If LTT (Linus Tech Tips) did a more Enterprise Sysadmin channel would you watch?
Posted by phlatlinebeta@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 59 comments
Honest question as I've found myself vegging to LTT videos while working and thinking it would be nice to have a humorous series of videos around topics related to my work (Azure/AWS/GCloud, O365/Googleworkspace, Hypervisors, SSO integration, etc..)
Would you watch something like that?
Does something like that already exist that I should be watching?
unclesleepover@reddit
I’m more of a Lawrence Systems fan.
bitslammer@reddit
Tom is really great at giving quick, but very thorough, overviews of things.
unclesleepover@reddit
He may not even fit the bill here for OPs question. But dang there’s nothing lost watching his videos. So good.
phlatlinebeta@reddit (OP)
Thanks, I'll check him out.
BWMerlin@reddit
Level1techs has more enterprise stuff if you are looking for something.
itspassing@reddit
ITT: No fun allowed were serious people
packetssniffer@reddit
There really isn't a channel like that. Probably because the people who are knowledgeable in those areas aren't good on camera, don't have 'the personality', or want nothing to do with sysadmin stuff on their off time.
TaiGlobal@reddit
@bjtechnewshd is one of the closest I’ve seen
TaiGlobal@reddit
I would pay/subscribe to a legit enterprise sysadmin channel.
skreak@reddit
He means something like LTT, not literally LTT doing enterprise. It would be difficult because most, if not all companies don't want to reveal how they do things and operate and it's hard to fund. I would do a series on HPC but I'm private sector and doing that would land me in prison, lol.
pdp10@reddit
I think there are broadly two trains of thought. A lot of firms want to be as conservative as possible, follow the herd, do what they can be convinced that everyone else is doing. Nobody got fired for buying IBM, right?
The others are intending to get a sustainable competitive advantage out of their computing, and only talk publicly about interesting matters when they're intentionally releasing ideas publicly.
SausageEngine@reddit
I used to enjoy LTT when it was irreverent, light-hearted and smaller scale, which is years ago now.
I honestly don't understand how anyone with half a brain watches it today, with its bad scripts, constant shilling, garish and childish presentation, people pulling stupid faces in the thumbnails, and focus on other employees - most of whom have zero charisma and look like they smell of wanking.
Seriously, why do people watch this crap?
InitiativeAgile1875@reddit
No, because he doesn't know anything about being a sysadmin. You realize he pays people to do research for him right? I wouldn't even hire him for a T1 helpdesk role
pdp10@reddit
Linus Sebastian has always been in tech retail, consumer computing, and PC gaming. He doesn't even cosplay as a sysadmin. Some of his staff have greater or lesser skills in neteng, sysadmin, electrical engineering, and so forth.
phlatlinebeta@reddit (OP)
I was imagining other people being SME's (new people)
anonymous_subroutine@reddit
He said people only use Linux because their computers are too old to run Windows. It wasn't the main point of the video but such a bizarre statement to just throw out casually.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dc7CIkZcWYE
GullibleDetective@reddit
I took it as tongue and cheek
ugonlearn@reddit
seriously? just because there is a staff that is getting paid doesn't mean that LTT didn't start out very small. Linus is plenty knowledgable.
Brraaap@reddit
Not even good research
saysjuan@reddit
No. Get a hobby outside of work otherwise you’ll burn out.
pdp10@reddit
On-topic are ServeTheHome's video channel, and more amusing, Craft Computing.
LTT is mostly-consumer computing with sporadic SME computing content. I'd say, affectionately, that it can sometimes resemble an unscripted version of Red Green. It's also prolific, which is both good and bad, turning out a lot more content than normal channels.
Delicious-Wasabi-605@reddit
Nah. I do Enterprise work all day and only cause it pays so well. I like to watching LTT cause he and his team do a lot of tinkering with desktops and consumer stuff that got me into computers many years ago.
bitslammer@reddit
I don't know how someone who doesn't currently work in or hasn't previously spent a decent amount of time in an actual "Enterprise" size org could provide insightful content.
BigChiefSysAdmin@reddit
yes.
Top_Boysenberry_7784@reddit
LTT is the video equivalent of a GeoCities site I had while in high school.
I would likely watch some videos of an enterprise system equivalent but wouldn't take any findings or advice seriously.
TotallyNotIT@reddit
If you want to see people who don't know how enterprise infrastructure works give advice on how to use it, just read more of this sub.
phlatlinebeta@reddit (OP)
haha! Thank you. I'm just looking for more background youtube and was curious of the idea.
chazmosis@reddit
bahahaha - I was wondering how far down the comments it would take to see this comment. Updoot for you!
jamesaepp@reddit
I'm totally stealing this idea from past threads on this sub but I think an A&E drama-reality show like American Chopper or Kitchen Nightmares is far better.
Dysfunction is schadenfreude.
joedzekic@reddit
Imagine there is a group of 8 who need to deploy a complex GP object and at the end Gordon Ramsay critiques them lol
jamesaepp@reddit
"Chef, I can't make a group policy."
"Why not?"
"I was never trained."
"Fuckin training, what are you on about? You're a nerd, you can't google how to make a GPO?"
"Well I did but I don't have permissions."
"Oh come off it you DONKEY. That bastard over there just told me everyone's a domain admin due to shit ass domain management, and you're going to stand there, look me in the eye and tell me you can't make a GPO?"
"I wasn't given permission, chef."
"Un-fuckin-believable OH MY GOD."
joedzekic@reddit
"What the hell is this?! You call this a Group Policy Object?!"
"Uh… yes? I’m configuring security settings for the domain—"
"Security settings? This GPO is so loose, my grandmother’s firewall is tighter! Look at this—Password Policy set to ‘Never Expire’? Are you TRYING to get hacked?!"
"Well, I thought users might complain if—"
*"Oh, they’ll complain, all right—when their bank accounts are emptied because you left the door WIDE OPEN!" *
(Points at the screen)
"And what’s this? ‘Allow local admins to bypass GPOs’? That’s like letting the inmates run the prison! Are you MAD?!"
"I just figured IT might need flexibility—"
"Flexibility?! This isn’t yoga, mate—this is SECURITY! If I ran my kitchens like this, I’d serve RAW CHICKEN and hope no one dies!"
(Takes a deep breath, rubs temples)
"Right. Listen carefully. You’re going to enforce password complexity, set a 90-day expiration, and LOCK DOWN those local admin rights. And if I see ONE MORE ‘Allow’ where there should be a ‘Deny,’ I’m throwing this server out the window!"
(Frantically typing)
"Y-yes, Chef—I mean, Mr. Ramsay!"
"Finally, someone who listens! Now, go on—make me proud. And for God’s sake, TEST THIS IN A LAB FIRST!"
(Storms off, muttering)
"Bloody hell… next thing you know, they’ll be enabling Guest accounts with no passwords…"
Site-Staff@reddit
Eh… there is a need for an enterprise channel with professionally produced content. Not sure if the LTT crew’s comedic approach would work.
Standardly@reddit
Does he know about that stuff?
GullibleDetective@reddit
He continued on from ncix or net link computers, think of it as a Canadian newegg. And does fun non serious consumer level things
packetssniffer@reddit
He knows what the people he hires tell him.
They have in the past talked about pfSense, Proxmox, and the pains of Teams and Outlook.
Brees504@reddit
No because Linus doesn’t know anything about that. He’s a personal tech guy.
fardaw@reddit
I wouldn't watch it, but it would certainly be "interesting" to hear people repeating false or incomplete information that they learned in these videos.
bartonski@reddit
LTT style? Eh. Now if they made an enterprise version of The IT Crowd, I'd watch.
Zncon@reddit
Not for me at least. I watch LTT to stay slightly updated on the consumer tech that I just don't have time to play with any more.
The value to me is being entertained while having at least a passing idea of what laptop to recommend to my family when they inevitably come asking.
Stryker1-1@reddit
Probably not as i am going to assume it would be heavily sponsored and the content would reflect that.
Odd-Distribution3177@reddit
No guys is a goof cand doesn’t know more than and my sponsor is.
WWGHIAFTC@reddit
No. He's obnoxious as hell. It's all 'influencer' click bait crap.
bhones@reddit
No.
Vortech03Marauder@reddit
Wait, you guys watch LTT at all?
itspassing@reddit
What fun tech channel do you watch?
Brraaap@reddit
RIP TechZilla
commentBRAH@reddit
absolutely not lol, they didn't even have endpoint protection for their employee devices
ConspiracyHypothesis@reddit
No. I don't want to think about work when I'm home, and I don't have time to watch TV when I'm at work.
dmuppet@reddit
Depends. Is he going to bring in actual certified sys and network admins, host it on a different YouTube channel, and relinquish all decision making? Bc if so, still nah. At least not for legitimate learning material.
But the same way I watch Donut for cars, it's never about the expertise.
Helpjuice@reddit
At most LTT channels would be for comedy and should not be taken serious as they don't claim to be serious or professional. They do not claim to know what they are doing and they are good at what they do not knowing much about what they do. Great for seeing what things would look like if you didn't know anything about that thing and bought it anyway for your home lab and got everything up and running anyway.
MadFerIt@reddit
I wouldn't trust him to do an Enterprise Sysadmin channel.
MrPerfect4069@reddit
Cybersecurity and Enterprise is not what makes Linus entertaining.
It’s an entirely different skill set from what his team of on camera “techs” are capable of.
Zlayr@reddit
Only to watch him drop a six figure piece of hardware
cjcox4@reddit
Uh, he already does this.
"It's good to be king." -- Mel Brooks
sneakattaxk@reddit
he's said it himself, he's more for entertainment value, tech focused still, but more entertainment...the guy bought a fire truck recently.
Also seems like they are changing platforms, or running both, they were G-suite for a while, now it seems like they might be more into the M365 world internally (talking about teams). Not really keen on more people knowing enough to be dangerous. those that are interested in looking into cloud services have other youtubers to look into
Alaknar@reddit
If he handled it as he did the racing-pit set up (drop tonnes of money on gear, half arse everything else, end up with a mediocre experience...), it'd just be a waste of time.
Euphoric-Blueberry37@reddit
No way. We don’t need influencers in our profession
Sensitive_Scar_1800@reddit
Lol fuck no