<div dir="ltr"><div>I followed this channel for a number of years, but honestly they got a bit dry for content during the pandemic. And there was only one Linux guy (Anthony, IIRC). They were good for hardware reviews, though. And being Canadian certainly helps.</div><div><br></div><div>They're up to 14.2M subscribers, so they must be doing something right...</div><div><br></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 6 Dec 2021 at 08:47, Mikalai Birukou via kwlug-disc <<a href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org">kwlug-disc@kwlug.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
> Thought I'd throw this out before Monday's meeting. Might make for <br>
> some interesting discussion, plus the channel is a home-grown success <br>
> story and worthy of being aware of.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Linus of Linus Tech Tips YouTube fame (very successful Canadian <br>
> YouTuber) has a series where he and a co-founder(?) of the channel are <br>
> attempting to use Linux for their daily work & play machines.<br>
><br>
> It's interesting, entertaining, and sometimes frustrating.<br>
<br>
<br>
Two cents. Apparently he put some investor money into <a href="http://frame.work" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">frame.work</a> laptop <br>
maker. This is respectable, well, assuming reasonable terms are in.<br>
<br>
<br>
> Note: the business runs a lot of Linux servers (96TB storage on NVMe <br>
> running CentOS for his *home* storage - the videos of his new home <br>
> reno are great).<br>
><br>
><br>
> The Linus Linux Challenge:<br>
><br>
>> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0506yDSgU7M" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0506yDSgU7M</a><br>
><br>
><br>
> Other interesting videos I'd recommend: his new, hot pink home server <br>
> rack ("Wow. I guess I need neon lime green patch cables.") containing <br>
> 96 ethernet ports, half of them PoE, all running 10+Gbps.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Any video of them building new office servers.<br>
><br>
><br>
> They spent $100,000 on materials to make a solid gold game controller <br>
> (his wife's reaction is priceless).<br>
><br>
><br>
> His reaction to the $250,000 spent on Red 8k video equipment and how <br>
> disappointed he felt.<br>
><br>
><br>
> His "influencer flex" where he felt his youngest kids weren't able to <br>
> sufficiently partake in badminton, so he bought a gym... In the <br>
> Vancouver real estate market.<br>
><br>
> ...<br>
><br>
><br>
> Hopefully someone finds something entertaining / informative.<br>
><br>
> rb<br>
><br>
><br>
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