Linux HATES Me – Daily Driver Challenge Pt.1

This is part 1 in a series where Linus and Luke migrate their home workstation to Linux. In this episode, each decides which Distro they'll use, and then tries to run a game on it.



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MUSIC CREDIT
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Intro: Laszlo - Supernova

Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High

CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
1:07 Choosing a Distro is Confusing
4:27 Linus' Distro Choice
5:16 Luke's Distro Choice
6:04 OS setup
13:44 Linus tries Manjaro
17:08 Luke Games
17:55 Linus Games
19:19 Conclusion
20:20 Pop!_OS Explanation

[LinusTechTips]

NOTE: The issue I had with Pop!_OS has been fixed for some time now. After the fix, a broken package should never be able to uninstall the desktop unless you specifically work around it. -LS

[pistonpete]

"Yes, do as I say!" - famous last words

[LevelTechs]

Had a legit panic attack at "Yes, do as I say!" -- that warning as meant as the safety breaker to prevent newbs from tripping over what happened but much love guys, no hate. we have a ways to go and this is not discouraging :)

[reptilext]

Linus: Documentary level camera movement
Luke: Blair witch Project

[TheDark]

At first I was really confused why Linus had to type "Yes, do as I say!", because in my 5 years using Linux on my Office Laptop I can't remember ever having to do that, especially for a seemingly simple install. It took only a few moments to realize why though.

[rezaka]

Of all the things Linus is able to drop, i never expected that he would drop and entire linux distro.

[pikles]

Can we get an "Anthony Reacts" series of him reacting to this series?

[basilcat]

What shocks me is that Luke had few to zero problems with Mint, but Linus broke his system with an apt command.

[silverhand]

Haha, i love the contrast between Luke casually trudging along with a little uncertainty, but no issues. Then cutting to Linus where things are going a little crazy until the GUI is nuked XD
Tbf it makes no sense that a steam install would remove critical packages

[araarathisyomama]

Linux: "Install Steem!"
OS: "Yes, uninstall essential packages?"
Linux: "YES!"
OS: *A s y o u w i s h*

[infinty]

I think the biggest positive force behind upcoming Linux gaming compatability is the Steamdeck. While making your game Linux compatible in the past was a nice feature, the Steamdeck actively incentives developers to do so as part of their standard development process.

[fnger]

I switched from Windows to Pop_OS! last year, and while my overall experience has been positive, one of the biggest frustrations has come from the fact that it was advertised as an easy experience, but then wasn't. These weird little bugs, like the one Linus had, would crop up and I'd have to spend hours on forums to try and fix it. I have a high tolerance for that kind of bullshit, but I have friends who don't. They would have definitely given up and gone back to Windows. If Linux is going to become a viable alternative to Windows, and break Microsoft's hold on PC gaming, projects like Pop_OS! need to be able to live up to their own hype. I genuinely look forward to the day when they can.

[thelegendaryklobb]

*Linux first boot*
Linux: "Papa, is that you?"
Linus: "No, I'm the other one"
Linux: "Oh, ok..."
*Linux proceeds to die dramatically*

[SimonVideo]

Luke: "that wasn't really a challenge"
Linus: **reinstalling OS**

[danieltudor]

my favorite part was when linus typed "Yes do as i say" to "Remove pop_os gnome"

[JamesJones-ztyx]

To anyone wishing to try Linux: go for it, but it's a good idea to pause and consider the meaning of messages like "You are trying to delete the following essential packages..."

[gautampk]

I think the thing that Linus's experience makes abundantly clear is that when you're choosing a Linux distro, what you're really choosing is the people that maintain your package manager/app store. This is way more important than any silliness about desktop environments and should probably be communicated to new users better, and in a way that's easy for them to understand.

"Don't choose the new distro that has about two people maintaining the upstream repositories" is a statement that's obvious to anyone who's used Linux in a professional or enterprise environment, but seems lost on most enthusiasts and is completely not communicated to new users.

[luckyowl]

Apt removing the entire desktop environment for the installation of Steam is a true Chad move, the developer who programmed is having a great time watching this.

[abocwsg]

The way that luke was hyping it up, I almost thought he was going to do something like Arch, Gentoo, or Linux from scratch. And then he said Mint and I almost died laughing.

[bryanb]

I spent an hour trying to figure out how to change the monitor orientations before I just swapped the cables. You win this round, Linux.