Comments by "Paul Frederick" (@1pcfred) on "Is Linus Trolling The Linux Community?" video.

  1. Where would we be today if the pioneers had turned back because there were no signposts in the wilderness? Where we're going we don't need no roads!
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  2. Nvidia was the FIRST to ever support Linux. Let me say that again for the people too dense to get it the first time around. Nvidia was the FIRST to ever support Linux. If you're having problems with Nvidia then I guess you're just as dingley as Linus Sebastian is. Sorry to hear that.
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  3.  @user-he4ef9br7z  it's happening anyways. Linux is going down the crapper. The bloat is already happening. And these kids today that get offended when you tell them to RTFM. Back when I started there was no one to tell me to RTFM. I had to figure that out for myself!
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  4. You're a seasoned Linux user? What flavor? Not too spicy I hope!
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  5. Actually LTT Linus is playing you. He's a Valve shill. So this whole Linux challenge thing is to sabotage established Linux for the new Steamdeck.
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  6. What's wrong with Windows 11? It looks nice to me.
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  7.  @KiraSlith  WTF are you talking about? We have man and info. Commands list? ls=list If you want to see what commands are available to you first you echo $PATH then list out each of those directories. Sometimes you can just double tab for the full list. But some completion packages screw that up. Debian I'm talking about you! Nothing uses /h that's a MS-DOS thing. What do you mean the readme is hidden? You find out what package the binary belongs to then list the package it came from. That's what dlocate -S and dpkg -L are for. There's also find and locate too.
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  8. You made them? Was there any permanent injury involved?
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  9. There's plenty of reasons why they don't.
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  10. Then they've wasted their lives!
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  11. Linus is just a pretty face.
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  12. I just updated my video drivers last night. $ uptime 23:32:38 up 60 days, 3:52, 8 users, load average: 0.33, 0.29, 0.22 Now what were you saying about having to reboot? I made sure the changes were implemented. I unloaded the modules then loaded the new ones. What you think I'm going to do trash my uptime? Don't be goofy. I did have to shut down when one of my monitors died a couple months ago. It pissed me off. I'm good but I'm not the messiah. Rise from the dead!
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  13. LTT is more of a shill. If you got enough money you can get him to say anything.
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  14. All the best places don't just let anyone in. You're cool. You're not cool. Why should Linux be any different? You're damned right we got a barrier to entry! You're smart. You're not smart.
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  15.  @Fuad_  I understand. I just don't want to understand.
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  16. It does work better than Windows out of the box. If you know how to work it.
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  17.  @rodjacksonx  they're dummies, dummy.
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  18. You're heading in the right direction but not exactly the correct bearing. The stars tell me that soon LTT Linus will be extolling the wonders of the new Steamdeck. This Linux challenge is just laying the groundwork for that. It's a long burn.
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  19. Content don't just make itself. We need more midroll ads!
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  20. That's on you. You need to check hardware compatibility before you buy hardware.
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  21.  @twitchyarby  I'm not trying to convince you to switch. In fact I would advise you not to. If you're running Windows and everything is working fine for you then you'd be a fool to switch. Not to say there couldn't be benefits but there are also a lot of downsides too. I don't give a damn about my bad reputation.
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  22. We aims to please
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  23.  @bina7513  the rumors of Linux's death have been greatly exaggerated.
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  24.  @utubepunk  what about today? I still use Nvidia and it works great! I'm getting ready to build a hardware accelerated ffmpeg with it. I kind of got caught up trolling here now though.
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  25. There are actually Razer utilities for Linux. I'm just saying.
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  26. Linux Gaming is not new at all. Heck they only wrote UNIX so they could play Space War. Linux is just a UNIX-alike OS too. So you could say the whole reason Linux exists is to simply play games. The only holes that need to be plugged are all in your head too. What Linux doesn't do is play triple A Windows games!
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  27. Why would you love to use Linux?
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  28. Just because you can do some things doesn't mean you should.
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  29.  @dkosmari  Yes, do what I say!
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  30. What praise or criticism LTT Linus has depends on who's paying him.
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  31.  @Jmvars  he could be criticizing in his spare time. Getting hit over the head lessons is down the hall to the right.
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  32. @Jabronski Guy Windows has buttered LTT Linus' bread very well for him. If it were me I'd have fond feelings too. I mean who wouldn't?
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  33. If you want to attract people then I suggest deodorant and mouthwash.
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  34. I gave Linux a try 26 years ago and I'm still using it today. Ever think that maybe it's just you?
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  35. There's plenty Windows does with no user knowledge whatsoever. How do you think Microsoft was able to get off so light when they were convicted of monopolistic practices? Every alphabet agency has a backdoor into Windows today. I can guarantee it. While you're fapping to furry pr0n they're screen sharing everything you do! The Chinese ain't stupid. They forbid Windows in their government. They run Linux! They have their own distro called Red Flag. Freedom ain't free. Even the commies know this but you do not.
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  36. In this case I think LTT Linus is a shill. His last WAN show he let slip that he has a Valve rep. Because why wouldn't he? But I think we're going to see a Steamdeck series in the future that will paint things in an entirely different light. Has money changed hands? We'll never know.
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  37.  @buca117  well isn't that special. It is a shame companies don't treat everyone that way.
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  38.  @buca117  how do you know? You believe everything he says? Maybe what we're seeing here is all a carefully scripted act. Either way the premise of not asking anyone anything when you're running Linux is completely idiotic on its own. This entire farce was ill advised. None of this is how anyone should approach learning how to run Linux. The results achieved so far confirm that as well.
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  39.  @helloitismetomato  that's what apt-file search is for. Learn your package manager! Those lessons will serve you well in your Linux adventure.
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  40. I use too many distros to list since 1995.
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  41. LTT Linus is rich so why should he care? Guy could probably get everything for free if he wanted to. Just do a sponsor spot for it. He doesn't need to show us anything either. We're well aware of the state of things. What's really going on is he's shilling for Valve. It's just a really long burn. Stay tuned.
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  42. What do you mean, "Switching to Linux DE was NOT an easy experience, even for me"? Why would you think any of the experience you have would transfer over? I don't care how much anyone knows about Windows all of that info is worthless in Linux. In fact it's a detriment. Because it may make you think you know something when in fact you do not. Abandon all Windows knowledge ye who enters here.
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  43.  @XxDarkXxXSasuxX  what's so funny?
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  44. Got clone?
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  45. The Linux Standard Base is a thing. Everyone just ignores it. The standard package for Linux officially is RPM. But who uses that?
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  46. The truth? You can't handle the truth! And no, I could read minds before I started running Linux. Most minds are like children's books. So they're pretty easy reading.
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  47. You do know that Microsoft owns GitHub, don't you?
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  48.  @twitchyarby  well it certainly is not Linux's responsibility how a website owned by Microsoft operates. There's no community sending anyone anywhere. You make your own experiences good or bad.
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  49.  @twitchyarby  opinions are like assholes, everyone has one. In a perfect world everyone would run Linux. We don't live in that world though. So I don't expect widespread adoption. In fact I've seen a lot of disgruntled former Linux users. So now I actively discourage people from trying Linux. The way I see it is if I can put them off then there's no way they're going to make it running Linux. Because Linux will test anyone's sincerity. Linux be hard! Then again nothing worthwhile is ever easy.
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  50. I'll tell you what's really going on. LTT Linus has a deal with Valve. What you're seeing is part 1. Then LTT Linus is going to use a Steamdeck and you'll see part 2. BTW if you're playing games that's the definition of wasting time.
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  51.  @MahmoudElgassier  you can just add a registry key to get around the TPM requirement. Linux is fine. It always has been. What we need is better users. Linux is nothing short of amazing when you're good with it. Just don't do what LTT Linus does. You're going to tell me about Linux when I've been running it for 26 years? I like how Linux used to be compared to where it's been going on lately.
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  52. That's not the only reason Linux does not receive commercial support. Microsoft protects their commercial dev customers. They insure a certain amount of continuing backwards compatibility. No such protection exists in Linux. Which is not much of an issue in the FLOSS community. Because code can be recompiled or updated by end users. Binaries are pretty much set in stone though.
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  53. Get off the Nvidia FUD already. Nvidia has a parity policy with their drivers. Nvidia works just as good on Linux as it does on any other OS. Don't kid yourself otherwise. I'm sorry if Nvidia licenses technology and they just cannot give away what doesn't belong to them. Get over it.
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  54. I pray for your damned digital soul.
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  55. I think the whole thing is to make Steamdeck look good once it comes out. Recently LTT Linus let slip that he has a Valve rep. Because of course he does. He's LTT Linus. Just because he's rich and successful doesn't mean he's that bright.
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  56. We do not see working with the terminal as a problem. The terminal in Linux kicks ass! I'm very particular about what terminal I use though. I can muddle by with any of them but I'm not happy doing it. This is the terminal I use: $ urxvt -rv -fn xft:Hack:style=Regular
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  57.  @andrewmanyore9913  I like to view average users as potential experienced users. They just have to get off their lazy asses and learn stuff.
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  58. What you're supposed to do is hit the "RAW" button for the link to the raw file. That's if you only want the one file. What you're really supposed to do is either download the zip or just git clone the tree.
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  59. If you just want it to work then you'd better get to work making what you want happen.
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  60. I'm sure enough for the both of us.
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  61. Sure LTT Linus is serious about this Linux thing. Heck the guy has a Valve representative. I'm sure LTT Linus is planning on pushing a lot of Steamdecks in the near future. But in order to lay the ground work for that he has to sabotage the rest of Linux first.
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  62.  @youfearm3  I can find something to love in any Linux distribution. It is Linux after all. Some are just a lot harder for me to configure how I like things than others are. Which doesn't thrill me. Which is why I use what I use. It works best for me.
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  63. Chad troll.
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  64. Are you this uninformed? LTT Linus has his own Valve rep. Connect the dots. The guy is a shill!
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  65. It worked for us Americans.
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  66. Valve saw the writing on the wall when Microsoft released Windows 8. So they decided to hedge their bet by investing in Linux. You have to be a special kind of stupid to entrust your financial well being wholly in a corporation that has zero regard for anyone but themselves.
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  67. Who told you LTT Linus was a technical guy? He's an affable canuk that got lucky. Basically another pewdiepie. People that can speak English but aren't American have an advantage on YouTube. It helps if you're attractive and have a pleasant voice too.
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  68. Cast that shade on systemd. I can still get a few hundred days of uptime these days. The last time I shut down it was because one of my monitors burnt out. I don't like to unplug those hot. Maybe you can, but have you see the price of video adapters these days? I ain't taking no chances!
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  69. Those Retina screens though. Hawt!
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  70. Instead of trying to tell us what we should do you should just mind your own business. I'll have you know that Linux is user friendly. It's just choosy about who its friends are.
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  71. That's not how it'd be done and it is ultimately condescending towards users and mildly insulting for the distro maintainers to have to do such. So in short, no.
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  72.  @ewhitest  alias apt='echo "use pacman, n00b"'
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  73. I respect the hustle.
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  74. Based on a bit more info I'd say LTT Linus is on a mission to sabotage conventional Linux distributions. He's a Valve shill. The burn is a long one though so it hasn't all dropped yet. In a recent WAN show he let slip that he has his own Valve rep, because why wouldn't he? We are talking about one of the biggest tech influencers here after all.
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  75. LTT Linus is playing you. He has a deal going with Valve. He's playing good Linux bad Linux. Right now you're seeing bad Linux. Once LTT Linus gets his Steamdeck then you'll see "good Linux". You rubes will all lap it up too.
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  76. If I was LTT Linus I wouldn't prepare either. I mean he's a multimillionaire so why not phone it in? He was seriously considering retiring a few years ago. But I guess he figured why not just keep raking it in while he still can? He's totally set for life now though. At this point he's only still doing YouTube because he has nothing better to do.
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  77.  @redderthanmisty6762  you don't need a file to do that. You can just alias it. alias apt='echo "use pacman, n00b"'
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  78. Linux is a rock. There are no weaknesses. Only weak users. You can vote yourself into communism but you have to shoot your way out!
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  79.  @Jamiered18  there should be a way to access manuals for distributions too. Oh wait, there is!
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  80.  @Jamiered18  it actually isn't. It's inconsistent behavior. When a command is not found I want to see the message, "bash: gabbagabba command not found" Hey gabba gabba! I already know how to look for commands I don't have too.
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  81. What's he need an excuse for? FLOSS supports freedom of choice. Run Windows, see what I care! I certainly don't want anyone running Linux that doesn't want to run Linux. I tell everyone thinking about it that they gotta wanna. Because Linux will test your patience. On a regular basis. Vibe check!
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  82. Nvidia has been very good to me for a very long time. I started out with a MX 200 on Linux before the binary driver even existed. Then the hour it came out I found Nvidia devs hanging out on IRC helping everyone install it. They were a lot cooler than you'll ever be.
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  83.  @lordofthemound3890  how do you figure Torvalds agrees with you? I know what he's said publicly about the matter. That issue has been addressed and resolved too. I doubt it ever affected you in any way whatsoever either. It certainly never affected me.
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  84. I downloaded A full Linux install over a dial up. But it was a long time ago. The whole install was only 126 MB. It still took me three days to download it. I remember all of this vividly still. I learned the mget command in ftp. For a while I was grabbing files individually. I did start with CDs myself though. Infomagic, Walnut Creek and cheapbytes. Those were the days.
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  85. Actually LTT Linus likely does have a hidden agenda. He just admitted in a recent WAN show that he has a Valve representative. Which sounds an awful lot to me like he's working with Valve. Who is releasing the Steamdeck. Which will be in direct competition with the rest of the Linux distributions. So yeah there's a conflict of interests going on here.
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  86. Well on one level they'd be right. I often say Linux is Linux. Sure there's a lot of distros but they are all basically the same. Just different.
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  87.  @entriphy  then I guess you're SOL. Unless you can write your own driver. People do that, you know? You can usually find their names in the top of the driver source files. They put their pants on one leg at a time too I hear.
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  88.  @TheDeathmail  then why does LTT Linus not simply say, Linux is not Windows and a new user will have to learn how things are done on Linux? The entire premise of their challenge was flawed from the outset. Do new Windows users try to run VMs right off the bat? Seems like an advanced use to me. How about begin at the beginning? If you want to do all of this someday you need to start by doing this.
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  89. Sounds to me like you already figured it out.
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  90. Jumping into the deep end of a pool may pose a problem for someone that doesn't know how to swim too.
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  91. Sure LTT will do another Linux challenge. With Steamdeck. This was all planned out long ago. You've been punked!
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  92.  @AnEagle  no you just don't know what he was talking about. You're dingley.
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  93.  @maynnemillares  what makes you think I haven't already heard the full Q&A where the infamous finger came up? I watched it the day it happened. Before it was even a meme. Oh and Linus can be very obtuse when he wants to be too. He's a well known troll. Well he used to be.
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  94.  @poiu477  what are you talking about? I installed NVENC two days ago. Dealing with you fools I still haven't compiled ffmpeg to use it yet though. I'll get around to it someday.
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  95.  @poiu477  don't overclock. Hardware has specifications for reasons. Stay in your lane! If you want faster hardware then buy faster hardware. Quit looking for something for nothing all the time.
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  96.  @devilmanscott  aim high.
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  97.  @CyberianFaux  Nvidia isn't twisting anyone's arm to buy their products. I buy Nvidia because it's the best. Could the driver situation be better? Sure. What can't stand for improvement? Nvidia is still the best accelerated experience you're going to get on Linux. AMD is crap. Intel so far hasn't been any better. Although I'm holding out a lot of hope for the DG2. But I ain't preordering it either.
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  98.  @momomaniac1234  I read through this whole regrettable comment thread and I still have no idea what you're referring to. Sorry I'm not about to read it all again. You're going to have to be more specific with your question if you really want an answer. Context is not helping here.
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  99.  @poiu477  the rated speed is the maximum performance of your gear. As the name suggests overclocking exceeds the maximum. But hey it's your crap so burn it out.
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  100.  @poiu477  I just got my nvenc the other day so it is pretty new.
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  101.  @poiu477  OK then burn it out. No one has to help you to do it though. You're on your own. Just throw it in a fire. I think you might be able to manage to do that.
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  102.  @travisgoesthere  I'd love to be able to take that stand. But Nvidia works so good. I have high hopes for Intel's DG2 but we'll see. Some of their integrated graphics almost cuts it. I'm not a fan of AMD. I don't like their hardware and their Linux support is spotty. Like they just can't do it right? Or won't? Either way I'm not a fan. Intel is solid on Linux. Mostly. Intel has their own Linux distribution. With their own compiler. That's hardcore. I have to give props for that.
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  103.  @travisgoesthere  I have better things to do than play video games too. Those things also require 3D acceleration. Parametric models will not render themselves after all.
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  104. Mess? Clean your room!
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  105. Has it ever occurred to you that Nvidia may license some of the technologies they use? That being the case they cannot very well give away what is not theirs to give. BTW I updated my Nvidia driver last night. $ uptime 00:41:15 up 60 days, 5:01, 8 users, load average: 0.18, 0.26, 0.26 Does it look like I rebooted? No I just unloaded the module and reloaded it. No issues here.
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