I’ve been using Mint for about 5 years now and want to explore the ‘nuts and bolts’ side of it a bit more

I can use the terminal a bit- copy/paste code to install programmes etc, but I’d like to now understand what the code actually means

Can anyone recommend either a book or online guide to exploring this? Also can any recommendations be geared towards newbie and ‘moron’ level

If this community isn’t the right place let me know and I’ll repost elsewhere…

also many thanks in advance for any help 👍

  • chi-chan~@lemmy.world
    4·
    6 days ago

    Go for Arch Linux in a VM.

    Create snapshots, break things, fix them. When you break stuff try to fix them even if it’s hard. Solution from the internet? Try to learn why it works.

    After Arch go for more low-level and ‘raw’ distros, like Gentoo. If you still feel like it’s not enough, go for LFS.

    Enjoy learning, and good luck :)

    • quinacridone@lemmy.mlOP
      2·
      6 days ago

      I’m quite happy with Mint, but I do have 2 laptops, one for travel and the other I can use as an experimental playground.

      I think trying Arch will be out of my comfort zone right now, but I can see that as an option once I’ve got to grips with the basic stuff

      Thank you, I appreciate it 😀

      • acockworkorange@mander.xyz
        3·
        6 days ago

        They’re not suggesting you to replace your mint install. Rather create a virtual machine in your mint to experiment with Arch, which is a distro that pushes you to be more hands on with your configuration.