Is there a good way to learn about GNU/Linux and common distributions and how they work? I don't mean the filesystem alone, I mean stuff like systemd, /etc/init.d/ fontconfig/freetype -- how the most important stuff on Linux works and is configured and how it all plays together.
I want to stop feeling like a tard just scratching at the surface when something goes wrong.
>>53870492
search for :
>literally Gentoo
>LFS
>kickass torrents has a bunch of great video/books just use keyword linux or unix
>manpages
>certification programs
>library books
>a lot of curiosity and patience
>>53870492
don't bother with systemd
use gentoo and openrc
>>53870684
but you really need to know how to read a man page. to a novice, man pages look like gibberish.
>>53870748
If you want to develop Linux knowledge that will apply to real-world Linux jobs and actual production environments down the line, you learn systemd. Otherwise, if you want to shitpost on /g/ and the circlejerk on the Devuan mailing lists, go ahead and follow this advice.
>>53870872
>systemd is good
get a load of this guy
>>53870920
It is. More importantly, you need to know how to use systemd because that's what the big-boy, get-work-done distributions are using.
>>53870492
>GNU/Linux
Linux
>>53873159
Yeah, I only see people on /g/ saying "GNU / linux" non ironically.
Everyone else just say "linux".
>Engineers in the companies I interned in
>Professors and students in science and technology campus
>even the freetards on the local linux meeting association
>>53870945
>It is
>>53870945
I work at a data center and half of my job is niggering the old init.d stuff to work with systemd
No client that I talk to likes it
>>53873159
Nobody likes android or alpine, fuck off.
>not knowing ganoo plus looney tunes by heart
LMFAO
>>53870492
>temperory files deleted on bootup
>temperory
>>53870634
>LFS
This. If you want to learn about this linux from scratch is the way to go
>>53877269
Bullshit it's just compiling packages from scratch 50 times over.
Arch wiki is the way to go OP
>>53877269
this is so much overkill.
If you want to learn how those things, just go for rhcsa study guides, the ones for red hat 7 though.
My first Linux was Gentoo.
Posting from it right now.
Stuff constantly broke, but I purposefully went for a non-convenient setup, and by now, 6 months in, it's basically mostly fine and without many issues, and I feel I've learned a lot about the workings of Linux and OS in general. Like, a year ago, I didn't even now what an ABI or ELF was.
I'm not sure how it holds up to other systems, since I haven't actually used them, but I like it a lot compared to Windows. I will probably at some point venture out into other distros just from curiosity, but at the moment I'm alright with what I have. It's quick, it's smooth, and I can customise and streamline a lot.
