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1. It's FOSS (itsfoss@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Sep-2024 13:00:48 JST It's FOSS

   FOSSers, help out the newbies! 🙂

   • moribr (moribr@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Sep-2024 13:43:25 JST moribr

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     @itsfoss Spend time with it. Don't just install a distro and expect everything to work right out of the box. Ideally, pick a day or week for the installation where you don't need the machine in any productive way.

   • cyberpunkrocker (cyberpunkrocker@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Sep-2024 14:00:44 JST cyberpunkrocker

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     @itsfoss With almost 25 years of experience with Linux and other *nixes, I can say:

     - Stay away from Ubuntu
     - Stay away from Gnome

     You'll thank me later.

   • Inuyashatoast (inuyashatoast@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Sep-2024 14:18:48 JST Inuyashatoast

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     @itsfoss I would depending what they used before recommend Pop os or Linux mint right now.

   • Psyhackological (psyhackological@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Sep-2024 16:48:02 JST Psyhackological

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     @itsfoss but neatly supported Linux hardware

   • It's FOSS (itsfoss@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Sep-2024 19:19:30 JST It's FOSS

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     • GolfNovemberUniform

     @GolfNovemberUniform Good advice! 🔥

   • GolfNovemberUniform (golfnovemberuniform@infosec.exchange)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Sep-2024 19:19:31 JST GolfNovemberUniform

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     @itsfoss don't rush it or you may get overwhelmed. Linux has a lot of choice and sometimes some issues. Take it easy and learn your new OS.

     Also don't be scared of The Terminal. You'll often find terminal commands in various guides because they work on almost any distro (unlike the graphical way of doing it because there are many desktop environments on Linux that are all quite different and have different settings menus).

   • It's FOSS (itsfoss@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Sep-2024 19:19:50 JST It's FOSS

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     • m_m

     @msleaveamix 🤣

   • m_m (msleaveamix@mastodon.zaclys.com)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Sep-2024 19:19:51 JST m_m

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     @itsfoss

     ubuntu is evil

   • It's FOSS (itsfoss@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Sep-2024 19:21:18 JST It's FOSS

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     • Dmitri Goosens :elephpant:

     @dgoosens Your advice will help newbies escape the void!

   • Dmitri Goosens :elephpant: (dgoosens@phpc.social)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Sep-2024 19:21:19 JST Dmitri Goosens :elephpant:

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     @itsfoss

     It’s ‘:q’ to exit #vim

     #spoileralert

   • My Actual Brain (my_actual_brain@fosstodon.org)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Sep-2024 19:23:10 JST My Actual Brain

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     @itsfoss Don't stress about the distro you use. They all basically do the same thing, just pick a popular one.

     It is significantly easier to get help fixing problem you might come across in Linux due to the passionate community.

     Most software works or has alternatives in Linux. There are very few things you still need Windows for.

   • It's FOSS (itsfoss@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Sep-2024 19:23:10 JST It's FOSS

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     • My Actual Brain

     @my_actual_brain Yes, for most tasks, using a Linux distro is the way to go. 😄

   • It's FOSS (itsfoss@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Sep-2024 19:24:08 JST It's FOSS

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     • Michael 🎇

     @michael A great and valuable tip! We love it. 🙌

   • Michael 🎇 (michael@social.net.ua)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Sep-2024 19:24:18 JST Michael 🎇

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     @itsfoss if you are about to use a command either found on the internet or given by a friend, check out its documentation either via man <command> or <command> --help or <command> -h, because: 1. your version may differ, and 2. you are investing your time in yourself being able to solve more problems in the future.

   • PrivateMe (privateme@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Sep-2024 22:46:30 JST PrivateMe

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     @itsfoss The terminal is your friend, not your enemy.

   • Back To Analog (backtoanalog@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Sep-2024 22:47:12 JST Back To Analog

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     @itsfoss

     Learn to love the terminal and CLI tools,

   • Gentleman of Leisure 🍉🏴🚩 (fiend_unpleasant@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Sep-2024 23:03:33 JST Gentleman of Leisure 🍉🏴🚩

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     @itsfoss don't try and replace apps one for one replace for functionality. This goes both ways tbh. Anytime I am forced to use windows in a corp environment I spend the first two weeks just trying to get the computer to "act properly"