like how tf am I supposed to know. No, he doesn’t even show me the computer on so I can check task manager or anything. Forgot the charger in another state. He just wants to know why his, currently dead, computer runs slow.
It could literally be anything causing this. Too much stuff running in the background, maybe one task is super intense, overheating, storage is full, idfk. I hate being known as the tech person.
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Step 1. stop using Windows.
Step 2. “sorry idk I haven’t used Windows in 15 years.”
Step 3. no more tech support requests.Not tech savvy enough to use Linux without having a guide hold my hand the entire time. I also I hate change even if it’s for the better.
u dont need a guide to use linux it’s literally just an os like windows, ppl rly overstate how confusing it is
hating change is real tho that’s the reason im still on windows most of the time too lmao
I’ve used it a bit, I have mint dual booted atm and have run it on my server. I know basic stuff is not that much different, but I feel like I end up needing a lot more guides and debugging on linux then I do windows. Not familiar with the file system or terminal. Its not that I can’t necessarily but it always feels harder. Maybe when I get my server back up and running and move my shit off onto it I’ll give linux another try though.
Like, trying to run shit on the server is such a pain. Its satisfying and I like having it, but using the terminal and debugging shit, and then asking around and having some linux
tell me some random fact that I would have had no clue about unless I asked to fix the issue is just a pain and I don’t want that on my desktop. yes you could use a gui on desktop I’m sure at least basic stuff is easier but I hope this makes senseI have mint dual booted atm and have run it on my server.
Bit of a jump in technical requirements there!
Imo Linux is one of those things where you just have to jump in. If you’re just dipping your toes in, you’ll never be familiar enough with it to feel comfortable, and you’ll forget everything you learn between attempts. I switched to Linux in high school, and it was much less user friendly then. It doesn’t take a degree, it just takes time. Nowadays I can’t really use windows machines at all because they have changed so much since 7.
I get the same pain for Windows issues, except that Linux is made to be understandable because, as a volunteer effort, it depends on being understandable to reproduce itself. So you find well-reasoned answers in a wiki or a mailing list or a stack overflow post instead of a bunch of clueless guesses to reboot and run sfc scannow.
tldr use it in your desktop and it will become a lot easier on the server :)
ah i gotcha that makes sense, i always had the opposite experience because i want to make things behave a specific way and windows gets really obtuse for stuff like that
You should try out bazzite on your main computer it’s the most handsfree experience imo. I used to use windows like 5 years ago despite dabbling in Linux for decades, now I daily drive it. It’s caught up a lot there’s nothing that doesn’t work now imo. Bazzites whole design philosophy is you shouldn’t have to fuck with anything as an end user, their goal is to be as easy to use as android. Imo the Linux Mint advice is dated, and fun fact a lot of the devs working on bazzite and its subsystems are queer.
Ubuntu is made for people like us who are scared of computer yet hate Windows
Tried to install Ubuntu literally yesterday. Upon finishing installation, I tried:
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgradeRed line error on upgrade command because of some error installing “polkitd” or some shit. Literally can’t even upgrade on a fresh install on LTS Ubuntu. Fuck Windows but fuck Linux too
apt-get upgrade doesn’t handle package deletes and isn’t actually what you’re looking for. Here’s your fix:
sudo apt --fix-broken installsudo apt full-upgrade
To be honest if you don’t know what you’re doing well enough to have a specific reason you need to do manual package management, you don’t need to bother using apt or the command line at all. Just go through Software & Updates or the Ubuntu store for all your updates. The benefit of Linux is that you just don’t need to fuck around with all this stuff manually. Just install steam and play games, it’ll handle everything by itself. :)
The “fix broken install” thing is a joke right? There’s no way that’s an actual command.
I’m trying to do the apt-get upgrade thingy because I wanna stall some specific GCC eventually to program microcontrollers (I’m a low level nerd, C for microcontrollers, that’s why my head explodes with such big commands doing 17366272 lines of code)
–fix-broken is a real flag. You can also use -f
You could probably get that stuff installed through the snap store. I’m constantly surprised by how many things have a snap, flatpak, or .deb that works perfectly.
How to make Linux work: “fix broken”. Truly peak command. Thank you, I’ll try that later!
Surely I can’t, it’s a weird git, check it out if you want it’s called “ch32fun” by “cnlohr”
The enshitification of ubuntu particularly is independent from Linux still not being 100% grandpa-friendly
Which, btw, no OS ever was 100% universally friendly with no faults
Why are you using a terminal to update your system? Does Ubuntu not let you update via the desktop?
Why does it matter? Am I doing anything wrong by using apt-get upgrade?
Well it’s not the intended way to update your system since there’s a software updates app.
You can use Linux without having to memorize terminal commands and you should insist on that when using the system.
I prefer pop os or mint
Someday I’ll switch
Step 2a: “Windows always shit the bed after 2 years, which is why I jumped ship. Anyways, here’s how to install Linux Mint.”
i have friends that are trying to get linux gaming and stuff like jellyfin working and its the opposite problem where they’ll tell me about the problems and i’ll want to help but they’ll be like “nah its ok i’ll figure it out” oh ok
Tell him to hit it with a hammer
i did this and it turned off way faster than normal, thank you
A common reason that laptops become slow is that the thermal paste on the CPU dries up and then the bios underclocks the CPU to stop overheating. Replace the thermal paste and then the underclocking stops.
tysm for the advice, when I can actually turn it on I’ll check if its overheating/underclocking. Hopefully repasting isn’t too much of a pita
Also, if it is a budget laptop, replacing the hard disk with a solid state will make it like 10 times faster.
when ppl ask me questions like this i just give the answer that is most likely to solve the problem and if it does, awesome, if it doesn’t i can go “aw man that’s crazy”
cuz they bought a budget machine 5+ years ago and then took the windows 11 upgrade.
i just tell people to buy a Mac and leave me alone, lol.
“Just spend 2000€ and it will run so smoothly” nice advice lmao
Not necessarily, second hand Macs easily go for 400-700 and these are the newer apple silicon models, I can imagine the Intel macs go for much lower.
They’re still expensive relatively speaking but not overpriced anymore.
