Hello all,

I tried Linux few times ago for the first time, but at the same time I liked the experience and not.

Liked because feel it super customisable and felt if I have more knowledge about it I can do a good things and transform this in a great daily-driver (and nobody are spying me). And I didn’t like because I broke the OS multiple times since I was literally doing things I didn’t know - like delete things just because why not and because im dumb

I backed to windows because I need a specific proprietary software and because I feel it is kind a releaf for know how Windows works. However, my brain during this time is still thinking on Linux. “Lets go, you are capable to do it”

And, this time I catch my oldy-old laptop (has more than 10/15 years) and just created a bootable pen-iso with LMDE. Put it, install it and even with this laptop is more slow than a turtle, Im loving the experience. Why? Because of the first time I understand what I NEVER DO on Linux.

And because I feel , with more time and knowledge, I can make an excellent OS for my purposes. I’m understanding this is ultra customisable and I can do a lot of automation’s to work with my linux I can make this my daily driver. And this is the first time I feel this with Linux and dont want break this special thing with me and the beautiful penguin.

However, since I almost know nothing , I’m afraid to do things wrong and get a malware, spyware or break security measures of OS. I install a .deb file, but at the same time I’m afraid to install it lol. Yeah, this is dumb, but dont know. My brain is overwhelmed .

I saw the XZ backdoor and think if this happens, what I need to do, or precautions I need to make. I see a video about antivirus/scan system (like ClamAV) but dont know nothing about it. Dont know if this helps me or not.

Can you elucidate me? Can you put some calm on my brain to understand the good measures i need to make on my Linux experience?

And if you know how can i get more knowledge and understanding about the Linux System, I appreciate any advice’s , tips , tutorials , and so on …

Thank you and wish you a lovely day.

by very-dumb-linux-user-who-wants-achieve-great-things-with-it

  • ruckblack@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    I’ve been using Linux desktop as a daily driver for a little under 10 years now and I’m still discovering ways I could be doing things better. There isn’t some magic tutorial that somebody can give you here which will suddenly have you as competent with Linux as you are with Windows. Try things, break things, when things break, look into what you can do to fix them. Keep system snapshots and backups of your personal files so you don’t have any data loss if things go wrong. And snapshots are useful for unfucking a system that you’ve just fucked.

    Sorry if you don’t want to hear this, but you kinda have to figure it out yourself. Thankfully, for specific issues and questions, there is a ton of material out there, and people are generally pretty happy to help.