Hey /g/ I was told today the best way to learn Linux was by installing

>>58949557
Absolutely.

In my opinion, the best way to learn linux is to use Arch.
>inb4 experimental tech support simulator

Arch gives you enough to be "productive", but still requires you to do a lot of the heavy lifting.
Bear in mind, Arch should not be your primary OS if you're still learning linux. Don't overwrite your Windows/OS X/Whatever.

Spend a week on Arch, and then check out Ubuntu. Ubuntu is a fucking gift from the heavens in comparison. This contrast will allow you to appreciate how much work was put into the different distros.

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>>58949557
Installing Gentoo is definitely one of the best ways to learn about Linux.

But if you're only installing Gentoo to learn about it, go somewhere else.

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>>58949557
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.

Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called "Linux", and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.

There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called "Linux" distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.

Yes, you are being memed. I learned all of Solaris Unix from shell access.

>>58949557
Hard

>>58949557
Yes. Installing Gentoo only teaches you to install Gentoo.

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>>58949641

>>58949557

Just install any buntu and stop with austism.

>>58949641
You don't learn "Linux" by installing some shitty excuse of a distribution.

Arch doesn't teach you anything other than how to copy and paste from the wiki.