How do you guys actually learn how to fix certain things? Its mind boggling how one can visit a forum and there’s people saying “oh yeah just run -c xhhkrk ()<>[] bbbhjl and that will fix your sound issue”
Like WHERE do you even start? I hate having to look things up all the time when everyone else on windows “just works”. Copying commands off forums endlessly doesn’t really help you learn.
Example, installed cachyos on an older laptop, but sound and screen dimming will not work. I have no ides where to even begin with that. I feel like a windows user could at least poke around control panel and probably fix the issue but its way harder with linux.
I have had luck with almost everything working with mint on my desktop (except vr, oculus is a nighmare to get working) and have been running that about a year. If I had to set it all up again id have to re look up everything I forgot since then…
If there was something like man but easier to parse through, that would be immensely helpful. Like for my sound issue, if there was a better organized manual that I could look under “sound” and see the inner workings laid out and common issues, thats what we need. Otherwise people are going to be terrified of linux because its so hard.
First and foremost, get the suggestions from good sources.
Then read the suggested command and learn what it does. Look up what each part is. Then look up that command’s documentation (via manpages -
man command). Do that enough times and you learn enough bits and pieces to build a good picture of the system.This is how I learned. Took me about 5 years to get enough knowledge to feel fairly comfortable in the OS.
The other way to do it is to learn the basics in a structured way, like a course, tutoring, a book. These days I teach my knowledge of Ubuntu to colleagues at work who come to our project, which requires it. I sit them down for several 1:1 study sessions, 4-8 hours total. They come out fairly proficient afterwards and more importantly - able to reliably expand their knowledge.