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what are problems with linux?
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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).
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For number 3, it is only gatekeeping if the person asking for help can't read.
Oh hi it's me. Archwiki and tldr are great, but man pages explain things adequately about 20% of the time.
Many of the Ms we're supposed to R aren't very well written, and we need to be open to explaining how things work in different ways if qe want others to take up with the things we like.
Man pages are the only reference material I know that has more information-free circular definition chains than Wikipedia. And I imagine that it's for much the same reason; they're primarily written and fought over by experts who only need terse reminder notes for themselves, and who can't remember what it was like not spending every day up to their elbows in the subject.
i'd go as far as saying tfm exists for a reason
And Google sucks more and more every day...
There's a good way to point people to existing documentation without being a jackass.
If someone doesn't find the wiki article that answers their question because they didn't know how to ask it with the right keywords, just point them to the wiki article and add any missing context to help the next person out.
A rude "rtfm" response with closing the ticket isn't helpful.
it's expected to tell someone to rtfm politely, but it exists for a reason and we must cultivate a culture of rtfm. the community can be there for more specific advice.