How to be Your Own Linux Tech Support
When I first began using Linux, I was fortunate that I had a few friends around who knew it well, and were able to answer my questions and provide support. Not everyone is so lucky. Fortunately, these days there are a multitude of ways you can get the info you need without calling up Cousin Ron the Computer Wiz. He’s probably busy recompiling his kernel anyway.
Many of the things I’ve listed here are well known to long time Linux users, I’m hoping that those who are just starting out, or are considering the switch, can find a few useful resources for making your system work the way you want. Linux is meant to be tinkered with, there are examples and how-tos everywhere. With the extensive guides and forums available to everyone, you don’t often encounter a problem that hasn’t been seen and blogged about by now. There are also quite a few things already built into a Linux OS that are there to help you get the information you need.
--help
Most Linux programs and commands have a --help option built in. It’s rare I encounter one without --help or something very similar. If you’re trying to figure out what arguments a command needs in order to run the way you want, try
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