What's one thing about Linux you wish you'd known?

Nočnica Mellifera - Jan 24 '20 - - Dev Community

photo by Uwe Aranas

‘Linux’ shows up on many lists of skills that new developers should master. But that little name covers a massive scope of technology orders of magnitude more complex than any programming language or framework. When I hear that a new developer is trying to ‘learn Linux’ it sounds as daunting as a history student saying ‘I’m trying to learn everything about Europe.’

What's something you wish you'd known getting started?

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