{"video_id":"fp_QCnbsIYLt7","title":"I Shouldn't Have Googled Myself.","channel":"Linus Tech Tips","show":"Linus Tech Tips","published_at":"2025-07-09T17:05:00.072Z","duration_s":1246,"segments":[{"start_s":0.0,"end_s":5.6,"text":"I've watched plenty of videos of other people googling themselves and it's always super entertaining from the outside","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":5.6,"end_s":10.52,"text":"But it never occurred to me how stressful it would be to actually be the subject of one of these","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":11.44,"end_s":17.68,"text":"Uh Without further ado, let's jump right in. Is Linus white or Asian?","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":21.36,"end_s":25.88,"text":"I'm just gonna put that one down. What is Linus tech tips?","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":26.88,"end_s":32.08,"text":"Is this Jeopardy? Are we playing Jeopardy right now? That's not a question. That's an answer","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":32.6,"end_s":40.0,"text":"Why does Linus hate D brand? I don't but it is absolutely hilarious that enough of you think I do that","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":40.0,"end_s":44.2,"text":"That's one of the auto-completes. D brand and I have curated kind of an","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":44.68,"end_s":49.64,"text":"Full adversarial relationship throughout the many many years that we've collaborated","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":49.64,"end_s":55.36,"text":"I think it's been over 10 years now of them sponsoring us and even going so far as to work together on","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":55.76,"end_s":60.52,"text":"Collaborative products like the glow circuit skin that I have on my phone right now. I won't lie","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":60.92,"end_s":64.8,"text":"There are times when I think they do take things a little bit too far","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":64.8,"end_s":69.64,"text":"Like sometimes the stuff they put in their newsletters crosses the line into just downright mean","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":70.36,"end_s":78.92,"text":"but the truth is I Can take it and I can dish it right back you D brand your products cost too much there. You like that","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":79.68,"end_s":83.4,"text":"Yeah, you do. You'll sponsor me. Anyway, who else are you gonna go to?","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":83.6,"end_s":87.86,"text":"When will Linus segue to his sponsor? Oh, I get it","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":88.0,"end_s":94.72,"text":"Okay, obviously this one wasn't real But the rest of them are and we're compiled using a combination of Google auto-complete prompts","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":94.84,"end_s":98.88,"text":"Along with search results for my name on Quora and on our forums to find out","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":98.88,"end_s":106.96,"text":"What exactly it is that people want to know about me? That is a lot of questions and they didn't let me peak even a little bit","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":106.96,"end_s":112.32,"text":"Let's see how many of them we can get through. 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I can hold on to it","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":146.64,"end_s":150.24,"text":"Thank you. Well, I always say you drop enough things you get pretty good at catching them","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":150.88,"end_s":156.48,"text":"What does Linus tech tips do for a living? Huh? Is this still a question?","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":157.16,"end_s":164.88,"text":"I guess that actually makes sense I have seen people discuss on some of the videos where we show how many members there are of our team and stuff like that","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":164.88,"end_s":168.46,"text":"You know, oh no, what is their real job? Like what is it that they actually do?","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":169.96,"end_s":172.4,"text":"This is it we make videos","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":172.96,"end_s":177.6,"text":"We work with sponsors. We sell merchandise like on LTT Store calm","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":177.72,"end_s":184.8,"text":"We make money from Google AdSense We have done very occasionally some just like paid contract production work","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":184.8,"end_s":191.72,"text":"But it is not a significant component of our business. We make tech videos. We educate and we entertain people is","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":192.24,"end_s":194.76,"text":"Linus Sebastian the king of PC gaming","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":195.32,"end_s":199.24,"text":"This must have been asked by someone who's never seen me play a video game","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":200.2,"end_s":207.76,"text":"If anything, I'm the king of demonstrating that better year does not make you a better gamer that crown. I will wear","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":208.8,"end_s":211.4,"text":"Another one. What does Linus actually do?","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":212.16,"end_s":217.84,"text":"Okay You know what you're not asking what my job is you're asking what I do for my job","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":217.84,"end_s":227.52,"text":"The biggest part of it is working with the writing team So ideating figuring out, you know, what the best videos that we can make are that also involves some external communication","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":227.52,"end_s":233.08,"text":"Whether it's with brands or people who have created super cool outside projects","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":233.08,"end_s":238.44,"text":"Then I work with them on sort of what the flow of that video will be I review scripts","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":238.44,"end_s":243.44,"text":"And of course I am a host in my role as chief vision officer though","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":243.44,"end_s":247.68,"text":"I do still work with the executive team providing them the guidance for you know","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":247.68,"end_s":252.84,"text":"how I feel the company should be run in hopes that they will execute on it to the best of their abilities and","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":253.12,"end_s":258.4,"text":"I also set sort of our long-term roadmap for what we want to reinvest in so","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":258.68,"end_s":262.28,"text":"Over the last few years a big part of that has been in Labs testing","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":262.32,"end_s":267.8,"text":"Which has taken more time to ramp up than obviously we would have liked but in the long term","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":267.8,"end_s":273.08,"text":"I believe will safeguard our position as a trusted source of information about technology","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":273.48,"end_s":279.08,"text":"Linus Sebastian kids. I have three children a boy and then two girls and","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":279.32,"end_s":284.04,"text":"They're teenage and then coming up on teenage and a little bit younger than that","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":284.04,"end_s":288.32,"text":"You might have noticed that I didn't say their names and I didn't even give their exact ages","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":288.52,"end_s":295.2,"text":"That's because while obviously doing stuff with my kids is great content not to mention a lot of fun","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":295.6,"end_s":300.48,"text":"We've always felt that there's a fine line between working with your kids and","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":301.16,"end_s":307.8,"text":"Exploiting your kids and we've always been a little uncomfortable with the idea of disclosing a bunch of personal information about them","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":308.12,"end_s":315.36,"text":"Before they're really old enough for informed consent. So my son is getting to the age where I've actually asked him","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":315.36,"end_s":323.52,"text":"Hey, do you want your name out there? Do you want to be featured more prominently in videos and he's kind of festering on it right now the daughters though?","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":323.52,"end_s":327.08,"text":"I don't think they're old enough yet. So we haven't even really given them the option","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":327.96,"end_s":330.44,"text":"really doesn't help that they're ladies and","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":331.4,"end_s":335.12,"text":"The internet is not always a great place for young women. Oh","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":336.24,"end_s":339.36,"text":"Here's a thick one. Can Linus TechTubes code?","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":340.44,"end_s":349.2,"text":"No, the closest I've ever gotten was that time that my stepdad bought me like a C plus manual that was like this thick when I was 16","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":350.4,"end_s":356.88,"text":"Never cracked it open. I'm afraid Do you think Linus Sebastian would make a good Canadian Prime Minister?","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":357.28,"end_s":359.28,"text":"No","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":360.68,"end_s":369.64,"text":"I'm not tall No, I'm actually serious like that's that's a thing right like people sort of imagine leaders as being like","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":369.72,"end_s":374.12,"text":"you know tall and stuff right and I'm probably way too trusting a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":374.4,"end_s":380.12,"text":"Big part of being the head of state of any significant country or even the head of state of Canada is","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":380.52,"end_s":386.8,"text":"dealing with other heads of states and That's about as wretched a hive of scum and villainy as I think even","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":387.36,"end_s":393.36,"text":"Alec Guinness could imagine When did Linus Sebastian start YouTube? I was not involved in the creation of YouTube","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":394.24,"end_s":397.84,"text":"Which I'm sure is not what you meant. I always forget this","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":399.56,"end_s":403.8,"text":"2007 I was working at the computer store and my boss basically pulled me and he goes","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":404.4,"end_s":408.92,"text":"Tiger Direct has these product videos on their site that they're killing us. They're eating us alive","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":408.92,"end_s":417.12,"text":"We've got to have product videos You go make product videos. I had no idea what I was doing. I mean look at me. I'm like a deer in headlights","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":417.88,"end_s":422.16,"text":"And the rest is history What is Linus Sebastian's real name?","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":422.16,"end_s":428.2,"text":"I wish I'd been smart enough to adopt a stage name on the subject of our competition Tiger Direct","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":428.48,"end_s":435.72,"text":"Their host did have some background in performing arts and it did have the foresight to use a stage name rather than his real name","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":435.72,"end_s":442.08,"text":"His real name is out there now at this point, but at least he got to make the decision about when to disclose it for me","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":442.08,"end_s":445.28,"text":"I just I just didn't think that many people would care about tech tips","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":445.28,"end_s":450.28,"text":"I didn't think it would ever matter. My real name is Linus Gabriel Sebastian","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":450.28,"end_s":458.28,"text":"I've actually thought about changing my legal name as well Just to make it a little bit more difficult for people to identity theft me and maybe I have","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":459.44,"end_s":468.08,"text":"How did Linus tech tips start? The short version is I had pretty much decided my time at NCIX computers had come to an end","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":468.08,"end_s":474.16,"text":"So I walked into the president's office and I said look I think that my best marketable skill is making videos","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":474.36,"end_s":479.48,"text":"So we have two options here one is I can go to a competitor and I can make videos","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":480.24,"end_s":487.28,"text":"Option number two is I can work out a deal with you where I take this Linus tech tips channel that I don't think you can really use","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":487.28,"end_s":490.52,"text":"Anyway, I mean it's got Linus right in the name of it at that time","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":490.52,"end_s":496.28,"text":"It was much harder to rename a channel So I'm going to take that with me and in return I will sign a non-compete","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":496.28,"end_s":502.76,"text":"I will continue to help you build up your team around the NCIX tech tips brand and I will grant you a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":503.04,"end_s":509.76,"text":"Perpetual license to use any Linus tech tips content as rich video merchandising on your website in return","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":509.76,"end_s":514.96,"text":"I expect to pay a sum of one dollar for the Linus tech tips channel. He took it and","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":515.88,"end_s":521.92,"text":"I'm really glad he did because otherwise I could be working at Amazon now. I couldn't actually I did apply there","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":521.92,"end_s":523.92,"text":"But they never responded to me","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":524.92,"end_s":528.08,"text":"He missed out Amazon is Linus tech tips hacked","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":530.28,"end_s":535.56,"text":"Not currently But I know what I mean my phone did buzz just now. Everything's fine","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":536.12,"end_s":541.16,"text":"Cool. No. No. No, I'm not it's happened before though. We've lost the channel a couple of times","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":541.92,"end_s":544.28,"text":"Why does Linus tech tips use crab rave?","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":544.96,"end_s":548.8,"text":"It's a banger Where did Linus tech tips used to work?","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":549.2,"end_s":556.52,"text":"My entire job history all the way back to that summer when I worked as a camp counselor in Quebec is on my LinkedIn","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":556.8,"end_s":565.12,"text":"Along with a really outdated picture of me I have not updated that since I started that Linus media group, which was over 10 years ago","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":565.12,"end_s":569.84,"text":"So if my employer was worried, I'm looking for opportunities elsewhere. I think they can probably relax","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":570.96,"end_s":576.68,"text":"How is Linus tech tips doing? Man, we're really getting to the core of it. 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It doesn't matter how many subscribers you have","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":629.12,"end_s":636.76,"text":"Linus tech tips store Did we just take anything that auto-completed from putting my name in it? Yes Linus tech tips store","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":637.8,"end_s":642.24,"text":"What did Linus tech tips study? Hmm. What did I study or what did I learn?","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":643.36,"end_s":647.72,"text":"Definitely studied some things. I took first-year calculus for instance in university","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":648.48,"end_s":655.6,"text":"twice Failed both times That was when I realized the hard sciences was probably not the place for me","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":655.6,"end_s":663.64,"text":"So I shifted and I did some psychology and some English literature and I got really good grades while attending probably a solid","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":664.24,"end_s":669.32,"text":"Quarter of my classes and I went boy if it's this easy to get good grades in these subjects","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":670.36,"end_s":673.88,"text":"Maybe the degree that I'm gonna end up with is not gonna be worth anything","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":674.28,"end_s":681.54,"text":"So I dropped out and went back to the computer store Which ended up being a really good career move for me though. It is not one that I'm necessarily recommending","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":682.14,"end_s":685.7,"text":"Stay in school kids. Why doesn't Linus Sebastian even use Linux?","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":686.42,"end_s":689.3,"text":"Linus Sebastian uses Linux every day","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":689.78,"end_s":693.38,"text":"My NAS at home runs Linux Trina scale","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":694.1,"end_s":700.34,"text":"Absolutely love it. I also use Linux here at work where predominantly our infrastructure runs on it. Is that not enough for you?","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":700.86,"end_s":703.98,"text":"As far as I don't use it in my desktop for me","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":704.82,"end_s":710.54,"text":"Compatibility across any of the games that I could want to play is worth a little bit more to me than some of the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":710.82,"end_s":715.7,"text":"Admittedly nice creature comforts of Linux with that said","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":716.78,"end_s":720.26,"text":"Linux as a living room OS for me has a lot of appeal","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":720.26,"end_s":725.82,"text":"So once steam OS makes its way on to just a quick and easy installer that I can chuck on any PC and then","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":725.94,"end_s":732.46,"text":"Throw as like a steam machine console in my family room. I am so there. Where is Linus wife from?","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":733.46,"end_s":737.94,"text":"I Know where her parents are from","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":737.98,"end_s":747.38,"text":"Once from Malaysia once from Brunei I believe she was actually born in Brunei and she moved here when she was very young like three years old or something like that","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":747.38,"end_s":754.1,"text":"So functionally speaking she's from Canada culturally. We call her CBC Canadian born Chinese","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":754.78,"end_s":760.38,"text":"Even though she's not technically born here. Why didn't Linus Sebastian become a billionaire after creating Linux?","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":760.74,"end_s":769.14,"text":"common mistake You're thinking of Linus Torvalds. I'd be a fun collab, wouldn't it like let us know in the comments","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":769.14,"end_s":774.3,"text":"If you'd like to see us do something with the OG tech Linus is Linus a robot","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":775.14,"end_s":777.78,"text":"This can't be stuff people are actually asking","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":778.66,"end_s":783.42,"text":"is it Why does Linus tech tips have so many employees?","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":784.02,"end_s":789.02,"text":"Well, this may surprise you, but we do a ton of stuff in any given week","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":789.02,"end_s":795.18,"text":"We're gonna have 10 plus video shoots to sort out. We're probably gonna have some kind of apparel or","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":795.86,"end_s":801.54,"text":"Physical merchandise launch. 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Yes as the chief vision officer","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":910.06,"end_s":916.9,"text":"I do report to our chief executive officer Taryn Tong who I hired as our primary shareholder","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":916.94,"end_s":920.5,"text":"So I report to him and he reports to me","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":920.82,"end_s":926.68,"text":"The relationship has to be then highly collaborative and there has to be a lot of trust there in order for us to","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":927.02,"end_s":933.54,"text":"Together guide the company forward, but in terms of the day today. 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Maybe go check out the time I read mean comments","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":1241.72,"end_s":1246.52,"text":"That was that's hurtful But fun","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0}],"full_text":"I've watched plenty of videos of other people googling themselves and it's always super entertaining from the outside But it never occurred to me how stressful it would be to actually be the subject of one of these Uh Without further ado, let's jump right in. Is Linus white or Asian? I'm just gonna put that one down. What is Linus tech tips? Is this Jeopardy? Are we playing Jeopardy right now? That's not a question. That's an answer Why does Linus hate D brand? I don't but it is absolutely hilarious that enough of you think I do that That's one of the auto-completes. D brand and I have curated kind of an Full adversarial relationship throughout the many many years that we've collaborated I think it's been over 10 years now of them sponsoring us and even going so far as to work together on Collaborative products like the glow circuit skin that I have on my phone right now. I won't lie There are times when I think they do take things a little bit too far Like sometimes the stuff they put in their newsletters crosses the line into just downright mean but the truth is I Can take it and I can dish it right back you D brand your products cost too much there. You like that Yeah, you do. You'll sponsor me. Anyway, who else are you gonna go to? When will Linus segue to his sponsor? Oh, I get it Okay, obviously this one wasn't real But the rest of them are and we're compiled using a combination of Google auto-complete prompts Along with search results for my name on Quora and on our forums to find out What exactly it is that people want to know about me? That is a lot of questions and they didn't let me peak even a little bit Let's see how many of them we can get through. Why does Linus Sebastian drop so many graphics cards? Okay, I do think this one's a little overblown One of the most egregious instances of me dropping something was actually a fake GPU I was just trying to psych people out that GPU never worked with that said There have definitely been times that I have dropped things. I am a little bit inattentive I'm a little bit of a Butterfingers and I'm often in a hurry that all combines to create a perfect storm where things Do fall sometimes but in general if I know something is really valuable and important. I can hold on to it Thank you. Well, I always say you drop enough things you get pretty good at catching them What does Linus tech tips do for a living? Huh? Is this still a question? I guess that actually makes sense I have seen people discuss on some of the videos where we show how many members there are of our team and stuff like that You know, oh no, what is their real job? Like what is it that they actually do? This is it we make videos We work with sponsors. We sell merchandise like on LTT Store calm We make money from Google AdSense We have done very occasionally some just like paid contract production work But it is not a significant component of our business. We make tech videos. We educate and we entertain people is Linus Sebastian the king of PC gaming This must have been asked by someone who's never seen me play a video game If anything, I'm the king of demonstrating that better year does not make you a better gamer that crown. I will wear Another one. What does Linus actually do? Okay You know what you're not asking what my job is you're asking what I do for my job The biggest part of it is working with the writing team So ideating figuring out, you know, what the best videos that we can make are that also involves some external communication Whether it's with brands or people who have created super cool outside projects Then I work with them on sort of what the flow of that video will be I review scripts And of course I am a host in my role as chief vision officer though I do still work with the executive team providing them the guidance for you know how I feel the company should be run in hopes that they will execute on it to the best of their abilities and I also set sort of our long-term roadmap for what we want to reinvest in so Over the last few years a big part of that has been in Labs testing Which has taken more time to ramp up than obviously we would have liked but in the long term I believe will safeguard our position as a trusted source of information about technology Linus Sebastian kids. I have three children a boy and then two girls and They're teenage and then coming up on teenage and a little bit younger than that You might have noticed that I didn't say their names and I didn't even give their exact ages That's because while obviously doing stuff with my kids is great content not to mention a lot of fun We've always felt that there's a fine line between working with your kids and Exploiting your kids and we've always been a little uncomfortable with the idea of disclosing a bunch of personal information about them Before they're really old enough for informed consent. So my son is getting to the age where I've actually asked him Hey, do you want your name out there? Do you want to be featured more prominently in videos and he's kind of festering on it right now the daughters though? I don't think they're old enough yet. So we haven't even really given them the option really doesn't help that they're ladies and The internet is not always a great place for young women. Oh Here's a thick one. Can Linus TechTubes code? No, the closest I've ever gotten was that time that my stepdad bought me like a C plus manual that was like this thick when I was 16 Never cracked it open. I'm afraid Do you think Linus Sebastian would make a good Canadian Prime Minister? No I'm not tall No, I'm actually serious like that's that's a thing right like people sort of imagine leaders as being like you know tall and stuff right and I'm probably way too trusting a Big part of being the head of state of any significant country or even the head of state of Canada is dealing with other heads of states and That's about as wretched a hive of scum and villainy as I think even Alec Guinness could imagine When did Linus Sebastian start YouTube? I was not involved in the creation of YouTube Which I'm sure is not what you meant. I always forget this 2007 I was working at the computer store and my boss basically pulled me and he goes Tiger Direct has these product videos on their site that they're killing us. They're eating us alive We've got to have product videos You go make product videos. I had no idea what I was doing. I mean look at me. I'm like a deer in headlights And the rest is history What is Linus Sebastian's real name? I wish I'd been smart enough to adopt a stage name on the subject of our competition Tiger Direct Their host did have some background in performing arts and it did have the foresight to use a stage name rather than his real name His real name is out there now at this point, but at least he got to make the decision about when to disclose it for me I just I just didn't think that many people would care about tech tips I didn't think it would ever matter. My real name is Linus Gabriel Sebastian I've actually thought about changing my legal name as well Just to make it a little bit more difficult for people to identity theft me and maybe I have How did Linus tech tips start? The short version is I had pretty much decided my time at NCIX computers had come to an end So I walked into the president's office and I said look I think that my best marketable skill is making videos So we have two options here one is I can go to a competitor and I can make videos Option number two is I can work out a deal with you where I take this Linus tech tips channel that I don't think you can really use Anyway, I mean it's got Linus right in the name of it at that time It was much harder to rename a channel So I'm going to take that with me and in return I will sign a non-compete I will continue to help you build up your team around the NCIX tech tips brand and I will grant you a Perpetual license to use any Linus tech tips content as rich video merchandising on your website in return I expect to pay a sum of one dollar for the Linus tech tips channel. He took it and I'm really glad he did because otherwise I could be working at Amazon now. I couldn't actually I did apply there But they never responded to me He missed out Amazon is Linus tech tips hacked Not currently But I know what I mean my phone did buzz just now. Everything's fine Cool. No. No. No, I'm not it's happened before though. We've lost the channel a couple of times Why does Linus tech tips use crab rave? It's a banger Where did Linus tech tips used to work? My entire job history all the way back to that summer when I worked as a camp counselor in Quebec is on my LinkedIn Along with a really outdated picture of me I have not updated that since I started that Linus media group, which was over 10 years ago So if my employer was worried, I'm looking for opportunities elsewhere. I think they can probably relax How is Linus tech tips doing? Man, we're really getting to the core of it. We're in a bit of a lull Our peak for viewership was kind of back in the COVID era when we had the benefit of affordable computers That is until the big crypto run that drove GPU pricing up through the roof where it has stayed and People getting into you know remote work slash getting into gaming for the first time in their lives Since then a combination of factors have made it hard for us to achieve the same highs that we did in the past High prices for our hobby competition from other hobbies now that we can you know go outside a proliferation of niche channels that are focused on a particular vertical and do an outstanding job of covering it and I would say another factor is increased competition on YouTube in general for people's attention There is so little room for error in the current YouTube meta Every video needs to be a banger or it just won't perform. It doesn't matter how many subscribers you have Linus tech tips store Did we just take anything that auto-completed from putting my name in it? Yes Linus tech tips store What did Linus tech tips study? Hmm. What did I study or what did I learn? Definitely studied some things. I took first-year calculus for instance in university twice Failed both times That was when I realized the hard sciences was probably not the place for me So I shifted and I did some psychology and some English literature and I got really good grades while attending probably a solid Quarter of my classes and I went boy if it's this easy to get good grades in these subjects Maybe the degree that I'm gonna end up with is not gonna be worth anything So I dropped out and went back to the computer store Which ended up being a really good career move for me though. It is not one that I'm necessarily recommending Stay in school kids. Why doesn't Linus Sebastian even use Linux? Linus Sebastian uses Linux every day My NAS at home runs Linux Trina scale Absolutely love it. I also use Linux here at work where predominantly our infrastructure runs on it. Is that not enough for you? As far as I don't use it in my desktop for me Compatibility across any of the games that I could want to play is worth a little bit more to me than some of the Admittedly nice creature comforts of Linux with that said Linux as a living room OS for me has a lot of appeal So once steam OS makes its way on to just a quick and easy installer that I can chuck on any PC and then Throw as like a steam machine console in my family room. I am so there. Where is Linus wife from? I Know where her parents are from Once from Malaysia once from Brunei I believe she was actually born in Brunei and she moved here when she was very young like three years old or something like that So functionally speaking she's from Canada culturally. We call her CBC Canadian born Chinese Even though she's not technically born here. Why didn't Linus Sebastian become a billionaire after creating Linux? common mistake You're thinking of Linus Torvalds. I'd be a fun collab, wouldn't it like let us know in the comments If you'd like to see us do something with the OG tech Linus is Linus a robot This can't be stuff people are actually asking is it Why does Linus tech tips have so many employees? Well, this may surprise you, but we do a ton of stuff in any given week We're gonna have 10 plus video shoots to sort out. We're probably gonna have some kind of apparel or Physical merchandise launch. We're gonna have to do all of the accounting for all of that move around all the physical items That need to be moved to do product testing for the LTT Labs website There's just a lot of jobs to do here. Don't forget about Floatplane I mean we have Sammy who's basically dedicated to creating Exclusive content for our Floatplane supporters LMG.gg slash Floatplane you guys can check that out. It's just a lot to do All right, let's grab one from the bottom. What does Linus tech tips use to benchmark? Oh, that's a good question Over the last few years, we've been working on a software that we call mark bench, which is pretty much a fancy Automation tool for benchmarking games and other pieces of software because the truth is you cannot use just one piece of software in order to determine the performance of One component or system relative to another in theory There are suites that can help to give you some ideas something like a geek bench or Future marks products, but in practice what we found is that the very best way to test things is to use real-world Workloads I'm talking actual games that run in actual engines that people use to play video games and actual applications like the adobe creative suite or Blender that real professionals are using to create their work if you can quantify How a system performs in those real applications? Then there is no need for synthetic benchmarks. At least that's our belief. Where is Linus tech tips located? Hmm. I used to say Vancouver just because internationally people are more likely to know where that is but I've lived in Surrey so long and Surrey has gotten a lot better than its old reputation used to be but I think now I'm ready to say it Surrey BC does Linus tech tips have a boss This one's a little complicated. Yes as the chief vision officer I do report to our chief executive officer Taryn Tong who I hired as our primary shareholder So I report to him and he reports to me The relationship has to be then highly collaborative and there has to be a lot of trust there in order for us to Together guide the company forward, but in terms of the day today. Yes, if he tells me to do something I am supposed to do it There's also a lot of bottom-up bossing that tends to happen because I am notoriously Scattered and disorganized and I kind of rely on my team to yell at me and tell me where I'm supposed to be and what I'm supposed to do Right Reese. Yeah Linus Sebastian age. I am 38 years young and That's how you know you're old the second you start saying years young. Why does Linus tech tips have so many sponsors? It becomes kind of this perpetual motion machine, right? You start making more videos and then you need more team members and then you need more income and then the sponsors expect you to Like make more videos to attach their sponsor messages to and it becomes this this cycle another big factor for me is diversification We don't want to be beholden to any one particular sponsor or even five or ten sponsors Having a diverse stable of sponsors that we can rely on to work with is a huge part of maintaining our ongoing independence What are some of Linus Sebastian's hobbies? work raising kids My wife I do make a little bit of time for gaming More over the last couple of years I would say I've got a couple hundred hours for example in this roguelite hockey game called tape to tape Absolutely love it team over there is super small, but they're killing it I'm I've been painting my motorcycle for the last couple of years The only reason it's taken so long is because it was my first time and I made a lot of mistakes. Oh badminton, right? I forgot about that. It's look Look, I'm under a lot of pressure here. Okay I'm an avid badminton player and to the point where I actually started up my own badminton gym is Linus Sebastian a psychopath Okay, I'm going back to the phone here for a second. I forget. Oh Psychopathy test Seeing someone cry has a little effect on me other than maybe irritating me good lord How does Linus Tech Tips make money? We actually did a video on this We have a whole video that outlines all the different ways we make money Those are them. Does Linus Tech Tips have a degree? I don't know. We'd need a thermometer, wouldn't we? No, I was a really good student in high school So I have like my grade 12 of like basically everything even though it was elective to pursue like all the different sciences and stuff But post high school. I was not a very good student Really distracted by a girl. She managed to finish her degree somehow, but She's just plain smarter than me, I think Did Linus Sebastian and Eminem ever meet? No No, I don't know where we ever would have crossed paths though. I will say some problematic behavior aside kind of a fan Marshall if you need a gaming PC or whatever, I would be happy to come out and deal with that for you We on a first-name basis me and Eminem. You think that's gonna work? It could work. How do you wash Linus Tech Tips mouse pads? Oh Okay, I think the official advice is to use a damp cloth like a microfiber style cloth and then just like Kind of wipe them down. I personally have had success with But I'm not supposed to recommend that because it is not the official care instructions does Linus own Linus Tech Tips Yes, after we acquired it from NCIX the computer store that I used to work at Yvonne and I took control as the sole shareholders and directors of Linus Media Group Incorporated which owns Linus Tech Tips ShortCircuit all our various channels as well as Floatplane Linus Sebastian Jimmy Fallon Hey, that would be fun. Do you think they do you think they'd want to like collab again? That was really fun It I know, you know, I get a million views every day or whatever But for some reason the glamour of traditional media was just it hits a little bit different I had people from all different parts of my life reaching out to me be like And and and even for me like dude that moment before they announced my name and I like walk across the stage It's like practically hyperventilating me you could tell how stressed I was at the beginning. I'm Totally comfortable in front of a camera. I'm even comfortable in front of a live audience at this point with like the Exposed and stuff that we've done, but that hit different. It's just it's glamorous, you know, wasn't ready for it There's one last special one that they didn't put in the fishbowl apparently What is the greatest tech tip ever told by Linus Sebastian of Linus tech tips? Have you ever tried turning it off and turning it back on have you ever tried this segue To our sponsor if you guys enjoyed this video, I don't know. Maybe go check out the time I read mean comments That was that's hurtful But fun"}