Linus Tech Tips invite Linus Torvalds to Building a Linux PC (nice interview) (www.youtube.com)

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Also Torvalds almost kill Linus Tech with a sword, so, worth watching.

Linus Sebastian is an investor in Framework Computer, Inc

CHAPTERSs ---------------------------------------------------0:00 Intro

2:42 Autobiography
4:08 Linus Builds a PC
6:20 CPU: What Does he Need it For
8:30 Motherboard: Why is ECC Important to you
11:18 Linus T Hates Zoom Calls
11:40 Linus T Side Projects
13:20 Storage: How Much Storage does Linus Need
15:00 Git or Linux? What are you more proud of?
17:35 Cooler: Why Noctua?
20:07 What do you do to relax?
21:22 If you could start Linux over again, what would you change?
22:40 Have you thought about other companies profit using Linux?
23:38 How do you feel about Microsoft owning GitHub?
25:18 Youtuber Merch
26:48 Have you ever wanted to walk away from Linux?
28:10 Case Choice
28:30 Cats or Dogs?
29:55 Power Supply
30:50 Here you go Reddit...
31:14 Gif or Jif?
31:40 What happens to Linux if you "Vanish"?
33:13 What are your Thoughts on AI?
35:25 Intel GPU?
36:25 How much code does Linus T Write?
38:23 Blame Linus for the Computer
38:40 How much do you travel for work?
41:10 Linus or Linus?
42:00 Does Linus T know about Linus S Linux Adventures?
43:20 You can see Linus S almost cry LMAO
43:50 Turning on the Computer
44:26 The Computer Lives!
44:40 Xbox, PlayStation or Nintendo?
45:26 Setting Up Linux with Linus
45:43 Why Fedora Linux?
46:45 Is there too many Linux options?
48:30 Linus S broke Linux again...
49:48 Linus T Email Hyenine
50:40 Linus T Background!
51:10 iPhone or Android?
51:37 The Final Question
53:26 Outro

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[-] coherent_domain@infosec.pub 4 points 1 week ago

For someone who is famously not a people person, Linus Torvalds is surprisingly nice and chill.

(BTW, he lost a lot of weight. Does his treadmill actually works?!

[-] shadowedcross@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

I think he just doesn't have a filter. He says what he thinks, and that often comes across as abrasive. He has an extremely low tolerance for idiots, which I think is where most of his anger has been directed to, but he has mellowed out over the years.

[-] jlow@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 week ago

I found it interesting that Tech Linus is such a fan of Linus Torvalds but doesn't seem to use Linux (except for maybe for server stuff, not sure) or does he?

[-] who@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

He tried once. Poor judgment and reading comprehension resulted in him breaking his OS installation. He then loudly complained about the tools that had repeatedly warned him not to do what he chose to do anyway.

[-] Decq@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

To be honest isn't that what his whole channel is based on? If he actually read manuals or did what's sensible, 90% of his content would be gone. Expecting anything else from that segment was being dishonest to yourself.

[-] stephen01king@piefed.zip 0 points 1 week ago

He's doing it in the mindset of a non-techy person, and I can definitely see many people I know doing exactly that since a wall of text will fly over their heads every time. I can't believe so many of you are still not getting this. It makes sense why it takes so long for Linux desktop to become mainstream when pointing things like this out will just get you pushback from the community instead of them using it as a learning opportunity about how normal consumers work.

[-] who@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago

He’s doing it in the mindset of a non-techy person,

No. He went to significant lengths to circumvent the "non-techy" interface, drop into command line mode, disregard multiple plain English warnings, and manually override the safety systems, in order to force something that was clearly, obviously, undeniably wrong. That is not normal behavior, regardless of a person's tech skills. That is pathological behavior, the likes of which would lead to serious injury or death if operating a common household appliance.

And then, after all that, he had the nerve to blame other people for the result.

I can’t believe so many of you are still not getting this.

Believe what you want. I have no interest in arguing with you.

For the sake of other readers, though, I will say that Linus Sebastian is unfit to give advice about computers. He overestimates his skills and knowledge, does sloppy work, and behaves irresponsibly before an audience.

[-] stephen01king@piefed.zip 0 points 1 week ago

No. He went to significant lengths to circumvent the "non-techy" interface

Well, you've just proven that you didn't watch the video. How about you watch the thing you want to criticise, that's an idea.

He literally started with the Pop Shop and it errored out when installing Steam. The only reason he ended up in the command line is because Linux users readily offered that as a solution to any problem, despite all repeated claims that the average person never need to use one.

Basically, you're mad that he used the command line despite the fact that he already tried not using it and the Linux community are the ones telling people to use it as a solution.

At the same time, you're mad that the person you wanted to not use the command line because it's too complicated for their skill level did not read a wall of text that they wouldn't have understood anyway because of that limited skill level.

Basically, you're acting like a Linux elitist despite the fact that you didn't even bother getting the correct fact before implying someone is stupid. It's irony all the way down and you don't even have the self-awareness to realise you're acting even worse than Linus when it comes to damaging Linux's reputation amongst casual users.

[-] jlow@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 week ago

Are we talking about this: https://youtu.be/0506yDSgU7M ? I'll check that out but considering how „old“ it is (in tech years) it might be time for an update (and make him go immutable this time so he can't (easily) destroy the os 😸

[-] stephen01king@piefed.zip 1 points 1 week ago

Yeah, that's the one. And yes, an immutable OS would probably be best for people like Linus who are just curious enough to try out the CLI but not knowledgeable enough to know when he's deleting his desktop environment.

[-] hellmo_luciferrari@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 week ago

I didn't realize that reading and reading skills were tech skills.

I see this same issue with non-techy people. Claim not to be techy, when in fact the process is easy if you use a modicum of brain power and read what's in front of you.

[-] stephen01king@piefed.zip 2 points 1 week ago

When we're taking about terms like desktop environment, you do need to have the tech knowledge to even understand what it means to delete that.

That is if any non-techy person can even parse the main point of that wall of text. Most non-techy people would have their eyes glazed over if they see something a wall of text in a cli and don't even bother reading it as they assumed they wouldn't understand it either.

That is why I agreed with some people's suggestion to colour the important sentences in red to make it easier to see.

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