with services like google and youtube, people often say "if theres no product you're paying for, you're the product" but in windows 10, you are both paying for it AND youre the product
@Abhishek Almeida Add being masochists to the submissive part. I for the life of me can't figure out how someone could use an os that can't be graphically customized without a myriad of third party apps, let alone modding its kernel.
@Lucas Zhu It is. You know damn well your cpu glowing bright as the Sun if it's an intel one made after the invention of IME. Oh and, your hdd is rgb glowing if you use windows.
yea but who pays them ? sorry mate life is short and you must value your work, get money over it. i mean if tomorrow i will start only to develop free software who will pay my bills ? who will feed me ?
@@Stefan-gz6jm People who make free software do it for the good of the collective as a hobby. It is usually software the makers use themselves. These people usually have a professional career to earn money.
@@Stefan-gz6jm Sometimes no one, sometimes a bunch of donators and sometimes some companies, including FAANG. Development of free software does not imply no revenue, but it might be harder to earn money on your own by doing so. I get paid to develop FOSS, so it's absolutely possible.
@@Stefan-gz6jm no one really maintains such a big project individually, it is a team effort and people actually donate, you probably haven't used a software so much that you are dependent for it and therefore would support it. I get what you're coming from but there are always ways in which a good deed is awarded
@@ezequiel5260 well, yes and no. ESR (Eric S Raymond) makes his argument from the corporate bottom line, with a focus on externalizing as much of the development costs as possible. Also, his argument of “the cathedral and the bazaar” is flawed, I’ll explain later. RMS (Stallman) makes his argument from the ethical basis, with a focus on protecting the end users interests; although I’m wondering what he thinks about preventing end users from violating the rights of others via privacy invading software - which can be non-proprietary.
It's really sad how accurate the bit about online privacy is. Many such cases, people don't care before it's too late. So many people have the "Don't squash the fire, before it's too big to put out". mentality. And it's sickening.
I had that mentality in the past because I wasn't doing anything illegal or weird so I didn't care. Now I do care but that's just because I'm paranoid.
@@PIKL_Creep its not really paranoia, with the advencement of AI and the tons of data collected and shared(data brokers), people with malicious intent would be able to misuse it(espetially if you might become an important target). better have the least digital trace.
Yeah I used to really advocate for online privacy in college and I was a little afraid of being called crazy or delusional or some other such thing. But almost no one said that. The most common response was that they were aware of companies and governments spying on them but didn't care. Some even said some nonsense like. "I have nothing to hide so I have nothing to worry about." Oh well, at least we have Linux and other free software so why care what the normies are doing. They have every right to give up their rights.
Because those normies can turn into ravenous dogs willing to chew and kill anyone their masters order them to. Sounds crazy, but shit can hit the fan quickly, and people like that aren't trustworthy when the going gets tough.
Normies: "Use Linux? Are you kidding me? I don't want to take the time to learn that!" Microsoft: "We just released a new version of all of our products, every button is now in a different place and that feature you used all the time doesn't exist anymore" Normies: "Yes Microsoft."
It's even funnier that I've gotten my boomer parents to use Linux, and they like it more than Windows because it just shuts-up and gets out of their way. Literally the only reason they use Windows is when they absolutely must because of Windows-only software.
I remember using SPSS back in 2011 for market research stuff. It was painfully slow and took up a lot of RAM. Then I switched to Linux mint and installed PSPP there. It was blazingly fast and efficient. Then all my teammates used PSPP and Linux while our bosses weren't watching.
I didn't know about PSPP either, thanks. My university makes people use SPSS in this awful remote desktop webapp monstrosity, I may have to send some emails.
well, software being open source doesnt mean it gets found immediately and no malware will be in it. for example, a minecraft hacked client (named phobos) was released open source but the backdoor in the code was not found for months. check your code, kiddos!
It's funny seeing little kids getting angry in Minecraft Wii U hacking who don't even have voice chat on when I do and then I talk to people voice chat on and I came of them and then I team with them
Well the thing with phobos is that most of the people who used It dont haver any Idea on How to program. Its Just a minority usually. With OS its faster because the people working on OS want to know what changed, what was optimized
Windows 10.16.4 oh wait now it's 10.16.5 This is a joke because Windows 10 will probably work like Minecraft-always on version 1 (or 10 in the case of Windows).
My disdain for Windows started when I was doing tech support as well. One of the most significant experiences during that time was upgrading the computer of the a blind user who has been working there for years to Windows 10. Upgrading and installing a screen reader was the easy part. Him having to relearn the shortcuts and his absolute disappointment to find some things just didn't work anymore - that was the hard part.
@@blakem2902 It corrupted my 2 tb softraid array I made in win7. Just up and written over the whole thing, no prompt no nothing. Restored the backup to find it can't run games as smooth as 7 either.
I hate Windows 10 because it runs like shit on older, but still perfectly usable, hardware. Windows Update rapes processor usage on older processors. Windows 10 also makes HDDs unusable to run the OS on. With GNU/Linux, I'm able to transform older computers and laptops into perfectly usable machines for everyday use.
Windows 8 and 10 are actually great It lets you reboot to the firmware settings so you can install a Linux distro now. No need to mash function keys now.
You need kids to grow up with it. That's how windows hooked much of our, (not sure exactly how old you are) generation & the few before it who had computers. That's how we get people down the line to reject closed and proprietary.
@@Neko-kun-dp1hq I'm currently doing that. I think it won't cause too much friction when they need to use windows for school if they've at least used some of the more windows-like desktop environments before.
@redwill17 It's called teaching them the scientific method, along with good helpings of philosophy (primarily logic, with ethics being a good addition). The rest follows. Teach how to think, not what to think.
This was the most accurate description of Windows Vista I have the pleasure to listen to EVER! I started out with Windows ME in 2001 and switched to XP a year later. Some experiments in virtual machines and live rescue cd with Knoppix later, I wanted switch to Linux. Then I got a laptop with Vista. Now, I didn't just wanted to switch, i was sure to. 2008 I made the decision to switch from XP to Ubuntu on my main machine. In the early days it was even hard to get audio working in TH-cam. Later I had to install a dual boot W7, to be able to play specific games with friends. Bummer. 2021, yes, 13y later I switched from Ubuntu to Manjaro and landed on Qtile a few days ago. What a rollercoaster. At this point, I am using Linux longer than Windows and I am proud about this!
I've got to see the UI changes in Windows too, starting from Windows 98 up to 10, with some exceptions. Can say, it's pretty much like Kenny's journey, and a big reason why when I use Windows 10, I hate myself. When my lapptp fan cocked up on a decade-old machine I was still using, I was pleasantly surprised when after some configuration, my Manjaro installation worked on another machine. Sure I had to use legacy boot and make the board not use SecureBoot but so long I can use the bootloader, so long the system and home UUIDs exist, GRUB works like a champ. And when it doesn't I just need to punch in a few commands to make it so. The robustness of free software with some brain power and research from an end-user is amazing in an era where Microsoft Windows needs third-party tools to function as a system-on-a-stick and Apple makes it hard as humanly possible to let average users run OS X in a VM. The only thing which sucks is when I was trying to play Valheim on my open-source OS, Vulkan and OpenCL both work like ass. In a twist of irony Vulkan on my current Windows system runs that particular game faster than Vulkan in Manjaro with the various AMD Vulkan packages installed, but I am also just getting my feet wet with Vulkan on Linux so it could be a configuration issue from what _to me_ is a non-obvious user error.
To the last point, at least there's good news in that progress is being made and remarkably so in the last few years. Proton is pretty great at what it does _most_ of the time now (with caveats), and Vulkan too is making leaps. The impetus to make these things actually work well seems to be building (with some exceptional cases where a game can out-perform its Windows counterpart).
While I really agree that we should all start using free software as much as we can, there are a lot of programs that are still decades, if not centuries, away from being decent alternatives... Gimp is ultra painful to use, also if you're into game development like myself and you use Unreal Engine, it just doesn't work at all in linux (at least last time I tried it took multiple hours to copy the git repo, build from source and then just see it crash whenever I wanted to create a new blank project)
Great video. Support open source software. Dual-boot is the best option. Windows is needed for one programme, everything else easily and better done with Ubuntu Linux. Good video man, thanx a lot!
closed source OSs tend to be more demanding on older hardware as well to phase them out (main reason why windows vista had an awful performance on single core computers without an SSD, windows 8 on desktops (im sure MS tried to phase out them in favor of touchscreen laptops/tablets) and windows 10 on anything that has 8gb of ram or less).
Same with Windows 11, my entire family's laptops got the Windows 11 update, my sister only uses Chrome and Minecraft, where with me, my computer was too laggy, and I had to use a school Chromebook, which had better speeds, having Microsoft Office and Chrome open at the same time was so slow. Did I mention my computer is only 2 years old and my sister's is only a year? Linux and Windows 10 dualboot as of right now, and even with Chrome, I have at least some memory available. My dad and mom have mid to high range laptops but my dad had to do some relearning a lot, although he couldn't find File Explorer, right there in his taskbar.
Here is my conundrum The big problem with open source software as a programmer is how do you get paid. Programming is time consuming and labour intensive. If I have a job outside of programming I have a lot less time to program. If I spend my time programming and don't get paid I am poor. I can only perform to a certain level if I am an amateur programmer. I do open source stuff I write, and I use other peoples open source code from time to time.
This problem exists mostly because the vast majority of users don't use FOSS. If 100,000 people use a program and 5% of then donate a dollar to the devs, that's only 5k, but if 10,000,000 people used it then it's 500k. User base makes all the difference, so spread the word as much as can and be the difference maker so that hopefully in the future you and other devs can make a living in a fair way without having to give in to corporate demands.
Completely agree that the needlessly changing ui was one of the most anoying things. I had to use win10 for a few months the even small things like "My computer" being renamed to "This computer" annoyed me. I hated so much this new changed interface that i did not bother to even try learning it. If i wanted to go to control panel i hit win+r and typed "control panel" or "c:" to go to c drive just because i didn't want to find where they moved it. To this day i have no clue why did they add that new settings window. After this expierience to told to myself that when the time comes that i will be forced to abandon win7 i will avoid windows at any cost.
It would actually be amazing if Windows got an XP/98 Skin. There actually was something like this in Windows 7. Looked somewhat like Windows 2000 or the XP Classic Skin.
I have a hard time reading text. Windows has wonderful software available for people like me that rely on text-to-speech readers. I was never able to find anything that worked even remotely as well as what is found on Windows. If you could suggest to me a simple copy to clipboard and speak what was copied out loud my switch to Linux would be almost complete
I recently came across a tool called espeak ('espeak' via apt). You can use it as a command to speak out stuff, e.g. "espeak 'some stuff' ". I did a brief search about changing its voice and it looks to be possible, though I haven't tried.
@@myron7642 thank you. I'll look into it. I should also note that I will not use any service that relies on an internet connection. That just goes against my computing beliefs. Everything has to be run locally on my machine.
Imagine paying a ton of money for a software and the sofware steals your data This post was made by FOSS gang (I know its not funny...but its true isnt it?)
If you took nLite to windows XP SP3 and striped out all the bloat , every default app every driver you did not need that thing could fly . Like under a few 100 mb for the installer !
2000 was amazing for the time. First NT base without bloat or nonsense, first Windows that didn't BSOD regularly. Back in 1999 Linux distros while more solid, were not user friendly at all.
@@szymex8341 You should also use the web version if you're using Wayland since Firefox and Chromium actually support screen sharing with Wayland but the native Electron client does not. ^^'
This is essentially the same case for when an indie game was bought by million dollar company. In before it was transparent enough for player to communicate with the dev but then cut off after acquired by a company.
Xubuntu is my fav. It provides a familiar interface to ex-windows users and everything can be customized through gui, even the software install can be done by double clicking. Yet at the same time you can still boot up terminal and do things that way too.
I love that my desktop running ubuntu 20.04 with MATE looks almost exactly the same as my old Linux Mint 7 gnome installation from 10 years ago btw Librememe Office is the perfect way to destroy the formatting of documents originally created with MS Office, nothing more enjoyable than spending half an hour realigning margins and footnotes in something that was supposed to be ready to print
Very true, I know now the difference between Free Software and Free(dom) Software. All so your editing on this was awesome, like the HUMAN part with Mark and the faang,,,,those were kinda creepy to me....keep up the great info work...All so, my first computer was with WindowsME,,,,I liked it, my first laptop(used) VISTA,,,ya I dumbed it down so all that Aero stuff wouldn't bogg down my system just be up and running.
I'd make the full switch to Linux if more developers were willing to switch over. I have modding tools and programs that work better on windows than on Linux. And not only that, but a lot of anticheat games that I play only work on windows, which really sucks. And using a VM with a GPU passthrough is honestly a major pain in the ass just to play those games, so I find myself using windows 98% of the time. Dual booting does exist, and I do that, but it's still kinda a pain to switch back and forth just to do one thing then switch over when I have to do the other 98% that I already do on windows. Like I said, if more devs move over to Linux, or hell, if actual industries try to make more of a focus on Linux, the userbase would be massive.
I think it's worth noting that there is a lot of free software made by corporations (and that is trash); free does not necessarily mean open source or good.
Free as in the GPLv3 license, as far as I'm aware they are required to be open source. But I agree that although "free" is a necessary requirement it may not sufficient for good software.
There's one part of my life that will probably stay on Windows for a long long time. And that's CAD. Even though I've tried FreeCAD and the work they are doing is amazing, it still lags behind Autodesk's and other proprietary software. Right now my solution to this is using a Windows remote machine from my laptop (linux) when I need to do something in CAD. I really hope the FreeCAD project can evolve to a point where it's a better alternative.
@@benhetland576 Virtual machine idiots like you just don't understand how computers work, and it's people like you who give the Linux community a bad name. The problem is that virtual machines can't ever get the efficiency of GPU processing that can be done when running straight from the host OS. If you're going to give advice on the internet, then at least make sure it's good advice. Suggest they install the Linux distro on a virtual machine instead. Then at least you'll have an ounce of credibility.
Hey, I think we need to mention free software as libre software because uninitiated people think of free software as freeware and not what it actually is.
6:15 Semi true. Especially open-source software developers that develop in their free time have a certain idea how their project is supposed to be. So unless your ideas overlap, no one's gonna do your bounty and also merge it to upstream. Especially not if it's something UI related. Unless of course it's an optional UI element for example like in RetroArch where there are different modules. If you want something to be done in a software project, you usually do it yourself and contribute the change, that's the easiest way I've found to make my voice heard.
I had the "pleasure" to install Adobe Reader Recently. It not only has a fake "initialisation" bar when i download it. It also Refuses to install if i rename the Installer and deletes the installer (that downloads the actual installation files from a Server) after the installation. Just one example of weird stuff Companys do when their Software is closed source.
Using free soft or open soft, whatever, is kinda better, but I feel like this vid isn't convincing enought. Also all those win or linux wars are funny to me, as I had pretty bad experience on both systems anyways, so: everything has it's benefits and downsights, you just have to choose solution that works best for you, do never blindy follow what's trendy on your region.
@@niggacockball7995 Linux's only problem is that its user-friendliness is not ideal. Most people don't like writing scripts to automate tasks. I quite enjoy it, but it's not everyone's cup of tea. Plus I have some USB mic that has no drivers for Linux, so I reckon compatibility with peripherals might also be a concern (particularly with printer-scanners).
@@niggacockball7995 Nah man, did you not read the part where I wrote that I enjoy automating tedious tasks with BASH scripting? Peak Unix philosophy. Windows corrupted my hard-drive, so I have no love for it. Plus, it's spyware.
@Mental Outlaw I have questions!! Hey sir, what about video games?? Can games be proprietary? Or that isn't be considered software at all? Also not to offense, but has the ridiculous modern popularity of games? Has hurted Linux jumpin'? I know that Wine and friends had helped and stuff, but they still cry about their favorite anti-cheat meta games... not to feel like a boomer, but I ain't a big fan of these MMO's! Honestly also, my love-hate relationship with Windows has been basically the same, it all went downhill after 7... even though I almost completely left it alone, I still like the fact that Windows is somehow a non-Unix-like OS! Man, how great would be if the Windows family became open/free software, we could learn more about it, we could finally have real choices and help Apple fall, lol. Nowdays I use Linux Mint as my daily driver and Lubuntu on my old potato which my parents learnt about ;) Technically I still dual boot Windows in my main computer, but it's just like you said! For doing this particular niche task, although I'm also a multiplatform developer and Wine tester, so yeah! (Doing other tasks or even casually gaming, I still spend all my days with my Minty love xD) Lastly, I'm also convincing most of my friends who hate Windows 10, since their complaints I've heard like... complained about how Microsoft resetted his settings and called his PC slow crap... I have been asking them about their daily routine and what games they like so I can help them still have fun while being safer and comfier! I hope you mind reading this silly text and... what do you think about me :)?
you are right about windows versions. i tried multiple times to install win7 on my 2018 laptop, but i couldn't do it. this is the main reason i switched to linux. some de are more similar to win7 appearence and performances, i like xfce and cinnamon :-)
Thank you for providing zero solutions to anyone who wants to continue to use windows, or wants a system with a native capacity for compatibility with gaming. I really appreciate it.
Steam works on Linux but will only run native games (which aren't many). You can enable proton compatibility later and 99% of non-native games will work. However, games with kernel-mode anticheats that only work on windows kernel and detect VM bypasses will NOT work. This mainly applies to EAC and Battleye. Some notable titles that don't work because of said kernel dependencies are: VALORANT, Rust, Escape From Tarkov, and Rainbow Six Siege. While EAC and battleye DO work on Linux, individual game developers have to request support for it. VALORANT and R6 will likely never work on Linux. Rust and Escape From Tarkov developers have announced their games will work, but once the specific anti cheat modules have been ported over. Personally I've given up all of them and mainly play CSGO (which works fine because it doesn't have kernel-mode AC). I just really don't like the idea of running a kernel rootkit just to play an FPS game. It has a myriad of privacy and security consequences.
@@user-ke6gn8pg3u I appreciate your input, I tried to give Proton a try, and a number of games I've been trying to play just simply don't work. Some of it may just be circumstantial evidence for my individual cases to be so faulty; but it put a sour taste in my mouth. I had to give up my unraid VM system a while ago just so I could keep playing Tarkov in my spare time. And I don't want to acclimate back to something like proton until it really comes into it's own. If it ever does.
"People who think that practical advantages are more important than freedom are going to lose their freedom!" ' Dangers of IoT and Amazon Alexa', May 6, 2018. #RichardStallman #InternetofStings
and why wouldn't you be wanting to have the police come into your house? they need a valid reason to do it y'know? unless you're hiding something illegal
@@Perseagatuna but that's the problem. The police could go through your data without you knowing, without a warrant. If not them, I still wouldn't trust Google the advertisement company or Microsoft to keep my stuff safe. Looking for a way to move my 200 gigs if data onto Linux without formatting, data transfer is slow af.
The only issues I have with free software is the navigation of the various forks can be confusing and that there arent as many tutorials surrounding how to do certain tasks in various programs due to their smaller following
That's the problem with free software in general. It has great aspirations and nice ideals, but it's still unable to follow through fully with it's promises. If anything this is a problem of philosophy, whether someone believes in the revolution against the establishment or not. I got my taste of the revolution and it's pretty bitter. All revolutions eventually turn on their allies once the power settles in, becoming the establishment. For now, I'll run Windows for as long as they keep the backwards compatibility they don't get too intrusive. I'll have Linux in a VM just in case.
To solve that, you actually need a breed of person who you don't see a lot of in the FOSS community, and that's UX designers. Yes, the artsy-fartsy types, but they're needed for making software that's usable by _humans._ Two projects that come to mind that seem to have had this realization and are getting it under control are elementaryOS and KDE. It's also a (good, imo) reason people will want to stick to Apple products. Apple has had style guidelines/rules for many, many years now, and created an environment where following those guides for human interface is actually pretty easy for any developer. Standardization in that respect was a very good thing; another thing elementaryOS is aiming for and seems to be pulling-off alright, without the spookiness. (KDE...I love you, but your default apps are seriously ugly ducklings.) Great software doesn't need tutorials.
My laptop runs Linux. Zorin OS 16.2, to be exact (I'm an intermediate-level Linux user, but I just like the stability of Debian-based distros and I like how Zorin OS looks).
I've been a fan of linux and I installed them on all of my computers. But one day my university decided to do online classes on Cisco Webex, which doesn't have linux support. It sucked the hell out of me when I had to dust out my old macbook air.
Yeah compared to Photoshop, GIMP is easily 5-10 years behind. I use GIMP a lot but the destructive editing is really bad, and there is no "smart object" feature like in PS which is pretty much requisite for optimizing workflow and not destroying the quality of every layer by having to edit it as a raster.
To me, it seems to depend on how much you know and use the proprietary equivalents. A lot of people say "Use GIMP instead of Photoshop", yeah, I use GIMP instead of Photoshop, a lot of other people can and do, but it's not really capable of doing all the things Photoshop can do. It does everything I've ever done in Photoshop, but I'm sure it has a million other features that some people can't live without. FOSS video editors are a complete joke, so no real competition with Premiere. I've heard Natron is good, but is it actually a viable replacement for After Effects? I don't know personally, I've barely used AE or Natron, but I can at least say they operate very differently, so even if their capabilities are similar enough, if you already have a ton of AE experience, basically none will transfer over, which would be really annoying.
I do CGI at college. At college I used 3DS Max & Maya. At home I use Blender. I much prefer Blender, not just because it saves me money, the ui feels like it was made by people who work with it for a living. For photogrammetry, I've tested Meshroom (free) or the propritary 3DF Zephyr, and once again the free stuff is just so much quicker, simpler and cheaper.
8:23 - Prove it. How about Toon Boom Harmony? Vector graphics and bitmap, pencil tool with variable width, rigging for 2D characters, layers and nodes (not one or another).
I wholeheartedly agree with all that is said here. This year effectively, partially due to necessity, I've had to shift to FOSS alternatives and it was a surprisingly smooth ride. But simply stating "X is bad because of Y" would not convince me 12 months back, and in my opinion it comes down to why we use software in the first place: because it's easy and effective, and change is not easy, and not always effective. People busy with trying to be a teacher, architect, engineer or anyone who is not into software, is not typically going to bother thinking about this stuff unless they absolutely have to. Just like we don't think about good teaching techniques, architectural design, or how our sewer systems work on a daily basis, so too will the average person not think about the software they use. I mean FFS people are already getting burned out like crazy nowadays and you want them to go and switch to a new OS? seriously? Preaching isn't going to help, and saying that the status quo is bad won't either in this situation. What you need is to attract people by showing them how much better it is with FOSS. Show them r/unixporn or other similar things, show them that FOSS is not merely an acceptable alternative, but in fact an upgrade and honest improvement. Show them that wine isn't just able to run almost every game around, but that it can run at the click of a button, and that it in fact has better compatibility options for older software than windows does. Show them that you can in fact realize your childhood dream and have 2 keyboards plugged in at the same time and do god-knows-what with that. Show them that computers are still the amazing technology that was promised to us in the 90's, just that you won't find that down the mainstream avenues.
@linus meth tips Same, Windows 10 is completely unusable on a mechanical drive. It will also kill SSDs pretty quickly because of the heavy reading and writing it does while idling.
@@ps4star286 Time-efficient, ok, maybe. But rule-efficient? memory-efficient (as in how much memorization you have to do)? I'd rather have slightly longer words if it meant they followed a much tighter set of rules with minimal exceptions. A cleaner, more efficient grammar. No superfluous letters or inconsistent spelling rules.
@@reeman2.0 "Donor" is not a whole new word. It's been there all along. It comes from the same root as "donate". People who give to schools, to charities, to political campaigns have always been called donors. Crowdfunding software development is no different-- unless you get something in return. In that case, you're a "buyer" or "investor".
The day Adobe releases a linux-version of their CreativeCloud is the day Windows will start to die. Doesn't even have to be FOSS. Just a pre-built binary would do.
I would love to switch away from Windows but so far in my experience installing anything on linux is a massive pain and half the time the programs don't even work
To simplify greatly: I've been a Windows user since ver. 3.0 (1990). Then tried OS/2 WARP. Then Win 95. Then Ubuntu Linux for a few years. Then switched to Mac in 2014. Haven't looked back...
Ah yes the argument that there is an alternative for everything closed source program out their. I use Linux on my main pc but for a lot of things I use windows because I haven't found an great alternative, I had to make a compromise every time, and it was just not worth it.
Adobe suite is the sole reason I still dual boot Windows. No alternatives are as fluid and as “everything-works-with-everything”. I’m not a professional, but those also have the problem of industry standards. LTT made a great video about that; they tried switching away from Adobe, but it’s just not feasible when you work in groups and everyone in the industry uses a specific tool. Edit: typo
I remember trying windows 8 first on my friends laptop, and the live tile window was the default desktop, I guess. My first reaction was , " Where the hell is the desktop? " I usually don't mind UI change, but that day i understood not a lot of people feel comfortable with it
Currently preparing for dual boot using two nvme ssd and switching via bios. The bios switch ensures booting even if grub is dead. I'll keep windows just for some offline win-only apps where there is no propper linux alternative, not more than a hand full. Yeah and windows-only games. I don't want to deal with wine/proton and stuff. Preparing the move on a virtualbox. Manjaro works quite nicely with virtualbox. Currently using older intel hardware without a gpu, will switch to team red as soon prices for gpus come down. Data is on Freenas using smb for windows and nfs for linux. Hope everything works out as planned.
If you leave games out of it then it makes sense just to use a Windows VM. Wine for apps works but in my experience there's issues, using an offline XP or 7 VM instance makes more sense. I created a dual boot recently and Manjaro boot loader did it beautifully, I could boot either OS with no work required, it was beautiful. Just make sure you install Linux after Windows because Windows destroys the bootloader.
@@cuellarlopez dual booting usually works fine if you install windows first. in some cases, linux won't add windows to the grub menu, but usually it's automatically picked up by anything based on ubuntu (e.g. kubuntu, xubuntu, linux mint, etc.)
with services like google and youtube, people often say "if theres no product you're paying for, you're the product" but in windows 10, you are both paying for it AND youre the product
KMS38 and hwidgen go brrrrrr
I never paid for Windows, and never will.
@Abhishek Almeida does
That make me a dom?
@Abhishek Almeida
Add being masochists to the submissive part. I for the life of me can't figure out how someone could use an os that can't be graphically customized without a myriad of third party apps, let alone modding its kernel.
Today you are the product even for the most expensive proprietary software.
We have checked the windows source code. Also made some suggestions that were implemented. It is perfectly safe for everyone to use.
thanks NSA, knew we could trust you guys:)
thanks nsa, i trust you
I’ll take your word of that, thanks!
Hey, thanks NSA, now my computer's glowing so much I don't need rgb.
@Lucas Zhu
It is. You know damn well your cpu glowing bright as the Sun if it's an intel one made after the invention of IME. Oh and, your hdd is rgb glowing if you use windows.
Drunk people on Tron bikes is a movie that needs to happen
agreed
I was going to comment this lmao
I came here for this comment
true
Drunktron, the movie
Big Company: _OH NO! MY SOURCE CODE HAS BEEN LEAKED. MY SECURITY IS RUINED._
Open Source projects: _That's not secure m8._
Open Source projects: lol
NOW EVERYONE KNOWS EXACTLY HOW MUCH WE SPY ON THEM
Open Source: I don't hv such weaknesses
New Open Source Dev: OH NO, MY SOURCE CODE HASN'T BEEN PUBLISHED YET!
I believe they dont want their source code leaked because they dont want people to make fun of their shitty code
If we are living inside a matrix like simulation I really hope it's foss, then we can remove the bloat, redundancies, and unnecessary comments.
if it was FOSS you would know by now
It is baby.
Unfortunately they (the merovingians) consider you and your friends as the bloat and the city of Zion as corrupted hardware which needs resetting.
@@runneypo Every atom contains a copy of the GNU GPL v7778943
@redwill17 Gladys the koala killer will definitely help you with that mission.
In my experience the greatest advantage of FOSS is that the people who make it actually give a damn about your bugreports and feature requests
yea but who pays them ? sorry mate life is short and you must value your work, get money over it. i mean if tomorrow i will start only to develop free software who will pay my bills ? who will feed me ?
@@Stefan-gz6jm People who make free software do it for the good of the collective as a hobby. It is usually software the makers use themselves. These people usually have a professional career to earn money.
@@Stefan-gz6jm i always pay for my free software
@@Stefan-gz6jm Sometimes no one, sometimes a bunch of donators and sometimes some companies, including FAANG. Development of free software does not imply no revenue, but it might be harder to earn money on your own by doing so. I get paid to develop FOSS, so it's absolutely possible.
@@Stefan-gz6jm no one really maintains such a big project individually, it is a team effort and people actually donate, you probably haven't used a software so much that you are dependent for it and therefore would support it. I get what you're coming from but there are always ways in which a good deed is awarded
Free/Libre vs Open Source: Stallman’s “we have an Ethical Mandate” vs Raymond’s “pass bug hunting onto volunteers”.
why not both?
And now, a shitpost: Initial-GNU soundtrack, EuroByte for Kansei-Compiling, Gentooboosted mix
@@ezequiel5260 well, yes and no. ESR (Eric S Raymond) makes his argument from the corporate bottom line, with a focus on externalizing as much of the development costs as possible. Also, his argument of “the cathedral and the bazaar” is flawed, I’ll explain later. RMS (Stallman) makes his argument from the ethical basis, with a focus on protecting the end users interests; although I’m wondering what he thinks about preventing end users from violating the rights of others via privacy invading software - which can be non-proprietary.
@@UnReaLgeek thanks for the insightful answer!
@@JohnDoe-jk3vv lol same
It's really sad how accurate the bit about online privacy is. Many such cases, people don't care before it's too late. So many people have the "Don't squash the fire, before it's too big to put out". mentality. And it's sickening.
I had that mentality in the past because I wasn't doing anything illegal or weird so I didn't care. Now I do care but that's just because I'm paranoid.
This is how we dox pedophiles so easily
@@PIKL_Creep its not really paranoia, with the advencement of AI and the tons of data collected and shared(data brokers), people with malicious intent would be able to misuse it(espetially if you might become an important target). better have the least digital trace.
Yeah I used to really advocate for online privacy in college and I was a little afraid of being called crazy or delusional or some other such thing. But almost no one said that. The most common response was that they were aware of companies and governments spying on them but didn't care. Some even said some nonsense like. "I have nothing to hide so I have nothing to worry about." Oh well, at least we have Linux and other free software so why care what the normies are doing. They have every right to give up their rights.
Because those normies can turn into ravenous dogs willing to chew and kill anyone their masters order them to.
Sounds crazy, but shit can hit the fan quickly, and people like that aren't trustworthy when the going gets tough.
Normies: "Use Linux? Are you kidding me? I don't want to take the time to learn that!"
Microsoft: "We just released a new version of all of our products, every button is now in a different place and that feature you used all the time doesn't exist anymore"
Normies: "Yes Microsoft."
lol
That’s what normies do.
It's even funnier that I've gotten my boomer parents to use Linux, and they like it more than Windows because it just shuts-up and gets out of their way. Literally the only reason they use Windows is when they absolutely must because of Windows-only software.
But muh games! I can't game on unix!
@@Nahueldelasideas You can play games on linux by using wine ;)
I remember using SPSS back in 2011 for market research stuff. It was painfully slow and took up a lot of RAM. Then I switched to Linux mint and installed PSPP there. It was blazingly fast and efficient. Then all my teammates used PSPP and Linux while our bosses weren't watching.
I didn't know about PSPP until I saw your comment. Thanks for the info!
I didn't know about PSPP either, thanks. My university makes people use SPSS in this awful remote desktop webapp monstrosity, I may have to send some emails.
well, software being open source doesnt mean it gets found immediately and no malware will be in it.
for example, a minecraft hacked client (named phobos) was released open source but the backdoor in the code was not found for months.
check your code, kiddos!
Whereas with proprietary software the problem is found some time after the shit has hit the fan and everyone tries to figure out what happened.
Still better than with some stuff lol.
Still better than proprietary software.
It's funny seeing little kids getting angry in Minecraft Wii U hacking who don't even have voice chat on when I do and then I talk to people voice chat on and I came of them and then I team with them
Well the thing with phobos is that most of the people who used It dont haver any Idea on How to program. Its Just a minority usually. With OS its faster because the people working on OS want to know what changed, what was optimized
"I was tired of learning new windows so I learned the whole Linux"
Microsoft: Windows 10 is the last release
Everyone: pressing x to doubt
Windows 10.16.4 oh wait now it's 10.16.5
This is a joke because Windows 10 will probably work like Minecraft-always on version 1 (or 10 in the case of Windows).
2034: Announcing Windows 11. We abandoned x64 for ARM.
@@KnuxMaster368 Windows for ARM: I am probably a joke to you because few things run on me
bruh
@@KnuxMaster368 if only you had know
My disdain for Windows started when I was doing tech support as well. One of the most significant experiences during that time was upgrading the computer of the a blind user who has been working there for years to Windows 10.
Upgrading and installing a screen reader was the easy part. Him having to relearn the shortcuts and his absolute disappointment to find some things just didn't work anymore - that was the hard part.
Reasons to use free software: it is based
_based on what?_
@@raidev_ based on *ubuntu*
I'm so glad to have been able to experience the win xp and 7, because all I see now is tablet UI hiding spyware
@App User I can't customize windows because my crappy pc can't handle all the changes smh
One of the reasons why I don't like windows 10 is because microsoft forced it upon me without asking me, and then killed my computer
@@blakem2902
It corrupted my 2 tb softraid array I made in win7. Just up and written over the whole thing, no prompt no nothing. Restored the backup to find it can't run games as smooth as 7 either.
I hate Windows 10 because it runs like shit on older, but still perfectly usable, hardware. Windows Update rapes processor usage on older processors. Windows 10 also makes HDDs unusable to run the OS on. With GNU/Linux, I'm able to transform older computers and laptops into perfectly usable machines for everyday use.
Windows 8 and 10 are actually great
It lets you reboot to the firmware settings so you can install a Linux distro now. No need to mash function keys now.
Vista killed my 3D Pipes Screensaver smh 😤😤😤
I'll unironically ask how's the single GPU pass trough vid going ?
don't really have anything of importance to contribute to the conversation so here's some algorithm boost
Leave algore out of this. He a good boi !
You need kids to grow up with it.
That's how windows hooked much of our, (not sure exactly how old you are) generation & the few before it who had computers. That's how we get people down the line to reject closed and proprietary.
When I have kids, they'll use OSs other than Windows and Mac.
@@Neko-kun-dp1hq ...I hope you mean exclusively TempleOS by that?
@@DzDesignHD The thinking man's OS.
@@Neko-kun-dp1hq I'm currently doing that. I think it won't cause too much friction when they need to use windows for school if they've at least used some of the more windows-like desktop environments before.
@redwill17 It's called teaching them the scientific method, along with good helpings of philosophy (primarily logic, with ethics being a good addition). The rest follows. Teach how to think, not what to think.
Mental Outlaw's takes are great because they are simultaneously absolutely correct but completely disjointed from reality.
This was the most accurate description of Windows Vista I have the pleasure to listen to EVER!
I started out with Windows ME in 2001 and switched to XP a year later. Some experiments in virtual machines and live rescue cd with Knoppix later, I wanted switch to Linux. Then I got a laptop with Vista. Now, I didn't just wanted to switch, i was sure to. 2008 I made the decision to switch from XP to Ubuntu on my main machine. In the early days it was even hard to get audio working in TH-cam. Later I had to install a dual boot W7, to be able to play specific games with friends. Bummer. 2021, yes, 13y later I switched from Ubuntu to Manjaro and landed on Qtile a few days ago.
What a rollercoaster. At this point, I am using Linux longer than Windows and I am proud about this!
I've got to see the UI changes in Windows too, starting from Windows 98 up to 10, with some exceptions. Can say, it's pretty much like Kenny's journey, and a big reason why when I use Windows 10, I hate myself.
When my lapptp fan cocked up on a decade-old machine I was still using, I was pleasantly surprised when after some configuration, my Manjaro installation worked on another machine. Sure I had to use legacy boot and make the board not use SecureBoot but so long I can use the bootloader, so long the system and home UUIDs exist, GRUB works like a champ. And when it doesn't I just need to punch in a few commands to make it so.
The robustness of free software with some brain power and research from an end-user is amazing in an era where Microsoft Windows needs third-party tools to function as a system-on-a-stick and Apple makes it hard as humanly possible to let average users run OS X in a VM.
The only thing which sucks is when I was trying to play Valheim on my open-source OS, Vulkan and OpenCL both work like ass. In a twist of irony Vulkan on my current Windows system runs that particular game faster than Vulkan in Manjaro with the various AMD Vulkan packages installed, but I am also just getting my feet wet with Vulkan on Linux so it could be a configuration issue from what _to me_ is a non-obvious user error.
To the last point, at least there's good news in that progress is being made and remarkably so in the last few years. Proton is pretty great at what it does _most_ of the time now (with caveats), and Vulkan too is making leaps. The impetus to make these things actually work well seems to be building (with some exceptional cases where a game can out-perform its Windows counterpart).
I was trying to explain this concept to my friend yesterday(not successful), and you upload it today. What a saviour
Of all the words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these:
*Richard Stallman was right again*
While I really agree that we should all start using free software as much as we can, there are a lot of programs that are still decades, if not centuries, away from being decent alternatives... Gimp is ultra painful to use, also if you're into game development like myself and you use Unreal Engine, it just doesn't work at all in linux (at least last time I tried it took multiple hours to copy the git repo, build from source and then just see it crash whenever I wanted to create a new blank project)
Great video. Support open source software. Dual-boot is the best option. Windows is needed for one programme, everything else easily and better done with Ubuntu Linux.
Good video man, thanx a lot!
closed source OSs tend to be more demanding on older hardware as well to phase them out (main reason why windows vista had an awful performance on single core computers without an SSD, windows 8 on desktops (im sure MS tried to phase out them in favor of touchscreen laptops/tablets) and windows 10 on anything that has 8gb of ram or less).
Same with Windows 11, my entire family's laptops got the Windows 11 update, my sister only uses Chrome and Minecraft, where with me, my computer was too laggy, and I had to use a school Chromebook, which had better speeds, having Microsoft Office and Chrome open at the same time was so slow. Did I mention my computer is only 2 years old and my sister's is only a year? Linux and Windows 10 dualboot as of right now, and even with Chrome, I have at least some memory available. My dad and mom have mid to high range laptops but my dad had to do some relearning a lot, although he couldn't find File Explorer, right there in his taskbar.
open source is cool
FREEEEEEDOOOOOMMMMMM
Do not conflate Free software with open source
I'd rather use free software
give this man his 3d pipes back
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Here is my conundrum
The big problem with open source software as a programmer is how do you get paid. Programming is time consuming and labour intensive. If I have a job outside of programming I have a lot less time to program. If I spend my time programming and don't get paid I am poor. I can only perform to a certain level if I am an amateur programmer. I do open source stuff I write, and I use other peoples open source code from time to time.
Same, iam sort of a beginner dev, and that a big problem
paid in honor
@@localshowershitter983 honor won't pay my bills
@@localshowershitter983 honor not pay bills lol
This problem exists mostly because the vast majority of users don't use FOSS. If 100,000 people use a program and 5% of then donate a dollar to the devs, that's only 5k, but if 10,000,000 people used it then it's 500k. User base makes all the difference, so spread the word as much as can and be the difference maker so that hopefully in the future you and other devs can make a living in a fair way without having to give in to corporate demands.
thanks, I felt the exact same about the windows distros and the pipes screensaver.
I deliberately find pipes just to use it on my modern machines lol
Completely agree that the needlessly changing ui was one of the most anoying things. I had to use win10 for a few months the even small things like "My computer" being renamed to "This computer" annoyed me. I hated so much this new changed interface that i did not bother to even try learning it. If i wanted to go to control panel i hit win+r and typed "control panel" or "c:" to go to c drive just because i didn't want to find where they moved it. To this day i have no clue why did they add that new settings window. After this expierience to told to myself that when the time comes that i will be forced to abandon win7 i will avoid windows at any cost.
It would actually be amazing if Windows got an XP/98 Skin. There actually was something like this in Windows 7. Looked somewhat like Windows 2000 or the XP Classic Skin.
sadly they aren't what they were now
Ah yes, the classic windows skin for Win 7, I actually liked that skin a lot
Windows 98 and XP were butt ugly in native style. Horrific blue for XP. Windows 2000 looked good out of the box, best Windows.
I wish the term "Libre Software" was the default. "Free" (gratis) is so confusing for when I'm talking with normal people.
@mittom én
That's not progress. Not everyone is computer literate.
@mittom én
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@@scifregizmoguy and why do you need to interact with everyone
@@scifregizmoguy gratis
i use arch btw
I have a hard time reading text. Windows has wonderful software available for people like me that rely on text-to-speech readers. I was never able to find anything that worked even remotely as well as what is found on Windows. If you could suggest to me a simple copy to clipboard and speak what was copied out loud my switch to Linux would be almost complete
I recently came across a tool called espeak ('espeak' via apt). You can use it as a command to speak out stuff, e.g. "espeak 'some stuff' ". I did a brief search about changing its voice and it looks to be possible, though I haven't tried.
@@myron7642 thank you. I'll look into it. I should also note that I will not use any service that relies on an internet connection. That just goes against my computing beliefs. Everything has to be run locally on my machine.
Finally, someone with adblocker.
@@i_used_adblock_to_watch_this I tried ubuntu mate it had a decent text to speech installed by default ig all ubuntu flavours have it but I'm not sure
Imagine paying a ton of money for a software and the sofware steals your data
This post was made by FOSS gang
(I know its not funny...but its true isnt it?)
FOSS
The only Windows that impressed me was Windows 2000. And of course Windows 95 (mostly because everyone went gaga over it..)
If you took nLite to windows XP SP3 and striped out all the bloat , every default app every driver you did not need that thing could fly . Like under a few 100 mb for the installer !
2000 was amazing for the time. First NT base without bloat or nonsense, first Windows that didn't BSOD regularly. Back in 1999 Linux distros while more solid, were not user friendly at all.
My friends discord status is "GNU is not unix" lol
My favorite recursive acronym: GNU = Gnu's Not Unix
@@joepelletier6694 And also, Wine Is Not an Emulator
@Abhishek Almeida idk it's good for me
@@szymex8341 You should also use the web version if you're using Wayland since Firefox and Chromium actually support screen sharing with Wayland but the native Electron client does not. ^^'
@Abhishek Almeida Honestly I'd suggest using Matrix with some type of Matrix client.
This is essentially the same case for when an indie game was bought by million dollar company. In before it was transparent enough for player to communicate with the dev but then cut off after acquired by a company.
ahem minecraft ahem
Xubuntu is my fav. It provides a familiar interface to ex-windows users and everything can be customized through gui, even the software install can be done by double clicking.
Yet at the same time you can still boot up terminal and do things that way too.
remind me about this in 3 months pls (for when I get my steam deck)
Mental outlaw: Why we should use free software.
People who believe and use open source software: FBI OPEN UP!
Do you mean source code open up? Sorry
Free as in freedom, dude
@@davidmella1174 I'd rather call it *Libre* than free
@@transforgoku Libre literally means free in spanish. But free as in freedom, not as no-price lol.
@@Perseagatuna IK
I dual boot mainly because of college. Anyways I barely use windows and use it mostly for work.
I only use Windows for video calls lol
I only use windows for games
Love the Braveheart touch in the beginning.
I love that my desktop running ubuntu 20.04 with MATE looks almost exactly the same as my old Linux Mint 7 gnome installation from 10 years ago
btw Librememe Office is the perfect way to destroy the formatting of documents originally created with MS Office, nothing more enjoyable than spending half an hour realigning margins and footnotes in something that was supposed to be ready to print
Kenny, address the great debate.
The pros and cons of old, stable software versions Vs life on the bleeding age.
Thank you.
As a Gentoo user he probably is on the bleeding edge side
4:15 Luke??
Yeah! I was wondering if anybody else noticed :D
Nice lowkey cameo
This is such a good video, I felt so identified, the last version of Windows I enjoyed was XP as well, Windows 8 and on is bullshit
I love how he even hated the fucking new screen saver. i have the odd feeling to salute my man here.
0:25 Free software is software that respects user freedom. Available source is a necessary condition of such not the defining attribute.
I work at Microsoft but, run Linux in my personal computers.
Ohhhh hellllll YEAHHHHH
*angry WSL2.0 noises*
Gill Bates be really crying for not spying you on your free time
Have you asked about them becoming open... or what they think about Linux :
@linus meth tips He did, but he's still memeable due to his everlasting legacy.
Very true, I know now the difference between Free Software and Free(dom) Software. All so your editing on this was awesome, like the HUMAN part with Mark and the faang,,,,those were kinda creepy to me....keep up the great info work...All so, my first computer was with WindowsME,,,,I liked it, my first laptop(used) VISTA,,,ya I dumbed it down so all that Aero stuff wouldn't bogg down my system just be up and running.
I feel exactly the same way 👍 with windows versions & services packs & millions of patches
I'd make the full switch to Linux if more developers were willing to switch over. I have modding tools and programs that work better on windows than on Linux. And not only that, but a lot of anticheat games that I play only work on windows, which really sucks. And using a VM with a GPU passthrough is honestly a major pain in the ass just to play those games, so I find myself using windows 98% of the time. Dual booting does exist, and I do that, but it's still kinda a pain to switch back and forth just to do one thing then switch over when I have to do the other 98% that I already do on windows. Like I said, if more devs move over to Linux, or hell, if actual industries try to make more of a focus on Linux, the userbase would be massive.
I think it's worth noting that there is a lot of free software made by corporations (and that is trash); free does not necessarily mean open source or good.
Free as in the GPLv3 license, as far as I'm aware they are required to be open source. But I agree that although "free" is a necessary requirement it may not sufficient for good software.
Free as in freedom/liberty, not free as in beer.
I agree with what you said at the end of the video, but you can even just use wine for those special cases 😉
@Mental Outlaw I'd be interested to see a vid where you go over what software you use to make your YT videos.
There's one part of my life that will probably stay on Windows for a long long time. And that's CAD. Even though I've tried FreeCAD and the work they are doing is amazing, it still lags behind Autodesk's and other proprietary software. Right now my solution to this is using a Windows remote machine from my laptop (linux) when I need to do something in CAD.
I really hope the FreeCAD project can evolve to a point where it's a better alternative.
You might want to try running AutoCAD locally on a virtual machine as well, e.g. under Windows installed on a VirtualBox instance.
@@benhetland576 Virtual machine idiots like you just don't understand how computers work, and it's people like you who give the Linux community a bad name. The problem is that virtual machines can't ever get the efficiency of GPU processing that can be done when running straight from the host OS.
If you're going to give advice on the internet, then at least make sure it's good advice. Suggest they install the Linux distro on a virtual machine instead. Then at least you'll have an ounce of credibility.
Hey, I think we need to mention free software as libre software because uninitiated people think of free software as freeware and not what it actually is.
6:15 Semi true.
Especially open-source software developers that develop in their free time have a certain idea how their project is supposed to be.
So unless your ideas overlap, no one's gonna do your bounty and also merge it to upstream.
Especially not if it's something UI related.
Unless of course it's an optional UI element for example like in RetroArch where there are different modules.
If you want something to be done in a software project, you usually do it yourself and contribute the change, that's the easiest way I've found to make my voice heard.
I had the "pleasure" to install Adobe Reader Recently.
It not only has a fake "initialisation" bar when i download it. It also Refuses to install if i rename the Installer and deletes the installer (that downloads the actual installation files from a Server) after the installation.
Just one example of weird stuff Companys do when their Software is closed source.
Using free soft or open soft, whatever, is kinda better, but I feel like this vid isn't convincing enought. Also all those win or linux wars are funny to me, as I had pretty bad experience on both systems anyways, so: everything has it's benefits and downsights, you just have to choose solution that works best for you, do never blindy follow what's trendy on your region.
how can you have bad experience on linux? its the best system
@@niggacockball7995 Linux's only problem is that its user-friendliness is not ideal. Most people don't like writing scripts to automate tasks. I quite enjoy it, but it's not everyone's cup of tea. Plus I have some USB mic that has no drivers for Linux, so I reckon compatibility with peripherals might also be a concern (particularly with printer-scanners).
@@Jupiter__001_ windows shill dedected
@@niggacockball7995 Nah man, did you not read the part where I wrote that I enjoy automating tedious tasks with BASH scripting? Peak Unix philosophy. Windows corrupted my hard-drive, so I have no love for it. Plus, it's spyware.
@Mental Outlaw I have questions!!
Hey sir, what about video games??
Can games be proprietary? Or that isn't be considered software at all?
Also not to offense, but has the ridiculous modern popularity of games? Has hurted Linux jumpin'? I know that Wine and friends had helped and stuff, but they still cry about their favorite anti-cheat meta games... not to feel like a boomer, but I ain't a big fan of these MMO's!
Honestly also, my love-hate relationship with Windows has been basically the same, it all went downhill after 7... even though I almost completely left it alone, I still like the fact that Windows is somehow a non-Unix-like OS!
Man, how great would be if the Windows family became open/free software, we could learn more about it, we could finally have real choices and help Apple fall, lol.
Nowdays I use Linux Mint as my daily driver and Lubuntu on my old potato which my parents learnt about ;)
Technically I still dual boot Windows in my main computer, but it's just like you said!
For doing this particular niche task, although I'm also a multiplatform developer and Wine tester, so yeah! (Doing other tasks or even casually gaming, I still spend all my days with my Minty love xD)
Lastly, I'm also convincing most of my friends who hate Windows 10, since their complaints I've heard like... complained about how Microsoft resetted his settings and called his PC slow crap...
I have been asking them about their daily routine and what games they like so I can help them still have fun while being safer and comfier!
I hope you mind reading this silly text and... what do you think about me :)?
you are right about windows versions. i tried multiple times to install win7 on my 2018 laptop, but i couldn't do it. this is the main reason i switched to linux. some de are more similar to win7 appearence and performances, i like xfce and cinnamon :-)
Really waited for this video 👍
@@lovesensualitydevotion 🤣
I'm only use windows for gaming. Linux is not yet as good. it hope it will be soon
Same will be happy to switch
same
Devs are bloat , just build your own software.
Thank you for providing zero solutions to anyone who wants to continue to use windows, or wants a system with a native capacity for compatibility with gaming.
I really appreciate it.
Steam works on Linux but will only run native games (which aren't many). You can enable proton compatibility later and 99% of non-native games will work. However, games with kernel-mode anticheats that only work on windows kernel and detect VM bypasses will NOT work. This mainly applies to EAC and Battleye.
Some notable titles that don't work because of said kernel dependencies are: VALORANT, Rust, Escape From Tarkov, and Rainbow Six Siege.
While EAC and battleye DO work on Linux, individual game developers have to request support for it.
VALORANT and R6 will likely never work on Linux. Rust and Escape From Tarkov developers have announced their games will work, but once the specific anti cheat modules have been ported over.
Personally I've given up all of them and mainly play CSGO (which works fine because it doesn't have kernel-mode AC). I just really don't like the idea of running a kernel rootkit just to play an FPS game. It has a myriad of privacy and security consequences.
@@user-ke6gn8pg3u I appreciate your input, I tried to give Proton a try, and a number of games I've been trying to play just simply don't work.
Some of it may just be circumstantial evidence for my individual cases to be so faulty; but it put a sour taste in my mouth. I had to give up my unraid VM system a while ago just so I could keep playing Tarkov in my spare time. And I don't want to acclimate back to something like proton until it really comes into it's own. If it ever does.
Massive agree on the "change for no reason" things
many businesses skipped vista and waited for win 7. some even waited XP out past the support date and paid for extended support.
"People who think that practical advantages are more important than freedom are going to lose their freedom!"
' Dangers of IoT and Amazon Alexa', May 6, 2018.
#RichardStallman #InternetofStings
If door locks were made from software people would allow the police to have keys to their houses.
People basically do that already with smart locks.
@@jss2a98aj I'm also pretty sure if a police officer wants to get into your house it's not going to be a key (or lack thereof) that stops them lol
@@CabbageGod Yeah, but at least it would cause more of a delay.
and why wouldn't you be wanting to have the police come into your house? they need a valid reason to do it y'know? unless you're hiding something illegal
@@Perseagatuna but that's the problem. The police could go through your data without you knowing, without a warrant. If not them, I still wouldn't trust Google the advertisement company or Microsoft to keep my stuff safe. Looking for a way to move my 200 gigs if data onto Linux without formatting, data transfer is slow af.
I love the way you inserted Zuckerberg's photo on the phrase "they're trying to understand humans". He does look a little alien... 👽👾🤔
Great video, keep it up!
The only issues I have with free software is the navigation of the various forks can be confusing and that there arent as many tutorials surrounding how to do certain tasks in various programs due to their smaller following
No matter how many books are written about legacy systems, navigating them are simply impossible because of the code bloat and bad organization
That's the problem with free software in general. It has great aspirations and nice ideals, but it's still unable to follow through fully with it's promises. If anything this is a problem of philosophy, whether someone believes in the revolution against the establishment or not. I got my taste of the revolution and it's pretty bitter. All revolutions eventually turn on their allies once the power settles in, becoming the establishment. For now, I'll run Windows for as long as they keep the backwards compatibility they don't get too intrusive. I'll have Linux in a VM just in case.
To solve that, you actually need a breed of person who you don't see a lot of in the FOSS community, and that's UX designers. Yes, the artsy-fartsy types, but they're needed for making software that's usable by _humans._ Two projects that come to mind that seem to have had this realization and are getting it under control are elementaryOS and KDE.
It's also a (good, imo) reason people will want to stick to Apple products. Apple has had style guidelines/rules for many, many years now, and created an environment where following those guides for human interface is actually pretty easy for any developer. Standardization in that respect was a very good thing; another thing elementaryOS is aiming for and seems to be pulling-off alright, without the spookiness. (KDE...I love you, but your default apps are seriously ugly ducklings.)
Great software doesn't need tutorials.
i see luke couldn't be bothered to deepfake it this time around
My laptop runs Linux. Zorin OS 16.2, to be exact (I'm an intermediate-level Linux user, but I just like the stability of Debian-based distros and I like how Zorin OS looks).
I've been a fan of linux and I installed them on all of my computers. But one day my university decided to do online classes on Cisco Webex, which doesn't have linux support. It sucked the hell out of me when I had to dust out my old macbook air.
even tho foss is great stuff like premiere and photoshop is hard to replace with working foss alternatives
Yeah compared to Photoshop, GIMP is easily 5-10 years behind. I use GIMP a lot but the destructive editing is really bad, and there is no "smart object" feature like in PS which is pretty much requisite for optimizing workflow and not destroying the quality of every layer by having to edit it as a raster.
To me, it seems to depend on how much you know and use the proprietary equivalents. A lot of people say "Use GIMP instead of Photoshop", yeah, I use GIMP instead of Photoshop, a lot of other people can and do, but it's not really capable of doing all the things Photoshop can do. It does everything I've ever done in Photoshop, but I'm sure it has a million other features that some people can't live without. FOSS video editors are a complete joke, so no real competition with Premiere. I've heard Natron is good, but is it actually a viable replacement for After Effects? I don't know personally, I've barely used AE or Natron, but I can at least say they operate very differently, so even if their capabilities are similar enough, if you already have a ton of AE experience, basically none will transfer over, which would be really annoying.
Check out Krita as a PS alternative
@@zackinator1439 And that's not counting the de-facto editor today, which is DaVinci Resolve (also proprietary).
I have to say, I love Linux. But it is impossible to use it as my only operating system. It really lacks support for people other than programmers.
ofc they are trying but there are still shortcomings
I’ve just got so used to the control panel and settings menu I’ve failed to realize it’s the equivalent of the “what’s the difference” meme
I do CGI at college. At college I used 3DS Max & Maya. At home I use Blender. I much prefer Blender, not just because it saves me money, the ui feels like it was made by people who work with it for a living. For photogrammetry, I've tested Meshroom (free) or the propritary 3DF Zephyr, and once again the free stuff is just so much quicker, simpler and cheaper.
8:35 Ironically Lightworks has a proprietary license though.
I really wish I can go back to the glass ui of windows 7.
How about instead of moaning about it, you type it into google?
@@Basement-Science Soz mate
8:23 - Prove it. How about Toon Boom Harmony? Vector graphics and bitmap, pencil tool with variable width, rigging for 2D characters, layers and nodes (not one or another).
I wholeheartedly agree with all that is said here. This year effectively, partially due to necessity, I've had to shift to FOSS alternatives and it was a surprisingly smooth ride. But simply stating "X is bad because of Y" would not convince me 12 months back, and in my opinion it comes down to why we use software in the first place: because it's easy and effective, and change is not easy, and not always effective.
People busy with trying to be a teacher, architect, engineer or anyone who is not into software, is not typically going to bother thinking about this stuff unless they absolutely have to. Just like we don't think about good teaching techniques, architectural design, or how our sewer systems work on a daily basis, so too will the average person not think about the software they use. I mean FFS people are already getting burned out like crazy nowadays and you want them to go and switch to a new OS? seriously?
Preaching isn't going to help, and saying that the status quo is bad won't either in this situation. What you need is to attract people by showing them how much better it is with FOSS.
Show them r/unixporn or other similar things, show them that FOSS is not merely an acceptable alternative, but in fact an upgrade and honest improvement. Show them that wine isn't just able to run almost every game around, but that it can run at the click of a button, and that it in fact has better compatibility options for older software than windows does. Show them that you can in fact realize your childhood dream and have 2 keyboards plugged in at the same time and do god-knows-what with that.
Show them that computers are still the amazing technology that was promised to us in the 90's, just that you won't find that down the mainstream avenues.
Windows being bloated sucks you have to buy a bigger storage space
@linus meth tips Same, Windows 10 is completely unusable on a mechanical drive. It will also kill SSDs pretty quickly because of the heavy reading and writing it does while idling.
"Donor", not " donator". English, like Windows, is already bloated enough!
Isn't it more bloated to create a whole new word instead of using "donate" with a suffix?
somehow it feels like "donor" only applies to internal organs.
Compared to most languages, English is pretty efficient. Average word length is a lot lower compared to for example German.
@@ps4star286 Time-efficient, ok, maybe. But rule-efficient? memory-efficient (as in how much memorization you have to do)? I'd rather have slightly longer words if it meant they followed a much tighter set of rules with minimal exceptions. A cleaner, more efficient grammar. No superfluous letters or inconsistent spelling rules.
@@reeman2.0 "Donor" is not a whole new word. It's been there all along. It comes from the same root as "donate". People who give to schools, to charities, to political campaigns have always been called donors.
Crowdfunding software development is no different-- unless you get something in return. In that case, you're a "buyer" or "investor".
Wish more people watched these videos, we could really change the internet landscape with enough manpower backing
is there a good way to find forks? i'm looking for one of firefox with the 88.0.1 design for example but dont know where to look
The day Adobe releases a linux-version of their CreativeCloud is the day Windows will start to die.
Doesn't even have to be FOSS. Just a pre-built binary would do.
Yes it’s the only software which keeps Windows alive. Also some boomer excel VBA spreadsheets.
I would love to switch away from Windows but so far in my experience installing anything on linux is a massive pain and half the time the programs don't even work
The only issue I’ve ever had was virtual box and that’s because headers go fucking haywire every time there’s a kernel update
Please talk about Chrome Privacy Box and Google FLoC, it's so important people know about this new type of tracking!!
To simplify greatly: I've been a Windows user since ver. 3.0 (1990). Then tried OS/2 WARP. Then Win 95. Then Ubuntu Linux for a few years. Then switched to Mac in 2014. Haven't looked back...
It isn't that hard to get tools to modify windows online
heck, there even handmade unofficial builds made by enthusiasts to cope with tracking bs
Ah yes the argument that there is an alternative for everything closed source program out their. I use Linux on my main pc but for a lot of things I use windows because I haven't found an great alternative, I had to make a compromise every time, and it was just not worth it.
Adobe suite is the sole reason I still dual boot Windows. No alternatives are as fluid and as “everything-works-with-everything”. I’m not a professional, but those also have the problem of industry standards. LTT made a great video about that; they tried switching away from Adobe, but it’s just not feasible when you work in groups and everyone in the industry uses a specific tool.
Edit: typo
That's why he mentioned dual booting afterwards
I remember trying windows 8 first on my friends laptop, and the live tile window was the default desktop, I guess. My first reaction was , " Where the hell is the desktop? "
I usually don't mind UI change, but that day i understood not a lot of people feel comfortable with it
Currently preparing for dual boot using two nvme ssd and switching via bios. The bios switch ensures booting even if grub is dead. I'll keep windows just for some offline win-only apps where there is no propper linux alternative, not more than a hand full. Yeah and windows-only games. I don't want to deal with wine/proton and stuff. Preparing the move on a virtualbox. Manjaro works quite nicely with virtualbox. Currently using older intel hardware without a gpu, will switch to team red as soon prices for gpus come down. Data is on Freenas using smb for windows and nfs for linux. Hope everything works out as planned.
If you leave games out of it then it makes sense just to use a Windows VM. Wine for apps works but in my experience there's issues, using an offline XP or 7 VM instance makes more sense. I created a dual boot recently and Manjaro boot loader did it beautifully, I could boot either OS with no work required, it was beautiful. Just make sure you install Linux after Windows because Windows destroys the bootloader.
I still dule boot Linux and windows just for a couple games that wine can’t run
Have You encountered any issues with double boot?
@@cuellarlopez dual booting usually works fine if you install windows first. in some cases, linux won't add windows to the grub menu, but usually it's automatically picked up by anything based on ubuntu (e.g. kubuntu, xubuntu, linux mint, etc.)
@@readme_nfo Thanks!
Only problem I’ve had is that by booting Linux it would change windows timezone everytime but a quick fix in the registry editor fixed it
I luved duel bute !!! Sorry, I meaned dule..