How did you learn Linux?

[silvinodino]

How did you learn linux? What all do you know about Linux? Do you consider yourself a "Master?"

 

I'm asking because i'm currently learning basics like filesystem navigation via command line online on codecademy. 

[steezemageeze]

I'm by no means a master, but I'd say I'm at least proficient. I just kinda threw myself into it and didn't look back I guess. I watched a ton of YouTube videos, failed at installing Arch like 10 times, Googled the hell out of every issue I ran into... It just kinda came to me. In all honesty, it's not that hard to figure out. Having it as the only OS on my laptop helped a lot too.

[silvinodino]

5 minutes ago, steezemageeze said:

I'm by no means a master, but I'd say I'm at least proficient. I just kinda threw myself into it and didn't look back I guess. I watched a ton of YouTube videos, failed at installing Arch like 10 times, Googled the hell out of every issue I ran into... It just kinda came to me. In all honesty, it's not that hard to figure out. Having it as the only OS on my laptop helped a lot too.

Interesting. What do you do with your Linux? As in, what tasks do you accomplish using the Linux OS. 

[steezemageeze]

1 minute ago, silvinodino said:

Interesting. What do you do with your Linux? As in, what tasks do you accomplish using the Linux OS. 

Honestly, not a lot. General computer stuff, and teaching myself programming. I'm only 16, so I don't have a job or anything important that I use it for. I just enjoy using it to be honest. It's like my little playground for me to go figure out how stuff works I guess.

 

TL;DR:

• Web browsing
• programming
• some gaming (usually boot to Windows though)
• Exploring the OS/figuring out how it works
• Learning new things

[RedWulf]

If you have an old pc(200mb of ram even) laying around or a computer that you can put vm on then just follow a guide to put ubuntu or mint on it and then just go about the interwebs trying anything. 

Look into the lamp stack and ssh first, as well as look at some "linux basics" commands like

sudo - admin rights

apt-get - a way to install, upgrade, or remove programs

shutdown - the first word to shutdown or restart

vi - text editer for editing config files or anything

ls - list files or folders

rm - delete

As the previous guy, i"m no expert by far, but I know my way around Debian

Google and stackoverflow are your friends

 

[Sauron]

I learned by using it

[vorticalbox]

install linux as main os

spend countless hours googling and trying lots of things

???

linux master that still ends up on google

 

I have Ubuntu as my main os as I dislike the route that windows is taking for windows 10. I would still say I am a newbie but I can get somethings done

[Satlen]

Installed ubuntu on a crappy laptop when I was 12. After many years of googling how to do things you learn how everything works. Also this is a pretty new website to check out https://linuxjourney.com/

[flowalex]

I installed Ubuntu on my laptop a little over a year ago after I got tired of windows 7 taking almost 20 minutes to log in after I got it to stop blue screening on boot.  I learned by doing and using Google.

[Linus_torvalds]

By using it! And that's the only way...

[WiiManic]

Yeah just use it and you'll learn most of it.

 

Start with something basic like Ubuntu just to get around the real basics of the terminal, then move on to something a bit more indepth.

Arch isn't that awkward to install, if you follow a guide at first, and even just doing that will give you an appreciation of Linux more than Ubuntu would.

Then once you are using it just google and google and google. Luckily, if you do use something like Arch it has one of the best Forums and Wikis that I've ever used, so 90% of problems you fix just by going there.