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[SOLVED] is LTT a good channel? (lemdro.id)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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CONCLUSION: I will stop watching them since all of these alligations and "false?" hardware testing makes me not wanna support them. Even if most of them aren't true, i don't want to risk it

ive heard some mixed things about ltt so i want to know if theyre actually bad or not

and im not watching them for linux help, i just like the content, but i also dont want to support a bad person

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[–] 21 points 3 months ago (9 children)

To be fair the last time I saw Linus try linux, he tried to install steam and the package manager removed the entire desktop environment. This was PopOS, and PopOS clarified in the comments that Linus just so happened to be making the video when there was a big bug in their system. So I don't fault Linus for being a bit put off

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  • [–] 13 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    It gave him a very visible warning that this will break his system and only to proceed if you know what you're doing. He pressed yes I know what I'm doing and purged all of the desktop environment packages. You would get the same result on any operating system by disregarding a warning like that.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    But that should've never happened. He did say very clearly that he isn't going into the challenge as a tech savvy dude but as a naive enter smashing user. That was completely on pop os for even suggesting the option.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago*

    If you gave a scrolling wall of terminal text to the average PC user and then asked "yes or no", they will just say "yes". The point of Linus's video was "is Linux ready for mainstream", so his actions were fair imo. Linux users forget how simple using a PC is (or at least was) on Windows and Mac.

    You would get the same result on any operating system by disregarding a warning like that.

    When does Windows or MacOS allow you to purge your desktop environment? They would simply not install the software. They wouldn't give you the option to break your PC in the first place

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    I've been told a thousand times that linux and linux gaming were finally easy before getting in, not in a thousand years would I have thought installing steam would kill my whole linux installation.

    Just my two cents. Also I've learned that linux people tend to lie through their teeth so I never take them too seriously, the same people that get angry when you criticize linux for difficulty or weirdness will crucify you for installing steam in the exact moment a once in a lifetime bug you couldn't predict (as a newcomer) kills your os.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

    I feel like people here never finished his videos, he is still using linux after switching off popos, and has been heavily promoting it on the wan show. He also made a video recently on what linux distro to choose, although i haven't watched it and a video comparing ram usage on windows and linux.

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