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Nick @ The Linux ExperimentAfter a crappy start to the week, where 2 different videos didn’t pan out (thanks #Windows from refusing to install on 2 different computers for 2 different reasons, no benchmarks I guess), I found some motivation again, so expect a video about #linux, #opensource and proprietary software later today ;)
Conor Murphy@thelinuxEXP have you ever done "a Windows 10/11 installation from a Linux user's perspective"? I would be curious to see your take on it.
@techcelt I did a “Linux fanboy reviews Windows 11”, that includes installation!
@thelinuxEXP ah cool! I am sure it's a take that has been done a few times before. I'll have to look back at your channel and have a watch! :)
JC PalmerI know the feeling. It's discouraging when a project doesn't work out, but I respect you for picking yourself back up and moving on! It's all we can do.
"A good person dyes events with his own color…and turns whatever happens to his own benefit.”
"A good person dyes events with his own color…and turns whatever happens to his own benefit.”
@jccpalmer Yeah, there was a #linux vs #windows benchmark that couldn’t happen because windows refused to install, then the Nextcloud Hub 3 vide, but it’s not ready just yet as an update, so I had to find another topic and work on it in a hurry… In the end I quite like the video I made!
Windows is the bane of my hobbyist IT existence. Too bad! I would have loved to see a video like that. Maybe you can give it another shot after taking some time to work on other stuff?
Keep up the great work. I love your videos and I can't wait to see what you've done this time. I'm sure it's great as usual.
Keep up the great work. I love your videos and I can't wait to see what you've done this time. I'm sure it's great as usual.
@jccpalmer Yeah, I’ll try it again later! Windows is a truly awful OS, but you don’t realize that until you’ve actually tried something else, or had to use it extensively and configure tons of systems!
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Stacey Ayodele@thelinuxEXP @jccpalmer This is so TRUE! Every since I moved back to Linux, the times I use Windows I realize how slow it is and how clunky it is compared to Linux.
I'm so glad I at least don't have to use Windows on my personal computer anymore. It's a pain at work though. PAIN!
@TheSpiritBaby @jccpalmer Thankfully my last “regular” job let me use my own computer, with Linux!
@thelinuxEXP @jccpalmer Lucky you,
My job has their own database program that is in reality just a web remote desktop connection to a server offsite, but the web app is launched through Microsoft's Remote Desktop (or something, I don't the exact tool), that is Windows only.
During my training on it I found there's a pure web-app version that can be accessed in any web browser anywhere. And I'm like, we could shift the entire office to Linux
but again.... (1/2)
there's other software that our job uses that requires Windows and I doubt would work on Linux. Barcode scanner for books (librarian I am).
So yeah...I don't have any confidence that any library in the US would switch to Linux any time soon. Even if it would save the old spinning rust computers we have.
(Really all they need are some SSDs, but they're almost 10 years old). (2/2)
@TheSpiritBaby @jccpalmer The main book store where I live used Ubuntu for a long while! I don’t know if they still do, but it’s a HUGE shop, with 3 floors and a dozen employees. I was pleasantly surprised to see Ubuntu there!
@thelinuxEXP @jccpalmer That's nice. Wish all libraries used Linux and SSDs. It would be so much better, but...there's certain software (printer payment stuff and computer lockdown software) that I don't think exists on Linux.
Plus you have to retrain the IT company that does the work for your library... It's probably too much of a hassle and they'd rather run these Windows 10 spinners into the ground instead XD
Linux is awesome, but I can see why places don't just switch sadly. ☹️
@thelinuxEXP @jccpalmer in my internship i have to work on windows servers, it is painful
Ricardo Miguel Silva@thelinuxEXP I had an awful experience with Windows just recently. For context, I've been using strictly Linux (with some Chrome OS dabbling) since 2006. On my quest to having a very portable laptop (or 2-in-1) I fell for the lure of a Surface Pro X (ARM CPU and 16GB RAM). Boy, do I regret it.
The hardware is beautiful, but getting the by now 2 year old Surface Pro X up to speed with the latest updates was a nightmare. Took me 2 weeks to get Windows 11... and then hating it.
@Onyros Yeah, it’s just a clunky experience. It looks good on screenshots, but underneath, it’s spaghetti code, old programs that were never updated, mismatched looks and UIs, and everything is slow, and bloated
@thelinuxEXP Yeah, it just looks like they added a coat of varnish on top of all the olden stuff in there. Some manual tiling on the UI, but beneath it all, it's the same accumulated crud for years. So slow, so inefficient. So hard to customise properly, too. 2/10, wouldn't recommend. Then again, Mac OS is even worse by now. Had a go at an M1 MacBook Air last year... ended up in family hands, instead. Lasted all of two days.
@Onyros macOS needs a lot of third party tools to be as usable as a generic Linux desktop, IMO. The lack of tiling, bad application / window switching, a full screen mode that’s super restrictive… I just don’t like using it. But at least it has a coherent UI, and it’s quite fast!
@thelinuxEXP I almost had an apoplexy trying to get the three finger tap on. Had to resort to a third-party paid app that worked half the time. Out of the box, no three finger tap for middle-clicking (opening links in tabs or closing them). No out-of-the-box support for a standard 1920x1200 resolution, the best it offered ON A RETINA SCREEN was 1680x1050. Insane. Absolutely insane. Another 3rd party app "solved" that.
@thelinuxEXP And now, that I've regained my senses, am going to get rid of the Surface Pro X and will get what I should've got to start with -- a Thinkpad X1 Nano, on which I'll install Arch. Can't go wrong with that. Just wish they'd make a Ryzen version of it, instead. (Z13 would be an option, too)
The Marlboro Woman ☭@thelinuxEXP Nick you're one of the few youtubers I watch that manages to stick to an upload schedule really well, the few times where you miss an upload don't bother me in the slightest, I always know good content is on its way
@daughterofmarx Thanks! I try my best, but sometimes there are complications 😒
Still, I feel like that 3 videos per week rhythm works really well!
Still, I feel like that 3 videos per week rhythm works really well!
Inuyashatoast@thelinuxEXP gotta love windows.. what was the errors then?
@inuyashatoast On one computer, the ISB drive wouldn’t even show up in the UEFI boot selector, with 3 different methods of making it (never had an issue on that device with a Linux drive), and on the other, I could get to the installer, but it said it lacked drivers and refused to let me installed. The touchpad and keyboard didn’t even work in the installer. All with the available ISO from the MS website…
@thelinuxEXP oh great, never experienced quite amazing
Skel@thelinuxEXP seriously wonder how long MS can hold onto their Windows marketshare. Each new addition gets even more bloated and slow and buggy.
EverythingeeB@thelinuxEXP Lol windows is so bad
@thelinuxEXP You have got this. Looking forward to it.
aritrasaha@thelinuxEXP that is normal windows can detect that some linux fanboy installing windows so it refused you.
@quantum Hahaha crap it’s on to me!
Salvo 
@thelinuxEXP always grateful for your job. Thanks