@neurovagrant I've been Linux-only since 1999, so I can't give a simple answer.
What area interests you right now?

@neurovagrant The scheduler sucks and the OOM killer likes to pull sick jokes on your expense.

Edit: On a serious note (and related to the above observations) with today's hardware the right amount of swap space is zero unless you have some well though out reason to calibrate otherwise.

@neurovagrant I know it seems nerdy, but the best thing for me was a printed copy of this and going no thru it page by page with a terminal open:

https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/1stEdman.html

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Wow, so much to say on this one. Depends what you need and how you use your computer. For me, the biggest leap forward was getting into emacs.

Second was probably just setting it up how I worked and not how it tried to make me work. For example, multiple desktops, groups of apps on each - 1: web, 2: writing, 3: file management, 4: music, etc.

Try the different GUIs; find the one that works best for you (and the computer).

Look for other software, not just defaults.

#linux

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also, the command is "umount" not "unmount"

Spent hours in figuring that out in the early days.

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To always have an up-to-date live usb-stick nearby in case I tinker too much with the system and need to save it... 🐧

@neurovagrant @shapr I started on BSD and corrupted my kernel (the first time) within a week. I still really like FreeBSD, but not sure I'd recommend starting there unless you're into Type 2 Fun.

And having a use case or hobby to pair it with helps stay engaged. I have to *really* like a computing pet project to stay focused after a long week of work.

@neurovagrant If you want to get on a video chat and pair program debugging / fixing something, that'd be fun.

@neurovagrant For example, I have an intermittent networking problem I haven't figured out. I think it's DHCP, because the timing suggests a DHCP lease renewal and because my Unifi Dream Machine sometimes complains that my wifi and ethernet both have the same IP address.

Do you have any Linux sysadmin problems you want to untangle?

@shapr @neurovagrant does your laptop share it's MAC address across both interfaces?!

@neurovagrant the things I learned were from legit blog posts.

what's worrying is that with AI publishing, a lot more guides are gonna be bunk.