Why I switched from Windows 10 to Linux Mint!
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- čas přidán 14. 04. 2024
- An explanation on my semi-recent switch from Windows 10 to Linux Mint.
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Good Call Welcome to Linux
end of life means sooner or later steam will abandon it and same for firefox support and so on and so forth with all software that still gets updates
How long steam will support win10 depends on google cause steam depends on electron framework.
Wait until Windows moves to a subscription model, you'll be glad you got a head start on Linux.
today i fought with my girlfriend's new laptop we bought and learned there exist a Windows "S Mode", which probably stands for Shit Mode, got it solved after a few tutorials, but yeah your point is valid, after the S crap next step is a subscription based OS which certainly i won't support
It's already a subscription model. The model is pay, pay, pay, in perpetuity!
Wait until you see the Microsoft bill each month at our company, plus we need a staffed helpdesk. In 2020 they no longer allow anything not Windows or MacOS in our network. Silly people, but they get paid the big kickbacks..... allegedly of course.
It already is in many ways. And you're paying for it with your personal data. This data may be even more valuable than direct cash payments, as companies can exploit it to generate further revenue by selling it to others. It's a rather ingenious business plan: provide a "free" platform where you collect user data with unparalleled accuracy. You gain direct, unlimited access to everything. This data allows you to target ads, receive side payments from products, sell ad spots to companies, and trade your information for even more profit. The "free" platform turns into a goldmine, far exceeding the income from paying customers. By mandating online accounts, they ensure precise data ownership. Now, add some government backdoors, and you have one of the largest spy platforms ever created - capable of real-time location tracking, activity monitoring, and instant file retrieval. If I were an evil overlord plotting world domination, developing something like Windows would be my first step. The best part is, people will defend your scheme simply because they believe they're getting a good deal.
I'll be ready when that happens. No more paying. No more.
dude, your 00's camera quality, paired with the amazing mic quality is SUCH a viewing pleasure. bonus points to it being 4:3. It feels like I'm back on the old youtube. I love it!
also, the way you talk really speaks to me. (ha, punny isn't it?) I feel like I'm back in 4th grade listening to my favourite teacher telling tales!
@@jessesenna I'm really trying to capture some of that "old school" CZcams energy, when things were a bit slower. I'm happy to hear that people like this style!
@@I-LOG it’s working really well, keep it up!
Audio quality is more important than video quality.
This always holds true. And he has nailed it.
@@Galileocrafter couldn't have said it better myself
My biggest gripe about Windows 11 is the crap MS tries to force on you. I need my OS to be an OS, I’ll add the stuff I want.
I was installing windows 10 on a vm and I had to turn off my wifi so I wouldn't have to make a account.
@@IlIlIIlIlIlIlIlIl That's a lie. It doesn't require you use a Microsoft account. You can simply choose the option.
@@hieverybody4246 lol I just did again yesterday I had to turn off my internet to load win 10 on my vm
@@hieverybody4246 I had to just yesterday when setting up another vm
@@IlIlIIlIlIlIlIlIl No, you just didn't select the right option. It's pretty clear.
This old boy used MS-DOS through Windows 7. When Windows 10 showed up, I tried it and got onto the Windows 10 Newsletter . Once I found out what Microsoft wanted to do with me and my data, I was done, and went to Linux Mint / Cinnamon. Have no reason to go back.
"Once I found out what Microsoft wanted to do with me" LOL you sound like a gullible person.
@@hieverybody4246 If 25+ years in a Microsoft shop is gullible, so be it. But I actually tossed Microsoft once I retired, and that's NOT being Gullible.
@@BWGPEI 28 years. 2 at Microsoft in Redmond! Gotcha! LOL
Please tell me, what did Microsoft want to do with you? I was really just laughing at that funny phrasing, like it was a conspiracy or something, like throw you in the back of a white van with the Microsoft logo on the side and Bill Gates cackling up front! 😁
@@hieverybody4246 You are the one who sounds gullible, BWGPEI sounds smart in that he recognised the signs early and even dug them out, pro-actively. He furthermore expressed concerns about (potentially) his privacy, security or even thoughts (all part of the general concerns over MS's direction). Meanwhile, you're gurgling about a ridiculous cartoon image of physical kidnaping - not at all relevant to any intelligent person's reaction to Microsoft. Oh, but you used to literally work for MS, yet here you are, probably should be knowing better, picking at people who did the right thing. Such is your self-created image to the peanut gallery.
@@hieverybody4246 As happens, the first release of MS Windows 10 wanted to give my wireless password to my contact list. Plus send a lot of telemetry back to Microsoft. Add the current draconian hardware requirements, and I don't regret my choice or apologize to anyone from Microsoft.
This is so reminiscent of old CZcams days.
Glad to hear you think that, that's the vibe I'm trying to create here!
@@I-LOGfrom my experience I find that Windows is the caveman's operating system. Mac, and Linux both rewrite the OS to fix problems and bugs whereas Windows just adds new files causing the hard drives to become bloated with garbage and you need to buy bigger hard drives if your system can handle bigger drives just to use your own programs because Windows uses all the space.
I switched to Linux (Mint) when Microsoft was pushing Windows 10 to me forcefully. I don't like to be pushed, so I bought a new HDD and dual-booted Mint and Windows 7, until that Windows hang itself up. At that point I had had some experience with Linux Mint already so I just formatted my old Windows disk to Ext4.
Welcome to the Club Mint!
I am still on win7pro because I despise every version after that. I don't think it's as unsafe as he thinks; the biggest malware vector as we all know is the user. Luckily for me I've been building PCs since the late 80s when it was just DOS, until the awful win3.11 came along. So I have kept up with both hardware and software changes over the years. I use the free version of Avast, but I don't enable any of the bloatware functions like driver updater, junk deleter, etc. I DO let it tell me if a page I go to is suspicious or part of a database that is known to have malware on the page.
I used to be in a private IRC group for sharing files and just chatting. Most of the guys there were long time Linux users, although some had a separate box for windows or a dual boot system. I freely admit that Linux is by design a more secure and thus safer OS, and want to switch to it. Of course the reasons I haven't yet are the obvious ones- having to attempt to find Linux programs that do what the programs I use daily on windows do. A couple are simple like Firefox or Deluge since they are made for all 3 major OSes. And although VLC is the same, I have never used it before. I have always used the K-Lite codec pack that includes the Media Player Classic Home Cinema for watching videos, and Winamp for mp3s. But I know that using VLC for both of those tasks will be easy to learn. By far the hardest program to find a replacement for is going to be Total Commander. I use that program EVERY day and literally would not be able to use a windows pc w/o it. Windows file explorer is literally painful to use if you have tons of files to manage. Total Commander makes it a breeze. It's not an exaggeration to say that if you are a windows power user and you don't use Total Commander as your file manager instead of file explorer, you are retarded.
The other reason I have not switched yet is of course because of all the command line commands I will have to learn to use Linux. And I know there are people that will say that you "very rarely" ever have to use the command line. And that is true the less things you need to do on the system. I took a spare SSD and installed Mint Cinnamon on it. I was able to update the OS with just the mouse. Firefox was already pre-installed. I still need to install Deluge, but I know that you can use just the mouse to install programs from the repository. But I will need to get Wine working because I use Turbotax to do my taxes. 3 years ago TT made it so that it wouldn't run on any OS except 10 or 11. My VPN provider also changed their client so that it requires win10. So I took out my previous PC and installed win10 on it so I could do my taxes and download some torrents once in a while. I use usenet for 90% of my needs. Oh yeah, that reminds me that I also need Wine so I can run my usenet program, Forte Agent. I know that I just need to take the plunge and start using Mint every day. I know that I will drown at least 100 times, and I will get so frustrated I will want to throw my PC through the nearest window at least 1000 times, but I'll never get used to it until I try. As far as going to places like Reddit for help for new Linux users, I've already heard from many places how awful life-long Linux users are. They are like apple users only 1000x more arrogant.....
@@SirReptitious I use Audacious with a WinAmp skin. It works pretty much like WinAmp did. For movies I haven't found anything that would work with DVD menus so I use Handbrake a lot with my own DVDs. But like I said, I feel installing Win7 is too much of a hassle for me. Linux Mint is just easier and ready to run after 10-20 minutes. And I can reinstall it easily with no fear of messing my own settings! I know, as I did that last year, to remove all the bloat I had brought myself. I had tested a bit of this, a bit of that...
I still keep a Win7 option in multiboot.
It might be EOL and I never use it to go onto internet anymore, but it can still do everything I need to do while on my local network.
I've done Debian, Gentoo, Slackware, Mandrake, Ubuntu, Arch, some others.
Now I just use Mint.
An operating system for people who actually use their computers to do stuff. Not an operating system for technical elites (and technical wannabees) who constantly tweak and tinker with their operating systems.
@@pwnmeisterage Right. I use Mint because I don't like tinkering with the OS. And Win7... well, like I mentioned, it suicided on my computer. Luckily I had Mint on another disk, where I planned to test it. Well, that became a very thorough test.
@@SirReptitious There are total commander alternatives and turbotax is literally as you said for retarded people. You should avoid it, it's trash, it literally acts against your interests (lobby's to make taxes harder to do for individuals and not to have it like in Europe where they do themselves). You couldn't find a more cancerous company and software.
VLC is a great piece of software I don't know anyone that uses media player classic, I've moved on to mpv which is just a better piece of modern technology with more customization. VLC is tried and tested and media player classic is outdated most of the forks and original versions have died. Don't see a point of using it tbh.
No offense but your entire software stack is horribly outdated or just bad in general. Might be time to find some new programs. Except Deluge that's a fine software.
I jumped to Linux when Windows Vista came out. Never looked back.
Vista definitely had bugs but it was pretty. It was ambitious and the Live tiles were great until it's discovered they're a huge security vulnerability. I want Microsoft to be bold but with Windows 11 they wanted to make a clone of MacOS. Copying isn't being Bold. Jumping to Linux would be easier if there were less distros to choose from. Not sure which distro is best for a PC with a built-in DVD rewritable drive. So, when one can't pick a distro to use, one heads out to Microcenter to get the Raspberry Pi kit. Not that Raspbian was better but it seemed easier than choosing between Debian, Linux Mint and the 31 other Baskin-Robbins flavors. And was Linux Mint before or after Ryan Reynolds' Mint Mobile
@@Eeveewashere There are only a few good beginner distro's and most of the are just forks or forks of forks of debian because of stability. You really should just choose either Ubuntu or Linux mint
@@Eeveewashere Guess what ? Raspbian is a version of Linux, built on Ubuntu and customized for the Raspi.
So is their new version of the Raspberry OS.
@@521cjbRaspbian is based on Debian, but not Ubuntu. Ubuntu is also based on Debian.
@@521cjb Raspbian is built on Debian directly and not Ubuntu (which makes it much better).
On a side note, Mint has the LMDE version that is not built on Ubuntu but on Debian as well, which makes it a lot better IMHO.
as a full time linux user, this was very interesting to watch, thanks a lot!
I'm glad people are enjoying the video!
To be fair, XP's extended lifespan was a special case. "Windows Longhorn" was botched so badly that they more or less had to throw out what would become Windows Vista and start over, which delayed it from a planned 2003 ship date to 2006.
Re: Proton, it's a special Valve-funded distro of Wine and that works by providing two things: First, a "loader" that knows how to read program code from .EXE files into memory and start it running. Second, a bunch of re-creations of Windows DLLs that delegate to their Linux counterparts instead of talking to the Windows kernel.
GOG actually uses the Wine/Proton "DirectDraw, but use OpenGL behind the scenes" DLLs for some of their Windows re-releases of vintage games, because modern Windows DirectDraw is broken.
(Sorry if you see this more than one. CZcams was erroring out.)
My first exposure to Linux was with Mint in a small business environment with Windows 7 VMs. Liked it a lot and felt like it was easier to use and maintain. Ended up fixing up our old home Windows XP desktop for my dad so he could manage his music on it (he hated having to deal with iTunes) and just as a general browsing PC. That thing lasted another 10 years before they got rid of it when they moved and I think they have a Mac now. I've been using it in a small capacity since then and recently I put my desktop PC onto Mint with a Windows 7 VM and I am sticking with this until the computer falls apart. No spying, no ads, none of these crappy updates that force you to restart your computer in the middle of important stuff...
I've been using Linux for 7 years now. It works for me, but I'm a natural problem solver, and I've come to realize that it's best to recommend Linux to people that are naturally curious and want to learn. Learning a new operating system is an ordeal and takes time, much like how learning how to use a new program or game is.
I've been finding more and more that Windows is causing people so much pain, that even if they aren't a natural problem solver, they still find Linux better to work with. People I never expected to ever switch to Linux have been switching, and finding it good enough for their use cases.
That’s a good observation. I switched from Windows to Mac about 10 years ago because I was sick of MS’s shit and although I am an IT guy, I’m an old IT guy that didn’t feel like going through the Linux desktop learning curve (I drive Linux servers at work but as a DBA I need to know how to use them.. not worry about apt vs yum etc….) and after 30 years of Windows, I just wanted something that worked. But it even took me time to get used to Mac, and Mac OS is about as simple as it gets. Once you have to get below the presentation layer is when you start to see the differences between MacOS and other OS’s and that it’s a pain in the ass too… the difference being that 30 years in IT helps explain why they do what they do and most people don’t even notice. Eventually, I will wind up on Linux desktop because I’m sick of Apple’s shit too. But yeah, you need to find someone that wants to take on that challenge.
@@JimAllen-Persona I switched to Linux from Mac, actually. Not too difficult for me, but I was already one of those weirdo Mac users who used the Mac terminal a lot. I learned CS on Solaris workstations in college, where we pretty much did everything with the Unix terminals. I was already familiar with GNOME and KDE (very old versions though) before I switched to Linux.
My advice to people, and I’ve helped a few make the switch from both Mac and Windows, is to try out some VMs first. Don’t just leap straight into it. I played around with Debian in a VM for a couple years before I actually installed it as a boot drive. And even then I was dual booting for a while. Gradually, over time, I stopped booting into any other OS, and I only do it now for the occasional Windows game or some weird utility tool I’m too lazy to make a Wine wrapper for. Nowadays, with Steam Proton, games typically just work in Linux if there isn’t a native build. I’ve found alternative apps for just about everything I want to do. And browsers are pretty much the same experience everywhere.
windows xp - the last sane os
I was a happy teen with the black theme installed
Win XP was super minimalist and efficient, but for your best buck, Win 7 is the holy grail.
Just turn off Windows Updates and it NEVER crashes!
The last sane OS was Windows 2000 Professional. Just functionality, no eyecandy bullshit.
Agreed. Vista was hot garbage, and 7 had basic telemetry built in.
Everything worked better and faster on XP and just seemed more fun; I mean whatever happened to media player 9 which EVERYBODY I know loved using, and my biggest gripe with Linux is that they haven't got a player like it either
PCs just seem more constrained and cumbersome to use, as if technology's gone backwards or something...
I have had a linux server running for over 2 years, without a reboot. Not my desktop, but an active mail and file server. It just runs. Any old windows box I have I re-purpose with linux eventually. Love it.
Its amazing how nice the audio quality is compared to the video, welcome to Linux
Lo-Fi video with Hi-Fi audio is a juxtaposition I enjoy creating.
@I-LOG
I dont think he talking about the fidelity, but your lighting.
I switched to Linux Mint about 9 months ago, running it on my 2012 Mac Mini that I upgraded with an SSD and 16gb ram. It runs so smooth and brought new life to this pc, so much so that I don't need a new computer, it works perfect. Mint has a big advantage over other distros with their Driver Search app, which allowed me to install the wifi driver for the Mini in seconds. I recommend Linux Mint to everyone that doesn't require specific Mac or Win software like iTunes or Adobe. Most if not everything you do can be done easily in Linux, including Steam for games (with Proton).
Dang Adobe, and Dang Autodesk... keeps me shackled to Windows.
As a recent jumper to Mint myself, I can say that I am glad to finally have an OS that *just works*. Minimal bloat, if any at all. I can actually uninstall *anything* that I don't use. And I can modify the system to fit my needs and a few of my wants.
Yes, absolutely, Pulse Audio is a PITA, and I'm slowly trying to integrate native usage of Pipewire along with the Wireplumber add-on just so I can get friggin Discord to stream audio. but overall, I have learned what it will take for me to build my own OS to do what *I* want it to do. I couldn't have done that on Windows without completely bricking my whole PC.
Welcome to Linux. For those who just want something that works, without Windows trying to tell you "Eugh You're not secure enough for 11", This is your next best bet. Will everything work right off the bat? Oh lord no. But will the struggle be worth it when you finally solve that problem that 100s of other people have? absolutely. Embrace the curve and build your system. Make cool things.
This was a great rambling. You did well. You held my attention. I'm 65 years old and you covered all the bases. I appreciate that. You got my vote. Thank you for sharing this. I'll be checking out your channel.
Mint is a good choice. I’ve hopped between different desktops and distributions but I always somehow gravitate back to Mint Cinnamon. With MS Widows, your technology wallet is a bottomless. I stopped using Windows in 2007. I remember missing some windows workflow for a while, but that eventually faded away. Linux isn’t perfect but I never feel ripped off. As for the pulse issue, I’ve not had a problem with it but then I don’t use it productively. It sounds like one of those pain in the ass Linux glitches that is encountered with some hardware. If you’re tired of repeatedly manually removing the config file, create a batch file to do it, make it executable and add it as a startup app to run on boot. I use such boot tasks for a number of one-off duties like updating Thunderbird email filtering rules between my different machines to make sure they all hold the latest rules. The good thing about Linux is that if there is a repetitive task, you can automate it and forget it.
You just summarized what I am going through for the last week. I just installed mint on my system too.
I have been a Linux enthusiast for almost a decade now. I’ve come up with every excuse to hang on to Windows, gaming being the main reason. But Proton has made a lot of headway and I’ve run out of excuses. I really enjoyed hearing your point or view on this. You’ve motivated me to drop Windows and live in a free’er desktop world.
Welcome to Linux. Mint is a great starting point. But don't worry. You will try other things eventually :)
Good job Cassey I switched to mint years ago never looked back.
There are some very good channels for lerning Linux enjoy
just found your channel, great video! i really like the different style, it seems much more down-to-earth than many other tech channels. welcome to linux
I'm someone who switched a bit over a month ago to Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) specifically, I've used Windows for most of my life, but for the same reasons as my computer being incomaptible with Windows 11 -- aswell as an increase in technical issues I was experiencing -- I finally made the switch last month deciding to put things aside after having done extensive research into how Linux works. I will overall say my experience on Linux has been better on an operating-system level as someone who does alot of project-related stuff, art, writing, and soon plans do dev stuff, I do want to add one major thing here.
Before someone switches to Linux, understand that Linux is user-centric, in the sense that Linux has everything be up to the user, whereas Windows is user-friendly, in the sense that Windows simply tries to give the user a baseline experience. Understand also that Linux, due to this puts package management onto the user, where Windows does not. This is an upside, and a downside.
It's a great upside if you have time, are willing to learn, and can put up with the trouble that comes with managing everything by yourself, but it can be very detrimental if you run into it, assuming these things will be done for you, and if you do not have the time to learn these things, especially not to make specific software work, or finetune your experience. It's going to make your experience worse, and you will not enjoy it.
Understand also that what distro someone chooses shouldn't be determined by what's necessarily recommended, so much as researching specific distros you get recommended, and asking if these distros suit the needs you would ask of your operating system to fulfill, as a baseline; and remember that if you are a windows user, to compare windows to these options.
In a similar note, I would add that the new user has to know that Linux has no "Walls". Apple provides a Walled Garden that is almost unbreachable. You have to pay for all your programs from one source. Windows has a wall, but the user can go over the wall into unknown territory with a bit of effort. In Linux, there is no wall, only faint lines in the sand. You can compile your own programs, easily get beta versions of programs and install them, you have the distributions packages, you can load bleeding edge hardware drivers to get that sexy new feature.
Walls are there to "protect" the user. This is good and bad. The Linux user has to decide on their own walls, stick with just the distro's packages, go a bit further with ppa, or download beta software. There is no corporation deciding what is acceptable on your system.
LMDE is a fine distro, provided you don't game with Nvidia graphics. There is no way to install Nvidia's full proprietary driver on LMDE, forcing you to use the low-performance generic one instead. I don't blame them for doing this, as proprietary could be insecure. I'd gladly switch back to LMDE if Nvidia would go open-source for Linux.
@@reekinronald6776 Pop OS does include at least one built-in wall. Adding a repository completely breaks the built-in updater. It's frustrating, but I understand their reasoning. System76 also sells PC's with a warranty. Allowing any old repository could result in massive headaches for them.
@@fixitman2174 Yeah, I have a NVIDIA card and have to put up with these troubles in LMDE, although it is worth noting that LM is planning to add a driver manager to LMDE in one of the upcoming LTS releases! So this will soon be an issue of the past.
@@lyiusapangolin IIRC, LMDE already has a driver manager. It's my understanding they don't allow Nvidia propriety drivers period. I'll be quite happy if I find out I've misunderstood :)
I switched from MS-DOS to Linux. Welcome to the club, bub.
Thanks dude
I'm willing to follow you for a while, based on this first contact.
Best wishes to you, and to those you love.
you made a wise choice, i was planning to make a video on how to easily install linux mint myself, its a prime time to switch
I've tried Windows 11 and hated it with a passion! For now, I'm sticking with Windows 10. I hope Kaspersky Pro will protect Windows 10 from hackers.
Liked the video and welcome to Linux, I used Mint years ago and then moved to Arch versions.. makes computing fun again.
I stopped using windows when XP was kicked to the curb and have been using Linux ever sense, this has saved me money from not having to buy soft ware and newer computers to run it on.
As a penguin devotee that came started for scientific pursuits and stayed for the philosophy this is a nice video. It is hard for me to say how good our creative apps are since I would only ever use the minimum feature sets. It will be an interesting and niche blog to see someone do creative work in Linux.
I switched to Linux about a week ago. I chose mint as my first distro and used for three days and it was great but i wasn't fan of the design. so... i downloaded ZorinOS and im currently running it and im loving it
I appreciate the 4:3 and old-skool feel of this video too. Good video, subscribed, liked - well done.
An audio/video guy using Linux! That's good to see! Mint is a good choice and after you learn a bit more and get more experience with Linux, maybe consider Fedora. A lot of audio/video folks tend to end up on Fedora for Fedora's newer software packages at some point and if you use the KDE Plasma desktop on it, you'll feel right at home after spending most of your computing life on Windows.
Yeah, my immediate reaction was that probably Fedora would work better with the audio software (and probably DaVinci Resolve) without as much fiddling. But Mint is a great starter distro for newbies. If he's happy with Kdenlive and he's able to work through the Pulse Audio issues temporarily until Pipewire comes along, there might not be any reason to change.
I never liked that Fisher Price theme of XP.
I used the classic look.
Fun Fact: The older windows systems that had the Appearance Theme Tweaker you could have a FULL DARK MODE.
Windows 8.1 did not bring back the start menu.
It just added a button to the taskbar that sent you to the metro screen.
You can disable TPM 2.0 check via the registry editor in the installer, but don't, just install Linux and enjoy not being spammed with constant ads and bs.
Great move, congratulations! I recently switched from Mint to Suse Tumbleweed (KDE) because I got a new laptop and needed a newer Linux kernel to support it. It's really amazing, everything worked out of the box, even updates of the firmware and the bios! I couldn't be more happy!😊
Switched to Linux 10 years ago, started on Ubuntu 14.04, and I loved it! Switched off Windows 8 to it. I still use Linux to this day in the form of Vanilla Debian. Good luck!
Welcome to the club! Just did the switch a while ago for the same reasons. Microsoft's announcement of Windows 10's EOL in 2025 was the final nail in the coffin.
I 1st tried Linux back in 2016 with Ubuntu 16.04 because i was just curious about Linux and then i distro hopped for a while before finally settling on Fedora Mate because Fedora feels like the perfect balance between stability and bleeding edge and the Mate desktop is just a nice lightweight DE that feels really fast and responsive.
Great decision. I switched to Mint, too.
welcome to the weird but better side of computers :DD
i use arch btw
I use gentoo btw
I use debian btw
Mint btw
Hahahah😂😂😂😂 guys whatever it's we use Linux❤❤❤❤ and avoiding canonical (my pov)
I use ... some sort of Lunix btw
The Windows Privacy issues and their push to use Microsoft accounts instead of local accounts is what made me move to Linux for good. They make it harder and harder to simply use local accounts. Like they own your computer and you're lucky they let you use it... Mint is also my favorite distro.
I use Lubuntu, Zorin, Mint, XP (offline) and Windows 7 (right now). Never used 8,10, 11, and never will.
Really good to hear an honest, real world, experience of moving from windows to Linux. Your experience mirrors mine as I have done the same over the last couple of months. I still run a Windows box for a couple of things I have not yet worked out how to run on Linux but am working on that and the process is making me more comfortable with Linux. The bottom line is that for most everyday tasks, Linux Mint was usable straight from install, other things, like my scanner, have taken a bit longer but, ultimately, just requiring a bit more time, because I am new to Linux, than just plain difficult..
I've used Linux for quite a while, but didn't go full time till the last couple of years. I started trying out Linux in 2008. The thing that kept me from going full time Linux for the longest time was printer support. I don't use the printer as much as I used to, and Linux printer support is sooo much better now. Switching to any OS will be a challenge, especially if you discover that the new OS doesn't work very well with something that you need to use or use quite often. Good luck on your Linux journey, and I hope it continues to work well for you.
I have Linux Mint LMDE 6. Sounds and Easyeffects work fine on it.
For some reason, when I turned off the CPU default settings in the bios, everything works even better now. Now the CPU works with Intel's default settings, and no longer with the motherboard manufacturer's default settings.
I believe that motherboard manufacturers favor more Windows users in motherboard settings.
I'm not a gamer.
2 yr ago I switched to Linux, 1st os was PopOS, then Ubuntu, Then Debian, Then Fedora, Finally Settled with Arch. Using Arch from 11+ months no breakage till now. A tip always keep a Timeshift backup min 10 days a month.
15:50 this editing was hilarious.
I like the whole 1990s aesthetic of this video. Super nice.
Anyway, to make music on Linux, it's worth checking out Bitwig, or Ableton Live inside Wine, or Studio One which just became Linux native.
I really loved this entire video. You are so well spoken and I agree with pretty much everything you're saying. I've used Ubuntu and Linux Mint and Pop OS extensively, and they're good, but I only switched full time to Linux in 2021 when I discovered Fedora, due to the updated software on it. But these days, Flatpak ensures that even Ubuntu-based distros have access to fresh software versions.
welcome to the fun! Now to start distro hopping.
Distrohopping to the X-Games.
had to switch from mac to linux for similar reasons, i couldn't afford a new macbook/imac. i gotta say, the learning curve was quite steep, but it was worth it. started out with Ubuntu, 3 years later i'm using Linux Mint and loving it. i've been playing around with arch on a vm, challenging but definitely worth it if you're into tinkering, and i'm saying this as an amateur.
oh, also, i had the pleasure of buying a pc with windows 11 and i regret it, it's sooo needlessly complicated. i doubt i'll ever stop using Mint tbh
The irony is that underneath it all, the macOS is Unix.
Glad to see a newbie to the linux space! if you want to dip your toes in more after getting a feel of a stable, Debian derivative, I'd recommend EndeavourOS with KDE Plasma
TPM is a security-related module, with a hardware-level backdoor that MS wants to exploit. They want to make sure no-one is able to block their forced bloatware installations. TPM will allow them to do just that.
I have Windows 10 installed on a secondary boot drive in my main PC. I was able to disable automatic updates before I did anything else with that install. The primary boot drive, and all other PC's, are running various Linux distros. Although I still rely on Windows for a few tasks, I hope to completely drop Win 10 before EOL.
I have used Linux off and on since it's beginning. Five years ago I completely switched to Linux Mint. I have never regretted the move. I switch people over and it has been a successful trek for the people who switch. There are differences between to two but none of them are show stoppers and considering where windows is heading I have been seeming businesses headed that way as well.
I've had Windows 11, and I can tell you it's actually a downgrade. My daily driver had Windows 10. I could have "upgraded" it to Windows 11, but I objected to not having options by Microsoft so I decided to try out Linux Mint in a dual boot setup. After about a month, I didn't use Windows anymore and decided to erase it from all my computers and switch to Linux. After trying several distibutions, I was torn between Linux Mint Cinnamon and Linux Lubuntu, so I dual boot those now, giving each computer two awesome operating systems that don't harvest my data. It's fantastic, and Linux is so fast on my machines. Give it 8 or 16 GB RAM and it's lightning fast. I love it.
I'm trying to decide to go with Linux or Win-11, thanks for your input
Just to let you know, though I am not a big fan of PulseAudio, it isn't usually as problematic as it has been for you.
PulseAudio is a sound server while ALSA is the sound driver layer, so it is in use whether you use PulseAudio or not (technically, the last I knew you could switch your driver layer to OSS4, but that would be very unusual for someone to do in Linux). You can run sound on Linux without a sound server, and ALSA will take care of some of the functions of a sound server.
PulseAudio is the sound server layer (the equivalent sound server in Windows is currently called "Windows Audio Service"). There have been several different sound servers in Linux, but PulseAudio was the first to be almost universally deployed in various distributions and desktop environments. Another sound server that has been popular for use with DAWs or other recording engineering programs in Linux is JACK, but it tends to be complicated to set up and use. The aim of PipeWire is to replace both PulseAudio and JACK with a reliable sound server that can be used for run of the mill purposes like PulseAudio or for complicated sound routing like JACK.
kudos to you for switching. I have switched about 20 yrs ago, and back then it was more difficult as there were not enough programs in linux. much has changed ever since.
you can still use windows in a virtual machine for the programs that you simply can't find a replacement in linux. but i suggest you disable the network connection for the windows in the virtual machines to keep your data safe from viruses and attacks
Never look back my friend... good job!
Don't worry about it. I'm old enough to vaguely remember pre-Windows 3.1 DOS and I was STILL blind enough to Windows XP's themability that I refused to upgrade to what I saw as "Fisher-Price OS" for a year or two.
(I then later got sufficiently fed up with how my Litestep on Windows XP configuration was flaky and switched to MandrakeLinux 10.0.)
I recall that the backlash from "not having a start menu" in Windows 8 was so bad, Microsoft said they would fix it, released 8.1, which provided you with a Windows logo start menu, but it brought you back to the same, atrocious full screen menu that rips you away from whatever you were doing. Like, seriously, Microsoft. Window management in Windows is so awful, you don't need to add to it by making sure we lose track of what we were looking at.
You get a like and subscribe from me. Honestly, I think every release of Windows loses more and more users. As Linux becomes easier to use, more people stick with Linux after they try it. I know I converted my 60+yo mother in law over to Linux. She's had a blast with it for years now.
Some fun facts. Steam's Proton is their fork of Wine. You can absolutely utilize Proton for normal Windows applications. One way to do it is to just use Wine to install whatever application, and then in Steam you click Games -> Add a Non-Steam Game to my Games Library. An alternative would be to do the Steam portion of the instructions, except with the installer file itself. You then of course have to remove that installer from your library after it's done installing, and then you add the non-Steam game wherever Proton installed it.
Good luck to you on your Linux journey! I love to hear from...I guess I want to say non-technical users, but I don't mean that in a negative way. I just mean that your life doesn't revolve around keeping up with computer hardware and software. You're a regular user, and you're using Linux. And I think that's fan-freakin'-tastic!
KDE plasma is the most customizable desktop on Linux. It easily mimics Mac os including the global menu, the most iconic windows have their visuals adapted to themes. But particularly I like to use with my custom configuration. You should give it a try, it's very focused on customization. KDE neon is a good distro to experience KDE. It's also Ubuntu based and maintain by KDE developers.
I didn’t realize Mint still used Pulse audio, thats to bad. None the less welcome to linux.
Pipewire is still at the forefront of the new stuff. Fedora was the big pusher of Pipewire and soon it’ll be on all distros including Mint.
they announced that the next big version of mint is going to fully transition to pipewire. Big W
Yeah, he may have had an easier time of it with Fedora, perhaps with KDE. But Pipewire is coming soon in Mint 22, this summer.
@@fakecubed Good to know. How is Pipewire with 24/96 Flac playback and will it work with an external Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi Surround 5.1 Pro which I use cause the stock Realtek soundcard that came with my laptop was crap.
@@ChromeDestiny Don't know, not an audio guy, sorry.
Linux does things better and doesn't require hardware upgrade. I installed Mint to a coworker and he loved it for studying. For that same purpose I use Fedora on my laptop and for my gaming desktop I use Arch for almost 3 months. You can check wikis from Arch or Debian about your audio problem. Since you're running Mint probably Debian would be better. Mint is based on Ubuntu which is also based on Debian. Ubuntu was my first distro back in 2011 or something. Had to switch back to Windows due to gaming compatibility. Things have been improving really a lot since then.
It felt like a good podcast to listen to. Hopefully you'll get to the right tool for you, that being Windows or Linux.
I've chosen to move to Nobara Linux based on its very stable gaming features. I DO NOT want to upgrade to Win11 based on its very heavy reliance on hidden snooping on everything I do to sell to 3rd party venders who will likely shove even more advertisements in my face. There will definitely be some growing pains based on some of the hardware I use to play a couple games, but I will eventually overcome these issues.
Thanks for this video. It was really insightful from a fresh voice. I've been playing with Windows since the "Win 3.1" days of the early 1990s.
Glad you migrated to Linux. The biggest challenge going forward is being able to leave your system alone. Customizing and playing around with it is addictive, and most who do tend to eventually break it, yours truly included.😊
Also, FYI, MacOS is built on the same platform (file system) as Linux, the Unix system, only with MacOS proprietary layer on top.
It's not the same file system, but macOS is based on a proprietary Unix-like kernel so you got that part right. Linux was created to be a free kernel that was compatible with common Unix software packages, and is a Unix-like operating system. But Linux is a completely separate and unique kernel, with no Unix code in it. But because it was built around the same basic ideas, it is extremely easy to get most basic software to compile for both Linux and Unix based systems (including macOS), and many of the common command line tools are identical on both Linux and Unix systems and come from the same open source projects. There is a set of standards called POSIX which was intended to maintain compatibility between operating systems. Most mainline proprietary Unix operating systems are POSIX-certified, or were back in the day. Unix-like operating systems like BSD and Linux are said to be mostly POSIX-compliant. I think Apple achieved full POSIX-compliance and got POSIX-cerified with Mac OS X since 10.5, and may still be POSIX-compliant in the newer macOS versions.
Linux does use the same sort of "everything is a file" paradigm that Unix has, which may be where your confusion comes from. In Linux, like in Unix, practically everything is treated as simply being a stream of bytes just as if it was a document. Network sockets, even peripherals like a keyboard or printer, are treated the same way documents stored on a drive are, they are all just byte streams that are read or written to, as far as the OS is concerned.
File systems are how files are stored on hard drives, SSDs, etc., and there are many different ones out there for how the raw 1s and 0s are stored in hardware to represent files, and made accessible to operating systems. Various flavors of Unix typically use UFS, or the more modern ZFS (a Solaris creation). Apple currently uses APFS, and before that they used HFS+. Windows uses NTFS, and they want to eventually replace NTFS with ReFS. Most operating systems can handle FAT and exFAT which are used for a lot of USB drives and such, FAT being originally developed for use by DOS and early Windows versions. Linux uses all sorts of different file systems, generally depending on the distribution, and use case. There's ext4, XFS, btrs, OpenZFS, and many more.
Mint is a good starting point for sure. I moved to Fedora and now Arch-based. None of my systems run Windows now that I don't play Destiny 2 anymore.
Congratulations! I switched to Linux Mint years ago. Back then, I dual-booted Win7/Mint for a while, but it wasn't long before I was just using Mint. I have not had a problem with pulseaudio myself, but I've heard of many problems. The good news is that all Linux distros will be switching to pipewire, some are sooner than later. 👍
I loved this. And welcome to Linux! 🙂
I switched to Linux Mint LMDE after some distro hopping and happy with it. My PC also has Windows 10 on another drive but it often needs like 5 reboots to get a stable video screen for whatever reason so I may upgrade the Windows to 11 which might solve that issue. I installed Windows 11 on my laptop plus Linux mint and paid around $12 for the W11 license from an online discount store which worked fine. On big pain point I have with Linux is the bad experience of getting some new Blu Tooth keyboard and mouse working which needed a 5.1 dongle where these are notoriously problematical getting to work with Linux. The things worked fine with Windows 11.
Pipewire is awesome. It's like a program that combines all the main audio servers on the system. It's been a pain making music without it. For example, when I needed to adjust volume or mic sensitivity I had to close REAPER. But with this thing it's not a problem at all, you don't need to shutdown jack server. The only problem here is that you configure jack server in a separate config file only.
moved over to debian a year or so ago on my desktop, and installed arch on my new laptop. I really love how much my laptop feels like _mine_ my setup, my configs, my styling, my choice if I want to swap out any component. Very freeing.
Welcome to Linux. I switched from Windows during the XP to 7 transition. However had to switch back to Windows for college. I'm back on Linux on my personal computers. Yes, you'll have to do some digging, but i hope you find what you need. Personally I stay away from Canonical/Ubuntu, and anything based on them. I do recommend Debian, so Mint Debian edition might be useful.
When Win11 came out w the TPM chip debacle, I sold my Surface. I bought a laptop w Win11. It's trash still. I pulled the drive and left Win11 on it. I quit C#, went to Rust and Go. Linux Mint, I needed to get work done without a rolling distro on my laptop. It's solid. I have Manjaro on a tower if I want to see rolling updates, but a lot of multimedia software comes as deb.
I haven't used DaVinci Resolve on Linux Mint, but I believe it will tell you what libraries you're missing if you try running the installer using the terminal. Wherever you download the file, right click on the folder, and choose "open on therminal", and in the terminal, type ./[name of file] and hit enter. If it errors out, it will probably tell you why.
From what I could find by searching the web, Linux Mint seems to be missing some libraries that you can install using the terminal, by typing the following: sudo apt install libapr1 libaprutil1 libxcb-composite0 libxcb-cursor0 libxcb-damage0
After that is done, you're supposed to be able to run the installer and it will work. Then again, like I said, I haven't tested this myself.
I've managed to get DaVinci Resolve running on an older install of Ubuntu, a while ago, so in theory Mint should be able to use it. I remember the installation was not as straightforward as it would be over in Red Hat world.
I switched to Mint from Windows 10, too. I concur about the 'Start' menu. Long before I switched to Linux though, I had learned to replace the Windows built in start menu with 'Open Shell' which provided a familiar and consistent interface that worked the same on all Windows versions.
XP and 7 were the best two that Micro ever made. Anyway I am a daily Linux MX 23.2 Libretto user these days. Love it!
Welcome to Linux! Audio on Linux is one of its biggest weaknesses. I have high hopes for Pipewire.
When Windows 11 was released I switched my motherboard and CPU. From something Intel to Ryzen 5 3600. I had no problem with the Windows license.
Switching to Linux is a no brainer for anyone who has ever tried to disable ms telemetry spying. It has gotten so complicated there are entire tool projects dedicated to managing the dozen or so "options" (which are all hidden in various places, designed to pretend users can opt out of spying).
If you think fixing pulse audio is difficult, just try disabling Windows 11 telemetry.
The only linux distro that might take that much work is Arch, and at least with Arch once you have it working upgrades are optional and reversible...
MS really put the rope up and is tying the nooae around their neck... So good that linux is in such a good state today to be a real alternative.
I feel your pain. I used to sell my old computers if I upgraded but I found out that was really dumb because people don't spend more than a couple hundred dollars on anything used. So now I'm planning to run my computers into the ground and re purpose them. I hope Windows doesn't lock me out of new versions like they did for pre 8th gen.
Great choice. Mint is a great starting point for anyone wanting to try Linux. I started using Linux quite a while now, the first distro I used was Fedora which I installed from a disk that was included in a book at my local library and the I went to Ubuntu after ordering a free disk to be mailed out. I've since tried out many other distros but have once again found my home with EndeavourOS which I've now been using for about 3 years and will say I have learnt more about Linux and how my system works than any other distro (a lot of this is due to the forum).
it seemed like you were wondering about how proton works, basically valve just packaged wine, the "general windows combatability layer" you mentioned. together with a program called dxvk, something that effectively just converts microsoft's graphics library to something linux understands, it's basically just wine for graphics
merging them, we have proton - which shockingly just works:tm:
Thanks for the explanation!
I'm watching this in XP-32 (in real-steel) with Mypal 68.
Are you using the regular Linux Mint ISO, or their Edge ISO? Though your hardware is probably old enough for the regular ISO, there could be some benefits to the Edge ISO if you have installed some rather recent hardware. I ran into that with an Intel 12th Gen system, had to use the Edge ISO to get all the hardware to work.
And thanks for the stroll down memory lane. I used Windows from 3.0, 3.1, WFW3.11, 95, 98, 98SE (I pretty much skipped ME) 2K Pro, XP, (Vista I tried, but it tended to eat itself with the SP1 updates) up through 7. I do own a laptop that came with 8, but I upgraded it to 8.1 as soon as I could, and the same when 10 was available, but I didn't find it very usable. I have tried to use Windows 10 and Windows 11 over the last few years, but the longest I made it before wiping and installing Mint was 4 days. Just constant annoying crap popping up from Micro$oft.
Regular ISO, I think. My hardware really isn't new enough to justify using the Edge ISO.
I tried different distros for few weeks, with different DE's.
Gnome was so nice to use providing some new fresh workflow, but it had interface lag when playing very heavy game like Cyberpunk 2077.
KDE on other hand doesn't have this issue, but it looks and feels just like windows, so what the point of using Linux that has same look and workflow as Windows 10?
also there is fickleness between distributions. For example, during the cyberpunk test, the difference between the average and minimum FPS could reach 30-40 units.143 FPS on Arch Linux and 173 FPS on Fedora 39.
If you want your computer to feel more "different" you just have to try some alternative options like tiling window managers
Good Job, I made the call to go and explore Linux Zorin or Mint but have not chosen yet.
Also there is a rumor going around Microsoft will have a subscription model for people wanting to keep Windows 10 past the regular end of life.
Altho the first year will be cheap the second and third and last year will be super expensive.
It could be rumors but it would not surprise me if microsoft actyally did this tho.
Good call.
Ive been using both windows and mint for a while.
Only reason I haven't switched my desktop over is because I have so much on my desktop and I don't wanna loose it all, restarting from scratch, and can update to win11. My old crappy laptop in on mint, and I have a steam deck. Already know when I eventually get or build a new desktop I'm gonna use a Linux Windows dual boot for things that only work on windows... or just have the old build on win11 and new on Linux.
My brother Casey! I hear you. I myself jumped out the "Windows" in 2006 when I started to use Ubuntu Linux 6.01LTS Dapper Drake! I then went on to use LTS versions that have longer support! Currently using 22.04.4 LTS Jammy Jellyfish. The only reason I have windows 11 pro is for very few programs that have no real Linux equivalent. One of them is Adobe.
I am now running dual boot Win11pro and Jammy on a mini GMKtec Nucbox, 16giggles of ram and 1TB NVMe SSD! Linux is my everyday OS of choice, using it now to watch this CZcams video and comment! Nice upload! 👍
Welcome to the Linux Community
Linux Mint is awesome. I've been using it as my main OS since 2017, and Ubuntu since 2009 before that - switched from Vista. You made a great choice. PulseAudio has been stable for me for many years now. I have an HDMI cable going to my home theatre AVR from my Nvidia graphics card and I get 7.1 surround sound without any problems.
Welcome to the family
15:58 Liked what you did there 😄
05:44 Can you go through your security (antimalware/firewall etc) set up you're using on Linux too?
My PC does run Windows 11 but I really don’t like the direction MS is going in, so I’m now dual booting with Ubuntu. There were some issues, mainly that Teams can’t share content unless wayland is disabled so for now I’m back on X11
I like the way your old camera makes your video look.
It looks warm like old youtube.
As for pulseaudio I am amazed they had not switched to pipewire yet, though I am guessing if they did it too early they would be stuck with a beta for quite some time.
Pulseaudio is an old piece of software and has quite a few issues, that's why pipewire exists and specifically pipewire-pulse. To replace it.
the next release should be "soon"
I have been using Linux for a long time, the last 5 years basically exclusively Linux (Arch and dwm), I don't have Windows on my desktop or laptop. There are several reasons why I switched, I used FOSS long before I switched to Linux and I saw the advantages. I also like to play some games so I was stuck on Windows until gaming became good on Linux and until I got a graphics card with sufficient Vulkan-support. Windows itself also helped hard to push me away; I had Windows7 break multiple times in multiple ways and on multiple systems. It broke after a certain update (weird glitches which basically made it impossible to drag a window or hit a window-button), I had Windows7 suddenly not boot on at least 2 systems, when I switched from W7 to W10 it was problematically slow, much slower than W7. In retrospect I know that this happened because W10 assumed that the user used a SSD and I did not have one yet, but MS did not warn that that is required. When I wanted to switch back to Windows7 it refused to roll back for no good reason so I had to do a clean install. The many nag-messages from Windows10 also pushed me away, nagmessages like "Are you sure that you don't want to use Edge?" after you start the installer of Firefox. I dislike how Microsoft changed dialogueboxes from "yes" and "no" to "yes" and "maybe later", I dislike the telemetry and that I have to spend an hour on disabling all that telemetry and removing bloatware.
I like about Linux that it lets the user be in charge. It allows me to get the same done with less effort, I feel like I am the boss of my PC again and that I have freedom on my PC again. No forced updates, no work-interruption because of the updates.