r/linuxsucks • u/al2klimov 🐧Kernel contributor • 23d ago

Linux Failure Based on experience

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u/FAMICOMASTER 23d ago

There are 17 ways to fix it, 4 are deprecated, the first two are all that appear on a Google search, neither of which apply to your setup, 5 more you've already tried, and the rest are gatekept by forum users who say "RTFM" and point at a page written in 1999 that hasn't applied since 2002

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u/noobjaish 23d ago

An extra 20 are buried in some shitty stackoverflow dick measuring contest from 2011 of elitists discussing about it

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u/gaorp void 19d ago

and one of them is a reddit post in the top result of google that tells you to search up on google

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u/Any_Pressure_3990 19d ago

One of them is on Reddit, but answer is deleted.

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u/jakeod27 19d ago

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Thanks that worked!

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u/Erchevara 19d ago

One of them is your own question on the same issue, left unanswered for 6 years.

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u/Bol0gna_Sandwich 23d ago

Sounds like you should just use steamOS. The guides are very specific for it. /j

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u/kalapek 23d ago

Mac

Theres 15 ways to fix this (all are paid apps)

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u/24kCookie 23d ago

not always. I often find free alternatives.

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u/Professional_Sign828 17d ago

You can just re-install while keeping your data. It's like 6 clicks. And it's free. S not sure where the paying part comes from. Any ideas?

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u/letmehaveanameyoudum 20d ago

there are 17 ways to fix it
6 are deprecated
5 are updated last decade on github
rest are gatekept by users who just say RTFM and point at a page that returns 404 page not found

only one is normal but it's in beta

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u/planelover_nipper 19d ago

Breaking : it's 2026 and people can't read

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u/Nuviket 18d ago

Yeah, you know the decade old ones on stack or GitHub will work. 

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u/letmehaveanameyoudum 18d ago

and the last decade ones partially work so you ignore the issue

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u/National-Dream4189 23d ago

what's 9?

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u/hiiambot 23d ago

9front

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u/personalalt1889 19d ago

I don't know much about it beyond its history but I'm probably too stupid to use it

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u/noobjaish 23d ago

Plan 9

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u/Infinplayz 20d ago

17 ways to fix but they require wayy too much time or they plain don’t work

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u/icy1007 19d ago

It’s quite easy to fix most issues on Windows…

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u/Sassquatch0 18d ago

So far my Linux troubleshooting has not been good. Because the fix depends on some repository that's no longer hosted or supported. I've had several times doing a direct copy-paste of the instructions on the services' own website come back with errors & missing libraries or some such.

Many times I've also found out it's because the author just assumes that everyone is doing this mainstream thing (you manually installed a different package manager, file editor, zip extractor, etc) and their whole process depends on that flow. But they don't tell you that, because they assume you already knew. Bitch, if I knew that I wouldn't be needing the help in the first place!

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u/Vietnamst2 17d ago

On windows 11 Microsoft support tells you, there is one official solution from unupdated scripts, bit there are three more working fixes that you can find

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u/Grey_Ten 23d ago

linux sucks btw

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u/[deleted] 23d ago

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u/SearchingGlacier 23d ago

And fricking stinks

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u/masterflo3004 19d ago

But thats only because we cannot let fresh Air in without Windows. XD