Does anybody really know what they're doing with linux or is everybody just copying commands from stack overflow?

Since Linux has insane amount of different distributions and software. A lot of times you have to look up certain tools and commands to achieve things. So unless the person is daily driving a similar configuration, he will have to look up the exact syntax for a lot of commands.

@HitWRight

Thinking about it, 90% of my issues boil down to Ubuntu, not linux itself, so this makes even more sense.

I will find a command on so, look it up with man and make sure I want the options specified.

I am always looking up commands for git. I have a few memorized, but for non common tasks I always find verification.

During the config stage of a fresh installation it's pure copy paste. Not even really reading the commands.

After that i just look up manpages or google which command does the job i want to be done.

I've used Linux as my primary OS since 2001. I built a Linux from Scratch in college and used it for two semesters. I run Gentoo.

Run Linux on your Desktop!!!! Use it! Linux is freakin amazing if you just use it and understand it. Use a systemd free distro (Void, Gentoo, Alpine for servers but not your desktop) if you want t avoid pain as well.

Know Linux, don't just stackoverflow that shit.

Listen. It's much more convenient to look up for 2-3 ways to do things on linux distributions than for shitton of shame on jester systems.

I’ll raise you :
I spend around 1 day perfectly configuring transmission-daemon (Why so long ? I needed 3 of them running on the same machine, so they will pick up torrent in right folders and output to right folders (films/shows/music) so Plex can correctly identify them).

Now I want to “do some stupid shit” which will most likely break this system as Linux is not friendly to users trying things.

I can’t find the config files lol and can’t find configuration guide I used !

To add insult to injury it’s not a VM, it’s a “real” pc.

So if someone has a good way to backup whole linux system with automatic restore, I’ll take it.

I want to backup my config.

If you use it frequently and have the same setup you learn the things you need

when you look for command, you figure out that ahh this cli does this and then you run man on it and figure out what those flag means. It is 90% of knowing something is there to be able to use it. There is no need to remember it by heart

Excuse you, I copy-paste from Archwiki. And I try to figure out what the command does. But mostly copy-paste.

Just copying stuff is a bad idea in general. At least look up, what it actually does and enable yourself to perform an informed decision about what you actually want.

I use linux in my laptop. Whenever i have to do something new.. sure enough i google. If i think it will be useful i ll read more about it and store the link somewhere. Otherwise i just copy paste.

There are certain commands that end up in your (muscle) memory, but even if you just use 1 distro, there are times where you'll need to look on man pages or the help section of a command or duck/google things.