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Ubuntu is made for people like us who are scared of computer yet hate Windows
I prefer pop os or mint
Someday I'll switch
Tried to install Ubuntu literally yesterday. Upon finishing installation, I tried:
Red line error on upgrade command because of some error installing "polkitd" or some shit. Literally can't even upgrade on a fresh install on LTS Ubuntu. Fuck Windows but fuck Linux too
The "fix broken install" thing is a joke right? There's no way that's an actual command.
I'm trying to do the apt-get upgrade thingy because I wanna stall some specific GCC eventually to program microcontrollers (I'm a low level nerd, C for microcontrollers, that's why my head explodes with such big commands doing 17366272 lines of code)
How to make Linux work: "fix broken". Truly peak command. Thank you, I'll try that later!
Surely I can't, it's a weird git, check it out if you want it's called "ch32fun" by "cnlohr"
Update: ended up killing Ubuntu altogether and installing Linux Mint. Seems to work flawlessly so far, thank you for your support <3
I heard of bazzite, isn't it for gaming or something?
Sounds pretty cool, again, thanks for all the suggestions!!
Yeah, looks cool, I'll look into it <3 thanks so much!
The enshitification of ubuntu particularly is independent from Linux still not being 100% grandpa-friendly
Which, btw, no OS ever was 100% universally friendly with no faults
Why are you using a terminal to update your system? Does Ubuntu not let you update via the desktop?
Why does it matter? Am I doing anything wrong by using apt-get upgrade?
Well it's not the intended way to update your system since there's a software updates app.
You can use Linux without having to memorize terminal commands and you should insist on that when using the system.