I Forced Myself to Use Linux For 30 Days (Linux Challenge)

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Proton "lag spikes" are pretty normal for first time runs because it's building a shader cache. Those disappear with time because it preloads shaders on successive runs. EDIT: This commend is old and no longer applies for most games and GPU drivers.

As long time Linux user I can't deny the issues you're experiencing. In your case they're a result of xorg being outdated and Nvidia's longstanding refusal to make Wayland work and having no open source driver. Luckily those are changing. Wayland finally fixed the the outdated compositing issues, Nvidia finally turned around on supporting wayland and even started an open source driver. Now currently none of these changes are fully completed yet but it's improving rapidly and I hope that within a year the Linux desktop will be as nice too nvidia users too. Currently AMD works pretty much perfect with even multiple refresh and VRR working. You'll probably want to stay on the latest releases of distros at least to have access to the newest developments.

You didn't force yourself to use Linux. Windows forced you.

I started using Linux during COVID (probably mid 2020) when a windows update almost made me fail a college exam when a system update promptly started and locked me out of the PC. Haven’t switched back since, I’m loving Linux more and more as time goes on lol.

Long story short for the Windows update thing, just as I was pressing enter to submit my answers on Zoom, the update prompt appeared, stole the focus from Zoom and was the one to register the enter press 🙃. Cue 5 seconds later to a completely locked PC

Switched to linux 1-2 years ago.. well.. it took me smth like 5 attempts to get it working but after that everything ran smooth as butter for me... Every issue i encountered while using linux has been solved so far and personally I dont feel like going back to windows ever again

I've been using Linux since 1995 and have identified several shortcomings. I didn't make a video pointing those out, I fired up my development system and had a wonderfully good time making changes to the free and open source code. The development community loves a challenge when they feel appreciated. Too many times my efforts were not received with admiration and appreciation but with dismay and even disrespect for not solving someone else's problem in a timely matter if at all. I'm willing to help those that help themselves and I remind the others that we creators are happy if you are happy using another operating system. Welcome to Linux!

dude did you delete 1/4 of your system32 wtf

10:03 Literally no one believed me when I said, when using X11 desktop sessions, XFCE/GNOME/Cinnamon all LAGGED while KDE despite being more complex ran the least worst. I can't thank you enough for pointing this out.

Your level of productivity and the amount of activities/hobbies is really very astonishing.

"I use Arch btw"

I just recently "switched" to linux, i just find that linux as a working OS is absolutely perfect, everything is free, is super customizable and runs on anything(and thats why i was forced to switch).
Latelly ive been able to develop mobile apps on a 2008 netbook with a single core and 2gb of ddr2 ram. I can have the text editor, firefox open with like 3 tabs and the libre office open and it only uses tops of 1.3gb of ram. Crazy how a windows install by itself uses 1.9 gb ram.

Im on a minimal debian install, but tried arch and it was too much of a pain for me at the moment (i only have like 8 days of linux experience)

9:02 - those 'lag spikes' are a proton thing. They're processing/caching shaders. It's more prevalent when you first install and run the game, but the more you play, the less frequent they get. Linux is definitely a better experience over Windows on older hardware, ESPECIALLY with spinning disk drives. (Windows likes to use 100% disk, 100% of the time, for absolutely no reason, even on fresh installs). For someone like myself on a 10 year old laptop with ancient Nvidia GPU and spinning HDD, Linux is a HUGE upgrade over Windows, because it's had time to develop. On newer workflows (high refresh rate dual screens are still not super common) work still needs to be done.

I started using Linux about 2 years ago because I wasn't satisfied with how much you can customize Windows. I saw few posts on reddit showing off their linux desktops and I thought "I have to try it. Maybe I can make a perfect desktop for myself".
At first I ran at few issues, so I definitely wasn't even trying to daily drive it. But whenever I had a little bit of time I was searching for solutions to this issues etc. I learnt a lot of new things that way and after a while I found myself really enjoying using Linux. I spent less and less time using Windows. Now I haven't booted into Windows in quite some time. I still do that once every few months when I want to try some new game that isn't yet supported by proton but I really don't do that often.
I never had any major issues or complaints with Windows then but now when I open it I can't stand ads, lack of privacy, dubious design choices, forced browsers etc.
There is still an effort to be made when switching to Linux but with every year desktop experience become more and more user friendly. And I have to say that it is worth the effort.
Also if you're a programmer there is no better option. When I requested Linux laptop at my work I never knew how much easier things will become. For example having two version of python installed at the same time is as simple as just installing specific version and then calling it from terminal while on windows I had to use some weird script to change PATH...
As for gaming every game I play works perfectly. (Sometimes even better than on Windows, since proton talks better with older versions of DirectX than windows...). It's true that some games aren't playable on Linux because some developers decided to implement pesky anti-cheats that just won't work with proton. But that too is beginning to change with the release of steam deck.
As for Japanese I followed one guide I found on r/LearnJapanese and I can switch keyboards really easy with chosen key shortcuts.
こんにちは。いいビデオです。お疲れさまです

TL;DR. Linux at the moment might not be the easiest experience but it's a rewarding one and worth it imo. Good luck!

6:30 if you'd like to know what happened here, it's because your computer has a bios setting that's wrong. Essentially, newer UEFI computers have an option to support old BIOS-only boot options, great if you'd like to go back into your old operating system after upgrading. However, this option is not fully supported and will cause installers to fail as the installer is not compatible with your PC. This is one of the few things I'd say is wrong with PC/motherboard manufacturers instead of being an issue with linux itself.

I usually watch your content for your Japanese studies but I've recently gotten into trying Linux and it has lead me back to your channel again and it just makes me happy being back here.

It is mostly NVIDIA drivers which causes issues with linux, the often need some thinkering. Most opensource software is written with Mesa drivers in mind which is what all opensource graphics drivers use. NVIDIA howerever use their own graphical stack which can be problematic. NVIDIA is moving towards opensource drivers which might resolve most of these issues in the future. I appreciate the honesty in this video:) I am using linux for more than 15 years on the desktop and i am the first to admit that the linux community is way to defensive and has a hard time to deal with criticism.

As a user who picked up Linux this year, I definitely had a couple of issues in the beginning, but since overcoming them it's been pretty much smooth sailing for the past few months and I've really come to prefer it to Windows. I had considered recommending it to a friend but he doesn't even know what an operating system is and I don't think he has the time or the patience to put into learning it.

Thank you for a high qualiry video. Couldn't finf a video thst explains everything as good as this!

Just watched the video about you using a MacBook and got this one recommended. Also, really well put.

Every few years I give Linux a chance but these kind of issues keep me away from having it as my daily driver.