Nick @ The Linux ExperimentNov 16, 2023

I already explained the main differences between most packaging formats, but now, it’s time to look at them in a more critical manner:
Performance benchmarks, missing features, advantages and drawbacks, for #Snaps, #Flatpak, #AppImage and regular good old packages:

#Linux #OpenSource

https://youtu.be/ikBPnYwnUMU

Snaps vs Flatpaks vs Appimages vs Packages: benchmarks, missing features & differences

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Show threadgikkogkom

@thelinuxEXP

Hei Nick!
Why do you use a youtube link on the fediverse when you have the same video on neat.tube??? Isnt it better to use the possibility to let people see the alternative to youtube??

Othervise thank you for a lot of good videos from a Linux-user (3 years now) on a Tuxedo-machine, who cant use the terminal bit have no problem using a Linuxmachine. I can very little terminal, but every year I start my PC from scratch with a new installion, for security reasons.

Nov 16, 2023 at 7:12pmWeb
Show threadNick @ The Linux ExperimentNov 16, 2023

@gikkogkom Unfortunately, none of these other platforms let me make a living, so YouTube will be the link I share the most until that’s an option :/

I’d love to share Peertube links only, but a lot of people don’t find it very usable yet, and it would actually hurt the channel in the long run, and the business I built around it.

Show threadgikkogkomNov 16, 2023

@thelinuxEXP
Of course!! I was forgetting thats your living and your business.
Sorry!

I hope you can continue, but i mus admit that i am worried for people living on producing on Youtube in the long run 5 or more years in the future.....

Show threadNick @ The Linux ExperimentNov 17, 2023
@gikkogkom Oh believe me, I’m certain this isn’t something that will last for years and years
Show threadrohdenJan 6, 2024
@thelinuxEXP

Just to understand it. Do you get the money for views or is it more 'complicated' as shown advertisements per video per user?

Would it be possible that you have an own PeerTube instance where you arrange advertising by yourself? To be more specific, advertisements based on content instead of user profiles. I would be open to such an approach. I would even unblock my ad blockers for such an approach. Likewise, I guess there are many like-minded content creators like you who might team up for such an approach. And I guess the community would also accept it.

Update:
I took a brief look. This is what PeerTube writes about advertisements
https://joinpeertube.org/faq#peertube-does-not-contain-all-the-tools-i-need-to-manage-my-platform
There are some plug-ins, at least some dev started to work on something. However, there is nothing useful.
Users write that it is possible to add advertisements in the video (seems like a lot of work, not flexible … ads get outdated after some time, while being permanent part of a video …).
FAQ | JoinPeerTube

A free software to take back control of your videos! With more than 600,000 hosted videos, viewed more than 70 millions times and 150,000 users, PeerTube is the decentralized free software alternative to videos platforms developed by Framasoft

JoinPeerTube
Show threadNick @ The Linux ExperimentJan 6, 2024

@rohden Yeah, I guess you could do that, but it still wouldn’t be enough: a lot of my views on YouTube come from people who aren’t subscribers, so they either don’t know the channel ou know it but don’t follow it.

Peertube just doesn’t have that reach and discovery capability, so it just wouldn’t generate enough, unfortunately. I hope we’ll be able to find a way to make these alternative platforms appealing in the future though!

Show threadrohdenJan 6, 2024
@thelinuxEXP
Very valid point. I don't intend to say that you should leave YT. I am not in the position at all to do that.
What I have in mind is PeerTube as mirror for folks who avoid YT. It would be something in parallel. Something that *might* give some extra 💵.
Anyway, here is somebody using FLOSS in a regular job. You are somebody who has the guts to make a living on FLOSS. You are the expert I would say.

One humble question. Is your audience (followers & interaction) larger/similar/smaller here in the fediverse than in the golden cage?
Show threadNick @ The Linux ExperimentJan 6, 2024
@rohden The audience is slightly smaller here (10K followers less than I had back when I was on Twitter), but engagement is way higher on the Fediverse!
Show threadrohdenJan 6, 2024
@thelinuxEXP ok
That is very interesting considering the fact that the Fediverse in general is very much smaller than Twitter. This means in *relative* numbers you have more followers here. Interesting. But after all, the absolute numbers count for making a living. Keep up the good work.