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  • _____@lemm.eetoLinux@lemmy.mlTips for getting better at Linux.
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    6 days ago

    I can tell you how I learned linux. be prepared to cringe.

    1. I installed Linux before going to school, I figured that if I used Linux as my main OS I would be less tempted to dick around and play games

    2. I eventually found a coop part time job as a dev. I used my own Linux machine, and being the star eyed young person I was I used arch.

    this is the cringe part:

    1. I did dev work on arch Linux without fully understanding how it works and ran into multiple issues (none of which was because of arch). for instance my USB wifi driver was the dogshit broadcom ones so the “drivers” for it were kind of messed and I had to hack several things into get it to work.

    I learned systemd, Linux kernel modules, dkpg, obviously more familiarity with bash and shell stuff

    1. I ran into issues with grub because FUCK grub. so I had to learn about boot loaders, fixing your install with chroot on a live usb, I also wrote step by step guides to untuck my particular problem just in case I run into it again

    so moral of the story is… dive in?







  • there are systems in place that know how to allocate funds better than just giving it to someone

    (and yes some of these orgs are bad as well)

    but imo there is a way to be altruistic and share a small percentage of your income towards and org with a good reputation (and hopefully some research was done)

    which is far better than walking up to vulnerable people. sticking a camera at them and handing them bills