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So I have never touched a Pc much less new what an operating system was and i'm almost 40. But an urge to better myself and my families lives led me to to go to school for computers. I'm in school now and lovin it, even though sometimes (most times) i don't feel like i belong there. i have a great teacher that has turned me on to linux mint. and i just set up and exicuted my first dual boot. Windows 10 ( yikes) and linux mint mate 19.1 tessa. i'll be taking a linux class next semester but i gotta say i just really enjoy learning about linux and the philosophy behing it and open source. I'm currenty working on (in the very little spare time i have) trying to learn the command line. Any suggestions on the best way and maybe some tricks or pointers for someone so new to this that would help me learn or understand what im doing. thanks
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Re: real new
Hi mintynew, and welcome to the forum. I highly recommend this book for learning the command line - and it's available as a free .pdf download here:
http://linuxcommand.org/tlcl.php
http://linuxcommand.org/tlcl.php
In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they ain't.
Re: real new
Welcome aboard, mintynew! Your teacher is a good one, and is doing you a big favor by introducing you to Linux and open source software before you get too tangled up in the Microsoft/Windows mess. I honestly do not have any idea why people still use that crap. One good thing you can do to learn Linux is read these forums. Just scan the subject lines, and read those that sound interesting to you. A lot of my Linux learning came that way.
“If the government were coming for your TVs and cars, then you'd be upset. But, as it is, they're only coming for your sons.” - Daniel Berrigan
Re: real new
Hello and welcome! This may interest you, it's an online course: https://linuxjourney.com/lesson/the-shell
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Re: real new
Hi mintynew, Welcome to the mint forums. you will find a lot of help and information here. Your teacher is very good in introducing you to linux as part of your instruction, very few teachers even know that there is another operating system let alone how to teach it. You are going to have fun. If you need Windows advice, I'm sure that there are members here that can also help. However, don't expect people to be too receptive of windwoes help requests here. We can point you to good resources elsewhere if necessary.
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Re: real new
Man,Thank you all for the wonderful advice and look forward to asking a lot of questions,lol. Thank you for the warm welcome and yes my teacher is great!