“Linux Is Hard To Use” – It’s 2022 Stop The BS Already

“Linux Is Hard To Use” – It’s 2022 Stop The BS Already

Quick opinion video on the ease of use of Linux. People nowadays still believe that Linux is hard to use and this is definitely misinformation. Please take a look and let me know what you think in the comments below.

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[JamesLewis]

I bet these people who think Linux is hard to install have never installed Windows....

[ulrichsamosii]

75 year old carpenter here. Started my Linux experience just a
very few years ago and just played around with it for a couple of
years. Then I started trying to find out what I was missing under
the hood. I found out the more I tried to do and the more I learned
the more fun Linux became.
Hard NO! Levels yes, I started with mint and have used quite a
few of the Arch based distros.
Hard no, learning curve YES; fun YES!!!
Before you run from Linux try Pop_os and have a good time!

[liquidmobius]

While I agree with the concept in principle, anti-cheat software actually has serious privacy concerns.

[Consmer]

Garuda was my first bare metal install of a distro. Super smooth. I went with the KDE. Absolutely mind-blowing levels of customization. I technically dual boot. But I set my BIOS to go straight to Garuda. I even have a NVIDIA card. I kept windows only if I get the itch to multiplayer game. It's been months now. As a daily driver, Garuda has completely replaced Windows. Granted, I don't do work on the computer, but for a regular jack off, it's totally fine. I put Nobara on my kids laptops, it was even easier than Garuda. So happy to be on Linux, and it'll only get better once gaming becomes 1:1 with Windows.

[ethanissupercool]

Around this time I have been using Linux for around a year.

I actually mainly switch to Linux because of its power I guess you can say. I remember in my computer class there was a guest that uses Linux, and I was the only one that knows what Linux is.

Then after that I realized “hey, I heard many programmers uses Linux, I heard other YouTubers saying how good Linux is, I’ll try it

For the next couple of weeks I looked up data about Linux and what easy distro to use. I tried installing it on a VM but for some odd reason, at least to Virtualbox, it’s laggy.

So then I got 2 flash drives, one to move to Linux, and another to back up my data

I originally chose KDE Neon. But when I installed it, it freezes up at the login. I don’t know what causes it, maybe a bug or something to do with my computer.

I tried looking for the answer on Reddit but I barely got helped. At this point I was ready to switch back to windows. But I didn’t give up

I then went back into live-USB mode and flash another distro, pop! OS. And installed KDE on it, it works like a charm. And I still use it to this day.

I guess the lesson for my story is, don’t give up on Linux, even if it appears ‘hard’ at first

[liketheduck]

Auto-mounting a hard drive was a pain the last time I tried. I probably need to give it another go. But when something so basic stops me from creating a workflow, I’m gonna go back to my Mac/Pc…

[Vikky_Edits]

My linux journey started exactly on 1 January 2022 and that's probably the best decision I've ever made

[aliexmuzkillme]

Honestly, I wouldn't say it's 'Easy to use' for even tech savvy ppl making the transition if they've never used it. The partitioning is a bit confusing for some distros, but I think they fixed that.

In most cases, you cannot install apps by double clicking icons or dragging a folder. You have to learn about supported formats with your particular distro because it's not really standardized. Terminal commands between distros vary slightly, so it can create a bit of confusion. Running games can be a hit or miss and there's a performance loss. Lutris makes it easy, but there's no guarantee everything will work, and sometimes games crash or you have to modify settings to fix bugs or crash issues.

Overall, Linux is amazing because you can customize it, it's probably more secure, open and free, but there are things that need improving. I've been able to get Adobe Photoshop and illustrator working so I'm super happy. I do think once you get things going, it can be as easy to use as Mac or Windows.

[walter_lesaulnier]

It is IMPOSSIBLE not to occasionally have to use the terminal in Linux whether to fix a problem or edit a config.

[digifanatic]

I can't wait to see your proxmox video! I got a Beelink mini pc a couple months ago, and installed proxmox on it. Have my homelab Ubuntu server running a bunch of dockers and services, have a Plex server container, Home Assistant container, playing with a Nextcloud container, and also have my primary Windows 11 VM that I'll be switching out for a Zorin VM when I can get remote desktop working on it. It's also great to boot up various Linux distros to see what's new/changed/fun with them.

[mariojpalomares]

Not really a fan of distro hopping, i just wanted something that can truly replace Windows once and for all and that distro is linux mint. It has been my home distro since the switch. Linux mint is my daily driver, something that i need reliability on. Mint is quite polished and soon can't wait for mint 21.1. Ironically, Windows is slowly becoming a learning curve to keep up with the hot mess every time Microsoft makes changes. I hate the 11's app settings. Even on modern hardware it takes a few seconds for the app settings in windows to load lol. And to add further confusion. what's the windows control panel for then? Glad i am done playing the cat and mouse game with Microsoft lol.

[NicholasIstre]

Before 10 years ago, I worked at smaller companies or did contract work that let me work on whatever system I chose, so I worked on Linux, and gamed on Windows. Now, I work at a massive company that requires I use the Windows laptop they sent me, so now I work on Windows, and game on Linux...

Somewhat... I'm actually making heavy use of Ubuntu in WSL2 to build apps and run Docker containers, and my work will be deployed to Linux systems in the end. Still exclusively gaming on Linux, though, whether Garuda on my desktop or on my Steam deck.

[hamobu]

Also, another reason why the command line is used in Linux so much is that it's the most consistent interface across all of the distributions. Even then there's fragmentation with for example package managers. If you want to write instructions on how to do something on windows or a Mac in GUI, that's easy, you just tell them where to click and provide screen shots of menus. You can't do that for all Linux users. Even within a same distribution there are different desktops and window managers and you would be writing a lot of different instructions for each small subgroup. The only reasonable way to explain it is to do it for a terminal.

[chadjones]

When I first started out in 2019 it was intimidating but I also first used a computer when the "desktop" was just command line. I love the challenge, I'm always learning something and it took forever to figure out which desktop environment I favor the most but if you're starting out don't give up, one day it will just click.

[RedVRCC]

The one thing keeping me away is the fact I could find zero ways to get my VR headset to work on it. I'm not interested in spending hours of time having to troubleshoot things. When i get home from a long day of work, I'm exhausted and I expect things to just work so I can finally enjoy myself.

[peterschmidt]

I'd tend to agree that installing "most" Linux OS these days is a piece of cake since a lot use Calamares installer. There's the odd exception (Fedora's a little weird, arco Linux, vanilla Debian), but there's a lot that are pretty easy. And some even go that extra step to help install extra apps after install too. Linux is still much faster to get up and running than any Windows install.

I think the hardest thing about Linux is actually deciding on a distro.

[farima_legacy]

I wanted to switch to linux when I get a new pc but a few days ago I opened my task manager. The only app that was running in the background was discord and it was using 5+gb of ram and 100% disk. Switched to a minimal arch based distro, archcraft, the very next day. Liking it a lot, but I might switch to the arch based steamOS when it comes out

[takakazushi]

LOOKING forward to your Proxmox + Linux SET UP video! I want to put at least a dozen versions of Linux on my Proxmox build....once you give us the CLEAR step by step. Let's kick it up 2 notches later and put pfSense and DD-WRT on the Proxmox machine. But please...baby steps and make em clear for beginners. Best to you.

[esteban_]

I installed Garuda Linux a few days ago thanks to one of your videos. Until some days ago the only system I used were Windows, now I don't think I'm returning to W since I have seen that Linux is not hard as I thought it was. Learning about Linux if fun, there is so much I can personalize in my desktop now. 10/10!

[ApolloTheDerg]

I believe most folks get lost at the applications, a lot of program names are so foreign or complicated and it’s a turnoff to folks.

I think Linux, especially desktops like KDE could do better with program naming for people to get things quick.