What is Linux? - Linux Explained
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- Here is an overview of Linux desktops, distributions, software and security, as well as explaining what Linux is, how it works, and how it was created. I decided to finally make this video to help gain some knowledge for people who are interested in possibly trying it out. For such a short video, I think this one took the longest to create! So if you're wondering, what is linux? Hopefully this answers your questions.
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Linux Directories Explained : • Linux File System/Stru...
How to install software in Linux : • How to install softwar...
How to Dualboot/Multiboot : • How to Dualboot and Mu...
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Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:25 The Kernel & Components
01:15 A Brief History
01:58 The different looks and desktops
02:59 The Distributions
04:42 Available Software
06:11 Gaming/Steam
06:33 Installing Software
07:18 Drivers
08:04 Older hardware performance
08:26 Security and Viruses
09:53 Why doesn't everyone use Linux?
10:40 Linux is all around you!
11:15 How to try Linux easily
12:08 Conclusion
So, what is linux? This is Linux Explained. Enjoy!
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There is a long-standing naming controversy. Most people who use the system today don't know that what they're actually using is the GNU system combined with a Linux kernel. For many years, the media and the user community itself has given undue weight to the contributions that come from Linus Torvalds' camp and fostered a skewed account of the operating system's history, barely acknowledging the existence of the GNU project. The GNU project was started in 1984 by Richard Stallman to develop a complete free operating system, because none existed at the time. Its design closely followed that of Unix because Unix was highly machine-portable and (at that time) pervasive. Linus Torvalds did not write a whole operating system. He only wrote the last missing piece, a kernel, and he only did that in the first place because development of Hurd, the GNU project's own kernel, was lagging behind (and has not been completed to this day). Torvalds didn't write the kernel because of a belief in ``open source`` (a term that wasn't even coined until 1998 and misses the point of free software), and he originally released it in 1991 under a proprietary license until he was persuaded to re-license it under the GPL the next year. Saying ``GNU/Linux`` instead of ``Linux`` is fairer and more accurate. Without the irreplaceable software contributed by the GNU project - and even more importantly, the founding ideas of freedom - the system most people mistakenly call ``Linux`` would not exist. PS: Unlike Linux, Minix is a mainstream operating system (powers Intel's infamous ME). Anyhow, monolithic kernels (including Linux) are at this point conceptually obsolete. Cheers!
You're right, that is the long version of what happened, I just included the coles notes to keep it short since the video isn't all about the history, but I wanted to give a quick note on it. Cheers!
Now that's what I call passion.
Yeah, until you find yourself replacing almost if not everything from the gnu foundation, to some many, many alternatives, the only constant in all of this is the Linux kernel, while in many cases I agree with GNU/Linux, most of the time, if not for simplicity but for my general use case, I find that calling it just Linux is much more productive. Better than that I think that simply using the distribution name is the most productive way of referring to what you are currently using, considering it doesn’t overwhelm people with what heck GNU/Linux is supposed to mean, it has no weight from the Linux name and it’s “complexities” as perceived by the general public. And also, we don’t call OSS by Windows NT, Android Linux, iOS darwin, Mac OS Darwin, etc...
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Learned more about Linux in the past 12 minutes here than in the past five videos made by others. Liked and subscribed. Thank you.
Awesome, thank you!
yes
A great starter video for prospective Linux users! Thanks!
Glad you liked it, thank you!
One of the best general overviews I've seen. Well done.
I wish CZcams would've recommended this on upload. I actually had to look it up. Nicely done and very comprehensive.
Great video!!! I really enjoyed the way that you did not talk down to the viewer like so many others do. Thank you for your content.
I have been running linux for years and I still distro hop once or twice a year. I just like seeing how other people are doing things and different solutions to similar problems. I may be staying on gentoo for a while though. I'm liking it a lot
That was very informative and extremely good video, showing desktops and different flavors where really cool.
Thank you! 👍
I just installed zorin linux, and i am very excited,...
Btw love from INDIA... ❤
4:11 Wow, just wow. The distros themselves is like the tree of life with how many branches it has, stemming from a single source. Damned fascinating !!
Incredibly lucid overview of Linux for new users. Thanks bunches for this great introduction.
Man, this is great!
I just had Windows update and install microsoft edge and some other BS bloatware today. I was so pissed I started looking up Linux videos and reading articles.
This video of yours is super inspiring!
I am stoked to break free of windows!
Just uninstall it? Bit of an over-reaction to switch OS xD
Excellent overview, and an important video to make - cheers!
I'd welcome a detailed look at the various root distros, trying to explain the main differences between them so people can easier try to find a flavor that suits them. There's so much out there, it's hard to know where to begin unless you've got the experience.
Thank you! I have a lot of videos on various distros out there on my channel. I'm also planning a video on all distros in general in the future, as well as root distros.
Bring them on
This was a really useful video for a newbie like me, thanks!
7 years later and still the best explanation. Thank you!
This guy makes good quality Linux videos. I have been using Linux for more than 10 years now, meaning I did not really need to watch the video but I still thoroughly enjoyed it.
Thank you very much!
sorry super new to this. so what is Linux exactly? im just getting into i.t. and figured to watch this video. but it all went over my head honestly.
This Linux intro 👍 remains the best CZcams video for friends and family starting out with Linux.
Kindest regards, neighbours.
Very helpful and simplified. Thank you
New Linux dude here, thank you for this, lifetime Swindows user and recently switched to Linux, Manjaro and its hard to learn but loving the process!! Love the channel
Great to hear! Thank you :)
Hi, may I ask why Manjaro - and not Mint? 😊
@doriandotslash Excellent video. I'll be studying Cybersecurity soon, and this helped.
This is the best explanation ever. Thanks... you miss an opening quote...
"There is no system but GNU and linux is one of its kernels..."
Thankyou Sir, for your communication Technique, Tonal Frequency, Speed and Accuracy.
I used GNU/Linux for almost a year long and I don't regret it. I almost don't touch my Windows partition and might delete it. Now I'm using Debian for college, but also I wanna install Kali (I want to harden the security of a project I'm gonna work on very soon beyond the normal security measurements), Arch and Gentoo. I love how customizable is Linux, I love tinkering it, and it gives me all the tools I need for developing out of the box
PS: Hackers don't make Linux viruses because there are very few people using the OS. Most people use Windows, so makes sense they focus their efforts in that operating system
Just from this video I can tell that you deserve way more subs.
Nice job.
I appreciate that!
This is gold! Subscribed!
This just goes on to show we need more and more legends like Linus Torvalds in the tech industry
subscribed, great video. you definitely deserve more subscribers.
Thanks!
Great vids. Keep up the good work. 🙂
That was so informative thank you.🙏
Great video, good explanation. Appreciate it.
Linux is way easier to install than Windows, and my laptop from 2012 works great with it.
@J C Yep Arch is very difficult for beginners. OS with calameres installer are really easy
@J C Mostly depends on what DE you want to install
windows 7 is a great OS tho. only win 10 sucks but it sucks badly
@@banana-9959and now we have 11, which is just 10 but with less features
@@anantgupta7916calam arch?
I've really like this video!!!!! Great motivation to continue learning Linux. Thank you for all your efforts. Jean
Thank you!
Amazing video, love it!
Thanks DotSlashDorian for yet another great Linux video. I'm currently using POP OS as my daily driver. So far I don't miss Windows at all. Heck my parents (ages 55 & 61) and my uncle (age 51) had me migrate them over to POP as well. I''m curious about Arch, but am far more comfortable with how the apt package manager and repos work. This could easily enough be overcome. My book on Linux 'The Linux Command Line' seems more inline with debian-based distros and I'm really loving the easy-of-use and the Gnome UI. Its easily 10-20 times faster than Windows (even faster than faster computers running Windows).
Thank you! I also made a video on how to install Arch, but you’ll need to follow along with the Arch install guide because it’s constantly changing. Most should be the same though.
Hey Wayne, could you share the steps to install that, I'm going to try it on my laptop and if I liked it I'll do it for my desktop too!!
Thank you for this video.. being born in 1994 I grew up with a lot of technology and advancements. I know the very basic things about computers and been using Windows since 98? Lol and I always we confused and fascinated by these different programs. I wish I understood it all better and I'm very overwhelmed with all this lol. But thank you for this video it definitely helped me understand w little bit more
I use both Windows and Linux. Im not that into open source stuff but I like the idea of an OS anyone can change. Personally, I use Windows for gaming and Linux for general stuff like Checking E-mail, but if I already have Windows running and I need to do something like that I stay in Windows.
Thank you my good sir for making this video, I had no idea what Linux was until today.
You're very welcome!
Excellent Job. Sharing.
Very nice video. Thank you!
Thanks so much for this very easy to follow tutorial on Linux = helped a lot ! Regards Jerry
What a hero! I like the idea of "if u have an old machine install Linux". Do you have videos for how to format windows and install Linux? and if so which linux distribution u suggest!!
I got into Linux back in 2001 when my Windows XP bsod'd, I started with Open Suse, I have since made the switch to Debian and haven't looked back.
Nice!
Hi guys! This video gives great introduction into Linux. Thanks for video man. I’ve recently installed Ubuntu on my Mac (Dualboot) but I have a lot of issues that bother me to work on Linux. Is Apple laptops not good for installing Linux? Or maybe Ubuntu works well with Acer, Asus, Lenovo and etc ? Could you please share your experience? I
You are indeed my Linux Angel Sir !
Thank You so much for all the kindness and for having an Open Heart.
I wonder what "./ is where you are" and "Bash-On" mean...?
Kindly explain.
Do you install programs the same way like on windows? for instance, I need to download Affinity Publisher.. do I just download it and install it the same as windows? My laptop is 10 yrs old and I cannot afford a new one. I've replaced parts and i'm using 8gb memory (the max supported). I prob. need a new processor soon because it still runs hot evern after I changed the fan/heatsink a couple years ago. Anyway... was wondering if Linux would help it run a little smoother (and cooler) since you said it runs great on older computers and if I can download and install software/programs like with windows. I don't game, so no worries about that. Thanks for a great video and any advice.
JUST DIPPED A TOE IN, whoa .. deeper than I thought.. gonna paddle about for a bit, n come back with some flippers. thx for the info
Thank you, loved the presentation! Cheers from down under Australia. Could you do a video how do use the bash terminal for beginners?
Glad you enjoyed it thank you! I did do one a couple years ago, it's on my channel in the "How to" playlist. It's called Linux 101 - Terminal Navigation. Link : czcams.com/video/fdkbQ0MduBY/video.html
Hi,
Which linux os/distro is better for 2gb ram, core i7 620l, ati mobility radeon hd 1gb laptop? my old Dell N5010 is 10+ year old laptop.
Good job on keeping it simple and straightforward. However, I think you downplayed the security concerns a bit. It’s not big, but there are vulnerabilities out there.
I would really love to have just one Linux desktop but one that is really well thought through and feature complete.
The thing is, different people have different requirements for what you've just described. Thankfully all of the de are customizable so you can create what you want.
@@JohnCharGaming I know that people need different things, but majority of people, exactly 72.9% of them are using Windows (like or dislike). This spans from bank clerks to enthusiastic game players - it doesn't seem like there is any connection between those groups of users. What I meant by my comment is that if all the effort to make so many (not very stable or feature complete) desktops would be combined to deliver something of higher quality maybe it will be beneficial. I like Linux a lot, but for desktop is still sucks. Don't take me wrong, it is way better than it used to be, it is usable if you just do programming. But photo editing, or even just selecting and viewing photos is a disaster - and this is not due to software not being available, but it being unorganized, functions are there but difficult to access, etc, so in this workflow Windows wins (and sorry to say that is much more stable than Ubuntu desktop). I use Linux mainly for programming on my workstation (32 cores 128GB ram) it can use the hardware more effectively. What I appreciate is that Linux is free, and because of that it doesn't attempt to steal my data. I should finally get this PayPal account so I can make a donation.
@@no_more_free_nicks sorry you had that first experience with Ubuntu. But for me it was the most stable os. Over using it 1 year, it crashed 0 times. Windows blue screened multiple times every month depending if your install was clean or old. If you like Windows work flow you shouldn't be using gnome. Instead you should be using xfce or kde.
But consider this scenario: 2 people, one person recently migrated from macos and would like a very feature rich experience. Another person would like to use a very lightweight shortcut based desktop. There is no union between the two. One would go with gnome and a few software to complement his requirements, and the other would choose probably suckless dwm. The 2 desktop environments are diametrically opposed in design, which is why a unified distro is impossible.
i use an old Dell Server running Ubuntu 20.04 and the Mate Desktop environment and the Compiz Window Manager. The nvidia driver works perfectly. Best Dam Computer i ever had.
@@------country-boy------- I've had mixed experiences with NVIDIA in the past, but currently, the current state is usable. Still though, never going to buy an NVIDIA GPU again, going for AMD from now on.
The best way to try (GNU)Linux is to use VMs - sure.
But the best way to experiment with it is to put it on an old laptop!
Absolutely. Pick up an old Core 2 Duo laptop on eBay for about $50/£50/50€ (IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad T61's are very good for that) and run it on that. People set themselves up for failure when the first thing they do with Linux is set it up as a dual boot with "that other (mis-)operating system" and then get impatient that they can't get their main computing tasks done because they don't know Linux well enough yet.
really cool!
Hello Dorian,
Is there a video on how to adapt to Linux Ubuntu 20.04 lts Focal Fossa ?
I have an issue of installing an IDE that works on Ubuntu for Visual Basic programming language since I need to test some VB codes and get more practice in coding.
There's things like GnomeBasic, and a few others. But none are fully compatible with the Microsoft VB IDE. You may be able to run the Microsoft version in wine.
The Linux environment is better described as a bunch of free software made by different people bundled together to create an operating system. GNU/Mach is also within this family of OSs but has nothing to do with Linux. Same with the BSDs.
What do you think Windows is? Do you think the same programmers that made "Notepad" also made "Outlook"? Does the interface on "Notepad" look consistently like "Outlook"?
And I bet if I was to ask you, you couldn't give me one real-life example where you've found that "a bunch of free software made by different people bundled together" actually caused you any kind of problem in a working environment. I don't believe you ever even installed Linux or BSD, you're just believing "what I read on the Internet" or "what a bloke in the pub told me".
I can tell you "I have an opinion based on zero knowledge of the subject" types from a mile away. Ultimately, it always comes down to the same thing I often see here on CZcams - you can't be bothered to ever try Linux or BSD out (and that's fine, that's your right). But you make the problem to be the OS, not because you're just too busy or lazy in your own life to even want to give it a try.
You need to be honest with yourself and everyone else.
I want a picture of that root map on my wall. So satisfying to look at
Thanks for clarifying it. I wasn't sure if Linux was an OS, a Kernel, or a command language.
Also what does "proprietary driver" mean? As opposed to just "driver"?
Thanks!!
i have tried many times to make some software works on linux where no replacing software exist , if there is a way you know to make solidworks works on linux that will be all i need , wine cant make it run despite looking and trying many times , windows just keeps on getting annoying by the day .
Thank you
I love everything about Linux. Been installing it several times over the past 10+ yrs. But somehow cannot switch to it completely. FIRST it was the drivers. Next time it was the drivers. And I remember the last year I painstakingly bid farewell to Manjaro because of lack of a Huion driver. I have found one written by some enthusiast, but had to manually correct the paths for it to work. And I still am craving to switch to Linux, but I suspect it will again cripple my work by the absence of drivers for display tablet or trackball or something else. But it's itching so much, that I will do it anyway. This time - as the main and only OS.
Try Feren OS but google to check that there are drivers for ubuntu for all your hardware
Can you link to that wallpaper at the end?
I have an old laptop which is bought in 2017 which has i3 processor and 4GB RAM now(Upton 8 if needed) can I format it and use Linux does this hardware is enough to begin with Linux.
It should work fine with that hardware. I’d recommend using either the KDE or Xfce desktops to save as much available RAM as possible.
I'm convinced now
For a long time I was thinking of tutoring students about Linux basics like how can you get started with it, If anyone of you are interested then reply to this comment. Thanks.🙂🙂
wow good video and thank you....
Great!
00:42 i was expecting him to keep repeating that
What about amd graphics card drivers, motherboard drivers, wifi drivers and any other drivers that are required when building a pc, how do you install that?
Most don’t need any drivers installed unless you’re using a nonfree distro that doesn’t use proprietary software. Even then, it’s rare that the kernel itself doesn’t already support your hardware out of the box. AMD graphics are also supported directly within the Linux kernel itself.
Thanks. very instructive.
Can you make video about bash script & automation?
Thank you. That's definitely something that can be done :)
@@Doriandotslash 🙏🏻❤️
AWESOME
Anyone here know a resource that would boot off usb and jump to PCI NVMe ssd? The bios doens't support booting from PCI ssd. (.. a setup for linux)
That doesn't make any sense to me. Is this on a PC or an SBC platform like a Raspberry Pi, for example?
@@terrydaktyllus1320Hi Terry, I got an older computer... I added a PCI2 board with PCIe M2 drive. The mother board doesn't have any settings to boot off NVMe drive. So I have to boot it from a boot loader (usb) than it have to jump to NVMe to load the OS.
@@vladpuha I see your problem. It all comes down to whether your PCI board has any "intelligence" or not - if it has its own BIOS that can "overlay" itself onto the PC BIOS, then that might allow you to boot from it.
I've never done this with PCI boards but I imagine the principle is the same as what we used to do with add-on SCSI boards to boot from SCSI devices.
When you start the PC up, does the board give you any indication of its presence? Does it output any messages to the screen?
@@vladpuha I don't know if you're using a "standard" IDE or SATA hard disk in the machine already to, say, boot Windows from - but if that's the case then you could just add a GRUB menu to the boot block of that hard disk from which you could then select to either continue to boot Windows or boot from the NVME SSD.
Is that an option? It might save you using a USB stick completely.
There is something wrong with subtitles. Otherwise, great video!
Linux is the Kernel .. mystery solfed.
See the agenda of this video : Distros ; Software ; Gaming ; Drivers ; Desktop ...
Do you have a video on installing on a thumbstick?
I'd recommend Etcher over Rufus. I've never heard of problems with the former, but not so with the latter.
Either is fine, and I use Etcher in Linux sometimes. But I have found that sometimes Etcher doesn't create bootable media in Windows and I had to use Rufus for it to work. So my go-to in Linux is dd, followed by Etcher, but in Windows my go-to is Rufus.
Perhaps talking about different Linux bases would be good. Like Debian or Arch and so on.
Good idea, I just use Ubuntu and don't give a f. about anything else.
I have lots of distro reviews on my channel. I’ll also be doing a video explaining various distro’s all together in the future.
good video :)
Thanks!
useful
Thanks man! Im done with windows its so fricking bad my update’s won’t install it got so sluggy and slow because i got low end hardware
This channel is so underrated
Thank you very much!
Main reason I don't main linux is xwayland support with nvidia graphics. Other reasons pale in comparison and are quite minor.
Yeah I made the switch not long ago to get rid of my last Nvidia GPUs and changed to AMD all around. No need to install any drivers and it all performs really well.
So you're complaining that a desktop protocol suite that is still in heavy development using a "kludge" that is xwayland doesn't work with proprietary graphics drivers from a company that doesn't care about Linux anyway. How do you think that would work out any differently for you?
Essentially, Linus Torvalds, Richard Stallman, (with a bunch of other unsung cyber-heroes from back in the day) ,together, released to the world a form of operating system "Digital Clay." And basically said, "Here, take this brother/sister. If you & your group have the tech knowledge of programming and understand operating systems , you can make this your own thing. If your version of this is really good, you (and your dev team) can become a mini-cyber online rock stars, You can attract followers and form your own forums, your own mini online cultures, your own unique aesthetics of design and processes. And yet, on another level you're similar and all connected world-wide - transcending geographies, time and space.
How do get on you web?
Neat
what about review on emmabunutus de4
Sounds like something interesting to try!
Which linux distro is at 10:24?
Maybe is it NixOS?
That’s Debian
@@Doriandotslash Thank you for your quick reply!
@@Doriandotslash Is it Debian 11? Is this a default theme for the operating system? I love the tray on the bottom of the screen and that it doesn't have status bar on the top.
@@tamaskiss4775 No it’s Debian 10. But I’m using the Dash to Panel extension. That’s what makes it look like that.
It's funny that, after using windows for 12 years, I tried Linux for the past 5 months and I started to not like using windows anymore.
That tends to happen :)
so if Linux is free then why are companies like HP, Acer, Lenovo, Fijitsu and all the major computer and laptop manufacturers not installing that in their products and are limiting their own customers with Microsoft all the bloody time? I am just finding about Linux and its pissed me right off that I had paid for Microsoft Office package when I could have had it for free via linux. WTF, can someone please explain to me in plain english how and why?
Three words: Corruption and Monopoly
Live USB mode will most times perform way worse, since many boards will boot up in USB2 mode only. Once installed on your internal M.2 SSD on a reasonably specced hardware, any distro will just fly! No matter if Cinnamon, KDE or Gnome is used.
here before 1 million views lol
don feed the trolls
@@no_more_free_nicks trolls? did you see his other linux video? it has 2 million+ views
@@banana-9959 Oh, I just looked, and it had 179 views, so I though this was a troll comment. I'm subscribed to this channel, so 1 million views!
Here’s hoping! 🤞😁
yea im sticking to windows !!
Why?
How about a Linux vs Bsd video?
BSD doesn't run well on my hardware. But perhaps I can do it in a VM, or use on of my older machines...
I have had the hardest ti finding a video on soft that actually made sense to (I'm brand new with literally zero knowledge) and tNice tutorials
Do you object to me placing a copy of this video on OFFLINE machines?
Not at all
BTW I use Arch ;)
Can this program get ip address
The audio quality is poor-ish, make sure your using a bitrate of 128kpbs or higher, preferably mp3
It's set to high bitrate. But this is a new mic I just picked up. The HyperX Quadcast. It still needs tweaking I suppose.
Another, major user of GNU/Linux? Hollywood!
What?! 7:26 of battery life on Linux?
Where is my flash drive
Well, that was actually Windows 10, but in Linux I get anywhere from 10-16 hours on battery, and even longer if I'm just document viewing/editing. This is on a Dell XPS 13.
Unfortunately Linux doesn't have the massive marketing budget behind it that MS or Apple have otherwise it would be the #1 OS