the arch wiki.. back when i was distro-hopping to find a distro that id like, it was one of the biggest reasons i stuck with arch, even as pretty much a beginner..
2 days ago | 69
tldr: I recommend tldr It's awesome to get a quick overview of what a terminal command can do, with examples. Way less overwhelming than a manpage.
16 hours ago | 2
For me, just having a friend give me advice and show me the world of Linux helped a lot and made this world seem a little less foreign. First learning about it, I was just getting overloaded with information that I had no idea what to tunnel into. Having someone that can push you in the right direction, give you a starting point, is underappreciated.
2 days ago | 12
A mentor or supervisor... Not that its something everyone needs, but with higher Linux adoption, more and more of those people are going to tend toward casual levels of tech literacy. I think having someone around to help them through the Linux learning curve would go a long way toward seeing new people adopt Linux successfully... And who knows. There may be many people in this generation of Linux adoption, who turn out to be driven enough, and talented enough to pick up some of the torches that are being put down... I think it's worth while for those of us who know Linux already, to give the newbies some investment. So with that, I'd like to call as many existing Linux users as possible to be a little more willing to accept the role of "mentor"... Especially with Windows 10 going down, I think now is quite an important time to pass out some warm welcomes!
2 days ago | 22
Just use it. I know it sounds cliche, but really, arm yourself with adventurous spirit and dive in. The worst that can happen is that you discovered you didn't like it. Users are just too random to tell them "this is the ONE thing you need".
2 days ago | 35
Learn Linux TV. There are lots of small things that I wanted to do as a new user that he had really straight forward well presented guides on. I am especially grateful for his NFS/AutoFS video.
2 days ago | 6
If you’re ever wondering how something works, gentoo and arch wiki, specifically the tips and tricks sections, solve a lot of common problems
14 hours ago | 0
prolly "all things linux" for non techy people but arch wiki for techy people
2 days ago | 48
Luke Smith Everything from linux, vim, latex, beamer, etc. Excellent starting point
16 hours ago (edited) | 6
The respective distro forums, as long as they actually read the rules and guidelines of the forum. Also, depending on the quality of the distro wiki, that.
1 day ago | 3
For me it is diving into Reddit, Discord, and Forum, along with a few staple sites like It's FOSS, DebugPoint, and LinuxUprising whicb genuinely gives you new information and things to try out.
2 days ago | 5
Depends on how green they are in tech/IT in general. If they could manage, think Virtualizing or Live environments would make for a good safe playground
11 hours ago | 0
vi intro. When the window manager doesn't start, vi is how you will fix it.
4 hours ago | 0
atl/all things linux, its a nonprofit but mainly a discord server aswell. i genuinely recommend this to anyone i know who wants to get into linux
2 days ago | 7
I just learned about arcolinux I'm not that good with following written instructions to do stuff with a mouse and kb, and arcolinux feels like a great place to start with a massive backlog of tuts
2 days ago | 2
Brodie Robertson
If you were to recommend some useful resources to a new Linux user, what would be the first thing that comes to mind?
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