Comments by "Charlie Kahn" (@charliekahn4205) on "DistroTube"
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@p4trickb4tem4n Linux, being UNIX, treats everything like a text file or a folder. Every action in Linux is done by moving, copying, creating, deleting, writing, reading, or executing these files and folders. Windows treats your computer like a desk, and programs are seen as tools. They are a separate thing which has its own file type, treated completely differently from all other files. Theoretically on Linux you could make any file executable (it's not a good idea but you could). Windows requires a lot of formatting to do it.
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I partially agree with what you said in this video. However, I do have a counterargument arguing as to why these channels should continue to exist and be watched.
Every one of these types of channels has a place in the Linux/Unix/Darwin community. Those who speak about the technical and productive benefits of these operating systems only, in addition to reviewing entire distributions and more general topics, appeal to new users and those thinking of switching. They help newbies to decide their level of involvement and whether or not they wish to switch, when these people would normally not even be thinking about the FOSS community.
Those who do not take sides at any costs, instead opting to explain everything in depth, appeal to users with small amounts of experience in computers, who need unbiased reviews and tutorials. Some users actually do have compelling reasons to choose proprietary software as well as their open-source equivalents, and need to know which choice is best for them.
Finally, provocateurs act as countermeasures against arguments generally accepted by most people, allowing users to know why they might not make certain choices. Their videos provide compelling concerns about topics no one else argues against. Users with higher experience with computers could be attracted to some of this content, due to the fact that they posses the expertise to be able to look critically at every aspect of their device.
Sure, this content can be annoying to someone who is set in their ways, but for someone who is starting out, or is still building their opinion and their workflow, or wishes to know what they are sacrificing and could gain from an alternative, these channels can be invaluable. At least, these channels are invaluable when done well; I have nothing to argue for those who create subpar content.
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This does not just apply to window managers that exclusively tile. Yes, I can admit that dwm and i3 can get a little gatekeeper-y/elitist about the API and customizing the workflow itself, respectively. But many of these criticisms are also leveraged against floating window managers and compositors, such as Openbox and the box derivatives, FVWM, SOWM, Awesome, Compiz without CCSM, KWin, and others I can't remember. Some people just can't be bothered to edit config.ini, or learn how to not use a panel for everything, or press the super key a lot, or, the horror, enabling and disabling the animations and transparencies. I think it's time that not only more people get acquainted with the power of the text file, Lua, Perl, and XML, but also that more people write graphical applications for basic configuration in order to increase accessibility. If there's only a few options, you might as well make them easy to change.
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I think there should be a sixth category of distributions, since so many of these have sprung up in recent years and they don't really fit in any other category: crazy distros.
Crazy distros are distros like Guix System, NixOS, GoboLinux, Qubes OS, and Damn Small Linux, which are often worked on by a dedicated team which is sometimes international and aren't usually forks of things (like the core distros), but are much lesser known and market themselves based on one key innovation that you don't see in any other distribution. This can be a different hierarchy, a new system utility, a complete redesign of the system paradigm around a certain philosophy, et cetera. Usually these distributions acquire a cult following who can help maintain and extend the operating system, and the distribution is almost never user-friendly, as they aim to fix one problem and they devote all their time to that.
Some crazy distros can become meme distros which in turn become core distros, like Arch and NixOS, but usually these distros fade into obscurity aside from their forums, where they will be maintained probably forever, or at least until another distro adopts their technology.
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