ITT: Post helpful tips for Linux newbies

ITT: Post helpful tips for Linux newbies

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Every Linux filesystem has automatic built in defragmentation. You also do not need an antivirus or per-app firewall unless you're running skeezy shitware off the Internet instead of sticking to your distro's repositories or sandboxed Flatpaks. Don't run skeezy shitware. Avoid Nvidia GPUs in favor of Intel and AMD. Do these things and stick to a well supported newbie distro like Ubuntu and you'll have a good time.

A quick sudo rm -rf --no-preserve-root / will speed up a slow system

don't be afraid to read a manual to try cli tools
they're not just "things people used to do"

Phones are all well and good but do yourself a favor and get a Windows desktop.

*and try

Fell for Gentoo meme, don't try Ubuntu or other shit, it is waste of precious time. You can build perfect system it the same time, as you play with ubuntu.

wat

install kubuntu since gnome is a turd

Pay attention kids, this statement is wrong.

Do not waste your time distro hopping.
Do use the arch wiki even if you are not using arch.
Do not listen to Sup Forums when it comes to GNU/Linux stuff.

Xubuntu is a good starter distro. I recommend the XFCE desktop environment.

Seriously. Gentoo is much simplier that bloated ubuntu. The only downside is that installing is fucking looong, but it totally worth it.

1. All distros are shit
2. All DEs are shit

that doesn't help me to understand your original post desu

try visiting /fglt/

Okay.
It is better to start with Gentoo, because it teaches you GNU/Linux. And you will know everything about your system after spending all these time.
Ubuntu and other distros are for pussies, who have too much time for distro hopping. And all of them are shit mostly.

It's better to start with LFS.

Buy used Oreilly books from the 90's.
Not the general shit like "Linux system Administration" I mean
Bash, regular expressions, grep sed and awk. classic shell scripting.

Read linuxcommand.org/tlcl.php

LFS is too complicated and requires working host. But I think Gentoo Boot CD is good enough for it.

What are you, a pussy? LFS brings you even closer to the system.

Yes, but... Okay, I will assemble LFS now.

1. Distros are way different from each other from a newbie standpoint, but is mostly just the GUI, which is nothing for a veteran.
2. Better use one of the mainstream distros aimed at beginners instead of falling for distros that you need to use the terminal.
3. Yes, there are distros were you don't use the terminal.
4. I like PCLinuxOS for newbies but Ubuntu and derivatives are fine too for you so whenever in doubt go Ubuntu.
5. Got to love the trolls telling you to fall for Arch or Gentoo, is a quick way to lose newbies who think all distros are just a black screen with words.
6. The package manager is where you get approved programs but there are other ways to get software.
7. The package managers normally have GUI frontends too.
8. Don't rice too soon if you gonna complain your distro breaks because you dive deep too soon.
9. Distro hop is nice and all, but the serious difference in distros is the package manager, something you as newbie not necessarily need to worry.
10. Just bee yourself.

Good girl

I'm not a girl, I am brainlet, sorry.

Don’t use derivative distorts, stick with the main ones: Debian, Fedora/RHEL/CentOS, openSUSE, Slackware.

This is much better because derivatives may lag with security updates like mint. Additionally, you’re going to end up using one of these anyway after you finish distro hopping, so just save yourself some time.

Don't stick with a distros at all. You are the boss, if stuff works it doesn't require any updates.

If someone made an easy way to install gentoo it wouldn't be just a meme distro

FUCK OFF

install it yourself you stupid little fucking brat fuck you

I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.

Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called "Linux", and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.

There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called "Linux" distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.

install windows dual boot
make it default
forget you have linux

No, Richard, it's 'Linux', not 'GNU/Linux'. The most important contributions that the FSF made to Linux were the creation of the GPL and the GCC compiler. Those are fine and inspired products. GCC is a monumental achievement and has earned you, RMS, and the Free Software Foundation countless kudos and much appreciation.

One guy, Linus Torvalds, used GCC to make his operating system (yes, Linux is an OS -- more on this later). He named it 'Linux' with a little help from his friends. Why doesn't he call it GNU/Linux? Because he wrote it, with more help from his friends, not you. You named your stuff, I named my stuff -- including the software I wrote using GCC -- and Linus named his stuff. The proper name is Linux because Linus Torvalds says so. Linus has spoken. Accept his authority. To do otherwise is to become a nag. You don't want to be known as a nag, do you?

(An operating system) != (a distribution). Linux is an operating system. By definition, an operating system is that software which provides and limits access to hardware resources on a computer. That definition applies whereever you see Linux in use. However, Linux is usually distributed with a collection of utilities and applications to make it easily configurable as a desktop system, a server, a development box, or a graphics workstation, or whatever the user needs. In such a configuration, we have a Linux (based) distribution. Therein lies your strongest argument for the unwieldy title 'GNU/Linux' (when said bundled software is largely from the FSF). Go bug the distribution makers on that one. Take your beef to Red Hat, Mandrake, and Slackware. At least there you have an argument. Linux alone is an operating system that can be used in various applications without any GNU software whatsoever. Embedded applications come to mind as an obvious example.


Thanks for listening.

It was the other way around for me. The only time I start Win is when I want to play some games Wine can't stomach, and I rarely play video games.

In my experience, most grub loaders default to Linux anyways. Makes it easy to forget about Windows.

Learn how to properly configure your system before connecting to the internet for the first time or you're gonna get fucked.

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Dont hit enter after a `apt-get autoremove` in debian without checking dependencies first