@Glizzster the mac mini M1 was a steal so they got me after almost a decade to try them again. As an emergency back up, for 650, if it lasts 6 years, it'll be worth its weight. I can just use it for my music production and thats a whole bunch of data my daily driver doesn't need to worry about now.
I just spent 2 days trying to get basic software set up on my new Ubuntu installation. You guys are full of shit. It's an endless sea of console commands and googling, and I'm a 30 year programmer with experience with Linux since 1993!
To be fair, he kinda implies that in mistake #4 with his struggle to master GIMP and with having to deal with no longer being able to use Microsoft Office on his system (only via the web.)
In my experience, all of the 'noob' distros (unbuntu, mint, pop_OS, manjaro etc.) are really easy to just use. The only distros that you can't use instantly are Gentoo, Arch, LFS, openBSD and shit like that.
I found MX Linux and Solus 4.0 were very easy to use and its really worth installing a few Linuxes on one machine so if something doesn't work on one you can just try it in another one til you figure out which ones you stick with; down to three now (Salient is the third)...
This is so true, I remember after switching the first half of of the year felt like a detox. I was fighting with the system and many things took sooo long. But after this detox phase you slowly realize that you can actually do so many things so much faster!
@Ch Pe Yes! Installed Cinnamon and it's great! Works "out of the box". Software - well, if you're switching to Linux, you have to get used to it so it'll take some time and it doesn't depend on what kind of Linux you have.
@@aneeshprasobhan I think Rob G. meant if you install a Linux distro that requires hands on work. There are some that are quite automatic and the user learns nothing more than running windows. But on more CLI installs you learn a ton of things about how the hard-drive works, volumes, Copy on Write file systems, boot configuration file setup, blacklisting devices so you can assign them soley to VMs etc.
@@stephenrose2324 oh. i see now. I've been using Ubuntu for about 6 months now and I haven't learned anything to be honest. May be I'll learn something with Arch.
@@stephenrose2324 Yea, you become a system administrator instead of a regular user. System administrators on sites running windows have the same, if not better, skills. The user stays a user. I like linux. Started using it in the mid-1990's but it is a pain in the ass. Drivers don't work for any new technology. There are a hundred different distros and each one does something different from the others. I prefer to work easily on windows and I move to linux when I need to do server work that runs on that OS. Linux is cool because it is free. If it was not free, though, nobody would buy it till it became a hell of a lot more user friendly.
@@CaptainGliepnir there are some user friendly distros out there. But so many distros it is difficult to know what would be best for your use case. With Intel having their own Linux now maybe we will see better support for new tech.
@Eon Holt the normal mode in most linix distros is apt install or yum install (or equivalent) THEN "service ABC start" THEN "service ABC enable" if you forget the last bit you'll never diagnose it in a million years when u restart..
My first distro was arch. Glad I made myself start with it because just by using arch over the past few years has forced me to learn a lot about linux.
Your experience inevitably depends on where you come from. For me, after Ubuntu, Arch felt like a minimalist's dream come true. After Debian, having all the newest and shiniest software available felt way cool. And after Gentoo, being able to just install and use stuff right away was a huge time saver. But they were all loads better than Windows XP (which was admittedly nicer than Windows 98, which, in turn, was a lot more usable than Windows 95).
or if you're trying to hack a server with a command injection that are one liners (lemme tell ya that wasn't pretty, had to use double escape forward slash :D)
Edit:::: omg I am totally wrong... Old post: [WRONG ANSWER]Is this a Mandela effect? Windows uses \ which is forward slash. Linux/Unix uses / which is backslash.[/WRONG ANSWER]… Because I always called a / as a slash. And if I talked about windows, well I just said "that dash-slash above the return button".
The weird thing is that when I hand write a forward of backward slash I do both of them in a forward motion. It's something I'd never thought about until this video.
Great video, Chris! :-) Thinking that it may be useful for other viewers, here are the timestamps for each of the 6 Mistakes that you mentioned in this video: 00:09 - Mistake #1 - Not understanding the differences between Linux and Windows 02:11 - Mistake #2 - Choosing the wrong distribution 03:48 - Mistake #3 - Installing software the wrong way 04:35 - Mistake #4 - Sticking to Windows' base programs 07:50 - Mistake #5 - Backslash versus forward slash 08:37 - Mistake #6 - Distro hopping
Number 1 was my biggest mistake, I tried to make Linux into Windows.. Biggest mistake you can ever make.. That was back in 2007 though, although things are a lot easier now.
the biggest mistake they do is hoping that linux will be equal to windows software wise and user friendly wise, lol, no, I have been testing all new popular distros on my lap, no graphic drivers, printers doesn't work, software delivered by open source is shit comparing to paid software on windows/mac ect. and system configuration is behind console [in 2019] are you people paid? because this system suck ass
@@jagth8138 Sorry, I've never had the experience you describe. 99% of users don't need to install graphic drivers. I install, 10 minutes later i'm using everything, not a single work around required for anything whatsoever. It works flawlessly on multiple machines and on my Acer laptop. Some of the "open source" shit you refer to are also the best options available on Windows!
@@jagth8138 what distro? What graphics card? What Desktop did you choose? I have had success with openSUSE gnome desktop and KDE desktop and my nVIDIA card worked well once I added the necessary driver from the repository. Also it had drivers for my obsolete Canon printer that worked right away. If you want something very windows like the LinuxLite seems to come with everything setup in a Windowsy fashion. PopOS! was pretty simple to install also.
I have used an admin account on Windows for years and have damaged Windows, needed to reinstall. On a rare occasion, it has been infected with viruses. Tons of directories messed up. Ton of EXEs infected. I don't know why the default account is an admin account.
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Distro hopping is a good thing, it shouldn't be discouraged. How else are people going to find out about Arch?
@@lifequest7453 This is the very reason I always go for distros that use a commmon package archive. If I can't find the package in my distro's repos, I can just hop over to another's and download the rpm or the deb. Sure, updates could be a pain, but usually I don't need to update these packages.
Im definitely guilty of distro hopping. Then I found Arch Linux and realized that this was the silver bullet I was looking for. Perfect customizability with 0 choices about my system made by the creators. Also, the Arch wiki has literally everything in it and it's written for complete beginners.
For really under-confident people I'd recommend they don't switch to Linux immediately. Instead in Windows or Mac, get yourself set up with Firefox, Thunderbird, GIMP, Audacity, Steam, Libre Office etc - i.e. choose apps that are already cross-platform. Play around with them and get familiar, set them up how you like them. Set yourself a couple of challenges to do an everyday task using free software to build confidence. I've taken this approach with some pretty technophobic people and the reality is that when they can get the everyday stuff done with familiar apps, they realise that changing the OS isn't anything like as big a deal as they'd assumed. Also, when they do switch to a Linux DE, 90% of their day to day computer usage hasn't changed. I did just this for a friend who's over 80 and she's perfectly happy, never having heard of the command line and delighted that everything is free and she doesn't have to worry about viruses anymore.
I think the most "key" thing for me to switch to linux, 15 years ago or so, was finding a knoppix-based (debian-based) distro that had KDE3 as the DE, very windows-like, and could even be installed within the NTFS partition, as a single archive, if I recall, that would be decompressed during boot. Maybe with more powerful computers, VMs are more interesting. And the whole thing of installing linux software these days seems to be possible in a new semi-native thing, with windows having an internal linux on it. But I really don't know how its done, only that theoretically it would make the experience of using these programs more like it's on linux itself, and maybe expand the range of programs that are available, rather than only those that have actually also been made for windows.
I gotta disagree, I think the best think is to dive in feet first. Can it be frustrating? Sure. But in these days, a search engine is usually two or three taps or clicks away.
@@NH_Lock_Chronicals I think you're describing what would work for you and me - people who watch RU-vid tech channels. I'm talking about people who have never heard of Linux, have zero understanding of what an OS even is. People assume that Linux is wrong for such people because you have to 'dive in the deep end' and embrace a steep learning curve. I disagree, having helped quite a few people switch from Windows. Of course the distro and DE choice can make or break their experience. That said it absolutely depends on their use case, and what I'm talking about is aimed at people with very simple needs. That Linux on the desktop has matured to the point where such technophobes can use it reliably and find it similar enough to Windows (in terms of GUI) to find their way around, is a massive achievement IMO. Bottom line is that if it doesn't 'just work' then they just don't turn the PC on in the first place. Worse from my POV, they are easy prey for some PC salesman to convince they need to spend a lot of money to upgrade a PC they only ever used to 10% of it's capability back when it was new 10 years ago!
@@julian.morgan I agree with you. I do however think distributions like Mint and Ubuntu have really bridged that gap, and made a GUI comfortable enough for even the deepest rooted Windows users. Ubuntu specifically I recommend people jump right in, as there is little to no terminal necessary
I just switched to linux from windows a week ago. Everything you said about starting off is so on point, the office, the programs etc. This made me think I did the right choice, thank you very much.
1:50 The biggest advantage of Linux's file systems over Windows is that Windows cannot read any of what Linux supports, but Linux does support FAT32 and NTFS
#7 Don't talk about the awesomeness of Linux (or your favourite distro) if not asked. We've all been there, you learn, you grow, things are exciting and you want to hug the world if things are running smoothly. BUT: people do not want to hear it and if you are honest to yourself, they are right about it. If somebody is genuinely interested or even eager to try I am the last person to not help. Maybe I can open a door but they have to walk through it for themselves. I am not a personal tech support. Yes, this rule also applies to Arch users.
@Davide Lombardo There's still significant truth to the statement that it can't always be the users' fault. If 9/10 users can't figure your UI out, maybe your UI is just bad.
You've been on linux 6months? Damn I've only just started like a day or 2 ago. I look up what to install got tilix git sphisher ezspolit and I made a thing to hack Snapchat lol I need guidance to be honest and some support if u can offer than please reply with your ig or something or if possible make a new ig with no personal stuff on there just so I can message you.
@thegeorgezila I killed my laptop trying to make kali a dual boot let's not talk about it lmao and now I can't install kali on my vm it's all so shit atm
@thegeorgezila yeah kali is dangerous and I'm not required to use it but linux is not to bad on a vm and can do A LOT python is ok and I have never tried c++
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you’re referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX. Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called “Linux”, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project. There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine’s resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called “Linux” distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.
@Al As you say. Powerful graphics programs are inevitably complicated to use and take a lot of learning, and Gimp and Photoshop are very different in their approaches. I learnt Gimp and I had much frustration adjusting to Pshop when I had to use it at work. I much prefer Gimp's approach (what I recall of P-shop, it kept trying to 'organise' my files...)
After more than 12 years of using Linux I find Windows extremely difficult, complicated, inconvenient, annoying, frustrating and completely unusable. I don't think that I'd ever want to switch back to Windows.
If you’re really “Jonesing” for windows software you can use a VM and run Windows on that. As long as the software isn’t resource intensive it should be OK.
Luckily I got 2 machines one is my PC for gaming mostly which runs windows and after watching this video I replaced my laptop's os with Ubuntu hope I'll learn something
Don't follow this horrible advice. Use a supported OS that doesn't give you trouble because of your hardware compatibility and deal with a broken computer every few weeks. Use windows or OSX and use VM or SSH into linux. The preferred method for most people don't want to spend the weekend on conf files fixing your sound card instead of spending time with your fam on the weekend like a normie.
This solution works amazingly well. I have Windows 10 running in a box. Atmel Studio runs smooth and can access the USB ICE for programming and debugging. My VCDS software can update over the net and talk to my Audi with no issues.
I remember kdenlive when it was so unstable it crashed every 5 to 10 minutes and making a video was 50% recovering from crashes, but it's actually become a great tool.
I'm going to have to try kdenline then. I have been using Shotcut. It's pretty alright. The GUI has some issues and sometimes requires getting used to but it isn't bad.
@@eyeoftruth4405 Too bad. Also, it isn't open source so there is no possibility of people joining the project. My guess is that they want to eventually make it into a commercial project.
OH man, the shit I've heard. "You can't install drivers." "You can't download and install software." "You can't make desktop shortcuts." "You can't use multiple monitors." The most bizarre one is "Linux is too complicated and hard to use." Windows users seem to mistake the familiarity they have (and the years of training they got in public school and/or college on Windows systems) for ease of use; Mac users seem to have been abused into spouting the compnay line, "My stupid little brain is only capable of using MacOS, everything else is beyond my feeble grasp, or else I'll get *The Chair* again." It seems really important to them to call themselves idiots. One even told me the terminal "looked like breaking things."
@@thegardenofeatin5965 "You can't install drivers." ^ Modern video card drivers and Wireless card drivers used to be a big problem in Linux six years ago. That and most manufacturers don't offer Linux drivers so you have to hope that the community delivers. Which they usually do. "You can't download and install software." ^ Well I mean.... not all Windows Software will run correctly on Linux but... No Linux software runs on Windows unless there's a port. "You can't use multiple monitors." ^ Used to be a problem eight years ago. "Linux is too complicated and hard to use." ^ Complicated is subjective. In America we have to temperature label things even if it's in the product name. We have to put confirmation buttons for everything on all our bank software just to ensure users don't accidentally screw up filling out a few text fields here and there.
Just to point out, sometimes you DO need to use backslashes in Linux, especially as an "escape" character. Regarding office apps, I prefer {Libre,Open}Office since I prefer to work with styles instead of ad-hoc formatting. Speaking of customization, KDE > everything else. What I like best about KDE is that I can customize my keyboard shortcuts to my liking, so it works for me and not the other way around.
@@starttherebellion9146 I don't know, never tried Cinnamon. KDE ease of customisation goes beyond the keyboard shortcuts and I've used it since the early days of distro in the 90s and I like it best among all the alternatives. Heck, I've even tried Rat Poison (yes, that's a DE/WM, very keyboard shortcuts oriented). But KDE hit that sweet spot between functionality and aesthetics for me. I know that Cinnamon is derived from Gnome and for me Gnome sacrifices too much functionality for the sake of simplicity and too troublesome to make it work with. But that's what we love about GNU/Linux right? We can always choose our poison 😎
@8:34 "You don't ever need to use a backslash in Linux." The backslash is an escape character. When dealing with special characters, literally (like the asterisk "*"), you need the backslash.
It is used allot, even to put a space in a file name. This is one of the things that took me some adjustment. Dos was easier in this respect. Also everything in linux is case sensitive, That said using TAB to auto-complete. Is helpful. Dos did not have that. I still have one machine with an older version of windows and now I find it annoying to use. I want to type my linux commands in.
@@coon-si3ce If you don't want the hassle of a bunch of escape characters for spaces, you can just write in quotation marks and it'll do the same thing. At least for zsh and fish, don't know about bash.
a great distro for new linux users looking for a smooth transition IMO would definitely be Zorin OS. the entire goal of that distro is specifically designed for that reason.
Even as an experienced user, Zorin is great. Layouts similar to other GNOME-based distros make going to Zorin from Ubuntu just as easy as coming from Windows 👀
The key advice I always give if I encounter someone considering making the switch to Linux: You're going to have to learn how to do some things differently to what you know. Some stuff is easier to do in Linux, some stuff is no easier or harder, just different, and some stuff is more difficult - although that last is rare, all of it is slightly different. Think about it this way, were you born knowing how to use Photoshop? No, you had to learn. Now you're going to have to learn something a bit different. If you aren't willing to do that, stick to Windows. Otherwise, welcome to the community, I hope you enjoy your time with us.
Yeah anyone not willing to commit is better off just sticking with Windows. Quantity has a quality all its own. Windows is quantifiably a lot bigger than Linux is too. Which is good and bad. Most are just going to see the good of it though.
Most Linux distros today use a package archive similar to Windows' .exe format. This enables you to download and install any package from anywhere, as long as it's packaged as your distro's archive of choice. I absolutely love this system because it gives you the ease of use of Linux combined with the endless availability of Windows.
About distro hopping... I started with puppy Linux (lots of reasons). Then 'they' stopped supporting it, I panicked. But kept using 'cause I needed a 4KB live distro. Few yrs later there were 3 or 4 forks & the community put puppy back in active development. So, moral of story... 1) find a distro you like, make it fit YOU, not the other way around. 2) the community is the strength of Linux. You can often find the best help from folks outside your distro specialty.
In Windows you can always "sfc /scannow" if things got corrupted even when you can't boot your windows, or if it couldn't fix the problem you can always use "DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth" In Linux just use "timeshift" it's easy to setup and could save your ass.
Windows problem: you can play good games, if you buy it. Linux problem: You can play good games with -40 fps. You need more? You can't fix it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
So couple points. Linux can still get viruses and as it gets more prevalent with home users it becomes more of a target. Distro hopping is not bad if you know what you’re looking for in a distro, otherwise use Mint to start your journey, or if you run Windows 10 use WSL to get your feet wet without the oh scared of installing, dual booting, etc. Oh, backslashes are most definitely used in Linux systems to denote an escape character.
#1 being so complacent you think you don't need anti-virus checking on Linux. Virii do exist, and as Linux gains more mainsteam acceptance will become more prevalent. Install ClamTK and rkhunter among others for periodic checks, and the ClamTK for filescanning when you download.
@Amplespencer I think you are saying stick to official repository. However these have been hacked in the past. Canonical recently but Arch before. See link. So running AV is a must even if you only have the official repo. www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malware-found-in-arch-linux-aur-package-repository/
I started my comp. journey with XP, and got frustrated with it nothing but problems, installed Ubuntu 6.06 and been using it ever since now I have been converting friends and others, a few lessons and all I get is THANK YOU, a few lessons with such good community support, forums, You can't go wrong
I wish this video was around when I first started using Linux. Made all of these mistakes, and more. Gonna suggest this video to anyone that tells me they want to learn Linux. Thanks!
There is KolourPaint and GNU Paint and probably a few more. With KolourPaint, I have acquired from my scanner. it's nice for quickly grabbing a screenshot of my desktop.
Followed your advice and went with PopOS. Been using it on an old laptop. I'm new to Linux and I'm surprised with how good it is. I'm getting to a point where I may switch my main PC over to Linux, it's such an improvement. There are some things I have to use windows for pertaining to my job but the rest of the time, I can't see any reason to stick with windows.
almost lost my computer 2 years ago while using Linux. I was going through different news sites, clicked on the wrong link and all of a sudden my screen went all RED, then a loud warning sound came on saying that my computer was locked and had to pay $$ to unlock it. I closed the browser and restarted the computer. then I started searching again but was even more aware of unsafe sites. lol
I've switched to Manjaro recently and oh God I love it so much! I dumped Windows soon after this "discovery". It looks sweet, it is fast and the best: when I was on Windows an Ethernet LED on my router was constantly flashing even in total idle state, on Manjaro? It flashes only if I actively using Internet. That small thing really opened my eyes how many data is sending back an forth on Windows.
Summary 1 - No understand difference between Linux and Windows: Like updates and how install a program 2 - Choosing the wrong Distribution: Choosing a hard distribution and not a beginners friendly distribution (Recommended PopOS and KDEon Live ( I guess)) 3 - Installing software the wrong way: Installing as a root and not using sudo 4 - Using windows base programs... Kinda explain by itself... Look for alternatives :) 5 - Not differentiate backslash and forward-slash. 6 - Distro hopping: Try to customize your distro over testing all of them.
I don't think distrohopping is a mistake, at least it wasn't back in the day. It cuts doen on frustration and helps you get to know your machine's specs. OK, you don't learn to troubleshoot, but all in all you learn stuff without getting bored.
I am a Windows user primarily but I have two laptop Thinkpad and the other has Ubuntu. That's what I'm writing on right now. I have noticed that more and more I'm using Linux than Windows.
yeah, same, i just prefer to have both systems. I love Linux but let's be fair, windows is good too on a bunch of other stuff.. so why not have both instead og hating
@@alexradu1921 I hate Windows because it just doesn't work well. I don't know exactly why, but this shit has a terrible performance, and its not my hardware. I've got i5 7 gen, 8g of ram with dedicated video card, its not the best configuration, but it shouldn't take so long to boot or freeze when i open Photoshop and any other software together. And no, I will not format it again or run another program or registry configuration to make it less terrible. Windows would be perfect for me if it wasn't this problem.
@Alisson do you have a solid-state drive to boot your computer? I had a hard disk drive before I converted to an SSD. Once I did that my programs ran quick on either Windows or Linux.
I agree with the list. But I would also say, distro hopping between major distributions is not a bad idea. Going between say Debian and RedHat based distros, and you can see which terminal/package manager is best for you. At times, it also comes down to the proprietary drivers available for your system and how well they might work. Fedora broadcom doesn't work as well as Debian broadcom works, probably because Ubuntu was able to squeeze better drivers from them.
"Mistake number 1, not understanding the difference between Linux and Windows." Well, why WOULD they? They have never known anything _other_ than Windows, and think that it is normal!
New users. Follow this advice to save yourself a lot of month of time(2:34). When I started using linux I jumped straight in to bald Arch. I love hard ways, and by using arch with no experience I broke it and reinstalled it several times. After a while I gave up and just started distro hopping for some weeks. Now I am just a basic Manjaro user because I still love arch, but the easier way. All the time of me pretending to be cool was just a waste of not using my PC properly.
NTFS really isn't all that bad, it is pretty close to EXT4 in performance and functionality. The biggest disadvantage is lack of permission bits and case insensitivity -- but this is for historical reasons, not technological reasons. Windows has other ways of securing the system without needing permission bits on all the files/directories. That said, technology is moving on, and Linux is switching to XFS, Apple is switching to ZFS, I am wondering what Windows will be doing for their next generation file system?
@@RaminHonary I remember how hyped up every one was about WinFS. Then when I was trying longhorn and early builds of vista I kept wondering why it was NTFS.
@@jonbaker3167 As far as I know, you don't have to defrag an NTFS partition ever, because (like EXT4) it is a journaling filesystem. The Defrag program probably does something similar to what Fsck does on Linux, which isn't defragmentation. I am not 100% sure about any of this, though, I almost never use Windows.
I remember when I first switched to Linux how everything made sense. Windows has so many things that just don't work on anything but their stuff (forward slash, wacky commands in the command prompt, etc)
*Chris:* "In Linux there is no updates until you tell it to update" *Canonical:* hold my Snaps... In all seriousness, though, my only issue with snaps is that you can't disable auto-updates. That is the true single pragmatic reason I completely swore off Windows starting off with Windows 10 and seeing that being touted as "the future of app distribution in Linux" drives me crazy. Everything else about Snaps is totally cool in my book, but that is where I draw the line.
I switched over to Linux about six moths and I'm over the fucking moon!!! this is just great, I went from being computer illiterate to sporting computer skills well beyond my imagination. I've got three computers, and all of them have got some distribution or other, eg, Kubuntu 19.10 or Linux Mint Mate . Now I love working with computers, whereas before I used to hate it as I was plagued with doubts and drawbacks and pay here and pay there and... GGOD RIDDANCE Microsoft and Apple!!
The main concern is the one you addressed. I just simply could not find the programs that i was used to or even a alternative. As an example in termes of music production, the only program i found was lmms and its just not nearly as good. Libre office is also less attractive. Most of my games are unplayable. Vegas doesn't work, and so many other small programs that i missed daily. On the other side programming was more intuative and pretty fluid. At the end, although i hate so many windows features (2 setting menus, forced updates, uncustomizable, ...), linux doesn't not nearly fulfill my needs.
I've been hearing this about music production. I need to do a deep dive and see if I can't find something to help bring light to this. I do video production with kdenlive and audio with audacity but that isn't pro quality.
for mistake #6, I was guilty of it too during the first days and it's normal, you gotta learn, you gotta discover stuff and ways things are done. Last time I've setup a linux environment I started off with an empty arch linux and installed everything I need and everything necessary to maintain the system myself, obviously this is not something a begginer should do and it took me three full days of work to finish it, but the result was amazing, I also no longer had to wonder which software messed up when things don't work because I know exactly what's installed and can quickly sort it out.
The anti-virus advice kind of pisses me off. As Linux becomes more prevalent, bad actors will write viruses for Linux systems. Period. Also, it runs counter to most advice in mixed-system environments. Linux system users are actually _weaker_ in the file security chain because they normally don't bother to check on malicious files before forwarding to their friends in the Windows userland. _No matter what, have an antivirus._ Any kind, doesn't matter so long it's well-reviewed online with good accuracy at finding malware and preventing it from spreading on your network, or your friend's networks. Don't be the weak link!
That was a good one! I know with Ubuntu, the Unity desktop looks awesome, but actually performs terribly. If you really want to use Ubuntu, I've been using Xfce as a desktop (AKA, Xubuntu) and you can literally just install Xfce on any distro, tweak the settings, and get whatever you want almost. DE (desktop environment) gets you the look you want, where the distro gets the functionality.
The biggest problem is try to use without understanding how it works before use. When you find "your distro" is a bliss! Manjaro with Gnome is almost perfect! That's my spot!
It seems to me that distro hopping is a valid step in the process. It's like rapid experimentation. It gives you fast exposure to different Desktop Environments, Package managers, other distro defaults, ect ... I imagine it would be tedious to try everything out one configuration at a time. Seems like not growing out of the distro hopping phase is the real mistake.
Well done, Chris! I wish someone would have told me this information when I first switched to Linux. You’ve helped a lot of new Linux users with this video. And I agree with your recommendations of Linux Mint or Pop!_OS. Keep up the great work. Cheers!
I don't see distrohopping as a mistake at all. Why? It will actually show how different, and yet how alike, many distributions are and in this it teaches people that there are endless possibilities with a core distro like Debian, or even plain GNU/Linux and build that one up. It can encourage people to make their own distro and with this see how much it takes. From here on it also teaches respect to those creating their own distro's. But on a deeper level there will be more understanding of the concept of freedom in GNU/Linux based systems. As for what I heard. You've been using Linux for 6 months. Trust me, you'll learn a lot within a year from now and you'll change some views. ;)
8:32 "You don't need to ever use a back slash in Linux." 😄 After spending enough time in the terminal as I have and dealing with filenames with spaces, anyone would understand how important back slashes actually are in Linux.
I always tell people to try Ubuntu because they didn't have much experience in computer and using Ubuntu, they can find any solutions to their problems more easily.
I moved to Linux some months ago after being a windows user for years and my first distro was Ubuntu, I really liked it, then tried Manjaro which wowed me because of the customization but it was a pain sometimes looking for software in arch, so I chose Kubuntu lol, it is debian with KDE customization, been my main distro since then.
@@May16Joe Tried Kubuntu for a year and switched back to normal ubuntu. I personally think, when KDE gave you a lot of customize options, the UI experience isn't as good as Gnome. And most of KDE's default software didn't meet my needs. But I like Manjaro's KDE theme
@@Thect KDE gives me more scaling options than Gnome for my WQHD screen, Gnome only gave me 100% and 200% scaling which was either small letters or giant letters, I never liked it. KDE scaling is 10x times better.
@@Thect If Gnome fixed that part I'd move back because I just like debian and the gnome terminal, the colors are good, I had to customize my kde terminal with gnome terminal colors.
Been using Mint for quite awhile now and I'm quite happy with it. I recently tried out Pop !OS, but hated the Gnome UI so much that I threw it off my PC. Now I'm testing MX Linux and I must say that I'm pleasantly surprised. Configuring it to use a non-US Apple keyboard however, was a pain in the ass.
My first mistake: Ask in my university for a free copy of "linux". A colleague gave me Mandrake. After some painfull experience I did distro hopping until I found Kubuntu. edit: I hate backslash. Sorry but backslash is the scape character. "C:\\folder\\subfolder\\file". AHGGG how I hate paths in windows in strings. I just dont understand why windows developers can put up with scaping backslash. With Java it is a bit less pain because Java translates slash to backslash in windows environments. I hate windows " ". I hate ANSI encoding instead of UTF8. AGHH, I hate windows so much xD.
*Ask in my university for a free copy of "linux". A colleague gave me Mandrake.* Basically same story here, only my buddy gave me a copy of Fedora 9. It would have been a LITTLE easier if I'd had an internet connection on my personal machine at the time, (and I really liked it once I did) but I give everyone the same advice: don't do what I did. Start with Ubuntu or Mint.
@@fubaralakbar6800 No one can do what you did, Mandrake Linux no longer exists and hasn't existed since 2011. There are forks of it that are still developed and supported but they are so different now they don't even resemble mandrake anymore. SO not to worry Mandrake Linux can remain in the past where it belongs!
Gimp is horrible for beginners and puts you off Linux, it has the most user unfriendly interface. Give krita a try, younger developers and fresher ideas and much easier to use. You are not up to date anymore: LibreOffice replaced OpenOffice and can be used if you are ready to learn and adapt. Same with kdenlive, which has improved a lot in the last years, it is great not having to use Adobe premiere anymore and be locked to paying a lot of money and a proprietary os, but kdenlive needs a little bit of learning and patience. It is a bit different than premiere. But when I calculated what premiere was costing me over the years, I loved to invest time into kdenlive. A great tool that has a 100% perfect linux version is blender 3d, very powerful and fun. Good video and tricks for beginners!
Actually I don't think that distro-hopping is a mistake. Rather I think it's a natural occurrence and useful experience. Because if you want to change something, the most natural thing to do is to try as many options as possible before settling down on the best one. And how do you want to know the options you have if you tried only one thing? For a newcomer it's actually much easier to install a new system (especially if the old one wasn't used that long) than to tweak and customise things they don't yet know even exist. Which Windows user knows there are such things as a window manager or boot loader? Windows has all these things too, but they're simply hidden from user's view, so how should user know anything about them? But trying different distros user learns how exactly they differ among themselves and what really there is to customise in the first place. Another thing is newbie-friendliness. You see, it comes at a price and that price is that software is already chosen for you, different building blocks are tightly coupled to each other, which makes it really difficult to replace even a single element without breaking the whole system down. I don't want to say that "user-friendly" distros are bad, they're just not designed to be tweaked and tuned. For that a more advanced system is better, in which little software choices are made for the user and instead user has the ability to choose the software they want to use freely. Arch Linux particularly is a great distro in that regard. You don't actually really "tweak" it, rather after installation is complete, you get only the most basic shell-based operating system on top of which you can build your own desktop yourself. But that requires experience and knowledge, that's precisely why Arch is not good for newcomers. So let people hop around a little. In my opinion it's a very natural step in learning Linux and definitely not a mistake.
I highly disagree. Linux is incredibly secure, not to mention how it is much less popular than Microsoft Windows and Apple's macOS, meaning less (much less) malicious files will be targeted towards Linux. The only argument I'd say you have is if you have something like PlayOnLinux or Wine installed, as (most) malicious files can still run on Wine/PlayOnLinux. Edit: I also forgot to mention how using Linux (except for being in Root mode, but normally in Root mode, you would just be changing settings and not downloading software) You would be in a less administrative state, leaving programs with a bad intent unable to be able to do anything (dangerously) harming your computer.
Windows is so full of adverts, updates, security holes and bloat ware. I switched to Linux for all those reasons. It's refreshing to have a system that's not full of crap. Sure getting your head around the system is tough at first but consider it another string to your bow. Windows is a dream for hackers so many ways in, Microsoft call them connectivity but essentially their holes.
windows: here is our new update you maybe will not like what is we pack in these updates but we own windows so you just have to comply and look happy. Linux: here is our latest update you can take your time and download when it suits you.
Good video as always. thinking you mention Mint as newbie-friendly - You could make 2 videos for linux mint, samba sharing and wine/lutris. I think these will showcase how easy it easy to get Mint to play along with windows stuff. I just followed 10 step online guides and you could make a shorter funnier video getting some titles running. expanding on this idea you could make a video titled along the lines with "Getting 10 Free To Play games working on Free Mint OS" - I think that can attract viewers here aswell :)
@@1pcfred If linux ever comes to that position where it rivas windows I will switch. Today it doesnt stand a chance considering workplaces etc use windows and end of discussion. So tired of linux"leetism"
@@namelessness42know what's so elite about Linux? Yesterday I was playing Doom and I was thinking man this game is lagging. So I shut off the Spectre and Meltdown fixes in the kernel and got my system running good again. Because it's my God damned PC! With Windows you get whatever they give you. Don't like it? Too bad.
There is certainly a period of acclimatization that should be expected. I tell people that they really gotta wanna run Linux if they want it to work out for them. Because it takes some persistence to come to terms with things.
OMG - I hate that part "still learning" - I would really like to STOP learning about OS and start to learn interesting stuff, and OS should be just necessary evil.
We had a guy at work where my boss wanted him to be a member of the Linux team. The guy knows absolutely nothing about Linux. They spent some time with him showing him the basics and even got a machine setup for him. I'm not a Linux guy either, but I said to him that you will never learn Linux unless you make it your primary machine. Switch it and make Windows your secondary and Linux you're primary. He never did. The machine just sat there never being used. They tried like twice with him but it never happened so they gave up.
Distro hopping (on live not installation) is good for beginners and testing stability of os . What I learned is that os should use less resources and must manage them for apps but few distros does that cuz of compatibility issues and bugs on hardware and software. Many distros on my old hardware had issue like os takes up space in RAM that other apps can't run and lead to slowdown to complete freezing, Firefox was also the culprit but I switched to palemoon and Firefox ESR both are stable, manjaro is slow for it , peppermint is mild ram hog with snap packs that again take lot of RAM and slow down system, moreover the os design done with python script is also a little culprit for slowness , Hplip and hp-plugin is pain in ass on mint so left it after a week failure . I notice that on old hardware there are less hardware compatibility issues but more software (os+apps) sluggish issues. For my old hardware with core 2 duo,4GB ram with 800MHz fsb and 667MHZ RAM, I found MX,antix are efficient,Firefox ESR is stable for multitasking but I had to install xfce4 in antix cuz I am quite femilar with it , I love Solus but I doubt the packages are enough and bug free there but it is my next test. Ntfs is not useless it has similar features of ext4 and recovering from lost files is easy (I never lost files in ext4 till date though including my phone which has same fs) .
The biggest mistake new Linux users make is installing it and actually expecting their set of peripherals to work out of the box and 2 days later, if they're lucky enough to find the drivers they realise that a lot of their software doesn't work leading to a relapse and a fresh installation of Windows.
I've watched this video 2 years ago and the quote u told "Microsoft thinks backwards" is still stuck in my mind. I've never forget that and it helped a lot..
