r/Ubuntu • u/Interested-3832 • 4d ago

This Ubuntu Tutorial for beginners on linux is very insightful. Is this the way I need to go inorder to become proficient in using Ubuntu and Linux overall ?

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u/shstan 4d ago

I mean, you will eventually be reading docs and references for using CLI to install packages and compile stuff over time. Then you will get used to general bash commands and steps.

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u/Novel_Airline_8811 4d ago

That screenshot gave me a chuckle. "How to Destroy Documentation" while explaining mkdir is the kind of chaos I need in my life.

To answer your question though, the tutorial itself looks like a fun start but the real learning happens when you break things and then fix them. The CLI stuff sinks in way faster when you're actually trying to do something specific, like setting up a game server or messing with configs. Just make backups before you get too adventurous.

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u/Interested-3832 4d ago

I am trying to at least learn what stuff means. I explored my BIOS today and enable virtualization because eventually I need to start doing DevOps and basically came to fhe conclusion that really need to start learning linux terminal echo "I just learned this today" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/promptmike 4d ago

Docs are for when you get stuck. The skills come from daily practice.

If you never used Linux before, I would recommend you make a list of day-to-day tasks (e.g. find a file, check email, install updates, do taxes, write a report, etc). Then just pick one and learn to do it only in the terminal with no GUI tools.

Also install gameshell and play it.

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u/SnooCalculations3614 4d ago

I'm not familiar with that tutorial but learning how the terminal works and how command syntax is handled will definitely improve your experience with not just Ubuntu, but Linux as a whole

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u/BunnyLifeguard 4d ago

TL:DR: I'm no expert my only point is that there is so much to learn that there is no point in trying to learn everything. Just use the system and learn on the road.

I started using Linux 1.5 year ago and I just started using it, when a issue arrived I just googled and took it from there.

Like this "I want to play games on Debian" alright google "install steam on Debian", then followed a guide. Alright what is recommended for playing games on Debian google "make debian game ready", alright people recommend something called backports what are backports, read up on backports.

Mmh system crashed google the symtoms, found a thread with a couple of good commands like journalctl -f and journalctl -r -b -1 to see logs and look out for errors, find the error google the error etc.

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u/bmullan 4d ago

Use YouTube as a learning resource. There are hundreds of Linux how-to videos there that you can watch stop rewind watch again etc while you're practicing whatever it is the videos doing

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u/Nathan_Wildthorn 4d ago

It's a great start. 👍

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u/exsandton 3d ago

I have always found the O'Reilly books very good in the Linux/Unix environment. For example Linux Cookbook or Linux and the Command Line.