 Hello, how are you doing today? So I have some news for you guys and that is that from next week onwards I'm starting a new show on this channel called back to basics and Getting started with the next back to basics will touch upon some of the basics It's advanced level basic not the very very basic but it's more or less like you know for the user like me how to get most of your system and There I'll cover all three platforms macOS windows analytics and the second series that I'm starting is called Getting started with Linux where I'll go all the way from the beginning What Linux is all about which distributions you should use and how to install it on the system and how to use them and I'll cover you know a variety of distributions depending on which one I choose and So that's going to be next week today I want to talk about one of my favorite distributions that I run on one of my systems. I also maintain Always updated Tutorial about this distribution and if you may have guessed it right is artlinux and as I said, you know while I run, you know Macbook pro 2018 that I just got this is here miss magbook pro 2018 the new one I also have service book 2 and I need these laptops for my film editing needs because Linux as you all know Is not ready in that domain But I also run Linux on my desktop for writing and web browsing Artinic is one of the two distributions that I run all the time and And and you know what by using these two platforms. I also feel that I am very well informed I'm neutral. I'm unbiased and when I share my opinion It's based on actual experience and comparison with our distribution and not somebody who lives under the rock and somebody who has only Used one distribution throughout his life. So that gives me kind of as it makes me a better journey It's as well. But the bigger question here is that why did I choose? artlinux over other distributions what What does artlinux have to offer that others don't have and that's what we're going to talk about today The number one point is it's by the community for the community One of the strengths of artlinux is that it's a pure community-driven project It doesn't play dirty games to generate revenues for its creators and the cost of what's good for its users I'm not even aware of any organizational structure of artlinux. The arch page clearly says that Art survives because of the tireless effort of many people in the community and the core development cycle None of us are paid for our work and we don't have the personal funds to sustain server costs ourselves that Clearly shows that it's a purely Community-driven work and the success of artlinux shows that it has a very successful community behind it But there is a little bit of organizational structure there where they have Release managers and maintainers of the core components such as Pac-Man and main repositories But beyond that It's all for the people by the people and this has been working quite well for a very long time So that's that's one pro why I prefer artlinux actually most of distribution that I choose are the ones that are driven by community The second point that I love our Linux for is that it's kind of pure OS No, I'm not talking about purism OS. I'm when I say pure OS. I means that artlinux doesn't patch much They literally don't patch at all. I mean they do Do some basic patchings, but that is not their core policy They discourage patching as much as possible So what happens is that with artlinux you get more or less like the Android, you know It's talk and draw experience where where you knew use everything from the upstream So when you use a package that is not tweaked it flows down right from the glacier You know you get what the authors of the project intended without any Unnecessary patching by the artlinux community and that's what I want I want to use the experience that the actual author of that project wanted me to have you know Not some middleman is meddling with it The third point that I love I will I will not be doing numbering because there are so many points So when I say third, I'm just saying it But the another point is that artlinux has one of the biggest software repositories there I've been using artlinux since 2011 and I have yet to find a package That is available for some some other distribution, but not for artlinux. Well minus, you know Very distro specific packages But everything is there for artlinux and the credit goes to the kind of mega bank of software packages called AUR or arch user repository. It's more or less like a User-maintained repository that enables users to compile and install packages from source itself So these are not pre-compiled packages, but there is a set of instructions That help you in compiling those packages But the beauty is that you don't have to be linear store worlds to compile these packages It just takes two commands and it's done to make life a bit easier There are actually our helper tools that simplify the process. I used to love Your word or that's what they said, but that has been discontinued But if you go to our helper's page, you'll find there are so many different packages that you can use to very easily compile and Install packages super easy. No problem at all Another thing is that users can vote on these are packages Which actually helps users in knowing because there can be more than one or package because anyone can you know create a package build And it can one can create, you know set of instructions how to install it But voting helps you in identifying which are packages to use because the more votes that package has means is the better package It also helps developers because if there are some packages it becomes super popular Then they may actually be adopted by the artist community and they may actually Enter the official repository, which means you don't have to recompile them yourself the arts community will maintain them At the same time from the box part of view if there are any boxer problems with our packages You will see comments because anyone can add comments there So you can read the comments and fix the problem then in there while you are compiling them one of the packages that gives me some trouble is Blacksmithia server, but every time you run our package You will see users commenting that you know use this this this and it will fix and install it. So there's no problem At the same time artlinux is also one of the distributions one of the in I think some in some cases It actually competes with open suzay tumbleweed But in some cases artlinux is the first distribution where the latest latest packages land first If you are like me and want to test out the latest version of any given software Then artlinux is for you though as I said in some cases tumbleweed may be competing with it, but I think it stays ahead and I'll give you a reason why The another point that I want to highlight is that artlinux has the best and the most comprehensive wiki in the Linux world There used to be time when Ubuntu documentation used to be the best documentation It's not anymore now. It's artlinux and And Because it's all maintained by users and since the users of artlinux are so advanced That they know the problem and they can easily solve the problem instead of asking questions very basic questions So so they go ahead and they keep the documentation updated all the time So you get the best wiki in the world when it comes to Linux world and the another beauty is that these Wikis are not specific to artlinux You can apply the same idea and same concept in your own distribution So for example, if you are worried about how to fix f-stab entry For Ubuntu, you can just go and read artlinux wikipedia Not wikipedia but artlinux documentation or artlinux wiki. I'll put the links below and it will help you Another point is Availability of almost all major desktop environments at your disposal I Feel that you know many Linux distributions are Desktop environment is specific Ubuntu for example uses known, you know Linux Mint Which is a derivative of Ubuntu uses cinnamon and I feel distributions like these who are like derivatives of a derivative should not even exist in the first place Distribution like Linux Mint are better off as a desktop environment than a full-blown distribution They are doing so much unnecessary work. Anyway But that is not the case with artlinux where you don't have to have different flavors to be able to use that particular desktop environment It's desktop agnostic. You can install any supported DE on artlinux at the same time without worrying about breaking anything I Mean just try to install kd plasma on Linux Mint and tell me what happened. So on my Linux Artlinux machine, I have known plasma cinnamon made an LSD install and our works You know without any problem I just log out and log into a different desktop environment So I can use different desktop environment on the same system without having to reconfigure everything all the time So I get a fresh experience every time and I also keep myself updated with us going on there And that leads to the second point which is total user control in Artlinux the user is in control. There is no middleman collecting taxes and tolls There is no business agenda or goals behind the project since you assemble everything Picking and choosing the parts that you want and the configuration that you need for your system It's a system that is designed to serve you as the master and not the makers of the OS So they can generate revenues from it Which is important, you know, that's one of the reasons why I use Linux I don't mind commercialization of Linux, but I also want to have a balance and I find a good balance in our Linux Open Suze Fedora and Ubuntu other distribution. They tend to play some dirty games like Linux Mint One of the most important parts or one of the most important features of our Linux that I love is that It's a rolling release distribution. So once it starts rolling, it never stops I mean, I'm a huge fan of rolling release distribution. That is why I use tumbleweed and I think that Artinix is one of the champions of rolling releases Once you install Artinix, you don't have to worry about Updating it every six months. You're always running the latest packages Whether it's the kernel or the desktop environment or applications And I'm kind of obsessed with updates even my Mac and Windows systems I don't update Once a day to make sure that first of all, I don't have any bugs which can compromise my system Second thing, if developers are working on something new, I want to use it You know the very first day Why should I wait and use a package that was written two years? So new packages Offered so many new features. So I really despise those distribution that discourage people from upgrading their distributions Why? What's the point? Anyway But when you do run a rolling release distribution like Artinix, you are living at the edge But when you're living But when you're using a distribution like Artinix, you're living at the edge You can you can play with packages that are being developed by their creators and developers You don't have to wait for them to be released There are Unstable and testing repositories in Artinix that allow you to test and try packages before they are Actually released and that's what I do most of the time. I must confess that on my system I have unstable repose enabled And that's how I you know rule you know that I keep up myself With the latest packages and nothing breaks to be honest with you And if something breaks you can very easily fix it because you know the internals of the system You don't have to go and google for stuff And that leads to a caveat there which is that Since it's a rolling release distribution where things are you know coming all the time Without much testing by Artinix developers unlike open suzette tumbleweed where everything gets tested So there are chances that things might break if you're playing playing with too many new packages using unstable and testing repositories But the thing is you don't have to worry about broken system because If you're using art, you know that that's part of your life. That's the life style you've chosen And you can very easily fix it At the same time there are tools like clonezilla So you can simply clone your whole system and if something really goes crazy, you can just you know restore from that backup simple so so all in all You you you you get a very well-rounded distribution which gets you the latest The greatest full control over your computing and here are all my final words Once you you go out you'll never go back. That's You should know that once you taste pure Unblooded fully customized system. You won't like distribution that makes decision for you instead of Giving the power to you to make all those decisions. That said Artinix is not for everyone. It does take a lot of efforts And a user's desire to learn and try things out to make it work You need to know stuff or you need to have friends that know stuff I have a lot of friends in the artinix community. Josh is one of my friends there and he's very helpful Whenever I get a problem, I chat with him on google hangout and he helps me in fixing the problems And that's why I love the community because it's very helpful community But you need to be willing to invest time in doing your homework and learning stuff Then they will come and help you So this is a distribution for those, you know, who are willing to to learn and invest time But if you're not willing to learn then it's not for you So the whole point is that if you use Linux, why do you use Linux? What's the point, you know, do you use for privacy? Do you use for control? Do you use for just To show off that? Hey, you know what you guys are using windows, you know use Linux So you that's that really depends on why you use Linux Actually, you know what I should do a video next time Why Why you should use Linux or why you should care about, you know, and what kind of people should not touch Linux at all So that that could be an interesting idea for a video. I can share my thoughts, you know Because over a year I have converted so many users to Linux that I do know where it makes sense Where it doesn't make sense and where a lot of people actually get wrong They use Linux, but they use it more or less like windows XP. What's the point of using Linux? Anyway So the the point with our Linux is that If you want to use our Linux you have to be willing to learn to put efforts and To take control of your computer one thing that is quite clear is when you do all of that You also learn a lot about Linux itself Why because while our Linux is not something where you do everything from scratch, but you do assemble pieces So you do learn about the core components Of a Linux based operating system you get comfortable with it You get familiarized with that during the installation process You know what is f-stab, you know Or how to set time or how to partition a hard drive. So when something breaks You can use that experience knowledge at least you know where the problem is unlike a lot of other Fisher price like distribution Where you have no clue what's going wrong and you simply run to a forum and ask well things like that So so you have to be willing to in this time and the sources in learning about our Linux, but once you do that You also master Linux and I'm telling you from my own experience. I used to run my servers on You know using c panels, you know host gate and everything and once I start using our Linux I now manage my own servers On digital ocean and limit, you know, all I need is ssh and I'm done So so our Linux has taught me a lot about how to actually use the next and I I'm not a sys admin. I'm just a self-learned self-made guy So it taught me a lot. So if you're looking for Looking at a distribution that will also teach you about Linux then our Linux is the right distribution for you So those are my reasons if you happen to be an archaic user, please tell me why do you use Arch Linux and of course welcome, you know, welcome to a club Welcome fellow archers. And if you don't use arch Linux, please also share, you know, what kind of problems you face And why you don't want to use it or which distribution use and why use it That may also help me in my next video where I'm going to focus on Why you should use Linux or you should not use Linux. Anyway, thanks for watching See you in the next video I'll be posting an interview also So what I am doing is I am posting an interview because I travel a lot and I meet a lot of people who are doing open source work Especially companies who are building open source solutions. So I interview them So I'm trying to maintain a balance between the community and the enterprise word on this channel So the next video I'll be posting with a company who does a lot of work in the big data space using open source technologies And I will continue these videos for the community as well And as usual, if you love my work, please don't forget to subscribe to this channel And if you want to support my and if you want to support my work because it's really important because this Work is being funded by you. So please consider becoming a patron. I will post the link to the patron up there I don't know. It's up this side. I don't know whichever you can just look up I'll post the link and also the link will be in the description below Please consider becoming patron so I can continue doing all these great videos for you guys Thanks for watching and please don't forget to let me know what kind of content you want to see here See you next time. Bye for now