I’m just so sick of Microsoft and Google. But there’s two things holding me back:

  1. I wanna play Steam games on my PC

  2. I am just an amateur hobbyist, not a tech wizard

Is there any hope for me?

  • t_378@lemmy.one
    5·
    7 hours ago

    What I’ll say is, I’ve got no comp sci degree, and when I started, I had no idea how the terminal worked. But… My mindset was the following:

    1. I really don’t like windows, I’m not going back
    2. I don’t like paying others to “do it for me”, I want to do it myself
    3. I want the freedom to be able to change anything to make the machine fit me, even if that means I need to learn things along the way.

    If you’re the type of person where this general philosophy, you’re going to crush it.

    But if you’re more along the lines of “I just use this computer as a tool to do the things I want, I just need the computer out of the way, and working consistently so I can get on with my actual goals”, you probably will hate it. Becuase all your troubleshooting experiences will be “why doesn’t this thing just work, like it does on Windows?”