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    [–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

    Agreed. Also I would rather read the archwiki than loads of outdated faq posts when troubleshooting an issue.

    I guess a lot of accurate text is intimidating compared to a concise message that is very confident.

    I've also seen people just refuse to read an error message. I think this is from using Microsoft products that never have accurate error messages.

    Anyway, I hope people willing to learn try a whole bunch of things, and don't give up at the first problem because that is how you learn.

    [–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago

    The Arch wiki's secret: Most of the time, the info is applicable to other distros, even when you're running Debian oldoldstable.

    [–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 2 points 3 days ago

    Microsoft (and not only!) Fucked up the perception of error messages so much with their innacurate errors and random gibberish