Curious on the experiences of those recently migrating to Linux from Windows 10, Intel-based MacOS, etc. How is it being on Linux? Anything surprise or frustrate you?

  • Vicinus@piefed.zipEnglish
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    4 months ago

    I tried Fedora at first but had an issue (with Steam, I think). I didn’t follow instructions correctly to fix issue and bricked the system (totally my fault).

    Then I tried Mint. I didn’t run into any issues and when I do want to do something that isn’t just a GUI click, I make sure to follow the instructions correctly.

    I’ve moved everyone else in my family over to Mint now. I’m very happy with Mint. One day, I may change to a arch distro to compare, but I don’t have a major need/want to at this point.

    • Victor@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 months ago

      had an issue (with Steam, I think). I didn’t follow instructions correctly to fix issue and bricked the system (totally my fault).

      Color me intrigued. What could this issue with Steam have been, and the actions you took to fix that, that caused the whole system to get bricked. 😅

      • Vicinus@piefed.zipEnglish
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        4 months ago

        I believe the fix was to change the ownership of a folder, but I changed the ownership of the system and then it wouldn’t boot Linux.

        Just realized I probably shouldn’t have used the word “bricked”.

        • Victor@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          4 months ago

          Ah, well I assume that’s what you meant by bricked 😁

          Okay, I see. Weird how the system won’t boot if some directory had the wrong owner. The root user should be able to see any file or directory. But maybe the system doesn’t boot “as root”, what do I know. 😅🤷‍♂️ (I actually don’t know.)