I'm New to Linux - Anyone Have any Tips to Help Get Me Started?
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I'm New to Linux - Anyone Have any Tips to Help Get Me Started?
Hi, I'm new to this Website and to Linux, mostly using Microsoft operating systems in the past including DOS. Does anyone have any tips to help get me started? (Currently starting to make my way through www.linux.org articles and tutorials)
Many thanks
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Like TroN-0074 said; install the distro (once you know which one you want) on your computer and start getting to know your new operating system. Reading the documentation about your disto will be very helpful.
1. Install it.
2. More important: Use it. Don't stop using it. If you find a task and you don't know how to do it on Linux don't do it on Windows, learn to do it with Linux.
3. Read, many good links already given in this thread.
4. Try. Set yourself a goal and try to achieve it.
5. Most important: If there is something unclear in the documentation or you have difficulties to understand it then don't hesitate to ask. There are many knowledgeable members here that will help you with your questions.
Pick something you want to do (design a website, create a spread sheet, record a podcast, edit photographs, anything you want to do enough that you will keep at it for a while) and learn how to do it. In the process of learning that, you will start learning how to use the operating system.
With me, it was self-hosting my website out of my guest room. By the time I had it working, I had learned my way around the operating system enough that it no longer seemed strange or different. And I was hooked.
Here are some references I've found useful. Garrels Intro to Linux was the single biggest help when I was learning my way around:
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