 Yes, lighter guage strings will help with barring an F chord with the index finger. Everyone struggles with full bar guitar chords at first because it requires a phenomenal  strength. Keeping bashing away at it and it will come. There is also an easier version of F major that requires barring just two strings.
 Fwd from jubo2: <jubo2> I should probably learn to play a song that someone else would also recognize. Can't do F or even Fm, because my index finger does not seem to barré. Having 011 strings prlly contributes, I ordered up some 010's 009's for the electric and a ton of single E strings in all gauges
[16:49] <JTode_> What's the best horn section sound out there?
[21:17] <OvenWerks> wonko: please be aware that the controls config file has moved :)
[21:18] <OvenWerks> wonko: if you are making changes to master, master has changed in prep for 20.04.
[21:19] <OvenWerks> wonko: if using jack_control to start jack resulted in no jack hangs or restarts, then the newer version of controls may work for you also.
[23:06] <studiobot> MHG González was added by: MHG González