When it comes to making Hyprland your own begin with the basics. Change one thing at a time and learn what effect that change has. Configure your keybindings. Adjust your bar or panels. Explore themes and color schemes. This gradual layering of customization will help you both personalize your environment and understand exactly what you have done. Trying to overhaul everything in one go usually brings confusion and limits your ability to troubleshoot.
As for learning the terminal and its language you are correct in identifying flags and commands as areas worth understanding. Commands are simply the programs or tools you run. Flags or options are the modifiers you give those commands to control their behavior. For example ls simply lists files while ls -l changes the output format. Reading the manual pages for a command will explain every available option and often include examples. This practice of experimenting with different flags while referencing the documentation builds familiarity fast.
The architectural components of a Linux system will become clearer once you approach them as layers. At the bottom you have the kernel managing hardware. Above that you have services and system processes often controlled by systemd. On top of that comes your display server which can be X11 or Wayland. This layer handles graphics display and input. A desktop environment is a complete suite of programs and interface elements built on top of the display layer while a window manager only controls window placement and interaction. In practice you can use a window manager on its own or inside a desktop environment but most tiling managers like Hyprland are designed to run independently to give maximum control.
When it comes to making Hyprland your own begin with the basics. Change one thing at a time and learn what effect that change has. Configure your keybindings. Adjust your bar or panels. Explore themes and color schemes. This gradual layering of customization will help you both personalize your environment and understand exactly what you have done. Trying to overhaul everything in one go usually brings confusion and limits your ability to troubleshoot.
As for learning the terminal and its language you are correct in identifying flags and commands as areas worth understanding. Commands are simply the programs or tools you run. Flags or options are the modifiers you give those commands to control their behavior. For example
lssimply lists files whilels -lchanges the output format. Reading the manual pages for a command will explain every available option and often include examples. This practice of experimenting with different flags while referencing the documentation builds familiarity fast.The architectural components of a Linux system will become clearer once you approach them as layers. At the bottom you have the kernel managing hardware. Above that you have services and system processes often controlled by systemd. On top of that comes your display server which can be X11 or Wayland. This layer handles graphics display and input. A desktop environment is a complete suite of programs and interface elements built on top of the display layer while a window manager only controls window placement and interaction. In practice you can use a window manager on its own or inside a desktop environment but most tiling managers like Hyprland are designed to run independently to give maximum control.