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

[Mikalai Birukou]

> This video made an impact on me:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuM2ZG_Hwjk 
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuM2ZG_Hwjk>
> It's a review of the best touchpad technology ever developed (from 
> Sensel), better than the Apple force touch trackpad.

My lords! This tech is awesome, when we say tiny force sensing areas on 
a robot hand?

> I would sincerely like to install one of these in my laptop.
> Unfortunately, Linux is reviewing an engineering prototype, and I've 
> given up hope that any of the laptop manufacturers will pick this up. 
> My guess is that it is too expensive for the mass market.
>
> On Mon, Dec 6, 2021, at 1:40 PM, CrankyOldBugger wrote:
>> Sure, you have to hand it to them for their level of professionalism, 
>> even if sometimes they seem to be grasping at straws for topics.  But 
>> they have a fair sized staff backing them up, so the content and 
>> production is usually pretty good.  And Anthony has always been the 
>> expert on their staff, not just for Linux stuff but also Windows. 
>> It's nice to hear him say that he prefers Linux, though.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 6 Dec 2021 at 12:36, Jason Eckert <jason.eckert at gmail.com 
>> <mailto:jason.eckert at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     I've always enjoyed LTT, especially if Anthony is presenting
>>     (Linus can be annoying depending on his caffeine level that day).
>>     Some content is excellent, while other content isn't very
>>     valuable (who cares about cooling a 12900 CPU with an industrial
>>     air conditioner?!?).
>>     But for the good content, the coverage is complete and unbiased
>>     (or their bias is stated up front) - that's good tech reporting.
>>
>>     On Mon, Dec 6, 2021 at 10:27 AM CrankyOldBugger
>>     <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com <mailto:crankyoldbugger at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>         This series of videos was both funny and frightening....  I
>>         don't remember seeing anyone having so many problems with a
>>         simple OS install.
>>
>>
>>         On Mon, 6 Dec 2021 at 08:47, Mikalai Birukou via kwlug-disc
>>         <kwlug-disc at kwlug.org <mailto:kwlug-disc at kwlug.org>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>             > 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 <http://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
>>             <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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