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Good documentation for linux ?

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Terumo

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ArchWiki https://wiki.archlinux.org/

raubarno

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Unfortunately, Linux manuals are pretty scattered around. I'll try to find something for you:

If you want to learn the very basics of Linux command line, here's what I found on the web: http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Teaching/Unix/ ;
For on how to use GNU user-land tools (Bash, cat, less, grep, sed, etc.), I recommend the GNU manuals which are very well-written: https://www.gnu.org/manual/blurbs.html (example: Bash manual);
- GNU manuals are also downloaded for offline read by default. These manuals are provided with info.
For GUI desktop, it depends on what Desktop Environment (DE) you use:
- KDE wiki with tutorials: https://userbase.kde.org/Tutorials
- GNOME app overview with documentation: https://apps.gnome.org/
- If you don't know what DE you use, KDE uses sharp edges for windows and GNOME uses round edges ( 👁️👄👁️ ).
For system, as @Terumo@lemmy.world pointed out, for system-specific stuff, there's ArchWiki that has topics about everything.
If you want to understand what are the /usr, /usr/local, /etc, /dev, etc. filesystem directories, you want to look at the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard: https://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/FHS_3.0/fhs/index.html
There is also a free training course for Linux: https://training.linuxfoundation.org/training/introduction-to-linux/
If you're a developer and want to find out how deep the rabbit hole is, you may want to look at an online book Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces: https://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~remzi/OSTEP/

EDIT: Forgot this important material:

If you need to know command-line argument specifics for a particular program, use manpages (For example, to find brief information about grep, type man grep in your shell, and info grep if you need a complete manual).

folak

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Thanks a lot !!

Engywuck

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Maybe tell us what you need the documentation for... Writing kernel modules? Installing distros? Configuring software? Archlinux wiki is a very good general reference, btw.

folak

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Yeah, I mean for linux in general, everything around linux

thanksforallthefish

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Yeah, I mean for linux in general, everything around linux

Waves hand in the general direction of the internet. It's all there.

Seriously, hone in a bit. Like "I'm a complete noob where do I start" or "I installed Mint and it works fine, now what?"

Something like that

folak

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More than, "I'm a complete noob where do I start, where do I learn, why, who, where, when"

thanksforallthefish

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One of the first lessons to learn is how to ask questions.

The doggedness on tripling down on "I want to know everything" is remarkable but it is not going to get you a result.

Your best starting point until you are able to articulate a more focussed question is the Arch wiki as already suggested.

Do a bare bones arch install on a PC you don't care about breaking (a very old one with limited hardware perhaps) while following the arch install instructions on the wiki.

If you're a noob then you'll constantly run into terms you don't understand look them up as you go.

Ciao and good luck.

End of lime

folak

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Hum... Okay... Thanks for the help !

desconectado

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Answers like this is why people stay out of Linux, you want to get in and the first thing they say is "learn to ask a question!!!"

If you couldn't tell OP was a beginner from the second question, then you are not good at understanding questions.

thanksforallthefish

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Yeah no it's not, I offered some gentle prompts to help him refine his question into something that could be answered. As did several others.

He ignored that and tripled down with "I want to know everything"

That's not an answerable question.

You have to want to learn before you can be taught. If you can't listen to the prompt of "ok cool, you're keen but pick a thing" then there's no point me trying to help.

desconectado

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Read between the lines, when an expert has ever said "I want to know everything", OP is clearly a beginner in the subject.

recarsion

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In that case I'd honestly just start in a VM amd learn how to even install Linux (not difficult), try out a few distros and see what you like. If you decide you want to run it on your actual hardware now, then learn how to create an install disk, all you need is a usb stick and an ISO file. Then honestly just google whatever comes up. And as others have said, the Arch wiki is a pretty good place for general Linux knowledge.