Linux HATES Me – Daily Driver Challenge Pt.1

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Hot take, derived from painful personal experience: better to bork a system a mere 15 minutes into the installation process than to bork it after 15 days.

Linus: Documentary level camera movement Luke: Blair witch Project

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

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 :)

Missed opportunity to call this series “Linus vs Linux”

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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..."

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.

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

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