Wut popos is pretty good got it on all other family members computors
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Popos was my first linux distro in like 10 years and i had absolutely no problem with it. I switched to catchy os but for no particular reason.
Linus managed to uninstall his desktop environment by installing Steam because there was an issue with deps on the package and he didn't really look at the list of packages that would be uninstalled either.
And now he's doing another Linux challenge and he picked Pop again. Which is now using COSMIC which is in Alpha stage at the moment, so a recipe for more issues lol
This really shouldn't be a hot take but I think the people here will disagree. "Linus unironically did nothing wrong in his linux challenge video" The linux community really shouldnt act like he was using it wrong because its a terrible look.
No reasonable person can pretend there are no issues with linux. Sure you can get good at using linux and not run into these issues but they still exist and people will still run into them and you shouldnt blame the person.
I don't think LTT's approach is bad exactly. I really just take issue with their argument that "there are thousands of 'switching to Linux' videos on YouTube, so we don't need to cover that ground again." It's ignoring the fact that, for better or worse, they have the biggest audience and furthest reach in the space. There's still room for "we're approaching this like normies would," but I really think they need to close it up with "if you want to do this, here's how to do it right."
The big problem is Linus decides to pretend to be some "average user" when he isn't one, and therefore ends up making absolutely bonkers decisions. It was super obvious in the last video because Linus was the only one participating who had major issues, and the only one participating who pretended to know nothing.
If they actually wanted to give Linux an honest shot and see if they can replace windows on one or more of their computers, the format would be entirely different. I think the format would probably start with a Q&A session with a well known Linux YouTuber like Wendel (who they still appear to have a good working relationship with) where they get the initial "here's what you need to know and what I recommend for the best experience right now" then a check in call after 24 hours, 72 hours, 1 week and 2 weeks where they touch base, discuss pain points and how to alleviate them. Such a format would give an easy transition as well as great advise for the audience, but still present plenty of opportunity to directly see real world pain points and rough edges but instead of those rough edges being "haha Linux bad" they can instead be "here's how to overcome them" or "this is an area that needs some developer time, anyone want to dive into improving this?" And maybe if they were really feeling crazy they could offer up some bug bounties for the pain points they find! Because that's the power of open source is if you have the knowhow you can go in and fix it!
I honestly suspect Linus just doesn't want to change, and that's why he keeps failing to actually give Linux a shot. This might be an unpopular opinion here but it's okay if he doesn't want to change, but he should not be trying to tear down the Linux community for content in the process
What do you mean it's possible for a multi millionaire ceo with a mansion and a private jet to lose touch and not want to change? Preposterous.
On the other hand though, Linus isn't exactly an 'average user', having spent most of his life working in the IT industry. I'm not sure it's completely fair judging him as if he was a random clueless person either.
Weren't people giving him commands, and he was running them without understanding what they did? Or am I thinking of somebody else?
Aha you were probably thinking of every one that is learning Linux ever born?
Thatβs what the average Linux noob or casual user does.
There was something that happened a while ago that made all the tech influencers look kinda silly in regards to Linux. I'll never forget this comment on one of the videos around the kerfuffle. 'All these computer experts have just been downgraded to Windows influencers.' It's so true how they can tell you all the inner workings of a Windows machine and the moment they try Linux their expertise just falls apart.
I have a working hypothesis, the short of which goes something like this:
windows makes one memorise orders of infinite submenus, while linux makes you understand the way it works.
Shitting on macOS like that is completely unjustified.
Nah, worst os I've ever used
Skill issue
No skill issue involved when your team arrives to work and every single employee's screen sharing functionality stops working...and there's no warning or notification why it's not working.
No skill involved when your sound drivers stop working during a presentation and you need to reboot to get them working again because there's no way to restart the devices.
No skill issue when the file explorer has no way to access the root directory - you have to run finder from the command bar and that somehow works.
No skill issue involved when an update breaks all local domains and you have no way to override, so you have to change all dev domains for everyone across the whole org....TWICE.
No skill issue when wifi and bluetooth randomly stop working and the only solution is to reboot.
No skill issue when pressing the play button and it open iTunes when Spotify is already open.
Not a skill issue when desktop transitions don't accept input until the transition completes. Reducing the transition time does not help, the transition must fully complete before you can provide input.
I could go on, but I can only recall so much anecdotal experience from the few years I suffered through that shit. Maybe some of these things have been fixed, but release after release the experience would worsen and usability would degrade. I'll never use a mac again, my productivity is too important to me.
Anyone who stans for MacOS are just lying to themselves.
Thank you for providing examples. Some are fair enough.
file explorer has no way to access the root directory
It has several ways. From the menu bar: > Go to⦠> Folder > /
By default Finder no longer shows your main drive in the sidebar. You can easily enable that in Finder settings though.
You can also navigate the folder hierarchy up until you are at root. cmd + up is the keyboard shortcut for that. You can also command + click the icon in the window title bar and then select the folder upwards in the hierarchy you want to navigate to.
There are several other ways to do this as well.
reboot
A very common way to resolve problems on all operating systems.
update breaks all local domains
Weird.
release after release the experience would worsen and usability would degrade
I agree that macOS experience has worsened over the last couple of years. Itβs still better than Linux and windows overall.
Don't forget forced AI bullshit
I haven't used a mac in a few years - there's AI stuff now? The OS was pretty bloated considering what it was - it used more memory than a Windows machine which is impressive.
macOS uses more aggressive caching of the filesystem and other things. Using available memory isnβt bad.
Swap is also bette4 because Apple chooses actually fast SSDs.
Using a Mac with only 8 GB of RAM is a lot more fun and performant than a windows machine.
There are very few and limited AI features now. For example Mail has a button to summarize text. Thereβs also a mediocre local AI to generate images. Apple focuses on locally run small AI models that add small features. Itβs not in your face and demands you use it. You can easily ignore the AI features.
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Linus: Now, I want to give Linux the fairest chance possible - That's why I'm going to fresh install it blind during a 10,000 person LAN party, in the worst networking nightmare scenario possible
That should have been a layup for linux ngl.
Pop_OS! is fine, even if COSMIC is unrefined. It will get there eventually. Comparing it to Windows is libel.
Yes but LTT will define his Linux desktop experience through PopOS which is shipping a very alphaish-betaish DE. A normie will think this how Linux actually is and will never switch. He should have gone with the parent distros or at least a well respected derivative like Bazzite, Cachy, Mint.
And there is nothing on the pop os page ahead of the downloads that indicates the DE is any sort of alpha or beta.
Anything close is way at the bottom where it says Cosmic is new and being developed.
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