WEBVTT 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:06.080 If you know anything about Linux, you probably know how overwhelming it can be 00:00:04.000 --> 00:00:10.400 choosing the right version or distribution. I mean, look at the 00:00:08.160 --> 00:00:15.599 comments on this video where a small handful of people are only mildly upset 00:00:13.519 --> 00:00:19.920 that I didn't pick this one cuz it's for gaming, or this one because it's more of 00:00:17.760 --> 00:00:24.320 a stock experience, or or this one because it prominently features Justin 00:00:22.400 --> 00:00:28.240 Bieber. That's right, friends. Today we are 00:00:26.240 --> 00:00:33.200 going to be scouring the darkest corners of the internet to find some of the 00:00:29.920 --> 00:00:35.760 weirdest Linux distros. And while some 00:00:33.200 --> 00:00:40.399 of them seem like stupid gimmicks, because they are, some of them have very 00:00:38.480 --> 00:00:44.879 good reasons for being the way that they are. And the first one is behind this 00:00:43.040 --> 00:00:52.280 Windows 11 PC that we're going to be using to compare the exper. 00:00:48.960 --> 00:00:52.280 Take this. 00:00:54.000 --> 00:01:00.480 What? Windows was Linux the whole time? 00:00:58.079 --> 00:01:06.720 No, it was just a bit. [laughter] Yes, it [music] was. Meet Linux FX. It 00:01:03.840 --> 00:01:12.560 might look like Windows 11 sometimes in the very worst ways. The good old 00:01:09.680 --> 00:01:18.960 control panel, but under the hood, it's as Linux as any other Linux. Let's take 00:01:16.000 --> 00:01:22.530 it for a test drive. Um, okay. I guess we're getting right into it here. 00:01:20.159 --> 00:01:24.550 Welcome to Linux FX. [laughter] 00:01:24.560 --> 00:01:32.240 So, while this is called Power Toys, it was based off an older version called Power Tools, but then they kind of got 00:01:29.600 --> 00:01:34.960 in some trouble because of Microsoft's licensing and like stealing the name 00:01:34.320 --> 00:01:40.720 essentially. Uhhuh. I found out later that this Linux FX DRO 00:01:38.960 --> 00:01:44.560 actually has had a lot of issues with basically just rebranding names and 00:01:42.880 --> 00:01:50.000 stealing IPs and stuff. Oh. So, they've tried to get around it by 00:01:47.040 --> 00:01:54.681 making it as similar as possible, but not interact the same way as possible. 00:01:52.240 --> 00:01:58.799 Cool. [laughter] It's funny because they they go out of 00:01:56.640 --> 00:02:02.479 their way to add basically what looks like the control panel and then don't 00:02:00.640 --> 00:02:06.479 make it work like the control panel at all. [laughter] 00:02:04.159 --> 00:02:08.879 Okay. But hey, I can rightclick this and configure my network connections. 00:02:08.479 --> 00:02:13.680 Yeah. Oh, okay. Hold on. This one I can interact with. This looks and feels 00:02:12.239 --> 00:02:17.840 about like the current iteration of the start menu. For better or for worse. Yep. 00:02:16.080 --> 00:02:21.760 I could open Thunderbird mail. You want to know my favorite part? You know how I said that they were kind of 00:02:20.160 --> 00:02:25.599 getting in trouble for stealing things? Yeah. Go change the wallpaper. 00:02:23.599 --> 00:02:27.680 Oh, yeah. Yeah, cuz this is obviously stolen. Yeah. 00:02:26.879 --> 00:02:35.236 Uh, okay. Yep. Do you notice there's one wallpaper in here that you might recognize at the 00:02:32.000 --> 00:02:36.640 very top? 00:02:35.236 --> 00:02:41.519 [laughter] Wait, it ships with this? Yes. By default, when you install this, 00:02:40.080 --> 00:02:46.371 it includes this as one of the wallpapers and just calls it abstract 00:02:43.680 --> 00:02:51.120 lines. [laughter] 00:02:47.920 --> 00:02:52.400 Bro, why does this one exist? Well, if 00:02:51.120 --> 00:02:56.160 you want to convince [music] people to join the freedom movement, you have to 00:02:54.160 --> 00:02:59.760 offer more than just the savings of not needing a Windows license or costly 00:02:58.000 --> 00:03:03.760 Apple hardware. You have to offer familiarity. And some dros, like this 00:03:02.400 --> 00:03:08.640 one, aim to do that through a combination of similar design and strong 00:03:06.400 --> 00:03:13.200 documentation and forum support. It's kind [music] of a one-two punch of come 00:03:10.800 --> 00:03:17.480 on in, the water's warm, and ooh, you can have swimming lessons with Brody. 00:03:17.519 --> 00:03:23.840 Oh, I just heard we've got nine more of these to experience, including the 00:03:21.599 --> 00:03:31.200 Justin Bieber one. And I was like, Segway, Segue, Segue. Oh, like Segway 00:03:27.637 --> 00:03:32.959 [laughter] Segue Segue. No. MSI with its 00:03:31.200 --> 00:03:37.200 one piece perforated front panel, support for both AIO coolers and big 00:03:34.959 --> 00:03:41.840 beefy graphics cards, and patented DIY friendly design. Their MPG gun 300R 00:03:40.080 --> 00:03:47.680 airflow is the ultimate choice for gamers. Check it out at the link below 00:03:44.159 --> 00:03:47.680 and be ultimate. 00:03:49.907 --> 00:03:51.927 [music] 00:03:54.480 --> 00:04:01.040 If our first Linux was neutral good, willing to break a couple of eggs to 00:03:58.480 --> 00:04:06.560 make a freedom omelet, our next two are definitely chaotic evil. Bian and Hannah 00:04:04.480 --> 00:04:11.120 Montana Linux, which were built on puppy lucid and kubuntu, respectively. Let's 00:04:09.200 --> 00:04:16.400 start with BBN. And I've been asked to wear headphones, which is troubling. So, 00:04:15.120 --> 00:04:21.160 you can right click on the desktop if you want to look into some settings. Fire up. Um, 00:04:21.519 --> 00:04:26.587 if you can't tell, this is very old 00:04:24.560 --> 00:04:29.919 by the picture of Justin Bieber. [laughter] 00:04:28.400 --> 00:04:33.040 Yeah. No tattoos even. No. Fresh out of his baby face. 00:04:32.080 --> 00:04:38.433 Paint, I guess. Can you draw Justin Bieber? Oh my. Um, [laughter] 00:04:40.000 --> 00:04:48.600 my goodness. Look, the mouse sensitivity is a little funky. Okay, just stop. Sure, we'll 00:04:44.720 --> 00:04:48.600 blame [laughter] the most sensitivity. 00:04:49.040 --> 00:04:52.040 M 00:04:52.479 --> 00:04:59.680 Oh, Canadian flag. I see where this is going. Our one Canadian artist. You're 00:04:57.840 --> 00:05:04.720 going to notice it's very stock. There's like not much to do. When this operating 00:05:02.800 --> 00:05:07.759 system came out, it was honestly meant as a joke. 00:05:05.919 --> 00:05:11.440 Yeah. You just plug it into someone's computer. You reboot their computer. So 00:05:09.680 --> 00:05:15.680 the next day they go to work, they have Justin Bieber blasting music or 00:05:13.680 --> 00:05:18.479 I can't hear any music though. Am I supposed to? There should be music coming out of this 00:05:18.080 --> 00:05:24.720 one. Oh, neat. Yeah. Again, also very old if you can't 00:05:22.880 --> 00:05:28.000 tell based on the picture of Hannah Montana. Yes. I think you mean Miley Cyrus, but 00:05:27.680 --> 00:05:32.560 yes. No, that's Hannah Montana. She's like my age. She was a children's 00:05:31.199 --> 00:05:37.520 entertainer. Well, that's basically what you do now. 00:05:35.680 --> 00:05:40.160 I actually like this one over the BBN. It feels a little bit more fleshed out 00:05:39.280 --> 00:05:45.759 as a desktop. Yeah, I think you could actually use this if you really wanted to, although 00:05:44.160 --> 00:05:50.000 you wouldn't want to unless you had really old hardware, I suspect, which is 00:05:48.160 --> 00:05:53.600 fair enough. But given that's true of most Linux distros, you'd probably 00:05:51.759 --> 00:05:59.759 choose one that has unique features that have real world benefits. Like, say for 00:05:55.840 --> 00:06:01.759 example, Vinux OS, a build for the 00:05:59.759 --> 00:06:06.400 visually impaired that is based on Ubuntu and features a screen reader to 00:06:04.240 --> 00:06:11.280 read off what the user clicks on or hovers over, as well as support for 00:06:08.639 --> 00:06:15.360 external Braille displays. Uh, by the way, those are wildly expensive. But 00:06:13.680 --> 00:06:19.840 hey, if it means people who aren't adequately served by mainstream OSS can 00:06:17.440 --> 00:06:24.000 use a computer, that is absolutely great. Oh, there's a challenge. 00:06:22.639 --> 00:06:27.680 Cuz we've been having audio issues. Let's make sure our actual screen reader works. 00:06:26.639 --> 00:06:32.080 Uh, okay. So, just try clicking or hovering over something. 00:06:30.080 --> 00:06:35.280 Window. That just said window. 00:06:34.080 --> 00:06:39.039 Window. I see. Yes. 00:06:37.280 --> 00:06:42.720 This needs to be better. Yes. [laughter] 00:06:40.720 --> 00:06:48.360 Do you think that you could map Wanik with your eyes closed? [laughter] 00:06:45.360 --> 00:06:48.360 Window. 00:06:49.360 --> 00:06:55.840 Um, no. Okay, that's fair. In fairness, 00:06:53.840 --> 00:07:01.520 it wouldn't be intended to be used with your eyes closed necessarily. Uh, many 00:06:58.960 --> 00:07:06.479 people with visual impairments are are able to see somewhat. Um, [music] 00:07:04.319 --> 00:07:11.759 however, this is just window not helpful. So I think the original 00:07:09.520 --> 00:07:15.520 developers started getting you to a point where maybe you could install this 00:07:13.759 --> 00:07:20.960 and then if you knew enough get a couple more plugins to help you get there 00:07:18.880 --> 00:07:24.000 as as it is right now it is not very good [laughter] 00:07:22.400 --> 00:07:28.240 enough about this computer help check system 00:07:26.960 --> 00:07:32.240 settings it literally just reads off everything 00:07:30.400 --> 00:07:38.240 and it's very overwhelming [laughter] I feel like this is the most Linux thing ever panel 00:07:36.880 --> 00:07:44.080 page window panel page tab list panel. 00:07:42.000 --> 00:07:47.440 Clearly, Vinux wasn't able to reach the lofty goals of its creators, but I would 00:07:45.919 --> 00:07:52.000 be curious to know if there's anyone out there who is using Linux as an effective 00:07:49.759 --> 00:07:56.560 aid, whether it's with plugins or applications or another DRO that you're 00:07:54.560 --> 00:08:00.560 aware of that's a little more ready to go out of the box. Let us know what 00:07:58.319 --> 00:08:04.720 you're doing with it and if there was a steep learning curve or if it was just 00:08:02.639 --> 00:08:10.240 something you could jump right into. Speaking of learning, Edubuntu 00:08:08.720 --> 00:08:15.120 Education Linux. So, Linux then their mission, as stated 00:08:13.360 --> 00:08:18.960 on their site, is to bring the freedom of the Linux desktop and the vast 00:08:17.280 --> 00:08:22.720 library of open- source education software to the classroom. Blending both 00:08:21.039 --> 00:08:26.960 software and games, they aim to bring back the old feeling of going to the 00:08:24.800 --> 00:08:30.319 computer lab at lunch and trying to beat your friend's high score in math circus. 00:08:29.199 --> 00:08:36.560 You want to try one of the games? I do. Yeah. So, there's a ton 100% games. Well, okay. There's 00:08:34.880 --> 00:08:40.640 those look like real games. Let's Okay, Edu. So, there's some in mathematics. 00:08:39.200 --> 00:08:45.120 Mathematics. Here we go. Talk math. Let's go. I played this at work just to test it 00:08:43.680 --> 00:08:48.399 and then I went home and played it for about another 30 minutes. Really? 00:08:47.760 --> 00:08:54.320 Arcade. Uh, yep. Arcade game works. And then you can start with Space Cadet. That's just 00:08:51.920 --> 00:08:59.519 the first one. You can start with Ranger. That's the third one. Start with 00:08:56.959 --> 00:09:02.000 Ace. That's the fourth one. [laughter] All right. Get ready. 00:09:00.959 --> 00:09:05.920 Okay. What? What? What? So, you got to you got to answer. Oh my 00:09:04.000 --> 00:09:10.320 god. Who? Well, I mean, who knows 19 times two out of the Oh. 00:09:09.519 --> 00:09:15.040 Oh, okay. There you go. Yeah. 00:09:12.800 --> 00:09:16.720 Whoa, that really quickly escalated. What just happened? 00:09:16.000 --> 00:09:22.640 Keep going. Whoa. Okay. 8 - 20. 00:09:19.200 --> 00:09:27.040 Jeez. Let's go. Okay. Uh oh crap. That's 00:09:22.640 --> 00:09:28.640 not -16. Oh, there we go. Okay. 00:09:27.040 --> 00:09:34.880 I read it wrong. Okay. Sure. Uh, 00:09:31.040 --> 00:09:39.440 so was that -45? What the hell is 126 00:09:34.880 --> 00:09:41.200 divided by -9? I is there 00:09:39.440 --> 00:09:45.440 what what do the math um 00:09:42.880 --> 00:09:48.560 is there irrational like can I is that a real number 14? 00:09:46.560 --> 00:09:55.279 What do you mean -14? You can't divide something by negative a number 60 um 00:09:52.640 --> 00:10:01.760 minus 39 29. Damn it. [laughter] 00:09:58.320 --> 00:10:02.880 Oh no. Look at Tux. He's running away. 00:10:01.760 --> 00:10:08.800 Convert all. This is actually a really cool tool. You can convert anything to anything. 00:10:06.080 --> 00:10:12.959 That's amazing. So, from kilometers to grams. 00:10:10.080 --> 00:10:15.600 I mean, doesn't mean it'll work, but it gives [clears throat] you the option to 00:10:13.920 --> 00:10:20.959 have anything. Apparently, one kilometer equals 1 g. So, aside from games, it has 00:10:18.880 --> 00:10:24.320 those types of tools as well. I actually want you I I wrote it down here, so I 00:10:22.640 --> 00:10:30.079 didn't mess up the word. Hold on. Can you find the ecliptic oblquity of the 00:10:27.680 --> 00:10:34.160 sun? There is a dedicated app to help you find that. Of course there is. 00:10:33.392 --> 00:10:42.240 [laughter] But it might be a science. Yeah. Um just chill. [laughter] 00:10:38.800 --> 00:10:44.240 Uh I mean sun is definitely involved in 00:10:42.240 --> 00:10:48.079 whatever this is. Oh, it is this app. It is this app. But you kind of messed 00:10:46.160 --> 00:10:52.079 up by clicking on the lens. You need to actually click on the sun itself because 00:10:50.320 --> 00:10:56.079 what this does is it puts you in a geographical location close to you 00:10:54.399 --> 00:10:59.120 at the time of day where you're at. So not necessarily the same day. 00:10:57.440 --> 00:11:02.880 Uhhu. and the sun will be in the appropriate position as to the date you 00:11:01.120 --> 00:11:04.959 are at or the time you are at. You can click on it and find a bunch of stats 00:11:04.240 --> 00:11:11.880 about it. It's actually kind of cool. Or 00:11:08.000 --> 00:11:11.880 that's not as fun, Lionus. 00:11:16.079 --> 00:11:22.000 Okay, in all seriousness, I cannot see the sun right now. It's raining and 00:11:19.120 --> 00:11:29.040 miserable and cloudy. Okay, the app has a purpose. Tux typing. Let's go. I can't 00:11:26.160 --> 00:11:29.040 read this. 00:11:30.640 --> 00:11:36.959 They are very spaced out. Oh my gosh. It's It's actually really hard. You go 00:11:36.079 --> 00:11:43.360 ahead. You can't even type. Yeah, he has to go over all my scripts. 00:11:41.600 --> 00:11:46.480 No, that's not it. I just mean you're slow. 00:11:44.880 --> 00:11:51.360 If you read them for me, I can type them. Court. Okay. Flood food. 00:11:49.600 --> 00:11:57.760 Damn it. Stoke floor. Cello. Cello. Green. 00:11:56.160 --> 00:12:00.640 Damn it, Elijah. Sorry, sir. It was actually pretty cool 00:11:59.519 --> 00:12:05.519 the amount of apps they had. Yeah. And while you could make the argument that these simple apps could 00:12:04.160 --> 00:12:10.079 just as easily be loaded on a machine with Windows 95, it also includes more 00:12:08.480 --> 00:12:15.120 complex software to run basic simulations, calculators that can graph 00:12:12.399 --> 00:12:20.240 in 3D, and even electrical engineering programs to help you map out a PCB or 00:12:17.519 --> 00:12:25.360 circuit board. On to Red Star OS, which first started development back in 1998, 00:12:22.639 --> 00:12:31.200 but has since had four major revisions, including updates as recently as 2019. 00:12:28.480 --> 00:12:35.760 What is Red Star OS, you might ask? Why, it's North Korea's operating system of 00:12:33.200 --> 00:12:42.959 choice? Based originally on Red Hat Linux, Redar took on a more Windows 95 00:12:40.160 --> 00:12:46.399 look before ending up, I don't know, old school macOS. According to a study back 00:12:45.440 --> 00:12:51.440 in 2015, [music] Red Star OS is very tough to tamper with 00:12:49.760 --> 00:12:56.880 as when it's connected to the internet, it will check for system changes and 00:12:53.839 --> 00:12:58.959 essentially brick itself 00:12:56.880 --> 00:13:03.600 in the event that someone tries anything it doesn't like, like gaining root 00:13:01.120 --> 00:13:09.120 access or deleting files. They also found that it tags western or outside 00:13:06.720 --> 00:13:14.079 media that was passed around on USB sticks to help track its location and 00:13:11.519 --> 00:13:18.800 lock it out. Unfortunately, we're not going to be able to test any of that 00:13:15.519 --> 00:13:21.760 since that would mean connecting this to 00:13:18.800 --> 00:13:25.920 the internet. And you know what? I think I'll pass. Uh, I still think looking 00:13:24.240 --> 00:13:30.160 into an OS like this is cool, though, cuz we can see where the priorities are 00:13:27.760 --> 00:13:34.160 for a user base that only has access to certain software. I see you managed to 00:13:32.320 --> 00:13:36.880 get some Western media on here. Yeah, when I was trying to test it, I was 00:13:35.440 --> 00:13:42.000 trying to test that tagging of the watermark because they found out it actually goes on the metadata of the 00:13:39.680 --> 00:13:45.200 file, but again, that only worked when connected to the network. And again, 00:13:43.680 --> 00:13:50.160 you did connected to the network. No, I never connected it to the network. Oh, I see. So, can I change the [music] 00:13:48.720 --> 00:13:55.040 language to English or like No, but you can select the country as Canada. 00:13:52.720 --> 00:13:56.880 Cool. [laughter] We can use Google Translate on our 00:13:56.480 --> 00:14:04.000 phone. Oh, right. Hey, look at that. There we 00:13:59.839 --> 00:14:05.760 go. Hey, in Korean, star is the same as 00:14:04.000 --> 00:14:08.880 star in English. Is that just taking the image of the 00:14:07.279 --> 00:14:14.880 star and just making it a different star? I I don't know. I don't know. But it's 00:14:11.120 --> 00:14:17.440 good. It's cool. Oh, wow. Oh, okay. Uh 00:14:14.880 --> 00:14:22.240 computer information. Here we go. We have 3.45 gigs of memory. And now we 00:14:21.279 --> 00:14:27.519 know that it essentially is just a stripped down system as well with an internet access. 00:14:25.680 --> 00:14:31.839 You have a web browser at the bottom, a media player to be able to play media, 00:14:29.680 --> 00:14:35.920 just probably not western media, right? A calendar that has all the holidays 00:14:34.800 --> 00:14:40.000 stripped out of it, right? It's just a calendar, 00:14:38.240 --> 00:14:43.279 right? Because why would you need holidays? Yeah. I don't need to know when, you 00:14:42.000 --> 00:14:47.360 know, July 1st is, right? Wait, no, that's can Oh, yeah. Canada. 00:14:46.959 --> 00:14:52.560 Yeah. Sorry. I I thought it was America. You're not secretly American, are you? I 00:14:51.120 --> 00:14:54.560 have a couple challenges for this one. I'm supposed to try to delete a file, 00:14:54.160 --> 00:14:58.160 apparently. Yeah. So try to delete something that would be 00:14:57.440 --> 00:15:01.680 integral. Yes. On the system, maybe an application 00:15:00.639 --> 00:15:06.800 or something. Okay. You might have to use the Google 00:15:04.079 --> 00:15:12.320 translate and this might take a while. Electron hydroxal group, 00:15:09.279 --> 00:15:14.480 also known as a calculator. [laughter] 00:15:12.320 --> 00:15:19.519 Uh, okay. Well, let me see if I can figure out how to actually open a file 00:15:17.440 --> 00:15:23.440 browser. Like, can you? Yep. Okay. All right. I'll find it. I'll find 00:15:21.760 --> 00:15:26.320 it. Oh, well, here here. I can just cheat. I'll just take a file that I 00:15:25.120 --> 00:15:32.600 already know. Okay. Yes, I would like a hint. Files are right there. 00:15:29.199 --> 00:15:32.600 Oh my god. 00:15:34.160 --> 00:15:42.000 So, let's delete a default application. 00:15:38.560 --> 00:15:43.279 Siag office processing. Yeah, time to 00:15:42.000 --> 00:15:47.440 go, buddy. A lot of the default apps will not even 00:15:45.199 --> 00:15:50.880 give you the option to delete. No, thank you, sir. I simply will not. 00:15:50.000 --> 00:15:56.320 Oh, no. Oh, they just won't let you. Access is 00:15:53.440 --> 00:15:59.040 denied. Okay. How did you manage to get it to brick itself? 00:15:57.600 --> 00:16:03.279 I didn't. That was the requirement for the internet. If someone gains root 00:16:01.120 --> 00:16:06.480 access, it basically is pinging some home server, right? 00:16:04.560 --> 00:16:11.279 That home server will go, "Whoa, something's wrong." And issue a command 00:16:08.639 --> 00:16:17.279 to reboot it at a stock state. Wow. So, it turns out Linux is sometimes 00:16:14.800 --> 00:16:22.560 about the freedom and openness to oppress your citizens. Um, let's move on 00:16:20.000 --> 00:16:26.880 to something more positive, shall we? Suicide Linux. [laughter] 00:16:25.199 --> 00:16:31.120 You have got to be kidding me. Is that That's a thing. Yes, sir. 00:16:28.480 --> 00:16:34.079 Technically, this is not a distribution like the ones that we've shown so far, 00:16:32.720 --> 00:16:38.560 but there was no way we were not going to include this. It's a Debian package 00:16:36.480 --> 00:16:42.399 that can be installed onto your OS that makes it so that if you mess up a 00:16:39.839 --> 00:16:45.680 command, any command, it immediately wipes your drive. And if you're 00:16:43.600 --> 00:16:48.680 wondering why this exists, you're not alone. 00:16:49.366 --> 00:16:55.040 [clears throat] Sorry. Uh, it's actually based on an autocomplete function that was 00:16:53.199 --> 00:16:59.600 originally intended to help people who mistyped a really long command. Maybe 00:16:57.279 --> 00:17:03.519 they mistook the s for a dollar sign and then it would actually help complete the 00:17:01.040 --> 00:17:07.520 command. Well, then user Q&M had a different idea. Instead, he had it just 00:17:05.280 --> 00:17:12.240 resolved to rm-rf slash, which means remove recursive, so 00:17:10.160 --> 00:17:15.919 all of its subfolders, and force, meaning it doesn't ask for confirmation. 00:17:14.240 --> 00:17:22.079 And that slash, that's the top level directory. So, anything below that. 00:17:17.760 --> 00:17:23.520 Great. But that's how I asked why. 00:17:22.079 --> 00:17:28.640 Fun. All right. What's the challenge? All right. I got three. You're allowed 00:17:27.120 --> 00:17:31.919 to use Google because you might not know the commands off by heart. Install an application. 00:17:31.440 --> 00:17:36.480 Okay. I want you to create a new folder somewhere. And then I want you to change 00:17:35.360 --> 00:17:41.400 your time zone. Okay. Using the command prompt. 00:17:38.400 --> 00:17:41.400 Uh, 00:17:43.200 --> 00:17:50.520 sure. I made a directory. Cool. You want to verify? Uh, navigate 00:17:47.360 --> 00:17:50.520 to it. 00:17:57.840 --> 00:18:04.320 He deleted something and then just retyped the exact same. Well, I'm thinking 00:18:02.480 --> 00:18:11.240 I'm making really sure I don't screw this up. 00:18:06.160 --> 00:18:11.240 Uh, how to set a change time zone. Okay. 00:18:12.000 --> 00:18:15.882 Oh, come on. [laughter] 00:18:16.240 --> 00:18:21.200 This is the point I'm making. There's some very, very long commands [laughter] 00:18:19.360 --> 00:18:25.760 that you have to type out sometimes in Linux. 00:18:24.080 --> 00:18:30.400 Wait. Oh, should have deleted by now. It should have killed me. I didn't even 00:18:28.640 --> 00:18:34.640 notice I typoed that. Um, why do you think Oh, it should have 00:18:33.120 --> 00:18:38.640 killed you. Wait, is it just a delayed death? 00:18:37.200 --> 00:18:45.302 It might be taking its time. I think I'm dying right now. Yeah. Yes. That looks very not great. 00:18:44.647 --> 00:18:53.240 [laughter] [snorts] And as someone who has killed Linux before, 00:18:48.160 --> 00:18:53.240 what is the point of having a Oh. 00:18:54.799 --> 00:18:59.360 Um, hello. Let me tell you. 00:18:58.240 --> 00:19:04.480 Yes. Do as I say. This is about what it looks like. [laughter] 00:19:01.919 --> 00:19:08.799 Stop. Can't believe that would happen so fast. 00:19:06.480 --> 00:19:12.640 If you looked at that and went, "Dang, I am not into that kind of pressure. I got 00:19:11.039 --> 00:19:15.360 to type everything perfectly or my stuff gets deleted. Maybe I'd be better off 00:19:14.240 --> 00:19:21.039 with something that doesn't save my files in the first place. Hey, we've got 00:19:18.400 --> 00:19:28.320 that, too. That's where Tiny Core comes in. It is a 16 megabyte distribution 00:19:24.720 --> 00:19:31.440 that, yes, my friends, even includes a 00:19:28.320 --> 00:19:33.919 graphical user interface. To put that in 00:19:31.440 --> 00:19:40.320 context, the highest quality photos taken on a Galaxy S23 Ultra can be 00:19:36.559 --> 00:19:42.880 double that size for just an image. It 00:19:40.320 --> 00:19:46.960 also sits only in RAM and doesn't write to the boot drive by default, meaning 00:19:44.559 --> 00:19:51.600 that every boot just reverts back to its stock state. Now, of course, a prime use 00:19:49.840 --> 00:19:55.520 for this is loading everything up the way that you like it and carrying it 00:19:53.360 --> 00:19:58.799 around on a USB that you can take from computer to [music] computer. And we've 00:19:57.440 --> 00:20:04.799 got a challenge for this one as well, right? Yes. So, I'm going to plug in 00:20:03.248 --> 00:20:08.000 [laughter] I'm going to plug in this USB. Mhm. 00:20:06.480 --> 00:20:13.760 Wow, you already got it. That was really fast. I was going to say mount it, but I 00:20:10.400 --> 00:20:16.480 didn't even get to plug it in yet. Okay. 00:20:13.760 --> 00:20:20.720 Okay. 128 MGB of RAM. I mean, realistically, anything newer than a 00:20:18.080 --> 00:20:24.480 Pentium 2 is going to have that anyway. So, that's still pretty darn impressive. 00:20:22.799 --> 00:20:28.880 A lot of people actually use these types of OSS for like a POS system. 00:20:27.440 --> 00:20:32.240 Oh, that makes sense, right? So, it's picking up any mirror 00:20:30.559 --> 00:20:38.720 downloads to make sure your drivers and systems are up to date. Got it. Okay. It comes with terminal. 00:20:36.240 --> 00:20:42.320 Yep. and terminal. Yep. You can have any application you want as 00:20:40.559 --> 00:20:46.080 long as it's terminal. Well, again, like you said, this could 00:20:43.760 --> 00:20:49.360 be used to save things directly to the disc. So, theoretically, this could 00:20:47.760 --> 00:20:54.799 become a toolkit [music] or again, something you take to computer to computer. Very cool. We've talked a lot 00:20:53.039 --> 00:20:58.799 on this channel about being conscious of e-waste and using a lightweight DRO like 00:20:57.039 --> 00:21:04.559 this can be a great method of extending the life of older hardware. Windows 11's 00:21:01.679 --> 00:21:10.080 minimum requirements for memory are 4 GB. Here's a visual comparison showing 00:21:07.360 --> 00:21:15.919 you just how much 4 gigs is compared to the 128 megabytes that this device was 00:21:13.120 --> 00:21:19.280 able to run on. Now, while all the distros we've looked at today can be run 00:21:17.520 --> 00:21:23.520 as a live environment, meaning that you never have to install them if you don't 00:21:20.720 --> 00:21:29.280 want to, this next one is one you would pretty much never install, but it could 00:21:26.720 --> 00:21:34.480 be the most relevant one on this list depending on what you're into. System 00:21:31.919 --> 00:21:38.880 Rescue is a Linux that is intended to be run off a USB drive and comes packed 00:21:36.960 --> 00:21:43.760 with tons of tools to help you diagnose issues with your PC. Or if you're in it, 00:21:41.919 --> 00:21:47.120 it can be a portable troubleshooting kit that you carry from workstation to 00:21:45.120 --> 00:21:51.039 workstation to help your clients when, say, for example, their Windows install 00:21:49.120 --> 00:21:54.960 won't boot. It's got drive partition management, DD Rescue, which can help 00:21:53.200 --> 00:22:00.240 save data that may have been corrupted, MEST for checking if your RAM is bad, 00:21:56.960 --> 00:22:00.960 RSYNC for backups, and lots more. Let's 00:22:00.240 --> 00:22:06.559 give it a shot. Well, I what we're going to do is we're actually going to boot up to our Windows. I want to find our file here 00:22:04.880 --> 00:22:10.320 and we're going to delete it. Then we're going to reboot into system rescue and 00:22:08.320 --> 00:22:15.880 use that to recover my deleted files. Heck yeah. Show us how fat your fingers 00:22:12.880 --> 00:22:15.880 are. 00:22:16.159 --> 00:22:22.080 I don't get it. What do you mean? Like fat fingering a 00:22:20.559 --> 00:22:26.960 Oh, I thought you were just calling me obese. I was like, brother. 00:22:25.520 --> 00:22:29.520 What? No. Okay. All these pictures are in our 00:22:28.640 --> 00:22:35.039 pictures folder. Yes, we can see that. I am going to shift delete them, which 00:22:33.360 --> 00:22:39.360 in Windows will permanently delete them, not put them in the recycle bin. See you later, buddies. 00:22:37.200 --> 00:22:43.520 Oh no, technician. I deleted my pictures. Can you help me? 00:22:40.559 --> 00:22:47.520 All right, first thing, hit that power button immediately. 00:22:45.840 --> 00:22:49.600 That is correct, though, because if you rewrite over the data, you won't be able 00:22:49.039 --> 00:22:56.000 to recover it. That's right. By default, it is a terminal like this. It does come with a guey. If we just 00:22:53.440 --> 00:23:00.755 type start x uh no space, 00:22:59.200 --> 00:23:02.775 you would have died in suicide Linux. [laughter] 00:23:04.480 --> 00:23:09.520 Depending on the drivers you have installed, it might flicker like this. 00:23:07.919 --> 00:23:15.039 That makes sense. Oh, okay. Well, that's not what I Oh, okay. Well, hello. This 00:23:12.559 --> 00:23:18.720 is going to be our Windows basic data partition. So, that's there. That's 00:23:16.480 --> 00:23:25.200 cool. We found the desktop, so that's good. So, I found this folder. 00:23:23.039 --> 00:23:28.559 I I I kind of misled you. I'm sorry. Oh, this one actually doesn't have a guey, 00:23:26.960 --> 00:23:32.320 but I'm saying the other applications that are on this does have a guey. So, 00:23:30.799 --> 00:23:35.120 let's open up our command prompt. So, this is if you want to keep track of whatever you're doing. 00:23:34.320 --> 00:23:38.720 I do. Cool. So, then you're going to want to find our drive. Yeah. 00:23:37.600 --> 00:23:42.799 And on this case, you're going to want to go to EFI GPT. 00:23:41.200 --> 00:23:46.480 Awesome. And now you're going to want to do advanced. That's if I don't want to chat with it. 00:23:44.640 --> 00:23:49.840 I just want to efi with it. I was wondering who was going to make that joke. 00:23:48.559 --> 00:23:52.960 Someone had to do it. You're gonna want to go to unddelete. 00:23:51.919 --> 00:23:58.000 There we go. Bad instructions. Dick sucking GPU fan. 00:23:56.159 --> 00:24:03.200 I thought you called me a dick sucking GPU [laughter] fan. 00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:05.760 I was very confused for a second. I was like, "What?" 00:24:04.240 --> 00:24:10.559 Okay. Well, break me, please. I found it. Yeah. Okay. So, now you can select using 00:24:09.120 --> 00:24:14.960 the instructions below what you want to grab. No, not the Snapchat data though. 00:24:13.279 --> 00:24:20.880 Unselect that. You don't want that. It's just because the pictures were taken using Snapchat. That doesn't help 00:24:18.640 --> 00:24:24.640 my case. Editor, cut that. It's pictures of my cat. I swear. [laughter] 00:24:23.200 --> 00:24:27.600 Not. So, C to copy the selected files. 00:24:26.799 --> 00:24:32.080 Yeah. And now you can Oh, I can copy them somewhere. Yeah. So, I'll put them on the desktop. 00:24:31.801 --> 00:24:37.679 [music] Sure. Did it copy everything? Yeah. So, it actually copied it right 00:24:34.880 --> 00:24:39.919 now to a temp location on our USB drive. Mhm. 00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:43.120 In this case, then we could remap our C drive as a file location here and we 00:24:41.840 --> 00:24:48.400 could copy it back over. Very cool. That right there is why just 00:24:46.080 --> 00:24:53.039 deleting your files before throwing out or selling your hard drive is not 00:24:50.640 --> 00:24:56.480 secure. As long as nothing has been overwritten, 00:24:54.559 --> 00:25:00.640 they are still there. And using tools like this, they can be retrieved. Now, 00:24:59.039 --> 00:25:04.960 we don't have too much more to explore here that would be funny or experimental, but we will leave a 00:25:03.200 --> 00:25:09.200 download link for this one and all the other dros in case you want to try them. 00:25:07.360 --> 00:25:12.720 Which I guess brings us to our last DRO. Elijah, what Oh, you're not even What 00:25:11.440 --> 00:25:17.679 are you even doing? I'm installing our new dro or our last one, I guess. All right, let's go. 00:25:15.200 --> 00:25:20.960 We're doing Uuntu. Ubuntu. 00:25:18.640 --> 00:25:24.720 No, no. Oo, I see. 00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:28.799 Yeah. [laughter] Isn't it cute? Yeah, it's cute. 00:25:27.360 --> 00:25:32.720 I love it. This seems more modern. 00:25:30.640 --> 00:25:38.480 Yes. So, this again is based off of Ubuntu. Um, more mo. You got a doggo. 00:25:36.320 --> 00:25:41.679 Dogo. Dogo. What isn't it? Dogo. 00:25:40.640 --> 00:25:48.400 No. Well, it's like pogo. Yeah, but it's spelled with two G's. 00:25:45.919 --> 00:25:51.200 Isn't a pogo stick spelled with two G's? No, that would be Pogo. 00:25:50.799 --> 00:25:56.400 A, which is a completely different thing. [laughter] 00:25:54.720 --> 00:26:00.400 This OS actually, again, like you said, is more modern, more up todate. It also 00:25:58.240 --> 00:26:04.812 comes with a lot more Okay, you don't need it. Is Oh, it is 2G's. 00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:07.279 Pogo, the opposite of poggers. [laughter] 00:26:06.080 --> 00:26:11.039 That's appropriate. That's a Twitch term. It's snake. Oh, it's snake. Oh, it's multiplier 00:26:09.760 --> 00:26:13.279 snake. Oh, that's so cool. So, I can't hit another snake either. 00:26:12.880 --> 00:26:18.400 No. Is this Bone Stock? It comes with Spotify and Steam and Cupid Torrent and 00:26:16.960 --> 00:26:22.320 all kinds of things that I definitely wouldn't use. 00:26:20.400 --> 00:26:25.360 Yeah, sure. Uh, no, it's not Bone Stock. And that's why it's just a little bit 00:26:23.679 --> 00:26:30.320 different. This is what I'm talking about. I am 00:26:27.279 --> 00:26:33.200 cursed. This is a Dro that comes with 00:26:30.320 --> 00:26:37.760 Steam pre-installed and I managed to break it simply by trying to launch it. 00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:41.360 This seems like a very complete experience. Yeah, it even has 00:26:39.840 --> 00:26:47.760 Thunderbolt in the settings. Thunderbolt 3 support. Really? Using Ubuntu as its base, Ubuntu 00:26:45.440 --> 00:26:51.600 just adds some a nice little theme and then comes with a bunch of apps that 00:26:49.279 --> 00:26:54.559 you'd probably download anyway. It also includes guides to help get you up and 00:26:53.279 --> 00:26:59.120 running, like the one that shows you how to enable the Proton compatibility layer 00:26:56.720 --> 00:27:02.799 for non-compatible games so you can play pretty much 00:27:00.960 --> 00:27:07.360 anything you want on Linux. Big asterisk. Ubuntu was made by two 00:27:05.440 --> 00:27:11.039 students in Spain who wanted to try to have fun making their own dro. They 00:27:09.440 --> 00:27:14.159 started out just wanting to learn how to do it and then it evolved into them 00:27:12.880 --> 00:27:19.360 creating something that they would actually want to daily drive, which when 00:27:17.120 --> 00:27:24.240 you dig a little deeper and see how this dro comes out of the box, I get it. I 00:27:22.320 --> 00:27:28.400 mean, I'm not like an anime person or anything, but this already seems less 00:27:26.559 --> 00:27:32.240 overwhelming and in some ways more friendly than some of what's out there. 00:27:30.400 --> 00:27:36.559 Of course, there are a few things I would do differently, which come to 00:27:34.320 --> 00:27:41.120 think of it, how about we make a DRO to call our own. 00:27:40.080 --> 00:27:47.039 It's a good idea. Leave some suggestions down below of what you'd like to see in an LT DRO and 00:27:44.720 --> 00:27:51.039 maybe, just maybe, we'll take a crack at Linus Linux. 00:27:48.240 --> 00:27:54.640 Linux. If you guys enjoyed this video, go check 00:27:52.640 --> 00:27:59.520 out the Linux challenge where Luke and I both switched to Linux as a daily driver 00:27:56.880 --> 00:28:04.480 for 1 month. And no, maybe it is not time we revisit that. Not [music] yet. 00:28:01.520 --> 00:28:07.360 When Steam OS has broader compatibility, I'm going to do it.