I want to start using Linux but I am not sure how to get started. I just want to set it up a server for my mvies and such. Maybe I am starting too big. I don’t know. I use to think I was moderately good at computers but I feel left behind. Just looking fro advice on my first build.

  • just_another_person@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 days ago

    What I always tell junior devs that want to get familiar:

    1. Find a use-case. Don’t just use it because you have FOMO
    2. Run a desktop environment as your daily driver when you can. You’ll learn a lot.
    3. Try installing packages first, and after you’re comfortable with that, try building a project you intend to use from scratch. It’s a get primer, and gives a ton of context of how software development works along with the dependency chains with the operating environment.
    4. Don’t take a GUI as the “easy route” in spite of non-GUI sokutions. Get familiar with what makes the software run, and customize accordingly.