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How do you know somebody uses Arch? - He's gonna tell you. ;-)

"privacy" *uses chrome*

Him: I prefer privacy Also him: *uses chrome*

Me: Installs Linux Also me: Installs Visual Studio Code

Windows: requires patience Mac: requires 💰💰 Linux: Requires Skills

Six months ago I decided to try dual booting just out of curiosity. I'm studying software engineering and I thought I should at least know my way around Linux. Two days ago I completely moved to Linux because I just fell in love. No more windows for me, thank you very much.

"Why I code on Linux" >list of reasons that have nothing to do with coding

Man's looking like Gilfoyle from the silicon valley show with the long hair and beard.

"Why do you code on Linux?" Me: why would i code on anything else?

As a beginner going through the odin project, they require Linux for the program and I've found it to be absolutely amazing

As a game/game engine developer I write 90% of my code on windows and run wsl to make sure it’s cross platform and works on linux as well. Windows is almost always the target platform as a game developer. Visual studio and it’s set of tools is pretty much the industry standard. That being said when I used to do web dev I worked exclusively on linux. It’s just so much faster to do everything from a console and it’s usually simpler too. Point is, don’t force yourself to use any platform because you “know” it’s better. Use the right one for the job.

Never heard of Windows. jk, We have Windows here in the wall :p

Thank you Bertram Gilfoyle!

Watching on my Linux Mint 20 desktop right now. Also, bought a Raspberry Pi so I run the Raspberry version there too. As a regular desktop it has been my main OS for 5 years now. I have resurrected several older machines to make them useful again with some lighter distro's as well.

I prefer linux over windows, but while I used windows, I did find that you could completely disable all tracking and telemetry through the registry, which can be confusing and daunting if you don't know how the registry works, so its just easier to run Linux on your system, personally Manjaro is my favorite distro

I use arch btw

Just started using Linux, its kinda like Christmas as a child trying all the various distros you dont know which one to open next

Do you use wayland or x11 for your multi monitor setup? I get uneven font size when I use linux with my laptop and extended monitor. Or else I have to settle with blur text by using fractional scaling.

I'm slowly starting to realize the benefits of programming in Linux. Gcc and G++ come by default, they are a pain to install on Windows, and programming UART communication in an app is also much more straight forward, not to mention you can open a serial port on the command line with a simple command.

When the games become really stable on linux, or actually coded for it, then it will be a very very bad news for windows

*TLDW* - Privacy (also telemetries not hogging the system) - Customizability (build it for yourself) - "Terminal" (rather the command line package manager and bash)

I still prefer windows. Mainly because that's what i'm used to and it works well for me. I'm more concerned about being able to be productive quickly. I find that with linux/macos I get caught up in details all the time that lower my productivity. I guess if I gave it some time i'd get used to that and learn to work around it, but why bother when windows works fine.

Hey, Thanks for the video. I use Linux on VM, and wanted to know good ide’s to use on it?

It'd be nice to see a video once you're done with your customized Arch Linux, a bit of how to build it and stuff :) Thanks for the great work again :D

I normally use a Mac and have a spare compute that dual boots to Windows 10 and Ubuntu. See that you prefer Arch Linux, probably have to take a look at that as well. Would love your take on Windows vs Linux vs OSX 😆

Hi ForrestKnight, Thanks for a helpful video tips about the OS to for the programming. Keep up the good work. I am just into the programming industry, and been studying for a year now. I am learning new things everyday, however during the study I came across to an issue about using which operating system is better. I know now that Linux is one of the best if not the best platform to learn how to code for both study and work. I am now a Windows user, and I am looking for ways to install the Ubuntu OS in my Windows system, but then I saw another video. It is said that installing the Ubuntu as a secondary OS or dual boot to the same computer isn't that good as there will be problematic later in the future. With another video suggested that having the Ubuntu OS installed separately to an external SSD drive and make portable is the best way to do, however I am still a bit in doubt weather which options should I go for in terms of the OS installation. Could your perhaps give me an advice on this? Much appreciated.

thanks bro, have both systems running but wasnt sure which to start a new big project.

5:10 Another good tip: if that pc was running Vista or older versions of Windows don't bother finding that activation code.

I replaced all the windows in my house with linuxes. Now no one can see in.

Switch fairly recently. Mostly been tinkering with code on windows. After switching things are simpler. Yes, I have had to adjust to learning commands that does what I want. But after a learning a few commands it's pretty straightforward.

Which operating system did you edit this video on

[2nd!] Also, Trying out The Open Source Computer Science The first 2 Weeks with CS50 Been Awesome! (Yes, I Saw Bill Gates With Linux PC ;) 4:09)

Great video, but I think you missed a couple big points! 1. You mentioned Linux is used on tons of web servers. The point you missed is this: naturally, if you're already working in a similar environment, getting a web server running is less of a server admin job and more of a job of understanding which distro and package manager is installed. If you're working in Windows, WSL fakes a Linux shell, but it's far from it. I'm a Ruby/Rails developer, and it's amazing the amount of issues people have getting the basics installed with WSL. It's just not right. And, unfortunately, people that want to experiment end up getting turned off by WSL. WSL is kind of the anti-Linux. 2. I know you might jest, but macOS is, IMO, the step between Windows and Linux. macOS runs a fully-featured zsh shell (used to be bash, which is what most Linux shells run, but you can always change it) out of the box. The addition of iTerm and the homebrew package manager makes the terminal every bit as powerful as Linux. No, you can't customize things anywhere near as much, and you can't do certain things on a system level, but I don't have time to mess around with how my UI looks, or tweak the performance on my Wifi card, let alone reinstall distros or window managers on a whim. I have a wife and a kid and a business. Sure, it's fun to mess around with, and my backup computer runs Linux since it's so old, and it's great. But I can get up and running with my dev environment every bit as fast on macOS as I could on Linux, and everything will (99% of the time) just work. Similar to Linux, a smaller user base results in less security issues, but, like Windows, you do have to wait for a security patches if necessary. Also, similar to Linux, privacy is a huge priority, but, similar to Windows, that doesn't stop you from installing Google Chrome with all its tracking stuff either. I know some people are really anti-macOS. And that's fine. You use what works for you. If that's Linux, Windows, macOS, or, heck, running a virtual terminal on an iPad into a Linode server, good on you. I'm not here to argue the merits of one OS over the other - at the end of the day, they can all accomplish the same thing. Well... except WSL. That sucks.

I love how this was a huge ad for that " privacy " app or whatever...

Still waiting on your full arch setup video!

Another reason for Linux is if you're doing anything with Docker. Sure, you can run Docker on Mac or Windows, but it isn't a real native OS-based container, it uses a behind-the-scenes Linux VM. On Linux, you're getting a native, kernel-supported containerized environment.

I like your channel. I'm an old person (31 lol) switching careers and have a year or so left on my CS degree. It's nice to get a perspective from someone who's reasonable and in the field. Thanks.

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Is it possible already to switch a keyboard layout with ctrl+shift combination without additional problems on Linux? xD

would u compare it to Mac OS please in future video - or at least ur thoughts and experience

I actually have had linux crash on me and take a whole day to fix. Every time though, it has been because of complications with the NVidia driver which is not open sourced. Each time I've learned more about backups and saving my files somewhere secure so that when I do need to roll back or start over from scratch, it is less catastrophic. If you're running linux with an NVidia driver, especially if you're asking it to do CUDA programming and handle multiple displays at the same time, LEARN HOW TO USE BACKUPS!!!

have you tried davinci resolve for video editing? if all the open source video editors are not professional enough for you, this might be

I was using arch linux installed from scratch, but I didn't like having zero-configuration there instead of just the default one. That's why I prefer other distros like fedora for example.

I'm glad Privacy is getting their word out. Another KZfaqr I watch was sponsored by them, and it's one of the first times I've actually gone out and gotten what a KZfaqr sponsor promoted. Very useful. You got one of the best sponsors, man.

The only valid argument is, the package manager. Bash is available on Windows and works well -- coming from someone who's been using Linux since 0.99 release! Working in WSL2 is like working on Linux to be. And putty is brilliant, by far the best terminal program ever, and I coded a whole C++ socket server for a medication order picking robot in vi (not vim) through putty working on a SCO machine of our client. The reason why I use linux to code, is ease of us. My compilers g++, gcc, clang-* are just there when I install the developer suite. And when I need Cmake or some obscure development library a single line will do. But when you do anything other than C/C++ it doesn't make a difference. Especially when you are on JAVA or JS or PYTHON which have their own package managers.

So to download something on linux you need to beforehand google what to type on your command line, then what's the difference with having to search for a program in Windows and installing it from their website? To me it definitely has been more of a pain in the a** having to find the command that I need to type for the terminal I have in my linux distro than having just to google the program name in windows case

Is running linux on vm gonna be slower than booting it in your system?

Bro, your beard isn't nearly long enough to be using Arch. 😂

I’m running Linux on a vm and already love the terminal, but now I think I’m sold!

8:23 - "All of that dosen't feel right to me on windows" - exactly the same felling dude.

i just saw your vids. thanks for the content actually very fun to watch

Would be cool to see a video about you building up your arch linux customization.

On desktop, I never had issues with Linux, but on laptops I have always had some issue with function keys, and/or trackpad.

Is Windows 'crashing' to the point that you have to do a clean install even a thing still? I don't think I've had to do that since like Windows Vista...

Some people need no more than a single video to win you over. You are one of them. Subscribed!

As a C++ Programmer my answer is "valgrind" and codecoverage (on windows only in the enterprise visual studio not the free community). So algorithms always developed on Linux and than i reboot into windows to add GUI.

The funny thing is I do all my Dev on my Manjaro linux no dual boot for me...

I'm fully expecting more and more people switching to CLI systems in the future. However, the command line *interface* they'll be using will be more like writing commands to ChatGPT.

i have a old pc (core 2 duo + 2gb of ram ddr3 ) i want to install linux but i'm afraid to install it ,but what should I do? , help me.

Ok man, that was a smooth as transition.

You didn't mention which distro you are using... I was waiting for that!

what do you think about manjaro?

I've been doing c++ etc on mac for 10 years after Windows. I setup Linux Mint Mate last week on an old HP laptop and trying to get it setup has been pretty annoying. The terminal in vscode and Intellij give errors building cmake in the integrated terminal while the stand-alone terminal works fine. Not much in the way of support online to figure out the issues.

4:08 imagine me trying to screenshot that meme but actually got that picture that only occupies like 5 frames.

Thanks brother for showing authentic content, and also I think windows has become more open minded and is focusing on making windows look more light weight.

What distro do you use, you haven't said?

What DE of Linux do you use on this video?

I love linux and used to run ubuntu or arch as my main system. I switched back to Mac OS after running an update in Ubuntu and losing my WIFI for the first half of a day on a client's jobsite. Now I run the only good OS there is. Emacs

That segway though, man you nailed it😂👍🔥

Love this, I also program on Linux so much better! Hey dude where did you get you mic stand that clips on your monitor can you share a link? Cheers!!!

What do you think of MacOS? I personally only use it on my old MacBook that I got from my mother. I am really plesently surprised, as a Linux user

I just found this gem of a KZfaq channel and I'm already enthralled. Leaving a random comment for the KZfaq algorithm :)

6 months ago I started learned programming language c++ :) I like watching you :) thank you for your YT work 👏👏👏

I tried linux for a while, I really liked the terminal but had a major issue with device drivers and the fact that I have to dual boot it since I need windows too for things like gaming. There was always some kind of error everytime I booted linux, and although they were temporarily fixable, it would take 15-20 minutes everyday or sometimes even hours. I tried clean installing and had the same problems, and that coupled with the fact that visual studio for windows had everything that forced me to use linux, I no longer use it.

What WM is he using in his Arch Distro?

I liked and Commented for the KZfaq Algorithm , because you deserve it... I learn alot from you

I’m assuming Linux is what you use on your PC. What about your laptop? I remember from your old videos that you used to have a MacBook Pro at one point.

does anyone have an actual feasible way to get office programs on linux. that is the only thing keeping me on windows today and I have tried MULTIPLE ways to get office on linux without success. I am fine not using the most modern version of the office programs as long as they aren't too old. Also no, I cant use the office online tools because especially for the work I do the online version of excel is too slow or won't allow large file sizes. Any ideas or suggestions for where I can continue looking?

What Linux distorts are you using now?

i seriously need to get into linux and coding, something ive been putting off forever

Regarding gaming on Windows: thanks to the steam deck, valve has been working hard on SteamOS, which is a linux distro customized for gaming. While you still might run into games which dont run well on SteamOS, the vast majority do. Furthermore, if you have amd hardware (especially gpu), it is very well supported on SteamOS since the steam deck utilizes an AMD APU. So don't let gaming, hold you back if you are thinking about giving Linux a try, because every year that passes SteamOS is in a better state (it is already in a good state mind you).

I truly am happy you mentioned Adobe I think atm it is the only reason I still hang around on windows. Although dual boot is cool the amount of times I have had to fix grub (most likely because of a windows update) just makes it not even close to worth it for me.

i have watch many videos about this topic, but most of them just mention about the benefits of linux instead the reason to use for coding... yours just straight to the point.. thanks for this video

Please make tutorial how to customize Arch Linux to looks like 6:55.

I thought the reason the companies use linux is cuz it would cost them too much money to code their own os and they would rather just use something that does what they want it to do

My laptop is sooo slow and it's kinda ancient now, will it be a nice idea to install Linux OS on it?

wasnt sponsor bu what was the point about speaking about the phone layer protection?

Dang, that privacy thing is really cool!! Thanks for representing linux. I use Parrot and ubuntu and I love them. I'm not gonna lie, I do use windows a lot for coding since my school website and stuff doesn't work very well within linux but any other project and security related thing I will do in linux.

I don't think you mentioned it, but the availability of languages from day one is good with Linux - e.g. you can run code. When I was on Windows, it took a bit of messing around to work with some languages, especially Web development - it is not built into Windows (or at least was not) and Windows server is quite different to Windows desktop editions and most people will not have it either.

I know this video is a year old at the time I'm viewing it, and I hope you see this. I have a Windows 8.1 system 64 bit and want to partition the hard drive to Linux, but because the version of windows I have was preinstalled by the retailer, I not only don't have an official Windows version, but I'm also lacking the ISO for my version of windows and this has halted me quite a few times trying to install Linux. Can You Help Me With this???

I'm so tempted to start the arch journey just to be able to say the thing. But I'll stay with mint until i'm better at coding and have real use cases for an advanced linux distro. Thx for the insight!

I saw what you did right there... 4:09 Nice subliminal message though

For my work I have to use almost exclusively Linux systems, but personal projects I code on my Windows 10 machine. I like them both, although Windows 10 does require a lot more effort for the same experience

What is your vackground in thumbnail?

Compiling anything on Windows outside of my own Visual Studio projects has been a nightmare every single time

i've always felt you must earn the respect of linux to use it .

I always get issued a MacBook at work and I will say I've found the programming experience on MacOS is a bit cleaner in terms of the community support. Maybe this is just a consequence of the way Linux works, but I've found whenever I try to work on coding projects on Linux I'm liable to get things into a weird state where I can't fix it.

Most of the software I wrote years ago ran on IBM mainframe, Unix, and Windows. Most of the software I use (but didn't write) in consulting work runs on Windows, MacOS, and Linux. All written in Fortran, C, or C++.

is there software like this for Canada ? one that doesn't suck?