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:

https://youtu.be/iLpIzfZ_2zI

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?