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minus-squareLostXOR@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days ago90% of problem solving is just Googling stuff and screwing with settings, which isn’t particularly Linux specific.
minus-squareTheV2@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agoBeing able to find a solution instead of a huge amount of bloat is Linux specific.
minus-squaregermanatlas@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agoThere is definitely a difference between finding out the registry exists vs having to look up which key to edit
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoUnder Linux you find the root cause and fix it. Under Windows you just try everything until something magically works.
minus-squareByteOnBikes@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 days agoThat’s exactly what I tell tinkerers. You can be a Windows IT person for a decade and not really know anything except how to copy and paste something. You do the same for Linux, and at some point, everything clicks.
minus-squareZiglin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoExcept the success chances are significantly higher on Linux and It’s easy to find a manual.
minus-squareFoxitixation@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoUsually there is also documentation of your distro, if not use the documentation of the distro your distro is based off
90% of problem solving is just Googling stuff and screwing with settings, which isn’t particularly Linux specific.
Being able to find a solution instead of a huge amount of bloat is Linux specific.
There is definitely a difference between finding out the registry exists vs having to look up which key to edit
Under Linux you find the root cause and fix it.
Under Windows you just try everything until something magically works.
That’s exactly what I tell tinkerers.
You can be a Windows IT person for a decade and not really know anything except how to copy and paste something.
You do the same for Linux, and at some point, everything clicks.
Except the success chances are significantly higher on Linux and It’s easy to find a manual.
Usually there is also documentation of your distro, if not use the documentation of the distro your distro is based off