Why Should I Switch to Linux - Chris Titus Tech
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Date: 2022-03-20
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J-rgen
I-ve set -Windows Updates- to -Manual- on my systems and so I-m doing updates and sometimes a reboot only when I like to do them ... so, I have nothing more to do with the -Holy Grail- of windows critics, as I always call it
since the release of Win10 I-m only using the preinstalled -Windows Defender- + -Security Updates- and until now I-ve never had any issues with -univited guests-
many experts are saying that the main reason why Windows is getting slower is the eventually installed third-party -security- software because of its huge impact on the whole system
my gaming PC will run with Windows further on for good reason because Linux, many game developers, especially the really important ones, and the manufacturers of peripheral devices are still not able to give me the full and, above all, simple and problem-free access to the gaming sector and to all current and modern Triple-A games on the market the way Windows can... there are very good reasons why the whole -E-Sport- community is using Windows
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I-ve set -Windows Updates- to -Manual- on my systems and so I-m doing updates and sometimes a reboot only when I like to do them ... so, I have nothing more to do with the -Holy Grail- of windows critics, as I always call it
since the release of Win10 I-m only using the preinstalled -Windows Defender- + -Security Updates- and until now I-ve never had any issues with -univited guests-
many experts are saying that the main reason why Windows is getting slower is the eventually installed third-party -security- software because of its huge impact on the whole system
my gaming PC will run with Windows further on for good reason because Linux, many game developers, especially the really important ones, and the manufacturers of peripheral devices are still not able to give me the full and, above all, simple and problem-free access to the gaming sector and to all current and modern Triple-A games on the market the way Windows can... there are very good reasons why the whole -E-Sport- community is using Windows
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Leo
I've been dual booting Linux and windows for nearly a decade because some part of me really wants to like and get into Linux, but my problems with it have literally nothing to do with Microsoft Office, and everything to do with installing and running new programs. On windows, if the program you've found out there on the internet has a version for windows, you install or run it, and it works. Linux, half the time, you have to do am hour of googling to figure out what commands to enter into the terminal to hack the thing together right. I've had to spend so much time troubleshooting new apps on Linux that booting back to my windows install feels like a breath of fresh air.
The learning curve for Linux, beyond just simple grandma user, is absolutely insane.
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I've been dual booting Linux and windows for nearly a decade because some part of me really wants to like and get into Linux, but my problems with it have literally nothing to do with Microsoft Office, and everything to do with installing and running new programs. On windows, if the program you've found out there on the internet has a version for windows, you install or run it, and it works. Linux, half the time, you have to do am hour of googling to figure out what commands to enter into the terminal to hack the thing together right. I've had to spend so much time troubleshooting new apps on Linux that booting back to my windows install feels like a breath of fresh air.
The learning curve for Linux, beyond just simple grandma user, is absolutely insane.
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Code_Jake
My only reason for not switching sooner was just ease of installation then I realized if there-s a Linux version of it , then installing on Linux is three times easier i switched to manjaro got obs vs code and node all installed at once through pamac and was up and running ready to make some projects in like an hour that-s is installation updates and programs needed installed. Once you learn a couple terminal commands your basically golden especially if your running anything based off arch the AUR is massive and the wiki basically has every answer you could ever need , someone else has asked it almost guaranteed.
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My only reason for not switching sooner was just ease of installation then I realized if there-s a Linux version of it , then installing on Linux is three times easier i switched to manjaro got obs vs code and node all installed at once through pamac and was up and running ready to make some projects in like an hour that-s is installation updates and programs needed installed. Once you learn a couple terminal commands your basically golden especially if your running anything based off arch the AUR is massive and the wiki basically has every answer you could ever need , someone else has asked it almost guaranteed.
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Kyle
I don't know if you will ever see this comment. But, my question is why can't someone just create a Windows Emulator? There are programs I would like to run in linux that are only windows based systems. But, I just do not understand why someone can not just make a Emulator that just opens a windows command prompt window and the you just type in the run command for the windows program you want to run instead of dual booting your machine or running a virtual machine. That way you could get around all the crap of windows and you would just be running the base program of windows. If you see this question please answer it.
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I don't know if you will ever see this comment. But, my question is why can't someone just create a Windows Emulator? There are programs I would like to run in linux that are only windows based systems. But, I just do not understand why someone can not just make a Emulator that just opens a windows command prompt window and the you just type in the run command for the windows program you want to run instead of dual booting your machine or running a virtual machine. That way you could get around all the crap of windows and you would just be running the base program of windows. If you see this question please answer it.
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Johann
I was thinking the other night about why window forced updates are a good thing, and I finally see. I installed manjaro on my brother's laptop (he isn't tech-savvy) and anytime I go on the computer, there are a ton of updates, he never updates it, and then I realized why windows update is a good thing. Without automatic updates, the regular user won't update, even with notifications prompting them to. If they're forced, the user will then finally have to update to the latest security and feature updates, whereas without forced updates, the updates probably won't be applied for years.
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I was thinking the other night about why window forced updates are a good thing, and I finally see. I installed manjaro on my brother's laptop (he isn't tech-savvy) and anytime I go on the computer, there are a ton of updates, he never updates it, and then I realized why windows update is a good thing. Without automatic updates, the regular user won't update, even with notifications prompting them to. If they're forced, the user will then finally have to update to the latest security and feature updates, whereas without forced updates, the updates probably won't be applied for years.
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Russell
Actually, a number of years ago when I was using Mandrake Linux, probably about 2007, I got a fake-alert virus on Linux. It was pretty much the same as the ones that used to plague windows xp. Couldn't find any means to get rid of it at the time, so I reinstalled. But that's the only time, besides Android. Android also runs on the Linux kernel, and there's plenty of malware out there for Android. The bigger Ubuntu and its derivatives become, the more we will see malware written for Linux. Still, the situation hasn't changed much in the 2 years since you made this video.
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Actually, a number of years ago when I was using Mandrake Linux, probably about 2007, I got a fake-alert virus on Linux. It was pretty much the same as the ones that used to plague windows xp. Couldn't find any means to get rid of it at the time, so I reinstalled. But that's the only time, besides Android. Android also runs on the Linux kernel, and there's plenty of malware out there for Android. The bigger Ubuntu and its derivatives become, the more we will see malware written for Linux. Still, the situation hasn't changed much in the 2 years since you made this video.
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ThomasGrillo
I'll likely be switching all of my machines over to Linux, in 2025, when Microsoft drops support for Windows 10, as I can't afford to throw out all my systems, just to have TPM compliance, for Windows 11. Not gonna do that. None of my machines even have the TPM headers for 2.0 TPM compliance. So. Starting my research into Linux, early. I'll be loosing a lot of software assets, but what can you do? Right? The money just ain't there fore Windows 11 machines. Not on my income. LOL.
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I'll likely be switching all of my machines over to Linux, in 2025, when Microsoft drops support for Windows 10, as I can't afford to throw out all my systems, just to have TPM compliance, for Windows 11. Not gonna do that. None of my machines even have the TPM headers for 2.0 TPM compliance. So. Starting my research into Linux, early. I'll be loosing a lot of software assets, but what can you do? Right? The money just ain't there fore Windows 11 machines. Not on my income. LOL.
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Quenyan
I love linux too, but I don't agree with reason #4, linux is not very friendly with Mac machines, especially MBA. Tell me if you found an OS which install perfectly fine with everything works right away on MBA 6.2. ( like wifi, sound, video, keyboard, touchpad, and stuffs like that), other than that Linux is LEGITly better than Windows or Mac.
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I love linux too, but I don't agree with reason #4, linux is not very friendly with Mac machines, especially MBA. Tell me if you found an OS which install perfectly fine with everything works right away on MBA 6.2. ( like wifi, sound, video, keyboard, touchpad, and stuffs like that), other than that Linux is LEGITly better than Windows or Mac.
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Thor
I got an old pentium running linux with just a few reboots due to moving house and a power outage it is running basically 24/7 since the mid 90s.
Started to make point regarding the statement from a microsoft tech Windows 98 should not be run more than 30 hours else it would crash.
What can I say, I am rather stubborn at times.
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I got an old pentium running linux with just a few reboots due to moving house and a power outage it is running basically 24/7 since the mid 90s.
Started to make point regarding the statement from a microsoft tech Windows 98 should not be run more than 30 hours else it would crash.
What can I say, I am rather stubborn at times.
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Jan
Indeed Outlook is the only reason to keep Windows. But I still switched to Linux and created a Windows VM to run Office. That's a pretty workable setup. And having this Windows VM I can also install other applications there when I don'f find a proper counterpart on Linux. I prefer this setup over a dual boot system
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Indeed Outlook is the only reason to keep Windows. But I still switched to Linux and created a Windows VM to run Office. That's a pretty workable setup. And having this Windows VM I can also install other applications there when I don'f find a proper counterpart on Linux. I prefer this setup over a dual boot system
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