I just want something as a proof of concept that this can be for me. I am aware I am the problem.

But everything is wildly difficult for me. I pulled back from docker after realising it was above my skillset, I just want to try home assisstant with a few lights but fair enough it is beyond me.

I opted to install a game, fail. Learn about wine and bottles. Start a bottle and get told I only have 8gb free in directory, I cannot for the life of me see where it is getting that from.

Please god someone tell me there is a step by step for the fucking imbeciles out there on where to start!?

  • pebbles@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    4·
    23 hours ago

    Yeah I feel Linux has a lot of dead ends. Its easy to follow the wrong path. My saving grace has always been that once you get things working, you know how you did it and it likely won’t change much.

    So really its a big search, but once you hit a steady state it really feels like home.

    • bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      13 hours ago

      This right here. Once you figure shit out youre DONE. Likely in 10 or more years those commands will still work. No bullshit windows updates wrecking functionality.

      I haven’t touched windows in 3 months now and its been great. Linux is way easier even than 5 years ago

    • Squizzy@lemmy.worldOP
      1·
      23 hours ago

      I feel its the inverse of windows in that sense, maybe I am just used to it and its ways but if I st out to do something it just id achievable…mind you Inwouldnt be doing anything complicated but even te mundane is complicated here.

      • pebbles@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        23 hours ago

        I am young and have a computer science degree, and I still struggle at times. I get it.

        For games, I’d try to install steam and run them through steam if thats how you’d normally do it on windows. Then for me the main setting to play with (on a game by game basis) is setting the game to use proton (in the compatibility settings of the game) and whether or not to use steam input for controller support.

        If you are trying to install a non steam game, maybe look into lutris. Though I’m on the techy side, and I hear a lot of people like heroic game launcher on the less techy side.

        Good luck. I think it’s fair to run out of energy while trying get the right combo, but if ya stick to it I’m confident you’ll find the set up that works for you.

        • Squizzy@lemmy.worldOP
          2·
          22 hours ago

          I actually did get lutris perfect last time for what I wanted it, this time is different.

          I had steam told to use proton in general compatibility settings but I just copped that on a per program basis it was off for some reason so I selected it and it progressed to install which is great. Unfortunately it did stall in the same place as bottles, by claiming there was only 8GB free of a necessary 60 so I have to figure out why that keeps cropping up. My only drives are 300gb free ssd and 1tb free hdd.

          Thanks for the confidence though, much appreciated.