I used fedora on my laptops and I love it. It’s so clean and easy. Now I have a steam deck too and I have KDE, it’s okay

J’adore l’accent 😳 comme quoi on peut être compréhensible sans avec d’accent Français je trouve c’est un bon exemple comment parler anglais avec l’accent français 👌

Pas facile d’écouter un Français qui parle Anglais. 😅

i want to swirch but i dont havee the time or the hardware capable for now , so i will wait ... until i have the time, or i can miraculsly have wifi working on linux without effort ! or if microsoft force me with a very bad windpos update

I am stuck on Windows Island until a boat can take PaintDotNet off here with me... GIMP, Krita, etc. are not good equivalents, you need multiple to get ALMOST the same level of functionality, and said functionality is what I require from it in the first place. It's quite sad, I really want to drive Linux Mint full time, but until I get Paintdotnet on there I can't.

It tries to look like Windows and installing the bootloader on the wrong disk is such a Windows thing to do. Job well done, kinda.

I think at this point the future workforce that will be supporting desktop environments are going to be equally versed in Linux configuration as they are in Windows. Some oldies as me may be impacted, but it's negligible in a sense that in any case THINGS ARE CHANGING and ultimately it will be learned that Linux, while will require you to re-imagine how an OS works and my opinion is that Linux is more transparent to explain how a desktop actually works whereas Windows is considerably more mysterious to a layperson. This is paramount to really understanding how we can improve the environment. If you think about it, as a foundation of understanding when it comes to the usability and performance of a content provider and even just a gamer, we all have a small part to play in making it better. Wouldn't you as a user of the environment for you purpose, want to know more about what make it all work? If so, would that help you have a legit and structured opinion of what makes the experience good and what can be better. In the Windows world it's designed to protect users from what components that impact your purpose. I guess I'm saying that if you are on this channel, you already know what I'm talking about and can see that there is only one way. Arch.

This is a joke and it's really funny

Could you take a look at Mint Edge? Kernel 6.5 from factory 😊

Awesome video, I trimmed a bit over the stuff, can fully understand your take on Zorin and is indeed valid. As for the Gnome lag that you encounter is strange, for me KDE the desktop etc is way more sluggish than Gnome for some reason and a friend with AMD also had that same problem with KDE. It's like some animations aren't 165hz and in general there is this input lag, but I still rock KDE only. Awesome content as usual btw, love your streams and content!

OOhhh I missed it, but I'm happy you looked at it.

good stuff

We need MSI Afterburner for Linux. Nvidia owner!

Goodluck everyone I hope we find our Linux distro I am also ditching Arch Linux for Mint I want a Windows based Linux rather than Arch Linux I'm not going through all that hell just for KDE to just start breaking I knew I should of stayed on Mint to begin with ever since I switched I only used it because Linus Tech Tips recommended it.

Am I able to swap between the desktop environments easily? i want to use Endeavour to try out and see which one I prefer. I can't quite install yet. I have some other tasks to deal with before I swap. but I am interested in this Distro, in Garuda and Nobara as well. Thanks for your videos.

I've started with Ubuntu / Kubuntu each installed on their own external drive. I'm working with a late 2015 5K 27" iMac, and there are some specifics for Apple hardware. Also, Ubuntu 24.04 fixed the boot loader bug so I have been able to do self contained installs without messing up the internal drive. I like mint, but since mint is based on Ubuntu, i don't see much difference, except the out of box config. Also I like KDE and mint no longer has a KDE spin, as far as I know. Nothing against cinnamon as I like it too, and the Ubuntu Cinnamon flavor is also nice. I've pretty much solved all the initial hangups, except getting full 5K resolution which I may need the Open Core boot loader for, as the firmware needs to think it's loading an Apple OS, or it goes into a compatibility mode that's limited to 4K, which works fine. However, since the main reason for me going to Linux is simply Apple officially discontinuing support after macOS Monterey stops getting updates, it's a ice way to keep this perfectly working iMac up to date.

I went from windows to linux full time 2 years ago. I started in Linux Mint and understood it but it felt bloated, I moved to Debian which was ok, i messed with NixOS for a bit before it became the new hotness (interesting distro) and finally am using Alpine as my daily driver. Just what I need and nothing more. It really expanded my understanding of Linux as an OS by distro hopping. My caution to folks just getting started: don't confuse Desktop Environment with Distro. Linux Mint is synonymous with the Cinnamon DE but this is not the case with most distros, you get choices in linux. When you know what you need/like you can mix and match.

thx for this video :) did you even tried PClinuxOS for gaming ? that's an interresting challenge, what do u think ? :)

Sorry if my question is stupid, but why not Ubuntu? I'd like to hear your opinion on pros/cons of choosing Mint over Ubuntu. I'm not trying to make a holy war here, for me it is really not so obvious, because I never really used Mint, but I've used Ubuntu for quite a lot of years at work (I didn't choose it, everybody was using same distro for convenience). I only know that Mint is more lightweight and recommended for old laptops or so. And thanks for the video, I'm also thinking of switching to Linux on my gaming PC after newest wayland hits stable on most distros.

I've been using linux as my main os from a month ago (or so). and I just log into windows to run certain games cause sadly I dont have a good-enough pc to run games on linux in an optimal way (cause my gpu doesnt support vulcan), neither with proton nor make a virtual machine to boot win, also some games I play, like valorant, are pretty much impossible to make it work cause of the kernel anticheat but I run some games that I often play like Terraria, DST, Minecraft or Project Zomboid on linux. besides that I dont think I'll make windows my main os ever again.

I’m going with Garuda as my first distro as my use case is only for gaming. However, I am committed to learning Linux in general and have Garuda, Mint and some other distros on VM as learn what I am doing before I go to bare metal

People need to be reminded too that even Android and even iOS as well since it is is UNIX, that say the play store is no different from a package manager like in Linux.

You just get used to it and go on with your life. Zero issues. Don't make this sound overly dramatic: unless you have very specific needs that only windows can meet (at least for now!), the switch is nothing to worry about.

Oddly enough do you know what the thing that I've noticed annoys normal people the most about using a Linux PC? File navigation. They get the most frustrated about being confused when trying to find files they either downloaded or saved. Weird.

I'm gonna start with dualbooting, when Steam VR Link works on linux. Thats the main thing holding me back now. Thank for the great video's :)

My first distro was a Brazilian distro called BigLinux, it was based on Ubuntu I think, and boy, I really enjoy the experience! It's been 14 years. Today i love openSUSE and Fedora.

With 20+ years Windows and Linux experience, my recomendations almost the same, for an avrage PC user. IMHO Here is my Top 3 Linux Distributions, for avarage Windows PC migrant users: 1. Zorin OS: Latest version is 17.1. Windows application are supported "out-of-the-box". After an automated setup, most of your ".exe" files will run, thanks to the Wine compatibility layer and its "tools, extentions, additions, etc", like Wineglass, Bottles, etc. Consumers CAN buy Laptops, Tablets and Desktop PC-s with this operatig system. 2. Linux Mint: Two main versions, based on larger distros, with a familiar interface to traditional Windows OS-es. Main version is Linux Mint 21.3, but there is "fallback" version as well, named Linux Mint Debian Edition 6, LMDE 6, for short. 3. Tuxedo OS: Beside of the OS can be installed on any PCs and laptops, there are a aide range of Linux compatible hardwares CAN consumers buy with this OS. Notebooks, PCs, Business, Office and Server solutions and more hardware are purchasable from the Tuxedo Company. Up 5 years of Warranty, immidiatelly ready to use, ec. All of these are Ubuntu based OS-es (...and Ubuntu is based on Debian :P ) . These are the most supported, stable, usable and easiest distros for user, who want to swtich from Windows, in the time I type this comment.

I switched to MINT and it is awesome. My only issue is gaming. Funny things happen even if you follow online guides. Ill keep one Windows drive just for gaming and nothing else.

New linux user here. May 5th of this year is when i switched. I was windows only until that day since win96. I'm glad i switched, all applications i used (including games) are loading faster than when my pc was windows 10 (although it does take longer on app startup on wine but loading screens are still faster). Only game that is performing slightly worse is palworld, but it already struggled on windows because my gtx1060 is just too weak. Microsoft has only themselves to blame for this, i don't trust them at all

It is a learning curve, but I'm working on a 70-30 switch where Linux is my main driver. I am currently testing nobara 39 on an older system that windows quit supporting. I haven't had a crash on it yet since I made the switch to nobara. I am going at a slower pace, but I'm staying consistent with my tinkering/learning. If I could find an older version of photoshop/affinity that would work on wine, then I believe I could make the complete switch. It's going to take a little bit more effort on my side of the coin, but I see value in it. I'm excited for the future of linux.

I started my transition from windows to linux a couple of months ago. I tried alot (almost all) of distro's and spent a lot of time on the verge of insanity. Thanks for your videos, A1RM4X, I had some guidance trough the jungle of linux :-) All the effort to learn was worth it, a new world opened to me. Rightnow i'm running cachyos with the latest nvidia beta-drivers and kernel 6.10rc with wayland... games are running smoother, my pc consumes a lot less power and overall graphics quality seems better than on windows. I never switch back!

Another soon to Linux switcher here. After 3.5minutes listening to you I realised I am not the same Windows user today as I was half a year ago. Windows made me more computer geeky (still an amateur) than I ever thought I would be. Windows forced me to extend a recovery partition to make Windows safe again. That dramatically changed my mindset already. I had to get my hands on the cmd window, powershell, tweak registries and other activities not common among the majority users, also booting from a ventoy usb stick I created myself. I still have a lot to learn but yeah, I am getting there. I have also used some sudo commands in clonezilla terminal. Now with various Mint options, at least, the transition is smoother than ever.

When I switched to Linux I was confused by the multi choice of distros. I was full of pride and an expert Windows user. I soon found out that the best way to learn Linux is to forget what you think you know. After messing around I settled on Mint. I put KDE on top and was happy tinkering. I had a few problems which were fixed when I went FULL MINT. My computer is now super stable. I wish I just just stuck with Mint until I learned Linux. Follow this man's advice. It will save your sanity.

I Think that Modified Linux Kernel in Tuxedo OS is most likely like a Hardware enablement Kernel. But too just because it is a maybe pretty new Kernel it would have a optimization here and there, just like the mainline Kernel get from time to time, because there was just something optimized. I don't know if Tuxedo actually optimizes also for gaming.

Pfff just yolo it and try some distros until you're versed enough to use arch btw xD

I went with Pop!OS first, then Nobara and then moved my Nobara from GNOME to KDE and it feels like home. Just need to move a few more rigs onto it.

Super good point that I think you made there. As a beginner, use Linux mint. If you don't think Linux mint is right for you, then you probably know enough to make your own decision. For what it's worth, I normally recommend Pop!OS to my friends who are starting with Linux only because I think gnome is a bit more interesting than cinnamon for newbies

Hey we need to learn french..😂

Vu l'accent de ton anglais, tu serais pas Français ? XD

Switched to Linux (Cachy OS :)) 3 months ago (mainly thx to A1RM4X) after ~20 years on Windows. Had to format all my drives, was tough all around getting used to everything, but I'm so glad I did this move. Never going back to Micro$hit again.

Nobara

I had some problems, with secure boot and with XMP. I installed Manjaro, and that's when I discovered that I had to go to the bios to change the options.

I switched to linux about a year ago. Ironically my first experience with linux desktop was with centos. Before then I had some experience ubuntu server. What I will say is linux mint is a much better choice than centos. I accidentally deleted xorg with yum wheras on linux mint the experience was much better. Now I'm an arch user btw. But learning the basics before you move on is essential.