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I think, though I'm not sure I can explain why exactly, there's a difference between using one utility—Google—to answer all questions (with no real understandin

by JadeNB 11y ago

I think, though I'm not sure I can explain why exactly, there's a difference between using one utility—Google—to answer all questions (with no real understanding of what's the 'right' place to ask), and doing focussed research—even if that focus is as minor as just reading the relevant documentation for the specific question.

jacquesm 11y ago
At some level google (or ddg or whatever you use) is the new 'man'. Especially since many man pages now simply read: "The GNU folks, in general, abhor man pages, and create info documents instead. Unfortunately, the info document describing tar is licensed under the GFDL with invariant cover texts, which makes it impossible to include any text from that document in this man page. Most of the text in this document was automatically extracted from the usage text in the source. It may not completely describe all features of the program."