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[bogxd]

I also just discovered that you can boost the Linux user base by 3.7% by scrolling back up to smash the like button

[um]

The Linux community has moved past the distro war phase, now they're too afraid to scare away any new users

[deultima]

CS2 not only works on Linux, it's actually a native program. I play VAC games on Linux all the time.

[Anonymous-sbrr]

"Gimp is essentially open source Photoshop"
Ha, you wish. In reallity, Gimp is open source hell.

[Hyperboid]

17:16 when he said "my first idea is to compile" my heart skipped a beat
in that horrifying instant i thought the only possible way this could continue would be "the linux kernel from source"

[ConarCZ]

1.5 hours for a gpu issue like that has to be record time, especially for a new-ish user, congratulations!

[PenguinByte]

The package you installed (Obsidian) wasn't a regular package, but rather a "Flatpak", which is a universal packaging format for Linux. To uninstall it through the terminal, "flatpak remove obsidian" should work. And yes, you do not need sudo for Flatpak.

[givenfool]

You have no idea how happy i was to see you figure out you needed a new kernel for your graphics card. Im a long time linux user and was like. no, why did mint ship with such an old kernel, this guy is going to give up before he starts." And im glad you got the best solution for this problem. You actually can manually install AMD graphics drivers from the website, and Ive done that in a specific scenario where I wasn't allowed to upgrade my kernel. But that solution is far from ideal so i was super happy yo see you get on the roght track without making horrible changes to your system through other trouble shooting steps. Good job!

[s.sradon]

Shipping the distro with an outdated kernel is definitely a bruh moment.

[erlonpb]

You may not realize, but this video is probably one of the best Linux introductory videos on YouTube and also an excellent Cinnamon desktop review. Thank you and congrats!

[KevinJLoos]

Never have I ever seen a more fitting description of the linux experience than Rico bein the linux penguin.

[xamineh]

So in the end, this was the normal Linux experience. A headache for having normal stuff barely working.

[juxyper]

one thing to note for 4:00-ish - you don't need to partition a disk in Windows to get it ready to install any Linux distro on it. The partitioning can be handled by the other OS as well. This is particularly a good idea to do in your case, where you are dedicating the entire disk. When you assign a disk label in Windows and create a partition in it, you will need to remove that partition to make way for your Linux partition anyway

[fireninja]

For your first time, you did really great

I especially loved how when you encountered a problem (graphics drivers are notoriously difficult) you didn't just say "linux sucks" and left it there.
Thanks for giving linux a fair chance :)

[MrQwertyXoid]

You're the perfect user... You've actually read whatever the popups/warnings say. My biggest gripe when helping relatives/friends with tech stuff is that they NEVER READ THE DAMN INSTRUCTIONS.
They just click next/ok, and then look at it "not work, halp".

[gourabsarkar]

This is really well made. It has good humor, shows good progress in not a lot of time, and honest effort.

[kanoaika]

It is so interesting to see the perspective of someone who is new but still pretty open minded trying out Linux. It is definitely a type of content/discussion that I don't feel there is enough of.

As some context I've been using Linux extensively since I found out about it (literally since like 6th grade lol). Because I have always been pretty into learning and making things work exactly the way I want (even when it involves a steep learning curve) I have never really felt any significant frustration with Linux even though I have consistently jumped into advanced stuff that I would never recommend to a more 'normal' beginner. At the same time I really enjoy helping other people learn it and get things set up so I am very aware of how much things can vary depending on the person, what they want to do, and how they were introduced.

I think that in addition to people who are new to Linux, this video could benefit people who are in a similar position as me who 1.) may rarely encounter problems because we have already set things up and know how to avoid them and 2.) have the experience, knowledge, skills, and mindset that often makes solving the ones that do come up seem trivial and quick. When you are at that stage it is really easy to get out of touch with what new users go through.

It is stuff like your video that I think can help bridge the gap for those people and ultimately result in much better help, tips, improvements to the software, and support from experienced users that will ultimately help make it even better for new users.

[safsaf]

As a general rule of thumb, ALWAYS update the distro when you first launch it

[WitherSkell]

so just to say a couple of things:

CS2 works on linux, (why wouldnt it, steamdeck is linux based and cs2 is valve game), the fact is, games that use KERNEL anticheat (for example faceit&valorant) that works on driver level doesnt work on linux, and some battleye/easyanticheat games could not work too, but there is some compatibility, so many games will still work.

EXT4 is just mostly default filesystem on linux, its not fat based. there's many filesystems like XFS, BTRFS, etc.

The issue with drivers was yes, you have been using "old" kernel (opensource drivers are built-in in kernel like amdgpu, nvidia nouveau (for nvidia you need to install their proprietary driver after installation to have normal performance in heavy tasks) and some intel driver), because mint, ubuntu, (manjaro?) and other 'stable' distros are frequently using older versions of by some amount of time so they can be sure that it works and don't break by the next system update, downside is, well, older versions of packages & kernels. for example, you updated to 6.5 kernel, while mainstream one rn is 6.9 which released in may.

desklets&applets&extensions are not OS feature but desktop enviroment (DE) feature, in this case, Cinnamon (mint's default). There's many DE's like GNOME, KDE, etc.

UPD: you installed obsidian from flathub source, which is kinda like 'docker', flathub is external source & universal packaging format for linux which includes all dependencies, the package, etc. in the thing you download. You could think of it like isolated portable program

UPD: i saw you liked my comment, TY! i edited it so the like dissapeared, sadly

very great video, keep doing this kind of stuff


i also didn't knew you could do that with panel in cinnamon, ty!
:)

[lady.foxpoint]

this is actually such a perfect representation of what moving the linux should look like
you're learning something new, take the time to go through your issues and actually learn
if you're not ready to run into issues, then stick to what you know