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@archismarathe1589 4 года назад

Yeah, I'm sure grandma knows how to go into boot options

@splewy 4 года назад

blaze I imagine grandma would just plug it in, still run Windows normally, and through placebo effect swear her computer was actually running faster.

@Ragemodepigeon 4 года назад

It does actually tell u how on the packet. Depending on your pc what button to press.

@ultirn3338 4 года назад

Yeah I was thinking that XD

@Impossible_Fishy 4 года назад

@@Ragemodepigeon shes gonna press it once and think that it doesn't work

@nolanpearce6152 4 года назад

@renragged 4 года назад

In the ad, they don't even mention that you'll be using a completely different operating system, which is a HUGE deal to most people.

@twb0109 4 года назад

That isn't even a product, it's just a scam

@FinalKingX 4 года назад

Maybe they put it in fine print to prevent this but most people don't read it.

@damian9303 4 года назад

I feel like they make it obvious though with the whole "OMG! MY LAPTOP IS NOW BOOTING EVEN WITH A DEAD HARD DRIVE"

@haryholland 4 года назад

Lucas Zhu yeah I bet grandma knows how to do that

@renragged 4 года назад

@@haryholland hahahaaaa

@EdoVro 3 года назад

My dad got an ad for one of these and he wanted to buy it. I sent him this video and it made him change his mind. Thanks Linus!

@bassdrumflextime1253 3 года назад

Lol

@alkaupadhyay7650 3 года назад

@@galipaydogan1958 stfu

@ieatpizza371 3 года назад

I'm about to do the same thing. He thinks this thing will fix his pc, he needs a better cpu but won't listen to me. Typical dad shit, despite me building 2 power house PC's my opinion is only of a dumbass and this USB drive is practically made from jesus to him

@meganesenpai 3 года назад

To be honest with 80 bucks you could get a (at least 120G) Sata 3 SSD and a 8 gig 1600Hz RAM, which will boost your old PC performance up another notch.

@darnellyoung-hameed2420 3 года назад

@@meganesenpai Thank you for this tidbit. My HP Eliteboom 8470p crashed. I do have a USB with terra storage. Would your above suggestion get my system back up and running? Any info would be appreciated.

@stephengere3937 4 года назад

"Maybe I'll play a little pinball." *IN 3D*

@p3chv0gel22 3 года назад

Tbh i still love 3D Pinball

@Alymoss 3 года назад

In 3D ... we are in the future

@slug.racing 2 года назад

@jackieburkhart3268 2 года назад

do you know there's also BALLZ in 3D? damn, excitement.

@FoxCoffee. 2 года назад

It sound like an ad for Windows XP with some "cool teenagers".

@DragonBuilds 4 года назад

In one of their ads the guy showed a DVD drive and called it a hard drive.

@fders938 4 года назад

He should of jammed a floppy disk into it lol

@ahmadaamer6 4 года назад

That made me laugh.

@starman8853 4 года назад

Lmao I got that one just now

@robantsin 4 года назад

@@fders938 LMAO someone should bring back the floppy with upgrades to replace the internals with m.2 ssd's. Just picture this, the shell of the floppy disks, with the internal storage being made of SSD's and the connection at the base is an eSATA or a reversed(male is in the drive docking bay and the female end would be a part of the floppy) PCI-E connection.

@Trashpanda115 4 года назад

Ikr people are so stupid

@danr2652 4 года назад

That's like priest coming into my home , going to my sink and filling up a jar with my tap water then placing a sticker with the words "holy water" and selling it to me for 80 bucks.

@BillCarrIpswich 4 года назад

Yeah but the jar cost 15, the sticker another buck, and his time 64. You get a refreshing drink and the church gets new Bibles. It's win-win.

@FinalKingX 4 года назад

At least your tap water is considered "holy".

@danr2652 4 года назад

@@BillCarrIpswich I hope you really didn't pay 15 bucks for a SINGLE glass Jar.

@Mika-85 4 года назад

The effort of filling it up and labelling it should be worth it!

@takkikayo 4 года назад

thats true, specially SENIOR CITIZEN they take advantage

@hedgeearthridge6807 3 года назад

"Oh, Anthony's in the video" *FALLS OUT OF CHAIR IN EXCITEMENT*

@theproudlinuxer 3 года назад

@@dcmk4683 What nonsense is that?

@blackraider777 3 года назад

@@dcmk4683 no

@blackraider777 3 года назад

best part of video

@theproudlinuxer 3 года назад

@@blackraider777 Yes you're right... Did you look at the delight in his face?

@DigitalHandle 3 года назад

@@dcmk4683 STFU

@derpyllama1857 3 года назад

Imagine paying $70 for a flash drive with a Linux distro flashed on it.

@theproudlinuxer 3 года назад

It actually costs 5 minutes (to flash)

@LiEnby 3 года назад

@@theproudlinuxer but u can flash like 300 at once lol

@theproudlinuxer 2 года назад

@Big man Oh, but flashing the ISO to the drive takes very less time.

@theproudlinuxer 2 года назад

@Big man Leave the downloading part. It takes me half an hour, which was 2 hours before Wifi. I meant the 'flashing the ISO' part alone 😅😁

@Overfl0w_grrrl 2 года назад

Its against the GPL to not make the source code available freely, which they aren't doing.

@turtleguy123r3 4 года назад

I feel scammed and I haven't even bought anything...

@robroy5573 4 года назад

Lol! Funny joke!

@turtleguy123r3 4 года назад

@@robroy5573 I am here all week

@abrahamquintanapy 4 года назад

HAHAHAHAHA nice one

@nighthawk5295 4 года назад

ha ha. lol. That's because many reviewers make their living trashing on other products. At least, Linus Tech Tips gave a very fair review.

@constructor4425 4 года назад

Ubuntu free download and make your own, its easy and i did it years ago.

@donkeykong3x3 5 лет назад

Grandma at the family reunion: By the way I use Arch!

@hadto8482 5 лет назад

i got a good laugh out of that

@Evan490BC 5 лет назад

Can your grandma fix my computer, please?

@lxmcf 5 лет назад

You have to be from devRant judging by that comment

@johnathanmcdoe 5 лет назад

Meanwhile your weird uncle had a glass too much again and yells INSTALL GENTOO at your mother.

@nilsirl 5 лет назад

@@lxmcf or from r/linuxmemes or from r/linuxmasterrace

@Silentguy_ 2 года назад

My grandparents actually considered getting one of these and I showed them just exactly how easy it is by pulling out one of my identical SanDisk 64GB sticks and dropping Xubuntu on it. I can appreciate whatever mild scripting they did and setup that they included (which most distros already have anyways), but the absolutely extreme markup they do for nothing but their own Linux distro and a cheap flash drive is insane and absolutely predatory. I also feel that this is basically an ethical violation of what Linux was built on to just charge for completely non-transformative versions of Linux

@ultraplague 4 года назад

Xtra Pc: *Exist* Anti 5G USB stick: Finally, a worthy opponent! Our battle will be legendary!

@MrKerri888 3 года назад

What is this comment referring to @Ultra Plague?

@StarMaverick 3 года назад

@@MrKerri888 Anti 5G USB scam is just like this, instead they claim that USB makes anti-5G bubble and block any 5G signal in your surrounding.

@MrKerri888 3 года назад

@@StarMaverick If you’re referring to 5GBioshield, it’s not a scam, it works for any EMF. It doesn’t block anything, nor does it claim to, it changes the frequency with resonant frequencies. It doesn’t need to be plugged into a computer, but if it is, it just extends the energy field. Blushield works in a similar way. There’s also a stand-alone unit using energised structured water vials and copper, think it’s called Qi Max EMF.

@plinplinplon_ 3 года назад

@@MrKerri888 why would you want to protect yourself from 5g tho

@MrKerri888 3 года назад

@@plinplinplon_ Same reason I wouldn’t stick my head in a microwave oven. Millimetre waves. It’s military tech - more about surveillance than comms, can be used for applications such as V2K (voice to skull), ie, programming etc.

@MathijsGroothuis 5 лет назад

Such a techy grandma, opening chrome instead of that blue E.

@SuperTux20 5 лет назад

Firefox or Chrome? Which is better?

@samuelkavicky7242 5 лет назад

My grandpa uses that e even tho i showed him that chrime is faster

@SeaJay_Oceans 5 лет назад

Alphabet welcomes her submission... :-) Will Google end up buying Microsoft ?

@spyrox 5 лет назад

No, that's the "button for the internet"

@ySc135 5 лет назад

@@samuelkavicky7242 my dad does it ...

@zion653 5 лет назад

Me: "Hey, grandma, when you see the Splash screen, just hit the appropriate Function key to enter into your computer's bios. Then, just navigate to the Boot options and rearrange the order of the identified boot drives so that the computer is set to boot from the USB drive first. Then..." Granny: (0.0)

@SamuelLing 5 лет назад

Granny: sudo come help me

@Jpp-iy4km 5 лет назад

@@SamuelLingHaha, can you imagine trying to explain the fact that you cant "see" any characters being entered for your password when sudo prompts you to enter it.

@SamuelLing 5 лет назад

@@Jpp-iy4km oh god

@InfernosReaper 5 лет назад

@UnitedRaccoon57 Not every bios uses those keys, especially on older systems.

@geovani60624 5 лет назад

actually, even my 12 years old notebook uses usb for boot by default

@MightyMattTM 3 года назад

Linus: “Brings Anthony” Me: “Ah it must have Linux on it”

@thefunnymanfromamazon374 2 года назад

OMG IN THE 69TH LIKR

@strandalx 2 года назад

I thought Linus literally made Linux though....

@eierhai1831 3 года назад

How to make old pc’s faster: Clean it up from dust!!!!

@InfernosReaper 3 года назад

yeah, does wonders, surprisingly. It's almost as if components don't work well when they're insulated in a layer of dust that makes them the temperature of the sun....

@insanitylol 3 года назад

Brendan 5629 Just did that. Saved 3pb of storage. Computer now runs at 1000fps, can open up to 5 million chrome tabs and run 300,000 programs. Windows now boots in 1 microsecond and takes 0.49 microseconds to sign in and 0.2 microsecond to open a program. Games are 0.4 microseconds. My cpu runs at 60thz at 50 degrees My gpu runs at 180pflops My fans run at 0.1db And it takes 5 microseconds to install updates

@arootube 3 года назад

@@insanitylol Do you have ANY idea how many sperm cells gave their lives in the process of growing that homework folder?

@paradoxzee6834 3 года назад

My dad once clean his PC with the vacume cleaner and somehow break the plastic RAM holders. I remerber placing the RAM back and told him not to look at the PC funny. Because than it was just RAM without anything holding it

@alexferguson8893 4 года назад

Hah, they're selling a flash drive and a Xtra- PC skinned Lubuntu which is already free. I feel scammed and I haven't bought anything at all.

@santiagolerin 4 года назад

Me too

@LowDoughTech 4 года назад

That skin actually makes it slower than Lubuntu live, I did a comparison video Showing the performance between the two. Base Lubuntu trounces this piece of junk.

@rishabhmulay5230 3 года назад

Lucas Zhu Probably because they want it to seem like they put a lot of effort into the product and not just put a sticker on a usb and install Linux on it (which is what it is)

@Ash_Lawless 3 года назад

time is money. making the bootable usb and putting the extra software on it takes time. some people dont have 8 hours a day to fuck around.

@ajdzanovic 3 года назад

@@Ash_Lawless its ridiculous to pay $80

@WaifuDiver 4 года назад

Windows Updates: "Shut Down your PC and install updates now." Anthony: "Yeah no I don't think so bud."

@HappyBeezerStudios 4 года назад

shutdown /s /t 0

@aaronrennyvargheseOriginal 4 года назад

Ubuntu: Updates available! Would you like to do it now or remind you on you next log-in? Better than crap windows updates.

@core36 4 года назад

it's windows 7. you can log out and then you can shutdown without installing updates.

@MichaelSanAngelo 4 года назад

Ain't nobody got time for updates. XD

@guayabito6946 4 года назад

Updates don't generally have anything to do with performance.

@huh6449 3 года назад

Bruh my grandpa just bought one of these despite me telling him 20 times it’s a scam. Bruhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

@iyeetsecurity922 2 года назад

Ha! I remember that "performance gauges" widget! I felt like such a badass geek using them as a kid. I'm pretty sure they didn't really work either.

@Balashka89 2 года назад

Yeah right. We bragged a lot with the 1 GB RAM, while the others were basking in the shadows with 512 MB RAM and humiliated them with the neon-turquoise gauges showing performance that was hardly achieveable at that time and is today a history.

@googaagoogaa12345678 10 месяцев назад

I remember feeling bad ass for seeing the CPU at 100 and ram at 80 or so. Turns out my PC just sucked!

@BD90.. 4 года назад

literally only here because the stupid ad was playing and i was thinking scam.

@Hiiamthelren 4 года назад

BlackDolphin90 well, it is a scam lol

@Moreo734 4 года назад

Funny because i saw that same ad on a linus video

@BD90.. 4 года назад

@@Hiiamthelren it is a scam that is targeting the same people who fall for tech support scams and the like.

@BD90.. 4 года назад

@@Moreo734 😂

@ayaseshinomiya6524 4 года назад

Same here...

@pyk_ 5 лет назад

At least your grandma has a sweet RGB keyboard to look at while the PC loads.

@randomdude4556 5 лет назад

Zaleucus lol 😂 gamer grandma

@gavinthecrafter 3 года назад

I got an ad for this recently, and out of curiosity, I clicked it. I laughed so hard reading the article and all the misleading claims they were making 😆

@blackstarindustries27 3 года назад

Love Anthony, he's so chill. Guy could be talking about anything and I'd listen.

@ForbiddenFate 4 года назад

So its $80 for linux on a usb flash drive. *interesting*

@thelegendarywizard 4 года назад

What a wonderful idea

@dess.3761 4 года назад

69. *Whale Breathing* N. I. C. E

@Mika-85 4 года назад

To be fair they did some customisation including a start-up wizard and the boot modification. And even if the clone all the USBs it will still take them some time to do that as well.

@diegomarquez6740 4 года назад

Linux is free

@domomania 3 года назад

finds random 4 gig usb *ubuntu time bitches* costs like 10 bucks

@Cewyah 4 года назад

Got recommenced the ad for this and as a person who's installed puppy linux on a 20 cent blank CD it makes me FURIOUS. They're also scumbags for selling linux which is a FREE SOFTWARE, that THEY didn't even make!! >:(

@TheStevenWhiting 4 года назад

You're allow to sell any distro of Linux, but yes, they are scumbags.

@dittikke 3 года назад

Ah the joy of righteous indignation. So pray tell, by what sorcery did you procure said Puppy image and burn it on a blank CD? Wouldn't have been something like _a functioning computer_ with a usable browser would it?

@Gandagorn 3 года назад

Technically, Linux is allowed to be sold commercially but yes, it is scummy to sell free software for that much especially when you're selling a product that uses another companies product. If I were setting up linux, I would charge for the service and not the OS. Also, they are taking advantage of the elderly who don't know anything about computers. Paying 40+ dollars for a product that their grandson could set up for free is scummy

@dittikke 3 года назад

@@Gandagorn Free software means free to distribute, it does not mean you have to give your work away for free. The GNU public licence essentially states what's ok and what isn't. "You are allowed to *sell copies of the modified program commercially,* but only under the terms of the GNU GPL. Thus, for instance, you must make the source code available to the users of the program as described in the GPL, and they must be allowed to redistribute and modify it as described in the GPL." Btw, Linux is the OS. The architecture is 32/64-bit Intel, Arm, etc.

@qwertykeyboard5901 3 года назад

20 cents is quite expensive for a blank cd

@eTxZombie 4 года назад

I've been giving grans elementary OS lately, and they absolutely love it. I charge $69 for in-home backup/restore, install and training, and my customers have been super happy about it. elementary OS is so clean and user friendly, and super low on resource usage. They feel like they've got a brand new pc. The difference is that I'm with them through the entire process, and I'm only a phone call away if they have any issues. You don't get that with this extra-pc garbage. Great review though.

@MrKerri888 3 года назад

Do you also provide remote appointments, for eg, screenshare pc plus have a video call on another device?

@eTxZombie 3 года назад

@@MrKerri888 yup, I sure do.

@MrKerri888 3 года назад

@@eTxZombie Do you have a web page? I’m in Australia, would that matter?

@arootube 3 года назад

Be honest, you charge $69 just to know that somebody somewhere is gonna say "..nice."

@thelovertunisia 3 года назад

The only time I really felt this 'resurrection' moment was with my old 2008 macbook when after 10 years I put Lubuntu 18.04 lts on it and suddenly could play youtube and browse modern websites again.

@Noble259 5 лет назад

LMG video editors are the hero's in the background making every video awesome AF

@insidious714 5 лет назад

What do the other editors do? Seems like Taran edits everything

@jamesfromit 5 лет назад

@@insidious714 @Aprime edited this one. :)

@guspaz 5 лет назад

@@jamesfromit Long before the credits ever hit, I had already said "Oh, this is an aprime video, sweet!" His style is very distinctive. And enjoyable.

@sleepingtrack6350 4 года назад

i'm surprised granny had a gaming mouse that's a legit nan

@lachlandoyle 4 года назад

Squidleepop lmao 🤣

@lettuce7378 4 года назад

*legit NaN

@Americanspy-hn2kw 4 года назад

I got my gma a gaming pc

@carlangelo653 4 года назад

My grandma bought a G502 for the scroll wheel.

@redux2984 4 года назад

I’m surprised she can type that quick to

@joshuasibayan1726 4 года назад

“Pc companies hate this product!”

@MrKerri888 3 года назад

The operative question is why? Because it negates their expensive services? Or?

@AvengedDH 3 года назад

"Everyone hates this product!"

@aadisahni 3 года назад

"Turn your old PC like the day it was bought with this one easy trick"

@peterkernohan778 3 года назад

underrated comment

@yasyasmarangoz3577 3 года назад

cringe 😬

@Toasty-qs1tp 3 года назад

"im your grandmother" didnt know linus died

@aeyde 3 года назад

Uyyyyyyyyy what really

@dougiebell9944 3 года назад

@@aeyde r/wooosh

@ferbyys9626 3 года назад

@@dougiebell9944 i kindly inform you that redditors can go on their own site and be overly annoying THERE

@killertigergaming6762 3 года назад

@@ferbyys9626 r/whoosh

@ferbyys9626 3 года назад

@@killertigergaming6762 as i was saying, please go back to your shitty website and learn to spell the subreddit

@Jahwi 5 лет назад

After giving your grandma Linux: Grandma: sudo when are you going to come visit me?

@fionafiona1146 5 лет назад

Mine just got something against the bad "radiation" it has blue light. www.memon.eu/en/company-memon/

@JonaFolgt 5 лет назад

When you're at your grandma's cd ..

@guychensn 5 лет назад

sudo eat this you look skinny

@YankeeTM 5 лет назад

Shutdown

@coryc123 5 лет назад

@@guychensn I'm dead

@umbra1016 5 лет назад

Adding "The" to everything is such an accurate grandmotherly thing to say. The Facebook The VLC The Chrome

@s0mepi884 5 лет назад

The google bing

@mdwz 5 лет назад

for facebook, it really was originally called "the facebook", you can even type thefacebook.com and it will go to fb

@umbra1016 5 лет назад

@@mdwz well, yeah... but no one calls it that. They even bring that up in the movie.

@EP1CxEMAN08 5 лет назад

The Firefox The RU-vid The Reddit The Linus Tech Tips You get the idea

@mujjuman 5 лет назад

mine watches youtube lol shes 85

@silverwatchdog 3 года назад

Adding “the” to every app sells the impression so well

@Gandagorn 3 года назад

Oh wow, they have their own bootloader!! They must be legit! (Heavy sarcasm)

@LeonSteelpaw 5 лет назад

Its freaking Linux on a stick, thats all it is! Your paying for a customized distro! Linux is free!!

@girlsdrinkfeck 5 лет назад

but owning a bussiness and runing it and making these drives bootable isnt free,

@Adam-cq2yo 5 лет назад

@@girlsdrinkfeck I mean, it takes maybe a couple minutes to load up a USB with a lightweight Linux. I wouldn't pay more than a dollar for that labor.

@TouchedAlot 5 лет назад

You're also paying for the support they provide. If grandma gets stuck she can contact Xtra-PC for support. With free distros, you only get support from the community.

@TouchedAlot 5 лет назад

@Ye et But you don't get support from the distro that way. Providing support for software is one of the main ways which companies who provide free software make money. Even Ubuntu charges for support.

@Bidwellz9 5 лет назад

you understand that the whole world doesnt know about computers right? some people literally just know how to turn it on

@ronsonjames8462 5 лет назад

40$? I'll get an SSD and 2GB more DDR2 RAM instead for 35$

@RandarTheBarbarian 5 лет назад

Pentium D would be socket 775 with DDR2, but yeah I was thinking the same thing, you could go buy another stick or two make it 8gb for like $10 and put a core 2 duo in for like $3 or a quad for like $9. SSDs are nothing now like $20 brand new, I mean sure you're going to be limited by SATA II, but in a use case like this where the computer is newer than 06' there's an upgrade path that would be dirt cheap and fine for normal grandma use cases, especially if you're going to have to help anyway, at least you can do the labor so she can keep using the same software she's used to, hypothetically speaking. There was an older lady I used to work with who had an all in one with an AMD E2 that she bought I put her together something like what I just stated above and she loves it. Put a basic graphics card in (I think it was a GT 620) so she could use it on her big screen TV hell yeah brother

@MakisOfEquinox 5 лет назад

Hahaha, I wanted to get a 4gb stick of ddr2 sodimm for a really old laptop of mine so it could run in dual channel. People want stupid money for old ram. Like $35 just for that

@iCallH4x 5 лет назад

Makis Equinox I might have some, if I do you can have it cheap?

@k3v1n683 5 лет назад

@@iCallH4x p0

@pushthepro 5 лет назад

@@MakisOfEquinox Yeah, my grandmother would've also done the same, after browsing through craigslist and hitting up a deal or two right after taking her medicine and sipping tea in front of her fav tv show. After that she'd boot up Apex legends and wreck some kids.

@atlys258 3 года назад

Oh my gosh, Anthony is so funny "yea extreme fever, you're dead" slayed me

@quincya 3 года назад

Damn, granny's got some sweet peripherals

@noenken 5 лет назад

40 to 80 bucks for essentially free software on a USB stick sounds reasonable to you?

@Reddo136 5 лет назад

Ultra-quote

@Tremor244 5 лет назад

well it's a pretty smart business, you can't blame them

@BlokeOnAMotorbike 5 лет назад

sure. What's your time worth?

@videblu 5 лет назад

For someone that will have *NO* idea what a linux distro is, no idea how to create a bootable USB, and no idea how to find out how, you can see the value proposition. I still think it's a scam, as it isn't going to make that big of a difference (RU-vid became unusable on lubuntu whereas it still worked okay in win7), but it's not like it'd be easy for gran to do this for free.

@applemauzel 5 лет назад

The real question is... CAN we create one for 20 to 40 bucks and undercut their profit margin?

@PCNERD19 5 лет назад

*sells rebranded linux mint for $80*

@GervasitorSpaceman67 5 лет назад

Actually it looks more like lubuntu (very similar to the one I'm running on my old netbook currently)

@that1foxxo 5 лет назад

@@GervasitorSpaceman67 I think they were talking about them selling it themself. XD

@GervasitorSpaceman67 5 лет назад

@@that1foxxo Oh, ok I see. I mean selling a rebranded USB stick on heir merch site and redirecting to their forum for support would be a nice business model I guess XD

@liamalcock531 5 лет назад

@@GervasitorSpaceman67 correctiun its actuly just a linux distro with lxde as the desktop envirment

@roundduckkira 5 лет назад

@@kushagrakarira You can sell GPL software. There is a problem here though, there is no source code unless you ask them on support@xtra-pc.com. I mean, it's allowed under the GPL, but it's a bit of a lazier and fish-ier way of abiding by the GPL.

@SergeGuillaume 3 года назад

We definitely need more Anthony!

@SupraSav 3 года назад

This upload reminded me of win 7, just always ran flawless.

@bassdrop001 5 лет назад

How will grandma know how to boot the drive from BIOS?

@jorelplay8738 5 лет назад

the real question here

@Mindroix 5 лет назад

Magic dude

@Vlad-1986 5 лет назад

You'll need to make sure it boots from USB first, so you need a bit of "helping hand"

@DapperCracker512 5 лет назад

Speak for ur own grandma bruh

@deidyomega 5 лет назад

Most computers nowadays actually default to booting from usb before hard drive. And on pre win8 machines, it was even easier without the extra security ms and hardware companies put in place.

@PieStudios 5 лет назад

I don't think I would want Linus to be my grandmother

@PieStudios 5 лет назад

Ohmagad my grandma liked my comment!

@loganrossignol 5 лет назад

my grandmothers are dead

@adventureoflinkmk2 5 лет назад

@@loganrossignol so are mine...

@lightningdev1 5 лет назад

I would

@vgamesx1 5 лет назад

Well I definitely wouldn't because he almost certainly would've dropped me as a baby.

@elijahr6261 4 года назад

I love the ads for this product where they claim to be holding the pc hard drive but it’s actually a CD drive.

@AutoShop101 3 года назад

Am I wrong? I though, and it's been a while since I've seen an add for this, but wasn't there main focus on PC's that had hard drive failures? That would be an interesting video also. I do think you did a great job on this video. Very informative.

@angrynerd2103 5 лет назад

So you bought a flash drive with free software on it?...

@CC-vv2ne 5 лет назад

For the price of decent SSD

@nekkooogacha8745 4 года назад

Sweet

@user-rn3yr7lc8l 3 года назад

I lolled so hard

@legoshaakti 4 года назад

me at the beginning: it's just lubuntu isn't it me at the end: oh nevermind, it's actually *slightly different* lubuntu

@wta1518 3 года назад

Yeah, see there’s a background.

@theproudlinuxer 3 года назад

Have you used the i3 Window manager?

@imeveryonesoni-chan1975 4 года назад

Im wacthing this as im download a lightweight porteus lunix for my old paviliion laptop from 2005!

@ThusharaJayarathna 2 года назад

Is Xtra-PC product can increase my Mac book air memory and speed

@DavidImrie 5 лет назад

If you are willing to spend $80 on speeding up grandmas computer, then an SSD wins every time.

@System0Error0Message 5 лет назад

if you looked at windows 7, the CPU was being overtaxed. You can tweak windows 7 and get it to use less resources too.

@jamesvandamme7786 5 лет назад

I just got a $30 SSD (240G) and put MX Linux on it. WOW!!I use my HDD for data.

@dom1310df 5 лет назад

An hour to create a bootable Linux USB? Did you use the Pentium for that?

@azarilh2355 5 лет назад

Yeah, i know, right?

@deidyomega 5 лет назад

He created a modifed disk, with extra shit. Makes sense. Time yourself on downloading ubuntu, getting a usb, and installing it. Then booting it up and installing chromium on the usb drive. I'll bet it takes you about an hour too.

@Chariblaze 5 лет назад

linustechtips.com/main/topic/1047789-can-this-usb-stick-resurrect-your-old-pc/?do=findComment&comment=12422219 Anthony explained what he did in the forums. If he had just created a Live USB with persistence (I would have done that, though I didn't know about the disadvantages), then yeah that shouldn't have taken that long. But instead he tried to match Xtra PC's setup, by going through the installation process and choosing the USB stick as a target... which depending on the speed of the drive, can be very slow. Though the drive he was using _was_ -a high end GPU- probably decently fast. Eh.

@azarilh2355 5 лет назад

@Greyson Lynch Try out Rosa.

@azarilh2355 5 лет назад

@@Chariblaze Yeah, makes sense.

@taylorjohnson7713 3 года назад

Damn this is pretty awful, there selling a USB stick with a Linux distro with a different wallpaper, poor grandma.

@xersis31 3 года назад

Thank you for that whoever edited that clap thing i love you so

@guy_incognito7538 4 года назад

"After this message from Glasswire!" *Double Tap* "...link below." Thank you Linus. Thank you.

@tomboz777 4 года назад

Caleb Teague man knows what he's doing. 😏

@guy_incognito7538 4 года назад

@@tomboz777 and I thank him for it 👏👏👏

@fitmotheyap 4 года назад

actually thanks.. unlike other yts... 2 minutes 1 sponsor then another one right after 30 seconds linus better than most others

@ZeldaLord1 4 года назад

I cant even use glasswire I’m a apple user

@anky_but_on_steroids3750 4 года назад

This is so me

@pjlecy1 5 лет назад

I might be wrong, but I believe you can order a bootable USB/CD from distributions for a much lower price.

@hadinossanosam4459 5 лет назад

If you have any empty flash drives, you can even make one *for free*!

@craigmosey 5 лет назад

like this? seems cheaper. thelinuxshop.co.uk/manjaro-32gb-drive-p-328.html

@_mkc 5 лет назад

Years ago, Ubuntu used to send out these nicely packaged DVDs for absolutely free. I have 2 of them at home somewhere. It's too bad they stopped.

@hurley2609 5 лет назад

nah mate all you need is any usb drive and the right software

@ShiroKage009 5 лет назад

The idea is having the entire thing loaded and ready to go.

@MissesWitch 3 года назад

Reminded me of my old pc.. with the waiting for the loading tabs!! Even just one loaded forever!

@DaVince21 Год назад

Holy shit the editing in this one is AMAZING. Bring back more humor like the explosion gag please.

@heinuchung8680 5 лет назад

SOULJA STICK? or SOULJA JAM! for when your computer is in a JAM makes it go fast BAM

@crides0 5 лет назад

$40 for flashing a boot drive with a Linux? 10 times too much

@amrsoll 5 лет назад

But it's not just Linux though. I might even wonder if the use of them' legacy icons could be grandma friendly hehe

@crides0 5 лет назад

@@amrsoll If you think that'd be a point, then a simple google search is enough. 5 minutes. But my guess is they're using Firefox 52 ESR (Extended Support Release), so they get long term support, which is good because grandma probably won't update stuff.

@SamTehSquirrel 5 лет назад

It’s 40$ too much, Linux is free... Linux is the best

@crides0 5 лет назад

@@SamTehSquirrel yes I know. My point is, even if you count the work that goes into the process, it's still too expensive.

@neroxen_ 5 лет назад

@@SamTehSquirrel you obviously don't understand the cost USB drives.

@johnk7302 3 года назад

Good job man it looks like you're losing weight and gettin' in shape keep it up.

@khanscombe619 Год назад

Blooming brilliant nVidia USB thumb drive. Did you make it or where can we get 1?

@wodstalker2819 5 лет назад

80 bucks for a 64gb usb and a linux disto wich is free... Nah im sorry i dont see how thats fair

@CommodoreFan64 5 лет назад

this is what you call a scam!

@BitterCynical 5 лет назад

Recently bought two 120GB SSDs for less than 30USD each for my desktop computers. An Intel compute stick costs about 130USD which is enough for what grandma needs. Actually grandma should get paid for putting up with the pain of trying to use a bootable linux USB drive...

@TypicalNerds 5 лет назад

If you think about it, someone had to make that a bootable usb themselves, unless automated software did loads of drives at once

@operator8014 5 лет назад

Hey, scammers gotta eat too.

@rasmachris94 5 лет назад

I suppose Linus' argument was that an older person or someone not tech savvy wouldn't know how to go through the process of making one, or setting up a linux distro. Or just not have the time to do so. But considering I just bought a 64Gb usb for £11 [$15] and this 'product' is likely a preconfigured linux distro with preinstalled apps that you can get and do for free, you can imagine how much they're making in profit. There's also that this is quite literally a scam. The way it's advertised is to make the hardware run better, not install a new, less taxing operating system. Besides, if you bought this for gaming - unless you know how to use wine and the like, you're games are going to run equally slow, or slower anyways. A scam is selling a product that is advertised as doing something it doesnt do and quite simply, this exorbitantly priced product does not do as advertised - improve the performance of your hardware. It simply reduces the load on that hardware a bit.

@edwardandrewmowbray5820 5 лет назад

More of Anthony! He needs his own Geek series!

@leighcameron8833 5 лет назад

Yessssss

@leighcameron8833 5 лет назад

It depends on if he can handle it

@Soulthym 5 лет назад

I mean, that's how Linus started at NCIX x)

@MilitantPacifista 5 лет назад

Just let Taran, Anthony and the other writers create articles to accompany the videos with more technical detail and guides. Could literally increase the amount of ad revenue by getting views on Forum/Website, they could also document and publish their testing procedure and results.

@ImAManMann 5 лет назад

He looks like a cartoon character ... I just can't place it.... but yeah more.

@Techkomsan 3 года назад

Wow very nice brother keep it up

@zzzen. 3 года назад

When you click on a Linus Video, and even the ad has Linus in it

@ItsJustRyansChannel 4 года назад

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="295">4:55</a> - Linus says "Lubuntu restricted add-ons..." <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="324">5:24</a> - Linus proceeds to ask what distro this is... IT'S A TRAP!!!

@Kevimars 4 года назад

Underrated comment😂

@ItsJustRyansChannel 4 года назад

@@Kevimars lol thanks. I love finding these little discrepancies in life.

@FinalKingX 4 года назад

I mean he is "Lie-Nus" (April Fools 2020 video) when he pays people to make it look like he knows everything.

@haseenabadshah5381 3 года назад

69 likes lmao

@Xemerius7 5 лет назад

No One: Linus: I'm now your Grandmother

@saturnianrings3920 3 года назад

The way he’s got his pockets stuffed like that😂

@jfarinacci0329 3 года назад

Really good vid. Thank you.

@ZekeMe0ut 5 лет назад

Anthony is the best. He's the perfect compensation for Linus over-the-top-ness

@kennethflorek8532 5 лет назад

Dump Linus. Replace with Anthony.

@SolidSnakeAce 5 лет назад

Anthony is chill as fuck

@JStation3 5 лет назад

Anthony is a great cast member

@joels7605 5 лет назад

This is true. Anthony should be in every video.

@SecondHandTech 5 лет назад

The guy's voice is just so soothing and chill.

@robinroesler7605 5 лет назад

Why not spend the money on a ssd and install Linux on it

@Rob-qc9en 5 лет назад

Robin Roesler Cuz grandma doesn't know how to do that while she is excited for the present she will be getting for being the 1.000.000th visitor of google. ;) Sry for the bad joke, i am from germany and we have a problem with the article 13 and the people who decide what our law says. Just look for #axelsurft and you will find (many good and bad jokes) Btw did you know Axel Voss finds it funny that the biggest part of the world uses windows 10? -He already uses windows 95!

@pooptubesex 5 лет назад

druaga1 here

@screes620 5 лет назад

Or just buy an SSD and clone the old drive to it.

@dynamicsinesdynamicsines1161 5 лет назад

EXACTLY

@elsandosgrande 5 лет назад

@@destroyer_of_water_planet OK, that's a bit much (Gentoo is giving me a royal pain right about now).

@Schnitzel-mit-so 3 года назад

I still get this ad to this day

@jewellstarsinger 3 года назад

Thank you for the articulate review! I am a gran with some tech savvy but don't want to keep up with all the fast a furious new developments that comes naturally to young men! So this is a real option at $40 bucks!

@shawnb.2558 5 лет назад

For that money you could get an SSD and throw it in there...

@InfernosReaper 5 лет назад

Yep, that'd actually improve things, unlike running an OS off USB2, which makes things worse...

@jhonshephard921 5 лет назад

quick, new business idea. Sell Pre-Installed Linux on SSD, then charge for customer support.

@swagsurgin6907 5 лет назад

@@jhonshephard921 You could? and it'd make money. The world we live in...

@IosaJ 3 года назад

Exactly

@thelastcube. 5 лет назад

$40 for just a customized free Linux distro? Forget it, might install puppy Linux or xfce over arch or something instead given you probably have to come to gran to boot from USB anyway

@BlokeOnAMotorbike 5 лет назад

you can't fault 'em for initiative.

@basshead. 5 лет назад

I rather use Windows XP.

@RackaApps 5 лет назад

@@basshead. madlad

@adrianul85 5 лет назад

My thoughts exactly, puppy linux boots directly to ram, very fast on old computers, even on single core and 512 mb of ddr 1.

@Henk14789 5 лет назад

Advertised as speeding up a PC. I'm already feeling sorry for all the people who need to come in and fix grandma's PC when she boots into bloody linux and goes into panic mode.

@gavinmessick3715 3 года назад

Grandma is happy with what she has I guess... the ring is pretty neat, comes in handy with the extra chime door bell if your not around your phone 😅

@tonymyers5823 3 года назад

Hi gang I enjoyed your presentation. Thank you

@theblinkstykrab3106 5 лет назад

This seems exactly like something Soulja Boy would do

@aapovalkeapaa8746 5 лет назад

Gotta get that Soulja OS

@WDC_OSA 5 лет назад

Oh my god that's just about a perfect description of this

@alemutasa6189 5 лет назад

Ok: WTF is exactly Soulja boy? Please, someone, help a non-anglophone-country-living-fella

@seraphis 5 лет назад

@@alemutasa6189 An American musician. Google his recent antics.

@6jackace 5 лет назад

The soulja stick

@BestKosmakCZ 5 лет назад

Yeah, preuploaded video. Glorious 2160p viewer experience

@julius9727 5 лет назад

Wait are you saying this is pre-recorded and not live😠

@davidjuneja 5 лет назад

Bruh what's your internet speed??

@Scitch87 5 лет назад

Glorious 2160p experience on my 720p display.

@twizz420 5 лет назад

@@Scitch87 life.

@lzcats7431 5 лет назад

Me> 1440p peasant

@youtubeairways8646 3 года назад

Very surprised that one of the tabs in the performance demonstration at the beginning wasn't lttstore.com.

@creatip123 3 года назад

- how was bussiness, man? Xtra PC: it's going great. RU-vidrs love them!!

@ghostieeitsohg 3 года назад

LoL

@flashed333 5 лет назад

lol its just lubuntu, a linux distro designed for old hardware and guess what you can download it for free!

@liamalcock531 5 лет назад

you dont even need ubuntu you can have eny distro with lxde as the envirment

@purplegill10 5 лет назад

@@liamalcock531 if you want to go further you can get Linux Lite which is more or less made exactly for this kind of application

@dodoslavn 5 лет назад

its not designed for old hardware and it has nothing to do with it, its normal ubuntu with removed stuff !!!

@TednTin 5 лет назад

Guess what your grandma will say when you say her to download LUbuntu or any other light weight distro and install it to USB

@scrub_jay 5 лет назад

Why would you tell her that instead of just doing it for her? If you have a computer and a flash drive you can easily make the exact product shown in the video and the most expensive part will be the postage stamps to send it to her.

@G-Confalonieri 4 года назад

I don´t think it´s gonna work. My grandma passed away 20 years ago.

@johnspence8141 4 года назад

hilarious

@G-Confalonieri 4 года назад

@Jimmy Evil creepy

@G-Confalonieri 4 года назад

@Jimmy Evil hilariously creepy 😅

@must4rd375 4 года назад

@Brainlet Johnson Lol

@liliethcameron7110 4 года назад

@@G-Confalonieri Lmao, rebooting grandma lol.

@tylersanders2388 3 года назад

I gave my grandma Linux. I have autologin and chrome coming up on startup. I also made a shutdown hotkey. It’s actually a super lightweight variant of lubuntu as well. She has weak hardware and Windows was just painfully slow to do simple things like email and online shopping. It’s perfect if you basically turn it into a more powerful chromebook

@fer_sler 3 года назад

literally got an ad for this exact product next to the video

@KyleHulton 5 лет назад

When you notice Anthony's built linux experience, the username was Just The Tips

@Drev222 5 лет назад

Giggity, lol

@keithputz918 5 лет назад

For $80 you can buy a used Dell business PC that does so much more.

@SenileTomato 5 лет назад

LOL

@bombslayer876 5 лет назад

Or a think pad ♡

@Gtagaming6969 3 года назад

thank you linus for the tips in your videos i got linux to work on my usb drive

@LucaMelillo 2 года назад

"Ok so what at i'm looking at right here" *Stares deeply into the desktop wallpaper with the words "manjaro" written in it*

@drewfus5037 5 лет назад

$8 micro center 64 gb USB stick, free download of any linux distro , one hour, and you just saved $50

@shaunpatrick8345 5 лет назад

It's not for people who know what they're doing, it's for people who click adverts on Facebook.

@MilitantPacifista 5 лет назад

"hour" sudo dd if=./ of=/dev/sd* get coffee, done

@WhatTheHellMang 5 лет назад

@@shaunpatrick8345 all the more reason to tell them not to do it.

@thelastcube. 5 лет назад

@@shaunpatrick8345 If those people even end up buying that, they need someone to boot from USB in the bios settings first (given they're not a "computer person"), at that point why even bother if you can just install lubuntu or better, xfce over arch or puppy Linux and Save those $50 for something like a SSD for granny?

@Jonathanfarias916 5 лет назад

Or just made $50 🤨

@reschw9280 5 лет назад

Hold up a second... *You're not my Grandma...*

@NJ-wb1cz 5 лет назад

Oh really? Did you actually see your supposed grandma giving birth to your mom or dad?

@reschw9280 5 лет назад

@@NJ-wb1cz No... Is Linus really my grandma?

@NJ-wb1cz 5 лет назад

@@reschw9280 well, he looks sweet, sensitive and adorable, and he doesn't remember your name.... I'd say yes he is!

@reschw9280 5 лет назад

@@NJ-wb1cz O:

@fadelpw511 5 лет назад

Wait a minute

@darkglamramos 3 года назад

Is there a video for creating a bootable USB like the one Anthony did? Thanks

@user-rn3yr7lc8l 3 года назад

that would help, right?

@Quirites_Man 3 года назад

What is this windows version. Is it 7. I have 8.1 and I had that computer when I was 3 and I still use it.

@TuxPeng 5 лет назад

Linus's lack of Linux skills never ceases to amaze me

@Rainaman- 5 лет назад

For a geek that he seems, that is bit amazing

@Reddo136 5 лет назад

@@Rainaman- **embarrassing

@TednTin 5 лет назад

Well, have you ever considered that there is no need for him to learn about those stuff since he is busy with stuff that matters more to him? Edit: It is same as many of his employees not knowing how to build a computer. They just don't need to know those stuff to go about their life.