No, I don’t think I will.
We’ve had Sad Linus, but what about Meth Linus?
I don’t follow this guy. Did he fuck up or something?
His crew has claimed many abuses (supposedly he has been absolved, I don’t have knowledge of or an opinion on whether that’s justified).
He stole a prototype of a product then sold it for profit (“What Happened Between Linus Tech Tips And Billet Labs?” on this page).
Also on that page are other allegations of which I was unaware, most of which (at a glance) seem to be about improperly testing and/or representing products. I particularly like the one about claiming a mouse was poor quality after he failed to remove a cover from the sensor.
edit: I’ve been informed that my understanding of the situation with the prototype may have been incorrect. Reading the thread below may clarify matters.
He was “absolved” by a company that he hired to investigate.
The situations mostly come down to he said/she said, so nothing for the company to find…
The result of the investigation was that there wasn’t any evidence, not disproving or proving the allegations
“Stole a prototype” is unfair language, they made a huge mistake and auctioned off the prototype. Linus admitted the mistake to Billet Labs and paid them for the prototype.
They also installed the product incorrectly in a test and shat all over it and the initial response on the controversy from Linus on the forum was pretty terrible.
True, they fucked up a lot.
Most of these criticisms are from a time which they have at least claimed they’re out of. They made a huge deal about apologizing, slowing down, and doing things properly. Have they done so? Hard to know without a look behind the scenes, but so far I haven’t heard any new complaints.
I kind of feel for Linus. He is clearly NOT the guy to be in charge of a media company that recieved a 100 million dollar buyout offer and in charge of 50+ people. I genuinely believe he has good intentions and isnt trying to do anything evil or anti consumer.
Doesnt mean his fuckups dont have real world impacts for others though. Hiring a CEO to run the “business” for him was absolutely the smartest thing he has done in a long time.
Hate this guy.
There is only one Linus in Linux. Torvalds.
Same. I remember him like becoming a thing and then I saw a video where there was all this panic about losing a bunch of data since it was all stored on a striped array with no backup, and I’m thinking “this guy is giving tech tips?” I wasn’t sure if it was satire, but I thought it was dumb and found him / his staff just annoying.
I’m also not a fan of this guy, but as far as I know LTT is aggressively anti Linux and doesn’t claim to be representative of or even part of the Linux community. I think one of his team members is pro Linux, but I don’t know anything about that person.
I will admit that the first time I watched LTT I did think it was going to be about Linux.
Maybe I’m wrong?
Fuck Linus
Why?
I used to watch them, for me the content has gotten a bit boring, but they still occasionally upload some interesting stuff. Also I used to listen to their podcast every week and it’s still one of my favorites, I just don’t get to listen to podcasts as much.
As for their controversies I think they’ve handled them well, but we don’t have to agree on that.
