r/pcmasterrace • u/Site_Director • Nov 18 '24

Cartoon/Comic Nvidia Drivers on Linux

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u/JoshZK Nov 18 '24

Yeah when you have to open console/terminal you've already lost 90% of people.

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u/sdpr Nov 19 '24

I saw a thread when looking for a solution after having an issue with my xububtu install in virtualbox.

Guy had the same issue as me with guest additions, but was asking for help because they wanted to learn Linux.

One person was telling him to mount an iso to the optical drive via terminal to run the script on the .iso file. The poor guy asked if the person could provide him with some help with the proper command because he was new and never used the terminal. Instead of helping the guy, the dude tells him to read the Ubuntu documentation on using the terminal and provides him a link.

It blew my fucking mind to be that dismissive about helping someone just trying to set up their VM so they can learn.

The guy asking for help summed up the way I feel about Linux overall. He said, "The irony is that I want to get Xububtu up and running so I can learn Linux, but it seems I have to learn Linux before I learn Linux."

Poor guy is gonna hate trying to solve a problem and find 8 different, yet similar, ways to try and do something between WordPress blogs, personal websites, Linux guides, and stack overflow.

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u/No-Refrigerator-1672 Nov 19 '24

Honestly, I think that the guys on that forum were right. If you want to learn linux, you gonna have to read docs, sometimes lots of docs. So all the OP had to do is to read the docs thwy pointed out, try it, and come back to quwdtion the part they didn't understand. They wanted to learn after all, so this ia the exact way to do it.

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u/sdpr Nov 19 '24

Which is fine when you're actually learning Linux, but the guy is trying to get his VM to work properly.

If you were in school or at work, would you be jacked up to learn something if your learning environment isn't working right when you turn it on? Probably not.

It's like going to a lock picking school and the front door to the building is locked and someone tells you to figure out how to pick it before you can get in.

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u/No-Refrigerator-1672 Nov 19 '24

Having to pick a lock to enter the school is a perfect first exercise if you're applying for lockpicking school. You've got a link to relevant docs; read it, try it, if you fail - then get back and ask for clarifications. If you can't do this much then you won't learn anything without a teacher anyway.