As a noob, I wonder what would be the right way to do it?
this post was submitted on 02 Jul 2023
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Bro its so easy, simply have 5 years of linux experience. Legit tho I've been trying linux out for a long time and the only computer I really try to repair instead of reinstalling is my server, cuz I don't remotely remember how I set that thing up in the first place.
I use timeshift and it has saved my ass quite a few times!
With the exception of my home data, this is why I switched to Fedora Silverblue. I got past the experimental phase and just wanted a linux that would work without thoughts
Then there's the cloud: "Oh, crap. I have a typo in a config file. I guess I'll destroy the machine and set up a whole new one!"
This is precisely the hampster wheel that felt like it led me to osx.
Considering I'd rather not spend the weekend troubleshooting stuff when I have my house to clean before returning to work on Monday, and a simple backup > reinstall will take me less than 6h at most (counting all customization and etc), I'll take a full reinstall any time.
Edit: Oh, now I reread that's about the early days. Would do the same though.
Reinstalling is Windows (and sometimes macOS) logic. On Linux just fix whatever it is and move on.
Have a friend who still does this. Every so often he'll notice that something is missing from a previous reinstall and we have to take a second to bring his system back on track
This was me back in the days when breaking anything xorg related
earlier days? this was me last week after failing miserably to install poetry 4 times in a row and destroying my python environment.
If you just want to get shit done sure just reinstall and you are good to go, but I see these issues as a learning opportunity and I have tons of free time so I try and fix my system for hours on end. Also it rarely breaks so not much time is wasted.
Broke my ZorinOS install by trying to upgrade parts of the OS by myself so I could run newer software and lived like that for months until I gave up and switched to Fedora
Reminds me, that I want to "fix" my install.
This is the way
Me rn frfr
me whose samsung laptop will only reliably boot with kubuntu:
:(
Oh, for the days of constant distro-hopping ...
I feel this. I used to do it all the time when I first got into Linux. Immutable distros will make this a non-issue.
Hey, at least we have the option to fix things. My poor Windows friends end up reinstalling multiple times a year due to unfixable issues and bugs.
Being able to easily and freely upgrade, experiment, and reinstall is one of the big perks of Linux. Carry on.
I normally troubleshoot for an hour or so. After that, I'm reinstalling. Fuck this shit 😂
I don't have many spare devices to do backups so I started using Fedora Kionite. I highly recommend installing ublue if anyone uses Silverblue/Kionite.