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I would recommend VENTOY to install any ISO, including MS ones, it allows you permanent Linux on USB (great for use computers outside home). Try Solaar too for Logitech mouses. Also try KDE (perhaps in a virtual machine) and Discover to show your audience they can choose. SUGGESTION; Make one chapter showing the configuration menu (Gnome and KDE ones) with their options. And show the theming and the cubes, in particular dark themes as Vivid-dark-Global-6, as an alternative. And KDE connect (GSconnect in Gnome) for mobile integration. Ps: Sometimes you need MS WOS, then virtualization, even with GPU passthroug, can help you not to double boot, and the data MS can share is just the bare minimum
Did you know the 555 and even the 560 beta drivers are out? They work even better with Linux. Especially when running Wayland. After Explicit Sync got merged the experience has been amazing with those drivers on Wayland. You can even do cool stuff with PipeWire Audio.
Copilot AI and Recall are spyware in such level that the US government sued Windows for that. You want to use Zorin OS 17.1 core (Ubuntu based). It feels like Windows, no problems with installation and it have support for Windows third party software using Wine, Bottles, and Lutris. You will feel like you are on Windows. Also, there's the software manager which offer many many free software. Davinci Resolve have a Linux version. Scarlett suppose to have Linux drivers.
as a content creator who already uses resolve, i look forward to watching this series. i have been thinking of doing this for a long time, and i am to the point where i want to do it.
Windows is a bully, not only watching you but constantly gaslighting you into giving it more and more information. Linux has been my daily driver for over 10 years.
From Denmark, I myself switched my 5 PC+s from Windows 10 to Linux Mint 21.2 now (21.3) 10 months ago. And I will go to Mint 22 in short time. And I have not regretted that, My main computer I use is a Ryzen 5800x with an RX 6600 which works 100%. And Those who only need to use their PC for online banking, mail, printing, surfing the net will never run into problems, that is my experience . I'm so tired of their licenses you have to buy, here in Denmark a license for Windows 11 costs a whopping 100 dollars, and the microsoft account. And all their nagging that they come up with now. I enjoy Linux, I find it challenging, and never Windows again. And I newer come back to Windows again.
@@TheJason13 Great to have choices! Of course, the Unwanted Ones criticize "choice" as "confusing" for people. Linux has done a very poor job of branding, advertising and evangelizing Linux although the strength of Linux is that there is something for everyone -- from newbie penguins to seasoned penguins. And the different flavors of Linux are super customizable to make it actually your own OS. I am running KDE Neon Plasma 6.1 +.
I switched all my PCs to Linux Mint, except one, My Gaming PC, Linux is getting there but not quite, still buggy for my taste, if i have 30 minutes to play, I want to play, not fix stuff before I play. But as soon as it is ported properly, I will drop that winblows soo fast.... 😁
@@dsvet I'm on Arch Linux (with KDE Plasma). I'm not a hardcore gamer, but I have Steam installed, and the basic (old) games I play work really well (QuakeLive, Doom Eternal etc...). I've heard good things about CyberPunk, so may give that a shot soon (when I find some spare time).
I use Linux Mint for 99% of my apps and Windows in a virtual machine for the remaining 1%. I could use Linux for 100%, but there are a few Windows apps that I like to use, but I make sure to cut off ALL Internet access to my Windows virtual machine (for security reasons). I recommend an all AMD solution (CPU & graphics card) to make things easier in Linux. I use VLC for video/audio player, Libre Office, Gimp for bitmap graphics, Inkscape for vector graphics, DOS Box to play old dos games, Virtualbox for Windows, Vidcutter for basic video edits, Audacity for editting audio, LMMS music creator, Kdenlive video editor, Handbrake media converter, etc. Linux isn't perfect (nothing is), but it's AWESOME!
I WILL MENTION I WILL MENTION AS A THINKPAD P70 USER WITH INTEL+NVIDIA QUADRO the driver support and system stability have gotten shockingly good on business grade machines, with lenovo publishing official firmware repos and everything So, if you can't go all AMD or just need something mobile, or both Thinkpads are very worthwhile considering. those incompatibility issues as they only really exist on paper and with other laptop vendors
For some reason we software developers that use Linux as daily driver don’t count. Never understood that as I use my Linux computer for daily driver activities just like any Windows or Mac user uses their computer for same. I appreciate a good GUI desktop just as much as those users and Linux absolutely delivers a top notch experience for usability. My use of command line shell and text based software (vim) is my profession activity just as others are perhaps using video and sound editing software for their profession.
@@TheSulrosswas using Linux as my main/only OS in early 2000s (2002-2007?) until I needed to edit photos in Adobe Lightroom… glad to see so many creative/media software tools now available on Linux.
@@TheSulrossyou have to love pretty die hard to use vim. I worked somewhere with COBOL programmers from the late 80s for over 20 years, they used vi and their productivity was terrible. It's not that you don't count, it's that most people just don't want to use Linux.
@@TheSulross You don't count because it's like when I go 4x4ing with my buddies and a guy has an old Range Rover, and I ask him "So has it been reliable?" and he says "Yeah been no problem at all, solid car." Then I found he's a mechanic, and has changed the engine twice, the gearbox once, added a gearbox cooler and once stripped the entire thing down and replaced the wiring loom, all of it.
As a systems administrator back in 1985, I abandoned Microsoft in the early 2000 after doing the Y2K for DHL and stumbled upon DOOM embedded into Microsoft Word. Using Linux and OSX ever since.
I tried Linux in the early 2000s and was stumped by it. Fast forward to 2017,I tried Linux Mint 17 and was able to get it going. When Win7 passed away in 2020,I migrated to Linux and am satisfied. Not a gamer,but steam covers that,not a graphic artist but plenty of substitutes in Linux. The average Joe/Jane Doe can exist very well on modern Linux. If Windows wasn't like it was now,I might still be using it,since I started with Dos/Windows in the early 1990s.
@@UToobUsername01 Kind off. There are programs and scripts to try to tuned it down but they are not guarantee to work, specially after an update. I think Tek Syndicate has a video about them.
Indeed. Most IT people are only training on MS systems. However, a small number are looking beyond MS, although in some cases, as occurs in the medical/pharma field, discussing 'alternative narratives' in this case using open source, they can risk losing their jobs and income from the mainstream office sector. But web host companies have been using linux for 20 years and there are good opportunities there for open source geeks.
I was using Mint for a very long time. I still appreciate it for introducing me to Linux. But then I tried Arch based distribution, CachyOS and I realized how much Mint has held my machine back. Arch based systems have more software in their repositories. I did not need to build stuff myself that often. Thanks to it also having the newest updates, the performance was much better. I could even play games with decent frame rates, that I could not on Windows or Mint. But I am not trying to make you use an arch based distro. Just mentioning an option. Despite what I heard. I still think that Mint is good. Especially for people who just want to get the work done
I'll be watching and paying attention, in 2025 Windows 10 is no longer supported. My 8 systems are all getting old, so it is very fortuitous that you're here again to provide useful information.
@@michaeljohnson9760 Here's one thing to remember. Remember who built the internet and understand that anything connected to the internet belongs to the government and their evil minions! That's not a reason to use Linux but using Linux doesn't solve that problem.
Your computer will still work as long as the hardware works. There are hospitals still using XP, I have a computer with 7, and friends with old versions that never have issue. Just stay off porn sites, free sites, don't download crap off the internet, don't open emails. Unless verification is needed. Simple. Microsoft wants to forced hardware upgrades, forced OS upgrades. It's all about getting your money.
I just started cutting the cord with Ubuntu 24.04, I paused the video, downloaded, installed and was working on setting up when I came back to finish the video. Thanks for the video!
In 2015, on July 31, release day for Windows 10, I upgraded my main PC from Windows 7 to 10. I was, to say the least, aghast at what I saw. I restored my backup of my Win 7 setup (not trusting the Win 10 rollback feature) and figured I would give it some more time to "cook." I remembered how Vista had a rough start, but it ended up being decent after the issues were fixed (not that most people noticed... they'd gone back to XP). When the November update came out, I thought for sure that MS would have listened to their customers as they had with Vista and fixed it. I tried it out (as an upgrade) on a spare computer that had been set up as Win 7/ Kubuntu Linux dual boot, and none of my main complaints (which were far from being mine alone) had been addressed. That was when I realized that the issues I had with Windows 10 were not oversights or rough edges... they were key design features. Windows 10 was not meant to serve my interests. It was meant to serve Microsoft's, and even though Windows users were communicating this loud and clear, Microsoft chose not to hear it. That was when I set up my main PC as a dual boot with Kubuntu. The phase-out of Windows, my operating system of choice since 1990 (3.0), had begun. One day, some months later, I realized that I had not booted Windows in a long time (over a month). That was when I realized my migration was complete. I still kept Windows 7 around in case I needed it, since I had already paid for it, but it turned out that I didn't need it.
"Windows 10 was not meant to serve my interests" - I don't think that it's a coincidence that Satya Nadella took over as CEO in the prior year (2014). He was formerly head of their cloud services and I guess he's been pushing the company in that direction ever since.
MX Linux for me for years. No problems with Scarlet (2x2)...works naturally. Got Affinity stuff working, steam, nvidia(proprietary)....just a learning curve.
I am windows since day one but so sick of MS and Bill Gates! I've tried linux over the years but always gave up. I am waiting for the gaming episode. I am a 65 year old USAF Vet that is a geek. I have gamed since my original Amiga 500 from the late 80's. I play DayZ, Elite Dangerous and Halo PC. I have dedicated servers for DayZ and Halo PC. I have close to your requirements. But gaming is up in the mandatory column with my NVIDIA.
For you, since you have Nvidia, it would be worth checking out Pop!_OS by System76 (a Linux PC and laptop manufacturer). When you click "download," you get the option of the regular ISO or an Nvidia ISO, in which they roll the appropriate drivers for Nvidia GPUs. Word of caution, though: For the past few years, System76 have been working on their own COSMIC desktop environment, which they have built from scratch in the Rust language, to replace GNOME, since it got to the point where they were fighting the GNOME team's tyranny at every turn. They recently released the alpha version of their new desktop with their latest long-term support (LTS) version of Pop!_OS, 22.04. Because it's an alpha release, it is buggy and missing some features, so it may be best to wait a little while, maybe until it hits beta, unless you're a brave soul qnd wish to help them in their efforts. They just needed to get it released into the hands of the public so it could be stress-tested in the real world and so they could start squashing all the bugs they have missed internally, as well as to hopefully receive more feature requests that might increase COSMIC's quality of life going forward.
Almost the same bio here, but I gave up windows this year and I run Xbuntu with Steam for my games and it works, still a hiccup now and then but no worse than Windows. Also plenty of help that actually helps on line for configuration issues if needed.
I'm 100% on Linux Desktop since 2016. It's been 8 years since that happened. Before I also worked with Unix/Linux. I started my journey in 1999 with Debian Linux. For my programming and OS admin work I no need any advanced tools. Everything was about to find best way how to store your docs, scripts, stuff to get the work done. Till Today I'm using vim, notepadqq as my primary gears. Beside IT job I'm also competent in CAD drawing and 3D modelling. For years I used the VariCAD software on Linux to do this job. When 3D printers appeared Linux was pretty good supported by other software, like UltiMaker Cura 3D. So, now I can create a model in CAD software or in Blender and print using Cura 3D on my 3D printer. In the last years many things has changed dramatically for the better for Linux. I think Linux now is in good path to be a good, lightweight, competitive OS software.
Bravo! Great start sir. I have downloaded the ISO (Fedora Workstation), uploaded it to my favorite VPS provider, and am currently installing the operating system onto a fresh VPS. Doing it this way got me passed the part I was getting stuck on, which was basically being stuck at a command prompt not knowing where to go from there. After uploading the ISO and spawning the VPS, I entered a terminal window, and was given a choice, with actual prompts to follow. That led me to the actual install which is almost done (Hooray for GUI!) List? Not me. Just like the lyrics from Def Leopard, I am a "Touch and see" kind of guy. Makes it easy when you are not using your main machine, and just using a disposable VPS. I will play with it, do it again, and again, and again, until I master it and end up with a final product. To each their own.
Fedora has a "Spin" with the KDE desktop environment, which is MUCH closer to the Windows experience. I highly recommend this to people who are switching over from Windows and making "first contact"! Fedora Workstation uses the Gnome desktop environment, which is great, but increases the learning curve quite a bit, because it is very different in concept.
@@adityachopra7328 Yeah, there's a reason that Linux Torvalds famously showed Nvidia a certain finger. ;) I highly recommend AMD systems for Linux. It's a much smoother experience and you don't have to install proprietary drivers that might break your system.
For me the most important thing using linux is installing it on a BTRFS file system. I will give up on computers altogether without it. It has saved me so many years of heartache and tears when I first discovered it. I can break the system completely and have it restored under 20’s. To me it’s one of the greatest technologies of all time. Kudos to the individuals who worked on it.
It isn't just the self recording feature, it's the need to force you into a subscriber model for the one drive which requires signing into a Microsoft account which is why Microsoft removed the ability to create a local account via the graphical interface and also removed the ability to move the file structure with pointers moved properly as well.
You can still do it. Enter a dummy email address when it demands you set up a MS account. The idea is to use one that is blocked. After it tells you that you cannot use that one a few times, it will then offer you the chance to set up a local account.
Most people are already using Linux (or some derivative) and don't even know it. Pretty much all the cell phones are running Android or iOS, Apple computers too. Most Windows users can easily switch to Linux as their main application is the web browser anyway. My next phone will be a Linux phone because I don't agree with how the Apple and Google management behave, closing their OS in the name of "security" and then abusing that unilateral control to prevent users from upgrading the OS on a device they paid real money to own, forcing them to buy new hardware to be able to run the current version of apps that won't run on previous OS versions. There is no such issue in Linux, even a very old machine can run the latest OS, aside from some 32/64bit limitations. The only gripes I have with Linux are the messy directory structure which should have been simplified/cleaned up long ago, and excessive complexity in the boot process, configuration, and applications/drivers handling. On the surface it's fine, but under the hood it still needs a complete overhaul to get rid of all the obsolete remnants of Unix compatibility.
I did the jump to Linux not long ago, I agree with all that you've said, but here's a suggestion, drop Gnome for KDE Plasma. I was at first also quite captivated by how shiny and nice Gnome looks, but you'll notice that doing stuff just doesn't feel smooth in Gnome, while KDE looks more rough but stuff just works and feels effortless. I can give you an example, I like to connect my TV (which is 4k) to the computer, that is running 2x 1080p screens, to watch stuff while sitting in the couch, with Gnome it kinda worked, but I couldn't select different resolutions for different screens, and couldn't change the scaling of the UI for each screen. Changed to KDE and all of it just works, better than windows. There was also some strange hassles with Nvidia control center but I think I manage to fix that back in Gnome. The confidence that comes from knowing it was me that fffed up and not the GUI that isn't working as it should, is totally worth the slightly less polished looks IMO.
Running KDE Plasma myself. I had weird issues with Wayland (like mangohud breaking DOSBox) so I went back to X11, and all is fine. Seems Wayland isn't quite ready for prime time, but X11 is well-established.
Installed Linux Mint 21.3 in June and upgraded to 22 last month. Only thing I haven't got to work in Affinity, but I've been able to adapt to using Krita despite some downsides to that. Still dual booting to Windows 10 for the time being, but I have been overall pleasantly surprised by Linux. Audio production was the biggest issue because of my audio interface, but once I figured out how to replace the audio server to Pipewire and Wireplumber that are now baseline in Linux Mint 22 I am now able to use Reaper, Ardour, and Linux specific audio plug-ins. Had to abandon some old Waves plug-ins I have and Cakewalk that is an awesome DAW, but overall I got it to work. So yeah! Not perfect, but it is pretty decent all things considered.
I've come to realize one thing over time. I didn't cut the cord with Windows as an OS. They cut the cord for me when they released Windows 8 and went on that path. I find myself constantly missing Windows even though Linux Mint has been a fine replacement. The windows I miss however doesn't exist anymore and won't ever exist again with the design choices they are making today.
Hey... great video!! Just found you. For 20 years I ran my own consulting business providing custom software to various levels and sectors of companies and organizations. Due to Microsoft's iron grip all my customers were using dos and then windows. So I had to operate in that realm. My apps were 95 % done with database systems : DBase, then Fox and finally Visual Foxpro. It was 20 years of aggravation having to continually upgrade not only the OS but also my DB versions and of course pay the tab each time. Then I retired and decided to cut the cord and go to Linux... haven;t looked back and am quite happy with my choice.
WOW, that was some GREAT info and def something to think and act on! I will be ordering a new SSD to give this a shot and see if it does good. I'm not a creator, mainly just use for surfing the web, e-mail, Amazon, TH-cam, etc. Thanks J and look forward to the series.....
My company uses a mix of macs and windows. But we started moving towards switching all of the windows machines to linux. Honestly, it was super easy. So I started switching at home too. I often had some real bs getting windows to connect to my network printers at home. I was blown away when I started bringing the newly installed linux laptops online and every one just automatically detected the printers on the network and set them up automatically. Seems like a small thing but it was just such a nice thing not to have to go and get the drivers and then configure each one manually. We have five laptops and 4 desktops at home so that was a nice time saver..on top of that it doesnt install the garbage that manufacturers install with the drivers on windows that I have to then go around again and block.
I have been using Linux Mint and Ubuntu as my daily driver since 2005 and never looked back , everything that windows can provide Linux can do the same , even though Linux might be a bit limited in video editors my work around is Cap cut , don't need the headache of Microsoft in my life.
Kdenlive is a good alternative for video editing, Darktable is photo editor, alternative for Lightroom, but i must admit, it has some learning curve and is different ALOT, but it works
While I wholly agree that the problems with Windows are nearly insurmountable, all solutions I tried with Linux are extremely insular. And even if you surrogates for most of your software, you'll nearly always run into severe performance problems. Graphics drivers are reduced in scope and ancient. Libraries are bug riddled. You'll waste a lot of time and energy on silly petty issues. And I'm unconvinced that this can be resolved. For the time being, I find it more rewarding to hollow Windows out and gag it with firewall restrictions. This will also not work forever but for the time being, I like it a tad better.
I am looking forward to the series, i have been on the fence with cutting the windows cord for some time now, maybe this is the push i need to get moving. I think everyone is entitled to privacy and it is getting harder and harder to avoid the devious tactics employed by some software companies. Linux distros have become much more user friendly and have better driver/software support than it did 20+ years ago when i first tried it out. Thanks for your efforts.
My hesitation in switching to Linux has always been the necessity in learning at least some Linux commands. Linux appears to not do everything for the user... find drivers. Linux has always been a languge for programmers; it forces the user to learn the language. I don't have that kind of time.
My biggest hurdle has been running some Windows only software that connects via serial or USB com ports for radio control. Other windows only software can run in Usebottles. I am now on LMint and most things are working. I still am dual booted just in case for the radio control software.
Bravo, I look forward to this series. I tried to go with Linux 'Mint' for my home server using an old slower box that no longer would run the current version of Windows some years ago. I never did figure out how to make Windows recognize that server on my network. I am not like you, I'm just an old country surveyor. I did dabble at software programing but never rose above the level of the language used in HP47 hand held field computers. I use software called Carlson Survey software that works with AutoCAD files and all my professional work files are dependent on that 'Windows' software. Until I retire I am stuck with The Silicon Valley Bandit. I also use Video editing software called 'Magix" and I have most of my old DVD collection of movies on that old linux box set up as a PLEX server, which is connected to all my TVs via my home network. If I can find a way to do the AutoCAD and Magix software with Linux, I'm with you, it will be Windows? Windows into what? Sayonara Microsoft. Long? I didn't notice this podcast was long.
@@jcristina I have tried to use Linux several times over the years but I only tried the Distro that Mint is in, I can not recall the name of that distro (Ubuntu I remembered) but it is not Red Hat. I have tried to install Wine on Mint so I could run windows software. At that time I did have some success with the install but something in my install failed to work with Carlson Survey. Carlson is based on one of two different kernels of software. One is AutoCAD and the other is ICAD (IntelliCAD). My package uses ICAD as it's kernel. Anyway, something in the software for Carlson does not work with Wine and I am not savvy enough to know how to try to resolve the problem. I have enough trouble trying to learn what to do with the command line in Mint. I have crashed Mint a couple of times trying to use the 'sudo' command because I do not know/understand the following command language. I hope after I retire to be able to use your upcoming series and advise from other users in the Ubuntu camp to learn what I need to get away from Microsoft and the other money grubers in this industry. If there is some advantage of Red Hat over Ubuntu in the use of Wine (I believe Wine is a Windows emulator?) I may switch to Red Hat.
@@genethesurveyor You may have more luck with newer versions of wine or proton, as for windows compatibility the wine/proton version is more important than the baseline distro. I personally found much success with SUSE early on and currently driving Manjaro dayly. winehq has a pretty comprehensive AppDB, that may help you. You may even be helpful in writing a new entry with your current experience, when next test driving and may be even staying with Linux, good luck and have fun.
@@kupferdrachevideosfurdich8733 Thanks, I will try to let you know how it works out. AutoCAD and Carlson are rather complicated applications. If they work I suppose almost all of my Windows software will work. 🙂
I replaced Win3.1FWG with Win95 on Dec 27th, 1997. I was running Win3.1 in a DOS box inside OS2, which would automatically reboot Win3.1 when it crashed, which wasn't often. However, I had to reinstall Win95 FIVE times between Jan 1 and May 1, 1998 on my brand new Sony desktop. I went to Nobel Bookstore, where OS's were sold in the day, to get a new copy of OS2 for $200. There I happened to notice a paperback titled "Learn Linux in 24 Hours", by Bill Brush for $25. In the back of the paperback was a RH5.0 CD. I installed RH5 my Sony desktop was rock solid stable. In Sept of 1998 a SuSE ad featured KDE 1.0 Beta and I switched to it. Running KDE on SuSE on my Sony was also rock solid stable. In Feb of 2009 I switched to Kubuntu and in 2016 I made BTRFS my file system. In 2020 I was running the latest version of KDE on top of BTRFS running on Kubuntu but I wanted to be on the leading edge of the Plasma desktop so I switched to KDE Neon.
The thought of Microsoft watching me used to creep me out. Though now I just put porn on for telemetry entertainment. 😂🤣 Someone once told me, "if you ever find that someone is watching you, put on a show!" 😁
MX23.3 is my daily driver but i have a dual boot into windows that doesnt go online and plays my single player games I am retired and just having fun and do any downloads on linux. and im 77 years old, and build computers as one of my hobbies
For someone experienced in Red Hat, and with content creation and gaming as priorities, the fedora based Nobara would have been an excellent choice. However fedora will also do the job, just be prepared to jump through a few extra hoops, it will do well when setup though.
It is not my goal to quit Windows, but I have been using other operating systems more and more. I split my time Mac, Windows, and Linux, in that order. All three platforms have their pluses and minuses, and I tend to use them for different things. Since you asked us to name software that's going to be difficult to replace on Linux, I'd say TurboTax.
I started with Redhat 7, then Suse until the changed their policy, then Ubuntu (Dapper ~ 2006), then I got rid of Vista. Never had a MS system on any of my machines since then. I switched to Mint Mate when Ubuntu abandoned Gnome. Good to know there are new softwares available on Linux (like Davinci Resolve 300 USD) for free software is good, but only for common needs.
I've used Linux since the 90s, I like Mint, Elementary OS, Kumbuntu, Crux, older Scientfic Linux, some variations of Red Hat......their was a version I loved in the early 2000's called crunchbang that was beautiful, but they stopped developing it....there are some great security versions out there, but I still use various forms of windows I just lock them down big time....
I just installed CachyOS, a highly optimized Arch distro build in a dual boot configuration last night. Now begins my journey in trying to learn Linux.
Use Ventoy. After the USB Stick is set up you only need to place the ISO files (for all OS) to the drive and they will show up in boot. So you can have many ISOs ready to install with you.
About two weeks ago I reached a point where I said no more. I installed Linux Mint without any dual boot. So far there is only one thing I miss: nice looking applications. It seems the linux folks love highly technical stuff. AIDA64 is an example. There are a lot of apps out there that lets me look at some of the stats or stress tests that match some of the things in AIDA64, but not one of them provides a highly customizable sensor screen. That sucks. The only thing I am concerned about is with my development machine....Unreal Engine says it should build the games on Windows not on Linux. But I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.
Looking forward to this series. For the benefit of others there are two main Desktop Environments on Linux; Gnome and KDE Plasma. Gnome is used by most distros and is the one shown here. Plasma is another great Desktop Environment which is fantastically customisable. Gnome looks a little like MacOS and Plasma looks more like Windows. There are other Desktop environments too but those are the two most popular. In the case of Fedora Gnome is the default but there is also a Fedora Plasma version.
I have been on Linux something like 3 years. Swore by KDE and disregarded gnome when I first started off. Tried both of them but preferred KDE. Recently I tried gnome again but I discovered the extension manager and ended up with something I like better than KDE. My main environment is Hyprland now. But when I want to use a VM, I login to a gnome session so my hyprland keybinds dont conflict.
Been using Linux since 1998. 26 years, now. I've used Linux as a desktop machine, and as a fileserver. I ran dual monitors. and a Scarlett 2i2. The 2i2 plugged in and worked (no drivers needed). Now I'm running Win 10, due to a serious medical issue. Rufus is also a good USB writer.
There are at least two distros that I run on a daily basis and have no problems getting my normal work done. The only problem I have had is with games. Lots of stuff will run just fine on Steam, but many things will not. That being said, Linux is doing the job on my productivity tasks, including managing video and photo work. I also do a lot of programming in various languages, both old and new, with no issues. NVIDIA support is a roll of the dice depending on what flavor of Linux you decide on. Arch is a real rice bowl. I think Linux is getting there for the average person to use for their daily tasks, with the caveat that some specialized tasks may require a dual boot with windows sitting somewhere on the back burner. GRUB makes it easy. EDIT: The other thing I found that can be a real PITA is getting file sharing to work. You can't imagine the hair I have pulled working to get Samba to work correctly. Finally managed it though.
I use Debian 12, and it is easy enough to get all of the basics: 'nala', 'default-jdk', 'scala 3', 'vs code', 'powershell', etc; it is very easy to find a '.deb' install of virtually anything (sudo nala install -y streamdeck-ui).
Hopefully, the mass surveillance aspect of Windows and the other big boy in the room will make people switch to Linux and then the software vendor holdouts may port their apps to Linux! 👌
You need to learn how to get your work done with Linux software. This is the hardest part, getting your work done is often a puzzle you solve with many software tools. There are a hell of a lot of good tools available on Linux, but you need to learn your tools in order to be able to pick the right tool for each task. Once you have learned your tools, any task can be done on Linux.
I actually switched from Windows to Linux in 2003 during the XP era when I began to see Microsoft's licensing giving them too much control over what the user does on their own computer. Even then I did what you say about laying out my needs vs wants. My needs were (and still are) purely personal, nothing job-related. I needed a stable and durable os, full control and customization through editable configuration files, and a minimalist environment free of bloat and automation. I ended up installing Slackware 9.1 and have been a Slacker since, and after trying several desktop environments I prefer Fluxbox. My father finally made the switch a few years ago and he loves Mint with the Cinnamon desktop. I'm not much of a gamer and mostly play retro PC and console games and got that covered with DOSBox, Wine, and a Raspberry Pi running RetroPie based on Debian Bullseye. And if there is *anything* I need Windows for I can do it in a VirtualBox VM.
One of the big problems with Linux is finding hardware that has software support. I would like to recommend looking into Brother "inkvestment" printers ... particularly if one needs a large (11 x 17 inch) format. Avoid Cannon hardware like the plague !
@@TheSulross Epson is one of the few brands that generally has support for Linux. I have one of their USB Scanners (Perfection V19 II)) and it does a much better job of scanning that my Brother 'all in one' printer. The main reason that I bought a Brother Printer is because they offer a large format printer with Linux support.
I use Linux as my daily private driver, spare games. At work it's another story, they are hooked on Windows, MS Office and different front ends of sorts written for Windows. Can't get away even if I want to.
My experience with ubuntu: ctrl+alt+t, sudo apt update, sudo apt upgrade. "Huh, that thing got a little faster" or "oh, they fixed that bug thats been annoying me", cool!
Just swapped my moms facebook rig from windows to debian kde. Works great on what was a mid range computer from around 2012. Looking forward to your future videos about your process.
Long time Debian user here, appreciating the tips! My channel runs on free & open source (with minor exceptions) software. Always has been. Electronics design software: Kicad CAD if I really need to use one: FreeCAD, OpenSCAD Graphics: GIMP, Inkscape Video editing: Shotcut, KDEnlive (I still need to get DaVinci Resolve to run on mine) OBS + NDI plugin (obs-ndi or DistroAV), ffmpeg compiled against NDI SDK, v4l2-to-ndi I sometimes use Windows because of Dymo Label software for my label printers, and some obscure utilities for interfacing with smartphones. Can't see a way to get these going with Wine.
My Linux experience is admittedly quite low but on Windows I rely heavily on the Directory Opus file manager. If that was ever ported to Linux I would be one happy camper 🙂
The one thing that keeps me on Windows is Excel, and no LibreOffice / Google Sheets / etc doesn't cut it. PowerQuery on Excel for Mac is a bit limited compared with its Windows equivalent, so that is only a 90% replacement. Most of the other stuff I use is already on Linux (Debian) or FreeBSD, and I access it remotely from whichever desktop I'm using. Right now, I have a Windows desktop and a MacBook Pro on my desk, and a server sitting in the corner of the room with 29 different VMs on it, mostly FreeBSD with a few Debian.
Have you tried using OnlyOffice? It's a lot better than Libre Office, also free and the one closest to the latest MSOffice and is 100% compatible. It even has it's own .PDF viewer and converter so you can convert your document into .pdf format and vice versa.
@@FinnGamble There is in Power Query, the mac version is far more limited in what you can import. Also the =WEBSERVICE() function and the equivalents in VBA aren't available on Mac.
Been using Linux for about 5 years and went from Ubuntu to Mint 21.3. Mint has exceeded my expectations by miles. Been my daily driver for about a year now. I fire up my Windows when I want to play a few games or do some graphics but thats about it.
Sorry JC - 78 y.o. gotta pass. I was a Code Monkey at Apple then Aldus, then Adobe then "big bucks" switched me to Microsoft. A week later I was gone! Became a professor at the U of W who "loaned me" to Austrailia for the 2000 Olympics - graphics consultant. Then Oxford in England and finally MIT. But Apple was demanded at each stop. I've stuck with Apple - their eco system works - for me. Good luck - Starlink RULES.
Oh ya. Apple made there market using UNIX backend and a “GOOD” GUI front end to make people comfortable and their multi-device ecosystem is the best in the biz.
Switched from Windows Linux back in 2001. Started out with Corel Linux, then over to Red Hat, then distro-hopped for a few years. Landed onto Ubuntu, until they dropped unity, then got tired of all the changes they were making and have happily settled into pure Debian. I have Devuan Linux on a couple of my laptops. Now I'm a 50yr old Linux, Bitcoin and Nostr nerd 😊😊
I've been using Fedora Linux for 15 years and I don't miss Windoze one little bit. I had to use it at work, but although it sometimes felt like it, I wasn't there 24 hours a day 😋 The Cinnamon desktop, which I think was originally designed for Linux Mint, works well with Fedora and it's now the system of choice for both myself and my other half. I do still maintain a dual-boot system on one of my laptops though, as I do have certain specialist software that won't run under Wine, and I've never quite managed to get the hang of installing a virtual machine..! It only gets run up occasionally though, such as when the satnav needs its maps updating. The way I look at it is, if Fedora is good enough for Linus Torvalds, who developed (and still maintains) the Linux kernel, it's good enough for us😋
I left Windows for Linux back in 2008. I never looked back. I can do everything I need, design for web and print, video editing, programming, business documents. I've used OpenSuse distro the entire time.
I switched to Arch 8 months ago because I realized that everything I was using was available for Linux with no problems. Also I'd been getting really tired of Microsoft for years. Before I switched I had spent months checking out the community & ecosystem and playing around with Linux inside VirtualBox. That gave me a pretty good idea of how things worked and what to be prepared for, so the transition was actually really smooth.
I am almost 40 years Apple user, i do know Windows very wel, because i am also better ex-System Network Administrator.. but i stay Mac, i am interested in your video and Linux, big chance i try it 😉👍👍👍👍👍👍 Thx Great Video 👍👍👍👍👍👍
Tried to use the convert to Lenox on my google chrome desktop "button" and pressing the button was as far as i got. I'm scared of DOSS so i backed out. So I'll be watching your TH-cam channel 🚀
@laurajones1240 Don't be afraid. Most problems you may run into are a google search away. Plus there are a lot of friendly/helpful communities out there. If you know how to create a bootable USB you can always boot into the live distro and play around and learn how to use it.
Great choice, both on switching from Adobe and also Windows. At the office we moved all our Windows systems over to Linux after continuous problems with forced updates and system stability. We do mostly VFX and video post, so CentOS and Fedora were our distros of choice, both Red Hat style distros. CentOS (now Alma or Rocky Linux) is great for long term stability, while Fedora brings new features and cutting edge hardware support. There are a lot of 3D, VFX and postproduction applications that are supported or run well on these distros - in fact I think Rocky Linux is now the VFX Reference Platform recommendation for Linux workstations. And if you have multiple installs, then I think Linux really shines. There are so many tools to easy manage and batch configure or deploy new systems, from simple bash scripts to more complex things like Kickstart and Ansible. Deploying the OS, software and configs on a fresh system takes us less than 60 min, all scripted. Looking forward to your future video video posts!
I was never on Adobe but loved your cutting cord series. Windows however, i have not been able to shake. Tried a dual boot system probably like a decade ago and it was a disaster for me. Like many, i am increasingly concerned about Windows. I have a nephew that isn't to computer literate, and was tricked into upgrading from 10 to 11. My newest build is win11, which forced me to junk a lot of otherwise good hardware that simply would no longer work because of win 11 security features. Of course windows tracking and potentially becoming subscription is a major concern. I really hope your project works because i will follow you over the cliff if it does!! If it works with your PC's, please keep the series rolling with conversions of any window based laptops you have.
Must haves: availability of most recent stable packages of Python, Go and GIMP; filling PDF forms; printing documents; drivers for RTX 3060 & second screen over HDMI. Nice to have: CD ripping with album database, read/write access to NTFS drives. The most likely scenario is going to be dual booting until I'm convinced Mint/Ubuntu/whatever works good enough.
late to the series, but i'm still going to make a suggestion: the distro you were/are really looking for was/is "nobara linux". based on fedora, its specifically made for gaming and video creation. it was made and is maintained by "glorious eggroll", the guy who made protonge (aka proton glorious eggroll) he, ge, was/is either a fedora developer or maintainer (or both), i forget. davinci resolve is basically a one-click install, since nobara is specifically prepped for it. also, i speak under correction, but i believe obs also comes preinstalled with all the necessary plugins.
If your favorite software is Windows only (and will run offline) and everything is working perfectly and there's no other reason to be online then AIRGAP IT! Then use a separate Linux machine for online stuff. Any essential file transfers between the 2 can be done with a USB stick (virus scanned). I'm still happily running a video editor, DAW, old CS6 Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop on a 2016 Win 10 system. No ads, nags, spyware, malware, unwanted updates, upgrades, cookies, bots or hacks. Just peace and quiet.
I'm very interested in this new "Life After Microsoft Windows" series, as I have three Windows 10 machines that do their jobs perfectly well. I have absolutely no intention of throwing them away and replacing them just because Almighty Microsoft says so. Besides, I really don't know if I actually want Windows 11 anyway, particularly with all this hooha about Recall. One of my Windows 10 machines spends 99% of its time offline anyway. This will become 100% next year. The other two will become Linux machines. I've already chosen a distro (Ubuntu Studio). Thanks, and keep up the good work.
I found a folder that I could delete, and it fixed all my problems. I think it was named "windows". I've had little trouble switching to Linux other than learning Klingon for the inevitable command line stuff. When are they going to just lose the need for terminal?
Great approach to making a switch. I think creators like yourself have needs that are very specific, and were initially developed in a Windows or Mac environment. There are a number of devices, especially audio, that only work in Windows. Doing the research and defining your goals before making a switch would benefit anyone though. I've been daily driving Mint for about 4 months now, and the only Windows device still in our house is running Blue Iris with no route to the internet. I really enjoy seeing other's stories about their Linux journey, both the successes and the failures. Looking forward to following yours!
I have used PCs for a long time now. (Did the PC Tech and System admin thing for a while as well) First I am not a big gamer. So gaming is not a huge issue for me if i want to i can use Steam for that. So) I have come to the opinion that I want the Operating system it's self to be opaque. unless so I can concentrate on the application I am using. Windows Seem not to offer this anymore (Since Windows 7 it seems ) I did use Window 10 for a pretty long time and didn't see GNU/Linux as "Mature enough yet" for my use But 3 years had past and I knew Win 10 was getting to E.O.L .(End Of Life) and saw Window 11 was horrid so I decided to go to see if Linux had progressed and.. Wow Linux Mint be came my "Daily Driver" almost immediately That said a lot to me. So i was able to the cord (For the most part (I duel boot but am only using Windows as a "Utility OS" ) and am planing to wipe the duel boot and jut put Linux Mint 21.3 by it self as my main OS soon. See breaking a way from Windows OS wasn't as difficult as I first thought it would be (Find a distribution you like run it for a while and if all goes well bye bye Walls (Propitiatory software) Windows and Gates.
I started dabbling with Linux at the turn of this century dual booting and gave up using Windows totally in 2019. I have not missed Windows in any way and run numerous different Linux distro's.
OMG what a terrific video!!! I have been wanting to do this. My main concern is photo editing. i am learning Affinity now because of your video on that. Unfortunately they don't make it for Linux. I am going to try this. Please do follow up videos for us! This video was great!!!! P.S. am sharing this to all my friends :)
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I would recommend VENTOY to install any ISO, including MS ones, it allows you permanent Linux on USB (great for use computers outside home).
Try Solaar too for Logitech mouses.
Also try KDE (perhaps in a virtual machine) and Discover to show your audience they can choose.
SUGGESTION; Make one chapter showing the configuration menu (Gnome and KDE ones) with their options. And show the theming and the cubes, in particular dark themes as Vivid-dark-Global-6, as an alternative. And KDE connect (GSconnect in Gnome) for mobile integration.
Ps: Sometimes you need MS WOS, then virtualization, even with GPU passthroug, can help you not to double boot, and the data MS can share is just the bare minimum
Did you know the 555 and even the 560 beta drivers are out? They work even better with Linux. Especially when running Wayland. After Explicit Sync got merged the experience has been amazing with those drivers on Wayland. You can even do cool stuff with PipeWire Audio.
Copilot AI and Recall are spyware in such level that the US government sued Windows for that.
You want to use Zorin OS 17.1 core (Ubuntu based).
It feels like Windows, no problems with installation and it have support for Windows third party software using Wine, Bottles, and Lutris. You will feel like you are on Windows.
Also, there's the software manager which offer many many free software.
Davinci Resolve have a Linux version.
Scarlett suppose to have Linux drivers.
this is a braver action than cutting the cord from adobe.
good luck. i hope you succeed.
as a content creator who already uses resolve, i look forward to watching this series. i have been thinking of doing this for a long time, and i am to the point where i want to do it.
Windows is a bully, not only watching you but constantly gaslighting you into giving it more and more information. Linux has been my daily driver for over 10 years.
Works for you, not for many of us.
Apple. Worse.
@@fido139skill issue
Yip, for me since mid to late 1995 onward or there about.
Adobe
From Denmark,
I myself switched my 5 PC+s from Windows 10 to Linux Mint 21.2 now (21.3) 10 months ago. And I will go to Mint 22 in short time.
And I have not regretted that, My main computer I use is a Ryzen 5800x with an RX 6600 which works 100%.
And Those who only need to use their PC for online banking, mail, printing, surfing the net will never run into problems, that is my experience
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I'm so tired of their licenses you have to buy, here in Denmark a license for Windows 11 costs a whopping 100 dollars, and the microsoft account.
And all their nagging that they come up with now.
I enjoy Linux, I find it challenging, and never Windows again.
And I newer come back to Windows again.
🤓
I did the same thing last year, but with Fedora :)
@@TheJason13 Great to have choices! Of course, the Unwanted Ones criticize "choice" as "confusing" for people. Linux has done a very poor job of branding, advertising and evangelizing Linux although the strength of Linux is that there is something for everyone -- from newbie penguins to seasoned penguins. And the different flavors of Linux are super customizable to make it actually your own OS. I am running KDE Neon Plasma 6.1 +.
Yes Made the jump to Linux Mint 21.3 about 6 months ago and...Think I'll Never look back to Microsoft Windows!
I switched all my PCs to Linux Mint, except one, My Gaming PC, Linux is getting there but not quite, still buggy for my taste, if i have 30 minutes to play, I want to play, not fix stuff before I play. But as soon as it is ported properly, I will drop that winblows soo fast.... 😁
I quit on Microsoft 6 years ago, I am now using Linux Mint and I love it. you cant go wrong.
Sweet
How does it work for gaming?
@@dsvet I don't know, I don't game, but reading reviews on the Linux Mint web site, there seems to be many people who like it for gaming.
@@dsvet I'm on Arch Linux (with KDE Plasma). I'm not a hardcore gamer, but I have Steam installed, and the basic (old) games I play work really well (QuakeLive, Doom Eternal etc...). I've heard good things about CyberPunk, so may give that a shot soon (when I find some spare time).
@@MnemonicCarrier ok thanks!
I use Linux Mint for 99% of my apps and Windows in a virtual machine for the remaining 1%. I could use Linux for 100%, but there are a few Windows apps that I like to use, but I make sure to cut off ALL Internet access to my Windows virtual machine (for security reasons). I recommend an all AMD solution (CPU & graphics card) to make things easier in Linux. I use VLC for video/audio player, Libre Office, Gimp for bitmap graphics, Inkscape for vector graphics, DOS Box to play old dos games, Virtualbox for Windows, Vidcutter for basic video edits, Audacity for editting audio, LMMS music creator, Kdenlive video editor, Handbrake media converter, etc. Linux isn't perfect (nothing is), but it's AWESOME!
I WILL MENTION
I WILL MENTION
AS A THINKPAD P70 USER WITH INTEL+NVIDIA QUADRO
the driver support and system stability have gotten shockingly good on business grade machines, with lenovo publishing official firmware repos and everything
So, if you can't go all AMD or just need something mobile, or both
Thinkpads are very worthwhile considering. those incompatibility issues as they only really exist on paper and with other laptop vendors
Linux has been my daily driver for 24 years. No regrets. I am a software and web developer.
AAAAAAAAWESOME!!!!!!
For some reason we software developers that use Linux as daily driver don’t count. Never understood that as I use my Linux computer for daily driver activities just like any Windows or Mac user uses their computer for same.
I appreciate a good GUI desktop just as much as those users and Linux absolutely delivers a top notch experience for usability.
My use of command line shell and text based software (vim) is my profession activity just as others are perhaps using video and sound editing software for their profession.
@@TheSulrosswas using Linux as my main/only OS in early 2000s (2002-2007?) until I needed to edit photos in Adobe Lightroom… glad to see so many creative/media software tools now available on Linux.
@@TheSulrossyou have to love pretty die hard to use vim. I worked somewhere with COBOL programmers from the late 80s for over 20 years, they used vi and their productivity was terrible. It's not that you don't count, it's that most people just don't want to use Linux.
@@TheSulross You don't count because it's like when I go 4x4ing with my buddies and a guy has an old Range Rover, and I ask him "So has it been reliable?" and he says "Yeah been no problem at all, solid car." Then I found he's a mechanic, and has changed the engine twice, the gearbox once, added a gearbox cooler and once stripped the entire thing down and replaced the wiring loom, all of it.
As a systems administrator back in 1985, I abandoned Microsoft in the early 2000 after doing the Y2K for DHL and stumbled upon DOOM embedded into Microsoft Word. Using Linux and OSX ever since.
Perfect!!!! Both are Unix based. Love it.
In 2024 Microsoft is advertising for Linux and Intel is advertising for AMD.
What a crazy year.
I tried Linux in the early 2000s and was stumped by it. Fast forward to 2017,I tried Linux Mint 17 and was able to get it going. When Win7 passed away in 2020,I migrated to Linux and am satisfied. Not a gamer,but steam covers that,not a graphic artist but plenty of substitutes in Linux. The average Joe/Jane Doe can exist very well on modern Linux. If Windows wasn't like it was now,I might still be using it,since I started with Dos/Windows in the early 1990s.
Is there a way to turn off the spyware in windows??
@@UToobUsername01 Kind off. There are programs and scripts to try to tuned it down but they are not guarantee to work, specially after an update. I think Tek Syndicate has a video about them.
@@UToobUsername01 Yes, but there is nothing stopping Microsoft from just re-enabling it again.
Win 7 was the last usable M$ OS. They just needed to keep the ui, do away with spyware and support new hardware. They would have had a winner.
@@UToobUsername01 Also, Chris Titus has some videos about minimizing Windows bloatware and all the telemetry. You might watch some videos there.
I switched to Linux Mint over 2 years ago and never looked back. Our son, an IT engineer, laughed at me then and now he is learning Linux Mint.
Indeed. Most IT people are only training on MS systems. However, a small number are looking beyond MS, although in some cases, as occurs in the medical/pharma field, discussing 'alternative narratives' in this case using open source, they can risk losing their jobs and income from the mainstream office sector. But web host companies have been using linux for 20 years and there are good opportunities there for open source geeks.
I was using Mint for a very long time. I still appreciate it for introducing me to Linux. But then I tried Arch based distribution, CachyOS and I realized how much Mint has held my machine back. Arch based systems have more software in their repositories. I did not need to build stuff myself that often. Thanks to it also having the newest updates, the performance was much better. I could even play games with decent frame rates, that I could not on Windows or Mint. But I am not trying to make you use an arch based distro. Just mentioning an option. Despite what I heard. I still think that Mint is good. Especially for people who just want to get the work done
I'll be watching and paying attention, in 2025 Windows 10 is no longer supported. My 8 systems are all getting old, so it is very fortuitous that you're here again to provide useful information.
Copilot has even invaded my windows 10 pc's on an update.
@@michaeljohnson9760 Here's one thing to remember. Remember who built the internet and understand that anything connected to the internet belongs to the government and their evil minions!
That's not a reason to use Linux but using Linux doesn't solve that problem.
be wary of non MS updates...
LTSC last till 2030
Your computer will still work as long as the hardware works.
There are hospitals still using XP, I have a computer with 7, and friends with old versions that never have issue. Just stay off porn sites, free sites, don't download crap off the internet, don't open emails. Unless verification is needed. Simple. Microsoft wants to forced hardware upgrades, forced OS upgrades. It's all about getting your money.
I just started cutting the cord with Ubuntu 24.04, I paused the video, downloaded, installed and was working on setting up when I came back to finish the video. Thanks for the video!
Love it.
Not a fan of Ubuntu, the command line structure is different to that which I'm used to, and the security sucks.
Its spies on you too now..
@@Johan-ez5wo Sure, but you have the power to turn it off, and keep it off.
In 2015, on July 31, release day for Windows 10, I upgraded my main PC from Windows 7 to 10.
I was, to say the least, aghast at what I saw. I restored my backup of my Win 7 setup (not trusting the Win 10 rollback feature) and figured I would give it some more time to "cook." I remembered how Vista had a rough start, but it ended up being decent after the issues were fixed (not that most people noticed... they'd gone back to XP).
When the November update came out, I thought for sure that MS would have listened to their customers as they had with Vista and fixed it. I tried it out (as an upgrade) on a spare computer that had been set up as Win 7/ Kubuntu Linux dual boot, and none of my main complaints (which were far from being mine alone) had been addressed.
That was when I realized that the issues I had with Windows 10 were not oversights or rough edges... they were key design features. Windows 10 was not meant to serve my interests. It was meant to serve Microsoft's, and even though Windows users were communicating this loud and clear, Microsoft chose not to hear it.
That was when I set up my main PC as a dual boot with Kubuntu. The phase-out of Windows, my operating system of choice since 1990 (3.0), had begun.
One day, some months later, I realized that I had not booted Windows in a long time (over a month). That was when I realized my migration was complete. I still kept Windows 7 around in case I needed it, since I had already paid for it, but it turned out that I didn't need it.
"Windows 10 was not meant to serve my interests" - I don't think that it's a coincidence that Satya Nadella took over as CEO in the prior year (2014). He was formerly head of their cloud services and I guess he's been pushing the company in that direction ever since.
"You will own nothing and be happy" - Klaus
I'm almost there on the first part, thanks to inflation, but I'm struggling with the second part.
Snata* Klaus =)
@@FullFrontalNerdity-e3z 🤣 I feel your pain!
Said the guy who has everything. Easy enough for Herr Klaus, right? 🤮
F Klaus.. pathetic girly man... he was..
Last 3 years on linux,installed linux on a brand new gamer laptop,and got a mini pc with linux,never looked back on windows,life is good
MX Linux for me for years. No problems with Scarlet (2x2)...works naturally. Got Affinity stuff working, steam, nvidia(proprietary)....just a learning curve.
Have not trying affinity install yet.
I am windows since day one but so sick of MS and Bill Gates! I've tried linux over the years but always gave up. I am waiting for the gaming episode. I am a 65 year old USAF Vet that is a geek. I have gamed since my original Amiga 500 from the late 80's. I play DayZ, Elite Dangerous and Halo PC. I have dedicated servers for DayZ and Halo PC. I have close to your requirements. But gaming is up in the mandatory column with my NVIDIA.
I think I got ya covered. Hang tight and thank you for your service!!
Gates is not involved anymore. The CEO is Satya Nadella
I think the Bill Gates hatred is more general :)
For you, since you have Nvidia, it would be worth checking out Pop!_OS by System76 (a Linux PC and laptop manufacturer). When you click "download," you get the option of the regular ISO or an Nvidia ISO, in which they roll the appropriate drivers for Nvidia GPUs.
Word of caution, though: For the past few years, System76 have been working on their own COSMIC desktop environment, which they have built from scratch in the Rust language, to replace GNOME, since it got to the point where they were fighting the GNOME team's tyranny at every turn. They recently released the alpha version of their new desktop with their latest long-term support (LTS) version of Pop!_OS, 22.04. Because it's an alpha release, it is buggy and missing some features, so it may be best to wait a little while, maybe until it hits beta, unless you're a brave soul qnd wish to help them in their efforts. They just needed to get it released into the hands of the public so it could be stress-tested in the real world and so they could start squashing all the bugs they have missed internally, as well as to hopefully receive more feature requests that might increase COSMIC's quality of life going forward.
Almost the same bio here, but I gave up windows this year and I run Xbuntu with Steam for my games and it works, still a hiccup now and then but no worse than Windows. Also plenty of help that actually helps on line for configuration issues if needed.
I'm 100% on Linux Desktop since 2016. It's been 8 years since that happened. Before I also worked with Unix/Linux. I started my journey in 1999 with Debian Linux. For my programming and OS admin work I no need any advanced tools. Everything was about to find best way how to store your docs, scripts, stuff to get the work done. Till Today I'm using vim, notepadqq as my primary gears. Beside IT job I'm also competent in CAD drawing and 3D modelling. For years I used the VariCAD software on Linux to do this job. When 3D printers appeared Linux was pretty good supported by other software, like UltiMaker Cura 3D. So, now I can create a model in CAD software or in Blender and print using Cura 3D on my 3D printer. In the last years many things has changed dramatically for the better for Linux. I think Linux now is in good path to be a good, lightweight, competitive OS software.
Bravo! Great start sir. I have downloaded the ISO (Fedora Workstation), uploaded it to my favorite VPS provider, and am currently installing the operating system onto a fresh VPS. Doing it this way got me passed the part I was getting stuck on, which was basically being stuck at a command prompt not knowing where to go from there. After uploading the ISO and spawning the VPS, I entered a terminal window, and was given a choice, with actual prompts to follow. That led me to the actual install which is almost done (Hooray for GUI!) List? Not me. Just like the lyrics from Def Leopard, I am a "Touch and see" kind of guy. Makes it easy when you are not using your main machine, and just using a disposable VPS. I will play with it, do it again, and again, and again, until I master it and end up with a final product. To each their own.
All time windows user here. Changed (for fun) to Zorin Os 2 years ago...for some reason i still use it as a primary OS daily. Linux came a long way..
Oh ya! For sure.
Fedora has a "Spin" with the KDE desktop environment, which is MUCH closer to the Windows experience. I highly recommend this to people who are switching over from Windows and making "first contact"!
Fedora Workstation uses the Gnome desktop environment, which is great, but increases the learning curve quite a bit, because it is very different in concept.
Thank you for telling me about Fedora Kde , I didn't realise Fedora was available in different desktop options
@@hixyhicks Yeah just search for Fedora Spins.
I prefer the Cinnamon spin personally, works great. Don't like KDE much and I went off Gnome after they introduced version 3.
@@hixyhicks You're welcome! *tips fedora*
@@adityachopra7328 Yeah, there's a reason that Linux Torvalds famously showed Nvidia a certain finger. ;)
I highly recommend AMD systems for Linux. It's a much smoother experience and you don't have to install proprietary drivers that might break your system.
For me the most important thing using linux is installing it on a BTRFS file system. I will give up on computers altogether without it. It has saved me so many years of heartache and tears when I first discovered it. I can break the system completely and have it restored under 20’s. To me it’s one of the greatest technologies of all time. Kudos to the individuals who worked on it.
Advanced data management features are amazing.
It isn't just the self recording feature, it's the need to force you into a subscriber model for the one drive which requires signing into a Microsoft account which is why Microsoft removed the ability to create a local account via the graphical interface and also removed the ability to move the file structure with pointers moved properly as well.
You can still do it. Enter a dummy email address when it demands you set up a MS account. The idea is to use one that is blocked. After it tells you that you cannot use that one a few times, it will then offer you the chance to set up a local account.
@@tid418there's an easier way, if you open console during the login stage, you can enter a single command to boot setup without wifi
Most people are already using Linux (or some derivative) and don't even know it. Pretty much all the cell phones are running Android or iOS, Apple computers too.
Most Windows users can easily switch to Linux as their main application is the web browser anyway. My next phone will be a Linux phone because I don't agree with how the Apple and Google management behave, closing their OS in the name of "security" and then abusing that unilateral control to prevent users from upgrading the OS on a device they paid real money to own, forcing them to buy new hardware to be able to run the current version of apps that won't run on previous OS versions. There is no such issue in Linux, even a very old machine can run the latest OS, aside from some 32/64bit limitations.
The only gripes I have with Linux are the messy directory structure which should have been simplified/cleaned up long ago, and excessive complexity in the boot process, configuration, and applications/drivers handling. On the surface it's fine, but under the hood it still needs a complete overhaul to get rid of all the obsolete remnants of Unix compatibility.
I did the jump to Linux not long ago, I agree with all that you've said, but here's a suggestion, drop Gnome for KDE Plasma.
I was at first also quite captivated by how shiny and nice Gnome looks, but you'll notice that doing stuff just doesn't feel smooth in Gnome, while KDE looks more rough but stuff just works and feels effortless.
I can give you an example, I like to connect my TV (which is 4k) to the computer, that is running 2x 1080p screens, to watch stuff while sitting in the couch, with Gnome it kinda worked, but I couldn't select different resolutions for different screens, and couldn't change the scaling of the UI for each screen. Changed to KDE and all of it just works, better than windows.
There was also some strange hassles with Nvidia control center but I think I manage to fix that back in Gnome.
The confidence that comes from knowing it was me that fffed up and not the GUI that isn't working as it should, is totally worth the slightly less polished looks IMO.
Running KDE Plasma myself. I had weird issues with Wayland (like mangohud breaking DOSBox) so I went back to X11, and all is fine. Seems Wayland isn't quite ready for prime time, but X11 is well-established.
Installed Linux Mint 21.3 in June and upgraded to 22 last month. Only thing I haven't got to work in Affinity, but I've been able to adapt to using Krita despite some downsides to that. Still dual booting to Windows 10 for the time being, but I have been overall pleasantly surprised by Linux.
Audio production was the biggest issue because of my audio interface, but once I figured out how to replace the audio server to Pipewire and Wireplumber that are now baseline in Linux Mint 22 I am now able to use Reaper, Ardour, and Linux specific audio plug-ins. Had to abandon some old Waves plug-ins I have and Cakewalk that is an awesome DAW, but overall I got it to work.
So yeah! Not perfect, but it is pretty decent all things considered.
I've come to realize one thing over time. I didn't cut the cord with Windows as an OS. They cut the cord for me when they released Windows 8 and went on that path. I find myself constantly missing Windows even though Linux Mint has been a fine replacement. The windows I miss however doesn't exist anymore and won't ever exist again with the design choices they are making today.
Hey... great video!! Just found you. For 20 years I ran my own consulting business providing custom software to various levels and sectors of companies and organizations. Due to Microsoft's iron grip all my customers were using dos and then windows. So I had to operate in that realm. My apps were 95 % done with database systems : DBase, then Fox and finally Visual Foxpro. It was 20 years of aggravation having to continually upgrade not only the OS but also my DB versions and of course pay the tab each time. Then I retired and decided to cut the cord and go to Linux... haven;t looked back and am quite happy with my choice.
I remember DBase and FOX. 😂
@@jcristina Heh. I used to write code for dBase II and III..! Also had the DOS compiler so people couldn't mess with my programs 😋
How in the hell did Bill Gates get from "Stop stealing my software" to "Give me complete control of your life"?
And your body... oh and I want to darken the skies to combat climate change.
He is a megalomaniac.
Since he invented 'virussus'
Wasn't his software, he stole it off his 'mate' Gary
@@MrSkeptik-z5r I know, and that makes it even worse.
WOW, that was some GREAT info and def something to think and act on! I will be ordering a new SSD to give this a shot and see if it does good. I'm not a creator, mainly just use for surfing the web, e-mail, Amazon, TH-cam, etc. Thanks J and look forward to the series.....
I am very interested in this as I am serious moving my company off of windows to Linux workstations.
Will be paying attention to your journey
way more productive, Ive never looked back BUT there is a huge learning curve
@@therealcyber5 Yes, but there are lots of excellent videos on running Linux, both desktop and server. 👍
My company uses a mix of macs and windows. But we started moving towards switching all of the windows machines to linux. Honestly, it was super easy. So I started switching at home too. I often had some real bs getting windows to connect to my network printers at home. I was blown away when I started bringing the newly installed linux laptops online and every one just automatically detected the printers on the network and set them up automatically. Seems like a small thing but it was just such a nice thing not to have to go and get the drivers and then configure each one manually. We have five laptops and 4 desktops at home so that was a nice time saver..on top of that it doesnt install the garbage that manufacturers install with the drivers on windows that I have to then go around again and block.
Bloatware is a huge issue.
I have been using Linux Mint and Ubuntu as my daily driver since 2005 and never looked back , everything that windows can provide Linux can do the same , even though Linux might be a bit limited in video editors my work around is Cap cut , don't need the headache of Microsoft in my life.
This video and today's video was recorded on Fedora 40 Linux and edited with DaVinici Resolve on the same OS.. ;)
Kdenlive is a good alternative for video editing, Darktable is photo editor, alternative for Lightroom, but i must admit, it has some learning curve and is different ALOT, but it works
While I wholly agree that the problems with Windows are nearly insurmountable, all solutions I tried with Linux are extremely insular. And even if you surrogates for most of your software, you'll nearly always run into severe performance problems.
Graphics drivers are reduced in scope and ancient. Libraries are bug riddled. You'll waste a lot of time and energy on silly petty issues.
And I'm unconvinced that this can be resolved.
For the time being, I find it more rewarding to hollow Windows out and gag it with firewall restrictions.
This will also not work forever but for the time being, I like it a tad better.
I am looking forward to the series, i have been on the fence with cutting the windows cord for some time now, maybe this is the push i need to get moving.
I think everyone is entitled to privacy and it is getting harder and harder to avoid the devious tactics employed by some software companies.
Linux distros have become much more user friendly and have better driver/software support than it did 20+ years ago when i first tried it out.
Thanks for your efforts.
My hesitation in switching to Linux has always been the necessity in learning at least some Linux commands. Linux appears to not do everything for the user... find drivers. Linux has always been a languge for programmers; it forces the user to learn the language. I don't have that kind of time.
Thank you, I will be joining you on this super user journey😉
My biggest hurdle has been running some Windows only software that connects via serial or USB com ports for radio control. Other windows only software can run in Usebottles. I am now on LMint and most things are working. I still am dual booted just in case for the radio control software.
Makes sr sense.
Bravo, I look forward to this series. I tried to go with Linux 'Mint' for my home server using an old slower box that no longer would run the current version of Windows some years ago. I never did figure out how to make Windows recognize that server on my network. I am not like you, I'm just an old country surveyor. I did dabble at software programing but never rose above the level of the language used in HP47 hand held field computers. I use software called Carlson Survey software that works with AutoCAD files and all my professional work files are dependent on that 'Windows' software. Until I retire I am stuck with The Silicon Valley Bandit. I also use Video editing software called 'Magix" and I have most of my old DVD collection of movies on that old linux box set up as a PLEX server, which is connected to all my TVs via my home network. If I can find a way to do the AutoCAD and Magix software with Linux, I'm with you, it will be Windows? Windows into what? Sayonara Microsoft. Long? I didn't notice this podcast was long.
WINE might be able to run on Linux.
@@jcristina I have tried to use Linux several times over the years but I only tried the Distro that Mint is in, I can not recall the name of that distro (Ubuntu I remembered) but it is not Red Hat. I have tried to install Wine on Mint so I could run windows software. At that time I did have some success with the install but something in my install failed to work with Carlson Survey. Carlson is based on one of two different kernels of software. One is AutoCAD and the other is ICAD (IntelliCAD). My package uses ICAD as it's kernel. Anyway, something in the software for Carlson does not work with Wine and I am not savvy enough to know how to try to resolve the problem. I have enough trouble trying to learn what to do with the command line in Mint. I have crashed Mint a couple of times trying to use the 'sudo' command because I do not know/understand the following command language. I hope after I retire to be able to use your upcoming series and advise from other users in the Ubuntu camp to learn what I need to get away from Microsoft and the other money grubers in this industry. If there is some advantage of Red Hat over Ubuntu in the use of Wine (I believe Wine is a Windows emulator?) I may switch to Red Hat.
@@genethesurveyor You may have more luck with newer versions of wine or proton, as for windows compatibility the wine/proton version is more important than the baseline distro. I personally found much success with SUSE early on and currently driving Manjaro dayly.
winehq has a pretty comprehensive AppDB, that may help you. You may even be helpful in writing a new entry with your current experience, when next test driving and may be even staying with Linux, good luck and have fun.
@@kupferdrachevideosfurdich8733 Thanks, I will try to let you know how it works out. AutoCAD and Carlson are rather complicated applications. If they work I suppose almost all of my Windows software will work. 🙂
I replaced Win3.1FWG with Win95 on Dec 27th, 1997. I was running Win3.1 in a DOS box inside OS2, which would automatically reboot Win3.1 when it crashed, which wasn't often. However, I had to reinstall Win95 FIVE times between Jan 1 and May 1, 1998 on my brand new Sony desktop. I went to Nobel Bookstore, where OS's were sold in the day, to get a new copy of OS2 for $200. There I happened to notice a paperback titled "Learn Linux in 24 Hours", by Bill Brush for $25. In the back of the paperback was a RH5.0 CD. I installed RH5 my Sony desktop was rock solid stable. In Sept of 1998 a SuSE ad featured KDE 1.0 Beta and I switched to it. Running KDE on SuSE on my Sony was also rock solid stable. In Feb of 2009 I switched to Kubuntu and in 2016 I made BTRFS my file system. In 2020 I was running the latest version of KDE on top of BTRFS running on Kubuntu but I wanted to be on the leading edge of the Plasma desktop so I switched to KDE Neon.
i use linux mint now its awesome never use windows again i hate all there spyware and all there mandatory ads im sick of seeing.
Love Mint
The thought of Microsoft watching me used to creep me out. Though now I just put porn on for telemetry entertainment. 😂🤣 Someone once told me, "if you ever find that someone is watching you, put on a show!" 😁
MX23.3 is my daily driver but i have a dual boot into windows that doesnt go online and plays my single player games I am retired and just having fun and do any downloads on linux. and im 77 years old, and build computers as one of my hobbies
74. Me too.
For someone experienced in Red Hat, and with content creation and gaming as priorities, the fedora based Nobara would have been an excellent choice.
However fedora will also do the job, just be prepared to jump through a few extra hoops, it will do well when setup though.
I cut the cord 15 years ago and never look back - unless I need to fire up some old studio gear.
Awesome!
So not really a clean cut
I weaned off of Microsoft for Linux Mint about 2 years ago, no regrets!
I have been using Linux since 2001. I haven't had any regrets. I'm not a gamer.
It is not my goal to quit Windows, but I have been using other operating systems more and more. I split my time Mac, Windows, and Linux, in that order. All three platforms have their pluses and minuses, and I tend to use them for different things. Since you asked us to name software that's going to be difficult to replace on Linux, I'd say TurboTax.
Great video! Can't wait for more videos thanks
I started with Redhat 7, then Suse until the changed their policy, then Ubuntu (Dapper ~ 2006), then I got rid of Vista. Never had a MS system on any of my machines since then. I switched to Mint Mate when Ubuntu abandoned Gnome. Good to know there are new softwares available on Linux (like Davinci Resolve 300 USD) for free software is good, but only for common needs.
I've used Linux since the 90s, I like Mint, Elementary OS, Kumbuntu, Crux, older Scientfic Linux, some variations of Red Hat......their was a version I loved in the early 2000's called crunchbang that was beautiful, but they stopped developing it....there are some great security versions out there, but I still use various forms of windows I just lock them down big time....
Ya. With knowledge and a set of brass BIG ones, we can lock down Windows via Regedit but 99% if people would not take the risk.
I just installed CachyOS, a highly optimized Arch distro build in a dual boot configuration last night. Now begins my journey in trying to learn Linux.
Use Ventoy. After the USB Stick is set up you only need to place the ISO files (for all OS) to the drive and they will show up in boot. So you can have many ISOs ready to install with you.
Thanks so much.
About two weeks ago I reached a point where I said no more. I installed Linux Mint without any dual boot. So far there is only one thing I miss: nice looking applications. It seems the linux folks love highly technical stuff. AIDA64 is an example. There are a lot of apps out there that lets me look at some of the stats or stress tests that match some of the things in AIDA64, but not one of them provides a highly customizable sensor screen. That sucks. The only thing I am concerned about is with my development machine....Unreal Engine says it should build the games on Windows not on Linux. But I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.
Gkrellm is the answer you are looking for.
Looking forward to this series. For the benefit of others there are two main Desktop Environments on Linux; Gnome and KDE Plasma. Gnome is used by most distros and is the one shown here. Plasma is another great Desktop Environment which is fantastically customisable. Gnome looks a little like MacOS and Plasma looks more like Windows. There are other Desktop environments too but those are the two most popular. In the case of Fedora Gnome is the default but there is also a Fedora Plasma version.
Yea, Windows would be much better if it came in 15 different flavours!
Absolutely.. 100% KDE looks like Windows while Gnome looks more or less like OSX
@@jcristina Damn, and I though I was being so obviously sarcastic!
I have been on Linux something like 3 years. Swore by KDE and disregarded gnome when I first started off. Tried both of them but preferred KDE. Recently I tried gnome again but I discovered the extension manager and ended up with something I like better than KDE. My main environment is Hyprland now. But when I want to use a VM, I login to a gnome session so my hyprland keybinds dont conflict.
Been using Linux since 1998. 26 years, now. I've used Linux as a desktop machine, and as a fileserver. I ran dual monitors. and a Scarlett 2i2. The 2i2 plugged in and worked (no drivers needed). Now I'm running Win 10, due to a serious medical issue. Rufus is also a good USB writer.
There are at least two distros that I run on a daily basis and have no problems getting my normal work done. The only problem I have had is with games. Lots of stuff will run just fine on Steam, but many things will not.
That being said, Linux is doing the job on my productivity tasks, including managing video and photo work. I also do a lot of programming in various languages, both old and new, with no issues. NVIDIA support is a roll of the dice depending on what flavor of Linux you decide on. Arch is a real rice bowl.
I think Linux is getting there for the average person to use for their daily tasks, with the caveat that some specialized tasks may require a dual boot with windows sitting somewhere on the back burner. GRUB makes it easy.
EDIT: The other thing I found that can be a real PITA is getting file sharing to work. You can't imagine the hair I have pulled working to get Samba to work correctly. Finally managed it though.
Congrats on getting it to work.
Some distros help you set up SMB share during setup. I can’t remember which off the top of my head
I use Debian 12, and it is easy enough to get all of the basics:
'nala', 'default-jdk', 'scala 3', 'vs code', 'powershell', etc; it is very easy to find a '.deb' install of virtually anything (sudo nala install -y streamdeck-ui).
Getting away from windows would require Autodesk products to work on Linux for me.
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Hopefully, the mass surveillance aspect of Windows and the other big boy in the room will make people switch to Linux and then the software vendor holdouts may port their apps to Linux! 👌
maya works on linux.
what products are not working for you?
Plasticity works to very well. I leave Autodesk. Onshape is good to. Freecad on 22 will be better too soon.
You need to learn how to get your work done with Linux software. This is the hardest part, getting your work done is often a puzzle you solve with many software tools. There are a hell of a lot of good tools available on Linux, but you need to learn your tools in order to be able to pick the right tool for each task. Once you have learned your tools, any task can be done on Linux.
I actually switched from Windows to Linux in 2003 during the XP era when I began to see Microsoft's licensing giving them too much control over what the user does on their own computer. Even then I did what you say about laying out my needs vs wants. My needs were (and still are) purely personal, nothing job-related. I needed a stable and durable os, full control and customization through editable configuration files, and a minimalist environment free of bloat and automation. I ended up installing Slackware 9.1 and have been a Slacker since, and after trying several desktop environments I prefer Fluxbox. My father finally made the switch a few years ago and he loves Mint with the Cinnamon desktop. I'm not much of a gamer and mostly play retro PC and console games and got that covered with DOSBox, Wine, and a Raspberry Pi running RetroPie based on Debian Bullseye. And if there is *anything* I need Windows for I can do it in a VirtualBox VM.
One of the big problems with Linux is finding hardware that has software support.
I would like to recommend looking into Brother "inkvestment" printers ... particularly if one needs a large (11 x 17 inch) format.
Avoid Cannon hardware like the plague !
Thanks for that.
My brand new Epson printer working well from my Linux computers
@@TheSulross Epson is one of the few brands that generally has support for Linux. I have one of their USB Scanners (Perfection V19 II)) and it does a much better job of scanning that my Brother 'all in one' printer. The main reason that I bought a Brother Printer is because they offer a large format printer with Linux support.
I use Linux as my daily private driver, spare games. At work it's another story, they are hooked on Windows, MS Office and different front ends of sorts written for Windows. Can't get away even if I want to.
DaVinci Resolve works just fine with Zorin os. Comes with OBS with the pro version
Yeah I like Zorin and Kali
My experience with ubuntu: ctrl+alt+t, sudo apt update, sudo apt upgrade. "Huh, that thing got a little faster" or "oh, they fixed that bug thats been annoying me", cool!
Use Ventoy put multiple operating system on a USB drive. Boot from it and run or install the OS you like.
👍🏻👍🏻
Just swapped my moms facebook rig from windows to debian kde. Works great on what was a mid range computer from around 2012. Looking forward to your future videos about your process.
Great intention, will follow this series with interest. Oh and BTW I’m years late: Finally cut the Adobe cord this month. Freedom!
Congrats on the Life After Adobe ;)
Long time Debian user here, appreciating the tips! My channel runs on free & open source (with minor exceptions) software. Always has been.
Electronics design software: Kicad
CAD if I really need to use one: FreeCAD, OpenSCAD
Graphics: GIMP, Inkscape
Video editing: Shotcut, KDEnlive (I still need to get DaVinci Resolve to run on mine)
OBS + NDI plugin (obs-ndi or DistroAV), ffmpeg compiled against NDI SDK, v4l2-to-ndi
I sometimes use Windows because of Dymo Label software for my label printers, and some obscure utilities for interfacing with smartphones. Can't see a way to get these going with Wine.
Also keep in mind synchronising your iPhone or Android to Linux
KDE connect works wonderfully with android. It doesn’t work with Apple because Apple doesn’t want it to
My Linux experience is admittedly quite low but on Windows I rely heavily on the Directory Opus file manager. If that was ever ported to Linux I would be one happy camper 🙂
The one thing that keeps me on Windows is Excel, and no LibreOffice / Google Sheets / etc doesn't cut it. PowerQuery on Excel for Mac is a bit limited compared with its Windows equivalent, so that is only a 90% replacement.
Most of the other stuff I use is already on Linux (Debian) or FreeBSD, and I access it remotely from whichever desktop I'm using.
Right now, I have a Windows desktop and a MacBook Pro on my desk, and a server sitting in the corner of the room with 29 different VMs on it, mostly FreeBSD with a few Debian.
VMs are the way to go when it comes to testbeds.. Love it! I also love Free BSD and BSDi its origin. Great work.
Have you tried using OnlyOffice? It's a lot better than Libre Office, also free and the one closest to the latest MSOffice and is 100% compatible. It even has it's own .PDF viewer and converter so you can convert your document into .pdf format and vice versa.
AFAIK, Mac Office and PC Office have shared the same code base since 365. There should be no difference at this point.
onlyoffice spreadsheets
@@FinnGamble There is in Power Query, the mac version is far more limited in what you can import. Also the =WEBSERVICE() function and the equivalents in VBA aren't available on Mac.
Been using Linux for about 5 years and went from Ubuntu to Mint 21.3. Mint has exceeded my expectations by miles. Been my daily driver for about a year now. I fire up my Windows when I want to play a few games or do some graphics but thats about it.
Sorry JC - 78 y.o. gotta pass. I was a Code Monkey at Apple then Aldus, then Adobe then "big bucks" switched me to Microsoft. A week later I was gone! Became a professor at the U of W who "loaned me" to Austrailia for the 2000 Olympics - graphics consultant. Then Oxford in England and finally MIT. But Apple was demanded at each stop. I've stuck with Apple - their eco system works - for me. Good luck - Starlink RULES.
Oh ya. Apple made there market using UNIX backend and a “GOOD” GUI front end to make people comfortable and their multi-device ecosystem is the best in the biz.
Switched from Windows Linux back in 2001. Started out with Corel Linux, then over to Red Hat, then distro-hopped for a few years. Landed onto Ubuntu, until they dropped unity, then got tired of all the changes they were making and have happily settled into pure Debian. I have Devuan Linux on a couple of my laptops. Now I'm a 50yr old Linux, Bitcoin and Nostr nerd 😊😊
It is not a cord but a chain…
And BALL
I've been using Fedora Linux for 15 years and I don't miss Windoze one little bit. I had to use it at work, but although it sometimes felt like it, I wasn't there 24 hours a day 😋
The Cinnamon desktop, which I think was originally designed for Linux Mint, works well with Fedora and it's now the system of choice for both myself and my other half. I do still maintain a dual-boot system on one of my laptops though, as I do have certain specialist software that won't run under Wine, and I've never quite managed to get the hang of installing a virtual machine..! It only gets run up occasionally though, such as when the satnav needs its maps updating.
The way I look at it is, if Fedora is good enough for Linus Torvalds, who developed (and still maintains) the Linux kernel, it's good enough for us😋
I left Windows for Linux back in 2008. I never looked back. I can do everything I need, design for web and print, video editing, programming, business documents. I've used OpenSuse distro the entire time.
Google cloud storage hold you hostage too ..
I switched to Arch 8 months ago because I realized that everything I was using was available for Linux with no problems. Also I'd been getting really tired of Microsoft for years. Before I switched I had spent months checking out the community & ecosystem and playing around with Linux inside VirtualBox. That gave me a pretty good idea of how things worked and what to be prepared for, so the transition was actually really smooth.
Very smart way of going about it.
I switched to Linux nearly 2 years ago. I love it, and can't imagine not having it now
I am almost 40 years Apple user, i do know Windows very wel, because i am also better ex-System Network Administrator.. but i stay Mac, i am interested in your video and Linux, big chance i try it 😉👍👍👍👍👍👍 Thx Great Video 👍👍👍👍👍👍
Tried to use the convert to Lenox on my google chrome desktop "button" and pressing the button was as far as i got. I'm scared of DOSS so i backed out. So I'll be watching your TH-cam channel 🚀
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@laurajones1240 Don't be afraid. Most problems you may run into are a google search away. Plus there are a lot of friendly/helpful communities out there. If you know how to create a bootable USB you can always boot into the live distro and play around and learn how to use it.
Great choice, both on switching from Adobe and also Windows. At the office we moved all our Windows systems over to Linux after continuous problems with forced updates and system stability. We do mostly VFX and video post, so CentOS and Fedora were our distros of choice, both Red Hat style distros. CentOS (now Alma or Rocky Linux) is great for long term stability, while Fedora brings new features and cutting edge hardware support. There are a lot of 3D, VFX and postproduction applications that are supported or run well on these distros - in fact I think Rocky Linux is now the VFX Reference Platform recommendation for Linux workstations. And if you have multiple installs, then I think Linux really shines. There are so many tools to easy manage and batch configure or deploy new systems, from simple bash scripts to more complex things like Kickstart and Ansible. Deploying the OS, software and configs on a fresh system takes us less than 60 min, all scripted. Looking forward to your future video video posts!
I was never on Adobe but loved your cutting cord series. Windows however, i have not been able to shake. Tried a dual boot system probably like a decade ago and it was a disaster for me. Like many, i am increasingly concerned about Windows. I have a nephew that isn't to computer literate, and was tricked into upgrading from 10 to 11. My newest build is win11, which forced me to junk a lot of otherwise good hardware that simply would no longer work because of win 11 security features. Of course windows tracking and potentially becoming subscription is a major concern. I really hope your project works because i will follow you over the cliff if it does!! If it works with your PC's, please keep the series rolling with conversions of any window based laptops you have.
Well. Watch this series and see if I can do it or fail horribly and come crawling back to Bill Gate.
11:53 - It appears that the screen-resolution wasn't set. Note the 'squished' icons!
Perhaps you have a wider screen than TH-cam's 16:9?
34” Ultra Wide.
@@jcristina Thanks.
😊Enjoyed and look forward to the rest of the series.
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Great work! windows crashed for the last time here during WindowsNT. I've used Linux every day since and made a career out of open source software.
Must haves: availability of most recent stable packages of Python, Go and GIMP; filling PDF forms; printing documents; drivers for RTX 3060 & second screen over HDMI. Nice to have: CD ripping with album database, read/write access to NTFS drives. The most likely scenario is going to be dual booting until I'm convinced Mint/Ubuntu/whatever works good enough.
late to the series, but i'm still going to make a suggestion:
the distro you were/are really looking for was/is "nobara linux". based on fedora, its specifically made for gaming and video creation. it was made and is maintained by "glorious eggroll", the guy who made protonge (aka proton glorious eggroll)
he, ge, was/is either a fedora developer or maintainer (or both), i forget.
davinci resolve is basically a one-click install, since nobara is specifically prepped for it. also, i speak under correction, but i believe obs also comes preinstalled with all the necessary plugins.
I don’t understand any of this but I am looking forward to the series!
Thanks for being here.
I appreciate your perspective. I share your point of view about companies that dont' respect the customers
Absolutely!
If your favorite software is Windows only (and will run offline) and everything is working perfectly and there's no other reason to be online then AIRGAP IT! Then use a separate Linux machine for online stuff. Any essential file transfers between the 2 can be done with a USB stick (virus scanned). I'm still happily running a video editor, DAW, old CS6 Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop on a 2016 Win 10 system. No ads, nags, spyware, malware, unwanted updates, upgrades, cookies, bots or hacks. Just peace and quiet.
I'm very interested in this new "Life After Microsoft Windows" series, as I have three Windows 10 machines that do their jobs perfectly well. I have absolutely no intention of throwing them away and replacing them just because Almighty Microsoft says so. Besides, I really don't know if I actually want Windows 11 anyway, particularly with all this hooha about Recall. One of my Windows 10 machines spends 99% of its time offline anyway. This will become 100% next year. The other two will become Linux machines. I've already chosen a distro (Ubuntu Studio).
Thanks, and keep up the good work.
Awesome.Ubuntu is great.
I've been a full time Linux user for about 15 years - currently using Debian 12 Bookworm on desktop and laptop.
I found a folder that I could delete, and it fixed all my problems. I think it was named "windows". I've had little trouble switching to Linux other than learning Klingon for the inevitable command line stuff. When are they going to just lose the need for terminal?
What really works is FORMAT C:
Great approach to making a switch. I think creators like yourself have needs that are very specific, and were initially developed in a Windows or Mac environment. There are a number of devices, especially audio, that only work in Windows. Doing the research and defining your goals before making a switch would benefit anyone though. I've been daily driving Mint for about 4 months now, and the only Windows device still in our house is running Blue Iris with no route to the internet. I really enjoy seeing other's stories about their Linux journey, both the successes and the failures. Looking forward to following yours!
I have used PCs for a long time now. (Did the PC Tech and System admin thing for a while as well) First I am not a big gamer. So gaming is not a huge issue for me if i want to i can use Steam for that. So) I have come to the opinion that I want the Operating system it's self to be opaque. unless so I can concentrate on the application I am using. Windows Seem not to offer this anymore (Since Windows 7 it seems ) I did use Window 10 for a pretty long time and didn't see GNU/Linux as "Mature enough yet" for my use But 3 years had past and I knew Win 10 was getting to E.O.L .(End Of Life) and saw Window 11 was horrid so I decided to go to see if Linux had progressed and.. Wow Linux Mint be came my "Daily Driver" almost immediately That said a lot to me. So i was able to the cord (For the most part (I duel boot but am only using Windows as a "Utility OS" ) and am planing to wipe the duel boot and jut put Linux Mint 21.3 by it self as my main OS soon. See breaking a way from Windows OS wasn't as difficult as I first thought it would be (Find a distribution you like run it for a while and if all goes well bye bye Walls (Propitiatory software) Windows and Gates.
I started dabbling with Linux at the turn of this century dual booting and gave up using Windows totally in 2019. I have not missed Windows in any way and run numerous different Linux distro's.
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OMG what a terrific video!!! I have been wanting to do this. My main concern is photo editing. i am learning Affinity now because of your video on that. Unfortunately they don't make it for Linux. I am going to try this. Please do follow up videos for us! This video was great!!!! P.S. am sharing this to all my friends :)
I am going on this journey with you. I'll keep watching and come along with you.
Thanks Dan.