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Why people gave up using linux? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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The only few reason I know so far is software availability, like adobe software, and Microsoft suite. Is there more of major reasons that I missed?

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[โ€“] 14 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

I'm comfortable using a terminal, but with my Linux machines s common pattern is:

Need to get some software working. Find how to fix it, edit some config files.

Months later I run a system update and it's starts asking me about merging the changes I made to various files. What were they for again? Are they still even necessary with the update or are the values I changed no longer used?

Then sometimes, something I installed is no longer supported, or needs a manual update because of how I installed it.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 2 years ago*

    You can set up something like Timeshift to automatically take a snapshot of your system before updating (and/or before installing new software) every time. The one time my system got a little fucked up after removing the wrong dependencies or whatever, loading up that snapshot worked like a charm.

    Just having that as backup has made me far more comfortable with trying new things on my laptop.

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