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* [[GUI|Graphical User Interface (GUI)]]
* [[GUI|Graphical User Interface (GUI)]]
* [[Linux]]
* [[Linux]]
* [[Nixpkgs|''nixpkgs'']]
* [[Package]]
* [[Package]]
* [[Package Manager]]
* [[Package Manager]]
** [[Apk|''apk'']]
** [[apt|''apt'']]
** [[apt|''apt'']]
** [[Apk|''apk'']]
** [[dnf|''dnf'']]
** [[dnf|''dnf'']]
** ''[[Flatpak]]''
** [[nixpkgs]]
** [[pacman|''pacman'']]
** [[pacman|''pacman'']]
** [[rpm|''rpm'']]
** [[rpm|''rpm'']]
** [[Snap]]
** [[Snap]]
** [[zypper|''zypper'']]
** [[zypper|''zypper'']]
* [[Ownership]]
* [[Program]]
* [[Program]]
* [[Privacy]]
* [[Privacy]]
* [[Repo / Repository]]
* [[Repository (Repo)]]
* [[Ricing|Theming / "Ricing"]]
* [[Script]]
* [[Script]]
* [[Security]]
* [[Security]]
* [[tar.xz / Tarball]] - broaden to file compression?
* [[Ricing|Theming / "Ricing"]]
* [[TUI|Text-Based User Interface (TUI)]]
* [[TUI|Text-Based User Interface (TUI)]]
* [[tar.xz / Tarball]] - broaden to file compression?
* [[Theming / "Ricing"|Ricing]]
* [[Ownership]]




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.
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.


* [[Bash]]
* [[Building]]
* [[Building]]
* [[Compiling]]
* [[Compositor]]
* [[Compositor]]
* [[Compiling]]
* [[GPL / GPLv3|General Public License [vX] (GPL vX)]]
* [[Git]]
* [[Git]]
* [[GitHub]]
* [[GNU]] - same place as GPL?  
* [[GNU]] - same place as GPL?  
* [[Hacking]]
* [[Hacking]]
* [[Kernel]]
* [[Kernel]]
* [[Kernel Module]]
* [[Kernel Module]]
* [[License]]
* [[Licenses]]
** [[GPL / GPLv3|General Public License [vX] (GPL vX)]]
* [[Shell]]
* [[Shell]]
** [[Bash]]
** [[ZSH]]
* [[TTY]]
* [[TTY]]
* [[Wayland]]
* [[Wayland]]
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* [[XOrg|Xorg]]
* [[XOrg|Xorg]]
* [[Xwayland]] - all three of the X's in one place? All in compositor, even?
* [[Xwayland]] - all three of the X's in one place? All in compositor, even?
* [[GitHub]]




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Revision as of 17:20, 4 June 2024

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.


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.