• bobo@lemmy.ml
    216·
    9 hours ago

    From what I remember it went like this, but I stopped following his crap years ago

    • sees an error message, doesn’t read it
    • starts pasting random shit into the terminal
    • breaks the system
    • Fuck Linux, it’s not ready for use
    • after the Linux community has a meltdown, someone points out to him that he’s an idiot, but in a gentle way you’d tell your boss
    • tries again, gives up again
    • films another video on how windblows just works, while he, a certifiable tech genius, couldn’t get it to work

    Truly “a force for Linux adoption”.

    • dev_null@lemmy.ml
      41·
      41 minutes ago

      I rewatched the series finale now, and his conclusion seems as I remembered:

      • He had great experiences gaming on Linux
      • His kids used it too without problems
      • “freaking amazing”
      • “totally stable, no crashes”, he was playing multiplayer with a friend a lot
      • Remote Play Together from Steam works great too
      • He learned a lot, will give it another go in the future
      • But it’s not for him yet as a big VR lover
      • He really wants Linux to succeed because he hates the Microsoft monopoly

      He didn’t even bring up his issue in the conclusion. If you can timestamp any “fuck Linux”, I would love to see it, because I really doubt he ever said that.

      That being said, while it’s obviously his fault for ignoring warninigs, it’s ridiculous something as basic as installing Steam got him into that situation in the first place, it’s pop os’s fault for shipping a broken package. And yeah, things like that really don’t happen on Windows.

    • SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works
      5·
      5 hours ago

      He is a time poor impatient person. That is something linux will need to address for wider adoption.

      I would argue that their example resulted in some very wide ranging changes in approach that was long overdue.

      Linux was at risk of becoming an “OS for us” instead of a true replacement for everyone.

      I suspect if they repeat the challange today, it would be a night and day difference.

      • Daefsdeda@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        3 hours ago

        Yeah exactly, same reason I stepped off of linux. I don’t have the time to fix shit and it works with minimal effort is something I need.

        I will switch as soom as it there and I am glad that people are willing to pay the time tax for now so that we have good adoption in the future. It just isn’t for me and I think Linus is the same.

        • SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works
          1·
          32 minutes ago

          Bazzite was the breakthrough for me. All my stuff just worked. Only 2 things I had to fix was

          1.adding 5.1 audio over Spdif, which was a single ostree command to make it permanent.

          1. Installing Proton-GE for one of my games that does not do well under normal proton.

          Took about an hour to research and fix both.

          I had tried to covert 4 times in the 5 years before. Ubuntu, linux mint and endevourOS would not play well with my hardware in years past.