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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 minutes ago

Rather that noobs stay on win tbh. If gnu/Linux become mainstream, the Adobe, MS etc etc will just move onto Linux. Just look at flathub - how many of the top downloaded programs are proprietary? A lot, e.g. Discord and Steam.

This is a genuine concern that I have.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I DON'T CARE WHAT THIS NAZI BURNOUT THINKS

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

Oookie dokie... 👀

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 hours ago (3 children)

Why is everybody hating on him ?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

He's had some controversial things. In 2017 he said the n-word while live streaming a game. The other big one I know of is he made a video where he showed he has paid one of those fiverr groups of Indian children to hold up a sign that said "death to all Jews". Pewdiepie didn't think they would actually do it.

They are really not great situations, and the second one I mentioned he should have realised was a bad idea and not done at all. Back in that 2017 era he positioned himself as an edgier meme YouTube, but he has since apologized and vastly changed his content, and i personally believe he's a very changed person from a decade ago. But the stigma has stuck around.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)
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[–] [email protected] 119 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

I'm not a tech guy

  • Installs Arch
  • Installs Hyperland
  • Makes custom animated ASCII art for NeoFetch
  • Makes custom bash script for his sponsor spot
  • Creates a completely custom reactor-themed desktop

Yeah I think he's a tech guy...he just doesn't know how to build computers (that was painful to watch).

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

He did Linux much better than Linus of LTT fame.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Yes but he's obviously far more qualified. LTT was trying to give real-world impressions of someone with a technical mind but also zero experience with Linux. Yes, he did something dumb and was clearly not paying attention, but also he never should have been put in that position in the first place. Every distro probably needs to automatically force an update as part of the setup process.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

By saying he's not a tech guy probably just means he's not a programmer. But with how he's done everything he definitely has the chops to be one.

He seems to be a guy that really likes to tinker with things. And those are the kind of people that Linux, especially arch, really latches onto.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

I remember when he played minecraft and made a redstone contraption to auto-feed villagers or something. He started by saying that he wasn't good at redstone and proceeds to show something so complex that I would have to follow a tutorial to make it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago

I am a programmer, and I can barely put together a latch in redstone. Anyone that programs redstone is a "tech guy" to me (whether they can build a PC or not).

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

He has a degree in industrial engineering according to Wikipedia, logical thinking should come naturally to him. My high school decades ago teaches logic gates for it's computer literacy curriculum. He might not be a programmer, but probably has exposure to these topics in general education.

I mean no offence to you. But education departments these days assume "kids have phones and iPads and must be computer geniuses" and stop teaching general computer courses. That's a problem.

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[–] [email protected] 60 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I’ve never watched any of his videos. They just don’t appeal to me and never have. However, given his apparent fame, it’s good for linux.

The more people acknowledge linux’s existence, the more engagement, the more growth.

Here’s hoping someday Windows will be a nasty memory.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 17 hours ago

My windows partition forced me to do an update which has now broken the start menu and right clicking on pinned icons. Thanks Microsoft. Great job.

I really can't wait to be rid of it completely but unfortunately the building and construction industry is addicted to torture and refuses to move on from Autodesk.

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