Linux Challenge 2

ToboRobot · March 4

On 3/1/2026 at 9:35 AM, rhermans said:

If you've appointed yourselves the gatekeepers of what is 'helpful', you should take a look at your own contributions to this thread. Being abrasive and unwelcoming to new members is far more 'unhelpful' and 'misleading' for the health of this community than a reasoned guess could ever be. You aren't 'protecting' the forum; you're just making it a toxic place to ask a simple question.

introspection required.

Ha-Satan · March 4

2 minutes ago, DeerDK said:

My issue is that right now I don't have much time to learn a new OS and troubleshoot, as it would eat up the time I can take off to game. Young kids win in the priority game.

That's legit! Personally I think that if you're already a person who builds PCs and pays attention to tech stuff, you can probably get set up and running with a mainstream Linux distro like Fedora in a relatively short amount of time, but then again, I don't have kids so I don't really have context for how much of your time and attention you can take away from them lol.

Here's my general comment about getting started with Linux: the more programs you are expecting to get set up and running and the more peripherals who want to get working with your PC, it all kind of exponentially increases the setup time. The biggest issue I have typically seen with people switching to Linux is when they have a particular peripheral that works closely with a specific piece of software. For example, if you have something like a fancy microphone and webcam and want to use them with OBS. That's probably going to increase the complexity quite a lot.

GarlicDeliverySystem · March 6

On 2/28/2026 at 12:15 PM, MrMagic13 said:

I watched some of the wan from last night. Does anyone know when Linux challenge season 2 will be rolling out, or at least the first part?

Apparently it released on Floatplane, so in less than a week it should be released on YT.

Vishwajer · April 1

I think LTT needs to review laptops tailor-made for Linux like TuxedoComputers and System76 laptops. Because then, most of the hardware issues are eliminated, then they can actually review the operating system. I really want them to do that. What do you think guys and gals?