Andrea, The GOAT, Borman: Let's talk Linux, OSs & More

From Linkarzu Podcast | Neovim, macOS, Emacs, Linux, Terminals and more. by Linkarzu

November 23, 2025 · 1h 58m · Season 1 · Episode 37

About this episode

The episode features an in-depth conversation with Andrea Borman about her experiences with Linux and other operating systems.

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…

People in this episode

Host: Linkarzu

Guest: Andrea Borman

Topics covered

Linux
Operating Systems
Text Editors
Terminals
YouTube
Technology

Keywords

Linux
macOS
Windows
YouTube
text editor
Fedora
Debian
Arch
smartphones
technology

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Linux, macOS, Windows, Linux Mint 9 GNOME edition, Fedora 43, Arch, Debian, PC Linux

Places: eBay