitcoin are tools to defeat the Darkside.
Bitcoin isn't anonymous anymore. Look into it meanwhile Monero is the true anonymous cryptocurrency at this point.
There is de-fi too , trustless defi where you have your own keys that is
I have long wanted to switch to Linux, tried about 15 years ago. But I hit a ceiling of what I could comprehend. Thank you for trying to help us.
Fifteen years ago GNU/Linux was very rough. (i started with it in 2004) Nowadays getting started with it is MUCH easier. If you haven't lately, i hope you will soon.
I just installed mint on an old laptop last night and really enjoy it. I would love to hear more of what you have to say to us that are just getting started. I have already run into problems trying to install programs not stable on my distro lol, now I get why a little better.
Thanks Rob! You have a way of explaining things that conveys a lot of information.
Great intro to linux Rob. Besides the command line scaring people the general community shoots itself in the foot as well. I hear people scream that "we need more people using linux" and then berate and belittle people for using mint instead of compiling their own kernel. I primarily use kubuntu with a few raspberry pis and my kali laptop. I got my mother on kubuntu a few years ago after having issues with Windows 8 on her PC. It's a big step for her, she's afraid of ATMs being too complicated to use. =)
Very informative video on a topic I'm quite curious about. Thanks!
Excellent intro to the world of Linux. The arrival of Windows 11 convinced me to switch. Mint was the first variant I tried and I'm still using it with no complaints at all.
Sure keep it coming! Much needed and very educational! 🔥🔥🔥
Thank you very much, Rob! 🌞🤗
Love the videos. Keep them coming. Im a newbie to coding and such. Anything dealing with guidance on commands and setting up servers help. Thank you
I was okay with Applesoft Basic and Assembly Language/machine code on my Apple //e computer. Now I fear that I will have to start all over, as computers and programming have changed so much.
Love this! More Linux videos please!
An excellent presentation!
Linux is becoming more & more compelling as a desktop OS every year.
And Microsoft Churn is really starting to grate on people's nerves - tired of forced End of Life upgrades that change Look & Feel with an ever more bloated OS that also renames, moves or hides functions to necessitate staff re-training expenditures. How does this help productivity - the reason we use computers in the first place?
That said, I need to learn more about what, exactly, Ubuntu distros are communicating back to Canonical. Surveillance Capitalism is another IT tech practice that is also grating on our nerves.
The West is collapsing under the weight of its own sh-ty behaviour.
Intriguing topic. I had a good experience with Manjaro when they had the 32 bit now I have a dual boot with MX Linux and Devuan both are based off of Debian but without systemd both are with Xfce desktop environment. Hope to hear more on the Linux subject. Thanks!
Funny story -- I have a 2011 Mac Mini that Apple quit supporting. It would no longer connect to the App Store. I got pissed and looked up information on putting another OS of some kind on a Mac. Found some channels on TH-cam showing how to do it. I was nervous about trying it, but went for it anyway. I downloaded a copy of Mint, made the ISO from Balena Etcher (I think that is the name) put it on a thumb drive and rebooted the Mac Mini. It installed perfectly and every single peripheral I used on the Mac (the stand-alone trackpad, the 15 year old Wacom Tablet, the external CD drive and keyboard / mouse) all work perfectly. I would even argue that the stupid Mac Mini runs better in 2021 as a Linux machine than the Mac ran as an Apple machine 5 years ago. Very zippy and fast. I would love to see more Linux videos and maybe if you compiled a quality cheat-sheet for command line or put a link of where you know about one, especially for Mint type OS's... self interests of course! Cheers and thanks!
Mr. Braxman. I would appreciate more on Linux. I am tired of Windows BS and I refuse to even consider the rotten apple option. Thank you!
I've been using Linux for years. I don't even know how to use Windows anymore and I don't miss it at all.
Let's Go Linux!
Let's Go Braxman!
Would love to see a video like this on the BSD family of operating systems.
I knew it was only a matter of time before you started talking about the good word of GNU/Linux and Libre/Corebooting!
Good stuff
Thanks Rob! This was great learning. Appreciate all the videos you have here. Mint has worked the best and Ubuntu has froze and crashed in the past experience. Anymore internet security tips for Mint?
Another great video, Met Richard Stallman for his book signing, interesting guy.
Thank you Rob! I really appreciate all your videos and the super useful information you provide.
Well ... the open source movement acts rather like a bazar then a cathedral ... in the spirit of 'release early - release often!' ... but due to the large number of code contributors it had hit the wall ... so that Linus Torvalds created the code management system 'git' ... setting a new standard for software developements ... just genious!
Great overview! I can now refer people to this video instead of trying to remember all these details and explaining them myself. I will link the Odyssey version of this video on my MeWe group "Creating New Pathways on the Net"
Purely on the basis of Microsoft’s recent woke idiocy alone I am now considering switching over to Linux for anything other than running MetaTrader 4
After using Microsoft products for three and a half decades I switched over to linux. Now when I want to use a Windows program I run Windows under a virtual machine, such as Virtualbox.
Using "wokeness" as a reason to be concerned is sad. Go seek for better reasons, as most Linux developers aren't regressives, either. Linux is a kernel that allows you to build a private system on, not a politically driven one.
Ive switched to ubuntu from windows 10 and i'm very pleased. It has made this old laptop quite fast, and its working better then ever.
Running Linux Mint on 3 computers now! Love it, won't look back! Easy total control computing. Everything you need is there and more! Already have Brax's degoogled phones and wifi. Great products as advertised.
Simplified explanations of key Linux vocabulary. Well done and helpful.
Another like, Another comment! Thanks Rob! I learned how to upgrade hardware on a pc with windows, it was easy. Windows had a 3 strike rule and would kick me off the machine. Sometimes tech support would save it, sometimes not. Probably thousands of dollars later, I found Linux had become user friendly er. Not like the early distros. I do have cheat sheets Rob :) I left all the uninstallable bloatware, spyware behind. Every now and then I wonder how secure it is but here you are telling me I most likely made a good choice.
Thank you for the information...I have used Mint and found it good. Yes, more Linux please.
I'd enjoy watching more Linux videos. I'm particularly interested in something called Tails, only because someone told me it can like.. start with a fresh OS every time you reboot?
TAILS OS is not installed on your computer, it will be booted from DVD or USB stick and run in RAM (memory), so when you reboot you get a fresh start and nothing of your previous sessions will have been saved anywhere, unless you download something and save it to a disk you would have to mount. In addition to this, when you open a web browser in TAILS it routes all of your internet traffic through TOR by default, keeping your searches and browsing activities private.
@@humbllbug Yeah that's about what I heard, still would love to see him do a video deep detailing it.
Excellent. The time goes by fast on your videos.
I would love to see a video on how Linux is secure in a VBox on windows sounds like a way I might be able to get some people to switch over time that way.
I can't understand why you don't have 10 million subs by now.
Not everyone is a techie! And even fewer are interested in privacy.
It's as secure on Virtualbox as it would be on a real system. If anything, more secure on a real system because any system is more secure once you remove Windows.
thank you for pointing out the source and cause of a major Linux problem : the money comes from service, and it's in no one's interest to curb complexity.
another open source caveat : important packages like BIND are open source, but always the target of hackers who would use it to gain root access.
i was forced to use Mint Linux since Windows mysteriously lost some .dll files one fine day.
There are some bugs in the install process, but the fact that video drivers and third-party codecs are pre-installed makes it easy to use. Installing Brave Browser is not as easy as it should be, as it is not in the default repository. Trying to install the lighter-weight xfce is not as easy as it should be.
Hey Rob, love your videos......are you filming from an RV?
I know this video is 2 years old, but I had the latest version of Linux Mint v22 and switched to Ubuntu 24.04 after watching you and my chronic bluetooth problems went away.
Linux Mint is the best think ever made for windows users. Also Manjaro and PoP OS! are good choices.
I was a windows user for decades but always checked for linux distros I liked. Ubuntu was that close to make me switch years ago but win7 took away this opportunity...
After the end support of win7 I had a hard decision to make and after a distro-war installations that followed I finally chose MINT as the one...
Cinnamon is all the money and it will hold me in the Linux community for years...
I love Linux. One of the best decisions I ever made was to learn it.
That was fascinating. There's a lot here I didn't know about Linux. Especially about GNU and Android. Thanks.
Thank you. I would be interested in more on Linux.
This video really put it into perspective and made more sense than any other I've watched.
Could you possibly make more linux videos that dive deeper and add them to your linux tips playlist?
Specifically, it would be nice to know if linux servers at home can be run in a VM on a Windows PC and how to automate some of the processes and maintain privacy. Other youtubers always seem to leave out important details and are bad at explaining the concepts involved.
Glad I saw this video. It nice to see someone take time to explain and educate others. I currently use win 10 and also Ubantu. Just became another sub