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    [–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 130 points 2 days ago (11 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"

    [–] Mitch8128@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

    I used Ubuntu for like a month then switched to arch 8 years ago never looked back... what's your point

    [–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 49 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

    [–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 83 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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.

    [–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 37 points 2 days 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.

    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.

    [–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days 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.

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    [–] Artyom@lemm.ee 29 points 2 days 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.

    [–] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 14 points 2 days 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.

    [–] Broadfern@lemmy.world 30 points 2 days ago

    Baptism by fire Β―\(ツ)/Β―

    All hail the wiki πŸ™ŒπŸ»

    [–] hypertown@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago

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

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    [–] someacnt@sh.itjust.works 22 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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

    [–] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 31 points 2 days ago (2 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.

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    [–] deus@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days 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.

    [–] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 30 points 2 days ago
    [–] Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 24 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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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    [–] nick@midwest.social 23 points 2 days ago (17 children)

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

    [–] kekmacska@lemmy.zip 25 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

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

    [–] festnt@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 days ago (2 children)

    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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    [–] SaltyIceteaMaker@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 days ago

    why does his status bar look better than mine :(

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

    Anti Commercial-AI license

    [–] geography082@lemm.ee 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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

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