{"id":229300,"date":"2026-03-30T13:23:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T17:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/30\/i-tried-a-command-line-only-distro-that-can-seriously-improve-your-linux-skills\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T15:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T19:10:10","slug":"i-tried-a-command-line-only-distro-that-can-seriously-improve-your-linux-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/30\/i-tried-a-command-line-only-distro-that-can-seriously-improve-your-linux-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"I tried a command-line-only distro that can seriously improve your Linux skills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/peropesis-linux-operating-system\/\">I tried a command-line-only distro that can seriously improve your Linux skills<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/peropesis-linux-operating-system\/\">https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/peropesis-linux-operating-system\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-03-30 13:23:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.zdnet.com\">www.zdnet.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"c-shortcodeImage_credit g-outer-spacing-top-xsmall u-block\">Enrique Aguirre Aves\/Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Follow ZDNET:\u00a0<span class=\"c-commerceLink\"><span>Add us as a preferred source<\/span><\/span>\u00a0on Google.<\/p>\n<h3>ZDNET&#8217;s key takeaways<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Peropesis is a special kind of Linux distribution.<\/li>\n<li>This command-line-only OS can help you learn the CLI.<\/li>\n<li>Peropesis is free to download and install.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I review a lot of Linux distributions.<\/p>\n<p>Over the many years, I&#8217;ve come across more variations on the Linux theme than I can count. I&#8217;ve experienced Linux distros with the most amazing desktop environments that are sure to blow those fancy socks right off your feet. I&#8217;ve also used distributions with old-school desktops, that are a fun way to harken back to those early days of learning Linux. And I&#8217;ve seen everything in between.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also:\u00a0The first 5 Linux commands every new user should learn<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Recently, I ran into a rather interesting distribution called Peropesis. The name Peropesis comes from Personal Operating System, and it takes a different path than the traditional Linux distribution.<\/p>\n<p>Peropesis is a command-line-only OS. On top of that, Peropesis can only be run as a live instance. You boot it up, log in with the root user (no password), and the first thing you should do is change the password.<\/p>\n<p>But there&#8217;s no GUI! What do you do?<\/p>\n<p>You use the passwd command.<\/p>\n<p>I downloaded the Peropesis ISO and spun it up as a virtual machine. When I was presented with the login screen, I took a guess and typed root. I was granted access and could do whatever I wanted, as long as it was from the command line.<\/p>\n<p>What good is that? Let me tell you.<\/p>\n<h2>It&#8217;s all about learning Linux<\/h2>\n<p>What I immediately realized was that this distribution doesn&#8217;t hold your hand in any way and doesn&#8217;t even allow you to install apps. In other words, Peropesis is what it is and nothing more. It doesn&#8217;t pretend to be something it&#8217;s not.<\/p>\n<p>What it is, however, is a wonderful tool for learning the Linux command line interface.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I think that is a great idea.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also: My 8 must-use Linux commands, and how they can make your life easier<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Consider this: you spin up a virtual instance&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/peropesis-linux-operating-system\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I tried a command-line-only distro that can seriously improve your Linux skills https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/peropesis-linux-operating-system\/ Publish Date:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":229301,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/a\/img\/resize\/0475c260235daffaea129e27789ad11a628c491e\/2026\/03\/30\/5d596f03-06f1-44a6-bde7-851c5ff9965d\/gettyimages-121800653.jpg?auto=webp&fit=crop&height=675&width=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[71],"class_list":["post-229300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-linux","tag-linux"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229300"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229300"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":229302,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229300\/revisions\/229302"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}