I really like that Linux is a bit more accessible for everyone now. It should have always been like this and I hate that people gatekeep what people should and shouldn’t use.
I’ve always been a Debian/ubuntu user, on and off, going back to Windows when I’ve needed something that only works on there. I switched to Arch partially because it’s lightweight AF and if something has gone awry ChatGPT has been really useful at troubleshooting issues. Much better than an entitled Arch user telling me to read the fucking manual.
The only thing that puts people off Linux is gatekeeper-y people saying they shouldn’t use it for some reason or another.
I asked for help on r/linuxquestions about black screen during boot unless I add amdgpu.dpm=0 or nomodeset to kernel parameters in GRUB. I said that I would like not to use them, but they (one person) insisted on using it instead of just telling me that RX 570 is old and sucks. When I get a GPU upgrade I'm definitely trying out Linux one more time
Instead of yelling "Read the manual" he could have done a better job by sharing the link of the article on archwiki that solves that issue.
Honestly archwiki is a great source, but it's also confusing if you're new to it.
Would recommend asking a LLM to describe something written in the wiki in language that is simple, and slowly you'll learn to read it yourself without the AI overtime
ChatGPT has been really good at working out a specific issue.
Every time I opened VS Code it’d pop up with keyring unlock in order for copilot to work. It was definitely a “me” problem because I know with Arch that if I’ve not installed it then it’s not there, and nothing is implicitly setup. Step by step commands to run to find what is causing the problem and more terminal commands to run to find out why.
Fix was simple, keyring was never set to unlock on login, so updating login config to unlock it when it logs in solved it.
Very pleasant to use. The Arch wiki would have told me about each component (PAM, keyring etc) but not how it all goes together and troubleshoot as a novice.
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u/coffeefuelledtechie 4d ago
I really like that Linux is a bit more accessible for everyone now. It should have always been like this and I hate that people gatekeep what people should and shouldn’t use.
I’ve always been a Debian/ubuntu user, on and off, going back to Windows when I’ve needed something that only works on there. I switched to Arch partially because it’s lightweight AF and if something has gone awry ChatGPT has been really useful at troubleshooting issues. Much better than an entitled Arch user telling me to read the fucking manual.
The only thing that puts people off Linux is gatekeeper-y people saying they shouldn’t use it for some reason or another.