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1. It's FOSS (itsfoss@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jan-2025 13:30:07 JST It's FOSS

   Let's help out the newbies. 😃

   #linux #2025

   • Elisa3 (elisa3@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jan-2025 15:11:23 JST Elisa3

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     @itsfoss Just do it ^^ There is many distro, don't think Linux is not for your because you tested one and you didn't like it. Mint is meant for beginners and very easy to use. Big community online to help if need, just ask. If you want a dualboot (keep Windows too), install linux AFTER windows. Ask help if needed for partition. Don't be scared.

   • Dominik Tomić (gardendata61371@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jan-2025 15:36:18 JST Dominik Tomić

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     @itsfoss don't give up too quickly

   • Islamic Audiobooks Central (islamicaudiobooks@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jan-2025 15:37:41 JST Islamic Audiobooks Central

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     @itsfoss If you can afford to, just buy a computer from a Linux-only vendor like #Purism, #Tuxedo, #Slimbook, #StarLabs, #System76, etc. You will get professional support, and contribute towards making desktop Linux really succeed.

     If you can't afford it, ask your local retailers to sell computers with #Linux, otherwise you'll take your money elsewhere.

   • some random dude (shadowplay_2112@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jan-2025 15:44:49 JST some random dude

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     @itsfoss Likely the biggest challenge will be learning the new UI. You can live very easily without having to open a terminal.

   • Gabriel Galiana Jaime (gabriel_g_jaime@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jan-2025 16:44:33 JST Gabriel Galiana Jaime

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     @itsfoss If you run into a issue, there is a chance somebody has the same problem, and probably somebody will post the answer on github, replit, mastodon etc ... .Just open your favorite browser and type your problem. :fsfe: :fsfe: :fsfe:

   • TheCodeKnight (thecodeknight@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jan-2025 16:53:39 JST TheCodeKnight

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     @itsfoss Don't just wing it. Learn the commands from a youtube course or a manual. I wasted too much time doing something not knowing the right command tgat could do the same thing I was trying to do, but much quicker

   • courtstash (courtstash@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jan-2025 17:51:51 JST courtstash

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     @itsfoss You don't need to use the terminal at all, at least not until you actually know what you're doing. Installing Flatpaks is perfectly okay (This is advice I'm giving myself a year ago lol).

   • MIKA the ELEPHANT (mikatheelephant@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jan-2025 18:26:14 JST MIKA the ELEPHANT

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     @itsfoss start a side project with any random machine, old laptop, raspberry pi. just any project that could make your life easier but is not crucial in your life. and since linux can run on a potato you don’t have to make a big investment. take what you got. run with it and don’t be scared to breake things. make it your goal to break things. because you‘ll learn from that. and every mistake made in the beginning will save you from making that same mistake later, when it’s mission critical.

   • mugdad (mugdad1@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jan-2025 20:51:22 JST mugdad

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     @itsfoss don't distrohop a lot try a simple and easy distro don't change it to brag or don't let your ego says it's for noobs trust me i hopped a lot from debian till arch and thier distros and now i'm on lmde 6 and couldn't been happier😍 and i can focus on learning and doing my work way better

   • Cris Ferreira (crisf@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jan-2025 23:57:53 JST Cris Ferreira

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     @itsfoss You can start with a dual-boot installation. You will keep your Windows partition for peace of mind (you probably won't use it as much as you think), and you will have your Linux partition to work with.

   • Back To Analog (backtoanalog@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 26-Jan-2025 00:11:23 JST Back To Analog

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     @itsfoss

     Embrace the TTY (terminal emulator). Read documentations for everything. Join forumns and ask a lot of questions.

   • 🐜 (antdude@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 26-Jan-2025 01:19:01 JST 🐜

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     @itsfoss learn

   • Scott Williams 🐧 (vwbusguy@mastodon.online)'s status on Monday, 27-Jan-2025 22:40:49 JST Scott Williams 🐧

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     @itsfoss My top tip is if you want to get comfortable and good at Linux, then use it as your main regular OS and find community support if you get stuck on anything.

   • It's FOSS (itsfoss@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 27-Jan-2025 22:40:49 JST It's FOSS

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     • Scott Williams 🐧

     @vwbusguy 💯

   • It's FOSS (itsfoss@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 27-Jan-2025 22:42:11 JST It's FOSS

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     • Dominik Tomić

     @GardenData61371 Agree, many give up at the first sight of slight inconvenience.

   • It's FOSS (itsfoss@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 27-Jan-2025 22:43:51 JST It's FOSS

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     • some random dude

     @shadowplay_2112 Yep. 😃

   • It's FOSS (itsfoss@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 27-Jan-2025 22:44:32 JST It's FOSS

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     • Gabriel Galiana Jaime

     @gabriel_g_jaime Indeed, finding solutions for Linux troubles is easy. 😄

   • It's FOSS (itsfoss@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 27-Jan-2025 22:45:30 JST It's FOSS

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     • Cris Ferreira

     @crisf That works too, they just have to set it up right...

   • It's FOSS (itsfoss@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 27-Jan-2025 22:45:50 JST It's FOSS

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     • rsp

     @rspfau Good advice. 🔥

   • rsp (rspfau@ecoevo.social)'s status on Monday, 27-Jan-2025 22:45:51 JST rsp

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     @itsfoss Use Timeshift to automatically backup your system (not your files!) so that if you screw something up, you can restore your system back to some earlier timepoint.

   • Inaction Figure (inaction_figure@fosstodon.org)'s status on Monday, 27-Jan-2025 22:46:26 JST Inaction Figure

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     @itsfoss

     Lots of good advice here.

     Find a good support community and engage with them! The default community supported by your distro is a great place to start.

   • It's FOSS (itsfoss@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 27-Jan-2025 22:46:26 JST It's FOSS

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     • Inaction Figure

     @inaction_figure Yes!

   • It's FOSS (itsfoss@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 31-Jan-2025 14:11:23 JST It's FOSS

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     • onipa books 🇬🇭📖

     @onipa Good tip. 😄

   • onipa books 🇬🇭📖 (onipa@pixelfed.social)'s status on Friday, 31-Jan-2025 14:11:30 JST onipa books 🇬🇭📖

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     In terminal try to read manual pages