edit: for anyone curious, the problem was Xorg wasnt loading or something (stuck on systemd ‘graphical interface target reached’ with no graphical interface). because of a typo in a config file.

      • Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world
        1·
        3 years ago

        I question who these imaginary windows users are.

        I set up Windows for my parents. The biggest challenges is them not not knowing how to log into their email. Every 2-3 years, I move their stuff to the cloud and throw in a fresh Windows. Did that for 15 years. Not once did I have to mess with any weird settings for them.

        During the pandemic, hating windows 11, I switched them over to linux. Every month, there’s a new problem. Audio stopped working. Had some DNS issues (that required me to zoom call my brother) They did some weird things where they downloaded two Google chromes (?). I’d have to run updates manually because I don’t trust them to open up terminal.

        Already Linux for my parents requires more support than anything else.

        I still plan to keep encouraging them to use Linux, because I really don’t like the new WIn11 updates.

  • SomeLemmyUser@discuss.tchncs.de
    2·
    1 year ago

    Trying to get teamspeak hotkeys to work in arch wayland - tinker with system for 2 hours - give up and try to revert the changes for 2 hours - give up and load btrfs snapshot - still got bugs you didn’t have before - give up and install Debian.

  • archchan@lemmy.ml
    1·
    3 years ago

    I did that as a beginner a few times but now I’m able to resolve everything I need to with the good old terminal.

    • darcy@sh.itjust.worksOP
      0·
      3 years ago

      sometimes i just cant be bothered figuring out why systemd isnt starting a graphical interface, or whatever, and reinstalling doesnt take very long if you have a home partition

      • Ddhuud@lemmy.world
        1·
        3 years ago

        Figuring out? It’s right there in the logs.

        Fast disks are spoiling the next generation. Back in the day, 2 minutes reading could save you half an hour of reinstalling. But if reinstalling takes about the same amount of time, I guess there’s no more incentive to actually learn something.

  • brokenlcd@feddit.it
    0·
    3 years ago

    I have only really done this while i used windows, on linux i have always been able to find a solution that didn’t require reinstalling; on windows on the other hand i had a time where it just started to bluescreen at every boot out of nowhere…