cross-posted from: https://subscribeto.me/videos/watch/ce1f1edd-8a06-4584-a501-b516aeb63480

JayzTwoCents has had it rough with Linux lately... join me as we review his latest Linux video for commentary and criticism.

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[–] 54 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

No offense to Jay, but he seems to be a bit bone headed more often than not with things he's not familiar with and refuses to research or get outside help when he needs it.

He can make great hardware/watercooled builds and overclock really well, but any video outside that skill set is just... Painful.

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  • [–] 31 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    I somewhat agree with this.

    Personally I view Jay as the better version of Linus from LTT but still in the same camp of "I dunno if I should fully trust his info".

    No offense to Jay. I think he's genuinely trying to learn and my opinion of him was improved after he asked GN's Steve and crew in trying to improving their benchmarking process.


    If possible I would still prefer if he delayed making some vids about topics outside his field of expertise until he had a good foundation to talk from.

    Sort of like:

    Late is just for a little while, suck is forever.’ Right?

    • Gabe Newell
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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago*

    I would agree with that. Gamer's Nexus is setting the standard on how to do benchmarks right. Jay is only marginally better at it than a random guy with a webcam and a bedroom rig.

    Jay is good for the builds and side projects, yes. I don't bother watching his hardware reviews.

    And yes, the variance between his Windows and Linux benchmarks seems too large.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I've seen that kind of thing out of Linus Sebastian too, with the infamous 30 day Linux challenge, and I remember when they took a young woman on their staff who was there as I think a graphic designer and they had her spec out and build a PC with no coaching.

    Chin first no reading no help no think only send. Color me not impressed.

    Do things like that, but have someone experienced do some coaching.

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