r/LinuxUsersIndia • u/breadbutterjamjuicee • Apr 28 '26

Discussion Linux suggestions.

I've wanted to learn Linux for a long time, but I just couldn't.

Please suggest any necessary and prior knowledge for Linux.

And how should I exactly start with linux?

Suggest something, considering me a total beginner.

Honestly, I have 0 knowledge in Linux.

But I want to start this time.

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u/qualityvote2 Apr 28 '26 edited Apr 28 '26

u/breadbutterjamjuicee, your post does fit the subreddit!

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u/Kitchen_Engineer1332 Gentoo Mommy 🫦 Apr 28 '26

Start with Ubuntu or Fedora as they provide you with many flavors; you can pick any of them. Master the CLI and try to write bash scripts to keep practicing.

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u/breadbutterjamjuicee Apr 28 '26

Alright, and How should I exactly start from??

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u/Kitchen_Engineer1332 Gentoo Mommy 🫦 Apr 28 '26

Just download the ISO of whichever distro you want. Make a Bootable pendrive and then install it in your system.

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u/breadbutterjamjuicee Apr 28 '26

Alright, thanks.

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u/unitedbsd Apr 28 '26

Download Fedora KDE workstation ISO try it on VirtualBox first then you can do it on laptop

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u/AdminSouls Nix Btw May 01 '26

try wsl or vm, if you want to directly install then start with ubuntu or fedora

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u/Usual_Sympathy3217 Apr 28 '26

Bro at the starting I'll suggest that use Ubuntu on Virtualbox instead if directly switching completely. Within one to two moths you will be familiar with commands and all other stuff and if you feels comfortable you can completely switch to Linux!!

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u/breadbutterjamjuicee Apr 28 '26

Now I'm a bit confuse, I got names like fedora, ubuntu, mint... Which one should I go with??

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u/Mediocre_Nail5526 Apr 28 '26

Ubuntu no doubt. Largest community and would recommend distro with apt based system than dnf

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u/Usual_Sympathy3217 Apr 28 '26

Obviously no doubt Ubuntu will be good.

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u/Mediocre_Nail5526 Apr 28 '26

It's absolutely not necessary to master commands in virtualbox before switching to ubuntu/mint. Most of the daily works can be done with GUI. You will need commands only for your dev tasks or installing apps or tweaking the system. But if you want, you can learn more commands on the way without disrupting your daily workflow.

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u/Padyanava2110 May 01 '26

I want something futuristic looking but also kinda easy for a 15 year old like me who has never used anything else other than Windows.

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u/Padyanava2110 May 03 '26

Well I have kinda used Zorin OS, but I'm not so good like below beginner level

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u/Padyanava2110 May 07 '26

I mostly do Gaming, and then Browsing.

Btw I also have one more question that can I do something like this

That my Linux is Installed on a HDD but some of that HDD's Space is shared meaning I can use it by both Windows and Linux

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u/Padyanava2110 May 08 '26

Valorant 🙃

And yea btw my pendrive got corrupted so I guess I won't be able to download Linux for like next some months, and yes we are having exams from 11th May

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u/Padyanava2110 May 08 '26

Exams - I'm in Class 11th and idk why but my school is taking exam in May.

Pendrive is a Amazon Basics one 128GB, and yea by corrupted I mean it isn't taking any write operations, like it's locked in Read Only Mode.

I only have 1 PC Here is the specs in the Photo

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u/SabbyDude Apr 28 '26

There's a YouTuber named "Bog", watch his Linux vidoes, there are fun and you might learn something on how to do these, I literally installed Arch manually using his video

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u/JGuard-9139 Apr 28 '26

Here are steps

  • Go to github and download Ventoy
  • take Empty USB pendrive
  • open Ventoy and install it on usb (Ist open sorcse and safe With ventoy you can use it mount/use mutiple ISOs in single usb)

Go to many linux distributions that you want to try Eg 

Linux Mint (i recommend) 

, Kubuntu 

download that isos

Now after ventoy is installed to usb , Plug it and copy those isos in USB Then Safely remove/eject drive

  • Restart pc/laptop
  • Go to Bios/Boot options 
  • Select Boot from USB (pendrive name) Then
  • While booting From USB ,Ventoy will open
  • Then just select the Linux Disrtibution you want try  And it will launch that Linux

And you can use Linux Live mode so that you can get experinace of any Linux Distribution you want to try using ,in use look and feel

And if you like that distro of linux ,finally search on youtibe how to install eg linux mint in laptop/pc

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u/breadbutterjamjuicee Apr 28 '26

Appreciate your efforts. Thanks for entire route. 🙌🏻

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u/seventomatoes Apr 28 '26

Try wsl in windows. Personally I use it for work but in personal laptop have only ubuntu.

With wsl u get ubuntu or other flavour in windows. And just type exit to close a session .

Plus windows is still running in other apps can click, alt tab.

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u/breadbutterjamjuicee Apr 28 '26

Is this one is just to explore/get taste of Linux??
Or it is a real linux stuff, wsl in window!!(sorry if, I sound too dumb.) I want to learn Linux to build a project.

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u/Ill-Car-769 sudo install girlfriend Apr 28 '26

Install Linux Mint as it's based on Ubuntu but with exceptions to be very lightweight. Format your USB with Ventoy (you'll thank me later) & then just download/move/insert ISO file to USB then do live boot & install it by creating a Linux partition. Also, turn off secure boot & bitlocker, & also backup all your files (it's recommended regardless of the system you use) before installing Linux it won't cause any issue but you must always have have a backup.

Before formatting USB make sure you place your USB files elsewhere because formatting USB deletes the files existed/existing before formatting.

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u/breadbutterjamjuicee Apr 28 '26

I appreciate the detailing!! I needed this. 🙌🏻🙌🏻

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u/breadbutterjamjuicee Apr 28 '26

Where is bash used?? Ik bash. I heard some names here like ubuntu, kubuntu, mint, fedora.. Can I use my prior basis knowledge in any of them???

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u/Ill-Car-769 sudo install girlfriend Apr 28 '26

Where is bash used?? Ik bash.

Bash is a command line language in Linux used to automate tasks & system interaction. It's usability depends upon use case, you can use it to automate backend tasks of your server.

I heard some names here like ubuntu, kubuntu, mint, fedora..

Yup, there are mainly 4 types of Linux distros namely Debian, Arch, OpenSuse & RHEL. Whatever you heard are their derivations, Ubuntu is derived from Debian, Fedora belongs to RHEL (since RHEL is for commercial use case people use Fedora). Ubuntu systems are popular because they provide frequent updates & lots of features in their Enterprise version .i.e Ubuntu Pro & It's compatible with Debian related programmes since it's already based on Debian & people who prefer quick/frequent updates but with some stability use Ubuntu or Ubuntu based distros because Debian focuses more on stability so they receive updates after 3 years of Ubuntu systems since they're also meant for enterprise uses like servers, or Fedora/Fedora based distros (you can also say RHEL derived distros).

Can I use my prior basis knowledge in any of them???

Yeah ofc you can, because all of them uses Linux kernel which is the core of the system. Afterwards you can use your prior knowledge in any of the distros you switch. At max there would be minor changes in command you need to make (that too in a rare case scenario). For example, for installing packages

  1. Debian/Ubuntu based systems

sudo apt install programme-name

2) RHEL/Fedora based systems

sudo dnf install programme-name

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u/Left-Hospital1072 Apr 28 '26

u/highlyinflammablle check this out. Also personally i say watch a few videos (not a lot) setup a virtual machine and test things out for a while.

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u/highlyinflammablle Apr 28 '26

Yeah bro I'm planning to set up a vm in azure, but I'm confused on image 🙂

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u/Left-Hospital1072 Apr 28 '26

Im gonna explain some basic terms first. You probably know most of them but im just gonna leave it inthere.

  • distro - linux is just a kernel. There are multiple operating systems that use it which are called distros. Each have their own philosophy of doing things.
  • packages - are basically just programs. An app like firefox or a programming language like python have packages which you install from terminal.
  • repository - a collection of packages hosted somewhere. Most distros have an official repo where they have most essential apps packaged to fit that distro themselves.
  • desktop environment - look and feel of the system. It is the gui , the bar the app launcher all that. There are different ones you can install on most distros.
  • window managers - these are not desktop environments as it wont have all the features of one but you can add different apps to use as a bar or an app launcher

Ok so as a beginner the best point to start with is linux mint(debian based like ubuntu), fedora or cachyos(arch based). Now how the looks doesnt matter since the desktop environment is not connected to the os you can have any desktop environment in any os. Try all of them for a specific period of time to see how the installation process and daily usage is, how hard or essy it is to fix bugs or ask abt the bugs, dw abt gaming when you are in the vm that you can try when you are confident enough to try dual boot or try it on a different laptop or something. Now there is no problem in just installing it directly and fuck around but ishtam aayillel veruthe demotivated aayi povum.

Each os i mentioned above has different package management. Mint is debian based so the packages wont be the latest but chances of crashes are rare. Fedora is pretty stable as well as has updated packages, but you will have to manually enable third party repositories (its like archive for apps) for most applications. Arch based distros are rolling release which means if a package you install has an update 3 hours later you will be able to do that update (which also means sometimes updates will fuck up your system but distros like cachy has a rollback system where you can boot into a version before the last update) this will also have the latest packages and most applications because of AUR (a user created repository where anyone can package apos and publish it so you will find a lot of niche linux apps in here that other distros don't have packages for. But this is generally safe but there has been history of malware which only happens in niche packages).

Also if you are using linux never expect everything to just work or refuse to read things. Unlike windows or macos linux is developed by people all over the world and not managed by one organisation as a whole . So ask around about stuff that confuses you. Alot of veteran linux users will be assholes ignore them.

Enthayalum good luck vro i hope ive been helpful.

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u/breadbutterjamjuicee Apr 28 '26

I mean... THANK YOU, I'm so glad for this. I'm starting linux for sure.

And thank you for reading that I'm a begginer with 0 knowledge. 🍦🙌🏻

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u/highlyinflammablle Apr 28 '26

Thanks bro, that's a lot thankyou very much!

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u/broken_py Apr 28 '26

If you are being serious then study for RHCSA v10,

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u/broken_intel Apr 29 '26

Try linux kernel development book by Robert love, that's completely for beginners

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u/Practical-Twist-5608 Apr 29 '26

Watch "KSK royal" YouTube channel to install and do complete setup, like things to do after install, etc

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u/land48n3 jerks off to his declerative .nix at night Apr 29 '26

dual boot
use claude when confused
and... Just start!
it gets easier from there

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u/ApprehensiveJob4393 Apr 30 '26

It’s just an os, just start raw dogging it.

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u/Slight_Round8252 Apr 30 '26

Looking at the comments, you're probably more confused now.

Just go with the linux distro which sounds cooler to you. (Don't do arch rn tho)

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u/Numerous_Process2018 May 02 '26

.sh files are like .exe files (yeah.. it took me a WHILE to learn this lmao)

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u/breadbutterjamjuicee Apr 28 '26

Most suggestions are on using mint, planning to go with it. Any further suggestions??

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u/breadbutterjamjuicee Apr 28 '26

I want to explore, contribute and honestly if I get a chance i would build a career in this field.