We have checked the windows source code. Also made some suggestions that were implemented. It is perfectly safe for everyone to use.

with services like google and youtube, people often say "if theres no product you're paying for, you're the product" but in windows 10, you are both paying for it AND youre the product

Big Company: _OH NO! MY SOURCE CODE HAS BEEN LEAKED. MY SECURITY IS RUINED._ Open Source projects: _That's not secure m8._

Drunk people on Tron bikes is a movie that needs to happen

If we are living inside a matrix like simulation I really hope it's foss, then we can remove the bloat, redundancies, and unnecessary comments.

In my experience the greatest advantage of FOSS is that the people who make it actually give a damn about your bugreports and feature requests

It's really sad how accurate the bit about online privacy is. Many such cases, people don't care before it's too late. So many people have the "Don't squash the fire, before it's too big to put out". mentality. And it's sickening.

Free/Libre vs Open Source: Stallman’s “we have an Ethical Mandate” vs Raymond’s “pass bug hunting onto volunteers”.

Normies: "Use Linux? Are you kidding me? I don't want to take the time to learn that!" Microsoft: "We just released a new version of all of our products, every button is now in a different place and that feature you used all the time doesn't exist anymore" Normies: "Yes Microsoft."

I remember using SPSS back in 2011 for market research stuff. It was painfully slow and took up a lot of RAM. Then I switched to Linux mint and installed PSPP there. It was blazingly fast and efficient. Then all my teammates used PSPP and Linux while our bosses weren't watching.

well, software being open source doesnt mean it gets found immediately and no malware will be in it. for example, a minecraft hacked client (named phobos) was released open source but the backdoor in the code was not found for months. check your code, kiddos!

Microsoft: Windows 10 is the last release Everyone: pressing x to doubt

You need kids to grow up with it. That's how windows hooked much of our, (not sure exactly how old you are) generation & the few before it who had computers. That's how we get people down the line to reject closed and proprietary.

My disdain for Windows started when I was doing tech support as well. One of the most significant experiences during that time was upgrading the computer of the a blind user who has been working there for years to Windows 10. Upgrading and installing a screen reader was the easy part. Him having to relearn the shortcuts and his absolute disappointment to find some things just didn't work anymore - that was the hard part.

I'll unironically ask how's the single GPU pass trough vid going ?

Reasons to use free software: it is based

Vista killed my 3D Pipes Screensaver smh 😤😤😤

"I was tired of learning new windows so I learned the whole Linux"

don't really have anything of importance to contribute to the conversation so here's some algorithm boost

I'm so glad to have been able to experience the win xp and 7, because all I see now is tablet UI hiding spyware

My friends discord status is "GNU is not unix" lol

Mental Outlaw's takes are great because they are simultaneously absolutely correct but completely disjointed from reality.

This was the most accurate description of Windows Vista I have the pleasure to listen to EVER! I started out with Windows ME in 2001 and switched to XP a year later. Some experiments in virtual machines and live rescue cd with Knoppix later, I wanted switch to Linux. Then I got a laptop with Vista. Now, I didn't just wanted to switch, i was sure to. 2008 I made the decision to switch from XP to Ubuntu on my main machine. In the early days it was even hard to get audio working in KZfaq. Later I had to install a dual boot W7, to be able to play specific games with friends. Bummer. 2021, yes, 13y later I switched from Ubuntu to Manjaro and landed on Qtile a few days ago. What a rollercoaster. At this point, I am using Linux longer than Windows and I am proud about this!

I've got to see the UI changes in Windows too, starting from Windows 98 up to 10, with some exceptions. Can say, it's pretty much like Kenny's journey, and a big reason why when I use Windows 10, I hate myself. When my lapptp fan cocked up on a decade-old machine I was still using, I was pleasantly surprised when after some configuration, my Manjaro installation worked on another machine. Sure I had to use legacy boot and make the board not use SecureBoot but so long I can use the bootloader, so long the system and home UUIDs exist, GRUB works like a champ. And when it doesn't I just need to punch in a few commands to make it so. The robustness of free software with some brain power and research from an end-user is amazing in an era where Microsoft Windows needs third-party tools to function as a system-on-a-stick and Apple makes it hard as humanly possible to let average users run OS X in a VM. The only thing which sucks is when I was trying to play Valheim on my open-source OS, Vulkan and OpenCL both work like ass. In a twist of irony Vulkan on my current Windows system runs that particular game faster than Vulkan in Manjaro with the various AMD Vulkan packages installed, but I am also just getting my feet wet with Vulkan on Linux so it could be a configuration issue from what _to me_ is a non-obvious user error.

While I really agree that we should all start using free software as much as we can, there are a lot of programs that are still decades, if not centuries, away from being decent alternatives... Gimp is ultra painful to use, also if you're into game development like myself and you use Unreal Engine, it just doesn't work at all in linux (at least last time I tried it took multiple hours to copy the git repo, build from source and then just see it crash whenever I wanted to create a new blank project)

I was trying to explain this concept to my friend yesterday(not successful), and you upload it today. What a saviour

Of all the words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these: *Richard Stallman was right again*

Great video. Support open source software. Dual-boot is the best option. Windows is needed for one programme, everything else easily and better done with Ubuntu Linux. Good video man, thanx a lot!

Here is my conundrum The big problem with open source software as a programmer is how do you get paid. Programming is time consuming and labour intensive. If I have a job outside of programming I have a lot less time to program. If I spend my time programming and don't get paid I am poor. I can only perform to a certain level if I am an amateur programmer. I do open source stuff I write, and I use other peoples open source code from time to time.

closed source OSs tend to be more demanding on older hardware as well to phase them out (main reason why windows vista had an awful performance on single core computers without an SSD, windows 8 on desktops (im sure MS tried to phase out them in favor of touchscreen laptops/tablets) and windows 10 on anything that has 8gb of ram or less).

Mental outlaw: Why we should use free software. People who believe and use open source software: FBI OPEN UP!

Imagine paying a ton of money for a software and the sofware steals your data This post was made by FOSS gang (I know its not funny...but its true isnt it?)

This is a comment

thanks, I felt the exact same about the windows distros and the pipes screensaver. I deliberately find pipes just to use it on my modern machines lol

I wish the term "Libre Software" was the default. "Free" (gratis) is so confusing for when I'm talking with normal people.

Completely agree that the needlessly changing ui was one of the most anoying things. I had to use win10 for a few months the even small things like "My computer" being renamed to "This computer" annoyed me. I hated so much this new changed interface that i did not bother to even try learning it. If i wanted to go to control panel i hit win+r and typed "control panel" or "c:" to go to c drive just because i didn't want to find where they moved it. To this day i have no clue why did they add that new settings window. After this expierience to told to myself that when the time comes that i will be forced to abandon win7 i will avoid windows at any cost.

open source is cool

Love the Braveheart touch in the beginning.

give this man his 3d pipes back

The only Windows that impressed me was Windows 2000. And of course Windows 95 (mostly because everyone went gaga over it..)

I love the way you inserted Zuckerberg's photo on the phrase "they're trying to understand humans". He does look a little alien... 👽👾🤔

It would actually be amazing if Windows got an XP/98 Skin. There actually was something like this in Windows 7. Looked somewhat like Windows 2000 or the XP Classic Skin.

I have a hard time reading text. Windows has wonderful software available for people like me that rely on text-to-speech readers. I was never able to find anything that worked even remotely as well as what is found on Windows. If you could suggest to me a simple copy to clipboard and speak what was copied out loud my switch to Linux would be almost complete

I dual boot mainly because of college. Anyways I barely use windows and use it mostly for work.

This is such a good video, I felt so identified, the last version of Windows I enjoyed was XP as well, Windows 8 and on is bullshit

@Mental Outlaw I'd be interested to see a vid where you go over what software you use to make your YT videos.

This is essentially the same case for when an indie game was bought by million dollar company. In before it was transparent enough for player to communicate with the dev but then cut off after acquired by a company.

0:25 Free software is software that respects user freedom. Available source is a necessary condition of such not the defining attribute.

Xubuntu is my fav. It provides a familiar interface to ex-windows users and everything can be customized through gui, even the software install can be done by double clicking. Yet at the same time you can still boot up terminal and do things that way too.

Very true, I know now the difference between Free Software and Free(dom) Software. All so your editing on this was awesome, like the HUMAN part with Mark and the faang,,,,those were kinda creepy to me....keep up the great info work...All so, my first computer was with WindowsME,,,,I liked it, my first laptop(used) VISTA,,,ya I dumbed it down so all that Aero stuff wouldn't bogg down my system just be up and running.

4:15 Luke??

Using free soft or open soft, whatever, is kinda better, but I feel like this vid isn't convincing enought. Also all those win or linux wars are funny to me, as I had pretty bad experience on both systems anyways, so: everything has it's benefits and downsights, you just have to choose solution that works best for you, do never blindy follow what's trendy on your region.

I love how he even hated the fucking new screen saver. i have the odd feeling to salute my man here.

I love that my desktop running ubuntu 20.04 with MATE looks almost exactly the same as my old Linux Mint 7 gnome installation from 10 years ago btw Librememe Office is the perfect way to destroy the formatting of documents originally created with MS Office, nothing more enjoyable than spending half an hour realigning margins and footnotes in something that was supposed to be ready to print

I work at Microsoft but, run Linux in my personal computers.

I'd make the full switch to Linux if more developers were willing to switch over. I have modding tools and programs that work better on windows than on Linux. And not only that, but a lot of anticheat games that I play only work on windows, which really sucks. And using a VM with a GPU passthrough is honestly a major pain in the ass just to play those games, so I find myself using windows 98% of the time. Dual booting does exist, and I do that, but it's still kinda a pain to switch back and forth just to do one thing then switch over when I have to do the other 98% that I already do on windows. Like I said, if more devs move over to Linux, or hell, if actual industries try to make more of a focus on Linux, the userbase would be massive.

I feel exactly the same way 👍 with windows versions & services packs & millions of patches

I agree with what you said at the end of the video, but you can even just use wine for those special cases 😉

I think it's worth noting that there is a lot of free software made by corporations (and that is trash); free does not necessarily mean open source or good.

Kenny, address the great debate. The pros and cons of old, stable software versions Vs life on the bleeding age. Thank you.

My laptop runs Linux. Zorin OS 16.2, to be exact (I'm an intermediate-level Linux user, but I just like the stability of Debian-based distros and I like how Zorin OS looks).

you are right about windows versions. i tried multiple times to install win7 on my 2018 laptop, but i couldn't do it. this is the main reason i switched to linux. some de are more similar to win7 appearence and performances, i like xfce and cinnamon :-)

There's one part of my life that will probably stay on Windows for a long long time. And that's CAD. Even though I've tried FreeCAD and the work they are doing is amazing, it still lags behind Autodesk's and other proprietary software. Right now my solution to this is using a Windows remote machine from my laptop (linux) when I need to do something in CAD. I really hope the FreeCAD project can evolve to a point where it's a better alternative.

i see luke couldn't be bothered to deepfake it this time around

many businesses skipped vista and waited for win 7. some even waited XP out past the support date and paid for extended support.

"And a screensaver that just looks like a bunch of drunk people on Tron bikes" lmfao this killed me

Hey, I think we need to mention free software as libre software because uninitiated people think of free software as freeware and not what it actually is.

If door locks were made from software people would allow the police to have keys to their houses.

I’ve just got so used to the control panel and settings menu I’ve failed to realize it’s the equivalent of the “what’s the difference” meme

is there a good way to find forks? i'm looking for one of firefox with the 88.0.1 design for example but dont know where to look

I'm only use windows for gaming. Linux is not yet as good. it hope it will be soon

@Mental Outlaw I have questions!! Hey sir, what about video games?? Can games be proprietary? Or that isn't be considered software at all? Also not to offense, but has the ridiculous modern popularity of games? Has hurted Linux jumpin'? I know that Wine and friends had helped and stuff, but they still cry about their favorite anti-cheat meta games... not to feel like a boomer, but I ain't a big fan of these MMO's! Honestly also, my love-hate relationship with Windows has been basically the same, it all went downhill after 7... even though I almost completely left it alone, I still like the fact that Windows is somehow a non-Unix-like OS! Man, how great would be if the Windows family became open/free software, we could learn more about it, we could finally have real choices and help Apple fall, lol. Nowdays I use Linux Mint as my daily driver and Lubuntu on my old potato which my parents learnt about ;) Technically I still dual boot Windows in my main computer, but it's just like you said! For doing this particular niche task, although I'm also a multiplatform developer and Wine tester, so yeah! (Doing other tasks or even casually gaming, I still spend all my days with my Minty love xD) Lastly, I'm also convincing most of my friends who hate Windows 10, since their complaints I've heard like... complained about how Microsoft resetted his settings and called his PC slow crap... I have been asking them about their daily routine and what games they like so I can help them still have fun while being safer and comfier! I hope you mind reading this silly text and... what do you think about me :)?

6:15 Semi true. Especially open-source software developers that develop in their free time have a certain idea how their project is supposed to be. So unless your ideas overlap, no one's gonna do your bounty and also merge it to upstream. Especially not if it's something UI related. Unless of course it's an optional UI element for example like in RetroArch where there are different modules. If you want something to be done in a software project, you usually do it yourself and contribute the change, that's the easiest way I've found to make my voice heard.

One question, If I were to send you something like fanart, what would be the best method to? Love your vids

Devs are bloat , just build your own software.

"People who think that practical advantages are more important than freedom are going to lose their freedom!" ' Dangers of IoT and Amazon Alexa', May 6, 2018. #RichardStallman #InternetofStings

I had the "pleasure" to install Adobe Reader Recently. It not only has a fake "initialisation" bar when i download it. It also Refuses to install if i rename the Installer and deletes the installer (that downloads the actual installation files from a Server) after the installation. Just one example of weird stuff Companys do when their Software is closed source.

Massive agree on the "change for no reason" things

"Donor", not " donator". English, like Windows, is already bloated enough!

The only issues I have with free software is the navigation of the various forks can be confusing and that there arent as many tutorials surrounding how to do certain tasks in various programs due to their smaller following

Great video, keep it up!

4:08 nice Luke Smith reference there

8:35 Ironically Lightworks has a proprietary license though.

even tho foss is great stuff like premiere and photoshop is hard to replace with working foss alternatives

Do you have a proper tutorial on how to install some Linus versions and how to make it work? I tried years ago, but Ubuntu refused to get Nvidia's drivers.

Gaming is keeping me on Windows but I have got to get a secondary rig going some day.

I have to say, I love Linux. But it is impossible to use it as my only operating system. It really lacks support for people other than programmers.

Windows being bloated sucks you have to buy a bigger storage space

8:23 - Prove it. How about Toon Boom Harmony? Vector graphics and bitmap, pencil tool with variable width, rigging for 2D characters, layers and nodes (not one or another).

Currently preparing for dual boot using two nvme ssd and switching via bios. The bios switch ensures booting even if grub is dead. I'll keep windows just for some offline win-only apps where there is no propper linux alternative, not more than a hand full. Yeah and windows-only games. I don't want to deal with wine/proton and stuff. Preparing the move on a virtualbox. Manjaro works quite nicely with virtualbox. Currently using older intel hardware without a gpu, will switch to team red as soon prices for gpus come down. Data is on Freenas using smb for windows and nfs for linux. Hope everything works out as planned.

Thank you for providing zero solutions to anyone who wants to continue to use windows, or wants a system with a native capacity for compatibility with gaming. I really appreciate it.

I really wish I can go back to the glass ui of windows 7.

Ah yes the argument that there is an alternative for everything closed source program out their. I use Linux on my main pc but for a lot of things I use windows because I haven't found an great alternative, I had to make a compromise every time, and it was just not worth it.

Gentoo ... WOW! :)

I wholeheartedly agree with all that is said here. This year effectively, partially due to necessity, I've had to shift to FOSS alternatives and it was a surprisingly smooth ride. But simply stating "X is bad because of Y" would not convince me 12 months back, and in my opinion it comes down to why we use software in the first place: because it's easy and effective, and change is not easy, and not always effective. People busy with trying to be a teacher, architect, engineer or anyone who is not into software, is not typically going to bother thinking about this stuff unless they absolutely have to. Just like we don't think about good teaching techniques, architectural design, or how our sewer systems work on a daily basis, so too will the average person not think about the software they use. I mean FFS people are already getting burned out like crazy nowadays and you want them to go and switch to a new OS? seriously? Preaching isn't going to help, and saying that the status quo is bad won't either in this situation. What you need is to attract people by showing them how much better it is with FOSS. Show them r/unixporn or other similar things, show them that FOSS is not merely an acceptable alternative, but in fact an upgrade and honest improvement. Show them that wine isn't just able to run almost every game around, but that it can run at the click of a button, and that it in fact has better compatibility options for older software than windows does. Show them that you can in fact realize your childhood dream and have 2 keyboards plugged in at the same time and do god-knows-what with that. Show them that computers are still the amazing technology that was promised to us in the 90's, just that you won't find that down the mainstream avenues.

It isn't that hard to get tools to modify windows online heck, there even handmade unofficial builds made by enthusiasts to cope with tracking bs

I would love to switch away from Windows but so far in my experience installing anything on linux is a massive pain and half the time the programs don't even work

Bro I remember 3d pipes that was so fun to watch

I can't really get off of windows currently because my use case is hardcore gaming and linux gaming is just not where it should be. I will get the Steam Deck though and will have my first proper Linux experience with SteamOS and since it is okay if not all games work on my handheld, I probably won't put windows on that.

The day Adobe releases a linux-version of their CreativeCloud is the day Windows will start to die. Doesn't even have to be FOSS. Just a pre-built binary would do.