I used windows 7 until it was not supported anymore. Windows 10 was laggy and bloated with telemetry and used network a lot while idle (just install windows 10 or windows 11 from official iso from microsoft in virtualbox and look at network indicator)
Same, I nuked my laptop and only run Ubuntu, however I have a confession - my gaming PC is a Windows machine. I program and do everything else on Linux but Windows wins hands down as a gaming device. Linux is catching up though and I can't wait for the day I can delete Windows from all of my machines.
I have migrated from OS to OS. I have used almost all the mainstream OS, Microsoft windows, Mac OS, Chrome but non gave me the freedom to make the OS act, look and behave I want it to like linux which also reminds me of symbian
@jernejj5 for me it's simple to use windows , most firmware update from oems is for windows . I tried Linux for a month on my thinkbook came back to windows boot drive and realised I missed a helpfull bios update that would have solved an issue I was having 🙃. Apologies for replying to a month old comment but this just triggers me .
As a long time Linux user (running Fedora/KDE since its first version) its been a complete joy seeing so many people on their journey of discovery. :thumbs_up:
@@SaintKines kde hurts my eyes for some reason. Idk what it is. The colors or something? Idk. But i use gnome with transparency effects and a win 7 wallpaper haha
About 3 days ago, I made the full switch to Linux, and I couldn't be happier getting away from Windows. I already mainly used Arch on my laptops and mainly used them because I like them more, but once I discovered that all my software worked, well... there was no stopping me. Sooo, plugged in the Arch install medium in my gaming rig, cfdisked that Windows drive and wiped it clean, forever freeing the drive from spyware. Then banged my head on the keyboard for a bit until I got everything working. X3
It doesn't even need to be that high. If the market share surpasses MacOS then, with the help of Proton and such, it will be acknowledged. Translation layers have a big advantage on Linux.
ahh i wouldn't recommend most of ubuntu derivatives because they are pushing snap too much i also wouldn't say snaps are bad but when user apt install sth and gets a snap version... canonical just shouldnt do it EDIT: forgot to say good job for ur linux content :D
@@speedyfox9080 conan, NuGet, chocolatey. But based on my experience, they're not really integrated well. I have to re-login for PATH variable become updated
Yea, not every repos play well on master branch. That's why Arch people not dare enough to make everything 100% bleeding edge. But compared to debian, Arch is a lot up to date
How is Arch not bleeding edge? Sure it's not Gentoo with the most recent commits but it's not like package software releases are extensively qa tested how they interact with the rest of the system?
@@iodreamify Bleeding edge refers to the latest development build, which may frequently break even basic functionality. What is in the git releases is not bleeding edge
I feel happy seeing Linux become even more popular now with Windows 11 scaring off even more users. I still run Windows on one machine but I'm planning to finally kill it. Personally I live to experiment. I have lubuntu on a very old laptop and it runs great as it's supposed to be very lightweight. I run Arch based distros such as endeavourOS with the i3 window manager. I also recentely taken a liking to the GNOME version of Manjaro. But there's also a place for Debian in my heart. I love it's stability. I have a customized XFCE Debian install that I really like working on. I was able to convince some people (family and friends) to give linux a shot and most of the time I hooked them up with ZorinOS. It's very easy to navigate for people with prior Windows experience. A great transitional distro. One branch I definitely need to look into more is Fedora. I used it for a bit but not enough to be able to say I know it well.
Welcome to the Linux world! I've been using Linux since 2012 and never thought about coming back to Windows. I personally prefer rolling release distributions so I run Arch Linux as my main distro and OpenSuse Tumbleweed as a fallback one, and that's the beauty of Linux: we have so many choices and one can always find a distro that fits you better.
I settled with Manjaro since I prefer rolling release type updates but I have to do some adjustments to make it run like a dream. I replaced all pulseaudio components with pipewire components, switched my kernel to the latest linux-zen kernel, and I disabled TPM and increased APU memory to 8GB in the BIOS. These combinations of changes have gotten rid of the annoying audio crackling/popping sounds, stutters, micro freezes, and increased CPU/RAM consumption, etc. My Linux system is running so smooth now! 😁
Ubuntu is the distro I always come back to, I tried some other distros, but I just feel really comfortable using it. I prefer vanilla stuff most of the time, but I don't find the theming and extensions Ubuntu uses to be bad, I actually find the orange and purple kinda iconic
Welcome! I had used Windows since version 1.03 (yes, that was a thing!) I made the same decision and switched full-time to Linux at the beginning of 2006. I have used Linux Mint since 2008.
I'm glad you took the time to point out that there are stable Arch distros like Manjaro. I see a lot of intro videos from RU-vidrs that put all Arch based distros in the same "bleeding edge / unstable" box, as if this was unescapable on anything based on Arch.
I ran Manjaro KDE for 8 months and never had any issues with it. I run Arco Linux on my desktop and the only time I’ve had it issues with it was when I screwed up something I had no business messing with. Ironically, Arch based distros are the only ones I’ve had any luck keeping stable
The internet goes on about bleeding edge and instability with Arch, Ive never had Arch issues. Its only going to cause issues if you tinker with stuff you shouldn't. But that is the case with any/every distro.
@@MichaelNROH well I feel stupid for commenting before I finished watching this video. I was going to tell you about nobara. Though to be honest, it's still not quite as out of the box for me as something like Ubuntu, but that's simply for legal reasons. Like, RPM fusion isn't really installed out of the box, you basically press a button to do it for you. So you're still installing it, it's just easier. But it's nice when you don't have to do anything. Still a fantastic distro. What do you think of opensuse tumbleweed/gecko linux?
I usually recommend Mint to new users, but Fedora seems pretty solid too. I like the subtle nod of having a fedora on the desk in the background. I personally use Slackware with KDE, but I wouldn't recommend that to new users. I also recommend not getting an Nvidia card if someone asks for advice on hardware because of their closed nature, though hopefully that's changing. I don't do any video editing, so my workflow is likely quite a bit different to yours, but I love that I can set all the shortcut keys I want and have multiple desktops even with only one monitor. I've got at least 4 dozen global shortcut keys to navigate around the computer, open apps and more.
There are people like me with Nvidia cards who kinda can't just up and get a new card though. And I use mixed refresh rate monitors so the experience has been pretty annoying.
@@justanotherpxrson True, though I've heard good things about the open source Nouveau drivers. Give it a shot with a live dvd and if it works then maybe consider using it on a more regular basis. Perhaps even installing it beside Windows. If it doesn't work from a live dvd then no harm, no foul.
I have a new 12th gen (Alder Lake) laptop with 3050 Ti GPU. It's running Fedora 37 KDE spin very well. Very recommendable. However, it's still using the nouveau driver. I've not had much success updating other distros to use the proper Nvidia driver (will try rpmfusion this time) and I've been putting that off which is not a great idea. There are a lot of concerning reports in the system log from the nouveau driver and bug reports from nouveau when I boot. The Alder Lake chip & iGPU is so good though that I'm not missing the Nvidia chip right now. Haven't tried any serious graphical usage yet either. In my Linux experience Radeon cards are much better and easier to work with because AMD contributes to the open source mesa driver; Nvidia does not contribute, notwithstanding their recent overtures towards the open source community: the important parts of their code will still be provided as an opaque blob.
I have gone through a lot of computer hardware in the last 3 years and after about the 3rd install of Arch, I looked at how much I enjoyed Fedora 34 on my dual boot PC and just installed fedora everywhere. The vanilla GNOME experience is almost perfect. However, it can be genuinely unusable without a system tray extension. In my opinion, it is one of the most out-of-touch design decisions I've seen in a desktop environment.
Ah, yes, GNOME is so cool and weird at the same time, I'm always in love-hate relationship with it, but I keep returning... :) I mostly really miss functional (keyboard-navigatable) and nice-looking GTK menu bars for those few programs that use them (like LibreOffice).
@@tomsmansvards I think we all are....I'd love to have a global menu everywhere for stuff instead of what happens now. (even firefox and a few others could support it if they'd stop being dumb....hamburger menu is just dumb and hides stuff I need....
I am in love with Garuda Linux. it may be a small community and yes it broke 1 time on me because i am not the most experienced arch user. But the experience with the "gamer" edition, it preinstalling everything i need if i want to with a beautiful gui and even coming with discord, the zen kernel and Proton GE already usable with steam. it is perfect for someone rather lazy like me. The small community is something that is rather unfortionate. But i still love it 10 times above manjaro.
I went with Mint a year ago on my PC and laptop after decades of fighting with various versions of Windows for decades.The bloat and obscurantism of Microsoft was a continual frustration, and Linux had reached the point of doing everything I need it to do.
I've been an exclusive Linux user for over five years. Windows use was so seldom over the last decade, there was little need to dual boot. Never looked back
I'm already Windows FREE since 1997. For those who think that Linux is harder than Windows is actually wrong. I love the very simple GNOME setting compared to the complex Windows setting.
I'm using Manjaro and it hasn't broke on me for quite a long time - it used to break a lot back in the days but with a bit of experience acquired over time I basically never looked back at suse ubuntu or fedora (except to just test out in a vm), since fixing isn't as daunting anymore (except when you use the external usb drive but still). Linux gets better over time too, not just in the beginning. There's that "Waw!" initial phase. Then a "God how do I fix this shit, I'll just reinstall/whatever" period for which the length varies from user to user, and the final "Broken? Well no problem I kind of know how to fix this and I have my backup plan anyway". I'm glad I ditched windows really PS : I _really_ like pacman. I find it more intuitive than apt and all. Harder to grasp at first but eventually you get the gist of it
Fedora Gnome and KDE are great sane default desktops.. I went with the KDE release and love it. pretty sure though all their spins are default experiences so they are all great to build on top of what you want
I switched to linux early this year when I realized that the only windows application I was using was the calculator (not using edge, office, one note, etc... everything 3rd party like chrome, wps, google drive, etc...), and I never looked back. Using the same programs on linux without the Windows background processes and bloatwares associated with Windows is awesome and it just feels a lot more personal where Windows feels like you are renting a software. You can also do customizations on how your machine behaves, not just the appearance. I never did the dual boot option though, my plan was just create Windows in VirtualBox just in case I would ever need Windows for some reason which I have not opened up to now.
I'm really happy to see people jumping to Linux. I've done the jump 2 years ago. The freedom o LiNUX is epic. Never look back. There is no reason. echo Welcome to the community.
I have been also planning to switch to Linux soon My pick will most likely be ubuntuDDE all I want to do is to play games do some productive stuff and have a clear expierence with no spyware etc. Alongside with using adb platform tools for Android Never had any expierence with Linux so it may be difficult 💀
My first Linux experience was in somewhat '93 on my 386DX - I think it was Slackware on floppy disks. Since SuSE Linux 5.3 Linux has been a constant part of my life. Dual booting with OS/2 and later eComstation (which was primary) until christmas 2007. Now I'm running openSUSE LEAP on laptop, desktop, server and openSUSE Tumbleweed on my phone (dualbooting with SailfishOS).
I'm on Linux for 7 years already (single boot), i went through lots of distros and learning. Now I'm building another machine with windows 11, and unlike 7 years ago I'm totally free of microsoft, I don't care if they ruin the usability or whatnot, it isn't my system, I just use it like in a library to run CAD softwere or things that I don't have in linux. switching is easy with kvm. No need to choose, use both, linux machine can be relatively old, without good graphics card.
i dual booted with windows and mx linux for about 2 months but found myself using linux a lot more not missing it one bit as for gaming most of my games i play run on my linux setup
I've been using Fedora since 2018 and prefer it over any other distro, I use Arch Linux, Ubuntu (I started with this back in 2007), Mint, Sabayon (Great Gentoo distro), MX Linux, Debian and others but I still return to Fedora every time, the only thing I hate that Davinci Resolve Free doesn't work properly on my RX 580, so I'm using Windows 11 for Premiere Pro and Photoshop.
Can't go wrong with fedora. Decent gaming performance, intuitive gnome ui, overall solid stability. I've been using it for years, and so is the rest of the family.
@@sixdroid I didn't say there's zero bugs in the installer. Calling the entire Installer buggy however is a huge exaggeration. It works fine for the majority of users. Sure, maybe one aspect of the manual partitioning has an issue, but after installing fedora on about 5 computers, and reinstalling it multiple times after an update, I have never run into any installer bugs. I'd say yes to sending those links, but if it's a well known issue I bet there's little i can do about it :(
I started experimenting with Linux around 2002 and nuked Windows from orbit on my PC back in 2006. I was already using Linux pretty much exclusively by 2004, but by 2006 I repartitioned and reclaimed all of that extra disk space for my OS of choice (Zenwalk at the time). The termination of XP and the forced upgrade to Vista opened up my eyes to better horizons and a much more pleasant computing experience for decades... without having to get a new computer for the privilege. I ran that desktop machine for a full decade before upgrading it.
my first linux experience was with ubuntu 9.04, even that was a tall order to learn and get it working on my old laptop i cant imagine what it was like in 2002. now i am in Mint 99% of the time since the nuking of win 7
I got rid of my dual boot the other day too. I never used Windows, but I always kept it as a backup in case anything happened, but going for a more or less consistent uptime even using Arch, I felt it was odd to keep it around, taking up lots of space on my drive.
Same here too. But since I never used Windows, I finally ditched it. That was a quite a few years ago. Basically been using Mint in the early years since 2013. Later Pops and now Fedora on two machines, Mint on the rest. Both are solid. Like the guy in the video, I tried quite a few. And like the guy, I like plain vanilla. Mainly what I found out about the dual boot that one really uses only one OS as a practical matter... mostly for convenience of use (Bookmarks, tabs opening 'where you leave off', files saved, etc.).
Now, you should check out the BSDs. LOL. Seriously, congratulations on taking the leap. Fedora is a great distro and it has a lot going for it. Debian was my distro of choice for years. Now, I’m running Slackware 15 on one desktop with dwm and Openbsd on the other desktop with dwm. My favorite DE for years was KDE. It still is my favorite DE but I prefer Window Managers these days. The more I’ve learned, the more I’ve changed. Anyway, ENJOY!
Ive been messing with linux off an on, over the past 20 years. I could never fully switch over to it, for one reason or another. A while ago, I completely wiped windows 11 and installed Manjaro. Then I put windows 11 in a VM. This was to help me ween myself away from windows. Now, I don't even have windows in a VM, and I'm on Debian 11.4. I try out other distros in VMs to learn. I'll probably switch back to Arch linux, soon, but right now, this is set up exactly how I want it. Love not having *doze.
Used Fedora, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, GalliumOS(On a chromebook) and NixOS(Chromebook as well). Only tried Fedora recently but I found LM to be my favorite if I want to throw something and have it work, it has some issues but I like using apt so I'm willing to deal with them later or ignore them. NixOS on my chromebook with i3wm is fun, though. But I still don't really get Nix config aside from getting it to a state where I can daily drive it when I want minimalism. I also tend to prefer the default DE setups with minor tweaking on my end. MATE, GNOME 2, GNOME 3, GNOME4x, Unity, XFCE, LXDM(?), like a few versions of Plasma I've tried, i3wm and SWAY are the DEs I've tried. I found myself really liking MATE, and GNOME43 is probably my favorite implementation of Wayland. GNOME2 was really cool at the time, LXDM too when it was Linux Mint's default, it looks pretty ugly uncustomized though. XFCE is cool on weaker machines. i3wm is good if you're way more of a keyboard person and prefer to minimise using your mouse, I really like it but it does require configuration to work like you want it to(multimedia keys don't work without you specifying them in its config), so I don't tend to use it on my main machine over my secondary. Sway I don't like as much, either because I'm not familiar enough with Wayland and how it works, or the lack of tools like xkbcomp on Wayland makes it really rough. I didn't have the best experience with KDE, the two times I used it I ended up replacing it very quickly, I think I just don't like its default settings and default apps.
Endeavor - it's arch, and has less issues for me than Manjaro. I've had very few issues with it. But I do prefer plasma to gnome (although I've tried the gnome experience and it seems to work well).
Until recently i had a laptop with windows 10 literally just for playing age of empires 2, for whatever reason games refused to work on Linux with my Thinkpad W520 (Nvidia GPU issues). But I've recently upgraded to a newer Thinkpad P71 and so far games work great with Manjaro on that so I've now ditched windows entirely, still the win10 HDD sitting in a drawer but no longer have a reason to use it anymore.
I like to play around with Linux but there's definitely some things preventing me from completely switching over. Would like to use mint/fedora/Manjaro as a main os and have a virtual box running windows. Maybe another running a Mac os lol.
GREAT VIDEO..But I'm just "LAZY"..Prefer to run Either Linux or Windows (Main O.S.) along with running a Virtual Machine so I can have "My Cake & Eat It" too !! Currently having "GOOD" desktop experiences with "MABOX", "MASSOS" (Both ARCH based)(& Others)!!
well, my actual Linux is Debian 11, i'm not a gamer with my age of 53, maybe Open Transport Tycoon since more than 20 years.. or UAE aß an Amiga Emulator..and Super Tux Kart..normally i'm doing Mixes with Audacity and Desktop Wallpaper with the Gimp since 2000... Windows is not a choice for me.. and Hey, i'm using Debian since 1998.. many greetings from Brunswick in Germany, viele Grüße Ciao..
My top 3 Linux OS Manjaro KDE Debian KDE Linux Mint MATE In that order...... I stopped using Windows as my daily driver when windows 10 first came out. I've been using linux for a long time, but on server side for work using RedHat. Now I use Manjaro KDE Linux as a daily driver for personal use. And use windows on a completely different hardware setup for gaming and softwares I cant use on linux.
2 months ago I banished windows into virtual machine hell and it feels so good. I usually boot up VM to play windows only games and it never triggers anti cheat for my usual multiplayer games. That's a huge win. Not to mention my AMD card works like a charm and stable diffusion with ROCm is literally ten times faster than on windows. Virtual machine with passthrough does skew the performance results for windows but not 90% loss. That's an "AMD on windows" issue. Manjaro is my main distro. Not too complicated as people say but same, pacman is my new nightmare. I just can't get to learn it, searching stuff and so on...
I WAS IN THE ALMOST SAME SITUATION, but I bought a Xbox Series X to play Destiny 2 and other games with anti cheat, I just can't with Windows anymore I am using Pop OS and I am loving it so much
when I stopped playing online games I less and less cared about Windows Since I like modding games I still needed it tho (modding Skyrim) - linux is case sensitive after all and modding is a pain then at times. But I can say that proton got damn good the last year (play Kenshi and Divinity Original Sin 2 coop in linux) I use Arch but I recommend Fedora with Kde-Plasma to newcomers Just Win11 needs secure boot while Linux doesnt work with it - inform yourself before you dualboot !!!
The moment you said you still wanted to game on the system I went "Nobara!" Very valid reason not to use it of course. Though personally, I've had no issues with it yet in the 1 year I've been using it so far. Edit: Also that redhat comment didn''t age very well 💀
I'm gonna try tiny 11 on my KDE setup. Don't worry guys, I have konsave so, if I need to go back to KDE, it'll just be a 20 min import and I'll be back to my setup.
Well, all operating systems are flawed, so I use them all....a mini PC with Windows 10 is only $100.00...add a video card and that's a good game machine...
Outstanding video! I did something similar with my computer around the first of the year. Went from dual booting to reformatting my hard drive and installing Linux Mint. I just wasn't using the Windows partition. So I reformatted and went fully Linux and haven't looked back since. You brought up some interesting points about different Linux distros that I imagine will help a lot of people. Keep up the great work.
Stability in linux comes from only having the packages that you need, thats why I consider arch to be very stable. I have a server with 600 days continuous operation in arch and my main gaming/workstation pc that I tried everything under the sun, but i still always come back to arch. The only thing that "breaks" in arch is pacman, mostly because of the keyring (make sure you keep your system updated) and stop using pamac, its hot garbage, just replace pacman and pamac with paru.
Linex is so simple it feels like a big brother of Android The only conern I had is related to custom Roms But that is also simple in linex And terminal in linex is what I like the most. I have old PC file transfer between my phone and pc is just stable and speed main thing it never get cancelled like in windows. Usb speeds reads just 50 mpbs but in linex it upto 120 mpbs. Very late to the linex community and long way to go.
I am one graphics card upgrade away from binning windows. The one item of software I rely on runs perfectly on wine. But the performance hit just about makes it unfeasible. So frustrating.
I am Using Linux Mint, i can play all my favorite games (like Snow runner, Satisfactory, both on epic store, and some Steam games), i have some Windows software, which i bought, and in conclusion, i have all what i wand in linux. So ill keep my windows partition some month, but if i feel, that i never wont go back to windows, so ill delete the windows partitions to get more space.
I dumped Windows in 1998 and still use it, but my normal work machines are macs now, it makes more sense for photo editing, but Windows has never re-entered my home. My linux favor is Ubuntu with KDE, it feels more professional than gnome.
@@MichaelNROH I use Windows only because I have to for the office part of my job :-D Linux is the work horse and privately I have my herd of Raspberries and Macs.
Well for me Arch the best distro I ever used I don't have to care about the repositories and I have the power to customize my system according to me needs plus the bleeding edge part I always have backups and weekly update my system that's how I actually manage my Arch system. But it isn't for everyone and I accept it :).
congratulations. i got rid of windows many years ago. i don't play games or work on my computer, so it was easy. you will find linux is hassle-free compared to windows. it's just simpler and nicer. and FREE!
I liked fedora but could not get the screensaver and the wallpaper control I wanted. Chrome RDP was a no go also. While choice of distros is ok, I believe at this point Linux would better compete with the likes of windows and mac if all these splintered efforts were combined. Just sayin'.
My last use for Windows is Halo: MCC because of EAC. But I've read recently that compatibility with Linux is being worked on, but it's not just a simple flip of a switch to fix.
@@MichaelNROH Yup. Before, it only worked offline. So you could play the campaign and local multiplayer. What's being worked on is EAC support so that Linux can for the first time play online multiplayer!
I'm a gamer mostly, so I've been stuck with Windows... It's kind of difficult to get certain games I want to play working in Linux, specifically Assetto Corsa. I like Linux for the amount of customization you can do with the OS, but Windows just works better for gaming, even if it is a resource hog... I would love to give Linux some more tries to see which distro is best for me (I like the KDE desktop, so I look for distros with a KDE option), but my games hold me back 😞
I'm so glad that Linux is slowly gaining more and more traction. Personally I might've been able to jump on the Penguin ship already ~5 years ago, but things have definitely improved since then. I know that many of my colleagues and buddies would gladly move from their Windows OS if there was a truly simple distro that "just werks" out of the box, and does everything MS' operating systems does and then some. Yeah, many would argue that such things already are a thing, but you cannot underestimate the laziness and desire for familiarity and comfort many consumer have.
I deleted windows because I wanted to use all of my hd's space in linux. before that I made sure I could use all the programs that I needed and wanted to run on linux. then I switched completely to linux. and I will never return lol.
I've been working with debian and ubuntu servers for 2 years already and decided to make a desktop switch to linux (dual booting at least from the start to have stable backup in any case). And 14 days in Fedora 36 Workstation Edition, i've already counted around 20 issues that i can't easily pass and require long term research to develop a fix (not find one as none works).
Super awesome! I'm still in that camp where I do 99% of stuff on OpenSUSE and Win10 is basically my "Ok I finally have time to game" OS. Especially for stuff that's multiplayer with friends. For people who have a little bit of experience, I absolutely love OpenSUSE Tumbleweed. NVidia drivers are running no problem, everything works great, and YAST is super handy. I've had a FEW hiccups here and there from updates, but for a rolling-release distro it's crazy solid. I'm sure Leap works great too! The default experience with KDE is just nifty and I love it. :) Now that you're 100% Linux, what are you using to edit your videos? :)
i definitely don't recommend anyone one of you run what i do but i happen to run gentoo. definitely do not use gentoo if your not confortable with stuff breaking and being able to have the patients and technical skills to diagnose it. i used to run arch.
When I built my first PC back in 2019 I didn't even try dual booting since I have a working W10 laptop. I installed Linux Mint 19.1, and I did enjoy using it, but I wanted a rolling release distro so I switched to Manjaro KDE roughly 6-7 months later. Now I use it mainly as my gaming/media server PC since I mostly play on a PS5, and most of my games library is on PlayStation(2-5) and Steam with half a dozen I bought on GOG years ago when W10 was still my main OS. The only reason I'd get a Windows 11 or Apple laptop is if my job requires those OS for whatever reason 😤. I installed Linux Mint back then as both a cost cutting measure and an experiment, and so far I haven't seen the need to switch back to Windows, at least for my home use, plus I actually have full ownership of my PC.
