[kwlug-disc] Linus Tech Tips tries Linux as daily driver

[Mikalai Birukou]

> Thought I'd throw this out before Monday's meeting. Might make for 
> some interesting discussion, plus the channel is a home-grown success 
> story and worthy of being aware of.
>
>
> Linus of Linus Tech Tips YouTube fame (very successful Canadian 
> YouTuber) has a series where he and a co-founder(?) of the channel are 
> attempting to use Linux for their daily work & play machines.
>
> It's interesting, entertaining, and sometimes frustrating.


Two cents. Apparently he put some investor money into frame.work laptop 
maker. This is respectable, well, assuming reasonable terms are in.


> Note: the business runs a lot of Linux servers (96TB storage on NVMe 
> running CentOS for his *home* storage - the videos of his new home 
> reno are great).
>
>
> The Linus Linux Challenge:
>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0506yDSgU7M
>
>
> Other interesting videos I'd recommend: his new, hot pink home server 
> rack ("Wow. I guess I need neon lime green patch cables.") containing 
> 96 ethernet ports, half of them PoE, all running 10+Gbps.
>
>
> Any video of them building new office servers.
>
>
> They spent $100,000 on materials to make a solid gold game controller 
> (his wife's reaction is priceless).
>
>
> His reaction to the $250,000 spent on Red 8k video equipment and how 
> disappointed he felt.
>
>
> His "influencer flex" where he felt his youngest kids weren't able to 
> sufficiently partake in badminton, so he bought a gym... In the 
> Vancouver real estate market.
>
> ...
>
>
> Hopefully someone finds something entertaining / informative.
>
> rb
>
>
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Mikalai Birukou
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