Why I Use Linux
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.พ. 2025
- Its not Privacy, Security, OR Stability.
Linux is none of the things people say, but it is still my favorite for a variety of other reasons and I don't see that changing anytime soon.
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I came to realization a while ago that one of the main reasons i use linux is to not deal with microsoft bullshit.
The BS with Windows activation when trying to switch to running that original NVME install into a VM was a pain. Lost activation, had to call MS to get reactivated.
@@paulpoco22 Get yourself KMS Activator. Never pay Microsoft another penny.
@@crusaderanimation6967 with all of it's annoyances I still find Linux to have less friction that windows. Windows "works" but it also gets in the way every chance it can.
It seems that half of the Windows running code base is designed to prevent you from doing certain things until you've paid money or to try to up-sell you on rubbish that Microsoft is currently pushing, like Edge or Copilot or friggin' games. How much faster could a system run if all that redundant code could be stripped out.
Yes, Chris has his debloat tool but so much is baked into the fundamental system and is not in add on packages that can be stripped out easily.
Basically that. If I could use Windows 7 i would
"I just need the operating system NOT getting in my way".
This is the quote of this new decade and it should be printed and hanged in every offices around the world.
Edit: I am watching this video and writing this comment on Ubuntu 24.10 on my 2012 Mac Mini that Linux gave another life!
yay yet another person that installed linux on a 2012 mac (I did it on a mac book pro mid 2012)
I installed Linux Mint on my 2014 Mac Mini, it's flying!
I still have a Mac Mini 2012 somewhere. Need to dig it up now lol. You know what's funny? After Mac OS became really slow on that system I actually installed Windows 10 on it and it was fine again.
Yes, that is what Windows 11 is constantly doing.
but how will you Optimize your browser without a few handy notifications?
Linux is good for the environment because you don't need to throw away your computer just because the new Microsoft OS won't work on it.
Also more efficient.
Or sell it on E-Bay for fifty bucks to someone that... puts Linux on it.
Not really True. Some hardware (old) don't work with Linux (popular distros). Linux is nothing about "Ease of use".
@@techrazor3280I mean Lubuntu works on my entry level laptop from 2009 with 2gb of ram with no hardware problems. It runs all the libreoffice apps and email client and a basic browser with no issue. I run a small business off of it with no issues. (Well tons of issues, but my hardware and software are not any of them) 😅
@@techrazor3280 If I haven't been misinformed, Windows 11 requiring ridiculous hardware updates produced an avalanche of e-waste, didn't it? And you can use less popular distros anyway, I've recycled a lot of old PCs thanks to Linux. Not arguing with the ease of use thing, you're clearly right about that.
0:12 Breaking news: "I love being init!" - Chris Titus Tech replaces systemd
Finally.
Hehe... I did write an article and use Artix for a bit without systemd.
christitus.com/removing-systemd/
mxlinux uses init also
@@ChrisTitusTech give dinit a shot, it's newer compared to all the other inits offered by artix but its service management syntax is very similar to systemd
@@jimw7916 He thinks it's a redundant distro. I disagree with him. It's has been my daily driver since May last year and it has been great. Quick, stable and a easy out of your way staying to use distro.
Real reason: "I use arch btw"
💀 You're not welcome
One day, you're gonna hate people saying that repetitive mindless crud, because at the end it's literally a reddit tier canned response that you just parroted
People who are getting offended in the comments are exactly the ones I hate the most.
Debian........The Mother of all Operating systems. the Operating System the Universe uses. (:
@@Beetlebugoid also know as... a joke
I've been a Windows user since Windows 98 & up until I've experience Windows 11, it gave me so much frustration with the "Questionable" choices they've been doing. It got to a point where I decided to switch to Linux. I chose Linux Mint due to the being a beginners Linux with a familiar windows layout. I've been using Linux Mint for 2 years now & it's been a much more peaceful experience than I had than with Windows 11.
I recently put Mint on my new computer, I'm curious if you got any longtime user tips
Lol same. I updated to w11 and hated it so much I reverted back to w10 and installed Linux on another drive. Lol
It's funny, in my case I was part of the betas of windows 10 and windows 11. Windows 10 felt broken and especially because the last days of 8.1 were good and very underrated. Over time 10 became decent until they started filling it with garbage. In the beta of 11 things were bad and I continued using the system until the official launch in which things... got much worse.
I went back to W10 and every 6 months I checked w11 and even though I saw that it crashed less I felt like the drivers were bad since games I used to play were going horribly wrong from time to time. I stopped trying 11 and 3 months ago I made the decision to go to Mint (I don't regret anything)
My brother called me a Windows 11 hater, he bought a new laptop that came with it installed and it was pretty funny to see him experience the same set of bugs as me to see him go back to 10. I can probably persuade him to try Mint or Kubuntu by the end of the year
Im new about linux, did linux have ms word or ms excel, power point ?
@@cooleyfc it does not but you can use open office or libre office on your machine, or use Microsoft's web apps
The only reasons I use Linux is because I have the control over my own system, it has privacy and it has no adware.
I’m from the DOS generation so Linux for me just felt right and I enjoy tinkering and having it work exactly how I want!
Me too. Old c64 to dos on 386
Back in 2005, I started using Linux because it was better on older hardware. I had very little money, so I was on cheap / free PCs and the price of a windows activation key was out of the question. I didn't like the idea of pirating windows, so Linux ticked all the boxes.
I use Linux now on modern hardware because I also find Windows to be more of an advertising system than an operating system
Windows 10/11 Is SPYWARE/MALWARE Just Watch Your Open Ports!
Windows was great. It was fun downloading drivers, installing the version that you want. The Win 95 look and feel, the start menu was a great addition. 98 was nice since they started to use 16 bit icons. Not much was improved after that except for under the hood. For some reason, Win 8 took the colored icons away. Anyway, the goal of MS has always been to push the internet, to make it the future. They even design their pages to look flat and colorless and I don’t get it. A lot of people don’t understand that the PC is a personal space, just like your house or car or how you dress. They should make the OS highly configurable. This is the area that Linux gets it right. Also, most people are tired of watching ads. I am tired of flash animations that slow my internet connection on my 33.6 Kbps and run my Cyrix P200+ at 100%. On quite a lot of pages, 50% of the area is all ads. Placing ads in Windows is crossing the line.
@@louistournas120 Agreed Like What Happened To Windows Areo? Windows Is Flat And Boring So You Wont Freak Out When The CPU Pegs Due To The Desktop And Telemetry Running At Start Up!
*Windows to be more of an advertising system for Linux than an operating system lol
I was bulldozed from Linux to Mac about 6 months ago at work.
The things that I really despise is
* Filesystem is extremely slow.
* It requires frequent reboots or gets very sluggish
* How the windows are managed
* How multi desktop is managed
* Keyboard combinations are horrible and unergonomic
It feels like a demo system where the golden happy path is good, but everything else is rough or broken.
No wonder they won't call it a Personal Computer when they remove every possibility to make it personal :)
That doesn't sound like a typical macOS system really - sounds like you've got something going on with your machine. Is it an M-series chip or Intel chip?
This sounds like skill issue
@@jay-cm yip. Linux enthusiasts will have any chance to shit on other OSes without taking the time to learn themselves.
"Oh my filesystem can't find a file in 0.1ms so therefore it's shit"
@@whaletrain7070 M2. Removing node_modules with 63k files takes easily about 30 seconds. It just feels unpolished.
I am not interested in a flame war based in how I experienced the echo system.
Considering the money drain that Apple is, I might have had too much expectations on user friendliness and usability. Not "Bring your own Stockholm Syndrome" but being treated as a paying customer more than a sheep.
"Skill issue" is always the issue. Same with rookies coming to Linux. Everything is solvable with higher skills lower expectations.
What "enthusiasts" should take away from my experience is that apple is nowhere near a holy grail and can actually be bad if you are not the persona this was customized for. "You're doing it wrong" seems to be a common response in the community.
Dude, Microsoft is why I'm considering switching. Microsoft, the company doesn't care at all what users want and they just install copilot without asking the user.
i miss windows 7. No crappy bullshit
@@levelednain Windows 7 was the _start_ of all the crappy BS. It was only praised 'cause it was more performant and stable than Vista, But Windows 7 was still slower and more bloated than XP.
There's a fact though. Almost all of Hardcore Linux users have Windows somewhere, either on a VM, or another PC or as a dual boot. That 70% market share is hard to ignore.
True story. I’m a ham radio operator. I could hold out and only use Linux, but I wanted things to “just work” so I gave in and dedicated a laptop to Windows and Ham Radio.
I am stuck unable to use bluebook for collage prep without windows
Yup. Gaming on Linux isn’t there yet. Especially with the challenges of anti cheat in WINE
I've not had Windows installed anywhere since about 2011. I've had no need for it.
@@playgame38 Idk, I do all of my gaming on Linux.
I didn't want to "upgrade" from Win2k to Xp, so I installed Suse 9.1. Not had a MS OS at home since then. Linux used to be a pain in the arse so I had a lot to learn. Then Ubuntu happened. It just works. After too many calls from family and friends asking for help with their computer I just started installing Ubuntu. No more calls. Windows is now the OS that requires technical knowledge. I've forgotten most of what I learned in my early Linux adventures.
I've tried various flavours of Linux over the years and yet I always come back to Ubuntu.
You use Linux to have a TH-cam channel and make a living
Yup, it energizes me and I love talk about it. If it was only Windows or just technical videos my passion would be gone and I wouldn't have nearly the viewership I have now.
iow, a Practical, Real OS vs a box to play games on. well done.
@TheLinuxYes Bazzite
Don't tell Facebook you use Linux.
I'm not over the age of 50... so I don't use Facebook lol.
@@ChrisTitusTech I only use it to shop locally on mrkPlc
@@ChrisTitusTech
Ooh, good roast XD
Why?
@@ChrisTitusTech Whoa there youngster. I'm just over 50 and quit farcebook. Amazing how peace resumed to my life 🙂
For more than 25 years I used Windows and I loved it. But the main reason why I am moving to Linux is: I do not trust MS anymore.
this is mine as well. ms took too many of the good things that i enjoyed from windows and they gave me no reason to look forward to their updates.
11 had completely "broke the camels back" for me due to how many issues i had and i can't trust 10 to not suddenly upgrade to 11. so here i am on mint half a year later and it feels like how win7 did.
simply not worried about any crappy upcoming "update" popping up with more issues and drama. just back to enjoying my machine again.
"anymore" ?? Why would you have ever trusted them??
Back in 2007, I believe, MS joined the PRISM program by the NSA, which grants warrantless wiretaps into user data on nearly all major internet services. Apple later joined I believe in 2012 or so. If it wasn't for the new co-pilot and recall features being pushed onto the users MS could have covertly gotten away with the wiretap compliance.. As a commentor on another one of Chris' videos stated, if you've signed any NDAs, run or do any investigative journalism into any of the elites and wish to stay alive, Windows 11 will not be a good choice. The recall/co-pilot features are just the dead give-away of Microsoft's true intentions when they say something like "Protection of your data is our highest priority" or whatever. Yeah, protection for whom? To be totally secure one must not use the Internet, but Linux has at least given me some tools to isolate personal from public. I'm curious about Tails, Cubes, and other more secure containment based OS's, as well as giving a run with FreeBSD someday. Linux, to me, (using OpenSuse for the past 2+ years), just feels right. The sky is literally the limit and I love that about Linux in general. Power to the people. Tesla would be proud.
@@calholli Generally it's best to always give the benefit of the doubt, turning away only when a reason to do so has surfaced.
Literally the same. Out of all the "usable" OS, i hate Linux the least.
I was able to get my 70yo dad set up with Debian stable GNOME w/ touchscreen. After a couple days of orientation, he hasn’t felt the need to change a thing or setting since.
The fact that there is an option for those who don’t want change, and want just something that works, shows that Linux is such a wide-spanning OS that I think most of us, even with knowledge, underappreciate it.
Breaking Linux is the beginning of learning Linux. 👍
It's certainly a part I'd say.
A big thing for me is that when something breaks the Linux tells you what went wrong. I HATE Windows error codes with no documentation and googling it just lead to random windows forums where people just shrug and say "I dunno, just try messing with random stuff and maybe it works?"
the upper bound of almost everything you could want to maximise is Linux, but the lower bound is also probably Linux
Let's be honest, this video is just to flex on the normies that you use Arch Linux btw.
True...
😂
I use arch btw too
I use arch linux too. Although I hate the idea of having to configure everything manually
And that he has a rocking machine.. and a closet sadist... :)
Nobody wants to use Windows, most have to. Linux is something you want to use, because you can bend it to your will and it's totally up for that. The other guys fight you till the end, if you don't allow them to bend YOU into THEIR business model.
“Era of discovery” is such a good way to put it. I work in post production and MacOS is by far the most consistent/reliable for my workflows. But when messing around, experimenting and even gaming (thank you valve) Linux is a lot of fun. Currently running a modified version of PopOS and it just feels so satisfying.
I started with windows but around 2 years ago I got tired of fighting with Microsoft.
The thing I miss most about Windows is customization. Remember when W98, Me/2000 or XP came with different themes. You could change the font, the title bar, the colors, the cursors and all that good stuff. I loved dicking around with that as a kid. And while I also enjoy a nice looking stock experience, having it be my own always felt really nice.
Since Windows Vista, the only customization was the theme color of the glass (but you were still able to revert to Classic) and since Win8, the only adjustment you got was a base color for the titlebar. You can probably still dick around in the registry to change things and with a lot of extra tools, you can probably make it even better. But doing this is an exercise in patience once an update rolls around.
They had a theming system, but they locked it down so hard that it became really annoying to deal with. And that's sad.
Edit: My Linux Mint install had Bliss as a wallpaper for a while and still uses the Windows XP sounds for logon/logoff, alerts, USB connections, etc. because I like them.
Chris deserves a humanitarian award for being objective and level headed about linux. He deserves special praise for pointing out the collective dishonesty--lies, as Chris correctly puts it--from linux zealots that conceal the drawbacks of the linux experience. Thank you for having the nuance to explain why you can still prefer linux despite those drawbacks. A balanced and honest assessment of linux is a rare and valuable thing.
For me it has been a number of things.
1) Microsoft. I have been an avid user of Windows since the transition from 3.0 to 3.1. Windows 11 is the end of my life with Windows.
2) I have an older PC that could probably run Windows, however, Linux has run better for me.
3) Windows is WYSIWYG. I like the ability to modify my Operating system (I use GNU/Mint).
4) If I brick my Linux box, it's my fault, and I can't blame anyone but myself. This becomes a learning moment.
5) It is teaching me to learn how to research and adapt to what I need.
What does "WYSIWYG" mean?
@@Wkaelx What You See Is What You Get :)
@ThatGuy.75 Thank You, algo you Still get the backdoors, which you don't see.
@@Wkaelx yep, there have been enough security issues with Windows that is one of the biggest catalysts for change.
I am not saying Linux is more secure, you just have more options out there.
The best thing about ditching windows is that there is no easy way for me to fall back into league of legends. They ruined compatibility on linux so I am now free
LOL. I feel you bro (whether you're being sarcastic or not).
I've used GNU/Linux for 30+ years! WHY? I like the feel of it! it does what I need and is very reliable. Linux Mint is my main Distro but I have two Laptops for Distro Hopping! I like to see how Linux has grown from the 20 Floppies to several GiG! Ventoy has made life so much easier and iVentoy is even better, if you have a spare laptop with a good network. Time was Linux required a college degree in Computers but now my low-tech wife has been happily using it in the Living Room as a media PC on a 50" screen with wireless keyboard/mouse! I'm happy!
Windows is an ad delivery platform masquerading as an OS.
Don't forget the spyware that's baked in
Literally the one single reason I use linux is window managers. We can go on and on about the pros and cons of each OS but at the end of the day it really does just boil down to that for me. I have tried pretty much all of the window manager-esque programs I've come across (komorebi easily being the best of the bunch), but you're just fighting against how windows wants to handle the windows so you get weird behavior and bugs all the time.
Just give me a solid no nonsense (animations, funky round corners, etc) dynamic tiling window manager and I'm happy. Some people distro hop, I window manager hop haha.
good point
when you mentioned window manager hopping, I had nostalgia. I went from Sway => dwm => Hyprland. Now, I daily drive dwm
Very accurate how you called it "era of discovery". Nicely put into words! I can totally relate to that. I came to try Linux 3 years ago because of Windows, but what I didn't know was how much I would enjoy this sense of learning and discovery.
"It gets out of my way compared to other OSs" jup.
Linux just does what it's supposed to do.
nothing more.
It's funny you mentioned that using Linux brings you back to the 90's. This has always been my answer when I ask why I love Linux so much. When I was learning DOS, figuring out how to connect to BBS' and sorting out memory issues for my latest game, sometimes those efforts were more fun than the destination. I learned so much and just loved the discovery. Linux is like that all over again, there's just too much to learn to ever get bored with it and my workflows now are next level.
Why I Use Linux?
TH-camr: Personalization, Privacy, Windows Updates. (Almost never daily drives linux because lol)
Regular person: Autism, Depression, Paranoia and Deep-seated self-loathing because my parents taught me that life is a struggle.
That's spot on! Also takes guts to come in here, a Linux den, and say it like it is! I commend you, brother.
Depression, isolation, loneliness, trauma, etc, these things can significantly contribute towards how interested we become in constant tinkering with stuff as a distraction from real life.
True most linux fanboys are insufferable.
i mean i know what u mean but most the time my linux running better than windows but yeah, it was a hard way to learn stuff. but if you use linux mint or regular ubuntu its probably pretty easy to handle it.
Just because we are paranoid doesn't mean there aren't people out there trying to get you.
As a software engineer I use all 3 but Windows pays most of my bills. But use Mac and Linux all the time too. It mostly comes down to what my client wants and which I feel is better to achieve the goal for them and what kind of shop they have.
it's amazing to me how different people's journey with Linux as a desktop can be. I've been on Linux for 5.5 years now, this is my 3rd install ever and one of those was because I built a new PC. One of my first "oh no" moments was breaking Kubuntu with apt autoremove while following a guide and having to ask how to reinstall the desktop. That install kept on living until a release upgrade script failed to check whether snap was even installed. I've only had my machine crash on me twice in the last 3 years since then, it recovered without a full reboot by itself one of those times and only a single time has a kernel update caused my machine to no longer boot. Took me half a decade to need to learn how to debug that and a friend of mine fixed it with her first guess (after teaching me how to use grub's boot menu lol).
I gave up with Windows XP in 2010 due to unreliability issues and used Linux ever since. It's now been so long, I would struggle to use Windows for every day tasks now.
I started using Linux with Yggdrasil Linux back in 1993. I was using remote shells to get on the internet at the time (irc, ftp, gopher, etc), and I really liked the idea of running all that stuff locally.
Although I've been using Linux for just a few weeks, I love how it feels fun to mess around and discover. I may not be the most tech savvy yet, but I'm enjoying my time so far. Everything feels fresh and the look and feel of desktop environments kinda sold me.
You know, Chris, we are kind of in the same boat.
When I got my hands on a computer back in the day (after being envious of other kids having Amiga, C64 and other cool stuff), a 286 that was already obsolete when I got it, that really sparked something. Unlike other guys, I was not interested in motorcycles or cars or whatever, they just made noise and went forward, but the whole computer stuff was something else entirely. A machine that could seemingly do anything. So of course I tinkered with Dos and Windows and whatnot and broke just about anything I could on a software level and reinstalled the OS and rinse and repeat. Never became a coder, but loved to tinker.
Fast forward to present day, I use Linux. Haven't touched Windows in years outside of my workplace, because no reason to. The reasons I like it is pretty much the same as you, which is that the OS adjusts to my needs and wants and not the other way around. I can strip it to as much of a barebones system as I want or need, replace most tools and, unlike with Windows, absolutely nothing changes unless I explicitly change it. And that's what I like about it. It's a tool, does what I tell it to and absolutely nothing else. I don't have to think about it, I don't have to worry about it.
Imagine if with your car all the radio and other settings would randomly reset every week or so, and you would have to readjust your seat from a default to what works for you every single, people would hate it and shit on the bad design in every possible review and car magazine. That's pretty much a Microsoft car. Then imagine that it would be the only car brand sold in the local dealerships and if you wanted anything else, you would have to order some really niche brand from somewhere else or buy a $200,000 Apple car.
Perhaps the only thing I might disagree with you would be the stability, but then again, I'm not one of the Arch fanboys. I run Debian stable as my daily driver on the desktop. It just works and updates don't tend to change or break anything. It works for me, because I don't have any eccentric needs regarding software.
I used to do a lot of distrohopping and I did use Arch too. Arch is a fine distribution for people who want the bleeding edge, but being constantly on the lookout for a potentially breaking changes while updating packages was not for me. And updates broke stuff more than once. Or at least that's the way it was years ago when I used it, I don't know if that's still the case today. At some point it slowly dawned on me that Debian stable was the thing for me, mostly because it does what I want and that's it. Over time I have just stopped giving a shit what version of what software I have as long as it works. Does it take a while to get a new version of whatever? Yes, but for the most part I just don't care. What I care about is that nothing breaks or needs fixing, because I want my tools to just work. Similarly, I don't know how many horse powers my car has or how different stuff under the hood works and I really don't care as long as it works.
Uffff ¡que extraordinario mirar y escuchar a alguien que se exprese en forma honesta y no violenta sobre Linux!! Muchas felicitaciones por la forma en que explica su punto de vista, sin grandes elocuencias ni exageraciones. Comparto plenamente cada una de sus conclusiones sobre Linux y sobre Microsoft. Tiene un nuevo suscriptor.
As a Linux user and someone working in tech for over a decade I appreciate Chris’s honesty and think his last point isn’t shared enough upon Linux enthusiasts. It’s not always going to be the most stable, it’s not always going to be the most secure and it’s not always going to be the right tool because it just may not have it.
Too many Linux folks run around online that it’s the magic fix and does everything automatically well. It just isn’t true, it really does a disservice for Linux as a whole when someone finds out the hard way it isn’t true and just.. an immature community.
But hey I get it, one can get lost in its awesomeness
Thanks Chris! Been following your videos for over six months while starting to prepare for a career in software engineering and IT. Your videos, along with many other of the Linux Pros out there have served as inspiration, a show of commitment to the craft, hard work, innovation, and the spirit of the true believers. While delving into the rabbit hole of JS, PHP, REACT, and the all the other thousand functions, one constant has been there that's kept me pushing forward, learning Linux! Keep up the awesome work...
Why i personally use linux:
-I love uninterrupted tinkering (F you microsoft)
-I love having more control over my system (F you microsoft)
-There is satisfaction for me when i solve problem i encounter or even if i just realize why that problem exists (F you microsoft)
-I use steam deck so i don't have to think about 2 different systems when i decide to play any game, modded or not.
-Also Linux starts up faster and only with things i want (F you microsoft and F you riot with vanguard that i have to click "close" twice for it to turn off and even then i don't know if it turned off)
EDIT: Added "-" before each point so it looks better (Also F you microsoft)
Desktop OSs are like character creation systems in RPGs. Windows and Mac ensure stability and compatibility by giving everyone the same character and you can only change their cloths. Every Linux distro gives you a unique default character and allows you to change everything, whether it makes sense or not, and that's why it's so easy to screw up. That's what I did with my first dozen Linux installs. Using only the GUI, I got real good at created 3-headed, 5-eyed, 7-legged, upside-down space fish.
Getting the best of both worlds is imo the best of the options. Great video!
Video summary: "Because it feels good."
You're welcome.
Thank you, lol.
Maybe its a feeling that you are aways in control.... same CLI in ages. Thank you M$! ❤
I use Linux because I dislike Microsoft as a company. I don't like OneDrive being force fed down my throat. I don't like a mandatory online user account, and I don't need a new version of clippy ever again. I would rater not use Linux, it's quite quirky, but it is the OS that at least somewhat respects my privacy.
there's some scripts out in the wild to kick out onedrive and a few commands you can run at installation to avoid an online ms account.
i think it's actually this exact channel that offers those types of scripts. worth checking out if you're not entirely happy on linux, but there's also some more stable distros i could recommend as well if needed!
what i love best about Fedora is the group list install
i use linux because I'm in control. That's it. Also. I have NEVER used Windows as my main, ever. I never had win98, win7-11. I've always lived in Linux or Android.
The main reason I use Linux is simply because it's fun and I love customizing my system and having full control. I spend most of my time in it but I do keep Windows around for edge cases like the occasional finicky audio plugin or game.
Ooh, I've said in some discussions that Linux isn't that stable and secure that claims make it out to be. Flamed to death. Linux users are as "passionate" as Apple users. Or Firefox users. So touchy.
Or furries.
Because tolerance towards unevidenced and/or hugely disproportionate statements get a low bar?
That's pretty well put together, overall. Thanks for sharing.
Since switching to Linux I feel that I am no longer being harassed with constant updates and changes. Killed my 365 subscription two days ago. Have a NAS and run AShampoo Office in Wine and it works great. Agree with Chris in that I too still boot into W11 for some tasks.
Very basically, I think (POV) the difference between Windows and Linux is that Windows means an infinite hardware vs. software race for commercial purposes and Linux, as an experimental tech community, is more focused on getting the most out of the hardware available, according to user's specific needs, the more efficiently possible.
My main reason ... I can config everything the way I like. There are many more but that's very important to me.
The main reason I am getting a t480s with Linux to use for work can be distilled in an experience I had yesterday at work. While using one of the notebooks we share at the office, I had everything set up to show something to a client at the end of a meeting. I closed the lid of the laptop, started the meeting and then I open the lid less than 30 minutes later to show my client what I wanted to and BOOM, Windows 11 decided it was a good time for an update. Needless to say, that meeting did not end well. I should have the t480s by Monday at the latest and it's gonna run Linux exclusively. If I didn't need VSTs for work on my desktop at home, it would have been running Linux long ago. For now, Bazzite is on a separate drive for gaming.
As long as I have the following programs on Linux, I have absolutely no reason to use Windows.
- Krita and Pinta for art and photo management (sometimes GIMP).
- LibreOffice for all office related files.
- Handbrake, kdelive, Audacity and MKVtoolnix for all of my audio/video editing needs.
- VLC Player and Rhythmbox as my media players.
- Heroic Launcher, Steam and Retroarch for all my gaming needs.
- Vivaldi or Firefox for my web browsing needs.
That's basically all I need to get by on a day to day basis. I really don't need Windows for anything except for playing games that require Easy Anti Cheat.
You can get free customer service from PhDs just by publicly saying "Linux is lame because XYZ"
LOL
I remember seeing a guy wearing a T-shirt with the logo "DOS - unleash the power of your machine", I smiled and thought 'how apt'.
I stopped coding a while back so I don't need to run SDKs (that mainly run on MS-Windows), and switched to Linux on all my machines. Wow! things run so much faster. Sure there was another learning curve to surmount but I have sub'd the Mint project a few times and I am happy. I still have a couple of dual-boot machines which I need about once-a-year when arguing with some techies about why their website is broken. I find it interesting that nascent programmers seem to think that everybody uses Edge and Windows. I too am staying out of MAC OS for fear of seeing the same 'encouragement' employed by MS, also I am reluctantly tech-supporting my partner's use of iOS and that has been enough of a disincentive.....
I migrated permanently to Linux in June of 2024 because of Microsoft. I went from Windows 10 one day to Arch Linux the next. I'm currently running CachyOS and absolutely love it!
Thank you for actually being willing to not just parrot the lies everyone else says. Yeah, Linux is lovely if you are using it with very well known hardware and for common, maybe specific niche tasks (yes, gaming still falls under this category), but with my experience, currently dual-booting Debian and Windows 10, as well as having two dedicated laptops running Linux Mint for over a year, I've learned it's best used as dedicated machines for dedicated tasks. For my uses, say digital art, a dedicated Linux laptop is almost perfect, with 1 minor quirk I can work around by changing some settings in the display manager. However...
If you have niche hardware, or you want very precise control over that hardware, I either haven't found a solution yet, or it straight up doesn't work. Soundcards are an absolute nightmare, especially their proprietary software features (I've used Easy Effects and changed settings in ALSA, no dice). And AMD... As much as they are supported and as much as it is just plug and play for general use... I have yet to find anything that even comes close the the driver suite that AMD provides for Windows uses, and as someone that uses Radeon Chill (a requirement for me) and tinkers with under-volting and whatnot, from my experience, Linux or I, still have an uphill battle to climb.
I really want to use it as my daily driver because I have lost all faith in Microsoft actually letting me have control over my PC experience going forward. However, with lack for major hardware features that no distro apparently supports, and the lack of precise, even somewhat easy to find solutions for controlling settings for my GPU, it's not quite there for me yet. Best I can do, is still use a stripped down version of Windows 10, at least for now.
I used Windows as my main OS up to 7. Then I tried 8. Oh, shit! What a disaster. Since I had fooled around with Linux previously I knew how good it could be. It took me about 6 months to find a good distro and set up and swap over fully to Linux. But I never regretted it. Goodbye borked updates and mysterious crashes!
I have more control over my OS than I ever had with Windows. I still keep an old PC with windows on it, but I rarely need to use it these days. If you can master Linux Wine you do not need Windows at all.
About 97% of the software I use on my desktop is native Linux software. And I could not be happier. If you are not afraid of the learning curve, then just do it.
And despite what you say about security and being stable, I found that it was the security and stability that made me want to stay with Linux.
Is it stable? The distro's I use are more stable than the Windows versions I had used in the past.
Has Linux ever crashed on me? YEP, sure has! But only when I do something silly or have hardware issues.
Is it perfect? Nope! Has minor issues all the time. But is better than being F'd In The A by Microsoft.
Is it secure? It can be if you know what you are doing.
the only true reason I started my Linux journey during university. Today I still use both Fedora and Windows since I contributed to Windows ISO mods, but yes, all and all Linux gave my back the joy of using computers from more than 15 years ago.
Dear author!
Here is a short story of how I became a system administrator and programmer! In the mid-90s, I bought my first computer, a Pentium with a clock speed of 166 MHz. A real fire horse, in those days. Somehow it turned out that I had to reinstall Windows every two weeks. Then, when I discovered that I did not have 166 MHz, but 150 MHz, overclocked to 166 by an unscrupulous seller, my troubles stopped, but thanks to multiple repetitions of the Windows reinstallation process, and also numerous attempts to configure something on glitchy hardware, I acquired invaluable experience and a profession. I now install Linux when I never want to go back to configuring a computer again. On my friend's laptop, Linux stopped working along with the laptop itself when his cat pissed on his laptop to death. Obviously, the hardware and operating system will behave differently. On the same hardware, you can get different stability depending on the operating system. But on working hardware, provided that before entering any command requiring root rights you sit on your hands for at least 5 minutes, Linux is unshakable, IMHO. I use Debian.
I am using Linux because I'll do anything to beat the system. Technology should be accessible for all!
I think one really underrated aspect of Linux is how fun and satisfying it is to use.
I found Linux to be incredibly stressful and extremely frustrating. Not fun.
@@robby3467 Fair. I think it may be a mindset thing.
It's so funny, because I feel exactly like you do, also exactly like your experience in several systems. Great!!! Regards from Angola :)
The simplest answer of why I use linux is because I can
The DE/TM in this video looks very pretty
One thing I found when using Windows vs Linux: On Linux I just put everything in my home folder because /home is a separate partition. On Windows, the home folder is on C:, which also happens to be the smaller partition. On my current Windows workstation I have to constantly fight against C being full (currently 5 GB free of 100 GB), while D is almost empty (currently 325 GB free of 380 GB). And that's AFTER I moved all my projects to D:\projects, all languages (incl. different versions) living in folders like D:\python and D:\odin, etc. It's still AppData that is polluted with 25GB of Data that I don't know how to move over to D.
Love the honesty. When creators can be unbiased, TH-cam is at the best. Microsoft resisted the advertising in the UI for years - the bloat and nagging is driving me nuts. And I am a Windows fanboy. Thanks Chris four utilities to battle it back a good deal.
I think a lot of people are comparing the stock linux distro experience to the stock windows experience with their comparisons. Not the experience after using the tools to strip windows.
Right! They are willing to keep tinkering with a constantly breaking system forever, but not tailor Windows at all.
If Microsoft wants to put a crapping donkey on your desktop the next update, they can just tell you to eat chow and deal with it if you don't like it. That is why I use Linux, even if there is that learning curve which I have long since passed and it didn't really take long either. If a distro does something we don't like, we can just fork it or change it. Linux is "free" as in libre, freedom. You are not chained to a massive for profit company making decisions you don't agree with.
If Windows decides to put something horrible in your computer, it's: "make it unstable and break it by hacking into it and turning it off", or having to *deal with it.* These are your only two options, and neither is acceptable. - Convenience is nice, until you look around and realize that you are in a cage. The door is open, you are not there against your will. And I would rather leave the cage personally, but I get that most don't. It's how they get you, after all. I say build your own comfort without the bars, it's frustrating in the short term, but in the long term? You will love yourself for having done it.
and that's exactly why we all use Linux, Windows is becoming a very closed environment especially for developers, constantly getting in your way while in the past windows used to be a tool more than an obstacle.
I use Linux because I am an advocate for free open source software. Free open source software empowers users with freedom and transparency by making the source code publicly available, allowing anyone to use, modify, and distribute it. FOSS is more community-driven while corporations main priority is their own interests, which may lead them to make decisions that may or may not be good for their users.
Linux and FOSS removes barriers and gives more opportunity to less fortunate people because Linux works better on old hardware, Linux doesn’t have strict TPM requirements introduced by Microsoft to artificially boost new PC sales at the expense of PC users, and open source software is free to use and learn from by inspecting the source code.
Privacy is another reason I use Linux, Microsoft is in the business of selling your data so it is in Microsoft's benefit for you to use their operating system and their services. MS has every incentive to push their software and services to try and get you to use their software like how they try to fool you into thinking Edge is superior in Windows, how they try to push you to create a Microsoft account to hide or remove the ability to create local accounts when setting up modern versions of Windows, the various ways they collect your data within Windows by default & the annoying process to disable it all.
Lastly, with Linux I have control over my own system. I can specifically configure and customize anything to have my PC configured exactly the way I want it to be. I can configure all the software I want to use without having to remove pre-installed software that I didn’t want on my PC, etc.
Also, as I Linux user I won’t have to deal with microsoft bs.
Spoken like a Linux true believer. No offence intended. But that's pretty much standard stuff even though it's not all strictly correct.
@@toby9999 Why make a reply if you're just going to leave a comment of vague statements that doesn't even make a point? What is "Standard stuff"? What did I say that was incorrect?
8:15 I hope that the Linux community could listen to this and think for a little bit.
We had Linux at work for 12 months as a cost saver, and it would often crash or hang and I would lose work regularly. It was damn annoying. We switched back to Windows. So, yes, Linux is not perfect. It's just another OS.
Lack of sleaze is the main reason to use Linux. And you can configure Linux Desktop to be what you want or need. I don't like BS corporate drama so I will make some effort not to use Microsoft.
But Chris, I kind of wonder about you talking stability with an Arch logo displayed: I thought the distro was a tinkerer's paradise...
I personally use Kubuntu as my daily driver now, I have personally never used Arch, yet. But, I definitely hear Arch is not bad if you like tinkering, but if you want something, that just works. Imo even Linux Mint does a great job, but I like the KDE Desktop more, so I went with Kubuntu..
jos, I really support it, make it Linux most popular, destroy the monopoly of the technological oligarchy
I have enjoying been using Linux more myself, one thing that stood out to me, even as a copypasta newb is by installing stuff via terminal there is so much less BS to deal with cookies popups ads ect, and when updating the actual OS never having to worry about being force fed whatever crappy software Microsoft want to sell me.
I use linux because :
1. Freedom & flexibility
2. More secure (my concern is mainly about viruses and telemetry data).
3. Minimal system requirements
4. Cost efficiency
That's basically my view too. Everyone keeps talking about the security, stability and stuff, and for me it's just fun. The freedom. I never had problems with stability on windows, and it is secure enough for me, and it is actually more reliable from my experience. Newcomers often get pushed back by many distro options, but for me, distrohopping is one of the best parts of using linux. Still, linux is not my main os, i use it on the side, because it's not worth it for me (at least not yet), but I have so much fun just tweaking and customizing, that i couldn't have with just windows. I'd probably change to linux if it was more popular and anything actually worked on it, but i think it will never become perfect because of the mindsets of both linux devs and users.
If you’re worried about app compatibility when switching to Linux, there’s a simple and highly effective solution that most people overlook: run Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC in VMware Workstation on any Linux Distribution. Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC is official, lightweight, free of bloat, and avoids forced updates, making it perfect for a VM. Plus, with VMware’s 3D graphics acceleration, Full GPU passthrough, USB passthrough ( means virtual machine can use GPU and USB ports ) and full peripheral support, you’re not emulating, you are virtualizing and you’re running Windows with near-native performance , it’s as good as running native windows in every aspect. Use Linux for everything that runs well natively and with wine , proton etc -many apps and games do-but whenever you hit a roadblock with a Windows-only program, just fire up the VM. This way, Linux stays your main OS, and Windows is only there when you absolutely need it. No more dual-booting headaches or compatibility fears-just a seamless, efficient workflow where your day is never ruined by software limitations.
One of the things I love about Linux is its godlike UX.
In a thread on Bluesky the other day about using Linux v Windows I said this "I don't like the way that Windows doesn't feel like yours. I built this PC & I want an OS that I control, not the other way around".
Been using Linux for 10 years now. I love it.
Linux to me just feels light and sporty no matter what I am doing.
I don't want MicroSoft deciding how much AI spyware my computer has.
"I just need the operating system NOT getting in my way"
Me in any Linux distro:
-Wayland not working with NVDIA (Crashes, window borders behaving weirdly, constant freezes)
-Other partitions ask for password on system start up (graphical start)
-Basic apps are now sandboxed so when I look for the files I saved are nowhere to be found
-Audio stops working from time to time
-My Android phone keeps disconnecting via USB cable (no issues on Windows)
-Widgets can break the entire desktop if I don't configure it correctly and pray to the gods
-Sometimes I hit "shut down", get black screen and the computer never turns off
All of this on a brand new install so... yeah... totally not getting in my way.
Still, I prefer all of those quirks than using Windows (Mac isn't even an option here)
I use it because i choose what it runs on it and have absolute control, my mom hasbeen using mint for like a decade and had no problem, not even a broke. Package
I switched so I could quit being part of the greater problem.
This video feels like Chris's answer to the questions he's had on his video about him using Google Chrome: It sounds like privacy is not one of his priority.
Privacy is a tricky thing to do properly. If I'd get rid of my phone, stop using google services, then maybe... but most people can't or won't do this. So using Linux for privacy is a bit of a joke with all these other massive privacy issues.
@@ChrisTitusTech Interesting subject to address more in depth in a future video maybe?
My reason to use Linux? No one’s trying to sell me anything. That’s it. I can download all my software from the AUR without having to sign in. No telemetry is being gathered. I just get to use my computer.
Does anyone knows where his dotfiles are? I love the fastfetch with the soundcard :))
As windows xp user in childhood I can relate to use linux it's great and keeps inner child alive 🖤
One of the things I hated about Windows was every couple new releases, I'd have to upgrade my computer which meant, build myself a brand new machine. I was okay with that because I love building myself a whole new machine. But I ended up with a pile of still functional computers in my closet that STILL work just fine. I have one from 1998 that I had Windows 98 and Windows 2000 on it in that closet. Nothing is wrong with it. So, when Windows 10 came out, the PC I had Windows 7 on ran so great. Then I put 10 on it and it was a dog! So I said, 'screw it! I'm putting Linux on it'. And I was done with Windows. That computer lasted until October 2024. It was about 16 years old and it ran Linux like a champ until it keeled over.
Linux gets out of your way
Windows just works
Windows works, but at what cost?
The one thing that linux can't do is Adobe, which is certainly in the running for software companies that are actually worse than Microsoft, but the entire business world has conspired to insane belief that the only way documents can be "officially" signed electronically is with adobe. SMH. I can't even begin to explain... The pain...
I've always hated the argument that Linux and free software is not about privacy just because you cannot make yourself invisible without a lot of effort. Privacy is not about being invisible, it is about closing your door when you pee. It is about decency and setting realistic boundaries rather than going into insane levels of obfuscation.That is why I refuse to use Windows or Chrome. Not because it is impossible to fingerprint me if I use Librewolf, but because I don't feel like my privacy is respected. I don't feel like their customer, I feel like their victim when I use their products.