One thing I love about using Linux as a primary OS is that you can get a full, capable , and usable systems out of old office equipment that nobody wants anymore and that you can basically get for free or very cheap.
I really appreciate your calm demeanor. I've been watching a lot of Linux content recently, and this space seems to be filled with angry young men. So I loved this video. Thanks
So grateful for the calm, collected way this was filmed, no shouting l no overanimated responses, it felt like listening to a good friend explain something to you. Loved it!
The biggest issue i have with linux is my college demanding that i use specific software for digital exams that is basically a root kit so i installed it on a windows 10 vm on virtual box and use Ubuntu for everything else
I totally get that. There are some realities in that come in with school requirements or in the workplace but it sounds like you found a solid work around.
Windows VM's are a great option, but I would highly recommend looking into QEMU/KVM and Virt-Manager. It is a far better way to run VM's under Linux in my experience.
Great Outlook! I spent 2 years on Linux Mint and still love it. Recently switched to Fedora 40 KDE and I'm blowing away by how stable and awesome it is and beautiful to look at. I think it's a good idea to stick with the main distro not too many forks deep! I found no issues with Kdenlive and Gimp. The more you dig into Linux the better it gets...
I stumbled across this video. I just have to say, I sincerely appreciate how you explained everything in detail, both the good and the bad. You set expectations for what you can expect, but also what you should do before even getting started. I am a long-time Linux user, literally downloaded the very first "distros" and worked on some of them. It is easy for me to preach the merits, but it is much better for people that have worked through this like you have, and especially from your industry. Thank you!
Thanks for much for watching and for the comment! I truly appreciate the support. It’s great to have more experienced Linux users like yourself as a part of my audience. I hope you’ll stick around, I have a lot of cool things I want to cover and talk about.
Great video! So many who switch don't put in the effort or seem to underestimate the effort that it is going to take. You seem to have gone into it with a very good set of expectations. Welcome to the community.
I appreciate that! I’m excited for all of the possibilities. I can’t wait to get a beefier system to speed up some of my projects but so far so good. Big fan of your channel btw, channels like yours helped prepare me and continue to help. Thanks for watching and commenting!
60+ days for me since I switched to Linux. In fact, today (8/3/2024) I finally nuked my 250GB SSD drive which had the last of my Windows installation on it. I haven't booted into it for over a month except to just do updates. I've moved all my personal files to my Linux partition. It's so nice to have an OS that allows me to configure it the way I need to make it work. CachyOS is my distro of choice. Games run great, and my other apps I used under Windows either have a Linux version, an alternate version, or if there wasn't one, I have been lucky that I can make the Windows applications work in Wine using Bottles. Very nice! Worse comes to worse, I also have a Windows VM in case I need access to those very few apps that just won't work under Linux in Wine.
I've been using Linux only for several years now and haven't looked back. This is an excellent look at the benefits and struggles of switching over, especially for someone who does content creation. While people always say that the barrier is software, as you show here, the real barrier is the user's willingness to work on the change themselves. A lot of people complain and struggle because things don't work the way they're used to and their willingness to learn a new way. My reasons for switching were to get away from Microsoft, and when I switched, subscriptions weren't a thing. It was easier for me because I'm not really a content creator, the only things I needed were for photo editing. I dabble in other creation, but it's not important for me.
Great point. The willingness to learn new tools and methods is important when making a switch like this. It’s an ongoing process but it’s fun for me. Thank you so much for watching and for the kind words. I appreciate the support!
after the "recall" thing, I said enough. I switched to my favorite Mageia. I have been using this since it was called Mandrake. Friendly install and rpm management has really come a long way.
Oh that’s awesome! I used Mandrake for a little bit in the early 2000s and had no idea about Mageia. Very cool. Thanks for watching!! Happy you’re here
Good luck diversifying your dependencies! I've made a similar switch at the turn of the century and owe my career to that decision. I never understood how Adobe managed to appeal to so many creatives.
I got 2 hp small computers from our local "scrap/garbage" yard, and both booted fine, one is an I7 at 2.3 GHz, and runs both Linux and Windows 10... Free ! Free open source computer!
Been on Linux for a few years, best decision of my life. Had a windows VM for a few years, but open source VR is close enough now that i can bridge the gap with some contributions of my own
Thank you so much! I appreciate the kind words and the support. Happy you found the channel. I hope you’ll stick around. I have a ton of stuff I want to cover here.
Very refreshing review/update. Good luck building your new PC. Have fun trying out other distros. Maybe install them as virtual machines? There are even a couple of ways to install MacOS virtually unter Linux via Qemu or Docker if you miss some Apple Software... It does not work very well, but it works.
I will definitely play around with some VMs of other distros. I’ll have access to a Mac so I won’t need a vm of that but it’s good to know it’s an option. Thanks so much for watching and for the kind words. Happy to have you here.
I've helped almost a dozen people switch to Linux. I recommend Installing Linux on a second PC- old Lenovo and Dell refurbished PCs (6th or 7th gen core i5 Intel- 8th gen jumps up in price) are great for this and cheap. After they are comfortable and confident enough they can move Linux to their main PC. Making sure they fully understand permissions and how drives and folders are treated, labeled, and organized is very important. And, as with anything new, managing expectations is always helpful.
20yr Linux veteran here. Buying previous gen Dell PC is what I do as well. My last purchase was a second hand Optiplex 7060. Intel i5 8th gen, intel wifi,… All recognised out of the box, no wifi or graphics shenanigans, you can get on with your life without wasting time trying to get non-supported hardware to work 👍
@@LinuxCreativeProject These refurbished business PCs are about 100 to 150 dollars on Amazon or more if you opt for more RAM/ drive space. Core i7s jump up a lot in price. I can sometimes get a palette of these kinds of PCs EXTREMELY cheap at an auction at a nearby state university (they sell surplus / leftover stuff every 6 months). And 8th grn Intel or newer machines cost more because they support Win 11.
100 days? Not bad. If other videos I've seen on TH-cam are to be believed most people seem to chicken out before they even hit a month. I've been a Linux user for over two decades now, having used Windows 95 through XP before it.
Yeah, I’ve sensed that too that a lot of people bail on it at some point. I’m in it for the long haul. My goal is using all FOSS for my creative work, that being said as soon as I have a system that can run Resolve I will incorporate that for a while at least. I’m excited about all the possibilities. The world of FOSS creative software is in a great spot with a great future. That’s awesome you have that much experience with Linux. I’m happy to have people like you discover the channel for insight and opinions. Thanks so much for watching and commenting!
I use refurbished Dell optiplex mini's. They come with W10 Pro and sometimes W11. 8 and 16G of RAM with Sata and NVME SSD 256G to 1TB. Works great with Linux.
You’re absolutely right. It’s just that I can’t get it to run on my current Linux setup. Once I get a computer that can run I will definitely be using it. I have a Studio license so I won’t need to worry about format/codec issues.
As someone who is about to move from Mac to Linux, this is very helpful and exciting. Thank you. Idea for future video 1: how are you dealing storage? Do you run a NAS, or perhaps use external HDD or SSD drives? How did the transition from Mac to Linux go re storage? Idea for future video 2: what are good ways to distort hop? Keep up the good work
Great suggestions for videos! I’ll definitely cover those topics soon. Join the free tier on Patreon too as I’m planning on doing some more random videos and things on there as I try things and troubleshoot. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Really nice to hear that you are able to do everything you want on creative side because that's the thing I've been hearing most complaints about lately from people that want to switch to Linux. While I am not "creative" in traditional sense I was able to gain some insight where my open source contributions on coding side my be useful. Tip from experienced system builder to newbie. I would advice against making your first build small form factor. Many of the cases require very specific sequence of inserting the components and the tolerances are very tight so for example case's builder might advertise it being ready to accept RTX 4090 but Asus ROG model is built bigger than the "default" design and there for does not fit. Then you got airflow management and thermal overhead etc. All this can be bit much when you need to think about what component goes into what slot and is it even compatible. Mid-Tower would facilitate much smoother on boarding. If you are looking for something that is stealthy and does not clash with interior I would suggest looking into locating the computer in desk cabinet. You can make it work with hole saw, 1 intake & 1 exhaust plus 1 extraction fan on exhaust side.
That’s a fantastic tip about the case size. Thank you! I’ll keep you updated. That’s awesome you code and contribute to open source projects. I have a few wishlist things I wish I could contribute with on the coding side but I’ll do my best to use my creative experience to give insight and help. Thanks for watching and for the great tip! Happy you’re here.
I made the switch because of all the spying, telemetry, ads, and nonsense that windows wants to throw at you constantly, Cortana, Copilot, onedrive...all are garbage. As is subscribing to Adobe rather than owning it. Sure, it looks pretty and you're used to it, but nobody should have any right to follow my every keystroke just because I bought their O/S. Linux Mint 20 (desktop) and 22 (laptop) are amazing. WPS office is basically the very same interface as MS office. VLC is great for media, and steam is designed for linux. And frankly, Thunderbird is better than Outlook.
I managed to get an older gen 3 HP desktop. Installed Linuxmint, and haven't looked back. Slow to start up, but once running it is fantastic. I have converted to LMDE 6 on my laptop as my daily driver.
If it's booting from an HDD, adding an SSD (even something small like a 256 or 512GB drive) and installing your OS on that instead will massively improve your startup times!
If you can use 100% OSS drivers (eg AMD, not nVidia for the GPU, and research your peripherals before you buy), Fedora is a super polished choice, and modern GNOME is very Mac-like.
Hi. Congrats for your project, I’m glad you made it🙂 I also switch from Mac in the beginning of this year and I’m been happy🙂 I choose Bluefin from universal blue project (the base is the atomic version of Fedora, Silverblue).
Sorry if someone else has already mentioned this, but DaVinci Resolve seems to work well on Nobara (Fedora base). I'm a newb on Linux as well so it takes a little bit to get it finally working correctly, but I think I have it working smoothly now. Since I paid for Studio version, DR on Linux was a must before I could switch full time.
That’s good to know! I have a feeling I still may have an issue on my current Linux computer as it only has AMD integrated graphics but I’ll have to give Nobara a try. Thanks!
Nice video. Appreciate that you share the good and bad and most importantly explain why people need to look at what they actually need to do with their computer. I come from a different era when small businesses actually created custom ERP and CRM systems. The stuff I made just has to work or the business doesn't! The very idea of forced updates and not allowing for seamless rollbacks is antithetical to the notion of being able to create software to run a business. I really hope more people come to understand the significance of this and realize that Linux gives them the power to control their own systems. Or, we can acknowledge that we want to use Apple or Microsoft on their terms and our computers are just appliances that are ultimately controlled by Apple or Microsoft and basically just something we rent from them.
That’s a great analogy. They really are just becoming appliances. Thank for we have Linux and a large selection of hardware choices to build exactly what we want. Thank you for watching and for the kind words. Much appreciated! I’m happy you found the channel.
I use a combination of Mac/Linux for writing code and development tools. Every machine in the testing and production environments are running Linux. No Windows whatsoever. I can confidently say I don't miss anything from my Windows days.
On mac for 29 years, I was hanging out with the guys from the Motorola M68000 ( the Mac's original processor family) group, at NCC 1984, when Apple released the Mac, bought one in early 1985, but, the last ten years, Apple has been beating Microsoft at the "locked in world", and the non-upgradeable Mac Silicon products signed the death warrant... For now, I'm going to wring more life out of my Mac mini's, with open core patcher, but have a parallel learning track with Linux on my "rescued' HP Mini desktop boxes, so this is a useful and timely review!!
Thank you for this update! so much ... obviously quicksync on the one hand and all the support coming from STEAM for AMD systems on the other makes it difficult for me to decide (also gpus: AMDs Linux support vs cuda and hope on the horizon..) i'm waiting for the new gen of CPUs by AMD and Intel though hoping for AV1- ENcoding on the iGPU looking forward to codecs as a topic went for the vanillaOS. (might replace mint as my go to "family and friends distro" Tried (and failed) to install the fedora based nobara on a thinkpad x380 - since it comes with Davinci Support out of the box it's kinda intriguing . Davinci is the reason i still have windows on my main desktop PC and i believe nobara needs a beefier system to run at it'S potential still keeping an eye on the AVLinux-version of MXLinux, still not sure about ubuntuStudio (canonical...) failed to install it . what i'm really waiting for is PopOS and it's cosmic DE to come out of alpha your work and perspective on this is very inspiring! sorry for a messy comment to such a well structured video...
Thank you for the comment!! I can’t wait to have a Linux system that can run Resolve too. The FOSS editing tools are improving all the time but it’s nice to have Lightworks and Resolve on Linux for choices
Hey, AMD CPUs do have something like quicksync in the 7000 series and up. Its called Smart Access Video, i know it works with Davinci resolve but i dont know more then that, maybe something to look into.
A really good Computer would be a Lenovo Pseries laptop P50 P51 P52 P53 - That is if you can find one Off Lease - That would be the far best for value... I would have to say it beats apple in all aspects of repairability...
I still like MacOS best. I've been running Mojave on a custom build for several years and i def prefer it to any Linux distro. That being said, id certainly use Linux over Windows. Im a computer guy and give Zorin to residential customers and Mint to businesses. In 3 years of doing that, ive never gotten a single phone call about them. I like Ubuntu-based distros far more than others and i like several DE's. Im def a "fan" of linux and I will daily drive it before I'll use a version of Mac OS that forces AI. (So im sure my switch is inevitable)
That’s awesome you have a custom Mac build. And I seen the drawn to Ubuntu based distros as well (based on my limited experimentation). Thanks for watching and for the comment! It’s great to hear from all kinds of experiences from different users and professionals.
Hi , Is nice to meet another ones who jump into this wonderful/painful place XD , but is only painful when we swim against it, is just better look for supported devices. greetings.
Oh that sucks. I’ve had my share of challenges too. Things are working well right now, so much so that Im hesitant to change too much as I don’t wait to cause issues. I’ll experiment more soon though. Thanks for watching!
Great Video with great insights, I will now go watch your other vids ,I'm by no means a Linux expert or authoritative figure, been using Linux since 2008, and yes no OS is perfect, its a tool to get stuff done and i only use Linux, its a personal choice and preference. You should look at 2nd hand Thinkpads, they pretty cheap and very modular, can be upgraded, depending on which model you get and if its suited for your use case!
Great point about the Thinkpads! I’ll have to pick one up one of these days soon. That’s awesome you’ve been using Linux for so long. And thank you for watching and for your support! Much appreciated. Happy you’re here.
Having been an After Effects guy for the longest time, I really struggled to adapt to the Blender/Kdenlive workflow. Kdenlive's animation keyframes are just gimmicky enough to prevent me from entering the flow state and just getting the results I pictured in my mind (not to mention the complete lack of object hirearchy, motion blur, and the text controls just being too basic). Now I'm a little more used to it, but I've been eyeing out Natron for a while lately, thinking it might just solve my struggles for the things that are too big for Kdenlive, but not big enough for Blender. Especially because I've been missing the accessibility of the After Effects plugin scene with all the extra downloadable pre-baked effects that you can just slap into layers, and Natron's OFX might just fill that gap for me.
I completely understand what you’re saying. And I’m in a similar spot with that stuff. I need to spend more time with Natron but also leave the possibility open to use Blender for even 2D motion graphics that I would have done in AE before.
I would avoid Intel 13th and 14th gen. There's something whacky going on with them at hardware level and intel is trying to cover it up by boosting the voltages to keep them stable. Gamer's Nexus, Jaystwocents, TechYESCity, and Level1Techs have been covering it.
Hardware compatibility is pretty broad but some systems take more troubleshooting than others. There are companies that have Linux preinstalled and there are some manufacturers that traditionally make very Linux friendly systems, specifically Dell and Lenovo. Linux feels like MacOS in some ways. Since both Linux and MacOS use “Unix like” file structures you’ll be at home navigating through the computer. And you can customize Linux to look like whatever you want. If you want. Thanks for watching! Let me know if you have any more questions.
In a way that’s true. In terms of video, There are codecs and there are containers (which are associated with extensions that indicate what the container is) Most of the time certain codecs are usually only associated with one or two containers.
Affinity does not run natively on Linux. I’ve been using Inkscape instead of Affinity Designer and a combo of Gimp, Krita, and Darktable instead of Affinity Photo. Scribus will be my Affinity Publisher replacement but I haven’t had a project for it yet. I will soon.
The subscription crud is great for them but horrible for us. Affinity software keeps one system on Windows but we're tearing it out everywhere else. Thanks for this!
Great update! Linux isn’t perfect but I think the tradeoffs are worth it.
Thank you! And I agree. It’s totally worth it.
One thing I love about using Linux as a primary OS is that you can get a full, capable , and usable systems out of old office equipment that nobody wants anymore and that you can basically get for free or very cheap.
Exactly! And I look forward to continuing to do that.
doesnt matter what distro u use, the arch linux wiki is always a very good source for information.
Great tip! Thank you!
Gentoo too.
Genuine reviews are refreshing. Lots of interesting bits and bites. Thanks! :)
Thank you! I appreciate that!
I really appreciate your calm demeanor. I've been watching a lot of Linux content recently, and this space seems to be filled with angry young men. So I loved this video. Thanks
Baitkai. Senbonsakura kageyoshi.
Thank you! Hopefully I can continue to provide value to my viewers and supporters.
So grateful for the calm, collected way this was filmed, no shouting l no overanimated responses, it felt like listening to a good friend explain something to you. Loved it!
Thank you so much! I appreciate the kind words and the support. I’m happy you found my channel. 😁
The biggest issue i have with linux is my college demanding that i use specific software for digital exams that is basically a root kit so i installed it on a windows 10 vm on virtual box and use Ubuntu for everything else
I totally get that. There are some realities in that come in with school requirements or in the workplace but it sounds like you found a solid work around.
Haha, great workaround. 🙂
I'll keep this in mind if I ever have to use some terrible software that a school/collage demands
Windows VM's are a great option, but I would highly recommend looking into QEMU/KVM and Virt-Manager. It is a far better way to run VM's under Linux in my experience.
Great Outlook! I spent 2 years on Linux Mint and still love it. Recently switched to Fedora 40 KDE and I'm blowing away by how stable and awesome it is and beautiful to look at. I think it's a good idea to stick with the main distro not too many forks deep! I found no issues with Kdenlive and Gimp. The more you dig into Linux the better it gets...
That’s so cool. I should give Fedora a spin soon. Thanks for watching!
I stumbled across this video. I just have to say, I sincerely appreciate how you explained everything in detail, both the good and the bad. You set expectations for what you can expect, but also what you should do before even getting started.
I am a long-time Linux user, literally downloaded the very first "distros" and worked on some of them. It is easy for me to preach the merits, but it is much better for people that have worked through this like you have, and especially from your industry.
Thank you!
Thanks for much for watching and for the comment! I truly appreciate the support. It’s great to have more experienced Linux users like yourself as a part of my audience. I hope you’ll stick around, I have a lot of cool things I want to cover and talk about.
Great video! So many who switch don't put in the effort or seem to underestimate the effort that it is going to take. You seem to have gone into it with a very good set of expectations. Welcome to the community.
I appreciate that! I’m excited for all of the possibilities. I can’t wait to get a beefier system to speed up some of my projects but so far so good. Big fan of your channel btw, channels like yours helped prepare me and continue to help. Thanks for watching and commenting!
60+ days for me since I switched to Linux. In fact, today (8/3/2024) I finally nuked my 250GB SSD drive which had the last of my Windows installation on it. I haven't booted into it for over a month except to just do updates. I've moved all my personal files to my Linux partition. It's so nice to have an OS that allows me to configure it the way I need to make it work. CachyOS is my distro of choice. Games run great, and my other apps I used under Windows either have a Linux version, an alternate version, or if there wasn't one, I have been lucky that I can make the Windows applications work in Wine using Bottles. Very nice! Worse comes to worse, I also have a Windows VM in case I need access to those very few apps that just won't work under Linux in Wine.
Nice! That’s awesome you’ve made the switch too. Keep me updated on how it’s going. Thanks for watching!
I've been using Linux only for several years now and haven't looked back. This is an excellent look at the benefits and struggles of switching over, especially for someone who does content creation.
While people always say that the barrier is software, as you show here, the real barrier is the user's willingness to work on the change themselves. A lot of people complain and struggle because things don't work the way they're used to and their willingness to learn a new way.
My reasons for switching were to get away from Microsoft, and when I switched, subscriptions weren't a thing. It was easier for me because I'm not really a content creator, the only things I needed were for photo editing. I dabble in other creation, but it's not important for me.
Great point. The willingness to learn new tools and methods is important when making a switch like this. It’s an ongoing process but it’s fun for me. Thank you so much for watching and for the kind words. I appreciate the support!
Very nice, great video.
Thank you!! I appreciate that!
Thanks for your honesty. I like the way you presented your video, a nice calm and smooth voice.
I appreciate that! I often end up making long videos so I’m happy people are still enjoying them though.
after the "recall" thing, I said enough. I switched to my favorite Mageia. I have been using this since it was called Mandrake. Friendly install and rpm management has really come a long way.
Oh that’s awesome! I used Mandrake for a little bit in the early 2000s and had no idea about Mageia. Very cool. Thanks for watching!! Happy you’re here
Good luck diversifying your dependencies! I've made a similar switch at the turn of the century and owe my career to that decision. I never understood how Adobe managed to appeal to so many creatives.
Thanks! It’s been a fun adventure so far and it’s only the beginning for me. I appreciate you watching and for the comment!
I got 2 hp small computers from our local "scrap/garbage" yard, and both booted fine, one is an I7 at 2.3 GHz, and runs both Linux and Windows 10... Free !
Free open source computer!
Wow!! Great find. That’s a great example of the kinds of stories I love about the Linux community.
Been on Linux for a few years, best decision of my life. Had a windows VM for a few years, but open source VR is close enough now that i can bridge the gap with some contributions of my own
That’s awesome! I haven’t even looked into open source VR resources. I’m curious about that. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Great speaker and great video style! Love the transitions with the calm ambience/music
Thank you so much! I appreciate the kind words and the support. Happy you found the channel. I hope you’ll stick around. I have a ton of stuff I want to cover here.
Very refreshing review/update. Good luck building your new PC. Have fun trying out other distros. Maybe install them as virtual machines? There are even a couple of ways to install MacOS virtually unter Linux via Qemu or Docker if you miss some Apple Software... It does not work very well, but it works.
I will definitely play around with some VMs of other distros. I’ll have access to a Mac so I won’t need a vm of that but it’s good to know it’s an option. Thanks so much for watching and for the kind words. Happy to have you here.
I use Linux on an old laptop to create DIY NAS. Great experience so far.
That’s awesome! I’m happy you found my channel.
I've helped almost a dozen people switch to Linux. I recommend Installing Linux on a second PC- old Lenovo and Dell refurbished PCs (6th or 7th gen core i5 Intel- 8th gen jumps up in price) are great for this and cheap. After they are comfortable and confident enough they can move Linux to their main PC. Making sure they fully understand permissions and how drives and folders are treated, labeled, and organized is very important. And, as with anything new, managing expectations is always helpful.
That’s great! Great advice. I’ll have to price out a 7th gen i5 system actually. I’m curious. Thanks for watching and for the comment! Super helpful
20yr Linux veteran here. Buying previous gen Dell PC is what I do as well.
My last purchase was a second hand Optiplex 7060. Intel i5 8th gen, intel wifi,… All recognised out of the box, no wifi or graphics shenanigans, you can get on with your life without wasting time trying to get non-supported hardware to work 👍
Nice! I’ll have to check out that model of Optiplex
@@LinuxCreativeProject These refurbished business PCs are about 100 to 150 dollars on Amazon or more if you opt for more RAM/ drive space. Core i7s jump up a lot in price. I can sometimes get a palette of these kinds of PCs EXTREMELY cheap at an auction at a nearby state university (they sell surplus / leftover stuff every 6 months). And 8th grn Intel or newer machines cost more because they support Win 11.
100 days? Not bad. If other videos I've seen on TH-cam are to be believed most people seem to chicken out before they even hit a month. I've been a Linux user for over two decades now, having used Windows 95 through XP before it.
Yeah, I’ve sensed that too that a lot of people bail on it at some point. I’m in it for the long haul. My goal is using all FOSS for my creative work, that being said as soon as I have a system that can run Resolve I will incorporate that for a while at least. I’m excited about all the possibilities. The world of FOSS creative software is in a great spot with a great future. That’s awesome you have that much experience with Linux. I’m happy to have people like you discover the channel for insight and opinions. Thanks so much for watching and commenting!
I use refurbished Dell optiplex mini's. They come with W10 Pro and sometimes W11. 8 and 16G of RAM with Sata and NVME SSD 256G to 1TB. Works great with Linux.
I need to look for one of those. Thanks for the tip!
You mentioned being used to Resolve. That is officially supported on Linux as far as I know, with some kinks to do with audio formats
You’re absolutely right. It’s just that I can’t get it to run on my current Linux setup. Once I get a computer that can run I will definitely be using it. I have a Studio license so I won’t need to worry about format/codec issues.
As someone who is about to move from Mac to Linux, this is very helpful and exciting. Thank you.
Idea for future video 1: how are you dealing storage? Do you run a NAS, or perhaps use external HDD or SSD drives? How did the transition from Mac to Linux go re storage?
Idea for future video 2: what are good ways to distort hop?
Keep up the good work
Great suggestions for videos! I’ll definitely cover those topics soon. Join the free tier on Patreon too as I’m planning on doing some more random videos and things on there as I try things and troubleshoot. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Really nice to hear that you are able to do everything you want on creative side because that's the thing I've been hearing most complaints about lately from people that want to switch to Linux. While I am not "creative" in traditional sense I was able to gain some insight where my open source contributions on coding side my be useful. Tip from experienced system builder to newbie. I would advice against making your first build small form factor. Many of the cases require very specific sequence of inserting the components and the tolerances are very tight so for example case's builder might advertise it being ready to accept RTX 4090 but Asus ROG model is built bigger than the "default" design and there for does not fit. Then you got airflow management and thermal overhead etc. All this can be bit much when you need to think about what component goes into what slot and is it even compatible. Mid-Tower would facilitate much smoother on boarding. If you are looking for something that is stealthy and does not clash with interior I would suggest looking into locating the computer in desk cabinet. You can make it work with hole saw, 1 intake & 1 exhaust plus 1 extraction fan on exhaust side.
That’s a fantastic tip about the case size. Thank you! I’ll keep you updated. That’s awesome you code and contribute to open source projects. I have a few wishlist things I wish I could contribute with on the coding side but I’ll do my best to use my creative experience to give insight and help. Thanks for watching and for the great tip! Happy you’re here.
I made the switch because of all the spying, telemetry, ads, and nonsense that windows wants to throw at you constantly, Cortana, Copilot, onedrive...all are garbage. As is subscribing to Adobe rather than owning it. Sure, it looks pretty and you're used to it, but nobody should have any right to follow my every keystroke just because I bought their O/S. Linux Mint 20 (desktop) and 22 (laptop) are amazing. WPS office is basically the very same interface as MS office. VLC is great for media, and steam is designed for linux. And frankly, Thunderbird is better than Outlook.
I totally understand your motivation to switch. And I’m loving Linux mint so far too. Thanks so much for watching! I’m happy you’re here.
I managed to get an older gen 3 HP desktop. Installed Linuxmint, and haven't looked back. Slow to start up, but once running it is fantastic. I have converted to LMDE 6 on my laptop as my daily driver.
That’s awesome! I need to get a Linux laptop soon too. Thanks for watching and commenting! Happy to have you here.
If it's booting from an HDD, adding an SSD (even something small like a 256 or 512GB drive) and installing your OS on that instead will massively improve your startup times!
Good tip!
I did as well and I’m happy with it
Nice! What distro are you currently running?
+Respect
Thank you!
If you can use 100% OSS drivers (eg AMD, not nVidia for the GPU, and research your peripherals before you buy), Fedora is a super polished choice, and modern GNOME is very Mac-like.
Good to know! I can’t wait to give it a try. Thanks for the tip!
Hi. Congrats for your project, I’m glad you made it🙂 I also switch from Mac in the beginning of this year and I’m been happy🙂 I choose Bluefin from universal blue project (the base is the atomic version of Fedora, Silverblue).
Thank you! And congrats on your switch. I’ve heard of Bluefin but not too familiar. I’ll have to check it out. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Sorry if someone else has already mentioned this, but DaVinci Resolve seems to work well on Nobara (Fedora base). I'm a newb on Linux as well so it takes a little bit to get it finally working correctly, but I think I have it working smoothly now. Since I paid for Studio version, DR on Linux was a must before I could switch full time.
That’s good to know! I have a feeling I still may have an issue on my current Linux computer as it only has AMD integrated graphics but I’ll have to give Nobara a try. Thanks!
Nice video. Appreciate that you share the good and bad and most importantly explain why people need to look at what they actually need to do with their computer. I come from a different era when small businesses actually created custom ERP and CRM systems. The stuff I made just has to work or the business doesn't! The very idea of forced updates and not allowing for seamless rollbacks is antithetical to the notion of being able to create software to run a business. I really hope more people come to understand the significance of this and realize that Linux gives them the power to control their own systems. Or, we can acknowledge that we want to use Apple or Microsoft on their terms and our computers are just appliances that are ultimately controlled by Apple or Microsoft and basically just something we rent from them.
That’s a great analogy. They really are just becoming appliances. Thank for we have Linux and a large selection of hardware choices to build exactly what we want. Thank you for watching and for the kind words. Much appreciated! I’m happy you found the channel.
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Thanks!
I use a combination of Mac/Linux for writing code and development tools. Every machine in the testing and production environments are running Linux. No Windows whatsoever. I can confidently say I don't miss anything from my Windows days.
That’s awesome! Thanks for watching and commenting. Happy to have you here
On mac for 29 years, I was hanging out with the guys from the Motorola M68000 ( the Mac's original processor family) group, at NCC 1984, when Apple released the Mac, bought one in early 1985, but, the last ten years, Apple has been beating Microsoft at the "locked in world", and the non-upgradeable Mac Silicon products signed the death warrant... For now, I'm going to wring more life out of my Mac mini's, with open core patcher, but have a parallel learning track with Linux on my "rescued' HP Mini desktop boxes, so this is a useful and timely review!!
Nice! Sounds like we are in very similar situations. Keep me updated on how your Linux journey goes.
you can also run linux on old macs. retro replay here on youtube does it all the time.
Thank you for this update!
so much ...
obviously quicksync on the one hand and all the support coming from STEAM for AMD systems on the other makes it difficult for me to decide (also gpus: AMDs Linux support vs cuda and hope on the horizon..)
i'm waiting for the new gen of CPUs by AMD and Intel though hoping for AV1- ENcoding on the iGPU
looking forward to codecs as a topic
went for the vanillaOS. (might replace mint as my go to "family and friends distro"
Tried (and failed) to install the fedora based nobara on a thinkpad x380 - since it comes with Davinci Support out of the box it's kinda intriguing . Davinci is the reason i still have windows on my main desktop PC and i believe nobara needs a beefier system to run at it'S potential
still keeping an eye on the AVLinux-version of MXLinux, still not sure about ubuntuStudio (canonical...)
failed to install it . what i'm really waiting for is PopOS and it's cosmic DE to come out of alpha
your work and perspective on this is very inspiring!
sorry for a messy comment to such a well structured video...
Thank you for the comment!! I can’t wait to have a Linux system that can run Resolve too. The FOSS editing tools are improving all the time but it’s nice to have Lightworks and Resolve on Linux for choices
Hey, AMD CPUs do have something like quicksync in the 7000 series and up. Its called Smart Access Video, i know it works with Davinci resolve but i dont know more then that, maybe something to look into.
Great tip! I’ll look into that. Thank you!
A really good Computer would be a Lenovo Pseries laptop P50 P51 P52 P53 - That is if you can find one Off Lease - That would be the far best for value... I would have to say it beats apple in all aspects of repairability...
I’ll check those out! Thanks for the tip! And thanks for watching!
I still like MacOS best. I've been running Mojave on a custom build for several years and i def prefer it to any Linux distro. That being said, id certainly use Linux over Windows. Im a computer guy and give Zorin to residential customers and Mint to businesses. In 3 years of doing that, ive never gotten a single phone call about them. I like Ubuntu-based distros far more than others and i like several DE's. Im def a "fan" of linux and I will daily drive it before I'll use a version of Mac OS that forces AI. (So im sure my switch is inevitable)
That’s awesome you have a custom Mac build. And I seen the drawn to Ubuntu based distros as well (based on my limited experimentation). Thanks for watching and for the comment! It’s great to hear from all kinds of experiences from different users and professionals.
Hi , Is nice to meet another ones who jump into this wonderful/painful place XD , but is only painful when we swim against it, is just better look for supported devices. greetings.
Great point. That’s my approach for anything I get next. Making sure it’s supported. Thanks for watching and for the comment!
At 100 I was half the time into kernel panics.
Oh that sucks. I’ve had my share of challenges too. Things are working well right now, so much so that Im hesitant to change too much as I don’t wait to cause issues. I’ll experiment more soon though. Thanks for watching!
Great Video with great insights, I will now go watch your other vids ,I'm by no means a Linux expert or authoritative figure, been using Linux since 2008, and yes no OS is perfect, its a tool to get stuff done and i only use Linux, its a personal choice and preference. You should look at 2nd hand Thinkpads, they pretty cheap and very modular, can be upgraded, depending on which model you get and if its suited for your use case!
Great point about the Thinkpads! I’ll have to pick one up one of these days soon. That’s awesome you’ve been using Linux for so long. And thank you for watching and for your support! Much appreciated. Happy you’re here.
Having been an After Effects guy for the longest time, I really struggled to adapt to the Blender/Kdenlive workflow. Kdenlive's animation keyframes are just gimmicky enough to prevent me from entering the flow state and just getting the results I pictured in my mind (not to mention the complete lack of object hirearchy, motion blur, and the text controls just being too basic). Now I'm a little more used to it, but I've been eyeing out Natron for a while lately, thinking it might just solve my struggles for the things that are too big for Kdenlive, but not big enough for Blender. Especially because I've been missing the accessibility of the After Effects plugin scene with all the extra downloadable pre-baked effects that you can just slap into layers, and Natron's OFX might just fill that gap for me.
I completely understand what you’re saying. And I’m in a similar spot with that stuff. I need to spend more time with Natron but also leave the possibility open to use Blender for even 2D motion graphics that I would have done in AE before.
I would avoid Intel 13th and 14th gen. There's something whacky going on with them at hardware level and intel is trying to cover it up by boosting the voltages to keep them stable. Gamer's Nexus, Jaystwocents, TechYESCity, and Level1Techs have been covering it.
I’ve heard something about that and I will definitely avoid. Thanks for the tip!
imo pop os might be better for a creative person since it uses gnome and gnome seems to have decent support for wacom tablets
I definitely need to give it a shot. Thanks!
Give a try to Garuda kde or gnome. It runs flawless on my new hardware, and very fast.
Oh nice! I’ll check that out. Thank you!
Can you - DECOMPILE - the Mac version of Adobe, and then Linux RECOMPILE, so that it works with your current OS?
I doubt anything like that would be possible. I’m fine not having the Adobe stuff. It’s part of my reasoning for doing this whole thing.
What HARDWARE is properly compatible with Linux?
Do you find using Linux is SIMILAR to operating the Mac OS?
Hardware compatibility is pretty broad but some systems take more troubleshooting than others. There are companies that have Linux preinstalled and there are some manufacturers that traditionally make very Linux friendly systems, specifically Dell and Lenovo.
Linux feels like MacOS in some ways. Since both Linux and MacOS use “Unix like” file structures you’ll be at home navigating through the computer. And you can customize Linux to look like whatever you want. If you want. Thanks for watching! Let me know if you have any more questions.
Can you run Linux the same on IBM compatible PC's, as you can on a Mac?
You can run Linux on x86 processors (typical IBM compatible). There is some limited support for ARM based processors
Speaking of the various CODECS: it seems that certain AUDIO VISUAL recordings will ONLY play with certain file extensions - right?
In a way that’s true. In terms of video, There are codecs and there are containers (which are associated with extensions that indicate what the container is) Most of the time certain codecs are usually only associated with one or two containers.
@@LinuxCreativeProject BOTTOM LINE: can you get ALL codecs to use on Linux?
@@jakobw135 As far as I know, you can. If there is a codec incompatible with Linux, I’m unaware of it.
What about Affinity, have you testet the Affinity apps, and if so, are they running as fast on Mint as on Windows or Mac?
Affinity does not run natively on Linux. I’ve been using Inkscape instead of Affinity Designer and a combo of Gimp, Krita, and Darktable instead of Affinity Photo. Scribus will be my Affinity Publisher replacement but I haven’t had a project for it yet. I will soon.
The subscription crud is great for them but horrible for us. Affinity software keeps one system on Windows but we're tearing it out everywhere else. Thanks for this!
I feel you! I was using Affinity for a bit too. Thanks for watching!
Good part about linux you'll break free from Addiction.
Good point! Thanks for watching!
But I am addicted to Linux 😊
AMD CPU Intel Arc GPU. If you don't game then the Arc GPUs have great video encoding.
Good tip! Thank you!
Contentt is prducedd
What do you mean?
Looks like YT decided to delete my comment making some recommendations for beginners and stuff. This platform is so bad! 😂
Ugh that sucks 🤦🏻♂️ thanks for watching though! Much appreciated