16 years ago I was looking for an alternative to Windows and discovered Ubuntu and it was the bees knees. I loved Linux so much that I pushed through every hurdle I had and replaced my printer, threw away my flat bed scanner, gave away all of my game CDs/DVDs, I was determined to make it work and it was the best decision I ever made. Perservere and stay determined and be willing to make major changes to hardware selection and be willing to use software alternatives. It hurts a little in the short term but is awesome in the long term.
I think it's good that you're advising against recklessly migrating, because I've had unpleasant experiences noticing after an OS installation that network drivers were missing. This happened with both Linux and Windows.
Hi. Watching your talk at the 45 Drives event many days later,like it a lot. I am a subscriber to your channel since many years,you have the absolute best Linux channel out there at TH-cam! Now..i have been using Linux since 1998 (on Desktop and on my servers) after beeing frustared not to be able to customice Win 2000. After litte search i found Debian net-install and i was totally sold! Ever sicne i been using Linux (all the iterations of Ubuntu for example, and a slight detour in trying FreeBSD on desktop...). Anyway, i am still using Linux on Desktop and servers after all these years (Endeavour OS and Linux Mint) . Just want to thank you for awesome content on your channel!
Excellent presentation, everything said rings true. I use Unix since the early 90s, before Linux came to be. Been there since the early days, because being able to have something like Unix at home was just a dream coming true. Learning to use Linux will make you better at using computers. It's really a life skill, like cooking or learning a third language.
So this is timely... Today we have to hand a Linux VM to a team that uses 100% Windows servers. We have a call with them to do a walk-through, and my team mates are thinking how are we going to make them proficient enough in a couple hours. I do believe this video could help! Watching now ..
Just wanted to say I love all of your videos and thanks for being such a great resource. I am a long time casual off and on user of Linux until about 2 years ago when I had to give up the ghost with Windows 7. I have been on Linux Mint and it has treated me very well. It is so much easier than 20 years ago when I was using it in a business environment along with Solaris. I reminded myself to post a comment as I saw a great custom license plate today, which was "AWK NERD".. This inspires me to perhaps try and get one that is either "GREP GEEK" or "SED STUD" if those are not taken... :)
Hi Jay, new subscriber here. Found your channel recently being a fairly new Linux user (skirted in and around it for many years but now want to get more hands on). You mentioned you weren't a presentation guy, but that was great and I'd respectfully disagree 😉 Seeing how software in general (but specifically OS's) have become more and more intrusive, I'm just not comfortable using the big players now. Unfortunately, I'm locked into Windows for a couple of apps but aside from that I'm kinda done with MS. The only thing I need to figure out is whether a dual boot approach is better than going for a seperate drive entirely approach as it seems like Windows has a nasty habit of screwing around with dual boot setups. I'm not sure if using the seperate drive approach comes with it's own problems regarding any bios issues either (legacy bios not UEFI)..anyways, thanks for uploading this 👍
I've broken my boot so many times and every time I've used BootRepair to repair it, I've ended up with nothing repaired. So I don't like this tool very much. But it helped me learn how a boot works by trying to repair it manually
I definitely didn't follow some of those steps when I switched to Linux a month ago. I was soo tired of Microsoft and Windows that I loaded up 4 usbs with installers and just installed without testing. I did at least spend like two weeks before hand researching to know my personal bias towards being an AMD fanboy greatly benefitted my transition at least. I did start off with Fedora Workstation Gnome but was operating too slow especially for a fresh install with nothing left over. Not sure if it was due to me selecting all of storage units to partition during the install since I have 1 m.2., 1 SSD, and 1 HDD or if I was just unlucky. But then I replaced Fedora with a fresh install of Nobara KDE and had no installs of slow operations. Month later still running good. Though I am keeping an eye on Cosmic Desktop and wonder if it would be hard for me to replace KDE with Cosmic when it comes out or if I should consider a distro hop to Debian
Been using Linux since 2015. Recently had internet stop working on my PopOS machine. Now my Manjaro machine. Can't figure out what to do. Internet works fine on all my other devices, it's definitely related to the OS/kernal
ROFL! The Intel WiFi card, that was the first thing I did with older Dell Latitudes, if they didn't come with it already. There are also WiFi dongles available that work just fine, but check the specifications before purchase! Many work just fine, some you have to do that compile thing again, which is never good, and then there are some that there just isn't a Linux driver available. I have usually had good luck with the Edimax brand WiFi dongles.
Thank you Jay for your excellent content and videos. You are providing the excellent marketing for Linux. Please keep up the great work. The only issues that I have every had with my Linux experience is with Bluetooth. Specifically, my Bose Mini II, but it has been fixed with the most recent kernel updates. But in general, Bluetooth dongles and keyboards with older distributions. It appears good now. The lack of Turbo Tax for Linux is one of my biggest issues and what keeps me kind of tethered to using Windows. That, and our company still uses Windows apps. I do like the KVM and I do run vmware on LM with a windows VM. Doom, DOS version, works fine for me as well as Duke Nukem 3D. Thanks and take care.
I am still hoping for Microsoft to produce Office for Linux. Then I think I will migrate to Linux, fully. I am aware that there are several alternatives e.g. LibreOffice etc., but working with colleagues that using Microsoft Office makes it difficult sometimes. I also know that there are methods like using Wine etc., but AFAIK, not the latest Office can be used (2013 IINM). My company uses Office 365. If we can use Office 365 in Linux, I will be happily to move. The web version of Office 365 is not my target since many features are not there.
Doesn't a DUAL BOOT arrangement mean that each OS has the ENTIRE COMPUTER to itself while it is loaded and active? Are you suggesting that Linux or Windows can modify certain MICRO CODE that the other OS would need to run properly?
Windows won't modify the firmware (BIOS/UEFI) in a dual boot machine, but it can mess up the bootloader (LILO/GRUB) that Linux installs if you use a partition in the same physical hard disk drive. So it is better to have a drive dedicated to Linux if you are on the " wetting the toes face".
16 years ago I was looking for an alternative to Windows and discovered Ubuntu and it was the bees knees. I loved Linux so much that I pushed through every hurdle I had and replaced my printer, threw away my flat bed scanner, gave away all of my game CDs/DVDs, I was determined to make it work and it was the best decision I ever made. Perservere and stay determined and be willing to make major changes to hardware selection and be willing to use software alternatives. It hurts a little in the short term but is awesome in the long term.
I think it's good that you're advising against recklessly migrating, because I've had unpleasant experiences noticing after an OS installation that network drivers were missing. This happened with both Linux and Windows.
Hi. Watching your talk at the 45 Drives event many days later,like it a lot. I am a subscriber to your channel since many years,you have the absolute best Linux channel out there at TH-cam! Now..i have been using Linux since 1998 (on Desktop and on my servers) after beeing frustared not to be able to customice Win 2000. After litte search i found Debian net-install and i was totally sold! Ever sicne i been using Linux (all the iterations of Ubuntu for example, and a slight detour in trying FreeBSD on desktop...). Anyway, i am still using Linux on Desktop and servers after all these years (Endeavour OS and Linux Mint) . Just want to thank you for awesome content on your channel!
Really, finding equivalents for your apps is the very FIRST thing to do,
Excellent presentation, everything said rings true. I use Unix since the early 90s, before Linux came to be. Been there since the early days, because being able to have something like Unix at home was just a dream coming true. Learning to use Linux will make you better at using computers. It's really a life skill, like cooking or learning a third language.
So this is timely... Today we have to hand a Linux VM to a team that uses 100% Windows servers. We have a call with them to do a walk-through, and my team mates are thinking how are we going to make them proficient enough in a couple hours. I do believe this video could help! Watching now ..
Ja y, a great present presentation that covered the migration issues very well. Easy to follow and understand. Thanks
Just wanted to say I love all of your videos and thanks for being such a great resource. I am a long time casual off and on user of Linux until about 2 years ago when I had to give up the ghost with Windows 7. I have been on Linux Mint and it has treated me very well. It is so much easier than 20 years ago when I was using it in a business environment along with Solaris.
I reminded myself to post a comment as I saw a great custom license plate today, which was "AWK NERD".. This inspires me to perhaps try and get one that is either "GREP GEEK" or "SED STUD" if those are not taken... :)
Hi Jay, new subscriber here. Found your channel recently being a fairly new Linux user (skirted in and around it for many years but now want to get more hands on). You mentioned you weren't a presentation guy, but that was great and I'd respectfully disagree 😉 Seeing how software in general (but specifically OS's) have become more and more intrusive, I'm just not comfortable using the big players now.
Unfortunately, I'm locked into Windows for a couple of apps but aside from that I'm kinda done with MS. The only thing I need to figure out is whether a dual boot approach is better than going for a seperate drive entirely approach as it seems like Windows has a nasty habit of screwing around with dual boot setups. I'm not sure if using the seperate drive approach comes with it's own problems regarding any bios issues either (legacy bios not UEFI)..anyways, thanks for uploading this 👍
I've broken my boot so many times and every time I've used BootRepair to repair it, I've ended up with nothing repaired. So I don't like this tool very much. But it helped me learn how a boot works by trying to repair it manually
Thank you for your excellent content! So helpful.
I definitely didn't follow some of those steps when I switched to Linux a month ago. I was soo tired of Microsoft and Windows that I loaded up 4 usbs with installers and just installed without testing. I did at least spend like two weeks before hand researching to know my personal bias towards being an AMD fanboy greatly benefitted my transition at least. I did start off with Fedora Workstation Gnome but was operating too slow especially for a fresh install with nothing left over. Not sure if it was due to me selecting all of storage units to partition during the install since I have 1 m.2., 1 SSD, and 1 HDD or if I was just unlucky. But then I replaced Fedora with a fresh install of Nobara KDE and had no installs of slow operations. Month later still running good. Though I am keeping an eye on Cosmic Desktop and wonder if it would be hard for me to replace KDE with Cosmic when it comes out or if I should consider a distro hop to Debian
Been using Linux since 2015. Recently had internet stop working on my PopOS machine. Now my Manjaro machine. Can't figure out what to do. Internet works fine on all my other devices, it's definitely related to the OS/kernal
ROFL! The Intel WiFi card, that was the first thing I did with older Dell Latitudes, if they didn't come with it already. There are also WiFi dongles available that work just fine, but check the specifications before purchase! Many work just fine, some you have to do that compile thing again, which is never good, and then there are some that there just isn't a Linux driver available. I have usually had good luck with the Edimax brand WiFi dongles.
Thank you Jay for your excellent content and videos. You are providing the excellent marketing for Linux. Please keep up the great work. The only issues that I have every had with my Linux experience is with Bluetooth. Specifically, my Bose Mini II, but it has been fixed with the most recent kernel updates. But in general, Bluetooth dongles and keyboards with older distributions. It appears good now.
The lack of Turbo Tax for Linux is one of my biggest issues and what keeps me kind of tethered to using Windows.
That, and our company still uses Windows apps.
I do like the KVM and I do run vmware on LM with a windows VM. Doom, DOS version, works fine for me as well as Duke Nukem 3D.
Thanks and take care.
1. Delete windows.
2. Install linux.
3. Use linux.
4. ???
5. Profit.
I am still hoping for Microsoft to produce Office for Linux. Then I think I will migrate to Linux, fully. I am aware that there are several alternatives e.g. LibreOffice etc., but working with colleagues that using Microsoft Office makes it difficult sometimes. I also know that there are methods like using Wine etc., but AFAIK, not the latest Office can be used (2013 IINM). My company uses Office 365. If we can use Office 365 in Linux, I will be happily to move. The web version of Office 365 is not my target since many features are not there.
So thats how you say your name, Jay ... hmmm ... :P
"La Croy"
Meanwhile in France ...
Doesn't a DUAL BOOT arrangement mean that each OS has the ENTIRE COMPUTER to itself while it is loaded and active?
Are you suggesting that Linux or Windows can modify certain MICRO CODE that the other OS would need to run properly?
Windows won't modify the firmware (BIOS/UEFI) in a dual boot machine, but it can mess up the bootloader (LILO/GRUB) that Linux installs if you use a partition in the same physical hard disk drive. So it is better to have a drive dedicated to Linux if you are on the " wetting the toes face".
@@vtheofilis That's what I would do - install Linux and Windows: each on SEPARATE DISCS.
Sorry but trying every disto and rejecting the distros you don't like, is not an "easy tip"