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I have been self learning Figma for almost two weeks now. I am still learning new things everyday, and some of these, i wish i knew from the start itself. Below are some of the things i learned while learning design with Figma as a complete beginner to UX / UI design. You don't need to Install Figma - you can just open a Browser and start using it straight away Learn Figma ShortCuts - believe me - Learn this and you would be amazed how much time it saves you every day while designing. ( Shortcut to open Shortcuts in Figma is Ctrl + Alt + ? Youtube is the best place to learn Designing with Figma. There are plenty of Great, beginner friendly tutorials available  One other best place to learn Figma is Medium ( there are also tons of UX/UI related tutorials and articles available there ) Practicing and learning by yourself is the only thing that can make you a better designer. Some things to note in Figma. Learn about Grid Lines first . This is very important. In UI /

If you are like me, a full time Ubuntu Linux User and wants to study UI/UX design, you would probably be getting ready to install Windows 10 on your machine, so that you can install and use Adobe XD.  I already did that, but after a few days of multi booting, i got bored rebooting and log in to Windows. I kinda give up learning UX. Then i discovered Figma. If you look online for Figma for Linux Download link, you wouldn't find any on their official website ( there is one unofficial snap available on the web though ). To use Figma on Linux, you don't actually need a .deb package or have to install from source. All you need is a browser window. Figma lives in the cloud. So all your changes are saved live, in the cloud. So no matter which Operating System you use, you can use Figma on all of them just by opening a browser tab.  Figma is not Free, but it is Free to use for a single user. You can work on projects without needing to have a subscription.  Try Figma for Fr