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Idk where else to post this but I've finally kicked Windows for good and I'm SO EXCITED (lemmy.world)
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I've also got the Linux Basics for Hackers book but it's at home while I'm on vacation.

I'm just really happy rn yall :) this install took some work, SecureBoot kept getting in the way and I'm not the most savvy person so there was a lot of Googling and trial and error in the way of getting here.

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[-] CMDR_Horn@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago

Welcome! Don’t listen to anyone trying to shame you for your distro choice. The most important is that you didn’t choose windows.

[-] FindME@lemmy.myserv.one 12 points 5 months ago

No, no! Listen to the shamers! Change your distro eight times over the first month as you listen to them whine, and eventually return to the first one you chose, full of wisdom of why those other distros suck so you can tell the noobs who choose one of them first instead of your glorious choice!

[-] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Thanks! I plan to experiment with others, but I wanted a nice smooth transition for my wife and I both, so Mint seemed like a great starting point.

[-] Thymos@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

My boyfriend wanted Linux on his laptop and he's not tech savvy at all. I installed Mint for him and he's very happy with it, no complaints. It's a very good choice.

[-] acid_falcon@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Mint is rad. I currently use barebones Debian testing with a bunch of customized stuff, but I always keep a bootable Mint flash drive on my keychain. It's a very solid choice

[-] RandomVideos@programming.dev 1 points 5 months ago

Your distro of choice is a good distro unless you chose anything other than TempleOS

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[-] CaptainBasculin@lemmy.ml 9 points 5 months ago

Quick tip: forgot how to use a command? Use man commandname to see a short manual page for that command.

Forgot sudo on your command? !! refers to the previously typed command, so you can simply type sudo !! to fix it.

[-] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 5 months ago

If you don't know how to use man, just type in man man.

[-] Marduk73@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 months ago

man man man gives the secrets to the universe

[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

What I think about every time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_Man

(Six Demon Bag is an amazing album btw)

[-] Deckname@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 5 months ago

oh wow, thank you for

sudo !!

this is amazing :D

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[-] NutWrench@lemmy.ml 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

You'll probably be making lots of changes to your computer over the next couple of weeks, so it's a good idea to use TimeShift to make system snapshots. (It works like System Restore in Windows). It can even rescue an unbootable system. Just boot from your Linux Live CD / flash drive and you can run TimeShift from that.

[-] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 months ago

Whoah... wish I knew about this when I was setting up my raspberry pi. Got a brand new computer on the way (well half of it is here already) so this might come in handy... thanks!

[-] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 months ago

FYI, you can usually automate creating timeshifts whenever you add packages or update your system. I did that for mine, so that I don’t have to remember to do it.

[-] abcdqfr@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

I highly recommend taking the time to really look into btrfs for anyone interested in utilizing timeshift. There is no going back.

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[-] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

Garuda Linux does this by default.

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[-] don@lemm.ee 9 points 5 months ago

ugh r u rly usin [distro i dont use] just go back to micro$haft luser

[-] laurelraven@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 months ago

Congrats! Made the switch finally early this year myself, after thinking about it for nearly twenty years. Hasn't been nearly as hard as I was worried it would be.

I will say that the "Linux Basics for Hackers" is a pretty disappointing book that really should just be called "Linux Basics", and spends too much time pandering with things like "cool" scripts that do nothing useful or wrap a simple command in a way that doesn't actually make it more useful or easier. It's also full of inaccuracies and just isn't very well written, and if you've gotten through much at all of How Linux Works, you're not likely to get anything out of it.

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 5 months ago

Welcome in from the cold. We have blankets and coco.

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[-] GhiLA@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago

I went back and forth for about six years.

Then I began using Linux on a home NAS, then using the host GPU for virtualization, then proton... and when proton hit, that was basically.

Yep! Packing my shit! We're going to penguin land!

[-] MIXEDUNIVERS@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 5 months ago

I love how under most Linux threads there is war and anarchie and many know-it-all, but under this? A New Penguin? Lets Embrace him in the best Community there is.

Nice Work Man

[-] hondaguy97386@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago

"I'm just really happy rn yall" - be careful with that rn command if you're anywhere near Arch, wouldn't want all your happy uninstalled! Seriously though, good for you! Welcome to freedom.

[-] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 2 points 5 months ago

sudo right now -rf /

[-] henfredemars@infosec.pub 2 points 5 months ago

This instantly tripled my free space.

[-] VubDapple@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Worth reading

[-] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago

CLI is love. CLI is life.

[-] Veneroso@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Congratulations! It's really fun to learn something new. Don't let anyone distro shame you.

(Unless it's into installing Gentoo)

[-] kekmacska@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 months ago

lucky for you, my laptop in its entirity is unsupported by the linux kernel (msi gf63 thin 9sc)

[-] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 1 points 5 months ago

entirity? how? doesn't it run at all?

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[-] jenny_ball@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

welcome to the pain

[-] Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

I'm about to repartition and reinstall everything. I'm very fucking tempted to drop this dual boot nonsense now that I have a good idea of what little I'd be losing.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 months ago

Be mindful that Linux changes faster than a lot of books. I would stick to online documentation.

[-] rtxn@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Those books were published in 2019 and 2021. They'll still be mostly accurate a decade from now. Open-source developers usually try not to introduce breaking changes to mature software unless absolutely necessary.

[-] pmc@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 months ago

Books will teach the essentials: my core UNIX knowledge comes from an SVR4 book I read in the late 2000s (a decade or more after it was relevant) and it's still applicable today

[-] Mwa@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

did the same thing and Did a raid0 btrfs config on my old windows drive.

[-] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 months ago

Welcome to the dark side! We got cookies

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