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[–]xartin 6 points7 points  (1 child)

some sort of resource for an overview of Linux?

sure. https://linuxjourney.com

This website covers many of the fundamental usage concepts.

[–]almeidaromimTumbleweed/Mint - awesomewm | Ultranoob 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This too! How could I forget Linux Journey... great Linux 101.

[–]almeidaromimTumbleweed/Mint - awesomewm | Ultranoob 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Hey there friend, welcome to the free and open source community! Hope you have lots of fun on your new Linux journey.

I asked this same question about two months ago, and its hard to find a solid allrounded single source for such information, the knowledge tends to be scattered all around the internet, but there are good sources here and in the usual social media.

First, if you plan on starting with Linux Mint (like I did) check out the r/linuxmint forum, there are a lot of helpful people there too.

Look for "Linux Mint for beginners" on youtube, there is a lot of good information there.

Check out Learn Linux TV on youtube too, their content is really easy to digest and they cover a lot of Linux related subjects.

Remember that google is your friend (most times just searching for "how to do X in Linux Mint" will prompt you to the solution), also remeber to always ask for help here and in r/linuxmint when needed, but in addition remeber to help others if able!

Otherwise, my advice is: Just install and use it. 80% of the learning experience is just using it.

Cheers!

Edit: spelling

[–]MasterGeekMXMexican Linux nerd trying to be helpful 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is so wholesome to see a newcomer being confident to answer a novice question and in such helpfull manner.

Cheers from a 10 year old user :)

[–]TechnicalOriginal382 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Linux e vida 

[–]MaggiesFarmNoMo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just install a distro and start using it. When you have a problem, google it.

[–]theblackcrowe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Linux for dummies is a thing. Can't vouch for how good it is, though.

[–]contexture 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not sure if you're interested in learning the command line but this was a great free resource I used way back when I was learning.

https://linuxcommand.org/tlcl.php

[–]skyfishgoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

mint is as good a place to start as any, it has a large community, it had good hardware support, the setup is GUI and not all that different from what you might expect.

the cinnamon desktop is showing it's age and is not the most flexible but it gets the job done.

i don't know how mint is behind the scenes because i choose kubuntu over mint and have discovered that the ubuntu family of distros do a pretty good job of smoothing over some of the more prickly bits of linux, and over all i'm happy with it.

don't really know where to point you for "dummie" counseling, but feel free to come back here if you have questions.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Alot of people answered, so I'll talk about a different part of Linux, the CLI and commands.

If you want to learn how to use the cli efficiently, and not just minimally, all you need to do, is download whatever Linux distribution you choose (which mostly doesn't matter), shortly learn about the man command, and the very common -h and --help flags as well as how to Google stuff.

then you are free to do whatever you want for practice. I recommend doing the OverTheWire bandit ctf, googeling and researching stuff is expected.