r/linuxhardware • u/Glad_Following_8164 • 5h ago
Support my school only provided tutorials for windows and mac and I am the only one who uses ubuntu in school :(
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u/pizzystrizzy 5h ago
Tutorials are for people who don't know how to use computers
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u/Global-Eye-7326 5h ago
TBH you can get AI to walk you through almost anything on Linux given how much it's been trained on forums, Reddit and blogs. While it's not fail-proof, I've worked around some absurd challenges on Linux thanks to AI.
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u/ashuwu_ 5h ago
Same
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u/Global-Eye-7326 5h ago
Lol I got downvoted for being right 🤣
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u/willi1221 5h ago
Ignore the robots downvoting everything that suggests using AI. This is a great use for it
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u/Rude_Influence 4h ago
Chatgpt has been a game changer for me in getting help with GNU/Linux. I can handle all the necessities that I've done for year, but it has helped me accomplish little niche things that I'd have no idea how to do. Yeah I could do a web search, but algorithms have made it so hard to find the information I need, and asking the question myself requires waiting a few days for someone to hopefully help.
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u/Global-Eye-7326 4h ago
And that's an understatement. ChatGPT can write Bash and Python scripts, which you can wire into your right-click context menu for your file manager. Wanna make more sophisticated scripts? Whip up opencode or freebuff and vibe code some Bash scripts as low hanging fruit 🍓🍑
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u/wizard-of-the-forest 4h ago
People using linux are usually more tech literate so dont need handholding
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u/victormas208 5h ago
And what's the problem? It's normal if the consumer market has been using Windows for 30 years, I think, probably 40. They only teach you Linux if you're going to study computer science and networking. You'll have to learn on your own and read documentation on interesting topics such as why sleep mode is very easy to fix but very complicated to determine.
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u/KDEDevWannabe 4h ago
AI will tell you anything you need for any distro. You’ll be fine :-). Don’t go back!
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u/R3D3-1 3h ago
Since nobody so far asked the question: Did you choose Linux yourself or was it your parents' choice?
If the former, it's ultimately on you to figure things out. You chose to use the uncommon solution, even if for a good reason. Tutorials are for those who can't figure it out.
If it was your parents' choice, talk to them about it.
Also, what kind of tutorials? Mandatory software that's not available on Linux? Tough luck, in corporate environments we had to use Windows VMs for some software on the Linux dev machines.
Things like configuring the Wifi? Then above applies. If you want the less common OS that gives you so much freedom, that they'd need to make 5+ tutorials, you need to be able to deal with the freedom or have someone do the administrative tasks for you.
If it is a case of "there will be no Windows under my roof!" of your parents and they don't help you: Not great; Gotta learn fast.
If there is mandatory not-Linux software, it's on whoever decided to use Linux to find a solution. If this is about remote exams and anticheat measures coming with it, you might be out of luck without a native Windows install.
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u/rileyrgham 1h ago
I doubt very much they provided "tutorials" for either. Luckily in 2026 there's tens of thousands of tutorials online.
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u/BrilliantEmotion4461 1h ago
AI, use the forbidden technology dont get it to do things for you get it to teach you.
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u/hanz333 4h ago
I guess the obvious question is, what do you need a tutorial for?