Clarification: Just making fun of people(including myself) who watch shitty videos instead of official documentation.

  • thezeesystem@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 months ago

    Man pages are for people who already know a lot about Linux and understand all the nuances and understanding of Linux

    Even after using Linux for many many years I still don’t understand wtf nearly all man pages mean. It’s like a fucking codex. It needs to be simplified but not to the extreme where it doesn’t give you information you need to understand it.

    Tbh that’s most of Linux, not designed for average people, designed by Linux users who think that all others should know everything about Linux.

    • grrgyle@slrpnk.net
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      2 months ago

      Tbh a lot of man pages don’t even give you enough usage information to make full use of a package. I’m thinking of the ones which are like an extended --help block