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That sounds like you had difficulty determining the correct instructions. Given the wrong instructions, computers will do the wrong thing, and that's OK. They're not supposed to think, but do what they're told.
I'll admit that Linux still occasionally suffers from UI/UX issues, in that its not always obvious what the correct choice is in a given circumstances. A bit like Micro$lop trained their users for decades to completely ignore any and all error messages and just try what they were doing again, by making their error messages needlessly cryptic and borderline useless.
I had difficulty understanding the error messages, mainly. "Warning: this xibstop is a fleng. Do you want to flargle you shmoigen at 0000HgvbXX44? This cannot be undone"
Of course, I couldn't actually google what it meant without running into a whole load of other terminology I didn't understand, least of all because my WiFi hadn't kicked in yet.
Basically, you need to put the work in to understand the context of what's going on. With Windows, this took me about a year when I first got a PC. I imagine it'll be the same with Linux.
Yea, a basic understanding of the machine's components and their function is usually expected.
Windows takes you firmly by the hand, expects you to be a good user and do as you're told, whereas Linux expects you to take control and be in charge, with all the decisions that entails.
That's kind of the most fundamental difference.