Linux
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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).
Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.
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What's wrong with the terminal on your own machine? You can use a VM if you're afraid of breaking stuff.
But really, there's not much to learn about the terminal. You open it and type stuff, and read the stuff it says back. Beyond that you should learn your shell (bash, I assume, which has a manual and plenty of documentation) and the standard set of gnu coreutils (which also have their own manuals).
It’s more a case of, I don’t know what I don’t know.
I’ve been using my terminal (I’m not scared of breaking stuff) where possible and reading up on what command to use for certain use cases or refreshing my memory on how to use a certain command. I would like to expand on that knowledge.
/bin/bash
Eh, just try new commands in your distro and see what happens -- "time is the best teacher of em all".