Post #590218
2026-03-09 00:03 UTC
Replies (7)
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@thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 2026-03-09 00:55
I have two different views and explanation what could have happened. Choose one. :D The only benefit of doubt I can give Linus with this choice is, because its praised and recommended a lot. And that Linus is tackling this from a end user perspective who is searching the web and ChatGPT recommendation, coming of fresh from Windows without Linux experience. We all know Linus has Linux experience, but he might go the unexperienced route as a guide. And none of the websites doing these recommendations talk about the transitional phase PopOS is in right now. But if I assume “bad” intentions, then he very well have made a risky choice by choice. Because he knows the other two will have good experience and then almost nothing controversial would happen = boring video, no interactions in the comment. He might have chose PopOS to boos his channel, not because he really really want to try PopOS again after he got burned so hard last time…
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@FatVegan@leminal.space 2026-03-09 07:39
I hate LTT with a passion, but pop os is my fist linux distro in a decade with very limited knowledge, and it works really well. I haven’t booted up windows in like 4 months, so i’m not really sure what the fuck he’s even doing.
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@gerryflap@feddit.nl 2026-03-09 08:58
Because an average user would do that. Hell, I use Linux full-time and I didn’t know that PopOS in a huge transition. A user wants a gaming-focused distro an picks one. It should just work if we want all those Windows users to transition. He can’t do it right either, there will always be someone complaining about his choice. People here seem to think they’re an average user, when they’re really way above average in terms of technical knowledge. Even if Linus should maybe know better, it’s better that he does some dumb stuff because that’s what many people would do.
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@Auth@lemmy.world 2026-03-09 18:17
The video is 3 different people not just Linus. PopOS is not an uncommon choice, go into any beginner linux space and you’ll find people installing it all the time.
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@Don_alForno@feddit.org 2026-03-09 21:39
And a new user trying to pick a distro would know and understand that … how? Because that’s the experience he’s trying to emulate. I frequently see pop os recommended on lemmy too, so please don’t act like it’s obviously some outrageously silly choice.
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@dev_null@lemmy.ml 2026-03-10 01:57
I mean, he does answer why. You can disagree about the reason but he answers your question.
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@Fizz@lemmy.nz 2026-03-10 10:59
I just saw pop recommended on this community. Its still got a ton of people who’ve had good experiences recommending it. But they might not know it now defaults to cosmic.