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Hello, I am wondering if I could get a stranger on the internet to let me know if I should use Linux. I just wish more people would literally just say "Use Linux".
Don't know if this is a useful perspective, I switched to Linux about 2 weeks ago, coming from windows all my life, and most recently win10. It's been tough, it seems like you can do anything you want, but you're gonna spend many an hour troubleshooting early on for sure, and if you don't have some amount of command line experience that's gonna suck
You've been using Windows all your life. It will take time to be comfortable with Linux since it's a different workflow, that's normal.
What have you run into that sticks out to you?
I’m curious because I’ve been on Linux full-time for 2 years now and an avid user for years before, but my friend is thinking of switching and I want to know what he might need help with.
I've been casually using gnu/linux for nearly twenty years and i'm still looking up commands I use with some regularity.
You know, Linux is great. I love it. I run a lot of things on it. But it can be a frustrating experience. Simply put, its not a one to one replacement and it will simply not fit into some peoples lives like windows has up to this point.
My personal experience with linux desktops (some arch flavors and fedora) combined with Wayland and an Nvidia card have been pretty abysmal.
On prior Fedora's and Endeavor, I had Firefox crashing constantly, no clue why. Crashes reduced this week with the release of Fedora 43 but its still not stable. This is something I've not experienced under windows ever since they rewrote firefox like.. 10 years ago now?
With KDE plasma, its system apps like settings crash. I've not had to restart my PC with the physical restart button under windows for quite a while now. But when using KDE, the whole thing freezes and will just not respond.
I've tried playing some CS2 literally today and couldn't make it through a match without a crash.
Vendor software for hardware devices (drivers) is missing linux support a lot of the time and while I appreciate open source alternatives, they just don't cover the edge cases I had. As an example: razer rbg lighting effects stacking is non existent on linux. Open RBG works.. but its not good enough.
I'm sooo ready to use KDE Plasma on a daily basis and really want to, but the stability I want is just not there yet. If you have simple use cases, don't stray too far onto the edge, possibly have older hardware and don't need Wayland or don't use Nvidia, I'd definitely recommend it. I use Mint on my 14 year old laptop just fine, but its got an old ass nvidia card, uses x11 with cinnamon and I don't game on it. Stable as a rock. I use Debian (headless) on my home server and it hasn't crashed with a 3 year uptime.
Desktop linux on a gaming machine.. I've just been disappointed.
Sorry for the dump. I'm voicing my frustration out of love for linux, not out of hate.
Use Linux
It's almost like all of the big gigantic companies are in cahoots with one another and then one day...BOOM!...they bought all the governments.
We could see back in the 1980s that corporations were becoming more powerful than governments. And that power imbalance has only continued to become more extreme since then.
I saw it a lot further back in France, but they were called institutions back then, not corporations. A rose by any other name. It gives me hope that the sleeping giant (the citizenry) can only be pushed so far.
You don't understand, I'm scouring the internet for obscure archives of videos on how to manually uninstall Windows 11 components with the command line because Linux is just too hard to learn!
This is another reason why we have got to stop centralizing everything on the web. When you reply on these platforms, you have lost all autonomy over your brand, data and content. And they get to decide what you see and do. We need to go back to everybody hosting (self-hosting or paid hosting) their own data, content and building out their own communities again. I also miss going to more than 3 websites a day.
For those who care, at the first setup screen instead of answering any of the questions press Shift + F10.
CMD will open.
Type (no quotes) “net user Prefferedusername /add” (replacing Prefferedusername with the user name you wish to use) and press enter.
Next type “net localgroup administrators Prefferedusername /add” and press enter.
Next type “net user Prefferedusername /active:yes” and press enter.
Next type “net user Prefferedusername /expires:never” and press enter.
Next type “net user administrator /active:no” and press enter.
Next type “net user defaultUser0 /delete” (this is case sensitive make sure the "U" is capitalized) and press enter.
Next type "regedit" and press enter.
This opens registry editor, navigate to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\OOBE"
Delete "DefaultAccountAction", "DefaultAccountSAMName", and "DefaultAccountSID"
Right click on "LaunchUserOOBE" and rename it to "SkipMachineOOBE" and make sure the value is set to "1".
Close registry editor and type "shutdown /r /t 0"
I am usually not that guy, but honestly, why not just install Linux Mint at this point
Because some people still require windows for what ever reason and also it's fun to resist corporate bullshit by spitting in their face.
Personally I switched to Bazzite for my gaming rigs and Mint for everything else, but I wont judge anyone who wants to stay on windows despite the hostility microsoft has for its user base and I say more power to them.
Those who stand defiant in the face of overwhelming odds are exactly the sort of folk I like.
Windows users: "I don't want to swap to Linux, you have to follow arcane instructions from the Internet and use the terminal to do basic tasks"
Also Windows users: "Now here is how you add a local user:"
at the first setup screen instead of answering any of the questions press Shift + F10.
CMD will open.
Type (no quotes) “net user Prefferedusername /add” (replacing Prefferedusername with the user name you wish to use) and press enter.
Next type “net localgroup administrators Prefferedusername /add” and press enter.
Next type “net user Prefferedusername /active:yes” and press enter.
Next type “net user Prefferedusername /expires:never” and press enter.
Next type “net user administrator /active:no” and press enter.
Next type “net user defaultUser0 /delete” (this is case sensitive make sure the “U” is capitalized) and press enter.
Next type “regedit” and press enter.
This opens registry editor, navigate to “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\OOBE”
Delete “DefaultAccountAction”, “DefaultAccountSAMName”, and “DefaultAccountSID”
Right click on “LaunchUserOOBE” and rename it to “SkipMachineOOBE” and make sure the value is set to “1”.
Close registry editor and type “shutdown /r /t 0”
The noose keeps tightening.
Google also has been trying to argue that modifying client side javascript is equivalent to hacking.
Modifying code running on your own fucking machine, in your own fucking browser.
I know it's a normal thing, to not instantly look for alternatives to software you might have used for your entire life, and I get it, if it hasn't harmed you or done you wrong, then it's probably fine to stick with what you know.
But as someone who first experienced alternatives to Windows back in 2006, and like others who walked the more beaten path, we've grown tired of this stuff. The slow, decline of Windows, and the promise of something better with every update.
It won't surprise me if one day they decide to full send it and charge a monthly subscription to use the full OS, not one bit. Enshittification, it's bound to happen. I'm teaching my child about linux now, so they'll be aware that software doesn't have to suck.
Try something different, it's a good way to live, to know you don't have to remain where you are if you don't want to. Of course, only if you want to!
They already are poised for this as subscription service, they are selling mini PCs called 365 Link that only have enough OS to reach the cloud and run all M365 apps online.. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-365/link
Why does Google even care? They should make Microsoft file takedown notices for each of these installs while at the same time promoting Linux after all their own OS runs on Linux (I know it's a piece of junk that can't compare to a typewriter but still)
Google doesn't care, this is most likely an algorithm taking down the video based on the title. Not the first time the algorithm took down videos accidentally see the copyright case below for example:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27004577
That was years ago, now it is worse.
This would be a GREAT time to post some links to videos about it on Peertube.
"You will give us your data no matter what."
They are helping you staying away from windows, use linux it's free
Load Linux. Leave microsloth to die
Stop uploading content to YouTube - there are other hosts
Sure. You could upload it to peer-tube, and have it be seen by a whole 11 people!
There was a time Youtube videos would only be seen by 11 people. But it grew because people posted videos anyway.
It grew because it was the only platform that did it.
If you want views, you have to go where the viewers are. Current alternatives are sorely lacking.
If you want the smaller platforms to grow, you do need to post there, but ignoring the existing giant won't get you seen unfortunately. At the very least, you should do both.
Download the ISO from MS, make bootable USB with Rufus. After clicking Start you can choose local account only, bypass TPM and RAM reqs, etc
E I guess not fin. Massgrave
Just use Linux. Problem solved!
Its so nice on peertube nowadays. !peertube@lemmy.world if anyone wants to join and watch/post videos.
And of course arbitrary try Linux out. Its a very productive OS.
Wasn't Google trying to get their own OS off the ground? It's in their business interest for people to switch from Windows to elsewhere.
Firefox based and Chromium addon to redirect YouTube and other links to privacy alternatives. Works for Firefox based browsers on Android too.
Very strange, cause as the first reply to the top comment says, it’s NOT Microsoft requesting these takedowns. Why are Google taking the videos down without Microsoft asking them to?
