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The Linux Experiment
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Level headed
Makes his own, often just, opinions on things and doesn't follow a mob mentality.
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Embraces proprietary software in some cases
Gaming centric platforms like Steam game library.
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Very friendly
Just seems like a very friendly guy.
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Monthly Linuxy-news recaps
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Well spoken
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Professional approach to the subject matter
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Easy to understand
He is clear to understand.
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DistroTube
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Heavy on opinions, very light on why they're held
Good op-ed coverage doesn't just state opinions, it educates you as to why those opinions are well-founded.
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He is very helpful and friendly youtuber dedicated to the GNU+Linux community
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Turning into Luke Smith
His content is becoming more like Luke's, who is the worst role model to follow in all of video sharing.
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Covers a variety of Linux topics, and focuses mostly on different distros
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Anyone using Distrotube as a legit source is delusional
The guy just isn’t well informed or smart about anything. And he has randomly dissed enough people in the community that no one really likes him. Even the super friendly gang at BDLL and laid back guys like English Bob actually DESPISE Distrotube, because he will just randomly criticize people out of nowhere. Also, the dude gives off a weird vibe. Like a restrained anger of some sort. Hard to put into words, but it wouldnt surprise me if Derek made the news for some crazy action.
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Publishes content about new, lesser-known, and alternative software, including usage and configuration
DistroTube is a great place to go to discover interesting and useful pieces of software or to discover alternatives to software you already have. Beginners to GNU/Linux will appreciate the in-depth videos on how to use and configure different pieces of software.
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Doubles down on terrible takes in a variety of areas, oddly self-referential
One of the worst Linux resources out there. He basically comes up with a simple opinion on something, phrases it at an 8th grade reading level, and repeats it over and over until the video ends. His takes on topics range from uninformed at best, to horrifyingly wrong at worst. He also posts very strange self-focused videos, like playing trombones, himself at the gym, talking about craft beers, as if we are supposed to value him as a friend instead of a Linux resource. He also joins a lot of Youtubers in the "a lot of you have been asking me" Club. When a Youtuber says that, you know exactly ZERO people have been asking them, and they just want to talk. Also, he either started or continued the tradition of filling every corner of the screen with kitchy Linux stuff like Matrix screen savers and branded mugs. He apparently even loves his audio mixer so much that he mounted that behind him so we always see it. A three monitor workstation with 2-3 camera mounts? For a Linux Youtube channel? That's sort of like delivering pizzas in an Imperial Star Destroyer.
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Hypocrisy
In some videos, complains about toxicity in Linux community. Then in another video is toxic towards opensource projects he doesn't like.
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Heavily political
He is a conservative, and occasionally brings said rightist politics into his videos.
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Not technical / in depth enough
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Level of Linux knowledge very low, not a lot of worthwhile content
Even a slightly advanced beginner will find nothing of value here.
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Pace too slow
The pace would be more tolerable, if the material was covered more in-depth.
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Extremist FOSS zealot
If you're not a FOSS "zealot" you can find his thoughts very extreme and sick.
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Chris Titus Tech
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A normie
A normie salesman who happens to use Linux. Helpful guy. But talks too much and not in-depth enough.
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Your average IT guy that a lot of newer tech enthusiasts could relate to
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Windows simp
As the title, he simps for windows.
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May be clumsy but he's trying
A very clumsy guy in general, both in his wording and what he does in general, but he tries to get better.
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Not Linux exclusive
Although this channel produces a lot of Linux content, it is not limited to Linux and also produces content about Windows and various other topics.
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Pumps out videos without doing his research
Misinforms on a lot of subjects because of it.
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Level1Linux
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No 'hype clips' or 'click bait titles' without real content in the video
Wendell and the Level1Techs team have never produce content that doesn't cover in-depth topics, additionally any titles that seem like "click bait" will actually have some real content in the actual video. Some other Linux YouTube channels frequently suffer from content which only showcases Linux desktop environments in a 'hype clip' format, often without covering any functional or difficult Linux content in any detail.
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Proportion of other content vs Linux content
You could argue that Level1Techs doesn't produce enough Linux specific content in comparison to other topics. That being said Wendell and his team are really dedicated Linux in general by showcasing it on other channels to increase Linux awareness to new demographics, on their forums, contributing to open-source software development, participating with the Linux community, or producing tech videos that are useful to everyone including Linux users.
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Events & guest coverage
They cover popular tech events and have meaningful guests on their channel. Guests: Allen Jude, John Bach, Ed Crisler, and others. Events: Computex, Penguincon, and others.
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Some Level1Techs videos may seem tedious or overly detailed
Some of the Level1Techs content can be overly detailed or specific, and may cover topics that some viewers don't - yet - have the experience to find useful. As a result it may seem very tedious for some viewers if topic doesn't directly relate to them, or if you just want a quick and easily consumable video.
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Wendell and the Level1Linux team
Wendell and the Level1Techs team manage to cover a verity of content topics, encompassing a large range of viewing interests and moods. They craft their Linux content to be sociable as well as honest about its practical challenges.
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They do not degrade non-linux users
Wendell and the Level1Techs team members never craft content with the intent of degrading people who use more common operating systems. They focus on creating content promotes the benefits of Linux such as open-source software, privacy protection, utility in enterprise, and community as well as its development.
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Partner with other YouTube Channels
They have partnered with several other tech channels to make content, such as: Linus Tech Tips, Gamers Nexus, The Linux Gamer, Paul's Hardware, jayztwocents, TechDeals, Joker Productions, Tech YES City, Tek Syndicate, Tech Showdown, EposVox, Louis Rossmann, as well as others.
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Informative for VFIO
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DioLinux
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Language barrier
Their content is very dense and complete, but it lacks translation to English, so it's hard to understand everything completely since YouTube automatic translator doesn't work as expected. If you understand some Spanish, maybe you can understand some Portuguese and that's a plus for you.
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Objective reviews and opinions
The host of channel Dionathan is pretty clear and professional in your reviews and always make the content acessible.
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Ubuntu/Canonical advocate
Dionatan is well-know for being an Ubuntu fanboy, even though he tries to convince the public he is not, it's kinda obvious. Never say bad things about Canonical or Ubuntu, or he will be harsh to you. Having a distro preference is not something bad, however, if you avoid criticism and only want to hear good things, it can be problematic over time.
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If you have fear of knowledge
If you love that circle of comfort around you, maybe this kind of content can hurt your feelings.
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SmarterEveryDay
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Extremely likeable and articulate host
Destin makes the videos for himself above all, inviting the viewer to join him in his own personal quest for greater understanding. Few things are more enjoyable than bearing witness to a labor of love.
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Concise episodes that respect the viewer's intelligence
Each video is edited to perfection, maintaining a brisk narrative pace without sacrificing the key breakthrough pieces of knowledge that connect each piece to the next. At the end you want to build on what you've learned and research further while waiting for the next installment.
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Unique topics covered in valuable ways
The most valuable lessons are the ones that teach you what you didn't realize you didn't know. Supporting those choices are the use of elite recording equipment and eminent research facilities to present the concepts in the most illustrative and captivating ways possible.
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Blender guru
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Written by experienced & well known Blender artist
Andrew Price, the author behind Blender guru, has been using Blender since 2004. He started Blender Guru in 2009, and now works with Blender3D as his day job as well. His work/tutorials are very well know.
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Very specific solutions
If you want to learn to solve very specific problems in specific ways, BlenderGuru's tutorials are great. If what you want is to know how to do certain things in general (make materials, sculpt, etc.), and make yourself a solid 3D hobbyist or professional, then you should look for a more generalized resource.
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Covers a variety of topics
There are tutorials for themes, textures, and helpful advice (such as how to recover lost work).
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Sometimes physically inaccurate
Not all of his techniques are physically accurate, even when he makes a point of the importance of physical accuracy. This is especially true with scale. 1 BU = 1m
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Frequently updated
The site is updated with a new tutorial every month or so.
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Very expensive
Full courses are very expensive, especially considering most of the topics can be found for free on YouTube.
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Offers additional resources
Along with tutorials tutorials, the author also shares articles and podcasts on the site that can help you with your learning.
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Khan Academy
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Free
Khan Academy is 100% free and does not require you to sign up in order to access the courses.
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Limited programming courses
The programming courses are not in-depth, giving students only a basic knowledge of programming. The language choices are also limited (HTML, CSS and JavaScript).
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Motivation through gamification
Users collect badges and points through completing missions, watching videos, adding comments and more.
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Q & A Section
There is a Q & A section after every video where you can ask questions there and let other users answer them.
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Languages:
HTML, CSS, JavaScript
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Editor, progress saver, video tutorials, written tutorials
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AlternativeTo
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Comprehensive
Full website with lots of content, info, users, comments, etc. Value for free.
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Limited details available on the site itself
AlternativeTo excels at showing you options, however it doesn't really tell you why one option is better/worse than another. It lists options by the number of likes it has received, but to directly compare the options is relatively hard to do.
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Easy to skim through content
AlternativeTo makes it easy to quickly find stuff. The lists are organized by likes which floats the best content to the top, and helpful tags warn you of undesirable attributes (such as the product being discontinued or if it includes bundleware).
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Filtering and sorting capabilities
The ability to filter by platform and license means that you can easily filter out software that you can't use. More specific filters and sort orders are also available.
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Better usability
Slant is really terrible by design.
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Has a lot of information about products easily accessible
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Shows all options
If you have a large list(~100) on slant only the first ~15 entries are displayed - even if you click see full list.
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Less JavaScript
Which drastically improves the sites performance.
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Less manipulation
Less manipulation with guest/fake accounts.
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Does not use redirectingat
It does not use redirectingat so links won't break if you use an ad or tracker blocker .
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Straightforward
Pages load much faster and there is less annoying bling bling.
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Moderation is superior
It has a good moderation team that removes spam or hate posts.
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Tag based instead of individual Questions
It is tag based so there are less duplicates.
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freeCodeCamp
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Completely free
Free for anyone who wants to take the camp.
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No longer offers opportunity to build projects one-on-one with nonprofits
There are no nonprofits to help upon completing the program.
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Open source
Due to freeCodeCamp being open source, you are able to contribute to the program that helped teach you how to code in the first place. It's a great way to give back and gain experience.
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Learning material is not in-depth
The teaching content provided by freeCodeCamp tends to act more as an introduction than a solid learning resource. Unless you already have some prior experience, you won't have enough knowledge to get through the coding challenges and development projects without using outside learning resources to fill in the gaps.
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Self-paced
There is no set schedule with freeCodeCamp. You can work through the program as fast or as slow as you want.
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Massive time waste
Content mainly focuses on trivial concepts and is very sparse in those few areas that inch beyond 'complete beginner'.
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Browser-based
All courses used by freeCodeCamp are done in the browser, rather than students having to set up their own environment. This makes it much easier for beginners to get started.
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Is an email list generator
Early focus isn't on programming. It is on signing up for all of FreeCodeCamp's social media and getting looped into their newsletters. The content is trivial. It is all just a massive marketing scheme to get email addresses of aspiring programmers to affiliate sell to by pushing novice developers to blog posts containing affiliate links. That is until they sell to a 3rd party. Read their disclaimer. Whoever buys them out gets all their user data, email lists, etc.
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Actively developed
They are frequently updating courses and adding new material.
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No offline version
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Welcoming, active community
freeCodeCamp strongly encourages interacting with other learners and experienced programmers. They provide chatrooms which are always active and full of members happy to answer any questions you may have. Pair programming (programming with another user) is encouraged as a great way to work through some of their coding challenges. There are also meetup groups where you can code in person with other freeCodeCamp students.
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Excessive focus on the basics
This platform focuses too much on the basics.
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Six certificates available
There are currently six certificates available that you can get once you've completed all the projects: Responsive Web Design Certification Javascript Algorithms And Data Structures Certification Front End Libraries Certification Data Visualization Certification Apis And Microservices Certification Information Security And Quality Assurance Certification
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Gain real world experience while helping nonprofits
Once you've completed all the courses and practice levels on freeCodeCamp, you are able to participate with other learners on developing software for non-profits. It's an amazing way to gain experience and build your portfolio as a developer, while helping out a non-profit organization.
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Full stack certificate
There is a cool Full stack certificate
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Egee
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Concise information
Egee is very good at imparting information that is easy to understand and engaging.
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Typical SJW ideologies
While some may consider this a negative, it might be that Egee's quiet convictions re: human rights actually set him apart from the majority of the mostly-conservative Linux crowd.
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Informative
You can tell that he puts a lot of effort into researching his topics.
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Funny
Very terrible puns.
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Luke Smith
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Approaches computing as a means to an end
He's not a programmer, or someone who particularly enjoys using computers, so he doesn't focus on the latest tools or computing fads. The channel is almost exclusively about what he finds helpful when doing his work.
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Condescending, opinionated talk
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Amazing tutorials
It is possible to learn a lot from Luke.
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Holds opinions that are contrary to Linux ethos
Opinions expressed in non Linux related videos are often extreme and discriminatory, in antitheses of the free and open source philosophy that surrounds Linux and software related to it.
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Concise, up to the point
No rambling and not too much proselytism.
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Political
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Great sense of humor
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Decent Linux content is contaminated with toxic 4Chan memes
Hard to understand why a smart, introspective guy like Luke Smith undercuts his content by including all the 4Chan memes and obvious appeals to the most toxic elements of the audience. It seems to be like a bad habit for him, because he will make long form content and commentary on something interesting, then undermine it by putting 4chan thumbnails or catch phrases all over it.
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Memes
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Political
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He is a good human
Not like some other YouTubers who beg for subscribers, he does his work genuinely.
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Ubuntu hater
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Efficient
He makes every task more efficient for himself and shares the tricks and tips. Always works in order to make his system less bloated. He won’t share everything, he will show you stuff and give you ideas but you may have to learn a lot from other sources to be able to implement it.
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Ubuntu hater
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PrivacyTools.io
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Clear, easy to understand explanations
Many people who are not very tech-savvy are still interested in improving their online privacy & security. The creators of PrivacyTools.io have taken great strides towards making this complex topic accessible to the "average" person. They also provide direct links to the tools they recommend.
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Bad recommendations
ProtonMail, Firefox, DuckDuckGo, Signal, and Ubuntu just to name a few.
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Promotes long-term competitive products
Not all of the recommended tools only focus on privacy, many of them are also very easy to use and integrate with software you may already utilize.
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Ad-free
"No Ads, No Google Analytics, No Affiliates, No Cross-Site Requests" - PrivacyTools.IO
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Free software supporters
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Licensed under WTFPL
WTFPL is a very lax free software license. Their whole website it licensed under it, and they promote debate.
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Amazing Reddit community
They are very active Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/privacytoolsIO/
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Switched to Linux
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An excellent privacy advocate
If you haven't noticed yet, Tom is a privacy advocate/defender and takes advantage of Linux to help people take their privacy back.
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Too paranoid
His paranoid opinions are presented without well enough support.
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Adresses the views of those who are not power users
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Heavily conservative
Occasionally brings up conservative political views and other rightist politics into his videos.
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Very loud
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A bit religious
If you're a nonbeliever (atheist, agnostic, skeptic) some of his opinions and religious propaganda (his books) can annoy you, but this is not something that is a real "con". For Linux content, his channel is a treasure.
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Sometimes blows up
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Loud and inarticulate rants
The loud and inarticulate rants are annoying.
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The Linux Gamer
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Many videos not saying much, dragged out for lack of better content
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Linux gaming advocate
Doesn't really care about multiplayer games though.
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Gnome advocate
Not exactly a bad thing, but if you are expecting content diversification (not only related to the GTK/Gnome world), it can be a real pain.
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One of the few Linux youtubers to feature gaming
He is one of the few Linux YouTubers to primarily feature gaming. Additionally, he uses the popular supporting gaming apps for his community such as Discord, Steam group, Twitch, and a Steam curated page of games.
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Totally different on stream, gloomy when editing, doesn't like what he does
Makes him seem like a fake, smiley guy on video and a depressing guy elsewhere.
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A lot of editing mistakes
Shows how little he reviews his videos before posting them.
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Little Baby Bum
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Well thought-out scenarios
LBB also effectively teaches kids values and manners by showing them different scenarios and conflicts and how to properly act in each situation.
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Videos are lengthy
Most of their videos are 'compilations', 1 hour long videos. This is not okay for parents who have data caps on their Internet plans because YouTube finishes buffering even if the child is only 2 mins into the video. And if the child decides to clicks another video, the buffer on the first video just goes to waste.
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Effective in keeping child's attention
LBB uses catchy songs to teach children about the basics: the alphabet, numbers, colors, and shapes. Their animation is always colorful and detailed.
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Privacy Badger
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Automatic detection & blocking
Privacy Badger automatically detects and block third-party tracking. If it detects an advertiser or network tracking you across different websites, subsequent requests to the advertiser will be blocked.
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Easy to use and configure
Everything works out of the box, you don't have to select blocking lists like in other ad blockers and there's pretty much nothing to configure.
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Cheddar
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Instant sync
Cheddar instantly syncs across to all your devices. Add a task on your phone, it instantly appears on the web, no refresh required.
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Tagging with #hashtags
Simply type in something like #someday into a task in Cheddar, and it becomes a hyperlink that, when tapped or clicked, will filter your list of tasks to only those containing that same hashtag.
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Markdown support
Also present in both the iOS and web version of Cheddar is span-level Markdown support.
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Works on iOS and web
It's fully Retina-ready, on iOS and even on the web.
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Open source
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The Hated One
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Very informative and detailed
Well explained, so that newbies can also understand.
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Not for intermediates
His videos isn't for those technically inclined. More in-depth research is often lacking and may well be suited for newbies.
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Adds source of the content he is showing
There is a list of source at the description of his videos.
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Terrible recommendations
He recommended Brave, DuckDuckGo, and ProtonMail.
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That One Privacy Site
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VPNs are not for privacy
Anyone telling you otherwise is either incompetent or lying.
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Aggregates TONS of data about VPN providers
Makes it very easy to filter out what is important to you and pick a good fit VPN.
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Only focuses on VPN and Email services
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Not a lot of actual reviews
The site owner seems to review on the basis of random choice - the reasoning behind that can be understood, but there are some clear contenders that the community wishes they would just hurry up and review, instead of slogging through tons of random options.
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