Comments by "" (@dingokidneys) on "Why Linux is Better Than Windows 11" video.

Linux Mint is a great introduction to Linux but it is also a great system for advanced users as it is a fully featured Linux.
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@ That's the thing. Some people tend to talk as if this distro is for beginners and this distro is for 1337 haxor, but when it comes down to it you can do just about anything with any distro if you're prepared to do some work yourself rather than work only with what's installed by default.
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@joshua476 I go the other way around: Debian on the host and Windows as the guest. That way when Windows shits the bed, I can restore from a snapshot. Much more stable this way around and better functionality from the virtualisation platform.
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@ You could put an additional SSD into the machine and move your Linux install over to it. Easiest. Otherwise you need to resize the Windows partition within Windows then resize the Linux partition which will probably be problematic as you're adding space to the beginning of the partition. It might still work but it's awkward and you're likely to stuff it up unless you really know what you're doing. There are guides on the internet and YT.
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@c99kfm I'd say when you start answering other people's questions about how to handle their systems, you're getting there.
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@thatoneannoyingtornadosire8755 Haven't used Puppy in a long time but Alpine is great as a minimalist system. I have it on an old 32bit system for wifi "exploration." Start from a very basic CLI install and add what you need from there. Tight and functional.
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@YoStu242 Windows users coming to Linux will often have no idea of just how much is tunable/tweakable on a Linux system. You can tune EVERYTHING: you can build your own kernels, change out the scheduler to give snappier response in certain workloads, change the init system to one that you prefer, change the display system choosing between a host of window managers or display environments, change the look and feel of your selected display system, build your software with your own tweaks or preferred options, manage software with APIs to scripting languages or via IPCs, etc. It's customisable at every level of the software stack.
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@YoStu242 Every Linux distro aimed at desktop use has a graphical user interface and most, like Linux Mint, allow you to do virtually everything from within that GUI. That said, even Windows users have to break out the Command Prompt or Powershell to do some more esoteric things on their systems. It's simply the most efficient and repeatable means of getting some things done. Some Linux GUIs, like Gnome and KDE, have GUI system tweaking apps for those that prefer them. Your statement that a GUI is "often missing" or even extending that to graphical tweaking tools has not been true for more than 20 years.
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