Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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What desktop Linux does better than Windows 10 or Windows 11. Including a choice of desktop, customization, and bringing new life to old hardware.

If you enjoy this video, you may also like my other Linux videos including:

Switching to Linux: A Beginner’s Guide - youtube.com/watch?v=n8vmXvoVjZw

Switching to Linux: Drives & Partitions - youtube.com/watch?v=tFGAWbDy98Q

Linux Mint 22: Excellent Distro for Windows Users - youtube.com/watch?v=_qZI6i21jB4

Zorin OS 17: Linux for Windows Users - youtube.com/watch?v=_FryhC19wu8

Promoting Linux: an End-User Manifesto - youtube.com/watch?v=98kFh3JpIXk

And you can access all ExplainingComputers Linux videos from this page: explainingcomputers.com/linux_videos.html

More videos on computing and related topics can be found at:
youtube.com/@ExplainingComputers

And more videos on film and other making, plus retro tech, are on my Christopher Barnatt channel here: youtube.com/@ChristopherBarnatt

Chapters:
00:00 Titles & Intro
00:54 Choice of desktop
03:10 Interface customization
05:38 Update control
08:20 Local account
09:55 Security
11:40 Support for older hardware
11:41 Migration & external boot
15:59 Penguin power (wrap)

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