thinking of trying linux,

https://aussie.zone/post/7879785

thinking of trying linux, - Aussie Zone

My current issue is i see you guys constantly having issues, editing files etc. Is it not stable? Can you not set it up and then not have ongoing issues?

Of course it’s stable.

Just like with Windows, the more advanced stuff you do, the more advanced problems you’ll have. If you just wanna set and forget, avoid arch based and you’re golden.

Well unless it’s just editing the text file. God forbid you unknowingly enter vim and don’t know how to get out without rebooting.

There was a time when I had to do that. I was a teenager. I had no idea what I was doing. And it was many many years later that I finally learned how to quit it. That pain keeps me away to this day.

Long live nano, the warm and cuddly text editor.

… It didn’t occur to you to google “how to exit vim”?

It’s :q! and if you were in some special mode you can spam esc a bunch of times before.

That’s assuming that you’re able to google it. Before everyone had a phone in their pocket, and 17 computers lying around if you were stuck in command line with no GUI then you had no option.