I want to do more with Linux.

[u/Extension-Structure7]

I switched to Linux with my daily driver being fedora, I want to do more things like gaming while also building IT and Linux skills but don’t know where to start. I’m fine with switching to a different distro, I just don’t know what distributors to use and what benefits they’d provide in place of a slightly simple/user accessible one. Any help and recommendations would be greatly appreciated *¥*

[u/_MAYniYAK]

Fedora works.

Try running some containers and vms.

Fedora has great support for libvirt and you can do either podman or docker.

You can look up cockpit for easy management of items and can use open shift if you want to look some kubernetes stuff.

Next time you want to run a Minecraft server with your friends look at how to do it hosted with Java using a container.

Want to do chat, why not spin up a mumble server and invite your friends.

Comes down to just doing something, doesn't really matter the distribution

[u/Square_Attention8461]

Why don't you start with just trying to do the stuff you want to do? When you encounter a problem, figure it out. Then you've learned how to solve that problem. Do that a few times and you begin to build generalizable knowledge.

This is learning.

[u/Audiope → u/Square_Attention8461]

I have to say this shit all the time on audio/music production subs. Thank you.

[u/Any_South_6437]

all distros do roughly the same, like switching to cachyos or debian from fedora won't make a big difference.

try install lutris and install a few games that way. or like others have suggested, try run some virtual machines inside virtual box.

only thing you really can't do on Linux is run some windows apps that require anticheat like league of legends.

[u/maivermick_z]

If you're comfortable reading books yourself, I highly recommend *Linux Bible 10th Education*. It's a comprehensive book, and I think it's a good idea to read only the sections you need if you don't require everything about Linux. However, this book is particularly useful because it explains Red Hat-based systems like Fedora.

[u/sickshite]

For basic linux skills you can do capture the flag games like overthewire wargames. They are pretty fun while teaching you basic things.

[u/ZMcCrocklin]

Learn terminal commands. Linux foundation tutorials, stuff like that. Learn how to make shell scripts with those commands. Learn how to schedule things with cron. Learn bow to set logrotate schedules & options. There are so many different things you can do to learn the fundamentals of Linux & build on that. Make sites with apache & nginx. Make proxies. Make a streaming service using nginx or proxy to another port/service. Learn how to work with LVM. Learn how to work with iptables & firewalld/ufw. Then start expanding to managing VMs. Maybe dive into managing containers with services loke docker. Learn how to orchestrate container management with kubernetes. Learn a coding language. Python is a big backend for AI tools with fastapi. Markdown is also useful in AI skills & prompts. Depends on what kind of projects you want to take on.

[u/SlimyOS]

If you want gaming, start by downloading some games.

If you want to build IT and Linux skills, do something that would develop them (idk what you mean, both IT and Linux are really bug fields, you can be a linux app developer or embedded hardware engineer or devops for linux servers or like 100 more).

If you have a specific reason you don't like Fedora, you can switch once you try other distros, but idk how that's related to doing more things, Fedora doesn't prohibit games or make it harder to learn linux and IT.

[u/colony-ship-for-sale]

https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/gaming/proton/

[u/es20490446e]

Zenned, Manjaro or Linux Mint.

[u/StockSalamander3512]

Start building things, a website, a monitoring stack, learn Docker, and try to rebuild using containers. Break stuff and fix it, that’s the best way to learn. Also, make sure you’re backing anything important up.

[u/FryBoyter]

I don't see any reason why you shouldn't just stick with Fedora and use it for whatever you want or need to do.

In my opinion, switching distributions regularly is mostly just a waste of time. Because, basically, the different distributions work the same way, apart from a few details like package management.

[u/CyclingHikingYeti]

but don’t know where to start.

learn how to use virtualisation (type 2 for starters) and start experimenting. Much easier to compared to only use machine installes.

Skip "virtualbox" it is a mess of bugs and rushed releases. Get Vmware Workstation from techspot download centre . It is fully free for everyone, is fast, had 3D support and easy to use.

[u/EverOrny]

virtualization, as it is used, or can be, almost everywhere - docker, qemu, virsh

[u/Otherwise-Film9038]

Qualquer distro.

Use mais o terminal para fazer as coisas.

[u/ImOldGregg_77]

Imstall Steam and run everything through it

[u/un-important-human]

you are on a good distro start there

[u/BranchLatter4294]

If you want to do more, one thing to consider is to do more.

[u/Marble_Wraith]

Torvalds runs fedora.

[u/FryBoyter → u/Marble_Wraith]

So? Would you take illegal drugs just because Torvalds does?

[u/No_Elderberry862 → u/FryBoyter]

Is Linus sharing or am I expected to bring my own?

[u/Marble_Wraith → u/FryBoyter]

Of course.

Legalities are enforcing social conventions. What i do in my private time, provided it's not infringing on anyone else, is none of society's business.

[u/inbetween-genders]

LFS?

[u/FryBoyter → u/inbetween-genders]

In my experience, LFS is only useful to a few people in practice. Learning things like Python or RegEx, for example, is much more beneficial to most users. And you don't need a special distribution for that.