A Journey Through Linux, BSD, and Beyond: My OS Odyssey
Back in the summer of 2019, with two weeks to spare before the academic year began, I took my first tentative steps into the world of Linux. My starting point? Zorin OS. It was an experience defined by both excitement and a lot of confusion. The Tarball Debacle One of my first big mistakes was trying to install everything manually from the web. Freshly minted with my new Zorin installation, I somehow thought the correct way to install Firefox was through a tarball, using tar commands. Little did I know that Zorin had an App Center ready and waiting for easy installs. Suffice it to say, my early days with Linux involved more mistakes than victories. ...