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The new user engaging with the modern world of Linux and the open-source ecosystem as a whole will likely be bombarded with loads of terminology that sounds foreign and often confusing. This is an index of different subjects that a new user should learn about upon interacting with Linux for the first time.
== 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]]
* [[Bloat]]
* [[CLI|Command-Line Interface (CLI)]]
* [[CLI|Command-Line Interface (CLI)]]
* [[Command]]
* [[Command]]
* [[DE / WM|Desktop Environments and Window Managers]]
* [[Desktop Environment‏‎|Desktop Environment‏‎s]]
** [[Gnome|GNOME]]
** [[GNOME]]
** [[KDE|KDE Plasma]]
** [[KDE Plasma]]
** [[Xfce]]
* [[Display Manager]]
* [[Display Manager]]
* [[Drivers]]
* [[Drivers]]
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* [[GUI|Graphical User Interface (GUI)]]
* [[GUI|Graphical User Interface (GUI)]]
* [[Linux]]
* [[Linux]]
* [[Linux Distributions|Linux Distribution]]
* [[Ownership]]
* [[Ownership]]
* [[Package]]
* [[Package]]
* [[Package Manager]]
* [[Package Manager]]
** [[Apk|''apk'']]
** [[apk]]
** [[apt|''apt'']]
** [[apt]]
** [[dnf|''dnf'']]
** [[dnf]]
** ''[[Flatpak]]''
** [[dpkg]]
** [[nixpkgs]]
** [[flatpak]]
** [[pacman|''pacman'']]
** [[NixOS|nix]]
** [[rpm|''rpm'']]
** [[pacman]]
** [[Snap]]
** [[portage]]
** [[zypper|''zypper'']]
** [[rpm]]
** [[snap]]
** [[zypper]]
* [[Privacy]]
* [[Privacy]]
* [[Program]]
* [[Program]]
* [[Repository (Repo)]]
* [[Repository|Repository (Repo)]]
* [[Script]]
* [[Script]]
* [[Security]]
* [[Security]]
* [[tar.xz / Tarball]] - broaden to file compression?
* [[tar.xz / Tarball]]
* [[TUI|Text-Based User Interface (TUI)]]
* [[TUI|Text-Based User Interface (TUI)]]
* [[Ricing|Theming / "Ricing"]]
* [[Ricing|Theming / "Ricing"]]
* [[Window Manager|Window Managers]]
** [[Dwm|DWM]]
** [[Hyprland]]
** [[IceWM]]
** [[i3]]




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* [[Git]]
* [[Git]]
* [[GitHub]]
* [[GitHub]]
* [[GNU]] - same place as GPL?
* [[GNU]]  
* [[Hacking]]
* [[Hacking]]
* [[Kernel]]
* [[Kernel]]
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* [[X11]]
* [[X11]]
* [[XOrg|Xorg]]
* [[XOrg|Xorg]]
* [[Xwayland]] - all three of the X's in one place? All in compositor, even?
* [[Xwayland]]
 


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Latest revision as of 13:39, 10 June 2024

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.