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Revision as of 00:58, 4 June 2024
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
- Linux
- Distro
- DE / WM
- KDE / Plasma
- Gnome
- Package Manager
- Repo / Repository
- Script
- Command
- Package
- Program
- CLI
- TUI
- GUI
- Drivers
- Flatpak
- Tar.xz / Tarball
- AppImage
- Snap
- FOSS / FLOSS
- Open Source
- Privacy
- Ownership
- Security
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;
- Git
- GitHub
- Kernel
- Bash
- Shell
- TTY
- Kernel Module
- Compositor
- Wayland
- Xorg
- X11
- Xwayland
- Compiling
- Building
- License
- GPL / GPLv3
- GNU
- Hacking
- apt
- pacman
- zypper
- dnf
- rpm