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How to Linux? (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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So after reading a number of posts and comments on here about Linux, I've decided to give 'er a go. I have access to an Azure VM, but I have never done anything involving Unix before and have only a basic understanding of coding in general.

Where do I even start? The most daunting thing for me is command line script, as it seems I have to memorize close to 150 common commands and their functions. Is there a set of tools or free classes that would make it easier for me to understand, or should I just get stuck in there? I was planning on using Pop!_OS since I do a lot of gaming and it seems like the closest thing Ubuntu has for that purpose.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

If you go with one of the more new-user-friendly distros that includes a graphical frontend with administration tools, you shouldn't have to spend much time with the command line. If you ever have to resort to it to fix a slippery problem (the kind that under Windows would have everyone telling you to reinstall), you'll almost certainly be copy-and-pasting commands from somewhere else. You certainly don't have to worry about memorizing 150 different commands—I'm not sure I know that many, and I've been using a command-line-oriented Linux distro as my primary OS for almost twenty years!