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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Just finished cs50 need some guidance. (lemmy.world)

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My bachelor's in software engineering starts in quite a few months

I am thinking of downloading Linux and learning the Linux terminal using the Linux bible.

then learning video, photo, and vector editing.

After that finishing the rest of the cs50 except the scratch one.

Lastly, becoming extremely good at Python

How does it all sound?

Sorry if this is the wrong community to post

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[–] deong@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Certainly it's possible to be a Linux user without learning the things that we would say mean you "know Linux", but I think the most effective way to learn them also requires being a "user". Using Firefox on Ubuntu instead of Windows doesn't teach you Linux, but If you don't have X11/Wayland and a browser and you can't do your online banking and social media and Youtube, then you won't actually learn the "real" stuff, because you'll spend all of your time in Windows and Linux will feel like homework. Instead, get a full Linux desktop experience that you can do all the things you want to do with, and as you're doing those things, also seek out opportunities to learn the shell and userland utilities, etc.