I’ve recently installed EndeavourOS, and so far, so good. Got an OK setup and managing the basics.

Previously everything I’ve tried has been Debian based.

I know about the Arch Wiki… but was wondering if anyone recommended a relatively concise and easy-to-navigate resource to get a more rounded and complete understanding of Arch terminal commands?

I find it far more easy to learn when I understand where the terms come from - knowing that sudo means “superuser do”, pacman comes from package manager. But the moment I don’t know what yay, -s etc actually mean haha…

Thanks!

  • Björn Tantau
    15•3 days ago

    man is your friend. It shows you the manual for a command. Like man pacman will show you the manual for pacman. You can exit it with q.

      • CrisEnglish
        3•3 days ago

        As a general refrence, there’s also the tldr command line program/command which gives a simplified version of the man page entry for all sorts of common commands :)

        Good luck in your Linux ventures! ❤️

        • @[email protected]OP
          2•3 days ago

          Yes, was literally just recommended this and looks useful!

          I’ve been someone people would consider a “Mac expert” for years…

          But giving Linux a go I realised how little I actually knew and understood about the underpinnings of operating systems.

          Definitely interesting learning all the things that macOS was just doing for me or even hiding from me.

      • @[email protected]
        2•3 days ago

        There is a linked command apropos that searches the man page database for keywords. It can be very helpful if you forget the exact command you’re looking for.