5 Common Mistakes New Linux Users Often Make

If you're new to learning Linux, there's a few pitfalls that you may run into. In this video, Jay goes over five common pitfalls new Linux users often encounter, and will also give you some expert tips to help you along your journey.

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*⏰ TIME CODES*
00:00 - Intro
01:07 - Mistake 1: Running the wrong Kernel
03:22 - Mistake 2: Always using the root account
05:03 - Mistake 3: Premature Installations
06:54 - Mistake 4: Giving up on difficult Subjects
09:27 - Mistake 5: Focusing on just one Distro*🎓 FULL LINUX COURSES FROM LEARN LINUX TV*

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[trevorfarrell]

6. Stick to the more mainstream distros until you know more. They have larger software repos, better documentation and help forums.

[lorenzozapaton]

You don't know the adrenaline rush of installing NixOS, as your only system in your new laptop, because your friend told it's a cool OS, and you have to do important work the next day.

[golvellius]

I have 15 years using Linux and still i consider myself as a noob

[RedSaint]

Regarding mistake 4: Write down complicated commands in a document and make notes of what the purpose of said commands are. Keeping a cheat sheet helps a lot. I'm torn whether it's useful to turn some of these complicated commands into aliases myself, because I want to learn, and I don't really do that without seeing the syntax, but that's another possibility.

[Lines]

6. Avoid copy pasting commands on the internet without understanding what’s that for. Especially with the * or - or — or r/rm/R, even if the command came from the official forum or website😅

[psupogh]

1. It's important to note though that the first thing one should do if they have such hardware issues is look if their distribution has newer kernels available instead of just switching to another distribution. For example, Debian has newer kernels in official backports repository, Mint has Edge ISO with newer kernel, Ubuntu has HWE kernels, etc.

[Book_Bird]

We don't often get goofy thumbnails! Came for the thumbnail, but stayed for the content (great as always!)

[DaveSomething]

"apt remove alsa" was a bad idea I had once...

[jorgemtds]

Daily driver: Linux Mint
Backup: Linux Mint Debian Edition
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[VirendraBG]

This channel has pure gold content on Linux.

[hyperprotagonist]

For a second I thought Ricky Gervais was featured on the thumbnail.

[darthkielbasa]

I dig your cable management on the wall. Classy.

[RedSaint]

Jay is like Linux' version of Chef John from Food Wishes, and I wouldn't have it any other way. Love the content.

[sanfords]

Love the different T-shirts in your edits!

[wyldekey]

Great shirt! And your videos are excellent.

[ayonmukherjee]

Look man, I'm a physicist and I use both vim and sed on the regular.
So, even though you can intuitively understand what sed does, learning vim presents one with a much steeper learning curve.
Vim is absolutely indispensable if you wanna code well, but almost completely foregoing the use of the GUI is excruciating for people of a generation growing up with GUI's around them! Rewiring your brain is not easy.
Thus, if you aren't writing long and complicated code, or dealing with incredibly large data files, or aren't working on a server, stick to gedit!

But, do use sed!

[Falken]

Point 5 really hits home for me. I post this from a Debian 12 workstation because it looks like the days are numbered for my beloved openSUSE Leap. Things change, but not always for the better.

[thomwalks]

I remember making the mistake of the wifi problem, I ended up asking the Linux forums for help. The Arch live install had wifi working but when I installed it, it didn't work correctly. Turns out I just needed to follow the wiki (I didn't like reading back then)

[wisteela]

Great video and sudo t shirt. I really should get a Linux Mint one.

[decoydave]

A little off topic question.
Is there a way to repair a USB drive that is not recognized by the computer when plugged in. Not seen in files or disks app but power light is on, on the USB drive.