Lemme tell you… I’d love to use your knowledge, and have gotten some great tips on other posts and forums. But if the answer to one more of my questions starts with “you just need to …” and then has an extremely vague answer, I’ma pull the rest of my hair out.
That said, I’m building a PC right now that will be Linux based because fuck Windows and fuck Microsoft. Sincerely, a burnt out IT dude tired of hearing what fresh hell patch Tuesday brought.
It happens soooo often it can be really frustrating. But to be fair I think the folks that hang around that sort of tech site or even here are so far ahead of me with Linux it probably feels like talking to a 5 year old in order to “dumb it down” for me. I’m still determined to learn though, dammit!
That may be kinda true, I actually regret not annotating what I learned along the way because I would like to be able to explain to others in the way I would have liked to get that information taught to me when I didn’t know things, teaching/informing is difficult to get right because you often don’t know the knowledge gap between you and the listener.
Good on you for sticking with it! When I started I made my fair share of silly mistakes, still do honestly, I think we are all 5 year olds at heart anyway :P
A few years ago I switched to Linux and I pretty much was like this: I saw a friend who didn’t use Linux and tried to evangelize it, saying how it’s superior, how everything you do on Windows is doable on Linux, how Microsoft harvests your data and how bloated Windows 10 is.
That didn’t really lead me anywhere except pushing people away from Linux because I was practically forcing it onto them. Average experience would be me helping them install Linux and troubleshoot some things (usually via googling for them), but as soon as they hit some roadblock that required more extensive troubleshooting to fix (say, a rarer issue), they’d just quit, resulting in time wasted on both ends. If you don’t want to drive people away from Linux and be their dedicated tech support for hours and hours (assuming it’s a friend rather than a stranger on the internet), then please don’t evangelize it without being asked specifically about it. It’s okay to suggest, but let people decide if they want to make the switch themselves.
This isn’t specifically targeted at OP or anyone in particular, it’s just that this type of mentality seems to be literally everywhere when it comes to Linux corners in social media and this meme reminded me of it.
Libre software was a movement founded on collaboration and a sense of urgency. Sure you may have not have had the success you wanted, but the reality is that there is no safe, sustainable alternative to it.
Also I reject your usage of the word “Tech support.” You’re teaching people how to use an operating system (and more importantly a philosophy) they’ve never experienced before. People are driven away from GNU every day by cheap expensive technology that preys on their vulnerability, you likely never made a dent by telling people about it.
VR gaming :(
In all fairness, I usually get the opposite. I grew up building DOS systems, but haven’t messed with command lines in years. Decided to build an unRAID server and dip my toes into jumping to Linux. If I ever get stuck, can’t find anything, and need to reach out, I usually get either “look it up” or “if you don’t know, you don’t need to be messing with X.”
I’ll save your username…
Or just join my community !Linuxquestions@lemmy.zip
i want to install anbox (run android on linux), and it has modules that are required to be installed in the kernel (chamem? ) using dkms: first hurdle was that my ubuntu had a kernel version beyond 5.6, so it doesn’t allow any modification, then learned that i could boot with 5.19 at startup, but still, i got another error that compiler used (gcc) is of different version than the one used with the kernel. all i wanted is to install anbox 😭😭
One of the best qualities of Arch and other Arch based distros, the ability to use the archwiki.
It can be helpful when using other distros too but on Arch it’s exactly the docs your supposed to use.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Anbox
From that wiki it says: Note: As of February 2023, Anbox is no longer actively developed. The developer recommended Waydroid as an alternative.
well according to my simple serf beliefs, i thought that arch would allow more kernel tinkering, maybe thats why it was popular among certain groups, and jokes aside: if i am obliged to learn cui instead of gui, i might as well learn it the solid way (i am still novice at linux, and arch seems kinda intimidating) guess i ll start using arch, idk if it uses different comands other than sudo and so forth…although its still linux, but the documentation is really helpful, also again: i really appreciate ur help. i ll check waydroid instead.
I feel you, back when I tried installing Anbox it felt like a nightmare, I think I eventually succeeded, but then I noticed how outdated it was and basically dropped it.
Now there is Waydroid that is based on more recent Android versions and it has become super easy to install, even with ARM translation to have compatibility with most Android apps:
i am barely informed about any of this. tbh i like the linux community: everyone is willing to help and share a piece of info. thank you.
You got it! And yeah, that’s the nice part, nearly everyone tries to contribute, I like to think that part of it is to spite Windows and prove that Linux isn’t so difficult like all the skeptics say lol, personally I just feel compelled to help anyone if I know I can answer their question, it feels wrong not to
