I think this article is a great analysis of what deep rooted flaws linux desktop distros have, but I think it is a bit disconnected from the average user (obligatory xkcd).

If the average linux user needs a programm they google what they need land on stack overflow telling them to use their package manager to install it.

If the average windows user needs a program/feature, they google it. They klick on the first link and install the first .exe they find. Has anyone you know used the microsoft store?

Or take gaming as another example. The default expirience for online multiplayer games requires kernel level anticheat on windows. This effectively circumvents windows carefully crafted security model for most tripple A online games.

So yes the average linux machine is probably not as secure as a MacOs or windows machine. But the way they are commonly used I highly doubt windows machines are more secure.

Yeah, i like nemo a lot, i use it on my main machine when i need a gui, because it has not as many dependencies as dolphin. And it does not feel as “bloated” as dolphin. It does one thing (be a file explorer) and does well. :)

Ah yeah okay, I see, that would be quite tedious to implement in bash. Everything looks pretty neat. :D

Buuut I just looked at KDE’s search framework filter options (used by dolphin if you press <crtl> + f ) and it seems it is indeed possible to search/filter by exposure time with dolphin or via directly in the cli.

Have you tried RTFM? :P

Jokes aside afaik you could do everything you mentioned with sort, find (with -type f, -printf and -mtime) and grep (filtering via regex with the -e flag).

Alternatively you could try KDE’s file explorer dolphin (or even just its search utility kfind) as a graphical alternative.

My point is switching to linux is not quick or easy, but there are few really impassable roadblocks (games with shitty kernel level anticheat for example) and there is a high likelyhood someone in this community has encountered your problems aswell and migjt even know a solution.

We still here for you though. After all linux is love, linux is live. We’re definetly not a cult. Just give it a try. Linux Mint is super beginner friendly, trust me. Just once, you’ll feel better afterwards.

Jokes aside, learning or doing something new (can be, but doesnt have to be linux) won’t make anything better, but maybe make the drudgery of everyday more bearable, imo.

Also even though I hate it, talking about stuff that is on your mind with people irl is like super important and can be really cathartic.