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@26:07 he says as a business he's considering Linux on his computers because of Windows privacy violations. It's great to hear someone with such a wide audience talking about using Linux.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I've said this several times before.

There were a couple episodes where they had iJustine on as a guest. I think they built a server for her? Anyway one episode they did was they set up a Mac and a Windows PC next to each other, and had Justine use Windows and Linus use MacOS for a series of routine computer tasks. Both found stumbling blocks. Both of them, when hearing what the task is, said to the other "Oh you're going to struggle with that." I remember specifically Justine saying that of taking a screenshot on MacOS because apparently the key combination isn't intuitive, it's something like Cmd+6 or something?

Why didn't WIndows and MacOS both get declared unfit for use by normies the way Linux did? They did a similar "here are some tasks to complete" challenge which wasn't well thought out; how would most people "sign a PDF?" Why would "enjoy HDR content" be on there other than "lol it doesn't support this."

I also recall another older episode where (do we retroactively call her Emily for appearances in older videos?) walked James through the process of installing and running games in Linux. Which I think would be a more valuable series of videos than "some guys who fully intend to go back to windows at the end of a month try to slog through Linux unaided I guess." Do a 30-day Learning Linux challenge, where some newbies who genuinely have a goal of switching platforms do so under the guidance of a veteran user.

I'll even put my keyboard where my mouth is. I've used Linux full time for 10 years now for work and play, I do not currently own any working Windows systems. I'll volunteer to be that mentor character on camera.

[–] toynbee 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

IIRC, it's cmd+shift+a number between one and four depending on what kind of screenshot you want to take (full screen, window, etc.). Definitely not intuitive.

I only have any idea because I'm required to use a Mac at work. Just went and tested; cmd+shift+4 starts a "select an area to screenshot" process.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I love the Mac shortcuts for screen capture, I've even added them to my Linux Gnome desktop shortcuts to do the same.

[–] toynbee 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Well, to each their own. Also, I can't say whether this applies to you, but it seems likely that one might evolve a key shortcut preference from one's early exposure. Mine was Windows and, eventually, Linux.

I like shortcuts involving the Print Screen button because the label is clear to me and because I can take a screenshot with a maximum of two buttons rather than three, none of which clearly express "screenshot" to me.

Regardless of the reasoning, I doubt we'll come to an accord, but I respect your preference.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I also stayed with windows, then went to Mac before Linux.

However the simple reason I chose these shortcuts is because I have a 60% tenkeyless keyboard, so there is no Print screen button! 😁

[–] toynbee 1 points 6 months ago

That makes sense. I've had various percentage keyboards, but never not had a print screen button.