Video Request: "iSwitched to Linux"

[john01dav]

Hello! I would like to request a video series similar to the currently ongoing "iSwitched" series, but using some form of Linux (ie. Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Elementary OS, CentOS (Personally, I recommend either Ubuntu or Linux Mint)). This (probably) won't even cost anything for a new computer because it is very easy to dual boot Linux with Windows on an existing computer.

 

I apologies if this is in the wrong section, I couldn't really find any that fit this post.

[Totalschaden1997]

sounds awesome

[jamajka000]

I would also like to see that series

[Guest andyysplash]

Seconded. It'd be interesting to see how mature the platform is now (when I last used it as my daily driver in late 2012 it was pretty good, but when issues cropped up they weren't the most straightforward), and to see how much the platform's missing in terms of software that hasn't made its way over yet (looking particularly at Adobe)

[Suffokation]

Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.

Someone, give this man Moderator. Now.

[ned300889]

I was just about to post this myself, I'm a big supporter of linux systems i always install one distro on an old laptop to increase performance but i've always been held back from switching on my gaming rig due to fear of loosing all my games, around 300 in total. Please aleviate my fears and lead us to the light. Also seeing a high end system run it would be very nice

[RevoltTrain]

I'd love to see it, from someone that knows absolutely nothing about Linux I'd love to learn about it from Linus.

[lutzee]

If this happens, he needs to have someone showing him what is right and what is not. I forsee him spending 2 days trying and actually giving up because finding the correct things for him isn't going to happen on his own.

[john01dav]

I was just about to post this myself, I'm a big supporter of linux systems i always install one distro on an old laptop to increase performance but i've always been held back from switching on my gaming rig due to fear of loosing all my games, around 300 in total. Please aleviate my fears and lead us to the light. Also seeing a high end system run it would be very nice

I have Ubuntu 14.04 LTS running on a fairly high end system (Nvidia MSI GTX 770, AMD FX-8350) and it works out perfectly. In fact, everything but my GPU works at full performance with the default drivers, and the GPU works perfectly (in fact, it works faster than on Windows) with Nvidia's driver.

 

If this happens, he needs to have someone showing him what is right and what is not. I forsee him spending 2 days trying and actually giving up because finding the correct things for him isn't going to happen on his own.

I'm willing to answer questions about Linux.

[lutzee]

 

I'm willing to answer questions about Linux.

So am I, but its more than just answering the questions, I think it would be more 'Tell me what you want and I will show you how'. It needs someone to be there next to him to show him why things are how they are. Which is why watchingthe OSX iSwitched made me cringe.

[ned300889]

I have Ubuntu 14.04 LTS running on a fairly high end system (Nvidia MSI GTX 770, AMD FX-8350) and it works out perfectly. In fact, everything but my GPU works at full performance with the default drivers, and the GPU works perfectly (in fact, it works faster than on Windows) with Nvidia's driver.

 

I'm willing to answer questions about Linux.

Funnily enough i'm using that version aswell was going to upgrade to 14.10 but spotted how new it was then thought against beta testing again, did it with 13.10 and ended up revertting. It's great that drivers have become more readily availible however running games natively without needing a dosbox or virtualbox would be a great big boost for me. i've done my time in dual booting and however great it is it just isn't practical. Steam is doing great allowing more games to run without the need for these apps and it really needs the support of the people to push it further ahead also having someone like linus do this would be a boost just for the coverage alone.

edit: i'm also using a GNOME 3.0 interface which is quite fluid

[john01dav]

So am I, but its more than just answering the questions, I think it would be more 'Tell me what you want and I will show you how'. It needs someone to be there next to him to show him why things are how they are. Which is why watchingthe OSX iSwitched made me cringe.

There are hundereds of guides on the Internet, Google can do that. Also, if Google fails, I am already writing long paragraph long answers about Linux on a different forum, so I see no reason not to here .

 

Funnily enough i'm using that version aswell was going to upgrade to 14.10 but spotted how new it was then thought against beta testing again, did it with 13.10 and ended up revertting. It's great that drivers have become more readily availible however running games natively without needing a dosbox or virtualbox would be a great big boost for me. i've done my time in dual booting and however great it is it just isn't practical. Steam is doing great allowing more games to run without the need for these apps and it really needs the support of the people to push it further ahead also having someone like linus do this would be a boost just for the coverage alone.

edit: i'm also using a GNOME 3.0 interface which is quite fluid

I run lots of games through Steam with native Linux support, and PlayOnLinux can run most games that I've come across (but I really don't game much, so this is a bad sample) perfectly fine.

[lutzee]

There are hundereds of guides on the Internet, Google can do that. Also, if Google fails, I am already writing long paragraph long answers about Linux on a different forum, so I see no reason not to here .

Often things do not explain why something is like it is, i forsee problems because something is different from what linus is used to with no explination on why, i.e. the unified file system that linus hated in the OSX iSwitched, which makes sense when you explain why.

[SIGSEGV]

Shouldn't it be called 'KSwitched to Linux'? But yes, I support this, I suggest he does Porteus and Ubuntu.

[SSOB]

It will most likely never happen. Linus'Even struggles with a complete OS as OSX. Let alone Linux.

[ned300889]

It will most likely never happen. Linus'Even struggles with a complete OS as OSX. Let alone Linux.

I remeber watching a video comparing HDD's to SSD's and luke lafreniere mentioned how his HDD has been in use since he was in high school and how he had various distros of linux on there. I think there will be plenty of knowledge floating around and besides anything you can't quite grasp just google it.

 

[SSOB]

 

I remeber watching a video comparing HDD's to SSD's and luke lafreniere mentioned how his HDD has been in use since he was in high school and how he had various distros of linux on there. I think there will be plenty of knowledge floating around and besides anything you can't quite grasp just google it.

 

 

Luke knows. Linus doesn't. And since Linus is the boss king and Luke the peasant slave it will probably not happen.

[ned300889]

Luke knows. Linus doesn't. And since Linus is the boss king and Luke the peasant slave it will probably not happen.

tad harsh, but i see your point. I hope they do release a video about this topic or just discuss it on the WAN show and see if the feedback from that is worth exploring further.

[Burusutazu]

They could get a System76 machine to compare the buying experience of the mac. The Sable Touch would be the closest to the iMac [although not anywhere near the display quality.]

https://system76.com/desktops/sable 

 

There are other linux os distributors but System76 is the one i'm most familiar with.

[Art Vandelay]

He tries to do iSwitched videos from the perspective of the average user... I couldn't figure out how to do a ton of things on Linux. I can't even imagine how the average user could deal with it.

[Jarsky]

I don't see why this couldnt happen.

 

I mean, it seems like part of the point of the iSwitched OS-X episode - is how much of a struggle it was to adapt to mac from pc.

Its kinda the same concept, seeing how intuitive a complete OS like Ubuntu is for a primarily Windows user, to convert to.

 

Nix is intuitive as hell for me, given i've been using it in GUI & CLI form since 2001 (mainly Debian & RHEL distros) in both Server & Desktop environments. 

I must admit, I struggle a little with the newer Ubuntu Unity interface, having never really learnt anything about it. I love my KDE & Gnome to much

[asim1999]

Well the guy who created Linux was called Linus.

[asim1999]

He tries to do iSwitched videos from the perspective of the average user... I couldn't figure out how to do a ton of things on Linux. I can't even imagine how the average user could deal with it.

what about steamOS? thats linux

And of course Android

[Speedbird]

Yes, I agree 100%.

[Art Vandelay]

what about steamOS? thats linux

And of course Android

SteamOS is intended to be similar to a console, isn't it? To get most apps to work on it, it'd probably be harder than a normal distro of linux.

 

Does android even run on x86_64?