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Not personally a fan of Pewds, but this is a good thing. Dude’s still got 110M subscribers, he can reach an enormous viewer base. Not only that, but he’s got a magical ability to reach younger people in a way that grumpy old farts like me can’t (I’m five years older than him, which makes me a fossil). If Linux has had one problem through all its years on the good, green Earth, it’s marketing. Pewds might be just what it needs for this to finally be the Year of the Linux Desktop.
I like how he says not techy and then shows off a crazy rice
I think he's smarter than he lets on. Being a doofus for the whole world to see is for some reason highly profitable.
Definitely. Checks a bunch of marks:
He's definitely got a lot of sides, it seems. 😁
I remember his Photoshop tutorials from 15 years ago. He was always geeky and smart. His content was never educational but he still used to post tutorials and stuff randomly.
Like I commented on another post:
If someone makes the switch to Linux today, then this is the year of the Linux desktop for them.
What really defines "the year of the Linux desktop", objectively? 🤔
Memes
It's all the friends we made along the way
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At some nifty kernel stuff
Very good point. Many personal journeys of discovery and liberation make for an exodus.