Thanks for all the thoughtful comments. Please watch the entire video before commenting. Dual boots are dangerous for NOVICE USERS! If you understand how it works then it's fine. I'm not making fun of or picking on the person here, I am trying to make a point about setting realistic expectations when starting with Linux. :)

@davidnicholson4136

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for taking the time to reply, Joe. You got me. I didn't watch the video to the end. The reason I stopped watching to make a comment was because you lost me after the opening 5 points. I've moved on now. I subscribed to your channel because, now I have retired, I need to reacquaint myself with the evolved Linux world so I can dabble with it again and you seem to be a worthwhile champion for the cause. I look forward to many more of your videos. Cheers, David

@Richard-Freeman

4 жыл бұрын

I started with RedHat 4.2 :) in 94/95. My god, setting up Samba without a GUI! Let alone, X. Boy has Linux come a long way.

@davidnicholson4136

4 жыл бұрын

@@Richard-Freeman Yes, the installs and tools don't require a Phd and speed typing skills :-) Which is why I think I might survive the plunge back into the world of Open Source as a hobbyist :-b

@MrBubbagump58

4 жыл бұрын

I did watch it all before commenting. I agree with your conclusion, although I can identify with someone with a similar background that I have had. Watching your tutorials of basic Linux both yesterday and today. Good job.

@ArthursHD

4 жыл бұрын

Got introduced to Linux back in secondary school. For a long time it was just tinkering with live CD's Dual-boot systems (Linux as secondary). Linux really has grown a lot since 2006. At the same time windows has gone lot worst in last year or two. How can I get hardware acceleration working on Web-browser with in Manjaro\Arch linux. On Chrome it can be turned on (experimental feature) if proprietary gpu driver is installed, but they have only debian and openSUSE packge - Am limited to debian baised distros if I need it working?

I love this title. So much truth in it and something as a Poweruser in Windows coming to Linux last year had the exact same thoughts. I kept trying to make Linux work and even look like Windows when I started. It wasn't until I just gave up on it and just said: "What is the most efficient way to do this?" ...that things started to really fall into place for me. Now, I just hate it anytime I'm on Windows and just can't help but think of all the time I am losing by using it. Linux is fundamentally different from Windows and that is a fantastic thing!

@LOLY20

4 жыл бұрын

Hi sir 😁💪

@ophawku

4 жыл бұрын

Hello Chris, I recently started watching your Vid's. I immediately thought of you when this vid posted. I've been following Joe for several years. Both you and Joe are amazing to follow.

@lesliesavege1206

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Chris, I also watch your videos. It is nice to see another KZreadr commenting on another video of the same nature as they do, it really shows you have the right stuff! Both of you keep up the good work, since you two helped me out in the past.

@midnightwatchman1

4 жыл бұрын

I would be considered windows power user but I have never felt the need to make any Linux distributions look or feel like windows . in fact any distribution that starts off claiming to be "windows like" I avoid like poison let Linux be Linux. I like windows too but I want my windows to be "windows like" and Linux to be Linux

@RP-kr2mg

4 жыл бұрын

I kept using Zorin again and again and again for 2 months. Was never happy, as you expect something to work like Windows when it looks like it. Now am on MX Linux, and never found an OS experience so rewarding... Not a leap, but a step nonetheless imo

After using Linux distos for 8 months I find working on a windows system frustrating. You can do so much more with Linux.

@paulnoecker1202

4 жыл бұрын

Took me a good year to get to the point where I'm pissed about using Windows. 5 years deep, fucking up my friend doze fan boi computer in 5 minutes on the Internet lol. Doze is insecure fragile garbage. Doze is good at games, I'm not 5, I'm not sold.

@VittorioSergi

4 жыл бұрын

like using photoshop natively? or ascom?...oops, no, I love the kde flavour of linux but there isn't any support from those who counts unfortunately, and wine isn't a substitute, as unfortunate as it sounds and owning both machines, a windows based one and a linux based one, I can say that linux's most powerful feature, its availability and variety of offering is its main drawback, for professional use such as photo and video editing linux just doesn't cut it, gimp is a mess, video editing softwares that can play ball with the likes of premiere pro or davinci are nowhere to be found (yes I know davinci is available on linux, but its not free as his windows counterpart, and the overall enviroment is not as fleshed out as in windows). Plus, the average joe isn't going to stick with it if they have to even think about opening the terminal. And I tried with my parents too. Linux is for those who want a more 'in control' experience. But if I have to just turn on a computer and just work, than it's the windows one that gets fired up. And I'm so sad about that.

@ExdeathZ

4 жыл бұрын

I'm going to be contrarian and say I disagree. Windows has its strengths and weaknesses. I would much rather set up a domain controller and local DNS using Windows server than using linux, but I *hate* ISS. I love the linux filesystem structure and how great ls and a ton of other command line commands are, but I hate how the filesystem structure does not reflect how the drives are being used up. They each have their ups and downs, but if I was making a system or programming an application, then linux would still be my pick for most situations.

@Otakubro6

6 күн бұрын

​@@VittorioSergithat's where your wrong DaVinci resolve, has the same free version and studio version as windows and mac

Joe, I ran across your channel about 6 months ago.. I watched your video on how to set up Linux Mint 19.1 and i'v been using it every day ever sense... Iv been a windows "Power User" sense the days of DOS on up to Windows 7 and im able to do things with linux mint now that i had no idea i could do 6 months ago.. i just want to say thank you for your videos and your continued support in the community... keep up the good work sir!

I have been running linux for 4 yrs and just know the basics. There is so much to learn but am taking it slow and learn something new everyday!!

I'm a cave man & was a windows user for 30+ years. Now I've been running LM for about 5 years and have not encountered any problems that I couldn't solve by googling and/or searching Linux Mint forums.

@DePhoegonIsle

4 жыл бұрын

almost … like every other mainstream OS out there …. it's like communities & help exists for all of them.

@ludovicfoltete5816

4 жыл бұрын

But the big problem with Windows is to solve most problems, you HAVE TO install an external software that could "maybe" solve your problem. And you know nothing about this sofware (most of the time it is not open source of course !) On linux, most of the time, you just have to run some commands on bash or write a script and everything become OK...

@tacticaltux4231

4 жыл бұрын

@@DePhoegonIsle No. Disagreed. When searching for solutions to issues in Windows (and especially MacOS), I will always get the first result of some Microsoft forum website with a Microsoft Tech Support employee responding "Run sfc /scannow" or some Apple forum with the Tim Cook approved way of doing things, generally through the settings GUI (even when I don't want to use that.) When I search for a problem on Linux, I can easily find many different blogs, forums, stackexchange posts, etc. each detailing out different ways to solve a problem for any circumstance. The Linux community is much more technical, and so fixing shit is so much easier.

So I just bought this new Tesla and replaced my F150 and it's sooooo difficult! I couldn't find a place to put the gas nozzle, so I poured it all over the car and yet it still won't start! Now granted, I didn't bother reading the manual, but hey, what could possibly go wrong, right? Fact is, this Tesla sucks and it won't run, my F150 always did!

@EzeeLinux

4 жыл бұрын

LOL... Yeah, you get it. :)

@MrRefael33

4 жыл бұрын

LMAO... 🤣️🤣️🤣️

I switched to Linux full time after trying a few times. I have to say that i know so much about Linux that I've been able to teach my teacher that knows quite a few things about fixing computers. He's learning from me. and I've been telling him about everything that I've learned. I learn so much in Linux it feels like I've uncovered some Egyptian stone of knowledge that helps me be proficient in day to day working. Linux is so enjoyable to me, and i want to spread that to everyone else who is curious.

it toke some time to get of from windows bad habits... Linux did save me!

@coolworx

4 жыл бұрын

Don't toke too much, or it'll take more time.

@CyrusBrinkworthRAS

4 жыл бұрын

@@coolworx dyslexic by nature...

@shashu1999

4 жыл бұрын

Can you elaborate on what is windows "bad habits"? Just asking..

@CyrusBrinkworthRAS

4 жыл бұрын

@@shashu1999 lousing data’s, and reinstalling anyway...so many time...

I've read the comments and watched the video. Please listen to Joe he knows what he is talking about. DON'T DUAL BOOT. You're asking for trouble and loss of data if not soon to break everything. Linux and Joe have given me the will to try harder to learn something new and very interesting and not just have Windows do it for me. I no longer have a windows pc running anything. I've purchased older hardware for far less money as Windows does not perform well on them, and have transformed my work flow as well as my outlook. I play in vms and then build solid hardware with Linux knowing they are going to outpace and work well with anything I ask of them, anything indeed. Not going back (100%) after 6 months of listening to Joe and my undying thanks and appreciation go out to him and the community of like minded people. Thank you Joe, and thank you everyone else for reading this lengthy comment. I feel better now!

@bosmanka

4 жыл бұрын

Dual boot is no problem as long as you use different drives for Linux and windows. That's the only way to stay away from bootloader problems that are always caused by windows.

@Psy500

4 жыл бұрын

I've have had no problem with dual booting Windows 7 and Linux though I can see where problems would arise with newer version of Windows, also UEFI makes things far less strait forward. So I would say try it first with a spare system or in a virtual machine but it is not going to an easy solution as even if everything works as it is support to you are going to have wasted freespace with the extra partitions on different filesystem along with having to reboot to switch between the two. Also that said I've been doing this since the 1990's and I can see where new people can run into huge pitfalls and I'm not sure it is worth learning how to properly have a dual boot setup.

@ignaloidas

4 жыл бұрын

I started with Linux using dual boot. It was ok, but I attribute that to my attitude at the time. It wasn't "I want to use Linux", it was "I want to learn Linux". Learning about how dual boot works and how to repair it(multiple times) was fine, as I wanted to learn anyways.

@joschafinger126

4 жыл бұрын

Dual booting used to be way easier before Win10. Back in the day I had my desktop set up for it, chiefly so I could go on playing the games I had. Then I upgraded to Win10, and the setup broke down. Grub wouldn't load, Windows told me my hard drive was faulty... That kind of stuff. The solution was rather easy: I got rid of Windows, and I've never looked back.

@joschafinger126

4 жыл бұрын

@Peter Andrijeczko Exactly. My girlfriend is another Windows diehard, so I too sometimes have to deal with Win10. She claims that exorbitant boot times, instability, apps becoming randomly unresponsive etc only ever happen when I'm near and finds it normal that her i7 laptop is noticeably slower than my i3. I don't get it.

I'd rather spend my time teaching someone who is invested in learning Linux, not a salty Windows user who is easy to anger because he refuses to understand that Linux isn't the same as Windows. Even if you did manage to help that person get up and running, you can pretty much bet that a few hours on Linux, he'd be asking why x,y,z feature isn't the same as on Windows, then complain about that.

@BobLinuxVlog

4 жыл бұрын

Supa yeah someone with a mindset like that isn’t ready to learn.

@DePhoegonIsle

4 жыл бұрын

how dare they want the same features... how dare they want something touted as superior to not have the same useful set of things they got use to use. It's not like Linux is constantly lied about and promoted as more then it ever could be (for a END USER), and over exaggerated using misleading bullshit (like routers, to servers, pos devices use Linux so it's endless popular) trying to create a false narrative.. -- Linux is great & reallllly useful, but flat out is a very poor and often inferior 'desktop OS' replacement, fragmented and splintered.. using windows blood to capture & run more games & programs... and when it's all said & done any development efforts are often as fragmented. --==I've yet to see one viable (for commercial use)storefront on a Linux distro, & for that how do you expect companies to survive .. that make your stuff you like & want.

@SupaShang

4 жыл бұрын

So you think Windows is less "inferior" than Linux do you? Tell that to the poor souls over at the r/windows subreddit asking for help and being told to just "reinstall Windows" for the sixth time this year! I'm sure you'll find one post among those which fits your "Windows human centipede circlejerk" narrative. "how dare they want the same features", then "using windows blood to capture & run more games & programs" Rants about people wanting the same features as Windows, then bashes the software which provides said ability! If you're going to talk bullshit - at least be consistent. I take it you are referring to "WINE" and "Steam Proton"? Hey, maybe I should sacrifice a chicken to the "Boing Ball" Gods of the Amiga OS - since I can emulate that home computer fully on Linux too?! Or maybe I should say a prayer to Steve Jobs for allowing me to run MacOS on "Shapeshifter" on the Amiga back in the 90's and (to paraphrase you) "using Mac OS blood!". Maybe MacOS users should all stop using "Boot Camp" because it offends your Windows or die sensibilities?! Compatibility software is available on most modern OS's and has been for years - even Windows, in case you didn't know. All I'm hearing from you is "Oh no's, Linux users are playing ma Windows games now!!!!". Fight or flight FUD. "fragmented and splintered" Funny how this is a problem with an OS, but isn't when you shop for the millions of hardware parts which are not an original IBM! Why is hardware allowed to splinter and fragment away from the original IBM PC's running CP/M and get a free pass from you but an OS isn't? Also what about the schizophrenic releases of Windows? "Windows ME", "Vista", "Windows 8", "Windows 10". Preaching about unity, when even Windows has blatantly ignored user experience over its releases is beyond hypocritical. "trying to create a false narrative" To who? The OS is free. Who financially benefits from you using or not using Linux? Last I checked, nobody is forcing people to use Linux. Linux isn't trying to be Windows, why would it? Just because you maybe looked at a KZread one day and heard someone saying how much they love using Linux and it made you try it out - then you realize that you couldn't understand it or get a certain game working... that's not a false narrative. It's just your "Dunning-Kruger effect" kicking in. The only "false narrative" i see here, is a butt hurt Windows user spreading FUD, because you feel you're losing out in some way, simply because Linux exists and people choose to use it and it's running your Windows games/apps and you don't like that. "I've yet to see one viable (for commercial use)storefront on a Linux distro" Oh! You mean like all those websites you purchase your goods from running Linux on the backend to process your orders? Or is there a special type or colour of brick or window you'd like to see next to a PC running Linux?! Our local "PC World" sells Linux laptops, as does "Dell", "Lenovo", "Purism", "System76", "Slimbook", "Vikings", "Minifree", "Entroware"... the guy who runs our local pc repair shop sells refurb Linux boxes, does he count or no?! What about our local junior school who are teaching kids to program using Raspberry Pi's... People choose an OS which best fits their needs. If you like Windows - stay with Windows. You've lost absolutely nothing in the process. However, maybe think about that the next time you have to perform a fresh Windows install, get a virus, lose personal data or don't get paid because you relied on an OS for work to be stable for longer than a week but it did an automatic update an disappeared up its own ass. Then you'll realize you've lost the most valuable commodity in life with all that Tom f**kery; your time. Maybe then you'll understand why people choose Linux over the corporate controlled Windows OS.

@hycron1234

4 жыл бұрын

@@SupaShang - "Then you'll realize you've lost the most valuable commodity in life with all that Tom f**kery; your time." .... a little ironic considering how many hundreds of hours I've spent reading forums, trying to fix problems on Linux. Some of them happening at the worst possible time, resulting in me booting back into Windows "just to get the job done".

@SupaShang

4 жыл бұрын

@@hycron1234 "Hundreds of hours spent reading forums, trying to fix problems on Linux" Please tell me which Linux problem takes hundreds of hours to fix and how you fixed them by running Windows?

I'd consider myself a bit of a Windows poweruser, I can essentially manipulate Windows in any way I want. I tried switching to Linux Mint and had a lot of trouble learning it. Pretty much everything is different from Windows, although in some better ways in my opinion. It was still too hard for me to learn, and I went back to Windows 10 which I found myself more comfortable with. Since then I've learned to modify Windows 10 in a way I am comfortable with, but I still think Linux is the future and I'm still eager to learn it.

@maynnemillares

4 жыл бұрын

The most weird thing that drives me nuts about Windows is the use of letters of the alphabet to represent a storage device. That is the freaking bad design of MS-DOS that Windows inherited, which Microsoft cannot fix. Making it elegant means MS will face massive software incompatibility.

@BobLinuxVlog

4 жыл бұрын

Maynne Millares and the worst thing is, they can’t change it now. Because that would break every Windows computer in the world.

@slamislife74

4 жыл бұрын

Sometimes it's like that. You have to take a crack at learning something when you see it's value, fail, and then come back again. I failed my first programming class, but then I retook it and passed several since then :)

"Linux is Linux" - Joe Collins 2K19

@kevinyoliveira68

4 жыл бұрын

But it is right ;)

I was "saved" by Linux in the end of June. I bought my sisters old laptop from her and she put Windows 10 on it as a "favor." After it did an auto update that took the better part of two hours, I grabbed a blank DVD and made an install disc for Ubuntu. Being an experienced Windows and MacOS user, I found Linux to be a big change and a little frustrating until I researched and started getting the basics down. Now, I absolutely love Linux! I still have much to learn, but I've converted all my computers to Linux. My 10 year old daughter has jumped in as well and installed Manjaro on her laptop. As you said in the video, Linux is a journey and adventure to enjoy... a lot of "Windows Powerusers" are too happy using what little of their system Microsoft lets them use rather than truly using their system completely.

@tacticaltux4231

4 жыл бұрын

Watch out, or your daughter will roll past you. ha ha rolling release ha ha

@APlagueDoctor49

4 жыл бұрын

*R A S P B I A N G A N G*

I dumped Window for good after XP went dark, actually I was already experimenting / using Linux at the time and finally settled on Linux Mint for all my home computing needs an never looked back. There is nothing Windows could ever offer me to get me to switch back.

@JoeZyzyx

4 жыл бұрын

Same here, started lookign in 2013 and was out of even XP before support ended in 2014. However my main beef lately is this "systemd" which mostly works OK, but adds about 1500 new files, and when it has a problem, it's a huge pain to try and fix it. There are over 250 "man" pages in the manual, just for it alone. I may go over to MX or Devuan later if I have another systemd problem like I encountered in past that was only resolved by reloading my system. Having to do that, felt like going back to fixing Windows!

@paulnoecker1202

4 жыл бұрын

Same idea... But Windows 2000 was my sauce, and Xp/vista/7 were the deal breakers. Now I hammer on funtoo 24/7 in fact I'm compiling xorg-X11 && xfce4-meta right now.

Totally agree with your post. I've started trying linux about 2 years ago (at 70yo); I've been distro hopping for some time now, there is frustration in attempting to get it setup to do what you would like it to do. As you say I GOOGLE, to find the answers to my queries. Now I've found one I like, you plant the seed to another distro to try!! AND I WILL. Thank-you.

Hey! Thank you so much Joe. I started with Linux with a Raspberry Pi 3 B + It was your teaching videos on Linux that got me to realize this Linux stuff is not what I learned in 1972-73 when I was in college which was basic and FORTRAN. Oh, how I remember writing programs on cards and tape. I have gone thru the learning curve step by step. It took me lots of time. But over the months I’ve become slowly a capable Linux and Python user. I’m no expert but still willing to learn this stuff slowly. It sure isn’t a overnight learning curve. Thank you and many others here on KZread for the fine education I received for free.

Yep, people are migrating to Linux. I just did, like a month ago, literally.

@motoryzen

4 жыл бұрын

Congrats man. I could do the same right now..100% if it wasn't for my wanting to play a few EA/Origin- only games like Crysis 3 ( until hopefully one day it's available on gog.com _ makes evil grin) and maybe getting the g1-g6 leftside hotkeys to work just like I have them working in Winblows. Those are really the only tings holding me back. I still boot up my linux mint installation here and there when new versions come around and to try again with installing more games ( literally all the rest of my games just work and flawlessly)

@jeffreyjoshuarollin9554

4 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the club!

@tommythomas8497

4 жыл бұрын

Imagine how many others will migrate since 2020 January after Windows 7 will end it's support :)

@supernovauniverse9236

4 жыл бұрын

me too i did the same thing . linux is very fast compared to 'windows' i cant believe i did use it .but now linux forever

@kenny-kvibe

4 жыл бұрын

@@motoryzen Thanks. I wish you good luck with g6 hotkeys, hope you find the drivers and I'm sure it can work on Linux, but I don't know the way. :)

Thank you Joe. I have been a Linux user since 2007 and Ubuntu Feisty Fawn. I have watched Linux grow and change over the years, sometimes for better, sometimes not so much. The greatest thing about Linux IS the community and the amount of available support, and that is for pretty much ALL distros. I have "hopped" from distro to distro over the years, seeking that one special one that does everything I need it to out of the box. Sure, there are little "niggles" to overcome with most any one you choose, but for the most part, the answers are out there, if you know where to look. Keep up the great work!

I second what you say about dual booting for beginners, its exactly what I say on my channel, and I tell everyone to install Linux and Windows on 2 separate drives if possible (hardware space and affordability) rather dual booting on the same drive if you need to dual boot at all. Loved the video, listened to the whole thing while making lunch, and I hope we can hook up in the near future as we are both on the same path to encourage people over to Linux, but I think you probably have more experience than myself so I will be keeping an eye out for your future uploads...

I'm 72 and have been on computers since Radioshack's CoCo. And I am teaching myself Linux Mint. Never too old to learn.

Sometimes knowledge can be the biggest obstacle. When we spend an enormous amount of time learning something, it's hard to take a newbie seat, listen with both ears and learn. Having used computers for decades, I approached Linux with a great deal of trepidation. It's been 2 months now, and my entry seems like ancient history. Joe - and a few others - have given me (what seems like) years of knowledge. It's been a great experience so far, and I'm looking forward to new challenges every day.

@motoryzen

4 жыл бұрын

Chris Titus Tech has also been a great help to me learning to swim in the Linux pool.

Good video, Joe. Absolutely true in every respect. I am 70, have been using Ubuntu and mint for about two years, and find both to be great platforms. I still use Macs and, on occasion, Windows. You're right, it takes a little time and there is a learning curve, but there are abundant resources in the community, truly outstanding resources. Thank you for being one of them. Linux is great, and you are a great and generous teacher.

Glad to see this channel going from strength to strength, keep up the good work :)

Bravo well said as this takes place in many areas of education. It took me years to get my brother to look at Linux and recently he gave me a UBUNTU Laptop he built for me using a used Linovo machine. NICE. THANK YOU FOR A PROFESSIONAL presentation.

I absolutely agree with this. I completely cut the Windows cord earlier this year after an update crashed my computer and I run Parrot OS only. It took a lot of study, trial and error and asking questions, but in the end I feel I have much more control over my workflow and I find Linux a joy to use. I still learn new things everyday.

@ryukthegodofdeath8063

4 жыл бұрын

I would never recommend parrotOS even for learning about Linux

@CosmiqPenguin

4 жыл бұрын

@@ryukthegodofdeath8063 thanks for the advice. I like it. To each his or her own

I'm glad you shared this video. I was so frustrated with Windoze 10 that I defected to Linux and realized that learning Linux is a learning curve. I'm glad you shared this topic.

Hey Joe, thanks for the advice (just break it few times). Its so fast and easy to get back to a fresh install, its light years ahead of the alternative, and the list of things I hosed-up gets shorter. Really good stuff you teach.

Hey Joe, I have been using Linux off and on for about 10 years and had the same frustrations in the beginning as this person. A year ago, I made the switch permanently. I do have a separate Windows 7 machine for the purpose of having a back up computer for work if I need it, but my main daily driver is a Linux machine now. I also have not booted up the Windows 7 machine in months. I am also in the process of studying for the Linux + cert as I am an IT person. I love learning about Linux and this is a challenge for me and I am loving the challenge of learning the material for that test. I was also thinking of taking the Red Hat cert test as well.

Excellent video! I too am making the journey. So far, so good, mostly thanks to people like you who care about maintaining the integrity of open source systems. Thanks for your contributions!

Amen brother! I learned Linux gust the way you described except for the duel boot part, your right, bad idea. I blew up my mac/Linux laptop a couple of times but got it to work. Learned a lot now I love working in the shell. Keep up the great work you have a very practical approach to teaching.

I simply do not like Windows-particularly Windows 10. I love Linux- I'm not a nerd , but 99% of the things I want,I get. I used to use Windows 7 which I liked, but learning Linux was not hard. Especially with the very helpful community around.On the other hand, Windows 10 was hard to learn, and I still can't get it to do many common things that I could do in Windows 7.And I agree that Linux is a labour of love. There are just so many things that have been done by volunteers.Thank you, Linux community.

@RobinKiles

4 жыл бұрын

Where is the best way to go for help and ask questions about linux?

@physicsonline8853

4 жыл бұрын

@@RobinKiles The best way I found was to Google it.You will invariably get a link to one or more replies or solutions.

As a 20+ year Apple user, I think the most recent version of Linux Mint is pretty similar in look and feel to what I am used to. The learning curve was minimal. I got an old Macbook back up on its feet and working with minimal work on my part. My experience with my old Mac lead me to install Mint on a desktop that I use for a Plex server. That was harder but again, doable. Thanks to folks like you who make software and videos, I have 2 machines running with only my time and an old hard drive as costs. So thanks!

I started using Linux mint about 4 years ago. I didn't know anybody to help me. I just jumped in but, I had an extra computer that I put Linux on until I felt comfortable enough making Linux my daily driver. About once a week or every other week I do run a windows VM. For one windows app. Once I'm done I close the VM and I'm happy as a lark using Linux. Because some things in Linux was so different from windows. It was frustrating at first. But I plowed through my frustrations and figured things out and now I would never go back. I'm still learning and have watched many of your videos. Thanks 👍

I started with Linux on a ms-dos subdirectory using loadlin and fat as rootfs support in 1995, Slackware 3. 0 I was learning how to use unix / Solaris at college, and was given the advice to look into Linux at home. Been hooked ever since....

Thx in advance Joe, without even having heard it yet, I know this is one of those uploads I’ll recommend to newbies 👋👍👊🏻🙏

My technical journey started with MacOS. Then when using Windows, I deliberately ensured that I didn't think about the mac, and learned it as a new thing. Same went with LINUX in 2021, and have been very eager to use it since. I have continually jumped between the two because of accessibility issues, particularly concerning braille usage on LINUX. But that may just have been because I was too concerned to ask for help, instead just doing research and not finding anything. Now I'm using it once more on an "old laptop", but that laptop is working very quickly indeed on LINUX. Thank you Joe for helping me get started with your excellent videos. A lot of my knowledge was gained from those.

Great video! I enjoyed the talk. I have been using linux for 2 years. At first there were so many things I didn't know, but I always found a solution after doing a bit of googling. I am doing much better now, but I am still hungry to learn more. As you said, it is all about the journey.

Great video Joe. I've run into this a lot in my channel comments. They refer to Linux as "not up to Windows standards" because it doesn't behave like Windows.

This is a really great explanation, i myself am very new to linux, i have been using windows for ages, it came to a point where i got fed up with all the bloat, crash and system issues that you will always come across at some point, i am not very versed with tech so i had to google my way into the linux environment, true that it was not even close to what i was used to but upon learning the task i do 1 by 1 i felt very accomplished, the vast amount of forums were enough to educate me, i am now running mint mate as i like how it interacts with my old hardware revitalizing it to a point that i never touch my other ma hines running on windows

Excellent video. I stayed with Windows through Windows 7, mostly out of familiarity, laziness and convenience. Now that Microsoft has seen fit to stop supporting Win 7 in January I made the plunge into Linux Mint....Should have done it years ago, I have not had this much fun with computers in a long time. What many of these hesitant new users need to do, as you said, is get into learning mode. There are some fine manuals available that make the process easier and more fun.

I started with Mint in Oracle VirtualBox about 7 months ago. Then I put it on my laptop. Now it's on my desktop. I still use VirtualBox for experimentation.

I've been using Mint on a laptop for two years now, and I love it. I'm thinking about putting it on an old HP touchsmart next. It's had linux on it before, but I didn't have any use for it in that configuration at the time. With all the new Ham radio stuff coming out over the last several years for linux, I think it's time to set it up that way again. I also have a Dell Optiplex 790 that I've been experimenting with, but there's no joy there as of yet. Having a hard time finding suitable drivers, and I just gave up for now.

Thank you for this! When I first started with Linux, I also had frustrations as I was a Windows power user at the time. However, due to how bad MS was screwing up Windows, I decided to keep an open mind and try to figure things out. I started really committing to this journey about 2-3 years ago now and, now that I have had a chance to step out of the Microsoft way of thinking, I now see just how clumsy Windows has become. I still have to use a Windows machine at my day job and there isn't a week that goes by without something breaking. Really starting to dig the robust nature of Linux these days and try to convert anyone that is willing to listen! :)

Excellent point, man. From my personal experience: the moment I've changed my Windows mindset was the moment I've started to enjoy my Linux journey.

Very good video attitude is a large part of learning. For me I've been using Suse for years. I find there are a lot of people willing to help with a linux problem but one must try to solve it first or research their problems for a solutions. Read the forums that cater to your distro many times I've found a solution there without having to ask for help. Going in cold Turkey many times will caused one to get flamed. Linux is really fun to work with..

I was a Windows user since 3.0 and have been on Mint for almost a year now. I still have 1 rarely needed program that I have to keep on a separate hard disk, but other than that I can do everything I need to do. Yeah I had to learn a lot of new things, but at least it hasn't been boring.

yes thank you I love your quote "when you are too good to learn something new"

Been using windows forever just switched to manjaro yesterday and have taught myself so much already.

Great response to that comment. I particularly cringed on "simplest task", managing drives and partitions is far from that. I am surprised that there was no mention of "lacking a GUI" for this or that.

Laziness never learns anything, we all must do our do good diligence in research. If we want to learn we must all pay the price to and get off our buts, spend the time in educating yourself. Great job my friend, as a newbie in Linux, I totally agree with you.

You really shoudnt blame this guy too much. Some people just want an "it just works" experince and linux cant give them that and if the community really wants (i dont think that they really wants it) to become the standard desktop OS It simply must emulate the experience that proprietary systems offer since most people dont care what system they are useing and how it works. They just want to do thier stuff.

i messed up a lot of hard drives with duel boots but i learned a lot and got it right .it is so easy to wipe your windows drive if your not carefull. doing duel boots if windows and linux are not compatable some times you will get a grub boot failure.after reboot

I have left Windows for Mint a month ago and have my computer set with apps I ran on Windows via terminal had to learn how now I just sit back and enjoy loving it bye bye Windows

I used to be a Windows power user, and your computer for Windows, and Computer for Linux is the best advice that you can give. My daily driver is Linux Mint, and Windows is kept for games. you never stop learning Linux either. I would say that I am at the end of being an absolute noob, I can find my way around the file-system in terminal, I know where some of the important files are, and I can edit them more or less safely, and I can write simple bash scripts. I have a Node server up and running, and I can interact with it nicely. Still so much more to learn though. Typing in the terminal is amazing, a step up from using the mouse, but you fell empowered using it.

@1pcfred

4 жыл бұрын

I'm curious what power does Windows grant any user? Unlike most Windows users I've actually read the EULA. Believe me when I say the EULA isn't empowering any Windows users. Quite the opposite in fact. There's no way anyone that comprehends that document is willingly agreeing to it.

Nice video Joe! Attitude is everything. It is interesting that you suggested get an old laptop, install Linux and then slowly learn it. That is exactly what I did a couple of years ago. I selected Linux Mint at the time because it had a familiar feel to Windows 7. I admit that this was a welcome crutch as I made the transition to Linux. BTW the old laptop was one I bought in 2008 and its performance was degrading. Once Linux was installed it boots much faster and has excellent performance. I am now to the point where I will be moving my Windows 7 workstation to Linux before M$ support is halted in January 2020. Wish me luck. By the way I looked at your videos and there are a lot of subjects where I have an interest. I have subscribed. Cheers from Kansas City, USA.

Hey Joe..thanks so much for all the help you provide for us newbies! I came to Linux Mint through watching your videos and just an interest in things different. Having used Windows for many years, Linux is very different. For me, that is part of the joy! Its fascinating to learn something new and expand my knowledge base. Yes, I have broken it a few times but that is also part of the learning process. Test and learn. People expect too much for too little effort. Thanks again for your efforts!! :o) xx

I got into computers back in the dark ages. My first introduction to the internet was with dial up phones and the internet was a whole whopping 7-9 servers based on university campuses. I'm old, I get it. I discovered linux back in 97. Up till 2013 I was a contributer. I got away from computers for almost seven years and had two boxes. A Windows 10 box and a HP thin client. I am currently using the thin client running off of Lubuntu 19.04. There is a reason for that. Windows 10 is alien to me, with Linux all I had to do was remember my old scripts and learned what had changed. it was a lot. My learning curve for Linux has been a lot less steep than Windows 8.1 to Windows 10. Have a Windows 10 machine for a reason. Still learning. My Linux machine is percolating along like a champ. Says something.

I did install linux on a laptop myself recently (I did a dualboot, which is probably not the best way indeed, but that's just me), and it is true that the approach is really different, and I have still much to learn (gotta admit, I was trying to do the same thing at first as that person, install applications on a different mounted device rather than the one of the OS, and while I did manage to do it for my games, I think the way I did it is not the best way). I do like however how fast the system is, and how open it is too, and while it's different, for now I kind of like the differences more than I dislike them.

I was never a Windows power user. I was always a reluctant Windows user. I used OS/2 and BeOS for most of the 1990s, only using Windows when I needed to for work or to help family members. In 2000, when it was apparent that OS/2 and BeOS were dead, I switched to Windows 2000 and dual booted Windows 2000 with various Linux distros until 2005 when I finally dumped Windows for good and used Kubuntu full time. Windows was always a necessary evil to me, until it was not necessary any longer. :-0

@jim7smith

4 жыл бұрын

Ain't it a shame that the "marketing geniuses" at IBM dropped the ball so bad on OS/2. It still does multi-user and multi-tasking better than any windows distribution.

@CommodoreFan64

4 жыл бұрын

@@jim7smith What's just as bad as IBM dropping the ball with OS/2 and OS/2 Warp, was in the 90's Corel dropping the ball with Corel Linux which had a big push in stores like CompUSA, and even some Walmart locations. Also being and AMD (I'll admit it fanboy)I did not fully drop Windows on my main machines till after Windows 10 came out, and the Linux kernel drivers for AMD GPU's, and APU's got to the point their where usable on a daily bases for gaming, and other general workloads.

I'm a beginner, I have a dual boot with mint and win 10. It has been working super well for over 2 years on my cheap budget laptop. Never had any trouble with it. :)

You can flip that around as well. I've never used Windoze (since I've had some experience with Unix I switched from DOS to Linux at home in 2000) as my primary system. If at all, I only needed it for gaming, and since virtualization has become a viable option, I'd put Win into a VM, if at all. Plus there are so many things that you can do with on-board means under Linux that require third-party software under Windoze - and researching things concerning Linux really is a non-issue. For Win, however, that can take ages, and even then you cannot be sure to find a viable answer.

I love this video. I started with DOS 3.0 and came up the line. I switched to DR-DOS and then to windows. I wish I started with Linux then but I am working on it now. I was wondering if there is anyplace to get a list of commands. I have searched and only found short lists. I know the list has to be enough to fill a book but where do I find it? Thank You

I deal with MS long time since ms dos 4 up to windows 10 and Centos 3 up to 7 for server, but windows 10 force to leave and go to Manjaro for daily use, its easy you can learn and search not just write your problem and wait for answer. Thanks for the video dude.

Love your videos Joe, keep up the good work!

Been using windows for 25 years now. Besides Mac I’ve just started using Linux this year that I’ve jumped strait into arch. It’s so dang hard. For example just the other day I finally was able to figure out how to access my second hdd as a read/write. Still trying to figure how how to read NTFS external drive. It’s been fun so far.

Joe Collins: Excuse me, but the person that wrote that letter to you is partially correct! I used to be a moderator at a Mumble Linux Channel a long time ago. Today I have my own Mumble Linux Channel. When I was a moderator at the other channel there was a man that was extremely intelligent when it came to Linux. Problem was he could not deal with the newcomers. He even admitted that he couldn't stand talking to them. See, he was so highly advanced when it came to Linux that the newcomers couldn't even understand him, so we lost some people. I told him " when you come across people that are newcomers send them to me. I'll talk to them and help them out. You are way too advanced to be talking to newcomers. You get them so confused that they get frustrated and leave". I don't appreciate people throwing their intellect around (showing off) trying to amaze people when it comes to Linux. There's a word for people like that. They're called egomaniacs. You can't make a baby understand rocket science. These people need help when it comes to taking their first steps into the Linux world. That man I was telling you about wanted to keep on talking to them when they didn't understand a word he said. It was like he was speaking Chinese. Why the owner of that Mumble Linux Channel kept the guy around, I have no idea. We lost more people than what we had in our group, but as usual people don't listen. I believe in the KISS approach, and I teach people in small steps. Step 1, Step 2, Step 3, and so on. I just remember years ago when I made the switch to Linux. It took me 8 months to make up my mind if I was going to make the switch or not. This was over 10 years ago. I had never installed an operating system before. The only thing that made me gutsy enough to make the switch, and I mean completely switch, (no dual-booting crap), was the fact that my local library had a copy of Windows 7 (in case I screwed up). So I took the plunge. I burned 3 different operating systems on 3 discs. Got myself a cup of tea, relaxed and started installing. The 1st operating system wouldn't install. The 2nd operating system had profile issues and was buggy. The 3rd operating system installed successfully and I fell in love with it. No bugs at all! Solid and stable. If it weren't for people like Spatry, Matthew Moore, Tostoday, Linux4Today, Chris Were, PuppyLinuxWorld, sneekylinux, quidsup, InfinitelyGalactic, DistroTube, Charlie Henson, Valtam, Linux Help Guy - Linux & Gaming For All, Ghost Sixtyseven, OSFirstTimer, English Bob, TuxDigital i probably would never of made the switch from Windows to Linux. You are also partially correct, because watching the videos that was put out by these people helped me have the courage to try Linux, and when I had a problem I Googled it first. Here are 2 definitions of what Linux is. I believe they are both correct: Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution. Linux is the best-known and most-used open source operating system. As an operating system, Linux is software that sits underneath all of the other software on a computer, receiving requests from those programs and relaying these requests to the computer's hardware. I think you also need to understand that not everyone wants to become a computer tech. I already have an occupation. I'm an Archaeologist, and an Alchemist, and I need something that just works.

Emotional and educational. :) Sounds like dual boot can be quite tricky, would you consider making a video talking about it, say installing Windows 7/10 on a Linux machine or vise versa, on the same hard drive w/ different partitions, or different hard drives, or would it make any difference?

Good explanation and well presented. Thanks.

I have a mac here and an old Windows 8 laptop. I have grown up with Windows, but it really lags too bad, the reason why I moved to Mac. After watching your videos, I gave Linux Mint a try in my old laptop loaded and removed the Windows 8 that lags too much and crashes. As you have advised dual boot is out of the options so I did a clean install. Who can ever think I did run a Linux Mint Cinamon on a 2GB RAM, 500GB HDD, Intel Celeron old laptop and its smooth as new. So now while my main daily driver is MacOS using LibreOffice and not Microsoft Office, I use my Linux side by side and it really has made my life to have both laptops, a mac and a linux easier. Plus I love the terminal in Linux. I still have a lot to learn, it may take time, but I want to learn this, even got a notebook to write down notes for Linux. Im loving Linux and if I am ever going to buy a newer faster computer PC, ill immediately delete that laggy, crashy, blue death screened proprietary OS and install with one of the best Linux. I like working with both Linux and Mac. Thank you so much for teaching about Linux and helping. I hope someday soon I can also help the Linux community.

I'm the kind of user you were describing - I started on MS-DOS in the 80's, it was a real learning curve just to get L-Mint lite loaded, but as frustrating as that process was, I'm already enjoying it more than Windows.

The only way I would recommend dual booting, is using two separate disks. And using firmware boot menu, to choose which OS disk is booted into. No grub fiddling required.

Joe .. this is an awesome video.. Very well said. Respect! Nothing to add. Big thumbs up!!

Thanks, Joe. My official beginning was in Unix with a brief detour to XP. I ques it Linux came natural.

Great video. So I am the director of a large corporate Australian communications infrastructure company, I come from over 30 years of using DOS & Windows right back to Dos 1 & Windows 3.0 as well as o/s's like Dr Dos, OS/2 Etc so yes I come from a very technical backgroung & are not affraid to research & ask questions as well as spend hours, days & even weeks trying to get stuff to work ( my actual title is senior communications network engineer ) 3 years ago we decided to conduct a 6 month trial ( feasibility study ) into changing over to Linux Mint or Ubuntu, we purchased another pc & downloaded what ever the current versions of Linux Mint & Ubuntu were at the time & set about installing them & trying to get them to work for our company with regards to what we do & what we needed. Now let me agree with the majority of people coming primarily from a Dos/Win background Linux is a VERY steep learning curve BUT no pain no gain & we persisted with what ever the current versions of Linux Mint & Ubuntu were @ the time but sadly after a 6 month trial gave it away & started to re think the Windows future. So 12 months ago after persisting with constant Windows failures & watching Linux Mint come of age I decided to repeat the trial/feasibility study this time with Linux Mint 18.3 After just 6 weeks the decision was easy in 1 weekend we changed every company desktop & laptop over to Linux Mint 18.3 ( I will say that on a number of desktops we have had to install virtual box & Win 7 ) to run 2 x very dedicated windows only programs that no matter what will not run in, under or in conjunction with Linux which is a real pain in the arse ) we have begged the writers of the special communications software ) to write it for Linux but they will not come at it. That small problem aside the transition has been very smooth & trouble free, we have replaced M$ Office 365 with WPS 2019 office which does 100% of what M$ Office does includung saving in the same extension, we send those files to people who open them in M$ office & know no different that they were not produced in M$ Office. Our office network is running faster & smoother, installing hardware & peripherals is now a sinch & a lot less time consuming, our office internet is running faster, our entire network is way more secure, our over all cost of ownership & operation has reduced dramatically, our desktop reliability has increased 10 fold, our staff are happier & our staff and company privacey is now protected, what more could you want from an operating system. ? There has been a small learning curve but nothing to hard it has been way worth it 10 fold, for all intensive purpose we are doing everything the same as we were on Windows just better, faster, more securely & more productively. KZread & Google are your friends We are big users of cloud & all our cloud apps are fully supported by & run fine in Linux Mint, on the odd time that we have needed support we've posted in the linux mint forums & have always received a very polite, professional & prompt response to our questions including the offer of further help. We are currently trying to decide whether or not to upgrade to Linux Mint 19.x I'm just sure what it will give us over and above what we are doing now. We might run it up on a spare machine & have a play before making a decision. Anyway that's my & our feedback as a large corporate company on Linux Mint, we could not be happier with our decision. Regards Wayne.

For years I was shying away from Linux and when I finally moved my production machine to it in January 2019 I was so surprised I didnt do it earlier. My way was to not set up an Virtual machine Windows system, but to force myself to learn new programs. And whilst I always thought Gimp was horribly complicated, I now use it and slowly get used to it (as an example). I believe it is all about the willingness to move forward and learn something new. Some things are better, some are not. Thats how it always is. In the end I couldnt be happier. I have more freedom and less new features bullshit :) P.S. Of course I still have an Windows 8 notebook, but I rarely use it any more.

The biggest issue is that there just isn't any other operating system that keeps its head so deep in the past.

A great video! I stumbled upon one of your videos and then got hooked to your channel (Although I am not an Ubuntu/ Mint user - earlier I used Fedora, but now I am on Manjaro / Arco on KDE [find Gnome a bit slow]). But the beauty of Linux is distributions don't matter much. I have a weird doubt about this 'Windows Power User' thing though. First of all let me clear that I have started using Linux full time around 3 / 4 months ago. Earlier I was on / off Linux or used it on my secondary machine mainly because I needed MS Outlook (My ex colleagues just LOVED to send mails in MS proprietary format and lookout plugin is a bit of a pain). Anyways - here is the thing, being a power user means that you are willing to learn - no matter what OS or even Software. I wonder why people lose that inherent quality that made them ''power user' in the first place? Or are they really power user? I am a bit confused. BTW you do need to 'mount' your drives more often than not on Windows.. Specially if you use that drive in multiple systems (say a Pen drive/ USB HDD).

When I had some issues with my Windows system, while searching for a way to solve it by myself, I stumbled upon Linux. And then I remembered that I actually had used it a couple of years back as a student when all PCs in my faculty's library switched to Linux. It was an okay experience, the OS did what I wanted (reading, writing, making slides, searching the net and so on) and it was different = interesting, but I did not use it on a regular basis, on my PC. Even though I fixed my problem with Windows, I was still curious and decided to dig deeper (it took several months before I decided to try it out). I watched so many bad videos on a dual boot setup (I would never try those procedures, thanks to my research, but the comments show that many people believed in what the saw (in edited video) and then find themselves in trouble, asking for help now) and read so many articles/texts/comments that looked either incomplete (full of pictures, usually, I guess to add to the authenticity) or offered different solutions/instructions for one (the same) issue. Fedora (for instance) has nice documentation and never ever have I heard a single person saying that it's installer, Anaconda, is okay/user friendly and clear, but, after reading - carefully - Fedora's documentation I installed it successfully in multi-boot configuration and without a boot loader.. But, if I look for, for instance, how to install some DE, there will be several slightly different instructions from good sources. It's confusing. (Not to mention so many distributions popping up in front of a new user who bound to be confused and overwhelmed.) For someone who would like to try out GNU/Linux it's really confusing. Also, sometimes (even) if the source is good (XY's documentation) old and new documentation coexist. I've been dual booting for years (yes, I know, it's not recommended) and never had any issues (maybe I was lucky). I used EasyBCD for that and it works fantastic (Deepin is weird XD). Also, Q4OS has installer for Windows (like Wubi) and thus offers dual-boot for people who would like to try Linux, but are afraid of partitions and all that. It installs nicely and removes itself the same way (no issues with Windows' boot loader afterwards). The only time I had an "issue" ("" because it did not affect Windows at all) with dual boot was when 18.04. came out (EasyBCD needed time to "adapt"). Again, I was curious and found sooo many different instructions it was frustrating. Yes, I do RTFM occasionally (even though I do not use Arch). ;) Wow, this is way too long (I apologize). I hope all this makes sense because, obviously, English is not my first language. :)

I am mainly a Windows power user *MCSA certified* and I am very comfortable with RHEL 6 and 7 and do plenty on BASH scripting. I don’t particularly prefer any OS over the other whatever serves the requirements best is what it will get used. But both have their own sets of uses and problems.

I bought an old computer and put mint on it, for my work. It's been about a year ago and I love it. I'm a new user of Linux. After about 2 months I was able to box up the Windows pc. I'm Linux only now. What it costs for an old computer was cheaper then just one program I would had to buy in a window os. I'm not a IT guy at all, but I watched a lot of KZread, and I mean a lot. Lol but I'm a lot happier with Linux now. I not someone that knows everything about Linux, but I know what I need to, to get my work done.

@musicalneptunian

4 жыл бұрын

I went 100% Linux on Oct 22, 2019. Welcome!

Hi Joe, I like your style and I understand. I have a windows PC and I have a Mac. I have not purchased a new or used computer to install Linux yet. I am still reviewing and trying to learn basics or should I say below basics. On a side note, I was wondering your thoughts on the Librem, PureOS or Purism. I was thinking, just thinking about it. Thank you in advance...

Just installed Linux Mint for the 1st time and I cant get my sound to work. Every thing else seems to be fine except the sound card.

I think there are additional options that would also help this user. The free and easy Virtual Box from oracle is great, and would make use of his hardware/disk space without the dual boot gyrations. It has the options of setting up a virtual network, and port forwarding. Its Awesome. Another option are SBCs, such as the Raspberry PI or Nano/Jetson both under 100 and have GPIO to allow for hardware and programming exploration.!! - Thanks.

Nice! I hung on every word. Good advice. I now understand how to begin Linux. Thank you.

Good video! I kind of ran into a similar issue to what the unhappy author who gave up ran into. I had an old PC lying around and decided to set it up as a Linux box to help me learn. I wanted to boot off the little SSD and use the hard drive for storing most of the rest. Wrapping my head around the OS file structure and setting things up at installation took me a few tries. I did my research, reinstalled Ubuntu yet again but figured out how to spread out my file structure across the SSD and a pair of HDD partitions once I ditched the lettered drive paradigm. I suppose I qualify as a Windows power user who's been awkwardly trying to unlearn my assumptions about how things are supposed to be structured, just reading and experimenting. I can't say I'm an ardent enthusiast but my curiosity has been able to overcome my frustration thus far. I have had experience on non-DOS/Windows machines (including 1980s Commodores, early 90s System 7 Macs, early 90s Sun workstations (running Solaris I think - my usage was really basic, mostly just to using a remote terminal to enjoy Internet access), and some earlier mucking about with Mandrake back in the late 90s (modern Linux is rather more polished, I must say). I'm finding myself remembering my prior comfort using command lines has been an asset (although retraining my old DOS reflexes is a challenge... just as likely to type "dir" as "ls" but eh, I think of it as having an accent as I work on a new language - I learned most of the most basic stuff during the early 90s on Solaris). Being bilingual, I really find using a linguistic learning metaphor useful for me when I need to check my assumptions. Jumping between various iterations of DOS/Windows has been like learning a couple of closely related languages (and several dialects within each language). Other OSes are like different language families and have comparable learning curves (and the need to forget assumptions). Just because verbs work like X in English doesn't mean they do so in another language. Just because a fundamental of the OS works like X in Windows (e.g. drive letters are a thing) doesn't mean that they do in another OS. When I ran into the drive setup issue, at first I mistook it for a more superficial issue in translating my existing knowledge, not knowing which "word" to translate it to if you will. After a bit of research, I realized that I had missed the point and needed to get a better grasp of some new OS "grammar" to make things make sense. On the plus side, my curious putzing around has already got me tidying up stuff on my NAS (via ssh) that I just couldn't clean up via windows, my android devices' file systems make a whole lot more sense and I'm now mucking around with a pair of virtual Linux boxes (Ubuntu and Mint) on my main rig in addition to my physical Ubuntu rig.

Great video, it came up on my KZread start page and it knew instantly that I had to watch it. I myself started on DOS (2.11) and know every M$ system released since then, but at the time when Linux kernel 2.2 was top-notch, I started using Linux as well. Now, many years later, I feel quite at home in both worlds. And I'm using both constantly. At first, I used Linux mainly as an alternative to Windows regardings (web) servers, today I also like Linux as a user-friendly desktop system. But thinking about how it would have been, had I not started with Linux in parallel many years ago, I might be thinking exactly the same way thar Windows power user and comment writer was when writing that comment. For someone who has never been in touch with Linux, Windows knowledge won't be much help. Especially if you're not aware of what Windows does in the background (e.g. "mounting" disks as drive letters).

Lots of good points. I'm a windows power user myself but I actually find that Linux works better and more logically in just about every way. I still have a lot of Windows machines for various reasons, but I enjoy when I get to use a Linux distro instead, and look forward to the day when it is practical for me to use it on every machine, all the time. I've had no trouble setting up multiple drives like the subject of this video wanted to do (in both debian and arch), just from simple google searches. Attitude is everything!

hell, I started using Linux in March of this year and I experimented with Ubuntu, Mint, MX, Debian 9, openSUSE Leap, Fedora 29, Arch and BlackArch. I started out knowing almost nothing about Linux (although back in college we programmed in FORTRAN 90 and 77 on UNIX machines), its file system, its directory hierarchy, in what directory the apps go etc, etc. Today, December the 9th, 2019 I'm a Linux power user. Like I said before I started out on Linux in March of 2019 and 9 months later I can install any Linux flavor of your choice including Arch (which most people say is the hardest distro to install since it doesn't have GUI installer). When I hit a road block in the installation process I retried it again and again and again until I got it right. I just didn't freaking give up like this dude did. Learning is a process and the more dedicated and motivated you are the faster you learn. Oh, I can tell you that I messed up many times trying something on Linux but I DID NOT GIVE UP!!!!!!! I redid the whole process as many times as I needed to in order to have a fully functional system. For those who are new to Linux - regardless of the distro - you need patience, determination and motivation to learn this awesome OS that Linux is. And people DO migrate in droves to Linux. I'm one of them. Oh and btw, my main production distro is Arch on which I do all my coding in FORTRAN, Ada and C and Joe Collins is an excellent tutor for those who want to learn Linux. I've watched almost all of his videos which helped me a lot in understanding the ins and outs of Linux and this is how I learned, but one needs to WANT to learn. One cannot just give up. Keep trying until you get it right.

Thanks Sir for your hard work. I learned Linux from your KZread videos. Your ability to explain things is superb. I am almost at a point to completely switch to Linux. Thanks and please keep it up.

*I don't know c++, and I do just fine with Linux!* Last programming I did was in BASIC, decades ago. I started with a pure Linux machine, but after a little distro hopping, set out to make my Windows machines into dual boots. I loved how I _could_ distro hop, that by creating a separate /home, I could seamlessly change my entire OS at will w/o touching my data; only time I encountered trouble was changing DE's as well , but I learned which settings files to delete or rename. Well, there was also a Gentoo install that took over my whole HD, wiping my Win partition - yes I'd gotten complacent after numerous Linux re-installs and hadn't backed up. Not that I could have if I'd thought to, I didn't have 40GB of offline storage lying around. I don't know if their install script didn't offer a checkbox or it did and I just missed it, but I nonetheless hate Gentoo to this day for that. Strangely enough, poverty and slow adopting taught me about partitioning. In the Win98 era, I had a Win95 machine that I couldn't afford the 98 upgrade for, but got an 8GB HD as they were becoming cheap. W95 (FAT16) maxed out at addressing 2GB, so I had to learn partitioning to break said drive into 4x 2GB, and kept the scheme when I did eventually get 98.

As a guy is not a computer savy and not a guy from computer science related field you guys are really awesome after using the mint for more than 2 months i never wanted ro go back to windows at all. And havin6 a free open source software is really great for me who is from a 3rd world country

I guess I'm about a small step above being a Linux newbie (barely) after 40 years in CP/M, IBMDOS, MSDOS, and each version of Windows. To people new to Linux, I recommend getting a firm grasp of the file system (everything is a file and mounting/ unmounting), and getting a full understanding of permissions. Then learn how packages work and features and differences between the different package managers. Then get a good grasp of the differences in Debian, Arch, etc. based distros...and then the differences/ strengths/ weaknesses of each desktop environment (including window managers). Having a second computer with Linux on it to learn and tinker on is the best way to start until one's proficiency is enough to make the Linux machine their daily driver.

My mint installation always auto mounts drives I plug in. BTW there is a utility call administrative tools in Windows where you can mount drives. I had to use it too often, especially on older flash drives when windows starts to have trouble reading them.

Hey i am new linux user( linux mint20.1) i am unable to locate the partition that i have created while loading the os please help me out where to find

@Joe Collins...Please could you recommend a couple of books for absolute beginners who are moving to Linux Lite or Puppy Linux. I looked it up on Amazon, but with so many publications, it's really bewildering. Thanks.

I was a die-hard Mac fanatic going back to 1984. Nothing else mattered. I never liked windows but I was head strung when it came to Macs. A few years ago I decided to try Ubuntu. I liked it but I was so frustrated with what I could do on my Mac I couldn't in Linux, or so I thought 😋. One day after months of frustration, everything clicked for me. I thought the terminal was a waste of time. Not anymore. I came to use it most of the time, and LOVE it. I fully understand what the person was talking about in your video. Once you start to learn the basics like anything else you realize the power and flexibility of linux.

I'm just hung up on how mounting drives was difficult, I had that done the first day. I've probably broken pop os like 60 times since I took the linex plunge a week ago. mounting drives was never really a issue I had. Permissions I had issues in the beginning

Switching to Linux from Windows is difficult, there's absolutely no other way to make the "switch experience" any easier, better or different. The only application that made it possible for my Being to remain in the switch, is endurance within that experience (...to not only realize that the switch is a journey, but to 'stick' with it.) And that endurance is paying very well with the security, and my peace of thought(s), that Linux provides. My deepest appreciation and thanks to the Linux Community.

Well this was relatable... I started using computers in Commodore 64 times and used dos and all the windows distributions until now. I am a highly skilled IT professional working for a very big company and it's my third week into the Linux world for my personal use. and for the first time in many years I feel how my grandma must have felt when she started using windows. But I always love learning new things and this is quite an interesting journey. I am really fed up with all the big companies using my personal information and sell me as a product to third party companies. All I need now is for a Linux Phone to come out in the next 5 years and I'll be a happy camper. And thank you your videos have helped me a lot....

@andrewzanas9387

4 жыл бұрын

Android is an iteration of Linux.

@CodeXploit

4 жыл бұрын

@@andrewzanas9387 Yes... I had in mind something like Sailfish.