AtlasOS is a gigantic security nightmare on top of an already exposed OS. With AtlasOS, UAC and Defender is disabled, all software runs as Admin which is just dumb. A better option would be using something like winutil by Chris Titus to debloat your windows install.
AtlasOS, it disables too many important security features like UAC and Defender. It also runs every program with full Admin privileges. Security nightmare. A better option would be using winutils by Chris Titus to debloat your install and change a few things.
Switched to Linux (Cachy OS :)) 3 months ago (mainly thx to A1RM4X) after ~20 years on Windows. Had to format all my drives, was tough all around getting used to everything, but I'm so glad I did this move. Never going back to Micro$hit again.
I wanted to switch to Linux from years ago but gaming wasn't a thing back then. So I couldn't switch permanently and dual booting just wasn't going to work as I would just boot into the OS where I could do everything ie Windows. SO Ive been playing with Linux in both a separate HD and in a VM. I switched as many of my apps over to Apps that where also available on Linux. So 2 years ago when I finally fully switched everything was already somewhat familiar. BUT there where still pain point and I came close to quitting several times but I stuck with it. Now I'm quite happy with Linux. Ive got to the point where I can solve most of my own problems. I started on Linux Mint Its a great place to start. Now Im on Manjaro and despite its reputation it works great for me. Overall it took me at least 1 year to feel fully comfortable on Linux. I considered myself a power user on Windows, I dont consider myself a power user on Linux.
If you have a newer cpu and graphic card make sure the Linux Kernel is version 6.3 and up. Linux Mint 21.3 EDGE has Linux Kernel 6.5; also you can wait till later June or July for the new upcoming Linux Mint 22 which will be based off of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Linux kernel version 6.8). I have used Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and it has been quite stable.
But, Linux is supposed to run on any old computer, which is one of the reasons people say "switch to Linux." You know, "Modern Linux on old computers" is being pushed like some sort of mantra.
I would argue if using mint just use the EDGE iso regardless of system since as you note it has a much newer and more up to date kernel, unless you have some very niche use case that needs the very old kernel in the default release (like you want to use nvidia proprietary drivers on old nvidia gtx 400 series graphics cards or something.)
Another soon to Linux switcher here. After 3.5minutes listening to you I realised I am not the same Windows user today as I was half a year ago. Windows made me more computer geeky (still an amateur) than I ever thought I would be. Windows forced me to extend a recovery partition to make Windows safe again. That dramatically changed my mindset already. I had to get my hands on the cmd window, powershell, tweak registries and other activities not common among the majority users, also booting from a ventoy usb stick I created myself. I still have a lot to learn but yeah, I am getting there. I have also used some sudo commands in clonezilla terminal. Now with various Mint options, at least, the transition is smoother than ever.
I have the same outcome I wanted to switch to the Linux Desktop. I was locked caused by Valorant. Since I changed my mind about these anti-cheat methods. I was finally committed to change things up. Next things i also had already some knowlage about Linux on server-side. So I thought I will switch mainly to cachyos cause I liked the way they handle things. I really have to say. I regret nothing at all. Linux Desktop came a long way and sometimes things break but at the most part it works for my use case. My most hurdle was configuring obs and the format for davinci but as you said there are a lot of people out there with so many guidence. That it is very simple to get things up and running 😊 I'm now on Cachy for round about 6 months and I'm really happy that I found that distro in the first place.
Just found your channel while looking for distro tips. Loving your content, and you helped me filter my options between EndedavourOS and CachyOS. I used Fedora and Manjaro in the past - 2022 - and I maintain an Ubuntu install on my dad's PC. Again, great channel, great content, your insights really helped me!
Realizing you have problems with your hardware after installing Linux is a good thing IMO because it's when you really start to understand how linux is working.
I disagree that you really start to understand how linux works. Most users will just google/AI for help, copy paste commands that they don't really understand, and then forget them quickly once the hardware works. You just get a taste of problem solving on linux and the time it can cost you, and if that is something you are willing to accept or not.
@@Ash_18037 Searching internet for solutions and copy paste commands. Is this wrong? Not if you are lazy like me, but this is the way how I learned GNU/Linux. Distro hopping like a crazy idiot and landed at Cachy OS. Not because of Airmax, but because I learned how the Cachy works. This was a struggle in the beginning, but 2 months ago they released a version without big problems. Dual GPU with nvidia 555 + envy control works like a charm.
@Ash_18037 This is 100% true. As someone trying to come over to linux I don't understand a damned thing and I don't understand how I fixed any of the problems I have encountered so far. It really is just search and copy paste. I don't have time to learn the ins and outs of the system. It has taken me my entire life with windows to come to the level of understanding I have on it. I work an actual laborious job and usually only get 1 day a week off. And I'm gone for 9+ hours a day. I don't have time to try to make up for over 25 years of working with windows which I've been using since I was around 7 or 8
@@ram89572 well i switch from macOS to Linux Fedora last year because Apple decide that my 2013 iMac is no longer supported and for my needs is still perfectly fine. I been on Mac and windows for about 15 years and i also don’t have time to solve Linux problems…but fortunately I don’t need to🙂 so far is been a very good experience, and I’m no expert…
17:34 this make so much sense, I messed around with a few arch distro's 2-3 month's ago and it wasn't all that much of a challlenge. The difficulty curve is like how it was pc building before the 2000 and now. Is a totally different game now
Thank you for all the videos A1R. I've finally made the switch to Linux this week. After some testing on the laptops, ended up in Linux Mint for now. Everyhthing works, reminds me a bit of windows (which I have been using exclusively since 1998). Since now I only play CS2 so far even the performance is good. The only downside Im having is likely with CS2 servers and some lag.
I switched to MINT and it is awesome. My only issue is gaming. Funny things happen even if you follow online guides. Ill keep one Windows drive just for gaming and nothing else.
Thanks for your transperanty and straight talk, nothing will happen if dont spend time trying solve things and u will learn this way at the same time, my issue i have and asked u about before and reason i have to stay on windows is lack of drivers for thirdpart hardware
I’m going with Garuda as my first distro as my use case is only for gaming. However, I am committed to learning Linux in general and have Garuda, Mint and some other distros on VM as learn what I am doing before I go to bare metal
I had tried Ubuntu and Mint before. About 2 years ago now, I installed PoP!OS and really liked it, like it even more when I started using KDE on it. You really do have to change your mindset going into it and start from the ground up. Now, I'm using Nobara with the new KDE6 and it's pretty sweet. Sure you have to put some work in, but I'm having more fun now than I ever did playing around with Windows.
It is a learning curve, but I'm working on a 70-30 switch where Linux is my main driver. I am currently testing nobara 39 on an older system that windows quit supporting. I haven't had a crash on it yet since I made the switch to nobara. I am going at a slower pace, but I'm staying consistent with my tinkering/learning. If I could find an older version of photoshop/affinity that would work on wine, then I believe I could make the complete switch. It's going to take a little bit more effort on my side of the coin, but I see value in it. I'm excited for the future of linux.
your videos helped me to continue improving myself with linux specially thanks for the CashyOS advice i'm so happy with it its the perfect distro for me and gaming on linux as of right now is SOOOOOOOOO MUCH better than windows all the problems i had with my PC is now gone because i switched to linux
I have a good friend who always encouraged me to test Linux. But it was watching your videos that I became interested in testing cachyos, so I did it for a while I only have knowledge of WSL with Ubuntu because I'm a programmer, but really switching to the Linux desktop has a difference. The cachyos I liked but I faced some problems, so I decided to test the manjaro and I have liked it a lot because everything just worked and to my surprise the nvidia driver was already the 550.90 instead of the 550.52 of the cachyos. But I'm still here thinking about testing even cachyos itself again or endeavoursOS. As a Windows user for at least 30 years, I have been positively surprised by Linux, which has been my main OS for two weeks now. Another detail I also tested Linux Mint and popOs, but I didn't like the initial experience it seems that the Linux arch based ditros work much better
When I switched to Linux I was confused by the multi choice of distros. I was full of pride and an expert Windows user. I soon found out that the best way to learn Linux is to forget what you think you know. After messing around I settled on Mint. I put KDE on top and was happy tinkering. I had a few problems which were fixed when I went FULL MINT. My computer is now super stable. I wish I just just stuck with Mint until I learned Linux. Follow this man's advice. It will save your sanity.
I don’t think people are unwilling to learn (macOS grown in share), I think what people resist is there is so much fragmentation that even knowledge of one distribution doesn’t transfer to another. I have 10 bootable usb sticks with Linux and at least 5 have different package managers. What’s nice about Mac or windows is you get in, there is a unified way of installing software, the desktop just works, printing, samba, Remote Desktop just work…
I started using Linux in 1999 with Redhat 5. At that time many basic things needed to be configured manually. Windows was such a pain that the time spent was well worth it for me. Things have changed a lot since 1999, making installing and using Linux much easier. I used Linux Mint for about 10 years, and still recommend ti to those new to Linux.
I went from windows to linux full time 2 years ago. I started in Linux Mint and understood it but it felt bloated, I moved to Debian which was ok, i messed with NixOS for a bit before it became the new hotness (interesting distro) and finally am using Alpine as my daily driver. Just what I need and nothing more. It really expanded my understanding of Linux as an OS by distro hopping. My caution to folks just getting started: don't confuse Desktop Environment with Distro. Linux Mint is synonymous with the Cinnamon DE but this is not the case with most distros, you get choices in linux. When you know what you need/like you can mix and match.
My last windows was Windows 2000. My first distro was Mandrake 7.2. Why Mandrake? Because was the first one that worked out of the box (including games via wine). Things are much easier now. Then I decided to actually learn, so I spent 3 years or so using Gentoo. After that Manjaro till the dramas/problems then pure Arch. I also, recommend Mint. It will most probably "just work".
I switched to linux about a year ago. Ironically my first experience with linux desktop was with centos. Before then I had some experience ubuntu server. What I will say is linux mint is a much better choice than centos. I accidentally deleted xorg with yum wheras on linux mint the experience was much better. Now I'm an arch user btw. But learning the basics before you move on is essential.
I agree to use Mint as the first distro. I think it is important to think of distribution as a service, not as a product. There is a lot of interesting distribution that offers some nice features but, their are bad as a service provider. A distribution provide packages; mailing lists; news; repositories where to download packages; package and provider validation; infrastructure to test and pack packages, documentation; and so on.
Super good point that I think you made there. As a beginner, use Linux mint. If you don't think Linux mint is right for you, then you probably know enough to make your own decision. For what it's worth, I normally recommend Pop!OS to my friends who are starting with Linux only because I think gnome is a bit more interesting than cinnamon for newbies
I’ve been daily-driving Linux for about 3 months now. I tried using mint, Ubuntu, and Garuda on VirtualBox but decided to use Arch for my first distro (installed manually). I much prefer to learn by jumping off the deep end and thrash around until I get the hang of things, and boy did I learn a lot! I’ve so far had a relatively smooth experience until recently when KDE decided to break and not let me into my Wayland session. My reaction to this and other issues isn’t “dammit, I have an issue”, it’s “oh boy, I get to learn something new today!” It’s been fun and all my friends are convinced I’m a masochist.
*Mint chores: Switch on Timeshift. Allow automatic updates. Still take monthly backups of your personal files. When there is a new version available do a clean new install. Arch chores: install system backup facility, configure it, figure out where important system files are, do not switch on automatic updates on system, take personal files backups everytime you install something new. When there's a major update on OS important files, and you have to know what they are, what they do and where they are, you backup them and try the new versions one by one. Pray nothing gets permanently broken.
Yes, I already switched. I've dabbled in Linux for years, and now my Microsoft Surface laptop is running Linux Mint. I haven't found anything I can't do yet, and the only software I haven't found a duplicate for is Grammarly since they don't support any of the linux office suits.
@@A1RM4X I just wish we could get Grammarly to write a couple of plugins. It's really helpful since I have dyslexia and ADHD. I can read past a typo just as fast as I can ready anything else.
I had some problems, with secure boot and with XMP. I installed Manjaro, and that's when I discovered that I had to go to the bios to change the options.
I also started with Mint when Munahar made his video a couple months back. It was the perfect entry indeed. I only lasted a week or two on mint because I had an issue when switching between windows and mint and windows didn’t release the IP address & I thought that I broke WiFi XD What I’m trying to say is that Mint is the perfect entry point and for me I quickly learned the first few basics and wanted something more complex soon after, a user which doesn’t have tinker addiction can be happy with mint for a long time
I've started with Ubuntu / Kubuntu each installed on their own external drive. I'm working with a late 2015 5K 27" iMac, and there are some specifics for Apple hardware. Also, Ubuntu 24.04 fixed the boot loader bug so I have been able to do self contained installs without messing up the internal drive. I like mint, but since mint is based on Ubuntu, i don't see much difference, except the out of box config. Also I like KDE and mint no longer has a KDE spin, as far as I know. Nothing against cinnamon as I like it too, and the Ubuntu Cinnamon flavor is also nice. I've pretty much solved all the initial hangups, except getting full 5K resolution which I may need the Open Core boot loader for, as the firmware needs to think it's loading an Apple OS, or it goes into a compatibility mode that's limited to 4K, which works fine. However, since the main reason for me going to Linux is simply Apple officially discontinuing support after macOS Monterey stops getting updates, it's a ice way to keep this perfectly working iMac up to date.
I have switch to Linux 5 years ago, but on Debian testing with xfce. I'm using debian server for close to 20 years, so not a beginner too. But the destop is clearly not the same as the "server side". For few weeks now I'm on debian stable, with Gnome, but all main apps are installed with flatpak. I will probably look to install the nvidia drivers by the hand, because well, the stable nvidia drivers is very old. Except that everything work fine for me and I never had major issue. I'm looking after CachyOS, but I'm not really sure that I want to deal with Arch, I know very well Debian, and it work fine for me.
I experimented with, I believe, Corel Linux a long time ago, and was part of a group of Computer Techs trying to convince our company to switch to Linux because of massive spyware and virus intrusions, We failed, but ever since then I thought of trying again for myself. So recently I took my older MSI CX61 laptop and started trying different distros of Linux. By a wide margin, Linux Mint 21.3 was the easiest and most Windows-like OS. It works flawlessly. It's fast and clean. I mostly love it. The only thing I find annoying is the constant updating, and the constant 'authenticating', but it isn't that bad. Your videos were VERY helpful in this regard, and I watch them all the time.
Awesome video, I would also recommend Zorin OS for total beginners maybe slightly more than Linux Mint, the Gnome which uses(albeit a bit forked mish and mash versions + lots of extensions) is way smoother than Linux Mint's cinnamon compositor. In fact in some ways it feels as polished ootb as if you are running a mac or windows in some ways.
The Mindset part is fundamental and you exposed it so well. Great job ! I would just add something about the main Operating Systems: - Windows is tailored to be invisible until it degrades with the time. It's only there to bring some very basic bricks so apps can be launched. Kinda fire and forget. Windows by himself is poor. - Linux brings also basic bricks but with a bunch of usefull apps/utilities and everything can be tied together to give more usefullness. In opposition to Windows, the Terminal is your friend.
I am so sleepy in this morning that I understood "my croissant is increasing the market share of Linux". I was genuinely wondering what is the connection between croissants and Linux, especially when I heard that all the latest posts talk about it. 😅
I switched a few weeks ago, chose Fedora 40 because it seemed to be the sweet spot between Mint‘s stability and Arch‘s Features. Overall I like how minimalistic and customizable Linux is, but dislike how incredibly fragmented everything about it is. Dozens of package managers and terminal commands, repositories to set up, dependencies to subscribe to before installing stuff, kernels to build, and so on. After spending a week setting everything up, the whole OS had some constant nasty lag spikes and I managed to brick KDE permanently by changing how a widget displays, so I cut my losses and installed CachyOS. Very pleasant experience so far, nvidia drivers preinstalled, custom kernel with zero lag, as well as a GUI for common things like installing most gaming packages, system updates, kernel manager, and so on. Found out about Octopi, which made the terminal mostly irrelevant for installing stuff, an absolute godsent. Overall way easier, despite being Arch based, btw. I think it’s fine to re-learn some concepts, but with Linux there are currently too many rabbit holes to initially jump through to use it confidently. Ultimately I want to work and play games on Linux, I don’t want Linux to be the work and entertainment itself.
Those are fair points which almost come up in conversations with new Linux users: concepts learning is part of the process and it will take time for everyone to assimilate them. On windows you only have ONE option and ONE way of managing the OS. We all went trough this phase before but the lack of option made is simpler. This is why I suggest Mint as a start to limit the choices (of DE / display manager / packages etc...). What I can assure you, is that if you do your "homework" you will feel way better on a day to day usage. Now how long will it take? It depends on you. I am using Arch and I don´t feel like I am maintaining more than I am using the OS.
Yeah Mint was the most popular beginner distro I found, but it being 1-2 years behind on updates felt bad, especially with how fast Linux seems to progress at the moment. Running higher-end hardware and wanting to try new features / experimental stuff sounds incompatible with that. But even on a beginner distro, there will probably be some issues or to-dos down the road, and troubleshooting those means digging through the mountain of information online, where there are many different ways on many different distros to do the same thing, and I have to find the one that works specifically for me and is least likely to cause issues. That’s still quite tricky. Overall my impression is that Linux still starts out a bit rough around the edges but can be refined with time, whereas Windows starts out pretty refined but degrades over time. Switching feels still worth it though, especially when there’s finally an alternative to Adobe / Office that works here.
i made the full switch 4 years ago and i never looked back, and after all this ti,e i can say that linux its no that scary and you dont need to be a hacker or a computer genius to use it.
i jumped ship on windows in 2012. i admit i liked windows but 8 was just too much for me to handle. theres been a number of windows releases id call not user friendly but this one id call hostile.
I’d been touching Linux on/off for a very long time, since I was a teen in high school and too stupid to understand what I was getting into. I’d been interested in it because it looked like something special, but I’m also a gamer and the OS just wasn’t where it is today. I only recently went into Linux more indefinitely, while still dual booting Windows in case of any failures. I picked Arch, but understood quickly it wasn’t going to be easy, I still struggle with aspects, but I want to find a way to make it more so that I won’t need to go back to windows, ever. I consider distro hopping all the time to find a sweet spot but I’m on CachyOS now and still having trouble getting fully acclimated. It won’t dual boot with secure boot on. Maybe it doesn’t need secure boot to be secure, but leaving some things on the table isn’t what I want to do at this time. I’m still trying to find a good distro for gaming/content creation
New linux user here. May 5th of this year is when i switched. I was windows only until that day since win96. I'm glad i switched, all applications i used (including games) are loading faster than when my pc was windows 10 (although it does take longer on app startup on wine but loading screens are still faster). Only game that is performing slightly worse is palworld, but it already struggled on windows because my gtx1060 is just too weak. Microsoft has only themselves to blame for this, i don't trust them at all
People need to be reminded too that even Android and even iOS as well since it is is UNIX, that say the play store is no different from a package manager like in Linux.
CachyOS is amazing. But a get a gray screen when booting D4 on a 4070ti, game runs in the back ground and I can hear it. But on a test rig with a 4070 I have no issues except the weird screen lock while playing (known issue in KDE). Both pretty much identical cards but one cant render to save its life in Cachy? No error either. But in windows the 4070ti works just fine.
i installed mint on my old laptop and immediately i noticed differences, like i still could use a shortcut to make a screenshot but it was more difficult to crop, also I couldn't just paste it into the default image editing app and use a shortcut to crop the editing area to the picture. also when having the start menu open i had to click the button again, while on windows i can click on anything outside the menu to make it disappear. just a lot of little QoL things that summed up
I thank you for fully committing to "just start with Linux Mint". People just confuse newcomers by telling them to try various distros "depending on something", which a newcomer cannot know beforehand. I highly disagree on PEBCAK. Computers should never be for the advanced only. They are the basis of human technology, and we should thrive for ease of use. Although some people will be stubborn to not learn things at all, even on their previous OS, this doesn't mean that Linux Desktop shouldn't get easier, especially when there are problems that are impossible to solve by the end-user.
I think at this point the future workforce that will be supporting desktop environments are going to be equally versed in Linux configuration as they are in Windows. Some oldies as me may be impacted, but it's negligible in a sense that in any case THINGS ARE CHANGING and ultimately it will be learned that Linux, while will require you to re-imagine how an OS works and my opinion is that Linux is more transparent to explain how a desktop actually works whereas Windows is considerably more mysterious to a layperson. This is paramount to really understanding how we can improve the environment. If you think about it, as a foundation of understanding when it comes to the usability and performance of a content provider and even just a gamer, we all have a small part to play in making it better. Wouldn't you as a user of the environment for you purpose, want to know more about what make it all work? If so, would that help you have a legit and structured opinion of what makes the experience good and what can be better. In the Windows world it's designed to protect users from what components that impact your purpose. I guess I'm saying that if you are on this channel, you already know what I'm talking about and can see that there is only one way. Arch.
I am stuck on Windows Island until a boat can take PaintDotNet off here with me... GIMP, Krita, etc. are not good equivalents, you need multiple to get ALMOST the same level of functionality, and said functionality is what I require from it in the first place. It's quite sad, I really want to drive Linux Mint full time, but until I get Paintdotnet on there I can't.
You just get used to it and go on with your life. Zero issues. Don't make this sound overly dramatic: unless you have very specific needs that only windows can meet (at least for now!), the switch is nothing to worry about.
Yeah, I've tried switching to Linux(latest Fedora gnome/kde) cuz I was fed up with Recall and other shit from Microsoft, but I ended up shamelessly going back to Windows today. 1. On my new 2024 laptop - no drivers for built-in speakers etc. Also issues with Intel sound card though I was able to figure out that one. It is 2024 laptop so ok, I understand. Kernel is missing some drivers. 2. On PC -> Nvidia + Wayland sucks very much for now and I want utilize my GPU. On X11 issues with fractal scalling without which things were too big or too small. If I enabled it, not every app scaled correctly. Games ran well on X11, but then UI and scaling sucks badly. I think Linux improved a lot(it has been years since I last used Linux desktop). On X11 I was able to play a lot of games. It covered all my daily usages, but I need the system to be more solid. Be able to scale UI correctly, I want to be able to easily configure scaling on my login screens etc. I will wait for 1-2 years before doing another attempt. Maybe I will switch to AMD card by that time to make my life easier.
2. I think your problem is gnome or an old plasma version. Plasma 6.1 runs really well on my 3070 laptop. No tearing, no lags and super responsive. Games run super fast as well. Saying you want a stable OS and switching back to Win 11 sounds really strange to me. I switched back to Linux after a few weeks because Windows is just a terrible pile of garbage to me. Starts with the spyware start menu, things like after 6 years windows is still unable to make a unified user interface, sudden unwanted restarts, shitty security, and tons of other garbage. I could possibly solve most of it but I'm so tired of it. Just work, damnit. 🤷🏼♂️
A few weeks ago, while testing PopOS, I ran into a problem with Steam using multiple drives. I didn't see any explanation videos on how to approach mounted drives when pointing games or which format it should be. I'm sure this is easy to resolve but the confusing Home mounted drive needed for Steam and how to apply it across multiple drives for game installs.
Linux user since 2017, but the only that thing annoys the crap out of me, is the fact that during a video on for instance Netflix, all of a sudden a total freeze. Nothing works anymore. Only a hard reset because REISUB=Alt pressed all the time, prtsc and slowly typing reisub doesn't work. I've experienced a total freeze on every distro I've used. I have 16G of RAM. Other than that Linux for me is much better than Windows with all the telemetry crap enabled.
i want to swirch but i dont havee the time or the hardware capable for now , so i will wait ... until i have the time, or i can miraculsly have wifi working on linux without effort ! or if microsoft force me with a very bad windpos update
Many lesser known games do not work properly with even the latest Proton. I like old strategy games and they are not well supported. For other tasks Linux is brillant.
I've been using linux as my main os from a month ago (or so). and I just log into windows to run certain games cause sadly I dont have a good-enough pc to run games on linux in an optimal way (cause my gpu doesnt support vulcan), neither with proton nor make a virtual machine to boot win, also some games I play, like valorant, are pretty much impossible to make it work cause of the kernel anticheat but I run some games that I often play like Terraria, DST, Minecraft or Project Zomboid on linux. besides that I dont think I'll make windows my main os ever again.
Oddly enough do you know what the thing that I've noticed annoys normal people the most about using a Linux PC? File navigation. They get the most frustrated about being confused when trying to find files they either downloaded or saved. Weird.
Sorry if my question is stupid, but why not Ubuntu? I'd like to hear your opinion on pros/cons of choosing Mint over Ubuntu. I'm not trying to make a holy war here, for me it is really not so obvious, because I never really used Mint, but I've used Ubuntu for quite a lot of years at work (I didn't choose it, everybody was using same distro for convenience). I only know that Mint is more lightweight and recommended for old laptops or so. And thanks for the video, I'm also thinking of switching to Linux on my gaming PC after newest wayland hits stable on most distros.
Does linux mint still not allow for disabling mouse acceleration? This used to be a problem for me, and doing some text file or command stuff for that is definitely NOT for a beginner linux gamer...
No you can disable mouse acceleration easily. th-cam.com/video/d1oK3J2SeuI/w-d-xo.htmlsi=LF0sBRTM-iTnHJdp&t=792 In the tutorial I also went through commands but it is working via the GUI without any issue nowadays.
Hello i recently tried to dual boot cachyOS on my Windows 11 machine having a shrink partition for it. It gave me boot error and the install did not finish successfully could you make a video dual booting cachyOS with windows on same drive?
I will not do that for a simple reason: installing Linux and Windows on the same drive is a source of a lot of issues. Best way to handle this type of situation is to get a cheap SSD to install Linux on. Again for the future readers of this post: AVOID DUAL BOOTING LINUX / WINDOWS ON THE SAME DRIVE
I would love to get rid of all the MS bushtit. I just want a simple OS that do OS things very well, that don't connect to a lot of servers in the internet for no apparent reason and that led me go into a simple settings menu and change how my file manager looks (dark mode), change resolution, sound volumes and other hardware settings etc. I don't need ads, I don't need an assistent etc. But I just know that if I switch to Linux I will have to dual boot with windows, cause something will not work. Maybe it is my sound interface, midi keyboard, printer, mouse, G-sync screen, HDR screen, some game where the anti cheat or DRM does not work on Linux. And It would just be such a pain every time that I can do 90% of what I use my pc for, but I never know when I smag my head into the last 10%. MS knows this, there are made so much software for windows and it makes the friction to changing to another OS very high, they can take advantage of this a keep pushing windows in a hostile consumer direction. But if you have a system that can do 100% of what you need it to do, but is suck in other ways, it is still better than a system that can do 90% of what you need it to do, but then don't suck in other ways. I hate it, I think the world would be much better of with a open CPU architecture and open drivers, OS and most software. If it was open, everyone could experiment with new ideas and it would be much harder for anyone to misuse there monopoly. Computers are almost like a human langrage, and thank god langrage is not proprietary, we are free to make up words as we like, and if others start using it we say it becomes a part of that langrage. And langrage is very backwards and forwards compatible, especially within a lifetime. 🙂 I might give Linux Mint a try, it looks like it will get me 90% there. Maybe I can try it on my laptop. (Browsing should not be a problem)
J’adore l’accent 😳 comme quoi on peut être compréhensible sans avec d’accent Français je trouve c’est un bon exemple comment parler anglais avec l’accent français 👌
i can accept takng some data like pc specs log dump for bsod prevention , recall is too much every 5mins screenshot and every text image is recorded and save in a secure centralize area its very secure, imagine its a workstation pc and recall screenshot company documents or a prince in wakanda wants you to send 50$ and recall got your username and password and you click show password on the first atempt failed maybe a typo, its ms they have back door to their stuff since when big tech tell anyone about their bad things they do in the background remember google search engine leak that amount of data in there is enough how google run their search which clearly not algined to what they said in the past, now im rebuilding a vm where trying to find what in need or subtitute software for a nix config file when im ready ill just pop a flash drive with nix on it and run the rebuild switch
Increasing marketshare is one thing. But keeping it is another. In the real world no one cares about their OS. Don't mistake selective bias for something more. The only increase on Steam is through the deck and statcounter dropped below 4%. Linux needs to BE a good OS and not rely on the hopes Microsoft fail mixed with delusions of grandeur.
People are just too lazy to really learn something new. Most just want some thing handed to them and refuse to use their brains for something other than a hat support.. No operating system is perfect or simple. If you want something with an easy learning curve then just trade your computer for a TV with all its' mindless programming. Linux is no harder to learn than Windows but IS more flexible..
Linux mint? i have been distro hopping for years, i have never gotten linux mint to install, lol. just in the last month i have tried and installed successfully openSUSE, Endevour OS, Garuda, Nobara, Bazzite and Fedora. but have never ever gotten linux mint to install.
I still class myself as a Linux noob, think I have not booted Windows now for a little over 2months. Was a little painful at the start, being a Windows user for over 3 decades. But once I found CachyOS it's been amazing (think it was a A1RM4X video that introduced me to Cachy so thnx for that!). bizubizu
I moved to linux 3 weeks ago, recall was the final straw.
My final straw was the bitlocker reccovery
Just use AtlasOS then? No need to switch to linux.
AtlasOS is a gigantic security nightmare on top of an already exposed OS. With AtlasOS, UAC and Defender is disabled, all software runs as Admin which is just dumb. A better option would be using something like winutil by Chris Titus to debloat your windows install.
AtlasOS, it disables too many important security features like UAC and Defender. It also runs every program with full Admin privileges. Security nightmare.
A better option would be using winutils by Chris Titus to debloat your install and change a few things.
@@rimenahi modified versions of windows are not safe to use
Switched to Linux (Cachy OS :)) 3 months ago (mainly thx to A1RM4X) after ~20 years on Windows. Had to format all my drives, was tough all around getting used to everything, but I'm so glad I did this move. Never going back to Micro$hit again.
I wanted to switch to Linux from years ago but gaming wasn't a thing back then. So I couldn't switch permanently and dual booting just wasn't going to work as I would just boot into the OS where I could do everything ie Windows. SO Ive been playing with Linux in both a separate HD and in a VM. I switched as many of my apps over to Apps that where also available on Linux. So 2 years ago when I finally fully switched everything was already somewhat familiar. BUT there where still pain point and I came close to quitting several times but I stuck with it. Now I'm quite happy with Linux. Ive got to the point where I can solve most of my own problems. I started on Linux Mint Its a great place to start. Now Im on Manjaro and despite its reputation it works great for me. Overall it took me at least 1 year to feel fully comfortable on Linux. I considered myself a power user on Windows, I dont consider myself a power user on Linux.
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i was at this stage 3 years ago
now i can call myself a poweruser on linux as well. i guess im a dual poweruser then
I switch to linux exclusively in 2015. Still using linux today and no windows.
If you have a newer cpu and graphic card make sure the Linux Kernel is version 6.3 and up. Linux Mint 21.3 EDGE has Linux Kernel 6.5; also you can wait till later June or July for the new upcoming Linux Mint 22 which will be based off of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Linux kernel version 6.8). I have used Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and it has been quite stable.
But, Linux is supposed to run on any old computer, which is one of the reasons people say "switch to Linux." You know, "Modern Linux on old computers" is being pushed like some sort of mantra.
@@fwingebritson because it takes a little bit to write drivers when vendors dont provide em. but you do get newer drivers sometimes
@@fwingebritson Don't think you read him correctly, he said NEWER cpu/gpu, not old hardware :D
I would argue if using mint just use the EDGE iso regardless of system since as you note it has a much newer and more up to date kernel, unless you have some very niche use case that needs the very old kernel in the default release (like you want to use nvidia proprietary drivers on old nvidia gtx 400 series graphics cards or something.)
@@fwingebritson reading comprehension
Another soon to Linux switcher here. After 3.5minutes listening to you I realised I am not the same Windows user today as I was half a year ago. Windows made me more computer geeky (still an amateur) than I ever thought I would be. Windows forced me to extend a recovery partition to make Windows safe again. That dramatically changed my mindset already. I had to get my hands on the cmd window, powershell, tweak registries and other activities not common among the majority users, also booting from a ventoy usb stick I created myself. I still have a lot to learn but yeah, I am getting there. I have also used some sudo commands in clonezilla terminal. Now with various Mint options, at least, the transition is smoother than ever.
I have the same outcome I wanted to switch to the Linux Desktop. I was locked caused by Valorant. Since I changed my mind about these anti-cheat methods. I was finally committed to change things up. Next things i also had already some knowlage about Linux on server-side. So I thought I will switch mainly to cachyos cause I liked the way they handle things. I really have to say. I regret nothing at all.
Linux Desktop came a long way and sometimes things break but at the most part it works for my use case.
My most hurdle was configuring obs and the format for davinci but as you said there are a lot of people out there with so many guidence. That it is very simple to get things up and running 😊 I'm now on Cachy for round about 6 months and I'm really happy that I found that distro in the first place.
Great great video! Really to the point, no truth masking. I'm sharing it with my team.
Thank you!
Awesome, thank you!
Just found your channel while looking for distro tips. Loving your content, and you helped me filter my options between EndedavourOS and CachyOS. I used Fedora and Manjaro in the past - 2022 - and I maintain an Ubuntu install on my dad's PC. Again, great channel, great content, your insights really helped me!
Realizing you have problems with your hardware after installing Linux is a good thing IMO because it's when you really start to understand how linux is working.
Fair point.
I disagree that you really start to understand how linux works. Most users will just google/AI for help, copy paste commands that they don't really understand, and then forget them quickly once the hardware works. You just get a taste of problem solving on linux and the time it can cost you, and if that is something you are willing to accept or not.
@@Ash_18037 Searching internet for solutions and copy paste commands. Is this wrong? Not if you are lazy like me, but this is the way how I learned GNU/Linux. Distro hopping like a crazy idiot and landed at Cachy OS. Not because of Airmax, but because I learned how the Cachy works. This was a struggle in the beginning, but 2 months ago they released a version without big problems. Dual GPU with nvidia 555 + envy control works like a charm.
@Ash_18037 This is 100% true. As someone trying to come over to linux I don't understand a damned thing and I don't understand how I fixed any of the problems I have encountered so far. It really is just search and copy paste. I don't have time to learn the ins and outs of the system. It has taken me my entire life with windows to come to the level of understanding I have on it. I work an actual laborious job and usually only get 1 day a week off. And I'm gone for 9+ hours a day. I don't have time to try to make up for over 25 years of working with windows which I've been using since I was around 7 or 8
@@ram89572 well i switch from macOS to Linux Fedora last year because Apple decide that my 2013 iMac is no longer supported and for my needs is still perfectly fine. I been on Mac and windows for about 15 years and i also don’t have time to solve Linux problems…but fortunately I don’t need to🙂 so far is been a very good experience, and I’m no expert…
17:34 this make so much sense, I messed around with a few arch distro's 2-3 month's ago and it wasn't all that much of a challlenge. The difficulty curve is like how it was pc building before the 2000 and now. Is a totally different game now
Thank you for all the videos A1R. I've finally made the switch to Linux this week. After some testing on the laptops, ended up in Linux Mint for now. Everyhthing works, reminds me a bit of windows (which I have been using exclusively since 1998).
Since now I only play CS2 so far even the performance is good. The only downside Im having is likely with CS2 servers and some lag.
Nice dude! Welcome to La Crème de la Crème Club on Linux!
I switched to MINT and it is awesome. My only issue is gaming. Funny things happen even if you follow online guides. Ill keep one Windows drive just for gaming and nothing else.
Thanks for your transperanty and straight talk, nothing will happen if dont spend time trying solve things and u will learn this way at the same time, my issue i have and asked u about before and reason i have to stay on windows is lack of drivers for thirdpart hardware
I’m going with Garuda as my first distro as my use case is only for gaming. However, I am committed to learning Linux in general and have Garuda, Mint and some other distros on VM as learn what I am doing before I go to bare metal
I had tried Ubuntu and Mint before. About 2 years ago now, I installed PoP!OS and really liked it, like it even more when I started using KDE on it. You really do have to change your mindset going into it and start from the ground up. Now, I'm using Nobara with the new KDE6 and it's pretty sweet. Sure you have to put some work in, but I'm having more fun now than I ever did playing around with Windows.
It is a learning curve, but I'm working on a 70-30 switch where Linux is my main driver. I am currently testing nobara 39 on an older system that windows quit supporting. I haven't had a crash on it yet since I made the switch to nobara. I am going at a slower pace, but I'm staying consistent with my tinkering/learning. If I could find an older version of photoshop/affinity that would work on wine, then I believe I could make the complete switch. It's going to take a little bit more effort on my side of the coin, but I see value in it. I'm excited for the future of linux.
your videos helped me to continue improving myself with linux specially thanks for the CashyOS advice i'm so happy with it its the perfect distro for me and gaming on linux as of right now is SOOOOOOOOO MUCH better than windows all the problems i had with my PC is now gone because i switched to linux
I have a good friend who always encouraged me to test Linux. But it was watching your videos that I became interested in testing cachyos, so I did it for a while I only have knowledge of WSL with Ubuntu because I'm a programmer, but really switching to the Linux desktop has a difference. The cachyos I liked but I faced some problems, so I decided to test the manjaro and I have liked it a lot because everything just worked and to my surprise the nvidia driver was already the 550.90 instead of the 550.52 of the cachyos. But I'm still here thinking about testing even cachyos itself again or endeavoursOS. As a Windows user for at least 30 years, I have been positively surprised by Linux, which has been my main OS for two weeks now. Another detail I also tested Linux Mint and popOs, but I didn't like the initial experience it seems that the Linux arch based ditros work much better
Happy you enjoy Linux! Enjoy the Arch adventure dude!
When I switched to Linux I was confused by the multi choice of distros. I was full of pride and an expert Windows user. I soon found out that the best way to learn Linux is to forget what you think you know. After messing around I settled on Mint. I put KDE on top and was happy tinkering. I had a few problems which were fixed when I went FULL MINT. My computer is now super stable. I wish I just just stuck with Mint until I learned Linux. Follow this man's advice. It will save your sanity.
I don’t think people are unwilling to learn (macOS grown in share), I think what people resist is there is so much fragmentation that even knowledge of one distribution doesn’t transfer to another. I have 10 bootable usb sticks with Linux and at least 5 have different package managers. What’s nice about Mac or windows is you get in, there is a unified way of installing software, the desktop just works, printing, samba, Remote Desktop just work…
I started using Linux in 1999 with Redhat 5. At that time many basic things needed to be configured manually. Windows was such a pain that the time spent was well worth it for me. Things have changed a lot since 1999, making installing and using Linux much easier. I used Linux Mint for about 10 years, and still recommend ti to those new to Linux.
I went with Pop!OS first, then Nobara and then moved my Nobara from GNOME to KDE and it feels like home. Just need to move a few more rigs onto it.
I went from windows to linux full time 2 years ago. I started in Linux Mint and understood it but it felt bloated, I moved to Debian which was ok, i messed with NixOS for a bit before it became the new hotness (interesting distro) and finally am using Alpine as my daily driver. Just what I need and nothing more. It really expanded my understanding of Linux as an OS by distro hopping. My caution to folks just getting started: don't confuse Desktop Environment with Distro. Linux Mint is synonymous with the Cinnamon DE but this is not the case with most distros, you get choices in linux. When you know what you need/like you can mix and match.
My last windows was Windows 2000. My first distro was Mandrake 7.2. Why Mandrake? Because was the first one that worked out of the box (including games via wine). Things are much easier now. Then I decided to actually learn, so I spent 3 years or so using Gentoo. After that Manjaro till the dramas/problems then pure Arch.
I also, recommend Mint. It will most probably "just work".
I switched to linux about a year ago. Ironically my first experience with linux desktop was with centos. Before then I had some experience ubuntu server. What I will say is linux mint is a much better choice than centos. I accidentally deleted xorg with yum wheras on linux mint the experience was much better. Now I'm an arch user btw. But learning the basics before you move on is essential.
I agree to use Mint as the first distro. I think it is important to think of distribution as a service, not as a product. There is a lot of interesting distribution that offers some nice features but, their are bad as a service provider. A distribution provide packages; mailing lists; news; repositories where to download packages; package and provider validation; infrastructure to test and pack packages, documentation; and so on.
I used fedora on my laptops and I love it. It’s so clean and easy. Now I have a steam deck too and I have KDE, it’s okay
Super good point that I think you made there. As a beginner, use Linux mint. If you don't think Linux mint is right for you, then you probably know enough to make your own decision. For what it's worth, I normally recommend Pop!OS to my friends who are starting with Linux only because I think gnome is a bit more interesting than cinnamon for newbies
I’ve been daily-driving Linux for about 3 months now. I tried using mint, Ubuntu, and Garuda on VirtualBox but decided to use Arch for my first distro (installed manually). I much prefer to learn by jumping off the deep end and thrash around until I get the hang of things, and boy did I learn a lot! I’ve so far had a relatively smooth experience until recently when KDE decided to break and not let me into my Wayland session. My reaction to this and other issues isn’t “dammit, I have an issue”, it’s “oh boy, I get to learn something new today!” It’s been fun and all my friends are convinced I’m a masochist.
*Mint chores: Switch on Timeshift. Allow automatic updates. Still take monthly backups of your personal files. When there is a new version available do a clean new install.
Arch chores: install system backup facility, configure it, figure out where important system files are, do not switch on automatic updates on system, take personal files backups everytime you install something new. When there's a major update on OS important files, and you have to know what they are, what they do and where they are, you backup them and try the new versions one by one. Pray nothing gets permanently broken.
I'm gonna start with dualbooting, when Steam VR Link works on linux. Thats the main thing holding me back now. Thank for the great video's :)
Yes, I already switched. I've dabbled in Linux for years, and now my Microsoft Surface laptop is running Linux Mint. I haven't found anything I can't do yet, and the only software I haven't found a duplicate for is Grammarly since they don't support any of the linux office suits.
Happy you successfully switched! Welcome to La Crème de la Crème Club on Linux.
@@A1RM4X I just wish we could get Grammarly to write a couple of plugins. It's really helpful since I have dyslexia and ADHD. I can read past a typo just as fast as I can ready anything else.
I had some problems, with secure boot and with XMP.
I installed Manjaro, and that's when I discovered that I had to go to the bios to change the options.
I also started with Mint when Munahar made his video a couple months back. It was the perfect entry indeed. I only lasted a week or two on mint because I had an issue when switching between windows and mint and windows didn’t release the IP address & I thought that I broke WiFi XD
What I’m trying to say is that Mint is the perfect entry point and for me I quickly learned the first few basics and wanted something more complex soon after, a user which doesn’t have tinker addiction can be happy with mint for a long time
Jump ship a year ago when i got my stean deck.
Best thing ever. Love linux and learning
Haven't seen a candy crush ad since
I've started with Ubuntu / Kubuntu each installed on their own external drive. I'm working with a late 2015 5K 27" iMac, and there are some specifics for Apple hardware. Also, Ubuntu 24.04 fixed the boot loader bug so I have been able to do self contained installs without messing up the internal drive. I like mint, but since mint is based on Ubuntu, i don't see much difference, except the out of box config. Also I like KDE and mint no longer has a KDE spin, as far as I know. Nothing against cinnamon as I like it too, and the Ubuntu Cinnamon flavor is also nice. I've pretty much solved all the initial hangups, except getting full 5K resolution which I may need the Open Core boot loader for, as the firmware needs to think it's loading an Apple OS, or it goes into a compatibility mode that's limited to 4K, which works fine. However, since the main reason for me going to Linux is simply Apple officially discontinuing support after macOS Monterey stops getting updates, it's a ice way to keep this perfectly working iMac up to date.
I have switch to Linux 5 years ago, but on Debian testing with xfce.
I'm using debian server for close to 20 years, so not a beginner too.
But the destop is clearly not the same as the "server side".
For few weeks now I'm on debian stable, with Gnome, but all main apps are installed with flatpak.
I will probably look to install the nvidia drivers by the hand, because well, the stable nvidia drivers is very old. Except that everything work fine for me and I never had major issue.
I'm looking after CachyOS, but I'm not really sure that I want to deal with Arch, I know very well Debian, and it work fine for me.
I experimented with, I believe, Corel Linux a long time ago, and was part of a group of Computer Techs trying to convince our company to switch to Linux because of massive spyware and virus intrusions, We failed, but ever since then I thought of trying again for myself. So recently I took my older MSI CX61 laptop and started trying different distros of Linux. By a wide margin, Linux Mint 21.3 was the easiest and most Windows-like OS. It works flawlessly. It's fast and clean. I mostly love it. The only thing I find annoying is the constant updating, and the constant 'authenticating', but it isn't that bad. Your videos were VERY helpful in this regard, and I watch them all the time.
Try the LMDE, debian based Mint. They criticise it for too few updates.
Awesome video, I would also recommend Zorin OS for total beginners maybe slightly more than Linux Mint, the Gnome which uses(albeit a bit forked mish and mash versions + lots of extensions) is way smoother than Linux Mint's cinnamon compositor. In fact in some ways it feels as polished ootb as if you are running a mac or windows in some ways.
The Mindset part is fundamental and you exposed it so well. Great job ! I would just add something about the main Operating Systems:
- Windows is tailored to be invisible until it degrades with the time. It's only there to bring some very basic bricks so apps can be launched. Kinda fire and forget. Windows by himself is poor.
- Linux brings also basic bricks but with a bunch of usefull apps/utilities and everything can be tied together to give more usefullness. In opposition to Windows, the Terminal is your friend.
I am so sleepy in this morning that I understood "my croissant is increasing the market share of Linux". I was genuinely wondering what is the connection between croissants and Linux, especially when I heard that all the latest posts talk about it. 😅
It’s the perfect pastry! :P :P
I switched a few weeks ago, chose Fedora 40 because it seemed to be the sweet spot between Mint‘s stability and Arch‘s Features. Overall I like how minimalistic and customizable Linux is, but dislike how incredibly fragmented everything about it is. Dozens of package managers and terminal commands, repositories to set up, dependencies to subscribe to before installing stuff, kernels to build, and so on.
After spending a week setting everything up, the whole OS had some constant nasty lag spikes and I managed to brick KDE permanently by changing how a widget displays, so I cut my losses and installed CachyOS.
Very pleasant experience so far, nvidia drivers preinstalled, custom kernel with zero lag, as well as a GUI for common things like installing most gaming packages, system updates, kernel manager, and so on. Found out about Octopi, which made the terminal mostly irrelevant for installing stuff, an absolute godsent. Overall way easier, despite being Arch based, btw.
I think it’s fine to re-learn some concepts, but with Linux there are currently too many rabbit holes to initially jump through to use it confidently. Ultimately I want to work and play games on Linux, I don’t want Linux to be the work and entertainment itself.
Those are fair points which almost come up in conversations with new Linux users: concepts learning is part of the process and it will take time for everyone to assimilate them. On windows you only have ONE option and ONE way of managing the OS. We all went trough this phase before but the lack of option made is simpler. This is why I suggest Mint as a start to limit the choices (of DE / display manager / packages etc...).
What I can assure you, is that if you do your "homework" you will feel way better on a day to day usage. Now how long will it take? It depends on you. I am using Arch and I don´t feel like I am maintaining more than I am using the OS.
Yeah Mint was the most popular beginner distro I found, but it being 1-2 years behind on updates felt bad, especially with how fast Linux seems to progress at the moment. Running higher-end hardware and wanting to try new features / experimental stuff sounds incompatible with that.
But even on a beginner distro, there will probably be some issues or to-dos down the road, and troubleshooting those means digging through the mountain of information online, where there are many different ways on many different distros to do the same thing, and I have to find the one that works specifically for me and is least likely to cause issues. That’s still quite tricky.
Overall my impression is that Linux still starts out a bit rough around the edges but can be refined with time, whereas Windows starts out pretty refined but degrades over time. Switching feels still worth it though, especially when there’s finally an alternative to Adobe / Office that works here.
i made the full switch 4 years ago and i never looked back, and after all this ti,e i can say that linux its no that scary and you dont need to be a hacker or a computer genius to use it.
i jumped ship on windows in 2012. i admit i liked windows but 8 was just too much for me to handle. theres been a number of windows releases id call not user friendly but this one id call hostile.
I’d been touching Linux on/off for a very long time, since I was a teen in high school and too stupid to understand what I was getting into. I’d been interested in it because it looked like something special, but I’m also a gamer and the OS just wasn’t where it is today. I only recently went into Linux more indefinitely, while still dual booting Windows in case of any failures. I picked Arch, but understood quickly it wasn’t going to be easy, I still struggle with aspects, but I want to find a way to make it more so that I won’t need to go back to windows, ever. I consider distro hopping all the time to find a sweet spot but I’m on CachyOS now and still having trouble getting fully acclimated. It won’t dual boot with secure boot on. Maybe it doesn’t need secure boot to be secure, but leaving some things on the table isn’t what I want to do at this time. I’m still trying to find a good distro for gaming/content creation
New linux user here. May 5th of this year is when i switched. I was windows only until that day since win96. I'm glad i switched, all applications i used (including games) are loading faster than when my pc was windows 10 (although it does take longer on app startup on wine but loading screens are still faster). Only game that is performing slightly worse is palworld, but it already struggled on windows because my gtx1060 is just too weak. Microsoft has only themselves to blame for this, i don't trust them at all
I really respect that you are not lying about the state we are in right now. One thing you did not mentioned is support for corporate desktop setups.
What do you mean by "corporate desktop setups"?
Corpo chooses for you. But if you're running an EX-corpo Thinkpad or something, you're already mostly set up for Linux. Support there is fine.
People need to be reminded too that even Android and even iOS as well since it is is UNIX, that say the play store is no different from a package manager like in Linux.
CachyOS is amazing. But a get a gray screen when booting D4 on a 4070ti, game runs in the back ground and I can hear it. But on a test rig with a 4070 I have no issues except the weird screen lock while playing (known issue in KDE). Both pretty much identical cards but one cant render to save its life in Cachy? No error either. But in windows the 4070ti works just fine.
i installed mint on my old laptop and immediately i noticed differences, like i still could use a shortcut to make a screenshot but it was more difficult to crop, also I couldn't just paste it into the default image editing app and use a shortcut to crop the editing area to the picture. also when having the start menu open i had to click the button again, while on windows i can click on anything outside the menu to make it disappear. just a lot of little QoL things that summed up
I thank you for fully committing to "just start with Linux Mint".
People just confuse newcomers by telling them to try various distros "depending on something", which a newcomer cannot know beforehand.
I highly disagree on PEBCAK. Computers should never be for the advanced only. They are the basis of human technology, and we should thrive for ease of use. Although some people will be stubborn to not learn things at all, even on their previous OS, this doesn't mean that Linux Desktop shouldn't get easier, especially when there are problems that are impossible to solve by the end-user.
I think at this point the future workforce that will be supporting desktop environments are going to be equally versed in Linux configuration as they are in Windows. Some oldies as me may be impacted, but it's negligible in a sense that in any case THINGS ARE CHANGING and ultimately it will be learned that Linux, while will require you to re-imagine how an OS works and my opinion is that Linux is more transparent to explain how a desktop actually works whereas Windows is considerably more mysterious to a layperson. This is paramount to really understanding how we can improve the environment. If you think about it, as a foundation of understanding when it comes to the usability and performance of a content provider and even just a gamer, we all have a small part to play in making it better. Wouldn't you as a user of the environment for you purpose, want to know more about what make it all work? If so, would that help you have a legit and structured opinion of what makes the experience good and what can be better. In the Windows world it's designed to protect users from what components that impact your purpose. I guess I'm saying that if you are on this channel, you already know what I'm talking about and can see that there is only one way. Arch.
I would like to try 3 monitor gaming using nvidia surround in either Linux Mint or Garuda
I am stuck on Windows Island until a boat can take PaintDotNet off here with me...
GIMP, Krita, etc. are not good equivalents, you need multiple to get ALMOST the same level of functionality, and said functionality is what I require from it in the first place.
It's quite sad, I really want to drive Linux Mint full time, but until I get Paintdotnet on there I can't.
me it is more about hardware the issue :( it is my built iin wifi card that dont work and using ethernet is an awful advice for laptop user ...
Viva o Linux!
You just get used to it and go on with your life. Zero issues. Don't make this sound overly dramatic: unless you have very specific needs that only windows can meet (at least for now!), the switch is nothing to worry about.
Funny I switch back to windows over the weekend.
Yeah, I've tried switching to Linux(latest Fedora gnome/kde) cuz I was fed up with Recall and other shit from Microsoft, but I ended up shamelessly going back to Windows today.
1. On my new 2024 laptop - no drivers for built-in speakers etc. Also issues with Intel sound card though I was able to figure out that one. It is 2024 laptop so ok, I understand. Kernel is missing some drivers.
2. On PC -> Nvidia + Wayland sucks very much for now and I want utilize my GPU. On X11 issues with fractal scalling without which things were too big or too small. If I enabled it, not every app scaled correctly. Games ran well on X11, but then UI and scaling sucks badly.
I think Linux improved a lot(it has been years since I last used Linux desktop). On X11 I was able to play a lot of games. It covered all my daily usages, but I need the system to be more solid. Be able to scale UI correctly, I want to be able to easily configure scaling on my login screens etc.
I will wait for 1-2 years before doing another attempt. Maybe I will switch to AMD card by that time to make my life easier.
2. I think your problem is gnome or an old plasma version. Plasma 6.1 runs really well on my 3070 laptop. No tearing, no lags and super responsive. Games run super fast as well.
Saying you want a stable OS and switching back to Win 11 sounds really strange to me. I switched back to Linux after a few weeks because Windows is just a terrible pile of garbage to me.
Starts with the spyware start menu, things like after 6 years windows is still unable to make a unified user interface, sudden unwanted restarts, shitty security, and tons of other garbage. I could possibly solve most of it but I'm so tired of it. Just work, damnit. 🤷🏼♂️
@@cr4sher7 Have you installed the latest Nvidia driver for Linux? Suppose to be working well on Fedora and Wayland.
A few weeks ago, while testing PopOS, I ran into a problem with Steam using multiple drives. I didn't see any explanation videos on how to approach mounted drives when pointing games or which format it should be. I'm sure this is easy to resolve but the confusing Home mounted drive needed for Steam and how to apply it across multiple drives for game installs.
Look up how to use FSTAB... the format is ext4. "Learn Linux TV" might be a channel worth looking at dude.
i used linux for quite a few months it works great
The problem şs file system. I understand how windows works. Appdata, program files, temp etc. I know what is going on. But not so sure about linux.
Linux user since 2017, but the only that thing annoys the crap out of me, is the fact that during a video on for instance Netflix, all of a sudden a total freeze. Nothing works anymore. Only a hard reset because REISUB=Alt pressed all the time, prtsc and slowly typing reisub doesn't work. I've experienced a total freeze on every distro I've used. I have 16G of RAM. Other than that Linux for me is much better than Windows with all the telemetry crap enabled.
i want to swirch but i dont havee the time or the hardware capable for now , so i will wait ... until i have the time, or i can miraculsly have wifi working on linux without effort ! or if microsoft force me with a very bad windpos update
imma be real ya'll gotta be the most french guy I ever heard in my life. The video was very helpful though!
Many lesser known games do not work properly with even the latest Proton. I like old strategy games and they are not well supported. For other tasks Linux is brillant.
I've been using linux as my main os from a month ago (or so). and I just log into windows to run certain games cause sadly I dont have a good-enough pc to run games on linux in an optimal way (cause my gpu doesnt support vulcan), neither with proton nor make a virtual machine to boot win, also some games I play, like valorant, are pretty much impossible to make it work cause of the kernel anticheat but I run some games that I often play like Terraria, DST, Minecraft or Project Zomboid on linux. besides that I dont think I'll make windows my main os ever again.
Oddly enough do you know what the thing that I've noticed annoys normal people the most about using a Linux PC? File navigation. They get the most frustrated about being confused when trying to find files they either downloaded or saved.
Weird.
I haven't distro hopped in about a decade, and never watched Linux TH-cam videos. Here I am though now, and it's definitely because of MS.
Hi, is disabling the compositor still a thing? I want to move to Cashyos from win 11, and I stream on Twitch sometimes
Sorry if my question is stupid, but why not Ubuntu?
I'd like to hear your opinion on pros/cons of choosing Mint over Ubuntu.
I'm not trying to make a holy war here, for me it is really not so obvious, because I never really used Mint, but I've used Ubuntu for quite a lot of years at work (I didn't choose it, everybody was using same distro for convenience). I only know that Mint is more lightweight and recommended for old laptops or so.
And thanks for the video, I'm also thinking of switching to Linux on my gaming PC after newest wayland hits stable on most distros.
Never mind, I found your "Ranking Linux Distributions" video with exact answers I needed
Does linux mint still not allow for disabling mouse acceleration? This used to be a problem for me, and doing some text file or command stuff for that is definitely NOT for a beginner linux gamer...
No you can disable mouse acceleration easily. th-cam.com/video/d1oK3J2SeuI/w-d-xo.htmlsi=LF0sBRTM-iTnHJdp&t=792 In the tutorial I also went through commands but it is working via the GUI without any issue nowadays.
@@A1RM4X Nice!
Hello i recently tried to dual boot cachyOS on my Windows 11 machine having a shrink partition for it. It gave me boot error and the install did not finish successfully could you make a video dual booting cachyOS with windows on same drive?
I will not do that for a simple reason: installing Linux and Windows on the same drive is a source of a lot of issues. Best way to handle this type of situation is to get a cheap SSD to install Linux on.
Again for the future readers of this post: AVOID DUAL BOOTING LINUX / WINDOWS ON THE SAME DRIVE
@@A1RM4X Thank you!
I would love to get rid of all the MS bushtit. I just want a simple OS that do OS things very well, that don't connect to a lot of servers in the internet for no apparent reason and that led me go into a simple settings menu and change how my file manager looks (dark mode), change resolution, sound volumes and other hardware settings etc. I don't need ads, I don't need an assistent etc.
But I just know that if I switch to Linux I will have to dual boot with windows, cause something will not work. Maybe it is my sound interface, midi keyboard, printer, mouse, G-sync screen, HDR screen, some game where the anti cheat or DRM does not work on Linux. And It would just be such a pain every time that I can do 90% of what I use my pc for, but I never know when I smag my head into the last 10%.
MS knows this, there are made so much software for windows and it makes the friction to changing to another OS very high, they can take advantage of this a keep pushing windows in a hostile consumer direction. But if you have a system that can do 100% of what you need it to do, but is suck in other ways, it is still better than a system that can do 90% of what you need it to do, but then don't suck in other ways.
I hate it, I think the world would be much better of with a open CPU architecture and open drivers, OS and most software. If it was open, everyone could experiment with new ideas and it would be much harder for anyone to misuse there monopoly.
Computers are almost like a human langrage, and thank god langrage is not proprietary, we are free to make up words as we like, and if others start using it we say it becomes a part of that langrage. And langrage is very backwards and forwards compatible, especially within a lifetime. 🙂
I might give Linux Mint a try, it looks like it will get me 90% there. Maybe I can try it on my laptop. (Browsing should not be a problem)
J’adore l’accent 😳 comme quoi on peut être compréhensible sans avec d’accent Français je trouve c’est un bon exemple comment parler anglais avec l’accent français 👌
Et oui!
I tested all Linux operating systems Linux mint wins and gaming I play every game even all new ones
i like the way you talk
Thanks! Good news for you: I talk a LOT!
@@A1RM4X i always just put your video on in the background and listen while doing my work haha!
If level kernel anticheat would never have existed, I would have instantly switch to linux but that is not the case sadly...
What game(s) are blocking you to switch?
@@A1RM4X league of legends, valorant and warzone
i can accept takng some data like pc specs log dump for bsod prevention , recall is too much every 5mins screenshot and every text image is recorded and save in a secure centralize area its very secure, imagine its a workstation pc and recall screenshot company documents or a prince in wakanda wants you to send 50$ and recall got your username and password and you click show password on the first atempt failed maybe a typo, its ms they have back door to their stuff since when big tech tell anyone about their bad things they do in the background remember google search engine leak that amount of data in there is enough how google run their search which clearly not algined to what they said in the past, now im rebuilding a vm where trying to find what in need or subtitute software for a nix config file when im ready ill just pop a flash drive with nix on it and run the rebuild switch
Increasing marketshare is one thing. But keeping it is another. In the real world no one cares about their OS. Don't mistake selective bias for something more. The only increase on Steam is through the deck and statcounter dropped below 4%. Linux needs to BE a good OS and not rely on the hopes Microsoft fail mixed with delusions of grandeur.
pants 4:00 heh
mint rocks
Microsoft is tired about managing itself
People are just too lazy to really learn something new. Most just want some thing handed to them and refuse to use their brains for something other than a hat support.. No operating system is perfect or simple. If you want something with an easy learning curve then just trade your computer for a TV with all its' mindless programming. Linux is no harder to learn than Windows but IS more flexible..
Linux mint? i have been distro hopping for years, i have never gotten linux mint to install, lol. just in the last month i have tried and installed successfully openSUSE, Endevour OS, Garuda, Nobara, Bazzite and Fedora. but have never ever gotten linux mint to install.
Hey we need to learn french..😂
Vu l'accent de ton anglais, tu serais pas Français ? XD
Comment as tu deviner? Impressionnant xD
First lol
I still class myself as a Linux noob, think I have not booted Windows now for a little over 2months. Was a little painful at the start, being a Windows user for over 3 decades. But once I found CachyOS it's been amazing (think it was a A1RM4X video that introduced me to Cachy so thnx for that!). bizubizu
Welcome to the CachyOS GANG!
What are you talking about 2 most use anti cheat work in linux easy cheat works in linux and i forgot the hoter one
Vanguard and ricochet are not supported on Linux. Only EAC and Battle eye can be activated at the discretion of the devs.
First lol