I can't use ubuntu because first, I don't got a DVD or iso file, and yes ik you can get one off the web. 2nd my dad uses the computer to do his work and redeem twitch shit. 3rd when you switch to ubuntu, don't it switch to ubuntu for all users or just one
Starting using Ubuntu back in 2010, then stopped in 2018 for a windows laptop and then came back to Ubuntu in 2021. It is faster than windows and feels like home .
@@xpmyt341 me personally, wsl2. U can have my vim tmux tiling keyboard setup and also have good Video editing and Microsoft office. I run some game from time to time and windows helps there too. I still have a laptop with i3 on Fedora for special tasks and.. fun but currently I need office for work.
I think it all depends on the type of user, the eagerness to learn something new. The main app for most users is the Browser. Many mainstream applications also have a web app, which is almost always as good as the desktop app, if not better. Even gaming is increasingly coming to the cloud such as Google Stadia. Non-programmers will hardly ever be digging in an OS and therefore only have to get used to the UI. Thats all! But as Linus himself says. The reason Linux never went mainstream is purely because it wasn't pre-installed on hardware.
@@sethsrc792 nowadays you can't even give the excuse games and office suite as, steam has proton to play all games of windows without installing wine by yourself and office has web apps and great alternative. For media we gimp and davinci/kdelive available on linux to. Everything a average user needs is there.
To me, the answer is "yes" since 2008. It totally replaced a broken Windows XP. After all these years, I have never been able to find any usage that didn't have a solution with Ubuntu. It can also be used for professional purposes, but for that you need to search more for specialized software. Anyway, Ubuntu, and GNU/Linux in general, is totally usable as a daily driver. Remember, it covers every usage, it doesn't mean it has every app available. But there is no OS that has every app available, so it's not really a problem.
Having used Ubutu since its first release (4.10), I'd say yes, there are sufficient alternatives for any app I need from another OS. I stopped depending on Windows back then for my home systems, I used Windows at work because that's what they required.
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I use Solus OS/Mint OS ,my wife uses POP OS and my dauther has been using Elementary OS since the beginning of the year...and yes we've been happy so far and i don't see us going back to Win.
Pop!_Os is also my choice for a good daily driver really, it just make multitasking so much more intuitive that windows could ever dream of being... even mangohud replaced all the other apps like Afterburner and Fraps too and games in general just work, just like ok windows but with far less overhead
@@maxklassen254 popos is just reskinned and repackaged ubuntu. Getting ubuntu and customizing it could be better for you especially if you end up having to troubleshoot them, since popos frequently changes the repos of ubuntu/debian.
I've been using Ubuntu for years. Heck, even my wife has been using it for years and she's forgotten that she wasn't using windows. Basically she get by with Chrome and Libre office and that's all she needs. She's been using a 7year old Dell for years. For the majority of users, they can use a Linux based distro li!e a Chromebook no problem. Remember, most people go through the day using just a phone as their primary computing device.
@@killertigergaming6762 I was saying that they could install a Linux distro on a computer and then use it like a chromebook with any browser. With the added bonus of having access to real desktop applications as well. Trying to figure out how i could have written that better. Grammar matters. Ha! Recycling old computers still will give you as good or frequently better performance than run of the mill chromebooks.
There is not a lack of software for Linux, its just the fact that no one knows about these alternative OpenSource programs on Linux and other platforms like GIMP(Open Source Photoshop) Olive (Open Source Premiere) LibreOffice and derivatives(Amazing Feature-Packed MS Office replacement) and more! Chrome began as an open source Project on Linux called chromium and is still the core of chrome today, with daily updates and is not a virus (Contrary to popular Belief.)
I've been using Linux as my only OS since 2000 or 2001 on desktops and laptops, for personal and work tasks, so yes, Ubuntu (or any other distribution) can be used every single day
I am using Ubuntu daily for my small business and so are my staff. I got them off windoze. Does everything I need. Ubuntu is just better. My marketing manager often has 20 open browser pages. Works perfectly on linux. Works great with gsuite. Manage well with wps and libre office and some other alternative apps like kolour. The games from my childhood are all there, simcity, lemmings (penguis), super mario (penguin Version)..and more.
It depends on what you want to use it for. You can web browse, use open office and doo your school work or work from home. Although open office documents aren't always useable with windows office. I have seen cases where customers send documents created in open office and our admin staff can't open them Samy with spread sheets. What you can do with Ubuntu is create testing procedures and make a dedicated test station. I built 40 of those for the assembly line to build products with and troubleshoot finished products. I also used Ubuntu to build DHCP server, DNS server, backup server for other servers.
My journey started with Slackware back in 1993. I used a few flavors that aren't around any longer. I started using Ubuntu for my desktop in 2004. I've been using one variant of Ubuntu or another ever since. I'm not really sure how it could still be in doubt in 2020 that Ubuntu or any other linux could function as a daily driver.
I use Ubuntu Dekstop Linux 18.04. on my daily work basis, since late in the year 2019. I do manual testing for the company in Jakarta Indonesia. The company develops web based apps as well as mobile apps for public sectors, utilising Golang, postgreSQL, React framework/library, and JS. Also uses Flutter for the mobile apps. I also use Google Chrome and Firefox on daily basis too. It works for me, for the Project Team i involve in, also works for the company as a whole in Jakarta, Indonesia. Thanks for the community of Linux Foss.
I am completely new to Linux, at first I dropped Windows and got a Chromebook, I love Chrome OS and I still have a Chromebook laptop, but I hated my slow laggy Windows Desktop, at first I planned to install Chrome OS on my desktop but I got curious and wanted to try other operating systems, so I decided to install Ubuntu, Ubuntu is my first Linux OS and so far I am loving it!
- Are you addicted to a PC game that doesn't yet work on Proton? - Do you _need_ the Adobe Creative Suite _specifically,_ or another Linux-unavailable, for work? If the answer to both those questions is no, then you, like most other people, can use Ubuntu as your daily driver.
I've been using Linux mint at home and Windows at the office with all the same basic tools since 2015. I prefer my home machine. For fun I made the desktop look really close to a Windows desktop, including using start menu icon with the four colored squar window panes inside a ball, from Windows NT in the start menu. Linux mint is basically a "newbie friendly" Ubuntu package with a base install that a home user comfortable with Windows can start out with.
I have been using Linux since 2007. I am very comfortable with it. And yet, I do come back to Windows. Don't know why, it simply feels better and more convenient to me.
@@aleksic1234 Yes, thank you for the suggestion. I did use it too. But I found Linuxmint to be more convenient, and I have again reinstalled it on my desktop. I am very pleased with the 20.04 version. Commenting now using my laptop using windows though. I have realised I need to keep both systems. That is the best of both world for me.
I've been using ubuntu based distros for the past 10 years. Started with Oneiric Ocelot 11.10 and now I'm using Xubuntu Focal Fossa 20.01LTS. The only thing that changed since all these years is that I started using LTS instead of rolling.
But still you can't use autocad, fruity loops, open office is without Times new roman, callibrian and other text styles, which is popular. However, there is a Wine. Anyway, I love too pop os is better than ubuntu, cause they have hybrid graphics selection, which is wonderful for laptops. But all Gnome interface requires lots of ram, that i hate. I tried to uninstall gnome and install something more lighter like LXQt or Mate. But then i got more problems :D i had 2 terminals, some applications stayed from gnome and I realized that Gnome was not fully uninstalled, like i wanted :D ehhh I tried ubuntu mate... I loved everything, it was super, it required low resources, but... i got problems then with steam and proton... even Among US did not worked. With POP OS i don't had such issues, it just everything works fine there. BUT gnome .... :D I know there is Manjaro, which may fill up all of my potencial requirements, maybe i will try one day, but personally i am more comfortable with stable distro.
@@mantasltu5811 I really like Xubuntu but just went back to 18.04 because I was having issues with games on 20.04 that are fine on 18,04. It's just not consistent. There is a tuber that uses fruity loops in wine and the 'Unfa' channel shows professional music production using all open source
@@LowSpecLinuxLaptop I've just checked, ye xubuntu looks really modern and probably is a lightweight as i see. BTW talking about gaming, PoP os i really really really reccomend, was no issues at all. Just i would be so happy to know if it's possible to reduce Gnome's resources using. Or some tutorials how to reinstall desktop perfectly without leaving any files of gnome. I mean according to me OP must use no more than 600MB of ram. OS is basically a main platform which should not waste computer's resources, that games and everything including the battery can work as they should.
You forgot to mention these: Office Suite: WPS Office Abiword and GNUmeric Browsers and Email Clients: Brave Falkon KMail Photo Editors: Imagick Inkscape Video Editor: Pitivi Audio Editor: Mixxx Disc Image Writer: Popsicle Programming IDEs: Geany (nothing to mention here since there's a bunch of IDEs ever) Gaming: Lutris Just as my suggestion, if somebody's using one of these.
yes, I have been using Ubuntu (Mate) for 12 years, daily use. It is the only OS on my computer and has been since 2010. It was a little bit of trouble to find open source apps at first but as I got used to it it got easier. There is nothing i cannot do on my linux box.
every distro (apart from the server ones) is ready for daily use. I use Arch daily, but everything from gentoo to Pop!_os is absoluty usable as a daily driver
For my daily computers, I use a 2014 Toshiba laptop running Windows-7, and a Dell laptop running Linux Mint. I prefer using the Linux Mint laptop since it does not risk pickup up any malware/viruses from the Internet.
I customised the UI to look like macOS (I'm a little bit more obsessed with UI of macOS) And from morr than 3 years, it's my only OS I even made my 5 friends to switch from windows to Ubuntu and keeping it up.
I have a dell computer, and it does allow you to use Ubuntu Linux as it's own operating system or as part of your Windows installation. It basically recommends you that option, so yes, you can use Ubuntu as a daily driver.
I used Ubuntu Linux as my only operating system on a daily basis from the summer of 2010 until the winter of 2021. I currently use Artix Linux. My full-time switch to GNU/Linux was January 1, 2000, running Debian GNU/Linux.
I switched to Ubuntu (Debian) from Windows 98SE several years ago. Ubuntu does everything I need it to do, so I see no reason to go back. The fact that Ubuntu is open source was a big factor in my decision to switch.
Me and my girlfriend use ubuntu as daily use.. me as a hobbyist tool (IT/electronics/car or automotive) and my gf just to make documents (work, writing) and watching K-drama
The "daily use" for most people will be internet browsing, checking emails and some word processing, in this case, any OS can do, Linux, Windows, Mac, even Android and iOS
I have been using Kubuntu - The latest version always updated soon after the new release current 20.10 soon 21.04 -, for years. Lately, I find I can do everything and in many cases more than Windows users! It certainly is more secure than Win 10! For those that don't already know Kubuntu is Ubuntu with the Plasmoid desktop and a slightly different mix of default programs that are based on the KDE suite of programs. If you want most of the latest stable KDE then use Neon which is from the KDE developers and is based on Ubuntu core. I read that Linux mint is the best for transitioning from Windows to Linux nowadays. I find that Steam-play can play most games even Evil Genious 2 which came out last month! I also use Lutris for non-Steam like Star Citizen.
I've been using Ubuntu as my laptop since 2015. I used it as my main machine all throughout college. Still had my backup Windows for gaming and software that weren't available.
Any Linux can be used a daily driver provided that you don't use programs that are OS specific. I use Windows 10 for Adobe Suite and Gaming, For everything else I use Arch.
Yeah!... That's it exactly, at least from that perspective!... But the video doesn't really address the title's question from such a final average PC user coming form say Windows to Ubuntu from an usability perspective. Let us to give a PC just with Ubuntu for our parents used to the Win95+ paradigm. Me thinks they won't enjoy the experience the most... Nowadays I rarely install Ubuntu on an average Windows like user. Why? Because by design Ubuntu needs some learning curve, most of whom are unavailable to endure, TBHH. I only install it for some quite adaptive individuals whom need it on quite recent machines with a Win10/Ubuntu dual boot with UEFI secure boot on. Otherwise, if the question is to "rise" again such an old and "slow" machine (some of 95% of my technical requests from folks out there), I'd recommend and install either Linux Mint or more recently Manjaro Linux because by design those distros tend to be more friendly to the average user with a faster and easier learning curve. Let us to face things realistically: Whatever system you might have may be your daily driver, granted you use it correctly for the purpose, like you said. But, if your goal is to actually convert some folks to the wonderful Linux world, at least provide them with something they'd actually enjoy to use!... Have a nice day!...
Short answer, yes. I have used Ubuntu for straight two years before (about 10 years ago). And now it has a lot of improvements over the years. However, it will still boil down on how willing you are to learn in using it. If you are solid Mac or Windows user, then it will take some adjustments the way you use it. But to be honest, if I have an old Laptop or a computer that doesn't have OS, I'd go for Ubuntu instead of buying one.
Ubuntu has been my daily too with a 100% usage rate since 2014 on-wards as my primary workstation. I do everything what any MacOS users could do and possibly more than what any Windows users could do.
Made the switch to Ubuntu few months back. Its now my primary daily use browser and got me into the Linux rabbit hole. I can say yes if you can get away from using software like MS Word or Excel.
Why?? If you have windows and Linux why do you need MacOS? It seems like a big waste of money when a cheaper laptop that is setup for dual boot between windows and Linux would give you everything you need.
Answer: Yes, unless you have some very specific windows-only and WINE-incompatible software. For me, it was the issues with WINLINK ham radio software that makes me have windows.
I use linux mint and yes its my main pc and i use it for screen recording,video editing,playing games,photo editing,ham radio software, so yes its my daily driver
I have used Linux for over 99% of my daily stuff for 26 years. There is nothing it can't do as far as I'm concerned... and it's nearly all free. Started with Slackware, then Redhat c. 1999-2006, Ubuntu since then (MATE LTS versions since ~2013). Raspbian/Raspberry OS Lite for Pi Zero.
Notepad++ is not available in Ubuntu as mentioned in the video. There is a Notepadqq which is a "copy" of Notepad++, but it does not have Macros for example, it is not the same software.
I've been using Ubuntu as a daily driver since 2009. Actually I use exclusively. So, in short, yes, it can be used as a daily driver. But it depends, if you depends on an app that is not available on Linux it won't work for you
I started out using windows back in the days of vista, and then win7, then I tried macOS and loved it, I really needed a more powerful pc for work, but I didn't want to drop the money on an iMac or Mac Pro. Ended up building a pc and installed windows 10 but I fucking hated it. In the end I'm running PopOS! and have another ssd drive with windows installed just for playing games. Allows me to get work done in the day, then switch to gaming drive at night. I use google docs for all my document processing anyway lol, so easily universal. Linux supports most of the software I need at this point. Honestly ubuntu at this point is super easy to use, you don't need to be a "programmer" to use it
With Valve opening up so many games to Linux, I very strongly want to jump away from Windows. My only concerns that are holding me back are: -Have the Easy anticheat and battleeye issues been solved? -Will Steam play support workshop mods? (Will Linux mess them up?) Those are literally the only two things I need to consider before jumping, I'm eager to do so, but I do a lot of personal modding and it'd be a shame if that'd be impacted by switching. The online play would be a shame to lose, but if I can at least mod, I'd be zble to live with it. I'm considering PopOS at the moment, other recommendations are welcome though.
I'm using Pop_OS (based on Ubuntu) as my main OS at home and Linux Mint (also Ubuntu based) at work. Usually everything works and it's a lot faster than Windows 7 or 10. HOWEVER I have to use some programs at work or university that don't have Linux versions, don't run trough Wine and don't have compatible alternatives. Because of this I usually configure my computers as dual boot with Linux and Windows. If you don't need software like this, Ubuntu or something based on it works very well. You'll get performance boost, better stability and more reasonable updates than on any Windows.
Thinking of switching to Linux after Microsoft told me to upgrade my Ryzen 7 cause it cant run windows 11. I'm currently using Pop Os as my secondary OS and so far I'm liking it very much. It's like having the very first computer (again).
I use ubuntu every day and night, and I really like it that I decided to completely remove windows from dual boot and now, my computer is a pure ubuntu machine, and I really like it than windows (at least for development, because not everyone creates end user apps for linux)
I really enjoy Windows 10 and it is awesome, quick and stable. But Linux distros just give you the feeling of being in control, that's why I run Ubuntu in a virtual machine, for some work
The recent 20.01, yes it can absolutely be used as a daily driver. But I felt they still need some customization options that can only be done using Bash Scripts
The thing is that nowadays, if you are not using your computer for work and you aren’t a pc gamer you don’t even need a computer. If you are using your computer for work that’s not a desk job but something that requires specialized software like DAWs, mastering suites etc Linux is not there yet. I know there are some options but they do not come close to what is available on Mac/Win.
@@bruh12458 the troubles start when one tries to use plugins or control panels etc. Most of those are not available on anything but Win/Mac. I'd love to be able to work on Ubuntu but it is not possible currently (and I do doubt it'll ever be possible, for example several major plugins and DAWs are not even M1 compatible yet).
Absolutely a yes. If you are a it pro then you should have unbuntu or some Linux flavor close to Debian running on your daily desktop mainly Linux. This helps you learn a lot more than any other os to perform very professionally in the field of maintenance and development with devops and cluster technologies in main line it. Helps you to build your skills quiet quickly
Here is my opinion: 1.If you have an old computer, do yourself a favour and install ubuntu or any linux distro. You will be amazed how fast it'll work. 2. YOU DONT HAVE MUCH FREEDOM WHEN IT COMES TO GAMES. So if you're a gamer better stick with windows. 3.Most of Libreoffice softwares are good but libreoffice impress is nowhere near to powerpoint. If you want powerpoint familiar environment use WPS office. 4. After learning the basic terminal codes you will probably realize that it is fun and amenable too. 5. No photoshop, No microsoft, No epic games no android game emulation and yeah no pubg or fortnite. 6. Yes you can run certain windows apps using wine but it may take additional resources which ultimately slows your pc. 7. My final thoughts : Install Ubuntu if you want something challenging in life.
I can't possibly think of having a win only device at this point, I don't have much of a tech background I don't code or anything, but I just love using Linux. Stable AF, are very pleasant to work with. Although you still have to use windows for games and all adobe apps,
@@SpaceTimeBeing_ see not all people are tech savy enough for normal windows, when you start asking them to use the terminal good luck. I've been using Linux mint(which is based on Ubuntu) for a while now in a dual boot setup, and the number of times where stuff that worked right away with windows with a simple click of a button became an epic quest of troubleshooting. An example that comes to mind is trying to install libraries on R Studio, a button on windows but on Linux it just won't work. Google chrome keeps asking for a keyring, Printer drivers are literal hell and more often than not incomplete, so good luck trying to do maintenance. So get off your high horse of muh lenex and admit that it's not ready for desktop casual users
@@mankeil4468 every time i trued linux i couldn't go for some days without going back to windows just because of the shitty compatibility linux has, and now i just said fuck linux because i never found it useful
The only problem I have with Ubuntu is the company behind it... Cannonical is pushing snaps to users and I don't like that. It looks like they want to get rid of traditional packages.
I use Mint exclusively. I have all of the software options I need. Windows always wasted my time with it's update, re-installs, more clicks to get to what you need to do simple tasks. I really was never a Windows user ... having going from OS/2 and Solaris to Linux. I have used Win7 for a a few tasks and it wasn't awful and ran good in a VM.
Of course you can. i had use Ubuntu for my OS for almost two years in the past. But Linux OS had mad much progress in the last five years. I now use MacOs, it is just more convenient, functional and beautiful.
I've used Ubuntu as my regular daily OS without a Windows system for about fifteen years now. I dabble with Windows on an off with a couple of old laptops I have, but for serious work and a good stable system that has all the support and software you could need for free? You just can't beat Ubuntu or any of its variants. Debian's a good one too, it just doesn't have the third party and non-free support that Ubuntu does.
Started with 9.04. occasionally used windows for Microsoft office cos the formatting is not great with libre and other office variant. Settled with kde (Kubuntu) now. Everything is just fine.
I learned ubuntu on an extra machine five years ago when my IT teacher predicted the end of Windows 7 and all the students were complaining about mandatory updates to Windows 8 and 10 eating their systems. Plus who would use anything so cartoonish and set up to make you dizzy trying to use it. I have now been using Ubuntu consistently for over a year. I put several of my favorite games and software on Wine emulator but found I use just one of them consistently, without a hitch. Linux is far easier to learn than Windows 10!
Idk why I'm watching this on my Ubuntu Laptop while I'm using it as my daily...
Yeah. Me too😂
Do u get good battery life? Or at least as good as with windows?
@@kaeleblowry7354 i get good battery life. not much difference now between linux and windows in terms of battery life.
Same here
@@PANKAJKUMAR-lb5dh Need good battery life? Use a light weight Ubuntu based distro instead of Ubuntu.
Ubuntu is my daily. So for me, the answer is yes.
How is the battery backup?
I can't use ubuntu because first, I don't got a DVD or iso file, and yes ik you can get one off the web. 2nd my dad uses the computer to do his work and redeem twitch shit. 3rd when you switch to ubuntu, don't it switch to ubuntu for all users or just one
@@zor.b thats why dualboot exist
im new like two days new, i don't get it. beside being free
Yup, same here.
Starting using Ubuntu back in 2010, then stopped in 2018 for a windows laptop and then came back to Ubuntu in 2021. It is faster than windows and feels like home .
What made u stop using Ubuntu,and what made u come back?
@@xpmyt341 me personally, wsl2. U can have my vim tmux tiling keyboard setup and also have good Video editing and Microsoft office. I run some game from time to time and windows helps there too. I still have a laptop with i3 on Fedora for special tasks and.. fun but currently I need office for work.
well my story is opposite... i tried using ubuntu for a week but it felt like something was missing. windows feels like home to me
I think it all depends on the type of user, the eagerness to learn something new. The main app for most users is the Browser. Many mainstream applications also have a web app, which is almost always as good as the desktop app, if not better. Even gaming is increasingly coming to the cloud such as Google Stadia. Non-programmers will hardly ever be digging in an OS and therefore only have to get used to the UI. Thats all!
But as Linus himself says. The reason Linux never went mainstream is purely because it wasn't pre-installed on hardware.
I've been using Ubuntu on a daily basis for several years now. I don't miss Windows at all.
The only problem really is software and games since most of it is windows only without this problem I would never look back but for now dualboot it is
@@luiswittrock223 just make a.vm for stuff that doesn't work on it
@@luiswittrock223 steam is available on ubuntu.Not all but many are available
Windows comes recurringly only in my nightmares.
Never anymore in my life. Done with that crap.
Ubuntu or other Linux based OS forever.
@@avisek7949 when switching over i had games on epic games store, gog, battle net, origin, and uplay so i need to use dual boot to play them
absolutely yes, i've been using ubuntu as my daily driver about 5+ year and i love it.
I've been running Debian since 2007, its like asking, can you use shoes to walk everyday.
Yes... The majority of people just works with web browsers and office programs, Ubuntu or any other distro can do this without any problem.
@@sethsrc792 nowadays you can't even give the excuse games and office suite as, steam has proton to play all games of windows without installing wine by yourself and office has web apps and great alternative. For media we gimp and davinci/kdelive available on linux to. Everything a average user needs is there.
@@sharishth so all steam apps run on Ubuntu you say?
So I can run any steam app?
What
@@Versuffe You can run "most", you can run all if you learn how to configure Wine properly.
To me, the answer is "yes" since 2008. It totally replaced a broken Windows XP. After all these years, I have never been able to find any usage that didn't have a solution with Ubuntu. It can also be used for professional purposes, but for that you need to search more for specialized software. Anyway, Ubuntu, and GNU/Linux in general, is totally usable as a daily driver. Remember, it covers every usage, it doesn't mean it has every app available. But there is no OS that has every app available, so it's not really a problem.
Having used Ubutu since its first release (4.10), I'd say yes, there are sufficient alternatives for any app I need from another OS. I stopped depending on Windows back then for my home systems, I used Windows at work because that's what they required.
Nice editing, mic quality is not the best, but the speech was clear. Surprising that you only have 10 subscribers.
This channel is new and it's not being promoted very well by Yt, but hopefully we will grow and create better content for the followers.. The next video is also about Linux
Wow, i didn't even notice it xd. Good general video quality.
944 Subs as of right now. Including me.
@@alex.jr2002 no it was TERRIBLE
I use Solus OS/Mint OS ,my wife uses POP OS and my dauther has been using Elementary OS since the beginning of the year...and yes we've been happy so far and i don't see us going back to Win.
Great, more and more people are migrating from Windows
Windows 10 is getting really hostile these days
This is really nice to hear.
Pop!_Os is also my choice for a good daily driver really, it just make multitasking so much more intuitive that windows could ever dream of being... even mangohud replaced all the other apps like Afterburner and Fraps too and games in general just work, just like ok windows but with far less overhead
Happy linux family 🙂
@@maxklassen254 popos is just reskinned and repackaged ubuntu. Getting ubuntu and customizing it could be better for you especially if you end up having to troubleshoot them, since popos frequently changes the repos of ubuntu/debian.
Ubuntu user since 2007. I can still remember when the first installation cd was brought home to me in Greece by courier for free.
I've been using Ubuntu for years. Heck, even my wife has been using it for years and she's forgotten that she wasn't using windows. Basically she get by with Chrome and Libre office and that's all she needs. She's been using a 7year old Dell for years.
For the majority of users, they can use a Linux based distro li!e a Chromebook no problem.
Remember, most people go through the day using just a phone as their primary computing device.
Did you just call chromebooks a linux distro was that a joke or no because chromebooks aren't linux distros
@@killertigergaming6762 I was saying that they could install a Linux distro on a computer and then use it like a chromebook with any browser. With the added bonus of having access to real desktop applications as well. Trying to figure out how i could have written that better. Grammar matters. Ha! Recycling old computers still will give you as good or frequently better performance than run of the mill chromebooks.
@@LymanPhillips ok lol it just confused me
Yes you can, i migrated from windows to it just for learning linux and now it's been 3 month i'm using it :)))
After 5 months of using a linux distro, now I hate windows 😅
@@gulshanyadav3140 literally every win to linux switched users xD
@@gulshanyadav3140 same bro I switched to Ubuntu in December and yeah it is a charm
@@ayushkumar329 for me linux is extra fun cause I'm learning programming
@@progamerbufovi Linux mint has a c compiler built in. It was a nightmare just to configure a C compiler for windows.
There is not a lack of software for Linux, its just the fact that no one knows about these alternative OpenSource programs on Linux and other platforms like GIMP(Open Source Photoshop) Olive (Open Source Premiere) LibreOffice and derivatives(Amazing Feature-Packed MS Office replacement) and more! Chrome began as an open source Project on Linux called chromium and is still the core of chrome today, with daily updates and is not a virus (Contrary to popular Belief.)
I've been using linux for a year, now I'am settling myself down for a Garuda Linux. Truly amazing GNU.
I do like garuda too
But sadly my hardware said no
This is how a video needs to be made for the newbies of Linux
I love how every app that is paid in windows has a free alternative in ubuntu
I've been using Linux as my only OS since 2000 or 2001 on desktops and laptops, for personal and work tasks, so yes, Ubuntu (or any other distribution) can be used every single day
Of course, I can. I use Ubuntu Linux to complete my daily work, and I find it very fun
May I ask what work do you do ?
I am using Ubuntu daily for my small business and so are my staff. I got them off windoze. Does everything I need. Ubuntu is just better. My marketing manager often has 20 open browser pages. Works perfectly on linux. Works great with gsuite. Manage well with wps and libre office and some other alternative apps like kolour. The games from my childhood are all there, simcity, lemmings (penguis), super mario (penguin Version)..and more.
It depends on what you want to use it for. You can web browse, use open office and doo your school work or work from home. Although open office documents aren't always useable with windows office. I have seen cases where customers send documents created in open office and our admin staff can't open them
Samy with spread sheets. What you can do with Ubuntu is create testing procedures and make a dedicated test station. I built 40 of those for the assembly line to build products with and troubleshoot finished products. I also used Ubuntu to build DHCP server, DNS server, backup server for other servers.
Downloaded it on my secondary laptop to tryout docker, it's been a year and I still use it, and haven't opened my primary laptop for months.
My journey started with Slackware back in 1993. I used a few flavors that aren't around any longer. I started using Ubuntu for my desktop in 2004. I've been using one variant of Ubuntu or another ever since. I'm not really sure how it could still be in doubt in 2020 that Ubuntu or any other linux could function as a daily driver.
So you mean I could just use Linux casually, day by day to play TH-cam and games and stuff and it would be just as good as windows?
I use Ubuntu Dekstop Linux 18.04. on my daily work basis, since late in the year 2019. I do manual testing for the company in Jakarta Indonesia. The company develops web based apps as well as mobile apps for public sectors, utilising Golang, postgreSQL, React framework/library, and JS. Also uses Flutter for the mobile apps. I also use Google Chrome and Firefox on daily basis too. It works for me, for the Project Team i involve in, also works for the company as a whole in Jakarta, Indonesia. Thanks for the community of Linux Foss.
I am completely new to Linux, at first I dropped Windows and got a Chromebook, I love Chrome OS and I still have a Chromebook laptop, but I hated my slow laggy Windows Desktop, at first I planned to install Chrome OS on my desktop but I got curious and wanted to try other operating systems, so I decided to install Ubuntu, Ubuntu is my first Linux OS and so far I am loving it!
Most of the time you're on web browser, so any OS will do
what about gamers lol? oh wait! gaming is now getting better in Linux!!
@@Lorriar If you have time and wanna spend it in Wine, Proton, GamingonLinux and etc. then yes, this if the game runs (anticheats)
@@reader_cat i already lol, i play on steam and some with proton and wine like i run undertale with wine and many games with wine
@@reader_cat sorry for my bad english
@@Lorriar nope
3:09 no no, how can you miss the best one: WPS Office !!!
With games you forgot about lutris. This is something that brings soooo many windows only games to linux, even non-steam ones
Yes.
ubuntu was my daily but now i wanted something fresh so i switched to elementaryOS and its amazing
- Are you addicted to a PC game that doesn't yet work on Proton?
- Do you _need_ the Adobe Creative Suite _specifically,_ or another Linux-unavailable, for work?
If the answer to both those questions is no, then you, like most other people, can use Ubuntu as your daily driver.
I think Apple and Microsoft has some kind of deal with Adobe to not let their apps on linux, otherwise we all know.
I've been using Linux mint at home and Windows at the office with all the same basic tools since 2015. I prefer my home machine. For fun I made the desktop look really close to a Windows desktop, including using start menu icon with the four colored squar window panes inside a ball, from Windows NT in the start menu.
Linux mint is basically a "newbie friendly" Ubuntu package with a base install that a home user comfortable with Windows can start out with.
I have been using Linux since 2007. I am very comfortable with it. And yet, I do come back to Windows. Don't know why, it simply feels better and more convenient to me.
i suggest KDE since its literally Windows
@@aleksic1234 Yes, thank you for the suggestion. I did use it too. But I found Linuxmint to be more convenient, and I have again reinstalled it on my desktop. I am very pleased with the 20.04 version. Commenting now using my laptop using windows though. I have realised I need to keep both systems. That is the best of both world for me.
I've been using ubuntu based distros for the past 10 years. Started with Oneiric Ocelot 11.10 and now I'm using Xubuntu Focal Fossa 20.01LTS. The only thing that changed since all these years is that I started using LTS instead of rolling.
Xubuntu is my daily driver since 2012...minus 2 years of using Ubuntu vanilla. Don't miss windows at all
But still you can't use autocad, fruity loops, open office is without Times new roman, callibrian and other text styles, which is popular. However, there is a Wine. Anyway, I love too pop os is better than ubuntu, cause they have hybrid graphics selection, which is wonderful for laptops. But all Gnome interface requires lots of ram, that i hate. I tried to uninstall gnome and install something more lighter like LXQt or Mate. But then i got more problems :D i had 2 terminals, some applications stayed from gnome and I realized that Gnome was not fully uninstalled, like i wanted :D ehhh
I tried ubuntu mate... I loved everything, it was super, it required low resources, but... i got problems then with steam and proton... even Among US did not worked. With POP OS i don't had such issues, it just everything works fine there. BUT gnome .... :D
I know there is Manjaro, which may fill up all of my potencial requirements, maybe i will try one day, but personally i am more comfortable with stable distro.
@@mantasltu5811 I really like Xubuntu but just went back to 18.04 because I was having issues with games on 20.04 that are fine on 18,04. It's just not consistent. There is a tuber that uses fruity loops in wine and the 'Unfa' channel shows professional music production using all open source
@@LowSpecLinuxLaptop I've just checked, ye xubuntu looks really modern and probably is a lightweight as i see. BTW talking about gaming, PoP os i really really really reccomend, was no issues at all. Just i would be so happy to know if it's possible to reduce Gnome's resources using. Or some tutorials how to reinstall desktop perfectly without leaving any files of gnome. I mean according to me OP must use no more than 600MB of ram. OS is basically a main platform which should not waste computer's resources, that games and everything including the battery can work as they should.
Been using it for 4 years by dual booting since my old windows laptop started getting slow. I’ve been doing absolutely fine.
You forgot to mention these:
Office Suite:
WPS Office
Abiword and GNUmeric
Browsers and Email Clients:
Brave
Falkon
KMail
Photo Editors:
Imagick
Inkscape
Video Editor:
Pitivi
Audio Editor:
Mixxx
Disc Image Writer:
Popsicle
Programming IDEs:
Geany
(nothing to mention here since there's a bunch of IDEs ever)
Gaming:
Lutris
Just as my suggestion, if somebody's using one of these.
yes, I have been using Ubuntu (Mate) for 12 years, daily use. It is the only OS on my computer and has been since 2010. It was a little bit of trouble to find open source apps at first but as I got used to it it got easier. There is nothing i cannot do on my linux box.
every distro (apart from the server ones) is ready for daily use. I use Arch daily, but everything from gentoo to Pop!_os is absoluty usable as a daily driver
For my daily computers, I use a 2014 Toshiba laptop running Windows-7, and a Dell laptop running Linux Mint. I prefer using the Linux Mint laptop since it does not risk pickup up any malware/viruses from the Internet.
i do its my only os .on a daily basis. i love it.
I customised the UI to look like macOS (I'm a little bit more obsessed with UI of macOS)
And from morr than 3 years, it's my only OS
I even made my 5 friends to switch from windows to Ubuntu and keeping it up.
I have a dell computer, and it does allow you to use Ubuntu Linux as it's own operating system or as part of your Windows installation. It basically recommends you that option, so yes, you can use Ubuntu as a daily driver.
I used Ubuntu Linux as my only operating system on a daily basis from the summer of 2010 until the winter of 2021. I currently use Artix Linux. My full-time switch to GNU/Linux was January 1, 2000, running Debian GNU/Linux.
I switched to Ubuntu (Debian) from Windows 98SE several years ago. Ubuntu does everything I need it to do, so I see no reason to go back. The fact that Ubuntu is open source was a big factor in my decision to switch.
Me and my girlfriend use ubuntu as daily use.. me as a hobbyist tool (IT/electronics/car or automotive) and my gf just to make documents (work, writing) and watching K-drama
You use freecad? I thought most of the engineers use solidworks or autocad since i am not an engineer.
The "daily use" for most people will be internet browsing, checking emails and some word processing, in this case, any OS can do, Linux, Windows, Mac, even Android and iOS
I have been using Kubuntu - The latest version always updated soon after the new release current 20.10 soon 21.04 -, for years. Lately, I find I can do everything and in many cases more than Windows users! It certainly is more secure than Win 10! For those that don't already know Kubuntu is Ubuntu with the Plasmoid desktop and a slightly different mix of default programs that are based on the KDE suite of programs. If you want most of the latest stable KDE then use Neon which is from the KDE developers and is based on Ubuntu core. I read that Linux mint is the best for transitioning from Windows to Linux nowadays. I find that Steam-play can play most games even Evil Genious 2 which came out last month! I also use Lutris for non-Steam like Star Citizen.
I switched to ubuntu because of its user interface design and speed and it doesn't complicate things. Its the best thing that has ever happened to me.
I've been using Ubuntu as my laptop since 2015. I used it as my main machine all throughout college. Still had my backup Windows for gaming and software that weren't available.
Any Linux can be used a daily driver provided that you don't use programs that are OS specific.
I use Windows 10 for Adobe Suite and Gaming,
For everything else I use Arch.
Yeah!... That's it exactly, at least from that perspective!... But the video doesn't really address the title's question from such a final average PC user coming form say Windows to Ubuntu from an usability perspective. Let us to give a PC just with Ubuntu for our parents used to the Win95+ paradigm. Me thinks they won't enjoy the experience the most... Nowadays I rarely install Ubuntu on an average Windows like user. Why? Because by design Ubuntu needs some learning curve, most of whom are unavailable to endure, TBHH. I only install it for some quite adaptive individuals whom need it on quite recent machines with a Win10/Ubuntu dual boot with UEFI secure boot on. Otherwise, if the question is to "rise" again such an old and "slow" machine (some of 95% of my technical requests from folks out there), I'd recommend and install either Linux Mint or more recently Manjaro Linux because by design those distros tend to be more friendly to the average user with a faster and easier learning curve.
Let us to face things realistically: Whatever system you might have may be your daily driver, granted you use it correctly for the purpose, like you said. But, if your goal is to actually convert some folks to the wonderful Linux world, at least provide them with something they'd actually enjoy to use!...
Have a nice day!...
Short answer, yes. I have used Ubuntu for straight two years before (about 10 years ago). And now it has a lot of improvements over the years. However, it will still boil down on how willing you are to learn in using it. If you are solid Mac or Windows user, then it will take some adjustments the way you use it. But to be honest, if I have an old Laptop or a computer that doesn't have OS, I'd go for Ubuntu instead of buying one.
I am using Ubuntu from the last couple of years. And believe me it's better. You can do almost anything you could do with windows.
Ubuntu has been my daily too with a 100% usage rate since 2014 on-wards as my primary workstation. I do everything what any MacOS users could do and possibly more than what any Windows users could do.
It depends. If you do gaming or graphic design, then no. If you use your pc just for the internet and are fine with libreoffice, then it is good.
Of course, I use it, it runs very well in my old computer.
Made the switch to Ubuntu few months back. Its now my primary daily use browser and got me into the Linux rabbit hole. I can say yes if you can get away from using software like MS Word or Excel.
I made the switch a while ago. Still nice to watch the video and reaffirm my correct decision.
I am using it daily, and it's Ubuntu only since about three months. I'm using it for web development and everything else. I love it.
I can't believe we still ask these questions in 2021. I play cs:go in ubuntu at 190 fps
Great Video! I have been using MacOS on my MacBook Air, dual booting Windows via bootcamp and has Xfce Linux Mint installed & running on external USB.
Why?? If you have windows and Linux why do you need MacOS? It seems like a big waste of money when a cheaper laptop that is setup for dual boot between windows and Linux would give you everything you need.
Answer: Yes, unless you have some very specific windows-only and WINE-incompatible software. For me, it was the issues with WINLINK ham radio software that makes me have windows.
I use linux mint and yes its my main pc and i use it for screen recording,video editing,playing games,photo editing,ham radio software, so yes its my daily driver
I've been using Ubuntu as my laptop since 2012. I'm used it as my main PC, also for the bank. No major problems at all.
I have used Linux for over 99% of my daily stuff for 26 years. There is nothing it can't do as far as I'm concerned... and it's nearly all free. Started with Slackware, then Redhat c. 1999-2006, Ubuntu since then (MATE LTS versions since ~2013). Raspbian/Raspberry OS Lite for Pi Zero.
Notepad++ is not available in Ubuntu as mentioned in the video. There is a Notepadqq which is a "copy" of Notepad++, but it does not have Macros for example, it is not the same software.
I've been using Ubuntu as a daily driver since 2009. Actually I use exclusively. So, in short, yes, it can be used as a daily driver. But it depends, if you depends on an app that is not available on Linux it won't work for you
I started out using windows back in the days of vista, and then win7, then I tried macOS and loved it, I really needed a more powerful pc for work, but I didn't want to drop the money on an iMac or Mac Pro. Ended up building a pc and installed windows 10 but I fucking hated it. In the end I'm running PopOS! and have another ssd drive with windows installed just for playing games. Allows me to get work done in the day, then switch to gaming drive at night. I use google docs for all my document processing anyway lol, so easily universal.
Linux supports most of the software I need at this point. Honestly ubuntu at this point is super easy to use, you don't need to be a "programmer" to use it
@@daltonprescott5430 you can also now make sites it's own web app with firefox or edge but I recommend edge when it gets a sable build
Ubuntu I use it, since I received my new Dell laptop with Windows Vista in 2008.
This is the way
With Valve opening up so many games to Linux, I very strongly want to jump away from Windows.
My only concerns that are holding me back are:
-Have the Easy anticheat and battleeye issues been solved?
-Will Steam play support workshop mods? (Will Linux mess them up?)
Those are literally the only two things I need to consider before jumping, I'm eager to do so, but I do a lot of personal modding and it'd be a shame if that'd be impacted by switching.
The online play would be a shame to lose, but if I can at least mod, I'd be zble to live with it.
I'm considering PopOS at the moment, other recommendations are welcome though.
I'm using Pop_OS (based on Ubuntu) as my main OS at home and Linux Mint (also Ubuntu based) at work. Usually everything works and it's a lot faster than Windows 7 or 10. HOWEVER I have to use some programs at work or university that don't have Linux versions, don't run trough Wine and don't have compatible alternatives. Because of this I usually configure my computers as dual boot with Linux and Windows. If you don't need software like this, Ubuntu or something based on it works very well. You'll get performance boost, better stability and more reasonable updates than on any Windows.
Thinking of switching to Linux after Microsoft told me to upgrade my Ryzen 7 cause it cant run windows 11. I'm currently using Pop Os as my secondary OS and so far I'm liking it very much. It's like having the very first computer (again).
PopOS is great!!! I use it too.
Yes. I use ubuntu for daily use since 2018
The new version 21.04 has a bigger collection of apps on the store :D
I use ubuntu every day and night, and I really like it that I decided to completely remove windows from dual boot and now, my computer is a pure ubuntu machine, and I really like it than windows (at least for development, because not everyone creates end user apps for linux)
it is for everyone you can use libreoffice and gimp etc...
Just using ubuntu now because im lazy..but i use arch too btw.
I really enjoy Windows 10 and it is awesome, quick and stable. But Linux distros just give you the feeling of being in control, that's why I run Ubuntu in a virtual machine, for some work
The recent 20.01, yes it can absolutely be used as a daily driver. But I felt they still need some customization options that can only be done using Bash Scripts
I DO use Ubuntu as my daily and have for the past 10 years.
A big YES! I used Ubuntu 18.04 on my Lenovo Thinkpad X230.
The thing is that nowadays, if you are not using your computer for work and you aren’t a pc gamer you don’t even need a computer. If you are using your computer for work that’s not a desk job but something that requires specialized software like DAWs, mastering suites etc Linux is not there yet. I know there are some options but they do not come close to what is available on Mac/Win.
LMMS, a daw that works on linux, is defiantly close if not literally has all the same features to daws on windows and mac
@@bruh12458 the troubles start when one tries to use plugins or control panels etc. Most of those are not available on anything but Win/Mac. I'd love to be able to work on Ubuntu but it is not possible currently (and I do doubt it'll ever be possible, for example several major plugins and DAWs are not even M1 compatible yet).
Absolutely a yes. If you are a it pro then you should have unbuntu or some Linux flavor close to Debian running on your daily desktop mainly Linux. This helps you learn a lot more than any other os to perform very professionally in the field of maintenance and development with devops and cluster technologies in main line it. Helps you to build your skills quiet quickly
Here is my opinion:
1.If you have an old computer, do yourself a favour and install ubuntu or any linux distro. You will be amazed how fast it'll work.
2. YOU DONT HAVE MUCH FREEDOM WHEN IT COMES TO GAMES. So if you're a gamer better stick with windows.
3.Most of Libreoffice softwares are good but libreoffice impress is nowhere near to powerpoint. If you want powerpoint familiar environment use WPS office.
4. After learning the basic terminal codes you will probably realize that it is fun and amenable too.
5. No photoshop, No microsoft, No epic games no android game emulation and yeah no pubg or fortnite.
6. Yes you can run certain windows apps using wine but it may take additional resources which ultimately slows your pc.
7. My final thoughts : Install Ubuntu if you want something challenging in life.
This was honestly good. Surprised to see the sub count. You'll get discovered soon
I can't possibly think of having a win only device at this point, I don't have much of a tech background I don't code or anything, but I just love using Linux. Stable AF, are very pleasant to work with. Although you still have to use windows for games and all adobe apps,
My last windows was 1997.
I use SuSE linux back then.
I use ubuntu since 2003.
I have used windows for a very very long period. what would you suggests me between linux and ubuntu ?
I would say some what.
Most users don't want to learn new things.
@@SpaceTimeBeing_ see not all people are tech savy enough for normal windows, when you start asking them to use the terminal good luck.
I've been using Linux mint(which is based on Ubuntu) for a while now in a dual boot setup, and the number of times where stuff that worked right away with windows with a simple click of a button became an epic quest of troubleshooting.
An example that comes to mind is trying to install libraries on R Studio, a button on windows but on Linux it just won't work. Google chrome keeps asking for a keyring, Printer drivers are literal hell and more often than not incomplete, so good luck trying to do maintenance.
So get off your high horse of muh lenex and admit that it's not ready for desktop casual users
@@mankeil4468 every time i trued linux i couldn't go for some days without going back to windows just because of the shitty compatibility linux has, and now i just said fuck linux because i never found it useful
@@mankeil4468 WHY would you use chrome on linux that is one of the dumbest things i have heard someone do it is chrome why would chrome work
@@mihaitadelagaze what I haven't found anything that doesn't work fine on linux other than like microsoft office
@@mankeil4468 lets be honest no casual user is using R studio
The only problem I have with Ubuntu is the company behind it... Cannonical is pushing snaps to users and I don't like that. It looks like they want to get rid of traditional packages.
I use Mint exclusively. I have all of the software options I need. Windows always wasted my time with it's update, re-installs, more clicks to get to what you need to do simple tasks. I really was never a Windows user ... having going from OS/2 and Solaris to Linux. I have used Win7 for a a few tasks and it wasn't awful and ran good in a VM.
Of course you can. i had use Ubuntu for my OS for almost two years in the past. But Linux OS had mad much progress in the last five years. I now use MacOs, it is just more convenient, functional and beautiful.
"After all this time and the community and stuff, can Linux be your daily driver now?"
World: Sorry, what was that? I was on my phone.
A modified Linux runs the Percerverance MER!
@@vincewilson1 Indeed. Meanwhile back on PLANET EARTH...
Good luck for the future bro. You have a great future
I have run Linux for years. Only time I use Windows is at work and it irritates me constantly.
I've used Ubuntu as my regular daily OS without a Windows system for about fifteen years now. I dabble with Windows on an off with a couple of old laptops I have, but for serious work and a good stable system that has all the support and software you could need for free? You just can't beat Ubuntu or any of its variants. Debian's a good one too, it just doesn't have the third party and non-free support that Ubuntu does.
Started with 9.04. occasionally used windows for Microsoft office cos the formatting is not great with libre and other office variant.
Settled with kde (Kubuntu) now. Everything is just fine.
The free version of the Onlyoffice desktop app is enough for my needs when I needs Office format.
The problem of daily use is not a lack of programs, but a lack of fresh drivers
That's why I switched to Manjaro. Sure, it's rolling release but if you know what you're doing you won't run into any problems
Not really drivers are overall pretty good other than a few minor occasional problems like wifi
Of course... I use Ubuntu derivative POP_OS and those ones almost matured OS to be used for daily basis workings
I learned ubuntu on an extra machine five years ago when my IT teacher predicted the end of Windows 7 and all the students were complaining about mandatory updates to Windows 8 and 10 eating their systems. Plus who would use anything so cartoonish and set up to make you dizzy trying to use it.
I have now been using Ubuntu consistently for over a year. I put several of my favorite games and software on Wine emulator but found I use just one of them consistently, without a hitch.
Linux is far easier to learn than Windows 10!
I'm a student and I always use my laptop for presentation utilizing Projector..
the question is, is it compatible for the projector??
Can you use linux to get work done, the answer is a clear yes.