6 Things to Know When Switching to Linux from Windows - Chris Titus Tech
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Date: 2022-03-20
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AceFuzzLord
When I had to do an emergency install of Ubuntu 20.04 back around November last year on my laptop I was 50/50 on whether I wanted to switch back to Windows 10 since I new nothing about Linux other than the name and logo.
At first it was a little bit frustrating trying to install Chrome since I was/still am a scrub. But I ended up figuring it out thanks to forums and other relevant articles. As time went on I went through a few hardships and learned a few things along the way. I'm not going to say I'm anywhere near an expert or even as good as someone using it for a few years, but I can manage.
My laptop might not be the most powerful thing out there, but it is a fighter for handling the switch. It may lag a bit when playing games and occasionally crash if I try to do too much at once, but it runs well enough. The big problem I have is that I don't have enough space, ram, etc. on my laptop to really take advantage of the distro.
Around a month and some odd weeks back I got a new desktop and I decide not to boot Linux. Not because I don't like it, but because I had bad luck in getting my favorite Steam games among other things to properly work on my laptop. But I do have Linux in a virtual machine to act as a security measure for when I download certain files.
I do want to eventually get a Linux gaming computer but that'll have to wait until I upgrade my desktop. I also plan on using my laptop for college work, like I did before, since it's portable and more convenient than logging on to a library computer if I wanna do more than just work.
On my desktop I at least have my favorite Linux game: SuperTuxKart. Along with a few things I had on my laptop at some point, including LibreOffice. I really like how uncluttered the Writter UI looks compared to Microsoft Word, which I uninstalled along with the others.
Despite returning to the land of walled off source code and less customization, I've learned to love open source more since my experiences with Linux.
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When I had to do an emergency install of Ubuntu 20.04 back around November last year on my laptop I was 50/50 on whether I wanted to switch back to Windows 10 since I new nothing about Linux other than the name and logo.
At first it was a little bit frustrating trying to install Chrome since I was/still am a scrub. But I ended up figuring it out thanks to forums and other relevant articles. As time went on I went through a few hardships and learned a few things along the way. I'm not going to say I'm anywhere near an expert or even as good as someone using it for a few years, but I can manage.
My laptop might not be the most powerful thing out there, but it is a fighter for handling the switch. It may lag a bit when playing games and occasionally crash if I try to do too much at once, but it runs well enough. The big problem I have is that I don't have enough space, ram, etc. on my laptop to really take advantage of the distro.
Around a month and some odd weeks back I got a new desktop and I decide not to boot Linux. Not because I don't like it, but because I had bad luck in getting my favorite Steam games among other things to properly work on my laptop. But I do have Linux in a virtual machine to act as a security measure for when I download certain files.
I do want to eventually get a Linux gaming computer but that'll have to wait until I upgrade my desktop. I also plan on using my laptop for college work, like I did before, since it's portable and more convenient than logging on to a library computer if I wanna do more than just work.
On my desktop I at least have my favorite Linux game: SuperTuxKart. Along with a few things I had on my laptop at some point, including LibreOffice. I really like how uncluttered the Writter UI looks compared to Microsoft Word, which I uninstalled along with the others.
Despite returning to the land of walled off source code and less customization, I've learned to love open source more since my experiences with Linux.
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VDL
I switched from Microsoft to -Linux- in a serious way: My career. As I sat my last exam for my third MCSE (2016), I just stood up, said, -I've had enough-, closed the exam and walked out. At the same time, I had passed CCNA and CCNA Security. I made the decision to leave Microsoft as a career and got my first gig as a switch jockey. I'll be taking my final v3 CCNP exam, ENARSI, within the next two months.
YOUR COMMENT on -old information \ bad information- is sound advice! If you think about the question, -How do I...on Windows-? People can get -bad information- if they are specific. It's not just -Windows 10- anymore. It's a VERSION number. Linux was release numbers, too. Always, always, always, note the time signature of the KB BEFORE you implement the fix! I'm watching your videos to make the final move away from Microsoft and their fascist brainwashing agenda. Thank you for making these videos.
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I switched from Microsoft to -Linux- in a serious way: My career. As I sat my last exam for my third MCSE (2016), I just stood up, said, -I've had enough-, closed the exam and walked out. At the same time, I had passed CCNA and CCNA Security. I made the decision to leave Microsoft as a career and got my first gig as a switch jockey. I'll be taking my final v3 CCNP exam, ENARSI, within the next two months.
YOUR COMMENT on -old information \ bad information- is sound advice! If you think about the question, -How do I...on Windows-? People can get -bad information- if they are specific. It's not just -Windows 10- anymore. It's a VERSION number. Linux was release numbers, too. Always, always, always, note the time signature of the KB BEFORE you implement the fix! I'm watching your videos to make the final move away from Microsoft and their fascist brainwashing agenda. Thank you for making these videos.
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VHT
Moving out from Windows to Unix based. Of course MacOS for Macbook and for PC. Uninstalling Windows and moving to Linux. After windows toasted my files (that Blue Screen of Death) and afterwards corrupted all my files (RIP to those without backups including some research files and spreadsheets that I need to redo for the entire year!) have it checked and there was no virus. The reason was that autoupdate that you cant cancel while doing productivity stuff. Thats why I moved to MacOS BUT I wont bring out of the house that Mac of mine since its my main computer. Laptop wise ill have a Linux instead. No more Windows. I dont like the way they toasted my files.
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Moving out from Windows to Unix based. Of course MacOS for Macbook and for PC. Uninstalling Windows and moving to Linux. After windows toasted my files (that Blue Screen of Death) and afterwards corrupted all my files (RIP to those without backups including some research files and spreadsheets that I need to redo for the entire year!) have it checked and there was no virus. The reason was that autoupdate that you cant cancel while doing productivity stuff. Thats why I moved to MacOS BUT I wont bring out of the house that Mac of mine since its my main computer. Laptop wise ill have a Linux instead. No more Windows. I dont like the way they toasted my files.
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On
Linux has come a long way in the last few years. When I made the total switch over from Windows to Linux as my daily driver about 8 years ago, you really needed to be tech savvy. Nowadays, the learning curve is much shorter for a newbie. Yeah, using terminal takes a bit to feel comfortable with, but for the most part, you don-t need to reinvent the wheel as many command lines are posted. Case in point- my wife is a Mint user and has zero tech skills and doesn-t need them. She can navigate and operate at a level that suits her needs. She just loves the stability and speed on her old HP laptop.
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Linux has come a long way in the last few years. When I made the total switch over from Windows to Linux as my daily driver about 8 years ago, you really needed to be tech savvy. Nowadays, the learning curve is much shorter for a newbie. Yeah, using terminal takes a bit to feel comfortable with, but for the most part, you don-t need to reinvent the wheel as many command lines are posted. Case in point- my wife is a Mint user and has zero tech skills and doesn-t need them. She can navigate and operate at a level that suits her needs. She just loves the stability and speed on her old HP laptop.
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itech
I don't know from where this idea came that Windows is user friendly and intuitive while Linux is this terminal and a lot of learning. I honestly dont know of anyone who even installed their first windows and started doing everything themselves. Win is extremely hard to grasp for a logical person and definitely not intuitive. In that sense Linux is simpler with simpler directories and package managers and updates dont break everything (for the stable ones obviously).
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I don't know from where this idea came that Windows is user friendly and intuitive while Linux is this terminal and a lot of learning. I honestly dont know of anyone who even installed their first windows and started doing everything themselves. Win is extremely hard to grasp for a logical person and definitely not intuitive. In that sense Linux is simpler with simpler directories and package managers and updates dont break everything (for the stable ones obviously).
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May
Just switched back to windows after over a year of using linux fully as my main os
Linux is much better than windows but on gaming and on the issues I got as well for the apps that I couldn't run like adobe apps that are really required for my work I had to still use windows and even tried to do that on a VB but my laptop isn't that good so sadly I had to switch back to the worst OS ever :/
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Just switched back to windows after over a year of using linux fully as my main os
Linux is much better than windows but on gaming and on the issues I got as well for the apps that I couldn't run like adobe apps that are really required for my work I had to still use windows and even tried to do that on a VB but my laptop isn't that good so sadly I had to switch back to the worst OS ever :/
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Water
7:25 that is not always the case do you know i applecation called blender is free open source the truth is windows has same software open source the last couple off years but ther is minority the applecations that all ther multiple free software in windows like for example liber office or and meny others like Godot and the fact is most off Linux software exists in windows as well
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7:25 that is not always the case do you know i applecation called blender is free open source the truth is windows has same software open source the last couple off years but ther is minority the applecations that all ther multiple free software in windows like for example liber office or and meny others like Godot and the fact is most off Linux software exists in windows as well
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ti
Thanks to the Linux developing community. If you need more people to drop Windows, you need to provide (within the Linux body) a platform for us (windows users) to run Windows software. This platform should comes automatically with the Linux installation. Don't expect us to come in and download a bunch of software (wine, ...), and run lots of command lines on a shelf ...
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Thanks to the Linux developing community. If you need more people to drop Windows, you need to provide (within the Linux body) a platform for us (windows users) to run Windows software. This platform should comes automatically with the Linux installation. Don't expect us to come in and download a bunch of software (wine, ...), and run lots of command lines on a shelf ...
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opoXIous
I would say, the more people are into Linux the bigger the Linux community will be.
And the best of all, the more people that can help you and vice verca.
I'm seriously beginning to think about to go deeper in Linux.
But i'm a serious beginner.
The only time is used linux was when i was repairing servers with a linux based OS
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I would say, the more people are into Linux the bigger the Linux community will be.
And the best of all, the more people that can help you and vice verca.
I'm seriously beginning to think about to go deeper in Linux.
But i'm a serious beginner.
The only time is used linux was when i was repairing servers with a linux based OS
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jonas
I have an old pc that i will see if works any if it dose i basically want to do a lot of dumb sh-t with it like trying hacks (on myself) to see how easy it is and if it work, maybe going on the dark web etc.
My question is. Would I install linux on this computer?
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I have an old pc that i will see if works any if it dose i basically want to do a lot of dumb sh-t with it like trying hacks (on myself) to see how easy it is and if it work, maybe going on the dark web etc.
My question is. Would I install linux on this computer?
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