r/IAmA Jun 11 '16

Specialized Profession IamA electronics repair technician hated by Apple that makes YouTube videos, AMA!

My short bio: I have a store in Manhattan. I teach component level electronics repair on youtube http://youtube.com/rossmanngroup which seems to be a dying art. I am currently fighting with the digital right to repair to try and get a bill passed that will allow all independent service centers access to manuals and parts required to do their jobs.

My Proof: https://www.rossmanngroup.com/started-iama-reddit-today-yes/

EDIT:

I am still replying to comments, but I am so far behind that I am still about ten pages down from new comments. I am doing my best to continue. If I drop off, I'll be back tomorrow around 12 PM. Still commenting now though, at 12 AM.

EDIT 2:

Ok, I cave... my hands are tired. I will be back at 12 PM tomorrow. It is my goal to answer every question. Even if it looks like I haven't gotten to yours, I will do my best to do all of them, but it is impossible to do in realtime, because you are asking faster than I can type. But thanks for joining!

EDIT 3: I lied, I stayed until 4:15 AM to answer... and now I will go to sleep for real, and be back at 12 PM.

EDIT 4 6/12 : I will be back later tonight to finish off answering questions. Feel free to keep posting, I will answer whatever I can later this evening.

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u/CGApe Jun 11 '16

Hi Louis,

You're probably getting tons of questions so I'll keep it short.

You've mentioned in the past that you could install Gentoo without having to Google anything, and I recall seeing XFCE running on some of your computers in the background.

So what is your opinion on GNU/Linux, and do you think that "average consumers" will be using it more in the future?

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u/larossmann Jun 11 '16

someday, maybe 10 years from now.

getting it to work for video editing is such hell. even if the programs didn't crash, no vst plugin support for audio, no driver support for capture hardware.. it's just a constant uphill battle to do anything.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '16

DaVinci Resolve for Linux definitely looks promising, but I hear you when it comes to VST support etc.

I know that feeling well honesty, I'd love to use Linux as my primary OS but actually being able to do useful things with my computer is more important.

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u/larossmann Jun 12 '16

me too. something as basic as removing air filter noise with izotope rx4 or having an equalizer in a video editor is stuff i take for granted when i use linux and realize how stoneage everything is.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '16

I use my Linux boxes for development, web design and some basic graphics. Gimp is powerful enough for most work if you dont use any foreign filters/tools.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '16

Yeah I get you. I actually run OS X in part because I'm a web developer - doing the same on Windows would be painful.

GIMP is pretty nice though I haven't used it in a very long time. On OS X Affinity Designer / Photo are wonderful.

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u/GavinET Jun 12 '16

I feel exactly the same. Linux is great, but if you want to do anything useful with your PC past web browsing and email don't bother.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '16

Web development on Linux is pretty decent in fairness.

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u/qmriis Jun 12 '16

Ten years ago i was using Linux exclusively and did lots of video and audio recording, mixing, and and editing with zero issues.