As the title states, I'm revamping myself in many ways currently, breaking all ties with the past, and forging a very intentional future - starting now.
That said, I've learned that the best way to accomplish anything is to talk to people already doing it.
Let me try to get to the point: -I've always been sympathetic to the free software movement, but I'm still uninitiated. -I'm looking for a bit of a speed-run but I've got plenty of IT experience which should allow for some recklessness. -I'm soliciting advice, whatever anyone is willing to give.
In essence: Let's say you were given the authority to tell everyone how the ought to go about coding/programming or even just engaging with technology.
More precisely: What should my set-up be?
Browser: FF I presume?
Editor: Vim? Atom?
Hardware Set-up: ??
Open-source projects to become involved with: ??
OS: Linux I know, but any specific distro you'd recommend for a fledgling coder?
Etc: etc?
Basically: I've become passionate about the free/open-source movement but I need a crash course on how to practice it. If you could go back in time and speed-run to where you are now what would you do?
I don't mind posting updates on my progress weekly/monthly whatever if you guys want to engineer me into a poster-child of libre. I'm specifically asking here because I think I've heard that whether something is labeled "open-source" or not really isn't the end of the story in previous attempts to educate myself on this.
Also: are there any methods of learning I should strictly avoid or absolutely pursue? For example, something generic like codeAcademy worth my time or should I just jump into a skillshare account or is there some holy grail of opensource learning I'm not in the know on?
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That's perfect, I'm aware I'm completely unhinged and flying blind right now. Hopefully someone can point me in a general direction so my next questions are more rooted in reality.