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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Tips/tricks for beginners (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hey folks, I just got Bazzite OS KDE up and running on my PC. Being a Linux newbie, I'd love some tips, tricks, and app suggestions if you have any. 😅 Switching from Windows has been a bit of a maze with all the distros out there, so any pointers would be awesome!

The amount of tutorials out there is overwhelming. Hopefully 🙏 you guys point me in the right direction.

Edit: That is a lot of great information. I really appreciate you guys taking your time to share your experience/advice.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

This comment is awesome! Just want to add some things.

There are some better alternatives for the commands you listed. For example fd for find and ripgrep for grep.

There's a command line alternative for QDirStat called ncdu (https://dev.yorhel.nl/ncdu), as well as a (in my opinion) better graphical application called Filelight.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

First, I don't disagree with that, but I'm always conflicted. Like, eza is better than ls. Atuin is magic history search. btop/fish/helix etc. etc. etc. But for just getting started I almost want to discourage finding alternative tools. But I also don't lol.

Also, I am 99.9% certain this exchange is how most distros get started. "We can do a more sensible set of defaults!"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

sl is the single best utility, hands down

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

I just think that these new, fancy applications are more user-friendly, because they are often easier to use, are faster and often have things like colored output. Sure, the GNU coreutils are old and reliable, and can be found on almost every system, making them great for scripts, but for normal, interactive CLI usage I prefer the modern alternatives.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

There are always exotic alternative commands, but those were the standards.

Always learn the standard commands.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

But find is sloooow. fd is so much faster, because it's written in Rust and optimized for performance.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

But you can always count on find being there on any unix system. Fancy exotic commands may have nicer speeds or options, but they'll only be there on your machine. And one day you'll be on another, and you'll be lost.