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Having to search to do everything.. (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 month ago by bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@lemmy.world
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Not that I don't still love using linux daily, but it is getting a little old having to search for how to do anything even just install a simple program (recently, had a. Deb file to install unifi software that wouldn't install and had to find a custom script to do it).

I feel like there's no way I'd ever learn all the random commands I've been copying and pasting (and keeping in a text file for later) and can't help but feel it's kind of clunky. And I don't feel like I really know anything of what Im doing. Even man pages baffle me. I've been into computing for 20 years but only used linux a little like 8 years ago, but now it's been my main os on my desktops for probably 2 months. I know, maybe that's just not long enough. I just don't like the fact that if I couldn't search, I'd be completely stuck on a lot of tasks.

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[โ€“] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A big one I've struggled with and had to keep researching is the file system. It seems insanely complex when you are used to windows file system and where shit is installed. Also the inability to install programs on drives other than your boot drive is a huge downside to me.

One example, I moved a lot of my games over to my linux drive, but some save files didn't move. To find where the save files from linux were, I had to dig and dig through a ton of folders to find it. In windows, it would have simply been in the game folder under saves.

[โ€“] the_abecedarian@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago

Yeah the way the file system works is of the big differences from windows. That can def be a point of frustration.

There are linux approaches to having your /boot, /root, /usr on another partition or drive. It's been common to separate them for a good while and in fact many or most linux installers ask where you want each of them to live (might be in advanced settings).

It takes time to learn a new system. Keep going!