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Latest comment: 4 June by Kaizen in topic Suggested Pages

Suggested Pages

Add page topics to discuss the inclusion of within this post. To start off, Here are some personal suggestions along with community provided suggestions;

What is Linux anyways?

   -TLDR of what Linux is
   -Major differences between Linux and other OS
   -Key Terms

Guide to Getting Started

   -Setting Expectations
   -Guide to Picking a distro
   -Pros and Cons of individual distros (with quirks)
   -Pros and Cons between package formats
   -Safely downloading ISO and setting up install media
   -Guide to installing Linux (with video hyperlinks)
   -Quick start guide to individual distros (with relevant 1st party wiki links)
   -Migrating user data between windows or between distros

Maintaining your system

   -Physical maintenance for any system (fans and such)
   -System Update maintenance
   -Software update maintenance
   -Security maintenance

Online and Linux Safety and Security

   -Local password and account security (screenshoting safely included)
   -Basic online safety (opsec and privacy)
   -Downloading and things safely (from github and package managers as well)
   -Safely managing local data
   -Basic Threat Modeling
   -Securing your system beyond defaults (Hardened browsers, UAC, AppArmor, SELinux, Flatseal, Secureboot, Etc.)
   -Securing your network
   -Staying up to date on current security news
   -Local Regulations

Cool sites that may be relevant for users to check out

   -alternativeto.net
   -awesome-privacy.xyz
   -chris titus windows tool

Feel Free and Encouraged to contribute more ideas! -MB (talk) 23:18, 3 June 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Maybe most important commands to know "primer"? See for examples:
https://discord.com/channels/1172245377395728464/1172245377395728467/1237386711055601714
https://discord.com/channels/1172245377395728464/1172245377395728467/1237388162440105984 Kaizen (talk) 13:50, 4 June 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

organization idea

> I think the Distribution list should contain dropdowns for stuff like "Arch-based Distributions", "Debian-based Distributions" for better organization

- Ryna from ATL

Electron271 (talk) 23:38, 3 June 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I like the outline! I agree with Electron about organization and it applies to all of the categories - before writing these, we should have a general idea of all our subcategories Asiliria (talk) 23:40, 3 June 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]