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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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RTFM (lemmus.org)

submitted 14 hours ago by blakemavrix@lemmus.org to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Hello Linux community.

I'd like to take a moment to explain what I hope will be a simple concept (so really it's more of a reminder) that everyone should say least know and understand.

Not everyone (myself included) learns best by RTFM. Some of us need a guiding hand or to watch a video instead. It's not that we're lazy or don't like reading, it's just that it doesn't work efficiently enough.

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[–] renegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.net 6 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

I can't count the number of times I swear I read every man page and I can't figure out how to structure my arguments--especially when they are nested or conditional.

I especially wish more man pages had common examples. Sometimes an example can say more than a paragraph of explanation.

[–] djdarren@piefed.social 3 points 9 hours ago

I especially wish more man pages had common examples.

A thousand times this. It's all well and good telling us what each option does, but if we don't know how to form the command around the various arguments and paths, then it's all fairly useless.

[–] SecondComingOfPheusie@programming.dev 4 points 11 hours ago

I feel like you'd love tldr.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 hours ago

Caddy when I was trying to learn setting up encrypted hello.