A Gentle Introduction To Linux (for Linus Tech Tips viewers) DistroTube
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Date: 2022-03-30
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Friket
Sorry, but your points are not very convincing to switch to Linux.
30 seconds to a minute to load program on windows?? Then there is something serious wrong with your installation?
You can customize Windows desktop for the most part, you don't know how I think? I agree you have more options and choices on Linux
Number 4, Windows doens't monitor a lot of thinks you say, also see reaction on to point 7. Also don't want to be programmer to operate my computer. Just want it to work
Number 5, under Windows there is also a lot, and mabye even more free and opensoftware to use and also a lot more closed source software, so that is not a valid point. Opensource software is not always better. I find it more important that the data I have can move freely between programs, don't care if it's open or closed source. I want to use the programs that fits my needs, not based on licenses and I have no intentions of becoming a programmer to change a program... I need to do my on work...
Number 6, that is first valid point, Linux is more secure
Number 7, partly valid, but you are overreacting, lot of it reffers to the insider programs which monitorings everything, but that is not the default, same point as number 4?
Number 8, more a point not to use Linux for me, but that is personal
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Sorry, but your points are not very convincing to switch to Linux.
30 seconds to a minute to load program on windows?? Then there is something serious wrong with your installation?
You can customize Windows desktop for the most part, you don't know how I think? I agree you have more options and choices on Linux
Number 4, Windows doens't monitor a lot of thinks you say, also see reaction on to point 7. Also don't want to be programmer to operate my computer. Just want it to work
Number 5, under Windows there is also a lot, and mabye even more free and opensoftware to use and also a lot more closed source software, so that is not a valid point. Opensource software is not always better. I find it more important that the data I have can move freely between programs, don't care if it's open or closed source. I want to use the programs that fits my needs, not based on licenses and I have no intentions of becoming a programmer to change a program... I need to do my on work...
Number 6, that is first valid point, Linux is more secure
Number 7, partly valid, but you are overreacting, lot of it reffers to the insider programs which monitorings everything, but that is not the default, same point as number 4?
Number 8, more a point not to use Linux for me, but that is personal
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Jake
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're refering to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.-
Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called Linux, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.-
There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called Linux distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux!
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I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're refering to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.-
Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called Linux, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.-
There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called Linux distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux!
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HermesAngel
I hardly disagree with your premise sir mostly due to the fact that I would argue that they are the best people to give that introduction to for the simple reasoning of they don't need a well-seasoned Linux user to be the guide in this particular case because the people that they're introducing Linux to are not coming from it from a I genuinely want to use this I've done my research I've done this I've done that they are introducing the common laymen to this operation system so yes watching two relative noobs if you will use the Linux system and see if they can function it's perhaps one of the most useful tools into getting other people to use Linux and to rely on Linux because it demystifies and it makes it a lot less scary quote unquote okay so while I do appreciate this video for what it is I also think that you were underestimating the value of what the Linus tech videos providing because people will come from their video to yours
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I hardly disagree with your premise sir mostly due to the fact that I would argue that they are the best people to give that introduction to for the simple reasoning of they don't need a well-seasoned Linux user to be the guide in this particular case because the people that they're introducing Linux to are not coming from it from a I genuinely want to use this I've done my research I've done this I've done that they are introducing the common laymen to this operation system so yes watching two relative noobs if you will use the Linux system and see if they can function it's perhaps one of the most useful tools into getting other people to use Linux and to rely on Linux because it demystifies and it makes it a lot less scary quote unquote okay so while I do appreciate this video for what it is I also think that you were underestimating the value of what the Linus tech videos providing because people will come from their video to yours
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Ian
I feel LTT's video's ARE a great introduction to Linux because they're Linux noobs. A Linux veteran often glosses over things they deem not important but a noob will struggle with.
These videos will pinpoint pain points of Linux instead of not seeing it / sweeping it under the rug. So other noobs will see what THEY can expect instead of the perfect vision of the veteran.
There's a lot of broken/strange stuff in Linux not getting fixed/improved because veterans are already trained to work around it or dismiss it.
I see a lot of reaction videos that already dismiss LTT's experience because they are noobs and -they are doing it wrong-. Yeah... That's the point: noobs will run into these problems!
Now it's being showcased and put under the spotlight. Hopefully getting some attention from the Linux community to be fixed or improved.
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I feel LTT's video's ARE a great introduction to Linux because they're Linux noobs. A Linux veteran often glosses over things they deem not important but a noob will struggle with.
These videos will pinpoint pain points of Linux instead of not seeing it / sweeping it under the rug. So other noobs will see what THEY can expect instead of the perfect vision of the veteran.
There's a lot of broken/strange stuff in Linux not getting fixed/improved because veterans are already trained to work around it or dismiss it.
I see a lot of reaction videos that already dismiss LTT's experience because they are noobs and -they are doing it wrong-. Yeah... That's the point: noobs will run into these problems!
Now it's being showcased and put under the spotlight. Hopefully getting some attention from the Linux community to be fixed or improved.
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Sam
GNU is not Linux. GNU is not an OS. A toolset is not an OS period. Alpine, Suckless, Android, and versions of linux from scratch , this is just a small list, all have different toolsets. Plus what if you build with QT? Android is not an OS. Android Linux is a compact distribution not an OS. GNU is a software foundation. An OS for simplest explanations allows the hardware to work with the software. A popular toolset does not make an OS. I would ask how everybody gets this wrong but Richard Stallman believes he has the right to rename things. He wants credit for LInux because Hurd failed. By the way, Hurd is an OS. Please stop spreading Stallmans diseased lie that Linux is actually GNU/Linux. Something like GNU/Ubuntu would be more accurate as that is an OS like Debian based solely on the GNU foundation.
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GNU is not Linux. GNU is not an OS. A toolset is not an OS period. Alpine, Suckless, Android, and versions of linux from scratch , this is just a small list, all have different toolsets. Plus what if you build with QT? Android is not an OS. Android Linux is a compact distribution not an OS. GNU is a software foundation. An OS for simplest explanations allows the hardware to work with the software. A popular toolset does not make an OS. I would ask how everybody gets this wrong but Richard Stallman believes he has the right to rename things. He wants credit for LInux because Hurd failed. By the way, Hurd is an OS. Please stop spreading Stallmans diseased lie that Linux is actually GNU/Linux. Something like GNU/Ubuntu would be more accurate as that is an OS like Debian based solely on the GNU foundation.
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4everzapy
My teacher said that the programs had to be made fool-proof, since the fools are very creative and they will find a way to spoil your program,. Any program if it needs to update packages, what to do is check the dependencies and launch the updater, as in windows, so difficult is it to do that shit in linux? I am a window programmer, it would be interesting to see how it will program in Linux, but it must be an impossible task to create -a program for Linux-, having so many different distros each with a different installer, it is crazy, each one pulls to different sides and it is a titanic task to move forward
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My teacher said that the programs had to be made fool-proof, since the fools are very creative and they will find a way to spoil your program,. Any program if it needs to update packages, what to do is check the dependencies and launch the updater, as in windows, so difficult is it to do that shit in linux? I am a window programmer, it would be interesting to see how it will program in Linux, but it must be an impossible task to create -a program for Linux-, having so many different distros each with a different installer, it is crazy, each one pulls to different sides and it is a titanic task to move forward
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Warren
Here's the gentle introduction: If windows is hard for you, linux will be harder. If you're not happy on Windows, get a mac. Buhbye.
Linux isn't a unified, coherent thing, it's a sometimes lovely but frequently atrocious thing, a world of fragmented, opinionated wellackshuallyyerwrong edgelords, and broken tech. For every big problem in tech, there are not one, and not ten, but more like seven hundred 90% solutions out there, and Linux overall is a world of overlapping 90% solutions.
Non technical people will hate linux.
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Here's the gentle introduction: If windows is hard for you, linux will be harder. If you're not happy on Windows, get a mac. Buhbye.
Linux isn't a unified, coherent thing, it's a sometimes lovely but frequently atrocious thing, a world of fragmented, opinionated wellackshuallyyerwrong edgelords, and broken tech. For every big problem in tech, there are not one, and not ten, but more like seven hundred 90% solutions out there, and Linux overall is a world of overlapping 90% solutions.
Non technical people will hate linux.
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Ahmed
Is there any version of Linux or if there is any way to make Linux similar to Windows in terms of folders and drives organizing?
Like getting Drive C , D , E in Linux
Like all users accounts and their sub folders in one folder
Like getting full folders names as user instead of usr
Like Programs and apps in one folder
I believe Linux was not design originally for normal home users and still as its even with all new versions.
I am using Windows because its easier and simpler.
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Is there any version of Linux or if there is any way to make Linux similar to Windows in terms of folders and drives organizing?
Like getting Drive C , D , E in Linux
Like all users accounts and their sub folders in one folder
Like getting full folders names as user instead of usr
Like Programs and apps in one folder
I believe Linux was not design originally for normal home users and still as its even with all new versions.
I am using Windows because its easier and simpler.
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Androth
windows user comment: calamaris installer is one of the best things i've seen on linux lately. i can install and have a running vm of a linux distro to check out in under 15 minutes.
for people using virtual box, i've had several installs fail because i had multiple cpu selected in vb settings. for me, i had to bring it down to 1 cpu for install, then took it back up to 8 to run the vm with no further problems.
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windows user comment: calamaris installer is one of the best things i've seen on linux lately. i can install and have a running vm of a linux distro to check out in under 15 minutes.
for people using virtual box, i've had several installs fail because i had multiple cpu selected in vb settings. for me, i had to bring it down to 1 cpu for install, then took it back up to 8 to run the vm with no further problems.
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jason
I've tried linux, i have to wait 8 seconds for chrome to open! Tried installing antivirus simply to give the other person who's laptop it was peace of mind, wasn't available on the app list so had to mess around with terminal commands! Felt like installing a Dos game on old windows, gave up as it wouldn't install the app virus database folder. Boot time was also abismal.
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I've tried linux, i have to wait 8 seconds for chrome to open! Tried installing antivirus simply to give the other person who's laptop it was peace of mind, wasn't available on the app list so had to mess around with terminal commands! Felt like installing a Dos game on old windows, gave up as it wouldn't install the app virus database folder. Boot time was also abismal.
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