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People always call Linus Torvalds an asshole, but I've yet to see anything from him that didn't make sense. And the fact that he eventually took community feedback and decided to take time off to deal with his anger issues is commendable.
Linus TT can go and fuck itself though.
He’s definitely a fuck your feelings type. No nonsense and sometimes harsh but like you said it’s almost always justified. I’ll take that over fake ass, greedy LTT Linus “oops I got caught so now I’ll apologize or try to hide it and then apologize” any day of the week.
What's wrong with LTT?
There are very few things right.
Worker abuse, sexual harassment, blatant disregard with the truth, stealing review equipment from small companies, returning said equipment damaged when threatened legal action…
The only good thing about it is that they dress their lies in pretty videos.
If you want a tech channel that is actually worth your time, check out Gamers Nexus. I’m not even a gamer but their content drags me in and their commitment to the truth is what all other technical publications should have.
This has all been disproven, GN has a bone to pick with LTT and you're falling into blatant misinformation.
Then help me out by feeding me proper information.
Sure, here's something about the harassment allegations.
Link
Try digging up some information about the rest of your claims on your own before posting about them. And try looking further than a Tech Bro who doesn't follow journalistic practices when it comes to his competition.
So your source to disprove the allegations is… checks notes… another tech bro on YouTube?
Want a Forbes article instead?
My sources for the LTT controversies were never GN. You made the connection yourself.
Whats your source?
News articles back then.
Marvelous.
He did a video about trying out linux from a novice perspective. It felt pretty disingenuous and likely led many people to conclude they shouldn't even try it for themselves. The part that was most egregious is that he installed steam in a weird way and on that particular OS config there was a warning that said essentially "IF YOU INSTALL THIS YOUR OS WILL PROBABLY BE BRICKED. CONTINUE?" He concluded a regular user wouldn't read that message, which I find not believable. It was a very scary warning. He continued with the install and then acted surprised when the system wouldn't boot anymore afterward, citing it as evidence that linux was not good for the average user. Many pointed out that if he'd installed steam in several other more common ways of doing so, none of that would've happened. I think he was doing it exclusively on cli, which a novice would try to avoid.
Also I saw a couple videos others did showing how LTT had hired someone from a big hardware company (forget which) and around that time started giving better reviews to that company's products and fudging benchmark numbers of competitors to look worse. When others couldn't recreate those benchmark results and released all the data to prove it, he shrugged it off without really admitting wrongdoing at first, vaguely talking about how they'd done their best. That was a pattern of behavior.
Also one of their former employees felt uncomfortable as a woman in their workplace, saying it felt really toxic and bad for mental health. Fuck that guy and that company.
Sources:
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-recent-criticism-of-linus-tech-tips-explained/
https://www.pcgamer.com/linus-tech-tips-temporarily-halts-operations-puts-out-apology-video-linus-made-a-clear-and-egregious-judgment-error/
Oh boy I've worked with IT professionals like that. Something unexpected happens and they completely fail to read or understand what text they're presented with. This is especially common with those not comfortable in a shell
Sure -- but would they then respond to a prompt reading...
And then typing out that full exact phrase? I might do that, but only expecting/understanding that I may fuck my OS.
A layman would think: I am installing steam, I want to install steam. What do you mean potentially harmful? Steam ain't a virus. I have no clue what pop* is and what it does. -> do as I say.
While the prompt is perfectly adequate for those that are technically experienced enough to recognize it is about to uninstall your desktop environment, that isn't the case for someone who doesn't know what their desktop environment is. Especially since there is an expectation that installing software does not break things (but, because shared libraries are shared more often than not in Linux, it could!)
He's an imbecile and knows nothing about tech. I watched him interconnect buildings then run Windows file transfer to test it. You know, instead of a legitimate tool like iperf. He constantly gets shit wrong about linux as others pointed out. Videos I saw on Android TV boxes were also extremely inaccurate so he could push Google's product. Like literally everything he does with linux and android is dumb as fuck. I thought at least he was accurate with the gaming industry videos as I don't know enough about it. But then that gamernexus video dropped and I was like holy shit... this guy can't do anything right.
If you're mainly going to use a network connection to transfer files between Windows computers, then transferring files between Windows computers is going to be the most accurate benchmark possible.
If you're testing throughput of a network then you use a tool that tests throughput. Want to know why he didn't? He's probably never heard of iperf because he's a fraud. Windows file transfer is not accurate and can be effected by drive speeds. It's insane to me how dumb some people are that watch his videos. That now includes you. The brain rot his channel has caused is real, I can't imagine saying windows file transfer is an accurate measure of throughput, lmao. You're an imbecile. This is exactly why I say LTT has done more harm to the tech community than anything. He has you believing windows file transfer is a legitimate measure of throughput! Ahahahahaha!
And the fact he would be running Windows tells you all you need to know about his tech expertise. Windows is a joke of an OS with laughable workflows and no customization. Dude is a warehouse employee that got a cult YouTube following from dropping hardware, he knows nothing about tech. Almost every video I've watched of his has me cringing over his incompetence, it's insane someone that gets so much constantly wrong has amassed such a following. But I guess, most people are just really that dumb, and punchable face thumbnails with click bait titles are enough to gain subs.
Their entire purpose for installing the interconnect was for transferring video files for editing. If that's the only thing it's going to be used for, there is no better test than doing exactly that. Iperf isn't going to tell you the windows file transfer speed, only Windows file transfers will.
I hate the guy too. He's a smarmy jackass that thinks he knows everything. I can't stand watching him. Unfortunately even idiots get things right on occasion. This was one of those times.
And transferring huge video files for editing using Windows file transfer is equally moronic to using it as a tool to measure throughput. If that's actually thier workflow, they are bigger imbeciles than I could ever imagine. And so are you for thinking that's okay.
When you run a new line, and you want to specifically test that line.... which is what he stated, you use iperf.
You can try and defend it all you want but all you're doing is proving that you don't know shit. You think a test that has more variables, is less repeatable, and less accurate is the best test... you're just as incompetent
Wow, you're almost as full of yourself as Linus. Have a nice day!