How did you learn linux?
How did you learn linux?
Although its just another OS, linux does have a major learning curve for the common GUI enjoyer like me.
When you all were first learning linux, did you have a specific resource you learned from? Was it more like doing projects and learning on the way through forums?
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There are any number of tutorials you can find on Google or duckduck go or any search engine. 😉 I have heard it said that building an Arch Linux instance "from scratch" using a tutorial is a good learning experience for a moderate skill user.
A few key skills jump out at me as a casual CLI user:
- Package managers (search, install, and uninstall packages, add repositories and refresh package lists)
- Compiling packages as-is from git repositories isn't all that hard with a tutorial
- Editing configuration files from command line using vim/emacs (don't use emacs lol) is a must if you're ever in a situation where the DE won't load
- Grub menu: if you have a problem booting, editing the file your computer uses to set boot flags is a very valuable skill
- Watch some YouTube videos about Linux distros to see their philosophy/usages. For example: Debian is ultra stable with long release window and WIDE hardware support so stuff gets out of date but it runs on a potato, Arch/Manjaro/etc is rolling release with less stability but fastest updates, Fedora made by Red Hat is useful for enterprise, Linux Mint/Ubuntu are very user friendly, Puppy Linux is user friendly and very lightweight, Gentoo is for if you want to compile all the packages yourself (A HUGE PAIN), etc.
- learn what a desktop environment is and how a display server (xorg or wayland) works
- The man (manual) command is your friend! The syntax is "man [any command/program here no brackets]"
The man (manual) command is your friend! The syntax is “man [any command/program here no brackets]”
Thank you for this. Wow, I can't believe I didn't know about it lol.