Don’t get me wrong. I love Linux. After many years of using it, I ended up appreciating how flexible, potent, and even beautiful it is. However, using Linux has never been a bed of roses and every single Linux user that I know has had to deal with many problems since the very beginning. Indeed, I still remember how frustrating installing my first Linux machine was, especially after realizing that my network card was not working. Had I given up, I would never have written this post.

Although many of the problems that I faced while using Linux are related to updates and drivers (how painful NVidia drivers updates can be, I will write another post about that in the future), I must recognize that on many other occasions I was the only one responsible for such problems. Consequently, I want to warn the reader against a couple of those mistakes I made in the past and provide some tips about how to deal with them.

My worst nightmare: rm –r *