Hey everyone, I’m relatively new to linux and was looking for some advice/direction. I have been using Mint Debian Edition for around 6mo or so, and want to learn to use the command line efficiently and proficiently.
I have set up EndeavourOS on a backup laptop I have and have been playing with it, reading the Arch Wiki and such, but I feel like I’m not necessarily learning why I’m doing things, just doing what has worked for others.
So here I am. I guess I’m looking for recommendations for books or articles (physical or online) that can help me to learn and understand the workings on linux, and especially the command line.
Thank you all so much.
Ctrl-C
will not do what you expect, useCtrl-Shift-C
, or click mouse wheelXTerm
Ctrl-Alt-F1
, you can pressAlt-F7
to switch back to the graphical desktopvi
, no need to reboot your PCmc
and get all the benefits without typingcd
andls
every time you want to find a specific file⁽¹⁾ Real Fedora-Wearing Sysadmins don’t use
vi
to edit files, they either write ased
script or usecat
to copy the file to the terminal, then usecat
again to copy the contents of the terminal back into the file by clicking the mouse wheel while typing manually the lines they need to change.