How Linux Can Free You
I’ve been a user of Linux since 2011. My brother-in-law was the one who introduced me to Linux and more specifically, Ubuntu. Since then, I have loved every minute of it. 
Even though I don’t use Ubuntu as my daily driver machine, but I do use it and Debian for servers, I am eternally grateful for him showing me this entire different world of computers.
Sometimes learning new things can be frustrating, and believe me there is a steep climb atop the Linux mountain, but once you reach a certain point you just cannot fathom life without it.
I remember the first times when I had learned to use the command-line. It still give me great satisfaction to this day. Other times, I remember beating my head as to why something weird happened in my system or why something broke, which caused me to sometimes wonder if it was all worth it. But I can honestly say today, that it really was. There are not many things in the Linux eco-system that I haven’t tried or broken, to then only be full of joy by getting it to work. With those breakages I have risen stronger and much more knowledgeable in many aspects of this operating system.
To the uninitiated, Linux is only the kernel and not the entirety of the OS. The graphical/command line area we mess with is based on GNU, pronounced as guh-new. You may have seen people comment that is supposed to be called, GNU/Linux, which is technically correct, and as we all know that is the best kind of correct, 
but we all know its GNU/Linux so saying just Linux should always suffice.
But, I digress. My efforts today is to persuade any all to use and try to understand why open source and Linux should be used. You don’t even have to be engaged in a project nor put yourself out there by asking questions on a forum. Basically everything I have learned has already been asked and answered by someone else. All you really need is the understanding of what you are wanting done and find sites that usually steer you in the right direction and stick with them. Go as close to the source of what you are trying to have answered. If its a Linux question, go to a known Linux site, not quora. Reddit is OK but I would try and stay away as flame-wars and people fixating on comments rather than the question on hand is rampant on that and similar sites. I have been around Linux long enough to see the flame wars of one thing over another and heated those discussions can get, most of which I avoid, but when it comes to the basis of someone with less knowledge in that subject comes to ask a question it is often looked down upon in some cases. Some people can filter through this and find the help they need, but it takes tough skin for a new Linux user to stay around long enough to get the answers they are looking for.
My recommendation to all new users of Linux is start small and simple. Install a distro like Ubuntu or Linux Mint. Use it, break it, and find the reasons why something broke. I’ve reinstalled a system more times than I can count that I could install most of them in my sleep, but each time I learned a little more.
Using open source can be one of the most liberating things we can do now-a-days in our virtual worlds. You are the master of your domain in both the hardware and the software when choosing Linux and open source.
If you choose Linux, you will be:
- The Lord of the Manor
- The King of the Country
- The Queen of the Castle
Hopefully no one was taking shots for every time I wrote Linux in this rant. Most likely you wouldn’t be able to read this part if you were.