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Introduction

New users engaging with the Linux and the open-source ecosystem for the first time will likely encounter a significant amount of new terminology. This is a list of subjects that new users may wish to become familiar with upon delving into more advanced Linux usage.

Terms

In effort to avoid stressing new users, there are some subjectively more complicated topics most new users will not need to learn about, unless they are trying to perform some specific task.

Building
Compiling
Compositor
Git
GitHub
GNU
Hacking
Kernel
Kernel Module
Licenses
- General Public License [vX] (GPL vX)
Shell
- Bash
- ZSH
TTY
Wayland
X11
Xorg
Xwayland

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-When a new user starts diving into the world of Linux and open source as a whole, They will no doubt be bombarded with loads of Key Terms that sound foreign and confusing. Here is a quick compilation of some of the terms that a new user might actually want to know
+== Introduction ==
+New users engaging with the [[Linux]] and the open-source ecosystem for the first time will likely encounter a significant amount of new terminology. This is a list of subjects that new users may wish to become familiar with upon delving into more advanced Linux usage.
+== Terms ==
+* [[Bloat]]
+* [[CLI|Command-Line Interface (CLI)]]
+* [[Command]]
+* [[Desktop Environment‏‎|Desktop Environment‏‎s]]
+** [[GNOME]]
+** [[KDE Plasma]]
+** [[Xfce]]
+* [[Display Manager]]
+* [[Drivers]]
+* [[FOSS / FLOSS|Free Open Source Software  / Free, Libre Open Source Software (FOSS/FLOSS)]]
+* [[GUI|Graphical User Interface (GUI)]]
 * [[Linux]]
-* [[Distro]]
+* [[Linux Distributions|Linux Distribution]]
-* [[DE / WM]]
+* [[Ownership]]
-* [[KDE|KDE / Plasma]]
+* [[Package]]
-* [[Gnome]]
 * [[Package Manager]]
-* [[Repo / Repository]]
+** [[apk]]
+** [[apt]]
+** [[dnf]]
+** [[dpkg]]
+** [[flatpak]]
+** [[NixOS|nix]]
+** [[pacman]]
+** [[portage]]
+** [[rpm]]
+** [[snap]]
+** [[zypper]]
+* [[Privacy]]
+* [[Program]]
+* [[Repository|Repository (Repo)]]
 * [[Script]]
-* [[Command]]
-* [[Package]]
-* [[Program]]
-* [[CLI]]
-* [[TUI]]
-* [[GUI]]
-* [[Drivers]]
-* [[Flatpak]]
-* [[Tar.xz / Tarball]]
-* [[AppImage]]
-* [[Snap]]
-* [[bloat]]
-* [[FOSS / FLOSS]]
-* [[Open Source]]
-* [[Privacy]]
-* [[Ownership]]
 * [[Security]]
+* [[tar.xz / Tarball]]
+* [[TUI|Text-Based User Interface (TUI)]]
+* [[Ricing|Theming / "Ricing"]]
+* [[Window Manager|Window Managers]]
+** [[Dwm|DWM]]
+** [[Hyprland]]
+** [[IceWM]]
+** [[i3]]
-In effort to avoid overloading new users, We thought it best to seperate some of the more complicated topics that most new users wont need to learn about unless they are trying to do something specific. Here are some of those terms;
+In effort to avoid stressing new users, there are some subjectively more complicated topics most new users will not ''need'' to learn about, unless they are trying to perform some specific task.
+* [[Building]]
+* [[Compiling]]
+* [[Compositor]]
 * [[Git]]
 * [[GitHub]]
+* [[GNU]]
+* [[Hacking]]
 * [[Kernel]]
-* [[Bash]]
+* [[Kernel Module]]
+* [[Licenses]]
+** [[GPL / GPLv3|General Public License [vX] (GPL vX)]]
 * [[Shell]]
+** [[Bash]]
+** [[ZSH]]
 * [[TTY]]
-* [[Kernel Module]]
-* [[Compositor]]
 * [[Wayland]]
+* [[X11]]
 * [[XOrg|Xorg]]
-* [[X11]]
 * [[Xwayland]]
-* [[Compiling]]
-* [[Building]]
-* [[License]]
-* [[GPL / GPLv3]]
-* [[GNU]]
-* [[Hacking]]
-* [[apt]]
-* [[pacman]]
-* [[zypper]]
-* [[dnf]]
-* [[rpm]]
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+[[Category:Terminology]]