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    It's been 84 years… (sh.itjust.works)
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    [–] sukhmel@programming.dev 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    I remember back in the 2000s when I tried to isolate a problem this never worked out. Too vague, too little understanding of what's what. If it wasn't for the help of one more experienced user in our campus, I would've given up pretty soon.

    I hope things are better now, as I haven't been using Linux for quite some time and consider going back but this time there will be no one to ask

    [–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

    Things are MUCH better. You will still need the occasional help / web research, but at least you get a working system out of the box, with graphical desktop environment and - typically - network (even wifi) and 3d acceleration working right away. Disclaimer: Your best bet for a distribution to get started is one that includes non-GPL compatible firmware (Linux Mint I believe is best, ubuntu may also work). Also, not all graphics chipsets work quite as well out of the box. I believe right now AMD is best, however, nvidia provides drivers for linux (that "taint" the kernel), if you need that for gaming.

    Steam works fine and gaming is only limited by the titles that don't run even on the proton (windows compatibility) tool. A respectable amount of titles are even released natively for Linux / SteamOS.

    [–] huskypenguin@sh.itjust.works 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

    Now you have the internet and arch wiki.

    [–] sukhmel@programming.dev 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    The internet was already present then. The Arch wiki though…

    Well, I'll just hope things are better now and give it a go

    [–] huskypenguin@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 months ago

    I don't feel like the Linux communities were really a friendly space in the early 2000s. And the Ubuntu forums felt like they became powerful in 2010. I played around with Linux briefly in 2005 and felt like there wasn't much support for solving certain issues.

    And when in doubt, ask chatgpt. It may give you a wrong answer but it can point you in the right direction.

    [–] huskypenguin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago

    And you can always send me a question if you run up against something. I'm not an expert by any means but I've made it my daily driver for a couple years now.