Switching the OS out is easy, but how about adapting to Linux from the newbie's standpoint? Such change could be daunting to a newcomer, so acclimation would be fruitful to explain.
@@imford That's been the plan so far. Got Ubuntu on a 5 year old HP, got Arch on an old school Latitude M4300. Enjoying it, but I feel like I'm missing something because I'd like to make further use of it all. Yes, there are thousands of free applications, but it would be cool to see a video of someone who splurges on Photoshop versus someone who merely incorporates Gimp into their content creation needs and see how much money one can really save versus productivity on both platforms. Maybe throw in Apple stuff for fun. That's what was going through my mind when I typed this.
My lappy with a i7-6500U was completely unusable with Windows 10. It was miserably slow, and I was so frustrated I was ready to throw it in the trash. But then I thought "Huh, those annoying people always talk about Linux, I wonder what that's like. Might as well try it, my computer is already useless." and I installed Linux Mint That was over a year ago, been a Linux and FOSS fan ever since! And Im typing this on that laptop right now, fully functional and working wonderfully!
I read that, as a beginner, I should not start with Arch. So a week ago I started on my Linux journey with Arch. I learned a lot, and its been really fun. 10/10 would start with Arch again.
I half agree with this. For me it a use case situation. Grandma's old pc needs new life for just checking Facebook...then something like mint. But if little curious George wants to explore more, ya then arch.
Same for me. Was a long time Mac user because it was awesome for software development. I got really annoyed by all the false "security features" that basically prevent you from doing a lot of useful stuff and also the weird directories where Software gets installed. So I switched to arch with DWM 3 years ago and I love it. I've been using Linux on compute clusters for Quantum mechanics simulations before, but using arch still taught me a ton about how linux works!
Recently started dual booting on my laptop and am realizing how bloated windows is. I’m using a newbie friendly distro so I can only imagine the performance gains that would be possible from a full rice
@@newolku not going to lie. I have not had this issue yet, Ubuntu and Windows has been on my laptoo since last August and hasn't broken somehow. I am gonna switch to a Manjaro + windows vm in the future though
Having a ssd of any size on a small ultrabook is an a dream. If i don't download videos, it just doesn't fill up with normal linux programs. Most of them being open source and all, bloat tends to be orders of magnitude less.
I fully switched to Garuda recently. Been running smoothly for about a week now on my desktop now. All the games I usually play are working, and Proton seems to be working well. Highly advise anyone on WIndows 10, dual booting or otherwise, to fully make the switch.
You are talking as if only one version of garuda (kde dragonised) exists, that version is made for high performance pc's. There are other versions of garuda too
Even though this video is two years old I just come across it today 4/24/24…and I am so happy I did! I’m sooo tired of tweaking my Win10 so it’ll quit freezing no matter what I do…and I’ve been using Windows since the Win 3.1 operating system was the ‘rave’. So, as you can see I’m NOT some computer newbie. I will no doubt be transforming to Linux Mint very soon! Thank you for this most valuable information and for the excitement you have instilled within me! Best Regards! ~Jim in Houston,Texas~
Great Video! Been a Mint user for years and have tried many distro's prior - always seems to come back to Mint for it's simplicity and ease-of-use. There are more options out there and everyone has their favorite I'm sure. The MAIN point here is to use an ALTERNATIVE to Windows. That's the real point.
@@Damon_At_Forged_Faith "Any" file that is on a Windows PC can be transferred over to Linux. But... Linux will only have the ability to open files "IT" understands or can handle. Most people just copy their data to a flash or external drive and then transfer them manually to the new OS installed.
@@Damon_At_Forged_Faith Most files are in a standard format that Linux based programs can use. However you can install WINE so that you can run Windows programs when there is no Linux version or alternative.
@@wayland7150 Ive been on mint a while now but struggle to run any games wven with an updated proton running for steam. Do I need wine for these to run? Cheers
I don't need to learn how to switch to Linux again but that won't stop me from dropping a like and a comment for the algorithm. Keep up the great content.
My W500 was sold to me by an engineer from Canonical at an absolute steal of $50, with chargers and a dock included, in the hope that whoever uses it can find utility in it. And I have, over the time I've moved from Ubuntu to Debian to Manjaro, and having a dedicated Linux machine helped me graduate with my engineering degree. It was fun showing my friends and peers how capable an OS could be without needing a 30GB install size and 3GB of RAM usage just to boot to desktop. Hope that guy is doing well, out there. "Don't trust my pre-installed image of Ubuntu," he said, "ALWAYS load your own installation!"
I found one on amazon for 2000$, of course i didn't buy that, still waiting for something to replace my crappy iPad Air 2, using this as a everyday device is super frustrating because iPadOS is godawful unless you jailbreak which i'm still waiting for one to be compatible with iPadOS 15.
I'm a Mint Cinnamon fan. Xfce is similar to Cinnamon but lacks certain features that I've gotten used to. To me Cinnamon doesn't seem like Windows at all. No forced updates, no browser that you can't delete, no default corporate surveillance, no bad memories of Windows Vista, the worst operating system in the history of the solar system.
Until they have composting effects, it's a dealbreaker. I'm too used to wobbly windows. It's not just a gimmick, it smooths out your jerky mouse input and makes your widows glide across the screen. If I'm going to deal with Linux I want it to look beautiful. You can probably tell I'm a KDE fan haha.
Just a little addition for the rufus burning iso part. When you get a popup to choose ISO or DD, choose ISO if you're using legacy bios and choose DD if you're using UEFI bios. If you have UEFI bios and choose to burn your usb as ISO linux won't boot up after the installation. You'll get just a grub error when you try to boot it. Especially if you plan to dual boot. This comment is a sponsored comment. UblockOrigin Sponsorblock Hblock Blokada Adaway OISD :)
Wonderful choice of runescape music! I always enjoy being reminded of these internet cultures. Maybe more TempleOS references along the way? I enjoyed that one TempleOS ending you had.
i can hear some compression in the song, the same happened to me when encoding with kdenlive and aac codec, that's probably because it resamples anything to 48khz and causes this strange sound, some people might not hear it, it also happened in openshot, i use webm+vorbis to fix this problem
@@alphaapple9673some scammer by the name of "mental outlaw admin" promoting some get rich quick crypto scheme with a WhatsApp number. Likely just a bot.
EAC support for Proton/Wine is out now! It has to be enabled by the developer of the game, but it's not like they have to push a new build -- they just have to tick a checkbox on the Epic Online Services developer portal website
Motivated me to finally make the switch to Linux, Computer runs so much faster I couldn’t believe it. Great video! I do wish you had gone over some basic stuff like how to setup snapshots, and updates for only the stable stuff, but I’m sure there’s lots of instruction for that elsewhere :)
Loving Garuda for the automatic snapshots during updates out of the box, especially since I can access them from grub to fix silly newbie mistakes I've made, it's nice to have that extra layer of "brick prevention"
Yeah it really is a great time to switch to Linux with things having become so much more easier to do. I switched back in 2009 because of Windows Vista (before the big service pack update came and actually made it somehow usable) and back then i was using Ubuntu. Tested a few systems and eventually stuck with Mint as it's really is a lot better than standard Ubuntu or the rolling release Debian that is basically useless for stable desktop use.
I recently started doing more stuff under linux than under windows and i'm so happy i started to switch. Using Linux Mint Debian Edition 5. This is a great tutorial for people who want to switch as well.
Things to point out: 1) Make sure to try a live boot at some point before installing on the computer (even if a VM is an option) to make sure all important hardware works out of the box with linux. Some things, like WiFi, may use proprietary drivers that come with windows but have yet to be created for linux (or require manually downloading/building/installing drivers, possibly every time the kernel is updated). 2) Before doing a full disk install, be sure to have created recovery media (on the off chance you need to reinstall windows). As installing linux this way will also delete the built-in recovery partition.
That wifi driver issue kept me from using Linux for over a year until I took the time to figure it all out. I had to use USB tethering and I got the wrong driver because my adapter model didn't report its model quite right...
I really appreciate the music breaks since ot allows ppl to figure out any potential issues without having tp skip forward and backwards over and over again
It would be cool to see a video showing all of the potential issues you could run into and possible fixes for installing linux on computers with nvidia graphics cards or nvidia optimus equipped laptops. In my experience computers with those graphics setups can add a whole slew of issues when trying to get up and running with linux.
@jt yea same here I love mint but since most of my pcs have nvidia cards booting into the installer can be a pain in and of itself. There is however a way to fix this by adding the nomodeset function to the kernel parameters but most people would just give up at that point unless they have the knowledge and willpower to deal with and fix it, this issue is another great reason why I wish ore videos talking about nvidia compatibility would be produced.
I know this is an older video, but I wanted to let you know that this saved my low-end laptop. It had windows 10 and simply turning it on was a nightmare, sometimes it only took half an hour other times I had to constantly restart due to black screen. Opening apps was even worse. Now everything runs smoothly, I can open multiple apps with no problem, something I didn't even dare to do back then.
Pro tip for booting in your USB drive, you can use Advance Startup, either you can hold shift then click Restart at start menu. Or you can go "Settings > Update & Security > Recovery (left tab) > Advance startup - Restart (button)"
I've been recently moving all my crap from Windows over to Linux Mint. And aside a couple of games and crypto miners, everything else is just better on Linux lol. Also, disable fast startup from the power options in windows if you are dual booting, otherwise Windows will hold the drives and make them read only on Linux. My bad, it was fast startup not fast boot, I remembered it wrong.
It may also help with the dual-boot headaches to mount your Windows partition from Linux and your Linux partition from Windows, if you aren't doing so already. :D
I installed PopOS dual boot alongside Win10 and I have no problem writing to my drives thru Linux. Didn't need to change fastboot in BIOS. Then again, I have to mount the drive in Linux before I access it each time, but I think it's some simple issue with PopOS that I can probably resolve with a quick Brave search when I overcome my laziness
@@szymex8341 Oh. Then it must be some weird form of hybrid sleep microsoft is implementing, because whenever I shut down windows and start again, I don't get the option to get into BIOS (the F12 button doesn't work) but when I turn off and start my Linux Mint install, I can easily get into the BIOS menu
Only two things missing from this video. 1. Use a separate USB-storage to make a backup of your own files, and mark it so you do not mix it up with the iso-file-usb of the linux-version you're installing 2. After installing the OS to the hard drive, change the boot order back to where it was. This might resolve some device driver issues, that are mostly unseen, but might result in a loss of full DVD/cd-drive -functionality (Additional stuff) in this video it is shown how smoothly Mint can be installed, on a fully working (but slowed down) laptop. If your laptop has some issues even before the installation, these won't necessarily go away. On desktops and some two-screen setups, note that Mint preferentially uses the VGA port (if you have one) for display.
My sister switched to Mint a couple months ago. Her laptop was having bad performance with windows and she asked me to take a look but i end up bricking her HDD. I had an old laptop HDD and put Mint on it so she could have an OS till we could get a new HDD. Now she doesn't even think about going back to windows.
I went the other direction. Switched to Windows 11 after almost a decade of Linux use and I'm enjoying it. My OS is a tool, not my religion. I have no loyalty to any platform and contrary to what a lot of the jihadists in the Linux community believe, Linux is not for everyone. Still, I'd encourage everyone to try Linux. My best advice for new users is to not dual boot and not throw in the towel the moment you run into a problem. Give yourself some time with it, maybe a 2 or 3-month period, before you decide if it's for you or not. I'm no longer daily driving Linux but I really enjoyed my time with it and learned a lot.
Before installing Mint, check the compatibility of your laptop with the system. It's very easy, just search for your computer model and Linux mint on the internet and read what people had said. In my case (Dell XPS), I had to change the configuration from RAID, which was supported by Windows, to AHCI, supported by Linux mint. If I haven't done that my computer won't boot. In another instance, I had to return a Lenovo laptop because I couldn't change boot setting to the ones that would allow booting Linux. Do yourself a favor, and run a quick compatibility research before installation. You may get into trouble otherwise. Never go back to Windows though 🤣
That is a very good advice on any type of hardware to be used with Linux and I always do the same before I buy something and have had very few problems with hardware compatibility over the past 22 years as a Linux user (The only problem I remember having was when i installed Linux on a pc with a built in sound card that caused the system to crash on boot up but it could be fixed by turning it of in the Bios and replacing it with a sound blaster card I had at the time) I do this because the manufacturers are not always putting Linux on their system requirements or compatibility listings even if it is actually supported but it is getting better and better. as an example AMD based graphics cards are fully supported but only one brand, Sapphire actually put Linux on their info most HP printers and scanners are supported most Logitech's web cameras keyboards mouses steering wheels and joysticks works as well I recently put together a new gaming computer and i missed that the motherboard did not have Bluetooth built in so i had to buy one separately after some googling I found an Asus Bluetooth device that works as well I always supports brands that supports Linux natively so no more Nvidia graphics cards hassle for me as long as they don't support Linux with open source drivers they are boycotted and I will let them know why in any review out there and I hope more people do the same, AMD all the way for now but Intel works as well Not necessary because they are better then Nvidia but because they work out of the box with no hassles
The only thing keeping me on Windows right now is games. I'm gonna wait till Proton 7.0 launches along side the Steam Deck and if its as good as Valve is hyping it to be. I'll switch to Linux.
Just curious, what kind of games do you play? So far, I've been able to play some lightweight multiplayer stuff like Brawlhalla, War Thunder, Among Us and Left 4 Dead on linux, plus a bunch of more modern single player games.
Same with art programs. I know there are some out there like Gimp which is natively supported but my tablet seems to have zero support on Linux and I prefer Clip Paint which also isn't supported. I've seen that Wine and/or Lutris can help with that but I couldn't figure either out
@@anukranan I'm literally in a VC with a person who only uses Linux and he says your flat out wrong with that statement. Windows is still the best OS for gaming.
@@anukranan Just because you say you're correct doesn't make you correct. If Linux is apparently "perfect" why can't I play Halo Infinite? Or New World? Or Rainbow Six Seige?
I fell in love with Linux Mint when I was a refugee from the horrid 1809 Windows 10 update back in Fall 2018. I stayed on it until Micro$oft shat out an update that fixed what the 1809 update screwed up (many months) and I did not miss Windows 10 a bit. Now I use Linux Mint on my data server machine, and I store all my data on there so my main machine (Windows 10) doesn't have any of it. -Waiting for Micro$oft to start spying on any network drives you have connected...-
I absolutely love my thinkpad, it runs like a pro. It made me survive college. I even had a gaming laptop but the little thinkpad would just work. it would suck on windows. 4 gb and a core i5 is just not enough for Microsoft bs.
Window works somehow for now because people tolerate their bullshit most of people not switch because they are used to Win and some will not switch because of games. Yes i know you can play games on Linux too but they are not all supported. Now it looks like lot of people will have to start thinking about alternatives since W10 will be here only for 5 another years and then W11 is coming and when most people thought w10 is bullshit then w11 is 10 times worse. You litterally not be able to run that system normally if you don't have at least 16GB of RAM because it requires 4GB for virtualization and another 1 for spec run it will run like trash + they fucked up DE and changed things that are just fucking annoying to deal with. It's dual boot for now but later in future if MS will really not stop with this bullshit then it's going to be Linux only.
Lol, 8 gb isn't enough nowadays. Just some basic stuff open and already hitting swap. Debloating the crap out of windows, aka installing an ltsc iso (highly recommend), lets you run a shocking amount more stuff before hitting the swap file. 16 gb is pushing it as well nowadays. Windows caches stuff at an absurd rate and easily eats 16gb no problem. Linux can do that too especially living that chrome life, but it does take quite a bit longer.
For so long I have wondered what's the deal with linux that everyone's been bragging about. It's not until an hour ago that I finally decided to try it out with the help of this video and i got to say, DAMN IT'S SMOOTH! Thanks for making the video and may this be a start of something wonderful :>
Generally, people don't "switch" from MSWindows to Linux. They set up a Linux box (some old quadcore or whatever) next to their MSWindows PC so as to use both. Don't be surprised if they share the monitor via the input toggle button.
Broooooo, this was 100% helpful. I just bought a new laptop and windows used already more than half of the hard drive. I followed your instructions and downloaded linux mint and my space is now far more than when with windows (brand new notebook). I RECOMMEND THIS TO EVERYBODY. LINUX THE BEST DONT EVEN HESITATE. Thanks bro😎🙋♂️
Me! I'm dropping Windows entirely once Windows 10 support is dropped by Microsoft entirely in 2025 Windows 10 will be my last ever use of a Windows operating system for the rest of my life, I couldn't believe the audacity of the moronic idea of Microsoft trying to sell keylogging as a feature of Windows 11 Recall and co pilot are some of the dumbest things I've ever heard
I installed linux mint a couple weeks ago, and aside from having to work out a few kinks, I really like this much more than windows 10! Sadly, I still have to dual boot into windows just to use my drawing tablet, but OTD is apparently working on drivers for my tablet so hopefully I can fully ditch windows soon.
I just wait for the official end of support for the Windows 10. By that time - Proton will be good enough to handle any game, even brand new ones - Teething issues with Wayland will be resolved - Hopefully right to repair goes into full effect and the manufacturers will have to share technical data on their devices, making writing open source drivers easier when manufacturer isn't interested in supporting Linux.
honestly a damn good idea, i'll probably do that too since i'm still a lil anxious about switching and it'd help to know that i straight up don't have anything to lose if i do at that point
I'm already switching or at least partially switching because even though I'm trying Windows 11, I really don't like it. It always have bugs and yes the software I love is great- but that's about it. Linux Mint lmde has been great. Installing non native programs has been challenging but interesting.
@@ArtfulCosumDust Linux is the best puzzle game ever invented, lol. Anyway too lazy to switch before Win10 loses support (not to mention that I have to deal with a rather annoying family member that refuses to have anything to do with Linux and can't really justify the need of a switch unless security issues due to the lack of updates are at play).
I know this vid is a bit old, but I wanted to thank you! I've been watching your content for over a year and finally made the jump to linux mint. I already installed all my normie stuff and my programming stuff using the package manager, I installed the nix package manager too and am learning how to customize and use everything. Such a cute OS, I'm so happy [:
Literally did this right when the anouncemmt of windows 11 came out even though waiting for my eyes to heal post surgery would have been smarter. And went Linux mint because it's been awhile and cinnamon is a pretty familiar layout. And why do a virtual environment? Just do a live USB. They is one of the biggest upsides of linux.
VirtualBox runs all distributions I've tried on a 4GB RAM laptop without a GPU, you for sure won't be needing anything even remotely close to 16G... Most of the distros will work just fine with a 1.5-2 GB of RAM (you can't give more than half of your total, obviously).
I don't have the will power to learn a new OS. So what I did was linux virtual machines, and I transferred as much work as possible from my host machine to the guest machine(s) thus forcing myself to use linux instead of having to transfer my entire workflow to windows. That's how I'm learning linux, becoming comfortable with the system, to eventually make a transition.
EAC is already supported, however developers needs to (literally) tick a box to enable linux support, of course often overlooked by consumers is that the devs most likely will want to do some testing, might take a few weeks or months until we see widespread support for it. Battleye has native support, and proton compatability is also confirmed to be in the works. They were very quick to mimic EAC movements, basically gonna be the same deal though Battleye is probably lagging behind somewhat. Steamdeck is providing a great push to cross the last hurdle it seems.
@@Minecraft34 Yep, that's the biggest issue, it's easier to just toss this anticheats at the client without much effort, while doing it on a server implies some logic there
Switched to Linux past week to start with my Programming and Cyber Security journey and at first is like learning to walk again, but I'm enjoying it so far.
Another option for booting the USB from Windows is to hold shift while clicking restart, and then by going through the menus you can find an option to boot from another device. This only works on UEFI though, so if your machine doesn't support it this won't work
@@Damon_At_Forged_Faith You can access Windows files from Linux as long as you have the NTFS driver installed (it's preinstalled on most user-friendly distros), but it doesn't work the other way around without hacky workarounds
After trying Linux in various forms over decades, the big barrier for me is still finding simple, effective solutions to problems - every time I hit a snag, and Google for solutions, I get a million different answers, all using tech terminology that only linux nerds understand, and that mostly don't work because I don't have exactly that release, or flavour, or CPU, or amount of storage or whatever! Every time I end up giving up in frustration, and I know I can find a fix for any Windows problems I may have because Windows is Windows, there aren't 50 different distros with different GUIs. If you want linux to get above 5% on desktops, it has to be easy to find answers!
You have some of the best content I've seen regarding computers. I'm a novice but you make everything you upload super interesting and easy to understand!
I have tried Linux Mint, Pop OS, and Manjaro. All three I ran into issues with (specifically with gaming). Out of the three, I like Mint the most because it's the most reminiscent of WinXP and Win7. It definitely takes some getting used to tho. Personally, I would suggest dual booting and using Linux for everyday computing and Windows for only gaming. Gaming just works a lot better and is easier on Windows.
I do that too, Linux for quick boot browsing internet and watching movies ect, but my linux wasn't battery friendly(drains battery quickly) for whatever reason.
I'd recommend choosing the MATE version over XFCE. The difference in RAM usage is negligible if there is any and MATE feels much faster than XFCE. MATE is also more polished on Mint and used to be the flagship for Mint. The Mint team also worked on MATE or still does work on MATE. XFCE sometimes uses RAM for processes and does not let that RAM go. KDE actually feels lighter than XFCE now and its a shame Mint dropped that. I'd reccomend KDE Neon over Mint but if you are a linux noobie choose Kubuntu, Mint, or Pop OS.
Its the OS I use. I run the cinnamon desktop but then again, I have a 6th gen i5 and 16GB of ram. The Mint team do a great job setting up these distros.
The thing I like about Linux is the variation. One of my computers is a 15 year old desktop, and it's still perfectly usable and safe thanks to Linux. Can't put no Windows 11 on a 15 year old computer.
Linux Mint is a nice starting point for moving away from Windows, but I think Zorin OS might be an even better alternative. It has the same goal as Mint in that it aims to be a beginners OS for Windows users and in my opinion it looks and feels a little more like Windows than Mint does, while at the same time being different enough to make you understand that you're using a totally different OS. Sure that it can be a little recourse heavy in the core edition, but there is a lightweight Xfce edition as well. I'm pointing it out because I feel like it's being overshadowed by Linux Mint's popularity, and because Zorin was my first Linux system I dove into when making the switch, so I am a little biased towards it😆
@@ScarletDeath1312 lmao what? A non-systemd distro for a beginner will make them quit instantly after the first tutorial for enabling a service doesn't work in their system - because it assumed a systemd distro was being used. Terrible fucking idea.
I was planning to make the switch to mint but then I saw your comment and tried out zorin instead. Well, thanks because I think it looks even better than mint and my experience has been flawless
@@AlkalineBatterien The Zorin design really looks more like windows, but personality i would want to have a linux experience that look less like windows but at the same time not having such a huge gap where i can barely move my files without having to figure stuff out. I still think mint would be a better idea..
Success finally! Disregard my last comment. The answer was literally under my nose. All I had to do was hit Enter on one of the options under the Boot tab. I saw it as a title to the items listed, and didn't realize there was a list hidden behind the list if you hit Enter. Then it finally dawned on me. So simple. Thank you!
I really want to use Linux, but my company/co-workers all use Windows. So I think it would be a great hassle to interchangeably use Windows for work and Linux for personal use
short version: When a cat is still an embryo, all of its available melanocytes are bunched up toward its back. As the fetus develops into a kitten, pigment cells spread throughout the developing body. If the melanocytes are evenly distributed, the cat could have a unicolor coat. But in many animals, the cells spread irregularly. That’s how you get a cat who’s black from his back to his legs, but white down to his toes. --- check popsci for the full article
@@gaweyn Thanks for this actually. It was sort of a joke question but i kind of went down the online rabbit hole in search of information in regards to feline genetics. You really learn something new everyday.
Thanks man. I was ready to scrap my 9 tear slow old computer. Followed your video and it works great now on XFCE . Good for seniors that just need the basics.
