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TL:DW It's a 54:20 video of Fake Linus interviewing with Linus Torvalds. It goes over Linus's views on hardware choice, questions about Linux and several community questions.

The video is long, but it's a good listen.

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[–] gusgalarnyk@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

God damn the LTT hate is huge in this channel. I don't really get it, but shit you guys really don't like a tech review channel.

When I posted this, there wasn't a single comment about the actual interview with Linus Torvalds. That's a crazy amount of vitriol.

[–] herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

It's a huge deal that a youtuber as big as LTT is promoting Linux. This is how we break into the mainstream.

[–] Hazzard@lemmy.zip 1 points 11 months ago

No kidding, it's intense. I like the channel well enough, and find they've handled their various scandals to my satisfaction, at least. And yes, it's 100% more entertainment than deep technical content I'm gonna learn from, but whatever, guilty pleasures aren't some horrible sin, and it's a better use of my time than reality TV. Being such a large channel does also get them access to some really worthwhile stuff now and again, like major factory tours, or Linus Torvalds, and that is stuff that's really worth my time.

All of that said, I assume there's lots of people here like myself, but it just ain't worth jumping out of the woodwork for the guy. I like him, but not nearly enough to cast myself against this much vitriol for his sake.

This is the coolest video they've done in ages, and Linus Torvalds seems like such an excellent, genuine guy. He gives really thoughtful answers to even some of the silly joke questions, and it's great. I super appreciate his perspective, and he interviews excellently.

[–] CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I refuse to watch a video with Linus Sebastian. I'll get better tech advice from my cat tripping on catnip.

[–] kieron115@startrek.website 1 points 11 months ago

I watch it for the same reason I watch William Osman. They do a lot of fun bullshit videos like trying to watercool a server rack with a swimming pool.

[–] Gnugit@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Is there somewhere i can watch this without giving Fake Linus monetary gain?

[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

I mean ublock origin seems like a simple answer

[–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

TLDW on his hardware recommendations?

  • chill interview, recommended to watch
  • hardware recommendations see below
[–] teft@piefed.social 0 points 11 months ago (2 children)

The parts from the build according to the youtube description:
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9960X
GIGABYTE TRX50 AERO D Motherboard
Samsung SSD 9100 PRO 2TB SSD
Noctua NH-U14S TR5-SP6 Cooler
Intel Arc B580 GPU
Fractal Design Torrent E-ATX Case
Seasonic PRIME TX-1600 1600W 80+ Titanium PSU
ASUS ProArt Display PA32QCV 31.5" 6K HDR Monitor

[–] Redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 11 months ago

ECC ram. Hardware stability was the main factor.

Real Linus mentions spending days hunting an instability bug in the kernel to have it turn out as bad ram on his pc.

[–] tuxiqae@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That's such a weird build, why have that PSU? That build doesn't get even close to requiring 1600W, the CPU + GPU are at around 550W together

[–] waitmarks@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Torvalds likes his computer quiet so that psu with so much overhead, the fan probably won’t ever turn on.