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How to get into linux and stay with linux?
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Just accept shit won't work and drop it cold turkey. Nuke the fuck out of the windows drive and force your self to move on.
If you don't need to to make a living then fuck it and move on.
You learned to use a computer once you can do it again. When you didn't know how to do something in the past you looked it up. When you needed an application you churned though options till one worked.
Shit breaks or is half assed on windows. Your just use to what you know that works. Your use to having your apps your use to.
Learn to get over the fact you gotta relearn things, find new options, and will be frustrated.
After like a month you will be fine Basically git gud. You were gud growing up and got bad. Time to return to your childhood and have fun learning and exploring again.
Also plain ass normal fedora is going to be your best middle ground if you want the widest possiable support of software. Arch if you don't mind a bit more leg work with the aur.