TLDW of this video from ChatGPT
The video highlights the following main points about why Linux Mint is considered better than Windows 11:
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Start Menu and Customization: Linux Mint’s menu is more organized and customizable than Windows 11’s start menu. It offers three columns, resizable icons, and customizable labels.
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Taskbar (Panel) Features: Linux Mint’s panel is more flexible, allowing repositioning, resizing, and creation of additional panels. Applets enhance functionality, offering features like quick desktop access and window behavior customization.
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Privacy and Telemetry: Linux Mint is privacy-focused, avoiding telemetry. Certain apps’ telemetry can be manually disabled. Windows 11 is criticized for lacking privacy.
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Bloatware and Pre-installed Apps: Linux Mint has minimal bloatware, including useful tools or open-source alternatives. Windows 11 can have cluttered start menus with unwanted icons.
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Batch File Renaming and Management: Linux Mint’s file management includes advanced batch renaming with insertion, removal, and case conversion. Windows 11 lacks similar features.
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Security (Future Topic): Security is mentioned as a potential future topic, with Linux Mint considered more privacy-oriented than Windows 11. Discussions about security are acknowledged.
The narrator encourages viewer engagement and discussion on the covered topics.
EVEN MORE things Linux Mint does better than Win11:
- Compiles linux kernels
- Runs even demanding apps like systemd fast and smooth
- Conforms with POSIX some of the time
- Lets you configure everything with text files using ‘ed’ if you want to
- Doesn’t spy on you so much
- Rarely shows you ads
demanding apps like systemd
Really?
I know systemd is relatively bloated compared to other init system, but I don’t recall it being exactly heavy or demanding…
I do find it way too overly complex in the design of various of its many parts, but my comment there is what among my people would be referred to as a “joke”.
- NOT BEING WINDOWS
- NOT BEING WINDOWS
- NOT BEING WINDOWS
- NOT BEING WINDOWS
- NOT BEING WINDOWS
I have tried lots of distros yet I am always going back to Windows.
I found my inner peace after installing debian as my daily driver and windows 11 on my laptop mainly for programming/gamedev stuff.
After Gnome 42, I can never go back to Windows on my laptop. I don’t know if you’ve tried it since then, but the finger navigate gestures are really good.
Literally none of those are actually"objective"…
Ok. Now, change the audio bit rate in the GUI? You can try any Linux you like.
The Lack of functions in the GUI to configure Hardware devices is a serious problem for Linux. You can’t Configure anything on your AMD graphics card, set sleep timeout of you wireless game controller, or enable HDR.
I’m currently having a good time in Arch but I’m frustrated that GUI controls for basic stuff is still missing. Most of this stuff has been in Windows for decades.
Rather focusing on the how customisable the desktop environment is, they need to focus on making Hardware configuration easier.
Agreed. When I went home to put on some music to bang your mom too, it took me like 20 minutes to adjust to the optimal audio bit rate. It totally killed the mood.
https://github.com/simonepalmer/pipewire-controller https://github.com/wwmm/easyeffects https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/helvum https://kx.studio/Applications:Catia https://github.com/cyber-sushi/pipewire-sample-rate-config https://github.com/rncbc/qpwgraph
The first looks like it does specifically what you mentioned. I haven’t tried any of these except Helvum, and I don’t remember if you can change the bitrate.
I don’t have enough patience (or need) to use a GUI for stuff like this - wpctl is fairly comprehensive - but if it’s something you need to do a lot I get the appeal.
And, I hear what you’re saying about hardware config tools. I maintain a cross-platform monitoring tool, and frequently get requests to support graphics cards; it’s the most troublesome and difficult chore, because these devices all have bespoke APIs, and it’s a PITA to support them - moreso because it’s impossible to test the support when you don’t have access to all of the hardware.
Hey, you can edit config files in GUI 😄
How DARE you ask about GUI controls! But seriously I’d love to see more of it. It certainly would make on-boarding of windows users much easier. All the CLI functions scare most away. It seems like every time I ask about a GUI for something I get shot down hard. Like I understand why CLI is more prevalent, way easier to troubleshoot and instruct people across multiple distros. But if you want to grow the Linux community, ease of use to the broad public has to become priority, and I think GUIs is the best starting point for that.
And having things built in would be a major help as well, instead of having to see if the software center has it, and then searching GitHub when it doesn’t. Again, I get that some distros might have that, but that would be a niche distro for certain things. A nice GUI tool to adjust GPU parameters would be super (using coolero at the moment), a better audio device manager, gamepad device manager as well, task manager that’s a little more user friendly.
I’m rambling and I don’t want to sound like I dislike Linux. I made Mint my only OS on my laptop and two PCs in my house. I love it. I keep W11 on my gaming PC as a dual boot strictly for VR. That’s all that’s holding me back. I’m fine with CLI tools but I’d reeeeeeally like it if GUI tools became more prevalent.
Similar one, try to change mouse acceleration. The last couple distros I had tried were completely lacking any config option for that.
There are already comments about how a GUI isn’t needed or something like that, but Linux will never become remotely mainstream as a consumer OS with that kind of attitude.
As in turn it off or on, or change the curve itself? The option to turn it off or on is in the main Settings -> Mouse and Touchpad page with GNOME 44, labeled “Mouse Acceleration.” Which is, in my opinion, easier than Windows’ obscure Windows 95-style pop-up for “additional mouse settings” and then “enhance pointer precision.”
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Agreed. Last time I used my Wacom tablet on a Linux station, I had to type a bunch of commands every start up to get it to work in the correct aspect ratio because there was no GUI tool for that. Surely there’s a way to register that kind of stuff for start up, but why do I have to figure this out ? I just need to get work done. Wacom tablets have been around for 30 years and are used by most of the digital artists out there, it’s not some exotic peripheral. It seems like it should be easier
I found it mildly funny reading this, I’ve not been using vanilla windows 10 for quite a while, but have resorted to sticking plasters to get the same effects as mint (start10, fences, and powertoys). It’s very true, out the box all that’s baked into mint, and with the privacy etc.
I heartily miss Mint/Xubuntu, but am cursed with my interests being in game development and audio. :) one of these years…
hi op, how did u get chatgpt to do that? I tried a free version from element/riot which I think is chatgpt 3.5 but it doesnt work 🤷
It doesn’t work automatically.
Go to a youtube video There is an option to view the transcript of the video near to the description in three dot menu Copy the transcription and paste it into chatgpt.
tx bud 👍
“Objectively” 🤦🏻♂️
Everyday I get older that word losses more and more meaning
Objectively is the new Literally
Literally objectively
Canonically
Objectively, it is literally the new literally
I was like cool, finally a comparison without someone’s opinion… Ah, fuck
“Objectively”: Proceeds to give his opinion
I thought it would be about ram/disk usage and how they display colours
Or how on Linux you can bypass the cpu for instructions
ChatGPT can summarize youtube videos?
I also want to know this
Extract the video subtitles and paste it to ChatGPT and ask your questions.
Thats wicked smart
Well, not sure if the best way to do it, hehe, but could be the only way I can imagine.
I recently learned that Bard can also “view” YouTube videos, I asked it to summarize this one and this is what it said - I noticed it’s a bit different from OP’s, though I haven’t yet watched the video myself to confirm the accuracy of this one specifically.
Considering the average quality of auto subtitles, this looks like feeding crap inputs to an already “unreliable” AI.
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This is really nice. I’ve been using Mint for years and didn’t know about it.
Point 4 is only true if you buy a pre built system. If you install the OS yourself there is very little pre installed.
Majority of people are buying prebuilt systems or laptops though.
I suppose it depends on your definition of “very little” but I would say that for most Linux users, “Windows 11 can have cluttered start menus with unwanted icons” is definitely accurate.
I did a fresh install of Windows 11 Home the other day and it had at least 10 apps that I manually removed right off the bat. Stuff like WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook Messenger, One Note, Xbox Live and a few freebie games were sitting front and center in the start menu, even though I had not agreed to have any of them installed.
What you’re seeing in the Video is pretty much what the start menu will look like after a clean install of Windows 11, minus Audacity and Chrome.
99% of the usage of “objective” on the internet is objectively incorrect.
TLDW of this video from ChatGPT
That’s a lot of trust to blindly place in a GPT…
I can confirm the results above. Nontheless, you are right.
But all 5 points can be said for all other distros running a DE.
I’m guessing this video is for people thinking about switching to Linux from Windows. Mint is probably the best distro for most of them.
