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    [–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

    Every. Single. Time. That Linux has broken on me it's been my fault. I've tried to go against an automated process to make what I wanted happen. Or I've removed an annoying apt update warning about some unused pub key. And I've totally shit bricked countless installs. Probably in the mid double digits.

    I've burnt through valuable pictures, documents and data. Wasted weekends reinstalling and reconfiguring Linux. BUT, I did that. Not Microsoft, no one held my hand and I certainly learned and never repeating most of those mistakes again.

    Most importantly, Linux let me do those things. Linux let me be a better end user and admin because I respected my environments more.

    If you switch to Linux you don't have to be an admin or go nuts....but Linux isn't going to stop you if you want to.