I’ve also got the Linux Basics for Hackers book but it’s at home while I’m on vacation.
I’m just really happy rn yall :) this install took some work, SecureBoot kept getting in the way and I’m not the most savvy person so there was a lot of Googling and trial and error in the way of getting here.
If you want to mess with the command line, I recommend tldr. Anyone could do xkcd’s tar challenge if they can run
tldr tarfirst! (pretty sure it’s in mint’s apt repos)