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Add to SafariWhen comparing Switched to Linux vs Luke Smith, the Slant community recommends Luke Smith for most people. In the question“What are the best Youtube channels for Linux content?” Luke Smith is ranked 1st while Switched to Linux is ranked 7th. The most important reason people chose Luke Smith is:
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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Question Ranking
Pros
Pro 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.
Pro Adresses the views of those who are not power users
Pro 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.
Pro Amazing tutorials
It is possible to learn a lot from Luke.
Pro Concise, up to the point
No rambling and not too much proselytism.
Pro Great sense of humor
Pro Memes
Pro He is a good human
Not like some other YouTubers who beg for subscribers, he does his work genuinely.
Pro 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.
Pro Ubuntu hater
Cons
Con Too paranoid
His paranoid opinions are presented without well enough support.
Con Heavily conservative
Occasionally brings up conservative political views and other rightist politics into his videos.
Con Very loud
Con 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.
Con Sometimes blows up
Con Loud and inarticulate rants
The loud and inarticulate rants are annoying.
Con Condescending, opinionated talk
Con 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.
Con Political
Con 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.
Con Political
Con Ubuntu hater
