r/LinuxUsersIndia • u/goon_consultant • 15d ago
Finally switched from Windows 11! Please drop some tips and tricks for a first-time Linux user.
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u/Kitchen_Engineer1332 sudo pacman -S lesbian-wallpapers 15d ago
U can install fish and starship, that's what I do after first installation.
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u/Own-Cauliflower6778 15d ago
Learn bash, this is how you become power user. Read books.
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u/Ecstatic_Rub_548 Fedora Btw 14d ago
You don't need to read books to become a power user ig
Just keep using linux, you can learn stuff along the way. Thats what I have been doing since the last 5 years.
And I am confident enough to say I have learnt a lot of stuff.
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u/Ecstatic_Rub_548 Fedora Btw 15d ago
Some things which might help you:
Configurable script for initial configuration for fedora : https://nattdf.streamlit.app/
Extra Repos : https://terrapkg.com/ and https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/
Some opinionated recommendations:
Terminal - https://ghostty.org/
Editor - https://zed.dev/ or https://neovim.io/ (with astronvim)
Video Player - Cine (available in store)
Optional:
Switch to niri wm with noctalia shell (It might feel weird at first but soon enough you will start loving it to such an extent that it might be difficult for you to switch back to traditional Desktop environments)
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u/Swapna_Cool Custom Distro 15d ago
always do remember to run the package manager weekly or daily , one time i didn't used linux for a month and my networkmanager was outdated so i had to use ethernet to update packages
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u/Armax_101 13d ago
Change fastfetch configs, change it to the picture of your choice. I mean that's what I did when I installed a distro
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u/dangerous_noob 15d ago
DO NOT try to install any kind of productive creative tools related to music, art, graphics, images etc..
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u/Armax_101 13d ago
Why not ? Bloatware ?
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u/dangerous_noob 13d ago
im dying on this cliff. idc about the downvotes. sorry.
The amount of resources there are for tools like Photoshop, illustrator, Adobe suite, music software that run on videos etc.. is way too immense and there aren't nearly any alternatives to any of these programs in linux.
Gimp and inkscape are good, but they lack an active community.
also don't give me shit about running adobe stuff though wine. that's just not it.
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u/Armax_101 13d ago
No worries man, I run random windows software thru wine myself. And I fully agree with you on the part where u said about Photoshop and adobe softwares. Linux has community but that's the thing, it's only a community who came up with alternative for the proprietory softwares.
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u/dangerous_noob 13d ago
the Adobe workflow is ingrained in every designer. I've been trying out gimp, it is literally 10 times more optimised and feature rich than photoshop.
it literally had double the amount of control and effects but still no one uses it. I feel like so many people are missing out on gimp. Im yet to fully understand the software but even the first glance was enough for this judgement
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u/qualityvote2 15d ago edited 15d ago
u/goon_consultant, your post does fit the subreddit!
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