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This seems a nifty utility...but I've slowly migrated to depending on manpages, my own directory of text files, and with an alias to http://cheat.sh/ http://che

This seems a nifty utility...but I've slowly migrated to depending on manpages, my own directory of text files, and with an alias to http://cheat.sh/ http://cheat.sh/ (while online, that is). Looking at this tool, mnemonic, navi, etc., i almost prefer navi and mnemonic over cheatsheets, but obviously that is only personal taste, and with no offense to the makers of any of these utilities. Specific to man pages, it actually took me a while to learn how to read them in order to gain maximum benefit from them. Surely, the quality of manpages is not the same across all or even most applications...but i guess i've gotten used to manpages enough that between them, and my own text files, with a rare dive into something like http://cheat.sh/ http://cheat.sh/ or good ol' DDG search, seems to have me covered.

trey-jones 6y ago
I learned more about how to use man pages in the 3 (4?) hours of LFCS exam than I did in nearly 10 years of using unix/linux every day. It's amazing what being forced to work without a web browser to hand can do.
- mxuribe 6y ago
  Very interesting; thanks for sharing!! I've not been interested in pursing that cert. (my day job has been lots more pointy-haired boss type of work rather than sysadmin, dev, or devops, etc.). However, i do have a colleague who is pursuing this cert., plus your note about learning manpages (as one benefit), and other anecdotes that i've heard similar to yours...makes me think that maybe i should pursue this cert even if only for my own personal improvement. Thanks again for that interesting tidbit!
  - trey-jones 6y ago
    Since you may be interested I would add that it didn't take much preparation after having worked as a sysadmin/dev/linux user for nearly 10 years, and my employer paid for it so there wasn't really investment from me. There are some targeted questions (there was a Docker question for example) that might throw you if you don't typically use the tech, but also a lot of general linux usage (grep, find, stdin/out/err manipulation, etc) so that even if you have to skip something (I didn't finish completely) you still stand a good chance of passing. I did find it to be a good exercise in some things that I don't do often (and things like using man pages), and I also would say that I feel a bit more confident and validated walking around with the cert than I did before. I also got a T-Shirt!
    - mxuribe 6y ago
      Very helpful; thanks again!

trey-jones 6y ago

I learned more about how to use man pages in the 3 (4?) hours of LFCS exam than I did in nearly 10 years of using unix/linux every day. It's amazing what being forced to work without a web browser to hand can do.

mxuribe 6y ago
Very interesting; thanks for sharing!! I've not been interested in pursing that cert. (my day job has been lots more pointy-haired boss type of work rather than sysadmin, dev, or devops, etc.). However, i do have a colleague who is pursuing this cert., plus your note about learning manpages (as one benefit), and other anecdotes that i've heard similar to yours...makes me think that maybe i should pursue this cert even if only for my own personal improvement. Thanks again for that interesting tidbit!
- trey-jones 6y ago
  Since you may be interested I would add that it didn't take much preparation after having worked as a sysadmin/dev/linux user for nearly 10 years, and my employer paid for it so there wasn't really investment from me. There are some targeted questions (there was a Docker question for example) that might throw you if you don't typically use the tech, but also a lot of general linux usage (grep, find, stdin/out/err manipulation, etc) so that even if you have to skip something (I didn't finish completely) you still stand a good chance of passing. I did find it to be a good exercise in some things that I don't do often (and things like using man pages), and I also would say that I feel a bit more confident and validated walking around with the cert than I did before. I also got a T-Shirt!
  - mxuribe 6y ago
    Very helpful; thanks again!