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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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I feel like I'm taking crazy pills (lemmy.ca)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by LoganNineFingers@lemmy.ca to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I installed a few different distros, landed on Cinnamon Mint. I'm not a tech dummy, but I feel I'm in over my head.

I installed Docker in the terminal (two things I'm not familiar with) but I can't find it anywhere. Googled some stuff, tried to run stuff, and... I dunno.

I'm TRYING to learn docker so I can set up audiobookshelf and Sonarr with Sabnzbd.

Once it's installed in the terminal, how the hell do I find docker so I can start playing with it?

Is there a Linux for people who are deeply entrenched in how Windows works? I'm not above googling command lines that I can copy and paste but I've spent HOURS trying to figure this out and have gotten no where...

Thanks! Sorry if this is the wrong place for this

EDIT : holy moly. I posted this and went to bed. Didn't quite realize the hornets nest I was going to kick. THANK YOU to everyone who has and is about to comment. It tells you how much traction I usually get because I usually answer every response on lemmy and the former. For this one I don't think I'll be able to do it.

I've got a few little ones so time to sit and work on this is tough (thus 5h last night after they were in bed) but I'm going to start picking at all your suggestions (and anyone else who contributes as well)

Thank you so much everyone! I think windows has taught me to be very visually reliant and yelling into the abyss that is the terminal is a whole different beast - but I'm willing to give it a go!

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[–] themadcodger@kbin.social 0 points 9 months ago

I would check out tutorials or YouTube videos. Try: https://drfrankenstein.co.uk/sabnzbd-in-container-manager-on-a-synology-nas/

[–] LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Sudo docker will do the trick. Docker does some networking shit so it needs admin privileges

Don't give up, don't listen to goober 🤓 itt telling you to read manpages that shit is worthless.

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[–] z00s@lemmy.world -2 points 9 months ago (4 children)

OP: chatGPT is your personal Linux guru. Pretend it's your friend who knows everything about linux and tell it what you want to achieve.

Paste in any error messages and it will tell you how to fix them. Just make sure it knows what distro you're using first.

That's how I learned to use docker :)

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[–] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz -2 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Man, good luck. Is there no other way you can accomplish that without Docker. I've been using Linux for years and I still don't know how to set up a docker container lol

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[–] Shareni@programming.dev -3 points 9 months ago

If you're not planning to actually learn Docker, use an LLM AI to help you out. I just tried the following prompt in Gemini "generate docker-compose.yml that runs audiobookshelf and Sonarr with Sabnzbd" and it generated something that looks reasonable. Then you can follow it up with prompts like "how do I auto start it on linux?" and it will generate the systemd unit, and also tell you what commands to run.

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