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Ask HN: Learning Linux as a Complete Beginner

I want to learn programming on my own with C and Linux, as I want to be a generalist and learn like the developpers in the 80's/90's. I've already found books to learn C (C a Modern Approach by King + K&R) and I've already picked a distro (Debian), but I don't really know how to learn Linux. I don't want to learn by watching YouTube tutorials or by copy-pasting answers I've found on Google (or worse, using AI) in a terminal, because nobody learns anything doing that (yet, my generation thinks this is how you learn any skills nowadays). I want to understand what I'm doing and why I'm doing it. Is there a book for complete beginners that teaches you everything you need to know about Linux ?
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