Can This USB Stick Resurrect Your Old PC?
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@archismarathe1589 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I'm sure grandma knows how to go into boot options
@splewy 4 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
It does actually tell u how on the packet. Depending on your pc what button to press.
@ultirn3338 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah I was thinking that XD
@Impossible_Fishy 4 жыл бұрын
@@Ragemodepigeon shes gonna press it once and think that it doesn't work
@nolanpearce6152 4 жыл бұрын
XD
@renragged 4 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
That isn't even a product, it's just a scam
@FinalKingX 4 жыл бұрын
Maybe they put it in fine print to prevent this but most people don't read it.
@damian9303 4 жыл бұрын
I feel like they make it obvious though with the whole "OMG! MY LAPTOP IS NOW BOOTING EVEN WITH A DEAD HARD DRIVE"
@haryholland 3 жыл бұрын
Lucas Zhu yeah I bet grandma knows how to do that
@renragged 3 жыл бұрын
@@haryholland hahahaaaa
@EdoVro 3 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
Lol
@alkaupadhyay7650 3 жыл бұрын
@@galipaydogan1958 stfu
@ieatpizza371 3 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@hedgeearthridge6807 3 жыл бұрын
"Oh, Anthony's in the video" *FALLS OUT OF CHAIR IN EXCITEMENT*
@theproudlinuxer 3 жыл бұрын
@@dcmk4683 What nonsense is that?
@blackraider777 3 жыл бұрын
@@dcmk4683 no
@blackraider777 3 жыл бұрын
best part of video
@theproudlinuxer 3 жыл бұрын
@@blackraider777 Yes you're right... Did you look at the delight in his face?
@DigitalHandle 3 жыл бұрын
@@dcmk4683 STFU
@turtleguy123r3 4 жыл бұрын
I feel scammed and I haven't even bought anything...
@robroy5573 4 жыл бұрын
Lol! Funny joke!
@turtleguy123r3 4 жыл бұрын
@@robroy5573 I am here all week
@abrahamquintanapy 4 жыл бұрын
HAHAHAHAHA nice one
@nighthawk5295 4 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
Ubuntu free download and make your own, its easy and i did it years ago.
@danr2652 4 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
At least your tap water is considered "holy".
@danr2652 4 жыл бұрын
@@BillCarrIpswich I hope you really didn't pay 15 bucks for a SINGLE glass Jar.
@Mika-85 4 жыл бұрын
The effort of filling it up and labelling it should be worth it!
@takkikayo 4 жыл бұрын
thats true, specially SENIOR CITIZEN they take advantage
@stephengere3937 3 жыл бұрын
"Maybe I'll play a little pinball." *IN 3D*
@p3chv0gel22 3 жыл бұрын
Tbh i still love 3D Pinball
@Alymoss 3 жыл бұрын
In 3D ... we are in the future
@slug.racing 2 жыл бұрын
!
@jackieburkhart3268 2 жыл бұрын
do you know there's also BALLZ in 3D? damn, excitement.
@FoxCoffee. 2 жыл бұрын
It sound like an ad for Windows XP with some "cool teenagers".
@derpyllama1857 3 жыл бұрын
Imagine paying $70 for a flash drive with a Linux distro flashed on it.
@theproudlinuxer 3 жыл бұрын
It actually costs 5 minutes (to flash)
@LiEnby 3 жыл бұрын
@@theproudlinuxer but u can flash like 300 at once lol
@theproudlinuxer 2 жыл бұрын
@Big man Oh, but flashing the ISO to the drive takes very less time.
@theproudlinuxer 2 жыл бұрын
@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 жыл бұрын
Its against the GPL to not make the source code available freely, which they aren't doing.
@DragonBuilds 4 жыл бұрын
In one of their ads the guy showed a DVD drive and called it a hard drive.
@fders938 4 жыл бұрын
He should of jammed a floppy disk into it lol
@ahmadaamer6 4 жыл бұрын
That made me laugh.
@starman8853 4 жыл бұрын
Lmao I got that one just now
@robantsin 4 жыл бұрын
@@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 жыл бұрын
Ikr people are so stupid
@BD90.. 4 жыл бұрын
literally only here because the stupid ad was playing and i was thinking scam.
@Hiiamthelren 4 жыл бұрын
BlackDolphin90 well, it is a scam lol
@Moreo734 4 жыл бұрын
Funny because i saw that same ad on a linus video
@BD90.. 4 жыл бұрын
@@Hiiamthelren it is a scam that is targeting the same people who fall for tech support scams and the like.
@BD90.. 4 жыл бұрын
@@Moreo734 😂
@ayaseshinomiya6524 4 жыл бұрын
Same here...
@Silentguy_ 2 жыл бұрын
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
@MightyMattTM 3 жыл бұрын
Linus: “Brings Anthony” Me: “Ah it must have Linux on it”
@thefunnymanfromamazon374 2 жыл бұрын
OMG IN THE 69TH LIKR
@strandalx 2 жыл бұрын
I thought Linus literally made Linux though....
@alexferguson8893 4 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
Me too
@LowDoughTech 4 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
@@Ash_Lawless its ridiculous to pay $80
@zion653 5 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
Granny: sudo come help me
@Jpp-iy4km 5 жыл бұрын
@@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 жыл бұрын
@@Jpp-iy4km oh god
@InfernosReaper 5 жыл бұрын
@UnitedRaccoon57 Not every bios uses those keys, especially on older systems.
@geovani60624 5 жыл бұрын
actually, even my 12 years old notebook uses usb for boot by default
@ultraplague 4 жыл бұрын
Xtra Pc: *Exist* Anti 5G USB stick: Finally, a worthy opponent! Our battle will be legendary!
@MrKerri888 3 жыл бұрын
What is this comment referring to @Ultra Plague?
@StarMaverick 3 жыл бұрын
@@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 жыл бұрын
@@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 жыл бұрын
@@MrKerri888 why would you want to protect yourself from 5g tho
@MrKerri888 3 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@thelovertunisia 3 жыл бұрын
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.
@donkeykong3x3 5 жыл бұрын
Grandma at the family reunion: By the way I use Arch!
@hadto8482 5 жыл бұрын
i got a good laugh out of that
@CesarLP96 5 жыл бұрын
I'm dyinh HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
@Evan490BC 5 жыл бұрын
Can your grandma fix my computer, please?
@lxmcf 5 жыл бұрын
You have to be from devRant judging by that comment
@johnathanmcdoe 5 жыл бұрын
Meanwhile your weird uncle had a glass too much again and yells INSTALL GENTOO at your mother.
@Cewyah 4 жыл бұрын
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 3 жыл бұрын
You're allow to sell any distro of Linux, but yes, they are scumbags.
@dittikke 3 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
@@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 жыл бұрын
20 cents is quite expensive for a blank cd
@eierhai1831 3 жыл бұрын
How to make old pc’s faster: Clean it up from dust!!!!
@InfernosReaper 3 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
@@insanitylol Do you have ANY idea how many sperm cells gave their lives in the process of growing that homework folder?
@paradoxzee6834 3 жыл бұрын
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
@gavinthecrafter 3 жыл бұрын
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 😆
@MathijsGroothuis 5 жыл бұрын
Such a techy grandma, opening chrome instead of that blue E.
@SuperTux20 5 жыл бұрын
Firefox or Chrome? Which is better?
@samuelkavicky7242 5 жыл бұрын
My grandpa uses that e even tho i showed him that chrime is faster
@SeaJay_Oceans 5 жыл бұрын
Alphabet welcomes her submission... :-) Will Google end up buying Microsoft ?
@spyrox 5 жыл бұрын
No, that's the "button for the internet"
@ySc135 5 жыл бұрын
@@samuelkavicky7242 my dad does it ...
@WaifuDiver 4 жыл бұрын
Windows Updates: "Shut Down your PC and install updates now." Anthony: "Yeah no I don't think so bud."
@HappyBeezerStudios 4 жыл бұрын
shutdown /s /t 0
@aaronrennyvargheseOriginal 4 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
it's windows 7. you can log out and then you can shutdown without installing updates.
@MichaelSanAngelo 4 жыл бұрын
Ain't nobody got time for updates. XD
@guayabito6946 4 жыл бұрын
Updates don't generally have anything to do with performance.
@eTxZombie 3 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
Do you also provide remote appointments, for eg, screenshare pc plus have a video call on another device?
@eTxZombie 3 жыл бұрын
@@MrKerri888 yup, I sure do.
@MrKerri888 3 жыл бұрын
@@eTxZombie Do you have a web page? I’m in Australia, would that matter?
@arootube 3 жыл бұрын
Be honest, you charge $69 just to know that somebody somewhere is gonna say "..nice."
@iyeetsecurity922 2 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
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 ай бұрын
I remember feeling bad ass for seeing the CPU at 100 and ram at 80 or so. Turns out my PC just sucked!
@ForbiddenFate 4 жыл бұрын
So its $80 for linux on a usb flash drive. *interesting*
@thelegendarywizard 4 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful idea
@dess.3761 4 жыл бұрын
69. *Whale Breathing* N. I. C. E
@Mika-85 4 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
Linux is free
@domomania 3 жыл бұрын
finds random 4 gig usb *ubuntu time bitches* costs like 10 bucks
@umbra1016 5 жыл бұрын
Adding "The" to everything is such an accurate grandmotherly thing to say. The Facebook The VLC The Chrome
@s0mepi884 5 жыл бұрын
The google bing
@mdwz 5 жыл бұрын
for facebook, it really was originally called "the facebook", you can even type thefacebook.com and it will go to fb
@umbra1016 5 жыл бұрын
@@mdwz well, yeah... but no one calls it that. They even bring that up in the movie.
@EP1CxEMAN08 5 жыл бұрын
The Firefox The KZfaq The Reddit The Linus Tech Tips You get the idea
@mujjuman 5 жыл бұрын
mine watches youtube lol shes 85
@blackstarindustries27 3 жыл бұрын
Love Anthony, he's so chill. Guy could be talking about anything and I'd listen.
@Toasty-qs1tp 3 жыл бұрын
"im your grandmother" didnt know linus died
@aeyde 3 жыл бұрын
Uyyyyyyyyy what really
@dougiebell9944 3 жыл бұрын
@@aeyde r/wooosh
@ferbyys9626 3 жыл бұрын
@@dougiebell9944 i kindly inform you that redditors can go on their own site and be overly annoying THERE
@killertigergaming6762 3 жыл бұрын
@@ferbyys9626 r/whoosh
@ferbyys9626 3 жыл бұрын
@@killertigergaming6762 as i was saying, please go back to your shitty website and learn to spell the subreddit
@pyk_ 5 жыл бұрын
At least your grandma has a sweet RGB keyboard to look at while the PC loads.
@randomdude4556 5 жыл бұрын
Zaleucus lol 😂 gamer grandma
@LeonSteelpaw 5 жыл бұрын
Its freaking Linux on a stick, thats all it is! Your paying for a customized distro! Linux is free!!
@girlsdrinkfeck 5 жыл бұрын
but owning a bussiness and runing it and making these drives bootable isnt free,
@Adam-cq2yo 5 жыл бұрын
@@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 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
@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 жыл бұрын
you understand that the whole world doesnt know about computers right? some people literally just know how to turn it on
@joshuasibayan1726 4 жыл бұрын
“Pc companies hate this product!”
@MrKerri888 3 жыл бұрын
The operative question is why? Because it negates their expensive services? Or?
@AvengedDH 3 жыл бұрын
"Everyone hates this product!"
@aadisahni 3 жыл бұрын
"Turn your old PC like the day it was bought with this one easy trick"
@peterkernohan778 3 жыл бұрын
underrated comment
@yasyasmarangoz3577 3 жыл бұрын
cringe 😬
@huh6449 3 жыл бұрын
Bruh my grandpa just bought one of these despite me telling him 20 times it’s a scam. Bruhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
@ronsonjames8462 5 жыл бұрын
40$? I'll get an SSD and 2GB more DDR2 RAM instead for 35$
@RandarTheBarbarian 5 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
Makis Equinox I might have some, if I do you can have it cheap?
@k3v1n683 5 жыл бұрын
@@iCallH4x p0
@pushthepro 5 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@Noble259 5 жыл бұрын
LMG video editors are the hero's in the background making every video awesome AF
@insidious714 5 жыл бұрын
What do the other editors do? Seems like Taran edits everything
@jamesfromit 5 жыл бұрын
@@insidious714 @Aprime edited this one. :)
@guspaz 5 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@silverwatchdog 2 жыл бұрын
Adding “the” to every app sells the impression so well
@quincya 3 жыл бұрын
Damn, granny's got some sweet peripherals
@PCNERD19 5 жыл бұрын
*sells rebranded linux mint for $80*
@GervasitorSpaceman67 5 жыл бұрын
Actually it looks more like lubuntu (very similar to the one I'm running on my old netbook currently)
@that1foxxo 5 жыл бұрын
@@GervasitorSpaceman67 I think they were talking about them selling it themself. XD
@GervasitorSpaceman67 5 жыл бұрын
@@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 жыл бұрын
@@GervasitorSpaceman67 correctiun its actuly just a linux distro with lxde as the desktop envirment
@roundduckkira 5 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@noenken 5 жыл бұрын
40 to 80 bucks for essentially free software on a USB stick sounds reasonable to you?
@Reddo136 5 жыл бұрын
Ultra-quote
@Tremor244 5 жыл бұрын
well it's a pretty smart business, you can't blame them
@BlokeOnAMotorbike 5 жыл бұрын
sure. What's your time worth?
@videblu 5 жыл бұрын
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 (KZfaq 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 жыл бұрын
The real question is... CAN we create one for 20 to 40 bucks and undercut their profit margin?
@Gandagorn 3 жыл бұрын
Oh wow, they have their own bootloader!! They must be legit! (Heavy sarcasm)
@imeveryonesoni-chan1975 4 жыл бұрын
Im wacthing this as im download a lightweight porteus lunix for my old paviliion laptop from 2005!
@DavidImrie 5 жыл бұрын
If you are willing to spend $80 on speeding up grandmas computer, then an SSD wins every time.
@System0Error0Message 5 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
I just got a $30 SSD (240G) and put MX Linux on it. WOW!!I use my HDD for data.
@Jahwi 5 жыл бұрын
After giving your grandma Linux: Grandma: sudo when are you going to come visit me?
@fionafiona1146 5 жыл бұрын
Mine just got something against the bad "radiation" it has blue light. www.memon.eu/en/company-memon/
@JonaFolgt 5 жыл бұрын
When you're at your grandma's cd ..
@guychensn 5 жыл бұрын
sudo eat this you look skinny
@YankeeTM 5 жыл бұрын
Shutdown
@coryc123 5 жыл бұрын
@@guychensn I'm dead
@atlys258 3 жыл бұрын
Oh my gosh, Anthony is so funny "yea extreme fever, you're dead" slayed me
@SergeGuillaume 3 жыл бұрын
We definitely need more Anthony!
@legoshaakti 4 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
Yeah, see there’s a background.
@theproudlinuxer 3 жыл бұрын
Have you used the i3 Window manager?
@heinuchung8680 5 жыл бұрын
SOULJA STICK? or SOULJA JAM! for when your computer is in a JAM makes it go fast BAM
@AutoShop101 3 жыл бұрын
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.
@MissesWitch 3 жыл бұрын
Reminded me of my old pc.. with the waiting for the loading tabs!! Even just one loaded forever!
@sleepingtrack6350 4 жыл бұрын
i'm surprised granny had a gaming mouse that's a legit nan
@lachlandoyle 4 жыл бұрын
Squidleepop lmao 🤣
@lettuce7378 4 жыл бұрын
*legit NaN
@Americanspy-hn2kw 4 жыл бұрын
I got my gma a gaming pc
@carlangelo653 4 жыл бұрын
My grandma bought a G502 for the scroll wheel.
@redux2984 4 жыл бұрын
I’m surprised she can type that quick to
@angrynerd2103 5 жыл бұрын
So you bought a flash drive with free software on it?...
@CC-vv2ne 5 жыл бұрын
For the price of decent SSD
@nekkooogacha8745 4 жыл бұрын
Sweet
@user-rn3yr7lc8l 3 жыл бұрын
I lolled so hard
@SupraSav 3 жыл бұрын
This upload reminded me of win 7, just always ran flawless.
@johnfite2567 3 жыл бұрын
My mom is 79. I put Zorin OS on her pc a year ago. I installed chrome browser and she uses the browser for almost everything. Google sheets for her spreadsheets and Gmail for email. I'm not a huge fan of chrome or Google but it works for her. I haven't received a tech support call after making the switch.
@ItsJustRyansChannel 4 жыл бұрын
4:55 - Linus says "Lubuntu restricted add-ons..." 5:24 - Linus proceeds to ask what distro this is... IT'S A TRAP!!!
@Kevimars 4 жыл бұрын
Underrated comment😂
@ItsJustRyansChannel 4 жыл бұрын
@@Kevimars lol thanks. I love finding these little discrepancies in life.
@FinalKingX 4 жыл бұрын
I mean he is "Lie-Nus" (April Fools 2020 video) when he pays people to make it look like he knows everything.
@haseenabadshah5381 3 жыл бұрын
69 likes lmao
@bassdrop001 5 жыл бұрын
How will grandma know how to boot the drive from BIOS?
@jorelplay8738 5 жыл бұрын
the real question here
@Mindroix 5 жыл бұрын
Magic dude
@Vlad-1986 5 жыл бұрын
You'll need to make sure it boots from USB first, so you need a bit of "helping hand"
@DapperCracker512 5 жыл бұрын
Speak for ur own grandma bruh
@deidyomega 5 жыл бұрын
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.
@tylersanders2388 3 жыл бұрын
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
@taylorjohnson7713 3 жыл бұрын
Damn this is pretty awful, there selling a USB stick with a Linux distro with a different wallpaper, poor grandma.
@guy_incognito7538 4 жыл бұрын
"After this message from Glasswire!" *Double Tap* "...link below." Thank you Linus. Thank you.
@tomboz777 4 жыл бұрын
Caleb Teague man knows what he's doing. 😏
@guy_incognito7538 4 жыл бұрын
@@tomboz777 and I thank him for it 👏👏👏
@fitmotheyap 4 жыл бұрын
actually thanks.. unlike other yts... 2 minutes 1 sponsor then another one right after 30 seconds linus better than most others
@ZeldaLord1 4 жыл бұрын
I cant even use glasswire I’m a apple user
@anky_but_on_steroids3750 4 жыл бұрын
This is so me
@crides0 5 жыл бұрын
$40 for flashing a boot drive with a Linux? 10 times too much
@amrsoll 5 жыл бұрын
But it's not just Linux though. I might even wonder if the use of them' legacy icons could be grandma friendly hehe
@crides0 5 жыл бұрын
@@amrsoll If you think that'd be a point, then a simple google search is enough. 5 minutes. But my guess is they're using Firefox 52 ESR (Extended Support Release), so they get long term support, which is good because grandma probably won't update stuff.
@SamTehSquirrel 5 жыл бұрын
It’s 40$ too much, Linux is free... Linux is the best
@crides0 5 жыл бұрын
@@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 жыл бұрын
@@SamTehSquirrel you obviously don't understand the cost USB drives.
@Eisforever473_ 3 жыл бұрын
Him: after a message from our sponsor Me: double taps to skip 10 seconds
@theproudlinuxer 3 жыл бұрын
Me too
@cst1229 3 жыл бұрын
fuck sponsors
@theproudlinuxer 3 жыл бұрын
@@cst1229 Don't ever use that kind of language
@cst1229 3 жыл бұрын
@@theproudlinuxer This is the Internet. It -normally- sometimes isn't rated E.
@theproudlinuxer 3 жыл бұрын
@@cst1229 Hey, how did you get the *strikethrough* thing man?
@tonymyers5823 3 жыл бұрын
Hi gang I enjoyed your presentation. Thank you
@pjlecy1 5 жыл бұрын
I might be wrong, but I believe you can order a bootable USB/CD from distributions for a much lower price.
@hadinossanosam4459 5 жыл бұрын
If you have any empty flash drives, you can even make one *for free*!
@craigmosey 5 жыл бұрын
like this? seems cheaper. thelinuxshop.co.uk/manjaro-32gb-drive-p-328.html
@_mkc 5 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
nah mate all you need is any usb drive and the right software
@ShiroKage009 5 жыл бұрын
The idea is having the entire thing loaded and ready to go.
@PieStudios 5 жыл бұрын
I don't think I would want Linus to be my grandmother
@PieStudios 5 жыл бұрын
Ohmagad my grandma liked my comment!
@loganrossignol 5 жыл бұрын
my grandmothers are dead
@adventureoflinkmk2 5 жыл бұрын
@@loganrossignol so are mine...
@lightningdev1 5 жыл бұрын
I would
@vgamesx1 5 жыл бұрын
Well I definitely wouldn't because he almost certainly would've dropped me as a baby.
@Larsykfz303 4 жыл бұрын
For $80 you might as well buy a 128gb sata ssd and install linux on that, faster load times, cheaper. you cant transfer it from pc to pc as easily as an usb drive tho.
@sherithnoorey1419 Жыл бұрын
Buy a USB 3.0 external SATA SSD then.
@elijahr6261 4 жыл бұрын
I love the ads for this product where they claim to be holding the pc hard drive but it’s actually a CD drive.
@robinroesler7605 5 жыл бұрын
Why not spend the money on a ssd and install Linux on it
@Rob-qc9en 5 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
druaga1 here
@screes620 5 жыл бұрын
Or just buy an SSD and clone the old drive to it.
@dynamicsinesdynamicsines1161 5 жыл бұрын
EXACTLY
@elsandosgrande 5 жыл бұрын
@@destroyer_of_water_planet OK, that's a bit much (Gentoo is giving me a royal pain right about now).
@thelastcube. 5 жыл бұрын
$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 жыл бұрын
you can't fault 'em for initiative.
@basshead. 5 жыл бұрын
I rather use Windows XP.
@RackaApps 5 жыл бұрын
@@basshead. madlad
@adrianul85 5 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
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.
@4thecoolcookies 3 жыл бұрын
In Germany i got an advertising for Xtra PC und the first senates was that you can run you PC without the HDD, and he hold a DVD Laptop Drive in his hand.
@xersis31 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for that whoever edited that clap thing i love you so
@keithputz918 5 жыл бұрын
For $80 you can buy a used Dell business PC that does so much more.
@SenileTomato 5 жыл бұрын
LOL
@bombslayer876 5 жыл бұрын
Or a think pad ♡
@shawnb.2558 5 жыл бұрын
For that money you could get an SSD and throw it in there...
@InfernosReaper 5 жыл бұрын
Yep, that'd actually improve things, unlike running an OS off USB2, which makes things worse...
@jhonshephard921 5 жыл бұрын
quick, new business idea. Sell Pre-Installed Linux on SSD, then charge for customer support.
@swagsurgin6907 5 жыл бұрын
@@jhonshephard921 You could? and it'd make money. The world we live in...
@IosaJ 3 жыл бұрын
Exactly
@jfarinacci0329 3 жыл бұрын
Really good vid. Thank you.
@Jack-ur4in 2 жыл бұрын
These guys are pretty cool ! Nice one lads !
@KyleHulton 5 жыл бұрын
When you notice Anthony's built linux experience, the username was Just The Tips
@Drev222 5 жыл бұрын
Giggity, lol
@ZekeMe0ut 5 жыл бұрын
Anthony is the best. He's the perfect compensation for Linus over-the-top-ness
@kennethflorek8532 5 жыл бұрын
Dump Linus. Replace with Anthony.
@SolidSnakeAce 5 жыл бұрын
Anthony is chill as fuck
@JStation3 5 жыл бұрын
Anthony is a great cast member
@joels7605 5 жыл бұрын
This is true. Anthony should be in every video.
@SecondHandTech 5 жыл бұрын
The guy's voice is just so soothing and chill.
@shitmagnet5136 2 жыл бұрын
Great video. Great guys!
@user-fn1xm3pq6t 2 жыл бұрын
And for the extra they charge, you could buy a decent SSD which will give a noticeable boost.
@dom1310df 5 жыл бұрын
An hour to create a bootable Linux USB? Did you use the Pentium for that?
@azarilh2355 5 жыл бұрын
Yeah, i know, right?
@deidyomega 5 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
@Greyson Lynch Try out Rosa.
@azarilh2355 5 жыл бұрын
@@Chariblaze Yeah, makes sense.
@wodstalker2819 5 жыл бұрын
80 bucks for a 64gb usb and a linux disto wich is free... Nah im sorry i dont see how thats fair
@CommodoreFan64 5 жыл бұрын
this is what you call a scam!
@BitterCynical 5 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
Hey, scammers gotta eat too.
@rasmachris94 5 жыл бұрын
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.
@JonBoy470 3 жыл бұрын
Their final conclusion that it won’t “super speed” old hardware is on point, for the system they tested on, running a fresh Win7 install. I imagine the more typical use case, on a system that’s never been re-imaged since new, with 8 or 10 years of accumulated Windows rot, would yield greater subjective performance gain.
@gergo7507 3 жыл бұрын
But a reinstall would fix that, also it's just as simple. With the "Extra-PC" you still have to boot into the bios, making it basically the same difficulty.
@LazloNQ 2 ай бұрын
I found one these at the local thrift shop for 50 cents. Removed the partitions from the usb drive and it's good for almost 7.5gb of storage. With the built in carabiner, I'm good to go!
@BestKosmakCZ 5 жыл бұрын
Yeah, preuploaded video. Glorious 2160p viewer experience
@julius9727 5 жыл бұрын
Wait are you saying this is pre-recorded and not live😠
@davidjuneja 5 жыл бұрын
Bruh what's your internet speed??
@Scitch87 5 жыл бұрын
Glorious 2160p experience on my 720p display.
@twizz420 5 жыл бұрын
@@Scitch87 life.
@lzcats7431 5 жыл бұрын
Me> 1440p peasant
@theblinkstykrab3106 5 жыл бұрын
This seems exactly like something Soulja Boy would do
@aapovalkeapaa8746 5 жыл бұрын
Gotta get that Soulja OS
@WDC_OSA 5 жыл бұрын
Oh my god that's just about a perfect description of this
@alemutasa6189 5 жыл бұрын
Ok: WTF is exactly Soulja boy? Please, someone, help a non-anglophone-country-living-fella
@seraphis 5 жыл бұрын
@@alemutasa6189 An American musician. Google his recent antics.
@6jackace 5 жыл бұрын
The soulja stick
@johnk7302 3 жыл бұрын
Good job man it looks like you're losing weight and gettin' in shape keep it up.
@Gtagaming6969 3 жыл бұрын
thank you linus for the tips in your videos i got linux to work on my usb drive
@edwardandrewmowbray5820 5 жыл бұрын
More of Anthony! He needs his own Geek series!
@leighcameron8833 5 жыл бұрын
Yessssss
@leighcameron8833 5 жыл бұрын
It depends on if he can handle it
@Soulthym 5 жыл бұрын
I mean, that's how Linus started at NCIX x)
@MilitantPacifista 5 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
He looks like a cartoon character ... I just can't place it.... but yeah more.
@drewfus5037 5 жыл бұрын
$8 micro center 64 gb USB stick, free download of any linux distro , one hour, and you just saved $50
@shaunpatrick8345 5 жыл бұрын
It's not for people who know what they're doing, it's for people who click adverts on Facebook.
@MilitantPacifista 5 жыл бұрын
"hour" sudo dd if=./ of=/dev/sd* get coffee, done
@WhatTheHellMang 5 жыл бұрын
@@shaunpatrick8345 all the more reason to tell them not to do it.
@thelastcube. 5 жыл бұрын
@@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 жыл бұрын
Or just made $50 🤨
@phillipdonnelly6430 3 жыл бұрын
I run Windows 10 of USB which I obviously set up myself easily enough! Prompted to do so by eXtra PC's ads, actually running Windows 10 of USB it's pretty cool too as I just unplug the stick and drop in another PC, and if the cops call I unplug it and run of course, and if anyone steals my PC there's no data on it. I bought an older Desktop with no HDD and I had a 64GB USB stick available. As for old PC's how much storage do they have e.g. HDD, 30, 40, 50GB perhaps. Glad you did this video.
@DaVince21 Жыл бұрын
Holy shit the editing in this one is AMAZING. Bring back more humor like the explosion gag please.
@flashed333 5 жыл бұрын
lol its just lubuntu, a linux distro designed for old hardware and guess what you can download it for free!
@liamalcock531 5 жыл бұрын
you dont even need ubuntu you can have eny distro with lxde as the envirment
@purplegill10 5 жыл бұрын
@@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 жыл бұрын
its not designed for old hardware and it has nothing to do with it, its normal ubuntu with removed stuff !!!
@TednTin 5 жыл бұрын
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 жыл бұрын
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.
@Xemerius7 5 жыл бұрын
No One: Linus: I'm now your Grandmother
@khanscombe619 Жыл бұрын
Blooming brilliant nVidia USB thumb drive. Did you make it or where can we get 1?
@marct6154 2 жыл бұрын
This is the same energy as the fuel saver/horsepower gain you plug into the OBDII port.
@G-Confalonieri 4 жыл бұрын
I don´t think it´s gonna work. My grandma passed away 20 years ago.
@johnspence8141 4 жыл бұрын
hilarious
@G-Confalonieri 4 жыл бұрын
@Jimmy Evil creepy
@G-Confalonieri 4 жыл бұрын
@Jimmy Evil hilariously creepy 😅
@must4rd375 4 жыл бұрын
@Brainlet Johnson Lol
@liliethcameron7110 4 жыл бұрын
@@G-Confalonieri Lmao, rebooting grandma lol.
@reschw9280 5 жыл бұрын
Hold up a second... *You're not my Grandma...*
@NJ-wb1cz 5 жыл бұрын
Oh really? Did you actually see your supposed grandma giving birth to your mom or dad?
@reschw9280 5 жыл бұрын
@@NJ-wb1cz No... Is Linus really my grandma?
@NJ-wb1cz 5 жыл бұрын
@@reschw9280 well, he looks sweet, sensitive and adorable, and he doesn't remember your name.... I'd say yes he is!
@reschw9280 5 жыл бұрын
@@NJ-wb1cz O:
@fadelpw511 5 жыл бұрын
Wait a minute
@mikepeter1323 3 жыл бұрын
3:43 When it happen, switch user and use the power icon on the bottom right to shut down the computer without installing update. ^^
@Samtheman85844 2 жыл бұрын
Very helpful video.
@zenodio3D 5 жыл бұрын
Linus, the type of guy to right-click a desktop icon just to click "open" afterward.
@zaed7419 5 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@FixdalOK 5 жыл бұрын
I often do this too on slow computers, just to get a feel for how stuck the computer is. If the right click menu takes like 5 seconds to load, I reconsider whether I even want to open.
@zenodio3D 5 жыл бұрын
@@FixdalOK Never even thought of that.
@phoenixscott001 5 жыл бұрын
I Have done that
@CMDRkarstenvader 4 жыл бұрын
what a god
@azurfen1613 5 жыл бұрын
canonical sold Ubuntu sticks for like 7$ So much for the "reasonable price"
@hoixthegreat8359 5 жыл бұрын
Yep, people on eBay here sell 16gb usb sticks with Ubuntu LTS, Mate etc etc for £8 (Kingston 3.0 sticks)
@PneumaticFrog 5 жыл бұрын
That's pretty cheap
@dieselfox8612 5 жыл бұрын
Live furry friend. run be free
@skorpion4368 3 жыл бұрын
you could just force the hardware acceleration in firefox, it works like a charm on my old oem radeon 8k card
@HybridReal 3 жыл бұрын
One difference: my grandmother didn’t have a PC, never mind a custom-built Windows 7 machine.
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