Linux is Too Hard - A Solution!

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Linux is super easy. It is unlearning Windows that's difficult.

I started out using Arch Linux, and my experience was not so much that Linux in general is too hard, but rather that proprietary Nvidia graphics drivers suck

"When windows.. i don't know 11 or 12 whatever new version... whenever it comes out, i guarantee you there's gonna be changes to the UI, they're gonna move things around ya and you're gonna have to spend time learning that anyway." THIS aged like fine Wine . [Edit: 10:01 is when the quote starts]

Came for Linux advice. Stayed for life advice.

"I don't really know how to do anything, I just google when things go wrong!" -- My Mom about managing her linux machine. I haven't had to do anything in years.

Fun fact: when I first installed linux, I broke windows, in the end I decided to delete the windows partition. So yeah I couldn't give up. Lol

What we learned short after Windows 8 came out: How to re-install Windows 7.

I'm a new-ish Linux Mint user. I had a "Linux is hard moment" when I followed some tutorials on the command line, and ended up breaking some packages in the quest to fix my unsigned kernels problem. Ended up installing the latest version of mint from scratch, definitely a learning experience, if not a frustrating one. If I was a normie I would have given up.

I got into Linux because I was sent to college with an old laptop with a broken Windows 10 preview install and no money to buy a Windows key. It was eithet Linux or Nothing. Nothing is too hard if there is no alternative.

Nobody in programming or IT should ever give up at Linux because knowing your way around Linux is the quintessential IT skill. Knowing how to run your own servers is important.

I had something like this with Windows. Since birth basically I was on linux. Since my dad likes it more then anything by microsoft. One day my mom bought me a computer. I was like 15. It had Windows 7. I tried it. It was terrible. After a month or so I installed Ubuntu 14 on it.

Bruh why you gotta flex on us with the GigaChad face at the starting of the video 😭 Can't I drink my soy latte in peace

When it comes to nvidia drivers, I'm the most powerful person to ever exist.

I applied this to installing gentoo in android phone, I thought that was too hard. Pretty easy, adb push /sdcard, root phone as you can, chrooting, nice. I got it. Next, I wanted to update the rom. Phone bricked.

You know what is really difficult, actually deleting Cortana

People need to remember that often times we have YEARS of experience with proprietary operating systems, getting used to them, fixing them, and so on. And often times they're as complicated if not more complicated than Linux. So you can just expect to do the same right after picking up a new OS. It will take time. But if someone were to grow up with Linux I'm sure they'd find it as easy if not easier to use than proprietary ones. So it's certainly possible. You just need to stick to it. And keep your original goal in mind. Like you said

I started using arch Linux and fell in love. The amount of freedom is amazing!

I don't understand the argument "I don't want to relearn my operating system." I personally want my operating system to be as efficient and easy to use as possible. That's why I spend so much time learning Linux, and especially tiling window managers. Once you get used to them, it's very hard to go back. I'm willing to relearn my operating system as long as it's a significant change which makes it easier to use.

Agree with this. Forcing myself through my first couple of scuffed arch installs made me a lot more competent in troubleshooting linux in general, and made me switch full time. It has also prepared me for all the linux servers I will run into in future dev jobs.