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My cousin gave up Linux because he struggled to find answers to problems. He was really into trying to build a home server and followed YouTube videos. He used to video call with me for tech support, which was kinda exhausting like teaching a kid how to use a computer.
After a few months, he gave up on it and gave me his server filled with weird ass directories and software constantly giving errors because it's not configured correctly. It was easier to wipe and restart.
In my experience, video tutorials for it stuff are never worth it, besides theoretical fundamentals and stuff you have to know for exams. Besides that, first hand documentation and third party articles.