Wubuntu - The Windows Themed Linux Distro You Shouldn't Use

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  • Today we're checking out Wubuntu, a Linux distro with a Windows 11-like look and feel. But after going down a research rabbit hole, I discovered a few things that concerned me.
    Chapters:
    00:00 - Intro
    01:02 - Not New
    02:51 - The Website
    05:42 - The Database Incident
    08:21 - The Response
    11:21 - Trademark Issues
    13:15 - More of the Website
    14:23 - Demo
    24:28 - More Findings
    26:41 - Outro
    Corrections:
    21:52 - To clarify: I am not saying that a shutdown dialog like this does not exist in Windows. I am saying that this shutdown app is not in KDE, and therefore was created specifically for Wubuntu/LinuxFX - and was made to mimic the real one seen in Windows NT-based systems.
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  • @Vienna3080
    @Vienna3080 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2380

    The real crime here is charging $35 for a Linux distro with no real difference from the free version

    • @andrewgary
      @andrewgary 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +123

      except for notification spam after 30 days if you don't buy a key. i know from experience.

    • @lockkeylive3809
      @lockkeylive3809 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +74

      Well. Isn't this basically the same thing Microsoft does? Exept in Microsoft's case it's more expensive and more intrusive

    • @WeGaming2
      @WeGaming2 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      its not for the linux its more of a donation

    • @eDoc2020
      @eDoc2020 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      The $35 is also for paid support.

    • @escapetherace1943
      @escapetherace1943 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

      Still not as bad as Red Hat, who closed use of their code after saying they wouldn't and who still take from/use open source code that trickles down the Linux pipeline.

  • @cptncutleg
    @cptncutleg 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +309

    Wubuntu is great for screensharing with scammers.

    • @rajatdogra96
      @rajatdogra96 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

      😂😂😂😂😂

    • @Yilmaz4
      @Yilmaz4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      i wanna see this

  • @bryede
    @bryede 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2591

    Honestly, I think Linux Mint Cinnamon with Wine installed would be a better fit for someone wanting a familiar environment.

    • @appleleptiker
      @appleleptiker 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +181

      wine is just suffering

    • @sweetypuss
      @sweetypuss 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +167

      @@appleleptiker wine never works

    • @aa15032261
      @aa15032261 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +56

      hmm it works for me

    • @no_name4796
      @no_name4796 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +341

      @@appleleptiker wine existance it's already a miracle in itself.
      Just imagine how fucking crazy must have been to build a translation layer to run all window system calls as linux system calls. And just realize, it's never going to be stable, unless microsoft buys linux and turns linux into windows (Damn, now i won't be able to sleep at night lol)

    • @cheeseburgerinvr
      @cheeseburgerinvr 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@no_name4796microsoft cant just buy linux, linux is an open source os with 100s if not 1000s of distro's. If they really wanna buy linux then they better figure out how to time travel and buy the guy that made linux

  • @rnelson
    @rnelson 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1776

    "Copyright 2024 Windows Ubuntu" (and also mentioned in the intor paragraph as such)
    I'm sure this will end well.

    • @glitch1039
      @glitch1039 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +349

      "Copyright© 2024 Windows Ubuntu Nintendo SEGA Walmart Incorporated, All Rights Reserved"

    • @appleleptiker
      @appleleptiker 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +123

      yeah... not very legal to claim that you have the copyright of 2 already copyrighted things that you didnt make

    • @RicardoGutierrez-xh1kn
      @RicardoGutierrez-xh1kn 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      xD @@glitch1039

    • @guessthecountry265
      @guessthecountry265 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​Bro​ @@glitch1039 💀

    • @Real_Maritosu
      @Real_Maritosu 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

      ​@@appleleptiker its not legal at all to put that reserved copyright thing if the original copyright material is protected by law it would be already shutted down. if so i can already see its made by a kid, by weird design im sure this kid, has just installed a bunch of theming software wine and some scripts and boom thats now he, made that terrible wubuntu distro that i dont even want to hop to

  • @cloudycolacorp
    @cloudycolacorp 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1468

    I don’t think I have ever really thought “man I wish I had something that looked and felt like windows 11” lol

    • @koghs
      @koghs 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +89

      Real, the Windows 11 stole so much garbage from Mac OS It's completely unusable.

    • @lordpurchase9189
      @lordpurchase9189 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +55

      I'm happy with Windows 10

    • @Mario583a
      @Mario583a 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +48

      @@koghsNope. Windows 11 stole from itself aka Windows 10X.

    • @aky5396
      @aky5396 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +87

      I love the look of Windows 11. Linux looks horrible no matter what distro you mention. My opinion and personal preferences

    • @cloudycolacorp
      @cloudycolacorp 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@aky5396 there's no accounting for taste

  • @Kwpolska
    @Kwpolska 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +484

    Their “control panel” is actually opening the default KDE system settings pages in separate windows. It’s a bunch of shortcuts in a Windows 11 themed box. That, and the other toy applications, seem like something from a very serious development shop.

    • @bloxyfenifawx6224
      @bloxyfenifawx6224 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +80

      They didn't even make the icons either. all of the theming is just stolen from the KDE Store...

    • @exedo9882
      @exedo9882 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +42

      Which means the control panel is likely a GPL violation lmao.

    • @Kwpolska
      @Kwpolska 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@exedo9882Not really, providing shortcuts to GPL programs is not a violation. Otherwise, Windows Explorer would be in violation on any system with any GPL applications.

    • @Kwpolska
      @Kwpolska 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@exedo9882Not really. If that was the case, Windows Explorer would be in violation of the GPL for having shortcuts to GPL applications.

    • @bruyh-ff6sg
      @bruyh-ff6sg 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@exedo9882the entire thing is a gpl violation

  • @TheTimmynatoRex
    @TheTimmynatoRex 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1102

    This is Windows 12 Lite all over again, with the whole 'rebranding another Linux distro into a Windows OS' thing.

    • @ehansytaxian
      @ehansytaxian 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      inception at its finest.

    • @raisofahri5797
      @raisofahri5797 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      isn't lindows like that too. it's from early 2000

    • @RileyMeta
      @RileyMeta 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@raisofahri5797they launched in 2001 and changed the name to Linspire (I think they got threatened with a lawsuit after they sold the company).
      At least they have functional purchase buttons/presets

    • @bluenades8
      @bluenades8 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      W12?😂

    • @ChaseMC215
      @ChaseMC215 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Oh not only that, but it's basically like what happened with The Day Before, where Fntastic started blaming the players for the failure of the game, stating that it was a hate wave. It wasn't, they made a game that was promised to be an open world MMO when in reality it's a Tarkov clone.
      That's what this person is likely doing, refusing to take accountability for what they have done and instead started trash talking someone by the way of messing with the web code

  • @kuroenekodemon
    @kuroenekodemon 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +673

    Microsoft and Canonical are going to have a field day with lawsuits regarding copyright infringements

    • @NorthStarBlue1
      @NorthStarBlue1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +59

      Normally I'd say this wouldn't even be a blip on either's radar like so many other program that have committed blatant UI theft, but it seems to be getting more attention as of late and the maintainer definitely proved themself foolish enough to try and defend their ripoff, so they may be made an example of.

    • @bland9876
      @bland9876 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah this is one instance where I'm going to say "release the hounds" ​@@NorthStarBlue1

    • @cameroncole06
      @cameroncole06 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      True

    • @ms102111
      @ms102111 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Who's canonical sorry I'm clueless

    • @IIGrayfoxII
      @IIGrayfoxII 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ms102111The company behind Ubuntu.

  • @hri7566
    @hri7566 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +560

    this went from "review of bad OS" to "investigative journalism on trademark infringement" REAL quick

    • @mpmp3963
      @mpmp3963 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      😂

    • @RuriYoshinova
      @RuriYoshinova 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      actually reverse. the review is at the end.

    • @molybd3num823
      @molybd3num823 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      reminds me of that hbomberguy vid about tommy tallarico

    • @hri7566
      @hri7566 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@molybd3num823 "oof"

  • @RetroGamerOG_
    @RetroGamerOG_ 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +374

    This feels like a computer you would buy off from some random website

    • @balsalmalberto8086
      @balsalmalberto8086 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      I wouldn't be surprised if it's found to have an info stealer.

    • @unspeakableoaf
      @unspeakableoaf 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Even the much too cheap Chinese SFF PCs found on the usual sites had more thought and care put into them than this distro. But now I guess they have a new way to save even more money.

    • @Lurch-Bot
      @Lurch-Bot 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      This has strong 'We have Windows at home' vibes.

    • @ilonachan
      @ilonachan 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@balsalmalberto8086 y'know, aside from the info stealer that was already discovered

  • @coff3
    @coff3 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +188

    fun fact: Its actually possible to run the full Windows XP Shell on linux using wine. File Explorer and all.

    • @Soitisisit
      @Soitisisit 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      I imagine that's a security vulnerability waiting to happen, but I also really want to try it now.

    • @tetsuo3k
      @tetsuo3k 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      Sounds like that'd be fun to play with, sort of like running ReactOS but with extra steps. Definitely not on a production machine, of course!

    • @Soitisisit
      @Soitisisit 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      @@tetsuo3kReactOS was such a disappointment for me.

    • @thomasnelson7119
      @thomasnelson7119 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@Soitisisitwas? it still is.

    • @iennefaLsh
      @iennefaLsh 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@thomasnelson7119 Had a great premise, except…
      They've been at it for decades and progress is still slow as hell. Kind of a shame, really.

  • @bharm6974
    @bharm6974 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +243

    As a 'caveat emptor' warning, I will point out that I did purchase a Pro key, using PayPal. My thought was perhaps it was something that I could use for family who refuse to update to newer HW and turn their nose up at "Linux". What shocked me was that I was immediately charged for three copies @ $35 a pop. I contacted PayPal. They said they couldn't help, contact the vendor. I emailed the vendor and did get a email reply. They would work with PayPal and refund my money. 3 months later, not a peep. Oh, and BTW, can't use the single license key because it gives me an error that 'too many licenses are attached to key". Wow, that was money wasted that I could have used elsewhere.

    • @MichaelMJD
      @MichaelMJD  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +106

      Wow, that's unacceptable on PayPal's part. Sorry to hear that happened. Did you ever try disputing the charges with your bank/whatever payment method is tied to your PayPal?

    • @bharm6974
      @bharm6974 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +82

      Yeah, the bank wasn't interested in helping because I couldn't prove I didn't ask for three. At that time, there was no way visible to purchase multiple copies, but by magic it showed up within days.

    • @sezwo5774
      @sezwo5774 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for sharing! I thought it's a bunch of kids on the spectrum, Linux is the favorite OS of autistics, ...but now I see Wubuntu/LinuxFx may be a very pre-meditated scam.

    • @fuzzspanden
      @fuzzspanden 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

      sounds very similar to my experiences with paypal. I genuinely dont know why its so popular when their support is THAT bad.

    • @kloroformd
      @kloroformd 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@fuzzspandenI can't say I don't use PayPal, but I CAN say once I realized they don't have to follow the same rules as a bank... I tied my PayPal to a bank that according to the terms kinda only puts me on the hook for $50 max for any sketch things PayPal might screw up.
      They wanna act like a bank but don't wanna be a bank. So I'll let a bank do my fight as the buffer between me and PayPal. Hey, it's easier to tell a bank I made a purchase with PayPal and now PayPal is failing to protect my purchase than to do it the straightforward way.

  • @StompySan
    @StompySan 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +120

    "We have Windows at home."
    Windows at home:

  • @lamort223able
    @lamort223able 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +295

    This has the same vibes as the bootleg iOS you get when you buy a fake iPhone

    • @Xyspade
      @Xyspade 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +42

      That is an excellent explanation of most Linux desktop themes, which is why I want Linux to look like Linux, and if I want something to look like Windows or macOS, I'll use those.

    • @slaydog5102
      @slaydog5102 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Linux has to copy windows to get people to use it 😂

    • @pencilcase8068
      @pencilcase8068 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hello bill gates didn't think I'd find you here​@@slaydog5102

    • @Lurch-Bot
      @Lurch-Bot 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      This isn't half as sketchy.

    • @lamort223able
      @lamort223able 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@Lurch-Bot I would hope so 😂

  • @Matsilagi
    @Matsilagi 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +58

    As a Brazilian, i can tell you there are a lot of scammers in the Linux community, gotta be smart.
    Good thing to bring awareness to those!

    • @Matsilagi
      @Matsilagi 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      If you look where the business is from, its from Brazil, that's why im mentioning that.

    • @modulador592
      @modulador592 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      YEEEEEE

  • @TheAmethystAurora
    @TheAmethystAurora 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +51

    As a Linux user, I recognise almost all of these tools and they're all completely free

  • @fox_in_unix_socks
    @fox_in_unix_socks 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +131

    Amazing video! I'm the user who made the original Reddit post discussed at 24:28, and I came to check out this video after someone commented about it just today! I'll be sure to update my post with a link to your video! Thanks a bunch for bringing this to more people's attention

    • @MichaelMJD
      @MichaelMJD  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

      Hey thanks! Awesome to hear you found the video

  • @DistrosProjects
    @DistrosProjects 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +486

    This really feels like an OS that was made by a 12 year old who just learned how to use CUBIC to make custom Ubuntu ISOs, but worse because the kid clearly didn’t take the hint that what they are doing is wrong and they should shut it down.

    • @DistrosProjects
      @DistrosProjects 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +77

      And to be honest, the custom applications and website design aren’t half bad, assuming they aren’t stolen. Especially for someone who’s probably a kid. However, the database and activation systems are a problem that makes it so that I can’t excuse this OS. It seems like a desperate attempt to use genuine tech skills in order to scam people for money more than anything else

    • @ronins6054
      @ronins6054 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

      @@DistrosProjectsyea man the system looks like it was fr made by some random kid

    • @gmitchellfamily
      @gmitchellfamily 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

      Inb4 he finds the video and adds "distrisprojects is stupid" 😄

    • @sezwo5774
      @sezwo5774 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Likely a bunch of kids on the spectrum, ...Linux is the favorite OS of autistics.

    • @DistrosProjects
      @DistrosProjects 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      @@gmitchellfamilywith your typo too lol

  • @MyComputerStudios_
    @MyComputerStudios_ 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +157

    Yep, this is basically Linuxfx but renamed, also violates GPL

    • @Pgpxd
      @Pgpxd 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

      People violate Copyright and this mf is violating GPL istg 😂

    • @SLZeroArrow
      @SLZeroArrow 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Two for one baby, wow.@@Pgpxd

    • @dovahkiin2108
      @dovahkiin2108 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      GPL should sue.

    • @xwtek3505
      @xwtek3505 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Unless wubuntu is not offering the source code for the full version of the program, I don't see how it violates GPL. In fact, Canonical is selling Ubuntu Pro for commercial users.

    • @ukeyaoitrash2618
      @ukeyaoitrash2618 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@dovahkiin2108Timeline where MS, FSF, and canonical all sue these scammer-getting-hacked-fraud MOFO's together. Please.

  • @thebaconfromhell
    @thebaconfromhell 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +75

    >violate trademarks
    >You pay for convenience
    >Bad paying method
    >20,000 paying users
    >1,000,000 downloads
    >20,000+ all users
    >Bandaid security
    Count me in!

    • @ChaseMC215
      @ChaseMC215 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Not to mention the fact that they are probably located in a place where Copyright is more of a suggestion than an actual rule.

    • @Sypaka
      @Sypaka 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      >Hack the SQL login and drop database.
      >Probably keyloggers or other malware bundled in to distro.
      Yeah I really like to use this, not.

    • @grandstarstudiosFORMER-YT
      @grandstarstudiosFORMER-YT 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@ChaseMC215copyright is used for corporations to abuse, copyright is flawed.

  • @user-yr3om5lx2y
    @user-yr3om5lx2y 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +201

    Microsoft should definitely sue them for all the "professional" keys they have sold.

    • @The88shrimp
      @The88shrimp 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

      It was probably Microsoft that set up Wububtu LMAO

    • @blabla-rg7ky
      @blabla-rg7ky 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@The88shrimp I have the same suspicion. MS sees that their shares go down and that more and more people are switching over to Linux and here they come with a way of monetizing Linux, too. Always the parasites in suits ruining everything, soon we will not even be allowed to breathe unless we're connected to their bank accounts 24/7

    • @girlmaya6818
      @girlmaya6818 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yeah! Go microsoft!!

    • @bayuchandrasukma820
      @bayuchandrasukma820 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      What even the 'Professional Keys' are used for anyway? Like I dont get it. Is it for the Office, or just donation effort for the devs?

    • @The88shrimp
      @The88shrimp 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@bayuchandrasukma820 I think you can only use the free version for 30 days and then it locks you out unless you pay. So this "company" is surprisingly worse with their free version than Microsoft.

  • @SimonJ57
    @SimonJ57 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +69

    The LinuxFX logo rips off the 3DFX logo,
    the guys behind the Voodoo range of cards and the GlideFX graphics API....

    • @benjbk
      @benjbk 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      3dfx is owned by Nvidia now, so they're violating their trademarks, too, I guess.

    • @SimonJ57
      @SimonJ57 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@benjbkIndeed, I think modern nVidia chips still support Glide, even if the only game I know that does in UT'99.

    • @connardman
      @connardman 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@SimonJ57What? Glide was never supported by any Nvidia chip. You were surely using a Glide wrapper, and it works on any GPU.

    • @ObscuraDeCapra
      @ObscuraDeCapra 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@benjbk 3dfx hasn't functioned as a company in more than 20 years. I highly doubt nVidia has been able to keep the trademarks in good standing for that long without any sort of product behind them.

  • @jase_allen
    @jase_allen 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    I recall a Windows themed Linux variant called Lindows a few years ago that got in trouble with copyright infringement and was forced to rebrand. they sold licenses to that as well.

    • @ChrisHoopes1
      @ChrisHoopes1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      That was like 15+ years ago so hello fellow old. Also shockingly it’s still around as Linspire.

    • @iClone101
      @iClone101 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      There's a decent number of Linux distros that offer paid versions, but usually they're just there so people can support the devs or for commercial-branded distros, and even then they usually don't have any "product key activation" like this one does.

    • @jase_allen
      @jase_allen 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@iClone101 Most of the paid distros I'm aware of are charging for official tech support, not for the distro itself.

  • @benjaluth09
    @benjaluth09 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +163

    You could just install KDE Plasma and watch a tutorial on how to theme Plasma as Windows 11, instead of downloading another entire OS!
    PS: My gut is telling me that this video will be taken down by the Wubuntu devs lol.

    • @hayder0687
      @hayder0687 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

      yeah, never once have i thought to myself "hey you know what, im just gonna download a whole other linux distro just to get the windows 11 feel" considering that's easy to do anyways and im an nscde guy :P

    • @PolarCheese
      @PolarCheese 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      This is exactly what I though of when I first heard of this distro. I don't see a point in using this if you can use any other distro, get KDE Plasma and make it look like Windows 11.

    • @hayder0687
      @hayder0687 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@PolarCheese yeah, other people are probably thinking the same thing :P

    • @SuperM789
      @SuperM789 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      or just use windows 11

    • @IIGrayfoxII
      @IIGrayfoxII 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Not used KDE in ages, but in Cinnamon, you can download themes one of the themes is a Windows 10 like theme.
      I would assume KDE also has a theme download function where you can find a theme that looks like Win11 made by the community.

  • @edbg1
    @edbg1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Dude. Awesome video. I was about ot install this to check it out. Your video saved me some valuable time!

  • @telotawa
    @telotawa 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +76

    wouldnt be surprised to see if they put their own spyware in it. very windows themed!

  • @metalfiregametime652
    @metalfiregametime652 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Linux and windows are two very different operating systems. To someone new to Linux it can be good until there are problems. Most new users don't want to take a deep dive into the inner workings of the OS and they will give up.
    The mall music in the background was kind of depressing but good video over all :)

    • @perfect-death4284
      @perfect-death4284 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      At least you can fix them in Linux. When there is a problem with windows, it's reinstall time.

  • @Sparkette
    @Sparkette 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    This reminds me of a website I found that handled logins in a laughably insecure way. All the account logic was handled on the client side, even the password check. That is, it would literally fetch a .txt file from the server, not secured in any way, where the name is the username the user entered, and that file contains all the info from the account, including the password in cleartext.

    • @HwanyPlayz
      @HwanyPlayz 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      jfc

  • @PolarCheese
    @PolarCheese 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +76

    Thank you for covering the dark past behind this operating system. Linux Mint (or any other beginner friendly distro) is a way better option for any Windows users switching to Linux. The fact they sell 30$ keys for something you wouldn't need on other Linux distros is absolutely unacceptable.

  • @joefell5311
    @joefell5311 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I like how there is a registered trademark showing next to "Not Good" in that screenshot

  • @CasuallyPlayingWith
    @CasuallyPlayingWith หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you for the insight of this broken distro, I have not tried it yet but something tells me that SteamOS would probably be a better bet for trying a lot of Windblows programs on Linux (I'm now going off to try this idea)

  • @EFXTVe
    @EFXTVe 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Found it most informative. Thanks brother

  • @Hider_2232
    @Hider_2232 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Solution:
    Use Windows 11 for a Windows 11 themed OS

  • @netonCyber
    @netonCyber 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Most important question: does it have bsod

  • @nydwarf1
    @nydwarf1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Looks good, can't wait to try it out!

  • @cezhar6818
    @cezhar6818 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks man, you open my eyes

  • @heather383
    @heather383 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +107

    Sup mjd love your content! Keep working hard

  • @DeschutesCore
    @DeschutesCore 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Lindows is back baby!

  • @user-oh8px1gj7d
    @user-oh8px1gj7d 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Seriously, from what I understand, installing such distro with "unclear (authors!) vision" make me wonder if my data in risk too, and what type of (unwanted apps) they (may) planted in the distro ... Greate Video - Well done

  • @RetroTechnologyShowcase
    @RetroTechnologyShowcase 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great Video! I think it might be wise to avoid this distro. Just noticed that the default user icon in settings looks similar to one of the user icons from XP.

  • @goaserer
    @goaserer 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I'd advice anyone against using a non-Windows system dressed up as Windows. Something looking familiar while still operating at least slightly different will frustrate you more than it helps boarding on

    • @trueriver1950
      @trueriver1950 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I'd instead advise people to think carefully about whether it would help or confuse them.
      Some folk will be confused, as you suggest; others will find the familiar user interface reassuring.
      Personally I'm with you on this: I would learn faster with a different interface to constantly remind me it's a different system; but people vary and after 21 years in adult ed I know that what helps some people confuses others.
      So never assume that what works for you is going to be best for someone else.
      One of the things that Windows did well at one time was to keep backwards compatibility in most of their user interface upgrades up to around Win 98 or NT. (All the old DOS era keyboard shortcuts still worked, and many still do even now, two decades on)

    • @goaserer
      @goaserer 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@trueriver1950 I don't disagree with your general point, but in practice it is not a binary choice here.
      If you want the familiarity and know all the Windows shortcuts, probably using Windows is the right choice for you. Nothing wrong with that.
      If you want to try Linux there are plenty of options on that side too. There are some common ideas and symbolism but some things may also be different in the effort to be potentially better then the alternatives.
      But using Linux that uses parts of the Windows interface only makes second place in both categories. It may look familiar at first but two settings screens in the options are different nonetheless. It may support some but probably not all shortcuts you already know. It is a compromise in both directions, why I don't think many people will get happy with such a setup

    • @katanah3195
      @katanah3195 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      And that's why I'm intending to avoid that for my own attempt to switch. Besides, I've seen some really cool stuff you could never do in Windows that I like, so.

  • @pikgears
    @pikgears 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    the "company" behind this seems to just be a bunch of kids

  • @superspak
    @superspak 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for reminding me of After Dark Games. Sierra in the 90s was legendary. I loved 3-d ultra mini golf and pinball on my Win95 Compaq PC lol

  • @barmetler
    @barmetler 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    About the shutdown powertoys: on windows, this is the dialog that comes up if you press Alt+F4 while focused on the desktop. Maybe they've set that up to work there too.

  • @aperson1181
    @aperson1181 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Which disro do you recommend for a beginner or an elderly family member who used Win PC before?

    • @mr.smash96
      @mr.smash96 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Linux Mint

  • @transgirl420
    @transgirl420 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    very informative, thank you for sharing your experience!!

  • @siringc
    @siringc 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    wonder what happened to the 'windowsfx' name

  • @imark7777777
    @imark7777777 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The license unlocks the settings panel that they built, after 30 days it times out. and also gets rid of the nag pop-ups and a couple other things there used to be a list.

  • @citrus.airways
    @citrus.airways 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +206

    whats up members

  • @SergeantExtreme
    @SergeantExtreme 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    You laugh until you do the math. 20,000 copies sold at $35/copy means he's made $700,000 off of this project. For a joke, that's some serious earnings.

    • @Sypaka
      @Sypaka 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Good to know. Canonical and Microsoft will add a few zeros to that in the lawsuit.

    • @shichimenchoo
      @shichimenchoo 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@Sypaka, yeah. Can't wait to see how this will end

  • @wrux
    @wrux 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    So they can take the time to add an endpoint to return the DB user/pass, but cant find the time to create an API endpoint for querying a licence key?

    • @Sypaka
      @Sypaka 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Making an API is hard work, but the devs are hardly working.

  • @KoczulMoczul
    @KoczulMoczul 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    17:40 that's probably KDE Plasma bug because it looks the same on Kubuntu 22.04 LTS. Chrome also looks kind of weird on Kubuntu but if I remember correctly, it's at least legible. To fix that you need to change Edge from GTK style to dark mode and then it looks fine.

  • @Litorom2
    @Litorom2 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    21:42 This is actually in Windows 11, Alt-F4 on the desktop with nothing open will summon this menu to the screen on an official Windows Machine

  • @Featuring_Dinty_From_Beef_Stew
    @Featuring_Dinty_From_Beef_Stew 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    An OS based on Windows has a terrible practice involving the user's data?
    That's insane! That'd be like Nintendo trying to sue emulators!

  • @CattleRustlerOCN
    @CattleRustlerOCN 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Anyone notice the fx branding in the older version website is a rip of the 3DFX Voodoo logo 😅

  • @Loggus66
    @Loggus66 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    10:53 Mike, this is what you call a "startup spirit": direct customer relations with no bureaucracy.

  • @OG_MrRubberDucky
    @OG_MrRubberDucky 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    mysequel 🥰
    22 mins in, I'm not sure why go extra effort to have a skinned Linux distro like this even as a newbie. Better to just install MATE or Cinammon or maybe even xfce to have something similar and nice to use.

  • @PlayerRBLX_
    @PlayerRBLX_ 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    been subscribed to your channel for a while and i must say…. it’s worth watching every second of every video!!

  • @PinkAgaricus
    @PinkAgaricus 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The good 'ol fashioned dollar store bandaid analogy. Those bandages that come off after 1 drop of sweat and your skin oils and cells touch the "sticky" part. Then you're walking around with a bandage that's moving around in your sock til you get home or have a good band aid and change it and find that junky bandage and throw it away.
    Now that's been said, yea, that's really bad OpSec.
    EDIT: We can make "winbuntu" at home (with expertise and parts [if building it, for the latter]) by making a dual boot machine with Windows 11 and Linux/Ubuntu.

    • @PinkAgaricus
      @PinkAgaricus 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That "company" sounds like a spoiled 12 year old selling this from their parents' basement and the parents being complicit, judging by how they responded. Also, that atrocious spelling.

  • @forfashire
    @forfashire 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    idk what all this member stuff is cuz i’m broke but hi michael thanks for the banger

  • @-throat-
    @-throat- 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    “It’s not just a Linux distro, it IS a Linux distro”

    • @Ermageeerd
      @Ermageeerd 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      lol I get the reference

  • @aetheryex
    @aetheryex 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    they hid the KDE system settings application (which is way better than their own UI), but you can still access it by running (from the terminal) systemsettings or systemsettings5. also, none of the themes used here are custom, they're all different community themes that are just bundled with this garbage

    • @rileyn2983
      @rileyn2983 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Do you know which themes they are? I can't seem to find one that matches the KDE one

    • @aetheryex
      @aetheryex 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@rileyn2983 it's using the willow theme, but I personally think fluent looks better (+ fluent actually works on plasma 6)

  • @veccio
    @veccio หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'd like to see if the OS's HTTPs keys are compromised, or if they have self-signed keys that are siphoning off data, unbeknownst to the end users. I assume that their update runs apt-get update/upgrade? Also, as far as Active Directory, I would *never* join a device running this OS to a serious domain.

  • @HedgehogY2K
    @HedgehogY2K 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Aren't product keys part of the reason why people to switch to Linux before Microsoft made Windows 10 to be more like Arch in terms of updates and log ins?

  • @tanmaskeddoesvideos
    @tanmaskeddoesvideos 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Love your videos dude! Keep it up! :D

  • @cheezman111
    @cheezman111 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Your problem is you got it set to "M" for Mint when you should have it set to "W" for Wubuntu!

  • @eskaigarcia
    @eskaigarcia 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Only office Excel uses a C on the icon because the actual name of the program is Calc, same thing happens to PowerPoint which uses an I for Impress and Word uses a W just by luck since the original name is Writer

    • @Lurch-Bot
      @Lurch-Bot 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Had totally forgotten the original names of those apps.

    • @keit99
      @keit99 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      So it's just the same names as LO and AOO

    • @eskaigarcia
      @eskaigarcia 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@keit99 Many of these projects are either based on each other or are revival projects of Open Office, like Libre Office itself, so they share the origina OO names for the programs

  • @hoovyyyy
    @hoovyyyy 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +93

    1984 pirates: i like stealing stuff
    2001-2024: I like cracking a game and making it free.

    • @appleleptiker
      @appleleptiker 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      i mean... that still counts as stealing

    • @JohnnyRocker2050
      @JohnnyRocker2050 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      @@appleleptikerbut it’s for a good reason now XD

    • @ActuallyZee
      @ActuallyZee 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Game should be cheaper.@@appleleptiker

    • @vladls
      @vladls 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      1984 pirates???

    • @hedwig7s
      @hedwig7s 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@appleleptikerDo you want me to bring out the videos?

  • @danielalvesldiniz
    @danielalvesldiniz 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    they're a Brazilian "company" and their paid key page has a section for Brazilian payments. a product key costs R$200, which is QUITE A LOT for a scam OS xD

    • @alvesrenanmusic
      @alvesrenanmusic 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I can't wait to see these installed in some Positivo-like machines. "An almost Windows OS" 👀

    • @Deutriex
      @Deutriex 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      This "company" is a shame for the Linux community not just in Brazil but around the world!

    • @modulador592
      @modulador592 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Eles tem CNPJ?

    • @alvesrenanmusic
      @alvesrenanmusic 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Tem. O Pix deles no site é um CNPJ. Se está em nome do "desenvolvedor" é um novo mistério.

  • @j.w.techchannel
    @j.w.techchannel 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Great video. Wubuntu is bizarre... It reminds me of the whole "Windows 12" fiasco from a few years ago. At least "Windows 12" didn't store people's sensitive data in an insecure database though, lol

  • @altaccount648
    @altaccount648 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just downloaded Wubuntu time to try it out

  • @georgeh6856
    @georgeh6856 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Since some of the features would supposedly only work for 30 days on the Free Edition, I wonder if you could set the date 31 days into the future to see if anything stops working.

    • @Sypaka
      @Sypaka 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      And it will work again, if you just reset the clock 30 days back OR just edit the file with the install date to 2060 lmao

  • @gabethecool
    @gabethecool 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Theres this distro called winux 7 that trys to replicate the look of windows 7. looks pretty releastic

    • @PhoebeTheFairy56
      @PhoebeTheFairy56 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      That sounds a lot better. Imo windows 7 has a better look than 11

  • @zaadbaad541
    @zaadbaad541 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    We got windows at home

  • @arsenalfanatic0971
    @arsenalfanatic0971 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    any sql people know how they were supposed to verify against a database?
    I'm new to sql, but couldn't they just not have included high enough privileges when accessing the db from their provided download?

    • @user-xr3rb6pn9m
      @user-xr3rb6pn9m 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      They could have given only the read rights to only the table with the keys (and not to the table with the user details). It would still be possible to dump all the keys in this way, so, a proper way of doing this would be to create a REST API which would only accept the key as a parameter and nothing else.

  • @AlexTenThousand
    @AlexTenThousand 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Ain't Zorin already a thing for people who want to use Linux while enjoying a familiar GUI?

  • @user-sn8kg7rd6n
    @user-sn8kg7rd6n 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    It certainly takes some dedication to create a distro that is worse that both Windows 11 and Ubuntu...

  • @cozyimmerse
    @cozyimmerse 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This smells like the biggest scam/con I've ever seen. If anyone actually uses this and thinks this is legit. I pray for you. If your new to Linux please don't download or fall for this. I was so just disgusted watching this whole video because this operating system and whoever created it to me in my opinion looks like they want to steal user info or something. The presenter of this video thank you for updating us on this!
    Honestly if you want your operating system for Linux to look like Linux please just use a tutorial here on YT. There are plenty of creators that make videos all about customizing your OS. Also you really shouldn't be paying for access to Linux distros in my opinion I thought that was the point, they aren't about making money from their users. I mean there are some distros that do offer "premium options" and if you want that kind of access thats up to you. But you have to do your research and make sure its not fake or trying to scam you.
    Lastly I'll add this if you really truly desire a familiar desktop to Windows and don't want to go the customization route just use Linux Mint! Its free and already looks and feels somewhat similar user experience to Windows. But without as far as I'm aware breaking any laws or copyright. Oh its stable and has an active community. Maybe this Wubuntu creator(s) had good intentions but I wouldn't risk it. Just saying...

  • @teklife
    @teklife 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    i find it odd that they have gparted in there, a gtk app in a qt environment, and not even renamed to something generic like many linux distros do

  • @andywest5773
    @andywest5773 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    That "Amount" field on the payment form is a huge red flag and would automatically make me think this was a scam. Regardless of whether it's laziness or incompetence, that's extremely unprofessional.

  • @eternitydev
    @eternitydev 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    wubuntu is not safe.

  • @RealShadowreaper
    @RealShadowreaper 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Any linux distro that makes it's DE theme it's main selling point should be avoided at all cost, never download a distro just because of it's DE/WM.

    • @halfsourlizard9319
      @halfsourlizard9319 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      100% ... and better still, never run a GUI at all. TTY is all that's needed.

  • @graemechapman41
    @graemechapman41 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Isn't that the 3dfx logo?

  • @theoriginalrecycler
    @theoriginalrecycler 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The professional key is the power toys app.

  • @immaterial_vivi
    @immaterial_vivi 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Spyware and security holes? They really went all out to recreate the authentic Windows experience :D

  • @TDRR_Gamez
    @TDRR_Gamez 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    "Terrible practices to store user information" wow, they really went the extra mile to make it like Windows! :p
    (I know that's not what he meant, but I couldn't resist)

  • @TheComputerGuyDR
    @TheComputerGuyDR 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Did we forget the "Lindows" distro from back in the day?

  • @dougware
    @dougware 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I'm pretty sure that if you create a hard link to the sudo binary and then execute the hard link, it also doesn't show up in ps with the sudo, it's listed by the hard link name. I used to use this trick when I ran multiple audio streams from a scanner, and wanted to restart specific streams.

    • @LiEnby
      @LiEnby 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      just suid any binary ..

  • @ce9916
    @ce9916 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Lindows 2.0

  • @GameHerbert
    @GameHerbert 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Now we need WuwUntu
    The Weeaboo Linux Distro that looks like Windows 11

    • @koopatroopa6882
      @koopatroopa6882 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I was about to go nerd on you and tell you that he already made a video on UwUntu but then I realized that's not what you're talking about

  • @naesala
    @naesala หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wine is also a thing on the MacOS side so I'm used to using it some for compatibility, and the way they frame that alone is very deceptive imo. It's a useful tool, but some programs flat out don't work with it, another compatibility method might be better, or it would be easier to work with a native alternative(Openrazer supremacy). On Macs, running Win11 virtually through Parallels is generally more reliable and I've heard that VMs are the only way to get Adobe kind of working on Linux, but only has support up to DX11 whereas Wine works with up to DX12, and I know that on Linux, it's best to get the Linux version of Steam and let Proton do the work rather than do the Windows version through Wine, which is more of a MacOS thing.

  • @tahaak
    @tahaak 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It would have been so easy to implement some type of key management system that is somehow secure. Probably could write a web application for that in 2 hours.

  • @LSSTmusic
    @LSSTmusic 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    this has the same vibes as the people who upload entire episodes of family guy to youtube and then put "no copyright infringement intended" in the description and then are shocked when their channel is annihilated

  • @milliekultra
    @milliekultra 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Finally, an OS with none of the benefits of Linux or Windows

  • @GuyJames
    @GuyJames 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    you support them to make the tool which asks for your support (and pretty much nothing else). that's some pretty good circular reasoning there!

  • @id01_01
    @id01_01 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I used a Windows Aero variant of XFCE since Ubuntu 14.04 for Windows 7

  • @MasicoreLord
    @MasicoreLord 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Wouldn't seriously consider such anyways, as it feels like a fly by night distro.

  • @BlakeKDM
    @BlakeKDM 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Remember
    Remember if you are being charged to use Linux (personal use) 99% of the time you are getting scammed

  • @alessandrozara924
    @alessandrozara924 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Actually, there is another Linux distro that is called Linux FX. This distro's target are Windows users that want to use Linux, in fact the alternative name is Windows FX. The first version of Linux FX that I tried recreates the look of Windows 10.

  • @safebox36
    @safebox36 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    They're not only not saying anything about affiliation with Windows or Ubuntu.
    But their copyright notice says "Windows Ubuntu", like how much more blatant can you get?