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    [–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    It's things like this that prevent me from using Linux more.

    I force myself to use it for projects where it's an option because I feel I need to learn it better but I kind of dread it every time.

    Inevitably I'm stuck frustrated reading conflicting guides from years ago and wondering just how badly I'm going to fuck things up this time.

    Sometimes it all feels so esoteric.

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    I've always loved Linux, even when it was kicking my ass. I can't imagine approaching it with the attitude "Ugh, I have to force myself to use this thing, and I know that it's going to frustrate me".

    That sort of thing is a self-fulfilling prophecy, because everybody has cognitive biases. Since you expect it to be frustrating, you're going to remember all the times that it is and forget the times when it isn't.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

    It's a chicken and egg situation.

    It's frustrating because I don't know it, and I don't learn it because it's frustrating.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    Get on it. If you can manage to daily drive it for a few months I think you'll learn a lot. When I jumped ship I only knew basic commands like cd and ls.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

    Can't, really. Have several critical Windows only apps.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    What kind of things do you need to do? For software development my experience is that it's just install and you can start working. Maybe one tutorial to get kubernetes running locally.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

    Generally deploying some kind of service.