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Why sometimes Linux is hard to switch to (piefed.social)

submitted 2 days ago by BandanaBug@piefed.social to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Normally I always forget why I still keep thinking about switching back to Windows. Today was a great reminder. Linux can be frustrating. This post is somewhat about awareness and partly about me learning about other peoples experiences. I updated my CachyOS as usual. There were some system packages upgraded and I got the notification to reboot. Figuring I'd do it later I left after some time and the PC went to sleep. Upon returning the screen stayed black. Even upon forced reboot. Remembering I was using Limine with BTRFS snapshots I tried multiple previous snapshots but to no avail. I remember this happened before. So now I face another reinstall.. This and having to dive into the deep end of terminal commands to get drivers, programs or games working can be quite frustrating. I understand why people are turned off and go back to Windows..

Onto NixOS for me. A big dive but it seems very stable which might be just what i need. I feel like the philosophy of NixOS combined with a graphical store to install programs and what not seems like a great solution.

What would your ultimate distro be like?

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[–] chloroken@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Going from CachyOS to NixOS because you bricked something is wild. You very clearly have no clue what you're doing and I regret to inform you that your choice of distro will not make an impact. But it isn't all bad — you could stop panicking and acting like you know what you're doing and learn about the technology you're trying to use.

Or keep switching distros forever. I'm sure that will work too.

[–] BandanaBug@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Love the condescending tone! Definitely helps people figuring out Linux. Very helpful reply too. Please keep adding to the community.

You clearly missed my point and instead of adding a helpful reply you decided to get on your high horse..

[–] macaroni@lemmy.org -1 points 23 hours ago

I think he has 2 ideas you are missing. The first is that this is a problem with the operative system, not the kernel, and to go with other operative system with ideology similar to the previous will likely make the same, regardless of kernel, so an operative system tailor for those whose do not want to configure is what should be aim for, like Linux Mint Debian Edition, which is my personal recommendation and preference when I do want something to work now but not to figure it out and configure in my Void ISO that like to make every now an then just when big updates arrives so I can simply install the image… The second is just referring to the posibility that by statistic you will end trying Mint soon or later.