Help learning Linux/bazzite from scratch
Is anyone kind enough to either help me learn the OS or point me in the direction of a good very dumbed down tutorial for how to operate the system?
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"learning linux" is honestly a bit too broad, do you want to learn how to use linux for daily use, or do you want to do development for linux? if you want to learn how to use linux, the best way is to just use it and learn as you go
as for bazzite to be specific, docs.bazzite.gg is a good starting point, as it covers a lot of the basics
linux is diverse, there are distros (like ubuntu family, mint, debian, arch, fedora, etc) that have different native package management systems. commands like
sudo apt install will work in ubuntu and mint, but not in arch and fedora, for example
bazzite uses fedora atomic as a base, which is not the same as "regular" fedora. but if youre completely new, these terms might as well be very foreign to you, so my suggestion is to directly check out docs.bazzite.gg for basics relevant to bazzite (and to some extent, fedora atomic) as a starting pointI guess mainly I want to learn the commands for the terminal and how to be a smarter user of bazzite. From my understanding bazzite isn’t like fully unlocked like arch so I just want to utilise my baz OS better I guess (through terminal commands)
hmm, the thing is bazzite is very GUI-capable and you dont necessarily need to interact with the terminal in the first place
do you have specific examples in mind?
My main thing I guess is,
1. How to download or make sure my AMD drivers are up to date
2. How to add something new on bazzite like brave browser or maybe id download discord on my desktop
Then I guess anything else thats blatantly obvious to a veteran that I should know that I clearly just dont atm? (Hopefully that’s not too vague)
AMD drivers are part of mesa and the Linux kernel, which are included in every Linux distribution
2. you use the new software store bazaar to download apps
as renner said, you dont really update drivers manually aside from updating the system
you can use bazaar for GUI experience, but if you want to do so using CLI, you can run
flatpak install software-name-here
you can also try to navigate through folders, do simple operations in the terminal like change directory (cd), list files (ls), copy (cp) move/rename (mv)... things like that that arent destructive within a safe folder (like Documents or Pictures for example)Ok thanks guys!
Reading bazzite Docs is also great
https://docs.bazzite.gg
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Bazzite is a custom image built upon Fedora Atomic Desktops that brings the best of Linux gaming to all of your devices.
oh and if i wasnt clear enough, these operations (and more) are 100% doable from the file browser/Dolphin or Nautilus depending on environment. you dont have to use these commands all the time, just if you want to start familiarizing yourself with the terminal for example lol