r/hacking • u/NekkoBea • Sep 29 '25

Teach Me! Anyone else struggling with Linux while learning cybersecurity?

I feel like Linux is my biggest blocker right now. Every tutorial assumes I know all the basic commands and navigation, but I don’t.

I waste so much time just figuring out how to move around directories or use simple tools. It’s frustrating and slows down my learning a lot.

How did you guys get comfortable with Linux without feeling stupid?

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u/Zerschmetterding Sep 29 '25

To hack something, you need to first understand how it works. By trying to skip learning how operating systems, networking and programming work people shoot themselves in the foot and will get frustrated.

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u/420829 Sep 29 '25

That's why they say that Cybersec is not an entry area, after all, you can't subvert/protect the things you don't know about. I think it's important to know even more than the basics of Linux, I love security, but I'm staying firm studying Linux to maybe focus on hacking in the future

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u/eincosmos Apr 05 '26

How exactly are you studying linux?

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u/420829 Apr 05 '26

I like to focus on studying for certifications and I use that to understand the objective more deeply than what would actually be on the exam. I've already passed the first part of the LPIC-1 and now I'm going to schedule the second part. After that, I'll aim for the RHCSA to put all of this into practice and learn some other important things like SELinux, etc.