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Although its just another OS, linux does have a major learning curve for the common GUI enjoyer like me.

When you all were first learning linux, did you have a specific resource you learned from? Was it more like doing projects and learning on the way through forums?

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[-] big_spoon@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 1 year ago

by using it!

[-] ravermeister@lemmy.rimkus.it 3 points 1 year ago

Same here, I started with Kubuntu 12.04 and never really switched away from Debian based distros

[-] 0x4E4F@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Depends on your needs, but if it does the job for you, I wouldn't budge either.

[-] PoY@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 year ago

yep same... i talked with nerds on irc way back in the windows 95/98 days who turned me onto slackware, gave me some rudimentary instructions on what to download and how to install it and a free basic commands like ls and man and i was off to the races

[-] ravermeister@lemmy.rimkus.it 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Same here, I started with Kubuntu 12.04 and never really switched away from Debian based distros

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