It's time to move to Linux 

Hi! I'm new lo Linux. I just wanna know, if there's a way to run .exe files in Linux. I'm a student so I need the MS Office to work in Linux. Thanks in advance.

WINE on Linux, look it up. Even WINE Bottle if you are technical enough. You can run windows software in either of these without needing an emulator, VM or dual boot.

​@@AhmadMahirShadab_1why? Run it in your browser

@@b.bradley6525 Will do!

I second this. I did install Mint on my 3 computers and sent money to the Mint team. It's a lot less than MS used to charge for their licenses and will go a much longer way.

Tomorrow after: brain ads in your microsoft brain chip. 😔

Tomorrow in a different timeline: Linux Kernel Level Ads. One minute after tomorrow in a different timeline: 2 forks get made of the Linux kenel, to remove the ads.

Soon you will be reading ads from AI answers

​@@xanderplayz3446Ha, why bother forking Linux, hop onto a BSD, there are several already.

​@@slaapliedjeWhy BSD over Linux?

This was my experience as well; once I figured Linux out I found it to be far more user friendly (for most things) than Windows ever was.

cant Switch because music software in linux is kinda nonexistent...

(no, Audacity and ardour are not valid option for serious music making ...)

​@@Arkansyareaper? i know camellia uses reaper (not on linux, just a serious artist who uses reaper)

@@Arkansya I agree. I use FL Studio 21 with wine/Bottles on Linux. I have Kontakt 7 and Serum working fine

I just use the web version of photopea

It's not recent, really. It's been like this for a while. The only difference is that people are starting to get tired of Adobe.

Some people will still defend Adobe and Microsoft for some reason. Especially on r/pcmasterrace

@@minecraftlord189 Yup! Just wanted to say that. It's a fantastic software - and super cheap.

true

Enjoying Microsoft Windows? ;-)

r/twosentencehorror

Zombieware

Damm i tought i was crazy lol i tought i uninstalled it and suddenly i sawit again :/

It's strange because since Edge was installed back in the day webpages ran FAR better for me than with any other browser. It was far faster than Chrome or Firefox for me. I have no clue why especially seeing as these are my comp specs are considered low these days (was mid-range back in 2018): 460W PS intel i5 Quad Core CPU Only on 8GB RAM because the motherboard is locked Nvidia GTX 960 GPU

well the pun was INTENDED ig.

They were damn right with that one lmao

they were right, it kills itself

Microsoft CEO: windows is ready to fight with Mac again. Me: how bad is your AI to make windows even consider macOS as a competitor????????

A feature that kills

Linux has all the features the user wants in it. Just because there isn't AI spyware yet, one could make it if they so choose. But that's the thing, it is the user's choice to do so.

I think it's main selling point is that it's customizable with less malware/bloatware/spyware baked in- though that might be the same. General selling point is that it's not apple or windows

No, the selling point is that companies can't abuse users, because of the licensing scheme.

What is the spyware on windows PC's?

@@vadski3469 the everything and more specifically ai spyware is co-pilot

It depends on what you do. I think 90% of people just do e-Mail, surf the web, watch RU-vid, and write some letters. That is about it. Frankly, for these people, a tablette with a keyboard would work fine. They don't need a desktop computer. Do you work in teams where everyone expects high levels of office compatibility? Do you want to play any game (not just those that were built to run on Linux)? Do you need applications like Photoshop or SOLIDWORKS? Then forget it. You end up wasting so much time. The very fact that there are 40 distros and 10 different application distribution mechanisms, makes Linux an absolutely horrible end user experience, particularly once you need software that isn't in your distros native distribution system.

A good distro for those coming from windows is Linux Mint, for an old laptop, use Linux Mint Xfce edition. The user interface is similar to Windows 7 and it is light on system resources. If your laptop is really old (like 1GB RAM or less) try Bodhi Linux or AntiX.

I tolerated 8 but it wore me down to the point I abandoned Windows a few months into 10.

​@@MarkAvo But are you really being honest here? Even for Windows, far too many people still need help from some IT savvy family member, and Linux is far worse on that front. If you're an IT person, sure, different story, but for everyone else the notion that Windows will result in fewer gray hairs than Linux seems absurd to me. The very traits that make Linux inherently great for IT folks and server side systems, make it inherently atrocious for the normal desktop user. That problem will never be solved, as the traits are mutually exclusive. I know many still don't want to accept this. They think adding another package manager, or some new shell will change the fate of Linux on Desktop, but every such attempt just makes the situation worse, as yet another choice prevents Linux from ever having a standardized user experience. Frankly, all current desktop operating systems are awful. They all fail in some area.

@@a5cent absolutely being honest. It helps I don’t game on a PC, but I haven’t used Windows outside of admin help for family in 9 years.

I'd be willing to pay the same price for Linux if it was user friendly for dumb people who don't know all the essential lingo. The problem is it's a closed loop for anyone who doesn't know the terminology or where to start. Otherwise pretty much everyone would be using it, because there's no other reason for anyone to put up with mircotheft's abuse.

It’s coming

Into YOUR OWN Desktop Computer

they'd call it a "premium feature" and offer to let you pay to get rid of it. That is after you pay your monthly subscription fee to use Windows.

They call it the "Future".

Replace "desktop" with "electric car." It's coming.

in the future governments also control your computer from what programs you can run on your computer to what computers that legally you can use

@@punkofthedeath And I would want to watch the world burn if that becomes the case.

I've been on Linux for somewhere around 8 years now. Never have I felt more vindicated...

Actually I only buy the computer, as the OS is included, no extra purchase. And what ads are you talking about? The recommendation feature which is easily turned off. Don't you remember that Windows 95 even had ads or are you not that old? It was included with the product called Active Desktop and it was easily turned off again. I don't agree with your guys's definition of the word "Ads". I don't consider OS recommendations to be ads, but I do recognize third parties trying to sell products as ads just like on TV.

Same. And I hope there's some similar alternative soon for Android too. It's just too much

Arch based distros (not arch itself) are literally the most user friendly distros I've ever used out of all distros you mentioned.

To me an OS is for letting me run programmes and control the computer. I don't need it to have lots of fancy bells and whistles, just to let me do the things I need to do to like copy files, install software, open apps. As someone coming from Windows I find Mint the easiest to get started in as it looks like Windows, just runs faster without built-in spyware, ransomware and ads.

​@@thanosfishermanagreed. They do exactly what you want. Except you have to know what you want, but hey, if you're a bit tech savvy you're good

My current distro of choice is Debian. I guess that just means I'm old.

Ubuntu is great overall but I'm gonna be honest, GUI does suck compared to Windows and MacOS, it does. Even something as common as Google Chrome has issues with scrolling and text rendering. Terminal is awesome as a developer but even as a developer most of the time is spend in IDE not terminal. I used Linux for a year and I just can't continue right now. Maybe will try again in 5 years.

1994 here

The plandemic of 2020 was the last warning flag for me to be off the MS Titanic. I do want to own my own things and be happy!

I actually do to play Fortnite but even as a long-time Windows user I'm already getting tired of this bs. I can already do my work on Linux since .NET is now cross-platform so only thing really keeping me back is games.

i do need it, at least for face tracking in VRChat that's why i still use a windows computer for gaming and a macbook for the rest

The only reason I used windows was once upon a time laptop support was shakey. These days I just buy a unit from System76.

​@@washington6986yes its tough used to switch only cause apex got ported. I lost access to my ubi games like for honor and r6 but I wasn't playing those much anymore either.

I do for music production & DJ software 😐

LMAO!!!!

You misunderstand... When megacorps starts doing it, it's no longer malware, it's a FEATURE! (sarcasm)

@@marcusjohansson668to improve user experience

Perfect comment.

This is on a much higher level than just a Trojan.

Most Linux distros are free, so yes. Download it and install on a seperate disk partition(so windows files cant interfere with it). Then you get the option of booting using that os when you turn on the laptop. Or you can even make a bootable USB and boot from it. Even remove windows completely if you want.

you just need to boot an iso file into a usb and that's it. watch a tutorial, it's really simple

Dude, just do it. Don't look back. There is a learning curve, but there's a youtube video for every problem you'll encounter 😀

Yes you can. I would suggest you don't wipe windows off it, just shrink the windows partiton on the drive and install Linux alongside windoes into the free space. I would suggest a Linux distro such as Linux Mint as it is one of the easier ones for those coming from Windows to get started in. You can find tutorials on how to install it on the website or on youtube. If you have a new laptop, after installing Linux Mint, use the update manager (shield icon in task bar tray) and go to > View > Linux Kernels and install the newest kernel to get driver support for the latest hardware.

Easier than installing windows imo, usually don't need to attatch it to an online account.

Come over to the land of FLOSS. Join us.

Continue regularly, as despite some bad choices - yes, I hate Recall too - compatibility, software and gaming is still superior on Windows and will stay that way.

Windows 10 IoT 2021 LTSC

@@Dust-cx8ge "compatibility, software"? Really? :D

Kras the title of the video has your answer

Mint is a solid choice, after years of being stubborn i moved two of my pc's back to mint this last year, its been fantastic!

I moved to QNX in early 2000 then moved to Linux in 2006. Life is good.

Moved to Mint three months ago. Yes, I know that warm and fuzzy feeling :). But if Microsoft had gone for "Windows 7 with faster and better engines under the hood", I would probably have had no reason to switch.

Mint is the distro that made me love Linux.

I just changed to mint from win11, I'm having a blast

Microsoft *created* the trend. Their strategy of abusing lawfare and taking short-term losses to gain market share, then abusing their customers, has been going on since Facebook and Netflix were just a glimmer of imagination in some college kid's subconscious.

Late stage capitalism my dude! a.k.a cyberpunk dystopia. We gotta start anarchy-pilling users and switching to open source or we'll soon find ourselves having to pay $29.99 monthly for our AI powered organs' battlepass lmfao

Windows 8 was when windows died, people just stuck with it because back then Linux wasn't close to as good as it is today and nobody had the money for a mac

I don't think it's just a tech trend sadly.

@@s1nistr433And Linux is so much more advanced today? Not so sure. And Mac, you mean that MacOS that sends every key stroke back home but nobody dares to talk about because … hey… it’s Apple? Yeah, it’s so much better …. Not.

Apple makes most of their own hardwares now and develops MacOS to work with those specific hardwares. Microsoft partners with other brands to ship windows as the default OS. Most brands ship with windows anyways because it's the most used OS currently for PCs. You can wipe out the default OS and install any linux based system. Then every time you boot you PC it will run linux without any VM. And yes, you can also buy some prebuit linux desktops or laptops.

@@moon_crescent Thank you very much for explaining that to me, I appreciate your time! I didn't think anyone would actually help explain that to me.

@@djlclopez128 all computers i know of that ship with windows you can install linux on. In practice, you use your windows computer to install rufus and then use it to install the linux distro of your choice on a usb, then you reboot using that usb, choose how you want to install linux (dual boot with linux and windows, or remove windows), and you are done !

Gimp for photoshopping.

Yes. The try out is a live session that runs off your USB. It basically works as if you installed it. So u can try things and mess around. Once you're done u can power down and remove the USB stick. On RU-vid you can see live installations and what OS is best for beginners. :)

@@ulrik12nd how do you like gimp?

I know there dosbox pre installed on my Garuda build

@@archniki_ I had been thinking of mint

One of my bosses desperately wants us to integrate ai into our products. It wouldn't benefit anyone, but hey, gotta have the newest buzzword. Hate it.

couldn't agree more!!

This!

AI seems like Icarus' flight incarnate. We need more jobs, not less, and giving over tasks to computers that actually learn is just a recipe for disaster. Countless sci-fi stories are about how AI overthrew humanity. Computers should calculate, not think.

It's the new gold rush, investors fully believe AI is the future so, of course, every single tech company is going after that money. It's a bubble waiting to burst.

Telemetry is not the issue here, but recording everything you see and do on the PC and storing it on your PC. Hackers and (non-MS) malware can then steal all your passwords and other data if they hack your PC.

The only way you're going to get Recall is buy a brand new (not available yet) copilot plus PC with the neural processing unit. Microsoft never said that malware is going to be able to dig into Recall. Edit: More than likely that information "should be" OBFUSCATED, and encrypted. There are early reports that the stored info is obtainable easily. Time will tell.

@@SpaceCadet4Jesus Encryption is not nearly as safe as you think. All you need is the Key. MIcrosoft is not some behemoth of defense that no one has ever gotten into. They are hacked regularly. Your data with them has never been safe. It probably wont be safe on your home PC either. Its just about who I want defending me. Me or the other guy. I think I want me. Becuase I have 1 goal, they have what billions of people to protect?

@@Salmacream To date no one has been able to get far enough to hack into Microsoft's storage to obtain any encrypted Bitlocker key. Besides, the Bitlocker key has to be used at a local console, not remotely. Any recent Microsoft hack was due to email phishing attempts to corporate officer accounts, not into the protected separate client databases. Microsoft caught on and eliminated the threat. Microsoft has teams of IT security pros that have a much better handle on data separation and security than you or I will ever have. To assume you or I are smarter than they are would be ludicrous. I have a Security+ and a Network+ certification and I know I'm not up to their league. I'm sure your defenses aren't watched by a human and machine alert algorithms 24/7, nor are you sniffing data packets, monitoring IP locations, etc.. 1 person to protect or 1 billion to protect, it's all under the same umbrella regardless the number of users.

@@SpaceCadet4Jesus Well your chrome passwords are obfuscated too but there's plenty of stealer malware that can access it.

@@hunterzone4846 Saving website passwords in Chrome or Edge is a joke. Actually, it's a security problem. They should have NEVER offered that. Unsure if it is being breached remotely, but I do know it's easily taken if I'm at the local console.

OneDrive gives you cloud storage for your personal files. Even to this day it does not back up OS specific settings or files or history. You're overreaching in your projection.

@@SpaceCadet4Jesus You missed the joke I guess. The bottom of it is that MS could send it to the cloud in the future and you will most likely have no control.

@@Kabodanki funny, your original post didn't look like a joke. It lacked any material that led me up to a punch line. Regardless whether MS COULD or WOULD, is mere conjecture, but there is a real truth, however, that Microsoft is working on a cloud only PC. You retain the monitor, keyboard and mouse connected to a terminal like device. It's likely, but not known, that there will be a subscription based model. Can you imagine the Bruhaha that's going to erupt when that finally gets closer to release? 😁 "Privacy, what privacy? We dun need no stinkin' privacy!"

@@SpaceCadet4Jesus that is the intended behavior, but it backs up a whole lot more by accident sometimes.

@@SpaceCadet4Jesus Respectfully, it's incredibly naive to think that MS won't just do this at their own discretion

Hackers constantly find vulnerabilities in computer system software that cannot be secured with antivirus. It's simply the way the software is made. So the only way to fix these vulnerabilities is with a software update. 0Patch looks promising as a third party security patching service but I haven't tried it myself

Yes, because there are security flaws in Window 10 that will not be patched once support stops, so hackers can exploit them to hack your PC. You can keep running it after support stops, but disconnect form the network to be safe.

That's why it's shipping with the PC laptops that have an NPU, AFAIK the PCs that don't have one are safe... for now

​​@@justahugenerd1278not really. NPU will "just" for hardware acceleration AI stuff, screenshoting your desktop still will be done thru cpu. And yes, not only that will drain laptops battery, it also will slow down most weaker PC a bit, especially on higher resolutions. Imagine frame drops in game every couple minuts, cause windows screenshoting itself for no reason Also, Windows already writing shit ton of data to disk, at this point installing it to HDD is a death sentence. I bet adding more stuff to write won't help usability either.

Fun fact. At idle my windows 11 did 8.1gb for ram. Ubuntu is around 3.7gb ❤️

@@bsho7450 My Arch is at 800MB. And that's not really idle because I have a bunch of servers running.

Is Club Penguin compatible with Linux?

Lol of course you use arch

@@aqdrobert its a browser game wdym is it compatible

@@icyman11_26it’s a joke

You use Linux because you like sucking knobs and wearing programmer socks I don't use linux. I am superior.

Yeah. If our politicians were of any use that loophole these companies give themselves would have been made illegal by now.

Yes.

Yes, just make sure to install ntfs-3g driver (i think it is installed by default)

Linux can read NTFS drives okay-ish, but NTFS is really not designed with unix concepts in mind. Permissions will be fucked up. Steam makes it trivial to just re-install fresh copies though, so just do that, keep it simple.

features that only leverage the cloud aka someone else computer

@@FascistTrexThey are actually running some stuff directly on the client, if you have a compatible NPU.

I'm using AI in Debian... in Firefox. Why would they put it in the OS... oh collecting data, right.

2026: The death of Windows

Gpt 4 clone

opensource actually is better than propetairy, and should be second choice. the thing better than open source is Free Open Source, with Free as in Freedom). but Free Open Source, is more secre, privacy respecting, relyable, ethically correct, pure, functional, etc.

The hole Internet is Open source based. Imagine it wasn't xd

It is my first choice, and my only choice. They are all doable with maybe the exception of DAWs. Those all suck ass. The stuff I use daily is all very good nowadays. Firefox, Blender , Godot, VSCodium, Gimp, Audacity, etc. they get better every year

The one thing you can say about open source is it never gets worse

Open-source is the people's source. ✊

it's still a problem as a musician trying to use linux the same way gaming on linux needs alot of configuration the music needs it to if you want to use ableton with wine or something like that but if you want my advice try some of the daws that are available to you in linux like bitwig reaper ardour lmms qtractor or traction waveform

Why are you using DAWs on Windows and not macOS? I thought Macs were the go-to PCs for music creation

@@TheDanielLivingston mac has the right support and the software but the problem is it's pricey and also some people like to build their own strong pc so windows is the way to go for them

Not much, there's videos and guides out there but it mostly involves you trying out the different versions of Linux until you find one you like. I use virtual machines to try out operating systems since I don't want to lose any of my data and those are very easy to create. If you're new I recommend sticking with a Ubuntu or Debian based distro since they tend to be more user friendly. Currently I use Linux Mint which is based on Ubuntu and it gets the job done for my needs, and I've used things like Arch, Manjaro, Raspberry Pi OS, and even Fedora at one point. There are different desktop environments for each distro and they give a look and feel similar to anything from windows 9x, LXDE, to windows 10/11, KDE and Cinnamon. To actually get started installing Linux you will need three things, a USB drive, the disk image file also called an ISO file, and a program like balena etcher or rufus. Back up any and all data you want to save, games and programs should be skipped but you can copy over things like save files or user preference files, to another external drive like a hard drive backup, disconnect it when you are done to avoid deleting it later, or cloud provider. Insert your usb drive and open up balena etcher, rufus, or whatever program you downloaded that creates a bootable USB drive. Make sure that you're using the correct drive, and where it says boot selection you find the ISO you downloaded, it should take care of the rest once you hit start. You'll then need to access the UEFI settings using a neat method in windows, holding shift click on the restart option and then find the advanced options tab, here there should be a UEFI Firmware Settings option. There are two options that need to be set in the UEFI, boot from USB must be enabled and secure boot needs to be off except in a very select few cases. Secure boot requires a signed key from Microsoft, and I think only Ubuntu proper has that right now, so it's better to turn it off. Once you get done with that, you'll need to get into the boot menu by exiting UEFI and finding out which key on the keyboard your specific motherboard uses, a quick google search will help with that. Once you get into the boot menu find the USB partition and run through the installer. If you want to keep Windows there is an option for that, or you can just go full Linux and overwrite the Windows partition, it's up to you.

As someone who closely followed linux since 2012, you must've dogfooded it a lot, or maybe just really lucky to have really compatible system Im now a full time linux user for like year and a half

@alexstone691 I've done well with linux because I stuck to it for many years. I've been there from the good and the bad. I even learned bash scripting and python from using linux to create my own custom script. I will be a linux user for life. :-)

Linux has become way easier to use in the last five or ten years, I'm not gonna say it's perfect, there's still the odd thing you have to get a degree to make work, but chances are high your sound, network, and GPU will "just work" in some capacity out of the box now at least. It's important to note that's actually better than Windows, where your GPU only has basic functions until you install the driver, Linux has 3d acceleration out of the box, although you might get better performance with the proprietary driver for Nvidia cards, AMD is more cooperative with the open source crowd

I using Linux on and off since 2012. While linux community keeps improving the user experiences for the operating system once they tell you it is for nerds, nowaday, even a grandma can use it without hassle then we got Microsoft here to made their products become user nightmares.

@@Burbun yes and if you try to debloat windows 10 ore win 11 it still takes more time and work then using and setting up linux.

this absolutely, along with promoting companies that sell systems for end users with linux installed already, that way people will learn linux and be used to it in the same way that people already do, but with windows

you're absolutely right

Gen alpha can't read, you think they could understand Linux? Maybe if there's a skidibidi distro...

@@RezaQinLiterally just look at Estonia. There’s no excuse for not putting programming and tech literacy into elementary or even kindergarten curricula.

And on top of that, it would both incentivize companies to sell linux laptops out of the box, which is another huge hurdle to get over for most folks, and institutionalizing it would inject an excellent source of funding for the organizations that maintain the ecosystem(The Linux Foundation, KDE, etc.).

Adobe products don't work on Linux. What you could do is have a virtual machine for windows within Linux though. Then you could still use your programs

For MS Office what you want is something called OnlyOffice. It's a 1:1 open source recreation to MS Office. I have not used their power point. But the word and excel are near identical. I say near because I am an excel power user and somehow they missed ctrl-d fill down. Other than that identical.

How about LibreOffice Impress? It's part of the LibreOffice package and it's free!

Absolutely!

Yup, because marketing to freeloaders is the future of Corp.

@@ojoshiro Good boy. Paying full price for your garbage software helps them collect the most accurate and up-to-date info on you.

@@ojoshiro I'm willing to pay for Windows if it wasn't shit.

unfortunately fortnite wont coz of their anticheat :(

They're just a placebo for the user , yeah

This is answerable - people (smarter than me) have looked at exactly what the OS sends out. The toggles can be demonstrated and checked.

@@avwholesomegamer You can check if the toggle changes some parameter in the registry. Other than that, if that particular registry entry is actually read, if it gets toggled by something else... You can't guarantee anything. Every windows update screws with something on my system, and I generally don't know 99% of what it screws with.

@@PaulSpades And more importantly, it won't be the first time an update turns things you turned off back on... I feel the same way, already with Windows 10. The Bloatware removal tool is used on first installation and than the microsoft bloatware blacklist is run to wreck all the pre-installed shit, ads and apps microsoft really thinks I want on my PC out of it. Yes, it means I have to revert to more serious workarounds if I want to update 1 or 2 apps I can only get through the microsoft store, but for the rest it works a treat. Where I work, privacy is a very, very big thing (aviation industry) and I am already glad I'm not a system administrator, as these days this would probably be a big headache. What I really don't understand is why our CORPORATE machines, get the same ad-shit and apps pre-installed or added to the start-menu as private licenses... Since Windows 7 was replaced with Windows 10, I already said to myself 'this will be the last version I use...' I'm afraid that will be the truth...

@@weeardguy Let's not forget the update that maliciously removed flash player from every windows system that had it installed. And it was a mandatory "security" update.

Futura

And Liberation Mono, probably

They can settle it They did it before with Internet Explorer

EU will never sue Microsoft... Because till now Microsoft should be sued at least 100 times but it never happened, so it won't happen

I mean, in the German government, I believe they swapped out Windows OS for Linux instead. I can definitely see a bunch of people simply transitioning to something else.

@@voogarix - A single google search will reveal that they have in fact been sued in both Europe and America for enormous amounts of money.

​@@voogarix EU has been cracking down on a bunch of big tech. Did you notice the iphone charging port?

AI is one of the best things that's happened to computers. I use it extensively and I love it. It's very helpful and very useful. But then again, I embrace change and the future, making the most of opportunities. Change always brings opportunity. What a great time to be alive.

Same. I'm glad because I know I don't have to deal with it anymore. I'm an arch user btw

@@SpaceCadet4Jesus Tell me what can AI do that a simple google search can't.

@@xpdatabase1197 Try AI, see what you get. Ask it questions, have it make stuff. Convince yourself is the best method.

@@SpaceCadet4Jesus "I love AI. Now I know to adhere cheese to pizza using glue, that it's okay to leave my dog in a car on a hot day, that i should eat around one small rock per day, that if i get pregnant I should smoke 3-6 cigarettes per day, and much more! My life has never been better!" 🤡

Linux Mint has probably the closest Windows-like interface of Linux distros out of the box, so I'd go with that. As for hardware problems, I think that really depends on what you're using your PC for and what hardware do you have. Gaming with Nvidia can be more problematic than with AMD, as drivers are closed source. I didn't experiment problems with that so far though, as I use my Linux system mostly for web browsing/university. I just dual boot Windows for most gaming.

I think you're overthinking it quite a lot. Yes, Linux does do a few things different from Windows and you may, or may not have to learn to use the Terminal depending on your needs, but in most cases if you run into a problem, that's easily solved by just copy/pasting some lines from a forum where the question was previously asked. Regarding unlearning Windows, that is actually what prevents some people from switching over, because people end up trying to use Linux like Windows 2.0. But Linux is not a Windows-like system, it's a Unix-like system. My opinion is, if you approach it with an open mind, and not run away at the first error back to Windows, you should be more than fine with it, especially if you don't depend on Windows software. People generally recommend dual-booting. My opinion is that, for learning purposes, dual-booting Windows is basically poison, as it drastically reduces your incentive to troubleshoot issues the moment you encounter them, if you can just boot back to Windows. Try to solve the problems you encounter, set up Timeshift (Linux's most popular backup and restore tool), and try to get the most out of it. As for potential problems, no-one can anticipate those for you, unless some hardware you're running relies on proprietary drivers that are not available on it at all, or doesn't play along with Linux at all, but that's rare. NVIDIA tends to be a bit more problematic for Linux due to their proprietary drivers, but until you start using it yourself, you won't know for sure what works and what doesn't. Generally, for an easier transition, I suggest distros which emphasize ease of use and accessibility, such as Pop_OS, Zorin, Mint, Fedora, Ubuntu, Debian, and if you feel braver, mainly due to their rolling release model, Manjaro or, if you're a gamer, Garuda, both of which are based on Arch with plenty of pre-configured things and a fairly developed GUI experience. Do note that you will have to disable Secure Boot to use Arch derivatives at all, though, as they do not support it.

Do backups for files on separate storage hdd. For me it was very complicated or almost impossible to recover files . Also you just need try Mint or try different builds to actually start getting. As you was a child and watching windows first time.

You wouldn't realize how much Windows spoiled us until you try Linux. The Linux is like hopping into the time machine and travelling 30-years back in time.

That is what i am struggling with. Bought a Dell laptop and because of how Windows behaves it does not feel like I own / control the hardware. The problem for me is actually putting the time into switching. I have 4-5 development build / toolchains I would need to setup on Linux. Hard to make the leap.

@@GuyTraveler I understand your situation, moving from one system to an other can be hard, especially if your primary source of income relies on it. If you want to switch to Linux I would suggest that you try out Linux on the side and try to find solutions for all your needs before you make the big switch, then when the support for W10 ends you have a backup plan.

i switched to linux mint as well after 30years of windows.

Am on mint on my laptop and win 10 on my desktop. I find myself using the desktop less and less. I will eventually switch over completely

nah, Debian.

I feel your pain. I tried the same methods to disable Windows updates in the past. Removed all the entries from the registry, even did changes to the group policies, and managed to completely disable the updates. A few weeks later I noticed windows update was somehow miraculously back, and it was slowing down my system at the most inconvenient time as usual. I went through the list of services and noticed something called Windows Update Health Tool. That thing actually somehow installed itself on my system without me even knowing, and restored all Windows Update functions to its original state. It's crazy how far Microsoft is willing to go just to shove their stupid updates which no one even asks for, down your throat. Thank god I've made the decision to go back to Linux after their dumpster fire of an announcement about their new garbage AI "features".

Removed the R ctrl/took away control… that’s accidentally poetic

I honestly genuinely think it's easier to switch to linux and learn that operating system... Not even being a over-the-top linux fanboy here, like, you really seem very very frustrated about something that you wont encounter in linux... Is there anything holding you back?

This kind of thing is what tipped me over the edge in the end: it kept becoming harder and harder to just use my computer how I want. Microsoft not only have extremely stupid defaults a lot of the time, but they don't let you change them - or they let you change them then take that away without your permission. It was the lack of respect that drove me to Linux.

Microsoft doesn't own the computer, but they sure as hell try as much as they can to wrestle with all the choices you try to make ON YOUR COMPUTER

Fedora is really reliable and fast, Ubuntu is a bit more bloated but more user friendly. If you have a Lenovo most drivers will work seamlessly with Fedora.

The one that fits you the most. Research options, and see what fits.

I've been trying out Linux occasionally for 20 years, and each time I leave it after a few months due to how annoyingly incomplete it is. I usually spend 2 weeks scouring forums for fixes, only to get a system that's, at most, 90% as good as Windows. That all changed when I tried Linux Mint this year. It's the first distro that ever gave me FEWER issues than Windows. I can game on it. The drivers work. It's easy to use. It's been stable so far. It looked old out of the box (on Mint Cinnamon), but was easy to customize so it looks modern and beautiful. Can't recommend it enough.

You'll never get a straight answer, but maybe that's what you were wanting :D

For those coming from Windows, Linux Mint is a good choice. The user interface is similar to Windows, and it runs faster. On older hardware use the Xfce edition of Mint as it uses less CPU and RAM resources and runs even faster. You can dual boot it with Windows first so you have the option to boot Windows if you need, but after you find enough Linux software equivalents of Windows programmes you can probably do without Windows.

Currently I am using an arch based distro (garuda linux based on arch) for the past 2 years and so far 90% of anything works but some like adobe need workarounds with bottles and wine configs. Word *can* work with silo and has an open source equivalent called libreoffice which has...everything really though they use different formats. Wine and proton let you use almost every exe out there with some exceptions, as long as you know how to google stuff you should be fine. You have to accept some losses as some exes just won't work but will have replacements and some games outright require valve working on it (ie. The finals, it didn't work at all even if you forced it with workarounds it needed valve to fix it in their next proton version.). For the most part it's great! I personally never looked back! I'm just looking forward to the moment I can afford an external drive that's half a terra to move all my windows files and never dual boot ever again. I loved windows but at this point... I'm sticking to linux. Note for programmers: Setting up any language here is easy as balls.

Adobe doesnt have plan on supporting linux, at least for now.

Most distros come with LibreOffice which is MS Office compatible. All Adobe apps don't run OOTB but they all have Linux equivalents (GIMP, InDesign, Inkscape, etc.). Try Linux Mint running from a USB to try it out before installing it. 👍

Adding to the above, if switching to GIMP covers enough of what you need (it even has features Photoshop still lacks like colour-to-alpha…my mind was blown when I learned that one), you can install PhotoGIMP on top of it which rejiggers the interface to be more like Photoshop. Some windows apps can be run using a compatibility layer called wine. That can be very hit-or-miss and up-to-date versions of the Adobe suite are very much off the table for that. Another option is to switch to Linux as your primary operating system, and then run Windows inside of it in a virtual machine (think of it like software that creates a special sandbox Windows can play in; Windows will be able to boot, run, install apps, and whatever else just as it would if it were on its own hardware). The caveat for VMs is that you should definitely purchase more RAM than you would typically need, since your operating system needs to reserve memory for the virtual machine (this is a hard limitation; if you want Linux to have 8GB of RAM to use for itself and its apps, and your virtual machine running windows to also have 8GB of RAM for itself and apps, then your whole computer will need 16GB of RAM in total). CPU resources are shared more nicely. If you need to run heavy GPU-intensive software on Windows, then you are getting into a world of needing to do GPU-pass through and having two graphics cards on your computer (one for your base OS, one for the VM), and at that point I wouldn’t recommend trying it. Best option in that case would be to dual-boot so you can switch to Windows to run those GPU-intensive apps. But that…is becoming a lot less of an issue these days what with Proton.

Linux isn't Windows, and therefore can't run Windows apps natively. This is obviously frustrating for users who would like it to be able to do so, but it's also a fantastic safety feature. Given that probably 99% of viruses are written for Windows, if you can't run Windows software, you have security through obscurity. You can use compatibility layers (WINE) to run Windows apps on it. However, in doing so, you're just making your machine more susceptible to viruses again. It really is worth spending that extra effort on learning LibreOffice, GIMP, etc to truly escape the shackles of Windows and corporate apps. A lot of the apps will be able to read and write files generated by them, so you're not hung out to dry, by any stretch of the imagination.

I hope they'll take care of this, I don't want to be able to have a "when did you nut?" button on my computer

exactly what I thought

I hate to tell you but all the information that Recall offers is available for at least the last 6 to 7, if not 10 years, if you know what you're doing. Recall is only collecting some of that information and making it presentable to the normal user.

GDPR doesn't cover spyware.

Sadly companies have found a way around GDPR, and that's to just make opting-out difficult and make opting-in easy. I know this because I'm one of the few people who do opt out every time a website asks me. The same website will ask me again and again every time I visit it, sometimes even when I just go to a different page. Of course if you accept, it never asks you again. Microsoft would likely do the same. Every time you boot up your PC or use any Microsoft services, you'd need to individually opt out of everything, or just click once for it to go away forever. Or even stick it in the terms and conditions. GDPR doesn't state that a website must be accessible without agreeing to data collection, just that the user should have the choice. Microsoft could always refuse your access to Windows unless you agree to it

Yes.

Yes.

Both.

...that's the joke

For me it is MacOS killing feature. If Apple will not introduce it to MacOS soon, I will switch to Copilt+PC just becouse of Recall

Mint is better for new linux users, very similar to windows but without Microsoft

nix is on arch tier of nerds-only. do not recommend it to computrer casuals.

Steam deck isn't a good example because it is a closed architecture and updates are better tested before release. Gaming on Linux, especially with nVidia is a pain in the ass (but at last it is getting better)

Steam deck did the same for me. It was a real nice introduction to a non-windows OS. If it was available, I'd use steam os (holo os?) On EVERYTHING. I think it's fantastic.

You got balls, good for you! Steam deck is running a flavor of arch linux, so you can now say "I use arch btw"... xD I have been gaming on linux with my nvidia for more than a year without any problems. People with problems using nvidia is usually on a distro not up to date with latest nvidia drivers. The nvidia drivers has changed a LOT to the better just in the last 3 months, but to get that, you can NOT use something like Ubuntu because they do not pull the latest drivers as soon as they release, you could be on drivers more than 6-12months old and there is not much you can do (other than break your installation trying to implement the nvidia drivers yourself, I do NOT recommend doing that). If you want the latest drivers, use a distro that PROVIDES the latest drivers decently fast.

@mafioso12dk you severely overestimate how complicated linux is. You can MAKE it complicated, but my open system desktop has very few differences from steamOS closed architecture. The difference amounts to me not having to unlock shit to install wine or something on my desktop. Linux is linux. If you can use a steam deck comfortably you can use a desktop

@@fanglespangle110 bazzite is a steamOS fork made for desktop use. Check it out.

nicee yeah i still use it but use a vpn and my own Hardwarebased Firewall o boy it blocks a lot of crap even using a browser with Firefox and Ublock still things get blocked.

How are you supposed to work on wi dows without internet?

@@raandomplayer8589 If you just need an app for running windows, e.g. photoshop 2010, you don't need internet. You just need to have a public samba folder to share files between the host and guest OSes. That's what I do.

​​@@raandomplayer8589what would be the issue? Activate and disconnect. Even at that I think office 2019+ is the only MS thing that really wants activation and refuses to do it offline. To share files you can use VM lan, connect local storage to VM or switch back and forth external drives.

@@raandomplayer8589 Depends on how we define "work." But ddkj said that "if I need anything that will only run on windows," without specifically mentioning the word "work." If by "work," we mean as a job, then it could become pretty inconvenient to use Windows without internet access (and also doing it in a VM could be inconvenient somewhat too), since that would likely slow down work. But if they just have a program that they want to use, that only works on Windows, and the program doesn't require internet access, then I think it is possible to move that file over from the host into the VM, and then use it.

Python comes with most distros when you install it and it is my preferred language while on Linux because it can run on nearly anything. I looked up solid works and it looks like you would need to either run Windows in a virtual machine, or use a compatibility layer like Wine to run it, there are alternatives on Linux that you can try before fully switching off of Windows using dual booting. I'm not familiar with PLC coding, if you are referring to Programmable Logic Controllers then there should be some version of software out there that someone has created to perform that task. I have no idea what Dassault is outside of aviation so I'm afraid I can't help you there, but try looking around google as usually the results are pretty useful and you may even find videos helping you get exactly what you need. Heck Reddit has saved me from switching to Windows on a few occasions.

Python is better on Mac (and Linux) than Windows, btw, and by a LONG shot

meanwhile i'm watching this on win xp

You laying​@@CHF_Cars

@@CHF_Cars how does it feel to time travel? 🤣

@@CHF_Cars I am watching this on my Windows XP Linux Mint dual boot system.

I actually started using Linux just out of curiosity a few years ago and now I have a dual-boot setup, but when W10 support ends next year I might actually finally get rid of Windows for good.

Not easy to install programs ????? Open software manager in the menu, then select the program you want, click install. How much easier do you need ??

No that's Copilot Plus PCs. You can get a Windows 11 PC that doesn't have this feature

@@gilbertpillbrow6978 You understand that all computers will eventually have a NPU built in and in turn make all PCs "Copilot +"

Hopefully the next great news from Microsloth will be that it's going bankrupt! No, that'd be too good to be true, alas.

​@@gilbertpillbrow6978 You mean so far. And totally optional at first. Then mandatory a year from now. And ooops we removed any way for you to disable it.

*abuse by hackers or corporations OR GOVERNMENTS

that is where you get it wrong, those multi billionaires do not think as a species they only think about themselves. you can't be filthy comically rich if you give a fuck about other human being

We have rulers and their sycophants forcing things on us.

Every time I see some moron crying about MS "spying", they're an iPhone or Android user who has no problems with them recording every word they say, face scanning every photo they take, and scanning every document on their phone to upload to iCloud and GoogleDrive. Hypocritical idiots pretending to care about privacy, in reality they're just manchildren fanboys hating on their chosen enemy corporation while taking it up the ass from their favored corporation. 1984 already happened 10 years ago on iOS and android.

@@robertbeisert3315 It's not like they have to try very hard.

@@GeistInTheMachine I disagree. It takes a lifetime of mandated indoctrination and constant reinforcement via all avenues of entertainment to make it work for as many as it does.

Valve is doing a lot for linux gaming, I just hope more people move away from windows so devs start taking it seriously as well.

The SteamDeck was my first experience with Linux too and I was shocked at how much easier it is to use in desktop mode than I thought it would be.

Nah, the desktop needs a lot of work, and I'm saying this as a Linux user of over 4 years straight. Linux itself is great but the desktop later is just that, a layer. It doesn't work nearly as well as an OS designed from the ground up to be a GUI, such as NT which has a much cleaner architecture than people give it credit for

@@SomeRandomPiggo I'm curious what you think are the biggest pitfalls in that regard. Say the UIs of popOS/Ubuntu (Gnome DE, different WMs), or KDE's Plasma? What do they still miss that Windows does right?

@@john_paul_r I don't think they're explicitly missing anything, it's more like death by 1000 cuts. Sometimes Pulseaudio will break, Pipewire is no better. When going to sleep/suspend, sometimes it stops halfway and I have to force shut down. In demanding applications, the GPU driver (AMD btw) crashes after an hour or two. X11 has framerate and vsync issues, Wayland breaks everything. I really want the Linux desktop to succeed, but for the piece of software that is the sole way to use your computer it needs a bit more polish

i had the same experience when i switched 2 years ago

You're in for a reality check - good for you though because a mistake on Linux is a chance to learn something new.

but you have headaches when using it, right :-)

@@slavic_commonwealth The only people that fear things like the terminal are people that don't like to read.

@@slavic_commonwealthда 😂

Yep, it's a great choice for beginners since it has a familiar windows 7 style look and feel. But keep in mind that linux is not windows. You should know why and how linux is different. So keep an open mind for that.

As far as I can tell, Microsoft Recall is (in its current state) compliant with the EU General Data Protection Regulation because it handles all your data locally (for now at least). They might change their minds in the future, which is really creepy. If that happens Microsoft will eventually find a way forcing you to accept its new EULA, which will provide a GDPR compliant excuse for collecting your data.

@@BlueSheep95 i see, well thanks for an answer

It is compliant with EU laws as it stores the data locally (for now) on your PC, but that does not make it better as it still records everything you do on your computer, so a hacker or other malware can steal your data including your passwords if they hack your PC.

I think I've been basically Microsoft-free (and Apple-free) for about 10 years now. It's so nice. Sometimes I see my colleagues doing something on Microsoft Windows and all the crap they have to go through just makes me want to cry.

As more people switch to Linux more malware will be written for it. A form of Linux (Android) already has a large market share on mobile devices so expect expect more viruses in future.

You are aware of the number one operating system for servers and appliances out there, yes? Hint: It is Linux. It is BY FAR more profitable to create malware for servers than for desktops. What powers your TV? Your router? Your phone? (unless you are an iPhone and AppleTV user) Ofc people can build malware, yet it's not that easy to 1) run it in confined user space, 2) elevate privileges, 3) distribute it unnoticed given the fact that vulnerabilities are actively monitored and constantly fixed, and 4) have these vulnerabilities running in an ecosystem, where the code base is being worked on by a enormously bigger number of people than the Windows code base.

@@leoniscsem I cant see why you’d be wrong. But when I got started with Linux I did a decent amount of research into what antivirus I would need. And by far the most common answer I found was none, people don’t make malware for Linux. Something that does occur to me though is maybe hacking servers is less likely to involve trying to trick a human into downloading and running malware, but more likely to revolve around existing flaws. I also wonder whether it’s easier to try and sneak malicious code into Linux, as recently happened

@@Lege19 Searching for antivirus software for Linux makes no sense. You don't need this. Servers are per se more vulnerable because - duh! - they serve data, thus they have to have interfaces that are open to connect to the world. Exploiting servers most of the time happens by finding vulnerabilities in runtimes (e.g. PHP, Java, Ruby, node.js), and elevating privileges. That's why the whole server world moves on to containerized applications to keep these applications confined in their own space. The main reasons why servers get hacked or attacked are sheer incompetence or laziness of system administrators. Other sources are poorly written plug-ins for content management systems (*snorts at WordPress*) A successful exploit depends on attack vectors. With Linux, there are just very little attack vectors in comparison to Windows. It starts with the problem of "downloading and installing some bullshit" - nope, thanks. I do not download any .deb package from any random website and then $ sudo dpkg -i rapemefrombehind.deb or just have to doubleclick on anything shady. To sneak milicious code into a repository is a very, very difficult task. When you want to publish malicious code, then you need to create something popular. If something is popular, your code gets scanned and WILL be reviewed (sooner or later). Your code also depends on a ton of other libraries, that are monitored and being reviewed. So you must be very lucky to circumvent all these obstacles.

he didnt switch he just hemmed and hawed

I recently (March 2024) installed Windows 11 Home without an internet connection, even if you plan on using a Microsoft account I would recommend installing both Windows 10 and 11 offline first, as then you actually get to choose the name of your user folder instead of just the first 5 characters of your email (The **weirdest** choice Microsoft ever made...)

O_O that's absurd. glad I left

Microsoft also plans to get rid of the WSA as means to say to statistically use Microsoft store as alternative. Can anyone say roofies?

If Linux becomes mainstream, they'll start to implement the same crap.

Due to the magic of Open Source, if you don't like it, fork it and modify it!

It's very simple and easy my friend. I downgraded from win10 to win7 a few years ago until one day I just finally had it due to the gd activation or something. Downloaded a Zorin distro and everything worked. In ten minuted I got rid of Windows forever. I went to MX Linux and now I'm on Debian 12. I don't ever remember having to use the Konsol for anything other than something I wanted to learn how to do. Windows just copied that feature from Linux btw. So don't listen to the scary Linux stuff all over the internet if you can learn how to comment on RU-vid you can get rid of Windows forever and then realize how much you didn't need it in the first place!

Linux Mint is a really painless experience IMO Couldn't be happier that I switched a bunch of my systems to it and a bunch of my tech illiterate family to it as well

some software and "need" for invasive anti-cheats is a valid excuse imo. not for me though, since i don't need those

@@Gormadt i wish i could switch my family to linux, but they are too used to windooze and can not bothered to learn something new, if windooze works. i guess they will stay on win10 even years after it's out of support

@@dyenire For my family they basically use their machines as Facebook and RU-vid machines so it was really easy to swap them over. Basically just sync their Firefox accounts to the new machines and go. I personally refuse to play any game that has kernel level anti cheat, I ain't giving some rando gaming company that level of access.

i keep a boot partition for windows specifically for teams and excel. other than that i’m using fedora

And even if something happens, moving from Ubuntu to Mint or whatever distro is easier than moving from Windows

​@@dysonspreybar4903I'm fulltime on linux myself and aren't libre calc and unofficial teams launcher or web client enough? Only problem that had with teams is switching different microphones if i have more than one

Why not use Mint? I started with Ubuntu but it became too much of an annoyance. Mint is just... So very good.

well there are Mint or ZorinOS as well that make it very easy for Windows users... but the best they can do is actually to not pick a "layout" that simulates windows, but pick one that is "new" to them so they need to explore and learn it...

playing OpenRA on this Linux Mint for my RTS needs

I was the same way. As soon as I heard about recall I hopped over to Nobara linux and haven't looked back I do all the same content creation here that I did in windows 11 and just use a vm for my affinity photo and that's it

Pop!_OS has virtually no gaming compromises outside of games with anticheat or DRM crap that accesses the kernel to work, and the junk makes games actively perform worse so you're better off pirating cracked versions that remove that stuff than buying them anyway.

@@laurentitolledo1838 - I highly approve of this

​@@YouTubdotCub pop os is kind of outdated at this point iirc

The worst thing about Windows is being treated like a kid. Whenever I boot into Windows for gaming it feels like I have no control over my own PC whatsoever. It's frustrating.

Getting rid of the ads and spyware, customising my personal computer to be my very own personal computer, and just being able to do what I want. Yes, Linux on your desktop feels so amazing and empowering

​@@AntonioZL They even say it on the very beginning when you are installing their OS. "Please wait... We are configuring this for you..."

​@@isuckatthisgamethe reason you see that message is because Microsoft is compiling code and settings behind the scenes for your specific setup. Just like compiling Linux, except Windows does it for you automatically.

Every time I see some moron crying about MS "spying", they're an iPhone or Android user who has no problems with Apple and Google recording every word they say, face scanning every photo they take, and scanning every document on their phone to upload to iCloud and GoogleDrive. Hypocritical idiots pretending to care about privacy, in reality they're just manchildren fanboys hating on their chosen enemy corporation while taking it up the ass from their favored corporation. 1984 already happened 10 years ago on iOS and android. If you're not on an AOSP ROM, you don't have any control of your data, you're just a virtue signaler.

I have been on the wagon since August 7, 2007. That's the day I no longer needed to dial into AOL to get the internet and could use an Ethernet connection to connect to the internet. Switching from Windows to Linux is like when you had a ice cream 1 mile from home on a hot day and you have no car and explosive diarrhea and you have your butt cheeks tightly clenched as if you are a man in prison trying to keep the monday night football game in your colon from going thermonuclear, you are all sweaty and sticky and have a hill to climb...then Tux in air-conditioned car drives you back home so you can wash up and use the toilet so there's no danger of pumping feces into your underwear the way that heating oil is pumped into a basement with no oil burner with the pipe still attached to the side of the house....

​@@brentfisher902woah 😨

​@@brentfisher902 i had a minor brain hemorrhage reading this but thank you for the contribution

​@@brentfisher902 in this scenario, Windows be like "heres a diaper, have a good walk"

I guess nobody can get this distro's name right, can't blame you though

@@lllIIIlIllIIll what did I miss?

it's Pop!_OS and honestly i think it's borderline malicious of System76 xD

Linus attempted to install PopOS. Needless to say it was a recorded multi-day nightmare just to get it installed. His audio still doesn't work and his gaming controller only works on very certain games. He's trying to track down so many weird problems. He'd have been much better off going to Linux mint.

@@lllIIIlIllIIll i just write popos and anyone that says otherwise is wrong.

It is literally the pay day for the AI hype. Apple incorporates it on OS level and gives it to OpenAI. Result: OpenAI gets closer to user data than google ever did. Good luck messing that data with addons. OpenAI will be much bigger than google ever was if this goes to the end game.

idk, some "professional" still say "it not for them" somehow 😂😂😂

@@nguyenloctuan713 Some software that is not compatible I guess. Thankfully I use none of it, but if you use something like Solidworks, then I guess you are fucked.

​@@nguyenloctuan713i Daily drive Linux but adobe suite is so trash that I still need to dual boot to work peacefully

​@@nguyenloctuan713that one thing thats like audible but for pros on the real industry with a pro job. Gimp is a hobby project not meant for a real job. You work in it. Thats why it works for you.any other job is dead on linux

Meant IT. you work in information tech*

I strongly second your second advice.

3. Buy a new ssd so you can start fresh and your old data is safely put aside.

@@chriswarren-smith62 Also a very good advice.

@@chriswarren-smith62 because WE WILL return back to windows after being frustrated by having to solve an issue through terminal commands and enterting password for 999999999th time on every freaken move to be done while fixing an issue

@@The-Catlmao that’s not at all accurate

So wrong. I re-discovered my hate for the Linux and it's community after switching over for few months.

@@touma-san91 - if you're calling it "The Linux" then I highly doubt anybody is going to listen to your opinion.

@@touma-san91how have you come to such a level of hate for it ? I get the community side of it, but not the hate for the technical product itself, was is bad luck or just nit happy it's a 1 to 1 windows experience ?

​@@JohnnyWednesday It's like boomers calling Facebook "The Facebooks" 😂

Even though I'm quite new to Linux (Used it for only 2 years), it actually feels weirdly nostalgic getting deep and intimate with my computer's settings, customization and other "computery stuff".

This one was edited on Windows... the last four videos on my channel were all edited on Linux.