I use debian with kde. I started with mint, used that for 2 years. At the end of the the day 99% of distros are just forks, you should really be looking for a desktop environment that suits you.
I agree, that is why my first point was to look for what is aesthetically pleasing. Once you know what you like and have learned a little you will know that you can move that environment to just about any distro you want.
Void showed me Linux has more to offer than a pit of Debian-based despair. I've since settled on Arch because of software support issues, but Void is more responsive than any OS I've ever used.
The best Linux distro is the one that works for you. How you learn which one works for you is by trial and error. Starting with more common distros like Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora or whatever. People won't be able to learn if they listen to opinions.
@@AnnCatsanndra, it's from experience. Exceptions do exist and newcomers can manage even Gentoo on first try and say it's the easiest Linux experience ever, but in general people will try what's popular and the moment something won't work, most of the time people will go away. If I listened to popular opinions of Linux community I wouldn't use Linux today. For example I had not very good time with Linux Mint, even tough everyone and their grandma tells me how great Linux Mint is. Yet my friend had even worse experience with LM with constant random crashes and now he hate even idea of using Linux.
Thanks for the input I agree with you one hundred percent, maybe I wasn't as clear as i thought in my ramblings, the whole point of this video is to encourage the newcomers not to listen blindly to the masses but to try what you want to try, there are a few things I feel that are important to consider when choosing, ie. hardware, but overall explore, there is no perfect distro, the community opinion is usually what they have found to be perfect for them but you have to find the distro that is perfect for you, and that comes from exploration.
I like the Distro Watch site. EndeavourOS is almost always in the Top 5. It's a minimalist installation, based on Arch, so it's a rolling release and has access to the AUR. I ran Linux Mint for a year or two and I enjoyed the Cinnamon desktop. Right now I'm running the Wayland version of Cinnamon. It's not ready for prime time yet. I can't even get it to lock the screen. When I tried it from the Terminal, it said Wayland doesn't support locking yet. I just had an issue where I couldn't click on links in the Opera browser. Hopefully that's temporary. Otherwise, Wayland on Cinnamon works great, but I still have XFCE and KDE Plasma as backups. I've been running Linux for 25 years, but I don't plan on using Gentoo. It's nice to have software installation and updates handled by package managers. I ran a very early version of Red Hat, Mandrake, and SuSE. Before then it was compiling software from source.
I started with mint, was there a couple of months before switching to arch/arco (was on both) then void. I have sampled many other distros for long term reviews, but always end up back on void.
Great info! All stuff I agree would be good for a novice that is interested and confident about trying Linux, but not for the beginner who hasn't tried a LiveCD yet. But I guess the people with most to gain from trying out different LiveCD aren't the ones watching videos to pick a long-term distro.
Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it. I tried booting and sampling liveCDs but I always had to at least install in a VM before I got a good idea of whether I liked a distro, don't know why, I just wasn't comfortable in the liveCD.
I'm new to Linux, but Id just like to say the answer is Mint, You don't have to love computers to understand the basic functions its basically windows, If you want to grow, it has a terminal just like any other distro. The real thing a new user need understand all distro's are not identical and it's important to search for information concerning your family of distro's; Keywords for mint are Ubuntu, Debian, or just mint. On the hardware end go buy yourself a cheap mini PC, a 720p monitor, cheap Keyboard and mouse this will cost approx. $300. the mini PC's companies seem to have Linux in mind when the configure their systems. My geekom sensed the WiFi right away which is a very common first problem. finally documentation, I'm not sure because I am still piecing things together on you tube and forums which are mostly (read the documentation statements.) but based on my encounters with most Linux wizards it was probably written by someone on the spectrum and using English has a second language. Good luck with your journey and Remember the world is a better place with you in it. (You might want to repeat that statement often while trying to figure this s*&t out.)
@@Joe-c1y9d mint is great, it was my first experience in Linux and it is what I have on my family PC at home. Welcome to the wonderfully chaotic world of Linux. Feel free to track me down and ask any questions you may have, I am not an expert but I will absolutely help whenever and however I can.
Don't be afraid to distro hop a bit but stick with your favourite as long as possible. Find the distro that sets up things as close to the way you would.
You're 100% right that there is no perfect distro. I think the closest to a perfect distro is the one you install that has close to everything you need with the least amount of effort to do so and is stable. By stable I mean doesn't tend to break with every update. This could be a LTS version or a rolling or semi rolling release. It really depends on your use case. Personally I'll advocate for dual boot or at least have a backup OS. I also think that by installing only Linux on a machine (any machine) and trying to work your way through the problems as you come across them you'll leant more than just reverting back to Windows or Mac. But you also have the advantage that if there's something you can't fix straight away, you can still get your work done on another machine using your old OS. I still use both because there's certain apps that are Windows only and the Linux equivalent app sucks. It doesn't have to be one or the other. But my Windows use has declined steeply.
Thanks for sharing, I agree, like I said in the video I know there are instances where dual boot is handy or necessary but if possible I think total immersion is a good way to learn and retain.
OK, Jake, take your time. Will be waiting for new content. As for the topic of GNU/Linux distro, well, yeah, even hardware isn't my focus point now. What matters are my dotfiles and scripts that were tailored to my prefs or created by me.
Thanks, it's nice to be at that point with a system, where you have everything you need to set up your system exactly as you want it from a fresh install.
I found CachyOS Arch Linux quite easy to install, just as easy as Ubuntu. Another thing make sure the distro you choose is a newer Linux Kernel if you have recent hardware.
I hate when people say distributions doesn't matter, because they do, it's not only the functionality of the distro, it has to do with support for hardware, it has to do with community support like forums ect.. a distro with a good community is a lot different than a distro with a toxic community, my point being a distro is not only what you install onto your computer, but instead a whole package and one of the most important thing which differs between distro is it's community members, this what makes a distro
Thanks for your insight, I agree with some of what you are saying, ie. hardware support etc. I covered that in the video. I get what you are saying but I have to disagree with some of it. The whole "community is part of the distro" statement I don't agree with. You can use a distro and never interact with the community, I have done it several times. While I do agree that there are good and less than good communities, this does not comprise the distro, if the community ceased to exist but the maintainers still kept the distro alive and maintained, you still have a usable distro, even without the community. Thanks again for sharing and for watching, I do appreciate it even if we disagree on a few things.
@JakeLinux the developers and maintainers are pert of the community, they are typically not paid employees, but rather community members. So with that in mind if the developers and maintainers of a particular distroare willing to accept input from the rest of the community to make that particular distro better, e.g adding hardware support, changing annoying install work flows, adding DE's as part of the default install ect.. ect.. as apposed to distros that the developers and maintainers do not listen to the community, that do not add the extra hardware support our of the box, who do not package DEs. I'm not saying that distro is bad, all I'm saying from a user perspective is that in this example distros do matter, you might not want the extra support and DEs out of the box and that's what matters to you, but others may want to some support and that's what matters to them, so the end result is distros do matter. Besides from other basic items like, does the distro support arm based processors, this would be very much a deciding factor on what distro to choose, therefore it matters. Is the distro you choose updating or regular or semi regular basis? Are the current security updates being put into the distros repo? Heck is distro even running a kennel that is currently supported? All these factors may play a role into what distro you choose, the fire it matters. However I absolutely agree with installing software on-top of a chosen distro, as that's not really an issue or it may only be an issue if the software doesn't support the kernel the distro is running
I hear ya, but I still stick with my opinion, we'll have to agree to disagree, it's cool though, I don't hate ya for it, I appreciate your point of view, hopefully the feeling is mutual.
@@JakeLinux of cause the feeling is mutual, everyone has a right to their opinions, people just see things differently, I only mentioned this incase it was something that may have been overlooked before making the statement "distributions do not matter"
A lot of my icons on status are part of the output of scripts I run for my bar. The others are just called in the config file. Go to my GitHub/gitlab and check my config there, you can see how to do it there. As far as st goes it should support icons with no issue.
I have not, I know Gentoo works, Debian has, or had, I don't keep up with Debian too closely, an arm version and maybe slackware too. There are probably more but I have never had an ARM so I have not spent much time thinking about it.
The absolute best way to learn Linux is to get a super cheap laptop if you don't already have 2 computers. Then run Linux on that laptop and use it exclusively for your internet tasks.
Glad your back you make good videos with great content and have a great setup....what you going to school for? I went for something I basically cant do now so been going hard with coding/cybersecurity I'm just kinda conflicted on where to niche down and figure some work out....hey so for "making your own distro" what's the best way to go about it? When I mean making your own distro I mean what's the best approach to take...like I know you could do it several ways but like starting with the kernel and ? Adding stuff? Lol idk how that works tbh or just regular install with an arch/gentoo/debian/void/rhel base then install and add the stuff you want or something like linux from scratch? Again I know it will just depend kinda on what you want to use it for and what base you choose but what I'm asking is if you were to build your own distro with only the stuff you wanted on it where would you start, also where would you "do it at" like install and do it, or like at what point in the dev process of building a distro do you choose and add stuff and packages in if this makes sense? Like you take the linux kernel then do what exactly open it in vim/vscode and make changes there or? I feel like I cant ask the right question 😂 I just wanna put together a system exactly how I want so its really low use ram and learn more and prolly stick with non systemd something lol 11:09 I'm like that too tbh I've rode motorcycles my whole life and love cars and trucks and poor so have always worked on EVERYTHING myself from cars to home to self surgery dang near💀and you're def right about window managers I love hyperland and wanna support vaxry but also like to use others wms and even de like cinnamon...I kinda wanna try cosmic but need a better machine really. Its prolly comparable ram wise to cinnamon tho I bet
Thank you, good to be back, I honestly have never thought about building my own distro from scratch. I have looked into archiso to make my own arch spin, I have looked at void-mklive to make my own void spin, and I have looked at lfs, but never put too much thought into any of them. I have considered downloading the kernel source code and making my own custom kernel and building from there, but aside from getting the source, I don't know where to start, I have not had time to look to heavily into any of these ideas ...yet.
I been there, I'll says it not worth the time. But for learning purpose, I don't see any harm of learning. Right now I'm happily back to binary based distro. It been a while since college I dont use computer that often. Went I did, I just use it for browser, neovim, mpv and some games. It such a seamless migration from Gentoo to Artix/openrc.
for learning purpose you could try to switch linux distro, without reinstalling, basically switching all foundation with another. (or use lfs for no foundation except linux, or bedrock linux)
Glad to see you well Jake 😎 Great tips btw. A channel I think you'd like is LikeFatherLikeSon -- they also share linux tips and whatnot. I'm considering switching to a windows manager myself and would like to hear your thoughts. I'm also interested in seeing how the education is all going. I'm a non-traditional student myself. Finish the semester strong!
For the first time distro it literally doesn’t matter. The only thing I’d recommend is that it has an easy, well documented install process. Then give it a go and then try a heap on VMs
I agree don't duel boot. How i started on linux was diving in head first. Wiped windows. And im glad i started that way. On hyprland. As far as wayland compositors go. Its the only good choice imo. Ive tried, nearly every other one. And for sure every other popular one. And its the only one i think is worth using. At least as far as user experience goes. If x11 is factored in. Well that changes. I love qtile, i love dwm, and i3 isn't bad either though these days dynamic tiling is where its at for me. So qtile and dwm are really what i love. . Awesome isn't bad but I haven't gotten it 100% to where I'm happy with it. Because i just would need to spend more time learning about lua to get there.
All good choices, I have nothing against hyprland, in fact I was one of the first to make a video on hypr before it became hyprland. It is a good project and it is growing immensely, so good for vaxry.
still sounded a bit pussy-footing around the suggestion to rid the safeetynet. was how i did it (in 2004). jumped both feet in. full wipe rid of windoze. with suse linux. which served me well for 4 years, sabayon for years after that before gentoo and now bedrocklinux. had i dual-booted, i'd still be floundering innept, as you warned about doing that. have confidence in the choice, explore it for what it is. its the freedom. free to use, study, share, change, as you wish.
Thanks for the input. No, not pussy-footing around, I'm all for diving in head first, no net. I just understand that sometimes that is not possible. I attempted to completely dump windows but unfortunately for school purposes for my degree I can't, some of the proctoring/testing software does not allow for use with Linux in any way shape or form. So I understand the others may have limiting circumstances as well.
Completely agree 💯%. Unless you're referring to Void, Arch, Debian, Red Hat, Slackware etc... more than 90% of the distributions out there just don't matter. Linux is Linux! People make comments like " I'm switching from Linux Mint because I like Gnome " yet they still fail to understand with a little bit of work, they can put Gnome on Mint. Most of the distros are just someone's config of Debian, Arch etc. Linux can be as customizable as you want it to be. When people understand this concept then the tribal debates can end. When someone ask me what I use, I simply say Linux and nothing more. Everything else is purely subjective. I do however very much miss the days when the Linux community wasn't so toxic, which has even managed to spread to Linus the creator himself.
Agreed, thanks for sharing. I agree with the whole toxic community statement, people get too hung up on what distro they are running. I think the community is a big reason Linux desktop user share is not growing very fast, people keep talking about when will it be the year of the Linux desktop(this is annoying to no end, who cares) but then trash new users for asking questions and treat each other like trash and wonder why no one want to use Linux.
it's this line of thinking why most people who try linux give up and go back to windows after a day or less than a week. if you make it hard out the gate for them they are less likely to stick with it. I tried your suggestion and others to try arch. I crashed every arch distro in a few hours to almost a month. debian was stable but didn't have as much as linux mint had when it came to switching from windows. It's my daily driver I tried all flavors of linux mint before settling on xfce it's easiest to configure and most like windows 7. ubuntu I wasn't a fan of the gnome desktop environment or the limited customization of the system tray panel with the clock. arch has the least amount of support when it comes to learning arch. the arch community is extremely rude. dual boot only works if you have 2 seperate hard drives.
Thanks for sharing, but outside of don't dual boot everything recommended makes the experience easier. 1: know your hardware so you can find a distro that has good support for your hardware 2: pick something that is aesthetically pleasing or comfortable, similar to windows or Mac if it helps you be comfortable 3: read up on the distro and see what packages it has how many, will it have what you need, etc. All suggestions that ease the transition. Unless if you meant that doing research is making it hard, I think these are all good suggestions for an easier switch. But maybe I am not understanding what you are saying, please correct me if I am wrong. Thanks for watching and for sharing your thoughts.
I'm not most people, apparently. I tried the various "beginner-friendly" distros, usually dual-booting, in short spurts for years before inevitably getting frustrated and just switching back to Windows. What made me fall in love with Linux was ripping the bandage off, wiping my drive, and installing Arch (with archinstall because I failed installing it manually lol). It was a great way to break those bad Windows habits and learn the basic functioning of a Linux system, and I still use Arch years later. Half-contemplating switching to Gentoo.
Not sure how you can make this comment when the creator is forced out of his own project for not accepting someone else's ideology. The project became doa after that.
I tried NixOS, it was interesting but not for me, I can see why people like it though. I will take another look at it at some point in sure, i find it fun to just install a distro and play around, even if it is only for a few hours.
one of the reasons i switched to Linux is cause i hated the default Windows look, the first one was Mint but i hated the way it look mostly cause it resembled windows and i didn't know i could configure all of that, Gnome was a big discovery for me, i fell in love with it the moment i saw it and it was my home for a long time till i figured out how to properly use Linux and now i mostly use KDE and Cinnamon but planning to switch to dwm the moment i figure out how all works. so the point is, maybe it should be something different from Windows cause people switch to Linux because they aren't happy with Windows in the first place. that's just my opinion tho 🤷🏻♂
Valid point, thanks for sharing. People are also creatures of habit, so even if they don't like windows, it is comfortable to most people so moving to something that is different but just similar enough to feel a bit of comfort, sometimes helps in the process of making a big change.
Agree on the dual boot thing. Not having the fallback definitely accelerated learning.
@@perkulant4629 I know it helped me drastically.
I use debian with kde. I started with mint, used that for 2 years. At the end of the the day 99% of distros are just forks, you should really be looking for a desktop environment that suits you.
I agree, that is why my first point was to look for what is aesthetically pleasing. Once you know what you like and have learned a little you will know that you can move that environment to just about any distro you want.
Thanks for mentioning Void! Since I started using Void, distro-hopping is a thing of the past for me.
Void showed me Linux has more to offer than a pit of Debian-based despair.
I've since settled on Arch because of software support issues, but Void is more responsive than any OS I've ever used.
I will always bring up void whenever possible, it is a great distro that gets overlooked in my opinion.
I like Mint and Void, I also a new linux user since 2020, this linux world really fun and interesting hh
Mint was my first experience with Linux, there is a special place in my heart for Linux mint and the cinnamon desktop environment.
Great update brother.
@@wyfyj thanks man! I appreciate that
The best Linux distro is the one that works for you. How you learn which one works for you is by trial and error. Starting with more common distros like Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora or whatever. People won't be able to learn if they listen to opinions.
Everything but the last line agrees with this video. The last line is almost self contradictory.
@@AnnCatsanndra, it's from experience. Exceptions do exist and newcomers can manage even Gentoo on first try and say it's the easiest Linux experience ever, but in general people will try what's popular and the moment something won't work, most of the time people will go away. If I listened to popular opinions of Linux community I wouldn't use Linux today. For example I had not very good time with Linux Mint, even tough everyone and their grandma tells me how great Linux Mint is. Yet my friend had even worse experience with LM with constant random crashes and now he hate even idea of using Linux.
Thanks for the input I agree with you one hundred percent, maybe I wasn't as clear as i thought in my ramblings, the whole point of this video is to encourage the newcomers not to listen blindly to the masses but to try what you want to try, there are a few things I feel that are important to consider when choosing, ie. hardware, but overall explore, there is no perfect distro, the community opinion is usually what they have found to be perfect for them but you have to find the distro that is perfect for you, and that comes from exploration.
I like the Distro Watch site. EndeavourOS is almost always in the Top 5. It's a minimalist installation, based on Arch, so it's a rolling release and has access to the AUR. I ran Linux Mint for a year or two and I enjoyed the Cinnamon desktop. Right now I'm running the Wayland version of Cinnamon. It's not ready for prime time yet. I can't even get it to lock the screen. When I tried it from the Terminal, it said Wayland doesn't support locking yet. I just had an issue where I couldn't click on links in the Opera browser. Hopefully that's temporary. Otherwise, Wayland on Cinnamon works great, but I still have XFCE and KDE Plasma as backups. I've been running Linux for 25 years, but I don't plan on using Gentoo. It's nice to have software installation and updates handled by package managers. I ran a very early version of Red Hat, Mandrake, and SuSE. Before then it was compiling software from source.
Started my Linux journey for two weeks on mint and then switched directly to void because of my love for minimalism. Never looked back since!
I started with mint, was there a couple of months before switching to arch/arco (was on both) then void. I have sampled many other distros for long term reviews, but always end up back on void.
Great info! All stuff I agree would be good for a novice that is interested and confident about trying Linux, but not for the beginner who hasn't tried a LiveCD yet. But I guess the people with most to gain from trying out different LiveCD aren't the ones watching videos to pick a long-term distro.
Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it. I tried booting and sampling liveCDs but I always had to at least install in a VM before I got a good idea of whether I liked a distro, don't know why, I just wasn't comfortable in the liveCD.
I'm new to Linux, but Id just like to say the answer is Mint, You don't have to love computers to understand the basic functions its basically windows, If you want to grow, it has a terminal just like any other distro. The real thing a new user need understand all distro's are not identical and it's important to search for information concerning your family of distro's; Keywords for mint are Ubuntu, Debian, or just mint.
On the hardware end go buy yourself a cheap mini PC, a 720p monitor, cheap Keyboard and mouse this will cost approx. $300. the mini PC's companies seem to have Linux in mind when the configure their systems. My geekom sensed the WiFi right away which is a very common first problem.
finally documentation, I'm not sure because I am still piecing things together on you tube and forums which are mostly (read the documentation statements.) but based on my encounters with most Linux wizards it was probably written by someone on the spectrum and using English has a second language. Good luck with your journey and Remember the world is a better place with you in it. (You might want to repeat that statement often while trying to figure this s*&t out.)
@@Joe-c1y9d mint is great, it was my first experience in Linux and it is what I have on my family PC at home. Welcome to the wonderfully chaotic world of Linux. Feel free to track me down and ask any questions you may have, I am not an expert but I will absolutely help whenever and however I can.
I love tumbleweed, apart from one thing. Zypper is so slow.
Zypper is not that slow. Faster than downloading a program and using a wizard.
Use Yast menu
I have yet to try suse of any kind, need to give it a look at some point. You are not the first person I have heard say zypper is slow.
This is great, keeping it 100. I started watching your videos because of void linux. When you have time more videos on void would be great.
Thanks, definitely more void content to come.
Don't be afraid to distro hop a bit but stick with your favourite as long as possible. Find the distro that sets up things as close to the way you would.
Thanks for sharing, good advice.
You're 100% right that there is no perfect distro. I think the closest to a perfect distro is the one you install that has close to everything you need with the least amount of effort to do so and is stable. By stable I mean doesn't tend to break with every update. This could be a LTS version or a rolling or semi rolling release. It really depends on your use case.
Personally I'll advocate for dual boot or at least have a backup OS. I also think that by installing only Linux on a machine (any machine) and trying to work your way through the problems as you come across them you'll leant more than just reverting back to Windows or Mac. But you also have the advantage that if there's something you can't fix straight away, you can still get your work done on another machine using your old OS. I still use both because there's certain apps that are Windows only and the Linux equivalent app sucks. It doesn't have to be one or the other. But my Windows use has declined steeply.
Thanks for sharing, I agree, like I said in the video I know there are instances where dual boot is handy or necessary but if possible I think total immersion is a good way to learn and retain.
OK, Jake, take your time. Will be waiting for new content. As for the topic of
GNU/Linux distro, well, yeah, even hardware isn't my focus point now. What
matters are my dotfiles and scripts that were tailored to my prefs or created
by me.
Thanks, it's nice to be at that point with a system, where you have everything you need to set up your system exactly as you want it from a fresh install.
I found CachyOS Arch Linux quite easy to install, just as easy as Ubuntu. Another thing make sure the distro you choose is a newer Linux Kernel if you have recent hardware.
I hear about CachyOS quite often, will have to take a look at it.
I need to try void, keep meaning to. Time is always against me 😂.
try nix
You may not be able to leave if you try it 😆
I hate when people say distributions doesn't matter, because they do, it's not only the functionality of the distro, it has to do with support for hardware, it has to do with community support like forums ect.. a distro with a good community is a lot different than a distro with a toxic community, my point being a distro is not only what you install onto your computer, but instead a whole package and one of the most important thing which differs between distro is it's community members, this what makes a distro
Thanks for your insight, I agree with some of what you are saying, ie. hardware support etc. I covered that in the video. I get what you are saying but I have to disagree with some of it. The whole "community is part of the distro" statement I don't agree with. You can use a distro and never interact with the community, I have done it several times. While I do agree that there are good and less than good communities, this does not comprise the distro, if the community ceased to exist but the maintainers still kept the distro alive and maintained, you still have a usable distro, even without the community.
Thanks again for sharing and for watching, I do appreciate it even if we disagree on a few things.
@JakeLinux the developers and maintainers are pert of the community, they are typically not paid employees, but rather community members. So with that in mind if the developers and maintainers of a particular distroare willing to accept input from the rest of the community to make that particular distro better, e.g adding hardware support, changing annoying install work flows, adding DE's as part of the default install ect.. ect.. as apposed to distros that the developers and maintainers do not listen to the community, that do not add the extra hardware support our of the box, who do not package DEs. I'm not saying that distro is bad, all I'm saying from a user perspective is that in this example distros do matter, you might not want the extra support and DEs out of the box and that's what matters to you, but others may want to some support and that's what matters to them, so the end result is distros do matter. Besides from other basic items like, does the distro support arm based processors, this would be very much a deciding factor on what distro to choose, therefore it matters. Is the distro you choose updating or regular or semi regular basis? Are the current security updates being put into the distros repo? Heck is distro even running a kennel that is currently supported? All these factors may play a role into what distro you choose, the fire it matters. However I absolutely agree with installing software on-top of a chosen distro, as that's not really an issue or it may only be an issue if the software doesn't support the kernel the distro is running
I hear ya, but I still stick with my opinion, we'll have to agree to disagree, it's cool though, I don't hate ya for it, I appreciate your point of view, hopefully the feeling is mutual.
@@JakeLinux of cause the feeling is mutual, everyone has a right to their opinions, people just see things differently, I only mentioned this incase it was something that may have been overlooked before making the statement "distributions do not matter"
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Hello I have a question how can i add icons to slstatus and st in void linux
A lot of my icons on status are part of the output of scripts I run for my bar. The others are just called in the config file. Go to my GitHub/gitlab and check my config there, you can see how to do it there. As far as st goes it should support icons with no issue.
Hey have you ever tried installing void/arch on arm like macbook? I was trying it and ran into a roadblock, some file just don't run properly
I have not, I know Gentoo works, Debian has, or had, I don't keep up with Debian too closely, an arm version and maybe slackware too. There are probably more but I have never had an ARM so I have not spent much time thinking about it.
@@JakeLinux cause macbooks costs an ARM and a leg?
@@NreKonkoro-vt2fo 🤣
The absolute best way to learn Linux is to get a super cheap laptop if you don't already have 2 computers. Then run Linux on that laptop and use it exclusively for your internet tasks.
I can get behind that, on hardware is the best way to get a real feel for a distro, even a VM doesn't quite feel real.
Glad your back you make good videos with great content and have a great setup....what you going to school for? I went for something I basically cant do now so been going hard with coding/cybersecurity I'm just kinda conflicted on where to niche down and figure some work out....hey so for "making your own distro" what's the best way to go about it? When I mean making your own distro I mean what's the best approach to take...like I know you could do it several ways but like starting with the kernel and ? Adding stuff? Lol idk how that works tbh or just regular install with an arch/gentoo/debian/void/rhel base then install and add the stuff you want or something like linux from scratch? Again I know it will just depend kinda on what you want to use it for and what base you choose but what I'm asking is if you were to build your own distro with only the stuff you wanted on it where would you start, also where would you "do it at" like install and do it, or like at what point in the dev process of building a distro do you choose and add stuff and packages in if this makes sense? Like you take the linux kernel then do what exactly open it in vim/vscode and make changes there or? I feel like I cant ask the right question 😂 I just wanna put together a system exactly how I want so its really low use ram and learn more and prolly stick with non systemd something lol 11:09 I'm like that too tbh I've rode motorcycles my whole life and love cars and trucks and poor so have always worked on EVERYTHING myself from cars to home to self surgery dang near💀and you're def right about window managers I love hyperland and wanna support vaxry but also like to use others wms and even de like cinnamon...I kinda wanna try cosmic but need a better machine really. Its prolly comparable ram wise to cinnamon tho I bet
Thank you, good to be back, I honestly have never thought about building my own distro from scratch. I have looked into archiso to make my own arch spin, I have looked at void-mklive to make my own void spin, and I have looked at lfs, but never put too much thought into any of them. I have considered downloading the kernel source code and making my own custom kernel and building from there, but aside from getting the source, I don't know where to start, I have not had time to look to heavily into any of these ideas ...yet.
I been there, I'll says it not worth the time. But for learning purpose, I don't see any harm of learning. Right now I'm happily back to binary based distro.
It been a while since college I dont use computer that often. Went I did, I just use it for browser, neovim, mpv and some games. It such a seamless migration from Gentoo to Artix/openrc.
for learning purpose you could try to switch linux distro, without reinstalling, basically switching all foundation with another. (or use lfs for no foundation except linux, or bedrock linux)
I'm still curious about bedrock, I have not given it a try yet, but I will for sure
Glad to see you well Jake 😎
Great tips btw. A channel I think you'd like is LikeFatherLikeSon -- they also share linux tips and whatnot.
I'm considering switching to a windows manager myself and would like to hear your thoughts.
I'm also interested in seeing how the education is all going. I'm a non-traditional student myself. Finish the semester strong!
Thanks I appreciate it, I will check out the channel, thanks for sharing. Are e you looking to stick with X11 or move to Wayland?
For the first time distro it literally doesn’t matter. The only thing I’d recommend is that it has an easy, well documented install process. Then give it a go and then try a heap on VMs
I agree don't duel boot. How i started on linux was diving in head first. Wiped windows. And im glad i started that way.
On hyprland. As far as wayland compositors go. Its the only good choice imo. Ive tried, nearly every other one. And for sure every other popular one. And its the only one i think is worth using. At least as far as user experience goes.
If x11 is factored in. Well that changes. I love qtile, i love dwm, and i3 isn't bad either though these days dynamic tiling is where its at for me. So qtile and dwm are really what i love. .
Awesome isn't bad but I haven't gotten it 100% to where I'm happy with it. Because i just would need to spend more time learning about lua to get there.
All good choices, I have nothing against hyprland, in fact I was one of the first to make a video on hypr before it became hyprland. It is a good project and it is growing immensely, so good for vaxry.
still sounded a bit pussy-footing around the suggestion to rid the safeetynet.
was how i did it (in 2004). jumped both feet in. full wipe rid of windoze. with suse linux. which served me well for 4 years, sabayon for years after that before gentoo and now bedrocklinux. had i dual-booted, i'd still be floundering innept, as you warned about doing that. have confidence in the choice, explore it for what it is. its the freedom. free to use, study, share, change, as you wish.
Thanks for the input. No, not pussy-footing around, I'm all for diving in head first, no net. I just understand that sometimes that is not possible. I attempted to completely dump windows but unfortunately for school purposes for my degree I can't, some of the proctoring/testing software does not allow for use with Linux in any way shape or form. So I understand the others may have limiting circumstances as well.
For me dual booting or having a mac additionally is never wrong espially when you are new to linux.
Completely agree 💯%. Unless you're referring to Void, Arch, Debian, Red Hat, Slackware etc... more than 90% of the distributions out there just don't matter.
Linux is Linux! People make comments like " I'm switching from Linux Mint because I like Gnome " yet they still fail to understand with a little bit of work, they can put Gnome on Mint. Most of the distros are just someone's config of Debian, Arch etc. Linux can be as customizable as you want it to be. When people understand this concept then the tribal debates can end. When someone ask me what I use, I simply say Linux and nothing more. Everything else is purely subjective.
I do however very much miss the days when the Linux community wasn't so toxic, which has even managed to spread to Linus the creator himself.
Agreed, thanks for sharing. I agree with the whole toxic community statement, people get too hung up on what distro they are running. I think the community is a big reason Linux desktop user share is not growing very fast, people keep talking about when will it be the year of the Linux desktop(this is annoying to no end, who cares) but then trash new users for asking questions and treat each other like trash and wonder why no one want to use Linux.
Been on Ubuntu since I was 13 and now I'm 31. I'm not going anywhere and I've tried them all
@@UbuntuPersonNoMint Ubuntu is a great distro, there is a reason it is one of the most popular distros out there.
it's this line of thinking why most people who try linux give up and go back to windows after a day or less than a week. if you make it hard out the gate for them they are less likely to stick with it. I tried your suggestion and others to try arch. I crashed every arch distro in a few hours to almost a month. debian was stable but didn't have as much as linux mint had when it came to switching from windows. It's my daily driver I tried all flavors of linux mint before settling on xfce it's easiest to configure and most like windows 7. ubuntu I wasn't a fan of the gnome desktop environment or the limited customization of the system tray panel with the clock. arch has the least amount of support when it comes to learning arch. the arch community is extremely rude. dual boot only works if you have 2 seperate hard drives.
Thanks for sharing, but outside of don't dual boot everything recommended makes the experience easier. 1: know your hardware so you can find a distro that has good support for your hardware 2: pick something that is aesthetically pleasing or comfortable, similar to windows or Mac if it helps you be comfortable 3: read up on the distro and see what packages it has how many, will it have what you need, etc. All suggestions that ease the transition. Unless if you meant that doing research is making it hard, I think these are all good suggestions for an easier switch. But maybe I am not understanding what you are saying, please correct me if I am wrong. Thanks for watching and for sharing your thoughts.
I'm not most people, apparently. I tried the various "beginner-friendly" distros, usually dual-booting, in short spurts for years before inevitably getting frustrated and just switching back to Windows. What made me fall in love with Linux was ripping the bandage off, wiping my drive, and installing Arch (with archinstall because I failed installing it manually lol). It was a great way to break those bad Windows habits and learn the basic functioning of a Linux system, and I still use Arch years later. Half-contemplating switching to Gentoo.
There is actually a best distro. NixOS
Not sure how you can make this comment when the creator is forced out of his own project for not accepting someone else's ideology. The project became doa after that.
I tried NixOS, it was interesting but not for me, I can see why people like it though. I will take another look at it at some point in sure, i find it fun to just install a distro and play around, even if it is only for a few hours.
Void, nix, gentoo defo not for new linux users
one of the reasons i switched to Linux is cause i hated the default Windows look, the first one was Mint but i hated the way it look mostly cause it resembled windows and i didn't know i could configure all of that, Gnome was a big discovery for me, i fell in love with it the moment i saw it and it was my home for a long time till i figured out how to properly use Linux and now i mostly use KDE and Cinnamon but planning to switch to dwm the moment i figure out how all works. so the point is, maybe it should be something different from Windows cause people switch to Linux because they aren't happy with Windows in the first place. that's just my opinion tho 🤷🏻♂
Valid point, thanks for sharing. People are also creatures of habit, so even if they don't like windows, it is comfortable to most people so moving to something that is different but just similar enough to feel a bit of comfort, sometimes helps in the process of making a big change.