Hello all!

[kivil]

Hi. So admittedly I only signed up here because I had just installed Linux Mint 17.3 and I messed around and completely messed up while exploring so now I need somebody to save my impatient and naive bum. I will however, be forever grateful to that person.
But since I'm already here and I have already taken a liking to Mint, I'd like to get to know everybody better as I would love to learn more about Linux in general and even programming and software (I major in computer science -- well, I'm only on my second year so that explains how I messed up in the first place. Curiosity truly does kills the cat)

I am but a humble learner and I appreciate any bit of information or knowledge.

-kivil

[The-Wizard]

Welcome to the Mint family forums
I can only give you three pieces of advice, read as much as you can, If you are stuck Ask [but please keep it in the right forums] everyone was a newbie once, and if you do need to ask especially hardware/driver problems give the full details of the system a good start is ... open a terminal type inxi -Fnx [there is a space between inxi and -Fnx] cut and paste with your question


wizard

[Crewp]

Welcome to Linux Mint, and the Mint forum. Breaking things has been a good teacher for me, it forces you to learn. That said, if possible, have 2 Linux machines, a main one you do not mess with. And a experimental one, you try everything with first. This has worked well for me, maybe it will work for you. I picked up a cheap second hand PC from a garage sale for my experimental box, so you don;t have to spend a lot of money.

[Moem]

Hey welcome! This is a great place to learn, I learn new bits of information here every day. Happy Minting!

[jahid]

Welcome to the Mint family........

[Fred Barclay]

Welcome to the family, and Happy Minting!

Crewp's suggestion about 2 machines is very good, but if you only have one, you could always run additional ones as virtual machines inside Virtual Box and play/experiment with them.

BTW: breaking things taught me most of what I know about Linux. Believe it or not, you're off to a great start.

[austin.texas]

Hello, kivil.
Welcome to Mint and to the forum !

Linux Linx 2016
Ubuntu Help wiki
IBM's Learn Linux, 101 Tutorials
Linux Mint Beginners Search Engine
A guide on how to post on the Linux Mint forums
Rescatux CD: A tool everyone should have (includes SuperGrub2 and gparted)]

[vrkalak]

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..:: Welcome to LinuxMint ::..

Read everything you can -- Forums - Wiki - IRC

Linux: Tricks of the Trade > http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=38355
"All Linux OS-Distros" Forums and Tutorials > http://linuxquestions.org/questions/
What works for Ubuntu, usually works for Mint > http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/
https://help.ubuntu.com/community
Linux Alternative to Windows > http://www.linuxalt.com/
LinuxMint Community Forums - Tutorials > http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/welcome

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