"Linux is not an OS, it's a kernel." Thank you sir. I'm new to Linux, this is the start of my journey to first learn what's behind that sudo command. Packed in that short sentence is a helluva lot of orientation.

Joe, I've officially pulled the trigger and switched to Linux completely a few months ago because of the help of your videos. Your teaching style is just phenomenal for me. I can't tell you how much I appreciate you & your videos and how much you've taught me! Thank you so much for what you do. Please keep doing what you're doing.

I have had two of the four courses that the local Community College offers in Linux/Unix and this brings them together and fills in some of the gaps in my Linux education. Please keep up the good work.

Good summary, Joe. I'm not new to Linux but I had not kept up with the init systems controversies, so I found that part helpfully informative. And it was nice to have all the different topics presented coherently in a single stream of consciousness.

Another great video Joe. Really appreciate you. Thanks for all the great stuff.

Joe, this was a great lecture. I particularly liked your breakdown of the Display Server (which I have struggled with). Thanks, and keep them coming! Joe

Great video man, I learned a few things. I love videos like these, too many channels only focus on distro reviews and super basic beginner stuff like how to install Linux (which of course it's good these videos exist, but I already know how to install Linux, I want to learn more).

Thank you for this explanation. I understand a couple things that I have had difficulty with for years.

Great timing. I had been searching for a video like that recently.

Joe , absolutely excellent as usual. You did a great job of covering all the bases in a reasonably compact form. I haven't got a cocktail party to talk about it though! 🧐😄

@arcticjoe1142

4 жыл бұрын

LOL- yes, I was wondering where one might get invited to a cocktail party where Linux was discussed.

Just switched from Windows 10 to Linux ubuntu so am in a relearning mode about commandline use, accessing files and how to download to USB so can use on another computer system. Knew most of this whole shebang years ago when programming radio station automation but had gotten lazy with MS/DOS systems..Thanks for keeping it simple and easy to understand. By the way am 75 years old and retired .

Keep'em coming Joe! Love It! 👍

Great Video Joe. Budgie, Budgie Budgie... The fastest growing DesktopEnviroment deserves mention. Was hoping you found it time to do "another look at Solus". The "A Look at Solus" from Nov. 2016 was awesome.

Love your videos Joe.

You're a great teacher, Joe. It's obvious you've found one of your callings. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

You are a hell of a teacher. You make me want to listen and learn more even though it’s fairly complicated and technical. I’m all ears! This is top notch content 👍

You are the man! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

Thank you, that was really helpful and informative.

👍. 👍. Great high level over view of GNU/Linux/distro. This video should greatly help new users get a better understand of the often used new terms like kernel, desktop environment, bash, etc. I really like the way you pulled to together the display server, display manager, window manager and desktop environments. Keep on keeping on.

thanks Joe great video explains a lot for new users and a reminder for older users

this is some valuable stuff, appreciate the info. Can there be a seperate vid about TTY? thanks!

watched this on Freedom Penguin but had to come here to tell you it's excellent! Will rewatch to review when necessary. Really learned more about the guts of Linux. Thanks! Have put it on my Google Drive, so I can read it, too.

Very clear explanations, thankyou for sharing!

Following you up as a notification squad member! Thank you sir for this useful content :D

Thanks Joe, great video - it's all starting to make sense!

I thank you for your words of wisdom. I always take them to heart. Then use them profusely! And they almost always work. I don't know how you do it but I applaud you. And I really appreciate what you do. Thank you!!

I've been more motivated to ditch Windows recently, and have been experimenting with some current distros the last few days. I'm not a gamer, so the only things stopping me from switching are a handful of programs and devices that are Windows dependent. My EPROM programmer is one example. And in the case of my main rig, the Realtek ALC1150 audio codec is not fully supported (jack retasking and other features are hit and miss). But I'm hoping that the rising Linux gaming community will pull more support out of hardware and software makers in the near future.

@gnarthdarkanen7464

5 жыл бұрын

Not entirely sure if this will help, but you might consider Codeproject.com ...The sign-up is free, and there's reasonable coverage over a LOT of code/languages. They also have forums and you can "rub elbows" digitally with some gifted talent/skill online while exploring options... including (but not limited to) suggesting projects and collaborative efforts with other programmers/developers. ;o)

@tomormiston6592

5 жыл бұрын

Have you tried running your EPROM programmer in Linux using Wine? www.winehq.org/ they've made quite a few improvements recently.

@stevew270

5 жыл бұрын

It's good to see you're still hanging around YT, Aaron!

@bertnijhof5413

5 жыл бұрын

If your EPROM programmer is connected through USB, you can run Windows in Virtualbox and connect the EPROM through to Windows, it part of the Virtualbox menu for the Guest.

@SupremeNerd

4 жыл бұрын

Joe made this point in a few of his videos.... Running Windows programs on Linux, you may as well just continue to use Windows. The idea is there are many programs that run on Linux that are like Windows programs and often they are better. Wine is a good tool if you could get it to work. If you're using a virtual machine a lot, just use Windows

great video joe ! some really useful information :)

Outstanding video which I just found out about and will send to noobs who need a terse, well-spoken presentation!

your vidieos are great i just got into linux your vidieos are a big help in learning about linux thank you very much

Great down-to-earth explanation!

I stay on linux in a while for now its gives a fresh air and freedom of my hardware without rebooting for updates. The distro I use ubuntu

Excellent video and I am taking notes!!!

Actually I prefer btrfs and zsh. I used it during my arch installation and I dig it. "While gnu was creating a kernel" is not very specific. They are still working on it. I would mention this. Great video.

Whew! More info than I could handle. I will have to see this again. One thing though, you mentioned TTY- how does that relate to the old MIME terminals? That is, in a nutshell.

@EzeeLinux

5 жыл бұрын

They are not related at all... Completely different things.

Great stuff as always @Joe Collins 🐧

It should be born in mind that the Internet runs almost entirely on Linux. You can run a bank of Linux servers and a comparable number of Windows servers on the internet. You will require a significantly higher number of Windows system administrators than Linux ones. And the Linux guys will know much more about the basics of their networks and servers than the Windows guys, in general. Linux is a much more "transparent" system, versus Windows, which is more or less "opaque".

Thanks a lot! Very useful video.

Awesome video. Thanks

Thanks! Very helpful

Thank you for the explanations and the links. All these possibilities, all these choices to be made ... i dont' find it fun, i call it a mess. But thanks anyway, your explanations about the overall structure will help me to find my way !

Thanks again Joe. I follow all of your videos. I have downloaded Mint, PureOS, and one other from the Free Software Foundation (the last one slips my mind). I am trying to get Administrative Privileges on any one of the above. A pseudo URL (Domain Name) is needed. How do I get around that?

Good Work! Thank you for this video - everything is in it. And personally I nice memory (I was a "startx-guy";) God bless - Ralph

great video,thanks a lot

One of the most confusing things for me switching from Windows was the difference between display manager, window manager, and desktop environment. This is a nice refresher though thanks.

I think another fantastic way to learn more about Linux is to install Arch or Gentoo. It really teaches you how everything comes together step by step from start to finish.

Talking about Linux @ a cocktail party ? Wow we've come a long way!!!! I recall the days when talking about Linux @ a cocktail party would guarantee that you'd be never invited again &/or a means to clear some space around you :-)

@abzhuofficial

5 жыл бұрын

Nerd culture and all things nerdy has become the cool, hip thing in recent times (2018). It's fun to see things that was once synonymous with "loser" get turned on its head, but unfortunately, another dreaded bug comes out, which is the "phantom nerds" (fake people who claim to be nerdy or claim to be appreciative of nerd culture, like uh, oh I dunno, Jessica Nigri).

@BogdanWeiss

5 жыл бұрын

Abdul Hussain True.... But I find people's superficial fascination with all things "tech" highly annoying... Also feeds arrogance & stupidity - people think they "know stuff" because they have access to the net & can "look things-up" There's more "tech" in a blade of grass than in a datacentre - all the nerds bathing in EMF ( WiFi, 3G, 4G Bluetooth etc ) Neutering their brains & testicles in the process ( sperm count is down by 40% in the last 40 years.... any other species & it would be an extinction level event...& it is... ) I love it & I hate it!!! Technology certainly has not brought about the world that I was hoping for when I got into tech, with the sole intention of making this place better for all.... ;-)

@abzhuofficial

5 жыл бұрын

@@BogdanWeiss You, sir, have hit the nail on the head, and speaking of health concerns in tech, there's already complaints with 5G and its health issues.

@BogdanWeiss

5 жыл бұрын

Abdul Hussain Thanks for being on the same wavelengh :-) The current "safe" exposure to EMF radiation are based on archaic models from the 1960's..... where they pump enough RF into your cells as to the temperature going up by some amount of degrees ( ? ) Someone will bag me for not quoting SAR levels but let's just say that those more curious look-up SAR exposure models for themselves.. When you add the currently observable bio photonic spectrum inter-cellular communication that we've only been aware of for some decades, I'm sure you'ed get a very different picture.... Coupled with our "new" awareness of the human body as a Microbiome & this optical communication being faster than electrical & used by cell & organ communication of our Microbiome in a state of conscious agreement & life sustenance & communication & health It's funny how our RF Cellular (insert Band-wight here.. ) communication affects the human cellular network The "roll out of 5G" is ment to include the rollout of some stupendous amount of transmitting micro-towers... Unfortunetely their impact on humans won't be anything but "micro" - there are sirius health hazards - with increasing human exposure by orders of magnitude of the current amount... I formally studied electrical engineering for a number of years & am by no means speaking as a "flat earther greenie" here There are serius implications in exposing ourselves to ever more RF & I can't believe how "home communication & WiFi & radio everything around the house, pushed as "cool" has taken off without people thinking of what they are doing....;-) I mean I can clearly "feel it in the air" in new office buildings & libraries in particular that seem to have "commercial strenght WiFi Hotspots" other people who are "RF" sensitive - add your comment here :-)

I am new at Linux but following your channel makes me feel I have been here for decades as I work on each video I do everyday. I wish I have known you earlier and I pray I meet you one day. On behalf of myself and myself, ibsay a big thank you for your work. I have a request though. Can you please do something elaborate about CentOS. Thank you in anticipation.

@EzeeLinux

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks. CentoS is wonderful for servers but makes a horrible desktop. I run it on my server but there's not much to it... We shall see. :)

@ibraheemolanrewaju7555

4 жыл бұрын

@@EzeeLinux I am so glad and humbled by your response. I am actually interested in the server of a thing since I am looking at taking its road to my career path. Plz tell me some things I might need look into as someone who might want to take Linux + or LPIC exam and ....... thank you.

Anyone else notice that the machine Joe connected to was called "oof"?

Hello, great stuff here since I tried to install Wicd and I am getting the popup window that informs me wicd's D bus interface and another pop-up telling me wicd daemon shut down the UI will not whatever. Must I install Upstart, systemd and runit? Or should I go to Sourceforge and download from there? Your thoughts

Great video!

By the way, I agree with Mandeep Sangwan. A video on the different Package Managers would be great.

Good video Thank you

very good... thanks a lot

Great video!! Hey Joe do you have a video showing what's different about an installation of Linux with a motherboard with UEFI? Tried searching and I prefer watching your videos. Plan on loading onto an older computer but has UEFI bios and don't know how to, but I've heard many times it's different than normal and not sure if it's different than your 4 part (boot, root, swap, home) partition scheme. It's an old AMD APU build and I also have an old video card from a Dell that's Radeon hd 7xxx card with 1gb gddr5 which I assume will be better to use than the onboard graphics. I figure it'll be a tougher install but I want to try.

@EzeeLinux

4 жыл бұрын

I haven't done anything about UEFI because I run old junk machines that don't have it... I do have a laptop that is UEIF, though. The best bet is to just let the installer do the partitioning if you don't need anything fancy. That's what I did. :)

@2010stoof

4 жыл бұрын

@@EzeeLinux ok. I do like the partitioning scheme I mentioned above from your other video. Allowed me to jump distos without an issue. And with the machine I'm talking about I also want to try to have SSD system and external for home type of scheme and I can't do that letting the machine make the partitions. Ahh well I guess it is what it is, but wouldn't be a bad idea to make a video of it... Lol ... Would help round out your tutorials section.... Hint hint haha I can't be the only one that wants to know. Thanks again for the great videos, you've made things alot easier with my new to me Linux laptop

Remember that fish is not a shell, a shell is not the terminal, and the first shell "sh" was written by Ken Thompson

Excellent tutorial Joe!

Thanks Joe

KDE doesn't use KDM anymore, they're using SDDM now days.

@sandman7155

5 жыл бұрын

Wasn't SDDM abandoned?

@michael_tunnell

5 жыл бұрын

@Sand Man SDDM is not abandoned, in fact, the latest release was just 2.5 months ago. SDDM is now the default display manager for KDE Plasma (starting with 5.0), Hawaii DE, and LXQt recommends it for default as well. On the other hand, KDM is deprecated/retired in 2014.

@WR3ND

5 жыл бұрын

I found it to be an interesting surprise when upgrading a couple systems from Jessy to Stretch recently.

thank you for this one also}

I still use startx. It is just so clean and simple.

2 months ago i started watching you videos because i wanted to get rid of microsloth.today i have 6 machines running Manjaro and Arch and a dozen virtual machines spanned across 3 screens. I just wish i could get the nvidia drivers working to span the screens but i cannot open display with nvidia installed and the nuveau drivers seem to have no issues except a minor tear hear or there when moving screens between monitors. but i am for the first time since i built this machine 6 years ago able to see my machine on 120" of monitor real estate with ease. I only have lightwave that i need Windows for and it seems to work fine from a VM but i do intend to relearn how i model and start using blender.most of the VMs are used for online training so i can bork a vm instead of my machine anthough with Timeshift i borked my machine 2 nights ago and had it back up and running in less than 5 minutes so i cant complain it used to take me 10-20 minute to repair a system with Acronis. but gaming across 3 screens is quite fun. thanks for your videos and have a wonderful holiday Joe. Dave Charnow, Q5 Graphics or just Q5Grafx

you want to use CLI it makes work faster and more effective. I took one of my books, hit it with REGEX CAT AWK SED and before you know it that horrible monster was smooth as a criminal yet refined and sophisticated.

Thank you.

As far as I can tell, SystemD has the advantage of being about to run multiple threads or multiple cores, which Sys V couldn't do. That is Systemd would be asynchronous, where Sys V is synchronous.

@TheDave570

5 жыл бұрын

SystemD was red Hat's attempt at copyrighting the Linux world... When that crap started invading everything, I switched to FreeBSD and never looked back !!!!!

Syslinux is the 3rd bootloader option.

I always thought it was pronounced like "daymon" as in Mate' Daymon the actor lol and as a sort of oversee-er of it's domain. Third party info has me wrong but it still would kinda work... I think.

You missed one fundamental thing: A package Manager.

@EzeeLinux

5 жыл бұрын

I din't miss it, I just left it out. This vid concentrates on running programs. Package management is very important but not necessary to boot and run a distribution. :)

@mandeepsangwan2009

5 жыл бұрын

please make a detailed video on all the package managers of popular distributions in detail. I think people would really love to know what you've to say about.

@EzeeLinux

5 жыл бұрын

It would be a short video... Pangaea Managers are really not that different from distro to distro... Many have the same commends.

@drewerving7428

5 жыл бұрын

you left it out.

Awesome vid!....can I use it to help others who are freshly coming from Windows / Apple and need to know more about it?.....(I'll send them the link to this vid..)

@EzeeLinux

5 жыл бұрын

That's what it's here for. Thanks. :)

Bash's GNU license is a problem for Apple's not open OS source code, so you will have out of the box only an older version of Bash on Macs for some compliance, and instead zsh as "the shell"

@hhskladby1596

2 жыл бұрын

@@lepidoptera9337 At least in professional contexts you might have to use 3rd party scripts that explicitly (shebang) or implicitly (Bashisms) need newer Bash versions. Many (in words: many many) Stack Overflow solutions you might try to copy & paste depend on newer Bash versions (though zsh is eager to be compatible). Of course that touches the level where you might be forced to compile programs from source especially "against" your system. [NOTE: I managed to have a typo in "Bashisms", now corrected]

Liked it 🤗

Joe, didn't a bit ago you wanted to take a break? Seems like you're hitting the content pretty hard lately. Not that I'm complaining, mind.

Just enough information to be dangerous Thanks Joe.

I know that people say Linux is a Unix-like OS, but isn’t it absurd to say that Linux is not based on Unix?

The only reason I taught myself Linux is so I could get wobbly windows...

🤓👍

This video is for the linux-curious

So, why do you even have so many distros, if they basically just differ in the set of programs they have installed? Can't you just ship the kernel, packet manager and a config file with a list of all programs you want installed? Why does everything need to be prebundled? I never had a linux distro that came with everything I needed, nor have I ever encountered one, where I didn't immediately uninstall multiple programs. So the bundles are useless anyway.

@EzeeLinux

5 жыл бұрын

What you just said is pretty much the Arch Linux philosophy... There are so many distros because there can be so many distros with Linux. Each one is some person's or company's vision of what Linux should be.. :)

@clumsyjester459

5 жыл бұрын

But who even came up with that idea of distros? I mean, installing software with a package manager is easier than installing something on Windows if it's not in the Microsoft Store. So where even is the need or benefit of this prebundling? And just think of all the overhead and countless manhours that are wasted on this.

@EzeeLinux

5 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't say it's wasted... Creating a Linux distribution is actually quite easy; the hard part is supporting it and gathering a community around it. Some folks are very good at that and they have come up with some innovative ideas that helped every Linux distribution. :)

@clumsyjester459

5 жыл бұрын

But couldn't you drastically reduce the amount of support needed, if everybody just starts with the same kernel instead of 1000+ distinct distros? Also, isn't gathering a community for your distro a bad thing, if you thereby fracture the Linux community?

Systemd kinda blows half your point 1 all to hell, lol. Maybe you should leave out the 'do one thing and do it well' and 'have human-readable files' parts if you are onboard with systemd? (Me, I can see good and bad of systemd and SysV both, but I feel you can't believe in point 1 and systemd at the same time.)

@Zestyclose-Big3127

5 жыл бұрын

It's not really only *his* point 1 to be fair (and it's part of why forum threads keep melting when a debate about systemd starts - a lot of people do see Systemd blown 'all to hell' just like that and don't like it)

Today "sh" does NOT refer to Bourne shell, but to POSIX compliance; the Bourne shell is not fully POSIX compliant

So, a basic over generalization would be, Distributions are like Humans, no two the same, but everyone is a person.

Wow i didn`t know that of MATE... The problem with this acent in spanish is that MÁTE="Tea"(not a tea, but hard to explain) MATÉ= I've killed someone xD... If u are interested, just search mate Argentina and ll be fine

You said "Linux is not an operating system". That's like saying DOS is not an operating system. There's no way for the Graphical and the applications to do anything without the kernel.

@motoryzen

Жыл бұрын

no..it isn't the same. DOS ...IS an os Linux is a KERNEL..a CORE that can be used to build an os. within ONLY the Linux kernel..ya can't do jack crap ..that's the difference

I have my demons in my computer? /s

well Joe, your clearly doing it wrong mate, the right way to do it is...

Since you can't read (it) there is no reason for this to be here, sorry.

@EzeeLinux

5 жыл бұрын

Nothing you wrote makes any sense at all.

@WiccaRobin

5 жыл бұрын

Yes I have that problem! its been a plauge to my life..

Linux is an OS, not just a Kernel. That's the whole point.

Some noob computer users prefer Linux over windows

@stutavagrippa8690

5 жыл бұрын

freevideos051 Before ANYONE comments. IGNORE HIM. He's Trolling.

By the way, I agree with Mandeep Sangwan. A video on the different Package Managers would be great.