I’ve also got the Linux Basics for Hackers book but it’s at home while I’m on vacation.
I’m just really happy rn yall :) this install took some work, SecureBoot kept getting in the way and I’m not the most savvy person so there was a lot of Googling and trial and error in the way of getting here.
Giddyup!
Way to go! Welcome to the club buddy! If you need help, don’t be shy. You can DM me anytime and I’ll do my best to help. :)
That’s very kind of you, thanks!
What’s your initial impressions of the How Linux Works book?
Really clear and helpful! It’s taken a lot of the intimidation away I think. I’d definitely recommend it to other noobs
Have you tried gaming? I tried PopOs and now Mint like you, and Steam games do not detect my Nvidia card though I see it in Mint information preferences and I’ve tried many things.
Just a little last night, I installed TF2 and Caves of Qud and both ran fine OOB. I’ve got Proton on tap if I need it.
Hope you can find a solution!
You picked some really good books to get started with! Lot of online help these days!
Anyone have tips for someone wanting to do the same but have two hurdles?
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Need multi-org account support for Teams due to multiple contracts across different orgs. At the moment I could run Windows in a VM for it but then notifications are rough. An option is running teams in multiple browser profiles / tabs but this is also not entirely ideal (6-7 profiles/tabs just for teams is rough). Any clever ideas welcome, or someone who may have experience with Matrix bridges to accommodate this somehow? Does that work for adhoc calls?
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Speedy remote desktop. Parcel seems to be the closest in speed to RDP thus far, but it doesn’t consistently transmit shortcut keys which makes development difficult. Any other suggestions, gladly welcome.
3. (no longer an issue) if you’ve seen my past comments, I used to seek an alternative to Fancy Zones, but my fix for this was to just get rid of my ultrawide and go back to multiple monitors. So this is no longer needed.I would recommend making a new post since hijacking someone else’s is kinda rude imho.
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Quick tip: forgot how to use a command? Use
man commandnameto see a short manual page for that command.Forgot sudo on your command?
!!refers to the previously typed command, so you can simply typesudo !!to fix it.tldr or teeldeer is the short manual. fwiw
wtfgives the summary, and works for acronyms too.
oh wow, thank you for
sudo !!this is amazing :D
If you don’t know how to use man, just type in
man man.What I think about every time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_Man
man man man gives the secrets to the universe
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42 :)
Yeah, I was sleepy 😂😂
Also, don’t forget manuals have pages lol. I forget how many there are. 99% of the time you just need page 1.
I keep forgetting that one! Thanks! I always use up arrow and then waste time getting the cursor back with maybe the home key or ctrl+ left-arrow LOL
Love that command line book. Got it on my shelf next to me. Have fun
Welcome to the dark side! We got cookies
The Linux Command Line book opened up a lot to me. How Linux Works is very good, but the command line is so essential, and that book gives you some great starting knowledge like aliases and shell scripting.
Especially aliases. Take note of aliases, when you start using aliases it can change your world once you realize how much you can accomplish with what essentially is one line programs.
Welcome beyond the pale, friend. You’ve made to the other side. Only freedoms awaits, should you have the determination to work for it.
I added a line to my /etc/bash.bashrc:
alias shutup="sudo pacman -Syu --noconfirm && poweroff"So when I tell my command line to shut up, it auto updates and shuts down
That’s pretty spiffy
Welcome to the community.
I do have a question: Do you like your current desktop environment (Cinnamon)? Some newcomers complain that it looks quite dated (which I agree). If so, you could try out KDE Plasma or GNOME instead.
Welcome to the community!
Congrats for sticking it through!
If you want to mess with the command line, I recommend tldr. Anyone could do xkcd’s tar challenge if they can run
tldr tarfirst! (pretty sure it’s in mint’s apt repos)
tar --help
not sure if arguing against tldr, or just trying to defuse a bomb
Successfully defusing a bomb!
…or was it
-h👀(tldr is fire btw)
No starch press is my favorite. Welcome!
almost [email protected]
I’m enby so it’s just a matter of time
[email protected] without thigh highs*
