Links from the Video Github Desktop (Windows): desktop.github.com/ GitHub Desktop (Linux): github.com/shiftkey/desktop/releases LTT Linux Challenge Part 2: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3E8IGy6I9Wo.html
It would be really nice if you could do a follow up video on how to resolve weird issues with git such as the "detached head" and other common problems some of us users randomly run into.
Its great there are ways to get the proper files from Github, but it makes no sense why they have all those ways to get files but don't have "Save As" work properly.
@@TheExileFox One does not exactly run into git issues randomly, but I get where you're coming from. You happily complete a feature and push forgetting to squash commits first and spend another half an hour rebasing it the hard way and making sure you don't break anything rewriting the remote history. Come to think of it, probably outdated forks are the worst to deal with - I once forgot to set upstream on my fork and made a bunch of changes to data files while lagging 100+ commits behind the original repo. Not fun. Atlassian probably has the best tutorial out there, official docs aren't bad either - I usually direct new members of the team there.
Yeah, metaphorically speaking Linus moved to another country expecting that his costumes and language would be the same and got frustrated when realizing he was out of his cozy familiar comfort zone. As like everyone he eventually will go through the 5 stages of grief. BTW, I love git so much I named my cat Git. Yes there is a cat in brazil called git and he really loves pushing things.
I think my favourite part of the LTT linux challenge is finding your page. I'm slowly getting back into Linux to digitize old VHS tapes and it's going well. I'm really looking forward to your debian-titus. I also coincidentally started using git about two days ago. All of these videos are so timely for me. Thanks for all your hard work!
@@utubepunk I'm using an old Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-150 card and VLC. I'd bet any supported TV tuner card should do and then wire the VCR CATV output to the tuner. You may be able to use composite out or S-video depending on the VCR capabilities. Mine was CATV out only. There's a switch on the back of the VCR usually for CH 3 or 4, so make sure that's correct and tune to that. One thing that helped me find that channel was 'scantv -i "Tuner 1" -n NTSC-M -f us-cable -c /dev/video32', so something similar should work as a quick check that the tuner can see the carrier from the VCR. In my case 61.25MHz said '???' instead of 'no station', which all the others said. Then in VLC I used File->convert and make sure you use that frequency in kHz (so 61.25MHz becomes 61250kHz). I also had to specify the audio channel from the capture card as 'pulse://'. For the profile I used MPEG-TS encapsulation, MPEG-1 Codec @ 360x240px 1600kb/s bitrate and 29.97fps. Audio codec was MP3 @ 128kb/s bitrate, 2 channel, 44100Hz sample rate. Another issue was stuttering in the digital version and changing the caching to 2000ms from 300ms (under 'show more options') seemed to fix that. I'm sure there are plenty of better ways, but this worked for me. There was a lot of trial and error on the way though. Getting scantv to show something useful was the first success though. Although if you're using composite or S-video that's not necessary since there's no tuner involved.
@@steveP526 oh wow! Thanks for all the details. Gonna screenshot your reply for my notes. I remember way back when TV cards were a thing. Right after is when media centered PCs took off.
@@utubepunk I think I might have made a RU-vid comment no-no since my last reply didn't go through. Posting links maybe gets you flagged as spam or something. Anyway, keeping with the theme of Chris' original video - I created a new github repo. The user is bigsdawg-2k and the repo is VHS_capture_with_tuner_card. There's one PDF in there that has all my notes in chronological order (starting with a card I eventually learned had a bad tuner). It has a bunch of hopefully useful stuff in there...
@@steveP526 I have a bunch of camcorder VHS-C tapes also I really want to digitize... I did some research on what's involved and found one site where it seemed so complicated if you want to get the best results possible. So basically it seems not doable as a home project unless you don't mind a half assed result.
You definitely must work with both power users and basic users. You clearly grasp that there are levels to this IT world. Your ability to verbalize know the technical aspects to various areas and translate in a way that many people can understand. And the the greatest part is you do it without being condescending , disrespectful like so many elitist. I have been recommending your channel to all of my buddies who previously had a bad taste in there mouth from dealing with the elements in the Linux community who seem to not want Linux to truly be appreciated by everyone even the little guys. You da man Mr. Titus
I don’t disagree with your general sentiments: I have been, and remain, a staunch supporter of Chris and have been form the start. But I don’t rate well this particular video. When I first watched this video I was interested in finding out about GH, - I knew nothing about it. I could not understand most of this video back then. In the meantime I have used GH effectively, (in a limited way to glean a lot of useful info from past and present stuff, and have made some minor contributions.) Watching this a new a few times now, I still can’t make head nor tail of most of it. I think if you understand this video then you must already know all about GH. I think this video was a quick opportunist knee jerk reaction, but for the inexperienced GH user, it rather supports that LTT chaps confusion at trying to understand GH. For me GH remains over confusing, but you can glean good info from there, but a project goes around in circles and gets nowhere fast, partly because most people can’t underfstand the place, and that includes most people using it!, effectively or otherwise.
Nice video, please make a part 2 for more in-depth information like how branches work. And 2 things I noticed: 1) sometimes you use git as a term for both git and GitHub which could cause confusion (but to be fair those points are quite minor) 2) when you highlight a part of the screen (like at 9:13) and blur the background your camera also blurs which I think doesn't look good
Thanks for the feedback, yeah I'll change that title template to leave me in focus as well. I originally had branches in this video, but cut the part out as I didn't like my presentation and the fact it ran 10 minutes longer as I explained why we use branches for tests and rambled a bit too long for the purposes of this video.
Yup. And it's funny how he hates how github and distros manage both of those creations. I completely agree with him on this one. The distros can't agree on packaging for applications and github does a shit job of managing pulls and merges.
@@BlindRambler ".....github does a shit job of managing pulls and merges." - Would you care to elaborate? It seemed quite easy and convenient from the video.
@@JohnSmith-eg6bl github allows users to push commits without pgp key verification.... Which anyone can spoof others name. But while designing git, all these where taken care Also, git is really hard to learn software. But it is so powerful and useful as that, it almost nullify that issue... On the other hand, github made is easy, by sacrificing security.... Also the idea of git itself is decentization, which github completely forgot and made it a centralized software
As a pretty new user to Linux, I very recently started using git to manage a couple of things for myself, and to be honest, one can pretty much be up an running with some of the basic tools that git provides very quickly. The advanced features might take some time, but again, they're advanced and I don't need them just yet. It's amazing how powerful these tools are and how efficient they can make your workflow.
git advanced features can be mind benders for an already awesome tool. it can get *crazy*, crazy good once you get used to all of its details and inner workings, cause knowing how it ticks makes the thing unbreakable to some extent.
@@brianhsu_hsu You know the crazy thing is, I am not even a software developer :P . I am using git to mainly manage my config files, to aid me in making a website (teaching myself how to do this too), and most importantly experimenting with managing ifc files (BIM stuff, I'm an Architect). I just want people to realize git can be used for a lot of stuff beyond software development. Gotta love the open source community :')
Good that you show all the various ways to get files off of github, but it would be even more helpful to talk about why you'd pick one method over the other.
Great tutorial on this! I've been a little lost and I think this is a nice overview. I will admit, there have been times where I just wanted to download a single folder and didn't want to download the entire repo, so I've used downgit for that. I think it would be nice if there was a download button next to each file and folder by the commit id or something. I know it will be a while before that happens, but I don't it's an unreasonable improvement that could be made at least years down the line.
Neither did I. I think he was frustrated as this was from the Linux Challenge Part 2 when he was trying to use a GitHub project to get his GoXLR working.
You monetize your expertise and educating through your videos. That's way better than a black-box product, and more sustainable. The open-source model fuels collaboration and naturally spawns sell-able services. The short-sighted old guard who think of every product as a patented black box just don't get what they're missing out on, both in terms of professional satisfaction and monetary gain.
Very nice comment. Explains how RU-vid can be good, provided it does not get filled with too much crap. BTW, can this github stuff be monetized? I think very briefly Chris made a short comment in the video, but I am not sure
And this is why I like the Linus Linux challenge series look at all these great videos people are making explaining this stuff. The neck beards are spend their time laughing at Linus but look people are making videos explaining the stuff he gets wrong. Now new users get a better understanding of things that experienced Linux users normally don't think to explain.
If I could heart this video instead of like it I could since this is what I need right now for website design thanks so much this video means a lot to me it came in the right place and the right time!
Hey Chris, thanks for this github video. I do have one suggestion. The video was difficult to view with your machine in dark mode. It might be better for your video production if it's not in dark mode. Just saying.
@@thatguyalex2835 I use dark mode most of the time; however, when I share my screen during a training session I've learned to set it back to light mode to make it more visible to the viewer.
Why dose that code say code. And not clone or download or something that looks like hey click here too download me. Code sounds like something that the programers owner would use to make a change
And this is exactly the reason why I stopped even bothering with LTT. If he doesn't like how something is done he throws a fit and bashes whatever tech he doesn't like and pretty much tells everyone that the tech is wasted and useless, he's in it for the clout not the tech. You on the other hand I just stumbled onto and because of your explanation of Github I now want to dive into the world of Lynux and scripting. Tell me you wanna improve the world without telling me you wanna improve the world, LTT ya got some learnin to do!
well, about that "save link as..." thingy not everything is that straight forward when you try to save file with 'save link as...' you saving actual file with correct file extension problem with github is that it is NOT link to the file, it's reference to another HTML page but the way files/folders are shown on github(or similiar platgorms) user can think that he tries to save file and IMHO github could actually allow to save file via 'save link as...' and still redirect to html page on click
6:02 This is what Open Source is all about ♥ Only a True Developer can feel this inner peace and that satisfaction is priceless. Power of Open Source is Unlimited ∞
Good video! I am one of those who normally just using the command line for anything Git related so I haven't seen those graphical utilities. They do look like they could be good for me so I'll have to check them out. Thanks for all you do in explaining these things to folks!
thank you as someone who uses this once in a blue moon .... i knew there was a zip file some where also. right click save i only ever seen that trying to grab a photo from a website or something. or downloading a website for offline viewing
so what Linus did is akin to right clicking this youtube video and saving it to desktop as if you were trying to download the video, but you'd only get some random file
Git was created by Linus Torvalds, so that he'd have an easier way to collaborate with other people who wanted to help him develop Linux. Git is something I'm gonna have to learn, one of these days.
I'm the windows/linux dual boot daily user, and when i'm on windows i use command-line version of git, it just doesn't feel right when i look at app/gui version.
No its just the way i think. i prefer note pad, abc flow chart or Raptor. Raptor really lets you feel the algorythim and how it works without all the assembly language ( dont like hlls). Takes some time to manually convert however it has really given me a certain appreciation for how windows xp was made as i de code the leaked source. Just dont really like the github perspective of view. Not that its bad or anything like that its just a preference of understanding.
Disappointed he didn't show what to actually do after downloading the zip file. Because I've downloaded zip files, extracted them, and then can't seem to find any kind of .exe file in them to do anything with it. I've had this issue with numerous files from github, so I know it's something I must be doing wrong. I go to Code -> Download zip -> I create a folder on my desktop that I put the zip file in -> Right click the zip and click Extract here -> the zip file has "-master" at the end -> I look into the extracted folder and there is no .exe file to start anything up with or install anything. No idea what I'm doing wrong. Had this issue with both XOutput and ViGEmBus that I tried to download from github
Exactly! From a "plain user" standpoint, is not common sense to have the knowledge that you need to compile or work in some way what you have downloaded. It may be obvious for a developer, but a standard user may not know (and shouldn't be required) how to work around compiling, troubleshooting dependencies and other difficulties that you need to work out after you download that GitHub content.
If you go into it with an open source mindset, can you eventually make money somehow? I guess donations right? And how do you acquire an open source license?
what a big pile of $%^& git hub wants to sort itself out (or linux) after watching this i wanted to slit my wrists no wonder windows is so unstoppable, im sick of hearing "all you have to do is" followed by 6 weeks of lessons 44 ways to do one thing, i like GUI as does most the world for example windows is still GUI watch as its terminal takes a back seat for 99% of the world. i will continue using linux but its got to look at its self and ask why dont people like our text way of doing same stuf as one click windows lets go back and paint on cave walls. p.s your still the best tech tuber ty for trying chris
So i have a question. im very new to PC and i could be using this completely wrong, but i am trying to download a script i can use for a game. I understand i need to save the script that is on Git. but is there a certain way i need to execute it or something so i could use it?
The one thing i dont u derstand is that. What if multiple people fetch the latest version and commit different changes. U still have to do the pulls on that. So lets say 5 people committed changes since u last did a pull. What will then happen? Will stuff just get overwritten or does only the part that they changed get updated?
I don't think everyone should learn GitHub. If you are not a developer or building projects, then don't bother. And Sourceforge is easier and it will store more variable file types. If you do use GitHub and you need help, look into adding bounties to your project. I have gotten help from high level programmers by attaching $100 bounty to a project.
bro need you help regarding arch linux thing is that i have installed freach arch and chose xfce4 dex and the proble is that i am unable to configure the way of diaplaying network tray in xfce4 pannel and same in the case of bluetooth plz help
One thing i don't get... why developers don't put executable in their project. You always have to build from source and for linux newbies it means a total nightmare which end it up always on dependency errors and whatnot. Don't even mention how hard is remove something built from source... At the moment github is manly for "real" linux users. Too complicated and not practical for the general user. Personally speaking i find github more scary than the terminal.
@@TheTurnipKing I just know i tried in the past to install polybar many times unsuccesfully, i struggle to install kvantum as well (i had to search through heaps of tutorial to fix dependency issues and whatnot). Recently i wanted to try a new calendar app (in beta version) but no luck again. If you are a newbie with basic linux knowledge github is a no-go place unfortunately. Easier to rely on the old sudo apt install or some appcenter
Linus teaching tubers how to do it by playing the fool and giving everyone work roasting him... now that's a biz man... learn well young grasshoppers...
So True, At the end of the day it equates to more views for him. I always try to leave a link to the source video when I take a snippit and I think many others do the same.
Is there any way to customize my personal dashboard? I'm so close to creating the perfect workflow, I just need to edit what shows up in the "browse activity" section!
Hey can one be able to flash phones in Linux or are there any tools for that. Especially ones that work like miracle box with multiple tasks or functions.
i feel like Linus had 30 minutes to get through that task, reached github, saw the file and right clicked on it to save it, without even seeing if there was any other available option, and rambled about it.
Is it really that weird to work with Windows as a developer? Now I'm questioning myself. I absolutely completely Do Not Understand windows, compared to Linux. But I'm still doing all my normal day to day work in Windows 10. Hmm. Is it time to make the switch? Guess the main thing I'm scared for is how well multiple desktop's + iCue/corsair profiles work. Interesting. Came for git, got away with linux.
if you ask me, a website that everyone uses SHOULDN'T REQUIRE THIRD PARTY PROGRAMS AND MULTIPLE FUCKING TUTORIAL VIDEOS just to get a fix for 1 tiny thing!
github projects have a releases channel that is exactly this. However its up to the maintainers/developers of the project to use it and provide files that are easy to install for your platform.
the problem with github is that they expect you to know how to do things already which is extremely counterintuitive, especially for someone who's trying to get into linux. it's one of the many reasons why i dont see linux becoming a mainstream OS. People in the linux community EXPECT YOU how to do things WITHOUT ASSISTANCE via GUI. TERMINAL OR NOTHING. Unless Linux can get GUI extremely basic just like Windows, it will forever stay in the developer mindset and will never reach the average joe.
Hello! Chris. Because I do not like to use an app from the store let's say I prefer to use a program if it is available of course but right now I am looking for Clipchamp as a program and I do not know if it is available or not but how do I know if it is available from GitHub? I will appreciate your answer. Greetings.
git is awesome, although on arch-based distros you normally can do just fine by sticking with AUR. Most git projects are also present in AUR. This was great though!
