Andrea Borman has been doing YouTube videos for over 15 years, I was quite intrigued to get to know Andrea more on a deeper level, I want to learn about her background, history, why she decides to use Linux, what her favorite text editor is, terminals, thoughts on macOS, Windows, etc.
Video:
What's the best way to support me?
https://linkarzu.com/about/#youre-a-fraud-why-do-you-ask-for-money-isnt-youtube-ads-enough
Timeline:
00:00:00 - highlights
00:02:38 - History with computers and Windows
00:05:34 - The first linux distro, linux mint 9 GNOME edition
00:09:40 - Let the lady cook
00:11:25 - What do your friends say when they find out you use linux?
00:11:54 - Early videos on Windows
00:12:34 - Fedora 43 is the worst
00:13:01 - Thoughts on Arch and the malware in the AUR
00:14:24 - Why did you start a channel?
00:16:21 - What's your favorite distro?
00:17:29 - The good old paint, do you miss anything from windows?
00:19:09 - Let's look at Andrea's multiple laptops
00:24:29 - Andrea's mobile phone and the beef with ebay
00:27:04 - Do you have anything against smartphones?
00:33:33 - Your background, why did you start with computers? Age
00:35:32 - Linkarzu started with windows 95. When XP came out it was awesome
00:39:53 - The worst distro you have used? PC linux and fedora 43
00:41:51 - Why the switch to Debian?
00:44:48 - The freedom you get with open source
00:46:36 - Let me tell you a secret, I use macOS
00:48:16 - Showing macOS to Andrea
00:51:19 - Do you use the terminal a lot?
00:56:01 - Do new Linux users need to be terminal experts?
00:57:41 - What's your favorite text editor?
00:58:51 - Thoughts on Neovim or Emacs
01:00:40 - Reading superchat by GenX
01:02:12 - vim-gtk and gvim
01:03:26 - Have you heard of what Drew uses, Geany?
01:07:54 - Thoughts on Nix
01:11:25 - How do you edit your videos? Shotcut Openshot
01:13:20 - The disappoinment on me using macOS
01:13:51 - My debian version is old
01:16:13 - Is Debian a legacy distro with legacy packages?
01:19:31 - What terminal do you use ptyxis
01:20:43 - What keyboard do you use?
01:21:25 - Favorite movies or music?
01:21:59 - YouTube @NixiePixelGB
01:24:01 - YouTube @DontCallMeLenny
01:24:25 - YouTube @quidsup
01:25:11 - YouTube @ZacOfAllTech
01:26:13 - YouTube @VeronicaExplains
01:26:36 - YouTube @BreadOnPenguins
01:27:01 - YouTube @DistroTube
01:27:25 - YouTube @JustAGuyLinux
01:27:52 - YouTube @thelinuxtube
01:28:44 - YouTube @LearnLinuxTV
01:29:39 - YouTube @tony-btw
01:30:12 - Wayland or X11
01:30:45 - YouTube @TheLinuxCast
01:32:56 - TempleOS?
01:33:40 - YouTube @LinusTechTips
01:33:52 - Thoughts on popos
01:35:41 - What do you do for a living?
01:36:23 - The beef with Ads
01:37:56 - Did you activate youtube monetization?
01:39:32 - What do you do for a living? Try 2
01:40:03 - At what time do you go to bed?
01:41:23 - You want to end the call already? Nope, still wanna diss
01:42:57 - Thoughts on Gentoo and the furries
01:44:36 - Furries
01:46:22 - YouTube @Britec09
01:47:08 - Windows or Linux
01:49:35 - Any final words?
01:51:10 - Final words on Fedora?
01:52:07 - Why linkarzu on macOS and not linux?
01:54:57 - Windows XP was the best
01:55:53 - Do you want ads or no ads?
01:56:37 - What is my job?