Sock Puppet Society@lemm.ee to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agoA big part of learning Linux is screwing up computers and starting over.message-squaremessage-square114fedilinkarrow-up1325arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1318arrow-down1message-squareA big part of learning Linux is screwing up computers and starting over.Sock Puppet Society@lemm.ee to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square114fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up37arrow-down1·2 months agoAnother big part is learning how to set it up in a way that it’s functional and productive the first time and then STOP FUCKING WITH IT.
minus-squareAda@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·2 months agoThat also sounds like a good way to stop learning!
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoNot quite. But sorta, yeah. Learning to “not fuck with it” or ways to do so and rollback are valid lessons themselves. Being able to segregate “production” and “development” environments is very valuable.
minus-squareFauxLiving@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months ago Being able to segregate “production” and “development” environments is very valuable. This is a best practice that pretty much everyone, eventually, discovers on their own.
minus-square☂️-@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoyou can either have a system to learn on, or a stable system to work on.
minus-squarelightnsfw@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoI get mine set up how I want then create an HD image that I run in a VM for fucking with.
minus-squareOhVenus_Baby@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month ago😂 My gosh this hits home. If only I could stop tweaking. It’s always just this one little thing. Then another and on until it’s so fucked I don’t even know where to begin. But it’s magical when she works.
Another big part is learning how to set it up in a way that it’s functional and productive the first time and then STOP FUCKING WITH IT.
That also sounds like a good way to stop learning!
Not quite. But sorta, yeah.
Learning to “not fuck with it” or ways to do so and rollback are valid lessons themselves.
Being able to segregate “production” and “development” environments is very valuable.
This is a best practice that pretty much everyone, eventually, discovers on their own.
you can either have a system to learn on, or a stable system to work on.
I get mine set up how I want then create an HD image that I run in a VM for fucking with.
😂 My gosh this hits home. If only I could stop tweaking. It’s always just this one little thing. Then another and on until it’s so fucked I don’t even know where to begin. But it’s magical when she works.