 You know there was a time period and really not all that long ago where I was quite happy using Windows and I Will also admit that there was a time period back in college when I was a very happy Mac user But since 2017 I have become a Linux user And I have to say this and this is kind of the point of the video for today is that Linux has ruined me for other operating systems And it's not even just the proprietary ones that I'm talking about really. It's all other operating systems So today I want to talk about why that is but before we do if you leave a thumbs up on this video I'd really appreciate it. It really does help the channel So like I said at the beginning there was a time period in my life In fact the vast majority of my life where I was a perfectly happy Windows user I started out with Windows 98. Oh, I mean I suppose technically I used earlier versions of Windows back in like elementary and middle school But my my personal computing at home started with Windows 98. I use Windows XP I used Windows 7 and 8 and 10 You know I was a Windows user just like the vast majority of computer users out there and even when I dabbled in Linux back in 2003 I Eventually came right back to Windows. So I was a naive and oftentimes sheepish follower of the Windows way of life and Life was good, you know, I got through college that way and it was all okay, but since 2017 I've switched to Linux and like I said, it has ruined me for other operating systems I've tried Windows again over the course of the last few years Not necessarily because I wanted to switch to Windows but because there are certain aspects of the Windows Ecosystems that even draw in Linux users things like being able to game in certain aspects where you can't do that on on Linux like there are still some games despite the prevalence of proton that you can't play on like you have to play them on Windows and You know, I was drawn to the Windows side of things for that reasons I've also I also still support other people who use Windows So oftentimes I have to go use Windows to help them out or provide technical support So there are times where I find myself using Windows and each time that I do I find myself wondering How I was ever happy using Windows because and it's not even I know the Windows guys out there all saying well That's because you're a Linux fanboy, which is true, of course It's because you know, you've been brainwashed by the free software foundation or something I don't know but the that it's not even that Windows is bad Which I do think Windows is bad, but the real reason why I say that is because Windows does things in such a different way than Linux does that I feel constrained. I feel Boxed in and I don't feel good about using Windows and it's not because it's you know proprietary It's because it's just the way that they do things are so completely different than what the way Linux does things You know and I think there's no better Example of this than the file system itself now we were talking about file systems You know Matt he's got a nerd out about file systems in basically every video But the point I'm trying to make here is that Windows does things in a certain way Like you have the C drive and then you know the D drive and then you know the eDrive and all this stuff And they have the way they store the user files and the program files and all this stuff, right? And we're not even talking about the deep-down technology of like fat 32 or NTFS or any of those things like that We could get into those if we wanted to really nerd out about it But you know how they Windows has a certain way of storing and organizing files That is completely different than the way Linux does it right everything on Linux is a file and it is a Way of organizing files that just makes so much more sense to me than the way they do it on Linux So I find this such a compelling example because it is such a different way of doing things and Whenever I switch back and forth I find myself thinking wow Why does Windows do this one thing that way when it makes so much more sense to do it the way that? Linux does it and it's obviously not the only example things like installing software like everyone who's ever used Windows has seen a wizard before like and the thing about the wizard installation Paradigm is that it hasn't changed in literally 30 years in fact some of them look 30 years old So if you've ever had to install like a printer driver even recently a lot of those printer driver Installation sessions or whatever look exactly like they did in Windows 98 using the exact same UI and everything right? They haven't changed ever. It's nuts Windows install software in a completely different way They have executables and stuff again while Linux has Binaries they're not really the same thing an executable still has to be installed the binary can just be run right? so there's there's differences there and All of this comes down to is that the two ways of doing things that we have Or that we're comparing here are completely or at least feel completely different when you switch between Both of them now Obviously there's a third platform out there that you got to talk about and that's Mac and Mac does things and are Really weird way if you've ever used a Mac before their installing of applications is also not really installing although they do have Wizard installation on Mac. So if you've ever installed like Microsoft Office on Mac, there's actually I Got to remember I haven't used Mac in probably ten years So maybe they've changed this but it used to be you had to go through an install process for office on Mac But mostly installation of software on Mac is a drag-and-drop Scenario kind of like you would have to deal with with app image on Linux So you take a pre-configured container of the pack of the application and drag it to your applications folder and that Installs it right. That's what you do. So they do things in a little bit different way than windows so every all of these platforms do things in slightly different ways and Like I said at the beginning. It's not even that I've been ruined just for the proprietary Operating systems out there. I've also been ruined for other open source Operating systems. So like BSD. I've tried BSD a little bit I've been asked several times both on YouTube here and on my discord server to try out certain flavors of BSD and every time that I try They do things in just a slightly different way than Linux and there's different little pieces and stuff because they're obviously not the same thing You know BSD and Linux not the same thing So they're going to do things different ways But I prefer the way Linux does things so much that it makes it so hard for me to switch back and forth between any other operating system I just prefer Linux so much and I don't know whether not to be okay with this way of doing things or I don't know whether not to be Okay with this state of affairs I should say or if I should feel sad that I can't go experience other operating systems and be okay with it right and Obviously, there's the whole proprietary stuff that we could talk about if we wanted to talk about how Windows is proprietary garbage and tracks you left right and center. Obviously all that stuff is bad But just because that stuff is bad doesn't make windows automatically bad There's a lot of software out there that is good. That is also privacy nightmares So we know that that exists just because something is proprietary doesn't automatically make it bad or at least That's my has always been my argument, but in windows case it's proprietary and bad And also I would argue so completely different than the way Linux does things that it makes it hard to switch back and forth So back in the day and not even really all that long ago When people who use Linux would give advice to those people who are switching to Linux One of the things that they'd say is that if you can't let go of your windows partition or your windows install to Dual boot right you dual boot on the same hard drive You'd switch back and forth and you'd only use windows when you absolutely had to you'd have that windows partition There's kind of a fallback for me personally as I get further and further into using Linux It becomes less and less of a thing for me to actually want to or be able to switch back to windows even for things that I might kind of have to do so so The reason why all this came up was because I am a big hearthstone player I love playing hearthstone for those of you guys who don't know hearthstone is a Trading card game. Basically. It's a competitive card game And I've been playing it basically since it came out and I think I actually think it came out in 2017 to be honest with you it's been around for quite a while and I've been playing it ever since and well in on certain distributions You can get hearthstone to play inside of a bottle or inside Lutris or even inside steam on open Suza It is damn near impossible and I have not actually been able to be successful in getting it to play and I really want to play Hearthstone, so what did I do? I decided I was going to install windows just for this one purpose and my experience in doing so led me to this pondering of how different Linux and windows actually are and my response to that those differences because I find myself more and more like I said Ruined by Linux Linux and it sounds it sounds weird to put it that way, but Linux is in my opinion just so far superior to Everything else whether it's Mac Windows BSD. It's just so good And I when I say that you guys got to remember it's a opinion. Okay, so this is just me, right? Also, it's very Personal right so Linux is perfect in the way it does things for me And what I think one of the hardest things that a Linux youtuber or Someone who is an evangelist for open-source software or whatever position you find yourself in if you're someone who tries to get other People to use Linux and open-source software I think one of the hardest things we have to do is realize that our workflow and things that work for us and Things that we consider damn near perfect aren't That way for other people so every time I encounter a windows person the first Instinct I have is to mock them now Maybe this says something about my personality. It's entirely possible that it does But every time I actually Encounter a windows person, which is pretty often given the fact that windows is very popular I do have that first instinct to mock them like ha ha ha you use windows and Usually in this situation, it's not that I'm talking to a person who only uses windows Usually it's people who use Linux the vast majority of the time But can't ditch windows for whatever reason right and usually I have to Quell my instinct to be not kind to those people like how dare you are not how not really how dare you But how can you possibly want windows anywhere near your perfect Linux installation? but I it's Come to a situation where I've started to think that We have to empathize with people who do have to still use Linux just like I still have to use Google for work, right? I don't want to use Google. It's obviously Stealing and eating all of my data and I'm never going to be private ever again because they know literally everything about me That's absolutely true, but I still have to use it There are people out there in the same situation with windows and I have to I have to and we kind of have to Just at least somewhat empathize with these people and maybe it feels kind of sending to say feel sorry for them Because I you know you shouldn't I mean it's an operating system You know how to feel sorry for them, but it does it is kind of that situation We're like, you know I kind of feel sorry if you're one of those people who really want to switch to what Linux But you can't because you can't either something you have to use Windows for Or maybe you have to use Windows for work or whatever situation like I do feel sorry for you, but also I understand that those situations exist and Not gonna be an asshole about it Just use Linux as much as you can but it goes back to just to make this all about me again and Continuing my rambling on because I have only been going on for about 20 minutes and literally said zero things of substance I Find myself Unable to switch back and forth and I suppose there's a part of me That's just a tad bit jealous of those who can switch back and forth between the platform forms and be happy about it I it's not as if I can't do that I just can't be happy about it because because of the differences I talked about earlier Because of the proprietary nature of Windows and all that stuff So I guess at the end of the day I'm feeling a little sorry for myself because I couldn't stick around in Windows to actually play Hard stones for very long because of course it had to update three times during the time I was using it and it reminded me why I use Linux every single day So that is a long rambly video if you have made it all the way to the end I applaud you and I also thank you so very much if you like this video leave a thumbs up on this video I'd really appreciate it. 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