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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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I just started using Linux... any great tips? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I just installed Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS (Cinnamon) on an empty laptop a couple days ago and have been experimenting a lot. I'm coming from being a Windows user since I was just a little kid playing old DOS games on my grandpa's Win-98 PC back in around 2000. My daily driver is currently running Windows 10 but I am pretty adamant on not going with Win-11. I've been wanting to experiment with Linux for a while and Cinnamon so far seems like a lot of fun to navigate. Terminal is amazing. The fact that you can custom-write keyboard commands that can be hand-tailored to individual programs on your computer via the OS... that's powerful.

I have not tried running WINE yet but I plan on doing so soon. I also have not done much of anything, honestly, except for learning how to search for programs with gnome-software --search=. I have also used sudo a couple times to download software here and there, but I know I am not tackling this in as systematic of a way as I ought to be to really figure this machine out.

What are some really important basic commands I can use to start branching out into Terminal command structures and learning more about how I can edit and customize my computer? And if Cinnamon has shortfalls or weaknesses that I may run into eventually, what are some good alternative distros that I could leapfrog to eventually? I do not have any coding experience (currently), but I do consider myself a semi-power-user on Windows, having messed with CMD many times and digging through all the damn menus to access drivers and alter ports.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

regarding WINE, there's tools like Bottles that make managing WINE easier. Steam in general configures WINE for you which meant in my experience you never need to mess with WINE directly, which is nice.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

And proton up!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Proton up is great for edge cases, but had a few issues with GE proton causing wine prefix folders to corrupt themselves so I tend to avoid anything but (official) Proton experimental, which usually receives upstream patches eventually!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Isn't Bottlles deprecated?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Nope! Still actively developed. I did check the website and git repo just to be sure and both are updated.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Yeah, I still see updates on the GUI and smarter stuff. Last commit is from 2 weeks ago https://github.com/bottlesdevs/Bottles