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   From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Wed, 10/29/2025 10:05 AM, Felix wrote:   
   > Daniel70 wrote:   
   >> On 29/10/2025 11:36 pm, Felix wrote:   
   >>> Daniel70 wrote:   
   >>>> On 29/10/2025 5:33 pm, Felix wrote:   
   >>>>> Mike Easter wrote:   
   >>>>>> Hank Rogers wrote:   
   >>>>>>> It's pretty easy to help new linux users. I just point them to the man   
   pages and say RTFM. They get the message instantly.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Perhaps you are being sarcastic. Or perhaps you are pretending to be   
   one of those unhelpful linux helpers MikeS mentioned.  I see Win tracks in   
   your header.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> In any case, while man pages are useful, the only person such flippant   
   advice is useful is to someone who doesn't know that there are man pages.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Most people seeking linux help need information provided in a more   
   useful way than just what can be found in man pages, which are often found to   
   be informative but suboptimal for an individual and specific question.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> where is the LM manual located?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>> Open a Command Window and type "Man" .... should work, Felix.   
   >>>   
   >>> I thought it would be a PDF to download or on a website. anyhow, I usually   
   just google if I want to know something, or ask here   
   >>>   
   >> Asking for Linux advise on a Windows group might not be the smartest thing.   
   Yes, I know there are some very savoy Linux users hereabouts .... but ....!   
   >>   
   >> On your News server account, try filtering for Newsgroups with 'Linux' in   
   their names and see if there is one listed for the version of Linux you use.   
   >>   
   >> Else there is always alt.linux (not very active) or alt.os.linux (some   
   activity). Or even, as this thread is being cross-posted into al   
   .os.linux.mint, that might be a good place to look if you use Mint.   
   >   
   > I only post on alt.os.linux.mint   
   >   
      
   For a Google, I use   
      
      linux man listdir      # "listdir" or "ls" is the equivalent of "dir" on   
   Windows   
      
   and there are a couple web sites that have the manual pages for   
   Linux utilities of various sorts.   
      
   The Kaspersky Rescue CD, a tool used for AV work on Windows, it   
   uses Gentoo for its OS on the CD, and the Gentoo has all the   
   manual pages stripped off to save space. Not all distros have   
   manual pages, and if space or bandwidth is an issue, they can   
   be removed. Just as some OSes you get, have had the "Games"   
   folder removed.   
      
   Some distros are known for the information they provide.   
   The Arch Linux people have some general documentation which is   
   good when you have a problem and need an overview. Gentoo has   
   the Gentoo Handbook, which shows some things an aspiring   
   Linux user should know. Like today, I chrooted into a Ubuntu   
   and fixed it sorta. Some of the activities are reserved   
   for "severely broken stuff", which everyone with a computer   
   has seen at one time or another. Chrooting is like some   
   of the offline repair commands in Windows. When you build   
   Gentoo from scratch, there is one chroot session in there,   
   undoubtedly included so a user would know how to do it later.   
   You can mount some foreign OS tree, and the environment   
   pretends you are actually booted and running from that tree.   
   You can update packages in the foreign tree, although the tree is   
   not running at the time as a "real OS".   
      
      Paul   
      
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