Linus Tech Tips is back with Part 2 of their 2026 Linux Challenge so of course I had to react to it.
In this reaction video, I go through Linus’ latest Linux experiment and share my thoughts as someone who has been daily driving Linux for many years. We’ll talk about what went well, what didn’t, and some of the bigger takeaways for people who are curious about switching to Linux themselves.
Original Linus Tech Tips video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK02VOGWEv0
My video for getting started with Linux:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvR-6CVI-Mc
Latest episode of This Week in Linux:
https://youtu.be/bdyl-BXlV9s
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Chapters:
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:44 LINUS WHY POP_OS!
00:11:26 AI Chatbots & Listicles, nah
00:14:50 More of a Pen Test for Linux
00:17:13 Elijah’s Network Share Issue
00:20:50 Luke Trying Some Advanced Stuff
00:23:20 NTFS on Linux
00:27:08 Elijah’s Gaming Experience
00:27:31 Video Codec Issues
00:29:51 Who Should We Blame?
00:31:40 Oh, I know who’s to blame!
00:32:33 73.6% of All Percentage Stats are Made Up
00:34:16 Linux Gamers like to help more
00:38:12 Linus Tries Other Distros
00:41:11 What is a Beta?
00:44:36 SteamOS
00:45:02 Is switching out hardware a bit of a hack?
00:46:43 Linus tries Kubuntu
00:48:16 Debs vs Flatpaks vs Snaps vs AppImages
00:49:59 OBS issues but is it really?
00:51:35 Clearing up Flatpak and Wayland confusion
00:54:38 Windows Bad Also
00:58:04 Toxic community claims
01:02:25 App Compatibilty things
01:04:01 DaVinci Resolve is great
01:05:10 Elijah discovers an Immutable OS
01:08:53 Kdenlive
01:09:30 In defense of GIMP, well kind of
01:12:12 LTT Still LOVES Open Source!
01:12:55 Join in at Home!
01:13:34 Creating content to help find ways to improve
01:15:40 PT 3 Soon-ish
01:16:18 Outro
Thanks For Watching!