TL:DW It’s a 54:20 video of Fake Linus interviewing with Linus Torvalds. It goes over Linus’s views on hardware choice, questions about Linux and several community questions.

The video is long, but it’s a good listen.

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    Do you mean buying computers worth thousands of dollars doesn’t make you a computer expert? I’m shocked. Shocked!

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      You know, I was fine with LTT for a while (many years ago). I knew they were clowns, but they seemed genuine and well intentioned. Their first Linux challenge made me raise my eyebrows at them, because I was a long time Linux user and knew much of what they said was either off the mark or disingenuous.

      Then their storage server video came out and I almost fell off my chair with the levels of bafoonery I had watched. Even the real experts that helped them out had a hard time keeping their words civil while discussing the postmortem of the situation. That’s when I lost respect for LTT and Linus Sebastian as a tech “expert”.

      Then all the other stuff about the lies, the made up metrics, the years of garbage test data from negligent and lazy practices, and the cherry on top which was the Billet Labs thing. The arrogance of Linus Sebastian to do the test in bad faith on a GPU that was explicitly stated by Billet Labs to not be the target device, and then Linus whine on the WAAAH Show that it would cost him too much money to do a proper retest, and then just selling off the prototype. Then doubling down twice in a forum post that LINUS SEBASTIAN is somehow the victim in all of this! Poor Poor Linus Sebastian.

      And the moron couldn’t even do an apology video without making some wise-ass joke. Couldn’t read the room the one time he needed to do it.

      He’s just an ass-hat.

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        He’s also vocally anti-labor organization and anti-union.

        Arguably he’s also pro workplace sexual harassment, but hey, he made an apology video so that’s no big deal.

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          He’s also vocally anti-labor organization and anti-union.

          I hear this all the time but people who say this can never seem to find a source for it. What he has said is that if his employees felt like they needed to form a union, then he would have failed as an employer. He’s gone on the record as pro-union many times.

          Arguably he’s also pro workplace sexual harassment

          This one though, that’s new. I don’t suppose you have a source for that one either?

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              That’s an entire post about nothing but the testimony of a single employee.

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                And 8 months later the results of the investigation were posted here:

                https://xcancel.com/LinusTech/status/1793428629378208057

                There were a series of accusations about our company last August from a former employee. Immediately following these accusations, LMG hired Roper Greyell - a large Vancouver-based law firm specializing in labor and employment law, to conduct a third-party investigation. Their website describes them as “one of the largest employment and labour law firms in Western Canada.” They work with both private and public sector employers.

                To ensure a fair investigation, LMG did not comment or publicly release any data and asked our team members to do the same. Now that the investigation is complete, we’re able to provide a summary of the findings.

                The investigation found that:

                • Claims of bullying and harassment were not substantiated.

                • Allegations that sexual harassment were ignored or not addressed were false.

                • Any concerns that were raised were investigated. Furthermore, from reviewing our history, the investigator is confident that if any other concerns had been raised, we would have investigated them.

                • There was no evidence of “abuse of power” or retaliation. The individual involved may not have agreed with our decisions or performance feedback, but our actions were for legitimate work-related purposes, and our business reasons were valid.

                • Allegations of process errors and miscommunication while onboarding this individual were partially substantiated, but the investigator found ample documentary evidence of LMG working to rectify the errors and the individual being treated generously and respectfully. When they had questions, they were responded to and addressed.

                In summary, as confirmed by the investigation, the allegations made against the team were largely unfounded, misleading, and unfair.

                With all of that said, in the spirit of ongoing improvement, the investigator shared their general recommendation that fast-growing workplaces should invest in continuing professional development. The investigator encouraged us to provide further training to our team about how to raise concerns to reinforce our existing workplace policies.

                Prior to receiving this report, LMG solicited anonymous feedback from the team in an effort to ensure there was no unreported bullying and harassment and hosted a training session which reiterated our workplace policies and reinforced our reporting structure. LMG will continue to assess ongoing continuing education for our team.

                At this time, we feel our case for a defamation suit would be very strong; however, our deepest wish is to simply put all of this behind us. We hope that will be the case, given the investigator’s clear findings that the allegations made online were misrepresentations of what actually occurred. We will continue to assess if there is persistent reputational damage or further defamation.

                This doesn’t mean our company is perfect and our journey is over. We are continuously learning and trying to do better. Thank you all for being part of our community.

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                  And? A firm you paid found nothing. Big shock.

                  But actually, these things boil down to he said, she said, and most of the employees involved have left th company. Not really much to investigate

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            if his employees felt like they needed to form a union, then he would have failed as an employer

            This is a standard anti-union line. It aims to maintain a union-free status quo. Employees in a non-coop union-free workplace have very little leverage to get more of the profits they generate. The workplace environment might be alright, employees might be paid alright. That doesn’t mean they’re paid fairly for the value they create. When there’s no union, employee pay is set by the labour market, regardless of how much value they create for the employer. If an employee creates 10x what they’re paid and they ask for triple pay, their employer would say there’s another candidate to take their place, that it would be a bit of hassle to train so they’d give the employee some marginal raise, to not deal with that. A union on the other hand creates the negotiating leverage to get much more of the value employees create, by threatening a significant financial and reputational loss for the employer. Linua doesn’t want that. Most employers don’t.

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              This is a standard anti-union line.

              I mean, it may be, combined with other anti-union sentiments. It’s also completely fucking true.

              I understand how unions work but thank you for the mansplanation.

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          He’s also vocally anti-labor organization and anti-union.

          Arguably he’s also pro workplace sexual harassment…

          Untrue on both counts, but I’d love to see a source that proves me wrong

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            You realize that most of us here have watched plenty of LTT content, right?

            I don’t know if you would call it a regular occurrence, but on more than a few videos I’ve watched he has made explicitly anti-union comments, including saying that organized labor is unnecessary.

            And looking at your comment history, you’re an avid LTT viewer, so you already knew that.

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              Burden of proof is on the accuser.

              I can’t prove a negative, but he has stated multiple times that he is pro union.

              Additionally, the 3rd party law firm that investigated the ex employee’s claims against LMG (the company) found that:

              Claims of bullying and harassment were not substantiated.

              Allegations that sexual harassment were ignored or not addressed were false.

              You should also note that the former employee never accused Linus Sebastian (the individual) of being a sex pest. Certain people lie about this constantly on the internet, and others believe it is true without verifying the facts

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                Having seen multiple videos of him ranting about unions, I find your claim laughable.

                But wow, I wasn’t aware that a law firm they paid said they did nothing wrong, that changes everything.

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                  I‘ve watched a lot of LTT and WAN show. I do not recall him ever speaking out against unions. He only ever said, he‘d see it as a personal failure as an employer, if his employees felt the need to unionise. He wouldn’t try to stop them if they did though.

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                  Yeah, I guess the accuser really should have been the one to pay tens of thousands to a third party right?

                  I’m fairly sure that nothing could change your mind at this point, but by all means keep spreading your misinformation.

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                We investigated ourselves, and found nothing wrong.

                Oh I’m sorry, let me fix that:

                We paid someone to investigate us, and once our payment cleared, they found nothing wrong.

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                    You just claimed Linus was pro-union, when all of us have watched the videos of him ranting about his distain for unions and saying they’re unnecessary.

                    Forgive me if I don’t take your critique at face value.

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                Burden of proof is on the accuser.

                The burden of proof is on the party making a positive claim. This is true when in a debate, or maybe a professional setting.

                But this is the internet. No one owes you anything here, besides, Linus Sebastian’s statements are generally known. And often he directly contradicts himself from show to show.

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                  …Linus Sebastian’s statements are generally known.

                  Apparently not based on your comments. Another explanation is that certain individuals know the facts, but twist the truth in an effort to manipulate others.

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                Ah. You’re that guy I’d been expecting to hit this thread. Ya know you can still like his content without trying to tell other people they are completely wrong about a thing they’ve clearly thought about more than a little.

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                    That “attack” was actually a gentle suggestion. You can just like LTT. You can ignore all the people who don’t.

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        Thanks for summarizing all that. I knew most of it but forgot some of those details. He is an asshat indeed. I’ve been saying that for a couple years. Somehow every time I comment about him online multiple people jump in to say he did nothing wrong. Surprised that’s not happened here yet honestly.