Linux Learning Curve!

Linux is often portrayed as an alternative to Windows which isn't particularly true.

[bigbrain]

> get a thinkpad
> Install arch
> Not installing de or wm only use tty just like gods intended

[byakka]

the looping trick is getting old. The vid is on point as always but believe me when I say:

[zipkitty]

I switched to Linux 5 years ago, never looking back. I use Arch, btw.

[WonderSealYT]

If you want a desktop experience like windows but better, use the KDE or Cinnamon desktop enviornments.

[maverickblah]

There are also distros with a desktop environment close to windows, like mint+cinnamon. That's what awesome about Linux, it has something for everyone.

[nekothegamer]

In fact that's why Ultramarine Linux exists!!!! It provides a near-identical fedora experience with *zero* hassle to set up anything like nvidia drivers. Instead of only Linux mint, people should also recommend these other relatively noob friendly distros too because they provide a good experience with zero hassle for the most things, which is really awesome

[MiskonceptioN]

You don't need to shoehorn in an awkward loop at the end with "when I'm saying that..."

[inqmusician]

For the keyboard layouts, you can set it up to Caps Lock(if you want caps lock, just press shift with it).
Windows has only 4 options. `, Alt-Shift, Ctrl-Shift and Super(Win)-Spacebar[it's universal everywhere].
You have to install a separate program to do what I just discussed earlier.
If you're on Windows, the best for productvity is Ctrl-Shift. Main reason is that there's almost no consequences with Ctrl-Shift(Can break many of the shortcuts that use Ctrl-Shift). Alt-Shift can send you straight to the menu bar, ` is bad option, as it's conflicting with many of the languages and applications that use this key, With Super-Space you can accidentally put a bunch of spaces or open up the Start menu. So Ctrl-Shift it is.

[arhumaalhor]

Fedora Nvidia driver installation is easier than anyone may think, follow the instructions and it will work like a charm, i just speak in my humble experience 😁

[d_eric]

I made the switch from windows to Linux around 5 years ago. I don't regret it. I can even play a lot of games through proton. Sometimes it's a pain to setup things. It took me a while to setup my existing OneDrive.

[realploszukiwacz]

I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're refering to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX

[tiixus]

I recently tried to install arch linux on wsl feature in win 10 and gui for it, but i fkd up and entire win 10 isn't working. Its not like i dont know why that happened, but i couldnt repair it and so i am wondering which os to install. I wanted to use linux long time ago but i am worried about some of my favorite games not working cuz of anticheat. I already tried win 11 multiple times and I hate every single thing about it so i have a question for you: should i try using linux or should i just fresh install win 10 again?

[lolotrololo]

"Free and open source" 🤣. That didn't age well...

[Siltprogramation]

I maybe wrong, but in the latest fedora version (41) you can install Nvidia-drivers from the software center by just clicking in the driver section.

[Guru_]

My main issue with linux is that while I'm substantially more tech savy than most, I am not turbo nerd enough to use the command line for everything.

I really like GUIs, and Linux is sorely lacking in that aspect for a lot of things (at least, in my brief experience).

[tuanphvng]

recently ditched linux because of battery issue, was a great experience only if you have time and effort put into it

[alerighi]

Well it's not intuitive either to install drivers on Windows. Last time I've spent 1 hour to get an Epson printer to work on Windows... the driver that Windows update did install automatically did not work, I had to uninstall it from the device manager, then go to the manufacturer website, search for the printer driver, install the software, then I got the printer to work somehow.

On Linux most stuff does work without requiring additional software, for example printers nowadays simply work connecting the USB cable.

Regarding things that are counterintuitive, using GNOME Tweaks is not like having to edit single register keys that you don't know what they are doing to change certain things on Windows trough the regedit. I mean... most stuff on Linux DE such as GNOME is intuitive.

[BurningSmith]

If i have to read a manuel and follow instructions, that are not intuitve, to get something trival done like installing a driver, then it sucks. Best case is that i don't have to do anything. Second best case is that i go to a website and install (maybe download it) with some clicks. Like WTF if one Step is "lspci -vnn | grep VGA", SMD.

[BvousBrainSystems]

I've switched from Windows to Mint completely painlessly. Linux Mint absolutely is a Windows alternative.


You can't intentionally pick the wrong distro, flash the command prompt on screen a couple times, and claim that Windows normies can't use Linux. First of all they can, WIndows tutorials will often reach for the command prompt; and second, i've used the command prompt maybe twice in a year on Mint.

[GudeBuschlein]

Which disto is used in the video. That one that has the command center like MacOS?