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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).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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What are some things you wish you had known when switching to Linux? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

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

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I start: the most important thing is not the desktop, it's the package manager.

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 10 months ago (6 children)

How to quit vim.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Used to use gedit, the found nano and it was awesome. Then found Vim... I RAN back to nano haha

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Try micro.

It's much better and quite easy if not easier to use than nano. It should really be the default simple editor.

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

This looks cool! Thanks!

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

I hear you 😁. For whatever reason I stuck with the Vim tutorial and did it a few times over the years. Now I'm using the IdeaVIM extension in IntelliJ - that mode system is just sooo powerful. It has a horrible learning curve, yes, but if you manage to stick with it, it pays huge dividends. I probably know, like, 18% of all commands, and it completely changed how I edit files (mostly for coding, but also text).

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

Alright alright. You win haha seriously, you've convinced me to give vim another chance.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Just read this book:

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

I vaguely remember pressing Alt+F4 while trying to close vim in a terminal once. It did switch to me login prompt so I thought it worked.

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

Either by making it segfault or you don’t.

I got a whole software developer career going out of my attempts to exit vim.

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

I remember, back in the day, I asked on IRC how to edit a file in Linux. Someone said vi. Little did I know that in chat someone said, the next question is how do I quit. I asked that exact question. Yes chat erupted.

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

For people who actually don't know this, yet: Type :x.
This means “eXit, save any changes”

If you want to leave and discard your changes, type :q!
The :q means “Quit”, without any other instructions. This will warn you if you changed anything, adding ! means “force this command”.