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

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

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 In your case they're a result of xorg being outdated and Nvidia's longstanding refusal to make Wayland work and having no open source driver.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 Wayland finally fixed the the outdated compositing issues, Nvidia finally turned around on supporting wayland and even started an open source driver.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

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

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

I started using Linux during COVID (probably mid 2020) when a windows update almost made me fail a college exam when a system update promptly started and locked me out of the PC. Haven’t switched back since, I’m loving Linux more and more as time goes on lol. Long story short for the Windows update thing, just as I was pressing enter to submit my answers on Zoom, the update prompt appeared, stole the focus from Zoom and was the one to register the enter press 🙃. Cue 5 seconds later to a completely locked PC

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

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

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

dude did you delete 1/4 of your system32 wtf

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

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

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

Finally someone who speaks from practical experience and genuine criticism based on facts rather than fandom 👍🏼 Awaiting your part 2.

Every Linux bro waiting anxiously to see what distro the new user is gonna choose

As a long time linux user (literally first OS I've ever used), I always fail to understand newbies problems, a lot of them online seem to come with a good amount of cynicism so it's hard to actually understand even when they actually have a real issue. This video is one of the very few where I understood everything not only because you did your own research (I'd say you know more than me) but you've also explained pretty well what you wanted and possibly why it failed to deliver. With that said I'll just drop a few words about some issues you came across that I've personally come across or I know why they are like that. - kdenlive audio issue is because of a missing dependency in the audio stack, you'll have to search for the package name depending on the distro but it should be something along the lines of pipewire-pulse pipewire-jack and pipewire-alsa (In case you're using a distro that's moving forward with the newer technologies, in this case pipewire) Reason is some distros don't ship it by default since currently the entire linux world is kind of in limbo of going wayland + pipewire or staying with x11 + pulseaudio - Nvidia in general is going to be a lot of small pains and you'll probably be behind a few new techonologies that try to better pains with old ones, like x11 and multi monitor with different refresh rates being fixed on wayland. This said tho I wouldn't be surprised if windows freezing for a long time would be the same with your linux lag whenever you're using obs on wayland or dragging windows on x11, it seems like both are related in some way. - Davinci resolve works on any distro, they just mention centOS because that's the target distro. Arch can get it working easier because they have the aur which in simple terms is "if it exists someone made a script to get it working" type of thing. Ubuntu however has a massive community and as you showed on your video they have their own way of installing it. You can do everything on any distro, just some will have some tweaks or better support for certain things. Arch linux is the great equalizer i'd say of linux distros, they don't conform to anyone, you do you but this means nothing stops you from making it whatever you want, Ubuntu holds your hand until the very end, etc. It doesn't matter what distro you choose you can get it done.

As a long term Linux user (no seriously, my last Windows was XP) I gotta say: Good job. Seldom that I see such a well documented test run with clear goals in mind and not using a toaster to "test" how this may perform. Oh and the issues you addressed are all so very true. For me the pain stopped when I ditched nvidia and went amd two years ago but I understand that this is not an option for everyone because of Cuda (tho h265 is coming up right now for me too :D)

9:04 the "lag spikes" is proton building a shader cache. Also im glad to see a fellow Estonian trying out linux. It's a big pain to get into but worth it in the end.

All these issues with windows are really insane sounds horrible. But it's really weird and they must be rare because I've never had any of these issues and I've been through many many windows installs. All of the forcing you to use Microsoft account and the tracking however are extremely valid reasons for moving to Linux im learning to use Linux via my new steam decks desktop mode and it's been a decent experience so far. One thing i really like is how customizable everything is.

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