It was really fun to watch honestly, it flew by. I'm surprised how charismatic the smart Linus is on camera
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It's worth it for the Elon burn alone.
"I read your book!" "I didn't watch your videos." Brutal.
Smart Linus dropping good natured zingers on Less Smart Linus was the tonic I didn't know I needed.
It was a really enjoyable video and it's the first time I see any video of the creator of a project I love. I also enjoy LTT videos even if people on Lemmy dislike him. I like the fact that he's trying to have another platform than youtube, even if it ain't the one I support (Peertube).
Why do people on Lemmy dislike LTT?
Mostly unsubstantiated rumors passed around about why certain employees no longer work there. Linus has on multiple occasions admitted he was doing everything for the first time and he didn't always get everything right as the company transitioned from some dudes in a house to a legitimate company.
Some don't like him because of his opinions on things (most of the apple fanboys don't like him because he regularly shits on apple and iPhones).
Some people don't like him because of drama with other YouTubers (mostly Steve from gamers nexus).
As someone who used to watch him daily back when it was just him and Luke doing stupid shit in a regular house and doesn't really watch him much anymore I don't think Linus is an outright bad person. All of us are flawed in many ways. He seems like mostly a good guy and those who have met with him and worked with him that I have met or talked to only ever had nice things to say about him.
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Mostly because he is a YouTube entertainer, and not necessarily an tech expert. He got some shitstorm a while ago because of the bad treatment of some of his staff, and other YouTubers called him out because his benchmarks where wrong multiple times, but he would never revisit and correct them. Some staff members said this was impossible for them to to accurate testing and reviews because of the high pressure to churn out new videos.
Personally I get the vibe that he is nice and entertaining in front of the camera, but might be a less chill person as your boss.
He's an immature man-child.
He does not handle being told he's wrong very well. Granted, the people he surround himself with are no different. LTT was promoting take science products (aka scams) and when got called out on it by an actual scientist, lashed out.
The warranty for his (I think it was a) backpack, was trust me bro.
Until it was constantly complained about in comment sections, he would "joke" (as the then CEO) of firing people.
The warranty for his (I think it was a) backpack, was trust me bro.
To be fair, the warranty was proposed to be "trust me bro", the community very much didn't like that, so it actually came with a real warranty when it launched. So it never actually happened.
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He broke his Linux system by failing to read the warning on the screen and then blamed Linux.
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I feel a debt of gratitude to people like Linus Torvalds and Ton Roosendaal. In a world full of greedy capitalists trying to extract every last scrap of rent they can from humanity, people like them show us that humanity can do better.
Is this enough to update the Fedora Linux wikipedia page, or is it still just "the distribution used by Linus Torvalds, creator of the Linux kernel (as of May 2020)"? It isn't exactly confirmed but ... like what else is he gonna use. I don't know if he'd be caught dead using Debian or Arch, and OpenSUSE would be too wild a choice.
People in here like to hate, but there's a damn good reason. The majority of the people who are vocal about distribution choice aren't contributors, long-time users, or experts in the field. A lot of us who are just want a simple, quick installing, porting, "out of the way" (no heavy customizations) and functional distro with a large user base, and a solid team behind it. This means it's not going to immutable, and it's not going to to be by Canonical.
A lot of us use Fedora for this exact reason.
Or Mint. I use Mint because it works with minimal hassle.
Mint doesn't use Gnome or KDE, which is why devs generally steer clear. It's best to be coding and running the thing the most number of users will be experiencing.
I use Mint because I want the well-paved path of Ubuntu without Snaps. It’s a fair point that KDE would be a better fit with this mindset, but I like Cinnamon better. Same story with Cosmic and Pop, though it was never my cup of tea.
An equally popular and well-funded distro that is basically Kubuntu without snaps would be compelling, but I don’t know of any distro that fits those qualifications.
You can disable Snaps (and enable Flatpak) in Kubuntu from the package manager gui.
i don't want flatpak either
I'm considering distro-hopping from Kubuntu to Fedora Kinoite. I just am trying to figure out how it fairs in terms of application sandboxing, what they're doing on supply chain security (re: XZ Utils) and whether I might want to give GNOME another shake.
I mean, I feel like he outright confirms it in the video. It's his distro of choice since it allows him to easily use his own compiled kernels in testing. Anything else is an inconvenience to his work.
Ah, but primary recountings aren't sources, you first need to write an article or book about it (according to Wikipedia sometimes)
Interviews do typically count, it just has to be citable. Videos are sufficient in that regard as well, not just articles or books. It would be different if Torvalds had edited his own wikipedia page, but an editor who updates the page and cites this video would not be in the wrong.
Why would Debian be unacceptable?
Cause Debian is an out of date rock.
If you need a rock it's good
But it's still a rock for better or worse and rocks are a pain in the ass to do anything with that isn't just having it sit there.
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Probably not, at least not until there is coverage in multiple reliable secondary sources. Wikipedia generally doesn't include trivia.
That was a fun video.
There is only one real linus
Once my arch system break I’m probably moving to fedora.
So like a week from now?
Is that some meme? My system has been rock solid for years.
Listen, if Debian users can take all the "Debian==old and bad" flak, you can handle a little ribbing about arch.
Oh yeah I have to deal with software that noticeably changes multiple times per decade! Spoooooky!
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You mean you are using debian and didn't know it.
I have Arch and I've been running it for 4 years with no problems. Not even a crash.
Arch breaks less frequently then Ubuntu at this point... Honestly I would put arch in the top 3 most stable and unbreaking options.
You have to go out of your way to break arch nowadays. The catch 22 is arch will happily allow you to do that. But it sure won't do it, it self.
Lol wut? I've been running the same garuda arch install for over 9 months without a single issue.
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This video confirmed one thing for me. The key to success and making a big contribution and staying sane is avoiding social media
They commented on a social media post
Oh, I know I'm unhappy lol Tbf though, Lemmy/The fediverse has been MUCH better then ol rage book and xitter
I don't know if Linus (Sebastian) knows, but the interject copypasta that he tried baiting Linus (Torvalds) into was actually Stallman so no wonder Linus (Torvalds) didn't react to his prods.
It was too cringe I couldn't finish it
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