Linus Tech Tips

Linus Gabriel Sebastian (born: ), is a Canadian YouTuber, video presenter, technology demonstrator and advertiser known for making the tech analysis series Linus Tech Tips (or simply LTT).
==History==
Linus is currently the third most-subscribed tech channel on YouTube, the first being Unbox Therapy and the other being Marques Brownlee.
===Make A Wish Foundation===
On a live stream, Linus Sebastian talked about a boy who had stage four . The kid asked the for a personalized video from Linus. Linus talked about his emotions over the whole situation along with any thoughts he had about it, including how depressing the subject was.
In the email where Make-A-Wish contacted him about making the video, they said "Be upbeat, and don't talk about death." Linus' response was, "this kid's twelve, he's like dying of leukaemia—the last thing I could do right now is be upbeat." The child originally planned on making a visit to Linus Media Group, but his condition got severe and he could not leave the hospital due to becoming heavily sick.
He received an email from the son's father a couple of weeks prior to the livestream containing a digital photo album of his son during the last part of his life. The last part of the album was dedicated to the computer they built him, with Linus making up specifications for a computer and sending over the parts for him to build it. Initially he was almost too weak attempt the build, but eventually did get to build it and play some games. A month later, the son's father thanked Linus for making the last part of his son's life worthwhile, saying he made a big difference.
===Thinking of retirement===
In a live stream on January 22, Linus talked about retiring and his 10 million subscriber milestone, stating that he did not want to treat it as anything special as it was "just another milestone." He stated that his viewers made him "the luckiest person in the world" for helping his channel grow the way it has and how the channel has progressed.
He then talked about how stressful his job was becoming and the tribulations he has faced; and stated the title of the live stream was not clickbait, but he is only thinking about retiring: he is not actively planning retirement or will retire as of now. Linus stated that all he could see in the album of the kid who had leukaemia were his own kids, questioned why he was doing "all of this"—referring to his life choices and career choices.
He joked about not uploading videos anymore and spending time at home; these were his main reasons for thinking of early retirement. The company would be run by the current employees but Linus could be the former CEO or a shareholder of Linus Media Group when or if retires.
====Stepping down from CEO====
Effective July 1, 2023, Linus stepped down from the position of CEO of Linus Media Group, and became the Chief Visionary Officer (CVO) of LMG instead. The new CEO position is now handled by Terren Tong, Linus' former superior in NCIX and Marketing Director for Corsair (2015-2021) and Dell (2021-present).
Linus stated that the reason for stepping down from the seat of CEO was due to his lacking of actual management experiences on the 100-plus staffs on all branches since the creation of the channel, even after ten years of experience; and that financial gains "were not his main driving force," as he was offered $100-million by an undisclosed company, but turned down the deal as it "wouldn't change his [family] lifestyles much". The shift, however, has helped Linus make more appearances as the main host on subsequent LMG videos.
The changes of his CEO status did not change his position as the owner of LMG (along with his wife).
==Personal life==
Linus is married to his wife Yvonne Ho; they married in May 2011. They also have three children in their family (a son and two daughters).
Before he made his YouTube channel, he used to work for the now-closed Canadian electronics shop NCIX, running the NCIX Tech Tips channel. He started the Linus Tech Tips channel while still working at NCIX.
Along with Yvonne, Linus founded Linus Media Group as the legal representative of the channel.
Linus also has six more YouTube channels under the names Techquickie, TechLinked, Channel Super Fun, LMG Clips, LinusCatTips, ShortCircuit, They're Just Movies (formerly known as Carpool Critics) and GameLinked.
==Controversy==
====Ethics==== 
Some former employees (particularly Madison Reeves, former Social Media Manager of LMG), published a multi-tweet chain statement on her previous experience working for Linus Media Group as a Social Media Manager, which was "ruining her mental health." She was told "not to complain because [her] job was the fun job"; as well as other reasons involving micro-management, ethicality, workplace harassment, all resulting in her quitting the job.
==Memes==
Linus is known for his trope of dropping gears/peripherals, made popular by his "accidental" drop of the 2017 Razer Blade during LTX 2017. Also since, he is known for his segues-lead to sponsors such as TunnelBear, Intel, Corsair, Seasonics, etc.
The image taken from the thumbnail of his January 2020 video "I've been thinking of retiring.", known colloquially as "sad Linus," which features Linus staring solemnly at the camera with his headset on, has been used as a reaction image and in ironic memes on Reddit and iFunny.
On May 23, 2019, Linus uploaded a front camera selfie to Twitter, writing "how much does YOUR selfie cam distort near the edge of the frame." The tweet also became an exploitable reaction image, and received over 150 retweets and 1,700 likes in two months.
==2023 channel hack==
On March 23, 2023, Linus' main channel got hacked by a Tesla scam. As a result, the hackers had the channel upload videos every second. At the time, he renamed the channel to "LinusTechTipsTemp" and his handle to @temporaryhandle after the hack occurred. Moreover, Linus did manage to upload a legitimate video titled "My Bengal Cats Love Their New Squiggly Toy! Linus Tech Tips" (despite the description being hacked). The account was then terminated, along with TechLinked and Techquickie. The channels were restored later that day.
Linus would later upload a video talking about the situation, how to avoid getting hacked, and how YouTube/Google could improve security and the recovery process of hacked channels.
== Quotes ==
* "He's not spending any more money on this, he's too busy blowing it on uncomfortable chairs" (referring to his editor, Dennis Liao)
* "My children aren't allowed to play mobile games."
* "Let's get some Windows XP installed on this bitch!"
* "Welcome...to HOLY SH*T!!!"
* "Yes, do as I say." (his final words shortly before bricking his computer while trying to install Steam during the Linux challenge; this caused him to switch his distro from Pop!_OS to Manjaro)
* "With all the AI shit that Google does, in 2023; how does it fucking possible, that when I said "call Yvonne Ho", it saids "I'm sorry, I don't have a number for "Yvonne Home." HO!!! [...] If I say "call Jake Tivy", ok? You check; how many fucking Jakes are in my address book? Jake 'Teevy'? Close enough."
* "Tax write off"
==Trivia==
*Linus has stated in an interview that his favorite YouTubers are TotalBiscuit, Marques Brownlee and Austin Evans.
*Linus' intro song is Supernova by Laszlo.
**He actually worked with Laszlo (via Monstercat) to create the intro version of Supernova that he uses to this day.
==Gallery==
Linusthing.jpg|"How much does YOUR selfie cam distort near the edge of the frame😅"
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LinusHacked.png|Linus's channel when it was hacked
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