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Even PewDiePie thinks you should install Linux on your computer after saying he was "tortured by Windows" (www.xda-developers.com)
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[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 34 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I'm not a tech guy

  • Installs Arch
  • Installs Hyperland
  • Makes custom animated ASCII art for NeoFetch
  • Makes custom bash script for his sponsor spot
  • Creates a completely custom reactor-themed desktop

Yeah I think he's a tech guy...he just doesn't know how to build computers (that was painful to watch).

[–] CalipherJones@lemmy.world 11 points 2 hours ago

Wouldn't be surprised if he paid someone else to do all that lol

[–] hornedfiend@sopuli.xyz 23 points 3 hours ago

I’ve never watched any of his videos. They just don’t appeal to me and never have. However, given his apparent fame, it’s good for linux.

The more people acknowledge linux’s existence, the more engagement, the more growth.

Here’s hoping someday Windows will be a nasty memory.

[–] Enceladus_One@lemm.ee 14 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Yes, Linux is king. More stable, better hardware utilization. Better customizability. Linux just makes more sense.

[–] jaschen@lemm.ee 1 points 44 minutes ago

More stable, haha. I was just randomly surfing around and my computer goes to sleep and can't wake up.

Also randomly, my computer won't go into sleep mode when I close my laptop. It works about 90% of the time, but that 10% is when I pull my laptop out of my laptop bag and my computer is on fire and fans full blast trying to cool itself. The OS came from IBM installed.

[–] Alaknar@lemm.ee 6 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

More stable

Wellllll, I wouldn't go that far.

I just had to reboot because clicking anything in the browser randomly started sending the CPU utilisation to higher 70s, which was triggering the fans to spin at full power.

Then I ran a game on Steam and Steam said it's running, but it was nowhere to be found. Had to reboot again.

Both of these happened completely randomly after I changed nothing, just browsing the web.

[–] lonesomeCat@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 hours ago

Steam said it was running

Probably updating the client in the background, for some reason this is the default updating behavior on Linux unlike the visible progress bar on Windows

[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 17 points 4 hours ago

Seems like PewDiePie is a lot more open-minded than a lot of Windows users lol

[–] ytg@sopuli.xyz 10 points 3 hours ago

The Worst Person You Know Just Made A Great Point

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[–] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 73 points 7 hours ago (5 children)

First i need to know what Katy Perry thinks about linux

[–] InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 7 points 3 hours ago

I hear Hannah Montana is a fan.

[–] friendlyghost@lemm.ee 12 points 4 hours ago

And Ja Rule

[–] bonus_crab@lemmy.world 5 points 5 hours ago

Ik ur being sarcastic but if i were someone who worked on linux id be pretty proud

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 hours ago

“If you're presenting yourself with confidence, you can pull off pretty much anything. Except convincing people you have a brain"

[–] oppy1984@lemm.ee 8 points 7 hours ago

I wonder if glam Linux will run on Debian.

[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

But which Linux?

[–] 3laws@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

He was and forever will be an rich kid with internet so whatever is the most popular. When he was a teenager that was Mint, now its Arch. Which is why he has Mint and Arch+hyprland.

[–] sirico@feddit.uk 4 points 4 hours ago

The one I use

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 7 points 5 hours ago

OTOH the idea that Windows tortured pewdiepie seems like a point in its favor.

[–] figjam@midwest.social 16 points 7 hours ago

Broken clocks are still right twice a day.

[–] Mio@feddit.nu 12 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

It is actually a competitor. Mean Microsoft have to improve if they want to keep the users. With the Windows 10 EOL soon they will give up on those users on those computers. Basically forcing anyone else to take care of them - Linux stands there welcome. Users just need a push or someone saying try this for free.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 1 points 1 hour ago

Most people will just raw dog it, and keep running their computer without windows support.

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[–] Mio@feddit.nu 0 points 2 hours ago

Sure, test it, but in a virtual machine first. Then read up what you actually want.

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