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video hello guys and gals me mudahar and

delete Windows today and switch to an

open source future right now ladies and

gentlemen I talk about Linux all the

time and I guess on Reddit I guess on a

lot of these platforms I've been kind of

considered the Linux Jehovah's Witness

which isn't wrong okay like bro I could

come across a car accident with the most

tragic stuff going on and I'd still walk

up and say by the way officer I use Arch

Linux okay it's kind of like a right of

passage now I understand I don't talk

about Linux because I'm some kind of

counterculture nut job uh you know just

out there like I don't do it just

because of the meme I actually use it

literally because uh I don't like

Microsoft sitting on top of my computer

now when I build my computer right I I

put the hardware in and the only thing

that I cringe harder is once you've all

accumulated all of your cool graphics

cards your your processors your RAM

everything you put your dream computer

together now you got Microsoft's bloated

stink sitting right on top of it now

obviously Windows works for most people

and that's why it's used by what like

70% of the desktop market share but

Linux is growing all right we're above

4% now which never would have been

thought of years ago thanks to companies

like valve big actual like Tech firms

the actual push for Linux is pretty

evident okay okay I'm not saying it's

the year of the Linux Des desktop or

anything I'm saying that we're getting

closer to a future where Microsoft has

some healthy competition and competition

is good for everyone right like we can

all understand that now one of the

reasons I don't use Windows is because

of its weird Telemetry it's spying and

the fact that they're introducing

pointless features like AI basically

being forced into my installation now

that said Microsoft Windows has this

advantage of basically being entrenched

I believe the reason why Windows is so

popular personally is because it just

comes pre-installed on every computer

your mom and dad buys right your

grandparents buy you buy at a store

think about it like this you go buy a

Dell computer an Alienware alware

whatever you're buying any gaming

computer on the market even from like

you know vendors who build PCS for you

they usually give you an option to pay

an extra 50 bucks and buy Windows on top

of it but they never tell you we'll

install Linux for you and they got no

reason to Windows has this benefit of

basically being entrenched in a way that

uh no other operating system has Mac OS

only is able to be sold is because they

sell MacBooks with the stuff

pre-installed ready to go and there's

very little if any Linux actual like uh

you know uh Linux companies that release

Linux on actual builds you can buy

pre-built stuff like system 76 PCS and

so on and so forth but beyond all of it

it's basically meant for you to install

and understand yourself and Linux has

kind of a weird WAP like if you actually

search up Linux and scroll down a little

bit you'll find stuff like this this SC

this scares people okay this video that

I'm making is meant to be an entry point

for people who just want to start

specifically people in my audience that

like gaming some of you might like

streaming some of you just want an

actual comp competitive piece of

operating system but you you want to

understand how to get get into it and

and and people who try to jump into the

Linux Community unfortunately there is a

bit of elitism there is a bit of people

who want you to be computer science

experts uh and not just regular computer

users this video is meant to be a very

simple get in and understand it's meant

for people who have no knowledge about

what Linux is but yeah anyways when you

look up Linux on the internet you'll

probably look at results like is Linux

legal or illegal like dog if that's the

SEO we're working with it's not good

when you look up Linux on YouTube you'll

find plenty of great channels but one of

the only criticisms I have of some of

these actually great channels is that a

lot of their content is not exactly

geared towards somebody new it's always

geared towards bringing in Linux

commands or or or this kind of stuff

scares the average person you understand

like nobody wants to look at a network

terminal a terminal like simulator from

like back in the '90s brought today

you're going to be messing with it but

honestly we're just here to dive into

Linux fresh and ready to go all right

for somebody who has no experience

anyways introduction aside let's talk

about how to find your version of Linux

so what is Linux now Linux according to

the old Wikipedia is a family of open-

source Unix like operating systems based

on the Linux kernels and they're

typically packaged as a Linux

distribution so a Dro is important to

understand Linux comes in various

different shapes and forms so this list

right over here ladies and gentlemen is

all the different types of Linux

distributions you can download and

install today now you might be looking

at this list and going oh my God what do

I pick where do I begin so one of the

things that I always find to be a bit of

an issue when it comes to Linux is one

of the first mistakes people make is

they type in hey Linux 4 insert blah

blah blah tasks because there's not one

specific distribution people will try to

find the one that's best for them so

again there are distributions with their

own pros and cons but generally my

opinion you want to go with the one

that's most popular in a general sense

so things like auntu things like mangaro

Linux Mint which is what we're going to

be using for this video to give you an

example even if you like scroll down and

look through you know just a random Tech

website like here's top seven best for

gaming you'll open this up and you'll

realize okay well they're just giving me

the general choices like auntu or Fedora

and mangaro literally everything that

we've mentioned so and so far so again

don't get confused by of this like you

know these these blogs or whatever just

go with one of the more popular websites

or the most popular distributions all

you have to do is get one that's

well-maintained that's it you can always

tailor any distribution for any specific

purpose by yourself as well so here's

Linux Mint an operating system for

desktop and laptop computers it's

designed to work out of the box so again

all you need to do is go to their

website and it looks incredibly simple

they actually have Linux Mint

21.3 Virginia is what they call it now

over here they say they're good for

multimedia gaming web productivity web

design give it a try you'll love it so

again how to get this going is basically

hit that big juicy download button and

here you got multiple different options

now every different Linux distribution

comes with further changes to the

desktop environment the desktop

environment is the user interface you're

using as you browse and use your

operating system so some desktop

environments are built for people that

are coming from Windows right like KDE

plasma uh gnome for instance well that's

not really all that windows but then

you've got people who are Mac OS users

and they might be using Mac OS oriented

desktop environments hell there are

desktop environments for people who just

want their computer to look like a

Windows 98 system it's actually insane

the amount of customizability people in

the Linux Community Call It ricing

Whatever where they actually customize

their desktop to the point where it's

like wholly their own we're not going to

go into it because honestly I don't do

it I don't really care I just like using

my computer okay but anyways you've got

options like cinnamon which is what you

want to download you've also got mate

you've got xfce which if you have a

lighter computer if you have a weaker

system an old computer maybe from like a

decade ago this might be a better option

because it uses less resources and if

you've got absolutely new hardware try

the edge ISO but generally if you're in

this just start with cinnamon download

it that's the one that they push the

most now anyways once you've downloaded

it you'll see that you've got a 3 GB

download right here and it's time for

you to actually copy this to an actual

USB drive to install onreal Hardware so

at this moment you want to get an 8 gig

USB drive anything over 8 gigs Works

doesn't have to be massive remember this

is only a 3 gab file so grab a USB drive

and just stick it into any USB port on

your system so as you can see I've got

an actual little USB plugged in and

here's where you're going to get another

piece of software so again on the

internet you want to go and look for

bolina etcher which is basically a

software that's going to be used to

flash this ISO file to the drive in an

incredibly easy manner so go over here

hit up download etcher and basically

find your operating system so if you're

on Windows download the portable

installation and go on forward if you're

on Mac download the Mac installation if

you're on Linux like I am you get the

idea all right so now that you have

bolina etcher what you want to do is you

want to Flash from file so click this

button right over here and what you want

to do is you want to do Linux Mint you

want to actually pick that ISO file

select the Target and this is going to

be the actual USB drive that you plugged

in hit select and just hit flash now

typically you might have to give admin

privileges so just do that hit enter and

it's going to be flashing a drive so

that being said once this drive is

flashed you're going to basically take

it out you're going to go to your

computer and when you restart your

system remember when you see like your

like a manufacturer logo your little bio

screen uh what you want to do is you

want to look somewhere towards the

bottom of that screen and there's going

to be a key command that you'll be

needing to actually go into the boot

menu now sometimes this could be the

delete key sometimes it could be any of

the function keys it could be the scroll

lock key every single motherboard is

different and you might have to do a

little bit of trial and error but

eventually you'll get into the boot menu

or if you get into the actual bio

settings then you can B basically go in

there and uh just select the boot menu

right or you know mess around with that

just that's what you have to do once you

get into the boot menu you have an

option of which drives to boot off of

and if you've done your actual like you

know uh bolina eter stuff right then you

can basically find like USB like Drive

uh partition one Whatever hit enter and

you'll go into an actual boot menu now

I'm going to set up a virtual machine

just to make recording this process a

little easier I'm going to show you the

ENT ire installation process as well it

is incredibly simple actually it's far

simpler than even Microsoft Windows or

Mac so let's let's actually look into it

so once you've actually done your boot

menu stuff right you'll come across this

menu right here so you got a few options

uh start Linux Mint in compatibility

mode OEM Hardware detection boot from

local drive so on and so forth we're

just going to go hit start Linux Mint

and hit enter and what that's going to

do is it's going to start the whole boot

process you'll see the Linux Mint logo

right here give it a few minutes minutes

it'll just go through the initial bootup

uh and you'll be put into what is called

a live CD environment right so this is

where you get to kind of try Linux out

on your system without fully committing

right so usually if you want to just see

how things run you know if everything in

your Hardware is kind of supported this

is basically where you're going to

figure it out right it's kind of a

unique thing with Linux where you can

try before you really commit now of

course what you want to do is you want

to hit install Linux Mint right over

here and you're going to go through this

whole little process mind it's going to

be a little bit slow just because you're

working off of a USB drive not your

traditional ssds or even a mechanical

drive so here the option is select your

language so I'm going to go with English

hit continue it's going to ask you what

your keyboard layout is pick your

keyboard layout hit continue it's going

to ask you uh what your time zone I

think is or no it's going to ask you

install multimedia codecs so multimedia

codecs are required to play some video

formats and to properly render some

websites just hit yes hit continue and

go forward so it's going to prepare a

special set of drivers just for you so

here it's going to ask you the computer

currently has no detected operating

system what would you like to do now you

probably won't see this just because

this is a virtualized machine uh if you

have a Windows system it may ask you hey

you want to install alongside where

it'll partition your system in a way

where you can use Windows and you can

use Linux if you're somebody that plays

games like Rainbow Six Siege or Call of

Duty war zone where the anti-cheats

don't work work underneath Linux you may

consider it beneficial to have a dual

boot system just so you can have the

option of just purely using Windows for

that specific piece of software but

let's say you just want to say [ __ ] it

delete Windows entirely erase the entire

dis and install Linux Mint so once you

hit install it'll give you this final

like little warning it'll be like hey

we're wiping everything are we good to

go give it to you all clear you know hit

that nuke button and then it'll ask you

to pick a country so again you know just

pick your country pick your city and

again It'll ask you what your name is so

you put in your name I'm going to do Tom

all right it's going to give you your

computer name you can put whatever you

want to hear your username I'll just put

Tom your password can be anything do one

two three just for the sake of making

this video it'll tell you the password

is too short and you can even set it to

login automatically but I would not

actually recommend that over here you

can even ask it to encrypt your home

folder if you want the extra layer of

security I'm not going to do it for this

install and that's it you're done you

can walk away you can do whatever you

need to because it's doing the whole

process for you so this is literally how

easy it is to install Linux now what I'm

going to do is I'm going to install it

on this actual laptop that I have just

because I don't want to wipe my entire

computer for a video and then I'm going

to show you how to start getting it set

up so we've done basically the hard part

we've done actually setting it up let's

get to actually setting it up for gaming

streaming and actually understanding how

Linux works works and how to properly

use it for a beginner all right ladies

and gentlemen so now that we're back

here's a fresh lunix mint installation

now starting off the bat this took I

would say less time to install than

Microsoft Windows ever did and the

actual installation looks clean as heck

now one of the first things that I

needed to do obviously to get things

entirely working and this is sorry for

the gorilla videography I had to do this

before I could screen record and use

capture cards uh go into the Linux Mint

bottom left the start button so to speak

and just type in driver to get access to

the driver manager and then over there

what you're going to do is it's going to

autod detect your graphics card so in

this situation it detected at an RTX 27d

mobile all you got to do is install the

recommended version and boom restart

you're good to go your graphic drivers

are there now this is where things are a

little controversial there there are a

lot of Linux users who don't believe

having anything proprietary and non open

source on your system is a good thing

right now I'm one of those people where

I don't give a [ __ ] okay this is my

computer I'm going to use it just like I

want to so there are two options if

you're an Nvidia user you can go the

open- source route which the graphic

drivers are kind of there or you can use

nvidia's proprietary stuff and that gets

you access to things like dlss and a few

technologies that are exclusively for

them the only trade-off is not

everything on your system then is going

to be open source there's going to be

that one proprietary blob from Nvidia

now now if you have an AMD card rest

assured AMD support under Linux is like

a million times better than Nvidia it's

all baked right into the kernel so

you're pretty good in that department

but that's the only caveat that I have

to offer now if anybody on Reddit gives

you crap for this then uh you can just

tell them to you know stick it where the

sun don't shine that said when you start

up your Linux Mint installation it looks

very simple like this okay so what

you're going to do is you're going to go

right to the first steps here and we're

going to walk through this just so

everyone understands what they want to

do so launch the desktop colors and over

here you can pick your color schemes if

you're one of those people where you

think using light mode is a sin then you

can change that right here to dark mode

okay so now you don't have to worry

about it okay it's all changed it's all

better okay so boom now that we're all

basically done there uh you can launch

the system

snapshots which again you have to enter

your pseudo password so whatever

password you set during installation

provide that over here and this is where

it's going to ask you to set up your uh

snapshots now snapshots are like system

restores so if an update goes wrong you

can go open up time shift and revert to

before an update went wrong or when you

installed a very intricate piece of

software so again right here you want to

make sure rsync is enabled that's the

only one here and of course it's going

to do a quick estimation and you're just

going to basically set up a backup

solution right here so here when it asks

you how many levels you want I usually

just keep the default going over here

but I always add like one weekly refresh

as well too just because it's always

fine to have something you know just

just just as a week so hit next and it's

going to ask you home directories

exclude all files so user home

directories are excluded by default so

again this is all primarily meant for

again the system in the background so it

next go through over here setup complete

and hit finish so basically we're all

good we've got our snapshots we're all

good to go you can make one right now if

you wanted uh but generally the system

will just autogenerate

uh when it needs time shift is active

now understandably I personally have

never used it cuz I'm not a Linux Mint

guy but always have a backup solution so

driver manager already kind of covered

it update manager also important so

obviously like most operating systems

whether you use Windows Mac or Linux or

BSD whatever you will come across

updates updates are good make sure your

system is updated so again when you open

up the update manager it'll tell you

this tool provides your operating system

with software and security update so

it's simple right like you know you

don't have to mess around with like a

terminal or anything anything scary so

far all of this is pretty much above

board what you would expect with any

standard computer operating system it's

as simple as Windows or Mac so again hit

okay and what it'll do is it'll start

processing and checking for updat so

it'll say hey a new version of the

update manager is available so just hit

apply the update and of course It'll ask

you for your password so your pseudo

password is like the ultimate you know

it's like the uh Microsoft UAC it's like

the uh you know basically elevating your

permission so obviously updating

packages your system you can imagine you

need to have updated permission so again

provide that password authenticate and

it'll apply all of these updates and

with Linux unlike Windows you can do a

lot of updates just in the background

even updates that need you to restart

your system you can restart whenever you

feel like you want to so you're not

really at the beck and call of Windows

or even Mac so here you can see all the

updates that I still need so again some

of these updates are important uh some

of them are you know just random blips

and blobs what you want to do is you

want to make sure everything is

highlighted and of course it'll tell you

you got 50 updates around 500 megabytes

all you got to do is hit install the

updates and lo and behold you can walk

away it'll tell you that some packages

like Linux headers the Linux image so

these are deep kernel Updates this will

require like an actual full restart so

hit okay give that password once again

and lo and behold this is just how Linux

works okay so again pretty simple so far

so while this is happening right you can

go back to this welcome page and you can

look around things like the system

settings the software manager which

we'll get to after the restart and of

course if you want to add a firewall you

can add a firewall right here and if you

don't want a firewall you can take it

off it's entirely up to you remember

this is your computer you're completely

in control of it okay so now that we we

got the update done can I ever tell you

right now I think it's more exhilarating

than a system update maybe that shows

you how dead inside I am but of course

you might be like all right now Where Do

We Begin okay now this system is

incredibly simple to understand this is

your menu button your start button I

guess we'll just keep it there and of

course here you got a bunch of options

you've got your quick access you've got

that terminal button remember that it's

always there in fact it's literally

right next to the Firefox button you

will need the terminal for if you want

to deal with some like if you want to

deal with some like really important

things uh you know just we'll we'll get

into a lot of this stuff towards the

tail end of the video so here you've got

a bunch of applications already

installed so for instance in accessories

you've got just all these standard

standard applications and again feel

free to look around them as much as you

want you've got graphic tools so if you

want to draw stuff around it comes with

basic tools internet you've got things

like hex chat which is IRC you've got a

torrent client you've got Thunderbird

which is a mail application you've got

Firefox web browser browser so again

what you need to start off with is

already just the web browser this is

pretty much standard for most Linux

installations now you might not be a

furry Fox fan so let's install the web

browser of your choice so for instance

we'll fire up good old Firefox right

here but let's say you want to use

something like I don't know Brave

browser or I don't know if you're

somebody that's a Google Chrome user uh

I consider it personally filthy but you

can go to the Google Chrome website and

it'll give you the option to download