OSNews: Opinion: How to Master GNU/Linux in 20 Steps

"A friend of mine wrote to me and asked me how he could go about switching to Linux. I sent him an email back with some suggestions about how to approach it and he suggested that I should share this with others, so here it goes.

"1) Have a reason why you want to learn Linux. Learn about the origins and history of our community. When you know how far we have come and how we got to where we are, you are more likely to appreciate the efforts of those that came before you..."

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