My Conversation with Luke Smith

[@GeorgeFy]

Kyle managed to bring back Luke smith, God bless you Kyle

[@marro1916]

Why would I bless him?

[@loli42]

​@@marro1916haha dats funny wight guys?

[@perti888]

@@marro1916 🤓

[@redhairedshanks5845]

NO WAY DUDE. he finally fixed his thinkpad!

[@OrthodoxKyle]

😂😂

[@spaceghost0813]

He finally got TempleOS up and running

[@myaccount0000]

finally arch install recovered

[@shareclipsave]

@@myaccount0000 Nah dude, he switched to an atomic distro

[@aljustiet]

@@shareclipsave wdym, guix?

[@JLG629]

Luke looking like a 2nd century monastic monk. I dig it

[@midknightfenerir]

He must have went to the no females allowed monastery in Greece and got converted to Eastern Orthodoxy.

[@enderman_666]

monastic monk

[@illegalsmirf]

No doubt he has a few dirty habits

[@klokmami]

You did it brooooo. Luke smith is back. God bless bro. Luke I hope you're doing well. I still read your old blog posts on your website.

[@Johnathan_Porkinstein]

I legit thought he was shanked in the balkans

[@Hero_Of_Old]

Lmao

[@Ratimir101]

You know nothing about Balkans then

[@stefanchr7715]

From the looks of him he got kidnapped to a monastery

[@kompassorpigo7600]

@@Ratimir101 aww did the obvious joke hurt your feelings?

[@Ratimir101]

@@kompassorpigo7600 that joke is stale as mummy

[@SinkingStarship]

Luke stops by my parish occasionally when he's in town, great guy. Would love to see some new stuff from him.

[@tomatofractal]

I am amazed. I used to watch Luke's videos about Linux, GNU, and never noticed that he was orthodox christian. God bless you Kyle and Luke. Glory to our Lord Jesus Christ

[@Sever3dHead]

he never was at that time

[@improvisedchaos8904]

He had made a couple mentions of the Orthodox Church. Luke helped tip me to using Gentoo as a daily driver, then put Orthodoxy on my radar as a bonus.

[@slowboywhiteboardv4]

Same! I never knew!

[@jimmyhopkins1]

@JavinMo-r4s grim

[@ryanpmcguire]

Wow, that came out if nowhere

[@christosbq]

God Bless you Kyle, I remember asking you one stream to have Luke on. Glad it finally happened!

[@OrthodoxKyle]

Thank you ☦️🙏

[@JoaoVitor-pm7rb]

HE'S ALIVE!!! HE"S NOT DEAD, THE TRULY CHAD!!!

[@boomer-d9q]

I can't express how happy I am to see he's still around.

[@knightrider585]

Great to see Luke again. I have been regularly attending divine liturgy for the first time in my life since the start of this year. God willing, I will be baptised in January.

[@OrthodoxKyle]

Glory to God ☦️🙏

[@supaF]

Luke Smith helped me not be bug pilled. thanks for coming back to the internet, Luke, and thanks for bringing him on Kyle

[@mememan9890]

Whats bugpilled?

[@supaF]

@@mememan9890 kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJW1e4CrhKuCbpo

[@ZeEduardo95]

@@mememan9890 check the concept of the bug man or luke dabbing on nerds

[@thomas-hall]

Luke is the absolute GOAT and so are you for bringing him on. Large reason I'm Orthodox today!

[@michaelns9887]

Now this is real Monk Mode

[@michaelns9887]

Герман Стерлигов mode

[@mountainmanmcbeachfront5296]

IM MMMMONKINGGG

[@okinawabongrip]

You brought Luke Smith back! Thank you!

[@cheifrocker09]

Wow, it's like seeing a ghost. Glad Luke's doing well :)

[@imissnickplur4964]

Great to see LUKE again! what a TREAT!

[@Hallowed_Knight]

THE MOMENT WEVE BEEN WAITING FOR

[@jerome6193]

My wife and I got ahead of ourselves. We started homeschooling on a single income before owning a home/land. It lasted 2 and half years. We are now back to all the children being in school and my wife working. We are sacrificing a year of our ideal lifestyle to get ahead financially. It sucks but we have to push through it. Canada's economy is rough right now.

[@sunderkeenin]

I knew that Luke was truly having a better life when he stopped uploading for so long and it's great to see such a confirmation of that. Most things Luke said has implied that the day he stops uploading is the day we should be happier for him, and that does seem to be true.

[@nousquest]

32:44 "I was doing my degree... PHD... or whatever" Classic Luke Smith

[@SNEED_FEED]

Yep hahaha

[@NoahMReed1]

When will Arch be recognized as the official distro of the Orthodox Church?

[@gunslingerzach]

Artix cause arch uses soystemd

[@johnpaulhumphrey2981]

Nah, CRUX will be

[@danni222]

arch is the official distro of the lgbt+ church😂

[@hxplxss1835]

@@danni222 Most LGBT can't operate a friggin toaster

[@dfc6117]

Luke looking like a Dostoyevski novel character. Glad seeing him so good. May God bless you all.

[@Blenzo480]

Luke got me into the Orthodox sphere of KZbin form his Linux videos.

[@gknight686]

Yeah actually me too he was my first exposure to it

[@KingOfComedyXD]

TempleOS led me to Orthodoxy

[@Mojo_DK]

I am so sorry to hear that.

[@Blenzo480]

@@Mojo_DK Why? Lol

[@Mojo_DK]

@@Blenzo480 Believing in some non-personal, non-physical origin to reality might make sense to some people...although it does not convince me. But going from that to any human made religion with weirdly specific rules and traditions makes no sense. Especially if Luke is convinced that god is not a person with feeling or a personality. Everything said is also diametrically opposed to the ideal of being humble. In this video, it is claimed that other people believe something that is not true and that they are sinners. Claiming to know how the world works, where we come from and what everything means is the opposite of being humble. It is also weird to me that there is an authority that can interpret the bible and nobody else can. How is this compatible with everything Luke used to believe. What happened to the smart free thinker that I respected. And how can anybody dare to claim to know what god wants us to do. So I guess I am sorry to hear that in your search of community and happiness you got caught in an institution that is created to give some humans the power over others, believing in things that are not founded in rationality. The fact that Luke does not see that is just baffling. But if it makes you happy, you of course are free to live the life you want.

[@neizih2809]

Very glad to see Luke Smith again, I'm a young man and since I've seen his video some time ago my perspective on things changed a lot, I'm really thankful for his videos. Glad to see him doing well

[@m0mason690]

Luke Smith’s KZbin channel introduced me to Orthodoxy. It’s great to hear from him again and that he is Orthodox now. Thanks for this video Kyle! Glory to God!

[@BillyCarlyleYoutube]

It's really good to hear from Luke again, glad he's doing well. He'd always said he wanted to get off of KZbin and the internet more generally, so I figured he'd reached a point where he thought it was time. Good job on the interview, thanks for putting it together.

[@hv-1944]

Great interview. I haven’t seen Luke smith in ages. I used to watch his videos on Linux and tiling window managers along with Mental Outlaw, Distrotube etc. He is a treasure to the Linux community. God bless you

[@voinoiudarie3361]

WHEN THE WORLD NEEDED HIM THE MOST HE RETURNED

[@mountainmanmcbeachfront5296]

Dude I was just showing people some of his vids on Christ the other day

[@Leo-t4i8v]

I am a Linux user due Luke's tips. Thanks Luke Smith. I miss his tech videos.

[@lGalaxisl]

Been watching Luke's videos lately, and learned he is also Orthodox. This new interview makes me happy, thank you Kyle!

[@HangyourheadTD]

I found Luke smith from Kyle. Found Luke smiths channel powerfully stimulating. Became sad he left KZbins, but understand (thanks to his videos) why he had to go. Now he back on Kyle. How sublime.

[@sonicfan826]

The two folks who inspired me to look into Orthodoxy, God bless you! Not yet gone to a church yet but I want to be orthodox, please pray for me guys I'm a 16 year old inquirer

[@OrthodoxKyle]

🙏🙏☦️

[@πατριχορ]

You need to participate in the divine liturgy.

[@sonicfan826]

@@πατριχορ I know but I can't

[@Hallvard0]

God bless friend, see if you can contact a priest.

[@youtubeenjoyer1743]

Minimalism, wowzers! It's just like the blocks in Minecraft!

[@biswadeepdey106]

Luke's video about standing up for myself has been pivoital in changing my life's course from being a corporate slave to a free man. Good to know that he is alive and well. God bless him.

[@TheCommentor-]

Kyle the amount of Linux bros you will introduce Christianity to through this video will be huge

[@michaeldonnelly8068]

Linux bro here that used to watch Luke before his thinkpad broke checking in

[@qsam14]

OMG. It's Luke Smith! I used to watch his Linux videos and vlogs. Glad to see you have connected with Luke and share on your channel!

[@hll97fr16]

I don't know about theosis, but Luke Smith is definitely going into Stallmanosis

[@dinochicken1178]

I went to St Mary’s last week. Beautiful perish, very nice people there too. One guy bought me an icon ☦️

[@EnochHinaut]

Wow he went full orthobro I actually remember when I first saw his video about living without the internet for a week.

[@kaiowasdeath]

Thank you very much for sharing this, Kyle! We finally know that Luke is alive and well and alright! Cheers, dude!😊

[@crossofintimidation]

Should've asked him what the most Orthodox linux distro is. Thanks for bringing him back.

[@evan7391]

Artix duh

[@Persian_Rug_Merchant]

Gentoo

[@mountainmanmcbeachfront5296]

Alpine

[@johnpaulhumphrey2981]

Its obviously CRUX

[@pepxico8644]

TempleOS

[@slowboywhiteboardv4]

The part where he said his mom told him she thought the Bible had been discovered and dug up out of the ground had me both laughing and crying.

[@joemulhern]

Luke has been an inspiration to me for many years and I still love his blog posts. So glad to hear from him again

[@CaydenJohnson-kz7fj]

I haven't seen Luke Smith in so long, great to see he's still doing okay

[@ezmonyi]

Is this the latest Arch installation guide?

[@ndrechtseiter]

Храни Господь всех смотрящих сие видео. May God bless all the viewers. Thanks for bringing Luke back for a short time!

[@knight_gabriel]

I swear Luke has boosted world economy by 3 trillion $ with his tech and Linux videos. Then boosted spirituality of all those he helped get on their feet. Great man, love him, he doesn't know I exist but he helped me so much I basically owe him my life. One in a million, absolutely brilliant man.

[@DeliveringTrends]

WOW! I thought Luke was totally AWOL! Nice you can interview him.

[@Netherilt]

Glad to see this guy is still alive

[@Hallvard0]

Glory to God! Many years Luke, after following you for years and your channel it's so wonderful to see you join us as a brother in Christ. God bless you brother, blessings from an Orthodox in Sweden

[@repentandseekChrist]

Very glad to see you back Luke! 😊

[@bug______]

he came back as Father Luke. his visit to eastern europe changed him lmfao

[@Ortho_Wisdom]

Glory To Our Lord And God Jesus Christ Forever Amin

[@Imbenthatsall]

Amen. God bless

[@repentandseekChrist]

Amen ☦️

[@CrazyCaliforniaFishing]

GOOD MORNING ALL!

[@Dutelus]

MORNINGGG!!!!!!!!!

[@WozzyWatkins]

GOOOODDDD MORNINGGG

[@aliencreation8744]

good to see luke back, missed him. Please make more videos luke.

[@Lex-by3xf]

been waiting for this one!

[@JonJon69420]

I hope for part 2, Luke is awesome,, as theme for part two anything goes for me

[@microcolonel]

Luke pointed me to the Orthodox Church years ago, and this year I was finally received after about four years of spotty catechesis. :+ ) ☦︎

[@stuckmannen3876]

Luke was the first person ive heard talk about Orthodoxy.

[@michaelns9887]

Luke had a lot to say and definitely has a lot more to say. I hope he goes back to making videos once in a while.

[@beybladeguru101]

It's so great to hear from Luke Smith after so long, especially with all of this great advice that pertains so much to my current experience as an inquirer into the Church for the past year or so. Thank you for bringing him back after so long. It's funny that most of the people here are fans that came here from his Linux videos, but the way that I came across him were through his "political" videos, and later finding out that we both studied economics and linguistics(a strangely common combination, actually). His "Not Related" podcast series was amazing, and I've watched it many times, including his episode about Jesus and the meaning of the "Logos." I was still an "agnostic" at the time, and that video didn't convert me, but I strangely resonated with it be because I had stoicist leanings then. Only when I started going to Church did the pieces come together for that podcast and his other videos to make sense. P.S. I only started using Linux a few days ago

[@iavv334]

God bless you Kyle and Luke, merry Christmas

[@marcelplch8725]

It's amazing to see Luke again, it feels awful to see him talk of christianity most of the time.

[@0xKrem]

RIP Vim Diesel

[@urod7149]

invite him to a podcast with someone who runs a linux channel, I'm sure you'll get Luke to talk about something else.

[@minerForAHeartOfGold]

My name is David. God bless you both. I am very grateful for everything I have learned from Luke and his KZbin channel. He has been a great inspiration. Thanks to Luke I decided to return to the path of the Orthodox faith. Please send him this thanks from me

[@firesideentertainment]

Luke Smith became the ultimate Gigachad Wizard?!. I knew it.

[@nodis4074]

YESSSSSSSS HE'S BACK

[@BrettSayles]

"Go forth humbly, without arrogance" This...

[@rotatedbear5924]

YAHOO! Luke smith is back.

[@DIOGENEShound]

First liturgy this Sunday! Wish me luck please.

[@Aaron-Ansell]

Woah, the guy who brought me into the Church is interviewing the first friend I made in the Church

[@ToddMagnussonWasHere]

I really enjoyed the last third of this video, on his comment on things we can control- I think some of his wisdom in his own videos from 2-3 years ago applies to politics or vices, people who get too invested in politics or the gender wars or this or that technology end up this episodic loop where they are willing to do the same thing over and over and over again in the form of that distraction, inevitably both men and women begin to fail at serial progression within physical, mental, and spiritual aspects of their life.

[@goyworldorder]

wow, i didn't expect this at all. God bless Luke and Kyle, this is a more epic crossover than freaking Deadpool and the Avengers!!! :OOO

[@kierdo3]

Cool to see Luke back with his new disciple look.

[@GospodinStanoje]

This was a good interview, but I believe it could be structured a little bit better. Luke loves, and we love him for that, to ramble, therefore I believe questions that require shorter answers or non open-ended questions, even as an interruptions sometimes, would be awesome. Maybe a bit more lively, a bit more back-and-forth. It seemed that you, Kyle, were a bit bored or distracted. I don't think that's the case, but it seemed like that when Luke used to speak for 7-10 minutes without interruption or push-back or some kind of sub-question. But again, this was hearing from Luke for the first time in almost two years so it's good enough. Thank you and God Bless. Maybe somebody can explain it to me, but I didn't quite catch what has made Luke into a believer after his atheism phase. He started attending the church because he thought:"Maybe this is not true, but in practice it is good" and then he believed over time? Did I get that right? (These are the kinds of things I wish Kyle could make more clear by asking them directly after or in the middle of his responses. I didn't understand many of the things he said) My questions for Luke part 2 would be: Also, I know this is kind of a Protestant-brain(even though I'm not a Protestant myself), but: 1) How does Luke, or any of you guys deal with "difficult passages"? (I don't know how to ask this question in a more sincere way without looking like a guy who is trying to be seen as sincere and then tries to be a smart-aleck know-it-all re**it atheist guy by having some knee-jerk pre-maid response) The priest in church I've asked told me - "You have to figure that on your own". Some very good people from the church told me:"Just keep coming to Church, that'll do it. You'll get the answers". I am doing that, but I would be lying if I was to say that something changed. I still find them difficult, especially in conversations with other people who are questioning my attendance at Liturgy. So I'd like to hear what Luke thinks about it. 2) How do we, as Orthodox people, square Evolution with the Genesis account? (I've read Luke's blogs over the years, but these are the things I still don't understand) In one Livestream, 2-3 years ago, some guy asked this question and Luke responded:"I don't know, I don't think too much about it." That is, kind of, the answer I get from all the other Orthodox people from the Church I attend. And it's good to see that most of Orthodox people have same or very similar answers, but I don't know what that means. What do I tell someone that asks me this question? Of course I'm going to say that I myself don't know, but what is the "official" Orthodox answer? I don't need or expect to have(or even get) an answer to every possible theological or Biblical question, but these seem to be surface-level questions that I don't have an answer to. 3) About the consciousness - ["The interaction problem"] If consciousness is not merely a product of our brain but something other-worldly, then why is our consciousness affected if we "prod" the brain? (I've read his blog post and analogy about brain being essentially something like a TV receiver. But why would that other-worldly thing be connected to brain and not a shoulder for example?) There are mysteries both ways. Mystery for a materialist is that we have NO idea how the consciousness work even if we, in theory, have all the parts and physical forces figured out. Also "redness" as a property in our mind is impossible to find when you cut open a brain. But I was wondering what he thinks about the interaction problem, or rather - Why does he think that other-worldly thing called "consciousness" is connected to the brain and not a shoulder or ring finger? Thanks.

[@kukaoot6077]

To @LukeSmithxyz and anyone else who liked the brothers Karamazov, consider also reading Dostoevsky's the idiot. The main character's honesty and trust is admirable and it's overall a joy to read.

[@daars8159]

Never would've thought Kyle would bring back Luke Smith, legendary I remember watching all of his linux videos back in the day, insane how two great people converged on Orthodoxy.

[@Preserved-Faith-33]

That is so weird, I literally just watched the video saying “hopefully we collab but he stopped posting” this morning!

[@joshuaduncan235]

Good to hear Luke mention his visit to Christ the Savior. Fr. Jonah was very helpful for me along the way to Orthodoxy as well.

[@petargrabovac]

bro brought back luke smith

[@Novanim]

Makes me happy seeing Luke alive and well.

[@GhostofTradition]

Wow made my day seeing this, haven't watched it yet but glad he's not gone 100% uncle Ted and comes out from time to time!

[@random80085]

He's alive!!!

[@frittatas__]

I just want to thank Luke. When I first started watching him, it was only for Linux and tech related topics. I used to be a pretty nasty type of atheist, cursing Jesus for everything wrong in my life and I had no intention what so ever to return to orthodoxy. I was raised into the faith, being Greek and all, but around middle school I completely abandoned it. Unfortunately, it is very common for Greek people who have left Christianity to curse God, and I was no exception. Honestly I was really angry with God, without even knowing why; that lasted for 9 years give or take. The first time I started becoming interested again was after watching Luke's video on the Logos. I was still pretty against Christianity, mainly because of my pride. It is a serious hit to your ego to admit that you were wrong for all those years and return to your faith, so I seriously didn't want to go through that. It took me around half a year and a lot of miserable events in my life, to finally look past my pride and start getting back into my old faith. I doubt Luke is gonna read this, since he has basically left the internet, but thanks a lot man. That one video of yours was the start of a weird and impactful journey that I will be on for the rest of my life. God bless you and Kyle.

[@solverapproved]

lol you got brainwashed into a fake religion by an internet influencer. the absolute state of modernity.

[@ChellSneed]

Ex muslim here, Christ is King. I love you, luke.

[@thames5328]

What convinced you to convert?

[@ChellSneed]

@@thames5328 I am from iraq. I can't explain it that well, but I guess it is like revelation story and you can't point which part made me seek it in the first place, but I saw God hand at work in my life. And I had a feeling that can't even be described. a feeling of belonging and rest. Christ turned me from a wicked loser into a good man.

[@Kenanalasadi8989]

fake..

[@Om4r37]

@@ChellSneedthat’s strange because muslims also believe in god 😂

[@pacman_pol_pl_polska]

@@Kenanalasadi8989 mad cuz bad

[@OpenBASED]

That's interesting and all, but the real question is do he still use Artix?

[@zelllers]

I thought he was gone I actually miss his rants which are mostly all bang on

[@hwangillee1756]

Just wanted to let you know that you are the reason why I'm learning latin right now and so many other things. Plurimus Gratias tibi Luce!

[@OLinuksiePrzyKawie]

Wow, Luke Smith is so humble here! Great to see him again!

[@chronotriggerfan]

Good to see Luke Smith is not only alive but alive in Christ!

[@kupo871]

I've missed him!!!

[@SandyCheeks1896]

I’m glad he’s alive!

[@er63438]

He's alive 🙌

[@GavrielBrown]

I would love for luke smith to become a writer and write a few books.

[@Hero_Of_Old]

I was thinking about Luke a few days ago, and here he is!

[@ytmorgen]

If you're taking questions for a part two interview, I would love to hear more about why he chose EO over Catholicism.

[@thesmokecriminal5395]

They are the same thing really

[@Seselix]

The legend himself

[@3within1]

St. Mary's of Egypt Roswell is an awesome church. It's where we go and are getting baptized. Look forward to the sequel. God Bless☦

[@osi9567]

Great to see him again

[@KD0MOO]

Where has this dude been?