ive heard some mixed things about ltt so i want to know if theyre actually bad or not

and im not watching them for linux help, i just like the content, but i also dont want to support a bad person

  • hirihit640@sh.itjust.works
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    23 hours ago

    If you gave a scrolling wall of terminal text to the average PC user and then asked “yes or no”, they will just say “yes”. The point of Linus’s video was “is Linux ready for mainstream”, so his actions were fair imo. Linux users forget how simple using a PC is (or at least was) on Windows and Mac.

    You would get the same result on any operating system by disregarding a warning like that.

    When does Windows or MacOS allow you to purge your desktop environment? They would simply not install the software. They wouldn’t give you the option to break your PC in the first place

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      13 hours ago

      If you gave a scrolling wall of terminal text to the average PC user and then asked “yes or no”, they will just say “yes”.

      As much as Linus tries to claim it whenever he fucks up in Linux, he is NOT the average PC User. Yes he is a Windows power user foremost but a lot of knowledge and concepts translate broadly. For example: if you get a warning you have to read it before pressing yes like a monkey.

      I agree what happened to Linus should not have happened, but the fact that Linux distros just let you shoot yourself in the foot like that is part of the freedom Linux offers.
      “You wanna remove THAT? Sure go ahaead” in this case they even put in a “You sure you wann do that? This will break things”

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        For example: if you get a warning you have to read it before pressing yes like a monkey.

        And with this attitude you are already far out of “average pc user” territory.

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          4 hours ago

          Which is my point exactly:

          As much as Linus tries to claim it whenever he fucks up in Linux, he is NOT the average PC User.