Beginner Linux Q/A while futzing with my VIC-20's video signal- casual livestream!

I just modded my VIC-20 to get a much better video signal out of it, using the C0pperdragon LumaCode adapter. I'd like to talk about it, but with Microsoft pushing a lot of folks on to Linux, I'd also like to answer questions from Linux beginners in a casual, friendly way.

So, let's chat!

NOTE: any subtitles for this livestream were automatically generated and may not be accurate, good, or useful.

[yossimaslaton]

Such a throwback... VIC-20 was my first computer in 1981, when I was a young teenager teaching myself BASIC. This started my path to a 40-year career in the field. 😀

[cwain]

WoW! Super cool. I had a Vic 20 in 8th grade! This dates me a little, but I wish I still had it. I remember drooling because the kid down the street had a Commodore 128! Our local computer store in N. Little Rock, Ark. sold the Macintosh (also drool worthy at that time) which was what I truly wanted back then. Great content!

[SRG-Learn-Code]

Ooooh 😥, I've miss it. This video was made for me and I wasn't there... still awesome!!

[NeftisIsHere]

Oh, i got gifted a membership from this stream
Thank u to the kind soul that did it <3

[DV-mlfm]

i love ❤ your videos. You need to do more videos more frequently. 😊

[reljoy]

Penultimate + cartridge! What! I couldn't even afford the 16k Super expander that I really wanted! I had to stay with the 2 and a half k for programming! The Vic 20 was my first computer! I sold it for $200 AUS and sold my Holden Torana car for $180! So good to see you still have it and are making it better. In Australia we plugged it into the back of the TV using the aerial socket.

[jagannathfuji]

Also, your videos are really helpful BTW 🎉🎉 😊

[jagannathfuji]

Your Videos are great Mrs. Veronica (BTW i m an 8 year old linux guy) 😊😊

[withqsb]

I have a Pi set up at home for automatic CD ripping, it runs a little script that waits for the CD to be inserted and then runs abcde, and spits the disc out to show it's done, so it's headless and I only have to log in if something borks. I use Mint/Cinnamon as my daily driver, and Lubuntu/LXQT on some of my older machines. I've been through loads of distros since I started my Linux journey but Mint feels like home.

[cerescop]

I had a TRS128 color computer. Then went to the 8088 8086's with MFM hard drives, 20 megs were supposed to be huge.

[keyboard_g]

For Vic20 and C64 enthusiasts I recommend the channel 8Bit Show and Tell.

[billirwin]

I can remember peeking and poking and writing machine code strings and running them from basic on my old Atari 64.
Amazing what bored teenagers will do to amuse themselves.

[keyboard_g]

Lumacode and Rgb2Hdmi cover video, but how do you normally break out the audio? If the Pi Zero part could also take audio in it would be perfect.

[TacticalTabby]

Veronica, I'm brand new to Linux, about 2 weeks, using Mint 21.3. Haven't felt the need to go back to Windows 11. Would you recommend LMDE for a beginner? Also, do you see the Mint team departing from using a Ubuntu base in the future, and is that something I should be concerned about? I have seen some concerns over decisions being made at Canonical that some forum users reeeeally don't like.

[keyboard_g]

I ran my lumacode cable out the user port opening since its almost never used.

[timothy]

The Vic 20 is not fuzzy.
It's antialiased.