• AstralPath@lemmy.ca
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    7 months ago

    I really do wish that more packages on Linux had installation paths clearly noted in a readme.

    I’ve been using Linux daily for over a year now and I still have a hard time tracking down config files and install paths. Its just not one of those tasks I do regularly so I always forget best practices when trying to find stuff. The CLI always gives me the best results but getting the commands right can be tedious.

    I’ve started saving useful commands in a note on my desktop.

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      7 months ago

      Which readme?

      The one on the github that has out of date instructions and tells you to check the discord?

      The 6 year out-of-date one on your distro’s wiki?

      or The gnu-info/manpage that is only for the original upstream and doesn’t tell you where all the files have been moved or that half of the software isn’t actually installed since it was split out into extra packages for justdebianthings

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        7 months ago

        Do I really need to remind this is free software made by benevolent developers? I get it it’s infuriating but it’s still in some way a gift you were given and seem unhappy with.

        • Psychadelligoat@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          7 months ago

          If you give me a 1000 piece puzzle for free, but without the instructions or a box picture to go off of, you’ve done a nice thing by gifting me something but have also failed miserably as I’ll never fuckin solve that puzzle

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            7 months ago

            Terrible analogy honestly. Feel free to not use this software, nobody will ever force you to use it.

            This is not software to entertain you. It’s a tool that you don’t understand how to use and choose to blame the people building it for free.

            • Psychadelligoat@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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              7 months ago

              It’s a tool that you don’t understand how to use and choose to blame the people building it for free failing to properly document their tool.

              Ftfy

              Just because it’s provided free doesn’t mean you’re off the hook for not telling people how it works, dumbass

              • qqq@lemmy.world
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                7 months ago

                Why so hostile and the name calling…? They’re saying it’s a lot of work for oftentimes a single person to do. That’s just the truth.