@PurpleJillybeans i really liked the newbie-friendly culture around ubuntu back when ubuntu was still about people, not about commerce/control-centric packaging and monetising extras.

idk about other people, but my love of computing started when i was a noob. the manual was friendlier- and it was all i had to learn from- the web didnt exist. but no snotty person told me to "just fucking read it" either. i doubt that wouldve made me enjoy computers more.

its good to look things up. its not great to just assume people havent already. also few manuals are so great that they are guaranteed to help. also, look what up on google? newbies (even things im still new to) often dont know WHAT to look up.

so ill spend half an hour trying and someone- on a support forum no less- cant spend 30 seconds sharing what i should look for?