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Need a good resource to learn linux
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this post was submitted on 20 May 2024
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Since you chose Linux Mint—good choice btw—something to keep in mind is that Mint is based on Ubuntu. While you’re learning and searching the interwebs for how to do x, y, and z, if you don’t find an article or guide specifically about Mint, try searching the same phrase replacing “mint” with “ubuntu.” There’s far more content out there about Ubuntu than Mint, but since Mint is based on Ubuntu, 9 times out of 10 the same solution on an Ubuntu forum works in Mint.
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Ty, great advice
It's often useful to specify the version though. The current version of Linux Mint is 21.3 Virginia and based on Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish, where the first part, Jammy, is the codename of the Ubuntu release. So "Mint 21.3", "Mint Virginia", "Ubuntu 22.04", "Ubuntu Jammy" or even "Debian Bookworm" should be helpful when querying a search engine.
As I'm German and the German Ubuntu-Community has a really good unofficial Wiki which is really helpful for setting things up or just rummage around, I can't say much about the English pendants for Mint or Ubuntu.