Linux certainly does not suck. I switched very successfully when I started watching your videos during the pandemic. So grateful, and have never looked back.

Joe, it's always a pleasure when you post. The community owes a lot to you. Thanks for sharing your insight and expertise!

Ubuntu is still way better than windows these days.

It sounds like they installed Win 10 with Bitlocker.

Hi Matt, install Linux.

Always a pleasure to hear you, Joe. About a decade ago, I was considering installing Linux, I came across your videos & it eased my phobia of Linux. Still I was a bit hesitant, so I wrote you an email about installing Linux Mint. You gave me some pointers & I installed Mint. Never went back to Windows. Thank you.

LINUX RULES! I went to it full time when Microsoft announced Windows Recall. I haven't looked back. I'm currently running FerenOS and I love it.

Just saying as long as the average user has to use the comand line or edit config files for anything your OS is broken end of story. The average use should be able to do anthing they normaly do without knowing the command line exists. Linux has come a long way, but there are still things you have to pull up the terminal or manually edit the configs. This is unexcetable for the average person. If Linux is going to be mainstream GUIs need to be made the priority with command line as the last resort option that realy should never have to be used.

I took off Windows 10 off our Laptop about a year ago, and installed Mint Cinnamon. I'm very used to Linux, but my girlfriend isn't and loves Windows. Since using it, she now prefers Linux to Windows. Great story.

My grandfather introduced me to Linux when I was 13, then my dad gave me an old laptop as my first computer so that I could run Linux on it. I tried dual booting with Windows at first, but couldn't get Windows to work, so I just stuck with Linux. I've been using Linux as my primary OS ever since. I'm very glad I stuck with it. Now I manage Linux servers as part of my job!

You have helped so many Linux users Joe, we owe you a lot.

That is a FUDGING awesome story. I've been on Linux for 10 years and do not miss Windows at all.

You are the only person who can make my excited when I see a 30 minute video in my subscriber feed ready to be clicked. Cheers!

Good to hear from you. Miss your Linux greatness!

My daughter has been on LMDE since 5 came out, recently updated to 6. She uses it mostly for Minecraft and Krita using a drawing display pad. She has gotten really, really good at drawing. Some of her drawings look like professional cartoons, and I don't mean the prevalent bubble/stick figure type. She's 10. Anyway, yeah, it's just a useful computer to her. It being a Linux based system isn't something she thinks about at all.

Yay🎉 an old school Linux video

You were my guide for my move from XP to Linux. Your manner was just what a new guy needed. We went through several updates over the years, and my interest in music albums was rekindled. Still with the Penquin, know more that I did then, but not a whole lot more. Thank you.

Thanks a lot Joe, good to hear this experience. And indeed, whenever you look for that very hardcore linux answer it's gonna be either in the Arch wiki, but also in the Ubuntu forums. So much i learned from those forums (even as a non-ubuntu user), with viable answers dating back to 2012, 2016. Keep them coming, much appreciated!

..when the drumbeats go like this! Your wallpaper made my day..;o)

A good father helps his kids learn many lessons, big and small. I can tell you're a good dad, and I can't think of anything in life more important than that.