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  • dino@discuss.tchncs.detoLinux@lemmy.ml•Help me like desktop linuxEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Really good post and as a daily linux user for quite some time, I can relate.

    I also strive for simplicity so I try to minimize the use of anything which isn’t in the official repos of a distribution. This is a big one, because depending on your use-case this trims down the applicable distros to your specific needs quite a bit. e.g. do you need up-to-date packages/firmware/drivers, you have to look at rolling-release distros. Do you not have these requirements and looking for stability then you can look at point releases (LTS) on the other side of the spectrum.

    What most linux enthusiast forget to take into consideration is the willingness to use the command line. If you are very reluctant to use a terminal you should look e.h. for distros which give you the ability to configure almost everything through built-in GUIs e.g. OpenSuse’s Yast (Leap, Tumbleweed etc.) or Gnome focused distros (Ubuntu etc.) This also links into trying out the different package managers and their commands, some of them will seem more straightforward (apt install, zypper install) whereas others are more obfuscated (pacman -S, xbps-install). Searching for packages (apt search, zypper search, pacman -Ss/-Qs whatever, xbps-query)

    In terms of desktop environments/window managers I also strive for simplicity, but I am willing to invest some time to setup the initial configuration. If you want something which works out of the box you need to try out different ones. KDE is a sure hit on most of those use-cases (esp. gaming, being very customizable although I’d recommend to not fiddle too much, similar workflow to Windows) if you feel comfortable with the workflow of Gnome, this might also be something for you (kind of tablet/phone). Otherwise go into the rabbit-hole of smaller WMs like openbox, labwc or if you are using terminal applications a lot, twms, i3, riverwm etc.

  • dino@discuss.tchncs.detoLinux@lemmy.ml•Help me like desktop linuxEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Each time I ran into the same frustrations. Stuff didn’t work and troubleshooting consisted more of filtering which guides are actually applicable to my current combination of software than actually solving the problem

    I think herein lies your problem, you need the ability to adapt problem solutions aimed at other software/setups at your own. I know it sounds easier than it is, but thats the gist of working with linux.