In 2025:
For any new user reading this, I suggest the distros below.
If you come from Windows:
1. Linux Mint
2. Kubuntu (Ubuntu, but with KDE)
3. Zorin OS
4. Fedora KDE
If you come from MacOS:
1. Pop! OS
2. Ubuntu
3. Zorin OS
Personally I prefer Fedora KDE; I even themed it so that it looks somewhat like Windows 10.
@Pikmingamer9539 Says:
3:20 It's also possible to use ventoy to put multiple ISO's on a single flash drive
@EsDriving Says:
Who's here now because they cut off windows 10, and you will not be forced into 11?
@PatrickFX8 Says:
This video is incredible. Where have you been all my life? Clear, direct, supportive and entertaining presentation. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Subscribed!!!! And if you’re thinking about it, just subscribe.
@nightday2030 Says:
So in summary:
Home folder is for internal drive such as HDD, SSD, nvme, SATA.
Media folder is for external drive such as a flash drive you plug into your computer, or sd card you plug into your system using an adapter.
@Jforce0078 Says:
I just installed a clean version of linux mint, and i've installed steam and a game "city skylines", and it worked on windows 10, now i can start steam and city skylines but when i load a new game the whole computer freeze and requier a restart
@jamesrichey Says:
You make it look so easy... because it is!
@philreilly6959 Says:
Hi, Like many (millions???) others, I'm thinking of moving to Linux later this year. I found another of your videos today in which you suggested this series for anyone like me, who will want as easy a transition as possible.
I just wanted to say that the way you walk your viewer through processes very carefully is excellent. I've subscribed and I look forward to learning from you as I embark on my latest computer adventure!!!
@KneelB4Bacon Says:
After you switch to Linux, you'll probably be adding, changing and removing a lot of software during the first few weeks as you customize your setup. One really handy utility that comes pre-installed in many Linux distros is TimeShift. This program lets you create checkpoints for your operating system before you start messing with it. That way, if you have problems after adding/removing drivers or programs, you can restore a previously-saved checkpoint. (It's basically just like Windows Restore.) You can add comments to checkpoints, too. Like, "Before updating graphics card drivers" or "Before messing with something I shouldn't have messed with." :)
You can even recover an unbootable Linux system by booting from your Linux Live USB, running TimeShift from it and selecting a checkpoint off your hard drive.
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@normanbott Says:
This is excellent - very good overviews, explanations ,summaries and logical steps delivered with a little dry humour at times..
This should be mandatory viewing for anyone contemplating the switch. I'm trying out MINT at present prior to instal and so far am delighted .My PC's processor is not "On the list" for Win 11 (which I don't want anyway ! )
@sattaurnikki Says:
I am new to Linux. I can't do any security updates. I am asked for a password, but when I do it doesn't work! Any ideas?? 😕
@cate01a Says:
so root is system nonsense, home is c drive, and all your other d/n/x drives are in their seperate drive folders?
@LilaHikes Says:
Having dabbled in Linux since the mid 90's, migrating from Windows to today's Linux is 1000% easier than it used to be. Hardware support has come a long way to where it isn't the hurdle it once was. Windows 11 was the straw that broke the camel's back. I'm done with Microsoft all together. Linux Mint is now my daily driver.
@Naresh-nv4ug Says:
9:29 my whole life was a lie 😶
c: volume ✔
c: drive ✖
@ebutuoy7190 Says:
I am looking to shift my media server from windows to Linux, and whilst I have had some success, I have also run into problems. I wish to use Plex media server and the issue I have had has been getting my head around Plex seeming to be its own user, and as such does not always seem to have the relevant permissions to see the drives and/or folders that my media is stored in. I have found some guides that try to show how to edit permissions, but this seems to always be in the terminal and I get very lost, very fast! If you have any way to do this with a GUI or could explain the relevant terminal commands in a clearer fashion it would be greatly appreciated!
@ebutuoy7190 Says:
Thank you so much for this video! I have been toying with various distros over the years and very few videos go to the bother of explain what the terminal commands and values actually mean!
@Jack_Callcott Says:
Very helpful! Thank you Chris.
@MikeBob2023 Says:
Pure gold, I say! 🥇
I'm *sold* on Mint Cinnamon (but I do like the look of Ubuntu Studio 🤔).
Last week when you uploaded the Mint v22 video, another of my favorite tech channels also uploaded a Mint video (although not version specific), and I took seeing both of them (on the same day!) as _a sign._ 🖖🏼😜
@RicardoPereira1 Says:
Congratulations for the nice channel!
I work at a public school in Brazil and sometimes feel that the students would benefit from a real portable Linux distro like Porteus. A video about it would be great.
;-)
@Graham-s7q Says:
Thank you...For me a new Linux Mint user...You are nice and easy to understand.
@e8root Says:
Being Gentoo user myself IMHO it is one of the better distros for beginners - given person has specific required traits like you know he/she has lots of time to tinker with their computer and loves it. If they do then something quote on quote easy to install might not necessarily be the best choice for recommendation. If its too easy and looks too much like say Windows it will loose on ease of use with Windows still and otherwise don't interest the person. I know it from myself.
@hmosc Says:
When you have a problem with linux what do you do? You google the error message? What do you get? More often than not answers that are wrong or more likely based on and old version which won't work anymore. Worse yet, the distribution you've been using for years goes away.
@AsifMugiwara Says:
chatgpt suggested me this channel for linux and i was stunned by the clarity of explanation.
@jamesaleman Says:
Top notch graphics. Always a pleasant viewing experience. Well done Mr. Barnett.
Be sure to give Mr. Scissors a raise. Your attention to detail pays off.
@mihailvormittag6211 Says:
👍
@geezergeek1637 Says:
Well done, Christopher.
@kintustis Says:
what grief with all the drive mounting. creating something needlessly convoluted out of something that has already been done so simply; that's what linux seems to do best
@simonhernandez2243 Says:
From Venezuela. Clarity and learning value of your presentational methods. I liked yours explications .Respect -🔬📡
@dnoodspodu1159 Says:
09:34 What is a _disk_ then? And what about _disc_ with a C?
@limitless1692 Says:
LIKE
@PinakiGupta82Appu Says:
Linux (including Windows) fanatics should look at this video, again and again, to clear their confusion about Linux. Arguments, counterarguments, endless counterarguments against counterarguments, unnecessary time squandering, all such absurdity would've ceased to exist if they've ever tried to understand Linux the way you described Linux here, in the first two minutes. It doesn't take an extensive amount of time to figure out how Linux works intrinsically and how it differs across providers depending on their target, usually known as "distros". Probably those who know Linux never tried to explain it to themselves as easily as you did in this video so that they could describe Linux better without that excessive discord we get to see these days on the internet. What you posted one year ago is getting more crucial day by day.
@theol1044 Says:
Why do my posts that distrotest (as shown at 3:37) is dead and the domain has been gobbled up by some spammer keep disappearing?
@pasos22 Says:
Next step: build a proper Linux mint pc in a small case (like the wonderful thermal take element q ftom your videos but that exact model is not available any more).
@pasos22 Says:
Thanks to your videos I'm giving Linux Mint a serious trial as windows 11 is getting ever more irritating and "invasive". There are a few utilities and programs not available on Linux but only about a handful. I'll keep windows on my main desktop pc (also need it for my job) but have installed Linux on a laptop. So far with success and I avoid the annoyances of windows (constant notifications, pushing to buy stuff, onedrive hijacking my folders etc etc etc). Linux has it share of annoyances but less so than windows 😊
@skia5635 Says:
It's GNU, not G N U.
@gowthamsp1219 Says:
Linux survival guide 3 want
@markhackney3305 Says:
Mister Fiat is bang on the money. We learned to live with win10. win 11 is the last straw. I'm 'techy' enough to adopt Linux, but my wife isn't. So it is encouraging to see Linux distros stepping up to the mark for casual users. 3 years of further development before win10 eol, and I'm sure I can make it painless for her. Great job on this and all your videos.
@rudiansyahsyah9738 Says:
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@minty_Joe Says:
I like the way your videos are presented. Some may not agree with me, but that's okay. I've been a Linux user and manager for about 10 years. I've noticed that getting into Linux is easier now than it was in the past. They're definitely "ready-for-prime-time", despite the constant changes. Like how the chorus in the Beatles song "Getting Better" goes, it is very true.
@jamesdecross1035 Says:
Yay, a series on Linux – really helpful. Thank you!
@canalsenhorpezinho Says:
Good
@helpwork1 Says:
first step to use ubuntu, it to remove snap, updates without asking is not a good thing. also snap use huge ammounts of memory and cpu.
Let's say i want to use old version of server on Desktop, that snap will kill my version.
@khudzul5594 Says:
Thanks!
@waltherchemnitz Says:
So this is going on 6 months later. I switched to linux at the end of 2019 when I built my first computer in forever. I never looked back. I rarely touch the terminal. I've installed programs with Wine 7, and if I need it I have a VM of windows 10. I started that up after 3 weeks just to let it update. And since the beginning of the Pandemic I've used this PC for gaming. I had the time, so I solved that problem for myself. Now Valve is solving that problem for everyone with the Steam Deck and SteamOS 3.
Never been a better time to leave Windows behind.
@oldalaskan4097 Says:
You are an excellent teacher. Thank you.
@kostantinosmag2986 Says:
Nice video
@Tabletop_Epics Says:
Your channel is one of the most informative and useful in all of YouTube. Thank you for your content and the education you so clearly and expertly provide.
Whenever I need a bit of encouragement in my quest to learn about technology I watch your channel. It helps every time.
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