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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).
Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.
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TL;DR: Stop jumping between Linux tools and setups.
Pick something simple, stick with it, and actually learn it before moving on. A deep knowledge of one toolset is more useful than a shallow understanding of many different ways of solving the same problem.
@zarkanian When posting videos try to put a descriptive title or a summary with your thoughts in the body. Not only it opens up discussions about the topic, it always make me more likely to check the content. It's not in the rules but i think is nice etiquette.
Especially those of us who prefer to read over watching videos.
Yup although the creator claims to not want to post clickbait, one of the main issues of clickbait is a title that tells you in no way what the video is about, but does sound controversial enough so you want to know the content. And this video clearly manages to hit those goals. Just like the goal to not really talk about the topic for the first 2 minutes. It really just came down to "take things slow, don't move on to the next thing before your understand the thing you are learning now".
Clickbait title. Anyone know what this is actually about?
My takeaways:
I've been using linux for about 20 years and have never used a tiling WM. What are the benefits? What am I missing out on? My current daily driver is Mint with Cinnamon.
never been a fan of them myself, but then i don't sit in a terminal (or rather, multiple terminals) all day, either. those days are long behind me. i very much prefer a traditional stacking wm, and also one that remembers window geometry and locations, too--a trick windows has done since forever, but gnome and kde still require addons to pull off.
Tiling WM is great when you love sitting upright at a desk all day and are crystal clear in the tasks you want to accomplish using only keyboard shortcuts for pure speed.
Me….i like slightly reclining, using one hand to navigate my mouse to do nothing productive.
I like it because even when i was still using windows i would always snap two windows next to each other, the tiling window manager takes care of that for me so the only thing i have to do now is just open my apps. That's what got me into it initially, but now i also really like the keyboard driven workflow, and try to get as many parts of my system controllable with the keyboard as possible.
The creator believes the
"better way" to use Linux is to spend time learning how the distro and its package management works before customizing.
i would counter that customizing one's desktop keeps more than a few users from switching (back) to something else. they enjoy it. let 'em do it. doing so will get them on the terminal at some point anyway and they'll learn by doing.
Terminal is good BTW
Fully understand your current distro/tools, before distrohopping/installing new stuff, so you know what you are looking for, instead of getting new things you don't need.
Presentation is huge, at least for me. The thing that pulled me over to the Linux side was people posting screenshots of their tricked-out desktops with cooling-looking terminals. It made learning the terminal look fun, not intimidating.
Terminal works for left brained, yang people.
Shiny GUI works for right brained, yin people.
That's all.