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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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[-] 0x4E4F@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yeah, it's more like "learn allong the way". Not that you can't read books about the OS, but it's a very fast shifing OS, way more than BSD variants. So, if you read a book published, let's say, 10 years ago, some if the things in there might not apply now.

Just learn from forums/reddit, places like that. Ask questions, you will receive answers ๐Ÿ˜‰. Start with something that works out of the box (Ubuntu or any other Ubuntu/Debian based distro). Poke it around, see how it works, try to install this or that, see how the dependency issues are resolved, etc.

If you're a GUI enjoyer, try KDE as the desktop environment. Better yet, try a distro that comes with KDE by default (Kubuntu or KDE Neon).

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