Man…I don’t even like linux. I don’t know what I’m doing. I have difficulty understanding what I’m even doing wrong. I have issues installing software unless it’s a flatpak. And yet for the past 2 years I’ve been exclusively running linux. Not so much against my will, but against my wants. What I want is WindowsXP 2.0. Just WindowsXP but able to run modern hardware, in a 64 bit software version. Instead, we get Windows 11. I will not stand for buying hardware, paying for software to run an OS, only to be told I own nothing, my privacy is not respected, my screen real estate is theirs to sell, and the software spies on me. So I want you to know, as a lifelong windows user, dating back to Windows 3.1, and going all the way to Windows 8.1, I want you to know I say this as a Windows user who feels held hostage on linux… That being said…FUCK YOU MICROSOFT!!! FUCK ALL THE WAY OFF WITH YOUR BULLSHIT! FUCK COPILOT! FUCK TILES! WINDOWS 10! FUCK WINDOWS 11! FUCK AI PUSHED DOWN OUR THROATS! FUCK YOUR ARTIFICIAL TECH LIMITS TO RUN WINDOWS 11! FUCK YOUR WHOLE MINDSET THESE PAST 15 YEARS!!! I HAVE BEEN UNHAPPILY USING LINUX FOR 2 YEARS EXCLUSIVELY AFTER TRYING IT OFF AND ON FOR 20 YEARS. NEVER UNDERSTOOD TERMINAL, MAY NEVER UNDERSTAND TERMINAL, BUT FUCK YOU MICROSOFT! I REFUSE YOUR BULLSHIT!

Which distro are you on? I’m sure you could easily get some help with how to install things and the basics of using the terminal (though you really shouldn’t need to use the terminal much anyway).

ZorinOS. I’m still on 17, because 2 years ago on my TwisterOS (raspberry pi) I used sudo update all, and that broke some shit. So when I installed ZorinOS on my PC, I immediately disabled all updates, and it sits exactly as it was when I installed it. Never updated in 2 years. I haven’t broken anything. I want to install this thing called docker, but it’s been so long that now I forget what it even was I wanted to install. I just remember docker was a prerequisit. But I tried for 2 weeks, and it gives errors. And the thing is, if I understood linux, I’m sure it’s a simple fix. It’s like wandering into a house you’ve never been in before, and your friend is saying “turn the lights on!!!” and you know you need to turn the lights on, but you have no idea how. And you don’t feel the light switch on the wall. What you don’t know is it’s actually a clapper light switch. So you don’t even know what you’re doing wrong. Thats how linux feels to me. But for browsing the web, and playing games, it seems to work decent enough. Although recently my bluetooth has been wonky. Very recent behavior. Used to just be rock solid. Now sometimes my devices won’t connect. Gotta turn off bluetooth, and then turn it back on. Then turn the device back on, and it’ll connect like normal. In windows, I’d say uninstall and reinstall the bluetooth driver. In linux I have zero clue how I would even start that process. Again, in a dark room not sure what to do.