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Where to get tips and advice for someone new to linux (feddit.uk)
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I would class myself as reasonably computer literate but have always used windows (since win95 so that dates me). I'm looking to get used to Linux and have stuck mint onto an old notebook to get used to the system.

We've been up and running for a couple of months now and I've got the basics going but I'm starting to collect questions on how to do this, best ways to achieve that etc, in times past there would probably be a good forum community I could start posting on to learn but I don't know where to go these days.

Where do you take your open questions to, to learn and improve.

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[โ€“] HrMoon@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

This helped me a lot. Install a RSS reader on your Linux, and start following Linux blogs. They explain everything and you will learn about the newest technologies from people who work on Linux

and many more.

If you see interesting information, look if they have a RSS feed and add them to your list.

You will learn and become knowledgable over time. They will do the effort and try to explain everything, you just have to read what they write

[โ€“] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

This is actually a good idea. For some reason I'd never thought to use an RSS reader on a desktop PC