Although its just another OS, linux does have a major learning curve for the common GUI enjoyer like me.
When you all were first learning linux, did you have a specific resource you learned from? Was it more like doing projects and learning on the way through forums?
Yeah, it’s more like “learn allong the way”. Not that you can’t read books about the OS, but it’s a very fast shifing OS, way more than BSD variants. So, if you read a book published, let’s say, 10 years ago, some if the things in there might not apply now.
Just learn from forums/reddit, places like that. Ask questions, you will receive answers 😉. Start with something that works out of the box (Ubuntu or any other Ubuntu/Debian based distro). Poke it around, see how it works, try to install this or that, see how the dependency issues are resolved, etc.
If you’re a GUI enjoyer, try KDE as the desktop environment. Better yet, try a distro that comes with KDE by default (Kubuntu or KDE Neon).