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Just had my first "oh wow I actually did it" moments

I am a new linux user who was never into IT and my programming background is fairly basic

I struggle with some of the most basic things on linux, even installing software that has a linux version but isn't in a repository is an afternoon's worth of work for me since I don't even know what's the part that's not working and I often end up giving up on solving it myself and use AI

Today was the first moment when it clicked, I was struggling with deleting an app since it required the terminal (perms) but the actual app name was different from the displayed name and the name I saw in the properties

That's when I realized - I have the tools right there in the terminal to see the name of the apps in that folder, so I used ls -a and solved my first linux problem without AI

I know for most here this isn't impressive or interesting but I'm very proud of myself and I hope to keep on learning how to think like a linux user and not a windows user

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