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Bare minimum Linux concepts - an update (bpt11.vercel.app)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by bpt11@reddthat.com to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Hey it's me, the guy that posted here a couple weeks ago asking for bare minimum concepts new Linux users should understand. I really appreciate the responses I got last time, and now I'm back with my first draft! It's not 100% complete, but I'd love some feedback from the Linux community, let me know if there's anything I missed or that you think should be covered that I didn't yet talk about. It is a bit of a long read, but there's a lot to cover.

This will eventually be published as a permanent article on the site it is currently published on, as well as a video essay in the style of my other videos. I want it to be a resource for people to share with others making the switch and I'd like for it to be relatively future proof for a good while at least. Please let me know if there's anything I should tweak, cover a little more in depth, add or remove, etc. I'd love the input!

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[–] WbrJr@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

I just glanced over it and skipped some parts.

But I like it, and I think its actually what you set out to create. Its very long though, I imagine if its a video, it will be 40 mins long? Which is too long for someone not quite invested in switching to Linux imo

Maybe make the "why windows sucks" 'why Linux is better" "Linux Options" in 3 distinct parts, so its a few smaller bites of information, always pointing to the next one in the series?