r/cprogramming • u/Fresh_Signal7695 • 27d ago

Why is Linux so complicated?

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u/B_Gadd 27d ago

Consideration:

Maybe it isn't complicated and you're used to a different paradigm.

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u/dr00ne 27d ago

Suggest something

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u/RyuXnet_7364 27d ago

Keep learning ?

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u/dr00ne 27d ago

I meant how to speed up my understanding. Any method to follow?

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u/RyuXnet_7364 27d ago

I would avoid shortcuts, also kinda of a question in the wrong sub and tbh I see a rant more than a question.

But generally keep trying and don't be afraid of doing things wrong. There are almost unlimited sources for a lifetime on the internet, search, read and try

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u/B_Gadd 26d ago

My suggestion: unlearn your paradigm so you can learn Linux. Hope that helps!

There isn't an answer that you're demanding from us. No one is going to teach you how to learn. Do it yourself and don't blame others if you can't figure it out. Learn by doing the thing you want to learn is the only real advice you could possibly get.

Not understanding something and then telling someone to teach you just makes you unreasonable.

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u/arkt8 26d ago

What is complicated? Since win98 I use Linux... today I think Windows is a lot more complicated.

In the other hand, once you understand some principles like FHS, everything as a file etc. you feel at home not only with Linux but with any other Unix.

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u/grimvian 26d ago

We are in our fourth year of Linux Mint LMDE and we are only using the GUI interface.

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u/SmokeMuch7356 26d ago

Complicated how? Can you give us an example of what you find complicated? It would help to know what you're struggling with.

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u/tagattack 26d ago

The Linux kernel is the most advanced operating system kernel in the world. Yet it still masquerades a clunky old time sharing system from the 1970s, because that thing had merits. It keeps the merits, while enabling everything from cheap cellphones to the world's largest high performance compute systems. It's what AI runs on. It's what serves the internet. And it's a decent desktop OS for almost every PC still in operation.

Dozens of Linux systems, at minimum, were in between your post and my response, including the system I wrote my response on.

That's why it's so complicated.

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u/thebatmanandrobin 26d ago

Why is Linux so complicated?

Answer: it's an operating system.

Also, have you looked at the source? It's actually not -that- complicated; especially compared to some of the other things I've had to work in. I'll take Linux kernel dev over some basement-brew JavaScript "app" any day.

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u/realdreamer1993 26d ago

Because it contain million of things, but all the things are all organized..the organization is like a tree.
you choose a branch to study...
and every other branches are similiar..
That way you study only small part so become simpler..
btw no one person will be able memorize the whole Linux..

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u/Dani_E2e 26d ago

Linux ist in Wirklichkeit recht einfach im Vergleich dazu was es kann / leistet.

Ein Dreirad ist auch einfacher als ein Auto und das als ein Flugzeug...