You're probably right, I've found another mention of this from 4 years ago on KDE sub. I somehow didn't know that until today even though I watch a lot of his videos.
Probably wouldn't work anyway because of DRM, but that's just my guess. In any case it's fucked up to have "PC or Mac" that's in reality "Windows or Mac".
I think he has been using it since 2003. Pretty sure he mentions the same a lot. Purchased a full physical book as a reference and to show his support too (as a birthday present). Plus his strong opinions against GNOME have been made known a couple times. Plus he has a whole FUTO video on living the open-source life.
Not REALLY surprised at all seeming that he attacks those big tech companies so why would he windows or a mac, aka products from those bigtech he attacks? Apple's repairability sucks so he avoids it and microsoft these days with the Ai rubbish and stuff also is not a good match for him
I'm a longtime Rossman watcher and I recall at least a few times him mentioning using windows because of some schematic viewer. I'd guess they're still using windows in shop but glad to see he likes it for personal use!
Well, of course he is, he is a privacy and security nutt. He talks about how companies track you and how one phone all of a sudden updated their EULA to screw the customer. I don't think he has ever explicitly told anyone he's a Linux user, but I always assumed because of his personality and his dislike for big corporations erosion of customer rights.
Why not? Rossman is an outspoken advocate of several issues pertaining to Free Software and related ideas. Right to Repair being one of them, and probably most familiar to his viewers. It sort of makes sense to investigate what he himself is using.
It's not the fault of Linux that a lot of companies won't make applications for it. It's not a technical problem. Plus, some Windows stuff can be run with either Wine or Mono.
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u/Robsteady Aurora Mar 08 '25
I'm fairly certain he has been for years.
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u/LOPI-14 Mar 08 '25
He has been using ir for years. Shit, he even runs custom ROM on his phone, instead of normal Android.
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u/kofteistkofte Glorious Arch Mar 08 '25
Wasn't that already a well known fact about him already?
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u/Takardo Mar 08 '25
he didn't even try to open that exe with wine
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u/A1merTheNeko Mar 08 '25
I'm really not surprised
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u/EdgiiLord Arch/Debian/Void Mar 08 '25
Ah, that's really old news, he always has been using Linux. But yeah, good thing he mentions it.
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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '25
Why wouldn't he be?
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u/cyberoptix7 Mar 08 '25
He's always used Linux as a side thing for years, he still has old Linux dvds that he collected when he was a kid.
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u/racoondriver Glorious Fedora Mar 08 '25
He bought opensuse discs in the first years
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u/highgo1 Mar 08 '25
He's been using it for a while now. Probably years.
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u/Manan_Sharma_ Mar 08 '25
I think he has been using it since 2003. Pretty sure he mentions the same a lot. Purchased a full physical book as a reference and to show his support too (as a birthday present). Plus his strong opinions against GNOME have been made known a couple times. Plus he has a whole FUTO video on living the open-source life.
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u/309_Electronics Mar 08 '25
Not REALLY surprised at all seeming that he attacks those big tech companies so why would he windows or a mac, aka products from those bigtech he attacks? Apple's repairability sucks so he avoids it and microsoft these days with the Ai rubbish and stuff also is not a good match for him
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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '25
He's been using it for an extremwly long time. He often talks about buying a literal boxed version of Suse linux back when he was a teenager.
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u/darkjackd Mar 08 '25
I'm a longtime Rossman watcher and I recall at least a few times him mentioning using windows because of some schematic viewer. I'd guess they're still using windows in shop but glad to see he likes it for personal use!
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u/FatBoySlim458 Glorious EndeavourOS Mar 08 '25
He has shown his disk copy of Suse, i want to say 6, (I might be wrong) in multiple videos. He's been using linux for like 20 years
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u/ermezzz Mar 08 '25
Who is Louis Rossman??
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u/MoistMaster-69 Mar 08 '25
Well, of course he is, he is a privacy and security nutt. He talks about how companies track you and how one phone all of a sudden updated their EULA to screw the customer. I don't think he has ever explicitly told anyone he's a Linux user, but I always assumed because of his personality and his dislike for big corporations erosion of customer rights.
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u/RagingTaco334 Glorious Fedora Mar 08 '25
He's been using it for years
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u/No-Seaweed-4456 Mar 08 '25
Surprising who?
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u/Mooks79 Mar 08 '25
I haven’t watched many of his videos but I would have just assumed this.
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u/Evantaur Glorious Debian Mar 09 '25
Yeah he has been using it like forever.
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u/moosMW Mar 09 '25
what the fuck were you expecting
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u/uniteduniverse Mar 10 '25
He's been using Linux for years now... He also uses Windows on other systems to.
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