Avid Amoeba@lemmy.caEnglish
20 daysMotherfucker… I’ve learned all of these the hard way over my first decade with Linux - 2005-2015. Would’ve been nice to have read this. 😂
Don’t suffer from Shiny New Stuff Syndrome
Gold.
- HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.orgEnglish21 days
Good advice on installing foreign packages to Debian, and how to keep it functional and secure.
- 20 days
Alternatively, intentionally loosen the precautions, at least at first, seeing how the system ticks. Then, when things start getting unstable, make a new clean install of the system and do it all over again, but with the previous issues already in mind so you can avoid them.
Iirc there’s a saying that only those who fall know how to stand up. If you can afford the time investment, it’s a golden opportunity to learn.
- HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.orgEnglish20 days
I think bugs from library \ version incompatibilities are often hard to recognize.
If you are a long-term Windows user, you already know what it looks like - it is called “DLL Hell”.


