My First and Best Linux Lesson

About a half a life ago, I had my first Linux lesson, and the best so far. I was a freshman at uni and started learning Linux at Laboratorio Docente de Computación. After a few weeks there, the first important homework was a seemingly simple one: create a new user (your user) in a Linux machine using the terminal. But there’s a catch (see what I’m doing here?): no adduser or useradd scripts allowed. I could bring my notes but not my laptop. ...

May 18, 2026 · 3 min · 636 words · Fabricio Jiménez Morales