Don’t get me wrong. I love Linux and FOSS. I have been using and installing distros on my own since I was 12. Now that I’m working in tech-related positions, after the Reddit migration happened, etc. I recovered my interest in all the Linux environment. I use Ubuntu as my main operating system in my Desktop, but I always end up feeling very limited. There’s always software I can’t use properly (and not just Windows stuff), some stuff badly configured with weird error messages… last time I was not able to even use the apt command. Sometimes I lack time and energy for troubleshooting and sometimes I just fail at it.

I usually end up in need of redoing a fresh install until it breaks up again. Maybe Linux is not good for beginners working full time? Maybe we should do something like that Cisco course that teaches you the basic commands?

    • somedaysoon@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      You absolutely have other choices. Flatpak, appimage, or just compiling yourself from source and bypassing the AUR; I never use the AUR.

      It’s unfortunate that people that don’t know what they are doing use it because it makes an installation easy. They shouldn’t, if you don’t understand how and why it might break things. If you do, and it breaks something, don’t complain. But people do anyway because they are entitled and lazy.

      • TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pub
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        1 year ago

        So Flatpak is preferred? It should probably be the top option in the list. People keep complaining about Flatpak and Snaps, and they’re lower in the list, so I assumed they weren’t as good to use.