I broke this in under one hour... - Eurorra Carbon Fibre Laptop

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Eurorra sent over one of their bespoke carbon fibre laptops for Linus to check out, but the wide Linus meme hand-crafted into the Linux laptop's lid may have been a bad omen...
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CHAPTERS
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0:00 Omg...
0:07 Too heavy to unbox?
0:50 I think we're being trolled...
2:00 Specs and what's in the box
2:53 Build quality impressions
3:49 Ports/IO
4:28 The issues begin...
5:10 Preparing to game ft. Colton
5:47 Included warranties
6:09 Opening up the laptop
7:24 A pleasant surprise!
8:05 Our first call to Anthony
9:04 Taking a look under the cooler
10:10 Linus' Linux curse
10:42 More about Eurorra and laptop pricing
11:38 Sponsor - Jackery
12:04 Attempting to game ft. Anthony call 2
13:14 Crowd reactions
13:55 Gaming? (Barely)
15:43 She's dead, Jim
16:19 Outro

[@martinturner5484]

One Linus creates Linux, one Linus destroys Linux.. It is the way of things.

[@lostczech]

Yin and Yang of Linux

[@spamtongspamton3422]

Perfectly balanced. As all things should be.

[@dawn1berlitz]

there isnt a moment where linus either drops or breaks something i swear

[@adameichler]

I think episode of Linus Tech Tips having Linus Torvalds as a cameo would be super cool :)

[@dawn1berlitz]

@@adameichler question is would be be willing

[@thomasmathew13]

I feel like "I broke this in under one hour" could be a whole series starring Linus.

[@beanbagburrito]

It could be a whole channel

[@alexfinns6162]

@@beanbagburrito lol

[@cyncxd]

Linus Breaks Tips

[@Tigerbear456]

Hi

[@potatoeswithcheese8719]

A whole new leap forward for the linus media group...

[@andrewmorris483]

I like that raised LTT logo though. That's actually something that I could see many brands wanting on their machines.

[@arthurmoore9488]

Makes me wonder about bulk orders. Each individual laptop would be expensive if it has its own mold. But, re-use should cut the price down significantly.

[@Kittycat-dc7xl]

Designability comes at a price but who knows maybe a standard assortment ? That they switch occassionally or add new designs to seasonally ?

[@4gbmeans4gb61]

The whole back carbon fiber would have looked way cooler i think.

[@BrilliantDesignOnline]

Unfortunately, custom lids are cancelled by federal law, due to too many small children being frightened.

[@Daunlouded]

Maybe it looks cool but it would be super annoying when handling the laptop. I hope it's not going to happen.

[@furbyonsteroids]

Quick tip nobody asked for: If you're booting linux and it's stuck on the logo, you normally can press ESC to see the terminal output to see at what step it stopped booting up. That way you can diagnose what's wrong with it. It's hilarious to me how linus manages to break linux without doing anything, although I have high suspicions that Eurorra fked with this. No way does a handcrafted, 80+ quality assurance steps laptop for $5000 have such blatant issues. The fact that Ubuntu errors basically from the boot up makes me strongly believe so. I believe the "custom" ubuntu simply means "we fked with things" ubuntu. It's hilarious though and seeing linus lose his mind over linux and breaks it whenever he touches it (or not heh) is just great.

[@SoundblasterYT]

ye it looks like either the dock is set to bottom and uh yeah

[@wumwum42]

They didnt even install nvidia drivers...

[@annie3606]

I mean tbf Imo you shouldn't have your system set to boot with a splash to begin with, literally all it does is hide information from you...

[@GundamGokuTV]

Why would they do that? It would be terrible advertising.

[@myrunoteukuyatiru7374]

@@GundamGokuTV They went as far making that horrible sticker because they thought it would be funny, fucking ubuntu up just to mess with linux is far easier than that considering linus' history with linux lmao

[@dennispremoli7950]

Love how when LTT needs tech support, Anthony is the go to.

[@TheRealCharlieSuper]

*Linux Tech Support - Jake is Tech support for windows and hardware

[@arantes6]

And when Anthony is not enough, they call Wendell from Level1

[@SaloCh]

Anthony: the tech support of the tech support

[@RonKan69]

and jake*

[@joeykeilholz925]

@@SaloCh Id watch Wendell vs. Anthony tech battle anime

[@wallywest4274]

Can we get a "is it faster to uninstall Linux, install Windows, download Steam, download a game and play it, or have Anthony fix Linux on this" follow-up video? Maybe call it Anthony vs Windows?

[@olswang]

Would be better to install windows on the second ssd and choose at boot os.

[@tenderandmoist5011]

@@olswang but then you'd have to keep Linux

[@christiansheridan3410]

@@SeventhEntropy Linux is perfectly fine, depends on your use case. If you want to play certain games or use windows-only software then sure... Linux wouldn't be a good choice.

[@cossakrose]

10:43 "A portion of the proceeds of each sale go to the artisan who worked on the shell." Translation from Hipster Speak: "We pay the person who worked to make the shell." Glad to hear they pay their workers! Otherwise I would have thought they worked for free!

[@ska042]

Extra cynical translation: "The people who make the shells earn based on the number of shells they make, instead of a fixed salary"

[@jubies6286]

Huge difference between paying your workers a flat salary and giving them a commission for the actual value they add. This is basically stating that they engage in profit sharing.

[@charlesbrown4483]

@@ska042 Equality of opportunity, or equality of outcome. Which one do you want?

[@ska042]

@@charlesbrown4483 You're missing the point entirely. What I was saying is that paying the workers on a commision basis could either be a positive or a negative thing, it just depends on how much they're being paid and what the other modalities are. What I was alluding to is the shitty "gig economy" jobs like deliveroo/uber eats/whatever driver positions. Those are paid on a commission basis, but it's a really really shitty commission and the contracts are structured so that they have almost all the disadvantages of being a contractor and the disadvantages of being an employee, but none of the perks of either.

[@awwastor]

I mean I believe that they’re saying their workers get commissions, which is kinda different

[@matthewcox9636]

This is hilarious, thank you for trolling Linus for our pleasure, and also, that’s a lot of cool stuff you shove in there

[@Irishman1900]

I love when a Sponsor goes out of their way to make their product look crap just to fuck with Linus! Colton has won another battle!!

[@benjaminoechsli1941]

Something tells me he'll be fired for this. xD

[@LEGITPURPOSE]

@@benjaminoechsli1941 He didn't get fired for the fake pregnancy prank and I'm pretty sure that was worse.

[@benjaminoechsli1941]

@@LEGITPURPOSE Perhaps Linus has decided the running "Colton, you're fired!" joke has run its course. Fair enough.

[@RyTrapp0]

Colton won, but I'm not so sure this company did lol

[@ExarchGaming]

@@RyTrapp0 It's apparantly a side-gig for the company, so they're not a dedicated Si from what it sounds like... maybe? So I can see the problems, cooling a full desktop cpu, that can pull 180w, even though that cooling is fairly beefy.... it' still a desktop 12700 (and if intel is anything like it has been, they are raging infernos, so amd would be 100x better here imo) and a 3070 TI (mobile)

[@alexlandherr]

I say a series of “Linux Tech Tips” with Anthony is needed.

[@brunoais]

Yeah... But As Linus said some months ago: "There's only one Anthony and there doesn't seem to exist enough audience interested in linux only. There are channels that would do this much better than we can with Anthony."

[@rateater420]

@@brunoais I mean we don't need a separate channel like mac address, maybe a series revisiting linux again like their previous linux videos on LTT would be nice

[@brunoais]

@@rateater420 They'll do linux videos from time to time, as Linus said. Just not regularly.

[@Voyajer.]

@@brunoais People keep saying it and its getting more common every time

[@mr.kenway4554]

Linus explicitly stated that they wont be doing it anytime soon.

[@shiftypersona]

I mean I was seriously laughing out loud at the effort and quality on the face stuck to the front. The commitment is just so hilarious and commendable. It's just such a solid meme that makes me laugh every single time. 🤣

[@shiftypersona]

@Teamgeist at least I don't spend time demeaning people in KZbin comments. 🤔

[@unknown_codec_404]

It's not that funny... But I will not judge you

[@enigma2311]

@shiftypersona I also thought it was pretty funny! dont let you drag down by the asshats in the comments who hate their life :)

[@FerDelRio]

Man I laughed so much, make Linus use Linux more often

[@tappy8741]

Teach him to use it first

[@CompletelyNormal]

I imagine Anthony setting up a Linux machine. He finishes. It runs perfectly. It games well. It handles productivity well. It's perfectly stable. Linus walks in the room. It immediately crashes.

[@OutOfNameIdeas2]

I honestly think they screwed the install just to mess with him. Installing drivers are extremely simple. Just search "additional drivers" and then select your preferred Nvidia driver version and click apply. Extremely simple and fast. Although Nvidia drivers actually need a reboot to apply correctly unlike system updates for some reason.

[@loicvanderwielen]

@@OutOfNameIdeas2 Does it not just need a logout? I don't remember any more. That being said, that doesn't make much difference with modern boot times...

[@notjustforhackers4252]

@@loicvanderwielen A logout does not restart the display server ( or root innt or root configurations ). You need to restart the system for NVIDIA drivers to apply updates. However a logout/back in will update user programs, browser for example. General rule of Linux, restart after updates or making system configuration changes.

[@nicolasbourbaki3481]

Look up the Pauli effect.

[@KumaMech]

@@OutOfNameIdeas2 i bricked my linux mint 21 install by installing nvidia drivers like how you mentioned lololol somethings up with the latest nvidia driver for linux.

[@chumafly3459]

Trivia fact : linus has already reviewed the same chassis 2 years ago, with an origin laptop who had a ryzen 9 3900 desktop in it. Having it, I can confirm:that's absolutely the same clevo chassis and even cooling system. 😎

[@chumafly3459]

Correction : it was the xmg apex 15 (also known as clevo nh57af1)

[@rafaelroma1657]

The cooking system is pretty similar to my 2015 Avell/Clevo barebone.

[@rafaelroma1657]

The keyboard corrector was quite right, it's more a cooking system than a cooling one. 😆 Just kidding, actually it was pretty decent, especially comparing to my 2019 Acer Predator.

[@v3xx3r]

@@rafaelroma1657 no no I like cooking system better.

[@jamesgoodman540]

Aw cool!

[@galactic800]

I want "I broke this in under one hour..." to become a series or its own channel

[@mariustanasoaie1147]

It deffinetly looks like a Clevo, probably they made the internals! Would be interesting to see if they come up with upgrade motherboards!

[@NithinJune]

just change out the CPU yourself!

[@FengLengshun]

As a Linux user, I felt this. I've been in a bunch of usability arguments as of late, and god, was it just painful how stubborn some people can be when you point out small issues that really should be polished and made easier for newcomers.

[@isaackvasager9957]

Linux experts are the worst. They just can't understand why someone doesn't want to live in terminal and have to keep a spreadsheet with hundreds of linux commands just to play games and type on their computer. Honestly, those people are the reason Linux has never went mainstream.

[@isaackvasager9957]

@Clay Gomera you are exactly the type of person that makes everyone hate linux and are a detriment to it's wider acceptence. The line: "But you have to keep in mind that using the terminal in Linux is NOT necessary in any way. Almost everything that you can do in a terminal, is possible in a GUI in some way." is COMPLETE horse s&*t and anyone that has used linux for more than 2 minutes on a new install knows it.

[@xxMastufaquxx]

@Clay Gomera I'm a well experience Linux user myself. For casual everyday tasks i agree, the terminal is not needed whatsoever. But when it comes to gaming or getting something professionally up, running, and done, the terminal may end up become a necessity out of various consequences and points of failure. And to an end-user who does not have the care and/or time to figure that out when things can just work on Windows or Mac, there is a clear solution: use Windows or Mac, especially when time is money for major companies to the self-employed. That is why Linux has not (yet) become mainstream, although major improvements are being made everywhere to get to that point one day, and I feel that day is coming soon.

[@xxMastufaquxx]

@Clay Gomera yeah maybe becoming mainstream is a stretch but i do feel its becoming easier to use every day without the need for terminal use or configuring files, despite fragmentation. Many distro devs are working super hard to tightly integrate everything while keeping it cross compatible and modular. Also true on the gaming part, its relatively easy to install and run games but thats assuming everything else like drivers are set up and youre not unlucky. I have a Steam Deck and there’s honestly no issues getting non-steam games added and running with Heroic and Lutris (i just wish Amazon games had a launcher.)The distro you pick can heavily determine your quality of life too but sometimes you wont know which one that is until you’ve hopped several times.

[@ExarchGaming]

@Clay Gomera It was better in earlier versions. That's the deal with coming up with a new major version every year.

[@matiassolomon7198]

it always amazes me how linus is able to always run into every possible problem in linux

[@GSBarlev]

Feh. The Pop!OS footgun was legit bad luck, but putting a stock install of Ubuntu on a bespoke laptop with an Nvidia GPU is literally setting him up to fail--considering I can't even get display sleep to work on one of my desktops with an AMD APU, I *can't even imagine* the level of tweaking required to optimize a desktop 12700 to work in a laptop configuration.

[@advanceringnewholder]

Linus Torvalds did not approve

[@666Tomato666]

Well, trying to run nVidia *and* running OBS _while updating the system_ is a recipe for broken system, so not really surprised he has problems

[@Cavi587]

@@666Tomato666 Yeah, nvidia + Linux is not the best choice. Even worse, nvidia + Ubuntu specifically is just the recipe for disaster. Pop OS or some Arch based distro would be a lot better in the drivers department. Or just using an AMD GPU, that would be a looooot smoother honestly.

[@hooves8125]

Linus puts the law in "Murphy's law"

[@MaartenBlij]

It’s such a breath of fresh air to see an old school laptop like this. A laptop with an ethernet port, user removable battery and upgradable ram.

[@IYF_Productions_SL]

Yeah, it's so old school it can't even boot and run a steam game or use the nvidia driver LOL. I'll stick with my MSI laptop thanks.

[@itsmrdante6274]

@@IYF_Productions_SL That's Linux's fault. On Windows it would've been completely fine.

[@Ebalosus]

@@itsmrdante6274 no, it’s Nvidia’s fault for ignoring open-source development.

[@TheVirtualObserver]

@@Ebalosus I mean it was probably both. Linux can be a royal pain in the ass to deal with, much more than Windows, and the pairing with Nvidia hardware really didn't help in this case. ¯\ _(ツ)_/¯

[@wereoctopus]

My secondhand Thinkpad T480 has those "old-school" features and runs Debian just fine? Haven't even had driver problems with the discrete GPU, though a Geforce MX150 is a bit subpar for gaming these days ;-)

[@tonygamer4310]

While I love Linux, Linux definitely has a ton of issues for the average consumer. NVidia support is lacking in most cases as they just provide the bare minimum to get a display output unless you are running a business grade GPU, and configuration can be a pain unless you want to learn how to use the terminal. Personally I enjoy how Linux works, but I can definitely see how it doesn't work for people that just want to be able to download any game and go

[@ethan-fel]

thing is, the issues with nvidia are created by nvidia. Which is a shame, because outside gaming, nvidia drivers for CUDA, AI etc are way better than on Windows

[@reoencarcelado5904]

@TonyGamer: That's a nVidia problem, not a Linux problem. (And to be even-more-specific than that, it's a nVidia-corporation_&_nVidia-graphics--drivers problem, not a problem-with-the-Linux-kernel). For more information about what’s going on, please see this video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4fTgKyBeLONj9k Current/Modern-Day AMD-Radeon graphics-cards or 1990s nVidia-GeForce graphics-cards both work-well in Linux.

[@tonygamer4310]

@@reoencarcelado5904 I am acutely aware of the issues NVidia has with Linux. That is what I was trying to convey in my comment is that NVidia does not provide much support for Linux, just the bare minimum to have a (mostly) functional desktop experience. I didn't realize how bad the issue really was though until I tried to use VR on Linux, and it just crashes every single time it tries to render a frame. Had I realized just how bad the issues with NVidia on Linux can be, I would have gone AMD despite the fact I would have been downgrading my card, or paying more at the time I bought my computer. I will say that NVidia open sourcing the kernel side drivers is a nice step in the right direction, but in comparison to what AMD does for Linux, it isn't much

[@reoencarcelado5904]

@@tonygamer4310 i completely agree with you :-) (on everything that you said :-) ).

[@cinnabarsin4288]

I sincerely hope this shows up in a future Intel upgrade type video as a "borrowed" from work item.

[@ElEscolta]

I bet Linus won't even be annoyed, he be glad someone took it away xD

[@DonaldHendleyBklynvexRecords]

yea this most definitely needs to be used daily ,5k??? sheesh

[@clipzy5032]

I feel like the only person I could imagine taking it is Anthony

[@DonaldHendleyBklynvexRecords]

@@clipzy5032 shit I'm still wondering what happened to the predator dual 1080ti laptop that was around 10 from 2017

[@clipzy5032]

@@DonaldHendleyBklynvexRecords shhhh

[@AustinTheTerrible]

OEM: "We need someone to test the durability of our technology against breakage." LTT Team: "We have your man."

[@Kritya]

So much of this laptop is great, upgradeability, storage expansion, cooling, trackpad with individual buttons etc. Shame that the only option to purchase it is probably 2k more expensive than it could be because of the custom lid. EDIT: just found the other comment that reveals its about 2.5k more than the original version of the product for the custom lid. That's one hard pill to swallow.

[@jorismak]

New video idea for ltt. Prepare 20 machines with different Linux distros installed . See how long it takes for Linus to ruin the installs :)

[@humy20]

Excellent idea. I rofled irl.

[@TemmieTem]

please i need to see this

[@ryanmclaren8570]

Epic idea

[@ryanb6503]

title: I Speedrun breaking every Linux distro!

[@ch4.hayabusa]

Run Arc graphics and Manjaro Gnome for cutting edge hardware. If you have something 2-3years old, Ubuntu LTS should be fine. Never ever run current gen Nvidia graphics on Linux, unless it's a server. Steam Deck's OS is good for AMD graphics.

[@samsokach582]

Anthony standing there while his boss flips his lid at his new toy is tech humor gold. 😆

[@lloydhillier945]

First world problems 🙄🤣

[@Kittycat-dc7xl]

Best of all is the karma about offending a penguin LMAO

[@Blueberry21787]

1:32 Linus be proud of that hand- crafted, non-removable, wide Linus cover IT’S A MASTERPIECE…. For the next generation of Memes

[@automotiverhapsody]

This is perfect for building hype around upcoming products and crash test prototypes for things you can't predict in a lab.

[@devunit2369]

Watching Linus struggle with Linux for 15 minutes always puts a smile on my face.

[@zurkke]

Struggling with Ubuntu. I feel him.

[@Shaz8389]

I'm glad he's like that with Linux. I've been into computers for 20 years and I still don't care for Linux.

[@zurkke]

@@Shaz8389 That's not the flex you think it is.

[@vladlu6362]

@@Shaz8389 That's... The opposite of a good thing. Especially when it's so easy.

[@extreme123dz]

@@zurkke Youre right is a giga chad flex!

[@Nurof3n_]

I need an entire series with Anthony delivering Linux Tech Tips

[@panthonyy]

I'd definitely save that whole series in a playlist :)

[@baileytownsend1341]

I've always watched LTT here and there, but Anthony is what made me sub.

[@hamzasaud01]

I also first saw Anthony and became really interested in the channel, I think Linus was on a vacation so Anthony instead hosted.

[@GeorgeValkov]

Anthony is smart. I'd love to see him more often.

[@harshveersingh8686]

1:57 "I see the light..." Thank you for letting the case speak so boldly 🤣

[@dedr4m]

14:00 segment: I've had this sort of issues with laptop GPUs all the time (except back in the Core2Duo switchable GPU of the Lenovo T400 with ATI), The reason is because a lot of laptop manufacturers don't actually use a true switchable GPU solution, that is, the dGPU is essentially like plugging a GPU into the PCIe slot then plugging the monitor into the motherboard VGA and expecting a performance boost, because that's exactly what that is. Games were later designed for this "GPU as a mere co-processor" configuration and games old enough cough up blood at these configurations that is modern laptops' "dGPU". Usually the games need the driver to report dGPU support to use the dGPU as a co-processor dangling off the side of the PCIe headlessly. So full GPUs don't get reported as supported and thus doing laptop-style dGPU on a desktop, whilst possible with the correct programming, doesn't happen (seemingly intentional). It would be easier if some laptop manufacturer somewhere actually used a DisplayPort multiplexer and literally switched from CPU iGPU DisplayPort to dGPU DisplayPort... To get around eDP not wanting to work with normal DP, using a basic 1-to-1 monitor chipset with all features stripped out so to leave the pixel data untouched would be simple enough to implement.... This would make for the ultimate laptop that would have 100% desktop performance given decent cooling. How I know this stuff? I looked at enough schematics, went back and forth to CEX trying to find a true switchable graphics laptop (so I can use the "return in 14 days" to test every laptop and get my money back... because I'm cheap like that.)

[@fotnite_]

4:38 it seems like Linus has finally experienced first-hand the incredibly stable experience that is GNOME extensions

[@RC2225]

at least they crash reliably. :D

[@fotnite_]

​@@RC2225 You're underselling, they also reliably get dropped by the dev within 3 versions or so and stop working

[@dakorjparie2425]

please someone send to LMG a Linux Mint Debian Edition Mate Desktop laptop :)

[@RC2225]

@@fotnite_ I mean its community made. How long is the lifespan on plasmoids in KDE? I tried one or two and they are imho quite comparable in stability. Someone has a good idea maintains it 2-3 years and then probably moves on. Just recently the maintainer of LatteDock announced that he cannot maintain it longer due to personal reasons. Since this was one of the more popular extensions for KDE I think the chance is high that someone or a group will continue it. For all that reason I stick on KDE to that what the distro or upstream delivers. Except GNOME which requires some adjustments to the activity bar...

[@dm3on]

GNOME with wayland + snap, hahahahahhah

[@matejrozman3128]

A big Thank you from all at Eurorra, our business partners and artists. Special thank to Colton for his pick of art eventually. If you dont mind we will give details as you probably missed some as they wore in details.

[@matejrozman3128]

Refarding the case it's custom made as we ll as the carbon fiber, we do molds and tools based on the design a person sends us. The opening music is part of the requirement a user gives us if required and by that thy also support the artist as we give a donation to each purchase to artists (musicians and designers).

[@matejrozman3128]

Linux was chosen as the time we requested a feedback from you guys you didnt specify it so we made custom Linux, also the CPU is destop CPu so it's easely to be replaced by user, as for the battery it's additional as users can easely replace it. Software on it as actually bloatware but as mentioned in description we support those companies so that's why we installed them as well as this might be the case the cooling is lauder at start.

[@jazeenharal6013]

You guys rock haha

[@matejrozman3128]

As for the updates we mentioned as we send the unit back in April you do need to update it to 22.04. Sorry for the beafy specifications they wore detailed.

[@jediberang898]

You are doomed people will buy a clevo that works and put a sticker on it. I wish you the best but it is unlikely you'll sell a lot.

[@thatlinuxguy]

A lot of the time you don't need to reboot but its more convenient to. For example just then you could have shutdown the entire display server and started it up again, but it's much easier just to reboot. Otherwise you sometimes have to worry about not having shut down all the things that rely on each other.

[@bokunogentoo4420]

Gamers aren't going to know how to do that. I'm still surprised that the Steam Deck managed to take off even though its default OS is a derivative of Arch; I'm assuming most Steam Deck havers are just installing Windows over Steam OS

[@fatnose0]

@@bokunogentoo4420 i mean you can log out and log back in also

[@Alex-nd2dr]

Linus, you've reviewed the same chasis for at least twice. They are the same chasis with customisable hardware. Also, it's from last year. I've been using the same chasis.

[@user-lv6rn9cf8m]

5:56 - "unusual in the electronics industry" - literally legally required in most of Europe. The EU has 2 years minimum but many countries go further than that.

[@modernkennnern]

5:50 *

[@CorvusCorax12d]

Literally 0 laptops in Europe are 3 year warranty.

[@neappx]

There’s still a major difference between the manufacturer‘s warranty and the EU statutory warranty. The latter only covers existing issues when the device was sold and can be hard to enforce, while the manufacturer‘s warranty pretty much covers anything at goodwill. So having a long warranty from the manufacturer and not just the statutory EU warranty is a very good thing. The EU warranty can be useless in many cases and a pain to deal with after a year.

[@user-lv6rn9cf8m]

@@CorvusCorax12d Literally 100% of laptops in Sweden etc are

[@gewoon8781]

@@CorvusCorax12d It's 2 years minimum per EU law (except for screens) and most manufacturers start with a 3 year factory warranty. Even my Clevo NH55JNNQ came with a 3 year warranty as well.

[@Owenzzz777]

Shipping it with Ubuntu 21.10 is a big mistake. Giving them Linux is one thing, not shipping it with LTS version is inexcusable. Should have at least given them 20.04. With the whole new transition to Wayland, it’s very tricky on 21.10 even for seasoned Linux users picking it up for the first time. Although this also sounds more like Colton’s fault, so fire him

[@Decodeish1]

Gaming on LTS??? Shouldn't touch ubuntu anyway, it's a mess.

[@cromefire_]

Shipping a Linux laptop with an Nvidia GPU

[@Thanatos2996]

It also shouldn't have been Ubuntu. The LTS of Mint would give them fewer issues; even LTS Ubuntu has been a buggy mess for the past decade.

[@cromefire_]

@@Thanatos2996 Worked fine for the last 6 years for me, just the Nvidia drivers crash from time to time

[@vladlu6362]

@@Thanatos2996 Please stop using/recommending Debian based distros. Please start using Fedora if you are not a power user. There's literally no reason for you to torture yourself using anything Debian-related, so PLEASE don't.

[@mannieactionsports2117]

I'm surprised that Linus didn't fire Colton at 5:35

[@marc0523]

It would be interesting to see someone else put this through some tests. See what FPS it can get with Windows, what temps etc.

[@deforged]

on the plus side, Eurethra brand can now use the "Might be the worst thing I have ever seen." - LTT / ShortCircuit as a promotional slogan in their marketing efforts.

[@krise99391]

uhm...

[@NoNameGamilain]

Er...

[@Armacham2]

Eurethra sounds appropriate

[@philtkaswahl2124]

Ubuntu? With an NVidia GPU? It would've been more surprising if it didn't break.

[@Gatorade69]

Didn't Nvidia just recently say they were going to focus on better drivers for Linux ?

[@edwardecl]

@@Gatorade69 going to... every experience I've had with nvidia driver has been a subpar experience, usually ends just like Linus here, where it won't boot into a UI anymore. I'ts not bricked, you just have to get back to the console and uninstall the nvidia driver and reinstall the opensource ones, then figure out what driver version actually works. Then give up and just get an AMD system.

[@battlebuddy4517]

@@edwardecl let's me guess did you try to install them from Nvidia site? Ubuntu, Fedora, arch all have official packages you can install via package manager via gui or command line

[@Styphoryte]

I love at 9:17 he started whispering so as to not disturb the delicate thermal paste placement lol.

[@Goigigandfriends]

Love how he takes it apart on and plugged in 🤣

[@henryatkinson1479]

Pretty impressive, but Id have rather seen more effort put into things like the keyboard than the superficial carbon fiber lid.

[@luke.......]

I mean the only thing they do is making the lid. The rest is just a rebranded clevo laptop

[@henryatkinson1479]

@@luke....... I know, but for 5k USD it needs to be more than that.

[@luke.......]

@@henryatkinson1479 totally agree for that price you could get a decent desktop and a decent laptop with custom sticker or skin (if the customization is important).

[@leonro]

@@henryatkinson1479 Carbon fiber is extremely expensive, so no, I wouldn't necessarily say that it needs to offer more at that price, but the carbon fiber design would probably be in higher demand when combined with a more premium laptop than the clevo they used.

[@extendoduck]

@@leonro Carbon fiber is NOT that expensive, especially the pretty small quantity used in these. You can buy 6' rolls of carbon fiber cloth on Amazon for like thirty bucks (which means there's a markup that a manufacturer should be able to get around by sourcing it directly) It's annoying to work with, so bumps the expense up a bit, but still not by nearly that much.

[@MrHaydenJr]

Gotta love it when anthonys linux troubleshooting hit the "did you ever do something to a penguin?" stage...

[@spoilerkiller]

For future references check out glances for temps and inxi for specs.

[@bobsucks9647]

Linus using Linux is how I look using any operating system lmao

[@standuporshutup]

Nvidia drivers and linux, surely a combination that will go well. Also once the driver is installed, nvidia adds a tool (i forget the name) that can monitor temps and clocks. I forget if psensor picked it up, but if i remember right it did.

[@Jacknzyeah]

If I remember right you basically just press your winkey and type "nvidia" and basically the first entry popping up gives you the nvidia-settings where the gpu temp is... I don't know why but it feels like Linus is just leaning on the meme of him sucking at Linux and trying to move his tech channel to a bunch of meme vids... Yes Linux ain't userfrienly... we established that with the last Linux challenge but him still struggling this hard is kinda cringe...

[@GSBarlev]

nvidia-xserver-settings. Required root permissions to run because it literally rewrote your Xorg.conf with wanton disregard for any other modifications you needed. I still have nightmares remembering the hours I spent fighting with that tool (ca 2012). And I wasn't even trying to run games, just hook up a second HDMI display! If memory serves, my eventual solution was literally just to buy a DVI adapter so I could run everything through integrated graphics.

[@gRocketOne]

Yeah. If you want to use Linux, just use an AMD GPU. Or Intel when they release them, I guess...

[@GSBarlev]

@@gRocketOne The problem is that Nvidia has significantly better OpenGL performance than Team Red, even / especially under Linux. Back in the day, the other reason to try to get Nvidia to play nice with the penguin was that Nvidia was the only game in town when it came to GPGPU computation. I guess that's no longer true, as I've read that miners preferred Radeon cards, but CUDA is still way more widely adopted for scientific computing than OpenCL.

[@alex38235]

@@Jacknzyeah I feel like this was also mostly Eurorra's fault for not properly setting up the Nvidia drivers in their custom Ubuntu

[@almaefogo]

Laughs with obligatory 3 year warranty on almost everything electronic in Portugal/Europe.

[@matejrozman3128]

Not in the US sadly.

[@essamal-mansouri2689]

Nice touch to show the "Hotel Aurore" sign in Counterstrike @ 12:13.

[@klexosmusic]

This video sums up my whole experience with Linux over the years. Every single time I gave it a chance, from Mandrake to Linux Mint, my experience has been like: "Oh why the fu** this happened?", "What? Why did this break by itself?", "Yesterday it worked, WHY IT ISN'T NOW??", then proceeded to search for solutions on Google, ended up in some forums where people suggested to enter some lines in the terminal that solved nothing, spent tons of time trying to fix things that I never broke to begin with, and finally giving up and returning to Windows. Maybe I'm cursed like Linus, or maybe Linux doesn't like me... but for sure I'll give it a shot again in the future.

[@Redacted384]

13:58 When you start cs:go for the first time on Linux. It starts in windowed mode but in the native resolution of the display. This makes it go off the screen. if you have only one display. Sometimes it goes so far off the screen that you cannot hit the apply button when changing it to fullscreen aswell. Valve used to make games.

[@lamka02sk]

oh yes, nvidia and linux...in a laptop, that is the ultimate combo

[@minarchisttrucker2775]

To be fair i run mint and game on it lol

[@666Tomato666]

@@minarchisttrucker2775 just because you _can_ doesn't mean you _should_ You can drive wood screws with a hammer, but you'll have pretty bad time with it...

[@battlebuddy4517]

Chill it's a 3070 it, just install Ubuntu official Nvidia drivers packages, it will run just fine Much Ubuntu distros run out of box with Nvidia

[@666Tomato666]

@@battlebuddy4517 desktop nvidia is very different from laptop nvidia, you'd know if you ever had to deal with it

[@Elinzar]

The moment someone makes Linux "Linus proof" (what a mouthful) Is the moment is ready to go mainstream

[@StockportJambo]

Steam OS 3.0?

[@tylerdean980]

Garuda linux + amd gpu and boom done. No need to install all the gaming stuff it's done already, and Arch has the largest repos in the game, so no messing around with flatpak or snaps or any of that garbage.

[@HilbertXVI]

@@tylerdean980 Yeah well, people do run nvidia GPUs...

[@tylerdean980]

@@HilbertXVI I'm not saying they shouldn't I'm just telling you how to make it idiot proof. You'll have a worse time with nvidia, just a fact.

[@666Tomato666]

@@HilbertXVI if you made the mistake of trusting nVidia to provide working drivers, that's on you, not on the Linux community

[@glahtiguy]

Linus is my spirit animal, he and I Linux exactly the same. Just yesterday I powered down my Linux server to install a contact frame to help with heat on the 12th gen processor. Carried it upstairs to do the work, booted it up on my work table, it worked great. Powered it down again, carried it downstairs, powered it on. Network down, not even grabbing a DHCP address. Why. Just why Linux.

[@GSBarlev]

Ooh, I used to have problems like that all the time in college. My guess is that you're using some sort of mesh, and the upstairs AP hasn't released the IP that your desktop insists it's entitled to. It's been over a decade since I needed to futz with this, but I believe the tool you want is dhclient, with the -r flag forcing your machine to renew its lease / request a new address.

[@fastgecko5799]

If you haven't solved this check your network config .yaml. You might have to point it to the correct network adapter. This has happened to me several times now.

[@glahtiguy]

@@fastgecko5799 That was literally the issue. Device id changed, for reasons.

[@despressoclips]

Little tip: CSGO on the menu has a lower capped FPS compared to in-game. Great video!

[@b130610]

It blows me away how much of a hard time Linus has with linux. I can't tell how much of it is my own blindness to issues in linux because I've just gotten used to the jankiness, how much is Linux actually being a mess, and how much is just bad luck. I feel genuinely bad for him, this looked excruciating to troubleshoot on camera lmao.

[@---qp8bs]

I've experienced a fair bit of jankiness on linux, but most of that was years ago. I almost can't believe how much trouble he is having, he really must be cursed by a penguin.

[@modernkennnern]

I started using Linux back in September last year, and Linus has experienced more issues in the 3 days I've seen him use it than I've had since I started using it. It's honestly impressive just how clueless he seems to be (based entirely on his result of breaking everything all the time) he is given how tech savvy he is.

[@LA-MJ]

Ubuntu is a mess and he is not into reading things before clicking them so...

[@3lH4ck3rC0mf0r7]

I've been a Linux main for 3 years now. Much like every platform, Linux has a steep learning curve before you can feel comfy in it. It's very easy to follow some random guide online and just wreck your system OR use some outdated/inapplicable config that does nothing but waste you time.

[@mycosys]

I suspect Linus dropped a penguin

[@schuylerpalmer]

I love that Eurorra decided to troll Linus with the meme lid and sending him Ubuntu. 🤣

[@JourneysADRIFT]

Except it wasn't a troll, Colton chose the art and they said Ubuntu was used because of community feedback but since they didn't know what distro to use they "made their own" but just mucked it up.

[@fantasypvp]

Lol they sent Linus a Linux laptop with a Nvidia GPU, they must have known about the driver issues and were just messing with him

[@JourneysADRIFT]

@@fantasypvp they left a series of comments on this video and one of them clarified why Linux was used. They explain they listened to community feedback that wanted it to ship with Linux so they "built their own" Linux build stating the community didn't mention what type of Linux they wanted. This company is rebranding Clevo laptops for more than double the cost so I wouldn't assume they know much about Linux, especially since their choice to use Linux was supposedly, in their own words, was do to a poll or feedback.

[@razzeeee]

The real troll is doing that with an nvidia gpu

[@sinni800]

The restart thing is still something that isn't necessary that often. Kernel update, yes. Driver updates, yes, but not always (if it's a loadable module it could be reloaded). Changing the GUI to always use the dedicated gpu? Restarting just X / Your Wayland compositor is enough, for example.

[@juxyper]

heavy laptops are a big no paying an extra for a desktop + gpuless thin-light laptop setup is a most definite yes in comparison considering that these heavy laptops don't even come cheap i have a lot of experience with performance laptops because those were my only option for a long while, and they are a pain to carry around

[@hoodzie9671]

Let’s appreciate the repairability of this laptop for real

[@christianvaniten4281]

It's just a clevo design, they're kind of all like this

[@kiister8126]

especially when it needs to be repaired just after 1 hour of use 💀

[@warpigs9069]

And good CS. They honor the warranty.

[@warpigs9069]

@@kiister8126 that's true too! But tbf it's hard to produce custom laptops like this.

[@inediblemangoes7797]

@@kiister8126 more so the OS than anything else

[@RJenkins6586]

should make a part 2 with windows installed, I'm curious what it can do.

[@chaseaustinmusic]

Please make this happen @shortcircuit

[@PhilipAlexanderHassialis]

Thank you for 1:52 to1:58 - I haven't laughed so much in years. When you check the analytics some time down the line, all the replays on that section will be from me. Love this, more kind of this wacky comedy, *PLEASE*

[@SuperMario.]

I think the only "seamless" experience I've had with linux is using my Steam Deck. That desktop mode is the literally the only time I would recommend sticking with the Linux experience to a windows diehard fan. My favourite experience though has to be the custom Ubuntu install with the dock replaced with marking menus and programs visually burning up when closed on my Surface Pro 7.

[@baddabaddabaddaswing]

Can't wait for an employee to take this home and have it show up in an extreme tech upgrade 3 or 4 years from now.

[@rakhanreturns]

@9:18 Love how Linus starts whispering when the laptop cooling is free and in his hands. Those things are fragile - wouldn't want to scare it too badly

[@warpigs9069]

I recommend using Klim Cool + vacuum to help remove heat. It gets toasty if you upgrade the cpu (desktop)

[@Cavi587]

Goodram! Wow, it's refreshing to see a polish brand here. And it's not surprising as Eurorra is a company from Slovenia and Goodram (if Wikipedia is not outdated - which it probably is so take this with a grain of salt) is the only remaining RAM manufacturer in Europe. But -as seen in the video - they also make SSD's and other stuff. Not the best of the bunch, but for it's price it's great. Cool stuff.

[@rige1646]

It takes a few days to mold and create a 8k euro carbon bike frame that requires much more engineering. I think the 'handcrafted' carbon fiber laptop might be over-exaggerated

[@Helveteshit]

You do know, a factory and a small business operate on different scales? They probably have a cost of 1k and mark it at 8k and produce 500+ per day. Then engineering/pre-work cost on those moulds etc... is maybe a debit on 4k.

[@trekkie9942]

yup

[@matejrozman3128]

Actually no. Cycles are easy. We manufacture airplanes and Satelites. Laptops are for our plasure. The issue is that on a bicycle you have a distance betweene one joint to another and the material is easier to deal with. In a laptop design it depends on the user design and this means the extrrusion is not simple to deal with. This means much more hours working on the mold and hand putting the carbon fibr inside so itdoesnt generate air pockets or puts material on one side too thick on the other too thin.

[@Moon_Presence]

Dude, shut up.

[@trashtrash2169]

1400 for just a frame? What about literally every other part of the laptop? What's your definition of nothing?

[@eveypea]

To be fair, that is the linux laptop of my dreams. Including the "wide Linus"" artwork on the lid.

[@kevinwells9751]

Why would you want a computer that costs this much, has great components, but can only run CS:GO at 100fps? I mean ffs why is anyone defending linux here? How much tinkering and insider knowledge do you have to do just to run a game?

[@Voyajer.]

@@kevinwells9751 CS:GO specifically runs like shit for some reason on Linux. No problems in Apex or Splitgate or others.

[@eveypea]

@@kevinwells9751 Whoa whoa whoa there buddy... This is my the linux laptop of my dreams cos it has a wide faced linus on it. I dont play CS:GO (or other games), and could promptly fix Linus' linux issues simply by taking the laptop off him and doing whatever I want with it. People use and like laptops and linux (not necessarily one or the other being exclusive with either). What matters to linux using folks like me more is not whether CS:GO can run on it, but I could nuke the system and do something entirely different with it.

[@Sigma1]

@@kevinwells9751 because any linux user can easily make it run much faster than that. And even in the worst case, he can just install Microsoft spyware os.

[@Cavi587]

@@kevinwells9751 The problem was that they shipped this laptop without proper nvidia drivers. And even then, nvidia never works properly on Linux, especially on Ubuntu. I would definitely run a different distro it it was my laptop, but I would also choose a Radeon version if that's a choice because these have a history of working well with Linux because AMD actually cares about developing linux drivers. Nvidia is to blame for screwing up. If they made their drivers open source they wouldn't even need to work on them, the community would just fork these drivers and improve them. TL;DR if you want to have the best possible Linux experience, it's best to go with Team Red, bith in the CPU and the GPU. These have excellent support on Linux.

[@Kittycat-dc7xl]

Linus you better make sure to keep Anthony as comfy as you are cause he clearly is the Linux hero on your workfloor, Deep respect for both of you btw. Oh and That laptop case if its gets pushed to even more doable concepts it will be all round winner for the long future vs. Portable desktop designs, It already is in my eyes but it needs 2 more steps ..... Upgadeability of the other hardware components as well as replaceable keyboards. If that can be done ...... Portable pc gaming newest Gen for sure and only redunant component E-waste, No more throwing a screen in the bin cuz your keyboard/motherboard or other very breakable components died ......

[@evannewman3997]

Aside from the cpu being soldered, you are pretty much describing a framework laptop there. Linus has a great video about those.

[@Kittycat-dc7xl]

@@evannewman3997 I saw i am very excited about the last video he did about them

[@Toxicman546]

you should do an outdoor gaming setup with the jackerys you pimp out all the time

[@BraxtonMeyer]

it's worth noting that Nvidia optimus (what's normally used for switching cpu igpus and dGPUs) is some very weird software on linux

[@rubidium1948]

I was just thinking as he listed the specs and said it runs Linux, that shipping a laptop with an Nvidia GPU with Linux was probably not the best idea for the average end-user, especially if you take external monitors into account.

[@iwlks4759]

Not really, it works fine on X11

[@Cavi587]

Yeah, honestly, as much as it pains me to say, there are cases when Linux is a bitch to set up. And it's on nvidia GPU's. Which is of course mostly the fault of nvidia themselves, but a casual user won't giva shit, it doesn't work but it does on Windows, so the blame goes on Linux. It's better to run AMD GPU's if you plan to use Linux. In comparison to what we saw in the video, running a Radeon is a pretty smooth experience and these days they are really not worse than nvidia honestly. At least not for gaming which is the most common use scenario.

[@rossjennings4755]

I had a laptop that did that GPU switching thing in college, and I tried to run it with Linux -- I fought with it for years and still never got it to work. Granted, that was like 7-10 years ago, hopefully it's a bit better now, but at least half of the reason I put an AMD GPU in my current system was sheer spite over that experience.

[@2EXTRM]

i laughed so hard when linus was talking about the restarting because a couple of times you could hear him almost crying like a little kid would when hes worried and trying to explain something

[@Totalwar09]

Samee, but it's understandable because you can hear that he legitimately don't understand why it happens. Even if he's super smart with windows

[@JanPeterDeVries]

@@Totalwar09 I think he understands, he's just frustrated with the linux fanboys that insist it's not needed.

[@camera1946]

@@JanPeterDeVries well it really isn't, but its such a pain to go through everything that happens when you reboot. I know how to do stuff like this and not reboot, but I still reboot because its so much easier.

[@JanPeterDeVries]

@@camera1946 yeah especially with the speed of computers nowadays, why wast time figuring out which services to restart when you can restart them all in 60 seconds

[@supermorph]

Shows it was provided unconfigured. So thats kinda on the oem maker for sending you it in that condition

[@lonergothonline]

maybe anthony should do a holo-iso, steamdeck linux image, 'unboxing/review' going over installation and experimentation vs windows, and then toward the end of the video, new charts with 'ubunto linux' results.

[@cbygelightbulb]

I would imagine that this laptop would benefit greatly from one of those lga 1700 brackets that gamersnexus tested

[@stoffers6419]

Would definitely be interesting to see if it would fit the custom shaped laptop motherboard.

[@666Tomato666]

@@stoffers6419 the retention mechanism looked pretty bog standard...

[@CTRL-ALT-DEREK]

Linus, it’s important that you disclose your investment in Framework every time that you discuss a laptop. Most of your community knows but it’s still necessary to include

[@zetaman3857]

Yeah I was confused why there wasn’t in this video

[@kevinwells9751]

He has generally done that in other reviews, but he should have here. To be fair he did praise them for their reparability, upgradeability, and warranties that go a long way towards reducing e-waste

[@ApofKol]

Great video as usual! Btw it would be great if you made a video about Honeywell PTM7950. It's a CPU/GPU TIM (thermal pad like Carbonaut or IC Graphite) and reported results I found are very surprising. In many laptops it outperforms high-quality thermal pastes and gets close to liquid metal. Lenovo also supposedly uses it as a stock TIM and when replaced by thermal paste temps get worse. I would love to see your test results!

[@loekhabets8698]

I wonder if it just performs well due to poor pounting pressure for normal thermal paste

[@ApofKol]

@@loekhabets8698 I've been wondering that too, but I think there might be more to it, because if it was only about mounting pressure, Carbonaut or Graphite pads would have similar results, but in reality they are same or worse than normal thermal pastes even in laptops

[@mugstep]

Acer made a laptop in carbon fiber. I took one from my work like 6 years ago, been using it ever since. Runs like a charm. Don't forget that taking from companies isn't stealing, it's just compensation.

[@TheMightyMango.]

One of the most fun ShortCurcuit videos!!!!! I want more ones like this!

[@wildwilie]

At first I was a little skeptical about the 250 hours of work for the carbon fiber work. Then I thought well the whole chassis could represent some issues when you're doing custom work and not mass production. Then I realize 250 hours for the screen lip only.... alright. Probably way too many hands in the line of process for it to amass to 250 hours.... I could see 40 hours to get the molding right for the lip and then another 20-30 for making sure the finish product is nice and smooth. But 250 for just a computer screen lid is insane.

[@recoverhealth2062]

Eurrora is a Slovenian company, they're not particularly fast as a people.

[@TheRealSquirre1]

So much this. The only thing I can think is the "up to" part is including letting resin set and cure and some like super one off like this one which would take some custom molding and design work but like, sounds like an exaggeration to justify the price when its seemingly the only thing they're really adding to the laptops they source from Clevo. Don't get me wrong, I fully understand and support the "lets make a carbon fiber laptop lid because it looks siiiiick" and totally get sourcing them from a company like Clevo makes tons of sense if you just want to mod them and sell them, I just dislike the seemingly big exaggerations like 250 hours and the "we dont think people want mass produced laptops" while selling people a laptop that is, aside from a custom lid, seemingly mass produced.

[@raphaelambrosiuscosteau829]

It's such a blatant lie. The month of 8 hour work days 5 days a week is only 160 hours. 250 hours of even 25$ per hour is over 6k dollarinos just in labor costs, while laptop costs 5k. If your marketing claims can be disproven with grade school math, you really have to reconsider imo

[@IRMacGuyver]

They're probably counting the time it takes to CAD up the mold, make the mold, and lay the fiber in a way that the pattern looks good.

[@machintrucGaming]

@@raphaelambrosiuscosteau829 Bold of you to assume all the world is being paid 25$ per hour

[@TuxPeng]

As someone who's worked in tech support, helping someone like Linus is my worse nightmare

[@jamesmackinnon6108]

I'm always amazed at how screwed over by linux Linus gets, for me I used ubuntu for a month and didn't like it, and then switched to pop and I have not had an issue since

[@iAmVonexX]

loved pop until the time it nuked itself. now i cant look at it without a bit of caution. to be fair, i made the same mistake linus did back then. so i also read with more caution ^^

[@Quettesh]

2-3 years warranty is pretty common in Europe.

[@MrProfizmus]

This mirrors my experience with Linux impressively closely since forever.

[@LiveType]

Hahaha, yep. Unless overwhelming evidence can be provided that this has fundamentally changed, I'm never dailying linux on my machines again. Just too much hassle for what I use on a daily basis. WSL2 solves the linux issue for me. Good job microsoft. However, I am confused as to what exactly Linus is doing to cause these issues, because this screams user error Linus is literally too ignorant to know what he is doing.

[@trashtrash2169]

Meh, sometimes I'll never touch the terminal, not install anything, and Linux machines will shit themselves. It's super finicky with anything other than a console only build.

[@Tailslol]

for me linux is like windows 98, a desktop environnement on a command line system that needs tons of reboots.

[@yoman9446]

@@LiveType he's using a heavily modified ubuntu and it was probably modified by the laptop company by people who do not know what they're doing, doesn't really surprise me that it's buggy. a vanilla ZorinOS or Ubuntu install would never give problems like that on compatible hardware

[@yoman9446]

@@Tailslol tons of reboots? I can almost bet you've never touched anything other than Ubuntu for more than 2 minutes.

[@jarodhara3761]

All they need is an MXM mezzanine graphics slot, love the slot in my Dell laptop allowing me to upgrade graphics, not that you would need to anytime soon with an RTX 3070Ti

[@williamsmith3169]

Funny thing is I have Arch installed with Steam on my gaming laptop and its humming along nicely, has been for four years. Slightly more work setting it up but nothing of consequence. I do appreciate how Windows users might be thrown, its a different proposition. I see too, the new Steamdeck runs on their flavour of Arch linux. Interesting times......

[@christophernugent8492]

I challenge Linus to the Ultimate Linux Challenge (for brownie points): Build and use Gentoo Linux on a gaming PC. The challenge is won if and only if Linus can boot and run, say, GTA V, at Ultra-everything at 4K, 144 fps, and try to have his PC hold at that, but dip to no lower than 120 fps minimum, for 1 hour of actual playtime (no benchmarks). Linus has to start with nothing but the PC parts, a USB stick containing an Ubuntu installer (for installing Gentoo, cause I find it easier to use than the official Gentoo bootable “installer”), an Internet connection, and Anthony. Extra points if Linus cosplays as a 90s elementary school kid and Anthony as a big, burly, bearded Dad character.

[@hallejohn]

PIN comment please xD

[@dakorjparie2425]

i would love to see such a long stream :)

[@tralphstreet]

No Ubuntu USB, that's just bloat. Drop him into a tty and force him to learn the way.

[@foldionepapyrus3441]

I think giving him Anthony makes it too easy - Seems like Anthony actually knows how to work Linux rather well... Maybe he can consult Anthony but only via Chinese whisper type chain of LMG employee - so the help is at least distorted and funny..

[@christophernugent8492]

@@foldionepapyrus3441 I don’t think Linus would ever agree to do this challenge unless he could lean on Anthony as a lifeline.

[@yahyashafqat7352]

Just to clarify. what happend at 10:40 is a pretty normal behaviour. Ubuntu starts up into the overview (Kinda llike the windows search thingy). In that instance it seems as if obs and steam were configured to run at startup and so that happend. You can turn it off

[@JessicaFEREM]

in power plan options on windows, you can enable "hybrid sleep" which saves your ram to hard disk but doesn't hibernate, so you can close your laptop, pull the battery out, and stick a new one in, and it's just like booting from hibernation. although if they're gonna give you multiple batteries, they should include a dinkier secondary charger to charge the battery, or at least an adapter to convert the adapter to plug directly into the battery. I will die on this hill, it should be required for a laptop to have a removable battery. it's better in every conceivable way with no downsides.

[@brettmoore6334]

I want that laptop! The wide Linus with the noisy fans and Ubuntu with no nvidia drivers is so great! Don't forget about the amazing theme song every time you open the carrying case or look at it wrong! Great product, beautifully crafted, and complete with the best software money can't buy!

[@BurakCYldz]

This was doomed the moment they shipped an Nvidia laptop with Ubuntu on it (seemingly without even installing the proprietary drivers). Might have been better if they at least used the Nvidia version of Pop OS. Tho I personally don't use Linux on Nvidia machines anymore, too much hassle

[@nickcollins1052]

Yeah like there's a big difference between - shipping it as Linux laptop and specifying Anthony should review it as the Linux master of the channel. - and sending it improperly setup and letting Linus the Linux Jinx review it. Instead of sending it with Windows How are we supposed to actually know if it is worth the money when the hardware is so severely hampered by their terrible install that CS:GO at like 100fps is still tearing worse then gas station toilet paper. My impression after this is that it's a terrible laptop with a fancy exterior from a company that doesn't give 2 shits about how their product preforms in a customers hands. Leave the trolling Linus shenanigans to Dbrand. At least when they do it it's actually funny and not cringe and disappointing

[@El_Batipapa]

I think Ubuntu uses Wayland by default and Nvidia support in Wayland sucks ass (and if it is Optimus it's even more shitty). Can't blame Linus, but he's definitely cursed with Linux lmao

[@ExarchGaming]

it's the problem with ubuntu, it's not super stable lately. Mint if debian is what you want, otherwise, arch or manjaro might be less problematic.

[@ExarchGaming]

@@El_Batipapa 100 percent, cursed. I've always had fairly good luck with linux, but my best friend....gets fucked so hard by the fickle linux gods. I don't ever have issues like linus tho, that dude breaks the distro just by looking at it.

[@Scarlet_Soul]

The opening of that case was just beautiful

[@Jourei_]

I almost clicked away from the video as the ad was in such an odd place! Just lucky I happened to hover over the video and see the marker was not near to the video's end.

[@TheOystei]

I kind of want a followup where you just install windows and run it so i can see what the laptop is capable of

[@feschber]

Can we PLEASE have a video of Anthony fixing & explaining the Linux issues for Linus?

[@wolf986]

If it needs to be "explained" its not worth using day to day

[@feschber]

@@wolf986 you have a point but you forget that you already learned how to use windows and do certain things with it. That was certainly not just intuition as well.

[@wolf986]

@@feschber I dont have to "recombobulate the kernel" to install drivers either

[@feschber]

@@wolf986 actually you don't need to do anything to install drivers in Linux. They are all included in the kernel. Nvidia is the sole exception because they don't want to open source their drivers. But even Nvidia drivers are installed with a single command. Apart from that some very obscure wifi cards might not work but that is quite rare as well

[@aquaponieee]

​@@wolf986the system in this video broke because the customizations the manufacturer put were broken, not because of linux

[@TidusfromZanarkand]

1:05 eeehh . . Yeah, thanks, I didn't wanna sleep tonight anyway . . .

[@mrcaboosevg6089]

I've been trying out Linux since 2005 hoping that'll get good, it never gets better

[@daniel4647]

Only time you really need to restart Linux is when you change the kernel. You didn't have to for the Nvidia driver, he just said that because he didn't want to walk you trough how to restart your X server from the terminal.