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Discussion on: 5 mistakes most dev's do when starting out on Linux!

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Oskar Pietrucha

Nice article, I agree with the points you have provided. The only thing which annoys me while reading a little bit is lack of interpunction.
Regarding the topic:
At work I'm forced to use Windows as I work with SAP system which client is not supported on Linux at all. I was trying to do "the switch" on personal computer, but I've always ended with going back to Windows. I've tried different distros and even stayed for about a year with PopOs! which I totally loved! The thing is always the same - after evaluating the Linux for some time I end up with totally broken system and I'm not talking about hardware/driver stuff. E.g. I try to implement rice found on the Internet with step-by-step tutorial on the same distro and somehow I end up with missing dependencies. Trying to add missing packages ends up with the system not working or I can't for example update different application because other app created some error which now doesn't allow for any apt-get update.
I agree, I had no problems at all running favorite games (both through Steam and Wine) and one time installations were great. It's just evaluating the system for quite some time (and no, I wasn't passing every command with sudo) makes the system unusable for me later on.

To be honest, I like the Linux feeling and developer compatibility and would love to stay for much longer, but each time I make the switch, I end up going back to Windows after around half an year. And yes, Windows is slower, less customizable, less secure and spying a lot (if not handled correctly) - but it works πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈπŸ€·β€β™‚οΈπŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

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Nomadev

First of all sorry for the grammatical mistakes, as I am not a native English speaker so still learning to write perfectly.
As far as you problem is concerned, this is the same thing ever guy faced when they newly switched their platform.
I will suggest you to give Ubuntu Budgie a shot. At beginners level this would a great choice, when you will get comfortable with you can switch to anything of your intrest.
Good luck, Happy Coding πŸŽ‰