You Should Stop Using Windows On Your Computer...

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“People who use Linux are the vegans of computers”. Why would you say something so hurtful and so incredibly accurate.

I cannot fathom why someone would bash an os for being “too easy.” Making hard things easier is the entire reason I bought a computer. If I want things to be hard I can do basically anything a computer can do with an abacus and a stone chisel, and that stone slab is just as customizable as any Linux os if not more so. Being easy is the point.

Something I appreciate about your take is that you focus on the average user. A lot of people on the internet assume that everyone is a power user or wants to learn every single thing about how their computer works, which really isn't the case. Most people just want to watch YouTube, and have their games run without crashing.

As an Arch Linux user, I loved this video. It's so refreshing to see a completely unbiased video explaining how Linux isnt perfect and giving them reasons why they should and shouldnt use it while also showing them that they can still do most of the things they did on Windows on Linux and that its not as hard as some might think. Being unbiased with this sort of thing is so important imo instead of the typical cherry-picking that most Linux users like to do. I also loved that this video is just straight up hilarious lol.

Other than gaming, I know there's a certain selection of people needing Windows for school and/or work purposes. For me it's because my college classes require the Respondus Lockdown browser when taking exams. It only supports Mac and Windows.

My first experience with Linux was trying it out in a Virtual Machine. I really wish people in the Linux community recommended Windows users to try Linux in a VM before switching. They get to try different distros and get their feet wet without having to commit to switching their whole system.

The Koala is taunting me.

What kind of ordinary gamer uses Linux as his main?

Wouldn’t it be hilarious if I edited this comment so the only way people can find out what it originally said is by deciphering it via the replies? Lol

you've nearly convinced me, however there's just so many 'but' statements like yeah you CAN do most things, but a good bit of them require workarounds & the other half aren't supported yet

I appreciate the sentiment. As someone who has dabbled a bit in command line and done some (very basic) computer coding, I'm not against getting deeper into Linux. But I would definitely like to start with something that, more or less, works out of the box and then expand my toolkit as needed.

Nice straightforward content sir. Subscribed

As a music producer, the singular reason I haven’t switched to Linux is because of DAW’s. FL Studio, Ableton, Pro Tools, etc are all basically unusable in Linux even through wine (since they don’t have actual Linux builds outputted by the DAW developers). Same with VST Plug-ins. It’s a real shame. The only DAWs that are practically available on Linux are terrible.

Using Windows or Linux boils down to two things for me: Windows software compatibility and anti-cheat. I use Linux on my laptops and Windows on my gaming machine. Hopefully Proton will get some quantum leaps in development once Steam Deck comes out.

Its a joy to watch your vidz and very informative too. High five!

One thing, that you might've shown to the new users is how to install software via a GUI software centre, since many people might struggle with the terminal being text only, spitting out dependencies, etc. and installing via a web page is not really showing the beauty of secure software installation. That's how you do it on windows, downloading viruses from sketchy websites. Otherwise a great introduction!

I switched to Linux a few years ago and honestly, Windows feels like living in somebody else's house but Linux feels like home to me.

Problem with Linux isn't that it's complicated. It's that 90% of the time it won't support the software and hardware you want/need.

nice tutorial. I like your banter. no nonsense!