Don’t get me wrong. I love Linux and FOSS. I have been using and installing distros on my own since I was 12. Now that I’m working in tech-related positions, after the Reddit migration happened, etc. I recovered my interest in all the Linux environment. I use Ubuntu as my main operating system in my Desktop, but I always end up feeling very limited. There’s always software I can’t use properly (and not just Windows stuff), some stuff badly configured with weird error messages… last time I was not able to even use the apt command. Sometimes I lack time and energy for troubleshooting and sometimes I just fail at it.

I usually end up in need of redoing a fresh install until it breaks up again. Maybe Linux is not good for beginners working full time? Maybe we should do something like that Cisco course that teaches you the basic commands?

  • @TheButtonJustSpins
    0•1 year ago

    As others pointed, putting commands you see on Google without fully understanding them is a bad idea, and a lot of my “Linux troubleshooting experience” is “trying a bunch of Google solutions in a trial and error fashion”.

    Right? I have no idea if the solution is right until I’ve done it, and it’s unlikely that the first one or two I try will be it. They’re all black magic commands.