<div dir="ltr">I'm still waiting for the Wayland people to come up with a reliable version of VNC....</div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 28 Apr 2025 at 12:09, Jason Eckert <<a href="mailto:jason.eckert@gmail.com">jason.eckert@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Once you go down the rabbit hole of tiling window managers (or better yet - Wayland compositors), there's no turning back... ;-)</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 28 Apr 2025 at 04:44, Ronald Barnes via kwlug-disc <<a href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org" target="_blank">kwlug-disc@kwlug.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
> I installed Linux (so should you)<br>
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> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVI_smLgTY0" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVI_smLgTY0</a><br>
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> 3,213,555 views 1 day ago<br>
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> 13,949 Comments<br>
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If you're like me and never watched a PewDiePie video before, this <br>
should still be very interesting.<br>
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He's got 110M subscribers, so this will get quite a few more views in <br>
the next few days... (3M in *one* day!)<br>
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He's switched to Linux, and strongly encourages his > 100,000,000 <br>
YouTube subscribers to join him.<br>
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<br>
This is great news - about 10 times the number of followers as any tech <br>
channel. He got famous live-streaming games, so his followers tend to be <br>
younger.<br>
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But what I enjoyed about it is - just how deep he's gotten into it and <br>
his raw enthusiasm.<br>
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He installed Mint, then Arch.<br>
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He wanted better performance and shows `systemd-analyze` and <br>
`systemd-analyze blame` in the terminal.<br>
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He advocates in favour of using the terminal.<br>
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He skipped from X.org through Wayland to Hyperland.<br>
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He loves the tiling window manager on his laptop, and emphasizes that <br>
when it ran Windows, he hated that hardware, now he loves using it.<br>
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He gives examples of how to use `grep`.<br>
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He made his own NeoFetch animated ASCII art.<br>
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He claims to not be very technical, yet is a hard-core convert, and is <br>
thoroughly enjoying the experience.<br>
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vs LTT (Linus Tech Tips), who tried Linux and foolishly uninstalled his <br>
desktop, breaking everything.<br>
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It's *very* impressive how much he's picked up, and with his reach, this <br>
could bring more converts than the EOL of Windows 10 + the SteamDeck.<br>
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<br>
Brodie Robertson covered it (in twice the length of the original):<br>
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PewDiePie Made a Linux Ricing Video?!?<br>
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P96qx7cucOg" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P96qx7cucOg</a><br>
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(and Brodie the Linux tech YouTuber didn't even know about <br>
`systemd-analyze`)<br>
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Some selected comments from PewDiePie's video:<br>
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> @ChrisTitusTech<br>
> 5 hours ago<br>
> 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! <br>
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> @grimdrippah<br>
> 1 day ago<br>
> 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 <br>
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> @gustawitresh<br>
> 18 hours ago<br>
> 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 <br>
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> @JamesLee<br>
> 19 hours ago (edited)<br>
> 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. <br>
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