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Linux Needs More Recognition From The Tech Community

Tagging @LinusTech and @Slick in this one.

 

Wendell over on Teksyndicate recently posted this thread and I highly recommend you all check it out: https://teksyndicate.com/forum/linux/community-linux-content-ideas/191796

 

Linux is so amazing in so many ways and especially among the tech community, it needs (and deserves) FAR more attention than it receieves. Logan and the gang are in the process of planning and creating content specifically aimed at Linux and to help those who aren't familiar get more interested/informed about Linux. There is a stronger presence of knowledgable Linux users on Teksyndicate, who've been spurring-on and suggesting they put out some Linux-specific content. This will help spread knowledge and push more people to start using Linux (or at least try it), but we need more people on-board. The more people use it, the better it will get. 

 

Linus and Slick, I would like to put forward a request and challenge to one or both of you to start using Linux on a daily basis for a variety of tasks (email, work, gaming etc.). The thing is - it can't just be for a 2-week period, it has to be for long-term use. I would suggest building a Linux-specific PC, install steam and some other programs you guys use on a regular basis and give it a go. I understand this will require extensive research on your behalf as you guys don't have much prior knowledge with Linux (I believe, correct me if I'm wrong), but the fact remains -  Linux is fast becoming an important part of the tech community and is slowly but steadily gaining traction/popularity. More and more games are being natively supported and more and more programs are becoming compatible as well.

 

Many of us in the tech community are not "the typical user", which is partly why I hate it when people from the tech community use that argument against Linux saying; it's not for the typical user. We overclock, tinker and experiement with our PCs and equipment, and we enjoy doing it. Linux is perfect for people like us. It holds so many benefits for the power-users and even for "the typical user", but people don't know this and will never realize it unless more recognition is given and supported by the community. It's not just for the "elite few", it is and can be for everyone - depending on what your needs, preferences and interests are.

 

Linus, Luke, what do you say? (Obviously you don't have to give an answer here and now, but at least give it some serious thought?) ;)

 

What do the rest of you think? Should LTT put out some Linux content? Go over some of the more popular distros, explain where Linux came from and how it's different *cough* and better *cough* than windows... Take a look at which hardware is best to use with Linux and why... Show how easy it can be to adopt a newb-friendly distro like Ubuntu or Mint for daily use and share that experience... There's a lot they could cover and I firmly believe this could open a lot more eyes because people who normally avoid the Linux sections/discussions among the forums would more likely watch these videos and perhaps develope on a new appreciation for Linux. Like I said earlier; the more users, the better it will become. :)

 

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This has been discussed on the forum before. 

 

The reason why i think they shouldn't is:

 

1 It doesn't appeal to (what i would assume) is their primary audience, who are mostly looking for hardware stuff. (again, pure assumption)

2 Linux is great, but it's by no means better than Windows (in my experience), especially for gaming.

3 There's already a ton of user friendly guides out there on most Linux distros. 

 

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i would realy love to support linux but the problem is almost all the games i play arent supported and i just cant leave the comfort of windows :(

 

 

 

 

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When I had serious problems with virus in the W8 on my laptop I used Linux. I loved it. It was faster in every single way. I want to install it in my rig because it was amazing as an OS. I can't seem to find a way of doing it however :(

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That's a great idea, I am all for open-source focused content :) although personally I'm struggling heavily to run ubuntu on my main rig because I can't get my R9 290 to work properly with any linux drivers :(

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I used ubuntu as my main daily driver for 2 years. first 3 weeks were hell. the rest were quite simple. now its become my work OS. i game on windows and do any work on linux.

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2 Linux is great, but it's by no means better than Windows, especially for gaming.

 

It's more stable, more secure, lighter to run, gets new releases every few months, completely free and open, handles multiple users way better, automatically detects and downloads perfectly working drivers for almost any peripheral or expansion card (save recent high end gpus, a problem that has more to do with the gpu manufacturers than linux itself) and it's infinitely customizable. Saying it's in no way better than windows seem to be a bit of a stretch to me...

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2 Linux is great, but it's by no means better than Windows, especially for gaming.

 

Completely wrong. Windows is not inherently better than Linux for gaming, it's just widely adopted and that's why more games simply run on windows. In fact, Linux has way less overhead compared to Windows, so you could dedicate more system resources to gaming and gaming alone without worrying about 2+GB of RAM being used up by your OS alone, for example. Linux is inherently better for gaming than windows, it's just lacking support from developers and some hardware manufacturers.

 

AFAIK Linus doesn't like/use Linux. Not at all. Luke, however, would be more supportive and he uses Linux himself.

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It's more stable, more secure, lighter to run, gets new releases every few months, completely free and open, handles multiple users way better, automatically detects and downloads perfectly working drivers for almost any peripheral or expansion card (save recent high end gpus, a problem that has more to do with the gpu manufacturers than linux itself) and it's infinitely customizable. Saying it's in no way better than windows seem to be a bit of a stretch to me...

I suppose it's more of a personal preference thing. 

"automatically detects and downloads perfectly working drivers for almost any peripheral or expansion card " Is not the experience I've had with it. 

 

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Completely wrong. Windows is not inherently better than Linux for gaming, it's just widely adopted and that's why more games simply run on windows. In fact, Linux has way less overhead compared to Windows, so you could dedicate more system resources to gaming and gaming alone without worrying about 2+GB of RAM being used up by your OS alone, for example. Linux is inherently better for gaming than windows, it's just lacking support from developers and some hardware manufacturers.

 

AFAIK Linus doesn't like/use Linux. Not at all. Luke, however, would be more supportive and he uses Linux himself.

If games don't run on Linux, it's safe to say that Windows is better for gaming.

 

also, check edit. 

 

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"automatically detects and downloads perfectly working drivers for almost any peripheral or expansion card " Is not the experience I've had with it. 

 

From my experience, unless you have some very unusual stuff connected to your pc (or a modern gpu) everything just works fine, some things may need to be abilitated manually though.

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This has been discussed on the forum before. 

 

The reason why i think they shouldn't is:

 

1 It doesn't appeal to (what i would assume) is their primary audience, who are mostly looking for hardware stuff.

2 Linux is great, but it's by no means better than Windows, especially for gaming.

3 There's already a ton of user friendly guides out there on most Linux distros. 

 

You say it doesn't appeal, but some/many of those people may actually find it interesting if they knew more about it.

 

To say one OS is better than another needs more context. Better in what way(s)? I claim Linux is better than windows IMO, for various reasons, but I also agree with you that when it comes to gaming, Windows is still better - but I would argue it's only because it's necessary for compatibility, not because it's a better OS. ;) But this argument also boils down to personal preference and by which -  if you're someone who still prefers windows after giving Linux a solid chance - then I respect your preference and by all means that is your choice. :)

 

There are user guides like you say, but they aren't widely promoted or shared. Someone may be interested in Linux but then see that most of these big tech/PC youtubers don't use it or rarely even mention it and decide "it must not be worth trying if they don't use it" when the truth is very different.

 

i would realy love to support linux but the problem is almost all the games i play arent supported and i just cant leave the comfort of windows :(

 

There is a way to use windows within Linux and still runall the games you want. ;) Thus you gain all the benefits of Linux and don't lose any of the neccessities of windows. Most windows users who want to try Linux don't know this and is part of the reason why it needs more recognition among the community. There are things you can do with Linux that many tech-savvy people don't know, but could benefit from.

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I'll say the same thing I heard someone on this forum say before and I totally agree with them: I recommend Linux to people that can't seem to not download a virus every week.

 

I don't have any experience with Linux because I've never felt the need to switch to Linux, but I will say it looks considerably better in visuals than Windows. Lol.

 

There is a way to use windows within Linux and still runall the games you want. ;) Thus you gain all the benefits of Linux and don't lose any of the neccessities of windows.

Are you talking about through a virtual machine? :blink:

 

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If games don't run on Linux, it's safe to say that Windows is better for gaming.

 

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Yes, but that has nothing to do with Linux being worse or Windows being better for gaming. That's just the lack of support because one is more widespread than the other. If Linux was used on 80+% of all home PCs then games would primarily be made for Linux, it just happens to be the other way around. It's really not a fair thing to say and it's actually wrong when you look at it from other angles (more resources available for the game on Linux, etc.)

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Yes, but that has nothing to do with Linux being worse or Windows being better for gaming. That's just the lack of support because one is more widespread than the other. If Linux was used on 80+% of all home PCs then games would primarily be made for Linux, it just happens to be the other way around. It's really not a fair thing to say and it's actually wrong when you look at it from other angles (more resources available for the game on Linux, etc.)

That absolutely has to do with Linux being worse for gaming. Jack and Pepsi might taste better, but there's a reason bars serve Jack and coke. 

 

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I'm guessing most of the issues with Linux are inherently program/app support issues, unfortunately Microsoft has built up an empire of bad products and good software support for it.

For content creation it sort of sucks that Vegas, Adobe, etc. don't have their stuff on Linux.

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When I had serious problems with virus in the W8 on my laptop I used Linux. I loved it. It was faster in every single way. I want to install it in my rig because it was amazing as an OS. I can't seem to find a way of doing it however :(

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All you have to do is make a bootable USB using the ISO file for your desired Linux distro using a simple program like Rufus. There are tutorials on youtube etc.

 

Of course, make sure you back up all data to separate storage. I recommend an external HDD formatted to FAT32 (so Linux can read/write to it). Don't use NTFS. ;)

 

If you want, you can install Oracle VM Virtualbox and try out several different distros and see which you prefer before installing straight onto your main machine.

 

That's a great idea, I am all for open-source focused content :) although personally I'm struggling heavily to run ubuntu on my main rig because I can't get my R9 290 to work properly with any linux drivers :(

 

Driver issues in Linux is not so much a fault of Linux but of AMD/Nvidia for lack of open source support. This is, however, quickly improving and I would strongly recommend AMD hardware (CPU/GPUs) for Linux systems as they have far less issues and work much better, in general, right from the get-go. So yeah, hang in there, it'll get better. ;)

 

linux's main issue is documentation for issues. Its freaking brutal.

 

Depends on the specific issue(s) in question. Common issues/fixes are generally more widely documented if you're using a more popular distro.

 

Pretty much this.

 

First few days to weeks for a beginner Linux user can be pretty annoying and full of road blocks. After that and once you tinker everything, it's amazing. Only thing it doesn't have is true gaming support.

 

Depends what you mean by "true gaming support"... There's an ever growing list of indie and tripple A games that are natively supported and there are walk-arounds and other methods for play ALL games on Linux - so I would argue it has "full gaming support". At this point there's some work to do if you do want to play all your windows-only games on Linux, but like other things, it is improving and evolving all the time. 

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I'll say the same thing I heard someone on this forum say before and I totally agree with them: I recommend Linux to people that can't seem to not download a virus every week.

 

I don't have any experience with Linux because I've never felt the need to switch to Linux, but I will say it looks considerably better in visuals than Windows. Lol.

 

Are you talking about through a virtual machine? :blink:

 

If so, Windows through Linux still won't be as good as the Windows.

 

Linux can "look" however you want it to look. It is 100% completely customizable in terms of visuals/GUI appearance and functionality. In that regard, nobody should even judge an OS based on layout and how it merely "looks". In this regard, Linux is vastly superior to windows. ;)

 

Yes. You install windows on your Linux-hosted PC using KVM and PCIe pass-through. Within the VM you can significantly improve the way windows runs by killing many of the unecessary processes/services you don't need. If you understand the way this works, it can actually be better than running straight windows on bare metal. There's a lot more to it than that, but that's the basic premise and it does work. I'm building another PC to experiement with this later this year. At that time I'll create a build-log post on how all this works.

 

I'm guessing most of the issues with Linux are inherently program/app support issues, unfortunately Microsoft has built up an empire of bad products and good software support for it.

For content creation it sort of sucks that Vegas, Adobe, etc. don't have their stuff on Linux.

 

Again, there are ways around this... if you're willing to learn. :)

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I use Linux for my Uni work, I've found developing in Linux to be far easier and less hassle than in Windows.

 

I love the fact that its so easy to change stuff, and the huge amount of choice you have for stuff.

I started on Ubuntu, and how easy it was to use. Seriously, Ubuntu is just as easy to use as windows or OSx.

But when I wanted to learn more and mess with it more, I was able to. I could install something like Arch and really start to mess and pick each part of the desktop enviroment I was going to be using.

Currently have a bunch of VMs on both my PC and my Surface for when I want/need to use Linux, but I've been seriously debating about just scrapping Windows from my PC and going to a dual boot of both.

I only really need Windows specifically for gaming, the rest of the stuff I do is just as good in a Linux distro.

 

It would be nice to show off Linux, especially for certain scenarios. 
Windows isn't going anywhere for gaming until devs start to support it more, and also the GPU drivers catch up.

But some content on like Media PCs, or the use in a general Browser PC, stuff like that where really, using Linux works just as well and saves you the cost of the Windows License would be nice.

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That absolutely has to do with Linux being worse for gaming. Jack and Pepsi might taste better, but there's a reason bars serve Jack and coke. 

 

Sorry but that's not only a terrible analogy but you also didn't provide an argument why Windows is inherently better for gaming. Support is lacking, yes. But we're getting there (30-something % of Steam games run natively on Linux) and, again, the lack of support has nothing to do with the OS itself. Developers need to give their games proper Linux support, the Linux community can't do that themselves.

The only "advantage" that Windows has over Linux in terms of gaming is the fact that it is widespread. Developers will make the game for the platform that has the largest userbase. If you say that this makes Windows "better" as a gaming platform then you could also argue that the Xbox 360 or any other console is a "better" platform for gaming due to the fact that there are more people playing on it than there are people playing on Steam, for example. Also keep in mind that you're comparing a multi-billion dollar company to a community effort without proper funding for the most part.

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Again, there are ways around this... if you're willing to learn. :)

 I know but unfortunately it's not exactly native and it depends on how it was coded and of course someone new to Linux might not know the workarounds to get Windows/.exe things working on Linux.

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I use Linux for my Uni work, I've found developing in Linux to be far easier and less hassle than in Windows.

 

I love the fact that its so easy to change stuff, and the huge amount of choice you have for stuff.

I started on Ubuntu, and how easy it was to use. Seriously, Ubuntu is just as easy to use as windows or OSx.

But when I wanted to learn more and mess with it more, I was able to. I could install something like Arch and really start to mess and pick each part of the desktop enviroment I was going to be using.

Currently have a bunch of VMs on both my PC and my Surface for when I want/need to use Linux, but I've been seriously debating about just scrapping Windows from my PC and going to a dual boot of both.

I only really need Windows specifically for gaming, the rest of the stuff I do is just as good in a Linux distro.

 

It would be nice to show off Linux, especially for certain scenarios. 

Windows isn't going anywhere for gaming until devs start to support it more, and also the GPU drivers catch up.

But some content on like Media PCs, or the use in a general Browser PC, stuff like that where really, using Linux works just as well and saves you the cost of the Windows License would be nice.

 

Also, there's almost zero risk of picking up viruses/malware etc. even if you try to get yourself into trouble. My mother-in-law found that to be a great benefit switching over to Mint 17.1 from her old malware-bogged windows XP machine. She told me she never downloaded or did anything she could think of that would install such software, yet it still ended up on her machine - even with anti-virus and anti-malware software present. It's simply and practically a non-issue with Linux and I think many people would greatly apppreciate that aspect of Linux, if they only knew about it...

 

Instead of dual-booting windows/Linux, you can try this: https://teksyndicate.com/forum/linux/what-if-i-want-everything/157480 :)

 

Sorry but that's not only a terrible analogy but you also didn't provide an argument why Windows is inherently better for gaming. Support is lacking, yes. But we're getting there (30-something % of Steam games run natively on Linux) and, again, the lack of support has nothing to do with the OS itself. Developers need to give their games proper Linux support, the Linux community can't do that themselves.

The only "advantage" that Windows has over Linux in terms of gaming is the fact that it is widespread. Developers will make the game for the platform that has the largest userbase. If you say that this makes Windows "better" as a gaming platform then you could also argue that the Xbox 360 or any other console is a "better" platform for gaming due to the fact that there are more people playing on it than there are people playing on Steam, for example. Also keep in mind that you're comparing a multi-billion dollar company to a community effort without proper funding for the most part.

 

Exactly right.

 

People often blame Linux when a program or game doesn't work. The blame should be placed on the other party. Linux devs/users want everything to work on Linux. Sadly, not all software devs want their software to work on Linux.

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 I know but unfortunately it's not exactly native and it depends on how it was coded and of course someone new to Linux might not know the workarounds to get Windows/.exe things working on Linux.

 

Right, and that's why we should share the knowledge and teach new users how to use those workarounds. Wine is capable of running a very wide range of windows-based software quite smoothly and easily. If that doesn't work, you can use KVM (virtual machine(s)).

My Systems:

Main - Work + Gaming:

Spoiler

Woodland Raven: Ryzen 2700X // AMD Wraith RGB // Asus Prime X570-P // G.Skill 2x 8GB 3600MHz DDR4 // Radeon RX Vega 56 // Crucial P1 NVMe 1TB M.2 SSD // Deepcool DQ650-M // chassis build in progress // Windows 10 // Thrustmaster TMX + G27 pedals & shifter

F@H Rig:

Spoiler

FX-8350 // Deepcool Neptwin // MSI 970 Gaming // AData 2x 4GB 1600 DDR3 // 2x Gigabyte RX-570 4G's // Samsung 840 120GB SSD // Cooler Master V650 // Windows 10

 

HTPC:

Spoiler

SNES PC (HTPC): i3-4150 @3.5 // Gigabyte GA-H87N-Wifi // G.Skill 2x 4GB DDR3 1600 // Asus Dual GTX 1050Ti 4GB OC // AData SP600 128GB SSD // Pico 160XT PSU // Custom SNES Enclosure // 55" LG LED 1080p TV  // Logitech wireless touchpad-keyboard // Windows 10 // Build Log

Laptops:

Spoiler

MY DAILY: Lenovo ThinkPad T410 // 14" 1440x900 // i5-540M 2.5GHz Dual-Core HT // Intel HD iGPU + Quadro NVS 3100M 512MB dGPU // 2x4GB DDR3L 1066 // Mushkin Triactor 480GB SSD // Windows 10

 

WIFE'S: Dell Latitude E5450 // 14" 1366x768 // i5-5300U 2.3GHz Dual-Core HT // Intel HD5500 // 2x4GB RAM DDR3L 1600 // 500GB 7200 HDD // Linux Mint 19.3 Cinnamon

 

EXPERIMENTAL: Pinebook // 11.6" 1080p // Manjaro KDE (ARM)

NAS:

Spoiler

Home NAS: Pentium G4400 @3.3 // Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 // 2x 4GB DDR4 2400 // Intel HD Graphics // Kingston A400 120GB SSD // 3x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200 HDDs in RAID-Z // Cooler Master Silent Pro M 1000w PSU // Antec Performance Plus 1080AMG // FreeNAS OS

 

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Depends on the specific issue(s) in question. Common issues/fixes are generally more widely documented if you're using a more popular distro.

 

Well duh. Windows massive install base (what is it like 60%?) will inherently give it better documentation for less common issues. I have had issues with Ubuntu and Fedora where when I googled the issue, all I could find is fixes for similar issues on Windows.

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