Post #4022000
2026-07-14 18:15 UTC
Replies (3)
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@ShredderFeeder@shredderfood.net 2026-07-14 23:05
As much as I hate to endorse an AI (and I’m going to get hella down voted for it)…it’s one of the few actual good uses for it… You can ask plain questions, copy\paste error codes, and it will actually walk you through fixing problems like a non-judgy person would. ;-) Perplexity is my go-to when I’m troubleshooting something I can’t figure out. “How do I open and edit a word document in Linux?” Is a perfectly acceptable question to ask, things like that.used it when I was building this server to work through some concepts I wasn’t familiar with.
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@ReptilianCleric@lemmy.zip 2026-07-15 06:26
Just ask here! Lemmy is full of us Linux nerds! Do you have any external storage? You do not want an NTFS formatted drive for food backup if you’re going to switch; just recently, the NTFS support has finally improved, bit I still wouldn’t trust it. Exfat, or any other fat filesystem, should work fine. But, my advice? Just backup everything important, and then just follow a tutorial for installing Linux (probably Mint Cinnamon, unless you game a lot - in which case you might give Bazzite a try). Make sure you have a USB windows installer ready before; if you have to, you can just go back to windows that way.
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@Captain_Patchy@lemmy.world 2026-07-15 06:35
PM me and I’ll help, mo punching.