What are some of the easiest ways for a beginner to make their system untable when they start tinkering with it?

  • superkret@feddit.org
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    10 hours ago

    Go through all installed packages and remove “bloat”.
    Add third party repositories.

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      8 hours ago

      Removing bloat doesn’t necessarily make things unstable. I remove all the games from my KDE Plasma installs. The primary mistake that can occur in removing non-essential programs is ignoring the list of programs that this is a dependency of or also removes.

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      10 hours ago

      Ahaha. That hurts.

      Pro-Tip: Even if you don’t program in Python, it might be necessary for several of your applications.

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        7 hours ago

        Ah yes, I’ve made that mistake, too.
        Also, going through Synaptic and deleting everything you don’t know.

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          Synaptic is a new Linux user’s worst enemy. Makes it too easy to just break stuff.