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    [–] [email protected] 4 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

    This is so irrelevant to me. To be honest I never watched a single video of this person.

    [–] [email protected] 7 points 15 hours ago

    why does his status bar look better than mine :(

    [–] [email protected] 17 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

    Is linux becoming this popular, or is this a one-off incident?

    [–] [email protected] 24 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

    Definitely a one off thing case here. Last week he was on mint and now on arch with hyprland already. He doesn't upload that much so he's probably experimenting a lot.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago

    I see, yeah it didn't feel like linux would be popular enough to be on the radar.

    [–] [email protected] 19 points 18 hours ago

    It's certainly been gaining some momentum lately. Just within the past year I saw this channel coming out of nowhere with some videos about Linux, this famous animator finally getting rid of Windows and Adobe and also this guy talking about it.

    [–] [email protected] 115 points 1 day ago (10 children)

    First time Linux user

    Knows nothing about the choices you make in Arch to personalize your system

    "Yes, Arch is the one for me! Because I know everything about Linux already."

    Soon: "I don't know why X is happening on my system"

    [–] [email protected] 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

    He doesn't need to keep his system working, he can probably pay someone for that. He needs something that will maximize engagement, and a million "I use arch BTW" comments is exactly what he wants.

    [–] [email protected] 12 points 16 hours ago

    I don't think that was the goal cause he didn't post like a post, it's a story. Engagement on it is not visible and as far as I'm aware, it doesn't boost anything.

    Also Linux would be the last place any influencer would go for engagement farming.

    [–] [email protected] 42 points 1 day ago (1 children)

    If the steam deck keep growing in popularity, Arch is going to be the first linux for a lot of people.

    [–] [email protected] 73 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

    Just because SteamOS is based on Arch now doesn't mean that using SteamOS teaches you anything about using Linux or Arch specifically.

    The SteamDeck literally obfuscates most of it and you have to choose to boot into desktop mode to even mess with anything.

    [–] [email protected] 6 points 13 hours ago

    Anyone who can install windows can install Arch using something like EndeavourOS (which, for people who don't know, is literally just Arch, using a graphical installer and some sane defaults for a desktop PC (Plasma, pipewire, Wayland, etc etc))

    You don't have to do the intimidating "boot from Arch live install medium and install everything manually" on your first run (or ever). I really only do that when I'm setting up a server. For a desktop, EndeavourOS takes a fraction of the time to get going.

    [–] [email protected] 32 points 1 day ago (1 children)

    and you have to choose to boot into desktop mode to even mess with anything.

    You say that like it's a bad thing, but I think having the two separate modes is a fantastic setup. You get basically a console experience, smooth and straightforward and easy to use for just playing games, and you still have access to the underlying system anytime you want.

    [–] [email protected] 26 points 1 day ago

    My point wasn't that it's a bad thing, my point was the vast majority of SteamDeck users are never going to boot into desktop mode.

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    [–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago

    He started with Linux Mint from what I've seen.

    [–] [email protected] 28 points 1 day ago

    Baptism by fire Β―\(ツ)/Β―

    All hail the wiki πŸ™ŒπŸ»

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    [–] [email protected] 24 points 1 day ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

    I wonder if he'll make a video (if he hasn't already) on why he chose to switch to Linux; I'm quite interested to hear what made him decide to switch, and I'm also very interested to hear what issues, if any, he encountered along the way.

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    [–] [email protected] 10 points 22 hours ago

    "I had to reinstall" in 3... 2... 1...

    Anti Commercial-AI license

    [–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    oh great, Linux certainly needs a nazi seal of approval

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 15 hours ago

    You are a griefer.

    [–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago (2 children)
    [–] [email protected] 37 points 1 day ago (1 children)

    Many years ago he paid like 5 bucks to see if some Indian guys would write "heil Hitler" on a sign and hold it up for a video (they did}. He was doing stupid edgy humor and playing with like like many creators at the time. Many people canceled him "fully" a year or so after that when he had the "bridge incident". He called someone the n word for camping or something while he was playing PUBG. He apologized and took responsibility for using the word...sorta. He continued to make content for a few more years and then he "retired" in Japan with his wife and child. They post update videos every few months but more or less he got his bag and dipped out after he pulled too many stupid moves and was seen as "toxic" to work with.

    I don't think he's a bad person, but that's just as someone who occasionally watched his videos over the years.

    [–] [email protected] 36 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

    people here really hate him for something I see in the average TF2 lobby. Also to me it seems like he has taken responsibility and grown from it πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ

    [–] [email protected] 19 points 22 hours ago

    Impossible. You know damn well people on the internet can't change.

    [–] [email protected] 13 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

    Ivkenz I understand being mad at him for sure. It's they staying mad at him forever that I don't understand. People make mistakes. People change. He didn't do anything worse than 90% of the guys I knew in highschool at some point. You grow up and you learn that behavior isn't correct.

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    [–] [email protected] 9 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (2 children)

    what the other guy said barely scratches the surface. he did so many things, shouting out a straight up neonazi propaganda channel as one of his favorites was one of them. he's a pussy too, he always has this plausible deniability shit ready to go. but that only works if you're stupid. you can "accidentally" do nazi shit only so many times before people catch on.

    [–] [email protected] 10 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

    […] [he shouted] out a straight up neonazi propaganda channel as one of his favorites […]

    Do you have a source?

    [–] [email protected] 23 points 1 day ago (15 children)
    [–] [email protected] 34 points 1 day ago

    No, no, don't fuck Nazis ever. Punch them.

    [–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

    I may not be entirely up to date but why pewdiepie is nazi

    [–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)
    [–] [email protected] 23 points 22 hours ago

    He has a long history of incidents like, "Hey, why are you following those white supremacist accounts on Twitter and promoting their books?" or "Oops, I was wearing an iron cross just as a joke!" and "I paid a dude to yell, 'I hate Jews!' as a prank, bro."

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