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Even PewDiePie thinks you should install Linux on your computer after saying he was "tortured by Windows" (www.xda-developers.com)
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[–] redwattlebird@lemmings.world 20 points 2 days ago

My windows partition forced me to do an update which has now broken the start menu and right clicking on pinned icons. Thanks Microsoft. Great job.

I really can't wait to be rid of it completely but unfortunately the building and construction industry is addicted to torture and refuses to move on from Autodesk.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 85 points 3 days ago (15 children)

Should we really care about that guy's opinion?

[–] IllNess@infosec.pub 62 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This guy has a major following. He could be the next world leader because of brain rotted voters. I have seen kids obsessed this guy, like he could do no wrong. Now those kids are adults. That is pretty difficult to ignore for me.

[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 48 points 2 days ago (13 children)

I'd take him over Trump if those were the choices in an election I had a say in tbh.

Wouldn't take him over someone with experience and sane policies, but definitely better than the MAGA folks.

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[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 31 points 2 days ago

Seems like PewDiePie is a lot more open-minded than a lot of Windows users lol

[–] lmuel@sopuli.xyz 64 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I don’t think the video was bad and I’m glad desktop Linux is getting a good amount of attention this way.

But… I feel like he didn’t exactly show windows users what really expects them on Mint (which is a very similar but in many ways better and quite easy experience). This might be off putting to some unconvinced Windows users.

His Hyprland setup looks cool if you’re into that sorta thing but it’s just not what users just switching to mint, fedora, whatever might be looking for.

[–] Mirodir@discuss.tchncs.de 83 points 3 days ago (2 children)

His Hyprland setup looks cool if you’re into that sorta thing but it’s just not what users just switching to mint, fedora, whatever might be looking for.

I would not underestimate how much of a draw "it looks cool" can have on people who are not tech savy at all. If you think about what drives new phone purchases, their major version upgrades always include lots of things that are nothing but eye-candy and those are often heavily featured in their promotion material.

If the goal is to get casual users to convert to Linux, I would argue that aesthetics is a lot more important than ANY talk about technical details, privacy, etc. If those users cared about those things, they would've switched already.

Now my bigger worry is that those users will bounce off before they manage to get their setup to look as (subjectively) cool as his.

[–] muhyb@programming.dev 33 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Compiz flashbacks from late 2000s.

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[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

His Hyprland setup looks cool if you’re into that sorta thing but it’s just not what users just switching to mint, fedora, whatever might be looking for.

What got me back into Linux was seeing the unixporn screenshots on image boards. Chrome pulls people in.

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[–] Mio@feddit.nu 24 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

It is actually a competitor. Mean Microsoft have to improve if they want to keep the users. With the Windows 10 EOL soon they will give up on those users on those computers. Basically forcing anyone else to take care of them - Linux stands there welcoming them. Users just need a push or someone saying try this for free.

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[–] figjam@midwest.social 19 points 2 days ago

Broken clocks are still right twice a day.

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