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Where to "practice Linux" terminal commands (lemdro.id)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by governorkeagan@lemdro.id to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I've been using Linux for about 7 months now and have become a lot more comfortable using the terminal but I feel like there is more that I can learn.

Most of my work is done in a browser or DaVinci Resolve. I do try to use the terminal where possible but it's limited due to my workflow.

Are there any interactive sites where I can practice/learn the terminal? I'm going through Linux Survival at the moment.

EDIT: I forgot to add some important details.

I don't have a massive need for the terminal for my current workflow but I think it is important to know (looks good for any future job applications as well) and expand your knowledge on things that interest you when possible.

In the future, I hope to have a home lab/NAS running Linux. I will most likely SSH into that and I'd like to deal with any issues via the terminal.

I use Arch btw (technically EndeavourOS)

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[–] hagar@lemmy.ml 9 points 6 months ago (6 children)

I think you might like DIstroSea. If you'd like to persist your experiments, then likely learning how to emulate systems with QEMU or VirtualBox (the latter if you'd like a friendlier GUI-led experience, the former if you want to go full-CLI virtualization). QEMU is great in how lightweight and easy to create and discard self-contained VM disk images can be.

[–] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I will repeat it once again... Why would you use subpar Type 2 virtualization and DKMS with VirtualBox when there's a perfectly viable UI for the kernel's built-in Type 1 hypervisor (Qemu being the userland): https://virt-manager.org/

[–] hagar@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'm not the biggest fan of VBox either, it's just very popular and full of sequential "wizards" to guide the user along the process of creating VMs, so it might be one way to get started. I'd much rather work with QEMU though.

[–] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago

Virt-manager is a complete full UI for Qemu (and lxc and Xen) which works essentially the same way. It's been around since 2009.

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