Dope Tech Episode 2

<<@gregorythomas333 says : I am currently using Linux Mint but need to install a lot of large files that will not fit on the Mint drive...a secondary drive is needed and your explanations here will let me do that...thank you!>> <<@fantasticphone9693 says : I appreciate your clear, concise explanation of the Linux operating system. I did subscribe and look forward to other useful Linux operating system information. Thanks!>> <<@ivanhouben474 says : I have no choice for the job, but God I HATE Linux, an absolute torture!! This is going back to the middle ages. Mac OS forever. Why not call some device "FD" for floppy drive ???>> <<@Zyndstoff says : "The system partition is mounted in a folder called root (/)" - IMHO this is not correct. Within the filesystem there is a folder called "/root", but that is not where the system is mounted. The system is mounted to the root-directory (/), but that is not the root-folder. This confusion originates from the ambiguous usage of the term 'root' in Linux systems. The system is mounted to the root directory, not the root folder.>> <<@BArret20 says : is this the real bill gates>> <<@advhcan says : thanks for the info.>> <<@simonc61 says : Wish I'd seen this sooner! I'm in the process of getting my desktop PC (Win 10) and Win 11 laptop ready to dual boot with MX Linux and I've been getting a lot of help from Claude. I'm on the fence about AI but it blows my mind that I can send Claude a screenshot of my disk management set up and within seconds I've received instructions about correct partitioning, correct file system to use etc. I did reach an impasse the other night though as I couldn't get the MX installer to recognise the 450GB unallocated space. Claude knew exactly what the problem is and I've got to do something in the KDE partition manager apparently? All good fun and keeping my 64 year old brain active! Btw my son (in my profile pic) is now 15, though we don't live together we're in touch by email a lot. He's recently got a new gaming PC and installed Arch linux with the Hyprland DE so I think he'll be able to help me with any problems I have with MX! 🙂>> <<@irafair3015 says : I'm considering switching to Linux, so I have been researching information about it for the last few weeks. The more I learn about Linux the more confused I become as to why I should switch. It seems overly complicated when performing simple tasks or similar tasks found in Microsoft Windows. The Linux drive designation and file management systems illustrated in this video are examples of this over-complication. I don't mind tinkering and I love playing around with an OS to find new things and new ways of doing things but basic operations in Linux seem needlessly complicated and time consuming. The only real advantage in Linux over MS Windows I've seen so far deals with issues related to tracking, security, data collection, slop, and forced the updates found in the world of Microsoft. I really am looking for a reason to get away from MS but so far I've not found too many reasons to do so. I'm still considering switching but I need more impactful reasons than what I've found to date to make that switch. I'm not yet convinced that Linux is a viable option. Hopefully, that will change as I learn more or become more familiar with the OS. UPDATE: I'm beginning to see the value of "owning" my own computer and can see the value of Linux.>> <<@zonedout_lonewolf says : ur voice is too high>> <<@ImagineMySurprise510 says : Comparing the windows drive letter system and the linux home/label system it seems to me that the linux is needlessly complicated and could be improved upon. All the sda and nvme0n1 and mmcblk0 appears to be designed more for the smuggly superior than for ease of use.>> <<@dermotearls7088 says : Thank you. Very well explained>> <<@tartankiltington says : foolproof tutorial>> <<@alwaysardent1125 says : I just want to leave a comment saying thank you. This was so helpful.>> <<@vijayakumarannair6086 says : KISS. Keep It Simple Stupid.>> <<@dydgital says : Weird seeing the GUI version of disks, I am so used to the terminal because it's so much quicker without the GUI overhead. It was like a blast from the past. Good video, I wish I would have had these when I started on Linux, but, all of the troubleshooting forced me to learn the file system. You should make a video on using some mkfs and related tools, the different arguments etc, and go through partitioning /home and that would help a lot of beginners too.>> <<@hernandomunoz1726 says : I've seen some of your tutorials / reviews and the way you explain things is the best I've experienced so far: clear, precise, and not so fast so everybody can understand thoroughly. Thank you very much.>> <<@Kralnor says : Excellent video. I've been using Linux on occasion over many years, and I never gave the naming scheme much thought.>> <<@fabienbable says : On my Win11 PC I had plex media server installed. My 8TB ntfs drive was or is formatted in 2 partitions. On windows it was E:\ for TV Shows and F:\ for movies. Now I installed cahchyos and wiped my windows. My file manager in KDE (dolphin) does recognize my hdd correctly (8tb)and the parition with the tv shows (4tb) on it but not the partition with movies. What am I doing wrong? Can someone help?>> <<@ytugtbk says : Having worked on a variety of hardware/software platforms (mainframe, mini, PC) during my 30+ year IT career, have always found it interesting how components between platforms are the same but just use different naming conventions and conceptualizations to describe the same things. A bit like the difference between a disk and a disc or a directory and a folder.>> <<@greenpeace114 says : The video is, as always, awesome and very comprehensive, but… I’m intrigued now with those 516.7MB of „Lots_of_Ducks.MP4”, can’t put it out of my head. I need to see it, I just need to see Losts of Ducks, Dear God…>> <<@Knoxspectrum says : Thank you so much! I always enjoy your videos! Very informative! Easy to follow! I would direct anyone to your videos to learn about computers!>> <<@websterzx10r1 says : I use to be a windows 11 Professional user. Upon trying to install Linux mint 22 I was following a you tube video while installing it. In the video the guy stumbled on which was the next step and I clicked on a prompt and now one of my Samsung Evo 860 1TB ssd is password Locked. I don't rememeber the login password. Any help in getting this ssd unlocked so I can install Linux Mint upon it. I am now using a smaller samsung PM981 512GB M.2 NVME internal ssd drive. Thanking You in advance for any help.>> <<@deltaindiabravo says : As a Future-Linux USER I learn sooooo very much through your Explanations, besides the pleasure it gives me listening to this super polite english.>> <<@dkat1108 says : Great video but my head just exploded.....I'll worry about this stuff later im just getting my feet wet with Mint.>> <<@pieterter-borg1338 says : Helpful article Switching to Linux: Drives & Partitions for us ‘young at heart’ seniors. Have merged 2 Partitions on a 500GB Samsung 850 EVO SSD in Win 10 and saved as an unallocated volume. This is intended as an external Timeshift Snapshot Location for my Linux Mint 22.2 Cinnamon based PC (LG Monitor, GEEKCOM A8 Max MINI PC, 2TB SSD, 32GB DDR5 RAM), recently upgraded to Linux Mint 22.3 with no issues. Have installed the SSD in an adaptor case with a USB 3.0 cable attached and is connected to the PC. Was able to format the drive with the available tools, and is recognised as a 500GB Drive. If I shutdown and reboot it’s still recognised! But - I’m not able to assign the drive as the Timeshift Snapshot Location. • My Gut instinct is to check the actual format on the Samsung SSD from the terminal. • Reformat if necessary from the terminal. • Assign the drive as the Timeshift Snapshot Location from the terminal. • Dont know my way around the terminal! HELP!>> <<@twest3686 says : If you have a drive for Linux it can be changed back to a fat file system. If you try to save Timeshift files to the drive it will say you cannot save to that drive. Just format it on Linux and check to save as a fat file. Program is inside Linux already.>> <<@plavy3594 says : Very useful video for me. Thank you very much.>> <<@diezam says : Thank you for making this excellent videos, you are a great teacher.>> <<@pugsleyenoch1558 says : I've had Linux mint installed for 24 hours now I am pretty much moving around it like windows now thanks to you. Its a strange feeling to finally be free of windows.>> <<@asquared8399 says : Just because you created this video a year or more ago, there is no reason why I shouldn't say 'thank you' now. It is clear (from the number of subscribers) that you bring value to a lot of people who don't even need to pay for it (aside from the question of unavoidable advertising, which I don't want to get started on now). Thus, it is only right and proper that we viewers should provide some quid pro quo. The only offer I can make is to thank and commend you for these videos, trusting that you will take value from this. In fact you could teach 80% to 90% of the so-called 'creators' on this service a great deal about the basics of designing, authoring and presenting educational and informative material. That's worth a paper in a semi-learned journal at least, so here is not the right vehicle. Just keep on showing all those others how to do it.>> <<@1Coolbanana says : Thanks so much for the great vid. Has really explained and simplified things for an old fella. 🙂 I cannot find the simple answer to this: I have a windows desktop which I want to convert to Zorin OS. I currently have a C drive, only for operating system, and a D and E drive for data and backup that I do not want to modify. My question is, if I install Zorin OS and delete Windows on my C drive, will the old D and E drive still be seen and usable or will there be extra steps? Thanks again for another great video. Cheers>> <<@palecorridor-369 says : Great video very helpful indeed>> <<@reflector36 says : Having finally giving MS the single finger salute, i have dabbled with linux for years mostly Mint, i finally ditched 10 as i dont want 11. But since playing games is a priority on my machine i went with arch based CachyOS. Either way this is one of those stumbling points i hit between physical drives and how Linux handles storage. Thank you for this video>> <<@wildweaselkeeper says : I am sold on Linux and want to learn more, but I am having some difficulties trying to get Linux to recognize my network drive. All of my Windows computers have access to this drive on my network, but I can't seem to figure out how to gain access to it using Linux. I've tried all different suggestions from the internet, but it seems I never see the same prompts as the author of those articles suggest. Do you have any guidance for me to help me with this? I would appreciate it!!>> <<@rremnar says : Windows is still much easier. Linux is overly complicated, with a bunch of acronyms and thier unique identifiers to memorize. I hope they simplify this, or people will remain on Windows. Or one could just use only one drive, and not worry about file management lol. I'm not saying the Linux file system can't be learned; but it'd take a lot of effort and time to do so. Linux needs to be catered more to the avarage user, not to the computer programmer who's used to the software engineering style of things. Regardless of my opinion, thanks for explaning the Linux file system. 👍>> <<@BlueIfel says : That LinuxOS mint, remind me of the early DOS but not as sophisticated.>> <<@LongAssYoutubeHandleForReaders says : wished I saw this vid when I switched. Fortunately, I had a friend to help me with exactly these things, but it was very tricky figuring out how to give myself permissions, or that permissions was even the issue in the first place, preventing me from doing anything or installing video games>> <<@HuFlungDung2 says : Can someone explain how this Linux drive mounting system is better than what Windows uses? I think the contrast could help Windows users adapt more readily. I personally have only been running Debian13 as my first encounter with Linux, day 3 :) I'm pleasantly surprised, but I've barely scratched the surface yet. Kind of feel like I'm back in the DOS 5.0 days, when everything was new.>> <<@torstenhansen4308 says : If there is an award for Linux Explainer for Dummies of the Year, you have earned it! Thank you so much for content, presentation, and tempo which are all perfect. You really are a lifesaver.>> <<@Daimo83 says : This wasn't helpful because you jump around instead of explaining the basic folder structure. USB drive mounting is irrelevant, the home folder is irrelevant and so is clicking control+L and so is the "computer" in Mint. Better to start at "/" and go deeper.>> <<@owenrichards1418 says : Thank you so much! I'm switching to linux after spending the 90s on Macs and the last 30 years on Windows. I needed to see this and you presented this clearly and simply!>> <<@lacucaracha111111 says : This is the one thing I loathe about Linux more than windows 11 as a whole. Windows : Physical blocks as there are actual physical drives Linux: Motherfucking tree/spiderweb You need an entire guide for to even remotely understand. Worst of all, as shown, damn USB drives and SSDs show up as you would expect>> <<@BlueShift2000 says : Thank you, that Disk Manager alone helped me so much further. I was worrying i need to look for a few hours to delete my data and partition/formatting it again. Gotta do the big step now, Windows is going to be erased into oblivion.>> <<@CeciliaYvonneObiloh_Official says : I currently have Linux but I want to dual boot so that I can have windows how can I do it>> <<@joshuasmith1215 says : About to try LInux for the first time so doing my research and I wasted all kinds of time thinking you couldn't just go into drives and click a few things to add an extra hard drive to my computer...thank you for this video. Not sure why none of the other searches I was doing would just tell me, "hey dummy, there's a utility pre-installed that does that for you.">> <<@PatrickFX8 says : Thank you for continued clarity and support in making this transition.>> <<@Blind_Kamikaze says : Algorithm boosting comment.>> <<@richarsenault1004 says : Just found your channel. I have used Linux, but I am now switching permanently to Linux from windows. You have explained thing so well.>> <<@Polecat54941 says : And this explains why I don't like Linux, just make drives A,B,C,D would it be to hard for the developers?>> <<@Onearmed-wolf says : This was helpful :D>>