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I tried to install Pop! and broke my system and really really need help if anyone is willing (lemmy.zip)

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Hi I'm so sorry I don't mean to be a bother or force anyone into unpaid support, but I'm having a full meltdown and if I can't fix my system I'm screwed. I really thought I was doing it right and installing Pop to my second D drive to leave windows alone but somehow it completely broke Windows and I can load into that, only Pop! And unfortunately Pop! I guess isn't really my GPU (Nvidia 1080ti I think) so on my 4k monitor everything is blown up and the wrong aspect ratio, cutting off the bottoms of windows I Pop! so I can't even navigate this system that I'm 100% entirely unfamiliar with. I don't even care about getting windows back at this point if I can get Pop! usable, I just need a usable machine. I've tried some terminal stuff I've read online already but nothing has worked and I'm afraid to do the purge ~nnvidia command because it said it might turn my screen black and if I can't even get into Pop! then I'm screwed. I don't even know what help I need but I desperately need help

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I'm too stupid for this. I don't understand what anyone is saying, nothing is working. I don't know what to do. I need to stay away for a few because if I don't I'm going to kill myself. I'm very sorry and I appreciate everyone's help, I wish I that I was smarter and I wish that I was stronger.

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[–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 18 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Good for you taking a break.

Here's a few things I think you should know:

You're doing well, in your responses! This stuff is just hard to communicate about. You are succeeding in sharing information and asking questions. Keep it up.
Everything I have seen in this thread indicates your computer can be fixed. I have broken mine worse more than once, and brought it back.
Most of us have been in your shoes, with the same amount of fear, confusion and helpless feelings. So...uh...welcome to our little club. We get together sometimes and hang out (mostly virtually, admittedly).
This sucks right now, but makes a hell of a story later.
Everyone I know who is now way smarter than me, has a story like the one you're having now. We learn by trying things. Sometimes we regret it for a few days.
You can get through this. Breathe, take your time, and keep reaching out for help.
None of us can pay back the folks who pulled our ass out of the fire when we were in your shoes, but we can keep helping you.

[–] djdarren@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

So...uh...welcome to our little club.

I'm still very much a Linux n00b, so am still liable to break shit if I don't fully understand what I'm doing. So I've worked out that the best thing for me is to have an old laptop that doesn't really have any other use that I can mess about with. The amount of distros I've put on it just to see what it does...

My current weapon for this is my 2011 MacBook Pro.

[–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 days ago

"Most of us have been in your shoes, with the same amount of fear, confusion and helpless feelings. So...uh...welcome to our little club. We get together sometimes and hang out (mostly virtually, admittedly)."

This exactly. I felt such an overwhelming sense of solidarity when reading this post because I have been in this position so many times before. Hell, I still occasionally get like this — although I am way more confident in solving most of my technical problems nowadays, that additional knowledge just makes it all the more frustrating when I run into something that makes me feel confused and overwhelmed.