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Stopped since 2017 when they started using dumb thumbnails and titles, I knew it was just going to be another clickbait channel and I was right. This channel started my hobby since 2011, I even made LTT forum account on day 1. But I found GN since, so that’s nice.
Stopped when Linus showed his continued ignorance towards Linux, his Stockholm Syndrome towards Windows and his general lack of geekiness. He is an ignoramus playing “Legos” and wants to see results, that’s it.
Them actually running Windows Servers was always a big “Da fuq?” moment that led to a lot of laughter in my circles. Speaking of, did they (so Wendell) ever do a proper writeup of how LTT fucked up their NAS/SAN?
But I think the slavish focus on windows for the majority of their content was the correct move. They pretend they care about MORE POWAR!!! in the various “I built a million dollar PC in my closet” videos, but LTT (and, to a lesser extent, the rest of LMG) mostly targeted “gamers” in terms of hardware. And (as someone who has been trying to shift to Linux as a daily driver on my personal computer for close to 30 years now but only succeeded this past year) Linux has not been viable for “gamers” until… basically this year. The WINE team and then later Valve have been putting in the work, but it really took The Steam Deck to make it something that major publishers would, at the very least, not actively sabotage.
And then there is just the nuance to it. If you listen to half the folk in any given linux gaming forum: AMD is the best there is and nvidia is dogshit and evil. And the other half… just don’t care enough to pick that fight or explain why running closed source drivers is maybe not that big of a deal if it is to play closed source games or how slightly lower performing drivers for a massively overperforming card is “fine”. Best case scenario? Every build leads to massive flame wars in the comments. But if the host is not able to even have an argument for why they chose one over the other?
Emily is usually cited as THE linux expert and what few videos she did on the topic were good. But she very much struck me as someone in a similar boat to me over the past decade or so: I love Linux and any device in my life that is not gaming-centric runs it. But my gaming PC runs Windows because i just can’t be bothered to switch back and forth every time I want to get in a few rounds of Tekken or whatever. And… that is not useful to people who want to make the switch.
And now that the switch is viable? Other channels have grabbed that niche. Maybe LMG could do a pivot/spin up a channel but it would likely be closer to their mac channel in terms of “This exists…”. Because the core audience are still fine with the ever increasing bloat and spyware that is windows.
And just from a sponsorship/monetary side of things. I haven’t checked since Yves can go fuck himself for enabling so much abuse, but I want to say Ubi games still actively sabotage Proton and use non-compatible anti-cheat? And Ubi are one of the bigger sponsors in the influencer space. Switching to Windows for those videos might not be a good vibe. Similarly, AMD have done some amazing work in the GPU space over the years but… nvidia still gonna nvidia. It is already kind of shit that they are usually the “Look, price to performance… this is a good choice” option. But further getting a reputation for “If you are going to make your life hell and run linux, buy AMD” is probably not something their marketing reps would like.
Stopped since 2017 when they started using dumb thumbnails and titles, I knew it was just going to be another clickbait channel and I was right. This channel started my hobby since 2011, I even made LTT forum account on day 1. But I found GN since, so that’s nice.
Stopped when Linus showed his continued ignorance towards Linux, his Stockholm Syndrome towards Windows and his general lack of geekiness. He is an ignoramus playing “Legos” and wants to see results, that’s it.
Them actually running Windows Servers was always a big “Da fuq?” moment that led to a lot of laughter in my circles. Speaking of, did they (so Wendell) ever do a proper writeup of how LTT fucked up their NAS/SAN?
But I think the slavish focus on windows for the majority of their content was the correct move. They pretend they care about MORE POWAR!!! in the various “I built a million dollar PC in my closet” videos, but LTT (and, to a lesser extent, the rest of LMG) mostly targeted “gamers” in terms of hardware. And (as someone who has been trying to shift to Linux as a daily driver on my personal computer for close to 30 years now but only succeeded this past year) Linux has not been viable for “gamers” until… basically this year. The WINE team and then later Valve have been putting in the work, but it really took The Steam Deck to make it something that major publishers would, at the very least, not actively sabotage.
And then there is just the nuance to it. If you listen to half the folk in any given linux gaming forum: AMD is the best there is and nvidia is dogshit and evil. And the other half… just don’t care enough to pick that fight or explain why running closed source drivers is maybe not that big of a deal if it is to play closed source games or how slightly lower performing drivers for a massively overperforming card is “fine”. Best case scenario? Every build leads to massive flame wars in the comments. But if the host is not able to even have an argument for why they chose one over the other?
Emily is usually cited as THE linux expert and what few videos she did on the topic were good. But she very much struck me as someone in a similar boat to me over the past decade or so: I love Linux and any device in my life that is not gaming-centric runs it. But my gaming PC runs Windows because i just can’t be bothered to switch back and forth every time I want to get in a few rounds of Tekken or whatever. And… that is not useful to people who want to make the switch.
And now that the switch is viable? Other channels have grabbed that niche. Maybe LMG could do a pivot/spin up a channel but it would likely be closer to their mac channel in terms of “This exists…”. Because the core audience are still fine with the ever increasing bloat and spyware that is windows.
And just from a sponsorship/monetary side of things. I haven’t checked since Yves can go fuck himself for enabling so much abuse, but I want to say Ubi games still actively sabotage Proton and use non-compatible anti-cheat? And Ubi are one of the bigger sponsors in the influencer space. Switching to Windows for those videos might not be a good vibe. Similarly, AMD have done some amazing work in the GPU space over the years but… nvidia still gonna nvidia. It is already kind of shit that they are usually the “Look, price to performance… this is a good choice” option. But further getting a reputation for “If you are going to make your life hell and run linux, buy AMD” is probably not something their marketing reps would like.
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Linus went communist? I know he is not a fan of people using ad blockers because he views it as stealing from him.
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Bro are your period and comma keys broken
Yep, that’s about when I told YouTube to not recommend that channel.