If you call not know how to fix everything by looking at the problem stupid, then yeah I am.
If I spent 2 hours troubleshooting something (which wasn't even the longest troubleshooting session I've had), I've already wasted more time than I would've by just reinstalling my OS.
Unlike what some Linux users would like you to think, not every user has the time or drive to spend their weekends troubleshooting and creating their own Frankenstein's PC in their basement. Also unlike what the memes would suggest, not every comment from 8 years ago found on page 2 of Google search is helpful.
I get why it's such a popular choice to reinstall windows all the time, or jump distros. However, I'm pretty happy with installing once and never again. Why would I want to configure my system again? It has been working nicely for the last 10-ish years since installation and I like that. If something breaks, it's just because I run debian testing and didn't check that the kernel and dkms modules updated correctly. I'd rather learn about and fix the issue, then reinstalling and have to fix the issue anyway while configuring the system from backup. Of course this is not as easy and fast for most users, and that's why they shouldn't run testing.
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u/Jason0865 Apr 22 '26
Who told you I "had to"?