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HW News - Linus Tech Tips' Terrible Response, ESMC, & Starfield x AMD GPUs (m.youtube.com)
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[–] 22 points 3 years ago (3 children)

How would someone who doesn't use GitHub or linux know how to do that?

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago

    GitHub shouldn't be a method of software distribution, but a lot of FOSS devs take the easy way out. Understandably so; they're volunteering their time. Still, Linus is in a position to show how it works rather than complaining.

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  • [–] -1 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I know Linus is more of a hardware guy but c'mon. You learn git freshman year into any Computer Science-related degree. Failing that, 5 seconds of Google or ChatGPT even will set you straight. Maybe it wasn't intuitive, but I like think the biggest tech youtuber would have knowledge of something so fundamental to his field...

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children)

    As I recall he was trying to use Linux as if he was a regular non-techy person. So it could make sense for him to do that knowing it's wrong. (Which wouldn't apply to "apt install Steam" yes do as I say issue, which a regular user probably wouldn't have tried and ignored the warning even with jargon there).

    I don't find it completly unbelievable even a techy could make that mistake because they do not use version control software like git.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I really don't think he was acting or anything. Like someone else said, if he knew how it worked he could have used it as a moment to teach others right? Instead he just completely fumbled everything, said it was set up incorrectly and blamed the website for it. Which given recent events is such a Linus thing to do...

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago*

    I thought he made it explicit going into the Linux challenge but it's not stated clearly as such in the first ep (Linux Hates Me - Daily Driver Challenge Pt.1).

    In the video Linus says:

    • he could use industry contacts/internal resources to decided which Linux distro to use for gaming but wanted to use the same resources as anyone else would have
    • Linux gets sold on it's customization but "speaking on behalf of normies, I don't want ..."
    • "in my defense a lot of that stuff was jargon that an average user might not understand" in regards to the PopOS event (apt install steam ~ type yes do as I say).
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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Why would a regular non-techy person need to run GoXLR on Linux

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    Audio creation is a hidden magic I know little of, so the same reasons as on Windows but they're sick of Windows? Do you consider an audio enthusiastic a "techy"? Perhaps I should have said "computer techy".

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child)

    I absolutely consider an audio enthusiast a "techy", and anyone looking to use GoXLR is definitely a "techy". Anyone who's found themselves on the GoXLR on Linux GitHub page and hasn't immediately closed the tab is almost certainly going to be knowledgeable* enough to navigate a git repository, or at least be willing to put in more effort than downloading a single file from the repository then giving up when it doesn't work.

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