I am a pretty big Linux fan myself and run GNU/Linux on my home PC full time. I support Windows machines for work and not a fan of Windows by any means, however; you are giving Windows 10 an unfair chance by running it in a VM and describing it as slow when in reality it is not. I have Windows 10 running on Core 2 Duo 3Ghz machines and Windows 10 is in no way slow or laggy. Those systems are 9 years old. Sure under a VM it may be but that is not how people use it. Windows 10 is pretty secure and has built-in Security on many fronts it's biggest problem is it needs constant updating that take a long time to keep it secure. Nobody is out buying Windows 10 S but yet you focus on that particular version for odd reasons. Majority are going to be Home and Pro users. There's more bias with less facts in this video. As much as I would love to diss on Windows 10 it's only fair to be fair on facts and not biased or opinioned unless otherwise stated; this video is not on facts. Sorry.
@Steven Tsakiris Ever heard for PowerShell? With that you have most of the .NET framework for your scripting needs. Personally, I use it to parse half gig large xml files.
Think you missed the point. The point is that Win10 does not run well on older hardware. Windows even before 10 was famous for forcing people to have to upgrade way more often than they actually needed to. In fact Microsoft has been accused numerous times of doing it on purpose to force people to buy new computers more often so they can make more money. Windows is a massive resource hog, so the older your computer gets the worst time you are going to have. But the thing is most applications outside of gaming can run just fine on hardware from 5 to possibly even 10 years ago. That is what has caused Linux popularity to grow very rapidly in recent years. Easier and cheaper to just install a Linux distro than buy a new computer so Windows will run normally. Friend of mine was having that issue with her laptop recently and it was affecting her kids schooling. Took it and put Linux Mint on it (as I find its the best for people moving from Windows) as well as some apps that would be useful to her kids for school. They've been perfectly happy and have had no issues. Whereas if I hadn't done that she would have had to come up with the money for a new laptop.
Windows 10 is like a Kiosk used in companies that do not allow employees to do anything outside of the applications that are used fo the company business. Years ago, I worked for a company that setup Kiosk's for employee to use. Windows 10 brings back memories of using the Kiosk that I was issued.
In French and Romanian „gratis” means „free” as in no cost ,) I think that also goes for Nederlands/Dutch. Edit: On the other hand, the word „libre” has more than one meaning in French and Spanish, both „no cost” and „free to act”. It's roots are in the latin word „līber”. In Romanian, my native language, it is used in the form „liber” and it is used with the meaning of „liberty” or „vacant”, „available”, and so on.
The biggest issue I have with Windows in a legacy seen sense is drivers. My Roland music sound card and old iPod aren't supported in Windows 10 dispite it being a line of code in the cfg. In Linux they both just work as there's no attempt at planned obsolescence.
In all honesty, Powershell is rather powerful for administrating windows servers. It also has quite a few nice features, such as passing objects instead of plain text. I've never used the open-source version in linux because I have no need for it, but I expect it could actually be a nice shell to use next to bash, depending on what you want to achieve. I have some issues with it, such as commandlets being really long, but they have good reasons for this and I consider it to be a personal issue with powershell. Besides, they support aliases so I could just use a long list of aliases. There are minor philosophical differences in the idea of what a shell should be and how to use it, but I think those actually are supporting arguments for the existence of powershell. I don't think your 4th point is very valid anymore. I'm also not sure about the "secure by design" argument. Linux has had its share of security flaws over time, although never as severe as Windows. In any case, Canonical does not make the claim of Linux being virus-free, and has a list of (admittedly very old and very concise) viruses that targeted Linux. Even if it were true that there were no risk for viruses on Linux, it would be the responsible choice for Linux users to at least use ClamAV to scan the files they share with others using Mac or Windows. We may not like their choice of OS (if it is even a choice, most businesses force their employees to use Windows), but we can at least do our part to help keep them safe. What I think would be a nice replacement is actually something you touched on: updates. My Gentoo machine is often done updating faster than Windows running on a recent machine with fancy new SSD. My Gentoo machine is an i5-2300 with a crappy early consumer SSD. Just let that sink in for a moment... Windows just has to copy-paste files and is often slower than a machine actually compiling everything from source. I've seen Windows updates take hours during which the user can't do anything but stand by the water-cooler with colleagues. Every GNU+Linux distro I've ever used will update while the user can do other stuff. Next to that, my main issues with Windows are resource usage (1 to 1.5 GB RAM just to show the desktop? Gentoo+Mate takes about 400MB) and, mainly, the abusive relationship between Microsoft and its customers. People are forced to constantly buy new machines just to keep Windows running a browser, a text editor, and a mail client. That's the use case for the majority of users everywhere. A Pentium D can do that AND keep your house warm, when running pretty much any linux distro. Yet, when running Windows, even recent i7 computers from the last few years often feel sluggish. Worse, they're switching to subscription based services now. Just to run the text editor and the mail client, people will have to pay an annual subscription fee, unawares that Thunderbird+LibreOffice are free and work better in most cases.
I think the only thing Windows is good for is PC gaming and multimedia stuff (even though I have found that people have managed to do multimedia stuff in Linux distros without any issues whatsoever).
I play all my games in Linux now. Linux Mint, for example, makes it easy to install Nvidia drivers, Steam for playing games that will run natively on Linux, and PlayOnLinux/Wine for playing games that don't run natively on Linux. Its becoming less and less true that Linux is not good for gaming. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-A2ltV9JLYus.html
When I bought my first laptop for Linux, I bought separately a freshly new hard drive and popped it in even before booting up the system, 'cause I couldn't find one without Windows in it, anywhere. You can always go one step beyond the madness
Joe Johnson I have Windows 10 still dual booted, but I'm contemplating on getting rid of it altogether since I hardly boot into it anyways. I'm always on Linux Mint.
Joe Johnson MX is very nice. Great development of the Xfce desktop :) So many nice distros to try (AntiX, Void, something with KDE), too bad I don't have the hardware :(
For people who no matter what need to run applications built for Microsoft Windows, they still can give Wine a try, or eventually try out ReactOS. www.reactos.org . I am forced to use MS Windows at work, but at home all computers are running Linux. My kids use ChaletOs on pretty old laptops. I've recently switched to Arch Linux with I3wm Greetings from Argentina.
What he said is absolutely true. I think you misunderstood what he said. He was just saying wine and etc are available for people who feel like they still need Windows applications.
Hi Joe, lucky you. But, No. What I said is not false. There are people out there, who for whatever reasons need to use certain programs which only run on Windows. I can give you an example related to my hobby: SmartSDR only runs on Windows and MacOS. To use it I will have to use Windows OS running in a container...www.flexradio.com/amateur-products/flex-6000-signature-series/smartsdr/
You might not need to use anything from Microsoft but that doesn't mean everyone can. As an example, GIMP although good for most home users is not something you are going to get an entire industry or company who does graphic design to switch to. Sure, Gimp is pretty darn good but it is NOT and never will be Photoshop which has way more features, plug ins, action scripts and plug ins that professional designers use. Sometimes, you have to make a comprimise when you are paid to produce things and the Industry standard is Photoshop in my industry...nothing I can do about that.
Libre or liberty = free from coercion. In terms of software this means free from bindings - limiting licences, contracts etc. Freedom = the choices available to you when you have liberty. Open source = undisclosed/transparent & allowing others the 'licence' to be inspired by and create based upon the original. Windows is offering you a product with terms & conditions that you can accept or reject. This is fine. All things should be based on consent, agreement and contract. The problem however lies in laws/regulations/patents that place restrictions on what should be considered 'free speech'. Problems that are codified by an all powerful institution with a monopoly on the use of force (aka govt.)
Do you have heard about the Power Shell in Windows? Those guys have learned their lesson. Finally. It really is a powerful tool, usually used for server administration. That point has become weaker in the last three releases of Windows. However, it is still less comfortable than bash or something similar. I would substitute that point to the wicked interfaces you have to deal with in Windows. The disk utilities are scattered around the OS, the PATH variable is a nightmare to configure, there are softlinks, but rarely used and more cumbersome, GAC is born from hell and libraries within are a nightmare to update, there are so many antique APIs that a whole lot of them just run in sandboxes because they are notoriously insecure... most users don't care about these issues, even though they should. Windows is just hard to maintain.
Totally true but it wouldn't create click.linux channel have to be lobbyist too a bit to make it work. I know a guy who is insanely good with Powershell..and it's fine.its different to bash,ppl know bash.sake like KDE is a bit different to windows and ppl dislike it for being different.also,Linux subsystem is growing and in win10 now.
Yep. I have very little clue what is actually installed or how it works together. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not like I know how everything in any one Linux distro works, but it’s much easier to find these things out.
spykez spykez there's many tutorial on Powershell and if you are working with windows server, it's not all bad for small scales, your employer will likely pay for a proper course.the point is that it's not all black and white and windows isn't all that bad, except privacy concerns.
Hans Kinki The Powershell doesn't make it a good system; it is just an inferior bash clone. Windows is still bloated and totally arbitrary in its structure, even in the CLI. Have you ever edited the ACLs? Have you ever managed a license server? Truly speaking, I know my way around in all three major operating systems, I know way more about Windows than most of the people who are using it, but seriously, GNU tools are so much more comfortable.
Diemotma Linux server run the world for a reason, I am totally with u on that. But saying no command line when there is one that is very usable is lobbyist behaviour and fuel to the opinion of one sided Linux jerks being unfair.im only trying to bring all the point up. I totally prefer nix personally but windows works as a software launcher and it's stable and if u need to manage windows server there's command line to make it kinda work. Ps: I haven't done more than basic windows server and some basic windows API programming.its uncomfortable and it's different. But as I said I know one person who is good at it and makes it work. Same major point, it's different it's not as comfortable but it's not as bad. Unless I care about security, privacy and so on lol.. companies still request a windows server in 2018 is crazy.
After an automatic update crashed my Windows 10, I decided to try Mint 19 Cinnamon. I was very pleased with the performance, but I found several things I did not like. After a month, I went back to Windows, and now my computer is running smoothly again. I am now looking into a way to run both side by side, or flip back & forth between the 2 on the same computer, as there are things I like about both. Below is what I noticed Mint lacks that Windows allows you to do, and this is contradicts what is mentioned in the video. DT I do like you videos & reviews of distros, but you need to be a little more open & honest about Windows. It isn't as bad & evil as you make it out to be. 1) Windows IS customizable as far as the feel & look goes. Actually I found Windows to be far more customizable than Mint In this department. 2) Microsoft Office is far more superior than Libre Office. I actually used Open Office (which was better than MS Office until 2010 release) for years and loved it, before going to Microsoft Office, just a couple years ago. Libre Office was horrible compared to Open Office. The font controls are lacking, and it has a hard time formatting MS docs, which Open Office never had an issue with. 3) Possibly the biggest problem I had with Mint, and the catalyst for me switching back to Windows, was there is virtually NO stable DVD/Blu ray software. My computer has a blu ray player and for the month I had Linux, my computer would barely play some dvd's with poor quality, and wouldn't play blu rays at all. In the end, I think both OS have their pros & cons, and it is more a matter of preference, like pepsi/coke or Ford/Chevy. I did like Mint, and would like to learn it more, along with some other distros. But Windows is not nearly as restrictive as you make it out to be, and Linux is not as user friendly as you make it out to be.
I had the same thing with Windows 10 updates. Endless booting loops and somehow it corrupted the file system of my ssd. Dont ask how but it happened multiple times. I loved Win7 it was a decent os but after i upgraded my processor to an i5 7600k i could not install win7 anymore. Installer said its an unsupported processor. :( I went to Ubuntu for the time thinking i might wait a bit and MS will fix this. That was last november. A patch came and i have tried it again. Install Win10 patching and it worked...for 1 month. Then came the december patch aaaaand endless bootloop was back again. I switched back to Ubuntu again, and i never looked back. Microsoft lost a customer that day. As for your points. 1) I have changed my Ubuntu to look like a MacOS. Im not saying that Windows is not customizeable but they are not even in the same ballpark. 2) Unfortunately i feel the same. Open Office was the king. Libre just sucks. It gets the job done but nothing more. 3) I used this method and i had no problems with blu-ray discs Playing blue-ray discs www.howtogeek.com/240487/how-to-play-dvds-and-blu-rays-on-linux/ 4) You didnt have a fourth point but i would add gaming. Unfortunately AAA gaming is not there yet for linux. I know of proton and DXVK but they are not there yet. If you buy a pc for gaming then Linux is not your platform. Maybe in a few years I realise that linux is not for everyone. You must learn a bit to use it. I was fortunate that i have used linux for work so i didnt have to learn it when Microsoft abandoned me. Peace
windows customization doesnt come close to what linux can do in this area. linux mint can be customizied tell you turn blue in the face. any distro can. if you want any easy to.customize.....change ur DE to KDE desktop. you will be blown away at what you can do vs windows. also if you plan to be an end user. you can make scripts that will set the look and feel how you wany. same with window animations
I like playing with Linux but I'm using Windows as my main system. And the reason is: Let me play devil's advocate here: Freedom - what does it mean? For me the most freedom I can have is on Windows. Why? Because I can install Windows on any relatively modern hardware. No matter which CPU, Mainboard, GPU. The drivers are first there for Windows. I can chose any printer I want. I can use any scanner I want. I can chose any software I want, because most of the software is for Windows including all the Triple A games like Far Cry 5, Call of Duty, Witcher 3, Project Cars 2 or Elex or what you want. I don't have that freedom on MacOS and I don't have that freedom on Linux. Ok, I can do what I want with Linux. But I can do even more on Windows. Sure I can't change Windows itself that much (and I hate the new flat metro system settings), but for me it is more important that I can use all the software and hardware than adding some widgets too the task bar or so. At least I can change the start menu with free apps so I don't have to use the regular bullshit live tiles menu. I don't like WIndows, because it's Windows - I like Windows, because it can run any app I want on any hardware I want. A freedom that no other OS has. To my background: I was an Amiga User until the end in 1996 - and then I switched to the PC because: There were no new games and there were no new apps (and no new computers, but that's a different topic ;-).
You just don't get the point of GNU and the definition of freedom itself. I recommend you to read the GNU official page to understand the freedom that we're talking about, www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
I know I know I know what GNU is, but where is the point, if your favourite app isn't there for Linux? Or your printer doesn't work? Does freedom mean, the freedom to program it yourself? I think a very big point with computers is "convenience". The convenience not to search for a driver that doesn't exist or the convenience to just download a program from the web and just install it without having to worry about dependencies and if it's compiled for my OS or the convenience to just go to the store and buy a new game and it runs or the convenience to just buy the newest graphics card and it just works with the current driver.
You just don't know how to use GNU/Linux os. It's far superior to Windows in every aspect. People like you are the reason for shitdos still being used...
That freedom you're talking about doesn't come from Windows, but from companies that choose to support Windows and care less about Linux. Thank them, not Windows.
Excellent video especially your point on the terminal. I keep a copy of the Linux command line on my night table. It's by William shotts Jr. Excellent book!! Thanks again Derek. Xenialpup runs great on old hardware!
I just today booted up my win 10 after a loooong time of using only linux. I noticed a funny thing, it takes about 15-20 seconds to open gimp in windows, but less than 2 seconds in linux virtual machine running inside that same win10 installation. Well the only reason i booted win today was to check if I had anything useful enough to import to my linux, since im going to get rid of windows alltogether wjen ubuntu 18.04 comes. No dualboot for my machine anymore
My advice is to have a nice working disk image of your Win install, just in case prior to deleting it. And make sure you can restore that image if need be: reformat a disk and restore that image file to be sure this backup works prior to deleting Win from the system. I have my Win 10 on a separate SSD, which I can insert into 2.5" front drive bay on my PC case any time if I ever would want to.
I guess I just wanted to have the win10 if linux started to malfunction, or if i needed to use software not available on linux. But if i think about it, i havent really needed windows for anything
😂 which linux boot faster? I am on ubuntu 17.10.1 and its boots slow af. Took 7-10 sec or more in grub to load that ubuntu logo. And then it again tool 3-4 sec to boot into login screen.
Maybe I'm back in 2013 where the communal fights between Windows and Linux were fashionable? joking apart... My reasoning is as simple as this, Linux for everything else (currently it is already very competent for day to day) and Windows for games there no more...
Do you sell the Distrotube t shirts that you have on in your videos? You have become my favorite channel since the passing of Midfinger. He was one of the best teachers on youtube.
i have a suzuki laptop from 2006. it has SIS graphics and has a low performance with microsoft windows editions other than XP. and from 2013 till now it was running on XP and was very vulnerable because security updates. considering that SIS graphics it can only run ubuntu 12.04 with tweaks. (heard some rumors about ubuntu 14.04 ability to run on SIS) Linux saved my old still reliable laptop. and i appreciate that. i guess comparison between MATE and windows is a little bit in favor of windows because i tested both Mate and windows 8.1 on another of my old timers (a VAIO from 2008) and both performed the same (MATE was bulkier and laggy) but i had a smooth experience having Linux Mint 17 cinnamon on it. it worked like a charm and so much more first-user friendly than ubuntu Mate.
Hum hum... The open-source powershell of windows is at least as good as the Linux shell. It has an object system that works really nice for more complicated tasks.
'I'd like to buy this car' 'ok, but you can't open the hood, replace the lights on your own, upgrade the speakers, drive the car to Denmark, park it in a non-approved garage, or let anyone else use it.'
Hi, I haven't use windows in a long time and by watching this video I got curious what was the baseline RAM and CPU usage compared to that of MATE you showed. It was significantly slower, but in numbers how much was it using? I won't ever go back to windows, just curious what is the direct comparison
i did this with a tablet that was running windows. table has 4gb ram amd a duo core cpu......with windows 10.running on it at idel. cpu usage was about 25%-30% ram was about 15-20% with manjaro running on it now....cpu usage is around 2% ram about 5%.
If only Linux was an option for me, I want the freedom but I JUST CAN'T USE IT! Please don't think I'm trolling, or that I hat Linux, because I DON'T hate Linux, I'd love to break away from Microsuck's tyranny, but unfortunately Linux could never become my daily driver OS and here's why; these are my honest observations and thoughts while spending a week on Linux: Reason 5: I can't get a good picture quality from my video capture device whereas on Windows it's no problem. Reason 4: My video editing software and my music sequencer do not run regardless of how I have WINE configured. Reason 3: Everything is harder than it needs to be, I spent hours on google trying to find out how to get a simple task done, only resulting in frustration and headaches. But on Windows it's just easier to figure things out and usually can be done within a few mouse clicks. Reason 2: Having to do things via the Terminal. Come on what is this 1981? PCs aren't text-based anymore, software uses a GUI now. Having to use the terminal for almost everything is just stupid, it's like going back to DOS! Unless you *somehow* know what to type in, you're stuck. Reason 1: So much software only available as source code, if I see another app which I really need and it's on that *stupid* GitHub thing where I need to compile it myself I will scream! When I download something, I expect it to be usable right "out of the box", all I should *ever* have to do is just tweak a few settings and whatnot. I should NOT have to compile it in order to run it ... THAT is the job for the programmer, not the user. If you can get Linux working for you that's great, more power to you, but for me it's just not worth my trouble. I think I'll keep Windows and keep my sanity.
For me a big reason is the software that comes with the distro. I have switched to Linux about a year ago. Microsoft had already forcefully updated my pc to windows 10. But i managed to reverse that. Then one day , there was a thunder storm. I switch off the pc , only to have it start updating. The power went out for a few minutes , and the pc wouldn't start , and wouldn't install windows 7 from a boot disk. At that point i did the unthinkable and downloaded windows 10. Then , i spend a few hours getting all the bloatware off and getting the privacy settings to an somewhat acceptable level. When i was ready to actually use the pc , i remembered: windows doesn't come with any way to read pdf files. Right. Installed Linux Mint the same day as a dual boot. Comes with LibreOffice and pfd readers out of the (imaginary) box. I did have to download Chromium, but i don't mind Firefox.
In windows you can not completely delete the edge / explorer. Or other media in Widows that follow the OS And replace it with something else. You can do that in Linux. Great presentation DT.
Well, Windows support is a billion dollar industry. I guess there is one good thing that comes from Windows lack of stability--it creates a lot of jobs.
If you buy a Windows computer and it's unstable, return it immediately, or any computer for that matter. I think I've had one crash in Windows in 9 years. Windows is inherently stable, it has to be, if not, then everybody would use Apple or some form of Linux. I also do some work on Windows, it's always a maintenance issue, not an instability issue. Maybe the user may be unstable :) The issue in Windows is not the core technology, it's the politics which I've mentioned many times. The Linux desktop as a whole, as in the many hundreds or many thousands of forks is inherently unstable. That's why I'm still here 8 years later showing people how to avoid that and pick a few distros that MIGHT replace Windows COMPLETELY. Why do so many people distro hop? Because of stability? Now, the Windows update process sucks, the constant maintenance sucks, the privacy sucks, etc. I use Linux more now because it's faster, and picking the right version of Linux is critical.
Supposedly or allegedly, 20% of computer users worldwide visit websites that some might call p*rn. Visiting such websites could maybe potentially infect your computer or worse allow someone to monitor your experience on that website. I have heard of people keeping their webcams covered when not in use. In Linux, these potential issues are much less and there are ways in Linux to protect yourself from people spying on you. I think you covered all that. I play FreeCell a lot. I like Aisleriot Solitaire better. However, Microsoft allows the FreeCell player to double-click on the card and it will jump to the building stack in the top right. This speeds up play. Aisleriot does not offer that. The graphics on the Microsoft version are nicer. However, Aisleriot has much larger cards, so easier on the eyes. And same foe all cars games in Aisleriot. Microsoft has nothing like Gnome games: Taquin, Fell Swoop, Mahjonng, Tetrovex, Tetzle, etc. Mines is better in Linux. Linux is modular so it is easy to try other versions of an app like terminal or file-manager or web browser. This encourages developers to try to make an app. It is hard to make an app that MicroSoft would buy although there are free apps for Microsoft. Printing is something Microsoft is better at. For example, Epson makes a new printer with giant ink tanks. All functionality easily works in Windows 10. Getting any of it to work in Linux requires Linux skills.
I've been trying out linux for a few days iu'm completely new here but I just started with I installed arch because I wanted lightweight but I made a few mistakes so i crashed into shells (which I don't know how to navigate through) and errors with booting without EFI. I tried Bodhi but I think I can get a better distro for my system usage. I want to transition to linux because I like customization such as window managers, the use of command line and mainly because my friend said you can use old cheap hardware.I'm going to university next week and wanted a cheap laptop so I got a thinkpad x200 for £85, it comes with 4GB of RAM and a duo core processor. So that being said, what linux distro would you suggest that meets these requirements? - Powerful command features (if there is a major difference between distros) -within a GB of system RAM -Reliable I like to be thrown into the deep end that's just how I learn, but arch was a bit too deep that it felt impractical for the sole purpose of being a laptop to bring to lectures.
arch distros are not a good distros to try to install. being very new to linux. expally if your coming from windows.....if u want depth to learn linux. try manjaro. its installs via point and click. i use manjaro on my gaming rig. other wise for begginers stick with....these distros linux mint, pop os or ubuntu
Windows 10S is limited to only allow apps from the microsoft store. The normal Windows 10 that people who buy a new PC usually get allows installing other browsers and any available software as well has having the command window. There's a powershell window that has a bit more capabilities. I agree Linux is better. I run Linux on 3 PCs and a laptop. One dual boots Windows because photoshop and games. Really enjoy your videos. Keep them coming.
I have full Debian Linux with XFCE on Pentium 3 450mhz 512mb as a server. It works fine. Also I had Lubuntu with Pentium 2 laptop that had 384mb, but I donated that to friend of mine that had specific use case for laptop with parallel port that works without battery had internal charger, so he could just use normal power cord to run it in his carage. And I also had 12 year old Celeron laptop that I managed to get 2gb in it. It was hard as hell but I managed to get Lubuntu running fast enough so that machine could be used to watch youtube videos. After installing the latest GCC, configuring kernel, compiling it and firefox with best optimizations possible, I finally could give that to my mother. She still uses it as her only computer. I really hope there will be distros that focus on performance and need for minimal requirements for antic hardware. There are just so much old hardware that could find use cases with simple distros that are easy to install, and which have all the required drivers on the go.
I've tried to use Linux many times but I couldn't get it to run internet explorer, which I need to run my insurance agency. Also, I couldn't use my American Audio DJ controller because there is no driver for it. So, I just stayed with Windows 10,and I haven't had any problems. Linux is OK to surf the internet but many things are not compatible so I just gave up.
I have just became a Linux user after decades running windows and while I agree with you on a lot of things: the command prompt, the opensource nature of linux and the security, linux does have problems. Windows desktop is better than linux, tax software and just commercial software in general is far wider supported in windows. Can you find an equivalent in linux, sure, in some cases. Even programs that are supported in linux are not always as polished, such as chrome and firefox. On the other hand, my main reason for switching to linux was because windows didnt have the support (or good suppot) for a program I needed, Ruby. You can install ruby on windows but it is not great. That said, my main reason I would never switch back to windows is the command prompt. I see the power of it so much that I am about to make a command prompt only system and I am going all out to learn Vim. I am going to try and live in a gui-less environment.
2:36 "...and I need to start incorporating those terms when I talk about 'free' and 'freedom'" Incorrect! The solution to ambiguous terminology is not necessarily (and I suspect only rarely) to introduce more terms. Nobody knows what "gratis" or "libre" mean. They can give you a slight speed and convenience advantage while talking to people already in the niche, but most of the time they are useless. Maybe even worse than useless because you take on the burden of explaining the terms when you try to use them with people unfamiliar. The alternative: Speak with slightly more verbosity when discussing these topics. You can say, for example, "costless" and "unrestrictive". For the price of some extra syllables your message will be clear, unambiguous, and free of cringy, cultish jargon that turns off perfectly good people. In short I'm advocating minimalism in the usage of language. Extra terms are bloat. When you take on a new term, you take a dependency on the community of people who know that term.
I miss the Diskpart from windows as it restores my usb size , and cant find an equal in linux , im quite puzzled by that. Fedora Media writer has the option , but wish the commandline could do it in the same way.
DistroTube when you use DD and USB size is redused from 16GB to 900MB , i have looked high and low for a command that reset the size to factory default.
@@zaluq I know this is a old comment but for anyone else who might have the same problem, cfdisk is a command line utility that you can use to format and delete partions on a drive to restore it.
Cost should not be a factor,u get a license with any pc you buy and a w7 license to upgrade to w10 is 5 bucks. Freedom is the major point, anything else is subjective,. windows is perfectly usable and stable os. The point to windows is that you might need proprietary software that doesn't work on Linux. That's not a problem in itself, most Linux users use proprietary software. It's not as easy on the security and so on, as u are stating very nicely. My one windows machine runs windows without anti virus for 10+years now..same as my.linux laptop. Performance is as good on any dualcore as any Linux de..that's where u start being unfair. I prefer Linux for work but Adobe creative, Microsoft office is better software than libre and kdenlive, I cannot argue that at all. that's why most people use windows.linux server is better than windows server that's why there's more of them.
Agree with you especially when it comes to "security". I don't trust Windows Defender protecting me so I've also gone to Comodo Internet Security Premium 11 and Endian UTM Firewall to better protect me while surfing the web using Windows 10.
You could do a review of installing Windows XP in 2018. Could a newbie do it ? Would wi-fi and Bluetooth work and USB and mouse work ? Would sound and Netflix work ? Would any web-browser work ? Could you watch RU-vid ? Could you use SSD or M.2 card ? Would GeoForce 1030 work ? or Intel i5 ?
Hi, I am new to your channel. This is second video on this channel I've been watching. I am 29 years old and I use Windows since 12. I mean I've been using Windows for more than half of my life. I can navigate pretty fast in Windows explorer. I don't always know exact path and I don't have to 'ls' all the time. Navigating, making files and so on is almost exactly the same time wise. I agree Linux distros are generally secure. But I am not sure if it is inherent property. If half of the world used linux distros, will there still be no reason to worry? I mean, isn't claiming 'it's just save' like saying 'this ship is unsinkable'? No one runs Windows Home S. And most people use Chrome. Windows cmd sucks terribly, I agree with that. I use third party Cmder instead, which mimics unix terminal. But, with GPU prices still too high, I don't play games that much anymore. I use Adobe products though. But I also write javascript apps. Generally, need for MS Windows is dropping constantly. I'd like to thank you for making these videos, I'm going to explore your channel a bit.
it not inpenetratable but it is more secure in particular because even if there is a virus it can't do much damage due to how permissions work also if you can use windows exploring with ease you can use a file manager like "nautilus" on linux with ease tldr; give it a chance, you might just like it
I'd like to add, yes it is an inherent property. I've been in IT for 15 years and worked in enterprise environments, with both M$ and Linux. The bigger the company, the more the back-end will rely on Linux. The management potential and security are vastly more scalable with Linux than M$. AND mark my words: In a few years Microsoft will charge you monthly to use your own computer. (meaning you will be billed per month/annually for the "privilege" of using windows.)
I was thinking exactly like you i am software developer and mainly i am coding in c# at office and python when im home . When I switch to linux from Windows everything was non sense to me i was asking my self why si should do that in terminal when i can use gui but when i get used to i really couldn’t get out of terminal now i just have a terminal open an a web browser that’s all and at office i feel like hell. I made windows so much like linux but still i miss my environment at home
Honestly only reason I still have windows on my computer is for gaming and sometimes for school. Have had classes that require the use of a Microsoft product. But I pretty much use Linux for everything else. Started with Fedora and I currently have Arch and I'm happy as can be with it.
I wish I could use Linux at work, but it still has no support for my EPROM programmer and several of the special programs that I need. I like Windows, but man am I sick of the over zealous activation. Even a new OEM disc I got from Newegg required being on the phone with Microsoft for 15 minutes because it said the key was already in use. That was after I had to scrape off the silver masking on the COA, scratching the numbers in the process. And nowadays it's cheaper to buy a used PC with Windows 10 already on it vs. buying a license for an existing older system.
I'll give you an example of one of the core advantages from even a users standpoint. I snagged up an Ideapad 110s from a client for pennies, this thing was pretty cute for a 11.5 inch laptop. But it only had 2gb of ram and a 32gb storage. The cpu was also a celeron, and no upgrade options. Under windows 10 64-bit this thing struggled to open plain text files let alone a RU-vid video and would have likely still struggled switching it to 32-bit. So I cleared it off and installed Mint as my go to, after dealing with the broadcom wireless chipset, everything worked great. Used less then 700mb after bootup. Probably could have switched out Mate for something like LXDE or Enlightenment but I didn't want to complicate a useful laptop as it just worked. 6 or 7 tabs in firefox, no problem. I ended up donating it back to my client who still uses it today as far as I know. They didnt do anything too demanding to start with, so that cheap cloudbook is likely to serve them well beyond just a cloud only device for years.
A few days ago, my wifes computer with win10 installed crashed and the HDD was irreparable defekt..so no time to cry. I switched the last computer in our home to Linux. And it works perfect fine! please tell me again, why i have to pay for win10 200$..?
No i did not say that windows damaged my hdd...after the check it was clear: the boot section was damaged, but i was aible to save the most important files. I replaced the hdd with a new one and put Linux on it. To work with Linux wasnt a big deal for me..but my wife has to change her workflow a little bit. With the new OS the computer runs like a car with released breaks..and not like a tank with a 50HP Motor in it like before :-)
The problem with linux guys... Don't know what the heck they are talking about... Example: 7:22 "A PC older than 5 years old will struggle to run windows 10". (such a stupid and overwhelming lie that Linux community doesn't need). A PC with Intel® Core™ i3-3220 which is (6 years old) with 4GB of RAM and a small 120GB SSD can really run smoothly Windows 10. The problem with Linux is the absence of professional software. (I wish that companies of audio and visual creative software would support Linux OS, then maybe I could move on with Linux). If you ll EVER want to use your PC as a creative workstation, Windows and MacOS are your only options. If you want an OS that's more secure than Windows and MacOS, and doing nothing else but changing your desktop look, watch media/web browsing and talking about (the illusion of freedom), then go ahead, install Linux. P.S. about freedom... Freedom is about living in an economic system, where your "survival" is not for sale in the markets... Since you need money for your food, shelter and healthcare and there's a boss above that can fire you and threat your own surviving, there's no freedom in every aspect. All the rest free OS and free software talk are bullshit.
Linux is secure? Let me remind you of Shellshock and Heartbleed. Not to mention that the only reason those security issues are rare is because linux has (when talking about user computers) about 1% of market share.
I am currently using Linux Mint as my Work PC, because I'm php developer. That doesn't change the fact that almost every distro is shit. And fanboys are the biggest problem here, praising linux like the best OS out there when it could be so much more if you actually pointed to them whats wrong. Usability on most distros is so bad, stability also.
Shellshock was a vulnerability that only really threatened webhosts that exposed bash terminals for shared VMs they offered, or someone with publicly visible remote SSH, it practically never effected desktop users, as you'd need physical access. It was swiftly patched on vulnerable targets. And Heartbleed? Really? That was an internet service vulnerabilities exclusively, and didn't discriminate, if you were running OpenSSL on a Windows Server, you'd have the exact same damn vulnerability at the time. If those are your best examples (neither malware or viruses). Neither effecting Linux end-users' security. You might as well bring up the recurring almost monthly intel CPU vulnerabilities at this point. It's almost as relevant (hint: not very)... He said it's inherently more secure by design. Which it is. You can only list one Linux ecosystem specific bug, that never even effected 99.9% of Desktop Linux users, yet you realize dozens are found for Windows every month, so frequently that it's rarely newsworthy, or in most cases even disclosed until it's been patched. Sometimes so dire and severe they go back and offer patches for unsupported versions of Windows. Your reply unwittingly reinforced DT's points. It's an empirical fact Linux Desktop is more secure. Main reason being the software distribution channels. repositories are very security conscious and use various (so far uncompromised) signing models to detect compromised packages if anyone tried to for instance MITM them to users (Windows Update was famously MITM'd....). There are Linux viruses, just the delivery vectors are so abysmal it's not worth it. you'd have a better return on your mal attempts by simply phishing via email.
Grimm Zane Ok, maybe I could agree with those points, but the fact is that UX and UI on ANY distro is shit. I'm daily linux user and distro hopper and would never get on that linux fanboy train, because fanboys are usually the reason that something is shit like a linux desktop (Yes, I do understand there is many of them, and I've used many of them).
sekilol I'm a former long-term Windows power user and now full time Linux user, I generally ignore "fanboyism" when it comes to anything OS, tech, gaming, consoles etc, tribalism always has been and always will be a thing, It's easily dismissed if it's not constructive. Personally I use Linux because of it's merits. And in many cases on principle. I don't disagree for the most part, i wouldn't say all, or even most, but I'd concede many. (including only the mainstream popular distros, 95% of distros are utterly irrelevant outside of their niches) Tinkering/playing with Linux since about 2008, there have been and still are objectively superior UX/UI elements in many linux DEs. Conversely though yes also terrible ones, even entire DEs (imo Gnome 3 has been a disaster, tried using it recently and those guys have gone off the deep-end the UX was f**king abysmal, I'd argue unusable without shell-extensions. And read them talking about their design ethos, it's pretentious and nonsensical, just a complete trainwreck. They made core functionality harder and more tedious to accomplish.) But a nicely themed LXDE or XFCE, with the right stack of core utilities/tools; file managers etc, can easily be on par with Windows (where it matters) and often offers improvements. While being very close in paradigm. Hell there are even Win10 themes that if configured correctly can most definitely fool most people at a glance. And to be fair, while I've had some infuriating experiences with Linux, I've had just as many with Windows. In fact constant perplexing issues, like random permission issues, perpetual BSODs and other issues, that were often 10x more opaque and difficult to troubleshoot. I do not regret migrating at all. and In terms of maintenance, it's been far smoother overall on the Linux side. Besides a few stumbles (admittedly sometimes severe) It's been far smoother and trust me i'm constantly reminded of it, as I still have to admin/maintain Win10 systems for my family. Them running Windows and not Linux is also a decision i made, would have preferred Win7, (but was too painful because of the soft hardware lock-out for hardware newer than 2017, it should have just effected updates and force me to manually install update-rollups, but both win7 OEM copies i own failed to even install. So i reluctantly went with Win10.) I abhor Win10, but I didn't push them into Linux because use-case matters. If they predominantly want to use their PCs for gaming, and they want to play newer titles. There is no reasonable alternative yet. (could be soon with the advent of Steam Play/Proton, by 'soon' i mean like 2-5 years though lol) I'm pretty fussy, and hate quirks or lack of features I'm accustom to, from many core feature utilities. Especially as someone who's still stuck in the GUI-based Windows paradigm for the most part, (and avoids terminals unless necessary due to comfort), i can confidently say Thunar is great file manager for ex-windows-users. On-par or superior to Explorer in every conceivable way; has tabs, takes dark skins flawlessly, thumb layout is compact and consistent, doesn't playback media files on hover (I'd assume it can be disabled in the utils that have that but i mean who tf thinks that's a good idea!?), has good right click context menu support (use RMB>Dropbox>copy public link, all the time (as i used to on Windows)). Doesn't slow down when you have thousands of files in a folder (massive issue esp on Win7) And no need to ever invoke chmod etc. as you can do it via right click > Properties etc a la Windows. If you've become intimately acquainted with Windows hotkeys, it's usually pretty easy to customize. In XFCE open up Settings Editor > Windows Manager > Keyboard and remap the hotkeys to match Windows in 90% of cases. What i don't miss however is the user-lane "Find it yourself and install at your own risk" approach to software. Package managers are generally better, and the AUR picks up the slack when it isn't. and if you want to download and install shit from the internet, you still can. Case in point, because Manjaro is more stability conscious, they are behind bleeding-edge, and I often use archive-dot-archlinux-dot-org/packages if something i have installed is too outdated(mostly DXVK related lately) or causes issues in the latest version. enough to piss me off. I can just download the .tar.xz/.txz file, and double click it from my downloads. voila, Windows-like experience. When i need it. Even when things are available as .deb .rpm packages etc, it's not a huge issue, they are just archive formats. most cases you can simply extract them, and restructure it as if it was a portable application, and just run it. Yeah the latter things aren't as obvious to new users, and sometimes more cumbersome. The default Manjaro experience isn't jarringly worse than windows imho. In fact I've been using it off and on since 2014, sometimes for long periods (only permanently-going-forward since May partly because DXVK solved my gaming needs, and partly because new Ryzen-based PC) And I'd find it just as if not more jarring going back to Windows. The features missing were rage inducing at times. Installing Win7 fresh, I couldn't even get networking working without digging up an old mobo CD. It was abysmal. Sure that'd hopefully not be an issue on Win10, but there are a plethora of reasons I'm not letting that ever touch one of my drives. Not least the privacy/telemetry concerns. To list a few objectively nicer features I use all the time (some have been incorporated into Windows since, but they sure weren't in Win7 my last personal Windows OS): -Super(WinKey) + LMB/RMB to move windows and speed resize them, without hunting for the damn corner/edge pixels (something that sucks complete ass on Windows esp with HiDPi Displays) -Tabbed file browsing (requires 3rd party tools on Win) -Custom shortcuts to launch apps, Ctrl+Alt+C for calculator, Ctrl+Alt+T for terminal etc (requires 3rd party tools on Win) -Dark theming, (Which in general is something that sucked ass on Windows. Forcing it via uxstyle hacks etc, breaks too much (including web browsers), and the one in Win10 on my fam's PC is pathetic, possibly broken, they have Win10PRO, and have Dark theme enabled but it's only applying to a single subsystem of windows, namely settings menus exclusively.) UX/UI features in Windows i miss; - Graphics Drivers UI for sure. (not core OS feature) - I'm still more comfortable with the C:/ D:/ E:/ drive paradigm, but it's not really an issue once you get used to it. - less chance of dependency related issues. I'd strongly argue Window's strength is in it's broader 3rd party software ecosystem, not the core operating system. It's difficult to argue that point. And while there are some software/tools i wished worked better on Linux. WINE is sufficient most of the time. VM for most the others. I concede the user experience is worse in many ways (but better in many others) but vanilla Vs vanilla it's not drastically different imo, both have some strengths and weaknesses. Customization generally being Linux's coup de'etat imo. If you break it down by use case, there are many cases Windows is clearly the better option in terms of overall user experience, but mostly just modern AAA Gaming, software-reliant situations i.e. media creation with an established toolset/pipeline. general shell/core util related usage though? Can't see a compelling case. And I know for the most part i was comparing a recent OS/stack with a product from 2009. But a significant amount of people still use Win7. Sorry for the twelve hundred words... I have a rant about dependencies in mind, but I'll keep that to myself lol I'd be genuinely interested to hear which UX/UI elements bother you the most and why.
Yeah those problems amount to less than 1% of the volume of horrendous, life-wrecking security problems inherent to Windows. Funny, most of the internet runs on Linux and yet the security issues of Windows still outpace Linux 100 to 1.
But for average windows user only fourth will apply, maybe fifth, but those are rare. I think it's a bad start to always start the main recommendation as being free considering that for most people it's not an issue (they got it preinstalled and if not they have got it from school/college/work + even if they needed to pay, they already paid, they can't get their money back) If your software's main advantage is something that applies to literally no one then maybe it's not really a better option.(I use arch, no need to convince me, I'm just saying from windows user perspective) Running on old hardware - Again, average user would say, why switch, my computer has 8 (for not average: 4 or 16) GB of ram and 8-10th gen core i5 - again the applies to litteraly no one. I think that when making videos why linux is superior, people need to find and show reasons why it would be superior for average user, because all these videos show it like it's either for someone who can't afford windows(making it sound like inferior option) or doesn't have good computer(again sounding like inferior option)... or someone who will try to build their own because 'it's open source'. People that give this reasons for linux annoy me soooooo much.
I had until two months ago a PC with a dual core processor from 2011 running W10, an i3 2120 specifically with 4 GB of RAM. xD That is a PC with more than 5 years old...And it ran fine. I installed it on a PC with a Core 2 Quad Q8200, a processor with 10 years of life, and it ran just fine... The requirements to run Windows 10 have a huge mysticism ecosystem around them, just like the "security". Maybe with the purpose of having something to say beyond 'freedom' in this kind of "VS" videos, or articles. I think that on some points this kind of audiovisual 'VS' material tend to be exaggerated.
I got the impression Windows development was dropped after the Vista debacle. There was some UI tweaking here and there (mostly inconsistent) and some security bug fixes but otherwise it looks dead to me. Despite the lack of overall progress every time when Windows installs updates (which is with 100% accuracy always exactly when I have to complete urgent work) it always appears to reinstall the whole OS like something notable had changed. I think Windows is just kept alive to run legacy applications and making some easy bucks. MS now focuses entirely on the cloud.
The funny thing is, MS license restricts you in what you are allowed to do with Windows, and lack of functionality in Windows prevents you from anything else :D The only thing left is installing updates.
Everyone should go listen to this week's Windows Weekly Podcast (available here on RU-vid). The number one reason that Linux > Windows is that Microsoft is no longer actively developing Windows. Don't get me wrong. They are still going to support it as long as they can make money off it - and they make a lot of money off it. But Windows is no longer a core part of their business. Last week, Terry Meyerson, the head of Windows, was relieved of his position and the Windows Team was split in half and sent to two separate divisions, neither of them focused on further development. Linux has won. The question is, where does the traditional market go from here? Outside of Gamers, most computing these days is done on Phones.
Lol you're delusional. Microsoft didn't stop developing Windows, why would they ever do that. Windows runs almost every government, military, school, office. The whole world depends on Windows, why would Microsoft ever give that up.
Yes, they just sad "guys, we have a billion $ product called Windows, we are making a ton of money with it and also with the software we sell that is only compatible with our windows ... but yeah, just stop doing this windows thing, the 2% desktop marketshare Linux OS has won! We have no chance!" Dont get me wrong, i use Linux myself because it is better (for me) ... but your post is just stupid. Do you live in another world than i do? o.O
Taylor Martin wrong as far as the government the armed forces the dod the FBI etc use Linux predominantly n most servers are actually linux/unix servers ye obviously don't know what ye own government and the like use n choose to use do to it's inherently better security vs windows which we all know is a accident that it's not a question of if it will be breached or get a virus but when it will be breached n when it will get a virus
What are you talking about? Programmers, architects, engineers use phones to do the work? the market is huge. Linux just hasn't reached maturity yet, if Microsoft would still be selling Vista then I agree - Linux has won but Windows 10 is very stable and efficient. There needs to be fewer distros, fewer desktops - more effort in PERFECTING something instead of demonstrating cool features.
I am starting my linux adventure tomorrow BTW, I have Dell Inspiron N5050 laptop with 1GB RAM & Windows 7 professional 64 bit OS& Intel Celeron processor Any recommendations guys??? My criteria is:- 1.something entry level 2.I should be able to play games comfortably (old games like hitman silent assassin) 3.well stable
Something based on debian or ubuntu. Ubuntu is good, PopOS is a bit better for games. Zorin OS has a windows feel to it so it could be easier to navigate for the first time. If your feeling a bit more tech savvy, you can go with manjaro if you want.
I fully agree i work for more then a year with Manjaro cinnamon and i love it for me personal manjaro is the linux distro i can do all my daily work in manjaro and cinnamon is great for workflow
These licence restrictions of MS are so ridiculous! About 100% of my friends don't even know how to compromise, redistribute, modify or disassemble any part of any existing operating system. If they could do, they'd shown me how to configure any kind of linux but unfortunately they never did anything of it. They just want to run it and want to play their favorite kind of games or web applications.
Look, the way that you're talking... You seem to be a Linux ''fanboy''. Altough Linux is great and I use it everyday... Linux isn't OVERALL superior to Windows or MacOS (At least, for the Windows 7 version). Linux/MacOS/Windows are different and any of them, are superior to the other in some ways. It's simple... Windows is best for gaming and businesses (And many other things). Linux is best for security and its open-source aspect (But god... Linux is bad with hardware compatibilty and games) and MacOs has other advantages and downsides. Please... Be honest. And if you say that I don't know what i'm talking... Execute this command: ''sudo apt-get install honestypackage''. Anyway, the days of Windows may be counted in the middle term because... 16% of Microsoft profit for the Windows division... Isn't enough since last week. PWA and the cloud business. are the future for Microsoft. They lost the war on the portable market (I mean with ARM SoC).
The only reason it takes a little bit to install is because it isn't already installed when you buy it try installing windows when you were running Linux before it's hard once it's fully Installed everything is pretty easy and doesn't take much time what you mentioned was basically the only time it takes time
Where i can download the S-mode for Windows 10 version 1709, that's the interesting thing. Also, how did i survived without the command prompt and WSL?
in 2018 you had to compare MS-DOS that is created in 1980s with UNIX that is created in 1970s, when you just can live in both Windows NT and Linux builds in 2k19.
Varies. I just installed Lubuntu 18.04 on my main production machine. Last week, I was on Calculate Linux. Two weeks prior, I was running AntiX, and a month ago I was running Manjaro. :D
Reason 6: control over the running services. Maintaining Windows as a server is a hell. It starts services randomly, generating a heavy load when indexing files or installing updates, and there's no way to stop that. Reason 7: atomic file renames in Linux. For some reason, working with Windows folks, they often try to communicate by putting files on the filesystem. But sadly, that's not atomic in Windows, so sometimes we end up reading broken files. Same problems with the broken file locking implementation.
Did anybody notice how awesome the alt tab exposé thing became on windows? That and scrolling down for formerly used files..it's a notebook or even tablet thing but it works. Back to KDE..the exposé looking the same trash like 2012. I don't care, users do though.
I love linux but there are 3 issues for me. 2 of my simulations games won't work on Linux and the thing to reboot each time when switching Optimus graphics drivers is not good. Laptop battery life is another issue even though using TLP and Powertop may help a bit. On Windows I get 12hrs battery life where as on Linux just 3hrs. So I'm on Windows at least until these get sorted on Linux. Dual-booting is not my thing.
I switched to linux a week ago because of a worm in windows. I started watching your videos and I decided to use Manjaro KDE Linux! You are very informited on your videos. You a the best #DistroTube
I always wonder why people in the Linux community call it Mah Tay, it is spelled mate, which in English rhymes with great, fate, late. How did people start pronouncing it Mah Tay and why when it is spelled mate?
Are you running all nouveau and using a libre booted PC?otherwise you are delusional to yourself. Window isn't spying,they are collecting which is as bad and wrong but not the same.
"have it spy on you" before claiming that how many end users do read the whole EULA of W10, none of them! Every OSes/apps/software doing that nowadays w/ or w/o peoples consent and Linux/*BSD aren't out that list if you deep dive deeply in the core, if anyone being paranoid of that then create your own OS and software lol. :) +Renard Moreau How 'bout 3rd party 'firmware' binary blobs in the mainstream Linux Kernel!? If you're being that much paranoid of using systemd that most major distros are already being adopted then deep dive or try Linux-Libre en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux-libre www.fsfla.org/ikiwiki/selibre/linux-libre/ directory.fsf.org/wiki/Linux-libre w/ other 'init' system like SysV, OpenRC, Runit etc without-systemd.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page but 'systemd' is not only just a not only 'init' service but whole other system. For systemd lover often used to say Linux is not Unix and for that so don't need to follow obsolete system or philosophy using ol' SysV but the main dev of systemd en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lennart_Poettering said that his systemd follow the path of Unix 'KISS'. In the end *nix(Unix like>*BSD>Linux) distros are freedom of choice as it in Libre or even Gratis :) +Lèmmark The technical term is officially 'systemd' not 'SystemD" like SysV, thank you :) +estkma "Window isn't spying,they are collecting" is the pretty technical term which is what not easy to understandable for the end user and most of them never read the EULA lol ;) + Hans Kinki
Good to see that somebody understands the difference of data collection and spying. We need to stay aware though, very much so. Google isn´t spying but seeing ads of a product you googled a second ago makes people paranoid lol^^. Still, not even a majority of linux distro collect any data on users and if they do it is via opt-in and easy to disable. Disabling the tracking on windows is not that simple. Eventually it is a choice but the linux community is way too toxic and "lobby" about windows. Windows has disgusting annoying "features", linux has disgustingly good i3. End of story for laptops windows sucks sooooo much which is what people shoudl talk about and use fucking win10 instead of win7 and repeat useless points that were made 100times already.
I also dislike Windows because it hides things. The root of windows is not C:/, it's \. UNC Paths show this. (For those who don't know, a UNC path is basically a really glitchy way that Windows does paths. I'd assume it's kernel based). In fact, I believe there's a way to use UNC paths to make a con folder. Yes, Microsoft talks about WinObj which allows you see it. No, I don't want to install another program just to see a crappy registry-like version of my Windows \.
Hi, I don't completely disagree with your video as I am a fan of LINUX and OPEN SOURCE but I just need to say as a System Engineer that primarily works with Microsoft products that your comparison of the Command Line Interfaces is drastically outdated. It is like comparing the current state of BASH to the original. Microsoft has done the bare minimum to support and maintain the CMD interface, they have instead moved across to the PowerShell interface. Lots of work has been done in recent years to bring PowerShell up to some of the capabilities of BASH. They are even working on integrating SSH client into PowerShell. Everything that you did on LINUX via the CLI can be done on windows via PowerShell (even Windows Updates marckean.com/2016/06/01/use-powershell-to-install-windows-updates/) although it may be a little harder at times. These are just my thoughts as I think Microsoft are doing lots to try and reduce the gap between Windows and LINUX.
All PCs at work today failed to install latest Win10 update because the update was already installed by the auto-updater two days ago! Comparing Linux to Win10 is pointless... ;-)
could it be there is no VIRUSES for linux as its not so popular on the desktop? (web servers running linux do get hacked)) malware is mostly written for windows as its the main desktop OS , that is what some say. Thanks for your videos and keep it up
Windows 10 is actually a decent OS. It runs fast on my old as% duo core laptops. Security? Just use a non Admin account. I LOVE Linux but lets be candid things can be wonky. On a recent install on a Chromebook the trackpad wouldn't work. I got it to work but the forums were NO help. Speaking on forums. Ask people in the Arch forums a question and sit back and see the hate. Linux is and will continue to be a distro for nerds.
Old machines? Just install period correct OS. Slap on XP or DOS /w 3.1. It's also slow because you're using a VM and 1c/2gb. Mint is slow with 1c/2gb in a VM as well. Linux guys can never give Windows a proper unbiased review. Ripperonis, at least you're not abrasive as those other guys.
>Old machines? Just install period correct OS. Slap on XP or DOS /w 3.1. Security risks using unsupported OSes. > It's also slow because you're using a VM and 1c/2gb. Yes, it is. > Mint is slow with 1c/2gb in a VM as well. Yes, it is., if you use the Cinnamon desktop environment. Luckily, we have choices! >Linux guys can never give Windows a proper unbiased review. This wasn't a review. of a Windows 10. That's another video I did. :D
DistroTube but if I install Linux on an old PC what would I do with it? It's not like I can play legacy games or give it to a kid as it won't have ms office and most schools use ms office 365 so no OneDrive and real time collab
I have an 11 year old first gen dual core 1.6ghz laptop dual booting LinuxMint and Windows 10. No need to hate on Windows with such exaggerations. Windows 10 is snappier than Windows 7
