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The Arch Linux Wiki, which I find very useful (surprisingly even for other distros): https://wiki.archlinux.org/ https://wiki.archlinux.org/

mraza007 6y ago
No doubt Arch Linux wiki is the one of the best resource for Linux.
- Jiocus 6y ago
  There really is no doubt about. Only paralleled, in excellence, by it's namesake dist ;)
  - mraza007 6y ago
    Couldn’t agree more :) It’s full of knowledge. Basically a treasure of knowledge.
Arkanosis 6y ago
The helpfulness of the ArchWiki for people who don't use Arch can't be stated enough. As a user of several distros, this is my go-to documentation regardless of which distro I'm working with.
- threatofrain 6y ago
  It's (almost) like the MDN of Linux.
  - dharmab 6y ago
    I'd say the MDN of linux is man-pages, which is browsable online at https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/index.html https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/index.html
    - ratorx 6y ago
      Arch Linux also has a man page browser (with IMO a slightly nicer interface, especially on mobile), which includes all packages in the default Arch repositories (but not the AUR): https://man.archlinux.org https://man.archlinux.org
    - justaj 6y ago
      I don't agree. Man pages are specific to distro and version of the command. It's always better to read manpages which are present on your particular distro.
- jarbus 6y ago
  I use arch specifically because of the arch wiki
boomboomsubban 6y ago
To add, there are very few "Arch-isms" beyond package installation. Sometimes you'll be instructed to confugure something up that your distro has already preconfigured, and very rarely a new version of something will change enough to make the guide unhelpful with an old version. Most of it should translate fine though. And if you use duckduckgo, !aw.
- thayne 6y ago
  Yes, but you do need to sometimes worry about your distro doing something different (like putting files in different locations).
  - boomboomsubban 6y ago
    It may just be my ignorance, but those should be very rare. The only thing I can think of offhand is some parts of the bootloader, anything else you interact with should have files in the standard config locations.
smitty1e 6y ago
In this vein: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Main_Page https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Main_Page
dharmab 6y ago
Thanks in large part to a few contributors who maintain bots to help maintain strong consistent style and deduplicate information across the wiki. (You know who you are!)
alfiedotwtf 6y ago
Came here to say this, and am glad this is at the top!
lofi_lory 6y ago
I wish the wiki had a bit more redundancy and TL;DRs. Way too often you are "required" to understand some related issue completely to follow "the arch way". Problem is, this stacks indefinitely. IMO premises should be explained shortly. I want to understand the why, without understanding linux in every detail every time.

mraza007 6y ago

No doubt Arch Linux wiki is the one of the best resource for Linux.

Jiocus 6y ago
There really is no doubt about. Only paralleled, in excellence, by it's namesake dist ;)
- mraza007 6y ago
  Couldn’t agree more :) It’s full of knowledge. Basically a treasure of knowledge.

Arkanosis 6y ago

The helpfulness of the ArchWiki for people who don't use Arch can't be stated enough. As a user of several distros, this is my go-to documentation regardless of which distro I'm working with.

threatofrain 6y ago
It's (almost) like the MDN of Linux.
- dharmab 6y ago
  I'd say the MDN of linux is man-pages, which is browsable online at https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/index.html https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/index.html
  - ratorx 6y ago
    Arch Linux also has a man page browser (with IMO a slightly nicer interface, especially on mobile), which includes all packages in the default Arch repositories (but not the AUR): https://man.archlinux.org https://man.archlinux.org
  - justaj 6y ago
    I don't agree. Man pages are specific to distro and version of the command. It's always better to read manpages which are present on your particular distro.
jarbus 6y ago
I use arch specifically because of the arch wiki

boomboomsubban 6y ago

To add, there are very few "Arch-isms" beyond package installation. Sometimes you'll be instructed to confugure something up that your distro has already preconfigured, and very rarely a new version of something will change enough to make the guide unhelpful with an old version. Most of it should translate fine though. And if you use duckduckgo, !aw.

thayne 6y ago
Yes, but you do need to sometimes worry about your distro doing something different (like putting files in different locations).
- boomboomsubban 6y ago
  It may just be my ignorance, but those should be very rare. The only thing I can think of offhand is some parts of the bootloader, anything else you interact with should have files in the standard config locations.

smitty1e 6y ago

In this vein: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Main_Page https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Main_Page

dharmab 6y ago

Thanks in large part to a few contributors who maintain bots to help maintain strong consistent style and deduplicate information across the wiki. (You know who you are!)

alfiedotwtf 6y ago

Came here to say this, and am glad this is at the top!

lofi_lory 6y ago

I wish the wiki had a bit more redundancy and TL;DRs. Way too often you are "required" to understand some related issue completely to follow "the arch way". Problem is, this stacks indefinitely. IMO premises should be explained shortly. I want to understand the why, without understanding linux in every detail every time.