selfhosted-apps-docker/get_good_linux_terminal

Get Good in Linux terminal

guide-by-example

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You want or need to use terminal in linux.
You want it to not suck donkey balls.

requirements - installed linux distro once, knows what a distro is, knows how how to install packages in linux, knows what a repository is and other basic terms

Core aspects to make comfortable

• Terminal
• ssh in to linux
• moving between directories
• editing files

Advanced aspects

• shell
• services and systemd
• logs
• scheduled stuff
• filesystems and mounting

Terminal

The application that you run to connect remotely to a server.
For windows you want to use mobaXterm. Learn how to use well.

Tips

• set font globaly to something larger, like 14
  Settings > Configuration > Terminal > Default Font Settings
  be aware that once set it only applies to newly created sessions, if there is a session in left pane it already has own settings that needs changing
• be aware of copy paste in it, middle click right click menu

SSH

You connect to the linux server only sometimes, but when you do you want it to be instant