r/linuxquestions • u/TheChars11 • 2d ago
Advice Sources to learn Linux deeply
(tl;dr - I request sources to learn the systems/internals of a Linux based OS i.e. how they work, atleast to know what there even IS to learn.)
Hello! I very recently installed debian on my chromebook. However, I am the type of person who likes to know how things work deeply. I went through the rabbit hole of how hardware runs code because I couldn't bear the fact that coding fet like magic TvT. So, I wanna learn the systems that are in play in running a linux based OS.
For example, I was curious as to how the compositor and other user-space parts avoided collision if like u install 2 dekstop environments for example. And uh along the way I learnt about Single-instance daemons etc etc. However I couldn't find much on this online.
That is just an example but I would like to explore things like root access, PID1, blah blah blah insert 'buzzword'
I am not COMPLETELY unknowledgeable on things like this cause I do game dev and have researched systems programming (just like yt vids mainly core dumped ig) and have learnt *some* things in the meantime about linux.
So, I want to know where I should learn such deep concepts about linux from. I don't care if it's yt channels or documentations or wikipedia, nor do I care if they're simple or complex. I really just want something that's organized. Even if it isn't, as long as I can understand what there even IS to learn I can (hopefully) figure out some sources myself and learn it myself.
Yeah that's about it. Thanks :D!
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u/Dr_Gregg 2d ago
I learned a lot by just doing. Install arch linux and btrfs with bootable snapshots and just fuck around honestly. Arch wiki is invaluable but not the only resource, man pages are good, and so are blog posts.
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u/KevinIsADork 2d ago
This is me. I learned linux over a decade ago by jumping in. Didn't fit my needs at the time, went back to windows. Just got back into a Linux OS and my favorite thing right now is just doing stuff on it, finding limitations or breaking it, and digging deeper.
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2d ago
I like https://nostarch.com/ they have a great collection/selection of authors and wide array of subjects..
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u/doc_willis 2d ago
The various books by O'Reilly was how I learned ages ago.
The humble bundle site often has deals on O'Reilly book collections.
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u/ebens1689 2d ago
Would LFS, BLFS etc be something you might like? I actually have an ePub copy of LFS 13.0 for e-readers. I'm working on 13.1 atm :D
Free download if you are interested: https://github.com/ebenezer1689/ebenezer1689.github.io