Sock Puppet Society@lemm.ee to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 18 days agoA big part of learning Linux is screwing up computers and starting over.message-squaremessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up16arrow-down1message-squareA big part of learning Linux is screwing up computers and starting over.Sock Puppet Society@lemm.ee to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 18 days agomessage-square8fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarecmhe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·16 days agoNo no no! When you break something in Linux systems you fix it. Starting over and reinstalling everything is what you do when you mess up on Windows.
minus-squareSock Puppet Society@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·16 days agoFunny I did not expect so many people that resist starting over. Next time I’ll give fixing stuff a shot :)
minus-squarecmhe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·16 days agoIt is more about being lazy. In most cases, where you havn’t destroyed your filesystem, you can just boot another Linux from a USB stick, mount your filesystems to /mnt, chroot into it, and then investigate and fix there. See the Archlinux wiki, even if you do not use Archlinux, it is great: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Chroot
No no no! When you break something in Linux systems you fix it. Starting over and reinstalling everything is what you do when you mess up on Windows.
Funny I did not expect so many people that resist starting over. Next time I’ll give fixing stuff a shot :)
It is more about being lazy.
In most cases, where you havn’t destroyed your filesystem, you can just boot another Linux from a USB stick, mount your filesystems to /mnt, chroot into it, and then investigate and fix there.
See the Archlinux wiki, even if you do not use Archlinux, it is great: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Chroot