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what are problems with linux?
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I can't really help my Windows friends anymore when they need troubleshooting for things like: why their audio channels aren't working in OBS, or why their config is suddenly corrupted. I used to be able to when I was on Windows, but now I just have to watch helplessly while they struggle to make things work.
Oh, I have just written a comment about that. I forced a friend to install Fedora, as I couldn’t help him with Windows.
This is what I aspire to be, but I’m not quite there yet. How long did it take you to forget the windows stuff?
I've been on Arch full-time for about two years, and even though I use some similar software, I've had to troubleshoot and do things differently from my friends for a while (installing mods manually, adding launch options to certain Steam games, using entirely different software stacks to do the same things). My brain just can't contain troubleshooting info for both, so the Windows stuff gets lost over time as Widows becomes more buggy and stupid.
I've been running Linux full time for 4 years and still have my Windows troubleshooting knowledge. I would say it's more frustrating since logging isn't nearly as good compared to Linux.
It's not so much forgetting, but waiting until Windows "changes it" - the "yeah, just go here in the settings... oh... there's not a setting any more... there used to be an option for this..."
Oh then I guess I’m fucked, cuz the parts I want to forget are mostly the registry and the dumbass isolated settings windows that haven’t changed in 20yrs 😂