The actual box for Linux should be:
dmesg -l errsudo journalctlThen google search the errors with your distribution
This is corporate propaganda. /s
In all seriousness though it’d be really nice if people stopped sharing memes making Linux look hard. Its literally the only readily available easy to use option that doesn’t spy on you, the people need to not be scared of it.
This is very true. There are even options where you don’t have to touch the command line, and just work no problem.
That said, I love tinkering on my Linux machine. It elevates it from a tool to a hobby for me, which I love. It adds a spark to my life! But hey, not everyone is like me, and that’s just fine (may be for the best!).
It’s accessible for new users, easy for old users, but ironically the hardest if you know only just enough to be dangerous.
Sincerely, Someone who broke their desktop gui by tinkering, twice.
100% true there.
As a 20 year user I can’t imagine using something else as easily. My partner, who’s been using it for less than a month, also has a great time with it.
Back when I was still learning though I broke it quite a few times mucking about where I didn’t belong and copy-pasting commands I didn’t understand into the terminal.
Remember kids, if you don’t understand what you’re reading, you can break things by following instructions.
I decided to break out of this cursed circle. I installed TempleOS
The instructions for Windows work just as well on Linux, to be fair.
Preposterous, my lucky socks never failed me.
When I was a kid, my dad gave me a pair of socks that repel lions. I’ve never seen a lion while wearing those socks, so I know they work.
Keep your files in “My Documents” (and any other default media folders like movies and pictures; or on a separate drive) and you won’t lose shit other than installed programs when you re-install Windows.
Same goes for linux if you have /home on a separate partition/disk. That saved my ass more times than i am willing to admit…
Keeping home on a separate disk is the best way to go. A different partition is okay, but a different drive is even better.
Can confirm. This is exactly how it works. I use Mint, BTW.
The real “scorched earth” strategy:
- Format system drive
- Reinstall Arch
- Keep all your files on the data drive
- Run your personal setup script to put everything back how you like it
- (Optional) Be happy
Edit: forgor 6. Tell everyone you use Arch
- Install Debian
- Experience stability.
- No, really. It’s very stable.
- Spend years growing old with the same packages.
- Accept your fate.
Use flatpak for anything newer. Most things are already available as flatpak, only things I haven’t seen available are terminal based applications as Flatpak.
Though maybe in a future version we might get that capability. I’ve always been told you can’t install terminal based applications like neofetch or bpyTOP as flatpak. Which is kind of a bummer but not that big of a deal.
