The problem with Stallman is that, for his generation, he is pretty normal. Sure, on the combative side but not as far off the mean as people often think.
The spinning cube with floating windows was what got me, back in 2008. I paid $20 for a boxed DVD of Ubuntu 8.04 from Best Buy. It made my overheating 2004 HP laptop with 512MB of RAM fly! Edit: it all just worked. Good times 😊
My problem is I'm new to Linux but I haven't got a lot of time left on earth, I'm old (very)but I'm fed up with windows and trying out a few different distros, I do wish I'd ventured more into this fascinating world. P.S. wish I could go back 20 or 30 years, but that's not going to happen. Please carry on your fantastic channel, it's very interesting and informative 👍
Universal Blue takes a lot of the learning curve/heavy lifting off your shoulders. It might be something worth looking into for you. I use it on my work laptop so I can just turn it on and get right to work. Everything else takes care of itself.
Honestly man the 2nd best time is now. If you ask me it's commendable that you're willing to try new things even at your age. I hope to be like that when I get old.
Linux also got me into actually learning about computers. The Arch install process blew my mind the first time; taking an OS running from a usb stick, then partitioning and installing everything on a disk, then `chroot`ing into that disk's root partition which is mounted inside the already running OS. It's insane. I'm really enjoying your videos BTW.
Fantastic video, one of the best Linux stories I've seen. No sponsors, no animated intro, just pure personal story well told. P.S. Started in early 90s, Slackware, don't even rememeber why but I'm pretty sure mostly it was curiosity. Had dual boots for years, but finally Windows forcing update on me in the middle of my work did it and I completely stopped with it, about 10 years ago
Very nice story... I switched to Linux years ago, mainly due to extreme frustration with MS Windows spying on me, viruses, crashing, horrid updates, etc. and never looked back. There are so many moronic TH-camrs who post videos about trying Linux who never give it enough time to learn and become proficient then turn around and say bad things about it, that it's refreshing to see your video. You took the right approach, stuck with it, learned and now are proficient. Beautiful. I use Arch Linux as well but worked my way up to it and have never had any major issues, it's my daily driver and I love it. Thank You!
Linus from LTT is one of them. I swear he never actually gives any distro a real shot. He installs it and immediately starts complaining that it doesn't behave like windows.. Ya cause it's not windows dude. I thought you were supposed to be a smart tech dude? lmao
For many years, since I heard of the word "Linux" when I was too young to think really logically, I watched some videos that mentioned Linux as stupid, and took it at face value. I did not consider it as a serious operating system. Many years later, when I was in my last year in high school, I was watching Mutahar's videos on Linux and decided to give it a serious try, and I was instantly hooked. That was 2 years, and I have stayed a happy Linux user since then, and I am sure that if I had not discovered it, I would not be studying computer science as I am doing now!
What a great linux story/video,not some grump,old fella in his bunker! It literally is a breath of fresh air! Glad you enjoyed your Thanksgiving.Linux mint is a diamond of a distro.Its almost perfect.
Your reason is valid and different lol. Mines was Windows 10 updates that pushed me into it. I've been happy ever since. Now I'm a Fedora guy after being an Arch user for so long.
So many Linux distributions, so little time. Kudos for having the intrepid spirit to jump into the deep end of the pool. From what I’ve heard, Arch is the deep end of the Linux pool.
Thanks for sharing. Started back in the early 90s with SLS and Slackware. I loved tinkering with old computers before that as a teen, like the XT, TRS-80, etc. Love hearing how and why people found their way to Linux.
Ouch! Me too. I used SLS by the way Lol. Something like 30 floppy disks for the SLS distro and near 50 floppies for Slackware. My wonderful i386 with math coprocessor could not be used to his full potential (simply at least) with DOS and Windows3.1. Only the new Linux could give full potential before 32 bits Windows NT. Only the first 640k of RAM was directly available for computing and I had a full 1 Mb of RAM on my then top notch computer. So I moved to Linux for a memory issue too. ;-) And yes, I'm an old fart.
@@christianheon2568 Yeah, never failed for me to have at least one of the 50 floppies I scrounged up to fail. I was still in school at the time, it was not easy.
I also started with Slackware way back in the dark ages of the 1990's because I was tired of DOS and wanted a Unix like OS. Ended up going down that rabbit hole and ended up as a Unix/Linux System Administrator! I'm retired now, but still help others with Linux issues. While I've used all of the major distros at one point or another including Linux from Scratch and Gentoo, my personal daily driver is the Fedora MATE-Compiz Spin as of this post Fedora 41.
Many people don't realize that android is Linux. In a way they're already using Linux. But from desktop/laptops can be a bit of challenge. But there's great reward for those who are willing to learn.
It is a stretch to say android is Linux tbh. It might as well be running all the layers on top of Windows. It is mostly using Linux because it is open source & free.
Try to run Termux on an Android device. Then you know it's running Linux! Plug in a keyboard via the USB-C/micro port and you've got a full console! I don't know if this comment is appropriate, but I was just amazed that it works so well, and not just for ssh-ing into other network attached devices, but also being able to install/remove/update the packages inside Termux, like using apt, with pkg! 🤩
@@rkan2 Yes, Android is based on the Linux kernel. Here are some key details: 1. Linux Foundation Connection - Android uses the Linux kernel as its core operating system foundation - Google adapted the Linux kernel to work specifically for mobile devices and smartphones 2. Technical Details - Android uses a modified version of the Linux kernel - The kernel provides core system services like memory management, process management, device drivers, and security 3. Open Source Nature - Like Linux, Android is open-source - The Linux kernel forms the base layer of the Android operating system - Google adds its own middleware, libraries, and application framework on top of the Linux kernel 4. Differences from Traditional Linux - While based on Linux, Android's kernel is customized for mobile devices - It includes specific optimizations for battery life, touchscreen interfaces, and mobile hardware - The user interface and application ecosystem are very different from traditional desktop Linux distributions 5. Ongoing Development - Android continues to incorporate updates and improvements from the Linux kernel - Google works closely with the Linux community to integrate new kernel features So in summary, Android is definitively a Linux-based operating system, though with significant mobile-specific modifications from a standard Linux distribution.
@@romanstingler435 There was Windows CE which supported and ARM build of Windows came not much later after Android. It wouldn't have been difficult to make a ARM version to allow running everything that Android needed. (A bunch of Java)
Welcome, we are a lot that love to see more people finding Linux, it has come a long way since i started in 1996, now it is better then windows and macOs, from around 2017 to nu, a lot of people has moved to linux, Thx to Proton and gaming on linux.
@@zeocamo LOL wow I was just saying to someone how far LINUX as come. To the point that, it's even better then MacOS or Windows today. Long Live Tux !!
Well, I'm not in the US, but I hope you had a very nice thanks-giving time with your family! I'm watching your videos from Brazil! And I'm using Arch, btw!
I started because I saw my father trying to use it and fail when I was a kid... Also because it's very good on low-end hardware and, obviously, gives you full control of your system unlike Windoze
Great story, thanks for sharing this video. I've used Linux on and off since the late 1990s, but I've been Linux-only for 12 years now. It does everything I need it to, it's fast and reliable, and I don't need a Microsoft account to use it!
Nice share! Sounds like you adopted: "The hard way is the easy way" perspective. I began using various versions of Linux that were fairly easy to install and use. I will now check out at least one other posting you have made. Nowdays I dual boot Linux and Windows, but still have not taken the challenge of dealing with a cmd line install or Arch.
Thank you for the video :) Encouraging. I went from Macbook to my first windows machine, 2014 Razer Blade with the GTX1060. It was fine but man did the battery not last.. In 2016 I started experimenting with Linux Mint as my first Linux experience. It was mostly fine, and I jumped between Pop_OS and Mint for a few years. Battery life was improved greatly. Last year I moved to the Lenovo Yoga 9 with the touchscreen, etc and stayed on Windows for a bit. Ended up on Arch with this machine not long after and wow does Linux Really does help battery life a ton :) Even supports the HiDPI screen, touch screen, and the pen. Overall I'm very glad I have continued to dabble in Linux over the years and I'm very happy to daily drive it. --Also, thank you for recording in the woods and not always in a room. Helps a ton.
You're right about those Razer Blade batteries, mine did not last either. Even with the switch to Linux, lol. It's awesome you've continued with Linux over the years :-) No problem! I'm really glad to hear that.
The forest and the overall landscape looks just exactly how the nature looks around here, though it's literally the opposite side of the globe (it's western parts of Russia, seashores of the Baltic sea). Which made me think - how curious is that, that people can be so distant and yet in so many ways connected: be it pinetrees, rain, admiring arts, enjoying music, or just using Linux! Also started with Ubuntu many years ago, and also due to bluescreened Windows (I think in my case XP). As usual, lots of thoughts about Linux, that are not about Linux at all, but then eventually - about Linux once again 😄 Piece!
I've used Linux since 1995 (back when you had to compile your own Red Hat kernel modules) and have distro-hopped many times. Since 5 years ago, I finally just stuck with Linux Mint on my desktop as everything just works. I can't remember the last time I had to use the command line, probably a couple of years ago. 👍🏻 On my laptop, I test out other distros, the last three being FydeOS, Nobara and Bazzite. I have absolutely no need to downgrade by going back to Windoze. Enjoy your Linux journey! 👍🏻😎
You have said all the right things about Linux. We all have our stories how we got here and there is no wrong way. It’s says alot about how Linux is becoming more widely known that you jumped into Linux with limited knowledge. We all started that way. Welcome. You’re going to enjoy the ride.
I'm an old man. I got a Commodore 64 for my tenth birthday. It was so much easier to figure out and master! I knew assembler by the age of 13. A PC was, and is, so much more complex. Yeah, I also found that Linux is much more "forgiving" to memory problems. And I never liked Gnome! I liked KDE from the first getgo of using Linux. Mh, when I tried out Arch I also found the installation to be cryptic and something difficult to master - so I went the Manjaro route. And from there I went to one of the other variants of Arch, CachyOS. Glad you got a chance to start using Linux early! It's so much easier to learn then. Back in 1998 I just decided to use it, no matter what, just to learn. You just have to jump into it. Where ever this was filmed, it looks a lot like Norway!
There is one theme that is common through out your commentary: the need to be self sufficient. I commend you for taking the initiative and not treating your laptop like an appliance that does not work. Good luck with your adventures in Linux land....
Awesome Story. I got started in 1996 on a 166mhz computer shortly after getting my first IT job as an L1 internet support tech. Its been my daily driver ever since.
Retired professional programmer here. I don't know Lenux, but I am humbled by your programmer attitude to find a way to make it work no matter what. Great story.
Rock on.. I've been exclusively open source based for nearly 2 decades now. It's nice to actually own your software. 🙂 Impressed by your tenacity in that first experience, jumping in with no base knowledge and figuring out Arch from zero is impressive.
That's some good story tellin'. Sounds very similar to me in the 90's learning DOS, editing config.sys and autoexec.bat files because 4 MB of RAM wasn't enough to run a certain program. Now that I've fully migrated to Linux, I feel like that 20-something kid again, starting over from square one, learning my OS inside and out.
Loved hearing your story, my first distro was a switch from Windows vista on an acer aspire 5735-4774 I used Ubuntu Linux 9.04 wifi was a big issue back then but atheros backported drivers solved it! This video made my day. Hope you are enjoying the Linux/Unix journey!
Cozy video and good story :D I got into linux because I'm very curious when it comes to tech, as a young teen I wanted to try out Ubuntu just because it was different from Windows Vista and I was bored. I tried for a while but eventually went back to windows. Years later some friends and I wanted to setup a minecraft server, noone knew what we were doing but I went in a tried. Dived in and learned some linux along the way, as the host we rented the VPS from ran CentOS and I got the minecraft server up and running. Now I have a raspberrypi (for pi-hole and syncthing) and a laptop running linux. My main desktop I switch between windows and linux, depending on what I want to do. I appreciate your videos :)
@@javabeanz8549 Not that time. It was at work and a colleague had them stored on a file server. We started using Linux since our employer decided that while electrical engineers could have Sun workstations, us lowly sys admins weren't worth the expense. So we scavenged old Intel-based PCs and made our _own_ Unix workstations 😁
that's really cool, my introduction like most was thru Ubuntu (very fond of it because it taught me so much about OS's) back then (2009) the old timers where kind of narcissistic because they kind of looked down on people that didn't use terminal... that experience really made me very empathetic to people trying out Linux for the first time...
Any of change takes time, Linux is a journey which can frustrate sometimes but given time most people never go back, enjoy your journey and their is a wealth of us out there to help.
At the pace I'm going, I may eventually try installing Arch and doing it manually. Just not yet. A spark of interest for Linux popped out of nowhere for me back in the Fall, and I've done a lot ever since. I'm currently using EndeavourOS at the moment, but I've been using an old laptop to distro-hop and check other distros. One thing I always done since I started was manually partitioning during installation, because it feels nice to configure things to the way you like it.
Great video. My stupid reason for switching to linux was lack of customization of windows 10 taskbar and start menu (without third-party tools). Love this video
I really think it takes a certain amount of *_courage_* to do what you've described.. to step forward into the unknown and try things you don't understand knowing that you might fumble and fail. People obviously have varying degrees of aptitude for, and interest in, this kind of stuff, but I actually think this kind of courage is the main thing that holds a lot of people back.
I don't even remember why I tried Linux Mint back then... It was love at first sight. Not with Linux Mint, but with Cinnamon. I used it for a couple of years on Arch after I got better at Linux, but eventually, I dropped Linux entirely when I bought a really powerful PC and stayed with Windows for a while. After 4 years of using Windows only, I tried Fedora as my server OS for the first time. Now my love is GNOME. I remember that I didn’t like GNOME in my teenage years, but now I’m very much in love with it.
What a great post! I had the same experience with a Lenovo gaming laptop. The horror of Linux and Nvidia is real! The last year has seen some great updates and now most distros will have a system in place for installing the correct nvidia drivers. I have been distro hopping all year. After your video I will now try Arch.
I got curious about Linux in high school because I was feeling nostalgic for a more command line driven experience. This was right around 2000 and I was using Windows 98 at the time. Managed to get mandrake downloaded and installed but had no idea what I was doing. Back to Windows for a few years. Fast forward to college and a few guys in information services were part of a local Linux users group. They sponsored an install fest and I had an extra computer to let them put suse on. A year later someone turned me on to Ubuntu. Now, I've hopped all over the place but still tend to gravitate back to Debian or Ubuntu based distros.
I have the same journey as you it seems but I didn't download my Mandrake. I bought a boxed copy at Walmart for $20. I also have pretty much gravitated to Debian based distros. Ubuntu, Mint, and Debian. Debian 12 was a HUGE improvement from years past with the inclusion of non-free-firmware. A few years ago I bought my first home server and have been tinkering with proxmox, truenas, LXC containers, docker, portainer, self hosting. Super fun stuff.
My first distro was Ubuntu back around 2008. I had received a CD in the mail. I decided to try it. I didn't know anything about it back then. It didn't run my games, so I went back to Windows. A couple years ago, I fully switched to Linux. I do NOT run any Windows OS anymore (thank you GNU/Linux!). I still have a lot to learn, but it's a good learning experience. Happy Thanksgiving to you, Bread! Take care!
I also got one of those CD's of ubuntu in the mail. That was back when I was distro hopping once a month. I would download a distro and run it for one month and put it on a list of 'Keep' or 'Toss'. I got the CD in the mail and installed it on my computer. IF it DIDN"T have that sh!tty brown color, it might have lasted more than 3 days on my hard drive! I hate that color and when the Purple color (14?) of ubuntu came out. YIKES! One good thing about ubuntu was it helped me recover a Windows users password. I was rewarded quite well for that!
Why I started using Linux in 2017 is a W10 update that borked my HP sleekbook. It wouldn't restart or shut down and a hard reset didn't fix it and since I always wanted to try Linux this was the perfect opportunity to do so and I did. Started with Peppermint 8, liked it and never have used Windows again. Current daily driver is MX Linux Xfce. Quick, stable and easy to use. Install it, make it your own and start using it.
You succeeded ! Yes ! My congratulations to you because you took the time to learn. I quit Windows in 2016-17 and I'll be 73 in January... only for those who think it's too complicated...it's not.! You have to learn a bit but once it's done, you will own your computer instead of Microsoft ruling you ! I watched videos about how to install it and how to use it (Linux Mint) from a guy named Joe Collins. .. today there is lot of vloggers posting on this subject. Good luck to you and to any pc owner that is tempted to make the switch.....just do it ! :) (plz sorry if bad spelling cause english is not my mother tongue. ty
I just had a slow laptop at the time, and Linux made it usable because it's lightweight. And then distro hopping started. That was the spark for my curiosity and my tinkering soul. Since then, for 15 years or a bit more, I have mainly used Linux. There have been two fallbacks to Windows that couldn't keep me for more than a year. The world of penguins is so much better now because of all the progress the community has made in the last few years.
Hated Windows cause it just did not come under my control, so installed Arch to gain more control a month or two ago. I was thinking to switch to linux way before but I had some issues finding ways to implement things I did on windows to a linux env. So first I had to make some scripts and run tests before actually installing Arch as I would be in a lot of trouble if I just broke my machine (im having money issues ig, not me specifically but the whole country SLK). Love ur videos! Love linux ❤
Exact reason for my switch is on Windows 10 one day I put laptop to sleep to go to shops, got back, tried to wake it up. It didn’t. Switch it off on the power button then switched it back on again. It started doing updates. Before I left I had WiFi disabled and set up stuff to make sure updates don’t happen when I’m using it. My device isn’t capable of Windows 11, so I’d need to switch for security purposes in the long run anyway. I made copy of all my files, tried Linux Mint on live USB for a few mins then installed. Kept using it for about a month then saw a video about KDE 6 on TheLinuxExperiment and wanted to try it for myself, so when to KDE Neon and stuck to it for about a week (because of infrequent stability issues), distributed hopped for a few days to find a distribution that is more stable and uses more current packages, eventually disabled secure boot and installed Tuxedo OS 3 stuck to it ever since. Upgraded to Tuxedo OS (from Tuxedo OS 3) only a few days ago
Just found your channel, love hearing about your journey. You sure jumped into the deep end going from Ubuntu to Arch. I started out in '92 or '93 with SLS and Slackware, distro hopped a bit later on, went the Windows XP route in the early 2000s to game with friends, went back to linux in '08 or '09 and have been using linux since then. Debian Trixie on my main PC and Gentoo/BSD/LMDE on my laptop to tinker with.
I switched because my sweet new PC didn’t have network drivers for XP and I refused to install Vista (SP0 era when it was still a dumpster fire). Wine was starting to get pretty okay and could run the games I played, been full time ever since
I switched once I was fed up with Windows broken updates. I was already familiar with Linux because i experimented with Linux long before switching full time. After trying several distros, I settled on Arch and have been here for 8 years.
Wow what a nice scenario you are at. Your Linux experience probably hits home for most of us viewers: a lot of learning, trial and errors and ofc the feeling that you just destroyed your hardware during the process
Its weird to hear this because I was an IT admin for a local university and got very old very fast trying to keep all the windows servers going. Every update on a server was very stressful not knowing if the darn thing would reboot again without errors (10,000 students would not be happy). I could not take it after 20 years. Since I retired I ditched Windows the first hour I got home and never looked back. I used a Chromebook for a while and I was shocked to find I could reset the machine to original clean slate, in 2 minutes...log back in and EVERYTHING was right where I left it. I then have used Linux mint and Ubuntu (both are 15 minute installs and EVERYTHING works) and I could not be happier to forget everything I leaned about MS Windows. I did have a MS certified Engineer's (MSCE) certification and needed it to keep things going...Now life is good without all that.
First saw someone using gnu/linux to connect to their server in grade 8 and was captured in wonder. I passed my 10 year mark for using gnu/linux last month. Started with ubuntu, now operating with arch + dwm. :) Similar journey to yours, even though being into computers since 5. Just only working with older equipment and giving them life.
P.S. & N.B. I continue to use my DESKTOP. with Windows while TRYING Linux on a stick. I, and many others, much appreciate your candid and innocent observations! 👌
My first linux distro was Raspbian on the Raspberry Pi 2... My first proper Linux Distro was ZorinOS back in 2022 and enjoy majority of the experience. Now I am using TuxedoOS.
@@eshnd-1 Been using Linux since the late 90's. Tried a bunch of distros over the years, and also settled on Mint. Probably for the same reasons as your dad: it's a decent, dependable distro that doesn't get too experimental with their UI, and doesn't require me to tinker too much (if at all) to get things running. When I was a student, I loved to tinker with the PC, try out new stuff, invest time in learning about all sorts of things. But right now, I just need the computer to get out of the way so I can get things done. So yeah, it's not just for beginners; experienced users use it too.
I love and adore your fresh perspective. My Linux experience began in college with Unix around 1980. I got a job around 1986 in a purely Unix environment. Computing was a male dominated world. A lot of testosterones in that type of environment. I give thanks to all the women who were brave enough to break that wall down and are still doing so. During my cubicle days, In the belief that I should observe the dichotomy of the male/female experience in the workplace, I noticed one thing in particular that applies to both men and women, personal confidence is the key. I observed that women who were breaking into the computing field, were timid, and that overbearing males tended to try to take advantage of that. As time went on, women picked up confidence and the interaction between these overbearing males and these confident women became a source of amusement to me. I loved watching the alpha males have their egos hurt by these smart girls. It very much tickles me when I think back at all that. Keep up the good work and stay curious!
I installed linux because I made a mistake in a python script on windows and wrote over most of my c drive and thought if I was going to reinstall my os I might as well install linux
I just moved to NixOS from EndeavorOS and got to say its the BEST Linux experience I have ever had. literally set your config for what you want installed turn auto updates on and forget until the next release
How to choose your Linux distro: th-cam.com/video/d84ZpTLgLHI/w-d-xo.html
I like that there's so many more Linux TH-camrs who are just normal people.
Richard Stallman is the mnost normal Linux advocate out there
Untrue, they're all cia plants
The problem with Stallman is that, for his generation, he is pretty normal. Sure, on the combative side but not as far off the mean as people often think.
Some are not even Linux users, they do it for the money.
You are no longer normal when you install Arch :P
I wanted wobbly windows
Haha great reason
The spinning cube with floating windows was what got me, back in 2008. I paid $20 for a boxed DVD of Ubuntu 8.04 from Best Buy. It made my overheating 2004 HP laptop with 512MB of RAM fly!
Edit: it all just worked. Good times 😊
Lol, I think a lot of people got into Linux back in the old days (late 2000s, early 2010s) cuz they saw how cool Compiz looked.
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@@xmvziron I can confirm it was like that for me
In Linux, if you want a blue screen, you have to install and execute it yourself
LOL true!
And maybe even code and compile it on your own. 😀
🤣🤣
Wait to have a kernel panic
@ Yeah, but that is just black. 🙂
Thanks!
Wow, thank you so much! Super generous of you, I really appreciate that :)
My problem is I'm new to Linux but I haven't got a lot of time left on earth, I'm old (very)but I'm fed up with windows and trying out a few different distros, I do wish I'd ventured more into this fascinating world. P.S. wish I could go back 20 or 30 years, but that's not going to happen. Please carry on your fantastic channel, it's very interesting and informative 👍
@@johnbowles4754 best time to plant a tree was 20 year's ago
Second best time is right now
Thanks for joining the foss journey 🗿🫡
Universal Blue takes a lot of the learning curve/heavy lifting off your shoulders. It might be something worth looking into for you. I use it on my work laptop so I can just turn it on and get right to work. Everything else takes care of itself.
Honestly man the 2nd best time is now. If you ask me it's commendable that you're willing to try new things even at your age. I hope to be like that when I get old.
just go for it pal, maybe just fire it up and see how it goes, nothing to lose
@@VektrumSimulacrum thank you, I'll look into this. 👍
Thanks for the Linux in the woods video. I am stuck inside due to snow so this was nice
Hey no problem! Hope it melts so you get a chance to go out soon :-)
@@BreadOnPenguins yes i like this type of video :)
@@BreadOnPenguins i came from the distrotube underrated youtube chanel and you are a awesome channel !
You sit inside when you have snow outside? What a waste.
@@BreadOnPenguins linux woods distro lmao
I love how you just dove in to something challenging and persevered. Those single moments can change the trajectory of your life.
Linux also got me into actually learning about computers. The Arch install process blew my mind the first time; taking an OS running from a usb stick, then partitioning and installing everything on a disk, then `chroot`ing into that disk's root partition which is mounted inside the already running OS. It's insane. I'm really enjoying your videos BTW.
Arch was developed by a Canadian in Canada, by a guy named Judd Vinit. Sing O'Canada when you boot it up.🤠
@@HOBBS-4 In that case I'll be sure to sing The Star Spangled Banner if I ever decide to boot up Arch.
Fantastic video, one of the best Linux stories I've seen. No sponsors, no animated intro, just pure personal story well told. P.S. Started in early 90s, Slackware, don't even rememeber why but I'm pretty sure mostly it was curiosity. Had dual boots for years, but finally Windows forcing update on me in the middle of my work did it and I completely stopped with it, about 10 years ago
Loved the story, thanks for sharing. The rain vibe was cool too.
Hearing you talk gives me hope for the future. Keep being you. It will take you far.
Thank you, that means a lot!
Most people (like old me) would panic and call customer care. Your curiosity and willingness to do your own research really payed off.
Very nice story... I switched to Linux years ago, mainly due to extreme frustration with MS Windows spying on me, viruses, crashing, horrid updates, etc. and never looked back. There are so many moronic TH-camrs who post videos about trying Linux who never give it enough time to learn and become proficient then turn around and say bad things about it, that it's refreshing to see your video. You took the right approach, stuck with it, learned and now are proficient. Beautiful. I use Arch Linux as well but worked my way up to it and have never had any major issues, it's my daily driver and I love it. Thank You!
Linus from LTT is one of them. I swear he never actually gives any distro a real shot. He installs it and immediately starts complaining that it doesn't behave like windows.. Ya cause it's not windows dude. I thought you were supposed to be a smart tech dude? lmao
@@AsheLucia Exactly!
For many years, since I heard of the word "Linux" when I was too young to think really logically, I watched some videos that mentioned Linux as stupid, and took it at face value. I did not consider it as a serious operating system. Many years later, when I was in my last year in high school, I was watching Mutahar's videos on Linux and decided to give it a serious try, and I was instantly hooked. That was 2 years, and I have stayed a happy Linux user since then, and I am sure that if I had not discovered it, I would not be studying computer science as I am doing now!
It's awesome that Linux got you into computer science! Glad you finally gave it a shot :^)
What a great linux story/video,not some grump,old fella in his bunker! It literally is a breath of fresh air! Glad you enjoyed your Thanksgiving.Linux mint is a diamond of a distro.Its almost perfect.
As an old Grump in a bunker, I'm a bit insulted!
Your reason is valid and different lol. Mines was Windows 10 updates that pushed me into it. I've been happy ever since. Now I'm a Fedora guy after being an Arch user for so long.
Lol Windows updates can be painful! Glad you found a distro you like :-)
Your stamina is really encouraging!
So many Linux distributions, so little time. Kudos for having the intrepid spirit to jump into the deep end of the pool. From what I’ve heard, Arch is the deep end of the Linux pool.
Thanks for sharing. Started back in the early 90s with SLS and Slackware. I loved tinkering with old computers before that as a teen, like the XT, TRS-80, etc. Love hearing how and why people found their way to Linux.
SLS and Slackware, those were the days. Glad to see I'm not alone in being an old fart :)
@@antoniom.andersen6704 Indeed. If you needed help, get on the BBS. Fun times for sure.
Ouch! Me too. I used SLS by the way Lol. Something like 30 floppy disks for the SLS distro and near 50 floppies for Slackware. My wonderful i386 with math coprocessor could not be used to his full potential (simply at least) with DOS and Windows3.1. Only the new Linux could give full potential before 32 bits Windows NT. Only the first 640k of RAM was directly available for computing and I had a full 1 Mb of RAM on my then top notch computer. So I moved to Linux for a memory issue too. ;-) And yes, I'm an old fart.
@@christianheon2568 Yeah, never failed for me to have at least one of the 50 floppies I scrounged up to fail. I was still in school at the time, it was not easy.
I also started with Slackware way back in the dark ages of the 1990's because I was tired of DOS and wanted a Unix like OS. Ended up going down that rabbit hole and ended up as a Unix/Linux System Administrator! I'm retired now, but still help others with Linux issues. While I've used all of the major distros at one point or another including Linux from Scratch and Gentoo, my personal daily driver is the Fedora MATE-Compiz Spin as of this post Fedora 41.
Many people don't realize that android is Linux. In a way they're already using Linux. But from desktop/laptops can be a bit of challenge. But there's great reward for those who are willing to learn.
It is a stretch to say android is Linux tbh. It might as well be running all the layers on top of Windows. It is mostly using Linux because it is open source & free.
Try to run Termux on an Android device. Then you know it's running Linux! Plug in a keyboard via the USB-C/micro port and you've got a full console! I don't know if this comment is appropriate, but I was just amazed that it works so well, and not just for ssh-ing into other network attached devices, but also being able to install/remove/update the packages inside Termux, like using apt, with pkg! 🤩
@@rkan2 Yes, Android is based on the Linux kernel. Here are some key details:
1. Linux Foundation Connection
- Android uses the Linux kernel as its core operating system foundation
- Google adapted the Linux kernel to work specifically for mobile devices and smartphones
2. Technical Details
- Android uses a modified version of the Linux kernel
- The kernel provides core system services like memory management, process management, device drivers, and security
3. Open Source Nature
- Like Linux, Android is open-source
- The Linux kernel forms the base layer of the Android operating system
- Google adds its own middleware, libraries, and application framework on top of the Linux kernel
4. Differences from Traditional Linux
- While based on Linux, Android's kernel is customized for mobile devices
- It includes specific optimizations for battery life, touchscreen interfaces, and mobile hardware
- The user interface and application ecosystem are very different from traditional desktop Linux distributions
5. Ongoing Development
- Android continues to incorporate updates and improvements from the Linux kernel
- Google works closely with the Linux community to integrate new kernel features
So in summary, Android is definitively a Linux-based operating system, though with significant mobile-specific modifications from a standard Linux distribution.
@@rkan2 no because at that time windows had no support for ARM, and other CPUs, therefore, windows would have never been an option.
@@romanstingler435 There was Windows CE which supported and ARM build of Windows came not much later after Android. It wouldn't have been difficult to make a ARM version to allow running everything that Android needed. (A bunch of Java)
Another great talk, thank you. Been on Debian 12 for about 6 months from Win 11 and I wish that I got into Linux much sooner
Welcome to the club! Better late than never :-)
Welcome, we are a lot that love to see more people finding Linux, it has come a long way since i started in 1996, now it is better then windows and macOs, from around 2017 to nu, a lot of people has moved to linux, Thx to Proton and gaming on linux.
really cool video
@@zeocamo LOL wow I was just saying to someone how far LINUX as come. To the point that, it's even better then MacOS or Windows today.
Long Live Tux !!
ayyyyyy debian ganngggg
That was very nice! Yes, I enjoyed Thanksgiving with my son, daughter in law and granddaughter. I hope you enjoyed your holiday too.
I'm glad to hear that! I did :-)
Well, I'm not in the US, but I hope you had a very nice thanks-giving time with your family! I'm watching your videos from Brazil! And I'm using Arch, btw!
Thank you so much - I did! Awesome :-)
Wasssup Brazil haha.
@ it’s all good,mate!
My first distro was also Arch Linux and I also like to make videos ranting in the woods after a rain, but this year I had no time for such things.
I started because me and a buddy wanted to start a podcast. lol
Came for the podcast, stayed for the ADHD. 😂
I miss TFL.
@@folksurvivalYou and me both
I started because I saw my father trying to use it and fail when I was a kid... Also because it's very good on low-end hardware and, obviously, gives you full control of your system unlike Windoze
Huh!..Look...Man of culture is here!
Great story, thanks for sharing this video. I've used Linux on and off since the late 1990s, but I've been Linux-only for 12 years now. It does everything I need it to, it's fast and reliable, and I don't need a Microsoft account to use it!
Hi buddy, I have a similar history.
me too
Nice share! Sounds like you adopted: "The hard way is the easy way" perspective. I began using various versions of Linux that were fairly easy to install and use. I will now check out at least one other posting you have made. Nowdays I dual boot Linux and Windows, but still have not taken the challenge of dealing with a cmd line install or Arch.
Thank you for the video :)
Encouraging. I went from Macbook to my first windows machine, 2014 Razer Blade with the GTX1060. It was fine but man did the battery not last.. In 2016 I started experimenting with Linux Mint as my first Linux experience. It was mostly fine, and I jumped between Pop_OS and Mint for a few years. Battery life was improved greatly. Last year I moved to the Lenovo Yoga 9 with the touchscreen, etc and stayed on Windows for a bit. Ended up on Arch with this machine not long after and wow does Linux Really does help battery life a ton :) Even supports the HiDPI screen, touch screen, and the pen.
Overall I'm very glad I have continued to dabble in Linux over the years and I'm very happy to daily drive it.
--Also, thank you for recording in the woods and not always in a room. Helps a ton.
You're right about those Razer Blade batteries, mine did not last either. Even with the switch to Linux, lol.
It's awesome you've continued with Linux over the years :-)
No problem! I'm really glad to hear that.
The forest and the overall landscape looks just exactly how the nature looks around here, though it's literally the opposite side of the globe (it's western parts of Russia, seashores of the Baltic sea). Which made me think - how curious is that, that people can be so distant and yet in so many ways connected: be it pinetrees, rain, admiring arts, enjoying music, or just using Linux! Also started with Ubuntu many years ago, and also due to bluescreened Windows (I think in my case XP). As usual, lots of thoughts about Linux, that are not about Linux at all, but then eventually - about Linux once again 😄 Piece!
That's awesome - thanks for sharing! I've seen pictures of the Baltic area, it's beautiful.
Great way to sum it up at the end there :-)
I've used Linux since 1995 (back when you had to compile your own Red Hat kernel modules) and have distro-hopped many times. Since 5 years ago, I finally just stuck with Linux Mint on my desktop as everything just works. I can't remember the last time I had to use the command line, probably a couple of years ago. 👍🏻
On my laptop, I test out other distros, the last three being FydeOS, Nobara and Bazzite. I have absolutely no need to downgrade by going back to Windoze. Enjoy your Linux journey!
👍🏻😎
You have said all the right things about Linux. We all have our stories how we got here and there is no wrong way. It’s says alot about how Linux is becoming more widely known that you jumped into Linux with limited knowledge. We all started that way. Welcome. You’re going to enjoy the ride.
Hey nice video, really enjoying watching youe channel. Love from portland ❤️
Thank you!
I'm an old man. I got a Commodore 64 for my tenth birthday. It was so much easier to figure out and master! I knew assembler by the age of 13. A PC was, and is, so much more complex. Yeah, I also found that Linux is much more "forgiving" to memory problems. And I never liked Gnome! I liked KDE from the first getgo of using Linux. Mh, when I tried out Arch I also found the installation to be cryptic and something difficult to master - so I went the Manjaro route. And from there I went to one of the other variants of Arch, CachyOS.
Glad you got a chance to start using Linux early! It's so much easier to learn then. Back in 1998 I just decided to use it, no matter what, just to learn. You just have to jump into it.
Where ever this was filmed, it looks a lot like Norway!
Keep going with your experiences, that's the best way to get others to to try it.
There is one theme that is common through out your commentary: the need to be self sufficient. I commend you for taking the initiative and not treating your laptop like an appliance that does not work. Good luck with your adventures in Linux land....
Great story, thanks for sharing and honesty - I had a good laugh 😄
BTW, I always liked and used similar “head first” approach to problems 😉
No prob! Haha glad I'm not the only one with that approach.
Thank you!!! Hopefully more people will hear your story and switch to Linux.
I’ve been using Linux since the late 90s and have been rocking Slackware since then. Welcome.
6:29 "My First Distro - Arch Linux" is a very inspiring video 🤗 🐧
Awesome Story. I got started in 1996 on a 166mhz computer shortly after getting my first IT job as an L1 internet support tech. Its been my daily driver ever since.
waiting patiently for your videos my day lights when i see ur notification
Glad to hear! :^)
That background would make for a awesome Linux wallpaper! 👍
Retired professional programmer here. I don't know Lenux, but I am humbled by your programmer attitude to find a way to make it work no matter what. Great story.
Retired IT professional? Linux would be your best past time, apart from the practical benefits it'll help you to keep mentally fit! ;-)
Rock on.. I've been exclusively open source based for nearly 2 decades now. It's nice to actually own your software. 🙂
Impressed by your tenacity in that first experience, jumping in with no base knowledge and figuring out Arch from zero is impressive.
It’s amazing, in every way; especially once you get the hang of the differences.
It is absolutely true that there is nothing that gets harder the more you work with it. Persevere and you will succeed.
That's some good story tellin'. Sounds very similar to me in the 90's learning DOS, editing config.sys and autoexec.bat files because 4 MB of RAM wasn't enough to run a certain program. Now that I've fully migrated to Linux, I feel like that 20-something kid again, starting over from square one, learning my OS inside and out.
Loved hearing your story, my first distro was a switch from Windows vista on an acer aspire 5735-4774 I used Ubuntu Linux 9.04 wifi was a big issue back then but atheros backported drivers solved it! This video made my day. Hope you are enjoying the Linux/Unix journey!
Cozy video and good story :D I got into linux because I'm very curious when it comes to tech, as a young teen I wanted to try out Ubuntu just because it was different from Windows Vista and I was bored. I tried for a while but eventually went back to windows. Years later some friends and I wanted to setup a minecraft server, noone knew what we were doing but I went in a tried. Dived in and learned some linux along the way, as the host we rented the VPS from ran CentOS and I got the minecraft server up and running. Now I have a raspberrypi (for pi-hole and syncthing) and a laptop running linux. My main desktop I switch between windows and linux, depending on what I want to do. I appreciate your videos :)
you have no idea how happy this makes me! i finally found my people
Been using Linux since RedHat 7 or so. Had to install it from a stack of floppy disks. Dumb Linux stories are the _best_ ! Keep it up.
did you have to download them?
@@javabeanz8549 Not that time. It was at work and a colleague had them stored on a file server. We started using Linux since our employer decided that while electrical engineers could have Sun workstations, us lowly sys admins weren't worth the expense. So we scavenged old Intel-based PCs and made our _own_ Unix workstations 😁
Your tenacity is awe inspiring
that's really cool, my introduction like most was thru Ubuntu (very fond of it because it taught me so much about OS's) back then (2009) the old timers where kind of narcissistic because they kind of looked down on people that didn't use terminal... that experience really made me very empathetic to people trying out Linux for the first time...
great job in / on this vid, welcome to GNU/LINUX, enjoy and have fun. 👍
Welcome to the Linux community.
A long time ago I tried a Linux distribution and never went back to Windows.
Any of change takes time, Linux is a journey which can frustrate sometimes but given time most people never go back, enjoy your journey and their is a wealth of us out there to help.
At the pace I'm going, I may eventually try installing Arch and doing it manually. Just not yet.
A spark of interest for Linux popped out of nowhere for me back in the Fall, and I've done a lot ever since.
I'm currently using EndeavourOS at the moment, but I've been using an old laptop to distro-hop and check other distros. One thing I always done since I started was manually partitioning during installation, because it feels nice to configure things to the way you like it.
Great video. My stupid reason for switching to linux was lack of customization of windows 10 taskbar and start menu (without third-party tools). Love this video
She's strolling through the woods. How refreshing. You go grrrl.
I really think it takes a certain amount of *_courage_* to do what you've described.. to step forward into the unknown and try things you don't understand knowing that you might fumble and fail. People obviously have varying degrees of aptitude for, and interest in, this kind of stuff, but I actually think this kind of courage is the main thing that holds a lot of people back.
I don't even remember why I tried Linux Mint back then... It was love at first sight. Not with Linux Mint, but with Cinnamon. I used it for a couple of years on Arch after I got better at Linux, but eventually, I dropped Linux entirely when I bought a really powerful PC and stayed with Windows for a while.
After 4 years of using Windows only, I tried Fedora as my server OS for the first time. Now my love is GNOME. I remember that I didn’t like GNOME in my teenage years, but now I’m very much in love with it.
I think GNOME is absolutely the most intuitive DE for laptops and devices with touchpad/touchscreens. Sadly GNOME is also heavy af nowadays.
Gnome design is clean but not useful. KDE has everything right there while on gnome, you will have difficulties when changing many things
@@_tanzil_ "not useful" only for you bro. Gnome has everything I need.
Gnome2 was the best!
These kind of videos are great. Your content is really good. Keep up the good work. Cheers from Fortaleza, Brazil.
Luke Smith vibes ;0 Nice vid!
What a great post! I had the same experience with a Lenovo gaming laptop. The horror of Linux and Nvidia is real! The last year has seen some great updates and now most distros will have a system in place for installing the correct nvidia drivers. I have been distro hopping all year. After your video I will now try Arch.
good points you make, very good and illuminating
the rain and the birds actually made me focus more lol great video thanks
I got curious about Linux in high school because I was feeling nostalgic for a more command line driven experience. This was right around 2000 and I was using Windows 98 at the time. Managed to get mandrake downloaded and installed but had no idea what I was doing. Back to Windows for a few years. Fast forward to college and a few guys in information services were part of a local Linux users group. They sponsored an install fest and I had an extra computer to let them put suse on. A year later someone turned me on to Ubuntu. Now, I've hopped all over the place but still tend to gravitate back to Debian or Ubuntu based distros.
I have the same journey as you it seems but I didn't download my Mandrake. I bought a boxed copy at Walmart for $20. I also have pretty much gravitated to Debian based distros. Ubuntu, Mint, and Debian. Debian 12 was a HUGE improvement from years past with the inclusion of non-free-firmware. A few years ago I bought my first home server and have been tinkering with proxmox, truenas, LXC containers, docker, portainer, self hosting. Super fun stuff.
My first distro was Ubuntu back around 2008. I had received a CD in the mail. I decided to try it. I didn't know anything about it back then. It didn't run my games, so I went back to Windows. A couple years ago, I fully switched to Linux. I do NOT run any Windows OS anymore (thank you GNU/Linux!). I still have a lot to learn, but it's a good learning experience. Happy Thanksgiving to you, Bread! Take care!
I also got one of those CD's of ubuntu in the mail. That was back when I was distro hopping once a month. I would download a distro and run it for one month and put it on a list of 'Keep' or 'Toss'. I got the CD in the mail and installed it on my computer. IF it DIDN"T have that sh!tty brown color, it might have lasted more than 3 days on my hard drive! I hate that color and when the Purple color (14?) of ubuntu came out. YIKES! One good thing about ubuntu was it helped me recover a Windows users password. I was rewarded quite well for that!
Why I started using Linux in 2017 is a W10 update that borked my HP sleekbook. It wouldn't restart or shut down and a hard reset didn't fix it and since I always wanted to try Linux this was the perfect opportunity to do so and I did. Started with Peppermint 8, liked it and never have used Windows again. Current daily driver is MX Linux Xfce. Quick, stable and easy to use. Install it, make it your own and start using it.
You succeeded ! Yes ! My congratulations to you because you took the time to learn. I quit Windows in 2016-17 and I'll be 73 in January... only for those who think it's too complicated...it's not.! You have to learn a bit but once it's done, you will own your computer instead of Microsoft ruling you ! I watched videos about how to install it and how to use it (Linux Mint) from a guy named Joe Collins. .. today there is lot of vloggers posting on this subject. Good luck to you and to any pc owner that is tempted to make the switch.....just do it ! :) (plz sorry if bad spelling cause english is not my mother tongue. ty
I came across in the mid 2000s trying to find a solution to a problem with Windows XP. Loved id ever since.
I just had a slow laptop at the time, and Linux made it usable because it's lightweight. And then distro hopping started. That was the spark for my curiosity and my tinkering soul. Since then, for 15 years or a bit more, I have mainly used Linux. There have been two fallbacks to Windows that couldn't keep me for more than a year. The world of penguins is so much better now because of all the progress the community has made in the last few years.
Hated Windows cause it just did not come under my control, so installed Arch to gain more control a month or two ago. I was thinking to switch to linux way before but I had some issues finding ways to implement things I did on windows to a linux env. So first I had to make some scripts and run tests before actually installing Arch as I would be in a lot of trouble if I just broke my machine (im having money issues ig, not me specifically but the whole country SLK). Love ur videos! Love linux ❤
DistroTube recommended your channel. I really enjoyed this episode. I'm looking forward to seeing your channel grow.
I started with Debian 3 and Suse. Those were hard days to get stuff running.
Your story about learning with Arch reminds me of my first days installing linux... back in 1995!! anyway, great video.
So a true Linux veteran, considering that Linux was born in 1991.
Exact reason for my switch is on Windows 10 one day I put laptop to sleep to go to shops, got back, tried to wake it up. It didn’t. Switch it off on the power button then switched it back on again. It started doing updates. Before I left I had WiFi disabled and set up stuff to make sure updates don’t happen when I’m using it. My device isn’t capable of Windows 11, so I’d need to switch for security purposes in the long run anyway.
I made copy of all my files, tried Linux Mint on live USB for a few mins then installed. Kept using it for about a month then saw a video about KDE 6 on TheLinuxExperiment and wanted to try it for myself, so when to KDE Neon and stuck to it for about a week (because of infrequent stability issues), distributed hopped for a few days to find a distribution that is more stable and uses more current packages, eventually disabled secure boot and installed Tuxedo OS 3 stuck to it ever since. Upgraded to Tuxedo OS (from Tuxedo OS 3) only a few days ago
You CAN run Win11 from a new install just can't update to it...but stick with Linux ha
Just found your channel, love hearing about your journey. You sure jumped into the deep end going from Ubuntu to Arch.
I started out in '92 or '93 with SLS and Slackware, distro hopped a bit later on, went the Windows XP route in the early 2000s to game with friends, went back to linux in '08 or '09 and have been using linux since then. Debian Trixie on my main PC and Gentoo/BSD/LMDE on my laptop to tinker with.
I switched because my sweet new PC didn’t have network drivers for XP and I refused to install Vista (SP0 era when it was still a dumpster fire). Wine was starting to get pretty okay and could run the games I played, been full time ever since
I switched once I was fed up with Windows broken updates. I was already familiar with Linux because i experimented with Linux long before switching full time. After trying several distros, I settled on Arch and have been here for 8 years.
I have a lot of respect for how fearless you were charging into solving this. You deserve a lot of credit for.
Wow what a nice scenario you are at. Your Linux experience probably hits home for most of us viewers: a lot of learning, trial and errors and ofc the feeling that you just destroyed your hardware during the process
Don't forget the part with accidently deleting your data and having not make a snapshot because you didn't even know what's that supposed to mean 😂
Its weird to hear this because I was an IT admin for a local university and got very old very fast trying to keep all the windows servers going. Every update on a server was very stressful not knowing if the darn thing would reboot again without errors (10,000 students would not be happy). I could not take it after 20 years. Since I retired I ditched Windows the first hour I got home and never looked back. I used a Chromebook for a while and I was shocked to find I could reset the machine to original clean slate, in 2 minutes...log back in and EVERYTHING was right where I left it. I then have used Linux mint and Ubuntu (both are 15 minute installs and EVERYTHING works) and I could not be happier to forget everything I leaned about MS Windows. I did have a MS certified Engineer's (MSCE) certification and needed it to keep things going...Now life is good without all that.
Gorgeous place for filming !
Its just been 3 mins. The yt algo is being quick
Thanks for checking out the vid :-)
First saw someone using gnu/linux to connect to their server in grade 8 and was captured in wonder. I passed my 10 year mark for using gnu/linux last month. Started with ubuntu, now operating with arch + dwm. :) Similar journey to yours, even though being into computers since 5. Just only working with older equipment and giving them life.
P.S. & N.B.
I continue to use my DESKTOP. with Windows while TRYING Linux on a stick.
I, and many others, much appreciate your candid and innocent observations! 👌
Well done girl ya did a great job in the end gotta start somewhere right...
My first linux distro was Raspbian on the Raspberry Pi 2... My first proper Linux Distro was ZorinOS back in 2022 and enjoy majority of the experience. Now I am using TuxedoOS.
I love the juxtaposition of talking tech, yet being in the middle of nature.
Just switched to Mint. Woohoo !!
Awesome! :-)
@@terrytong8665 Cool!! Linux Mint has one of the best UX around. Very good shallow learning curve for people coming from Windows.
not just for people from windows, mint is great for anyone who likes it. my dad has used linux for like 15 years and he still prefers mint
@@eshnd-1 Been using Linux since the late 90's. Tried a bunch of distros over the years, and also settled on Mint. Probably for the same reasons as your dad: it's a decent, dependable distro that doesn't get too experimental with their UI, and doesn't require me to tinker too much (if at all) to get things running. When I was a student, I loved to tinker with the PC, try out new stuff, invest time in learning about all sorts of things. But right now, I just need the computer to get out of the way so I can get things done. So yeah, it's not just for beginners; experienced users use it too.
I love and adore your fresh perspective. My Linux experience began in college with Unix around 1980. I got a job around 1986 in a purely Unix environment. Computing was a male dominated world. A lot of testosterones in that type of environment. I give thanks to all the women who were brave enough to break that wall down and are still doing so. During my cubicle days, In the belief that I should observe the dichotomy of the male/female experience in the workplace, I noticed one thing in particular that applies to both men and women, personal confidence is the key. I observed that women who were breaking into the computing field, were timid, and that overbearing males tended to try to take advantage of that. As time went on, women picked up confidence and the interaction between these overbearing males and these confident women became a source of amusement to me. I loved watching the alpha males have their egos hurt by these smart girls. It very much tickles me when I think back at all that. Keep up the good work and stay curious!
Watching on Linux 🐧
same as a new user on Debian, Gnome classic I think it's called. My 2009 Macbook likes it best, at least my Nvidia graphics card does hahaha!
Good luck with Linux, it's really interesting :)
admirable levels of patience :D BTW squad
It's simple, i like so much your video! Keep sharing with us!
I installed linux because I made a mistake in a python script on windows and wrote over most of my c drive and thought if I was going to reinstall my os I might as well install linux
Fair enough! It happens, glad it ended up working out though :-)
I just moved to NixOS from EndeavorOS and got to say its the BEST Linux experience I have ever had. literally set your config for what you want installed turn auto updates on and forget until the next release
I think you've just invented an aesthetic. Linux-girl-in-the-rain-chic.
This is just a woman taking Luke Smith's style.