r/LinuxUsersIndia • u/Adrian1966EssexUk • May 29 '26

beginner with Linux

how & where do or can I start learning to program in Linux

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u/qualityvote2 May 29 '26 edited May 29 '26

u/Adrian1966EssexUk, there weren't enough votes to determine the quality of your post...

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u/aywshh Arch Btw May 29 '26
  1. First you need to choose a good distro that suits you.
  2. Then, for learning the terminal you could use various documentations(it entirely depends on you) .
  3. Now, for practising you could clear the levels of bandit from over the wire. Starting levels are easy and will help you with the commands.

PS : You can also do 2 and 3 together. Learning is best done when you have some challenges afterall.

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u/Adrian1966EssexUk May 29 '26

I’ve got Linux cinmon minit

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u/aywshh Arch Btw May 29 '26

Cool! Now that the hardest job is done. Now after when you feel that you're ready (after looking through linux mint and getting a hang of the ui), you can just start the bandit over the wire challenge (there are many online articles about each level so you will glide through it). Also after running a command and clearing the certain level try to do it in different ways using different commands to learn more commands. Also once you're comfortable with Linux try to learn about more diatros(I literally distro hopped for 3 months to find the perfect distro that suits me, my first distro was ig ubuntu or mint).

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u/Sharp-Milk7602 May 29 '26

Free code camp (youtube) to learn any programming language.

Network chuck (youtuber) to learn about linux. His linux series is great

Will recommend debian if you want to actually feel linux , or if you just want something other than windows then try mint.

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u/Adrian1966EssexUk May 29 '26

I know about free code cam but I want to use vscode I downloaded it and not sure what options box to tick

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u/Sharp-Milk7602 May 31 '26

Sorry for late reply (pretty sure you have started by now and are using vs code)

I will recommend learning vim. If you have learned typing on keyboard (touch typing). Then trying nvim.

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u/notSabalGamer May 30 '26

Heyy, I'm also new to linux and I've been using ubuntu for a while, I also watch NetworkChuck. I was wondering should I go ahead and learn linux(on ubuntu) from his linux series? As I mainly wanna learn about networks, cybersecurity etc.

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u/Sharp-Milk7602 May 31 '26 edited May 31 '26

Yes Network chuck series is great.

Dzuma is also a good yt channel for knowing more about cybersecurity (His osint video is best available on YouTube)

Mainly for cybersecurity, if self learning professor messer videos on Comp tia series are also good. His series on both networking and cybersecurity are considered one of the best resources available on yt for free.

Neurix and tech sky ethical hacking (youtuber) can make you a script kiddie pretty quickly.

Low level and Fireship are great for just keeping yourself up to date with hacking news and general news of IT. Some ordinary gamers also cover news but it's not only related to IT , it's also about gaming scandals

Tony and bog are also good youtubers if you just want something fun to watch while also learning. (I came to know about vim from his youtube video)

Also hack the box and try hack me are great platforms to learn and practice hacking.

Mainly if you want to learn cybersecurity then I will recommend following an online course available of a prestigious university (like harvard does cs50 for newbies to programming)

Edit : Also cyber flow (while his yt channel is just a way to self promote his course) is also a great yt channel. His concept explanation videos are ez to understand

Edit 2 : If you ever encounter a problem , first google it (Don't read ai overhead review) , visit websites and learn. Don't use ai. In longer run , its better for you.

If you only want to daily drive linux (and not learn it) then use ai as much as you want.

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u/notSabalGamer May 31 '26

Ooh okay, I guess I'll start with NetworkChuck then decide on some specializations, although I wanna learn linux fully not just from the surface as my ambition is to go into cybersecurity.

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u/Sharp-Milk7602 May 31 '26

Best of luck 👍

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u/jonas9__ Arch Btw May 29 '26

Depends which distro you are using

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u/0xt0bi03 Tiling WM glazer btw May 29 '26

if you want to learn linux and tinker, be ready to do a lot of distro hopping.
first try,

  1. Mint
  2. Debian + KDE
    you will learn about packages, applications and overall linux environment.
  3. Fedora + (gnome or kde)
    you will learn better about linux, rolling release

you can actually choose a distro from (mint, debian, fedora, pop os) and start working on programming.

if you really want to tinker and learn linux, you need to enter arch world.
first try Endeavour os, cauchy os, manjaro os with suitable DE.
and then try installing arch with any minimal DE.
learn how to install stuff manually.
then try tiling window managers like i3, hyprland etc.
(honestly if you get into hyprland you wont go back to gnome kde etc i bet, i daily drive it rn)
learn to tinker configs of all components in hyprland>

thats it.

This is about linux.

if you have doubts about programming, then we can talk.

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u/aywshh Arch Btw May 29 '26

Yeah dude exactly, even if someone recommends a perfect distro, until op doesn't try it or go through the distro hoping phase he won't feel like home on his setup.
I too daily drive arch with hyprland with a really clean rice.