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

[CrankyOldBugger]

This series of videos was both funny and frightening....  I don't remember
seeing anyone having so many problems with a simple OS install.


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
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > kwlug-disc mailing list
> > kwlug-disc at kwlug.org
> > https://kwlug.org/mailman/listinfo/kwlug-disc_kwlug.org
> --
> Mikalai Birukou
> CEO | 3NSoft Inc.
>
> _______________________________________________
> kwlug-disc mailing list
> kwlug-disc at kwlug.org
> https://kwlug.org/mailman/listinfo/kwlug-disc_kwlug.org
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://kwlug.org/pipermail/kwlug-disc_kwlug.org/attachments/20211206/6d28d2dc/attachment.htm>