Get your $5 sign-up bonus at http://privacy.com/ltt. You can use it on your first purchase! Privacy has a free plan with no transaction fees for domestic purchases. Protect your financial identity online with virtual cards. The Linux Challenge PT 4 is OVER! After more than 1 month using some flavor of Linux Linus, Luke and Elijah all sit down to discuss what they liked and didn't like about using it. While there are some cons (obviously) there was WAY more surprises and positives that all 3 experienced this time around. So much so that ALL of them are struggling with deciding if they are switching back to Windows or staying on Linux... Discuss on the forum: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1639083-who-is-staying-on-linux-who-is-going-back-to-windows-linux-challenge-pt-4/ Linux Challenge PT 1: https://www.floatplane.com/post/GTm8MRHpAQ Linux Challenge PT 2: https://www.floatplane.com/post/glBhLeOtl2 Linux Challenge PT 3: https://www.floatplane.com/post/WBEfI70FK0 Luke's Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/luke_lafr Elijah's Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/bocabola Check out our Channel Partners: Secretlab - Grab a TITAN Evo ergonomic gaming chair: https://lmg.gg/secretlabltt PIA - Get the VPN of our choice: https://www.piavpn.com/ltt dbrand - Buy a "Circuit" series skin for your device: https://dbrand.com/pcb ► SHOP LTT PRODUCTS: https://lttstore.com ► GET EXCLUSIVE CONTENT ON FLOATPLANE: https://lmg.gg/lttfloatplane ► DIVE DEEPER ON THE LTT LABS WEBSITE: https://lmg.gg/labs ► SPONSORS, AFFILIATES, AND PARTNERS: https://lmg.gg/partners Purchases made through some store links may provide some compensation to Linus Media Group. Affiliate links powered in part by https://affilimate.com/?aid=ghz1izbpb Linus Sebastian is an investor in Framework Computer, Inc and HexOS by Eshtek. CHAPTERS --------------------------------------------------- 0:00 Intro 1:15 Thanks For Watching! 1:58 Elijah's Positives 2:39 Linus' Positives 3:35 Luke's Positives 4:20 More Positives 9:40 The Negatives... 10:05 Luke's Issues 11:45 Elijah's Issues 12:30 Linus Issues 14:40 More Issues 15:50 The Biggest Issue... The Community 21:40 Who is Staying on Linux? 26:48 Linus Needs Your Help! 28:35 Outro
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I really liked the format and style of this video which felt like a round table discussion. Really well done!
This is because you met The Boss Finn of Linux. Energies changed! 👍
I would LOVE to see a Dual-Boot video. It's the one thing preventing me from taking the plunge into a Linux primary / Windows secondary setup (ie. Windows for kernel AC games, and Linux for everything else), primarily because I've heard horror stories of the Windows bootloader overwriting Linux or TPM bugging out and preventing Windows from loading. A video with solutions to all these pitfalls would be amazing!
This is the best videon on LTT in years. And it's not because you did a challenge, or even necessarily because it was about Linux. When was the last time a video made here was become of someone's genuine interest? That passion shines through.
The key to embracing Linux is to be open to learning. Luke's attitude is spot on. The middle mouse click to paste has been a Unix staple since the start of GUIs. I remember learning this behavior on sun workstations back in the day. I'm so used to it I get frustrated using my windows mandated laptop at work.
Really glad y'all touched on the whole "would rather use an LLM than talk to other users" problem... the Linux community has a really really wide range of people, and not all of them are great people.
we will get there, i look forward to the day
Thanks guys! I did the dual boot thing three years ago, thinking that it would be nice to switch back and forth for different things. What I found after a few months was that I was always in Linux. For me, the anti-cheat games were not a big deal. I don’t normally play them anyway. Everything else I’ve played in Linux just works. I do have a VM with GPU pass through so I can have fully accelerated CAD/CAM. That works great. With that, I don’t even have to reboot my system! Just switch to it and it’s on and ready. When I’m done, or someone wants to play a game, I save what I’m doing, push a button, and I’m ready to go. No reboot necessary!
Essa foi uma grata surpresa ! Parabens por se permitirem testar e curtir o mundo opensource ! Bem vindos à bordo !
Hearing Linus say "linux is ready and some day I will be too" was GOLD. Took me 4-5 years of dual booting and switching between 10s of different distros before I was ready to fully ditch windows. This was around 10 years ago when linux was even rougher than it is today.
Glad to see more realistic competition in the os market
Fellow Linux Teams sufferer here... Teams in Browser has become my favorite after so many problems :D
I've been having so many issues lately at windows. This video finally pushed me over the edge i will be dual booting and making Linux my main system now. I'll be going with Linux mint.
Your series encouraged me to start my PC gaming journey on Bazzite! Coming from Mac and not windows, I’m really happy with it and have only hit a few quirks like Bluetooth not discovering devices. I’m on the same page as Elijah where the bazzite store was a breath of fresh air. I was expecting to do flatpak installs but I didn’t need to, I literally searched the store for my app, clicked install, and done! On the gaming side, my performance is good not great but compared to coming from the console space, I can see how the highs are higher and that overtime the lows will go away.
Nice to see your thoughts. I'd suggest keep trying different distros as well, and keep your home on a separate partition. Try all the different desktop environments as well, they all have a unique experience.
As an embedded Linux engineer who only ran headless servers at work, I used to believe Linux desktop wasn't cut out for daily use. Your Linux challenge completely shattered that belief! 🐧🔥 Inspired by the video, I gave it another shot: CachyOS on my home rig and Fedora on my laptop (both with KDE Plasma). To be honest, I am absolutely blown away. The gaming-driven evolution has made the GUI so seamless that I rarely even need to open the terminal anymore. I'm currently auditing my Windows app list to transition into a dual-boot setup. Thank you for kicking off this incredible journey—your challenge is inspiring a massive wave of us to rediscover and fall in love with modern Linux! 🙌
Glad to see another marathon enjoyer
I've been running an arch build I did for work. Gotta say. It's pretty nice not having advertisements shown at login and knowing that my os isn't sending my info to advertisers. Also. Owning all my stuff is a great feeling
I have been using Linux as my main OS for years now. Today I learned I can just select text and middle mouse to paste. Thanks Luke!
I switch from Windows to Linux Mint right around the same time as this challenge and I am loving it.