Ask HN: What is a piece of advice that you would give to a new Linux user?

Posted by TheDarkOne on Friday September 25, 2020 @07:02AM
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Re:Ask HN: What is a piece of advice that you would give to ... by mimixco on Friday September 25, 2020 @08:34AM (#24589017)

I'd recommend doing your experiments on a virtual machine like Hyper-V so you can spin up different version and kill or revert them if you have problems. On Windows, you can run Ubuntu (WSL) like any other app.

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Re:Ask HN: What is a piece of advice that you would give to ... by cinntaile on Friday September 25, 2020 @07:09AM (#24588600)

Assuming a casual user. Follow a quick tutorial on how to use and navigate the command line. As for everything else, just learn it if and when you need it.

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Re:Ask HN: What is a piece of advice that you would give to ... by verdverm on Friday September 25, 2020 @09:55AM (#24589701)

https://tldp.org has many good resources

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Re:Ask HN: What is a piece of advice that you would give to ... by elisharobinson on Friday September 25, 2020 @09:44AM (#24589604)

learn about the posix standard , if you understand the past it becomes much more clear why things are the way they are.

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