Who should use Linux - Chris Titus Tech
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But ...... as we all love challenges, we love to learn how Linux works inside, what we can do with it, and even if difficult is that distro, more happy we are to make it works.
Linux is a magical world.
I would say, Windows is like a boring bus, you buy a ticket, sit down, the bus takes from A to B, and later on : GET OUT or pay maintenance !!
Linux is an exciting journey, you take your motorbike, you go anywhere, stop anywhere, change the way, stop for bbq, visit your friends, swimming, and get to your destination.
I was working on Windows for many years, never had any special problems, i do not say it is shit, rubbish, last time it was Win 7.
But Linux was interesting me, i installed it, and i discovered it as normal operating system, not only for gurus :-)
I was on Arch, installed Gentoo, now i really do not want to make all that clever installations, setups, and user interventions in case of update, problems, config files in Nano.
Now years, and years I do use only Linux, and i never will look back to Windows, because i do not need to.
As we all love challenges, my dream is to install Linux From Scratch ( LFS ) as a hobby to say to myself : I did it .... :-)) .... I would like to have that installation as small as possible, without any one even script which is unnecessary, without any one service running for nothing, as simple as possible, and as super fast as Linux can be, starting in 2 seconds, down in 1 secs, to make GPU working with CPU so more than 1000 cores work together in CUDA system ..... why not ? .... that is Linux .... that is Sparta ....
Date: 2022-03-21
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Bharogh
I would love to install Linux, but as a gamer it's just not a solution.
I have a I9-9900k CPU, 2080Ti GPU, 32 GB Ram and Linux can not take advantage of that.
Most of the folks that use Linux have low end PC's and don't really play anything competitive or serious.
I just uninstalled Manjaro KDE again, due to the poor support for gaming...I even tried games like Dark Souls 3 and it still pissed me off that I couldnt ALT TAB...I had to Quit the game to get on Discord and not to talk about streaming whiile not being able to minimize.
A lot of the power goes to waste, and the support isn't there... Yeah it's better than 5 years ago..but its not DO-able unless you REALLY want to accept it as it is and defend Linux[Which is not even at fault, its the developers that dont offer support for linux]
In the end, if you just want to mess around, do your shit...Yeah Linux is ok.
If you want to do your shit + gaming and productivity on linux, I think you just like the pain or perhaps its something for you to be proud of.
P.S. Im a network engineer and I still prefer running GNS3 with VM support rather then going on Linux and install it...
Even the fonts were wrong there, it was White on White written..Bro I mean...a lot of hassle for nothing.
I will wait 5 more years for the world to change again a little and perhaps, and I hope...that will be the day I will fully switch.
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I would love to install Linux, but as a gamer it's just not a solution.
I have a I9-9900k CPU, 2080Ti GPU, 32 GB Ram and Linux can not take advantage of that.
Most of the folks that use Linux have low end PC's and don't really play anything competitive or serious.
I just uninstalled Manjaro KDE again, due to the poor support for gaming...I even tried games like Dark Souls 3 and it still pissed me off that I couldnt ALT TAB...I had to Quit the game to get on Discord and not to talk about streaming whiile not being able to minimize.
A lot of the power goes to waste, and the support isn't there... Yeah it's better than 5 years ago..but its not DO-able unless you REALLY want to accept it as it is and defend Linux[Which is not even at fault, its the developers that dont offer support for linux]
In the end, if you just want to mess around, do your shit...Yeah Linux is ok.
If you want to do your shit + gaming and productivity on linux, I think you just like the pain or perhaps its something for you to be proud of.
P.S. Im a network engineer and I still prefer running GNS3 with VM support rather then going on Linux and install it...
Even the fonts were wrong there, it was White on White written..Bro I mean...a lot of hassle for nothing.
I will wait 5 more years for the world to change again a little and perhaps, and I hope...that will be the day I will fully switch.
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Akiza
I was a computer science student though I realized that CS is not for me after 2 years of being in CS. But my knowledge in programming did kinda give me a headstart in Linux since being a CS major, I need to be -nerdy-. Though I was already a nerd before that. I am into 3D modeling and I learned that Blender runs faster on Linux and the fact that it was even tested on Ubuntu which was said to be the slowest Linux distro (I am currently using Mint as suggested by a friend). So far it's good. Unlike in Windows where it would eventually start to be so slow and even crash at random times.
Windows just has too much background processes running from behind the scenes. Although I aready disabled most of them after further searching on the internet. It's still slow especially the boot up and for some unknown reasons, Windows won't even allow my laptop to upgrade to the latest versions because of some errors that I need to further look up on the internet. It really gets frustrating.
I still have Windows in case I feel like wanting to play some games. But it sucks that the bootup for Windows takes really long especially with my potato laptop.
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I was a computer science student though I realized that CS is not for me after 2 years of being in CS. But my knowledge in programming did kinda give me a headstart in Linux since being a CS major, I need to be -nerdy-. Though I was already a nerd before that. I am into 3D modeling and I learned that Blender runs faster on Linux and the fact that it was even tested on Ubuntu which was said to be the slowest Linux distro (I am currently using Mint as suggested by a friend). So far it's good. Unlike in Windows where it would eventually start to be so slow and even crash at random times.
Windows just has too much background processes running from behind the scenes. Although I aready disabled most of them after further searching on the internet. It's still slow especially the boot up and for some unknown reasons, Windows won't even allow my laptop to upgrade to the latest versions because of some errors that I need to further look up on the internet. It really gets frustrating.
I still have Windows in case I feel like wanting to play some games. But it sucks that the bootup for Windows takes really long especially with my potato laptop.
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MegaHaros
Well it's over 8 years (maybe more actually) since I used Windows as my daily driver.
I had a dual boot laptop (that's how it all started) then only Linux and boy, I was such a distro hopper. Till I met openSUSE.
Until April 15 2019. I got an entry level IT job and Debian is the weapon of choice in this company.
Debian's simplicity and stability made me love it. Now all my hardware's running Debian.
But i got to point that any Linux distro is the same, I can use any of them. Let's say I am Linux agnostic.
The unfortunate thing is that at my job I have to maintain Windows and Macs.
I game on Linux, I consume content on Linux, I do my every day task on Linux, I DO EVERYTHING on LINUX and I have fun with Linux.
Never thought going back to Winblows again, it just cannot cover my needs.
In an open World you do not need windows.
P.S. Am I a nerd?
Probably. I get my work done, as I like it to be get done.
Thx to Linus and GNU.
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Well it's over 8 years (maybe more actually) since I used Windows as my daily driver.
I had a dual boot laptop (that's how it all started) then only Linux and boy, I was such a distro hopper. Till I met openSUSE.
Until April 15 2019. I got an entry level IT job and Debian is the weapon of choice in this company.
Debian's simplicity and stability made me love it. Now all my hardware's running Debian.
But i got to point that any Linux distro is the same, I can use any of them. Let's say I am Linux agnostic.
The unfortunate thing is that at my job I have to maintain Windows and Macs.
I game on Linux, I consume content on Linux, I do my every day task on Linux, I DO EVERYTHING on LINUX and I have fun with Linux.
Never thought going back to Winblows again, it just cannot cover my needs.
In an open World you do not need windows.
P.S. Am I a nerd?
Probably. I get my work done, as I like it to be get done.
Thx to Linus and GNU.
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arkanoid77
I hate the definition of -nerd- because it's so fuzzy and doesn't really say anything about what you can do. I played tabletop rpgs from elementary school, I read Neuromancer at 14 years ago and all William Gibson books ever since, I worked in 3D graphics for 12 years, I can use a vast array of 3D, audio, 2D and animation software. Am I a -nerd-? I don't consider myself one.
I suspect that what you really mean is not -nerd- but -coder-. I can barely understand some scripting, especially for MIDI mapping use. I tried to learn MEL Maya scrpting without success a long time ago and it wasn't a good experience. I never really got into the mentality.
So, can you say Linux is for coders? Cause I'm still interested in Linux but that's what scares me about it from my first catastrophic attempt to use Ubuntu 15 years ago. Honestly.
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I hate the definition of -nerd- because it's so fuzzy and doesn't really say anything about what you can do. I played tabletop rpgs from elementary school, I read Neuromancer at 14 years ago and all William Gibson books ever since, I worked in 3D graphics for 12 years, I can use a vast array of 3D, audio, 2D and animation software. Am I a -nerd-? I don't consider myself one.
I suspect that what you really mean is not -nerd- but -coder-. I can barely understand some scripting, especially for MIDI mapping use. I tried to learn MEL Maya scrpting without success a long time ago and it wasn't a good experience. I never really got into the mentality.
So, can you say Linux is for coders? Cause I'm still interested in Linux but that's what scares me about it from my first catastrophic attempt to use Ubuntu 15 years ago. Honestly.
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M-rton
Somewhat true but I disagree on the core concept: Linux is for people who value their freedom and are willing to put an effort into making the switch, and learn about how Linux works. Most Linux users are not Arch users but Mint and Ubuntu users. This highly suggests to me that most Linux users are not really nerds, have a higher knowledge in IT than the average Windows user sure, but not nerds. Also the recent political controversies around big tech firms drive a lot of people away from Google, Windows, and MacOS to Linux but you partly mentioned this as -privacy focused people-, as these people are generally afraid that their data would be collected, their politics profiled, and would experience some form of retaliation from the government or from powerful left-leaning firms due to their political opinions.
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Somewhat true but I disagree on the core concept: Linux is for people who value their freedom and are willing to put an effort into making the switch, and learn about how Linux works. Most Linux users are not Arch users but Mint and Ubuntu users. This highly suggests to me that most Linux users are not really nerds, have a higher knowledge in IT than the average Windows user sure, but not nerds. Also the recent political controversies around big tech firms drive a lot of people away from Google, Windows, and MacOS to Linux but you partly mentioned this as -privacy focused people-, as these people are generally afraid that their data would be collected, their politics profiled, and would experience some form of retaliation from the government or from powerful left-leaning firms due to their political opinions.
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mariolis1000
0:30 Because it doesnt come pre-installed
5 seconds in and you lost me
-Its for nerds- Yes... Arch & Gentoo are for nerds , but the -easy- distros arent
All new laptops and OEM desktops could easilly ship with something like Pop Os and adoption rates would skyrocket . People dont -choose- to run windows , they are forced to ...
Lets be honest , the basic user doesnt want to install their OS themsleves , we do but we are not the basic user . Therefore basic users would not install windows themselves if all new computers came with linux pre-installed
That is why linux is a minority and that is why the only way for linux adoption to be increased is if linux comes pre-installed in more computers
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0:30 Because it doesnt come pre-installed
5 seconds in and you lost me
-Its for nerds- Yes... Arch & Gentoo are for nerds , but the -easy- distros arent
All new laptops and OEM desktops could easilly ship with something like Pop Os and adoption rates would skyrocket . People dont -choose- to run windows , they are forced to ...
Lets be honest , the basic user doesnt want to install their OS themsleves , we do but we are not the basic user . Therefore basic users would not install windows themselves if all new computers came with linux pre-installed
That is why linux is a minority and that is why the only way for linux adoption to be increased is if linux comes pre-installed in more computers
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mytruepower2
What you're describing as a Linux experience reminds me of how, after years of having lost access to some of my favorite old games, I was informed of the existence of DOSBox and SCUMMVM, and started playing around with the settings, shortcuts, various options, learning about how to use filters, how to skip dithering, how to get MT-32 sound running in these games... It was stuff I loved, so I enjoyed learning more about it, and I had these same kinds of experiences while still being on various Windows OS's.
Of course, through it all, I did recognize that the extra work I was doing to make these games work at their best, was largely an effort to fight the limitations of recent versions of Windows.
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What you're describing as a Linux experience reminds me of how, after years of having lost access to some of my favorite old games, I was informed of the existence of DOSBox and SCUMMVM, and started playing around with the settings, shortcuts, various options, learning about how to use filters, how to skip dithering, how to get MT-32 sound running in these games... It was stuff I loved, so I enjoyed learning more about it, and I had these same kinds of experiences while still being on various Windows OS's.
Of course, through it all, I did recognize that the extra work I was doing to make these games work at their best, was largely an effort to fight the limitations of recent versions of Windows.
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Cosmo
I don't agree with you
Yes currently the majority of the user base are nerds but it's because it's mostly nerds who have the ability to switch off what they are used too , but Linux itself is not a nerd speciality , let's imagine windows got completely purged from existence at this moment , so people switch to linux here is the impression from non nerds :
Grand ma : ohh this computer not break when it goes blue UwU no need for you to come grandson
Normie : I can install all my apps from an app store just like my phone I like it
Gamer : I can play with higher fps because my system uses 7% CPU not 40%
Homeless guy : wonder where's -the activate Ubuntu watermark- (foreshadowing maybe
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I don't agree with you
Yes currently the majority of the user base are nerds but it's because it's mostly nerds who have the ability to switch off what they are used too , but Linux itself is not a nerd speciality , let's imagine windows got completely purged from existence at this moment , so people switch to linux here is the impression from non nerds :
Grand ma : ohh this computer not break when it goes blue UwU no need for you to come grandson
Normie : I can install all my apps from an app store just like my phone I like it
Gamer : I can play with higher fps because my system uses 7% CPU not 40%
Homeless guy : wonder where's -the activate Ubuntu watermark- (foreshadowing maybe
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