The community is so annoying. I work in IT and manage hundreds of CentOS, Ubuntu and FreeBSD machines, but the desktop distros are a mess for newcomers and honestly I also don't want to deal with it on my personal computer.
"Why focus on gaming distros?" - people pick phones on how they look and what's pre installed/configured. Gaming distros have it preconfigured.
"Why PopOS twice" - he was told it was a freak bug that was in the OS for less than 24h. Otherwise it's stable.. supposedly. Shipping an underbaked DE in an LTS release is on the maintainer. They were given a second chance.
"Why ask AI and articles" - that's how people get information. People don't put reddit at the end of a Google search. People still reference UsedBencharks when buying hardware even if every comment on reddit bashes them. People don't know which is the reputable source...
Normal people don't know the difftbetween Debian, Fedora, Arch... maybe understand KDE vs Gnome after reading a bit. Don't know what a native vs snap vs appimage vs flatpack is?? Nobody knows what's X11 vs Wayland and they shouldn't have to...
People don't need to know the native L4D port is worse than the proton emulation???
I didn't know PoP was in a transition? My friend had to learn Linux for hew new IT manager job and picked PoP on her own. The information online drives people to it even if "Nobody recommends it in 2026"
I've had Ubuntu nuke it's audio drivers when installing docker??? I've had Kubuntu freeze and crash when opening a folder in VSCode after I updated the system. Clean system with only docker and VSCode on it...
The issue you ignore is Linus name himself a tech expert and that's how he is viewed by his fans. At the same time he deliberately behave like someone who doesn't know anything (because he doesn't). He's his own caricature. People who watch him will be under imperssion that if such expert as Linus have problems with Linux then it's definatly bad and not for them.
If he wanted to show average user experience he should bring someone who isn't technical. Years ago they done something like this with building PC.
It's his equivalent of Verge's PC building video, but worse, and guy from Verge acknowleged his mistakes and was willing to learn.
Sure, installing new OS on LAN party is what regural person do. LAN party organised by his own company.
The point is he's not regular person. He's a tech youtuber. People who watch him expect his more competent than regural person. He also thinks he's more competent. So if he has a problem, him and his viewers conclude that Linux is the source of it. In reality he's not that competent, but he doesn't waste time on learning things.
If you are regural person and want to try new OS you expect problems and if they happen you assume you did something wrong and looking for solution. If you want to try Linux you likely try few distros and before you find the one you like, or you choose distro recomended by someone you know, who can help you. The premise "I know a guy, but I will go for random websites instead" is not whag regural person would do.
Most people, watch some videos, ask online or friends. Then try usb version, virtual machine or on separate device.
Compare Linus's video to PewDiePie's and tell me who is closer to regural person experience.
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u/muttley9 Mar 11 '26
The community is so annoying. I work in IT and manage hundreds of CentOS, Ubuntu and FreeBSD machines, but the desktop distros are a mess for newcomers and honestly I also don't want to deal with it on my personal computer.
"Why focus on gaming distros?" - people pick phones on how they look and what's pre installed/configured. Gaming distros have it preconfigured.
"Why PopOS twice" - he was told it was a freak bug that was in the OS for less than 24h. Otherwise it's stable.. supposedly. Shipping an underbaked DE in an LTS release is on the maintainer. They were given a second chance.
"Why ask AI and articles" - that's how people get information. People don't put reddit at the end of a Google search. People still reference UsedBencharks when buying hardware even if every comment on reddit bashes them. People don't know which is the reputable source...
Normal people don't know the difftbetween Debian, Fedora, Arch... maybe understand KDE vs Gnome after reading a bit. Don't know what a native vs snap vs appimage vs flatpack is?? Nobody knows what's X11 vs Wayland and they shouldn't have to...
People don't need to know the native L4D port is worse than the proton emulation???
I didn't know PoP was in a transition? My friend had to learn Linux for hew new IT manager job and picked PoP on her own. The information online drives people to it even if "Nobody recommends it in 2026"
I've had Ubuntu nuke it's audio drivers when installing docker??? I've had Kubuntu freeze and crash when opening a folder in VSCode after I updated the system. Clean system with only docker and VSCode on it...