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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).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Tips for getting better at Linux. (lemmy.ml)

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I am a Linux beginner/amateur and I have sort of had enough of copy and pasting commands I find on the internet without having a good understanding of how they actually work.

I guess my end goal is to be able to comfortably install and use arch Linux with my own customization's and be able to fix it when things go wrong.

What tips/ideas do you have for getting better at navigating the terminal, and getting a better understanding of how the os works. What is a good roadmap to follow? And how did you, advanced Linux user, get to the stage your at now?

Edit: my current distro is bazzite just in case you were interested and thanks for all the replies you are all really helpful.

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[–] NiaKitty@beehaw.org 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Just giving my +1 about what others have said:

in terminal man to get an overview of a command and usage, tldr.sh is a "tldr" of those same man pages simplified and very user friendly, and apropos to search man pages by description to find tools that do what you wanna do.

Ex usage:

man ls gives an overview of how ls works

tldr ls gives a quick user friendly overview of how ls works (after installing it, or using the site tldr.sh)

apropos compress will search man pages and output a list of commands that have "compress" in the description

Linux has an overwhelmingly large amount of commands or things you can do, it's good to learn a subset of common things, but arguably more important to learn how to quickly find info on the fly using tools like the above to reference as you do things. I've used Linux for about a decade, but still only use the same 5-10 or so commands regularly in the terminal, and look up anything else whenever I need.