5:37 basic overview of what Linux and distributions are 7:20 downloading linux mint and picking desktop environment 9:10 flashing it to a USB with balena etcher 10:18 how to boot from the USB 12:24 going through the installer 15:24 installing the proper graphics drivers 16:48 linux mint setup screen (change theme, setup system backups, updating the system's packages) 21:05 overview of the desktop 22:13 how to install an alternative web browser (any program really) from the developers website 23:25 how to install an alternative web browser (and other programs) from the package manager (the recommended method) 26:20 installing steam 28:13 installing wine (dependency of lutris, used to run windows programs under linux) 29:03 installing lutris for running non steam games and launchers 29:25 using web browsers 30:27 setting up steam to use proton for windows games and running games, and how to install anticheat from steam 33:18 using lutris to install game launchers and games 35:50 where help?
Thanks Mutahar. I am a 55 year old woman and know NOTHING about Linux. Have a laptop from 2012 on which I have now installed it. Just to try. If all goes well, my main computer will get a turn too. That you could explain it so well that a 55 year old woman could understand it. You are a genius.
It's quite simple. You'd probably choose mint. It's popular. It has tons of support. It has a look that's a bit like Windows. It'll have a web browser, music app, video player, office suit, etc. You'll find 99% of apps you need in the app store. All apps on the Linux mint app store are free. This will be enough for a long while before you may want to add other apps...
He's been showing his true colors lately. Only really cares about clicks and views and the money it generates rather than being honest and straightforward with you. All of this is info you can find in a 5 minute google search that everyone already knows.
At this point Mutas titles spike my anxiety when it’s something small, he could have a title like “you’re gonna get cancer” and it’s about a ultra rare almost non existent threat and I’m over here stressin
Exactly. People that are pointing this out are being called haters, but I think this is important to bring up. I understand Muta is just playing to the algorithm, but for me I’m not a fan of the alarmist clickbait anymore especially when you click on the video and he’s doing the typical goofy laughing and providing surface level info. It’s evident that his content is becoming a bit stale. Maybe it’s time for me to step away from his content, because the clickbait is becoming a bit distracting for me
@@sunnysanjo"Just playing to the algorithm" is exactly what he's doing, and it's gross. Just make your content worse, lie to and manipulate your audience, treat them like idiots, get a bunch of kids and dumb people to be your fans because they don't care about anything and will ignore criticism and defend a person if they like their videos.
@@perplxxdFor me it is more daily drivable than windows somehow. Windows had a bunch of errors related to windows update and other broken systems and my PC was really struggling due to it. Installed mint and after fixing some small issues which taught me basic terminal commands, I easily started daily driving (I did have to reinstall once because I fucked something up myself)
@@perplxxdIt's basically painless so far. I opted for Nobara 39 Official and was basically ready to go soon after installing it. Something to keep in mind is that games with very invasive anti-cheats are either problematic or flat out won't work.
@@perplxxdI've been daily driving linux for a couple years now. And yes I game. For general PC usage, its perfectly fine. For gaming, you're limited in games but much less so lately. Common games like Apex Legends, Elden Ring, Rocket League, Counter Strike 2, Dead by Daylight, World of Warcraft, etc all work under linux.
i work in a retail setting, and our IT department made a custom distribution of linux for our desk computers. its got custom built applications to serve as our POS machine and our timeclock portal, but we can also watch youtube videos when we're bored :P
Muta you should do a TH-cam series where you go through from start to finish how to fully set up your PC for people who don’t know how, like a straightforward, and no nonsense walk-through of how to set up your PC and how to operate all the different systems within it
I have to second this, I've been waffling on whether or not I should make the jump to Linux and something like that would really help me to make the choice.
@@Mischievous_Mothlinux super ez imo (as long as you aint using nvidia you may run into some issues) plus if most of your games are concentrated to running on stean you should have pretty good compatibility
12:40 for non English users. Pick English as a language anyway because many programs are not fully translated and your programs will print some parts in native language and some in english. Formats like date can be kept native. Also if the error messages will be in english then it will be much easier to search for help online.
@@ceciliacole5098 Its very easy, took me a total of about 2 hours from start to having everything installed. Unfortunately No HDR support killed it for me. Also my VPN didn't have a GUI app (NordVPN).
Wow Linux Mint has come a long way since I tried it a decade ago. Slapped a new drive in my PC and followed Muta's advice and I'm so happy, everything I've tried so far works and I've no reason to boot back into Windows. It automatically mounted my main drive so I can still access all my files on Windows too! So hyped
@@comiumapedra5397 I just went to Linux Mint (newbie) and i CAN tell you, it's an amazing OS . I have a lot of windows based programs and i use a virtual box program in order to use them. It's called Wine. There are other types of virtual box programs that you can use and they are massively helpful for using windows based stuff. As is, as a browser and general use type of program, i HIGHLY recommend any good Linux based OS. The experience is actually awesome in comparison to MS Win.
@@robqwert2696I use it daily. The cinnamon desktop looks similar to Windows. There are a lot more GUI tools bundled with Mint than other distros I have tried over the years. For example Mint has a kernel manager GUI so that you can up/downgrade kernels just clicking buttons on the screen. Mint is based on Ubuntu LTS I believe, so some things will move behind Ubuntu but I have never been inconvenienced by that. It also has a driver manager, I only use it for my Nvidia driver but you can use it to manage the driver version and the open vs closed source driver provider. What I normally tell others is virtual machines are a great way to evaluate a distro.
Yeah, love the channel but this was the definition of clickbait. I already know some Linux and wouldn't click on this video normally if it didn't have this insane title, I thought he was going to tell us about some huge windows 11 exploit or something
One very important thing: Disable bitlocker encryption on windows BEFORE doing any of this if you intend to dual boot. If you abort installation midway because you need to do this (you can't dual boot without doing it) you will brick the iso of whatever version of mint you're trying to install. It's easy enough to fix, just go back and download the previous version of the OS and update once you've installed, but it's still a pain. And since microsoft decided to enable bitlocker encryption by default on windows 11 now it's a problem people are going to run in to.
Muta, easiest way to guide users to BIOS screen is (at the windows lock screen) hold down shift and click on restart and when the advanced boot menu shows up click UEFI options. Way easier than guessing the right hotkey at boot.
Once Windows 10 is sunset and Windows 11 is the only Windows, this video will become incredibly relevant. Just wish the title would actually reflect what it's about...
I think the title is fine. The way Windows 11 is more people will be turning to Linux. Microsoft make that the only option the way they have ruined Windows. I am an ex-Windows user. I used to use Windows 7 but hated Windows 8. I tried to make the best of 8 by installing Classic Shell which gives you the Windows 7 start menu. Because I hated the Metro Theme but it was still bad. Then I moved to Linux when Microsoft stopped support for Windows 7 and 8 and have never looked back. I use Linux full time now and have been on Linux for 2 years. I use Linux Mint and have Debian 12 on my other laptops. I will never go back to Windows. There is nothing to go back for.
Already deleted, been on Linux Mint since 21.1 and I've had a much better time with updates. I can update my system while I play games, and it has never forced me to restart unexpectedly.
@@agav2345 All the games I play on my channel are done with a Linux PC & @MattsCreative runs Linux while gaming. If you're playing games with anti-cheat then you might have issues if you switch to Linux.
@@agav2345depends on what you play brother, id recon 95% of you steam library would work outta the box with proton-ge, if you pirate games protonport does it for you str8 from the .exe, and games with anti cheats like easyanticheat now days work on Linux you just need to install the anti hear itself on the system, the only games that will never work is stuff like riot games.
There's a few things to keep in mind: · Chromium based browsers (Chrome, Edge, Brave, Vivaldi, etc.) won't have any sort of hardware acceleration available on Linux most of the time, only Firefox has that, so if your PC is slower and struggles playing videos at higher resolutions and/or 60 fps on Linux, that might be why. You either live with the lack of acceleration or use Firefox. Don't expect that to change soon either, it's an issue that has been going on for years and it doesn't seem it will be addressed anytime soon. · Printers are a hit or miss, and while most of them are covered, if you're unlucky to have a printer without drivers for Linux, you're SOL, you won't be able to use it at all. · If you're a musician, audio production is a joke on Linux since there's no VST support, so you're just going to have to rely on what your DAW offers you. I'm also unsure about how well or bad audio interfaces work under Linux. · If you're a streamer, keep in mind that some stuff like Streamlabs Chatbot or MixItUp won't work on Linux, or even troubleshooting stuff for Twitch, even with Wine (last I tried a few years back, at least). I'm pretty sure there's some OBS plugins that won't work on Linux either, so if you use a more complex setup, that might be an issue. · Wine and Proton, being things that translate calls from one system to the other will take an important amount of resources, which will cause your games to run at lower framerates under Linux. If you have a fast machine, it will probably be unnoticeable or barely noticeable, but if you have a mid-range PC or something older, your experience gaming on Linux might be a bit poorer than on Windows. · If you're used to Adobe stuff, forget about it, you will have to look for alternatives. DaVinci Resolve is a great alternative to Premiere Pro, but for Photoshop there isn't anything that comes close, GIMP is barebones in comparison, and you might have issues getting your drawing pad to work with it, if it works at all. All in all, I'd recommend you to maybe get a cheaper, smaller SSD, get Linux installed on it and give it a spin with your software and hardware of choice first before you make the commitment of switching, try doing everything you do on Windows on Linux and see if it works out for you. If you don't do much beyond browsing and single player gaming and your machine is well specced, you should be fine, but there's things you're gonna have to keep in mind, and while you learn this stuff, you'll find yourself googling stuff and browsing Reddit A LOT looking for answers, and you're going to have to use the dreaded terminal sooner than later, so it's gonna be time consuming at first. Good luck!
@@LRK-GT I'd say a bigger plus would be to have a choice, and under Linux with Chromium browsers, you just don't. I have an older mid-low end laptop that just can't play 60 fps video on TH-cam without lagging unless you have HW acceleration. I have it with Linux now and I must use Firefox, otherwise it just won't work very well.
Chromium based browsers do have hardware acceleration, but HW accelerated video encoding/decoding is disabled by default. It's a bit of a pain in the ass to forcefully enable it, but I have managed to do it 3 years ago after following a guide. Then, it broke a few months later.
Being an old Linux user, and one who closet uses Mint, I was screaming at the screen 4 seconds ahead of Muta, telling him what to use and do, for each task, and then he did it. I am fully convinced my input made all the difference.
A while ago, you posted a video about how you made your computer "frankenstein or billy" can't remember. I followed your guide, and every sonce have been daily driving linux. So, thanks. I moved away from manjoro into arch. Also pursuing a career in computer science.
Win10 Enterprise IoT LTSC has extended support until January 13, 2032. The only 'shortcoming' is LTSC's 'fixed' nature which, IMO is a huge plus for stability. ('Retail Channel' 10 and 11 seems to like breaking itself every-few 'Update Tuesdays') I'm 'intending' on dual-booting W10EntIoTLTSC and some SteamOS-like Linux flavor, next reinstall. [I have a thread on TechPowerUp that covers most-all the misconceptions about Enterprise IoT LTSC: "A multi-boot adventure - Windows 10 x64 Enterprise IoT LTSC 21H2"]
@BeTechAware I dual-booted on my machine a few months and jesus christ. For comparison, I have a 16 gig RAM and windows uses 3-4 gigs on IDLE. Mint hardly uses 1 gig in idle
@@kehan6252lemme blow your mind a bit more; Linux Mint is actually one of the more bloated Linux options available. It's really good for newcomers and is well set-up, but it's absurd how efficient things can get.
Note : There is a new open source Vulkan driver called NVK for Nvidia(Turing and later) GPUs available in Mesa 24, it is Vulkan 1.3 conformant, the driver isn't made by Nvidia, it uses the "nouveau" kernel module and with the GSP firmware(Turing and later) you can have good performance because of reclocking now working(GPUs older than Turing architecture can't be reclocked because Nvidia hasn't released the firmware for it).
Open-source Nvidia driver _with_ non-crippling performance? That's fantastic news. Maybe Nvidia won't be completely off the table for me in the near future.
Thanks man, leaving windows feels like moving out of a house that you've lived in for most of your life. It can be a little scary taking that leap, but your guides make the process that much more simpler unlike moving out of a real house xD
Nailed it. Switching, even to the best OS ever, is always going to be a bit of a process because it's a big change, but I'm honestly kicking myself for not switching earlier.
@@Nurix09 So in other words… stick with the familiar and ever reliable? Or something that *might* work better and you’ll just be unable to play some games?
I started using Linux in middle school because I didn't want to pay $100 for Windows. eventually I realized you didn't have to register it, and I dual booted from then on. About 4 years ago however, my windows partition corrupted itself. I gave up on Windows and never looked back
@@hotbutterypopcorn9652 Not even remotely. Microsoft is corporation whose only motivation is generating profits. Linux is open source and thus anyone can freely modify and distribute it. Don't talk about something if you are so clearly deficient in knowledge about that subject.
@@hotbutterypopcorn9652🤦 no one entity controls Linux it's a collaborative effort and the licences are designed to make that collaboration happen. Huge companies do use Linux including Microsoft, IBM, Google, AWS etc but they don't control it individually. There are several non profit foundations that multiple involved companies sit on the boards of. Again collaboration and vested interest keeps the whole show in the road. Also due to being open source you can fork the code🤷.
@@hotbutterypopcorn9652 they? who's they? anyone can contribute to linux and even IF something weird happens, everyone is free to fork linux and maintain it
@@hotbutterypopcorn9652 There definitely are reasons Windows has a lot of what it does, and if Linux does get that popular, I am sure that there will be some pre-installed distro options that are designed for companies to make extra profit by selling computers with proprietary software. That said, however, that wont magically invalidate other distros that are open-source friendly. Which is the amazing part about Linux. You can literally use it however you want.
There are a couple of things in this video I want to expand on (and sometimes correct): 1. While distro choice nowadays does not matter as much as it had mattered 15 years ago, there is still one meaningful difference between them, and that's how close is that distro to upstream, or, in other words, how fresh its kernel and software is. Some distros are more conservative with their software selection to provide more "stable" experience (although stable doesn't necessarily means bug-free), some are "bleeding edge", aiming to provide the latest versions of software available, and a lot of them are kind of in-between. Linux Mint tends to be on the "stable" end of this axis, and while it is good at what it tries to do (which is to be a safe, reliable and easy to use Linux distro that requires very little maintenance) it is not always the best choice when it comes to newest hardware or gaming. Sometimes a new game isn't properly working because you need some newest piece of software, that isn't available in official repositories (of course, you can always find a way, like adding a third-party repo, or downloading tarball binaries directly, but sometimes it can open a whole can of worms, like resolving dependencies conflicts, that could make even more experienced Linux users shudder). In my opinion, bleeding edge distros like Fedora, Arch Linux or OpenSUSE Tumbleweed are much better choices for gaming, despite having some downsides, like having a bit higher entry threshold or requiring more system maintenance. After all, there's a reason why SteamOS for Steam Decks since version 3.0 went from being Debian-based to being Arch-based. 2. Xfce is no longer the best option for "weaker systems", nowadays its resource usage is more or less on par with KDE Plasma 5, and KDE is usually considered one of the heaviest desktop environments out there. Besides, I disagree with Muta's definition of a "weaker system": if your PC is "from like a decade ago" it doesn't mean it's too weak. Basically, judging from my experience, rule of thumb is that if your PC is capable of running Windows 7 without any trouble, then you could run any Linux distro with any desktop environment. Only if you have a mid-2000s era machine or something similar in terms of horsepower, then it's officially a "weaker system" and you could start bothering with excessive resource usage by looking at things such as LXQt or window managers. Although those kind of machines are probably falling out of the scope for this video, because for the most part to game on Linux you've GOT TO HAVE a Vulkan-supporting GPU, otherwise your experience is going to be rather limited. 3. You don't necessarily need an >=8 GB USB drive, most of the Linux distros provide minimal "netinstall" images, usually those have a size of 300-700 MB and will download any necessary packages from the servers during the installation process. Of course, you do need a fast and stable Internet connection for that. But there's also an upside, because network installer will usually download and install the latest available versions of software, so you don't have to do a system upgrade later, like at 20:00. 4. For Windows users I would also recommend Rufus, it's pretty easy to use (although it's not that straightforward as Etcher), but it's also could be invaluable if you're creating a bootable USB for installation on a non-UEFI BIOS system (basically, that's most of the PCs released before 2011). 5. 12:20 Well, LiveCDs long ago stopped being unique to Linux, because since Windows 8 there's such thing as WindowsToGo that allows you to install a full-blown Windows on a USB drive; and as for WinPE, those were available since the release of Windows XP. So, it's kind of incorrect, but it doesn't really matter in the context of this video. 6. 16:11 Opensource drivers are pretty much work in progress for newer Nvidia GPUs and nowhere near "kind of there" for their older GPUs (and probably never will be). Also, "the only tradeoff" wouldn't be just ideological, because proprietary Nvidia drivers are notorious for breaking stuff and causing troubles. 7. 21:25 It's not like "you will NEED the terminal" per se, it's just some thing are much easier to do in terminal then in GUI. 8. 23:00 Yum is being literally dead for the past 10 years, it got replaced with DNF in Fedora/RHEL ecosystem at 2015, and openSUSE uses Zypper for as long as I can remember. 9. 24:53 'Course it is a fair bit, because you're installing a Flatpak version of it, with all of the dependencies. Try installing Emacs via Flatpak, it would pull a ~1.5 GB of dependencies for a text editor. 10. Wow, Wine 6.0.3 non-staging in 2024, this is freaking old. That's why stable distros are usually not the best choice for gaming purposes. Although Flatpaks and Lutris are helping to mitigate that in some way. 11. 35:46 Well, not "everything". For example, HDR is still sort of non-existent on Linux. But overall, this is a pretty decent entry-level video, although it downplays some things a bit. Gaming on Linux is mostly good right now, but it's not perfect. And for using Linux in general you WILL have to change at least some of the "muscle memory" mentioned in 38:37, because otherwise things won't always be rosy for you.
>4. For Windows users I would also recommend Rufus Rufus runs on _Windows_ only and creates Windows and Linux flash drives Etcher runs on _everything_ but can only create Linux flash drives Ventoy runs on _everything_ and can create Windows and Linux flash drives, and a flash drive with _multiple_ bootable OS-ISOs and tools on it So yeah Rufus is fine for Windows but Ventoy is what runs on everything and can create everything + can create multi-boot flash drives
@@corruptedpoison1Some other commenter wrote that HDR is being worked on for the KDE DE with Wayland (so the first easy-install non-meme distros that are probably gonna get it are Fedora KDE and Nobara Official/KDE,) check back in a few months I'd say.
My very first experience with Linux Mint was installing it onto a Lenovo Ideapad Z575 that I've had since 2012; it has a measly 1.9 Ghz dual core processor and became practically unusable by having Windows 10 forcefully installed onto its HDD. Despite its age and the hardware limitations, after installing Linux Mint with Cinnamon onto a fresh SSD (and later maxing out the memory from 4 GB to 16 GB) in the IdeaPad, it essentially breathed new life into it and I now use it as my work computer. While it can be slow when under intense load, like opening up a bunch of browser tabs all at once, it easily competes with any modern Chromebook, all while keeping this laptop I've had since middle school out of a landfill. Since then, I've completely migrated over to Linux and never looked back.
@@rericksen They said they increased the RAM later. But I can say with confidence that Linux Mint will run just fine on 4 GB, provided you don’t want to multitask too much. Does it better than Windows, anyway.
@@omega3fatass61 I've been thinking about switching to MATE - I feel like it'd be a really good middle ground between Cinnamon and XFCE for my purposes
@a_plastic_bag 4gb of RAM is pretty much the bare minimum, and I'd suggest anyone upgrade to at least 8gb if possible. I even had Linux Mint installed on the original (dying) HDD, and it boots up MUCH faster than Windows 10 ever did on it and is usable, albeit still really slow
I switched to Linux 4 days ago, I am super happy with my change and love it, I can game and stream and do all the things I love doing. I went with Nobara and joined their discord, there has been no elitism that o have seen yet, everyone I’ve met in the Nobara Linux community have been super helpful and accepting of a noob like me. Another good thing I like about Nobara is it comes with all the gaming / streaming tools on it , wine , proton , lutris, steams , obs… and more.
I’ve been daily driving Fedora for about a month now. As a life long Windows user, and someone who now works as a Systems Administrator, I am loving it. The customization alone is amazing. Not to mention when something goes wrong or doesn’t work, I’m actually learning useful professional skills in the process of fixing it. Still have a nice Windows laptop that can run games that aren’t well rated in Proton.
I just have to ask... how? Feels like every time I've used Fedora, it's gone out of it's way to destroy itself just to spite me, and refused to boot up after I had just installed it and steam. Granted that was 5 years ago but still
Inspired me to start a dual boot with Linux and Windows (R6 and other multiplayer games), have wanted to do for years but you helped me on that path! To years of Linux!
Is it simple? It's doesn't need the bios bullshit setting i always see in TH-cam right? I'm scared to do a dual between windows and Linux because of that
@@ctxx Daddy chill, take your time maybe check out a virtual machine to run linux before going full hog, you don't want a shock and feel like you regret it.
@@ctxx the bios settings dont actually need to be tinkered with anymore (in my experience), that was just a thing because of windows 11 iirc, but its been sorted, even then, its not as scary as it looks, you wont brick your pc unless you mess with your cpu clocks and stuff. use a virtual machine on windows to try it out before downloading it to your actual drives. if you decide you want to, just get a second hard drive specifically for linux, itll even auto-detect windows and let you choose which system to boot on launch, its VERY easy to do.
Thanks Muta, I wanted to get into linux for a while now but I always find hard to understand videos on internet and I was always getting confuse. Now thanks to you I can try it when I get my new computer in a few months I'll maybe try with mint or manjaro but at least now it doesn't seem complicate. Keep making videos like this please
Perfect timing. Windows 11 crashed 3 times today during a stream. I've about had it since that's 5 crashes since last week. I'm going to try duel booting first and see how that goes.
wy windows have crashed only a couple times in the 10 years that ive used them, but i still run linux cuz it of the stuff it has that windows doesnt 😂😂@@lussor1
@@lussor1 This only just started happening recently. It was actually pretty decent for a while. It's really a bunch of small things that piled up to push me too far.
My Windows 10 bugged out last week and wouldn't connect to the Internet til I factory reset it, then it wanted a product key and it wouldn't register my key. Switched to Linux Mint today and I have to say I highly recommend it, played last Epoch and cyberpunk really smooth earlier and everything is way simpler and less irritating than with Windows in terms of the desktop.
I think that linux mint is quite literally the perfect distro. It's stable, fast, begginer friendly but still open enough for experts and it is one of the only "bigger" linux companies that isn't closed source, creepy or spying (canonical, redhat etc.)
the one thing stopping it is the lack of adopting good desktops like KDE Plasma. instead its focused on bloated, ugly piece of crap called cinnamon. which is worthless when the desktop that microsoft literally rips off exists.
Go get it from my car’s windscreen that you inadvertently embedded it into as I drove past as while I appreciate the unexpected gift of a gaming chair, I don’t have any space for it in the shoebox I call home. 😂
I don't have a ton of Linux experience, but I would recommend Mint for those moving from Windows. It's the most "plug and play" main distro, and it's very stable.
Stable? that is subjective. It is important that you provide context as to what hardware your using. It is best to try it in a virtual machine if possible so you get a feeling for how you go about using the system. Otherwise you might end up with a poor link between hardware and underlying drivers. Try not to use old hardware with much newer kernels. And try not to use older kernels with newer hardware. There is a very explicit reason why you should provide clarity on why one should actually switch to mint outside of being user friendly. User Friendly does not unilaterally equate to hardware friendly. Details. They are important in order to make the right decision for bare metal installation.
@@josephlh1690 To quote Element, "I don't have a ton of Linux experience". Chill, man. They made a comment in good faith on the best of their knowledge.
@@enchantedcandlewick2000 I am not criticizing them what so ever. I just prefer to point this kind of thing out in order to get someone the best experience with what they are working with. First impressions are very important to the success of linux. If things do not work quite right on their first attempt at using linux, that can leave a 50/50 chance that they will not try linux ever again unless Microsoft continues to shit the bed on consumer sentiment. To be fair, it all depends on what happens to windows 10 after its set EOL (end of life.) Until then. If you do not get stuff right on the first go, you are left with little room for rectification or recourse. This stuff doesn't bother me personally but that is because I know much more than then a typical new user. Any I problems I encounter are ones I have experience in fixing. Getting started with Linux and keeping it smooth are the two biggest hurdles to satisfy new users with little experience. I apologize for any misperception caused here.
Tried Ubuntu as my first distro, and it was a pain to use since the wifi module kept getting deleted. Having to use the terminal that much is exhausting, so I guess mint could be a breath of fresh air.
I agree, it's a really solid "works out-of-the-box" experience. The only problem though is cinnamon not having all features like plasma 6 and Wayland, but not everything is perfect right.
Up until 4 years ago, my uni (Informatics faculty) used to give out Mac laptops to Bachelor students; then for some reason they had to switch, and got Dell's with Ubuntu; completely switched almost all my workflows / games on that, and use my old Windows laptop only for Microsoft / wirk related stuff. Sadly this year they seem to have switched back to Mac :-(
The way I started with Linux was to get a two or three year old pc and install Linux Mint on to that.A friend wanted to try Linux so I got a pc from eBay a Lenovo ThinkCentre M93P Mini it work very well.Keep up the good work.
I'm so glad this guide exists. So many other guides claim to be aimed towards beginners and then the guide brings out the terminal and they start coding, changing everything about their desktop environment. If I didn't watch this video first, I wouldn't have switched to Linux.
i didnt even realize youtube could reload the title as you watch until i started watching this. why has there already been like 5 titles for this video already 😭
As someone who knew little to nothing about Linux, this seems like a simple and fantastic tutorial for beginners. I'm gonna try it out on my windows 8 crappy laptop lol
Linux Mint saved my old Win8 laptop, an old HP Stream from like 2014 with 2 GB of RAM lol. It went from literally unusable (the computer would just freeze up and I couldn't do anything on it) to now just low-spec but fully usable as a secondary or emergency device. It certainly helped for a little while when I bricked my main laptop.
That is exactly what I did to my old win7 laptop. Poor lil dude struggled just to boot up, but with Ubuntu it's become both faster than ever and silent.
Been wanting to move to Linux for a while now. I just installed it to an external ssd to get to grips with it before committing to it on my main drive. So far its been a great experience. All the games i want to play just work without hassle. Great tutorial.
Thanks Muta. Been on the fence about switching but this video made me do it. Also been following you on X but had to follow here too as your content is gold.
Just get a second harddrive (e.g. SSD, NVMe, USB 3 thumbstick, Micro SD, etc.) and install Linux on it as a bootable partition. You may need to configure the boot order in your BIOS/UEFI so you can boot from whichever device when restarting your machine. Or experiment with different Linux distros using a VM such as VirtualBox., Another option is to install Linux Live USB option without any need to actually install the OS on USB thumbsticks. Just make sure that it's USB 3 at least cuz USB 2 speed sucks. Or purchase a Steam Deck and you can go into Desktop mode. I like using MX Linux and Manjaro using KDE Plasma. Plasma 6 just released at end of Feb 2024 and it was like about 5-10 years in the making.
Been using Linux since your "Poor Shamed computer" video! I'm never gonna install windows on my main computer never again! Thanks to you enlightening me! Love ya.
@@alicer6779 I have over 700 games. And of those games, less than 1% of those doesn't work. Which two of those are because of crossplay issues between windows and linux. Which they still work. I just cannot play with windows folk for those games (need a vm). These games also generally run better on linux than windows but that isn't important. And of these games, only like 3 of these I need to do a dual boot. They don't run whatsoever on linux (ss13, rainbow six siege, etc...). But whatever man. Keep it up man. I am sure you know everything that you talking about man. Yes. There are still issues. But it is not as bad as you make it out to be. Even games with silver proton for them can still be run on linux. If you follow the launch options of it and what not (halo mcc and infinite). P.s: There are elitist in both the windows/ linux community. Just stfu. Let them enjoy the os that they installed. My god.
37:56 "Linux is not a difficult vixen to get a hold of." Yes, but it used to be. And some of us who are contemplating the move(like me) remember those early years when to get anything to work on Linux, you had to be a computer programmer. You had to write entire lines of code just to get an application to start. Then more lines of code to keep that application running. It has definitely gotten easier. Automation to carry out some of the more repeated tasks, better automation for dealing with things that weren't exactly meant to be outside of Windows/Mac. It is hundreds of times easier. My point is, it didn't used to be, and that is is what some people point to when they say it's hard.
I recently swapped back from Linux to Windows, only bc of the ease of gaming and using mods to improve what AAA titles lack (my favorite way to game). Other than that I actually enjoyed Linux quite a bit.
Yeah same. I like to stream games to my Shield TV/SteamDeck and under Linux it just wasn’t cutting it. Steam Streaming is wonky and has lots of bugs (audio still plays in host, no surround sound) and Moonlight/Sunshine had screen tearing. There was a lot of weird niche things with Linux that just took way too much troubleshooting and time editing .conf files trying to get something as simple as volume control on my Vanatoo speakers to work properly. Idk I love Linux for all my servers but Windows is still better if you game because it’s no fuss. Linux users will try to cope and tell you otherwise but they like spending hours troubleshooting.
@@AtracBreezy agreed. I feel good when I figure out issues but at a certain point I had to throw in the towel so I could finally enjoy some Baldur’s Gate 3 again.
@@thepeacefulviking3687 Yeah BG3 ran like dog water on Linux and would crash if you streamed the game with Steam. That's the kind of stuff that I don't want to deal with, especially if a new game comes out and I have to spend hours troubleshooting (and blind troubleshooting at that because for newly released games, there's not a lot on Google until much later) before I can even play.
*_"Other than that I actually enjoyed Linux quite a bit."_* ...because it's still quite new.... you're still on that pink cloud. You're going to move back to Windows again eventually.... millions have done it before you.
@@tobyzilla their argument is piracy of Nintendo games. Microsoft doesn't have a real reason, as Linux distros are completely unrelated and serve as competition
just installed linux cause Sleeping Dogs wasn't working on windows for some weird reason, and I think I'm in love with Linux, after like 10 years of ONLY using Windows, this is such a fresh new feeling. I love it. Thanks Mutahar!
I'll definitely save this vid and come back to it at the end of the year when i replace my desktop. I would love to switch but im so pc illiterate that i want to try it first on a computer that isnt my main one. Thank you for the comprehensive guide, must have taken you awhile.
I did it today with zero Linux experience other than android, and other than a touch of anxiety of letting windows go, I am throughly impressed, and can do everything I need to so far, re logging in to most commonly used websites and services is a first world problem I forgot about, but so far, so very good.
You can also just get another hardrive and swap them out one with windows one with Linux. I mainly use Linux but if I want to play something that doesn't run on Linux I'll switch to Windows.
The only thing stopping me from going into linux are my local files and the compatibility. I'm glad that compatibility appears to be getting increasingly better, the dual boot option is very tempting but if I go through the trouble of switching to linux I would want to 100% switch else I don't see the point.
Local files can always be backed up. But yeah, compatibility is still a valid concern, even if it is getting incredibly better. Valve has played a big part in pushing developers towards supporting Linux, as well as providing updates to Proton themselves. And I agree, dual booting isn't really useful to the average user. Having one system is already a chore, regardless of which side of the fence you're on. The last thing you want is to maintain two chores, if computers in general aren't your hobby. When I was younger, I'd typically just default to one till something stops working, then switch to the other till something stops working, etc. Nowadays, I just use Arch on my main PC. I do have a secondary PC that I dual boot, and even attempted tri booting. But that PC isn't for casual use, playing games, etc. It's for testing things, running servers. And eventually, if I get that far, making and testing builds for software I make myself on different OSes/distros.
@@xchronox0im thinking about getting another SSD so i can also default to a linux boot and then only use the Windows boot when I need it for multiplayer games. Would make a lot of things more secure...
If I had an easy to set up and use Armoury Crate alternative like G-Helper on Linux and that compatibility you mentioned, I'd switch the first chance I got (got some games modded atm and I don't wanna undo all that just to switch but I digress). There's always something we can't live without we need to sacrifice barring us from wanting to make the correct decision.
Thanks for making this video. Super helpful and I was actually able to have it work with just a little bit of troubleshooting. Informative Linux videos for beginners. I appreciate this!
did you make the switch? Honestly I generally recommend most people simply dual boot so you get Linux and Windows, and once you are more comfortable or whatever you can make the choice to go all in or not.
@@Masta_E Oh yeah, I already made the switch. Absolutely the best choice I’ve made yet. I still have a computer with windows on it JUST in case, so I’ll likely have that one dual boot if anything.
Medschool required us to install this jank spyware thing to monitor us during exams and I wasn't gonna install it on my main PC. good call because the laptop died after the semester because of it. Bootup took 30+min and I couldn't get to the uninstaller before it freezes. This video helped me bring the laptop back to life in under an hour.
As someone who was just looking for this exact video but couldn't find it due to the title, thank you for changing it only after I took forever to find it lol
@@escapetherace1943 I hope you're using this headless. ? If you're wasting any $ on a monitor, I don't even know what to say. I might call the authorities though. I won't stand for this.
double check that there isnt alternative sources on Linux, chances are, there is. Someone using racing sim stuff probably went to Linux, saw no support, and decided to do it themselves.
@darukutsu I use pretty high end strange gear, heusinkveld pedals and handbrake, simucube wheel and vnm shifter so it's difficult to get them working in anything other than windows, then add vr into the mix and odd simulator software...I think I'm stuck with Windows at least for sim racing, I run a mac when not gaming
I have similar situation with VR gaming using Oculus Quest - it almost works, but not completely (though I guess that the situation may become better soon). So that's literally the only reason why I still boot into Windows sometimes
Great timing and great entry-level tutorial! I'd love to see a series, maybe playing with the idea of building good practices in easy distros like Mint in order to prepare to move to Arch.
Just adding Timestamps for my own references: 5:34 Skip to start of tutorial 9:09 Copy to bootable flashdrive (Balena Etcher) 10:25 Entering Bios for Boot Menu 14:47 | 15:02 intro to setting it up for gaming 21:06 UI/UX basic navigation 23:29 Software Manager 28:15 For Games that aren’t on Steam 30:47 Setting up compatibility filters for steam 32:37 AntiCheat software 33:01 Lutrus for non steam games 36:35 The Terminal The video is almost 40 mins muta, I hope you make chapters. Also, in my opinion just buy a completely new boot drive (if you can afford it) specifically just for Linux like a fresh SSD. Least amount of headaches.
@@StrawberryKittenyeah, but they are really just not there. For example, orca (screen reader) has some very important missing features like OCR and it's stability and compatibility is lacking compared to something like NVDA. And yes... I'm blind :D
@@StrawberryKitten used to be true! but gnome and kde have been slowly dropping screen reader compatibility and other accessibility features. I think kde plasma 4 (or maybe gnome 4?) was the peak. really unfortunate move from them tbh
Muta, love the enthusiasm, you need to do a Part 2. OpenRazer and stuff to get the peripherals working in a windows-like state and then pipewire to get Atmos replacement. Thats been the big thing for me. I know these things are pretty easily done but if you made a video setting it up it would really go a long way to Linux Adoption. Also we need to get on discords ass to add screen sharing to linux. i love streaming my games to friends and cant do that yet :/
I have been intersted in having Linux on a USB for some time now. Never used Linux or have any advanced computer knowledge. I hesitate to go through this quest, I feel like I'm going to hit a wall as soon as I start clicking. This video helped me get some courage, thanks mate
You can use your ssd as installation drive Just shrink the partition and give it 8gigs and format it fat32 and drop the files in there from inside the iso file you downloaded I recommend doing it this way if you have two drives on your system or if you sure not wiping the whole drive
This video is definitely needed on youtube. I feel that many of us who have been using the steam deck will feel right at home with this switch and I'm more excited to dive in but I was hoping he would go more in depth with security while browsing.
One thing on Linux Mint that is helpful is the auto-update feature, for the average user that usually forgets to update the system, the auto-update is a handy feature to enable
If linux is really slow and you can’t find out why and you are on an Ubuntu based distribution, try, going into settings about and see if automatic updates is turned on. I would suggest turning this setting off.
Thanks for this dude, I was going to look for a tutorial since windows 10 just ran out of support and just bought an SSD for the new installation, long time subscriber here, keep it up dude
I'm a software engineer and very familiar with linux, but I've always used Windows as my primary operating system. I've been thinking about switching to linux, the only thing holding me back is time to do it. Since you've made a beginners linux guide, could you possibly create a advanced linux guide for someone who might want more control over their OS? That might be outside of the purview of your platform, though, so I understand if you don't want to.
I recommend using nixos. You can run it in a vm and set it up and configure it over time, whenever you're free. Then you can make the switch and keep all your config. NixOS is a Linux distro that's got the ability to be fully reproducible. You just need to save the config file. So the switch from vm to actual machine will be near instant
I would caution against having NixOS as your first Linux distro. there are benefits to be had for a "fully reproducible" system, but until you know what it is you're *actually* looking for, Nix will probably be more frustrating than useful and you're better off starting with a mainstream distro like Ubuntu / Pop!_OS / Mint
If you want a more in depth guide, Muta has a guide for installing archlinux. There are also plenty of channels oriented for more advanced users (not saying this is not). Research a bit and you will find a ton of resources
I'm a software dev, save yourself the trouble and just stick with windows. Nothing is worse than having to make something for a company that is definitely using windows and then having to troubleshoot it, because you made it on Linux, and it works fine on there but not on Windows.
I finally got around to installing Linux in a dual-boot scenario about a week ago. I was amazed by how good gaming on Linux is now. I'd heard it was easy and games ran well. I didn't expect running games in Proton to work better than in Windows natively.
I did lose my Nvidia driver the first time I installed updates but that's because the Manjaro Cinnamon installer installed the 6.5 kernel and the Manjaro package db didn't have the latest Nvidia driver for linux kernel 6.5. I had to upgrade to the 6.7 kernel to get my drivers back
Mutuhar you are the man you gave me the confidence to switch to arch as a daily driver for gaming I had really never considered it until you mentioned it it’s been a few months every thing is working like I want it to and I’m never going back
I'm sorry muta but no, I won't. I've been using linux for years now on my laptop and I will continue to but I will never replace windows with linux on my main desktop. My desktop is built for gaming and I need it to run ANY game, ANY software, ANY anticheat and ANY emulator flawlessly. Linux does NOT do that as of now. It is simply not worth the tradeoffs. I respect and understand open source software and privacy as a software dev but for my use case and I'm sure for many others, linux does not cut it.
My desktop is built for gaming too, but I think this is the complete wrong approach I think you should make a list of games that you actually play, instead of just assuming it won't work for your usecase. The more people switch to linux, the sooner everything will be supported, so, if you can, you might as well, especially considering it's a much cleaner, more elegant, less malware filled, less spywarey solution. Do you really need to be able to run EVERY SINGLE game on your PC? How much gaming do you do to manage that need? I don't even care a little bit about the games I might be missing out on, and you might not either. Plus there's a ton of games that run significantly better on linux that I actually care about.
I really wish Linux would have been in a place like it is today back when I was first learning how to use it. It’s a completely different beast now, and your video was an extremely friendly starting point.
You could always check for proton. Protondb has an extensive compatibility list. Usually the multiplayer game with Anti cheat will not play fair with Linux.
@@michal1693 Sadly, this is the answer. I have more than a few games that I go to launch after a fresh (w)install, and immediately re-remove (because, I forgot they had onerous Anti-Cheat/DRM rootkit garbage).
As someone who wanted switch into a Linux OS I went onto forums to try and get some tips, on how to go about it and how to start etc, all I got was hate from a lot of the community members for not knowing what I was doing. I decided to switch from windows to Mac and haven’t looked back since, it’s been 8yrs now
8 years ago the Linux experience was rather poor: software compatibility was a big issue, gaming was non existent outside of the couple of native ports and the general desktop usability was kinda crappy to say the least. Nowadays things have changed a lot and while I do believe that Linux is not for everyone (no matter what people say, you'll have to learn how to use the terminal because the GUI will not take you too far) things are getting better every year. I did switch back in 2021 and outside of my company issued work laptop I managed to use Linux exclusively for these 3 years with no previous knowledge other than a little experience with Ubuntu server a couple of months prior to me switching. It's not impossible but requires some level of dedication, nowadays there are a lot of distributions that are very user friendly and make the switch extremely easy. The community is also a big help, it's very cohesive and many people like to offer help, ofc there are bad apples, but those constitute the minority (from my experience at least).
@@Chromiell even Muta said the Linux community has Elitist users who mock some for not just knowing. Seeing as that was the major hurtle for them I struggle to see why rather than touching on that matter, you chose to talk about the operating system experience getting better. That's not entirely helpful when an Elitist sub-group of the community is actively discouraging new users from ever wanting to touch linux.
@@Wicked_Knight elitists are always going to be present, same as there are elitists on Windows and MacOS or whatever OS, I also said that from my experience they're clearly the minority. The experience getting better means that you won't have to ask for help as often as a few years ago, many issues got hammered out and the OS can more easily be used by less experienced users nowadays. It doesn't change the fact that Linux is an open OS where support is not guaranteed, if you run into an issue there's no Microsoft with it's dedicated customer service that will help you out, you'll be receiving help from the community which is made out of people who dedicate their free time to help others, you might run into an elitist or you might run into some very helpful people. You're always expected to do your own research beforehand tho, you can't expect others to help you out if you don't provide logs or informations about your system or simply don't show that you already did your research on the issue on your own, I've seen a ton of posts on Reddit asking for help about an issue that could have easily been addressed with a very basic Google search, you'll get your answer but people will also scold you since you're pretty much wasting other people's time that they could have used to help others.
when i used to use linux, i loved it mainly for the fact that i knew where absolutely everything was being installed and what i was installing on my computer at all times. i feel i had total control of my privacy and my system and windows just cant come close to that. i3-gaps made system navigation extremely fast and easy, portage and openrc were great, i loved how customizable everything was, and everything just ran so much faster. i really gotta get back into it again...
@@AbzinoTheFirst tl/dr: it wasn't one thing in particular, just the culmination of lots of little things that led me to stop using it over time. getting back into it now. the main reasons were because most of the games i played at the time were bronze or borked on protondb, i needed the microsoft desktop apps for school, and my cpu wasn't good enough for decent performance on kvm. i had a dual boot set up for these cases which i spent most of my time on since all i was doing on my linux boot was browsing the web and messing around with different distros and window managers. i then got to university and spent my first semester studying computer science. i didn't like it at all and the very little free time i had was spent either at the gym or just playing a game with friends over discord. my dislike of comp sci kinda rubbed off onto computers in general for me too. because of how much time i had to spend working on one every day, messing around with linux was just more exhausting than fun like it used to be and the only thing i wanted to use my computer for was video games or youtube. i'm studying accounting now though which i actually like, i just needed a pretty long break from pc related stuff. i have a lot more free time, i got a much better cpu recently (and have a second gpu so i can do vfio pass through), there's no reason for me to use the desktop versions of microsoft applications now since theres been a lot more updates to the browser versions, theres only 2 games that I would need to keep my dual boot for since all my other games are either native or work perfectly under proton now, and i've been really into emulation as of late which is what got me into linux in the first place. pretty much every issue i've had with it is gone now so im gonna start using using it again.
@@AbzinoTheFirst yeah, youtube keeps removing my comment when i try to explain. i'll try to break it up into two parts and see if that works. P1.) tl/dr: it wasn't one thing in particular, just the culmination of lots of little things that led me to stop using it over time. getting back into it now. the main reasons were because most of the games i played at the time were bronze or borked on protondb, i needed the microsoft desktop apps for school, and my cpu wasn't good enough for decent performance on kvm. i had a dual boot set up for these cases which i spent most of my time on since mostly all i was doing on my linux boot was browsing the web and messing around with different distros and window managers. still loved linux at this time. okay, im editing in the part 2, im hoping this works since, they've removed it 4 times now. P2.) i got to university and spent my first semester studying computer science. i didn't like it at all and the very little free time i had was spent either at the gym or just playing a game with friends over discord. my dislike of comp sci kinda rubbed off onto computers in general for me too. because of how much time i had to spend working on one every day, messing around with linux was just more exhausting than fun like it used to be and the only thing i wanted to use my computer for was video games or youtube. i'm studying accounting now though which i actually like, i just needed a pretty long break from pc related stuff. i have a lot more free time, i got a much better cpu recently (and have a second gpu so i can do vfio passthrough), there's no reason for me to use the desktop versions of microsoft applications now since theres been a lot more updates to the browser versions, theres only 2 games that I would need to keep my dual boot for since all my other games are either native or work perfectly under proton now, and i've been really into emulation as of late which is what got me into linux in the first place.
@@fatusopp4739 fair enough, thanks for the reply. I have a question I know I could search this up but I would rather see if anyone experienced this, is it worth doing what muta said when you could boot up both Microsoft and Linux as I play a lot of Overwatch 2 and CoD so I know I won’t be able to boot them on Linux. How can I keep both and use Linux as my main source of all my data instead of Microsoft if it makes sense.
People buy consoles, other than exclusives, because it's simple and doesn't require any knowledge. A step above that is a Windows PC where you need to know to replace parts, setup settings and optimize performance. And then there's Linux, it requires even more knowledge to setup, plus not all apps support Linux, which I'm sure you can bypass, but it again requires even more knowledge. That's the way I see why less people use Linux, I personally reside in the middle, on the basic PC Windows setup.
That's alright. The neat thing about a Windows PC gamer who's already familiar with replacing parts is that - if you want to - you can always just put in an extra drive with Linux on it.
The Steam deck proves it can be even easier than Windows. If Linux had more users, devs would take more of a notice. I've been using Windows for 30 years, and I'm tired of it, tbh. Just the anti cheat keeping me on it.
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I broke my window. Does that work?
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Gonna help all my neighbors out. Should I use rocks, or bricks?
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Instructions unclear 😢 it's awfully windy in here
5:37 basic overview of what Linux and distributions are
7:20 downloading linux mint and picking desktop environment
9:10 flashing it to a USB with balena etcher
10:18 how to boot from the USB
12:24 going through the installer
15:24 installing the proper graphics drivers
16:48 linux mint setup screen (change theme, setup system backups, updating the system's packages)
21:05 overview of the desktop
22:13 how to install an alternative web browser (any program really) from the developers website
23:25 how to install an alternative web browser (and other programs) from the package manager (the recommended method)
26:20 installing steam
28:13 installing wine (dependency of lutris, used to run windows programs under linux)
29:03 installing lutris for running non steam games and launchers
29:25 using web browsers
30:27 setting up steam to use proton for windows games and running games, and how to install anticheat from steam
33:18 using lutris to install game launchers and games
35:50 where help?
You're GOATed for this, will come back to here as a reference at some point
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the title must be "How to setup, Install & Config your Linux for Beginners"
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@@austin_bennett no ur actually considering getting linux lol it’s dogsh*t
Instructions unclear the rain is blowing in from where the windows were
install trapdoors on the place where windows were
Stop taking down markets please FBI I'm trying to feed my fent habit ty x
Hold up
You just got to use curtains
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Thanks Mutahar. I am a 55 year old woman and know NOTHING about Linux. Have a laptop from 2012 on which I have now installed it. Just to try. If all goes well, my main computer will get a turn too. That you could explain it so well that a 55 year old woman could understand it. You are a genius.
It's quite simple. You'd probably choose mint. It's popular. It has tons of support. It has a look that's a bit like Windows. It'll have a web browser, music app, video player, office suit, etc. You'll find 99% of apps you need in the app store. All apps on the Linux mint app store are free. This will be enough for a long while before you may want to add other apps...
How did it go?
how did it go ? what distro did you try ?
Mom tries out TempleOS 1.06
woah.
Why are mutuhar titles so alarming😭
fear mongering to get you to click
He likes his clickbaiting
clickbait
Tbh he kinda fell off
I miss when his alarming vids were actually alarming
He's been showing his true colors lately. Only really cares about clicks and views and the money it generates rather than being honest and straightforward with you. All of this is info you can find in a 5 minute google search that everyone already knows.
At this point Mutas titles spike my anxiety when it’s something small, he could have a title like “you’re gonna get cancer” and it’s about a ultra rare almost non existent threat and I’m over here stressin
Modern youtube vid titles have gone to the shitter so hard 😂
Assume everything's clickbait.
Touch grass
Exactly. People that are pointing this out are being called haters, but I think this is important to bring up. I understand Muta is just playing to the algorithm, but for me I’m not a fan of the alarmist clickbait anymore especially when you click on the video and he’s doing the typical goofy laughing and providing surface level info. It’s evident that his content is becoming a bit stale. Maybe it’s time for me to step away from his content, because the clickbait is becoming a bit distracting for me
@@sunnysanjo"Just playing to the algorithm" is exactly what he's doing, and it's gross. Just make your content worse, lie to and manipulate your audience, treat them like idiots, get a bunch of kids and dumb people to be your fans because they don't care about anything and will ignore criticism and defend a person if they like their videos.
I fully switched to Linux 2 weeks ago and ever since then I've had a growing urge to announce that fact to random people
*_It's spreading_*
what do you think of it so far? is it daily-driveable for you? ive thought about it a lot and I've wondered how useable it would be for me
@@perplxxdFor me it is more daily drivable than windows somehow. Windows had a bunch of errors related to windows update and other broken systems and my PC was really struggling due to it. Installed mint and after fixing some small issues which taught me basic terminal commands, I easily started daily driving (I did have to reinstall once because I fucked something up myself)
@@perplxxdIt's basically painless so far. I opted for Nobara 39 Official and was basically ready to go soon after installing it. Something to keep in mind is that games with very invasive anti-cheats are either problematic or flat out won't work.
@@perplxxdI've been daily driving linux for a couple years now. And yes I game. For general PC usage, its perfectly fine. For gaming, you're limited in games but much less so lately. Common games like Apex Legends, Elden Ring, Rocket League, Counter Strike 2, Dead by Daylight, World of Warcraft, etc all work under linux.
i work in a retail setting, and our IT department made a custom distribution of linux for our desk computers. its got custom built applications to serve as our POS machine and our timeclock portal, but we can also watch youtube videos when we're bored :P
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@@MN-vw3rp Right?? I need to know more...
the power of foss
Muta you should do a TH-cam series where you go through from start to finish how to fully set up your PC for people who don’t know how, like a straightforward, and no nonsense walk-through of how to set up your PC and how to operate all the different systems within it
That'd be something even I would want. I can do all that already, but it'd be such a calming series to have in the background, while gaming.
I have to second this, I've been waffling on whether or not I should make the jump to Linux and something like that would really help me to make the choice.
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@@Mischievous_Mothlinux super ez imo (as long as you aint using nvidia you may run into some issues) plus if most of your games are concentrated to running on stean you should have pretty good compatibility
@@Mischievous_Moth it's super easy to test drive Linux with a Virtual Machine. Ubuntu is probably the most like Windows out of the box.
12:40 for non English users. Pick English as a language anyway because many programs are not fully translated and your programs will print some parts in native language and some in english. Formats like date can be kept native. Also if the error messages will be in english then it will be much easier to search for help online.
Depends on your target language, I don't have issues in German, even for error messages of the kernel in the terminal xD
i think there's no problem in spanish too
@@BruceCarbonLakeriverromanian has badly spelled shit sometimes
Typical Linux bandaids
@@gfy69 😭😭😭
We makin it to 5% with this one!!!🔥🔥🔥
Lmao
That would actually be kinda crazy if it was this soon.
@@ps3guy22we went from 3 to 4% in less than 8 months, I wouldn't doubt Linux gets to 5% by the end of 2024 xD
Here's hoping!
@@ceciliacole5098 Its very easy, took me a total of about 2 hours from start to having everything installed. Unfortunately No HDR support killed it for me. Also my VPN didn't have a GUI app (NordVPN).
Wow Linux Mint has come a long way since I tried it a decade ago. Slapped a new drive in my PC and followed Muta's advice and I'm so happy, everything I've tried so far works and I've no reason to boot back into Windows. It automatically mounted my main drive so I can still access all my files on Windows too! So hyped
How is it?
how is it going ?
@@comiumapedra5397 I just went to Linux Mint (newbie) and i CAN tell you, it's an amazing OS . I have a lot of windows based programs and i use a virtual box program in order to use them. It's called Wine. There are other types of virtual box programs that you can use and they are massively helpful for using windows based stuff. As is, as a browser and general use type of program, i HIGHLY recommend any good Linux based OS. The experience is actually awesome in comparison to MS Win.
@@robqwert2696I use it daily. The cinnamon desktop looks similar to Windows. There are a lot more GUI tools bundled with Mint than other distros I have tried over the years. For example Mint has a kernel manager GUI so that you can up/downgrade kernels just clicking buttons on the screen. Mint is based on Ubuntu LTS I believe, so some things will move behind Ubuntu but I have never been inconvenienced by that. It also has a driver manager, I only use it for my Nvidia driver but you can use it to manage the driver version and the open vs closed source driver provider. What I normally tell others is virtual machines are a great way to evaluate a distro.
You heard him delete system 32!
Edit: damn most likes I've had, so glad I got your systems sorted ;)
This
It was an easy fix for me!
@@JennyNobody glad I could help👌, be cool be like Jenny!
Yeah, helps with sweeping window clean
might as well wipe bios too and reflash it if you ever ran windows on any hardware.
Bro, what's gonna stop the wind, rain, and the birbs from getting inside my home? I need my windows.
Mankind got by for centuries without windows. You can deal.
Don't forget about the bugs!
@@shaicat Same with phones but I bet you won't give up yours. 😂
Build some walls?
@@borponoida9161 I only use my phone for calls and texts. I can easily give my phone up. My gaming PC, however...
Actual title:
"How to setup Linux + Tips for beginners"
For some reason Mutas falling down the rabbit hole of baiting people with the titles now
Yeah, love the channel but this was the definition of clickbait. I already know some Linux and wouldn't click on this video normally if it didn't have this insane title, I thought he was going to tell us about some huge windows 11 exploit or something
I thought there was some massive cyber attack on windows or smthn
thank god that wasn’t the case lol
Mainly due to the algorithm, a lot of TH-camrs have been using the tactic to keep their audience engaged still
everyone getting mad at the title but this is how you stay relevant on youtube
This is the game. Despite the scorn for clickbait titles the fact that they get clicks in the first place is why they're so prevalent.
One very important thing: Disable bitlocker encryption on windows BEFORE doing any of this if you intend to dual boot. If you abort installation midway because you need to do this (you can't dual boot without doing it) you will brick the iso of whatever version of mint you're trying to install. It's easy enough to fix, just go back and download the previous version of the OS and update once you've installed, but it's still a pain. And since microsoft decided to enable bitlocker encryption by default on windows 11 now it's a problem people are going to run in to.
Hmm...I wonder if that's why Grub won't boot my Windows install...
“Delete Windows Now”
What is it now Muta?
my exact reaction LOL
You need more likes
Done that 20 years ago, never looked back.
low tier G but for os
I swear he makes a video like this every week, like no lmao.
Muta, easiest way to guide users to BIOS screen is (at the windows lock screen) hold down shift and click on restart and when the advanced boot menu shows up click UEFI options. Way easier than guessing the right hotkey at boot.
in case of need -esc and del - one of does always will go to...
or spam esc key, then it'll tell you what key to press to boot into bios
the BIOS key normally appears at post if you don't know wich one you need to use
It’s not very hard to spam all of the function keys until you find the right one
it's f8 or f12 how is this a difficult thing?
Once Windows 10 is sunset and Windows 11 is the only Windows, this video will become incredibly relevant. Just wish the title would actually reflect what it's about...
I think the title is fine. The way Windows 11 is more people will be turning to Linux. Microsoft make that the only option the way they have ruined Windows. I am an ex-Windows user. I used to use Windows 7 but hated Windows 8. I tried to make the best of 8 by installing Classic Shell which gives you the Windows 7 start menu. Because I hated the Metro Theme but it was still bad. Then I moved to Linux when Microsoft stopped support for Windows 7 and 8 and have never looked back. I use Linux full time now and have been on Linux for 2 years. I use Linux Mint and have Debian 12 on my other laptops. I will never go back to Windows. There is nothing to go back for.
Dearrow is your best friend, it actually puts in more accurate user submitted titles to videos.
Already deleted, been on Linux Mint since 21.1 and I've had a much better time with updates.
I can update my system while I play games, and it has never forced me to restart unexpectedly.
I just need to get my personal files off the Rucker
And I'm done
Is the Rucker your PC? ❓️
I would switch but linux not being able to run certain games kills it for me i mainly use my pc for gaming so i see no reason to switch
@@agav2345 All the games I play on my channel are done with a Linux PC & @MattsCreative runs Linux while gaming. If you're playing games with anti-cheat then you might have issues if you switch to Linux.
@@agav2345depends on what you play brother, id recon 95% of you steam library would work outta the box with proton-ge, if you pirate games protonport does it for you str8 from the .exe, and games with anti cheats like easyanticheat now days work on Linux you just need to install the anti hear itself on the system, the only games that will never work is stuff like riot games.
There's a few things to keep in mind:
· Chromium based browsers (Chrome, Edge, Brave, Vivaldi, etc.) won't have any sort of hardware acceleration available on Linux most of the time, only Firefox has that, so if your PC is slower and struggles playing videos at higher resolutions and/or 60 fps on Linux, that might be why. You either live with the lack of acceleration or use Firefox. Don't expect that to change soon either, it's an issue that has been going on for years and it doesn't seem it will be addressed anytime soon.
· Printers are a hit or miss, and while most of them are covered, if you're unlucky to have a printer without drivers for Linux, you're SOL, you won't be able to use it at all.
· If you're a musician, audio production is a joke on Linux since there's no VST support, so you're just going to have to rely on what your DAW offers you. I'm also unsure about how well or bad audio interfaces work under Linux.
· If you're a streamer, keep in mind that some stuff like Streamlabs Chatbot or MixItUp won't work on Linux, or even troubleshooting stuff for Twitch, even with Wine (last I tried a few years back, at least). I'm pretty sure there's some OBS plugins that won't work on Linux either, so if you use a more complex setup, that might be an issue.
· Wine and Proton, being things that translate calls from one system to the other will take an important amount of resources, which will cause your games to run at lower framerates under Linux. If you have a fast machine, it will probably be unnoticeable or barely noticeable, but if you have a mid-range PC or something older, your experience gaming on Linux might be a bit poorer than on Windows.
· If you're used to Adobe stuff, forget about it, you will have to look for alternatives. DaVinci Resolve is a great alternative to Premiere Pro, but for Photoshop there isn't anything that comes close, GIMP is barebones in comparison, and you might have issues getting your drawing pad to work with it, if it works at all.
All in all, I'd recommend you to maybe get a cheaper, smaller SSD, get Linux installed on it and give it a spin with your software and hardware of choice first before you make the commitment of switching, try doing everything you do on Windows on Linux and see if it works out for you. If you don't do much beyond browsing and single player gaming and your machine is well specced, you should be fine, but there's things you're gonna have to keep in mind, and while you learn this stuff, you'll find yourself googling stuff and browsing Reddit A LOT looking for answers, and you're going to have to use the dreaded terminal sooner than later, so it's gonna be time consuming at first.
Good luck!
That's almost a plus. I've had more issues w/ default-enabled HW acceleration...
@@LRK-GT I'd say a bigger plus would be to have a choice, and under Linux with Chromium browsers, you just don't. I have an older mid-low end laptop that just can't play 60 fps video on TH-cam without lagging unless you have HW acceleration. I have it with Linux now and I must use Firefox, otherwise it just won't work very well.
Chromium based browsers do have hardware acceleration, but HW accelerated video encoding/decoding is disabled by default. It's a bit of a pain in the ass to forcefully enable it, but I have managed to do it 3 years ago after following a guide. Then, it broke a few months later.
That's useful info .. I'm not going to try it now .. too much hassle ... and I'm 65.
as a music producer i feel insulted 💔maybe one day
Being an old Linux user, and one who closet uses Mint, I was screaming at the screen 4 seconds ahead of Muta, telling him what to use and do, for each task, and then he did it. I am fully convinced my input made all the difference.
Great mindset lil bro
Sounds healthy
Least schizo viewer
Muta the Explorer
Thanks for that! Wouldn't have been able to follow along if you hadn't.
I just deleted my windows and now there's rainwater in my living room.
Install bottles, I heard they make wine or something
Did you instal the Linux? That should solve the problem.
Time to delete the doors, For easy access
@@thepuzzlemaster64 LMFAO nahhh install buckets bro its wayy better 🤣
same
A while ago, you posted a video about how you made your computer "frankenstein or billy" can't remember.
I followed your guide, and every sonce have been daily driving linux.
So, thanks.
I moved away from manjoro into arch.
Also pursuing a career in computer science.
Thanks, Muta. I'm going to slowly ease into Linux Mint and when Win 10 Support ends next year I will wholly switch over to Linux.
Win10 Enterprise IoT LTSC has extended support until January 13, 2032. The only 'shortcoming' is LTSC's 'fixed' nature which, IMO is a huge plus for stability.
('Retail Channel' 10 and 11 seems to like breaking itself every-few 'Update Tuesdays')
I'm 'intending' on dual-booting W10EntIoTLTSC and some SteamOS-like Linux flavor, next reinstall.
[I have a thread on TechPowerUp that covers most-all the misconceptions about Enterprise IoT LTSC: "A multi-boot adventure - Windows 10 x64 Enterprise IoT LTSC 21H2"]
@BeTechAware I dual-booted on my machine a few months and jesus christ. For comparison, I have a 16 gig RAM and windows uses 3-4 gigs on IDLE. Mint hardly uses 1 gig in idle
Same here
Personally switched a few days ago, couldn't recommend more as i dont see myself use any of microsofts bloatware anytime soon
@@kehan6252lemme blow your mind a bit more;
Linux Mint is actually one of the more bloated Linux options available. It's really good for newcomers and is well set-up, but it's absurd how efficient things can get.
We deleting windows with this one
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
😂😂😂
Fear mongering title scared me lmao
hholy shit! its sans unddretale!,!!!
Got me too!
dang like minds be watchin muta its a science at this point 😅
SANS UNDERTALE
Hasn't he even claimed to "not want to fearmonger" the video itself is fine but the click bait titles are so disappointing.
I made the switch to Linux today. Thank you, Mutahar!
Welcome
Great choice. :)
How’s it going so far?
How's it going?
He died
Note : There is a new open source Vulkan driver called NVK for Nvidia(Turing and later) GPUs available in Mesa 24, it is Vulkan 1.3 conformant, the driver isn't made by Nvidia, it uses the "nouveau" kernel module and with the GSP firmware(Turing and later) you can have good performance because of reclocking now working(GPUs older than Turing architecture can't be reclocked because Nvidia hasn't released the firmware for it).
@deviantsemicolon618 I was sure I mentioned its name, but no, thanks, I now added it.
btw turing is 20 and 16 series or later
Thanks for the information ! You're absolute CHAD! I hate installing Nvidia drivers on OpenSuse and Fedora
Open-source Nvidia driver _with_ non-crippling performance? That's fantastic news. Maybe Nvidia won't be completely off the table for me in the near future.
What's wrong if you use nvidia drivers? I know it's theirs and not open source but what will actually be loss?
Thanks man, leaving windows feels like moving out of a house that you've lived in for most of your life. It can be a little scary taking that leap, but your guides make the process that much more simpler unlike moving out of a real house xD
Nailed it. Switching, even to the best OS ever, is always going to be a bit of a process because it's a big change, but I'm honestly kicking myself for not switching earlier.
but in order to use linux you need windows first ?
You dont, you just need something with the installation file on it, like a USB stick
and then anticheats stop you from playing online games on linux.
@@Nurix09 So in other words… stick with the familiar and ever reliable? Or something that *might* work better and you’ll just be unable to play some games?
I started using Linux in middle school because I didn't want to pay $100 for Windows. eventually I realized you didn't have to register it, and I dual booted from then on. About 4 years ago however, my windows partition corrupted itself. I gave up on Windows and never looked back
Wait until everyone is using Linux, they’ll be just like Microsoft.
@@hotbutterypopcorn9652 Not even remotely. Microsoft is corporation whose only motivation is generating profits. Linux is open source and thus anyone can freely modify and distribute it. Don't talk about something if you are so clearly deficient in knowledge about that subject.
@@hotbutterypopcorn9652🤦 no one entity controls Linux it's a collaborative effort and the licences are designed to make that collaboration happen. Huge companies do use Linux including Microsoft, IBM, Google, AWS etc but they don't control it individually. There are several non profit foundations that multiple involved companies sit on the boards of. Again collaboration and vested interest keeps the whole show in the road.
Also due to being open source you can fork the code🤷.
@@hotbutterypopcorn9652 they? who's they? anyone can contribute to linux and even IF something weird happens, everyone is free to fork linux and maintain it
@@hotbutterypopcorn9652 There definitely are reasons Windows has a lot of what it does, and if Linux does get that popular, I am sure that there will be some pre-installed distro options that are designed for companies to make extra profit by selling computers with proprietary software. That said, however, that wont magically invalidate other distros that are open-source friendly. Which is the amazing part about Linux. You can literally use it however you want.
There are a couple of things in this video I want to expand on (and sometimes correct):
1. While distro choice nowadays does not matter as much as it had mattered 15 years ago, there is still one meaningful difference between them, and that's how close is that distro to upstream, or, in other words, how fresh its kernel and software is. Some distros are more conservative with their software selection to provide more "stable" experience (although stable doesn't necessarily means bug-free), some are "bleeding edge", aiming to provide the latest versions of software available, and a lot of them are kind of in-between. Linux Mint tends to be on the "stable" end of this axis, and while it is good at what it tries to do (which is to be a safe, reliable and easy to use Linux distro that requires very little maintenance) it is not always the best choice when it comes to newest hardware or gaming. Sometimes a new game isn't properly working because you need some newest piece of software, that isn't available in official repositories (of course, you can always find a way, like adding a third-party repo, or downloading tarball binaries directly, but sometimes it can open a whole can of worms, like resolving dependencies conflicts, that could make even more experienced Linux users shudder). In my opinion, bleeding edge distros like Fedora, Arch Linux or OpenSUSE Tumbleweed are much better choices for gaming, despite having some downsides, like having a bit higher entry threshold or requiring more system maintenance. After all, there's a reason why SteamOS for Steam Decks since version 3.0 went from being Debian-based to being Arch-based.
2. Xfce is no longer the best option for "weaker systems", nowadays its resource usage is more or less on par with KDE Plasma 5, and KDE is usually considered one of the heaviest desktop environments out there. Besides, I disagree with Muta's definition of a "weaker system": if your PC is "from like a decade ago" it doesn't mean it's too weak. Basically, judging from my experience, rule of thumb is that if your PC is capable of running Windows 7 without any trouble, then you could run any Linux distro with any desktop environment. Only if you have a mid-2000s era machine or something similar in terms of horsepower, then it's officially a "weaker system" and you could start bothering with excessive resource usage by looking at things such as LXQt or window managers. Although those kind of machines are probably falling out of the scope for this video, because for the most part to game on Linux you've GOT TO HAVE a Vulkan-supporting GPU, otherwise your experience is going to be rather limited.
3. You don't necessarily need an >=8 GB USB drive, most of the Linux distros provide minimal "netinstall" images, usually those have a size of 300-700 MB and will download any necessary packages from the servers during the installation process. Of course, you do need a fast and stable Internet connection for that. But there's also an upside, because network installer will usually download and install the latest available versions of software, so you don't have to do a system upgrade later, like at 20:00.
4. For Windows users I would also recommend Rufus, it's pretty easy to use (although it's not that straightforward as Etcher), but it's also could be invaluable if you're creating a bootable USB for installation on a non-UEFI BIOS system (basically, that's most of the PCs released before 2011).
5. 12:20 Well, LiveCDs long ago stopped being unique to Linux, because since Windows 8 there's such thing as WindowsToGo that allows you to install a full-blown Windows on a USB drive; and as for WinPE, those were available since the release of Windows XP. So, it's kind of incorrect, but it doesn't really matter in the context of this video.
6. 16:11 Opensource drivers are pretty much work in progress for newer Nvidia GPUs and nowhere near "kind of there" for their older GPUs (and probably never will be). Also, "the only tradeoff" wouldn't be just ideological, because proprietary Nvidia drivers are notorious for breaking stuff and causing troubles.
7. 21:25 It's not like "you will NEED the terminal" per se, it's just some thing are much easier to do in terminal then in GUI.
8. 23:00 Yum is being literally dead for the past 10 years, it got replaced with DNF in Fedora/RHEL ecosystem at 2015, and openSUSE uses Zypper for as long as I can remember.
9. 24:53 'Course it is a fair bit, because you're installing a Flatpak version of it, with all of the dependencies. Try installing Emacs via Flatpak, it would pull a ~1.5 GB of dependencies for a text editor.
10. Wow, Wine 6.0.3 non-staging in 2024, this is freaking old. That's why stable distros are usually not the best choice for gaming purposes. Although Flatpaks and Lutris are helping to mitigate that in some way.
11. 35:46 Well, not "everything". For example, HDR is still sort of non-existent on Linux.
But overall, this is a pretty decent entry-level video, although it downplays some things a bit. Gaming on Linux is mostly good right now, but it's not perfect. And for using Linux in general you WILL have to change at least some of the "muscle memory" mentioned in 38:37, because otherwise things won't always be rosy for you.
Tried Mint after this video, No HDR support killed it for me.
>4. For Windows users I would also recommend Rufus
Rufus runs on _Windows_ only and creates Windows and Linux flash drives
Etcher runs on _everything_ but can only create Linux flash drives
Ventoy runs on _everything_ and can create Windows and Linux flash drives, and a flash drive with _multiple_ bootable OS-ISOs and tools on it
So yeah Rufus is fine for Windows but Ventoy is what runs on everything and can create everything + can create multi-boot flash drives
@@corruptedpoison1Some other commenter wrote that HDR is being worked on for the KDE DE with Wayland (so the first easy-install non-meme distros that are probably gonna get it are Fedora KDE and Nobara Official/KDE,) check back in a few months I'd say.
Well, I'd argue emacs isn't a text editor.
@@kevinrineer5356 This ^
My very first experience with Linux Mint was installing it onto a Lenovo Ideapad Z575 that I've had since 2012; it has a measly 1.9 Ghz dual core processor and became practically unusable by having Windows 10 forcefully installed onto its HDD.
Despite its age and the hardware limitations, after installing Linux Mint with Cinnamon onto a fresh SSD (and later maxing out the memory from 4 GB to 16 GB) in the IdeaPad, it essentially breathed new life into it and I now use it as my work computer. While it can be slow when under intense load, like opening up a bunch of browser tabs all at once, it easily competes with any modern Chromebook, all while keeping this laptop I've had since middle school out of a landfill. Since then, I've completely migrated over to Linux and never looked back.
I installed linux (and quadrupled the installed ram) and this machine ran so much better wowee
use a lightweight desktop manager like lxde or open box, it will be like 3x as fast
@@rericksen They said they increased the RAM later. But I can say with confidence that Linux Mint will run just fine on 4 GB, provided you don’t want to multitask too much. Does it better than Windows, anyway.
@@omega3fatass61 I've been thinking about switching to MATE - I feel like it'd be a really good middle ground between Cinnamon and XFCE for my purposes
@a_plastic_bag 4gb of RAM is pretty much the bare minimum, and I'd suggest anyone upgrade to at least 8gb if possible.
I even had Linux Mint installed on the original (dying) HDD, and it boots up MUCH faster than Windows 10 ever did on it and is usable, albeit still really slow
You should title the video better so even non-subscribers can find this useful piece of content.
Probably will later
Yeah he’s probably gonna have this title for a day or two then swap it to something people can find
Update 3 weeks later... Nope, still the same title
I switched to Linux 4 days ago, I am super happy with my change and love it, I can game and stream and do all the things I love doing. I went with Nobara and joined their discord, there has been no elitism that o have seen yet, everyone I’ve met in the Nobara Linux community have been super helpful and accepting of a noob like me. Another good thing I like about Nobara is it comes with all the gaming / streaming tools on it , wine , proton , lutris, steams , obs… and more.
Happy to have you in the Linux community :)
I did the same thing 2 weeks ago. I was basically up and running in only a few minutes
Love to see it. Linux users are so awesome when they're not extremely condescending. Glad you're enjoying your new OS :)
What type of Linux OS do you use now?
@@KWPZ21He already wrote the name. Nobara OS.
I’ve been daily driving Fedora for about a month now. As a life long Windows user, and someone who now works as a Systems Administrator, I am loving it. The customization alone is amazing. Not to mention when something goes wrong or doesn’t work, I’m actually learning useful professional skills in the process of fixing it. Still have a nice Windows laptop that can run games that aren’t well rated in Proton.
I just have to ask... how?
Feels like every time I've used Fedora, it's gone out of it's way to destroy itself just to spite me, and refused to boot up after I had just installed it and steam. Granted that was 5 years ago but still
I've been using fedora for almost 2 (1 3/4) years and it's been WAY MORE STABLE than windows.
Inspired me to start a dual boot with Linux and Windows (R6 and other multiplayer games), have wanted to do for years but you helped me on that path! To years of Linux!
Is it simple? It's doesn't need the bios bullshit setting i always see in TH-cam right? I'm scared to do a dual between windows and Linux because of that
@@ctxxWorks like a charm, I would recommend two harddrives though so you can separate everything (and dont accidentally delete data for any os)
@@ctxx Daddy chill, take your time maybe check out a virtual machine to run linux before going full hog, you don't want a shock and feel like you regret it.
@@ctxx the bios settings dont actually need to be tinkered with anymore (in my experience), that was just a thing because of windows 11 iirc, but its been sorted, even then, its not as scary as it looks, you wont brick your pc unless you mess with your cpu clocks and stuff. use a virtual machine on windows to try it out before downloading it to your actual drives. if you decide you want to, just get a second hard drive specifically for linux, itll even auto-detect windows and let you choose which system to boot on launch, its VERY easy to do.
Make sure to use nosybloaty and just scalp your wibdows 11 to run as light and as Microsoft tracker free as possible lol
Thanks Muta, I wanted to get into linux for a while now but I always find hard to understand videos on internet and I was always getting confuse. Now thanks to you I can try it when I get my new computer in a few months I'll maybe try with mint or manjaro but at least now it doesn't seem complicate. Keep making videos like this please
Perfect timing. Windows 11 crashed 3 times today during a stream. I've about had it since that's 5 crashes since last week. I'm going to try duel booting first and see how that goes.
My w11 never crashed in 6 months
wy windows have crashed only a couple times in the 10 years that ive used them, but i still run linux cuz it of the stuff it has that windows doesnt 😂😂@@lussor1
@@lussor1 This only just started happening recently. It was actually pretty decent for a while. It's really a bunch of small things that piled up to push me too far.
My Windows 10 bugged out last week and wouldn't connect to the Internet til I factory reset it, then it wanted a product key and it wouldn't register my key.
Switched to Linux Mint today and I have to say I highly recommend it, played last Epoch and cyberpunk really smooth earlier and everything is way simpler and less irritating than with Windows in terms of the desktop.
@retrojon_ it could be your hdd/ssd. When mine began to fail it would crash constantly. I haven't had a problem since installing a new drive.
This video is becoming even more relevant by the second
MY PSU IS HERE. I'M JOINING THE FUCKING LINUX BROOTHERHOOD WRAHHHH 🦅
FREEEEEEEEEDOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think that linux mint is quite literally the perfect distro. It's stable, fast, begginer friendly but still open enough for experts and it is one of the only "bigger" linux companies that isn't closed source, creepy or spying (canonical, redhat etc.)
My only issue with Linux Mint is a bit of a me problem, which is that I don't really like stability. I prefer more frequent updates.
@@deviantsemicolon618That's what the edge iso is built for, but even that is not that blazing fast with updates. It is still a debian fork.
the one thing stopping it is the lack of adopting good desktops like KDE Plasma. instead its focused on bloated, ugly piece of crap called cinnamon. which is worthless when the desktop that microsoft literally rips off exists.
@@bionicseaserpent You know you don't have to use cinnamon, right? You can replace cinnamon with KDE on Mint
@@bionicseaserpent You do realize that you can install KDE Plasma on Linux Mint right? Do you even use linux?
Sadly, I can't delete Windows... because I already replaced it with Linux years ago.
W
I use Arch btw, how am I supposed to delete windows? I don't even install that into VMs LOL
W
I'm glad I'm not the only one with that incredible issue xD
Now the next step, delete systemd)
Threw a chair out my window, what next
Go get it from my car’s windscreen that you inadvertently embedded it into as I drove past as while I appreciate the unexpected gift of a gaming chair, I don’t have any space for it in the shoebox I call home. 😂
if he doesn't collect, I call dibs.@@Jolis_Parsec
Threw a big Mac out my window, what next
😂😂
I agree
I just built a new rig yesterday for local LLMs. Great timing!
I don't have a ton of Linux experience, but I would recommend Mint for those moving from Windows. It's the most "plug and play" main distro, and it's very stable.
Stable? that is subjective. It is important that you provide context as to what hardware your using. It is best to try it in a virtual machine if possible so you get a feeling for how you go about using the system. Otherwise you might end up with a poor link between hardware and underlying drivers. Try not to use old hardware with much newer kernels. And try not to use older kernels with newer hardware. There is a very explicit reason why you should provide clarity on why one should actually switch to mint outside of being user friendly. User Friendly does not unilaterally equate to hardware friendly. Details. They are important in order to make the right decision for bare metal installation.
@@josephlh1690 To quote Element, "I don't have a ton of Linux experience".
Chill, man. They made a comment in good faith on the best of their knowledge.
@@enchantedcandlewick2000 I am not criticizing them what so ever. I just prefer to point this kind of thing out in order to get someone the best experience with what they are working with. First impressions are very important to the success of linux. If things do not work quite right on their first attempt at using linux, that can leave a 50/50 chance that they will not try linux ever again unless Microsoft continues to shit the bed on consumer sentiment. To be fair, it all depends on what happens to windows 10 after its set EOL (end of life.)
Until then. If you do not get stuff right on the first go, you are left with little room for rectification or recourse. This stuff doesn't bother me personally but that is because I know much more than then a typical new user. Any I problems I encounter are ones I have experience in fixing. Getting started with Linux and keeping it smooth are the two biggest hurdles to satisfy new users with little experience. I apologize for any misperception caused here.
Tried Ubuntu as my first distro, and it was a pain to use since the wifi module kept getting deleted. Having to use the terminal that much is exhausting, so I guess mint could be a breath of fresh air.
I agree, it's a really solid "works out-of-the-box" experience. The only problem though is cinnamon not having all features like plasma 6 and Wayland, but not everything is perfect right.
Up until 4 years ago, my uni (Informatics faculty) used to give out Mac laptops to Bachelor students; then for some reason they had to switch, and got Dell's with Ubuntu; completely switched almost all my workflows / games on that, and use my old Windows laptop only for Microsoft / wirk related stuff.
Sadly this year they seem to have switched back to Mac :-(
my uni has some public pcs running linuxfx (the weird windows themed distro)
Probably discovered a program that they couldn't force Linux to run.
Can't blame them, macbooks are beasts.
@@Codyslxsure hope they are for the price.
The way I started with Linux was to get a two or three year old pc and install Linux Mint on to that.A friend wanted to try Linux so I got a pc from eBay a Lenovo ThinkCentre M93P Mini it work very well.Keep up the good work.
I'm so glad this guide exists. So many other guides claim to be aimed towards beginners and then the guide brings out the terminal and they start coding, changing everything about their desktop environment. If I didn't watch this video first, I wouldn't have switched to Linux.
i didnt even realize youtube could reload the title as you watch until i started watching this. why has there already been like 5 titles for this video already 😭
What were some of the titles B4 u forget?
What where the other titles?
@@nezzyg2.0he’s lying he just wants people to reply
"Delete Windows Right Now... Embrace Linux"
“Delete Windows Right Now…”
"Delete Windows..."
"Delete Windows... (Beginner Linux Guide)"
Next title: You Should Delete Windows NOW!!!@@Cjnator38
As someone who knew little to nothing about Linux, this seems like a simple and fantastic tutorial for beginners.
I'm gonna try it out on my windows 8 crappy laptop lol
Linux Mint saved my old Win8 laptop, an old HP Stream from like 2014 with 2 GB of RAM lol. It went from literally unusable (the computer would just freeze up and I couldn't do anything on it) to now just low-spec but fully usable as a secondary or emergency device. It certainly helped for a little while when I bricked my main laptop.
That is exactly what I did to my old win7 laptop. Poor lil dude struggled just to boot up, but with Ubuntu it's become both faster than ever and silent.
Been wanting to move to Linux for a while now. I just installed it to an external ssd to get to grips with it before committing to it on my main drive. So far its been a great experience. All the games i want to play just work without hassle. Great tutorial.
Thanks Muta. Been on the fence about switching but this video made me do it. Also been following you on X but had to follow here too as your content is gold.
how can you follow someone on x11? that's a program about UI and desktops
its called twitter for the love of god
Instruction unclear, punched and broke literally every window in the apartment, it's kinda cold here now.
I'm not comfortable with switching to Linux just yet, but I'll put this vid in my favorites for when I'm ready.
same too.
You can try it with a virtual machine, you can get familiar with it without the risk of screwing up your actual computer
Just get a second harddrive (e.g. SSD, NVMe, USB 3 thumbstick, Micro SD, etc.) and install Linux on it as a bootable partition. You may need to configure the boot order in your BIOS/UEFI so you can boot from whichever device when restarting your machine. Or experiment with different Linux distros using a VM such as VirtualBox., Another option is to install Linux Live USB option without any need to actually install the OS on USB thumbsticks. Just make sure that it's USB 3 at least cuz USB 2 speed sucks. Or purchase a Steam Deck and you can go into Desktop mode. I like using MX Linux and Manjaro using KDE Plasma. Plasma 6 just released at end of Feb 2024 and it was like about 5-10 years in the making.
Been using Linux since your "Poor Shamed computer" video! I'm never gonna install windows on my main computer never again! Thanks to you enlightening me! Love ya.
Ok
link that video?
Enjoy the 5 games you can play on that os
@@alicer6779 I have over 700 games. And of those games, less than 1% of those doesn't work. Which two of those are because of crossplay issues between windows and linux. Which they still work. I just cannot play with windows folk for those games (need a vm). These games also generally run better on linux than windows but that isn't important. And of these games, only like 3 of these I need to do a dual boot. They don't run whatsoever on linux (ss13, rainbow six siege, etc...). But whatever man. Keep it up man. I am sure you know everything that you talking about man.
Yes. There are still issues. But it is not as bad as you make it out to be. Even games with silver proton for them can still be run on linux. If you follow the launch options of it and what not (halo mcc and infinite).
P.s: There are elitist in both the windows/ linux community. Just stfu. Let them enjoy the os that they installed. My god.
@@alicer6779 You forget a few zeros behind that "5"…
37:56 "Linux is not a difficult vixen to get a hold of." Yes, but it used to be. And some of us who are contemplating the move(like me) remember those early years when to get anything to work on Linux, you had to be a computer programmer. You had to write entire lines of code just to get an application to start. Then more lines of code to keep that application running. It has definitely gotten easier. Automation to carry out some of the more repeated tasks, better automation for dealing with things that weren't exactly meant to be outside of Windows/Mac. It is hundreds of times easier. My point is, it didn't used to be, and that is is what some people point to when they say it's hard.
I recently swapped back from Linux to Windows, only bc of the ease of gaming and using mods to improve what AAA titles lack (my favorite way to game). Other than that I actually enjoyed Linux quite a bit.
I install my games through lutris or bottles, install the mods and modding tools inside that too and everything works flawlessly anyway
Yeah same. I like to stream games to my Shield TV/SteamDeck and under Linux it just wasn’t cutting it. Steam Streaming is wonky and has lots of bugs (audio still plays in host, no surround sound) and Moonlight/Sunshine had screen tearing. There was a lot of weird niche things with Linux that just took way too much troubleshooting and time editing .conf files trying to get something as simple as volume control on my Vanatoo speakers to work properly. Idk I love Linux for all my servers but Windows is still better if you game because it’s no fuss. Linux users will try to cope and tell you otherwise but they like spending hours troubleshooting.
@@AtracBreezy agreed. I feel good when I figure out issues but at a certain point I had to throw in the towel so I could finally enjoy some Baldur’s Gate 3 again.
@@thepeacefulviking3687 Yeah BG3 ran like dog water on Linux and would crash if you streamed the game with Steam. That's the kind of stuff that I don't want to deal with, especially if a new game comes out and I have to spend hours troubleshooting (and blind troubleshooting at that because for newly released games, there's not a lot on Google until much later) before I can even play.
*_"Other than that I actually enjoyed Linux quite a bit."_*
...because it's still quite new.... you're still on that pink cloud. You're going to move back to Windows again eventually.... millions have done it before you.
Great video Muta! I’m currently setting up Linux because you thoroughly convinced me.
Honestly, same. Linux has come so far since the last time I used it, it's only getting better.
"Is Linux legal or illegal" lol that one cracked me up
I agree but if Linux becomes more popular than windows I wouldn't be surprised if Mircrosoft sues all forms of Linux and trys to make it illegal
@@tobyzillaThat's not how it works lol, they can't sue an open source project like that.
they have tried it before
@amiriki look at Nintendo sueing Yuzu that is the best example I can come up with with a big Corporation sueing open source software
@@tobyzilla their argument is piracy of Nintendo games. Microsoft doesn't have a real reason, as Linux distros are completely unrelated and serve as competition
just installed linux cause Sleeping Dogs wasn't working on windows for some weird reason, and I think I'm in love with Linux, after like 10 years of ONLY using Windows, this is such a fresh new feeling. I love it. Thanks Mutahar!
I'll definitely save this vid and come back to it at the end of the year when i replace my desktop. I would love to switch but im so pc illiterate that i want to try it first on a computer that isnt my main one. Thank you for the comprehensive guide, must have taken you awhile.
You can also try it in live mode, so whatever it is you're doing wont get saved.
The same thing Muta did before hitting install.
you can try it on a virtual machine if you want or you can try it on a remote vm if you don't wanna wait for installation
I did it today with zero Linux experience other than android, and other than a touch of anxiety of letting windows go, I am throughly impressed, and can do everything I need to so far, re logging in to most commonly used websites and services is a first world problem I forgot about, but so far, so very good.
You can also just get another hardrive and swap them out one with windows one with Linux. I mainly use Linux but if I want to play something that doesn't run on Linux I'll switch to Windows.
The shirt change helped me find where the sponsor ended, thank you SOG!
Try the browser addon "Sponsor Block". It'll skip them for you automatically. ;)
The only thing stopping me from going into linux are my local files and the compatibility. I'm glad that compatibility appears to be getting increasingly better, the dual boot option is very tempting but if I go through the trouble of switching to linux I would want to 100% switch else I don't see the point.
Local files can always be backed up. But yeah, compatibility is still a valid concern, even if it is getting incredibly better. Valve has played a big part in pushing developers towards supporting Linux, as well as providing updates to Proton themselves.
And I agree, dual booting isn't really useful to the average user. Having one system is already a chore, regardless of which side of the fence you're on. The last thing you want is to maintain two chores, if computers in general aren't your hobby. When I was younger, I'd typically just default to one till something stops working, then switch to the other till something stops working, etc.
Nowadays, I just use Arch on my main PC. I do have a secondary PC that I dual boot, and even attempted tri booting. But that PC isn't for casual use, playing games, etc. It's for testing things, running servers. And eventually, if I get that far, making and testing builds for software I make myself on different OSes/distros.
You can always test if what you want works from the liveusb!
@@xchronox0im thinking about getting another SSD so i can also default to a linux boot and then only use the Windows boot when I need it for multiplayer games. Would make a lot of things more secure...
What is your local file problem exactly?
If I had an easy to set up and use Armoury Crate alternative like G-Helper on Linux and that compatibility you mentioned, I'd switch the first chance I got (got some games modded atm and I don't wanna undo all that just to switch but I digress). There's always something we can't live without we need to sacrifice barring us from wanting to make the correct decision.
Thanks for making this video. Super helpful and I was actually able to have it work with just a little bit of troubleshooting. Informative Linux videos for beginners. I appreciate this!
It's crazy how I was in the middle of thinking about switching my win10 laptop to linux and then this video appears
did you make the switch? Honestly I generally recommend most people simply dual boot so you get Linux and Windows, and once you are more comfortable or whatever you can make the choice to go all in or not.
@@Masta_E Oh yeah, I already made the switch. Absolutely the best choice I’ve made yet. I still have a computer with windows on it JUST in case, so I’ll likely have that one dual boot if anything.
I tried Ubuntu it's pretty good
Watching this on Linux Mint Cinnamon. Very happy to throw off the shackles of Windows and Mac OS (but I do have to use those occasionally).
Medschool required us to install this jank spyware thing to monitor us during exams and I wasn't gonna install it on my main PC. good call because the laptop died after the semester because of it. Bootup took 30+min and I couldn't get to the uninstaller before it freezes.
This video helped me bring the laptop back to life in under an hour.
As someone who was just looking for this exact video but couldn't find it due to the title, thank you for changing it only after I took forever to find it lol
I recently installed linux using your videos as a guide and immediately felt better than everyone else. Thanks, Muta
I highly, highly doubt this statement. You didn't even mention what flags you used to compile your Linux kernel.
Press X to doubt massively.
you're only better once you're running debian coreboot or arch coreboot
@@escapetherace1943 I hope you're using this headless. ? If you're wasting any $ on a monitor, I don't even know what to say.
I might call the authorities though. I won't stand for this.
Im ready for the change. I use to use debian on an old laptop through college. Im hoppin in the deep end 🗣️🔥. Thank you mister mutah
unfortunatly none of my sim racing peripherals work on linux, until companies make linux drivers most of us are stuck with windows
double check that there isnt alternative sources on Linux, chances are, there is. Someone using racing sim stuff probably went to Linux, saw no support, and decided to do it themselves.
@@KutaG59Apethen you'll spend 10s of hours troubleshooting the drivers...
There is, i game with logitech wheel with force feedback. One project for example is "oversteer".
@darukutsu I use pretty high end strange gear, heusinkveld pedals and handbrake, simucube wheel and vnm shifter so it's difficult to get them working in anything other than windows, then add vr into the mix and odd simulator software...I think I'm stuck with Windows at least for sim racing, I run a mac when not gaming
I have similar situation with VR gaming using Oculus Quest - it almost works, but not completely (though I guess that the situation may become better soon). So that's literally the only reason why I still boot into Windows sometimes
Great timing and great entry-level tutorial! I'd love to see a series, maybe playing with the idea of building good practices in easy distros like Mint in order to prepare to move to Arch.
Just adding Timestamps for my own references:
5:34 Skip to start of tutorial
9:09 Copy to bootable flashdrive (Balena Etcher)
10:25 Entering Bios for Boot Menu
14:47 | 15:02 intro to setting it up for gaming
21:06 UI/UX basic navigation
23:29 Software Manager
28:15 For Games that aren’t on Steam
30:47 Setting up compatibility filters for steam
32:37 AntiCheat software
33:01 Lutrus for non steam games
36:35 The Terminal
The video is almost 40 mins muta, I hope you make chapters.
Also, in my opinion just buy a completely new boot drive (if you can afford it) specifically just for Linux like a fresh SSD. Least amount of headaches.
You can give Ventoy a try to insert as many Linux ISOs into a single flash drive
28:58 theres also Heroic games launcher, that lets you set up EGS and GOG games to run under valves proton.
Genuinely would love to use Lennox, but accessibility tools are basically nonexistent on that side
That's not true at all. There are plenty of accessibility tools.
@@StrawberryKitten genuinely curious, have you used any, it’s always been slow and unbelievably sluggish
@@lethallawnmower5301 they would be as fast if not better than windows because they are open source
@@StrawberryKittenyeah, but they are really just not there. For example, orca (screen reader) has some very important missing features like OCR and it's stability and compatibility is lacking compared to something like NVDA. And yes... I'm blind :D
@@StrawberryKitten used to be true! but gnome and kde have been slowly dropping screen reader compatibility and other accessibility features. I think kde plasma 4 (or maybe gnome 4?) was the peak. really unfortunate move from them tbh
Muta, love the enthusiasm, you need to do a Part 2. OpenRazer and stuff to get the peripherals working in a windows-like state and then pipewire to get Atmos replacement. Thats been the big thing for me. I know these things are pretty easily done but if you made a video setting it up it would really go a long way to Linux Adoption. Also we need to get on discords ass to add screen sharing to linux. i love streaming my games to friends and cant do that yet :/
I have been intersted in having Linux on a USB for some time now. Never used Linux or have any advanced computer knowledge. I hesitate to go through this quest, I feel like I'm going to hit a wall as soon as I start clicking. This video helped me get some courage, thanks mate
honestly dont if you dont have any need for it and are just a normal desktop user.
You can use your ssd as installation drive
Just shrink the partition and give it 8gigs and format it fat32 and drop the files in there from inside the iso file you downloaded
I recommend doing it this way if you have two drives on your system or if you sure not wiping the whole drive
This video is definitely needed on youtube. I feel that many of us who have been using the steam deck will feel right at home with this switch and I'm more excited to dive in but I was hoping he would go more in depth with security while browsing.
Thanks to this video, I went and installed linux on my pc. I have it dual booting with windows. I'm loving it so far. SO thank you!
Literally after your R6S video, I was starting to look into fully diving into Linux as my main driver. So happy you made this video! Thanks homie!
One thing on Linux Mint that is helpful is the auto-update feature, for the average user that usually forgets to update the system, the auto-update is a handy feature to enable
If linux is really slow and you can’t find out why and you are on an Ubuntu based distribution, try, going into settings about and see if automatic updates is turned on. I would suggest turning this setting off.
Thanks for this dude, I was going to look for a tutorial since windows 10 just ran out of support and just bought an SSD for the new installation, long time subscriber here, keep it up dude
I'm a software engineer and very familiar with linux, but I've always used Windows as my primary operating system. I've been thinking about switching to linux, the only thing holding me back is time to do it. Since you've made a beginners linux guide, could you possibly create a advanced linux guide for someone who might want more control over their OS? That might be outside of the purview of your platform, though, so I understand if you don't want to.
I recommend using nixos. You can run it in a vm and set it up and configure it over time, whenever you're free. Then you can make the switch and keep all your config. NixOS is a Linux distro that's got the ability to be fully reproducible. You just need to save the config file. So the switch from vm to actual machine will be near instant
I would caution against having NixOS as your first Linux distro. there are benefits to be had for a "fully reproducible" system, but until you know what it is you're *actually* looking for, Nix will probably be more frustrating than useful and you're better off starting with a mainstream distro like Ubuntu / Pop!_OS / Mint
If you want a more in depth guide, Muta has a guide for installing archlinux. There are also plenty of channels oriented for more advanced users (not saying this is not). Research a bit and you will find a ton of resources
I'm a software dev, save yourself the trouble and just stick with windows. Nothing is worse than having to make something for a company that is definitely using windows and then having to troubleshoot it, because you made it on Linux, and it works fine on there but not on Windows.
@@whatamiwitnessing1003 just install a vm. Or dual boot
It worked! Thanks, Muta!
I finally got around to installing Linux in a dual-boot scenario about a week ago. I was amazed by how good gaming on Linux is now. I'd heard it was easy and games ran well. I didn't expect running games in Proton to work better than in Windows natively.
I did lose my Nvidia driver the first time I installed updates but that's because the Manjaro Cinnamon installer installed the 6.5 kernel and the Manjaro package db didn't have the latest Nvidia driver for linux kernel 6.5. I had to upgrade to the 6.7 kernel to get my drivers back
Mutuhar you are the man you gave me the confidence to switch to arch as a daily driver for gaming I had really never considered it until you mentioned it it’s been a few months every thing is working like I want it to and I’m never going back
This video has helped me switch to linux, so thank you
I'm sorry muta but no, I won't.
I've been using linux for years now on my laptop and I will continue to but I will never replace windows with linux on my main desktop.
My desktop is built for gaming and I need it to run ANY game, ANY software, ANY anticheat and ANY emulator flawlessly. Linux does NOT do that as of now. It is simply not worth the tradeoffs.
I respect and understand open source software and privacy as a software dev but for my use case and I'm sure for many others, linux does not cut it.
My desktop is built for gaming too, but I think this is the complete wrong approach
I think you should make a list of games that you actually play, instead of just assuming it won't work for your usecase.
The more people switch to linux, the sooner everything will be supported, so, if you can, you might as well, especially considering it's a much cleaner, more elegant, less malware filled, less spywarey solution.
Do you really need to be able to run EVERY SINGLE game on your PC? How much gaming do you do to manage that need?
I don't even care a little bit about the games I might be missing out on, and you might not either. Plus there's a ton of games that run significantly better on linux that I actually care about.
@@thatonecommunist i like how steam sometimes has the ol' (unsupported) logo for me but i can play it fine
I think I messed up. My apartment has no windows and now the mosquitoes are making themselves at home. Welp, it's their place now. Thanks Muta!
I really wish Linux would have been in a place like it is today back when I was first learning how to use it. It’s a completely different beast now, and your video was an extremely friendly starting point.
My main issue with linux is compatibility with games that I play where even under wine a lot of them aren't supported.
You could always check for proton.
Protondb has an extensive compatibility list.
Usually the multiplayer game with Anti cheat will not play fair with Linux.
Did you try Lutris ?
@@opfax163I’m guessing he’s referring to games with anti-cheat that blocks Linux
stop playing those games
@@michal1693 Sadly, this is the answer. I have more than a few games that I go to launch after a fresh (w)install, and immediately re-remove
(because, I forgot they had onerous Anti-Cheat/DRM rootkit garbage).
Terminal is love, terminal is life.
sudo rm -rf /* my beloved
@@a_plastic_bag the -r option makes the wildcard superfluous ;)
doas rm -rf /usr/
One of my fav films.
As someone who wanted switch into a Linux OS I went onto forums to try and get some tips, on how to go about it and how to start etc, all I got was hate from a lot of the community members for not knowing what I was doing. I decided to switch from windows to Mac and haven’t looked back since, it’s been 8yrs now
8 years ago the Linux experience was rather poor: software compatibility was a big issue, gaming was non existent outside of the couple of native ports and the general desktop usability was kinda crappy to say the least. Nowadays things have changed a lot and while I do believe that Linux is not for everyone (no matter what people say, you'll have to learn how to use the terminal because the GUI will not take you too far) things are getting better every year. I did switch back in 2021 and outside of my company issued work laptop I managed to use Linux exclusively for these 3 years with no previous knowledge other than a little experience with Ubuntu server a couple of months prior to me switching. It's not impossible but requires some level of dedication, nowadays there are a lot of distributions that are very user friendly and make the switch extremely easy. The community is also a big help, it's very cohesive and many people like to offer help, ofc there are bad apples, but those constitute the minority (from my experience at least).
oof that's an even worse path, should've stayed on windows
@@Chromiell even Muta said the Linux community has Elitist users who mock some for not just knowing. Seeing as that was the major hurtle for them I struggle to see why rather than touching on that matter, you chose to talk about the operating system experience getting better. That's not entirely helpful when an Elitist sub-group of the community is actively discouraging new users from ever wanting to touch linux.
@@Wicked_Knight elitists are always going to be present, same as there are elitists on Windows and MacOS or whatever OS, I also said that from my experience they're clearly the minority. The experience getting better means that you won't have to ask for help as often as a few years ago, many issues got hammered out and the OS can more easily be used by less experienced users nowadays.
It doesn't change the fact that Linux is an open OS where support is not guaranteed, if you run into an issue there's no Microsoft with it's dedicated customer service that will help you out, you'll be receiving help from the community which is made out of people who dedicate their free time to help others, you might run into an elitist or you might run into some very helpful people. You're always expected to do your own research beforehand tho, you can't expect others to help you out if you don't provide logs or informations about your system or simply don't show that you already did your research on the issue on your own, I've seen a ton of posts on Reddit asking for help about an issue that could have easily been addressed with a very basic Google search, you'll get your answer but people will also scold you since you're pretty much wasting other people's time that they could have used to help others.
I just asked for this guide a few weeks ago! Tysm muta, youre awesome!
when i used to use linux, i loved it mainly for the fact that i knew where absolutely everything was being installed and what i was installing on my computer at all times. i feel i had total control of my privacy and my system and windows just cant come close to that. i3-gaps made system navigation extremely fast and easy, portage and openrc were great, i loved how customizable everything was, and everything just ran so much faster. i really gotta get back into it again...
Out of curiosity why did you stop using Linux?
Tabs in i3
@@AbzinoTheFirst tl/dr: it wasn't one thing in particular, just the culmination of lots of little things that led me to stop using it over time. getting back into it now.
the main reasons were because most of the games i played at the time were bronze or borked on protondb, i needed the microsoft desktop apps for school, and my cpu wasn't good enough for decent performance on kvm. i had a dual boot set up for these cases which i spent most of my time on since all i was doing on my linux boot was browsing the web and messing around with different distros and window managers.
i then got to university and spent my first semester studying computer science. i didn't like it at all and the very little free time i had was spent either at the gym or just playing a game with friends over discord. my dislike of comp sci kinda rubbed off onto computers in general for me too. because of how much time i had to spend working on one every day, messing around with linux was just more exhausting than fun like it used to be and the only thing i wanted to use my computer for was video games or youtube.
i'm studying accounting now though which i actually like, i just needed a pretty long break from pc related stuff. i have a lot more free time, i got a much better cpu recently (and have a second gpu so i can do vfio pass through), there's no reason for me to use the desktop versions of microsoft applications now since theres been a lot more updates to the browser versions, theres only 2 games that I would need to keep my dual boot for since all my other games are either native or work perfectly under proton now, and i've been really into emulation as of late which is what got me into linux in the first place. pretty much every issue i've had with it is gone now so im gonna start using using it again.
@@AbzinoTheFirst yeah, youtube keeps removing my comment when i try to explain. i'll try to break it up into two parts and see if that works.
P1.) tl/dr: it wasn't one thing in particular, just the culmination of lots of little things that led me to stop using it over time. getting back into it now.
the main reasons were because most of the games i played at the time were bronze or borked on protondb, i needed the microsoft desktop apps for school, and my cpu wasn't good enough for decent performance on kvm. i had a dual boot set up for these cases which i spent most of my time on since mostly all i was doing on my linux boot was browsing the web and messing around with different distros and window managers. still loved linux at this time.
okay, im editing in the part 2, im hoping this works since, they've removed it 4 times now.
P2.) i got to university and spent my first semester studying computer science. i didn't like it at all and the very little free time i had was spent either at the gym or just playing a game with friends over discord. my dislike of comp sci kinda rubbed off onto computers in general for me too. because of how much time i had to spend working on one every day, messing around with linux was just more exhausting than fun like it used to be and the only thing i wanted to use my computer for was video games or youtube.
i'm studying accounting now though which i actually like, i just needed a pretty long break from pc related stuff. i have a lot more free time, i got a much better cpu recently (and have a second gpu so i can do vfio passthrough), there's no reason for me to use the desktop versions of microsoft applications now since theres been a lot more updates to the browser versions, theres only 2 games that I would need to keep my dual boot for since all my other games are either native or work perfectly under proton now, and i've been really into emulation as of late which is what got me into linux in the first place.
@@fatusopp4739 fair enough, thanks for the reply. I have a question I know I could search this up but I would rather see if anyone experienced this, is it worth doing what muta said when you could boot up both Microsoft and Linux as I play a lot of Overwatch 2 and CoD so I know I won’t be able to boot them on Linux. How can I keep both and use Linux as my main source of all my data instead of Microsoft if it makes sense.
People buy consoles, other than exclusives, because it's simple and doesn't require any knowledge.
A step above that is a Windows PC where you need to know to replace parts, setup settings and optimize performance.
And then there's Linux, it requires even more knowledge to setup, plus not all apps support Linux, which I'm sure you can bypass, but it again requires even more knowledge.
That's the way I see why less people use Linux, I personally reside in the middle, on the basic PC Windows setup.
That's alright. The neat thing about a Windows PC gamer who's already familiar with replacing parts is that - if you want to - you can always just put in an extra drive with Linux on it.
i find setting up windows a pain in the ass
The Steam deck proves it can be even easier than Windows. If Linux had more users, devs would take more of a notice. I've been using Windows for 30 years, and I'm tired of it, tbh. Just the anti cheat keeping me on it.
i dualbooted windows, it broke my linux partiton, so i wiped linux and installed TempleOS, never made a better decision
How's it for gaming?
Which Linux , because TempleOS is going to be Linux based ! 😉🤗🤓🤖
@@smartypants4571 what the fuck templeos will never be linux based