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* [[Linux]] | * [[Linux]] | ||
* [[Distro]] | * [[Distro]] | ||
* [[DE / WM]] | * [[DE / WM|Desktop Environments and Window Managers]] | ||
* [[Display Manager]] | * [[Display Manager]] | ||
* [[KDE|KDE / Plasma]] | * [[KDE|KDE / Plasma]] | ||
* [[Gnome]] | * [[Gnome|GNOME]] | ||
* [[Package manager|Package Manager]] | * [[Package manager|Package Manager]] | ||
* [[Ricing]] | * [[Ricing]] | ||
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* [[Snap]] | * [[Snap]] | ||
* [[Bloat]] | * [[Bloat]] | ||
* [[FOSS / FLOSS | * [[FOSS / FLOSS|Free Open Source Software / Free, Libre Open Source Software]] | ||
* [[Privacy]] | * [[Privacy]] | ||
* [[Ownership]] | * [[Ownership]] | ||
Revision as of 04:00, 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 categories that a new user should learn about upon interacting with Linux for the first time.
- Linux
- Distro
- Desktop Environments and Window Managers
- Display Manager
- KDE / Plasma
- GNOME
- Package Manager
- Ricing
- Repo / Repository
- Script
- Command
- Package
- Program
- CLI
- TUI
- GUI
- Drivers
- Flatpak
- Tar.xz / Tarball
- AppImage
- Snap
- Bloat
- Free Open Source Software / Free, Libre Open Source Software
- Privacy
- Ownership
- Security
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.
- 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