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I'll start with — Don't enter just any random command you read somewhere before knowing what it does.

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Nahuel Lofeudo
Nahuel Lofeudo
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Use Midnight Commander! It's much easier to get started when you can navigate directories and manipulate files without having to remember any commands. Once you have a good mental model of the filesystem you can start using the commands that make sense for you.
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Alexander Kutsyk 🇺🇦
Alexander Kutsyk 🇺🇦
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Read man page. There are a lot of info, explanations and examples.
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Urzl
Urzl
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Start with a sacrificial VM or other install where you can do *anything* without harming your bread and butter. Do the stupid things, learn how they work and why they're stupid.
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Mina
Mina
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You're so right!

Yours would be my second advice, and I would recommend pinning it on the screen or the keyboard, but my very first one would be:

Don't fear the terminal!

It doesn't bite and is probably as frightened by you as you're by them.

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Axel Werner
Axel Werner
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always test and validate! never "assume" how things work. Your assumption may be simply wrong.
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bargo
bargo
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search and search and search, you have no idea that a simple search can transform you to an expert on Linux
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Philip Tomlinson
Philip Tomlinson
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Just learn what you need. Nobody can remember all those commands!
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Tharush N :)
Tharush N :)
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switch to fish or something like that so command autosuggestion happens without much hassle
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A B
A B
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it's tempting to run everything as the root user but the better idea is to be mindful and ask why something needs root privileges, i.e. would anyone else on this machine ever want this change that you are about to make?

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