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For quite some time now Linux and FOSS vlogger Nixie Pixel, has been bringing videos about Linux, FOSS, and more to many a thirsty geek. Finally, after a mysterious absence of one year, the vlog darling returns to YouTube.
If you're not familiar with her, she has two channels on YouTube:
NixieDoesLinux, and "OS.ALT. The second of which covers the indie/hacking/geek community, including open source alternatives to operating systems and gaming."
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You know, the difference between this company and the Titanic is that the
Titanic had paying customers.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Arik on Saturday July 22 2017, @02:49AM (2 children)
Yet I doubt it is. I know it's not mine, I never heard of her before, and have no motivation to denigrate.
"She is a good source of information for people moving from Windows to Ubuntu and Ubuntu clones."
I've been staring at this for a ridiculous period of time and failed completely to find any sensible way to parse it. For comparison "She's a good source of information for people moving from one filthy disease-ridden garbage heap to the next."
:/
"Is this just one of those stupid male chauvinist things? A pretty chick can't be a real nerd? If that's the score, then fuck all of you."
I very much doubt that is true of any significant number of readers. The problem is, what you've described isn't a pretty chick that's a nerd. Let's take the chick out of it completely, in fact, and just pretend she's a guy. I assumed that from the blurb, actually, and haven't seen any reason to doubt it. That wouldn't make him any more of a "real nerd." A guy that runs Ubuntu isn't a "real nerd" either, assuming you're using nerd as a positive term as I gather from context. Running Ubuntu in 2017 is about as nerdy as running Windows XP was 15 years ago.
In other words, not at all.
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Saturday July 22 2017, @01:19PM
Actually, I don't think she runs Ubuntu as her primary OS. Not sure, but I don't think so. She does run several different Linux distros, and she gets into both GUI and CLI stuff. I threw Ubuntu in there, because, as I say, she's not a real authority on anything. She "fits" best, IMO, in that interface between the Windows world, and the Linux world. Windows users who are trying to upgrade to Linux are most likely to get a lot of good out of her videos. But, some of the rest of us might actually find some useful information on her channel. If you're looking for information on setting up a server, or setting up a data crunching machine, you won't want to bother with her channel.
(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Saturday July 22 2017, @04:53PM
Honestly, I think a lot of her popularity comes from being a female (and an attractive one at that). So she's probably got nerdy guys lusting after her, but also (and far more importantly) she could very well have other young girls/women watching her videos, which is a good thing. There is a distinct lack of women in tech (both professions and hobbies), and having someone like this as a virtual "mentor" can be helpful to young girls who might have some interests in this direction. They're a lot more likely to pursue those interests if they see another woman encouraging her, rather than a bunch of guys.