Advice for a beginner Linux user

Trying to learn how not to be a casual. Fairly used to Ubuntu and many of the commands necessary to run a Linux distro without a desktop environment (Arch Linux like a boss.) I'm running Windows 7 x64, and I'd like to NOT be. Could anyone recommend a new distro to try out and/or some good things to do or try to be better at not being bad? Any miscellaneous tip would help.

You're a nigger, Harry.

The easiest way to go about it is just to use Linux a lot, particularly the distros that don't hold your hand very much. Slackware is good, Gentoo (if you don't mind waiting for things to compile) is good, I've heard Arch is good but I haven't used it much. Try a BSD. Make friends with a shell (and try different ones), with manpages, and with Google. Don't start X unless you have to. Try to figure things out yourself before reading a HOWTO. RTFM. Avoid step-by-step recipes. Read a good book on UNIX--it's starting to show its age a bit, but Kernighan and Pike's The UNIX Programming Environment is still a great, mostly valid book.

Why do you use windows if you can use Arch?

What do you want from an OS?

>>4
Id like my OS to cook, clean and give me the occasional blow job can Arch do that?

Try PCLinuxOS. As for desktop environments, I like the kde version.

>>3
Is there a book someone could recommend on bash?

Want a "distro" that'll teach you to grow the mightiest neckbeard in the realm? Google LFS (linux from scratch). It has you handroll the entire OS from bottom to top.

Wanna learn bash? Don't waste your money on a book - tldp.org

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Use what you like to use on your computer. But for linux distros, Try to get into Debian

Most time (99% of time) I use terminals+graphic_web_browser.
I think its funny, and some times faster, but it's not the goal.

If you want to learn, start with vim/emacs. Read about bash redirections (> < |).
Read manpages of: ls, ps, grep, awk, less, find, sort, head, tail...

Most distros are good enougth but, real man use Debian sid.

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Real men use Gentoo BSD

Slackware Supremacy.

The newest Kubuntu 12.04 .... very good.  In a few days time, I'l probably move to Pinguy 12.04 ... when it ready.

The newest Kubuntu 12.04 .... very good.  In a few days time, I'l probably move to Pinguy 12.04 ... when it ready.

The newest Kubuntu 12.04 .... very good.  In a few days time, I'l probably move to Pinguy 12.04 ... when it ready.
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The newest Kubuntu 12.04 .... very good.  In a few days time, I'l probably move to Pinguy 12.04 ... when it ready.

Debian.  It's like Ubuntu with less gay and more freedom.  Use Sid for a rolling release that's still more stable than Arch, with all the great Debian tools.