<<@robshimer
says :
Did you set up the virtual machine to run the office programs or did you have it set up and just found you liked using them on the version?
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<<@robshimer
says :
I have Win11 on my 2 main computers. I experiment with mint am MX on the 2 that would not update from Win10.
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<<@ytugtbk
says :
Thanks for the inside view of your computing practices and platforms. Got a kick out of learning you still run XP and Windows 7--some under a virtual machine. And, that you use such a small monitor. Am old-school having owned personal computers since the early '90s running Windows 3.1 forward, so have been through the "blue screen of death" years thanks to Microsoft's X86 virtual memory trick. Favorite Windows OS to date has been Windows 2000 Client followed by XP. Love simplicity without all the GUI nonsense and Microsoft pandering to consumer interests in music, video, and an Apple look-and-feel (iPod mania). Currently running 64-bit Windows 7 and will not upgrade. Next OS will be Linux Mint.
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<<@oliverscott7424
says :
Can you please make a video about Slackware?
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<<@akadventurer7563
says :
Very interesting to see what you use and why. Nice to know I am not the only person jumping around. I won't bore you with the 4 paragraphs I just typed for why and how, but I am currently actively using, weekly; Windows 8.1 Ubuntu 22 Debian 13 on 4 different machines. RaspbianOS 9ish... Built on Debian 12. Then, Debian 13 either CLI only or with a custom install and i3wm are the only things I am garanteed to use daily. I have installed, and in general use in some way Windows 10, Ubuntu 24(2 machines, XFCE4 both), Lubuntu 24(BlackBox? BusyBox? something Box), Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows 98se(virtual machine), and Ubuntu 12(semi virtual, installed inside/over Windows XP but boots straight to Linux) . all on 7 laptops, and one desktop of various stages of being antique, the oldest is from 2006, the newest from 2019. Some are stand alone systems, most dual boot, one i am triple booting Win10, Deb13, and Ubuntu 24. All but one are laptops, all of those except two are over a decade old, the two newer for 2019. One desktop, that is also over a decade old. 2 systems are "live" only running a custom ISO I built myself for run FAST in high amounts of RAM and large persistence files with Ventoy... For Linux desktop enviroments, I spend a lot of time in tmux/CLI, and custom setups of i3wm. A few on XFCE4, and 1 each for KDE and Gnome. Then there are the various forms of Android, going back a decade in versions, some custom ROMs, some rooted and modded. I even have Ubuntu installed virtual inside a Android tablet, but it is too cumbersome to really use.. Fun project though. đ
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<<@wignallyt
says :
Hey Chris, there's this thing called Mac... you oughta try it. :-)
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<<@bjarnenilsson80
says :
Oh so that's how you got tio seven oses you count linux and windows multiple times for different versions/distrios, fait enugh pesonally I would lump al linuxes an all windows versions together just because that's where the major sw compatibility breaks are ( i'm sjipping compatibilitu layers like wine and proton her. No wonder I never got to seven when i saw the title. I conted linux, Windows osx and bsd. and thought were did he get tha last 3 from. Anyway thanks for another nice video
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<<@nathanslife2297
says :
Whatâs real wave 2?
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<<@mulletmanplayz
says :
I mainly use Windows 11 On my desktop it's 25H2 On my laptop it's 23H2. I also have a Windows 10 machine although I don't use it much. And I also have a Windows 7 machine, again, don't use it much. Used to use MacOS whatever the hell it is.
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<<@Luc-SA-Hi-World
says :
That is cool! I thought that I was alone by running different OS at the same time. Over here I have a setup with 3 OS working together: Windows 11, Manjaro (Gnome DE) and Android 15 Lineage OS 22. Well, with a capture usb 3 device, scrcpy, OBS Studio and Input Leap I can run these 3 OS all at once, with a single keyboard, mouse and monitor, pretending that they are a single Operating System. Currently I have 3 cases linked all together to make this happen, but in the future I want to do a single case mod with those 3 computers together. Well thank you for your video and I see you very soon! :D
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<<@philipwest4553
says :
I run Windows 11 for most things, Manjaro for some things, Chrome OS occasionally, and of course Android on my phone.
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<<@kevinanderson9638
says :
I have an HP 360 laptop running Windows 11 and Iâve just successfully installed Linux Mint Cinnamon on my older Dell Lattitude E7740. Iâm still getting familiar with Mint but I like it so far.
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<<@YourLocalR3NecK
says :
My main computer right now is a mITX tower I use for everything, gaming, work, editing ect. Its got an AMD Ryzen 7 5700x processor and a Radeon RX7600xt Video card, 32gb of Memory, and tons of tiered storage for the OS, Games, System Storage, and Archives and such. On it I actually run Manjaro Linux with the KDE Plasma Desktop Enviornment, and soon I will be switching to full Arch Linux. It used to run Windows on it for about 6-7 months but recently since about September I had switched it to Manjaro out of spite and hate for Microsoft and their just horrible business practices and modern day company. The system is working out great for all I need it to do and I'm very very satisfied with Manjaro Linux! Great distribution.
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<<@autohmae
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3:53 ahh, yes, that most be the Google Ducks you talked about. đ As you are such a heavy office user, especially Word/Writer/Google Docs. Maybe you can do a video on their strengths and weaknesses and what is still missing from Libre Office Writer ? Because a regular person would probably move to 1 and I assume it would be that if they could. For me the past 25 years or so it's been Debian, with some Windows (Windows 2000 in the early days, not XP) for work and Windows 7 and some Ubuntu. Debian on basically all servers, except those that need to be Windows server. Windows is now always running in a VM, never real hardware, just to much of a hassle. I don't ever use any Office programs anymore, I'm in nvi (early VI version) and vscode (well, Codium actually). I've also been using containers on Linux before LXC existed (Linux-VServer) and then for a decade LXC containers, far superior to virtualization in my opinion. I also run a lot of Docker and Kubernetes.
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<<@gorancarlsen
says :
How come that the GUI is so porly developed i the Linux community? For example every Office suite, Disk utility? All looks like from 1999?
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<<@little79-yt
says :
Almost eye-watering to see the classic Windows theme and how easy it was to navigate. All Microsoft execs should use windows 2000-look for a month before releasing any new version and see if it is better or worse than the new releases. Contrasts and usability has gone out the window(s) đ˘
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<<@dogeggautomotive
says :
Bit late to the party, but currently watching this on Peppermint OS.
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<<@motolearn
says :
Using Chrome OS and Google docs while maintaining offline Windows and Linux OS. Seems more anti-subscription than privacy centric.
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<<@aleksandarvuchkov9154
says :
I have a windows 11 gaming tower with r9 5950x and rx6900xt both overclocked to stable base and boost clock with 32gb ram and 5tb storage for my steam library a d some recordings I also have an msi laptop which I have upgraded to bazzite so that I can explore which linux is best for aforementioned tower I use those every day one or the other or both after work (boring SAP laptop doesn't count) I also have a mint 22 xfce on a pile of parts including an athlon a8 5600k and gtx 970 but I haven't booted that one for quite some time Love your videos very educational
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<<@jeffwalther
says :
I'm concerned about the power used by my older hardware. Any computer I have that uses more then 25 watts gets shut off.
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<<@zzz9632-c7c
says :
very interesting to see your use cases! i personally have a pretty powerful and energy consuming pc i use all the time, and your videos on linux and n100 cpu made me think of getting the n150/n100 mini-pc and slapping something like kubuntu on it, because since i barely play any games nowadays, so i mostly use my pc for content consumption and texting, of which the n150 is capable enough
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<<@JacobP81
says :
Main ones I use: 1. Mostly my Android smartphone. For web browsing, watching YouTube and communication 2. laptop running Windows 10 for work 3. Laptop running Linux Mint for gaming 4. Roku watching TV 5. Kindle Paperwhite for reading books.
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<<@JacobP81
says :
1:54 OnlyOffice online better then Google Docs. Highly recommend.
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<<@christill
says :
I was basically only using iOS for everything (iPhone, iPad and Apple TV) until I decided to install Ubuntu on our 12 year old Dell XPS 8700, which was basically unusably slow on Windows 10 to the point where it was hardly ever switched on. With it about to lose support, I thought why not have some fun and mess around with it? The difference with Ubuntu is massive. It has 12GB of RAM so the new OS really makes it feel new again. The graphics card sucks though, so it can play Peggle and Bookworm from my Steam library and thatâs about it. The recommended proprietary Nvidia driver also wouldnât work when it was installed. So I reverted back to the open source one. But yes, Iâm using the PC a lot more again, and itâs fun. And itâs so much better than the last time I installed Ubuntu on an old Windows PC. Itâs so much more usable now with the built in App Store, more web apps and more device compatibility. Itâs definitely going in the right direction.
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<<@PieyIsAPie
says :
debian testing is what i run on my main machine, linux mint on my terrible gaming laptop i never use, and windows 7 and 10 on my crap latitude
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<<@eds5977
says :
Thank
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<<@RMForbes505
says :
I've was using Windows 7 on my desktop and Windows 11 on my laptop until we moved to Asia in Jan '24. About a year ago I finally setup my desktop again and decided to move to LMDE 6, I did put Windows 10 on a separate SSD as a dual boot instead of upgrading my hardware so it would run Windows 11. I really liked the Linux OS so I installed it on my laptop too. When my motherboard gave out I replaced it with one that had a NVMe drive slot and as I was setting it up I thought it was a good time to do some distro hoping. I ended up with Debian 13 Trixie with the KDE Wayland desktop as my daily driver. I dumped Windows completely and installed Linux Mint 22.1 on the SSD where it was. I have another SSD which I currently have Manjaro Cinnamon installed but that was an experiment that hasn't worked out for me so I will be changing that for something else or just setup the SSD for a virtual machine to test other distros. I don't have any productivity needs, I'm long retired. I'm just having a great time geeking out setting up my fairly old hardware, Intel I-5 7500, Gigabyte B250M with 16 gb ram with the best features that I want. I'm loving the open source community and see no reason to return to any big corporate systems. I just can do without them.
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<<@ElishaWorks
says :
Nice intro
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<<@snakey_live
says :
debian, debian, debian and debian all the way! haha, 12, 11, 9 and 8. No, Woody, not you.
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<<@Banana85021
says :
I can imagine the desktop video editing pc using the same case in this video with an i9 and a RTX x090 inside in the near future once the current stuff fails. But I guess a more modern mid tier Nvidia Quadro is well suited for you.
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<<@Banana85021
says :
Does your surface support windows 11? I wonder what's after the zenbook. Guess a ThinkPad suits you well as a techie
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<<@Banana85021
says :
After watching your vid I guess I will go the same direction with a NUC or small ITX PC to complement my TV. Probably thinking of using the TV as a monitor and the smart tv component to be run by a pc running chrome OS flex. My 6 year old Samsung smart TV has gone downhill and laggy after app/os updates.
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<<@csabasaghegyi6083
says :
I run MX KDE with full WinXP theme from external SSD. Works well and fulfills all my PC needs.
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<<@nevco8774
says :
I don't see the meaning of the saying Zorin OS, Linux Mint or Ubuntu are each better or worse: all are debian distributions. To me desktop arrangements do not matter. It matter the driver's support and software. Everything else can be installed from repositories except when software piece is dropped like Grub customizer.
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<<@nevco8774
says :
Daily: Windows 10, 11, Android. Seldom: iOS, Windows 7, XP. Used to Daily: Ubuntu. I even use Windows 10 on older unsupported iMac and MacBook Pro. Recently installed Ubuntu on a microSD card used into a tiny Usb reader usable on 3 Dell computers in the house with 64, 32, 32 GB of RAM. This way that Ubuntu can be installed usable for a group of related laptops when Windows 10 will be unsafe. To clone any installation of any OS I create images using bootable software able to do that. I used to have CDs, DVDs bootable, then SD cards in external usb reader with bootable Acronis to do that. Lately I use a British software Macrium Reflect on USB thumb drive. That one works with uefi. One can use the same installation of Windows on different HDDs, machines and force to boot with Macrium. It can clone a preinstalled version of Ubuntu on any media. I Plan to have installed UBUNTU on the same type of usb readed microSD for older laptops one by one since the hardware is different from those 3 Dell ones. Used to use Classic MacOS 9, MacOS X, eComstation as continuation of IBM OS/2 for PC. I tried PC BSD, tens of versions of Linux. Used to use MS DOS on IBM compatible machines from 1990ties then on a Compaq 1993 laptop as well as Windows 95/98 on the same laptop. Used to have stable desktop running Windows Millennium, 2k, XP. In the past I had success running a Linux antiX on a netbook. In time support for that netbook wifi and audio was dropped from Debian linux kernel so I donated the netbook unable to upgrade linux antiX. In the past I used to install Ubuntu and the Edubuntu on top of it. In 2025 by doing that I get the system to crush needing reinstallation from scratch. Linux has poor legacy support dropping its support in its kernel.
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<<@alastairstaunton7081
says :
Zorin OS is the easiest drop-in Win 10 replacement when Win 10 goes end-of-life in Oct 2025. I currently dual boot these on my older laptops (I love to keep older hardware running and Zorin works my old laser printer - even Mint couldn't manage that!) and will drop Windows entirely when Win 10 expires. A slick touchscreen Chromebook for evening browsing/social media use and I have all I need!
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<<@lauriehartley9808
says :
I like MX Linux. I have just installed MX23 over the top of MX19 on my Thinkpad. I also have Windows10 set up as a VM on this machine because I need it for 4 engineering programmes I play with. In addition my daughter gave me her 2012 iMac on which I also have MX23 installed.
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<<@trexmtb4381
says :
đ A message to Linux devs and long-time users who claim they want Linux to grow đ Letâs talk honestly. They say they want Linux to compete with Windows and macOS. But have they really looked at how confusing the experience is for regular users? Even with app stores like GNOME Software or Discover, users often hit a wall: missing apps, broken listings, or results that donât match what they searched for. What happens next? Theyâre told to open the terminal and paste some commands they donât understand. Thatâs where most people give up. This problem isnât just about one missing feature. Itâs about the massive fragmentation in Linux. There are too many distros, too many packaging systems, and too many desktop environments. Because of this, even the best app centers fail to give a consistent, complete experience. Hereâs a simple fact: 90 percent of desktop users just want to click, install, and use. They donât care about distributions, terminal commands, or package types. They want something that works, fast and safe. Now imagine this A user visits a website and sees âDownload app for Linuxâ They click, and their system handles everything: verifies the package, checks compatibility, asks for permission, and installs, all without touching the terminal It works no matter which distro theyâre using Linux already has tools that could make this real: apturl, flatpakref, snap links. But they arenât pushing for standardization or seamless integration across distros. Meanwhile, Windows users can install almost anything with a few clicks. No thinking required. Thatâs the competition. Itâs time to stop pretending that complexity is a badge of honor. Making things easier doesnât make Linux weaker. It makes it accessible. New users wonât switch to Linux just because itâs open source or powerful. Theyâll switch when itâs easier, faster, and smarter than Windows. That starts with fixing software installation. They want Linux to grow? Then they need to start acting like it.
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<<@rhianor
says :
I run windows 11 for work, then CachyOs and finally MacOS Catalina. I only use laptops nowdays... and my favorite is CachyOs, but to be honest I like to run any arch based distro because of pacman. I still run Catalina because I like the UI, but the way Apple, and other software developers, drop support for it... makes me really sick.
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<<@stevecoatesdotnet
says :
Nice to see someone still making use of Windows XP and 7. I've pretty much given up running VMs, but I have a few old machines around which I keep running XP & 7 on for specific tasks and they work very well.
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<<@KapiteinKrentebol
says :
Recently I switched from Windows 10 to Linux Mint on both my PC's, one of witch is also connected to my tv. I mostly use them for internet and gaming and it's working out better than I expected but Flatpak packages aren´t really friendly to my poor monkeybrain.
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<<@fredneedle123
says :
I run Ubuntu as much a I can. My main desktop (an iMac 14.2, probably 15 years old) running Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS. My pretty old laptop, at least 10 years old, also runs the same distro. I have to use a windows PC too. Sad face. VLC won't run my cameras on Linux for some reason but it does run them on windows. No idea why it won't work on Linux.
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<<@sobreinquisidor
says :
I'm just doing dual Windows 11 and debian 12. Debian for coding windows 11 as it was pre installed and has all the drivers properly installed...
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<<@iblden
says :
Great episode.
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<<@technobird22
says :
Hey Christopher, thank you for making this video! I've watched your videos for years and like your style and how you keep true to yourself instead of following the latest trends in tech. I quite enjoyed seeing a more behind the scenes look at your process! By the way, do you have backups configured? It seems like you have put a lot of love and care into your setup, so I hope you're able to have backups in case something inevitably breaks. Wish you all the best, Chris, and look forward to your future videos!
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<<@gabrielnadai
says :
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<<@HedgehogInTheCPP
says :
Windows 10 mainly, Android on the phone, Windows Server 2008R2... still ) and some Linux in software routers and Wi-Fi...
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<<@HedgehogInTheCPP
says :
Thank you! Respect for Windows 7, I also have an old EeePC laptop with Windows 7 32bit version in my lab, and one Windows Server 2008R2 for some software compatibility reason. You can use Sumatra for PDF on Windows and replace Acrobat software. Big thanks for the Linux explanation here! :)
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<<@cesarfabro2720
says :
And about the Renderbox? I remember that computer from other video about End of support for Windows 7 (I remember at the time he is using Win7 too) but not mentioned here. Still in use?
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<<@supersharpgamer
says :
I run Windows 11 on my main desktop, where I do my video editing 3D modeling. I also run Windows 11 on my living room entertainment PC. I run Windows 10 on my file server, which I'm planning to retire soon when the Windows 10 support ends, and I'm going to make it an offline Windows 7 PC for nostalgia computing (old programs and games). I have my Linux PC where I'm currently running Zorin OS 17.3, but I really just mostly do distro hopping on this machine. On my Asus Zenbook, I'm running Windows 11 because, in my experience, it just works best on it.
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