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Get comfortable in Linux terminal

guide-by-example

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

Mindset

It is easy.
Like genuanly it is outragously trivial.

  • moving between directories
  • editing files
  • executing some command that some guide tells you

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