Hello Linux community.

I’d like to take a moment to explain what I hope will be a simple concept (so really it’s more of a reminder) that everyone should say least know and understand.

Not everyone (myself included) learns best by RTFM. Some of us need a guiding hand or to watch a video instead. It’s not that we’re lazy or don’t like reading, it’s just that it doesn’t work efficiently enough.

  • renegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.netEnglish
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    1 month ago

    “RTFM” (or similar comments like “it’s in the docs”) are just mean and useless without a reference.

    Like, okay, superior user in the internet: If it’s in the manual/docs, what page? Do you have a link? Could you quote the relevant section?

    Often people ask because they couldn’t find the answer in the docs. Simply pointing them at the answer is infinitely better than “lol the answer is in there somewhere”

    See also: “Let me Google that for you…” Like mf Google brought me to this thread!