I agree. There are some RU-vidrs who are on a crusade to get everyone onto Linux. But they overlook the issues non-technical newbies may face, for example if they put Linux on cutting edge hardware, they try to connect Linux to peripherals lacking drivers in the kernel, or they try to do use Linux for much beyond web browsing, email, word processing and spreadsheets. One RU-vidr even stated in a video that he had been using Linux for over 14 years and never had a stability issue, even though he previously had posted a video of a Linux distro he had just installed crashing after an update.
Moreover, too often people asking for help with legitimate questions about Linux are told RTFM. Many of the people asking for help do not know the man pages exist or know the command to access them and, even if they did, they are not technical enough to understand the instructions. The Linux community sometimes takes the position that everyone should just jump over to Linux, and spend untold amounts of time learning to be proficient at it, even though people may have other things they want to do with their time other than searching forums for help with their issues and reading man pages.
The whole Chromebook argument is probably the most hypocritical thing I've ever heard. They hate Microsoft for taking telemetry and yet Google who is the worst company in the world when it comes to privacy and telemetry, they get a pass because it's based on Linux 🤣
the only reason chromebooks seemed to be a thing was all the elementary schools bought them up like candy...they sucked so bad nobody in the schools will look at linux for another 15-20 years. and since the schools are filled with predators they installed egregious amounts of spyware etc and sold the inappropriate data from children to other predators....zilch ram and zilch storage made them worthless in the rest of the world and now theyre viewed as the e-waste farce they always were and cant be sold used for anything but scrap prices.....chromebooks and chrome OS was a black eye for linux
True, as an Android user, I know just how bad Google is for our privacy or complete lack thereof. Microsoft isn't even the worst for it, the west just hates anything Bill Gates can be associated with for reasons they don't even understand themselves.
@@Anomajulia same, I mean I daily drive both openSUSE tumbleweed for the "bleeding edge" experience and Debian (the "rock solid" distro) - I have headaches with the two every single day. Today, Firefox keeps freezing in debian, and Dolphin keeps freezing in opensuse... RNGod knows what's gonna be tomorrow. Linux is as imperfect gem, and if people keep throwing out random distros (we have like what, 600+ already) and not unite together and do one or two beautiful distros, we're gonna share the same low market numbers. Simple as that.
The whole "Windows software runs easier on Linux now" always felt incredibly self-defeating to me. It's like trying to sell unicycles as bicycle replacements while bragging about how you improved some things and "it kinda gets closer to bicycle's comfort now!". Which is cool, but customer can just, y'know... just get an actual bike instead of your unicycle.
That's true. Tho any adoption of a tech have to firstly cover old software people are used to. Macs made a dozen of compatibility layers to run old software on ARM, Microsoft did this, it's like a first step.... The problem is that this first step is probably will be the only one for a long time on Linux, because native software is not coming. The big adoption of Linux is not coming, unless someone like Valve will make a one for everyone Linux distro. I feel like the only native software I have on Linux is open-source, or a few goated games from Steam like Factorio, RimWorld, Terraria.
Linux Trovalds has also stated much of the same thing, Linux never became mainstream on desktops because most people want their computer to work out of the box. It’s like owning a car, most people just want to drive, they don’t care about the mechanics of the combustion engine. That doesn’t mean Linux is bad, it just has its own limitations.
I would say Linux has it's unpolishnessed, because the only question is if someone will work on software to make Linux good for everyone. Windows has it's limitations, like a garbage drive system, the fact that it's closed source makes it limited forever in some areas because Microsoft might not want to improve niche parts of the OS. On Linux the only question is how far are you willing to go for your goal, and for the most people the answer is "no".
I thought so too, but realistically it doesn't matter. Diversity doesn't stop a singular distribution from being good (ChromeOS is a very good example). If you start worrying about diversity, it probably means there are no good options available.
This is why Microsoft is so agressive in pushing their new Windows versions. People generally won't upgrade until they buy a new PC...or until you harass them about it to the point where you do it just to be left alone. I wish there were more of us server-admin types in the Linux communities. We get drowned out by the some of the more 37337 hacker-types though.
People somehow over exaggerate how important updates are, yet on Linux 1 out of 3 updates will break something in your distro. I don't like updates either on windows or linux but at least I don't have to debug updates for hours under windows.
That sounds a bit hyperbolic. The likelihood of updates breaking something depends (at least a little bit) on the distro. For all I know, that really could have been your experience though. Some people have consistently terrible experiences with Linux… for me it’s Windows I always spend hours fixing… Your criticism is still valid though
@@ForceGamerrr Yes, but my issue is that people who complain about updates on windows seem to welcome it on Linux like it's a bulletproof update. I was careful on Linux, so I installed the "lts" version if I could, but still these happen.
@@lazyh0rse Oh, yeah, I completely agree with that. Updates absolutely can break on any Linux system (I have had issues with Debian stable myself several times). This may be user error (I have no idea) but that's part of the problem in my opinion- as well has how dismissive Linux fanboys are to noobs.
@@lazyh0rse yeah it's kinda funny because on Linux to avoid that you either have to Update weekly to Avoid that or never Update which is a Worse Idea to do on Linux because a lot of Linux Apps will stop working without Updates and if you never Update an Update is 3 to 10 times more likely to Break you're System.
To be fair, updates break things on every OS. I hate updates, to be honest. I was really annoyed when my phone automatically updated to Android 10 and the geniuses at Google decided to nuke the soft menu button, significantly nerfing every single Android app that relied on the menu button (a ton of them).
Gosh, DT ... He has some rather extreme views that he tries to push on the viewers. Hating on Microsoft and Windows and spreading biased misinformation about Windows will not help Linux gain market share and recognition.
A perfect example of not following the hype train: I didn't look into cyberpunk 2077 at allll until it was almost released and all i looked at was the release date and i heard Keanu would be in it. Fortunately also it played mostly well with minimal bugs. All in all i had a great experience while everyone else was soooo mad.
I've tried several distros such as Fedora, Ubuntu, Mint, but every time I've had audio/video issues with my drivers. My drivers are not supported by Linux. My laptop has NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3000 chipset and Realtek High-Res Audio Driver. My laptop also has RGB Driver as well. So I had to go back to Windows in order to use my laptop.
@@viarnay this has changed. Though it only changed about a Month ago and AMD with Intel or Full AMD is still the Best for Linux. At least with a Desktop you can Swap or add Parts for Compatibility. Also Linux news Moves to quickly to keep up with. Especially if you're on a Rolling Release like Arch. Which the Distro I use is Arch based.
You do hear it a lot. Oh yeah, use linux if u care about privacy. Don't you love Android? It's a really good example of commercial linux. It's literally the worst for privacy, though. He is absolutely right. I use linux, but let's not bullshit people.
props for saying the truth. I've watched many many Linux users on RU-vid, and on the net. non of them... admits that Linux is a huge mess. I'm not calling windows and macos saints, but every distro is crazier than the other.. the lack of the support it's abysmal.
I tried to switch to Linux a million times already. Always had some kind of problem with Bluetooth, missing software or very bad touchscreen management. For example my 2 in 1 laptop managed to crash Mint Linux just by putting it in tablet mode. In the past I loved fixing things for hours or days but don't have the patience anymore. I just want an operating system to work so I can focus on other things.
@@KentsTechWorld Linux uses old versions and it feels using 1900 ver. All trash, no one wants to update todays ver 2024. The mob is shutting down linux destros 100%. All garbage. Ever video on RU-vid on destro all garbage installation missing apps and need to install it with terminal. This eels like ms shell. All ver perlative. It feels like windows 3.1 Nothing is up to date. Who cars about games we are children anymore.
These days i only use Windows exclusively for gaming and Linux for everything else cos Windows is still just much more convenient when it comes to gaming but everything else i need works perfectly fine on Linux.
I dont view it as Linux being better than Windows, I view it as Windows is not an option. Made the switch much easier. Windows is spyware, bloated, overtaxes your hardware and kills it sooner, etc. Not worth it for convenience.
Yeah, this is pretty much my take. With Windows you get one set of drawbacks, with Linux it's a different set (main drawback being compatibility) and for me the drawbacks of Linux are preferable to the drawbacks of Windows.
_"overtaxes your hardware and kills it sooner"_ I bought a computer in 2008 with Windows 8.1 on it. Now it has Windows 10 on it and my daughter uses it for gaming, surfing the web, etc. It's nowhere near being worn out.
Canonical is one of the only reasons why linux has gone this far in terms of usability: Introduced a user-friendly gui installer and recently revamped it. Made Nvidia less of a pain. You spend less time tinkering. I know people will hate me for this, but unity was the closest we have gotten(other than google with chrome os), in terms of being unfragmented. For all the trolls out there, snaps are easy and convinient and are less likely to break than the distro packages the loonixtards keep praising.
IMO, 2022 was the year linux became a viable replacement if windows or ios ever disappeared. will i use it as a daily driver? i could, but i won't as long as windows is a thing. i'll still install and play with it. how about portable gaming? i could get the steam deck, but why when i could get a GPD win3 which has better hardware, is more portable and runs windows, so no fiddling with software to get my games to work. and it has included keyboard making it an actual portable computer.
For me its the tiling window managers that are truly unmatched by mac, windows and the linux desktop environments. I almost never have to use the touchpad on my laptop and i have 10 screens in 1 that are really nice to navigate. So linux is my favourite OS but on my gaming rig it makes no sense at all. They are eating soup with a fork because they hate spoons. Trust me guys, forks are getting better !!! Still nice to be able to play my steam games on linux as well but for your only gaming machine no chance.
Tiling window managers are cool, but they require too much time and effort to set it up. The average users wants things to work out of the box, not having to spent hours or days tweaking a text-based configuration file.
@@marasion0862 to be fair, tiling window manager distros are becoming more and more common. EndeavorOS's i3 spin is very good IMO, and once you get comfortable with the keybindings certain tasks seem archaic to do with a mouse.
There are some EXCELLENT tiling window managers on macOS - Rectangle leaps to mind. Window management OOTB on macOS isn't great, but there are fantastic third party alternatives.
I use Linux Mint, it's fine and all, but it is NOT as problem free as people say it is; and the community is a problem with Linux too. It has any issues that need working on, I help newcomers where I can, but the community at large is very unhelpful so the problems Linux has will only be worse for anyone who needs help.
At the end of the day, a computer is just a tool. A tool that requires more of my time than it can output is useless to me. I work full time IT, I don't want to come home and fuck with some platform that the community pretends works when it doesn't. I don't need ANOTHER full-time job. And the knowledge is useless to me because I would NEVER subject any of my clients or friends to substandard solutions EVER. It would actually be negligent and borderline MALICIOUS to push for Linux onto my clients.
I've had this on my mind for awhile. People constantly ask me (a user who's pretty deep into Linux at this point) "Ohhhh how should I switch to Linux? I hear it's so much better than Windows now" And every time I walk them through exactly why they probably SHOULDN'T switch. It seems like they get some false expectation that everything just works on Linux now and that they can download it and get some DE that looks exactly like Windows and it will just be "better". For most users there is absolutely zero reason to switch off of Windows, especially for people doing anything that requires software like video editors, drawing programs, games with invasive anticheats, etc. Switching to Linux for someone like that will not gain them any benefit, they will just be using something that looks like Windows that just works worse.
As long as the average Android or iPhone user cannot sync their contacts from their phone to the Linux desktop, Linux will not be adopted by the mainstream user.
It's actually easy to sync contacts from the Google account with the Linux desktop, at least with gnome online accounts. Simply log in the Gmail account and it will sync contacts, emails and the calendar across different apps.
Agreed. It’s a mess. Just try to sync your files using OneDrive for example. Nobody will use rClone and go through the associated setup in order to sync their cloud files. And no, they won’t switch cloud services and possibly reupload up to a terabyte of data, just to use Linux. 😂
Once i saw a video of somebody showing windows need to restart and linux not And say switch to Linux But im gonna say something windows have now background updates yes they force you to restart but only when are necessary also you can ignore the restart and do it later
I use Linux at/for work and windows at/for home and gaming. I like Linux, but I mostly like them as servers where I want simplicity and as few things as possible. Windows annoys me from time to time, but never enough to go full linux and lose all the convenience I get on windows.
I used Linux for a while. some games like assetto corsa just would not work without following tutorials but those didn't even work when I tried to do them (I'm not afraid of putting in commands here and there). I put Linux on anything that I do not use for gaming as browsing and general multimedia tasks work fine. Its almost there for my needs but not quite
i'd rather be able to touch everything in my system rather than be locked from modifying something i may wish to change, you want to know what the solution to not breaking things is? don't touch what you don't know, the internet and it's many forums are free information
@@cmposting Use computer in normal account, don't change things that requires root password. This same works in Windows too. You usually don't have root access in preinstalled Android devices. Instead they put every app on own user account so they don't mess each other. That is why users don't mess up Android devices easily.
@@gruntaxeman3740 if your point was "you shouldn't have to do anything as root, so you shouldn't have root", i feel you've missed the mark severely. it's all too easy for a computer to be irrecoverable by just using user-level permissions besides, if i purchase a computer, i should surely have the right to do whatever i please with the software on it? just because there are some people who don't know how to effectively use root-level access without damaging something, doesn't mean i shouldn't be able to use it myself regardless of any reasonings about "security" i feel we have a solution for stopping people who don't need/don't know how to use root access from using it, by using a root password, a solution which works for enterprises and your less tech-minded family members alike
I just got a samsung s24 ultra and the dex mode is super cool. I plugged a usb c to hdmi cable and its probably good for 90% of PC tasks. It can even connect wireless to my smart TV. For sure there will be Dex like interfaces that take over most daily computing for the general user.
I've been using Linux since the Softlanding days (1992). I was in the same class with Peter McDonald at UVic. I've never cared for it to become popular. The point of Linux is that it allows me to do everything I need to do with a computer.
My only computer I have to use during my stay in Australia is a Linux machine. I've even been able to game on it a tiny bit. Its been a godsend for when I've had to stay in for the day. Its met the basics so it can only get better for me from here. wtb more powerful hardware.
To me, Linux has become a consistent series of pitfalls. I can not be bothered trying to use it for anything where I have to rely on the computer. Computers are tools. A means to an end, to get stuff done. Want to play around? Linux is great. Need to get shit done? Don't install Linux. I don't care what distribution. They are all inconsistent, incoherent, cumbersome and far too complex for the general public. If you are WAY above average technically interested, Linux is great. If you live in the real world and rely on your computer to produce, don't go near Linux.
@@viarnay Strangely, your exact attitude, from almost anyone who consider themselves Linux gurus is one more reason I've started avoiding it like the plague.
I LOVE to see your stance on Linux. Honestly it's kinda refreshing even, these linux youtubers are constantly trying to sell it as a perfect drop in replacement that'll make your PC faster, but in reality we don't see this.
Not "everything just works" on Linux. All of your paid Windows apps don't "have totally free alternatives". It _is_ easy to install IF your hardware is supported, but maintenance takes a little effort. There isn't a GUI for everything and that means at some point you have to be willing to open a terminal to do things. If you're not willing to do that, Linux is not ready for you. I could go on, but I don't need to. You get the idea.
@@veryCreativeName0001-zv1ir Not if you have VBox VMs installed and activated in 2010, like 32-bits Windows XP Home and 16-bits Windows for Workgroups 3.11 as examples for my complete collection from Windows 1.04 (1987) to Windows 11 Pro (now), including all 3 NT versions from the nineties. Don't forget my Ubuntu LTS collection from Ubuntu 6.06 LTS to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and the first Ubuntu 4.10 and its 20 year's birthday edition Ubuntu 24.10.
@@veryCreativeName0001-zv1ir Not in my case I have all Windows released from Windows 1.04 (1987) to Windows 11 Pro (Now) and the includes the NT releases from the nineties. Beside I don't like to miss my Ubuntu LTS releases; Ubuntu 4.10; Ubuntu 5.04; Ubuntu 6.06 LTS to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.10 celebrating after 20 years; the first Ubuntu 4.10. I use VirtualBox since 2009 and I still have VMs installed and activated in 2010.
Nah, linux is inferior and windows is just better cuz i can play games and never touch the nerd terminal, and fuck security i just install everything cracked. I Tried to be ironic but this is actually true
And its totally fine and absolutely agree with you. Its one thing to like it, and its another thing to force others to like it by pretending its perfect while its not. See I'm also a Linux lover, but I never pretend nor lie to myself that "oooh maaaan this operating system is the best" because its not.
It's not about over or under selling Linux. Choosing Linux is for people who have principles and value liberty, knowledge, and personal growth over petty pragmatic considerations. If comfort and convenience are your top priorities in life then Linux and FLOSS in general will disappoint because they're not for you.
My experience with Linux was that 95% of the games I wanted to play didn't start at all and those that did ran with one digit framerate(even those that should be compatible with Proton. And don't even get me started on things outside of Steam that come with their own executable, like older games installed from a physical disc or through the GOG offline installer). Will try again in 5-6 years. Thank you for being honest and not saying "Linux can play all the games as good as Windows!" like all the other guys on YT, because it's just not true. Especially if you play niche games! For just a Multimedia/Office/Websurfing device it works great, but trying to game on it is still a nightmare and a half compared to Windows.
IMO you have to be honest about what Linux can and what it can't do. I think one of the wisest advice I have heard was: If you have a running system (Windows, Mac or anything else), do not change it to Linux. You will learn to do the same things but in a different. I heard that advise only _after_ I switched to Linux from a running system. If I wasn't willing to stick to Linux I would have switched back to Windows after the first month, because I had more problems on Linux than on Windows in the first two months. I'm have been using Linux for the past two and a half years and after my last laptop died, I didn't even bother with Windows 11, but switched straight to Linux.
What do you know? A year later and it still rings true. Love Linux, but it is a lover that will not always love you back. As for gaming, it isn't worth the major issues that always pop up.
The reason I like Windows and use Windows is because it's the only desktop OS where I can pick and choose the hardware I want, and it just works. I know there are Linuxs fans that will say well Im not a computer nerd. Well, the fact I can pick out and build my own PC with the hardware I want says otherwise. Linux like MacOS has a hardware problem in that you are to limited with the haedware.
I work professionally in IT and I can assure you, you’re spot on. Hardware is a huge point. And being a computer nerd means nothing. A lot of those computer nerds have no clue how their computers actually work. Just imagine the usual answer you get while using an NVIDIA Card and experiencing issues: “Buy another graphics card from AMD”. Where’s the skill from these nerds to fix your issue? Why don’t they improve the situation by committing bugfixes e.t.c? Reason is, they lack the skill to do so.
Linux can be installed on most hardware these days. I do remember driver issues like 10 years ago though. Linux is like the Dollar store version of macOS.
I've only seen half the video so far, but I have to go to work soon. But thank you for being brutally honest about it, even if it doesn't make linux look to be the greatest thing since sliced bread. The fact is that while Linux is usually serviceable or even sometimes equal to windows depending on what you're doing, and for certain niche things even far superior. The fact is just that it's /not/ easy, it's not all plug and play and you never have problems and never have to play detective to figure out how to get something working. That's just linux fanatics false-advertising because there /is/ no desktop OS like that in the world. Every OS has problems. I've seen so many comments who are like "I installed Linux on my grandparents computer and they haven't had a single problem they couldn't fix themselves." Like either 1. You're lying, or 2. Their use-case is so incredibly basic they don't need to do anything other than turn on the computer and launch a browser or other application. They're almost certainly not firing up much in the way of video games unless they're entertaining younger grand-kids. Also, it's usually somebody who's /already/ familiar with Linux setting it for them and presumably working out the hardware kinks and getting everything working first. I'm sure /any/ OS if it has somebody to properly install and configure it will have relatively few problems as long as the end-user doesn't try to do things that were not planned for or tries to change things.
I like that Linux is everywhere and can run on anything, and I thing that it's a solid upside of Linux, but that's not going to attract regular users. Userspace on Linux is still far from perfect.
Thanks Kent for your more balanced view on linux vs windows. Change is the nature of computers where the nature of most humans is balanced resistance to change along with a desire for change that meets a need. My experience has been a desire to rid myself of the shackles of windows only to be shackled by a demand from most linux users that I learn to use the terminal. If I cant use my computer without the need to use terminal my use will most likely terminate. Fortunately when I discovered while using Libre writer that I couldn't just right click and create a new folder when saving a document, I did after much frustration workout that I could by leaving the libre writer save menue and open my home file menue and create a new folder in my desired folder and then go back to libre writer menue to save my doc where I wanted it to be. Not a pretty work around but sufficient to keep me using mint for the moment. No where did I find step by step instructions or even an acknowledgement of the problem of no right click to create a folder while using the libre writer menue for saving files in a new folder. Liked and subscribed :-)
I tried to live with Linux for a month Pop OS it did ok but I just cant get used to the filesystem. I have all the time in world to waste but when all I want to do is simple copy and paste crap to my drives it feels like a headache. Dont get me started on passwords just to install programs or shutdown.... lolz
What issues do you face when copying and pasting files? You also have to enter your password on Windows to install software ... But for shutdown? Never had to do so, neither on Windows nor Linux. It's a sequrity method, but Linux should offer an option to remember the password when you're logged in as root/sudo anyway
I used to try and convince people to move over. When I stopped, my mum started using it. Obviously I do all the updates, but she can manage most everything. I read some comment down below that said, just let people decide what they want to use. I do think Windows is still most everything any person needs to use, Linux is just not in the vicinity of ease of use and native app support. That said, it works for me, so I understand whatever choice people take.
I want to Like Linux or even just tolerate using it would be fine but there is never a single distro where i can get eveything working and im on my 4th distro in the last 2 weeks
@@tylerboothman4496 Ubuntu, pop os, mint and fedora. I do have everything working right now with Wayland and the 555 driver. I believe I'm going to switch to Arch at some point. I'm getting pretty proficient in Linux
@@markovasovic4248 you said you "had" to buy a new PC, and i am saying you don't have to. you can still use windows 10 or even get windows 11 without TPM if you really want to. there is so many videos on how to do it.
oh god look at these mad linux fanboys 😅 I'm fed up with these "this year is the year where linux beats windows and macos." no, JUST FUCKING NO. it's not and never going to beat windows-macos. im a tech nerd and still don't use linux, believe me or not, i know how to use linux. some people have preferences. you can use linux if it suits your needs, that's fine. but stop making people jump from windows. let them decide for themselves, or they're just going to regret making the jump as they find out one of the program they use isn't supported. it happened to me alot. now when it comes to gaming, it's kinda.. skeptical. yes linux has proton and lutris but, it still has stability issues, linux falls behind in terms of optimization, plus, most games with anticheats don't work, eac and battleye has support for some games but they don't work all the time. like fortnite as an example. im not even gonna talk about valorant, riot is not going to support it, vanguard is really aggressive. apex legends is just going to ban you for no reason because you're on linux. roblox has byfron now which patched WINE and the list goes on.
M-Soft has lost me :) Planning to switch within 6 months :D They finally managed to piss me off enough &I've been a diehard Winduhz user since 98SE I love Windows 10 but it aint lasting forever &Fuk if I'm installing 11 ! Linux looks like it'll be pretty good :)
this isn't a linux issue, it's an invasive and shitty program issue, if they don't want to co-operate because we don't let them have kernel-level access to our machine, why run their software?
I'm now sure you really don't know what servers are today. Most of them are actually virtualized single task servers. Public cloud workload runs about ~95% on Linux. About ~95% organization also use public cloud, more or less.
@@KentsTechWorld Yeap, you don't realize that those statistics relates number of server hardware units. Like every office local serverbox. Just checked how statista try to describe and what other stats they have. That is almost half of the "market". And that is NOT how it is in reality. In reality over half of the servers in public and private cloud, and one host runs easily 1000 servers in containers. Like I say, ~95% public cloud workload is on Linux and ~95% of organizations use more or less outsourced servers. And that is what matters because that determines how software is written. I'm really expert on field in terms of software life cycle. That "Linux reality" should not be ignored on development. That is the reason why Microsoft made .NET core to run on Linux because "Linux standard" was realized so fast in decade ago.
Why should you be disappointed if you want to play AAA games with Linux? Just use the Steam client, the AAA Windows games run perfectly with it in most cases. I've been using Linux myself on the desktop for over 10 years, exclusively. And I'm still a gamer and regularly play the games I want to play. I don't have to put up with all the Windows problems for that.
working and working as good or close to as good as under windows is not the same, just look at all the benchmarks and you will see linux fall sort in the stable FPS that then give you a not so good experiance and/or choppy gameplay, what about the egosystem around gaming, most 3rd party things for headsets, keyboards and so on don't work or only some of it works under linux, what about a lot of the software gamers use, still don't work or have a good alternative under linux. i could go on and on, if gaming under linux was better or as good as what you get on windows, gamers would use it, and gamers know about linux so it's not a "what is linux" it's "linux don't give me what windows do"
@@KentsTechWorld I'm not a benchmark gamer, I play games just for fun. The purpose determines the tool. If you need some software that is only available on Windows, well, just use Windows. I never had the need for the 3rd party things you mention, so gaming on Linux for me is just right. Without the hassle of Windows my life is more enjoyable. If your life requires Windows, then get Windows. But the fun fact is: gaming on Linux has never been as good as it is today, thanks to Steam Proton (which is based on Wine, I know).
lol some old obscure games is impossible to run on windows but easily run tho proton. it is fun when in steam game reviews people say that doesnt work on windows anymore and you just click play
14:00 Chrome os... Never, you hear? Never buy that shit! All linux users love it for its freedom. So, chronos doesn't have it. And it laggy as hell, especially after updates. And you even can't reinstall your system, because arm mobile cpu and google shit instead normal bios. Theoretical you can reinstall bios, with huge risk to screw up and brick your device. Legendary people did it.
I've loved the flexibility of Linux ever since I've first started using it. You can basically do anything with stuff like customization, and it also performs better with pretty much any application that I've ever used with it (this is my experience, yours may differ). Even still, I cannot recommend it to anyone. I tell people I know what Linux is, the positives of it, and the negatives of it, and well, it really isn't for them. While Linux is better for me, Windows is better for most people.
The Linux desktop exists. You can use OpenSUSE effectively without *ever* touching the command line. Linux will never have the graphics APIs necessary to excel at gaming. KVM and hardware passthrough are your friends.
working and working as good or close to as good as under windows is not the same, just look at all the benchmarks and you will see linux fall sort in the stable FPS that then give you a not so good experiance and/or choppy gameplay, what about the egosystem around gaming, most 3rd party things for headsets, keyboards and so on don't work or only some of it works under linux, what about a lot of the software gamers use, still don't work or have a good alternative under linux. i could go on and on, if gaming under linux was better or as good as what you get on windows, gamers would use it, and gamers know about linux so it's not a "what is linux" it's "linux don't give me what windows do"
the linux desktop don't and kvm and so on should not even be on a consumers mind when they don't have to do it under windows. Thats going back in time and usability :O
@@Tom-kt8lu Fair enough - as of now, Linux isn't there as a fully valid alternative to Windows - yet. But the situation has improved over the years and still is.
Linux servers are great working with them over years now, but when some one aks me about Linux Desktop to switch from Windows I say NO, Linux desktop is total crap and it will NVIDIA don't care about LINUX and most people have NVIDIA, AMD was crap for years and still is a crap GPU, so no change no Linux.
firstly, AMD cards for the past 5 years have beaten nvidia in price and in performance, and secondly, i'm using an nvidia card in linux and it works absolutely perfectly, just because the cutting edge of tech doesn't have drivers for a month, doesn't mean that literally everyone else suffers too
Wow 😮 Then I got lucky with my hardware coz I have little to none problems running Linux ( Pop Os ) In both my old Intel pc and on my new AMD build Linux runs almost flawlessly. I'm not a gamer and I'm not a graphic designer so for my use I'm fine with the 🐧 😊 I have a friend running Linux mint which I installed myself in his computer like probably 7 or 8 year's ago and to this day he only needs me when the browser or some important program need updating. Last time I used windows was coz some stupid exam online. I don't preach Linux and I don't think linux ( on the desktop ) is perfect either but I know can't go back to using windows as my main OS for a couple of reasons: Windows is horribly intrusive Windows is very slow in old PC's and PC's with small resources. Lastly: windows is killingly boring!!!
Alright I agree that Linux still does have many major flaws and isn't as good as windows for most people, but this video is just shitting on Linux. It's not pointing out the flaws. And if you don't care about that, at least think about the developers and maintainers that put their time and effort to make something for the price of fucking nothing and are not using us as products.
I have over 100 videos that do that 😛 And you should not care about the developers as an end user, it's not your job or needed. It's their own choice to do what they do, and if they don't like it they stop. You can be appreciated and thankful but it's not something you should think about. Do you think about the poor workers that make your phone, car, toilet, Owen, maintain your public parks etc.
It's Easier to Run Windows Apps and Games on Linux This one is soooooooooo dumb. I mean Windows has WSl2. It can run the entire Linux distro on bare metal hypervisor. no need to pass hardwares such as USB sitcks and GPU. Linux on Windows is much better,
why would you want pay for a windows license just to run linux? and can wsl2 run on older hardware? this is nothing but a pointless rant from clearly a windows fanboy who does not understand anything at all..
@@sigbin5878 nobody cares about linux desktop, outside of the FOSS & Linux community. this is nothing but a pointless comment from a linux fanboy who doesn't understand regular computer users & how the software industry work
"Nobody cares about Linux desktop" is an exaggeration, but the number is very low. I'd argue that many casual computer users don't even know what an operating system is, they just use what comes preinstalled on their hardware, as Kent pointed out ... And they probably don't bother thinking about the alternative of Windows or would be scared if someone mentioned Linux and/or showed it to them. It's a chicken - egg problem. People will not switch to Linux in big numbers if some the programs they need either don't work at all or only with a lot of tinkering (Adobe, MS Office, Gaming). And developers will not bother to support a platform that is used way less than Windows or Mac and is very fragmented (deb, rpm, flatpaks, Appimages, Snaps, AUR ...).
@@marasion0862 exactly I agree, my point is should Linux community make content basically raging at users for using Windows/proprietary software or should they make content that supports development of good software, defragment the linux ecosystem for developers, engage in game plans on how to turn the users to come to linux, how to keep the FOSS aspect of linux & still benefit user productivity???
so wanting the software people want to run and have the things they like to do, work under linux is making it "like" windows :D It's not a bout behaving like something, it's giving people what they want, instead of telling them what they want, and that his is better while being worse :D if use used Linux for that long you must know these things. Or did linux blind you ;) you can excape the Linux close mind like i did and i been using linux for just as long as you ;) Linux is not your master or your guiding light, linux is nothing more than a hammer :P
Desktop computers, like servers, routers and iot, are just a niche. The great battle for computers was won by Linux in all its senses. Sorry for disappointing Windows fanboys. Gaming? Not everyone cares about it.
NOPE lmao. Linux about 3 % of the desk top, Linux on servers about 17%, routers and IoT have nothing to do with you on the desktop and only 1% of whats going on there will benefit you as a end user. If thats winning, i thik we need a redefine the word "winning" lmao. Also, Linux! no one really don't care about it. Sorry fanboys :P
@@KentsTechWorld what is Android? What is on your smart TV? What is on your router? I guess it is not Windows. I'm not a Linux fanboy. I just don't pretend Windows dominates because of desktops. Computers are more than desktops.
@Marco android is not linux, its a fork and way worse than Windows when it comes to privacy and data collection, and it have a lot of closed bits to it. Linux in your TV and your router have nothing to do with the linux desktop. It's like using a wheelbarrow as a example for a car for the reason it has a wheel 🤣 You are making some really weak arguments. And non of those have any points towards the article or subject of the video. So by your view freebsd is the best or biggest gaming os as it run on every play station. So why are no one gaming on freebsd. You are try to hard to make linux better or more important than it is.
for desktop yes, for specific projects like an arcade cabinet, a data storage system (SDS) linux is better. But saying linux should be used instead of linux is arrogance and lack of understanding
Stop watching then. No one force you to listen to alternative idea, or others view points. You free to live in a sheltered world. No one is forcing you
Let’s face it Linux is for people like us, tinkerers, thinkers, folks who are intellectually curious and want to continuously learn. Windows and Mac are for people who either just look at a PC as a basic tool or are Normies who are surface level thinkers only…
This statement is just another example of elitism plaguing the Linux community. Quite a lot of people use Windows or Mac and are continuously learning new stuff at the same time. Also it’s about the quality of the stuff you’re learning. Spending a lot of time customizing your DE or fixing bugs caused by Wayland won’t help you engineering a new turbine or automating a computer network. I fell into the rabbit hole and spend an enormous amount of time on tweaking my Linux setup for example. A skill neither your employer nor your friends appreciate. EndeavorOS broke my Grub with an update and I was not able to boot without going into a recovery shell and spending about 20 Minutes of my life fixing stuff. Even though I had Timeshift configured. My elaborate Nixos / Hyprland setup crashed constantly and even by using Gnome I wasn’t able to get WebGL to work with my NVIDIA card so that I could participate on a web based tabletop round. And even after I switched to a different Linux machine, my friends complained that I sound quite bad over Discord, and couldn’t help me because I wasn’t able to share my screen due to Wayland. A little bit after Gnome-Disks refused to burn an ISO due to an obscure error. And then there was the drama where they excluded the developer of Hyprland from committing fixes to Wayland due to hurt personal feelings of the GitHub maintainers, so no chance of it becoming any better soon. Afterwards I encountered a number of issues with Gnome, which of course breaks your extensions on nearly every major version update. I could go on but I hope you can see, using a computer like that is literally hell for most people, even very intelligent ones who like to tinker. Thus I decided to switch back to Windows. And you know what? It’s glorious. My machine just works and I now have the time to learn network automation, embedded programming and even some electronics plus calculus. My Nixos-WSL-VM is just as good of a Development Environment as the real thing. I know it sounds crazy to “intellectually curious tinkerers” like yourself, but one could even say, I’m learning a lot, far more useful, stuff while using Windows! 😮 Just imagine how much “intellectual curiosity” I could have satisfied if I switched sooner. 😂
Suffering is for intellectually curious? ... Not in the IT it aint. Linux isnt for the conventional public but its definitely not favorite jam for advanced IT folks either.. Stop presenting it like its magnet for stanford students...
You linux users often claim to utilize the operating system to its fullest, but in reality, you are just average users who can write code, that's it. Windows users, on the other hand, can play games, edit pictures and videos, browse the web, and perform various tasks using the best software available-not relying on poor man's alternatives. Additionally, Windows offers much better driver support, which is a significant advantage. Windows users also don't waste time on the terminal just to set up the clock.
Random. I think you need to look up the word random. There is nothing random about this. It happens so often that it's almost a fact that linux fanboys lie about linux to trick people.
@@KentsTechWorld I don't think it's necessarily lying as much as it is a lack of self awareness and perspective. To Linux users, spending hours troubleshooting what would be simple to identify and fix problems on Windows is fine, sometimes even fun - They quite literally don't perceive it as a problem since they are used to going through the Linux motions, and in this sense the standards for what a good experience should be are lowered, so they never report on it.
