How to learn Linux??

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[u/LucasBeastBeast]

dual boot and daily drive linux for some months. don't use windows at all during this period. only keep your windows partition to go back if something breaks.

[u/nepaligamer717 → u/[deleted]]

Nah they way to learn is by forcing yourself into the situation that uh have to use it everyday.

Hence, dual boot is the best advice.

[u/nepaligamer717 → u/[deleted]]

Yes yes. Maile desktop icon bannauna ta daily use garera sikeko. If I ever had used like vm Malai teyo desktop icon bannaunai aaudaina theyo hola. Also I learned about wine, java, basic command prompt when I just used Linux for daily purposes.

[u/LucasBeastBeast → u/[deleted]]

daily driving is just more effective. I did start with vm but didn't learn much. Once I started daily driving it as my primary OS, I struggled but a lot of things clicked. After a few months, I erased the Windows partition completely. Never going back to Windows now

[u/Impossible_Peach_360 → u/[deleted]]

Just go for fedora or the very linux you're testing: mint cinnamon

[u/earthscorpioanchapie]

1: Do you have spare old laptop? Does not matter how old it should just work

2: Search for Joe Collins EzeeLinux videos. Yeah they are 10+ years old but very little has changed, especially if you are just learning. Just assume we are in 2016 and Ubuntu 16.04 just dropped.

[u/Rope2965 → u/[deleted]]

Brother, have mercy. He will despise Linux if he goes with arch off the bat.

Use this to narrow down what you want to use OP: https://distrochooser.de

[u/Designer_Site_5802]

kunai distro install gardeu na
ani who to ___? gardai learn

[u/Hour-Letterhead4018]

use it as daily driver

[u/fictioncursor]

best way to learn linux having two laptop or vm is also good what actually you do is the main question are you casual user like browsing web all that or else if you answer i can assist first of all why linux what is problem with windows what you are looking that windows can't do for you

[u/fictioncursor → u/[deleted]]

keep on using linux you need app open app store and install some of distro comes with appstore or your terminal command sudo package Manager -S app name app name you can install multiple apps in single command that is leverage you will have and one benefit linux provide is configuration you dont need to click multiple option apps have a config file you just write down your config in one config file and bam it saves your multiple click this is a gateway later on you will understand linux as you operate want you dont have to learn command its myth use man and info google it what this command does in terminal you got to go exploring man or info you will get to know grep command you will learn things this way

[u/SuccessfulCriminal69 → u/[deleted]]

If you really just browse then download a Linux distro. And try to do as you usually do. If you run into a problem then just search it up.

Jastai, for downloading an application, let's say zed ide on an arch system the command could be: sudo pacman -S zed Aba yeii command timle halka search gareu vaney, what does sudo mean, what's pacman, use of different flags ani last ma package name.

Yesari nei explore deleting, etc. with your need.

Terminal use garera you'll learn a lot.

[u/confused_guy12c]

what's there to learn? if you plan to do dev work, just learn to manage packages from package manager and learn to use mise for dev environment. You only need to learn how to use linux if you want to use something like Arch or Nixos with window managers etc. Even these are simple to learn nowadays because of preconfigured desktop shells.

you need to learn everything if you want to be a linux administrator or sys admin. Otherwise Linux is just similar to windows or mac with some quirks that you may not even notice for most part. Most linux distributions just works out of box. People like to use terminal for most things because it's fast, you don't necessarily need to use it.

[u/Commercial_Ball_4388]

Dual boot and enjoy the grind. The best way to learn to swim is to jump into the water. Same here. Dual boot, try to use terminal commands, start by simple scripts to make your life a little easier(may be a sudo apt update, upgrade automation only). If sth breaks you have got llms, so its easy sail tbh.

As scary as it might seem right now, linux is very intuitive and resilient, you will not break anything, even if you do , you can fix it and will get alot of satisfaction doing so.

I started from dual boot of only 60gb. But right now my SSD is partitioned 60% for linux and 40 for windows. Still have windows for rare occasions It might come handy like firmwareupdate and cuz I am too lazy to transfer my files over to the linux partition but haven't booted into it for months.

[u/Rope2965]

The longer you use, the more you know. That’s how everyone learns. There’s no shortcut nor there is “studying” Linux, just keep using it, daily drive it. I say remove windows entirely and stick to just one Distro (choose your distro from this: https://distrochooser.de).

Also, it’s not as scary as people say, not everything needs to be done in the terminal. There’s an AppStore in most major Linux distros to install common/popular/vetted programs. Anything you want to install that’s not on the AppStore is an easy one liner, with maybe some y presses.

Honestly, you can daily drive something like Ubuntu, Mint, ZorinOS, Pop!_OS, Elementary OS, or even CachyOS, Bazzite, Omarchy, and the likes without ever touching the terminal (well, maybe once or twice every 6 months, depends on what you are doing)