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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.
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.


* [[Linux]]
* [[Bloat]]
* [[Distro]]
* [[CLI|Command-Line Interface (CLI)]]
* [[Command]]
* [[DE / WM|Desktop Environments and Window Managers]]
* [[DE / WM|Desktop Environments and Window Managers]]
** [[Gnome|GNOME]]
** [[KDE|KDE Plasma]]
** [[KDE|KDE Plasma]]
** [[Gnome|GNOME]]
* [[Display Manager]]
* [[Display Manager]]
* [[Package manager|Package Manager]]
* [[Drivers]]
* [[FOSS / FLOSS|Free Open Source Software  / Free, Libre Open Source Software (FOSS/FLOSS)]]
* [[GUI|Graphical User Interface (GUI)]]
* [[Linux]]
* [[Nixpkgs|''nixpkgs'']]
* [[Package]]
* [[Package Manager]]
** [[apt|''apt'']]
** [[apt|''apt'']]
** [[Apk|''apk'']]
** [[dnf|''dnf'']]
** [[pacman|''pacman'']]
** [[pacman|''pacman'']]
** [[rpm|''rpm'']]
** [[Snap]]
** [[zypper|''zypper'']]
** [[zypper|''zypper'']]
** [[dnf|''dnf'']]
* [[Program]]
** [[rpm|''rpm'']]
* [[Privacy]]
** [[Apk|''apk'']]
* [[Repo / Repository]]
** [[Nixpkgs|''nixpkgs'']]
* [[Ricing|Theming / "Ricing"]]
* [[Ricing|Theming / "Ricing"]]
* [[Repo / Repository]]
* [[Script]]
* [[Script]]
* [[Command]]
* [[Security]]
* [[Package]]
* [[Program]]
* [[CLI|Command-Line Interface (CLI)]]
* [[TUI|Text-Based User Interface (TUI)]]
* [[TUI|Text-Based User Interface (TUI)]]
* [[GUI|Graphical User Interface (GUI)]]
* [[Drivers]]
* [[Flatpak]]
* [[tar.xz / Tarball]] - broaden to file compression?
* [[tar.xz / Tarball]] - broaden to file compression?
* [[AppImage]]
* [[Theming / "Ricing"|Ricing]]
* [[Snap]]
* [[Bloat]]
* [[FOSS / FLOSS|Free Open Source Software  / Free, Libre Open Source Software (FOSS/FLOSS)]]
* [[Privacy]]
* [[Ownership]]
* [[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.
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]]
* [[Compositor]]
* [[Compiling]]
* [[GPL / GPLv3|General Public License [vX] (GPL vX)]]
* [[Git]]
* [[Git]]
* [[GitHub]]
* [[GNU]] - same place as GPL?
* [[Hacking]]
* [[Kernel]]
* [[Kernel]]
* [[Bash]]
* [[Kernel Module]]
* [[License]]
* [[Shell]]
* [[Shell]]
* [[TTY]]
* [[TTY]]
* [[Kernel Module]]
* [[Compositor]]
* [[Wayland]]
* [[Wayland]]
* [[X11]]
* [[XOrg|Xorg]]
* [[XOrg|Xorg]]
* [[X11]]
* [[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?
* [[Compiling]]
* [[GitHub]]
* [[Building]]
 
* [[License]] - put GPL in here?
* [[GPL / GPLv3|General Public License [vX] (GPL vX)]]
* [[GNU]] - same place as GPL?
* [[Hacking]]


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Revision as of 13:50, 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.