I read the article, probably not. He makes some valid points.

He had lost me within his first 15 seconds. Self centred indulgent earwig!

@FearlessFly And what were those points in your opinion?

@FearlessFly I listened to it all. I would have to really go through and write down a list of his points, but I found disagreement with him early on, when he's talking about searching for linux, but then talks about the numerous iterations of Mac and Windows. Just linux? Clearly linux-related searches might not even include the word itself, but instead on distro names. I'm aware of this because I check into my own and other distros.

I also have to wonder about his viewpoint in general. I know nobody who goes to any kind of linux conferences, much less speaks at them. So just how elitist of a user is this guy?

A word on backwards compatibility, which I myself don't think I've had a problem with. What he was talking about with AppImage, if I understand it, is essentially programs built with static libraries (which takes up more storage space and more memory to run). But as far as I know, it's possible to have different versions of shared libraries on a system. I'm given to understand that it's even possible to have 32-bit libs on a 64-bit system. So maybe his problems with backward compatibility has something more to do with a lack of knowlege and understanding?

@bingst Perhaps he is a legend in his own GRUB.

@bingst I have had no occasion to use Appimage or snap . . .