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Mark it as an achievement on your learning path and move on. We all did something silly like that at some point.
Great that you have backups, get a fresh install and restore it.
Lessons learned: don’t work as root unless you absolutely positively have a good reason to do so.
Maybe it’s time you invested some time in finding alternatives that let you stay in control of said hardware. I know time is in short supply for all of us, so consider your priorities.
You will find unhelpful people in any group of people. Linux community is not special in that regard.
Manjaro seems to be a word that gets you down voted pretty quickly.
I’ve been using it for years with few issues, but then I’m not using AUR.
I also use EndeavorOS, Xubuntu, Debian in other machines. One thing that annoys me about EndeavorOS is that using a graphical package manager is not recommended but I’ve grown to like using those.
Let me count the ways:
I could go on, but my memory tends to erase the painful memories.
I’ll add that if you do use cloud storage (a.k.a. someone else’s computer) for backups, make sure all your data is encrypted (preferably also compressed and deduplicated). If you value your data you’ll also keep a separate, offline copy.
I had a look at some of the more recommended options out there and decided to invest my money in physical storage instead. I know this is not the answer you are looking for, but it makes more sense in my use case.
Sorry, I was having one of those days, I guess.
I haven’t found a good way to filter by subject, so thanks for the tip, I’ll have a look.
I will down vote any and all news that referes to something that the Weird Cheeto in command said.
There are a lot of other neat inventions that deal with that.
The problem with traffic is caused by lack of investment in public transportation. Have a look at how they solved it in Paris.
Well, they do, but don’t cause traffic deaths.
Trains? We’ve been using those for over a century now.
So… did they find any new interesting digits there or just the usual 0 to 9?
The amounts of copium that Windows users are willing to swallow to avoid changing are reaching stratospheric levels. Inertia is one hell of a drug.
“To err is human, but it takes a computer to really fuck things up”
First time using Microsoft products, is it?
Don’t switch based on hype.
Put your chosen distro on a USB pen and boot from that. Try to do the activities you usually do, see if it works for you.
If you feel comfortable, make the switch. If you have any doubts, get a second disk and install Linux in it so you can have a fall back plan.
My 73 year old mother never had a computer before when she asked me for one, so she could talk online with her friends.
I installed Xubuntu and it has been working wonderfully for her. She just browses the web, types some poems using Libre Office and plays solitaire.
I just have to do a system update every year or so.
She’s now 87.
I recommend creating 3 partitions. One for UEFI, one for /boot and one for LVM.
Inside the LVM you can assign volumes with complete flexibility. You can expand and shrink volumes. You can leave space unallocated and allocate it when the need presents itself. You can combine multiple disks in a single volume. You can do RAID over LVM or the other way around.
Or you can go with ZFS or BTRFS, they have subvolumes and other nice features built in.
What you don’t have is to be stuck with fixed layout partitions anymore.
I always treat the system as discardable and only backup the /home and /etc directories. Saving those, I can afford to wipe the system and re-settle on a new distro if I want to.
Of course if you throw Windows into the mix, all bets are off. Personally, I stay the hell away from that.