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I mean world without windows doesn't seem so good. My house would feel really claustrophobic
My tech world IS without Windows, so I don't need to imagine it. My rigs all run Debian, my wife's runs Zorin OS. Phones are running Android (until Elon's cellular network launches and supports linux phones 😃)
If no Windows, I'd be sitting next to always freezed pc. I have SoundBlaster AE-9 sound card, which is not only not supported by Linux, but Linux is completely unable to boot with it. Besides, I use Linux in work. In home, I just want to power pc, double click web browser or Winamp icon, rest and no bother any command prompt stuff.
I guess it's better than a world without Linus.
Windows key functions the same, at least on KDE. OG Task Manager was just built by Dave Plummer, the man that made the original Windows Task Manager. The little things that pop up are 100% easily handled with AI agents now. Not really many reasons besides certain games and pro software...
Was playing Genshin Impact when Windows forcibly restarted for an update I’d been dodging for weeks. Mildly annoying, but whatever, it's basically a chill single-player game.<br><br>After booting back up, Edge (which I had completely uninstalled before) launched itself, followed by a full-screen prompt demanding I log into my Microsoft account. I closed that, only to spot OneDrive, which I’d also nuked previously, sitting right in my system tray.<br><br>That was my breaking point. I wiped the drive and installed CachyOS (though any Linux distro would've done). I’ve been running it for months now, and I’ve never felt more liberated. It genuinely felt like Microsoft was treating my hardware as their PC. Now? Zero unasked pop-ups, zero forced reboots, and I actually have full transparency and control over every single package that updates.
They just prompt, make Windows 11 better, make no mistakes. 😂😂😂😂
It's weird to hear the traditional anti-linux talking points being pointed at windows
Regarding "triple OS", Linux is basically there with very good emulation of Windows programs. MacOS doesn't matter since little to no software is Mac-only.
I've tried not-windows. Last year I got a MacMini (for WFH) and a MacBook Air (personal). After price hikes and my continual frustation with their inability to work well with non-mac systems, <br>I ended up selling both and going back to Windows boxes (the HP Omnibook is fantastic). I even took a older laptop with dedicated GPU and tried popOS. <br><br>Simply put, everything I was doing was harder on non-windows. OneDrive integration bites on Mac. Nonexistant on Linux. Network access/shares were a mess. File and folder management is rough in Finder, worse when accessing from inside an app. Could go on. <br><br>Say what you will about the ads in windows, (which for some reason I just don't ever get?), it just works. Drivers just work. Apps just install. Network locations just appear. <br><br>To run with Niko's metaphor, Windows is a pencil. MacOS is a fountain pen, and Linux is a stub of charcoal taped to a sharpie. <br><br>CAN you do all the same things? Sure. But one will do it out of the box with, yea some minimal maintenance, but no complications.
Ask GenZ 😂
It would be amazing if windows disappeared overnight. While I would love to swap to Linux, I exclusively use Windows because so many small niche applications I use are Windows exclusive but if that OS is gone then they will update or have alternatives for linux and/or mac
Maybe we can vibe code windows 10 as an app container, that just loads whatever app we click on, with the bits it needs directly in Linux.
There IS a remote desktop for linux. I have used it since 2020, it is Ubuntu based and in CachyOS you have to jump a few hoops to make it work but it works. BTW, I only have Linux computers at home since 2005, I do dual boot sometimes for playing videos games. I would say that nowadays 90% of the software that you need is available in Linux and it is more easy and faster to install Linux than Windows. The problem of course is if you need that 10% of software that is not available in Linux.
Did you actually talk to a regular windows user... Like office staff, schools hospitals.. Nope.
This is nonsense, of course it would be worse, because everyone knows how to use Windows. If you have been talking to knowledgeable tech people ( and that is who you have been interviewing), maybe, but I would guess 90% are not tech savvy and have learned how to use Windows because (sorry Linux) it is EASY! Make Linux easy and intuitive then maybe, but until then, not a chance in hell!
I used to use Microsoft apps almost exclusively, but in in the past 1-2 years I switched away from M365, Outlook, OneDrive and Edge (when they switched to Chromium). VS Code and Windows are the only things I still use from them, and I am not really fond of Windows.
i was gonna sing "Imagine there's no heaven...", but it would be "no Hell" in this case.
Windows mostly pays my bills as an IT professional. When I come home to watch YouTube and other stuff, I use a MacBook Pro. My media center PC runs Windows. My fileserver runs Linux. My router runs FreeBSD. My son's gaming rig runs Windows.<br><br>As someone who can use/administer a number of different OSes, I miss Windows the least when I'm not using it. For my uses, it takes the most tweaking to reach a really productive state. It is by far the most intrusive system I use, when I really want an OS to get out of my way and let me work.<br><br>An OS that I really miss is Solaris.
"no, you just got back to the horse" 😂
Been using Microsoft OSs since the DOS days. The main thing keeping me from switching to Linux at this point is Adobe software, hopefully ArtCraft will solve that in the near future.
Moved to CachyOS in January 2026.... I run an IT and computer repair business. There's ZERO reason to go back - everything works, and works better - it works how I want it to.
I mean, honestly, I don't have much of an issue with Windows existing. And my only issue with Linux is that there isn't really just enough of Linux-native software that I'd happily dump Windows right now. But, even then, if given the opportunity, I don't care about Windows 11 nearly enough not to jump over to Linux. In fact, that's my plan for my next laptop upgrade. Or if I somehow get lucky enough to end up with a good PC in this economy. <br><br>But, nevertheless, Windows for me is only really going to last as my main OS for my current system. I might have Windows sitting as a backup OS later on, but never really anything more. Just periodic updates to the system, and it sits there as the last resort compatibility layer, basically, in case my Linux fails at something and I can't do without booting up Windows.
The print screen in windows 11 is the one thing that I honestly never saw better in another operating system, and the extras in power toys are awesome, I also love the transfer area. I am saying as a person that enjoys a lot pop os cosmic and distrohop at least 10 distros (I use windows 11 in my main pc and cosmic in my older one, just to test and play a little, I love the autotilling system and the work arounds in windows are terrible 😅)
Windows should just throw $344563 buhjillion dollars at Wine and make a distro around it.
I was once a Mac OS fanboy in college... Then they became a closed ecosystem that basically told me to fuck myself and to this day they still piss me off to the point where I will NEVER touch another Apple product. And Windows has become a necessary evil, but I can still at least do what I want/need on there (unlike apple). But he cost of using windows is like selling your soul to satan. Now I have a custom Steam Machine that I absolutely love for gaming ands simple productivity, but until there is something that can meet and beat After Effects that can run natively on LInux/Steam OS, I'm stick depending on a greater evil.
havent booted into windows for several weeks now on any of my personal computers. Best decision of my life. I just miss RTX VSR and RTX HDR
In a world, without windows.. where no light has ever stepped foot inside any building.. where darkness lurks round every corner..<br>People simply wouldn't know any better.. than to deal with the norm.<br><br>roight.. sorry Don LaFontaine.. ill leave the voice overs to you.
Let's face it. Noone's against Microsoft necessarily. But the world would be so much better if Windows went away tomorrow. It's just the worst OS.
I don’t think there’s anything Windows could do to get me back. The only way I’d see myself going back is if Linux became unusable for gaming and Mac became unusable for productivity and general computing. The ball simply isn’t in Microsoft’s court anymore. <br><br>Unless the next Xbox is a PC that’s not frustrating to use and offers value that prebuilt/custom built PCs can’t compete with.
Linux is also going the wrong way, i learned recently. Specifically, wayland kills desktop automation tools. So if windows would disappear i'd run some old linux with X11.
If Apple ever lets us run MacOS on PC it’s over for Microsoft
Windows feels to broken, I can't even access my own files. Hoping next year to move to a macbook neo
Pretty scary to let the history but If you can work with any computer it doesn matter.
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t62ZRncv2d4&t=553">9:13</a> - I understand Niko accidentally saying “OS X”, especially considering how stalwart a phrase it was for nearly two decades.
alternatives to what they would miss with windows:<br>the windows key still opens a start menu on most linux distros<br>system monitor on kde, btop++ for anything else<br>im sure there's open source remakes of screensavers and 98 pinball, also nobody worth their salt plays riot games lmao
I started my sysadmin career on Windows 2000, XP, then 7 in my shop. After 7 I ended up in Red Hat systems administration and really loved it. I keep a Windows laptop around for games like Destiny. But I've been on MacOS, and FreeBSD for my primary computer use for years. <br><br>Windows used to be out of my way, but now that's just not the case. MacOS isn't ideal either, but the battery life on on apple silicon is bananas. My MacBook is my travel laptop, and at home it's FreeBSD on a Dell XPS for daily driving.
when pcvr becomes better on linux i'll switch, but at this point it feels like a when pigs fly, but i have a sliver of hope that now since the steam frame is out it's full steam ahead (no pun intended)
a beautiful world that would be
Imagine a world without this ratio
I'm trying to imagine a world without Windows. I truly keep trying, even with all your videos trying Linux helping. But the truth is, anyone who doesn't have even the most basic training in coding is completely and utterly screwed if trying to go non-windows. <br>I am very experienced and knowledgeable for hardware and can cope with 'some' software issue within windows, and yet Linux, despite years of trying a dozen or more distros, I am still forced to remain windows because Linux is so massively inaccessible to the average, or even above average, user.<br>EDIT: It is INFURIATING because in real terms al I need it OBS, Steam, Resolve and Gimp. If anyone knows a free powerpoint I could use that too. The point remains that I would be windows free if it was possible for the average but educated users, yet it simply is not.
My work pc is on windows 11. Our industry standard software is windows only.<br><br>At home, I've been on Zorin OS for 3 months or so having switched from 10 when I ran into games that would not boot without the security software of 11. It hasn't been seamless, but I can say that I've managed to be completely off windows outside of work for at least 2 months
give us modular windows, Start with windows core, then on setup, install the bits you need lowering the system usage.<br>I use 3 applications for work. all i need for an operating system is to be secure from hackers etc, and launch those 3 apps<br><br>At home i want those 3 apps plus gaming and media etc
Imagine a world without <b>linux</b>
if they wanna win back ppl, they should just lay of theire os and make it an linux distro :D
been on linux for the past 4 years . unfortunately i do have to go to windows 1 time a year for my tax software. I have been complaining to the software provider to make a linux flatpak version so I never have to go back
I think the big thing that most Linux users want is just to have a big enough market share that it becomes worthwhile for major programs and games to support it. That's the reason we all get so excited about The Year Of The Linux Desktop.
Love the video but I honestly skipped the parts where Ludwig is on screen. <br>If JayzTwoCents or even any other creator was there instead of him, no skip at all. <br><br>People might suddenly comment "why hate Ludwig?" <br>With the 'drama' surrounding him over the past few years and honestly I was never into his content anyway. <br><br><br>Going back to the video topic, if Microslop could just stop the data hoarding/mining/scraping and forcing whatever AI slop they keep pushing, people wouldn't be moving away from Windows. I'm still going to use windows even if its heavily modified without the telemetry and AI, even though Linux is the better route.
I only switch to Windows when my son wants to play Fortnite. So I can go weeks in Linux. Always forget how much bloat it has when I switch and my fans kick in to cool down the CPU since Windows needs to do lots of things whilst it idles. Linux is just better. Once Fornite works, I won't ever go back to Windows.
If it wasn’t for just a small handful of games I play with friends that lack Linux support (and Razer Synapse, unfortunately 🤢) I would be a full time Linux user and not look back. As it is now I dual boot and try to spend the majority of my time on the Linux side. The progress I’ve seen over the last couple years makes me really hopeful that I’ll be able to move over fully in a few more.
bro why's ludwig in the video , this guy is one of the worst humans good god
Good video. <br>I literally only use Windows for work. I’m an old codger & work in IT and have used Windows since Windows 1.0 (I started on CP/M, DOS & Unix SVR4).<br><br>At home I’ve a Mac Studio and MacBook Air for everything except work. <br><br>Do I have a personal windows PC? Yes. Do I regularly use it? No. Only to support my elderly parents who still use Windows. And recently I installed a VM on my Mac using Windows on ARM and that works fine for the 5 minutes a month I need to use Windows outside of work. So the old PC is now redundant.
Debloating Windows, through a tool like Chris Titus WinUtil, is 100x easier than setting up Linux, fidgeting with Nvidia drivers, enabling Optix acceleration, then Wine and Proton (especially for non-steam games). This is assuming that you don't run into even more random problems on Linux. If you enjoy tinkering and deep customization, sure. But saying it's because windows sucks doesn't make sense to me.
I moved a few months ago but it was not something I'd expect normies to do.<br>Bazzite was easy but too locked down.<br>Mint was easy but no Wayland.<br>Fedora so far has been perfect but the setup for it was a nightmare.
i CAN ONLY DREAM OF SUCH A FUTURE. an OS with no ads. No ai bullshat. No bloat. High performance.
Too late. I already switched to Fedora a couple of months ago
A world without Windows would have one benefit. Better insulation.
Imagine a world without sponsored videos<br> <br>Note: didn't watch the video
A world without Windows is just Walls
i left windows for fedora last year, its been wonderful especially with gnome. When i have to use windows on my company laptop i miss gnome and its elegant UI.
twice now that horse sound effect has made me turn to the right lol.
I love Windows. Period. 😁👍🏻 😁👍🏻 😁👍🏻
I just want linux with full Windows as Subsystem to run some Windows Apps on linux desktop
a hidden plus is that learning new stuff is good for your brain, its almost exactly like working out, you need to train both strengh and flexibility, you need to get really concentrated sometimes, and other times just learn new things superficially
Spyware
I just reinstalled windows on my jellyfin server pc. I hated that too much ai sudo hallucinating made it a pain in the ass to fix them for regular things..
What about skylights?
I use MacOs for my day to day life at college etc and then for gaming I use Bazzite. I've been windows free for nearly 2 years now.
Until recently, I was using Bazzite OS. I spent nearly a year configuring it, and it suited me in almost every way—the only issue was that it couldn't run games with anti-cheat software. However, a major update was released a few days ago, and it completely broke the entire Bazzite OS installation, forcing me to switch back to Windows 10. Now I’m wondering whether or not to return to Bazzite OS. I’m worried that I’ll end up spending another year setting it up, only for another update to come along and break everything all over again.
cant wait for AI generated windows clone based on linux with full compatibility for everything with 0 online requirements, no recommended browser suggestions, no full screen un-exit-able demands that i upgrade to their spyware bloated BS latest version.
I have some games that I haven't gotten running on Linux, but nearly all of my Steam library is working fine. I honestly don't miss anything about Windows.
"It could be worse, or it could be better"<br><br>So if something was different it would be different. Really racked up the brainstorming hours with this content 👍
I swtched to macOS almost 9 years ago and never looked back. Before that I have been on DOS/Windows for about 28 years.
Windows has a bad user experience and is too heavy and slow at everything. My pc running linux is basically instant and everything happens when you click on it. On windows on the other hand, everything hangs for a few seconds, it feels BAD and it's annoying. Not to mention they should fix windows updates to be seamless. And get rid of the oobe after updates
I've told my girlfriend a title of this video, and she thought I mean real windows, so you all imagine that lmao
i would remove all the windows and replace them with oled panels so i can control what windows shows me
Most peripherals need software to work properly and currently very few of them offer a linux version.<br>I undervolt my gpu, there's no linux software that does that. There's no linux software for my headset, so I can't set any sound profiles.<br>And while nvidia's linux support has improved, you still lose about 10-20% of performance on linux.<br>I would love to switch to linux, but all these things are too big of a tradeoff.
dude the production quality of these videos are getting pretty wild. just the quality of the image is nuts
switching to linux got a lot easier when my gpu became a linux expert
What if <del>hear me out</del> windows get open sourced...?
What if <del>hear me out</del> windows get open sourced...?
RE: Corridor Crew visitor.<br>Dave Plummer (O.G. Task Manager creator) Has released a new/updated version, and developed it to work on all major platforms.
Perhaps someone should do the same thing for Windows that was done for Adobe Photoshop.... clone it! Reverse engineer it! And leave out the crap.
they should just open source it
No imagination required... evaluation after a year is behind me, at the end of this year I'm Windows free with the replacement of my main desktop. Everything else already runs on Linux. <br>First time without any MS product since I got a Commodore 64 in 1983.
A world without malware? Noo!
Linux can run on potato chip 2013 hppavilion with 4gb ram still works but windows killed it
Fedora KDE + Grok Bot/Hermes! So long Windows
Linux distros are still held back by the lack of the same thing that make windows sh**. Probably like 99% people wont understand what I mean, but it's true
The year where Linus Tech Tips is really trying hard to trash-talk one OS while promoting Linux and overlooking the downsides of all the other OS. This has started to seem like a trend from these tech channel for views and less objectivity.
I hate Microsoft and everything it stands for.
Keep up the good work, the only reason I still got a windows boot PC is anti-cheat (bork bork), I do love FPS games so Linus please fix it. Note: The one from Suomi not the one from canadialand.
One thing I don't like on Linux is the trackability of files on it, it's quite easy to have files for things you don't use anymore scattered all over many directories. Sometimes you get yourself just copy pasting commands from a tutorial and completely unaware of where things are going to. Yeah, you can overcome it by commiting yourself, all come to convenience again. But what really prevent myself to commiting is the lack of compatibility with many games that I actually play, most of the big ones require an anticheat not compatible with Linux, but I definitely excited to the prospects of getting those games working on Linux, then I may switch.
I use linux and Mac Os. I sometimes boot into windows 11 but find it slow and anoying.
I just really love hearing Nico ramble :D
After they released VS Code, I honestly thought Microsoft was going to rewrite Windows to run on top of Linux. Like instead of being built on top of DOS or PowerShell, it could litterally just have Linux under the hood.
Ludwig trying to "gotcha" with "what's the kernel" after hearing "based on arch" is wild
PErsonally for me the best WIndows was 8.1 not 10 :) , and I agree , we need a complete debloted edition of Win11, just for people who do not want to be a Life service for MS BS <br>Well you have to love the MAC Fans, telling you how bad Windows is and paying every month their Apple subscription :) <br>I think moste people , doing everyday stuff will be fine with something simple like Ubuntu, to browse, watch youtube or make a document... <br>It gets complicated in big company ECO systems where everything is based on Datacenter or Server versions of Windows.<br>That will take a lot of time.
Still on 21H2 IoT Enterprise! <br><br>Windows 11 is so bad, that whenever I try to daily it, truth be told I didn't even bother turning on my PC because there are so many broken things that need fixing and I'm tired of fixing one after another.
Nah im on bazzite since 2 weeks now. Get fucked microsoft.<br>(unfortunately i still work with windows machines)
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