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@MrRajabmm1974 2 месяца назад

For windows users I always recommend mint and you don’t need to use the terminal at all so don’t be afraid of Linux tho you have no idea of the power of the terminal

@motoryzen 2 месяца назад

I would never state that you never have to use terminal at all but overall I conclude agreement with your statement in that the absolute vast majority of all situations you usually don't need to deal with the terminal. I've been using Linux Mint cinnamon off and on since late 2010 and exclusively as my only personal computer operating system for just under 4 years now

@AskYourComputerGuy 2 месяца назад

@motoryzen thanks for sharing your knowledge 👍

@TechnoMinded-qp5in 2 месяца назад

I want to ideal dual boot Windows with Linux for extended support on Steam incase they deprecate Windows 10 so I can do what I need on Windows 10 I like Windows 10 more than Windows 11 but think Windows 7 will always remain king of the Windows Operating System I tried out Garuda Dragonized for a week so far games are all optimized including Minecraft I've been a Windows kid all my life I wish Valve would just force people to use Linux for gaming instead of Windows I am tired of this enforced Microsoft Account propaganda apparently Garuda Dragonized has a BlackArch sub system which is neat you can use it on there everything is still faster on Windows 10 and I can't activate all my cores Linux needs to do something about this to copy Windows because they still allow overclocking where Linux does not enable your cores for overclocking unless I haven't found it yet.

@catherinepoloynis 2 месяца назад

@@motoryzen What do you use for printing and scanning? I guess Canon won't cooperate.

@motoryzen 2 месяца назад

@@catherinepoloynis my roommate has a fairly modern cannon that is just plug and play. I fired pretty good opinions about the brother brand as well

@MrTubeuser12 2 месяца назад

Two of the biggest draw cards for Linux are, Privacy and security, as an IT pro myself Ive been using windows since 3.11/NT and seen it evolve over the years, windows 7 was the last windows OS I used for personal use, anything after that I wouldn't touch for personal use except for a "modified" version of windows that I have running as a virtual machine and that's only for a couple of apps not available on Linux. I switched to Ubuntu then onto Mint and have used Mint since, you'd be surprised how much you can get done with Linux as a daily driver, and Mint IMO is a good starting point for windows users partly because it's got a similar layout so users can quickly get familiar with it also it's one of the easier distros to use, of course with Linux you always have the option to dive into the power of the terminal if you wish.😀

@AskYourComputerGuy 2 месяца назад

Good to know, thank you!

@xdsmastermia 2 месяца назад

@@MrTubeuser12 this is going to sound like a stupid question, but are drivers interchangeable between windows and Linux?

@MrTubeuser12 2 месяца назад

@@xdsmastermia unfortunately no, Linux has it's own drivers, that said Linux does support quite a broad range of hardware with it's built in open source drivers. my advice would be to do a little research first, you can google "my hardware" Linux support, most generic hardware works well and more and more hardware vendors are supporting Linux. just a note, Linux will run quite well on most desktops/laptops straight out of the box for general use, people sometimes get an old laptop or off-lease desktop for cheap and use that to "tinker" with Linux. the other option is to run Linux as a virtual machine, this is slightly more technical but free.

@AskYourComputerGuy 2 месяца назад

Great advice, thank you for assisting 👍

@xdsmastermia 2 месяца назад

@@MrTubeuser12 Thank you very much

@oldradioguy65 2 месяца назад

My all time favorite distro is Linux Mint

@AskYourComputerGuy 2 месяца назад

I'm leaning towards Mint for my "should you switch from Windows" series 👍

@MrSaywutnow Месяц назад

@@AskYourComputerGuy I've been using Mint for just over two months now, based off the recommendation of a coworker (he also suggested Pop!OS). It's been a delight. It really goes out of its way to be easy to use. It should also be pointed out that most Linux distros allow you to boot into a live session off a USB drive - this lets you test drive the OS before installing it, and more importantly, check to see if you have any hardware compatibility issues. The most common issues are wifi (some chipsets don't have Linux drivers), and nVidia graphics cards (it's a non-issue with some distros like MInt, and a bit of a pain with others). Printers could also be an issue, but my MFC seems to work just fine. It's important to do your research before picking and installing a distro. A lot of people don't - they leap without looking, encounter a problem that can easily be avoided or fixed, and then they get frustrated and quit in a huff. For all the advances Linux has made over the years (I first experimented with Linux back in 2003), it's still an environment that doesn't hold your hand every step of the way like Windows does, and that will simply not make it a good fit for some people. As for gaming, Linux is very viable. I was shocked to discover that roughly a third of my Steam library (of hundreds of games) is Linux native, and I can count with my fingers the number of games that are listed as not compatible with Proton. Out of the games that I have played on Linux so far, they've either worked perfectly out-of-the box, or have required only minor tweaks in launch options to get working perfectly.

@D.von.N 2 месяца назад

There is about 6 h video about basics of Linux. I haven't watched it all but the start is enlightening. Joining forums and asking questions helped me a lot. Also chat gpt seems to be mostly on my side. Right now I have still my main pc running Win10, laptop wit LMDE, learning, and now having Win11 on the go on a bootable usb to use Win11 whenever. All backed up. Plus, in a process of fixing old laptop that used to run Vistas which will get some light Linux distro able to run on 32bit systems, as MS isn't particularly environmentally friendly. Linux allows us to use old machines that are still strong to run, just the big boss decided they don't fancy keeping them safe. Linux is our friend. Just take it easy.

@xdsmastermia 2 месяца назад

I was thinking of doing the same with old laptop on windows XP.

@musicalneptunian 2 месяца назад

@@xdsmastermia Linux has distros that are designed for old hardware. In my opinion "Puppy Linux" is the best distro for this. I grabbed my 1999 packard bell a few years ago and it ran on puppy linux. That's an extreme - that computer had almost no RAM. Another option is to run a light version of Ubuntu , e.g xubuntu, that uses less RAM. You could also run a linux firewall on an old computer such as pfsense. Well, technically pfsense is BSD and not linux. Lots of options for old and even ancient computers!

@AskYourComputerGuy 2 месяца назад

@musicalneptunian thanks for sharing your knowledge 👍

@musicalneptunian 2 месяца назад

@@AskYourComputerGuy you're welcome! 😎

@peezhead Месяц назад

Where can I find the video?

@xdsmastermia 2 месяца назад

Im a Windows and Android guy, never liked Apple and always thought linux was just for programmers and such. I never really understood or used it. I'll give this a go just to try it out.

@AskYourComputerGuy 2 месяца назад

Can't hurt to check it out! 👍

@you166mhz 2 месяца назад

this is why I use raspberry pi 4 -- as a pc ... works fine with me -- especially on RU-vid ...

@johnwesley256 2 месяца назад

With any hats? Or just the pi 4?

@charliesretrocomputing 2 месяца назад

I LOVE distrosea! Currently planning on dualbooting my PC or Laptop, I'll try to remember to post an update or something!

@AskYourComputerGuy 2 месяца назад

Please do!

@notjustforhackers4252 2 месяца назад

"..Which ones have the features of interest to you..." Absolutely spot on. Linux is not a one size fits all. The fact that you've worked that out before really starting bodes well. I have an AM5 system with a 4k HDR monitor so I'm on Fedora KDE, best computing experience I've ever had. 30 years on Windows, 20 on Linux.

@AskYourComputerGuy 2 месяца назад

Thanks! I've done a lot of homework on Linux variants after starting this channel (where every 5th comment is "just use Linux" LOL)

@D.von.N 2 месяца назад

Dual booting from the same hard drive could be problematic, especially after windows updates. MS likes to control you and your system. Use it like I do, have one main system and a bootable USB with another. Unless you have two ssds in the computer each hosting their own OS.

@AskYourComputerGuy 2 месяца назад

@D.von.N not a bad suggestion! I personally have never had an issue with dual boot and Windows updates, but #Microsoft

@pianoman4Jesus 2 месяца назад

Thank you for the suggestion to the DistroSea site. Bookmarked! 👍 I switched to OS/2 from DOS back in 1992. That came, that went. During the 2000's, dealing with being back on Windows, I was really missing the promises IBM made about OS/2. In 2004, I tried out a first customer deployment of Linux on server / firewall devices. We went with Debian Sarge back then. In 2007, I tried Linux on the desktop, with Ubuntu 7.04. Then finally desktop Linux was useful, with the old Gnome desktop. Unfortunately Ubuntu tried their Unity interface project, and I fled to the Xfce desktop environment found in Xubuntu. That is very much similar to OS/2's Workplace Shell interface. So I started using OS/2 in 1992, and today I run "OS/3"! 😎 And actually this week I am back coding a hobby project in OS/2 using the VisPro Rexx development environment. Nostalgia. 🥳

@AskYourComputerGuy 2 месяца назад

Ahh, the good old days huh?

@pianoman4Jesus 2 месяца назад

@@AskYourComputerGuy The best decade for IT was the 1990's. It has been down hill since then.

@musicalneptunian 2 месяца назад

@@pianoman4Jesus absolutely. The current Apple/windows duopoly was still avoidable.

@rhondae8222 2 месяца назад

Great DIY video. Thank you.

@AskYourComputerGuy 2 месяца назад

You bet!

@bobmahood5791 2 месяца назад

I've been checking various distros on older computers that no longer support windows well or at all. I don't use them for my essential work, just for education mainly. However, I had a Chromebook that fell out of support. Thanks to online help, I successfully installed Lubuntu on it. This little notebook is now actually a decent backup for my usual PCs. Of course, I don't do video or photo editing with it, but it's fine for browsing, accounts, and email which is the majority of my use. And it will stay up to date.

@lifeisagift.cherisheverymoment 2 месяца назад

I am old school. When I got started in computing, DOS was the only option available. As Apple became available, it was simply too expensive. Then Windows became available and we eventually migrated to that. I use Windows for the same reason you do, it's all I've ever used. But over the last few years, I have become increasingly fed-up with Microsoft and its choices. Linux is looking more and more attractive. Thank you for this discussion and any future videos.

@AskYourComputerGuy 2 месяца назад

100% with ya. Unfortunately I can never switch to Linux full time, but it is a great solution for those that don't have thousands tied up in Windows software over the years. Stay tuned, more to come! ❤️

@lifeisagift.cherisheverymoment 2 месяца назад

@@AskYourComputerGuy Understandable. I am retired and have no issues in that regard. Appreciate your perspective and insight.

@AskYourComputerGuy 2 месяца назад

@lifeisagift.cherisheverymoment of course!

@musicalneptunian 2 месяца назад

Linux dominates the computer recycling industry. Places that take used computers, wipe them, put Linux on them, and sell the computer at a low price to eligible people. From my experience in such places, a custom spin of Ubuntu is usually there with software catered for an older demographic. The people who buy the computers, no joke, have sometimes never used a computer before. Yet they have few issues with leaning Linux.

@lifeisagift.cherisheverymoment 2 месяца назад

I have always understood computers better than Society. Computers are logical. Society, not so much. And yet, I have grown to understand and appreciate the subtle beauty within Social Structures. Like Ubuntu. Not the Linux derivative, but the Social Organization and Interconnectedness. I should correct myself. I have always understood computers, until recently. As manufacturers "improve" computers and technology to meet the needs of Society, I seem to understand computers less. Seems I have deep issues with Society. Fascinating. :)

@DeyanKostov 2 месяца назад

Linux user for more than 20 years here. DON"T remove your Windows installation and replace it with Linux - you will have an unpleasant experience. Make a Linux virtual machine on Windows, or run Linux from a flash drive or on a second computer. Switch gradually, that's the key. Another way is to install Open Source applications on your Windows box and use them instead of the proprietary ones for a while. If you switch to Open Source software, that runs on Linux and Windows, the switch to Linux as the underlying OS will be easier. Good luck!

@AskYourComputerGuy 2 месяца назад

Agreed, and I'll be advising my viewers exactly that. Dip your toes first, then get in when the water is warm enough. That's one reason I made THIS video. Totally harmless to dip their toes and see if they even like the interface at all before wasting their time 👍

@motoryzen 2 месяца назад

. Grub and windows bootloader have never been designed to and still aren't designed to play nicely together. One always overwrites the other I always tell Linux beginners install whatever Linux operating system into a separate SSD and only after you have disabled fast start up a quick start up both in the graphical Windows desktop and one's UEFI bios AKA setup menu, then also while the windows Drive is completely disconnected then one can boot into the Linux distributions live desktop to begin installation process After that one can properly power down the machine reconnect the windows drive and then that person has a true safe enough dual booting multi operating system moral computer that they can toggle back and forth between booting either operating system world at any time without the two ever crossing paths

@AskYourComputerGuy 2 месяца назад

Well said - thank you!

@BWGPEI 2 месяца назад

Wish I was your neighbor. It sounds like we have similar outlooks and backgrounds, and could swap stories endlessly. All the best from Canada!

@DeyanKostov 2 месяца назад

@@BWGPEI Thank you! Greetings from Bulgaria! Learning about file sharing with SSHFS today - it is better than SAMBA and NFS for my needs. Easy and secure authentication, no open ports other than the already open 22, options for compression and encryption, including "none". SAMBA is slow and insecure, NFS is a hassle to set with proper authentication... SSHFS is simple and easy. It was recommended by Jim Salter on the "2.5 admins" podcast, a good show!

@Archosphere 2 месяца назад

Nice work, good Idea, and appreciate the tip on Distrosea

@AskYourComputerGuy Месяц назад

Glad it was helpful!

@johnwesley256 2 месяца назад

I haven't done very much on Linux either. I've just tried and set up for: backdoor, kali, endeavor, fedora, Ubuntu, red hat and puppy. Puppy might be a great try out for most people as it's a live os. Win 11 does have capability to run linux through powershell. I know their are distros specifically for certain things ex: certain servers, GPU and CPU performance etc

@LONEWOLF6523-gc3dv 29 дней назад

Thanks for your honesty. I have been using MS for many years but their constant incursion on privacy is making me move one of my platforms over to LINUX. For me it's simple- I don't want co-pilot, recall or any form of AI or to have my disc encrypted upon installation, ergo the possible switch. I have external hard drives to back up both platforms and other security enhancements that don't include DISK ENCRYPTION. I refuse to spend money on buying a system that will automatically ENCRYPT MY HARDDRIVE, thereby giving MS AUTOMATIC TOTAL RECALL, VIA MY HARD DRIVE. What's funny is MS already has this in the form of earlier additions of WINDOWS. NOTE: Not everyone wants AI, RECALL, CO-PILOT OR AUTOMATIC DISK ENCRYPTION! Your honesty is one of the reasons I have subscribed to your channel.

@bryans8656 2 месяца назад

A couple of weeks ago I set up a dual boot system with Windows 10 and Mint. The transition has been pretty painless, especially since there was native support for my RTX A2000. I'm using Mint daily now, playing "most" of my Steam games after enabling Proton (thank you Steam Deck!). This isn't Windows bashing, I've been using it since Win95 released and even got Microsoft certified back when it was a thing. I actually made the switch because my SFF OptiPlex 7010 can't be updated to Win11, and RU-vidrs were saying good things about Mint.

@AskYourComputerGuy 2 месяца назад

Nice!

@BWGPEI 2 месяца назад

Same dual-boot here - BUT I de-cluttered Windows 10 and denied it internet access so it stays lean and fast, whilst I play retro games like Warcraft II, which is no longer working on Mint because Mint automatically mounts that Warcraft II disk as two devices. This results in DOS Box not accessing the disk to "prove" I own it. That early Windows 10 load does not mount the disk as two devices and lets me carry on.

@AskYourComputerGuy 2 месяца назад

@BWGPEI 👍

@DominicMazoch 2 месяца назад

How about Linux on a bootable USB drive?

@AskYourComputerGuy 2 месяца назад

You can absolutely do that! The point of the video was to help people find the right distro before going through the process of creating a bootable usb drive

@tejasraman6913 2 месяца назад

As a Linux user I absolutely LOVED your presentation here - also Distrosea is great, I personally use Fedora GNOME with some extensions but Distrosea is a great way to find a distro :)

@AskYourComputerGuy 2 месяца назад

Thank you! Got more Linux "baby steps" videos coming. I appreciate the support 👍

@lumeronswift 2 месяца назад

Imagine having choices :) whenever I think of spinning up Windows for some reason I'm always reminded that I will have all the exact same limitations and required "fixes". Every. Single. Time. That's not to say that choice is superior, but if you can deal with some distro-hopping it's fairly easy to find an out-of-the-box experience that suits you perfectly (without needing any major post-install scripts).

@richj120952 2 месяца назад

I am a MCSE (MCP + Internet) . I am also a hobbyist with computers. Therefore, I have undertaken learning OSs from OS9 (Perkin-Elmer), VMS, OS9 (IBM), Windows 2- 10 (hate 11 so I won't go with that), Unix, various Apple OSs, and even Commodore 64, 128, along with CPM and DOS. Of course Linux, from the original through today's versions. I don't know every desktop for every distro though. Can't say I am expert on any of them, but can get around CLI through windowed environments. (I am old, they can get somewhat mixed up in my RAM.) For those that are Windows 10 and earlier users, with the exception of "Gamers", I have to recommend any Ubuntu or Debian distribution, but with the addition of the Cinnamon desktop. Linux Mint would likely be the easiest to use for them, again with the Cinnamon version. The default applications/programs will do just about anything they want. The only issue when installing would be that they need to go to the Administration, then Driver Manager and have it run. The install the proprietary drivers there. (Specifically the one for WiFi.) To do that they would also need a wired Ethernet connection upon the first run. After a reboot, they can remove the Ethernet line and configure their WiFi for their computer.

@AskYourComputerGuy 2 месяца назад

Great tips, thanks for sharing your knowledge with my viewers 👍

@hdwood76fxe 2 месяца назад

Oh...and thanks for your videos. They are very informative and helpful. Much appreciated.

@AskYourComputerGuy 2 месяца назад

I appreciate that

@MyrkDomolith 2 месяца назад

I bring a warning: Linux tends to need some tinkering and tweaking to suit your needs if you use your computer for more than just MS-Office-type work. It's gotten better about that over the years- the tinkering is largely just for edge-cases and making specialty programs work. Still, you're trading away your time to save money. I also bring a tip: If you DO have that one nerd in your life pestering you to switch to Linux, have them do the heavy lifting on the research, then just try out the distros they come back with. They have the knowledge- or know how to get it- and probably want you to think of the switch as a good decision. That said, I kind of like Ubuntu and xubuntu. I use mint to revive old computers people want to keep as a backup/guest computer, but ubuntu and xubuntu are my standard and lightweight playgrounds respectively. That's mainly/entirely because I figured out how to get global surround sound emulation in headphones, set up my own home-wide music system and get a 1920x1080p desktop-size on a 1366x768 monitor in the Ubuntu family. Aaand also because it's the most well-adapted distro on WSL2 in my experience.

@AskYourComputerGuy 2 месяца назад

Nice! Thanks for the tips!

@anders630 2 месяца назад

I prefer ubuntu because its usually supported but its not super important, choose an os for the applications you are supposed to run, not because of taste or looks. One big difference is that linux use shared libraries (how dlls were supposed to work once upon a time), this tends to create issues at times, you can circumvent this with flatpack which ofc have some concequences. Casual desktop linux is in most cases as easy as running windows today.

@AskYourComputerGuy 2 месяца назад

Thanks for sharing!

@johnpedersen8387 2 месяца назад

Linux Distros worth testing is Zorin 17 OS. Linux Mint or Mint Debian lmdb6. PopOs is a nice distro too. Debian 12,5 Bookworm for it's stabiliy.

@AskYourComputerGuy 2 месяца назад

Thx for the suggestions!

@punditgi 2 месяца назад

Excellent video! 🎉😊

@AskYourComputerGuy 2 месяца назад

Thank you!

@davinp 2 месяца назад

There are people trolling people's youtube videos saying that Linux is better to Windows 11 and that people should switch to Linux. However, linux is not for everyone. A problem is that software made for Windows isn't for Linux

@AskYourComputerGuy 2 месяца назад

Agreed! I'll be releasing future videos discussing exactly that 👍

@musicalneptunian 2 месяца назад

Hardware can also be a problem, especially specialist hardware like webcams and audio interfaces and some midi keyboards. I say that as a 100% Linux user since 2019 who would never use anything else.

@Rood67 2 месяца назад

The original comment here is both 100% spot on; yet not 100% accurate anymore; at least in my Linux experience. Die hards think anyone can just jump ship, which certainly not true; however, I finally came across a distro that is looking promising - Garuda. The problem I have always had with switching from Windows other than it has been my career for over thirty years and I *must* keep up with whatever Micro$oft is doing is that I couldn’t run the software I wanted in Linux. Garuda (XFCE for me, I don’t need the eye candy of their main Dragonized version) has made setting up Bottles (wine on steroids) a click and use process. Along with Wine, Lutris, and a plethora of game emulators. With Bottles, I have installed my favorite MMO and it runs about 90 to 95% as well as it does in Windows. It would be 100% but mouse control isn’t quite there yet. Bottles sets up a C:\ with all the main folders, Registry, etc… and looking at the underlying structure is like looking at my Windows 11 main PC. I started out on a TRS-80 Model III with a cassette for storage, then DOS 3.x up to 6.x, then Window 3.1, 95, 98, XP, 2000, 7, 8, 8.1, 10, now 11 along with Server 2003, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2102 R2, 2016, 2019, now 2022. I own three Mac “cheese grater” Pros, a 2008 and two 2010’s Garuda is the first distro that I’ve ever dabble with, starting with Ubunt’cha’crap in 2008 being my first attempt, to Mandrake, Mint, Manjaro, full on Arch (installed the load of manure arch way) which I dual booted with Windows 10, and so many I forget the name in a VM… to ever make me truly consider running Linux full time with Windows 10 or 11 IoT LTSC in a virt VM. The only thing stopping me, getting Pulse Secure to work properly. One, one program is acting like the Hoover Dam. I’m about to experiment with it in Bottles to see if connecting there will allow me to open my work from home RDP sessions. If not, well, I have Windows IoT virtual I can connect to work with.

@AskYourComputerGuy 2 месяца назад

@musicalneptunian all valid points I'll be addressing in upcoming "should I switch to Linux" series. Thx again!

@MrTubeuser12 2 месяца назад

@@musicalneptunian yes, your quite right, one potential workaround could be to use windows as a virtual machine, yes that means using windows, but you can do that just for the hardware/application and still use Linux for everything else.

@amateur_01 Месяц назад

i am going to swich now from win to linux

@bellshooter 2 месяца назад

I know, I know ....I'm just one of those Linux enthusiasts/ shills/fanboys but seriously I can thoroughly recommend MX Linux, a Debian based system with a really easy interface and great US support team. New users will find easy use, power users can contact the devs for support.

@AskYourComputerGuy 2 месяца назад

Great, thanks for sharing!

@shadowminister4090 2 месяца назад

G'day Scott, Thanks for the comparison website. I'll check it out. I'm NOT a tech person, although my son is. 😊 When Win7 stopped being supported, he installed Ubuntu on my PC. Yeah, gone were the typical Word & Excel etc, but it came with Libre Office. Nowdays, I just use Google Docs, etc. Limitations; absolutely. Specialised software won't work, but people need not be scared of Linux. In some ways, it's simpler. Anyone who might consider a Windows S-Mode PC or a Chromebook could find Linux very suitable because of the built-in software package manager which has heaps of programs you can install without going near the Linux terminal.

@AskYourComputerGuy 2 месяца назад

Agreed. That's why I'm making a whole series on Linux 👍

@johnpedersen8387 2 месяца назад

If you have a lot of disk space try the distros in a vertual mashine. I have done that and have 7 distros on the same Windows 10 pro mashine. placed in 7 folders. The mashine shall have at least 8 GB of ram and a fair cpu. I have done it on hardware form 2011. 8 GB of ram and an FX 4100 cpu. It's good to have them installed correct so that you can tjek if printers and other conneted hardware works proporly before you make a clean install on the drive.

@AskYourComputerGuy 2 месяца назад

Agreed, but that's step 6. I'm trying to show non-Linux users how to figure out which distro they like. Then we can focus on VM (which I've already covered in another video), then running off a flash drive, then dual boot, then wipe and just load Linux. You're not wrong, but my people need baby steps 👍

@OctavioGaitan 2 месяца назад

My most favorite and preferred flavor of Linux is Xubuntu, because it utilizes a desktop environment that doesn't use up most of your graphics card memory (Xfce). Personally, I don't really require a lot from Linux, so I'm more of a lightweight Linux distro guy. I'd rather install the base OS than have a Linux distro that contains a lot of bloatware (I'm looking at you, Ubuntu).

@ashimoanameyjoshuahassan6844 2 месяца назад

Thanks for your comment... I'll love something lightweight too but Ubuntu seems to be the most talked about

@MrTubeuser12 2 месяца назад

@@ashimoanameyjoshuahassan6844 Ubuntu can be heavy or light, what makes it so, and this applies to a lot of distro's, is the desktop environment, eg KDE desktop can make Ubuntu resource hungry because it has a lot of "bling", on the other hand, as mentioned, xfce or even flux-box can make it quite light and fast. however, having a "stripped down" environment can have it's draw backs because a lot of the "tools" required to make some apps work aren't there and you could end up installing these to get it working and just end up with a full-fat OS again, like wise with all the pre-installed apps, but these can just be deleted anyway. my first thought would be, "what do I want to do with this" and look at what best suits that and go from there.

@stevejohnson1321 2 месяца назад

I was using very few commercial applications, so moving over to Ubuntu was easy in 2009. But if you're used to running adobe etc., finding substitutes takes time. I do run Goldwave under Wine, because I like the features better than on audacity.

@musicalneptunian 2 месяца назад

I assume that audio is your aim. It's mine too! You can do better than Goldwave IMHO. I run Reaper on Ubuntu Studio. Reaper doesn't need WINE. Does audio editing. Can do video editing well enough too, at least as well as Goldwave. If you need a class compliant audio interface then Scarlett focusrite is the go. I use that for Linux.

@stevejohnson1321 2 месяца назад

I checked this out a ways back and the application is interesting. About all I do is edit on the .WAV level, and I already own the Goldwave license. So I'm staying where I'm at for the moment. Some contributor finally put WordPerfect into .DEB installer, so I have that application back too. Life on Debian just keeps getting better.

@Fireshot500 2 месяца назад

I used Zorin, Mint, Peppermint, MX, Linux Lite, Xubuntu, Lubuntu, Bodhi, Ubuntu Mate, Fedora, and even winux and wubuntu, i liked them all. But for higher end machines i recommend Mint, Mate, Lite, Fedora. Mid powered ones, Zorin, Peppermint. For low ended machines MX, Xubuntu (for laptops) Lubuntu. Bodhi linux will bring a dead computer with atom N550 1.6ghz netbook from 2010 alive and working like new.

@AskYourComputerGuy Месяц назад

Thanks for the tips!

@stevejarvis186 2 месяца назад

Great video Scott, and I`m really interested in this because I have a little e machines laptop that has almost `zero` computing power, I got it second hand but someone had changed its OS from Win 7 to 10 and it just doest seem able to cope with that, as it takes ages to boot and open anything up. I`ve thought about poutting Linux on it as I have a very specific use that I could make of this little laptop, so this video and any subsequent videos from a guy I trust will be more than welcome. Cheers Scott looking forward to other videos in the meantime I`m going to investigate with the links youve given.

@AskYourComputerGuy 2 месяца назад

Good deal. Yeah, stay tuned! I've reached out to a large RU-vidr that is WAY more knowledgeable than me about the potential downfalls of switching. We all know the upside 👍

@mhutton56 2 месяца назад

Zorin Core 17.1 is pretty easy for someone coming from Windows. I actually prefer it to Mint

@hermanwooster8944 2 месяца назад

The world's biggest marketer for Linux: Windows and its problems.

@AskYourComputerGuy 2 месяца назад

Agreed. But without Windows, I'd have to get a regular job. Albeit I'm sure it would be less stressful LOL

@musicalneptunian 2 месяца назад

I am still haunted by GWX. GWX haunts me at night. Worse than slenderman what was the GWX plan? In 2019 I did an exorcism. Windows begone!

@RonHelton 2 месяца назад

I use Windows, but I have always been a Gary Kildall guy. Too bad he left us so soon. I think he could have really upset Billy Gate's apple cart! Thanks for the tips!

@musicalneptunian 2 месяца назад

The biggest prospect for a third force in computing was from IBM. They had a desktop powerhouse in the 80s. But then their toxic corporate politics ruined it.

@geezergeek1637 2 месяца назад

Nice vid. I switched to linux full time 8 yrs ago. Never going back, though I still am called upon for win## tech support. Downsides of linux? They do not affect me, but do exist. If you must use Adobe, (acrobat, photoshop), or work in certain corporate settings, you'll want a dual-boot arrangement. Some other circumstances also run into this (omnipage for example, or some popular gaming). Distrosea? Wow! Cool way to try distros out. I had not yet seen them. As for dl/install, I prefer to go straight to the source, vs using distrowatch to get there, but it has a place. Discussions could go deeper, but enough for now.

@AskYourComputerGuy 2 месяца назад

Agreed. Figured my viewers would want to dip their toes before diving in. Baby steps 👍

@txkflier 2 месяца назад

Ubuntu Desktop. I use Hyper-V, virtual machines, Windows 10, and Ubuntu Server for a mail server..

@okkrom 2 месяца назад

Linux is a great way to resolve all your Windows problems! Then you can have Linux problems!

@AskYourComputerGuy 2 месяца назад

LOL

@NemencioRas 2 месяца назад

Thanks for the links👍🏼 I'm trying antiX 21.3 on a low end PC. For me it's like a jungle with so many unfamiliar terminologies and structures used in Linux. But I'm slowly progressing, consulting many Linux forums.

@motoryzen 2 месяца назад

So Antix Linux is up to version number 21.3?

@AskYourComputerGuy 2 месяца назад

Thankfully, you have the patience and knowledge on knowing what to do and what to ask. Lots of people will not, and hopefully that's where I can help

@NemencioRas 2 месяца назад

@@motoryzen I made a mistake: the new version of antiX is 23.1 It came out February this year.

@motoryzen 2 месяца назад

@@NemencioRas 😅.. I was the first about to ask if you were referring to Linux Mint 21.3 instead

@motoryzen 2 месяца назад

@@AskYourComputerGuy *nods humbly* It really boils down to our success with convincing and helping certain Windows users who are curious about Linux and who you are finally waking up to the fact that they don't own their own computers if they boot into windows and it's connected online depends upon mainly three things 1. That Windows users will to unlike his or her brain and to learn some new things and practice using those new things enough to where it becomes a bigger part of him or her as his or her own beating heart and accept the fact that he or she did not learn how to use Windows overnight let alone over the course of a single week and that learning Linux world will be no different and to have the patience involved in that with oneself and being patient with a Linux world 2. Us experienced Linux users being patient and generous enough to be forthcoming with enough information up front that the windows user who is visiting the Linux world we'll know how to avoid certain pitfalls that are most damaging and that will cause that beginner Linux user to get the wrong idea about the Linux world and thus going back to the windows world like a little idiotic 4 year old who doesn't have a clue what's going on in life yet 3. It is up to us Linux experience users when we give information to be forthcoming enough to explain why certain things are the way they are or how they work, but as well as offer if possible alternate Avenues of information such as specific forum sites Forums.linuxmint.com has been nothing but a blessing to me for well over 10 years easily. Forum members such as smg, Andymh,( the head Foxclone dev), rene, all41, xenopeek,sleeper12, Pjotr, smurphos, and easily a fozen more have helped not only me progress to what I know today but so many thousands of others across many years of time and not only just with Linux Mint but coherent distributions involving Ubuntu and even Zorn OS and occasionally even Windows users who were trying to run Windows in a virtual machine and primarily deal with only Windows issues inside of it Points number 2 and 3 basically boil down to the experience Linux user illustrating the heart of a teacher with the patience of a saint running in perfect balance If all three points can be achieved as they have been a little by little across the years especially since the days of proton and its infancy and in its young puberty years as well as other improvements involving wine and Lutris.... then given the next upcoming version of mint you're probably going to see a reasonable increase in the growth of people going to Linux world

@terryshipe609 2 месяца назад

Thank you for the info about the website. I've been switching between Windows and Ubuntu depending on what program or software I need to use. Perhaps I can find a different distro and it's software equal to what I need from Windows.

@AskYourComputerGuy 2 месяца назад

Excellent! Glad it helped 👍

@kevinlegobrickmaster8015 Месяц назад

The first distro I've been introduced to is Ubuntu, and I quite like it for basic home servers, I haven't tried gaming on it just yet but with the impending doom for windows 10 being dropped next year and the circus that windows 11 is supposedly going through as well as 12 I honestly think linux is the future for majority of the more advanced PC users out there, I'm really not digging the amount of bloatware windows is producing and the news of AI integration like come on just host a website/create an app for us to download instead of shoving it in the package

@nzlemming 2 месяца назад

Huh. Used Linux for years (Mint) but did not know about DistroSea or DistroWatch. Thanks.

@AskYourComputerGuy 2 месяца назад

Well, you weren't exactly the target viewer, but I'm glad you found the info helpful nonetheless! 👍

@nzlemming 2 месяца назад

@@AskYourComputerGuy There's good reasons why I'm subbed to your channel. I still have a Windows laptop or two.

@AskYourComputerGuy 2 месяца назад

Perfect! We can help each other 😂

@ashimoanameyjoshuahassan6844 2 месяца назад

Thank you for your videos sir.. looking forward to the next videos.. cuz I am very interested in learning about Linux

@AskYourComputerGuy 2 месяца назад

As am I!

@chrissimpson1183 2 месяца назад

I use Arch, Mint and Ubuntu.

@AskYourComputerGuy 2 месяца назад

Thanks for sharing! Why use 3, not just one? Different needs, I assume?

@chrissimpson1183 2 месяца назад

No I just like to play with them and they are the easiest to use.

@AskYourComputerGuy 2 месяца назад

@chrissimpson1183 gotcha 👍

@jackal_sniperr 8 дней назад

Thankyou Sir ❤

@AskYourComputerGuy 8 дней назад

You bet 👍

@catherinepoloynis 2 месяца назад

I have Linux Mint Cinnamon on an old Win7 laptop and used it most. I like it more in some respects. I have a couple of problems that keep me from using it for serious record keeping (for that I have desktop Win 7 HPE ). 1) it gets painfully slow over time. I've read various "reasons and solutions" for this, but the few I've tried did not work. 2) it doesn't work with my Canon laserjet printer. Apparently, I must buy a Linux compatible printer.

@AskYourComputerGuy 2 месяца назад

Interesting. Continue to share if you figure it out 👍

@hdwood76fxe 2 месяца назад

Hello, I have an old Toshiba Satelite A135 laptop. It's well built and I like the heft. It doesn't slide around on the table. Anyway I struggled for days if not weeks just trying to get it to work. I'm not concerned about security on this device, there's nothing on it. Windows would not work. Message after message upon messages! Plugged in a Linux USB and voila...no error or annoying messages. I'm still learning but at least it is doing things. Not sure how well I like it but Vista would not cooperate. Note: I have all of the original Dell factory disks. Installed it looked really nice...just didn't work.

@AskYourComputerGuy 2 месяца назад

👍

@clifflogan7974 Месяц назад

I personally use Arch. I used Manjaro and Fedora and my first was Ubuntu. Arch has been my favorite. Linux isn't for everyone. Some things won't work at all. My son's computer I set him up for dual boot with Windows 11. Roblox will not work currently in Linux. As for me, all my games work and I don't beed Windows anymore.

@ethimself5064 2 месяца назад

I'm using 3 firewalls - My modem, Bitdefender and Windows Security is on? Better off to turn off Windows Security? Not sure if I need 3🤣

@AskYourComputerGuy 2 месяца назад

I'd leave it on. You won't notice much performance change and it can't hurt

@ethimself5064 2 месяца назад

@@AskYourComputerGuy Thanks. By the way I saw one of your Shorts about wiping a HD. You did not mention which software works well+. Also on the Security settings there is one way. The other Option is to save one's content etc. Can't remember if I asked you as to why for about2-3 months now Google keeps signing me out a few times/week and perhaps at least once per week 2X/day? I searched Google Form etc and finally asked the question. Someone got back fairly quickly with useless information. Nothing new./Thanks

@AskYourComputerGuy 2 месяца назад

@ethimself5064 I didn't mention specific software because I'm limited to 60 seconds on a short. I figured if I had interest in the "how", I'd make a dedicated video on it later 👍

@ethimself5064 2 месяца назад

@@AskYourComputerGuy Great

@ethimself5064 2 месяца назад

@@AskYourComputerGuy No ideas in the Google thing? Frustrating it is as this has basically never happened before. Rock on👍 - 👍

@MrBobWareham 2 месяца назад

I am using LMDE and changed from Windows 10 to Linux because Windows does not like my old computer any more, but I have always been a Windows user for 30 years, But now Windows has forced me to change as I don't have the money to purchase a new computer at the age of 78, it's a sad day to move away from Windows.

@AskYourComputerGuy 2 месяца назад

Agreed

@2Ahto 2 месяца назад

Thanks, this helps a lot. I am building a new PC and I want to do dualboot system - W10 + Linux. Looked at Mint, Kubuntu, CachyOS and EndeavourOS. Now I can try and decide what is best for me :)

@AskYourComputerGuy 2 месяца назад

Perfect!

@MrTubeuser12 2 месяца назад

If I may suggest, dual booting is one option but can get messy because you're using two different boot loaders which don't always play nice together, If you have experience then allgood but a better option IMO would be to use VirtualBox, it's a free virtual machine manager and much easier and safer to test different OS's because you don't have to mess with the boot loader.

@2Ahto 2 месяца назад

@@MrTubeuser12 Once i used OS X and XP on the same drive but different partitions and worked fine. VirtualBox looks pretty nice idea. Thank you for suggestion.

@kjyu4539 2 месяца назад

i have windows (still win7) at my work and home but i also use gnu/linux regularly on my vps servers and also sometimes i test linux things on virtual machines on my pc i think even if u r a windows guy it's very unfortunate and limiting for a geek to miss free/open source software like gnu/linux and other such things, because windows and proprietary software in general is like an ocean but there is an even bigger ocean of free/open source world, and proprietary software could not satisfy my thirst for knowledge, power and freedom i have written some rather personal and small utilities and apps for both windows and linux (although i think some of them cannot be called small and simple programs)... i also wrote programs that part of them works on windows and another part on linux u r going to need free/open source software if you think your capabilities can be much more vast than the walled garden of proprietary software world and u r determined to realize them to the maximum extent possible

@jdvdhooft8732 2 месяца назад

Dual boot windows/linux mint works good for me. Thanks for the site. Nice to try some distros in a browser. I did not know this site.

@AskYourComputerGuy 2 месяца назад

Neither did I! Working on some dual boot videos and also a "switching to Linux" video and came across this site. Had to share 😄

@MrTubeuser12 2 месяца назад

@@AskYourComputerGuy looking forward to these videos, may I suggest for the sake of all the "noobs" maybe a video on using a virtual machine to try Linux.

@AskYourComputerGuy 2 месяца назад

@MrTubeuser12 already did it :) Test drive Windows 11 or Linux BEFORE upgrading, EASY & FREE ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xdox0gw2Sqs.html

@MrTubeuser12 2 месяца назад

@@AskYourComputerGuy oh sh1t, I missed that video, my bad. :)

@AskYourComputerGuy 2 месяца назад

@MrTubeuser12 no worries, glad to help 👍

@drumpf4all Месяц назад

Linux is amazing. Windows spies on you.

@user-west-coast-green-designs 2 месяца назад

I have been Curious about Linux but like you I have been Windows from the beginning.? I have a 1 TB C/ Drive. Can I partition it and put Linux on the Second half?

@notjustforhackers4252 2 месяца назад

You can but you shouldn't, never mix 'bootloaders' from two different operating systems on the same hard drive. Play safe and get another hard drive.

@AskYourComputerGuy Месяц назад

Yes, you can. it's called dual-booting. Will be releasing a video on how exactly to do so soon 👍

@notjustforhackers4252 Месяц назад

@@AskYourComputerGuy Just don't do it on the same drive. ALWAYS keep Windows and Linux boot loaders separated.

@user-west-coast-green-designs Месяц назад

@@AskYourComputerGuy Thankyou Computer Guy! I will be watching.

@clifflogan7974 Месяц назад

You would have to create an EFI partition for the Linux os and I have had obe OS destroy the EFI partition of the other. It is best to hace Linux on a separate drive so that doesn't happen. If using Linux from a Windows 11 setup, will need to disable secure boot in the bios and tell it to use the Linux boot manager and not Windows' other wise it will probably keep booting Windows and ignoring your Linux install. You will then need to add Windows to the Linux boot loader since you can't add Linux to the Windows 11 boot loader.

@jquint57 2 месяца назад

👍👍

@nathanphillips6423 2 месяца назад

If Linux is supposed to be secure and private why does every business I know of use windows?

@AskYourComputerGuy 2 месяца назад

Probably for existing software compatibility. Great question!

@nathanphillips6423 2 месяца назад

@@AskYourComputerGuy So does that mean Linux doesn't have POS capabilities?

@AskYourComputerGuy 2 месяца назад

I have no idea. It was just a guess. I'm learning Linux as I show my viewers what I know and what it can or can't do. That's for another video 👍

@notjustforhackers4252 2 месяца назад

@@nathanphillips6423Linux has POS. SUSE supply a lot of European supermarkets and retail outlets. A lot of vending machines in Holland also use SUSE. I know, I fitted half of them with the software 😃 'Linux' usage depends on where you live. America not so much, pretty big in Europe and I know India uses it a lot.

@nadtz 2 месяца назад

Depends on what you do for a living. I mostly worked with Windows when I did consulting, moved to working in Datacenters and and ran across a Windows server every once in a blue moon. Most webhosting is done on Linux, almost all of the top 100 supercomputers run Linux and a fair number of embedded devices run Linux.

@ethimself5064 2 месяца назад

😱Noooooo

@AskYourComputerGuy 2 месяца назад

😂

@AIChameleonMusic 2 месяца назад

You sound ignorant when the Steam Deck RUNS ON LINUX and gamers use it regularly say nothing of Proton OS and Steam OS setups. You didnt catch flack for anything but a lack of integrity, unsubscribed. Do better Anon.

@AskYourComputerGuy 2 месяца назад

Well, you're right. I am ignorant...of Linux. I admit that in the video. And I said nothing of gaming other than "there might be potential issues discussed in a future video". If that's all it takes to not have "integrity" for you....bye.

@musicalneptunian 2 месяца назад

@@AskYourComputerGuy Ignore that clown. You are doing better than most people who have never heard of Linux.

@notjustforhackers4252 2 месяца назад

Chill out. The guy is learning his way, he said that. Once "Windows" users understand "Linux" is its own gaming platform with its own way of doing things, rather than a replacement for, they usually get on pretty well. Give him a chance and pull your neck in.

@AskYourComputerGuy 2 месяца назад

@notjustforhackers4252 thanks, I appreciate the support 👍

@motoryzen 2 месяца назад

@@musicalneptunianKid... one is here to be your therapist okay. This guy in this videos host didn't claim to be a damn Linux expert. Maybe he's just a guy who's learning as he goes and you know what sometimes when other people are trying to learn something new in life, they feel more comfortable being around someone else who's not 100% expert but is like one or two levels above him or her. Nothing has to be absolute calm down or get offline since you want to be rude