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submitted 4 months ago by PumpkinDrama@reddthat.com to c/linux@lemmy.ml

I use Manjaro Linux with the Cinnamon desktop and sometimes run into system-level issues, but I have no idea how to properly debug them. It doesn’t feel as straightforward as debugging a normal program. What’s the best way or resource to learn system debugging on Linux?

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[-] rozodru@piefed.social 0 points 4 months ago

right that's why I said worse comes to worse and to take it with a grain of salt. For very simple issues it's fine, beyond that it's a coin toss. It's a fine rubber duck. Like if I missed something obvious but I'm just not seeing it then it might point that out for me. Like for example I recently reinstalled my OS and I couldn't get wireguad to work so as a last ditch effort I plugged it into Claude and it told me that I had forgotten to replace a privatekey on one of the peers. I had just completely missed it.

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