Those are the exact kinds of questions I like to try to figure out myself. It’s very satisfying when I can solve the problem, and as a bonus, I learn a lot in the process.
That’s definitely what I do as well. I don’t actually ask someone to just show me how to do the whole thing while I twiddle my thumbs, usually I’m asking about a specific error or weird behaviour in one part of what I’m trying to do, if searching it up doesn’t yield anything helpful. Just having someone else comment on your problem or ask questions is really helpful when you’re stuck and don’t know what to do.
I also use Reddit to discover lesser known stuff, like Linux packages, libraries for programming languages I use, and to read up on techniques other people are using.
Yeah, it can be very helpful, but sometimes, what I’m doing is so insanely specific that searching it doesn’t yield much of anything and there are like 3 people in the world that have even tried it. For example, I got my chromebook that barely anyone owns to run a mainline Linux distro with all the features that aren’t available even in Google’s open source chromium kernels. I was extremely happy when I played a video and sound actually came out of the speakers. That one was a nightmare and took me weeks. I had to develop a whole process for getting these features to work. Compiling a kernel with a custom config, getting systemd to actually boot on that kernel, getting the sound configuration right, connecting pulseaudio with Google’s audio server, etc.
I also use Reddit to discover lesser known stuff, like Linux packages, libraries for programming languages I use, and to read up on techniques other people are using.
You might’ve seen this then (I’m quite proud of it)
It’s also on my gitea if you prefer that: https://gitea.arsenm.dev/Arsen6331/lure. The github repo is just a mirror, but it’s what I share with most people because they don’t want to make an account on my gitea instance.
That’s definitely what I do as well. I don’t actually ask someone to just show me how to do the whole thing while I twiddle my thumbs, usually I’m asking about a specific error or weird behaviour in one part of what I’m trying to do, if searching it up doesn’t yield anything helpful. Just having someone else comment on your problem or ask questions is really helpful when you’re stuck and don’t know what to do.
I also use Reddit to discover lesser known stuff, like Linux packages, libraries for programming languages I use, and to read up on techniques other people are using.
Yeah, it can be very helpful, but sometimes, what I’m doing is so insanely specific that searching it doesn’t yield much of anything and there are like 3 people in the world that have even tried it. For example, I got my chromebook that barely anyone owns to run a mainline Linux distro with all the features that aren’t available even in Google’s open source chromium kernels. I was extremely happy when I played a video and sound actually came out of the speakers. That one was a nightmare and took me weeks. I had to develop a whole process for getting these features to work. Compiling a kernel with a custom config, getting systemd to actually boot on that kernel, getting the sound configuration right, connecting pulseaudio with Google’s audio server, etc.
You might’ve seen this then (I’m quite proud of it)
That’s really damn cool. If I wasn’t already on arch I’d be yelling for this.
I’ve not heard of it, but it sounds great! Definitely will be watching it and trying it out!
It’s also on my gitea if you prefer that: https://gitea.arsenm.dev/Arsen6331/lure. The github repo is just a mirror, but it’s what I share with most people because they don’t want to make an account on my gitea instance.
Nice! Always good to host from multiple places.