Is Linus getting paid by Microsoft to dissuade people from using Linux? Obviously he’s not, but every time he does one of these videos he just acts like a bumbling fool not being able to figure out the most basic of things. He’s trying to use Pop!_OS with COSMIC, which I understand is still full of issues. Meanwhile the other guy is trying to install a game that requires kernel AC and TPM secure boot (PUBG). It’s like he keeps engaging with Linux in bad faith.

You guys are being pretty stupid to expect most people that is trying Linux the first or 2nd time to have any idea what a Cosmic Desktop is supposed to be and why its a bad idea to.use it at this moment? Calling people fools for not following Linux news at all is pretty elitist. You’re reminding me again why I hate interacting with the Linux community sometimes.

Linus literally just asked chatgpt what to do and then decided against his own already gained experience and chose Pop! again. He calls himself mR tECh tIpS. He could atleast use the competency he actually has. I dont think he is a bumbling fool. But he sure as hell acts like one when it comes to anything Linux.

And the playful incompetency and antics are part of the identy of the channel. I get it. Its Top Gear for PC and tech related topics. But in this video it just feels like he has zero interested in the challenge and openly tries to make Linux look bad. I’m sure somebody will argue he just plays a fool to provide a cautionary how not to approach a switch to Linux. But i dont see that. The video isnt setup like that. He doesnt react like that. He seems genuinely surprised that when you install an OS with which you arent experienced with in middle of a LAN party it wont work out. While beeing the organizer of the party AND beeing filmed for a video. Yeah, no shit it didnt work out.

He’s roleplaying as a newbie nontechnical user, which he always does. Asking ChatGPT is normal for an average user, at least from my experience of an average user. You’re suggesting that one bad experience should be enough for anyone to completely write-off a distro? Isn’t that a bit of a toxic approach to things?

And the playful incompetency and antics are part of the identity of the channel. I get it. Its Top Gear for PC and tech related topics.

OK, so you do know. That’s good.

But in this video it just feels like he has zero interested in the challenge and openly tries to make Linux look bad.

That’s the part I don’t get. Where is he openly trying to make Linux look bad?

I’m sure somebody will argue he just plays a fool to provide a cautionary how not to approach a switch to Linux.

Because he does that regularly.

But i dont see that. The video isnt setup like that.

Because the video isn’t meant to be that, but Linus does that anyway. You can see from the other two presenters that they don’t aim for that. Linus just thinks that’s the way he should approach it to give the video more value and anyone that is familiar with him would know that.

He seems genuinely surprised that when you install an OS with which you arent experienced with in middle of a LAN party it wont work out.

Are you suggesting that any OS would break when installed in the middle of a LAN party when done by someone inexperienced? Can you explain this thought process a bit better? I just don’t see how the problem he is having is caused directly by his inexperience or the fact that he is at a LAN party. Isn’t it mostly due to Pop!_OS shipping a beta DE in an LTS release?

While beeing the organizer of the party AND beeing filmed for a video. Yeah, no shit it didnt work out.

Again, I don’t see the relation between those and the problem he experienced.

That’s the part I don’t get. Where is he openly trying to make Linux look bad?

“I’m about to get hit with the Linux curse!”

“Oh, the Linux curse got me!”

“Oh, I’m a special Linux snowflake right now, and everybody’s counting on me, but I can’t do anything because of Linux!”