Uploaded April 2017 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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A list of Linux resources (and the context/info you need to use them) that will help you troubleshoot, learn new things, and find answers to questions you have while using Linux.

1:09 Man pages: man $COMMAND
4:09 Info pages: info $COMMAND

5:39 whatis $command
6:31 apropos $searchterm

whatis and apropos require 'sudo mandb' to be run before they work.

8:14 /usr/share/doc -- package-provided documentation

9:18 - Reddit
reddit.com/r/sysadmin
reddit.com/r/linux
reddit.com/r/freebsd

10:11 - The Arch Linux Wiki
wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/General_recommendations
wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/List_of_applications

12:03 Bash Docs: tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/abs-guide.html
13:07 Serverfault (sysadmin): serverfault.com
13:51 Stack overflow (programming): stackoverflow.com

14:22 Official Documentation!
15:13 Use a search engine: Google, Duckduckgo, etc.

15:42 IRC: webchat.freenode.net

18:50 Tech News/Article Aggregators:
news.ycombinator.com
https://lobste.rs/



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