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>For Unix, install linux on your computer and use it daily. You’ll be forced to learn. I tried this years ago and it didn't end well. With how complicated curr

>For Unix, install linux on your computer and use it daily. You’ll be forced to learn. I tried this years ago and it didn't end well. With how complicated current-gen distros are, you need to understand what's going on under the hood before you can effectively mess with it. In my experience you'll just end up with one screen that's only at 720p and a crashed pulseaudio that you never fix because you just want to watch netflix right now, and for some reason that still works as long as you use bluethooth. Even though you didn't want to use your bluetooth headphones, it's easier than fixing the problem with your sound driver or whatever so you'll just end up using them anyway. It might be easier to start with server management because you don't have to figure out much human IO stuff... Linux is really good at talking to Linux. VPSs are cheap and give you root access. Plus if you mess up, it's generally pretty easy to just format the VPS and start over. You can't easily do the same on a desktop. Also it forces you to learn about Linux and not whatever software your distro uses (for example, learning how to use apt is a lot more important than the ubuntu app store)

goshx 7y ago
I don’t know how long ago you’ve tried it, but that was pretty much my experience as well. However, in my case we are talking late 90’s. Things have changed a lot since then.
- chipperyman573 7y ago
  About 3-4 years ago. I disagree with most poeple that say it's just as easy as using w10 now, it takes way more work to make it as stable as windows (which takes none). It's just a lot more powerful and easy to modify when you want it to be. BTW if the OP (or anyone else) is wondering, now I run w10 and minimal Ubuntu with i3. The knowledge transferred basically 1:1 from server management (except for window manager stuff, but that was easy to research)

goshx 7y ago

I don’t know how long ago you’ve tried it, but that was pretty much my experience as well. However, in my case we are talking late 90’s. Things have changed a lot since then.

chipperyman573 7y ago
About 3-4 years ago. I disagree with most poeple that say it's just as easy as using w10 now, it takes way more work to make it as stable as windows (which takes none). It's just a lot more powerful and easy to modify when you want it to be. BTW if the OP (or anyone else) is wondering, now I run w10 and minimal Ubuntu with i3. The knowledge transferred basically 1:1 from server management (except for window manager stuff, but that was easy to research)