Reflecting On My Linux Journey And Where It May Lead DistroTube
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Date: 2022-03-30
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William
My very first Linux was Red Hat Non RHEL. About 1996 or 98 or so. Really could not do anything on it, no internet or applications. I did get it running just fine though. Early 2000's I used Fedora Core, a bit more to do with it, but still no WiFi, and at this time no Ethernet ran in apartments or girl friends parents house or anything, so still on desktop no internet. Then Ubuntu 4.10 Warty came out, and I had to try that, same internet issue, but I did play around with it for a few months, had to pick up my tower and bring it to someplace I could hook up into Ethernet, then got some programs and early games. So continue this Off and On Linux journey, while running WIndows 98, XP, 7, ..... Windows 10 and Linux is on my laptops. Then MS really hammered down on the MS Account requirment at first boot/ installation. Geo location tracking, Keyboard and mouse logging, (Key logging) built into the OS, and more just unnessory and invasive BS that made even installing Windows just a bad user experience for me. At first we could you know unplug the Ethernet or disable the WiFi to get around the mandatory MS Account, then that got harder, and the constent updates and just pure nagging. Like I was married to my PC, like JUST SHUP UP I BUILT YOU I KNOW!!......
2011 I came back to Linux after about 3 or so years off it with Ubuntu 11.04 with -Unity- DE in its very first release, and have always had it on a system from then.
Yeah for many years I have been full time on Linux, all Debian based. Linux Mint here, and Zorin OS on my other laptop. Also I really don't like the new MS CEO,
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My very first Linux was Red Hat Non RHEL. About 1996 or 98 or so. Really could not do anything on it, no internet or applications. I did get it running just fine though. Early 2000's I used Fedora Core, a bit more to do with it, but still no WiFi, and at this time no Ethernet ran in apartments or girl friends parents house or anything, so still on desktop no internet. Then Ubuntu 4.10 Warty came out, and I had to try that, same internet issue, but I did play around with it for a few months, had to pick up my tower and bring it to someplace I could hook up into Ethernet, then got some programs and early games. So continue this Off and On Linux journey, while running WIndows 98, XP, 7, ..... Windows 10 and Linux is on my laptops. Then MS really hammered down on the MS Account requirment at first boot/ installation. Geo location tracking, Keyboard and mouse logging, (Key logging) built into the OS, and more just unnessory and invasive BS that made even installing Windows just a bad user experience for me. At first we could you know unplug the Ethernet or disable the WiFi to get around the mandatory MS Account, then that got harder, and the constent updates and just pure nagging. Like I was married to my PC, like JUST SHUP UP I BUILT YOU I KNOW!!......
2011 I came back to Linux after about 3 or so years off it with Ubuntu 11.04 with -Unity- DE in its very first release, and have always had it on a system from then.
Yeah for many years I have been full time on Linux, all Debian based. Linux Mint here, and Zorin OS on my other laptop. Also I really don't like the new MS CEO,
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justanotherpxrson
Basically I have known about linux for a really long time, but I have always been a windows user. But then windows 11 gets announced. and it was bad news from there. I really like my pc, and I feel no need to upgrade. But windows 11 disagrees. So with that, and me starting to realize just -how bad- my privacy situation is, I decided it was time to try to switch to linux after being curious for so many years. I am still in my first couple days of testing, so I don't know where I will end up. There have obviously already been a lot of problems. The main thing I have to just deal with right now is not only me only having nvidia cards, but also having 2 monitors running at 2 different refresh rates just not working right. So now I am running a single monitor on 144hz. With all the problems though, my curiosity keeps growing. Thanks for making all of these inviting and easy to understand videos. I am having a lot of fun just learning about anything linux. I hope I will be able to commit to this and not go back to windows.
Edit: Though I am getting curious about tiling window managers and stuff (because of you), I am currently using KDE and it really reminds me of the days when I would play around with jailbroken IOS devices. So in a way, its learning but also nostalgia!
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Basically I have known about linux for a really long time, but I have always been a windows user. But then windows 11 gets announced. and it was bad news from there. I really like my pc, and I feel no need to upgrade. But windows 11 disagrees. So with that, and me starting to realize just -how bad- my privacy situation is, I decided it was time to try to switch to linux after being curious for so many years. I am still in my first couple days of testing, so I don't know where I will end up. There have obviously already been a lot of problems. The main thing I have to just deal with right now is not only me only having nvidia cards, but also having 2 monitors running at 2 different refresh rates just not working right. So now I am running a single monitor on 144hz. With all the problems though, my curiosity keeps growing. Thanks for making all of these inviting and easy to understand videos. I am having a lot of fun just learning about anything linux. I hope I will be able to commit to this and not go back to windows.
Edit: Though I am getting curious about tiling window managers and stuff (because of you), I am currently using KDE and it really reminds me of the days when I would play around with jailbroken IOS devices. So in a way, its learning but also nostalgia!
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gamethecupdog
I have no idea how long ago it was, but my first exposure to Linux was zorin, I was quite the wee lad, maybe early teens? I didn't use it for more than a couple days before forgetting about it, but it was still really interesting. Some years later, I started dabbling again, and settled on Ubuntu for a little while, kept needing windows for some of the things I played so I started booting it out of habit, went to Kubuntu, same thing happened, then windows broke and was unusable, switched to Kubuntu again, haven't turned back to windows since. Switched to Manjaro because AUR, switched to endeavor to get a bit closer to arch. Still use pamac tho, just plain easier to use than a custom combo of pacman and aur helpers, and whatever else is needed from what I could tell. Hopefully I never need to lay a finger on windows again, heres to hoping the steam deck causes a renessanse for anticheat linux compat lmao
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I have no idea how long ago it was, but my first exposure to Linux was zorin, I was quite the wee lad, maybe early teens? I didn't use it for more than a couple days before forgetting about it, but it was still really interesting. Some years later, I started dabbling again, and settled on Ubuntu for a little while, kept needing windows for some of the things I played so I started booting it out of habit, went to Kubuntu, same thing happened, then windows broke and was unusable, switched to Kubuntu again, haven't turned back to windows since. Switched to Manjaro because AUR, switched to endeavor to get a bit closer to arch. Still use pamac tho, just plain easier to use than a custom combo of pacman and aur helpers, and whatever else is needed from what I could tell. Hopefully I never need to lay a finger on windows again, heres to hoping the steam deck causes a renessanse for anticheat linux compat lmao
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Maruf
This rabbit hole stuff is how I learnt everything in my life. I learnt maths because of curiosity. In secondary school they taught us about Algebra, I learnt it and started digging deeper until I learnt calculus, after that, I started learning complex numbers, and so on.
I used Windows for my whole life but I am someone who appreciates polish and Windows was the total opposite. I started looking into Linux and tried out quite a lot of Linux distros and DEs.
I'm also a computer science student, in uni, they taught us about Java, I learnt quite a lot and started looking into different frameworks. I also knew Python and some of its frameworks before leaning Java. Then I decided to learn JS and TS and some of their frameworks for full stack development. After that was exhausted, I started looking into Flutter where I am right now. Digging deeper into different algorithms was also a journey.
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This rabbit hole stuff is how I learnt everything in my life. I learnt maths because of curiosity. In secondary school they taught us about Algebra, I learnt it and started digging deeper until I learnt calculus, after that, I started learning complex numbers, and so on.
I used Windows for my whole life but I am someone who appreciates polish and Windows was the total opposite. I started looking into Linux and tried out quite a lot of Linux distros and DEs.
I'm also a computer science student, in uni, they taught us about Java, I learnt quite a lot and started looking into different frameworks. I also knew Python and some of its frameworks before leaning Java. Then I decided to learn JS and TS and some of their frameworks for full stack development. After that was exhausted, I started looking into Flutter where I am right now. Digging deeper into different algorithms was also a journey.
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SFS
My Linux journey is a bit weird. I first found out about it from Minecraft. I saw the word -Linux- and somehow, without context, imagined it as a hacker OS (many people do with context). A few years later, I got a Chromebook as a Google pre-order gift for getting the pixel 4. I found out about this thing called -Crostini-, which is a Linux command line environment, and I instantly fell in love with it and learned Apt, coreutils, etc. When I finally got my own desktop for the first time, one of the first things I tried to do was install Ubuntu on it as a dualboot. The installer crashed and destroyed my partition table, forcing a full reinstall of Windows. I didn't give up though, and I tried Linux Mint just 1 week later, which did install successfully and brought me into the Linux rabbithole.
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My Linux journey is a bit weird. I first found out about it from Minecraft. I saw the word -Linux- and somehow, without context, imagined it as a hacker OS (many people do with context). A few years later, I got a Chromebook as a Google pre-order gift for getting the pixel 4. I found out about this thing called -Crostini-, which is a Linux command line environment, and I instantly fell in love with it and learned Apt, coreutils, etc. When I finally got my own desktop for the first time, one of the first things I tried to do was install Ubuntu on it as a dualboot. The installer crashed and destroyed my partition table, forcing a full reinstall of Windows. I didn't give up though, and I tried Linux Mint just 1 week later, which did install successfully and brought me into the Linux rabbithole.
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sam
I started tinkering with Linux around the same time you did. I was into pc gaming before I knew about Linux though, so I never kept Linux on my main machine because gaming on Linux back then was not what it is today. I kept a spare machine around with Linux on it, but I didn't give it the time and attention I really should have until about a year ago when a brand new installation of windows 10 broke itself on my main computer, and I got so mad that I decided to go to Linux full time. I started with Manjaro, which went pretty well, but now I use pop os for no other reason than debian based systems seem to be my preference.
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I started tinkering with Linux around the same time you did. I was into pc gaming before I knew about Linux though, so I never kept Linux on my main machine because gaming on Linux back then was not what it is today. I kept a spare machine around with Linux on it, but I didn't give it the time and attention I really should have until about a year ago when a brand new installation of windows 10 broke itself on my main computer, and I got so mad that I decided to go to Linux full time. I started with Manjaro, which went pretty well, but now I use pop os for no other reason than debian based systems seem to be my preference.
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noam65
I used to dual boot red hat, before it went corporate, then mandrake, then Ubuntu. I've used it ever since. Then when I got tired of reinstalling windows, I reformatted the disk for Ubuntu only.
At work, I administered Solaris workstations, and aspects of other Unix platforms. I loved this part of my career.
We still use windows at work, and I still use notepad, with its elementary key bindings. It suits my flat file personal reference notation system. Plus it transfers well into Linux, using sed to convert from notepad to plain Linux text file format.
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I used to dual boot red hat, before it went corporate, then mandrake, then Ubuntu. I've used it ever since. Then when I got tired of reinstalling windows, I reformatted the disk for Ubuntu only.
At work, I administered Solaris workstations, and aspects of other Unix platforms. I loved this part of my career.
We still use windows at work, and I still use notepad, with its elementary key bindings. It suits my flat file personal reference notation system. Plus it transfers well into Linux, using sed to convert from notepad to plain Linux text file format.
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WK-47
Ah, I remember Wubi... I also started my Linux 'journey' back in the late 2000s (though only properly in 2015) and also changed radically as a computer user because of it. Always interesting hearing people's experiences of entering the Linux/FLOSS world.
Oh, and about where the journey ends, I don't think it ever really does. It's ultimately lifelong learning. Part of the deal is that there's always something more to discover or understand differently, if you want to.
Anyway, good video as always. Thanks, man!
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Ah, I remember Wubi... I also started my Linux 'journey' back in the late 2000s (though only properly in 2015) and also changed radically as a computer user because of it. Always interesting hearing people's experiences of entering the Linux/FLOSS world.
Oh, and about where the journey ends, I don't think it ever really does. It's ultimately lifelong learning. Part of the deal is that there's always something more to discover or understand differently, if you want to.
Anyway, good video as always. Thanks, man!
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Death
I am thankful for linux, that it exists. It reminds me that not every corner of the earth has been scorched by corporatism and big tech toxicity. It reminds me that we are all free thinking, independent people, if we want to be. I have dedicated my life to three philosophies: liberty of ideas (free software, anti copyright / anti patent movements, etc), privacy as a human right, and separation of money from state (cryptocurrency). They keep me going and give me purpose when the world is so utterly dark lately.
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I am thankful for linux, that it exists. It reminds me that not every corner of the earth has been scorched by corporatism and big tech toxicity. It reminds me that we are all free thinking, independent people, if we want to be. I have dedicated my life to three philosophies: liberty of ideas (free software, anti copyright / anti patent movements, etc), privacy as a human right, and separation of money from state (cryptocurrency). They keep me going and give me purpose when the world is so utterly dark lately.
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Alexandros
Hey Dt,
You need to put a disclaimer or warning in your videos.
!Customization is addictive!
From your videos I have fallen in love with Awesome wm, Xmonad and Openbox.
I've customized openbox to a beautiful environment with polybar and tint2 running on a raspberry pi400.
I've customized awesome wm to a beautiful environment for my dell laptop.
Next to customize will be with xmonad for my laptop.
Thank you for the videos,
Keep up the great work.
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Hey Dt,
You need to put a disclaimer or warning in your videos.
!Customization is addictive!
From your videos I have fallen in love with Awesome wm, Xmonad and Openbox.
I've customized openbox to a beautiful environment with polybar and tint2 running on a raspberry pi400.
I've customized awesome wm to a beautiful environment for my dell laptop.
Next to customize will be with xmonad for my laptop.
Thank you for the videos,
Keep up the great work.
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