WEBVTT 00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:07.359 so many trapped in a world they think they can't escape 00:00:04.319 --> 00:00:09.280 so many with dread in their hearts as 10 00:00:07.359 --> 00:00:14.880 turns to 11. so many unanswered questions 00:00:11.920 --> 00:00:20.160 so many to save for some Linux may be the answer they've 00:00:17.279 --> 00:00:25.039 been looking for and Windows 11 could be their reason to finally try it 00:00:22.240 --> 00:00:28.800 but Anthony you say installing Linux is a complicated and scary process 00:00:28.080 --> 00:00:34.399 well here's the thing it's really not 00:00:31.760 --> 00:00:39.120 so let's go deeper and see for ourselves how easy it really is perhaps as easy as 00:00:37.440 --> 00:00:42.480 checking out our sponsor war thunder war thunder is an online military vehicle 00:00:40.800 --> 00:00:45.920 combat game that is free to play and a lot of fun try for free down below today 00:00:44.480 --> 00:00:48.559 and get some special bonus items just for signing up 00:00:56.000 --> 00:01:01.920 conceptually Linux is very different from Windows pretty much across the 00:00:59.520 --> 00:01:06.880 board some of these differences are primarily visual while others are much 00:01:04.879 --> 00:01:11.600 more fundamental if you've heard of Linux before you've probably heard that 00:01:08.880 --> 00:01:17.119 it's open now evangelists will tell you that that means free is in speech and 00:01:14.880 --> 00:01:20.799 this is true in that anyone can take a look at the source code and modify it as 00:01:18.880 --> 00:01:25.840 they see fit but what it means in practice is that not only is it able to 00:01:23.280 --> 00:01:29.439 support a wide variety of hardware it's also extremely customizable with 00:01:27.920 --> 00:01:33.680 desktops that can mimic the look and feel of any existing operating system or 00:01:31.600 --> 00:01:36.720 be something entirely unique you get control 00:01:34.880 --> 00:01:42.079 not only that you'll hear people say that it breathes new life into old pcs 00:01:39.759 --> 00:01:46.000 but why is that the reason is that the open nature of 00:01:44.159 --> 00:01:50.320 Linux means that it comes in many different flavors known as distributions 00:01:48.399 --> 00:01:54.159 or distros there are distros with lighter or heavier system requirements 00:01:52.320 --> 00:01:58.159 dramatically different aesthetics and even different ways of installing 00:01:55.600 --> 00:02:02.159 software now here's some good full feature desktop oriented ones if you've 00:02:00.399 --> 00:02:05.119 got one that you like best let us know why down below 00:02:03.439 --> 00:02:09.440 our example for today is going to be pop os by system 76 which is a good 00:02:07.520 --> 00:02:13.520 recommendation for new users not only because it's part of the well-known and 00:02:11.200 --> 00:02:18.480 well-documented ubuntu and debian lineage but it's also because it has a 00:02:15.760 --> 00:02:22.160 number of features and same defaults that make it friendlier and easier to 00:02:20.239 --> 00:02:27.840 get up and running start by downloading the iso now pop comes in two flavors one 00:02:25.599 --> 00:02:31.120 that includes the very special NVIDIA driver and one 00:02:29.760 --> 00:02:34.959 for everyone else you can use either but it's easiest to 00:02:33.040 --> 00:02:38.480 download the iso that best matches your system to reduce the number of steps 00:02:36.480 --> 00:02:42.000 required during installation now you could just burn it if you've got an 00:02:39.920 --> 00:02:46.160 optical drive and a blank dvd but if like most of us all you've got is a 00:02:44.000 --> 00:02:50.959 flash drive you can grab one of a couple of different tools the easiest of which 00:02:48.239 --> 00:02:54.959 being balina etcher it's so easy in fact that it's just three steps select the 00:02:52.800 --> 00:02:58.879 iso select the flash drive and then click flash for pop os that's all you 00:02:57.760 --> 00:03:04.480 need to do but if you've got an image for a different distro for example that fails 00:03:02.560 --> 00:03:08.239 to flash this way we look to a more versatile tool like rufus looking at the 00:03:07.040 --> 00:03:12.400 main window ignore the persistent partition size 00:03:10.480 --> 00:03:15.840 slider for now and look at the partition scheme option 00:03:13.599 --> 00:03:20.000 for most people mbr is perfectly fine because it supports both legacy BIOS 00:03:17.920 --> 00:03:24.159 boot and UEFI you'll really need to use the advanced 00:03:21.760 --> 00:03:27.120 options but the fixes for old BIOS's can help if you've got a very old computer 00:03:25.760 --> 00:03:32.239 you're trying to boot for file system you'll almost always 00:03:29.360 --> 00:03:34.720 want to choose fat32 now ntfs supports files that are larger than four 00:03:33.440 --> 00:03:38.400 gigabytes but it's less compatible overall 00:03:36.799 --> 00:03:41.760 you'll also always always want to choose the default cluster size 00:03:40.080 --> 00:03:46.560 larger clusters can improve transfer performance for larger files at the 00:03:43.599 --> 00:03:50.400 expense of smaller files and vice versa finally you can choose to create an 00:03:48.080 --> 00:03:53.519 extended label in icon files which just makes your flash drive show up in a 00:03:51.840 --> 00:03:57.040 fancier way on Windows if you fancy like that all that's left 00:03:55.440 --> 00:04:00.799 is to click start and wait for it to do its thing if all went well you're now 00:03:58.720 --> 00:04:05.040 the proud owner of a flash drive with Linux on it congratulations it's a 00:04:03.040 --> 00:04:09.360 penguin time to plug it in and give it a whirl power on your pc and enter the 00:04:07.040 --> 00:04:13.519 BIOS we'll need to first make sure the flash drive is shown up 00:04:11.519 --> 00:04:16.720 and is first in the boot order and second we need to make sure that secure 00:04:15.120 --> 00:04:19.919 boot is disabled otherwise you'll just get this fun 00:04:18.239 --> 00:04:24.320 message when you try to boot fedora and ubuntu both support it but as 00:04:22.000 --> 00:04:28.800 far as i know every other distro out there including popos does not unless 00:04:27.120 --> 00:04:34.240 you do it yourself blame microsoft in most desktop BIOS's 00:04:31.840 --> 00:04:38.880 disabling secubit requires the key store to be deleted like this 00:04:36.320 --> 00:04:43.759 but laptops all in ones and pre-builts may have a simple toggle save and exit 00:04:41.759 --> 00:04:47.600 and you should be booting from your flash drive and you can do it after the 00:04:46.240 --> 00:04:51.440 first screen you'll be treated to an impressive looking array of very 00:04:49.360 --> 00:04:55.199 technical messages Linux boots up these make troubleshooting a lot easier if it 00:04:53.120 --> 00:04:58.400 stops part way through some distros cover them up with a boot screen but you 00:04:56.639 --> 00:05:01.680 can usually hit escape to show them again it may take a little while to boot 00:05:00.080 --> 00:05:07.840 after the final message so give it a minute before assuming something is going wrong if all goes well you'll be 00:05:05.520 --> 00:05:11.840 looking at the popos desktop and an install popos window will come right up 00:05:10.160 --> 00:05:15.759 choose your language and region then choose your keyboard layout english us 00:05:13.840 --> 00:05:19.360 default will work for most but you can choose alternative layouts here like 00:05:17.199 --> 00:05:22.840 dvorak and cola mac next pop os will give you the option of 00:05:21.039 --> 00:05:27.600 customizing your install just like lcdstore.com lets you customize your 00:05:25.120 --> 00:05:29.919 water bottle with free stickers nice 00:05:28.479 --> 00:05:33.360 now if you're super eager to get going you can go through the installer now but 00:05:31.919 --> 00:05:38.800 if you'd like to poke around in an environment where you can't break anything now is a great time to do that 00:05:36.800 --> 00:05:41.680 by clicking try demo mode this is pretty much the same thing 00:05:40.560 --> 00:05:45.360 you're going to get after a default install and it's a great opportunity to 00:05:43.759 --> 00:05:49.919 make sure that all your hardware is up and running particularly your audio your 00:05:47.680 --> 00:05:54.400 networking and your display driver once you're finished poking around it's 00:05:52.000 --> 00:05:56.880 time to come back to the installer a clean install is the most 00:05:55.520 --> 00:06:01.120 straightforward so let's go ahead and choose that option choose the drive you want to install to 00:05:59.919 --> 00:06:06.319 and then you'll be brought to the account setup screen a username will automatically generate 00:06:04.800 --> 00:06:09.759 based on your full name but you can change it if you prefer 00:06:07.840 --> 00:06:13.520 click next choose a password then the next step is to install the files once 00:06:11.840 --> 00:06:16.960 it's finished reboot and you'll boot right into pop os now if you don't make 00:06:15.680 --> 00:06:20.720 sure it's selected as a default boot device in your BIOS it should show up as 00:06:19.039 --> 00:06:23.440 pop os like so once you're booted into pop os log in 00:06:22.479 --> 00:06:27.919 and you'll be greeted with the post install setup unlike a certain other 00:06:25.680 --> 00:06:33.039 operating system this only features a single privacy setting with everything 00:06:30.800 --> 00:06:36.639 else being things like typing time zone and how you want your doctor and top 00:06:34.479 --> 00:06:41.120 part or looking function i like it best when it's set up like this but you're 00:06:38.639 --> 00:06:46.000 not limited to any one layout if you're okay with installing extensions later on 00:06:43.680 --> 00:06:50.479 popos uses a common desktop environment called gnome but system 76 76's homebrew 00:06:47.919 --> 00:06:54.639 extensions installed here's my layout at home it's kind of a not Windows looking 00:06:53.039 --> 00:06:58.720 setup similar to a different desktop environment called plasma depending on 00:06:56.639 --> 00:07:01.599 how fresh your iso was pop shop will ping you at this point saying that there 00:07:00.240 --> 00:07:06.160 are updates available now this is your app store go ahead and 00:07:03.840 --> 00:07:10.479 launch it and click the installed tab to download any updates that are waiting 00:07:08.400 --> 00:07:16.800 then you can start to install your apps it's ridiculously easy to do 00:07:12.880 --> 00:07:18.639 discord one click obs one click steam 00:07:16.800 --> 00:07:22.880 one click needing game performance metrics and 00:07:20.000 --> 00:07:27.599 logging grab go relay emulators they've got retroarch dolphin maim dosbox you 00:07:25.919 --> 00:07:30.880 never even had to open a browser i hate opening browsers 00:07:29.039 --> 00:07:34.720 now that's not to say that the interface is perfect clicking on a category will 00:07:33.120 --> 00:07:38.720 just give you an alphabetical listing of software with no sub-categories or 00:07:36.400 --> 00:07:43.120 filters which can be overwhelming to say the least when you're just browsing 00:07:40.560 --> 00:07:47.520 and advanced users will notice that some under the hood packages aren't listed at 00:07:45.280 --> 00:07:50.400 all with no obvious way to change that you can install the synaptic package 00:07:49.120 --> 00:07:54.639 manager to get both of those features though the only problem is that it's far less 00:07:53.199 --> 00:07:58.400 user friendly thankfully if there's something that you 00:07:56.400 --> 00:08:01.120 need that's simply not available at all you can add an extra source in pop shop 00:08:00.080 --> 00:08:06.400 settings most software has a launchpad or personal package archive that you can 00:08:04.319 --> 00:08:10.319 add there as the name suggests these are curated by the authors or users rather 00:08:08.960 --> 00:08:14.400 than the regular operating system maintainers so only use these for 00:08:12.560 --> 00:08:17.840 software you trust wine the software that allows you to run 00:08:16.080 --> 00:08:22.000 Windows programs on Linux is a good example of this because the version 00:08:19.680 --> 00:08:26.160 included in popshop is quite old however the developers have decided to 00:08:24.240 --> 00:08:29.520 host their own and provide instructions separately so we'll have to use the 00:08:28.160 --> 00:08:33.599 terminal instead now don't worry too much this isn't very 00:08:31.680 --> 00:08:37.120 common and because we trust wine we can just copy these commands and paste them 00:08:35.200 --> 00:08:40.800 into the terminal like so once you're done go ahead and type this command to 00:08:39.200 --> 00:08:44.880 finally install the latest stable version of wine now you can exit the 00:08:42.640 --> 00:08:48.959 terminal i also recommend installing wine tricks while we're at it to manage 00:08:46.640 --> 00:08:52.320 our Windows settings to be clear you don't need any of this 00:08:50.720 --> 00:08:56.000 to run games through steam which launches Windows games through its own 00:08:54.000 --> 00:08:59.120 included proton layer after all your installs are done open the applications 00:08:57.839 --> 00:09:03.279 drawer and you'll see that they're ready to rock no extra steps required 00:09:01.519 --> 00:09:07.600 steam opens right up and you can log in as normal before you go wild installing 00:09:05.519 --> 00:09:11.600 games though you should enable proton for all titles under steam play in steam 00:09:09.440 --> 00:09:15.680 settings menu click ok steam will restart and you're good to go 00:09:13.360 --> 00:09:19.680 cool right like i can just straight up install cyberpunk for example and it'll 00:09:17.680 --> 00:09:23.200 work in fact it works really well for a game with a silver rating like it must 00:09:21.920 --> 00:09:26.800 have been like a recent update or something i don't know you can check how 00:09:25.200 --> 00:09:30.000 well the game is expected to run as well as how it ran in the past 00:09:28.399 --> 00:09:34.320 and whether anything special needs to be done to get it working on proton db 00:09:32.399 --> 00:09:39.600 the vast majority of games work out of the box although with some caveats we'll 00:09:37.200 --> 00:09:43.120 get to shortly but first if you have an NVIDIA GPU 00:09:41.120 --> 00:09:45.440 shadow play doesn't exist in Linux and that's a problem 00:09:44.640 --> 00:09:50.800 but what if i told you there's a way to get something even better 00:09:48.880 --> 00:09:55.040 it's a couple extra steps and we're going to have to use the terminal to do 00:09:52.320 --> 00:09:58.720 it but trust me it's very worth it first download the code from the NVIDIA 00:09:56.959 --> 00:10:03.360 patch repository and extract the zip file then go to the folder you just extracted 00:10:01.680 --> 00:10:08.720 right click the empty space and click open in terminal next type this command 00:10:06.000 --> 00:10:12.880 and hit enter this will enable nvfbc or frame buffer capture the extremely fast 00:10:11.200 --> 00:10:16.880 method that shadowplay uses to capture the screen and something NVIDIA normally 00:10:15.120 --> 00:10:22.480 has disabled for GeForce cards by default that wasn't so hard but we still 00:10:19.519 --> 00:10:27.440 had to install the plugin for obs to use unfortunately there's no package for it 00:10:24.880 --> 00:10:31.920 in popos or ubuntu right now so we'll have to download it ourselves to be 00:10:29.519 --> 00:10:34.880 clear this is one of the last options you want to use as far as installing 00:10:33.360 --> 00:10:38.880 software download the code from this repository then extract it go to the 00:10:37.279 --> 00:10:42.959 folder and open it into the terminal like before now we need to install some 00:10:41.279 --> 00:10:46.480 things before we can actually continue so type this command hit enter enter 00:10:45.200 --> 00:10:52.640 your password now type these commands hitting enter after each one and once that's done you 00:10:50.560 --> 00:10:57.519 can go back to the files window go to the build folder and copy this file 00:10:55.120 --> 00:11:02.320 go to your home folder show hidden files then go here make a new folder called 00:10:59.680 --> 00:11:07.040 plugins then in there make new folders that look like this and paste the file 00:11:04.079 --> 00:11:10.079 you copied before and you're done Linux veterans will point out that we could 00:11:08.320 --> 00:11:14.160 have done a lot of this more quickly if we'd done more of it in the terminal and 00:11:11.600 --> 00:11:18.320 that's true the terminal is really handy for a lot of things especially for 00:11:16.240 --> 00:11:21.200 tutorials where it's the only truly common factor between Linux 00:11:19.839 --> 00:11:25.760 distributions but contrary to popular belief it's not 00:11:23.760 --> 00:11:29.200 necessary most of the time it's just faster or easier if you know 00:11:28.160 --> 00:11:34.640 what you're doing if you aren't familiar with it using it in short bursts like this can help you 00:11:32.640 --> 00:11:38.880 get acclimated and learn what can be done just by typing a few words now we 00:11:36.560 --> 00:11:42.640 can go to obs and add the mvfbc source to our scene and look at that high 00:11:41.120 --> 00:11:46.399 resolution high frame rate screen capture with very little overhead just 00:11:44.399 --> 00:11:49.440 like shadow play if you open up system monitor which is kind of like the 00:11:47.760 --> 00:11:53.120 Windows task manager you'll see very little CPU usage you can 00:11:51.760 --> 00:11:58.720 combine this with nbang for high performance gameplay streaming and recording too 00:11:56.399 --> 00:12:02.880 oh and did i mention that most game controllers just work out of the box the 00:12:00.959 --> 00:12:07.760 list of devices that Linux supports is much larger than the list it doesn't and 00:12:05.360 --> 00:12:11.760 the majority of those are a result of a company not releasing the driver or at 00:12:10.079 --> 00:12:16.000 least not releasing the information relevant for making one from scratch 00:12:14.079 --> 00:12:19.279 NVIDIA's much maligned proprietary driver on the other hand works pretty 00:12:17.519 --> 00:12:23.600 well and has been getting some serious attention from team green recently with 00:12:20.959 --> 00:12:27.519 dlss and ray tracing support and more the pop os comes with the latest drivers 00:12:25.680 --> 00:12:30.800 and updates for them come down through the pop shop like everything else 00:12:29.440 --> 00:12:34.399 so if installing Linux isn't that big of a 00:12:32.880 --> 00:12:38.639 hassle why haven't more people jumped on board 00:12:36.480 --> 00:12:42.959 well the main problem at least in the past is that for all the freedom and 00:12:40.880 --> 00:12:47.120 control you're getting from Linux you had to give up performance or 00:12:44.399 --> 00:12:49.760 functionality or both especially in gaming 00:12:48.079 --> 00:12:54.399 but since the release of valve's wine based proton compatibility layer in 2018 00:12:52.639 --> 00:12:58.320 things have been exploding to the point where the vast majority of steam games 00:12:56.320 --> 00:13:02.639 run flawlessly on Linux with no configuration necessary the biggest 00:13:00.560 --> 00:13:06.639 issue for Linux gamers is the fact that many anti-cheat 00:13:04.399 --> 00:13:12.000 programs still don't work properly at all meaning that games like pubg apex 00:13:09.760 --> 00:13:16.959 legends destiny 2 and rainbow six siege are just presently unplayable despite 00:13:14.480 --> 00:13:20.800 working in offline mode this spills over into productivity apps like microsoft 00:13:18.639 --> 00:13:24.560 office and creative cloud where their anti-piracy implementations fail to 00:13:22.639 --> 00:13:31.360 authenticate thanks to reliance on an integrated internet explorer yeah 00:13:27.839 --> 00:13:33.600 disgusting but compatibility is rapidly 00:13:31.360 --> 00:13:38.240 advancing so get subscribed so you don't miss our annual ish Linux gaming update 00:13:36.880 --> 00:13:43.279 at the end of the day my personal advice is to use the tools 00:13:40.399 --> 00:13:47.440 that fit you best whether that's Windows macOS Linux or even something else 00:13:45.120 --> 00:13:51.440 entirely and if these compatibility issues are showstoppers for you i'm not 00:13:49.040 --> 00:13:55.360 going to wag my finger at you and expect you to find an alternative what i am 00:13:53.680 --> 00:13:58.480 going to do though is ask you to give it a try and see if the alternatives work 00:13:57.519 --> 00:14:02.399 for you i find immense joy in trying new things 00:14:00.720 --> 00:14:07.519 and finding better ways of doing what i like to do and with Linux the sheer number of 00:14:05.440 --> 00:14:11.680 different ways of doing things means you're extremely likely to find 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