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Trying to learn how to be more tech savy but need help. (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Not sure if I'm even posting correctly but here goes. I'm pretty new to Lemmy, the whole reddit thing has just lead to me to deleting my old account and exploring new places. So far I like Lemmy and have learned how to subscribe and maneuver my way around instances and such. Also downloaded the ios beta app which I have enjoyed and has help fill in my need to read topics anytime I get a chance to sit and relax.

I feel like I need to be more tech savy though. I get the impression that these communities are filled with more linux users than windows like me. In my mind I just picture people with thick glasses who understand coding and are geniuses basically. Joking ^_^

My question is which sites can I go to for tutorials and just learning the lingo (didn't know Instances meant servers for example) Anything linked to fediverse I have to begin to be familiar with. Thanks in advance.

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[–] Sleeping 1 points 2 years ago

Hey! My glasses are pretty thin, and they only weigh 25 grammes. I just checked!

In all seriousness, I think the best thing you can do is just read and watch whatever is interesting to you. There isn't one place to become "tech savvy", and that in itself is an extremely broad subject. Do you want to know more about web design, machine learning, networking, data centres, etc.? Once you've got that sorted, start by just Searxing (privacy respecting the search engine) and Invidiousing (privacy respecting the YouTube front-end) what you want to know.

Since everyone learns differently and has different preferences, it's really hard to say. Most of what I've learned personally has come from running into problems in my everyday life and trying to fix them. For example, I got fed up with Netflix, so I started out with a small Plex server. After lots of reading, I started hosting my own Jellyfin server, which led me to learn about networking, storage servers, etc. As I previously stated, follow your interests, and you may end up learning about all that "tech-savvy" stuff along the way, which would be great. But there's no point in doing something if you don't find it interesting.

With all that out of the way, if you end up reading all this and kind of have an idea of what direction you'd like to go, please reply below so that either myself or someone else from the community can maybe help nudge you in the right direction.