The Future of Linux - Chris Titus Tech
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Date: 2022-03-21
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Linux
Linux is Linux. Everything else is their preferences. Each distro has their own preferences. Each one is different and set up differently. I distro hop to find at least something close on how I want things to look from the get go. Currently MX is the one I really like. When your a first time user. The one problem everybody has. They don't know what they want or what they even like. I can say, try out MX. But it might not be for them. I say choose one, tell me what you like about it and what you hate about it. And me or the Linux community can help a lot on this subject. I believe you tell people to try out PoP!_OS and go from there. Yes, choose one and we can go from there. I been using Linux for the past 16 years. Long enough to know what I like and know how to fill all my needs. If people just choose one. We can tell how they can customize it to their liking. Hope everybody will get to use Linux efficiently as you have and as I have.
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Linux is Linux. Everything else is their preferences. Each distro has their own preferences. Each one is different and set up differently. I distro hop to find at least something close on how I want things to look from the get go. Currently MX is the one I really like. When your a first time user. The one problem everybody has. They don't know what they want or what they even like. I can say, try out MX. But it might not be for them. I say choose one, tell me what you like about it and what you hate about it. And me or the Linux community can help a lot on this subject. I believe you tell people to try out PoP!_OS and go from there. Yes, choose one and we can go from there. I been using Linux for the past 16 years. Long enough to know what I like and know how to fill all my needs. If people just choose one. We can tell how they can customize it to their liking. Hope everybody will get to use Linux efficiently as you have and as I have.
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Hamouni
hello Chris ,
Im from Algeria and its a north African country , our language is Arabic and therefor videos about Linux content is minimal, I know this is kinda old video but i find really important, I'm totally a noob Linux user, i switched several times between destros and then found out that it does not meter but now im thinking about collaborative work on Linux , like sharing and editing files , creating a local server ... ,its not just about me, i switched from Microsoft to Linux and found my alternative apps that serve me well as im not a really demanding person and its done , but i want to involve others like coworkers and my college friends on a network that is built on an ultimate Microsoft free system. not to prove any thing but to improve privacy and give Linux what deserves.I hope u can cover this aspect in the near future because me and i know a lot of person are willing to learn, thank you.
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hello Chris ,
Im from Algeria and its a north African country , our language is Arabic and therefor videos about Linux content is minimal, I know this is kinda old video but i find really important, I'm totally a noob Linux user, i switched several times between destros and then found out that it does not meter but now im thinking about collaborative work on Linux , like sharing and editing files , creating a local server ... ,its not just about me, i switched from Microsoft to Linux and found my alternative apps that serve me well as im not a really demanding person and its done , but i want to involve others like coworkers and my college friends on a network that is built on an ultimate Microsoft free system. not to prove any thing but to improve privacy and give Linux what deserves.I hope u can cover this aspect in the near future because me and i know a lot of person are willing to learn, thank you.
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Risto
I feel that the Linux community needs to start emphasising the core advantage of the system which is modularity. Teach people how to see the system on a component level and how its components inter-relate so that they are able to construct a block diagram in their head. In essence, educate systems engineering to people. I've thought about moving to Linux for a good while now and soon it will become necessary to do so because i don't want to use Windows anymore. I've thought long and hard about what kind of information i need to transition to Linux and it really comes down to understanding the dependencies and inter-relations of the components of the system. Showing a block diagram of specific part of a system and then going over the inter-relations of that block diagram verbally, as well as demonstrating on a live system for example is very helpful. A little bit of systems engineering in other words.
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I feel that the Linux community needs to start emphasising the core advantage of the system which is modularity. Teach people how to see the system on a component level and how its components inter-relate so that they are able to construct a block diagram in their head. In essence, educate systems engineering to people. I've thought about moving to Linux for a good while now and soon it will become necessary to do so because i don't want to use Windows anymore. I've thought long and hard about what kind of information i need to transition to Linux and it really comes down to understanding the dependencies and inter-relations of the components of the system. Showing a block diagram of specific part of a system and then going over the inter-relations of that block diagram verbally, as well as demonstrating on a live system for example is very helpful. A little bit of systems engineering in other words.
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Raynor
I totally agree. I am a physicist, I use a Fedora distro, but I don't care about distros as long as I can do my job. For me, the problem is the lack of good software whether is proprietary or free, not having certain tools one is familiar with makes life just more difficult. I do not jump back to Windows because is just a piece of garbage that will slow down for no reason or simply force updates while I am doing something important. Migrating to Linux means that you have to migrate to other tools as well, having to learn not only the operating system but sometimes crappy imitations of other tools people are familiar with (Scientists manage to do it but other people, like creatives, may not). So I don't see any boom of the Linux desktop any soon, most people only need the daily office task to be done and Windows and Apple fill that market very well.
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I totally agree. I am a physicist, I use a Fedora distro, but I don't care about distros as long as I can do my job. For me, the problem is the lack of good software whether is proprietary or free, not having certain tools one is familiar with makes life just more difficult. I do not jump back to Windows because is just a piece of garbage that will slow down for no reason or simply force updates while I am doing something important. Migrating to Linux means that you have to migrate to other tools as well, having to learn not only the operating system but sometimes crappy imitations of other tools people are familiar with (Scientists manage to do it but other people, like creatives, may not). So I don't see any boom of the Linux desktop any soon, most people only need the daily office task to be done and Windows and Apple fill that market very well.
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unsafecast
In my opinion, Distros don't matter. Though for a beginner they do. For example, if someone goes and downloads Arch because he likes the logo, he will be greeted by a beautiful CLI and he will leave Linux forever(most likely). But, if he downloads something like Ubuntu, there is a chance he will stay. When I first installed Linux I was going to get Arch. Thanks God I didn't. The last time I used Windows, I opened up cmd and started to type -sudo apt install inkscape gimp kdenlive-. I was astonished after filling up my Downloads with different installers from different websites. Only downloading the installers takes 10 minutes, but typing the command takes 10 seconds. I heard that Ms is building its own Linux Distro. Wow. I remember a long time ago they said Linux is cancer.
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In my opinion, Distros don't matter. Though for a beginner they do. For example, if someone goes and downloads Arch because he likes the logo, he will be greeted by a beautiful CLI and he will leave Linux forever(most likely). But, if he downloads something like Ubuntu, there is a chance he will stay. When I first installed Linux I was going to get Arch. Thanks God I didn't. The last time I used Windows, I opened up cmd and started to type -sudo apt install inkscape gimp kdenlive-. I was astonished after filling up my Downloads with different installers from different websites. Only downloading the installers takes 10 minutes, but typing the command takes 10 seconds. I heard that Ms is building its own Linux Distro. Wow. I remember a long time ago they said Linux is cancer.
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Alkaris
Pretty much what's under the hood that matters which is what makes up the distro, not the top layer stuff like your desktop and file managers. I'm huge fan for GTK+3 themes just because how you can code your themes using CSS coding, and it's something people would be most familiar coding for if they happen to do web design and can easily get into it and code their own GTK+3 theme to their liking.
At the moment I currently use Linux Mint cuz I'm huge fan of Cinnamon Desktop, I would like to move away from Debian based system to something like ArchLinux which is more Slackware based system, and pretty much once installed you don't need to keep upgrading it to a newer version since it pretty much acts as a rolling release, and update whenever you want to.
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Pretty much what's under the hood that matters which is what makes up the distro, not the top layer stuff like your desktop and file managers. I'm huge fan for GTK+3 themes just because how you can code your themes using CSS coding, and it's something people would be most familiar coding for if they happen to do web design and can easily get into it and code their own GTK+3 theme to their liking.
At the moment I currently use Linux Mint cuz I'm huge fan of Cinnamon Desktop, I would like to move away from Debian based system to something like ArchLinux which is more Slackware based system, and pretty much once installed you don't need to keep upgrading it to a newer version since it pretty much acts as a rolling release, and update whenever you want to.
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Peter
I've tried Linux quite a few times over the last 20 years. With each try (a few years apart), I'm amazed with the updates and it's performing better. My issue is that I generally have to put up with features that either don't work or work well. Even thought MS is the devil, it works. There's no mucking around, it just does it. And there's always that one program I can't do without that ONLY works on windows (even running a windows emulator like WINE). I was about [---] this close to changing over except for the weird window resizing and program compatibility a few years back. Although with the last Windows update bricking my laptop of 6 years, it's maybe time to look again at Linux.
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I've tried Linux quite a few times over the last 20 years. With each try (a few years apart), I'm amazed with the updates and it's performing better. My issue is that I generally have to put up with features that either don't work or work well. Even thought MS is the devil, it works. There's no mucking around, it just does it. And there's always that one program I can't do without that ONLY works on windows (even running a windows emulator like WINE). I was about [---] this close to changing over except for the weird window resizing and program compatibility a few years back. Although with the last Windows update bricking my laptop of 6 years, it's maybe time to look again at Linux.
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DarthPerfidious
your videos made me try linux and i love it now(well sometimes i want to kill myself when something wont work after 10 attempts.
I was struggling already at the installation because i wanted to make a dual boot system. I made it in the end (i had to update my bios..)
But what convinced me was the architecture. Im sloppy, but the way linux is build just hinders me to get a huge mess on my machine. Its well organized and you can do a ton of stuff. Plus it does feel more secure (maybe it isnt i cant really judge that). And its fast.
And the there are gamers in the community. Its definitly the operating system of the future.
keep the linux content coming man!
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your videos made me try linux and i love it now(well sometimes i want to kill myself when something wont work after 10 attempts.
I was struggling already at the installation because i wanted to make a dual boot system. I made it in the end (i had to update my bios..)
But what convinced me was the architecture. Im sloppy, but the way linux is build just hinders me to get a huge mess on my machine. Its well organized and you can do a ton of stuff. Plus it does feel more secure (maybe it isnt i cant really judge that). And its fast.
And the there are gamers in the community. Its definitly the operating system of the future.
keep the linux content coming man!
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Walter
I'm a linux newbie and I'll never forget seeing a vicious war break out in the comments section of an x vs y distro video. They got downright cruel screaming about how their preferred distro was better than the other. So, I downloaded the ISOs for each of the 2 distros and looked them over. They were both KDE, had the same package manager, etc. One had 2 extra settings in the settings app and the other had Steam preinstalled and 2 more installed wallpapers than the other distro. As a lifelong Windows user, I was just laughing at them and shaking my head because the distros were identical (or could be made identical in less than 2 minutes).
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I'm a linux newbie and I'll never forget seeing a vicious war break out in the comments section of an x vs y distro video. They got downright cruel screaming about how their preferred distro was better than the other. So, I downloaded the ISOs for each of the 2 distros and looked them over. They were both KDE, had the same package manager, etc. One had 2 extra settings in the settings app and the other had Steam preinstalled and 2 more installed wallpapers than the other distro. As a lifelong Windows user, I was just laughing at them and shaking my head because the distros were identical (or could be made identical in less than 2 minutes).
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David
Right now I'm simply trying to learn one distro, Linux Mint. As I'm doing so I'm spotting areas that could use improvement but I'm not sure if hopping to another distro is the way to find the thing I see missing as the new one may be missing something else. I'm not far enough along to write code to fill in the gaps or to yet know where to look where to find someone else's solution but one step at a time. For average users coming from Windows or Mac, having to use the Terminal is challenging. As more and more things use GUI interfaces, I think you'll find more people migrating over to desktop Linux.
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Right now I'm simply trying to learn one distro, Linux Mint. As I'm doing so I'm spotting areas that could use improvement but I'm not sure if hopping to another distro is the way to find the thing I see missing as the new one may be missing something else. I'm not far enough along to write code to fill in the gaps or to yet know where to look where to find someone else's solution but one step at a time. For average users coming from Windows or Mac, having to use the Terminal is challenging. As more and more things use GUI interfaces, I think you'll find more people migrating over to desktop Linux.
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