Ubuntu 24.04: An Excellent Linux Distro 

Yes, freecell is good, but also 1M subs is nice

This will not stand! I prefer my tea prompt and while seated.

Missing tea time would be a tragedy for a British gentleman like Christopher.

One of the first applications on X11 was the tea timer, so that honours a very old tradition.

Yes, especially true when drinking Tea in the workplace as this is "Paid" consumption.

@@ubuntu-o9e That's odd. Most workplaces provide tea free of charge

I think you are right, every new Windows release is good for Linux. :)

I am one of them and returned to windows, windows is more compatible with linux apps than Ubuntu 24 thanks to WSL

I'm one of those people 😅

:)

@@ExplainingComputers I also have this version, and whenever I reboot I lose all audio and also the video freezes. Have you heard of this issue before or what it might be? Otherwise its great

Proton has really changed the Linux game for sure and thanks to Steam Deck using Arch. Plus other distros becoming more and more user friendly and Nvidia drivers getting better! Exciting times.

LOL, "it's the year of desktop Linux."

@@hoagy_ytfc Said every year for 30 years.

@hoagy_ytfc it really is, for me at least! 😄 I tried Linux on my desktop a few years and it wasn't great. Didn't get a lot of stuff working, help resources/documentation online were often incomplete, incompatible or difficult to follow and the next time I booted it, half of what did work, broke. This year, Migrainesoft decided to shove a full screen ad for Windows 11 into Windows 10 user's face that also tells them they'd need to upgrade their hardware, when all they did need to do in most cases desktop users would just need to enable their TPM and safe booting (which is disabled by default on desktop mainboards), but why give accurate advice when you can -create unnecessary e-waste- "stimulate the economy" instead? 🙄 That motivated me to try Linux again and right out of the gate everything ran just as good or better than on Linux, whatever didn't work or I didn't understand had well explained tutorials solving my problem just one google search prompt away and I haven't looked back so far (it's only been a week, but I'm already feeling very familiar and settled with the new OS). The only thing that's keeping me from formatting my Windows 10 drive right now is a DAW called Studio One. If I can install Wayland so I can use its Linux Beta, then I will never need to boot into a Windows install ever again. Else I'll have to switch DAW which would mean needing to keep a Windows install in case I need to export something from an old project into a format that Ardour or Reaper can work with... 🤔

@@TheyRiseBand Thanks for explaining my joke.

@@hoagy_ytfc Sure. Anything else I can do for you?

Greetings!

Bare metal or VM?

@@PureAwareness76 Bare metal, I wiped out my old 20.04 in PC and did a fresh install. Running on Ryzen 2400G , I only have the built in APU. No external graphics card.

Indeed so!

Mint is my favourite distro.

Me too, I have mint 21.3 right now and I am eager to know what's going to be added in 22 wilma

I used to be thrilled about those same updates... But I recently switched from regular Mint to the LMDE version, and am very happy with the minor differences.

@@KomradeMikhail What is the difference between LMDE and Mint? I've read some things but what does it mean for a daily user?

any example of why not (e.g. no minesweeper in linux, oops there is more than 1) ?

@@jyvben1520 Off the top of my head, the video where Linus tries to swap is a good example. Things that should just simply work just flat out broke. As well as compatibility for games (which is getting better but not perfect). On top of that, enterprise software can be a hurdle too.

We are in agreement, as is so often the case. :)

So true. Microsoft seem to be obsessed with "Oh the new version can do this and that and we've put the taskbar in the middle, and it looks so gorgeous...." No! I just want the OS to run my programs. Boring all the way for me.

Yes, I really dislike having to Google how to do things in Windows 11 vs 10. Really annoying for no real purpose. Add the fact Microsoft keeps coming up with more things to turn off to stop them collecting as much or more data than Google! Seems Microsoft updates is also very helpful in turning telemetry back on and not telling you. Very annoying indeed. New isn't always better, especially when you work in IT and have a dozen operating systems to deal with, you waste a lot of time figuring out where they hid things with each release.

@@john_in_phoenix Of course, there are plenty of Linux commentators who are all for "new." "Oh, there's this stylish new user interface!!!! Isn't it wonderful?" I want to ask them, "Does it do anything better than the old UI?" Of course, 99 times out of a hundred, it does not. It adds no functionality, but someone thought it looked "pretty" or "exciting." To hell with that! I'm all for improved functionality. But if the change doesn't improve the function of the software, then they should make it optional if they include it at all.

That is another reason why I detest Microsoft. Every new release, I have to spend hours figuring out how to accomplish what I used to do.

Great to hear! :)

Thanks for your support -- I agree about the developers with good eyes who work on big screens. I remember that in TV studios, even in the most modern galleries with large colour monitors, there was always a 14 inch, 405 line black and white monitor hooked up too. And care was always taken to ensure that the output from the studio was watchable on this screen. Sadly the days of developers (and many content creators) thinking about accessibility, and now things will appear on the worst delivery hardware, are long gone. But this is not a positive change.

Had to laugh when he complained about the hard to read font :) this sounds worse than I mean it - honestly. But this is such an “old man’s problem”. I mean I’m 30 years old and still have okay-ish vision. But I’m also not a youngster anymore. I think the new font looks fresh and modern. And when it becomes hard to read for me some day - it probably won’t be the font’s fault. Let’s say it like that. :)

@@lifehacker123 I had 20/20 vision up to the age of 40, then I was suddenly told needed glasses which over time seem to get stronger and stronger....you are not there yet, and hopefully you won't be, but it comes on quickly or seems to for a lot of us older users 🙂

Yes, also very narrow scroll bars...

@@RoboNuggie 20/15 my whole life.. At age 49, I am starting to all of sudden need a lot more light. Just started having issues this year. I can't complain. My eyesight is still remarkable except for tiny font. I was blessed to have it so good for so long. :)

Thanks.

Really solid, you mean !

Thanks for your support.

​@@ExplainingComputersYou're welcome!

Great to hear that the 3M mouse helped.

@@ExplainingComputers it did. I didn't consider a vertical mouse until I saw it in your video and thought "ok, if he uses it you at least have to try". And yeah, it did work. It was also a lesson on looking for people who actually have an incentive to find the best option for a given situation :D

It's 1989. But in 4K.

Just to follow up on this. Someone replied to my experiences in the RPi forums that there seem some general problems with Ubunut Desktop. So be ready for some bleeding edge experiences on Pi, but at least Ubuntu Server works for me.

Hi, Jeff! :)

Greetings Jeff! :)

You shouldn't probably use python without a virtualenv anyway. Even in my dockerfiles I setup a clean venv each time. Once you get the gist of it, it's simple and gives you a lot of flexibility.

I am so tired of keeping --break-system-packages on clipboard speed-dial

@@loicjeannin6233 I get the gist but I can't remember any of the command etc especially with pip and poetry

Greetings! Nice fun fact. They are like small anteaters!

​@@ExplainingComputersHi, Chris! They're such good little anteaters too. Breaks my heart a bit to hear that they're endangered though... :(

i wish more of the internet was as wholesome and civil as this comment thread

Off-topic: I live in the USA. I went to Taco Bell today. They were advertising "Aardvark Nacho Fries". I hope they did not have actual aardvark (i.e. anteater) meat in them. (I did not order them, nor did I ask about them.)

@@georgeh6856 Upon looking them up, they don't have any aardvark and they definitely look something I'd eat while stoned. Huzzah! Arthur Read is safe!!! 🥳🥳🥳

Thanks.

Welcome aboard. Autograph will appear here in a video in a couple of weeks -- really nice software. :)

An so my work is done! :)

thanks for pointing that out 👍

Works well in a Hyper-V enhanced session using a few tweaks.

Proxmox?

@@PureAwareness76 in the release notes it mentions specifically VirtualBox, VMware and old (470 I think?) NVIDIA drivers.

Thanks for the info, that should save some people time and headaches 😉👍🏻

Does the flatpak support come automatically after installing the gnome software center or are there extra steps ?

fedora isnt better for your usecase ?

@@bijakson I suppose that would depend on if you want to use APT ?

​@@markloughtonUK no, you gotta install it

It sounds like Ubuntu will work fine for him -- good luck with it!

:)

I agree - remove snaps completely and install flatpak instead or go to Debian with the same process. Debian 12.5 now my daily driver and very pleased with it.

If my operating system ain't snappy, I don't want it. I always disable animations wherever I can.

I don't get the joke Edit: i get the joke 🤗

It has become the macos-like rival in these last incarnations, more demanding for desktop hardware.But as long as it keeps being stable, easily upgradable and being widely adopted as a debian based distro it's ok.

hi douglas, i am currently trying to settle into a Distro. ubuntu is obviously a solid choice but i want to know the user experience between ubuntu and distros like arch and mint. could use the feedback as I am trying to settle down to one distro forlong term use. or... should I just stay put in ubuntu?

@@tbw666 Great question, and welcome to Linux! We all have our quirks and qualities which help us choose a distro. For me, Ubuntu's desktop was unfamiliar, even back in 2006 when I used it for only 2 weeks! I'm glad I found Mint, and was comfortable with Mint's desktop and UI choices. Mint followed the conventional layout - taskbar on bottom, window controls in top right corner, etc. I have more of a Mac setup now, using Plank for an application dock on the bottom and panel at the top. But I MADE those choices. Over the years, Ubuntu would make sweeping changes to the desktop and UI which forced users to follow. This reminded me too much of Microsoft's behavior! So that's my story... hope you find your comfortable distro!

@@DouglasJenkinsfantastic. Thank you for this. From the feel of it it seems mint is a solid choice for me before I transition pure Debian. My goal is to become proficient in the general sense just the way I’ve had to become pro at Mac OS and Microsoft. It’s time. Thank you!

@@tbw666 Oh, don't forget the LMDE, LinuxMint Debian Edition.... It may be this Edition which Linux Mint may eventually go to escape Ubuntu at every level!

I'm personally finding Zorin very nice. No crashes. I'm on an early i3-2100 with 8GB of RAM. Not Win-11 compatible so I'm dual-booting with my original Win-10 while I get to grips with it. See Explaining Computers' video about dual booting without a GRUB menu. You'll need another SSD or Mdot2 in the machine.

Yes, indeed so. For users of Mint, Zorin OS and others -- not to mention all of the Ubuntu official flavours -- this is an important release. :)

Good luck with Linux. :)

@@ExplainingComputers Thanks. I have a lot of Pi’s running Linux, so I’m not new to it.

Cool. :)

Greetings!

Not discounting the fact they are people leaving windows, the problem with being part of niche communities however is that you tend to live a bubble. Linux as much as I love it will NEVER reach to the same level of utilization as windows on people's personal computers. Companies are out for profit, the best software out there will always be developed with money in mind. Open source project(s) like Linux & it's nauseating amount of distros will always lag behind because of this very simple fact.

Linux on the desktop is almost at 5% ...

Totally agreed. Use cases have to be number one. I bang my head against the wall arguing that here!

That's a lot of linux dustris to try and a bit surprising that only Ubuntu works for your applications.

I will try crossing my fingers . . .

I did indeed! My bad. This video was inevitably produced at speed. :(

Hi, Alan! I didn't know what a numbat was until this either. Now I gotta seek out a plushie of one when I can. I got a big $50 plushie of a Pokemon that I fear would get pretty jealous if I brought in another plushie. 😅

@@Praxibetel-Ix Hey Ford it'd be OK if it was a small one, do plushies get jealous? Way to go :)

Hi Alan, and thanks for your support. :)

" I liked the fact that you can extend the support to 10 years, Apple please take note!" 😉 Even more so for the Cupertino crowd. They love scrapping old hardware. Fortunately Linux runs on the Intel Macs quite well.

When I started it fit on a CD and I got it by mail.

well yeah welcome to 2024 boomer we dont care about gb anymore

I want to like Linux. I keep trying but god I absolutely hate how everything slightly stray from the mainstream requires terminal. I hate needing to constantly enter long commands. People who think Linux is going to replace Windows are seriously delusional. Unbelievable. It takes me very few minutes to not only get started in Windows, but cleaning it up and installing all my programs.

Heh😅. well Chris Always Upload In my time About 21:00PM Malaysian Timezone

You must be in India then! 1300 UK time.

@@Ibrahimdude then you have to wait for the next day 🥲 Btw I'm from India... Nice to talk with you.

0800 in central US!

I get up a few minutes before 8:00 AM (central time here in the US) to get ready for when a new EC video drops then take myself to the recliner to watch it.

I too am taking a close look at Ubuntu Cinnamon -- maybe the best of both worlds!

Go, Linux!!! 🙌🐧

This is great to hear -- Linux adding value to old hardware.

Cool. :)