What can I do to learn Linux more?

I first started with Linux about 9 months ago and in that time I'm not sure I've really learned much. I've been daily driving OpenSuse Tumbleweed for most of that time, playing any games I can that work on it, general internet browsing, a bit of file maintenance.

For the most part, it's just been plug and play with some minor tweaks or issues every now and then. Nearly all of this time has been spent utilizing the GUI so I don't really know any commands other than the update command. Any CLI that I need to use (which is rare), I just look up the command and eventually forget about it.

What does it mean to really know how to use Linux and what can I do to actually learn it?

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First AerynOS ISO
https://ko-fi.com/post/0-25-1-Releakedreleased-Z8Z71C7VDH

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(Asahi Linux) Progress Report: Linux 6.14
https://asahilinux.org/2025/03/progress-report-6-14/

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'Triple booting' Win 11, Ubuntu, and Debian as a noobie

Hey all, fairly new to Linux and had only enough terminal knowledge to enable and replace the startup sound on Ubuntu 24.04. I was curious about any other distributions (don't worry I won't go distrohopper) and had my eye on the basis of Ubuntu itself, Debian.

And I just gotta say... Wow.

I installed Debian on a 20gb partition to check it out and maybe delete it afterwards, but after I saw I could choose KDE Plasma as a GUI my curiosity piqued. Once the install finished I considered it MUCH more stable and easier to use than Ubuntu. Specs aren't a problem as I'm running the 2 OSes on a ThinkPad T14s (Gen 1) so I figure it's just Ubuntu acting that way.

I may just end up using Debian instead as I am much much more impressed with my experience than Ubuntu after having heard it was a more 'technical' distribution, though this may be due to KDE Plasma allowing me to customize the UI to my preference.

Any more advice would still be appreciated however, I am still new to the penguin!

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Do people still use ReiserFS?

I installed EndeavourOS after more than 10 years since the last time I used Arch. I was checking the popularity of AUR packages and it seems that ReiserFS utilities are quite high in the list. This is quite surprising considering the lack of maintenance after Hans' conviction in 2008. Note that the number of votes is not high; just 15. But popularity is the a function of both the votes and how recent they are.

What am I missing?

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Ben Franklin, the OJ of the foss movement.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin

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Linux Repair Cafes in Amsterdam starting in April
https://www.repaircafe.org/linux-repair-cafe/

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i keep trying flatpaks and trying to actually use them, but then stuff like this keeeps happening and just whats even the point
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I've polished my unique Linux audio player

My little project is now easier to try out, I've added it to Arch AUR as well as some build instructions for Debian/Ubuntu/Fedora, and how to use the streaming capability.

It is not a replacement for fully featured player - no support for playlists or metadata, it just plays back single local files. BUT, it has a few things going for it:

- Pausing, resuming, seeking, and switching to another file are faded smoothly, which makes this IMO a more pleasant listening experience than any other player I know

- The fade length and curve (3 level of steepness) is configurable; the current default is 30ms moderate curve, I'd be interested to know what settings other prefer there

- Custom (long) fade ins and outs can be defined and triggered as well

- Cute local network lossless streaming functionality, works well over fairly slow WiFi (I'm using a Raspberry Pi Zero W with a HiFiBerry as a target) and reacts decently fast to commands like pausing or seeking

- The lowest CPU consumption of any player I tried, so may save some battery

- Supports large buffer, in case your audio files lie on some network drive that takes some seconds to wake up after a longer pause, to prevent underruns


I think it can be useful to some as a secondary player, for when you just need to quickly play back a file. It works with most file types that FFMPEG can extract audio out of.

One final note, you may think the fading and streaming are simply two random unrelated features, though actually they are somewhat connected. For a good user experience they both make it rather undesirable to have a simple synchronous interface with the UI, as many operations (pausing, seeking, buffering) can no longer be seen as instantaneous, where it is otherwise fine to just block the UI. This is one major reason no other player really implements something like this (well); it is hard to justify a large scale change to a fully asynchronous design with additional complexity for such niche features.

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Education in networking

Hey so i like linux a lot , i feel like i could learn stuff about it more easily than subjects like history / native language and composing essays etc. What kind of education does an network engineer/devops need? Do usa or well developed european countries care about finals exam diploma (in my country its called BAC) or you could get a job only by certifications and a degree in telecomunication software/ networking? I'm asking this because i feel stuck by my current situation where everyone wants everything from me and i'm supposed to be superman in any domain.(I do not like what i'm doing and because of that i live miserably and i wanna make sure it doesnt happen again in the future)

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The SteamOS Powered Legion Go S Is Suddenly Available To Pre-Order
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/lenovo-legion-go-s-8-steamos-120hz-gaming-handheld-amd-ryzen-z2-go-16gb-with-512gb-ssd-nebula/6619192.p?skuId=6619192

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Cloudflare announces AI Labyrinth, which uses AI-generated content to confuse and waste the resources of AI Crawlers and bots that ignore “no crawl” directives.
https://blog.cloudflare.com/ai-labyrinth/

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FOSS Universal 2D Graphics Editor, PixiEditor 2.0 is finally feature complete
https://pixieditor.net/blog/2025/03/19/q1-status

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Linux Security Hardening Cache Randomization Was Inadvertently Using The Same Seed
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.15-slab

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Veritasium just released a great documentary about the Mars helicopter Ingenuity running Linux
https://odysee.com/@veritasium:f/what-happened-to-nasa's-mars-helicopter:a

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Davinci Resolved Add ProRes Encode Support on Linux
https://www.newsshooter.com/2025/03/20/davinci-resolve-19-1-4-update/

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Choose Freedom, Not Trialware
https://news.opensuse.org/2025/03/21/choose-freedom-not-trailware/

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Anubis: self hostable scraper defense software
https://github.com/TecharoHQ/anubis

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The drive thru broke
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This Week in Plasma: 6.4 Improvements
https://blogs.kde.org/2025/03/22/this-week-in-plasma-6.4-improvements/

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Firefox: Mozilla is working on Progressive Web Apps (PWA) support
https://www.ghacks.net/2025/03/17/firefox-mozilla-is-working-on-progressive-web-apps-pwa-support/

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