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The Realistic Timeline for Learning Linux: How Long Will it Take You?
Linuxcareers.com ^ | 6 February 2023 | Lucas Rees

Posted on 02/10/2023 12:59:33 PM PST by ShadowAce

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1 posted on 02/10/2023 12:59:33 PM PST by ShadowAce
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2 posted on 02/10/2023 12:59:51 PM PST by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack )
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Building a strong foundation in the command line is a crucial step in your journey to become a proficient Linux user. The command line interface (CLI) is the primary way to interact with a Linux system, allowing you to perform tasks and manipulate files and directories with precision.

While this is true, the casual user of a Linux system (Not the same thing as what is being discussed in the article) can use a Linux system effectively without ever having to touch the CLI.

3 posted on 02/10/2023 1:01:44 PM PST by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack )
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You don't have to "learn" Windows to use it. The same with Linux. The Ubuntu flavor is easy and foolproof. You click on an icon or a menu to use some software--Firefox, Chrome, etc. As you get accustomed to using it, you can delve deeper if you wish. Or not.

I've used Windows for years without knowing more that that. Same with Linux.

4 posted on 02/10/2023 1:09:28 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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By the time I learned LINUX, it would be obsolete.............................


5 posted on 02/10/2023 1:12:02 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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At least two or three hours.


6 posted on 02/10/2023 1:15:17 PM PST by glorgau
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Dont try to learn it, just ask ChatGPT. That is the future.


7 posted on 02/10/2023 1:16:36 PM PST by devane617 (Discipline Is Reliable, Motivation Is Fleeting..)
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Well, now that it’s being reported that Linux is as weak on viruses and malware as Windows, why bother?


8 posted on 02/10/2023 1:17:52 PM PST by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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Once you get use to the power of command line you’ll never go back. I was a UNIX admin and coder from the beginning of the original ATT Unix. I love command line still. Even on my apple laptop I use command line many times a week.


9 posted on 02/10/2023 1:18:55 PM PST by devane617 (Discipline Is Reliable, Motivation Is Fleeting..)
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Oh yeah. Unix and the command line and fantastic editors. So efficient.


10 posted on 02/10/2023 1:23:33 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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I assume there is a monetary reason to go through the process of such a learning curve. Otherwise why waste so much time? What is the payback?


11 posted on 02/10/2023 1:24:36 PM PST by devane617 (Discipline Is Reliable, Motivation Is Fleeting..)
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Given UNIX has been running since 1960s, and show absolutely no signs its going to stop being used.. I highly doubt that.

Linux “inspired by/Derivative” or whatever you care to call of Unix, has been around and running since 1991.

I think you’ll likely be dead before the last instance of Linux is shutdown.


12 posted on 02/10/2023 1:29:54 PM PST by HamiltonJay
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Use Linux immediately. Maybe takes three months to figure out alternative open source software.


13 posted on 02/10/2023 1:30:31 PM PST by DaxtonBrown
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What is the payback?

Much better command and control of your data, and access to many, many professional design and analysis free software apps.

If you're an engineer, Linux is de rigueur. It's where all your data and tools live.

14 posted on 02/10/2023 1:33:30 PM PST by Yossarian
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Bfl


15 posted on 02/10/2023 1:35:24 PM PST by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them)
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“can use a Linux system effectively without ever having to touch the CLI.”

There are many things that pop-up where you need the CLI.
I find the strangest problems like HP laptops that can’t
talk to my WiFi AP because of the HP chipset.
It is not that hard.
But I have a degree in computer science.


16 posted on 02/10/2023 1:38:17 PM PST by rellic
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I assume there is a monetary reason to go through the process of such a learning curve. Otherwise why waste so much time? What is the payback?

I make 6 figures doing it--and I'm not even the senior person on my team.

17 posted on 02/10/2023 1:43:25 PM PST by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack )
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I can’t even start learning until u can run adobe premier pro on it :(


18 posted on 02/10/2023 1:57:59 PM PST by momincombatboots (QEphesians 6... who you are really at war with)
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Most of the rest of your life


19 posted on 02/10/2023 2:03:05 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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How long does it take?

Too long.

Get a Mac.

The new Mini’s are super cheap, and super fast. You can even run Linux on them too, but not the other way around.


20 posted on 02/10/2023 2:05:20 PM PST by Golden Eagle (The LGBT indoctrination agenda is designed to outlaw the Bible, and anyone who believes it.)
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