What are some of the easiest ways for a beginner to make their system untable when they start tinkering with it?

  • Fonzie!
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    145 months ago

    Ahaha. That hurts.

    Pro-Tip: Even if you don’t program in Python, it might be necessary for several of your applications.

    • @superkret@feddit.org
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      5 months ago

      Ah yes, I’ve made that mistake, too.
      Also, going through Synaptic and deleting everything you don’t know.

      • youmaynotknow
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        55 months ago

        Synaptic is a new Linux user’s worst enemy. Makes it too easy to just break stuff.

    • @Churbleyimyam@lemm.eeOP
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      25 months ago

      New linux user goes online to find out how to list installed packages in the terminal. Starts removing the ones they don’t recognise.

      • Fonzie!
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        15 months ago

        Yeah that was me a bunch of years ago, thinking I’d cut the unnecessary dependencies from my system.
        I learned they were not so unnecessary.