10 things I do right after installing Linux: 1. Wonder if I pulled out the USB stick which contains the ISO file at the right time. 2. Second-guess my decision of whether or not to encrypt the system drive. 3. "Reboot yo", just to make sure the installation went okay. 4. Look over all the things in the taskbar (both left and right sides) just to see what's there. 5. Right-click on the taskbar just to see what's in that menu. 6. Right-click on the desktop just to see what's in that menu. 7. Open the actual menu menu and look over what's there. 8. Connect to the internet. 9. Look for GUI ways to update system, app packages, flatpaks. 10. Begin the 5 things in your video.
For me it is: 1. Start install. 2. Reboot after finished. 3. paru -Syu 4. Install theme, icon pack and apps. 5. Customise the theme's css colours. 6. Done.
Something else that would make life easier for new linux users is to install something like Timeshift, it does have to be set up when you first install the system so in the file system choose btrfs, after you do that most distros will make the subvolumes automatically and Timeshift snapshots will be able to work properly. A good thing is to also install btrfs-grub so that in case you mess something up in your system you can always boot into a snapshot and restore the os to a usable state. Extremely useful as a beginner, trust me.
Linux is so good now, Honestly its much better than Windows. I just hopped on Windows 11 to try and install a program, and suddenly remembered windows is just spammy and nasty to use. Your looking at all these download buttons wondering which one is the actual program, trying not to get tricked. Linux, you type sudo install steam for example and you have the correct version no risk to your system, I don't have to battle the system and use the power shell to stop an unwanted web browser or xbox game service from running. I love it, and I have it looking just like windows xp just for fun, I have Liquid windows that slide around like some gel when I move them lol its just too cool
For me, it goes: install and set up hyprland set swappiness to 1 switch to zen kernel set up flatpaks make pipewire work (impossible, until it isn't) sync browser tabs make bash aliases use said aliases to update the system ......I use artix, btw
Oh god the zen kernal is amazing I am playing CyberPunk 2077 10x faster than normal compared to Windows using an Arch Linux distro and it's actually quite breath taking how scary fast Linux has boosted my computer a thousand fold.
@@TechnoMinded-qp5in I haven't seen much of a difference when gaming, between the kernels, but zen definitely makes hyprland respond much better. Animations, applications opening and such.
The EULA on the Microsoft fonts is actually quite short and readable. It comes down to you not making any kind of derivative product from them, and that you have to distribute the entire fonts package together instead of splitting them up (with a carve-out for embedding a font directly for usage in a file such as a PDF).
@@leecowell8165 I am pretty sure the Linux kernel is under the GNU GPL, which is technically a EULA. (Even if it's just there to protect your rights and freedom to use the software how you see fit.)
6. Spend tons of time installing and configuring each distro to find that some or the other thing doesn't work the the distros. 7. Format and move back to Windows
8. Realize you have to buy a new machine. 9. Complain about a price you have to pay. 10. Complain that you can't set it properly. 11. Complain about not be able to uninstall all the crap that takes you half of your RAM 12. Complain about update system that always makes system unusable. 13. Realize that this OS will always will do things you don't want, cause you can't change it anyway. 14. Format your disk. 15. Install Linux again. 16. Start learning the system properly without complaining.
Writing scripts by newbies ain't easy. I have some scripts that the commands used in them are not even installed by default. So I gotta grab those before I can even write the script! this is beyond the ability of most newbies to linux.
@@leecowell8165 Right. Newbies actually should not even try to write scripts because if you make a mistake the results could be catastrophic. Been there, done that :)
Yeah for those who think like a typical woke left hard and want to exaggerate the difficulty of everything up front before they've even tried the first step or first command, sure But if you actually offer a hand out to these Linux beginner users involved in the terminal, you would be surprised at how much they learn and not even 10 minutes time
I would also mention to install or make a snapshot in timeshift, You can make a snapshot by using a command in terminal $; sudo timeshift --create and later if you can't access some how gui timeshift or app windo for it use command to restore it $; sudo timeshift --restore . Timeshift restore some changes if you by accident or because of some bad updates mess up your system
Excellent video, good pace, good clear and concise explanations, good tone, good examples. THANK you SO much for this, it is very helpful. @DistroTube: May I ask a favor? I would like to know at timestamp 9:00 : - WHAT is your top toolbar and what is in it? Especially the workspaces(?) on the left and the system monitoring elements on the right. - WHAT is the vertical box on the right edge of the screen showing the time, date, CPU/RAM usage, etc.? - Do you use or suggest any other system tools? What is your preferred browser, terminal, and you said "emacs" for the text editor, right? Thanks again and I appreciate you and your efforts and time! I hope to get a reply from you to answer my questions (or perhaps someone else in the audience would also care to comment).
If the distro comes with software you don't want, remove it completely prior torunning updates, it will shorten the time it takes to run updates and it's no use updating stuff you don't want.
Really good list, especially the updates first. The order makes a lot of sense. I've noticed that a lot of distros have GUI Welcome screens that walk users through a list that's pretty much like what you present here. I note you didn't put TimeShift in the list. **Good**. If your system won't update or can't get drivers, there's no reason to back it up.
I'm pretty sure the current version of the Ubuntu software center only updates snaps. If you want to update Deb packages too, you either need to use the command line or the Software Updater app (the updater app does both)
Must say, your voice is very pleasant to listen, and best of all, really easy to understand for non-english speaker. I do also all these 5 things, just remove snap instead of installing it.
Apreciate the guidance. Been tiptoeing around daily driving Linux for a while and got the dbl whammy of an update reverting all my vhanges and experiencing a "clean" Windows install a new laptop. The way i see it, can either have a machine that does what i want or spend the rest of my life chopping heads off the bloatware hydra.
actually kinda funny you have to remind people to update their system immediately after installing it since I think you have to do that on windows as well, idk about mac
There really is nothing funny about that on a newbie's perspective.. Having to feel one's way around Linux.. That is a very sane and logical advice of really what to do after an install.. The average newbie user on Windows, will definitely not think nor care to update the system after install, thus big old Redmond made sure to push the updates down everybody's throats whether we like the pudding or not..
Did install actuall CachyOS... Awesome. VRR, HDR and undervolting for my 4090. Most games runs even better as on W11. Cause if a game is not optimized for windows it runs better on linux.
Actually flatpak is fine but nobody should use SNAPs. Making this a default really ruins everything on a beginner friendly plug&play distro. Connecting camera,mic,…. Is a mess and performance, fonts,.. always missing. Disable should be the first part. BTW missing: - enable firewall - disclaimer: only use antivirus live scan if you know how to configure it without root otherwise having none is more secure
Hey DT, what do you think about the OMAKUB script? It's quite similar to the DT-OS script and has been gaining a lot of attention in the development community lately. I’d love to hear your thoughts on it. It seems like an Omakase-style offering for developers and Linux users.
5 things before install Linux: 1. Uninstall Windows. 2. Format disk. 3. Format disk. 4. Format disk. 5. Format disk. Now you can install Linux. If you suspect the disk still have residues of Windows, burn the disk and buy another one, them install Linux.
WIPE the drive before reformatting; goes much better. Note: People using SSD's need to follow SSD-specific instructions for 'wiping' so not to damage the SSD memory.
Harden the system? It's Linux not Windows. Get the windows mentality out of your head because all that programs like Hunter whatever and clam Ave do is give you a bunch of false positives
I ran the software updater right after I installed Linux Mint, and it promptly turned my dual monitor system into a single monitor system. Every few weeks, I go back and install updates, hoping I will get back my second monitor, but no luck so far. Hopefully Linux Mint 22 will fix things. Until then, lack of dual monitors is a dealbreaker.
Okay so to be honest your point is proof that one should not just blindly install any and all updates even in the Linux world because something can be bent or broken and the bottom line is you need to take a little time and read what updates are about to be installed that you have checked boxed before you actually download and install them When in doubt, create a Time shift snapshot targeting a separate physical SSD before doing a particular update that seems a little fishy or that you don't understand it yet that way if you decide to take the risk and it messes up something a Time shift snapshot restoration chances are will correct everything back to normal Timeshift is to Linux as system restore is to Windows but the only difference is time shift actually works
@@motoryzen Yes, in hindsight I should have use Timeshift. But, this update was installed literally seconds after I finished installing Linux Mint, before I did anything else, not after weeks of getting everything set up the way I wanted. So, I didn't think I had much to lose. Wrong choice.
No you don't want Mirror. You should see 2 monitors displayed in the Layout pane under System Settings/Display. If you don't there's something wrong with the display adapter of the missing monitor (or the kernel is not recognizing it). If you do have both displays select "Join Displays". Note that you can swap the monitor display position in Layout by clicking on one of them and drag/drop. Finally note that when you click on one of the displays in the layout pane the one that IS the Primary monitor will have "Set as Primary" grayed.
Some years ago I read an article that (at least some) Linux distros tend to mark each file with the last time it was read (atime) which means that just reading a file causes a write to the disk which is bad for SSDs which have a limited number of writes. The article advised how to turn this feature off. Has this been taken into account in current distros as SSDs have become more common or do you still have to do it yourself?
You should NOT install /root or /home to SSD! something like /backup is fine but NOT the two main branches of the linux tree. Why? because ext4 is a "journalized" partition layout (no fragmentation). however the downside is that the journey is located in the same location on disk and is therefore written to ZILLIONS of times... wears out the SSD now you can only READ! that can't be too good.
I JUST installed CachyOS to test for gaming as I hear it's supposed to be REALLY good for it, but I can't get flatpac or snapd to install! Tried how you did it here and the system just said it can't find snapd to install, and flatpak kinda looks like it's installing, but half the items come up with a "WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module : 'XXXXX' and does not show up or run when it finishes. >.< Although it seems to run quicker than Mint, and feels more responsive, if I can't get to programs and applications that I can use then it's not gonna work for me. I may have to start looking at yet MORE distributions... At least I have until next year when Win10 dies it's long awaited death. >.>
Linux is the only time i wish i had an AMD card.. Its just so hard to get Nvidia driver installed. KI still havent managed to get CUDA or OPTIX installed.
If you are dealing with ubuntu, zorin os, or Linux mint, and a forum user with the nickname of SMG has pretty good experience helping those with Nvidia graphics cards getting most if not all of everything set up properly
New Linux kid on the block the best thing to do after installing Linux is to tell Apple and Microsucks goodbye to their god awful customer "service" which doesn't care about you the penguin is your new god now Linux is the new normal.
whats the best way to get microsoft fonts on arch linux? the wiki only lists an AUR package. should iust use AUR package? i typically try to avoid AUR things. it sucks it doesnt have microsoft font native pacakage
you talk to fast. is there a site for old to to understand changing from windows to linux and have to add mint? I have some computer, but this is way above my head. 🤯🤯
@@terrydaktyllus1320 That's not ideal way of managing so. Not all codecs are synced to the current latest version and upgrade causes breakages. Flatpak deals much better
@@plutorocks1 "That's not ideal way of managing so." I don't recall ever having to install a specific codec in Gentoo's Portage package manager but my Gentoo installations seem to happily play all of the audio and video formats I throw at them. Gentoo controls file formats through "USE flags" which, when enabled, presumably install the needed codecs transparently anyway. I would therefore describe that as an ideal way of managing them. "Not all codecs are synced to the current latest version and upgrade causes breakages." That's not my experience in Gentoo as I explained above. And why are people like you so obsessed with "latest versions" of software all of the time? A true engineer like me takes the attitude "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". "Flatpak deals much better" Flatpak, appimage, snap and "Pick n Nix OS" are all designed for indecisive people that can't commit to a specific distro and learn it properly. Gentoo has been my main OS since 2003 with no sign of changing - that's because I sit and learn things properly, I don't expect an additional third party to create a "universal package manager" that just adds bloat, more bugs and new security issues just because I can't get off my lazy backside and learn Linux properly. Typical millennial behaviour - never reads books or documentation, wants a step-by-step video for everything.
Deleting Windows should have been the first thing you've done. Dual booting both windows and Linux from the same physical Drive is just a recipe for disaster waiting to happen, if that's what you were alluding to
@@sanjeevsinghrajput5593 I'm not saying Windows is not spying on you, but studies show your machine runs optimally, with windows running all its bloatware and windows dose run better than any Linux distro. (sadly) 😔
1. Don't do it 2. Dont do it 3.Don't do it. 4. Dont do it. 5. Dont do it Value what is supposed to be your computer and your sanity and your privacy enough not to let Microsoft invade your world because I got news for you there isn't a single registry edit or third-party software tool that will stop them from doing so because nothing will give you editing access to the windows core AKA kernel in which where your windows Telemetry and Windows updates engines live
