How to Choose a Linux Distribution - Chris Titus Tech
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Date: 2022-03-21
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MrAstygmatyk
So I got hooked on your recommendation, wiped out my Win HDD and clean-installed LM 20.2 cinnamon edition. And....yes, works really smooth out of the box on my Dell Lattitude. After a few hours of looking around into various nooks and corners, I proceeded to customise MY way. Simple things. Like have you ever banged on your keyborad in Swedish? And Polish? And Russian? And Italian? And French? I guess not or you'd noticed that LM doesn't allow to install more than four keyboard layouts (sic!) Suddenly, tinkering with WIN 10 didn't look so bad. Yes, some effort is required but at least you know where you're heading and you know you will eventually get there. With your recommendation - LM, I wonder what else am I going to discover in a little while that will prove my effort to switch completely out of whack?
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So I got hooked on your recommendation, wiped out my Win HDD and clean-installed LM 20.2 cinnamon edition. And....yes, works really smooth out of the box on my Dell Lattitude. After a few hours of looking around into various nooks and corners, I proceeded to customise MY way. Simple things. Like have you ever banged on your keyborad in Swedish? And Polish? And Russian? And Italian? And French? I guess not or you'd noticed that LM doesn't allow to install more than four keyboard layouts (sic!) Suddenly, tinkering with WIN 10 didn't look so bad. Yes, some effort is required but at least you know where you're heading and you know you will eventually get there. With your recommendation - LM, I wonder what else am I going to discover in a little while that will prove my effort to switch completely out of whack?
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lbialk
My first Linux install was back in the 90's. Red Hat Linux 5.2 (not RHEL). Talk about a learning curve! To make it even worse, I made it a dual boot system. I did manage to get everything I needed working, and didn't loose any critical data. I did a lot of distro jumping through the years, Red Hat, Mandrake, Suse, much later Fedora, and eventually Ubuntu. I did use Ubuntu for several years as my only OS. Currently, I have no Linux boxes, but I'm looking to set another one up, since I'm not really looking forward to Windows 11. I'm leaning toward going back to my roots with Fedora or Suse. Just looking around to see what new flavors are out there. I've always preferred KDE over Gnome. Any suggestions? Any recommended books that are up to date? Most I've seen are pretty old.
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My first Linux install was back in the 90's. Red Hat Linux 5.2 (not RHEL). Talk about a learning curve! To make it even worse, I made it a dual boot system. I did manage to get everything I needed working, and didn't loose any critical data. I did a lot of distro jumping through the years, Red Hat, Mandrake, Suse, much later Fedora, and eventually Ubuntu. I did use Ubuntu for several years as my only OS. Currently, I have no Linux boxes, but I'm looking to set another one up, since I'm not really looking forward to Windows 11. I'm leaning toward going back to my roots with Fedora or Suse. Just looking around to see what new flavors are out there. I've always preferred KDE over Gnome. Any suggestions? Any recommended books that are up to date? Most I've seen are pretty old.
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Fjord
Warning: All downloaded .iso files NEED to be verified BEFORE installing them and using them for your banking or other important personal use stuff. If you do not understand how to verify .iso files, there are videos available. If you are lazy and just don't want to do it, you may wind up with the hacked version of MINT which is still floating around and probably will be forever. It has a malicious back door on it. Check the videos. Keywords: Linux Mint Hacked. This was in 2016. Once these bad .iso files are floating around, they don't magically disappear. If you are not checking your downloads carefully, it may be very bad for you, depending on how you use that particular computer.
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Warning: All downloaded .iso files NEED to be verified BEFORE installing them and using them for your banking or other important personal use stuff. If you do not understand how to verify .iso files, there are videos available. If you are lazy and just don't want to do it, you may wind up with the hacked version of MINT which is still floating around and probably will be forever. It has a malicious back door on it. Check the videos. Keywords: Linux Mint Hacked. This was in 2016. Once these bad .iso files are floating around, they don't magically disappear. If you are not checking your downloads carefully, it may be very bad for you, depending on how you use that particular computer.
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BigBadBeef
What is the most thrilling about linux distro's is that whatever you need to get done on the os you get it fast, meanwhile in windows, some self-important media asshole will waste your first 5 minutes of the answer with useless intro on tapping himself on the back on how awesome (what an idiod) he is and then proceed to stretch that guide to be as long and convoluted and ad filled as possible.
While a linux guide is like this: Sure, no problem, just type copy-paste this in your console and done!
F--- you microsoft, I'm getting rid of you as soon as I can!
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What is the most thrilling about linux distro's is that whatever you need to get done on the os you get it fast, meanwhile in windows, some self-important media asshole will waste your first 5 minutes of the answer with useless intro on tapping himself on the back on how awesome (what an idiod) he is and then proceed to stretch that guide to be as long and convoluted and ad filled as possible.
While a linux guide is like this: Sure, no problem, just type copy-paste this in your console and done!
F--- you microsoft, I'm getting rid of you as soon as I can!
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Hank
Hi Chris, thank you for making great content.. In recent time I start with laptop again and decided to refresh old one from win 10 to at least cinnamon so I came across few issues. After installation I wanted to make some adjustment and it requires Password.
How can I remove password on Linux Mint Cinnamon 20.2?
Sarting typing on my keyboard I suddenly realised I have qwertz instead of qwerty keyboard
Only can choose German (neo qwertz), but still other symbols are scattered on different positions
Thanks again and have a gooood day
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Hi Chris, thank you for making great content.. In recent time I start with laptop again and decided to refresh old one from win 10 to at least cinnamon so I came across few issues. After installation I wanted to make some adjustment and it requires Password.
How can I remove password on Linux Mint Cinnamon 20.2?
Sarting typing on my keyboard I suddenly realised I have qwertz instead of qwerty keyboard
Only can choose German (neo qwertz), but still other symbols are scattered on different positions
Thanks again and have a gooood day
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AssKicker47
You're probably not gonna see this as this is over two years old, but bless you Titus, you opened up the door to a whole new world for me. My laptop now runs Linux, and the only real reason I still daily drive Windows on my main is the Adobe suite which unfortunately is necessary for work. But yes, Linux is awesome and I took the plunge thanks to your work here on YouTube (did some of your Windows stuff too and it works like magic. That script!). Keep it up.
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You're probably not gonna see this as this is over two years old, but bless you Titus, you opened up the door to a whole new world for me. My laptop now runs Linux, and the only real reason I still daily drive Windows on my main is the Adobe suite which unfortunately is necessary for work. But yes, Linux is awesome and I took the plunge thanks to your work here on YouTube (did some of your Windows stuff too and it works like magic. That script!). Keep it up.
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Newaz
I have a 6/7-year-old laptop
which have core i5 5th gen with 512 GB of SSD
8 GB ram with a shared GPU of 4 GB.
Currently, running Windows 10 Pro 64 bit.
Trying to switch to Linux. Which Linux distro is best for this config ?
My work on laptop is mainly torrenting, office application (Libra office) and web browsing and watching movie.
Which distro in best for my old laptop, based on my configuration and work ?
Thanks in advance
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I have a 6/7-year-old laptop
which have core i5 5th gen with 512 GB of SSD
8 GB ram with a shared GPU of 4 GB.
Currently, running Windows 10 Pro 64 bit.
Trying to switch to Linux. Which Linux distro is best for this config ?
My work on laptop is mainly torrenting, office application (Libra office) and web browsing and watching movie.
Which distro in best for my old laptop, based on my configuration and work ?
Thanks in advance
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George
I have watched many of your videos and certainly a great source of information and knowledge. I was greatly disappointed when I was ready to install LINUX and really like LINUX Mint and did all the necessary installation, my hard drive desk top PC just crashed and died. I gave up as it left a bitter after taste. I am now with APPLE and certainly a vast improvement and even better than MICROSOFT.
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I have watched many of your videos and certainly a great source of information and knowledge. I was greatly disappointed when I was ready to install LINUX and really like LINUX Mint and did all the necessary installation, my hard drive desk top PC just crashed and died. I gave up as it left a bitter after taste. I am now with APPLE and certainly a vast improvement and even better than MICROSOFT.
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Linux
i always reconmend Linux Mint , po os for only games or if they like it for the look or Zorin os when people com to my shop unless they won't a server i always say Ubuntu server because that what i use or if they have a super old computer i say Antix because it's based on Debian and light weight
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i always reconmend Linux Mint , po os for only games or if they like it for the look or Zorin os when people com to my shop unless they won't a server i always say Ubuntu server because that what i use or if they have a super old computer i say Antix because it's based on Debian and light weight
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Matthew
I think you should add a 4th to the list. SUSE. not as popular as it once was, but still a strong contender. I no longer use it though. I used it almost exclusively back in the days of KDE 4. i think i stopped on version 11.3 if i remember correctly. I'm using Debian these days.
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I think you should add a 4th to the list. SUSE. not as popular as it once was, but still a strong contender. I no longer use it though. I used it almost exclusively back in the days of KDE 4. i think i stopped on version 11.3 if i remember correctly. I'm using Debian these days.
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