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Linus Torvalds with Linus Sebastian (Linus Tech Tips) (www.youtube.com)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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In-case you didn't know, Linus Sebastian of LTT media made a video with Linus Torvalds. If you watched the video, what are your thoughts?

BTW, he uses Fedora.

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[–] 13 points 9 months ago* (15 children)

Is this enough to update the Fedora Linux wikipedia page, or is it still just "the distribution used by Linus Torvalds, creator of the Linux kernel (as of May 2020)"? It isn't exactly confirmed but ... like what else is he gonna use. I don't know if he'd be caught dead using Debian or Arch, and OpenSUSE would be too wild a choice.

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  • [–] 16 points 9 months ago (5 children)

    People in here like to hate, but there's a damn good reason. The majority of the people who are vocal about distribution choice aren't contributors, long-time users, or experts in the field. A lot of us who are just want a simple, quick installing, porting, "out of the way" (no heavy customizations) and functional distro with a large user base, and a solid team behind it. This means it's not going to immutable, and it's not going to to be by Canonical.

    A lot of us use Fedora for this exact reason.

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    Or Mint. I use Mint because it works with minimal hassle.

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    Mint doesn't use Gnome or KDE, which is why devs generally steer clear. It's best to be coding and running the thing the most number of users will be experiencing.

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  • [–] 9 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    I mean, I feel like he outright confirms it in the video. It's his distro of choice since it allows him to easily use his own compiled kernels in testing. Anything else is an inconvenience to his work.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Ah, but primary recountings aren't sources, you first need to write an article or book about it (according to Wikipedia sometimes)

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago

    Interviews do typically count, it just has to be citable. Videos are sufficient in that regard as well, not just articles or books. It would be different if Torvalds had edited his own wikipedia page, but an editor who updates the page and cites this video would not be in the wrong.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (5 children)

    Why would Debian be unacceptable?

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  • [–] -3 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    Because holding back updates makes the system insecure and unstable.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Are you really saying that Debian is an unstable distro? Regarding security, can you name one security update Debian did ever fail to apply on time? Because it's pointless to compare feature updates and security updates.

    The reason Debian is known to be "outdated" regarding features only is exactly why it's considered one of the most, even if not the most, stable distro. Because it's long time tested between upgrades.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (1 child)

    Debian is a stable server distro, but in the desktop space users expect everything to just work and while Fedora is usually backwards compatible, Debian isn't always forwards compatible.

    As for security updates, IDK.

    I'm operating mostly of second-hand information I vaguely remember, I'm not an expert on these things so I'm not really the person to be discussing this with. There's surely a reason Linus uses Fedora over Debian though.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    My subjective opinion: he uses it because of bleeding edge kernel version. And it is surely, for him more than anyone else, an important point. But it doesn't mean older kernels are not secure, they can be patched when needed. And the "needed" varies, for some distro it means it's just not the last one, for others that additionnal and interesting features are added. For Debian, it means patching vulnerabilities if there are, or take the required time to offer a tested and coherent pack of updates. Because otherwise there is for now, no need. Testing is a specific point that no other distro has ever did better than Debian, but the same reason why it feels old to many and not enough up to date, regarding features.

    I'm obviously a Debian advocate, but I'm not saying it's in general the best distro, there are none. Only best for some usage, and not for others.

    But it doesn't make it unsecure (that's partly why it's one of the most used server side) and "holding back" updates. :)

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