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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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How To Manipulate Files Using The Linux Terminal (thekernalblog.github.io)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 years ago

Okay, in advance...sorry for mainly criticising, the content itself is basic but maybe useful for people coming from windows and new to linux.

For example, if I wanted to switch to the Documents directory, I could type this.

Cd Documents.

Linux is case sensitive...and while this might be blog software used giving an example that won't work is maybe not a good idea. Needs to be "cd Documents"

Same later on with "Cp /original/pathto/filename /path/to/copy/to" and also "Mkdir “name of directory you want to make”"

cp paragraph messed up the headline ;)

Different syntax...the rm example uses /path/to/file while the mkdir example uses “name of directory you want to make”, probably should stick to one way.

And while I think short and very basic introductions to commands can be helpful links to full explanation/man pages for each discussed command might be a good idea or it gives the impression those commands are as limited as described there.