[kwlug-disc] PewDiePie switched to Linux and encourages his viewers to do so too

[peter_melse at gto.net]

Give this a shot, I've had good results with 4k displays over a local
network. 

https://moonlight-stream.org/ 

On 2025-04-28 08:13, CrankyOldBugger wrote:

> I'm still waiting for the Wayland people to come up with a reliable version of VNC.... 
> 
> On Mon, 28 Apr 2025 at 12:09, Jason Eckert <jason.eckert at gmail.com> wrote: 
> Once you go down the rabbit hole of tiling window managers (or better yet - Wayland compositors), there's no turning back... ;-) 
> 
> On Mon, 28 Apr 2025 at 04:44, Ronald Barnes via kwlug-disc <kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote: 
>> I installed Linux (so should you)
>> 
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVI_smLgTY0
>> 
>> 3,213,555 views  1 day ago
>> 
>> 13,949 Comments
> 
> If you're like me and never watched a PewDiePie video before, this 
> should still be very interesting.
> 
> He's got 110M subscribers, so this will get quite a few more views in 
> the next few days... (3M in *one* day!)
> 
> He's switched to Linux, and strongly encourages his > 100,000,000 
> YouTube subscribers to join him.
> 
> This is great news - about 10 times the number of followers as any tech 
> channel. He got famous live-streaming games, so his followers tend to be 
> younger.
> 
> But what I enjoyed about it is - just how deep he's gotten into it and 
> his raw enthusiasm.
> 
> He installed Mint, then Arch.
> 
> He wanted better performance and shows `systemd-analyze` and 
> `systemd-analyze blame` in the terminal.
> 
> He advocates in favour of using the terminal.
> 
> He skipped from X.org through Wayland to Hyperland.
> 
> He loves the tiling window manager on his laptop, and emphasizes that 
> when it ran Windows, he hated that hardware, now he loves using it.
> 
> He gives examples of how to use `grep`.
> 
> He made his own NeoFetch animated ASCII art.
> 
> He claims to not be very technical, yet is a hard-core convert, and is 
> thoroughly enjoying the experience.
> 
> vs LTT (Linus Tech Tips), who tried Linux and foolishly uninstalled his 
> desktop, breaking everything.
> 
> It's *very* impressive how much he's picked up, and with his reach, this 
> could bring more converts than the EOL of Windows 10 + the SteamDeck.
> 
> Brodie Robertson covered it (in twice the length of the original):
> 
> PewDiePie Made a Linux Ricing Video?!?
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P96qx7cucOg
> 
> (and Brodie the Linux tech YouTuber didn't even know about 
> `systemd-analyze`)
> 
> Some selected comments from PewDiePie's video:
> 
>> @ChrisTitusTech
>> 5 hours ago
>> I'm upset, I've made hundreds of Linux videos and Pewds comes in an makes a better one on his first attempt. Fantastic Video man and way to take the red pill! 
> 
>> @grimdrippah
>> 1 day ago
>> I have to say, writing a bash script just for the sponsor is such a power move I can't do anything but respect it 
> 
>> @gustawitresh
>> 18 hours ago
>> The fact that pewdiepie is out here actually having fun with a computer. Is really fun to watch. You can see the bliss in his eye talking about all this. And this might even lead to more support for linux. Win win 
> 
>> @JamesLee
>> 19 hours ago (edited)
>> Felix got busy learning some l33t terminal skills AND is asking his massive audience to jump on board a wholesome community cause. He deserves some serious hacker internet steet cred. 
> 
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