Linux Distribution - Linux Basics for New Users - Chris Titus Tech
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-No longer a Win10 user-
-PopOS user
I watched your series for Linux Mint and I installed it on an old computer and it's been out of service for long time but I got it running with Mint.
I was actually testing out how to install it before I decided to cross over from Windows to a distro for my own main laptop. I got tired of trying to update and not having enough space, the bloatware, not even having ram from the extra stuff to run a simple program, etc. It was constantly eating at me and I was incredibly frustrated.
I kept telling myself to get over it and just use Windows. I eventually restarted my laptop and started with a fresh version of Windows that is until the updates came rolling in, I had a lot of storage before I clicked the update button.
I moved on to watch a few more tutorials about different distros and still trying to convince myself to stay with Win10, or watching some really well down customization videos for Linux.
Until today!
I finally made the switch from Windows 10 to Manjaro KDE put on a tutorial and got myself all set up. Happier than ever! Best decision for my laptop was getting rid of windows! Found that KDE was great and I liked it but I found what works for me and that-s not KDE but PopOS!
Thank you for your tutorials and making these intro series!!
Date: 2022-03-21
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Comments and reviews: 8
Septim
From someone who switched to linux 2 years ago, I think it might have been one of the best decisions I've made!
It's faster, lighter, way easier to navigate and way less buggy.
Don't like a process? Kill it with one command
Want to install a program? It can be done in literally one line of code using a package manager of your choice, from trusted sources. No need to search online for Programms and worry they might be full of viruses or anything.
Oh and about viruses, its much harder to get one in linux. Most apps you install on linux come from trusted open sources. So even if a vulnerability is found, hundreds of people rush to find/patch it.
Don't like your desktop? Change it with minimal effort.
Choose exactly what to update and the updates are applied with no need for rebooting.
Need to use Windows apps? Use wine/mono ( i use wine for photoshop/ mono for some compiled Programms) or just run windows inside a VM if you have a better specs.
Not to mention all the extensive capabilities for developers. You have things like GCC and Python3 on demand, whereas it's a tedious process installing them on windows.
You have a terminal, with bash, a simple yet powerful scripting language you can use to automate a lot of your monotonous tasks.
Best of all it's completely free!
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From someone who switched to linux 2 years ago, I think it might have been one of the best decisions I've made!
It's faster, lighter, way easier to navigate and way less buggy.
Don't like a process? Kill it with one command
Want to install a program? It can be done in literally one line of code using a package manager of your choice, from trusted sources. No need to search online for Programms and worry they might be full of viruses or anything.
Oh and about viruses, its much harder to get one in linux. Most apps you install on linux come from trusted open sources. So even if a vulnerability is found, hundreds of people rush to find/patch it.
Don't like your desktop? Change it with minimal effort.
Choose exactly what to update and the updates are applied with no need for rebooting.
Need to use Windows apps? Use wine/mono ( i use wine for photoshop/ mono for some compiled Programms) or just run windows inside a VM if you have a better specs.
Not to mention all the extensive capabilities for developers. You have things like GCC and Python3 on demand, whereas it's a tedious process installing them on windows.
You have a terminal, with bash, a simple yet powerful scripting language you can use to automate a lot of your monotonous tasks.
Best of all it's completely free!
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Cy
I installed Linux Mint Tara 19 on my 12 year old MacBook Black. After a few months it suddenly no longer updated software through the package manager even though I had internet access. Googling revealed a rats nest of possible causes and loads of different and technical solutions.
I decided to replace Mint with Lubuntu, but Mint was dug in, I could find no way to get the machine to boot off the bootable Lubuntu USB I had created in Mint. I have no idea if it was a hardware, software or EFI problem. But by now I had enough.
Linux is a mess. Countless distros, countless desktops, countless package managers, countless conflicts, countless conflicting advice on the best distro/desktop/package manger to use, advice that changes every year. You need to be techy geek to grapple with grub, bootloader, different shell dependent Terminal commands etc. If Linux breaks then you, Joe public, are screwed. It-s just not fit for general public use.
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I installed Linux Mint Tara 19 on my 12 year old MacBook Black. After a few months it suddenly no longer updated software through the package manager even though I had internet access. Googling revealed a rats nest of possible causes and loads of different and technical solutions.
I decided to replace Mint with Lubuntu, but Mint was dug in, I could find no way to get the machine to boot off the bootable Lubuntu USB I had created in Mint. I have no idea if it was a hardware, software or EFI problem. But by now I had enough.
Linux is a mess. Countless distros, countless desktops, countless package managers, countless conflicts, countless conflicting advice on the best distro/desktop/package manger to use, advice that changes every year. You need to be techy geek to grapple with grub, bootloader, different shell dependent Terminal commands etc. If Linux breaks then you, Joe public, are screwed. It-s just not fit for general public use.
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rahul
Appreciate your work. Average user needs some specific tasks to do like internet, make word excel files, some autocad drawing some photo video editing. Almost never i have to look about output OpenGL in windows and then come install dependencies. Why linux enthusiast are not understanding is that if they want to big number of people to move to linux there has to have easy ways. They has to be self explanatory, Why some one will bother searching so much time on internet about installing a dependency as per your computer. Why dont linux has some program which will tell in simple language that how to install a program. The basic fact that is linux community is trying to do is explaining a common people to be comfortable with computer language because its free and fast. But kindly understand people dont have that much fun to learn how this software work and how it is better than windows, they just want the work done with ease.
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Appreciate your work. Average user needs some specific tasks to do like internet, make word excel files, some autocad drawing some photo video editing. Almost never i have to look about output OpenGL in windows and then come install dependencies. Why linux enthusiast are not understanding is that if they want to big number of people to move to linux there has to have easy ways. They has to be self explanatory, Why some one will bother searching so much time on internet about installing a dependency as per your computer. Why dont linux has some program which will tell in simple language that how to install a program. The basic fact that is linux community is trying to do is explaining a common people to be comfortable with computer language because its free and fast. But kindly understand people dont have that much fun to learn how this software work and how it is better than windows, they just want the work done with ease.
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IamSonoma
Hi Chris. Good video. I enjoy your videos. I learn a lot. I am currently dual booting but rarely go into my win 10. Mint does mostly what I need in conjunction with a small VM for win 10 for just my VPN to work. There is only Mac and windows clients available. How about videos on common problems and possible solutions?
Like system randomly freezes or cleaning up after a package fails. Or differences in consoles,file managers, most functional email clients, etc.
Sound troubleshooting for the beginner.
Video settings, for dual monitors.
I have been using Linux on and off but sometimes problems and picking the right software can be daunting. As some said -videos for noobs- and short timers.
Thanks for passing on knowledge.
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Hi Chris. Good video. I enjoy your videos. I learn a lot. I am currently dual booting but rarely go into my win 10. Mint does mostly what I need in conjunction with a small VM for win 10 for just my VPN to work. There is only Mac and windows clients available. How about videos on common problems and possible solutions?
Like system randomly freezes or cleaning up after a package fails. Or differences in consoles,file managers, most functional email clients, etc.
Sound troubleshooting for the beginner.
Video settings, for dual monitors.
I have been using Linux on and off but sometimes problems and picking the right software can be daunting. As some said -videos for noobs- and short timers.
Thanks for passing on knowledge.
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droid8613
I think you are looking to answer an question that most people have. Usually it comes off with Linux being superior than Windows because it was built for security. I have switched over to Linux at home. I have had Linux updates break my system along with Windows. So the question lies beyond privacy and usability. I think I lies more in empowering the user to learn more about how the system works. I think diving more into empowering users to use Linux to its fullest potential is what is being searched for.
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I think you are looking to answer an question that most people have. Usually it comes off with Linux being superior than Windows because it was built for security. I have switched over to Linux at home. I have had Linux updates break my system along with Windows. So the question lies beyond privacy and usability. I think I lies more in empowering the user to learn more about how the system works. I think diving more into empowering users to use Linux to its fullest potential is what is being searched for.
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Zorixas
A small detail to be added. The Gnome that is being refereed to in the video is Gnome 3, and Cinnamon is emulating Gnome 2, not windows. When the transition from Gnome 2 to Gnome 3 was made, many hated it, so some took Gnome 2 and branched it off to MATE, while the Linux Mint team took Gnome 3 and made it into Cinnamon, which looked and acted similar to Gnome 2. I say made and not branched because it became a desktop environment all on its own now.
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A small detail to be added. The Gnome that is being refereed to in the video is Gnome 3, and Cinnamon is emulating Gnome 2, not windows. When the transition from Gnome 2 to Gnome 3 was made, many hated it, so some took Gnome 2 and branched it off to MATE, while the Linux Mint team took Gnome 3 and made it into Cinnamon, which looked and acted similar to Gnome 2. I say made and not branched because it became a desktop environment all on its own now.
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Brian
Thanks Chris for your wonderful series. Yes, please keep it simple for 69 year old, 'old farts' like me making the change. Please include the scripts in the comments section so we can copy them into a document as reference and practice.
Just a quick pointer, after about 60 hours of stuffing around because the flash drive could not 'authenticate', found out it is HP laptop. Changed the BIOS boot setting to Legacy and Hey Bingo!! Up and running.
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Thanks Chris for your wonderful series. Yes, please keep it simple for 69 year old, 'old farts' like me making the change. Please include the scripts in the comments section so we can copy them into a document as reference and practice.
Just a quick pointer, after about 60 hours of stuffing around because the flash drive could not 'authenticate', found out it is HP laptop. Changed the BIOS boot setting to Legacy and Hey Bingo!! Up and running.
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Shagadin
Excellent video Chris! I recently bought a decent laptop and am looking forward to going back to Linux after almost 10 years of using Windows. I hope this time I can cure my severe distro-hopping problem (I used Mandriva and Sabayon mostly). I am trying to decide between OpenSUSE KDE and Debian Gnome. Everybody speaks wonders about Debian, so maybe this is the opportunity to become a -hardcore- linux user and stick with Debian.
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Excellent video Chris! I recently bought a decent laptop and am looking forward to going back to Linux after almost 10 years of using Windows. I hope this time I can cure my severe distro-hopping problem (I used Mandriva and Sabayon mostly). I am trying to decide between OpenSUSE KDE and Debian Gnome. Everybody speaks wonders about Debian, so maybe this is the opportunity to become a -hardcore- linux user and stick with Debian.
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