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And somehow every single time the problem was so easy to solve, but apparently crying about it is the better solution.
LXDE sucks ass because no one has ever figured out how to mod a search bar into the start menu.
please for the love of fuck can someone please mod a search bar into LXDE.
As always the best way to get a response on the internet is not to ask a question.
The best way is to post a wrong answer.
Classic murphys law.
Good ol' Murphy. The Hammurabi of the internet.
This is right and every body agrees.
This is just a variant of the "Ask question, use an alt acc to answer it incorrectly" method of getting help.
Harness the OCD of the internet (https://xkcd.com/386/)
The best way to get the right answer on the Internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer.
Truth is, windows has plenty of such small annoyances just as well, it's just that everyone is used to the windows way of doing it, so it's not even worth joking about it.
When I first started using Linux I was impressed with how easily everything seemed to work. Then over time I started to get annoyed with all the things that I had no idea how to fix without looking up, and thought about going back to Windows.
Then I used windows again and was immediately reminded of all the stupid bullshit I had to constantly fight with and forgot about because that was just the norm when windows is the only OS you ever use.
How is this clown behavior? If anything, not accepting the proposed solution to the issue would be it
This is more like, wisdom of the ancients kind of thing
Debianees will only answer your inquiry, however, if it is worded in a proper polite way. Here is a proper, polite way to ask for tech support.
OMG! DEBIAN IS SO PATHETIC! IT CAN'T ________, BUT WINDOWS CAN _____ JUST BY CLICKING _______!
Rushing to defend their precious Linux, they will give the most descriptive, polite, useful information possible. If you use "normal" manners though, you will most likely get flamed, insulted, and receive at least 10 viruses by email. All of which will be written in "1337", for no appearent reason. Your IP will be traced, and eventually your Linux OS will be hijacked and destroyed. In some cases your CPU might melt from having to handle so much hacking by insecure "Debianees".
Step (5): realise the lion's share of people have no clue how anything works, and throwing a tantrum is their only (successful) technique to any technical problem.
When I worked as a system administrator, I discovered that most people would skip curiosity and go straight for anger and abuse. You collapsed a row in excel again and don't remember how to undo it? Time to call helpdesk and yell at them how stupid they are for breaking your computer again.
So many times I see junior Devs (or not so juniors) and normies seeing an error message and, visibly, static plays between their ears on their mental TV set, then they just click the first button that looks appropriate and complain it didn't work.
The text of the message does not get read or parsed.
"You need to close the program to continue". Doesn't work.
"Unexpected X at line N" Doesn't work.
Drives me insane.
Unfortunately, so many error messages are so utterly useless that it has taught many people that all errors are just pointless background noise even if they're actually giving useful info.
I mean, java and Microsoft errors are preceded by 120 characters of useless trash oftentimes, that is equally as infuriating.
I just watched that Linus tech tips video where the guy uninstalls critical system components by accident while trying to install steam.
First the GUI for the package manager refuses to do it, then apt gives him a warning that he's going to break his system. It even makes him type "Yes, do what I say!" but he's too much of a clown to read the warning messages all over his screen. He even smirks at the camera about how silly it is that he would need to type such a thing before he proceeds to mess everything up.
People were trying to defend him, saying that the system shouldn't have allowed him to do it or that the warnings should have been flashing and shooting rainbows out of the monitor or that a robot arm should have come out and started honking his clown nose to let him know he was doing something stupid.
In fairness, when you're used to windows those kinds of warnings basically mean nothing to you.
It's like when you hit snooze on an alarm so many times that you just sleep through your alarm and it becomes background noise.
Also, it's defiantly a glaring issue if installing steam means uninstalling your whole DE.
Still, as a tech YTer who was exploring something out of his elements he should have looked into every error, warning, and message.
Also, it's defiantly a glaring issue if installing steam means uninstalling your whole DE.
Can you explain to me how the fuck that even happened?
And 2. Could it have been prevented by him actually following the installation guide and rehashing the bloody image?
Someone made a video about a steam bug that deleted the PC, not sure if it's the same bug that happened with Linus but shows how some bugs has that kind of power, has a great explanation: How A Steam Bug Deleted Someoneβs Entire PC
Linus and Linux is a rare view behind the curtain
There have been some accusations about him being a sociopath by Louis Rossmann and others, so it might just be that CIA money flowing into his pocket thats preventing him from rational thought
Also, isn't he a fucking IT guy? How did he even manage to build that many PCs and make all those videos about tech topics when he can't even read a red coloured warning and having to type in a very suspicious message?
I haven't watched much of Linus's stuff, but his behavior in the three Linux challenge videos reminded me of the way Conan O'Brien would act with his staff. It struck me as an off-putting blend of arrogance, entitlement, and impatient senility.
Linus bothers me quite a bit and I'm fairly critical of him, but I don't know if I would go as far as saying he is a sociopath. We would probably even be friends, but I would call him on his bull shit. This is my own observations but he strikes me as having pretty strong ADHD combined with getting lucky and big a bit faster than he could adjust to.
His company has a much lower turnover rate than the industry standard and it doesn't seem like anyone that has been on screen couldn't do well elsewhere. That implies to me that the working environment is at least pretty good. He also seems to want to do right by his employees and knows that he is the face of the company and ultimately their paycheck. That combined with an ego that is a little too big, and maybe some issues with reading the room associated with being on the spectrum (again supposition), makes some of his reactions to public push back understandable even if it's not OK.
Also it depends on what you consider an IT guy. He doesn't have experience coding or doing any low level stuff, he just really enjoys building computers and tech in general which can explain a lot of his poor or dumb decisions. What he appears to actually be very good at with tech is his knowledge of supply chains, interactions between companies, and knowing what consumers are likely to actually want.
In the late 1990s/early 2000s, there was some satire article about how to get most effective Linux support. Just write an angry news/blog article about how Linux sucks because it doesn't (insert the thing you're having problems with here). You bet someone will immediately respond how you're an idiot and you should (insert detailed explanation of how to fix the thing here).
I've switched to Linux because at this point it's easier to deal with problems on Linux than using Windows and getting it to usable state.
And if something doesn't run on Linux... I use something else, easy as that.
Windows is better... oh, really? Linux is like a breath of fresh air for me, and in two years of using it, I have never noticed or encountered any critical problems or bugs, but when there is a problem, it is usually not so difficult to solve it because there are resources and people who can help.
My only regret is that I didn't try Linux a few years ago.
Nvmd, I fixed the issue
Yeah? Try playing MYST VR with a quest 2 and Nvidia GPU.
I love Linux, but sometimes I just wanna pin it against the wall and make violent love to it until my issue is fixed. Though usually the love making is more of a frustrating 6 hours of troubleshooting.
BTW, are we allowed to sexualize an OS?
Initial release: September 17, 1991; 33 years ago
Sure
I've been in the comments section once or twice. The solution was "RTFM."
The good old ways. I miss them.
Nowadays, itβs more "User Manual? You mean the Manufacturerβs Opinion?"
I used to do some linux training for new hires at my old job. The company had a training room with a rack of servers for lab work.
It was a training on how to deploy the product on a customer server. I personally wrote the instructions and tested them on the lab machines after a fresh install.
I had others test the lab instructions. I even had people from non-tech roles verify that they too could do the labs by following the instructions.
Still I get a guy in the training complaining that "this doesn't work" and I can see from the error on his screen that he must have skipped one of the steps in the lab instructions.
He's not even trying to figure it out. Even though others are finishing, he just decided that it doesn't work and gave up.
Windows and Mac have taught people to ignore safety error messages. Weβre gonna be dealing with the fallout of that for generations.
Ngl, i love linux so much more and would never go back to windows but right now my audio jack doesn't work for my new pc build.
I've contacted the manufacturer of the motherboard, they say to try Windows
I've posted on linux questions subreddit, nothing replied
I've posted on EndeavourOS forums, got views, not replies.
I've gone so into the weeds I'm trying to remap pins because I'm assuming the manufacturer relies on something Windows pre-configures so audio will play but it never makes it out of the port but it's been weeks and I can't solve it.
Again, I'd never go back to windows but damn do I feel stranded rn.
Motherboard: Minisforum BD790i X3D OS: endeavouros
Have you tried making a meme about how windows is so much better?
Does it work on Windows?
Because it could just as well be a shitty solder job
Also next time never say you use Linux to a support tech. They will blame it all on linux, whether the pc is broken in half or covered in rat piss, it will always be you who broke it by using unsupported software.
What always has me seeing red is when I'm deep diving forums searching for anyone who has had my exact issue. Finding people with similar, but not exactly the same, issues with easy solutions that don't work for me. Finally finding one forum post from 9 months ago, it is literally the exact same issue I'm dealing with. One reply. It's OP a few days/weeks/months later replying to their own post only to say:
Nevermind, I fixed it.
But no solution, no response to commenting on the post or DMing.....
Makes me wanna slap a mfr......
Fine, I'll give this strategy a shot too: Linux is crap because when I switch USB audio interface with a switcher the audio becomes extremely borked likely because of buffer settings somehow changing, to me it feels like the buffer is too small and then all these audio crackling issues start propping up.
Windows doesn't have this issue whatsoever, it's only when I switch back to Linux in the switcher that the audio is borked.
Pipewire/Pipewire-pulse
this is the way. the best way to get linux support is to claim something isnt there or working. instant flood of reply from nerds and adhs ppl.. i am not advocating it, but OP is wrong...