🖕 Fuck PayPal

And fuck Linus Tech Tips for intentionally keeping quiet about this after they found out.

  • toynbee@lemmy.worldEnglish
    122·
    2 days ago

    Because of his name, I thought he was a pro-Linux channel. I was swiftly disappointed.

      • toynbee@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 days ago

        I have nothing clever to say here, so normally I’d let my upvote express my feelings, but that feels inadequate in this case. I just wanted to use my words to let you know that this comment amused me a great deal and to thank you.

    • Canadian_Cabinet @lemmy.caEnglish
      7·
      2 days ago

      He once bricked his OS during a “run Linux for a week” challenge. He tried to do apt install steam or something and ignored a bunch of warnings. Of course he then bashed Linux because he didn’t pay attention

      • toynbee@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        2 days ago

        Yeah, I didn’t see that video, but I recall reading about it. Apparently the package manager warned him that something would be potentially destructive and he ignored the warning, then blamed Linux for it when it was destructive.

        • whats_all_this_then@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          11 hours ago

          Edit: that wall of text really got away from me sorry. Tried so hard to not be misunderstood 😅

          I really don’t wanna defend Linus here buuuut…

          I can see someone who’s switching over from Windows making the same mistake, especially if they’re good with Windows but new to Linux. You get so conditioned constantly telling Windows to take off the fucking training wheels and ignoring all its bullshit warnings that I can see you making the same assumptions on your first(ish) time using Linux. Plus you don’t expect something as benign as installing Steam to destroy your desktop manager.

          His biggest criticism if I remember correctly was also that widespread adoption won’t be feasible until <whatever distro> is idiot proof and I agree. Ease of use is there these days but the things that make Linux so powerful can also be the things your average Windows user (deletes desktop shortcuts by accident and panics thinking they uninstalled their apps level of technical) can use to break their install, especially if they blindly follow one of the many (sometimes out of date) tutorials out there that tell you to run some random commands in the terminal.

          With that said, it’s still his mistake. He should’ve read the damn instructions, and owned up to it more. He’s technical enough to know you can’t go in assuming you know how to use something you’re new to.

          Obligatory I fucking love Linux and hope it becomes the default someday not just because fuck Windows and fuck Microsoft, but because it’s genuinely amazing in its own right.

          • toynbee@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            2 hours ago

            No worries about the WoT, I’ve often been there myself.

            Thank you for the clarification. As I said, I didn’t see and don’t plan to watch the video, so I didn’t know the details. I don’t know what it would take for Linux to be widely adopted or whether it could be considered “ready” but I wish it would.

      • toynbee@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 days ago

        I’m not exactly sure what you’re saying here, so I apologize if I’m misinterpreting, but - while I have many potential complaints about Linus - I don’t blame him for his name resembling the word “Linux.”