Linux guide for power users (2022)
My recent gripe is that I&#x27;ve used Linux for more than half my life and I&#x27;m well into my 30&#x27;s. I feel like my ability to navigate a system has gone _backwards_, Debian no longer accepts &#x27;init 0&#x27; as a command, ipconfig isn&#x27;t a command anymore, systemd changed the whole subsystem from underneath me, ubuntu&#x2F;snap decided not only to litter+bloat my filesystem with needless duplicates but also that not only would I prefer Firefox be a snap package (which broke my workflow), but that it would require me to go well out of my way to solve that, Gnome decided that I wanted a touchscreen layout (I custom compile gtk+ to remove the &#x27;search on type&#x27; behavior in file&gt;open dialogs, most major packages seem to default to nouveau which while a great movement seems to totally break critical path regularly.<p>How the hell have we gotten to a point where Linux closely reflects the instability of the Windows ecosystem. I&#x27;m not afraid of change, but I feel like the large majority of changes that are made cause me problems to the point where I now fear upgrading my distro to latest.