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Linux Myths (linux-myths.pages.dev)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by bsergay@discuss.online to c/linux@programming.dev

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Linux Myths

A compilation of linux myths and misconceptions, busted and explained

Purpose

To catalog and provide useful responses to common linux misconceptions and myths. To serve as a useful reference for new and old users alike.

I'm not affiliated with the website or its creator(s).

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[–] Feyd@programming.dev 13 points 4 months ago

Some of it is good and some of it is bad.

For instance it basically says that installing arch manually to learn is pointless and you should spend that time taking an operating systems class. This is confusing two completely different kinds of knowledge as well as time investments 2 or 3 orders of magnitude apart.

The site is also presenting opinions but using language that makes it sound like it is presenting facts.

Overall, I don't think it's a great site. It basically says "there are many differing opinions on various topics, but mine are the correct ones and you should treat me as an authority because I made a website."

Not a fan/10

[–] Ooops 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

"One of the primary arguments for manually installing and configuring your system is that it will teach you a lot about linux and operating systems in general. While there is a small grain of truth to this, it's incredibly misleading. [...] A significant drawback of the "manual means advanced" slogan is that it creates a narrative that is precisely the opposite of the truth. Computing is about automation, and advanced users are those who write software or use existing software to make their computing lives more painless."

Sure... and how exactly is one aquiring the "expertise to automate" when they never actually did it manually to know what to automate?