PewDiePie Switches to Linux – Linux Expert's In-Depth Reaction & Analysis

Michael Tunnell April 30, 2025
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Making videos about Tech, Linux, AI, & more. This channel is also where I post the This Week in Linux weekly news show. This channel is a part of the TuxDigital media.

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Support the channel by becoming a patron at https://tuxdigital.com/membership or get some swag at https://store.tuxdigital.com/ PewDiePie just made a big move — switching to Linux. In this video, I react to his video and break down what it means from a tech perspective. Whether you're a Linux user, a PewDiePie fan, or just curious about open source, this deep dive brings insight and commentary from someone who lives and breathes Linux. Original Video = https://youtu.be/pVI_smLgTY0 Buy my shirt = https://store.tuxdigital.com/products/linux-is-everywhere-tee ### Links: - Original Video = https://youtu.be/pVI_smLgTY0 - Getting Started with Linux (picking your first distro) - https://youtu.be/WvR-6CVI-Mc - This Week in Linux (my news show) - https://thisweekinlinux.com - Destination Linux (my podcast) - https://destinationlinux.net - My Fedora videos - Fedora 42 = https://youtu.be/AEWtq81eeV0 - Make it beginner friendly = https://youtu.be/nXUbnfMz65w - Playing Games on Linux - https://youtu.be/ibCDZQxP2wk - GIMP 3.0 - https://youtu.be/BQrW3hdrzH0 - Universal App Formats - https://youtu.be/so_f6OtRWRo - "Is Arch Linux Stable", explaining Linux release styles - https://youtu.be/yYs_GfI2vPA - My Review of Linux Mint 22 - https://youtu.be/k44u9qjPdUw - Support the channel - https://tuxdigital.com/membership - https://store.tuxdigital.com/ ### Chapters: 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:13 Pewdiepie's intro (tried to make it less painful) 00:00:42 The beginning 00:01:35 Pewdiepie comments on the reactions 00:02:18 Reason One: for why he switched to Linux 00:04:58 My suggestions for getting started with Linux 00:06:06 Reason One ... continued 00:07:34 Reason Two 00:09:59 Reason Three 00:12:41 "Ricing" your system 00:13:58 Reason Four 00:15:21 "Linux Benefits Everyone" 00:19:32 Compromises for some things 00:21:14 Instead of Photoshop... 00:22:34 Photopea 00:24:36 GIMP 00:27:31 Pickcing a distro 00:27:47 My reaction to picking a distro 00:28:15 My analysis for the distros he shows as examples 00:28:39 Arch Linux 00:29:10 Debian 00:29:32 Fedora 00:30:19 Foresight Linux 00:31:24 Gentoo 00:31:58 Mandriva 00:32:17 Linux Mint, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Ubuntu 00:32:42 Slax, Slackware, Sabayon 00:32:52 Red Hat 00:33:27 PCLinuxOS 00:33:44 openSUSE 00:34:13 Pewdiepie chose Linux Mint 00:35:23 Terminal tips from Pewdiepie 00:41:07 Installing apps, in the terminal 00:41:55 My comments and Flatpaks 00:43:39 Arch Linux 00:49:57 Hyprland 00:53:26 Now for the Ricing stuff 00:55:30 Pleasantly surprised by this 00:58:57 More Arch comments from me 01:02:13 My reaction to the vibes 01:03:19 Linux is more power efficient too 01:05:12 Flexibility of Linux 01:05:44 "Linux is not perfect" 01:09:39 Pewdiepie: "I need you to install Linux" 01:11:06 Linux is Everywhere (buy my shirt!) 01:12:52 Trying out Linux and how 01:14:55 sudo rm -rf joke 01:16:26 My takeaways ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks For Watching! #Linux #News #Podcast

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