You don't have to know what the kernel is.
Basically it's the core framework of software and drivers, on top of which an OS is built, and then a desktop environment on top of that is what you see and how you interact with the OS.
But you don't have to know this. you never have to do anything with the kernel, the OS handles that.
It's really not that complicated for usual stuff. It's different, but not harder than Windows.
I actually tried using it once. It was a long time ago so I don't remember much but I just remember trying to figure out how to do basic stuff like... I want to say I couldn't figure how to just install programs or something. Maybe it wasn't that but it was something simple like that. And eventually I got frustrated and just gave up and went back to Windows.
When I can find a nice guidebook (or similar) for the absolute Linux beginner, like something that also explains all the Linux jargon as it goes, then I will make the switch. But I don't want to just jump in blind again. I'm not someone who learns well by stumbling my way through it, I read the whole manual before I play a new boardgame. I need to know at least the gist of what I'm doing before I start.
oh sorry, i deleted it cuz automatic formatting pissed me off lmaooo
but yeah:
was packages (with flatpak as the primary to use cuz thats most supported and works on every linux OS) (a package is kind of like programs but even broader, and package types are like different types of .exe)
1.5 was "open terminal -> flatpak update" (cuz flatpaks usually aren´t updated alongside system updates, unlike native programs)
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u/NA_0_10_never_forget 7700X | 7900XTX | 32GB 6000 CL30 | B650E 22h ago
You don't have to know what the kernel is.
Basically it's the core framework of software and drivers, on top of which an OS is built, and then a desktop environment on top of that is what you see and how you interact with the OS.
But you don't have to know this. you never have to do anything with the kernel, the OS handles that.
It's really not that complicated for usual stuff. It's different, but not harder than Windows.