[kwlug-disc] Linus Tech Tips tries Linux as daily driver

[CrankyOldBugger]

I followed this channel for a number of years, but honestly they got a bit
dry for content during the pandemic.  And there was only one Linux guy
(Anthony, IIRC).  They were good for hardware reviews, though.  And being
Canadian certainly helps.

They're up to 14.2M subscribers, so they must be doing something right...



On Mon, 6 Dec 2021 at 08:47, Mikalai Birukou via kwlug-disc <
kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:

>
> > Thought I'd throw this out before Monday's meeting. Might make for
> > some interesting discussion, plus the channel is a home-grown success
> > story and worthy of being aware of.
> >
> >
> > Linus of Linus Tech Tips YouTube fame (very successful Canadian
> > YouTuber) has a series where he and a co-founder(?) of the channel are
> > attempting to use Linux for their daily work & play machines.
> >
> > It's interesting, entertaining, and sometimes frustrating.
>
>
> Two cents. Apparently he put some investor money into frame.work laptop
> maker. This is respectable, well, assuming reasonable terms are in.
>
>
> > Note: the business runs a lot of Linux servers (96TB storage on NVMe
> > running CentOS for his *home* storage - the videos of his new home
> > reno are great).
> >
> >
> > The Linus Linux Challenge:
> >
> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0506yDSgU7M
> >
> >
> > Other interesting videos I'd recommend: his new, hot pink home server
> > rack ("Wow. I guess I need neon lime green patch cables.") containing
> > 96 ethernet ports, half of them PoE, all running 10+Gbps.
> >
> >
> > Any video of them building new office servers.
> >
> >
> > They spent $100,000 on materials to make a solid gold game controller
> > (his wife's reaction is priceless).
> >
> >
> > His reaction to the $250,000 spent on Red 8k video equipment and how
> > disappointed he felt.
> >
> >
> > His "influencer flex" where he felt his youngest kids weren't able to
> > sufficiently partake in badminton, so he bought a gym... In the
> > Vancouver real estate market.
> >
> > ...
> >
> >
> > Hopefully someone finds something entertaining / informative.
> >
> > rb
> >
> >
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