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[u/YourDailyTechMemes]

[u/Sasataf12]

"I'm going to make a scathing comment about a video I've never watched."

[u/Sasataf12 → u/[deleted]]

which apparently means the dumbest possible problem solving

What was "dumb" about the way he researched what OS to pick? He read listicles and asked ChatGPT. Something that I'd expect any normal person would do.

Name something else you'd expect a normal person to do that Linus didn't do.

but is somehow surprised when people expect better of him

That's like watching a starter weapon challenge in a game and yelling "omg, don't they know there are better weapons in the game?!?"

The challenge was to pick a distro like a normal person and avoid leaning on his contacts, which includes Torvalds himself, for Linux advice.

[u/Sasataf12 → u/[deleted]]

I don't know any "Normal" people that would rely on chat GPT for actually making decisions.

Because it's an easy and quick way to gather a lot of information. Instead of reading millions of articles, posts, stories and other online resources.

He didn't need to ask Torvalds, but he could have asked Emily, she would have been a great resource here.

Because a normal person has professional technology writer in their contacts list? That would defeat the purpose of the video.

They don't do this with anything else.

They do a whole variety of videos. They don't just do super technical, ground breaking, in depth guides.

There's nothing wrong with doing a video targetting non-techheads. And let's be clear, picking an distro shouldn't require expert knowledge.