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Andrea, The GOAT, Borman: Let's talk Linux, OSs & More
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- Nov 23, 2025
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Summary
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…