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How do you know somebody uses Arch? - He's gonna tell you. ;-)

Me: Installs Linux Also me: Installs Visual Studio Code

Him: I prefer privacy Also him: *uses chrome*

Six months ago I decided to try dual booting just out of curiosity. I'm studying software engineering and I thought I should at least know my way around Linux. Two days ago I completely moved to Linux because I just fell in love. No more windows for me, thank you very much.

"privacy" *uses chrome*

Man's looking like Gilfoyle from the silicon valley show with the long hair and beard.

As a beginner going through the odin project, they require Linux for the program and I've found it to be absolutely amazing

I prefer linux over windows, but while I used windows, I did find that you could completely disable all tracking and telemetry through the registry, which can be confusing and daunting if you don't know how the registry works, so its just easier to run Linux on your system, personally Manjaro is my favorite distro

Windows: requires patience Mac: requires 💰💰 Linux: Requires Skills

"Why do you code on Linux?" Me: why would i code on anything else?

Watching on my Linux Mint 20 desktop right now. Also, bought a Raspberry Pi so I run the Raspberry version there too. As a regular desktop it has been my main OS for 5 years now. I have resurrected several older machines to make them useful again with some lighter distro's as well.

As a game/game engine developer I write 90% of my code on windows and run wsl to make sure it’s cross platform and works on linux as well. Windows is almost always the target platform as a game developer. Visual studio and it’s set of tools is pretty much the industry standard. That being said when I used to do web dev I worked exclusively on linux. It’s just so much faster to do everything from a console and it’s usually simpler too. Point is, don’t force yourself to use any platform because you “know” it’s better. Use the right one for the job.

Thank you Bertram Gilfoyle!

Never heard of Windows. jk, We have Windows here in the wall :p

I'm slowly starting to realize the benefits of programming in Linux. Gcc and G++ come by default, they are a pain to install on Windows, and programming UART communication in an app is also much more straight forward, not to mention you can open a serial port on the command line with a simple command.

Switch fairly recently. Mostly been tinkering with code on windows. After switching things are simpler. Yes, I have had to adjust to learning commands that does what I want. But after a learning a few commands it's pretty straightforward.

*TLDW* - Privacy (also telemetries not hogging the system) - Customizability (build it for yourself) - "Terminal" (rather the command line package manager and bash)

Just started using Linux, its kinda like Christmas as a child trying all the various distros you dont know which one to open next

Hi ForrestKnight, Thanks for a helpful video tips about the OS to for the programming. Keep up the good work. I am just into the programming industry, and been studying for a year now. I am learning new things everyday, however during the study I came across to an issue about using which operating system is better. I know now that Linux is one of the best if not the best platform to learn how to code for both study and work. I am now a Windows user, and I am looking for ways to install the Ubuntu OS in my Windows system, but then I saw another video. It is said that installing the Ubuntu as a secondary OS or dual boot to the same computer isn't that good as there will be problematic later in the future. With another video suggested that having the Ubuntu OS installed separately to an external SSD drive and make portable is the best way to do, however I am still a bit in doubt weather which options should I go for in terms of the OS installation. Could your perhaps give me an advice on this? Much appreciated.

I was using arch linux installed from scratch, but I didn't like having zero-configuration there instead of just the default one. That's why I prefer other distros like fedora for example.

I use arch btw

When the games become really stable on linux, or actually coded for it, then it will be a very very bad news for windows

I love how this was a huge ad for that " privacy " app or whatever...

8:23 - "All of that dosen't feel right to me on windows" - exactly the same felling dude.

It'd be nice to see a video once you're done with your customized Arch Linux, a bit of how to build it and stuff :) Thanks for the great work again :D

I like your channel. I'm an old person (31 lol) switching careers and have a year or so left on my CS degree. It's nice to get a perspective from someone who's reasonable and in the field. Thanks.

Do you use wayland or x11 for your multi monitor setup? I get uneven font size when I use linux with my laptop and extended monitor. Or else I have to settle with blur text by using fractional scaling.

thanks bro, have both systems running but wasnt sure which to start a new big project.

I'm glad Privacy is getting their word out. Another UKpostsr I watch was sponsored by them, and it's one of the first times I've actually gone out and gotten what a UKpostsr sponsor promoted. Very useful. You got one of the best sponsors, man.

Another reason for Linux is if you're doing anything with Docker. Sure, you can run Docker on Mac or Windows, but it isn't a real native OS-based container, it uses a behind-the-scenes Linux VM. On Linux, you're getting a native, kernel-supported containerized environment.

I still prefer windows. Mainly because that's what i'm used to and it works well for me. I'm more concerned about being able to be productive quickly. I find that with linux/macos I get caught up in details all the time that lower my productivity. I guess if I gave it some time i'd get used to that and learn to work around it, but why bother when windows works fine.

I'm fully expecting more and more people switching to CLI systems in the future. However, the command line *interface* they'll be using will be more like writing commands to ChatGPT.

5:10 Another good tip: if that pc was running Vista or older versions of Windows don't bother finding that activation code.

As a C++ Programmer my answer is "valgrind" and codecoverage (on windows only in the enterprise visual studio not the free community). So algorithms always developed on Linux and than i reboot into windows to add GUI.

Regarding gaming on Windows: thanks to the steam deck, valve has been working hard on SteamOS, which is a linux distro customized for gaming. While you still might run into games which dont run well on SteamOS, the vast majority do. Furthermore, if you have amd hardware (especially gpu), it is very well supported on SteamOS since the steam deck utilizes an AMD APU. So don't let gaming, hold you back if you are thinking about giving Linux a try, because every year that passes SteamOS is in a better state (it is already in a good state mind you).

I think major point is missing. Packets management and distribution. Usually if you want something - you have it in your distro repo, or community repos or flat pack. And you know what that it's reliable and secure. It's just like having steam for all the soft you have.

On desktop, I never had issues with Linux, but on laptops I have always had some issue with function keys, and/or trackpad.

Would be cool to see a video about you building up your arch linux customization.

I'm so tempted to start the arch journey just to be able to say the thing. But I'll stay with mint until i'm better at coding and have real use cases for an advanced linux distro. Thx for the insight!

Is Windows 'crashing' to the point that you have to do a clean install even a thing still? I don't think I've had to do that since like Windows Vista...

The only valid argument is, the package manager. Bash is available on Windows and works well -- coming from someone who's been using Linux since 0.99 release! Working in WSL2 is like working on Linux to be. And putty is brilliant, by far the best terminal program ever, and I coded a whole C++ socket server for a medication order picking robot in vi (not vim) through putty working on a SCO machine of our client. The reason why I use linux to code, is ease of us. My compilers g++, gcc, clang-* are just there when I install the developer suite. And when I need Cmake or some obscure development library a single line will do. But when you do anything other than C/C++ it doesn't make a difference. Especially when you are on JAVA or JS or PYTHON which have their own package managers.

Great video, but I think you missed a couple big points! 1. You mentioned Linux is used on tons of web servers. The point you missed is this: naturally, if you're already working in a similar environment, getting a web server running is less of a server admin job and more of a job of understanding which distro and package manager is installed. If you're working in Windows, WSL fakes a Linux shell, but it's far from it. I'm a Ruby/Rails developer, and it's amazing the amount of issues people have getting the basics installed with WSL. It's just not right. And, unfortunately, people that want to experiment end up getting turned off by WSL. WSL is kind of the anti-Linux. 2. I know you might jest, but macOS is, IMO, the step between Windows and Linux. macOS runs a fully-featured zsh shell (used to be bash, which is what most Linux shells run, but you can always change it) out of the box. The addition of iTerm and the homebrew package manager makes the terminal every bit as powerful as Linux. No, you can't customize things anywhere near as much, and you can't do certain things on a system level, but I don't have time to mess around with how my UI looks, or tweak the performance on my Wifi card, let alone reinstall distros or window managers on a whim. I have a wife and a kid and a business. Sure, it's fun to mess around with, and my backup computer runs Linux since it's so old, and it's great. But I can get up and running with my dev environment every bit as fast on macOS as I could on Linux, and everything will (99% of the time) just work. Similar to Linux, a smaller user base results in less security issues, but, like Windows, you do have to wait for a security patches if necessary. Also, similar to Linux, privacy is a huge priority, but, similar to Windows, that doesn't stop you from installing Google Chrome with all its tracking stuff either. I know some people are really anti-macOS. And that's fine. You use what works for you. If that's Linux, Windows, macOS, or, heck, running a virtual terminal on an iPad into a Linode server, good on you. I'm not here to argue the merits of one OS over the other - at the end of the day, they can all accomplish the same thing. Well... except WSL. That sucks.

Most of the software I wrote years ago ran on IBM mainframe, Unix, and Windows. Most of the software I use (but didn't write) in consulting work runs on Windows, MacOS, and Linux. All written in Fortran, C, or C++.

Hey, Thanks for the video. I use Linux on VM, and wanted to know good ide’s to use on it?

[2nd!] Also, Trying out The Open Source Computer Science The first 2 Weeks with CS50 Been Awesome! (Yes, I Saw Bill Gates With Linux PC ;) 4:09)

I actually have had linux crash on me and take a whole day to fix. Every time though, it has been because of complications with the NVidia driver which is not open sourced. Each time I've learned more about backups and saving my files somewhere secure so that when I do need to roll back or start over from scratch, it is less catastrophic. If you're running linux with an NVidia driver, especially if you're asking it to do CUDA programming and handle multiple displays at the same time, LEARN HOW TO USE BACKUPS!!!

you can use the command in powershell to disable the data collecter "Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DataCollection" -Name "AllowTelemetry" -Type DWord -Value 0 "

Is it possible already to switch a keyboard layout with ctrl+shift combination without additional problems on Linux? xD

I’m running Linux on a vm and already love the terminal, but now I think I’m sold!

would u compare it to Mac OS please in future video - or at least ur thoughts and experience

have you tried davinci resolve for video editing? if all the open source video editors are not professional enough for you, this might be

So to download something on linux you need to beforehand google what to type on your command line, then what's the difference with having to search for a program in Windows and installing it from their website? To me it definitely has been more of a pain in the a** having to find the command that I need to type for the terminal I have in my linux distro than having just to google the program name in windows case

The funny thing is I do all my Dev on my Manjaro linux no dual boot for me...

Thanks brother for showing authentic content, and also I think windows has become more open minded and is focusing on making windows look more light weight.

I tried linux for a while, I really liked the terminal but had a major issue with device drivers and the fact that I have to dual boot it since I need windows too for things like gaming. There was always some kind of error everytime I booted linux, and although they were temporarily fixable, it would take 15-20 minutes everyday or sometimes even hours. I tried clean installing and had the same problems, and that coupled with the fact that visual studio for windows had everything that forced me to use linux, I no longer use it.

Love this, I also program on Linux so much better! Hey dude where did you get you mic stand that clips on your monitor can you share a link? Cheers!!!

I just found this gem of a UKposts channel and I'm already enthralled. Leaving a random comment for the UKposts algorithm :)

I normally use a Mac and have a spare compute that dual boots to Windows 10 and Ubuntu. See that you prefer Arch Linux, probably have to take a look at that as well. Would love your take on Windows vs Linux vs OSX 😆

but WSL is by microsoft right, why not with GitBash? or if i'm mistaken have you tried Git Bash instead of WSL? I had problems with WSL especially I installed docker on windows. but nothing with Git Bash.

i just saw your vids. thanks for the content actually very fun to watch

Bro, your beard isn't nearly long enough to be using Arch. 😂

I love linux and used to run ubuntu or arch as my main system. I switched back to Mac OS after running an update in Ubuntu and losing my WIFI for the first half of a day on a client's jobsite. Now I run the only good OS there is. Emacs

depends.. code what? the closer you can get dev environment to production environment the less calls about your code doing something it didn't do on your machine you will get on friday afternoon.

i have a old pc (core 2 duo + 2gb of ram ddr3 ) i want to install linux but i'm afraid to install it ,but what should I do? , help me.

You didn't mention which distro you are using... I was waiting for that!

4:08 imagine me trying to screenshot that meme but actually got that picture that only occupies like 5 frames.

I kinda let coding slip away, my desk with 3 monitors eaten by mold, my laptop is 25 years old, my 5 year old smart phone is the fastest system I've ever owned.... But anyway, I still got that bug bugging me to debug. I tried temunx , userland apps, cool, a web server on my phone, cool... But going further, learning how to do a driver , the hard stuff, on a phone that hasn't been routed, crashing, ECT, not working out... So, my point, question, What happened to that qemu app? Within the context of that environment, full emulation, I figure I could get something done, get my hands wet again, maybe catch up a little... So, any recommendations?

I've been doing c++ etc on mac for 10 years after Windows. I setup Linux Mint Mate last week on an old HP laptop and trying to get it setup has been pretty annoying. The terminal in vscode and Intellij give errors building cmake in the integrated terminal while the stand-alone terminal works fine. Not much in the way of support online to figure out the issues.

6 months ago I started learned programming language c++ :) I like watching you :) thank you for your YT work 👏👏👏

I replaced all the windows in my house with linuxes. Now no one can see in.

only reason you need: most deployments for the past 10+ years are all linux on the backend be it vm or container, it turns out it's very convenient to code on the same os as the target platform

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For my work I have to use almost exclusively Linux systems, but personal projects I code on my Windows 10 machine. I like them both, although Windows 10 does require a lot more effort for the same experience

Dang, that privacy thing is really cool!! Thanks for representing linux. I use Parrot and ubuntu and I love them. I'm not gonna lie, I do use windows a lot for coding since my school website and stuff doesn't work very well within linux but any other project and security related thing I will do in linux.

I truly am happy you mentioned Adobe I think atm it is the only reason I still hang around on windows. Although dual boot is cool the amount of times I have had to fix grub (most likely because of a windows update) just makes it not even close to worth it for me.

The only thing that makes me unable to use linux is my 2008 laptop has a silicon integrated system gpu SIS MIRAGE 3+ 672mx Which just doesn’t work well with any linux distro debian or other Its really frustrating that i am forced to use a OS that I don’t like

Ok man, that was a smooth as transition.

I don't think you mentioned it, but the availability of languages from day one is good with Linux - e.g. you can run code. When I was on Windows, it took a bit of messing around to work with some languages, especially Web development - it is not built into Windows (or at least was not) and Windows server is quite different to Windows desktop editions and most people will not have it either.

your sponsor segue was so good that sponsorblock doesn't block it (yet, as I write this)

My number one issue with programming on linux is literally specifically for arch based disros- theres no ide for C# that works natively. Yea monodevelop doesent work on arch for some reason and now i cant use NuGet packages (yes please help i just wanna make a discord bot)

i seriously need to get into linux and coding, something ive been putting off forever

I’m assuming Linux is what you use on your PC. What about your laptop? I remember from your old videos that you used to have a MacBook Pro at one point.

4:09 Saw that even when playing at 2x speed ;) Ofc had to slow down to read it.

I do think that the lack of available hacks is not due to Linux having less users, since as you said, almost all online servers are Linux, making exploits very usable for hackers. I think the security comes from being an open source kernel, with an open source os on top of it, with most of it‘s usage being in high security scenarios, like using it as a web server. Point is still valid though, good video, and I think the same

That segway though, man you nailed it😂👍🔥

I agreed with most of this video except of the WSL2.0 part. I'm a very heavy terminal user and to be honest, Windows Terminal is a fucking Godsend to me. It IS linux, even allows me to install my choice of distro's, Ubuntu, Kali, it doesn't care. It's a terminal, and it saves my preferences in a JSON. This allows me to install shit on top of it such as StarShip, to make it look pretty, nice fonts because I'm not a fucking heathen working on terminal, I'm a human and I'd also like nice fonts thank you very much. Microsoft has gone to insane lengths with WSL and Windows Terminal to make all of that a reality, and for me it is, it really is. Sure, you need to do some work, but they do enable you to customise it to your likings, powerfont and glyps and the whole shit, you just need to take the time to do it, and then, in my professional opinion, there is no reason anymore to go for a macbook OR a full linux machine, Windows has it all built inside and on top of it, you can get a 100% functional linux terminal (even better if you go to town styling it) experience wihin windows using WSL2.0 and Windows Terminal. My two cents.

i have watch many videos about this topic, but most of them just mention about the benefits of linux instead the reason to use for coding... yours just straight to the point.. thanks for this video

Still waiting on your full arch setup video!

I liked and Commented for the UKposts Algorithm , because you deserve it... I learn alot from you

just installed linux after a friend recommended it for programming. I'm digging it so far!

Just liking the video for the LTT reference.The transition was smooth by the way.

Compiling anything on Windows outside of my own Visual Studio projects has been a nightmare every single time

I once tried for 30 minutes to edit a text file during a college project where I had to use a laptop with linux on it. After that I tried for 1 hour to install a text editing program

You mentioning the Linux terminal reminds me of the time my CS teacher gave us instructions to set up C/C++ in our dev environments. Windows - A page and a half showing where to get the right compiler/SDK, how to set env paths, permissions to run, getting the shell/IDE and configuring that. Linux/Mac - Open terminal. apt-get install gcc

Linux is also my preferred work environment for programming. But if you use homebrew you can get cool stuff, like mc, ncal, htop zsh and more - on mac.

What do you think of MacOS? I personally only use it on my old MacBook that I got from my mother. I am really plesently surprised, as a Linux user

As an Ubuntu (20.04) user, I approve Linux as the programmer's OS. And this video! 😁 And for all those who said that they were "first". I beat ya'll to it! 😜

does anyone have an actual feasible way to get office programs on linux. that is the only thing keeping me on windows today and I have tried MULTIPLE ways to get office on linux without success. I am fine not using the most modern version of the office programs as long as they aren't too old. Also no, I cant use the office online tools because especially for the work I do the online version of excel is too slow or won't allow large file sizes. Any ideas or suggestions for where I can continue looking?

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