Even Microsoft Uses Linux, So Why Don't We??

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I’m sure you’ve all heard of Linux. It’s that one open-source operating system that nerds love talking about. But, Linux isn’t just meant for nerds. In fact, virtually all of the largest tech companies in the world use Linux in one form or other thanks to its superior performance when it comes to back-end development. In fact, even Microsoft has switched over from Windows to Linux for their networks, databases, and cloud infrastructure. But, if Linux is so good, why hasn’t the average person even tried it, especially when it's free? Well, one of the main reasons that Linux never gained that much popularity is because its low cost doesn’t really mean much to the vast majority of customers. The vast majority of people just be prebuilt machines and Windows/macOS comes preinstalled for no extra cost. Also, even if you were building your own PC, Microsoft has made it extremely easy to get an unlicensed version of Windows running permanently. On top of this, Linux is usually not as user-friendly because it doesn’t come preinstalled with much software. Not to mention, you often have to use the command line to accomplish simple tasks. This video explains the top reasons that Linux is not very popular despite its free nature and apparent superiority.

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Timestamps:
0:00 - The State Of Linux
1:45 - Uselessly Free
4:58 - The Command Line
7:58 - Virtually No Need
10:42 - The Truth About Linux

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[defenastrator]

When Linux proponents talk about software being "free" they mean something far deeper than you don't have to pay for it. They mean you are free to do as you wish with it & when running on your hardware is free of outside masters. Most Linux proponents would not call Chrome or Android free as they both come with tendrils of Google's control sending data back to Google against their users wishes.

[samgray]

What is funny is that my high-school was running all their Windows PC's via a Linux Server... The server UI broke and all the computers were booting up to a user command line. They had me fix the issue, and what was even more funny is that all our PC's were not licensed.

[ixiahj]

It wasn't hard for me to switch from windows to linux because I was already using software on windows that had linux versions. If PCs were sold with linux aa pre installed options instead of windows, I bet the non pc building crowd would use it more.

[glayo_]

A few years back when I was a student, I took a laptop from the early 2000s, wiped the harddrive and installed a lite version of Linux. It was amazing as this laptop was saved and became viable for the purposes I required as a student.

[Psychx_]

As for the Wifi drivers: It's not that Linux doesn't want to support certain pieces of hardware, but rather that certain hardware manufacturers are often not interested in providing upstream Linux drivers. If you have an Intel, Qualcomm/Atheros or Mediatek Wifi chipset, chances are good that they work out of the box. Nearly all Linux distros ship with Wifi drivers for most of these vendors' cards and then some.

[MEWOVER]

To be fair, you don't need to touch the command line on many popular Linux distros in this era. The vast majority of users the OS is basically a glorified bootloader for a web browser. Linux is on the rise; the fact that 5% of desktop users are on Linux is insane compared to years ago. As for no need, I think that is changing as Microsoft has gotten more and more aggressive with bloat, ads, and political messaging default in the OS.

[ContantContact]

Yep, I gave up on Windows completely over a year ago, annoyed by Win10 and the slowness and resource hogging, plus the nagging to go to Win 11.
I surveyed the distros and decided on Linux Mint.
And everything I need is available. Almost all of it was already there after install. A few things were not, mostly some utilities.
It recognized ALL my hardware on this HP laptop, and also recognized some older USB devices that Windows no longer supported. Summary, Linux Mint supported more of my hardware than Windows 10 did.
And LibreOffice, on the install with Mint, does everything I need and some things better.
The laptop doesn't run as hard, fan runs less, and memory is better utilized. It actually has more gadgets with the install than I have ever used on Win10.
I am really missing nothing from Win10 and am not looking back.
Linux even saved me an expensive hardware upgrade.

[samuelriester]

You are describing the more minimalistic destrose of Linux. There are distros like Ubuntu and Mint that target the average user and contain applications needed for personal life. Those districts work right out of the box and even contain office competitors.

[bubuluke]

5% was what we dreamed about 20 years ago. Linux is still the OS of the technically curious, iconoclast, or those who have special needs. I have lent my machine to non technical types, and they don't even know they are using Linux. As young people become more technically proficient, that 5% will grow, but it will not happen over night.

[carlfrancis]

Yes Linux user here. Replaced the iOS on my 2011 MacBook Pro after finding I could no longer watch some streamed content on the Internet. So replaced the OS for Ubuntu, and continue to enjoy a working, supported environment on a very nice bit of hardware. Nice one Linux developers, your contribution is much appreciated👍🙂

[queens.dee.]

About a decade ago, I installed Ubuntu on a then-old PC for someone who just needed it for web mail and general web browsing and who had basically zero familiarity with tech. And it worked perfectly for her for years last I heard.

[theboredprogrammer]

I use Linux on my old devices. Learning the command line really kept me going in my free time especially I'm temporarily a housewife (in between jobs). The Linux distros such as Mint function on low specs and made my old laptops from 10-8 yrs ago function very well, with the challenge of installing manually some drivers. Idk, maybe I love tinkering things that's why Linux intrigued me so much.

I gave the old laptops with Linux a second lease of life and gave the devices to mom and dad, as they just use computers for social media and youtube.

[shayak_banerjee]

Okay, so I'm a pro audio user and I used to use Linux for most of my daily tasks and windows for music production and live performances. There was this one instance where I was just about to start a live show; I booted my computer and it started an auto update. I waited for half an hour but I had a time commitment to the organisers so I decided to stop the update and then booted it up again and oh what a big mistake I had made. My computer would keep BSODing and it caused major interruptions in my event. That was the day when I had enough of this bs. I moved completely to Linux and tried to make all my pro audio software work with Linux, and it runs surprisingly well... You're right to say that Linux works very well for professional use cases, and that's because it does not force a paradigm on you. It's you who decides what the computer does, unlike windows which dictates what you can and can't do, depending upon Microsoft's mood.

Thanks for the video, it was very informative! And I really hope Linux gets better for the average user, so that more people can adopt it and have greater control over their machine.

[rialbbe]

I used Linux in school teaching, presentations, slide shows, documents, spreadsheets, video editing, photo editing, audio editing and so on. I have no problem in what so ever as Linux as my daily driver for productivity. And I don't have to pay anything. I got absolute freedom to use it.

[cool-aquarian]

My man labelled all Linux users as “Poor” 😡

[explore]

I used to be a Windows 11 user, and a student, when I decided to switch to Linux, I chose Ubuntu because that was the most famous option at the time, the setup was very self explanatory, the most difficult part was getting the hard drive that I stored the OS in ready; a tutorial made it easy for me. As a Windows user, after the installation and setup, Linux, at least distros I am familiar with like Fedora and Ubuntu had the same amount of user friendliness as windows or mac. When I brought that computer to my school to show it to my friends, they thought it was really cool, and for the command line, I got naturally used to it. Linux's capabilities are way higher than windows like removing screen time from an Ipad with script that sent to another device using a Wifi or to prank my sister while she was gaming very seriously, I logged her out of her windows machine which was funny.

[du]

I've been using Linux since I was 8 years old. I'm just now learning how Windows works, but I will always prefer my linux-based, surveillance-free, and free as in beer operating system.

[Mantorp]

In 2001 when I started high school there was pa PC room that every student used. On the PCs there was some weird OS with a red hat. I was so fascinated that when I got my first PC I had to install Linux on it. Today I’m a developer and a gamer and use Linux every day. My wife, kids, brother, mom and dad use Linux and they are happy with it.

[mcash]

I switched to Linux for one reason and it's one that you didn't mention and that is privacy. I used to be a Windows user but after the Glory Days of Windows 7 Microsoft implemented a number of privacy violating changes among them being the requirement to connect your PC to a Microsoft account . now yes of course there are ways to remove the Privacy violating features of Windows such as telemetry but for me it is the principle of the matter. as the end user I get no benefit from Microsoft collecting my user data

[simonhrabec]

What I am missing in this video is mention if WSL. This also helps immensely when you just want to use Windows but need bash for coding.