• Focal@pawb.social
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    6 hours ago

    I think a lot of documentation just fly over my head. I have a masters degree in mathematics, but so many manuals have such deeply ingrained “tribal” language that everyone takes for granted that you know.

    If you have a good starting point for a poor linux noob to read manuals, hit me up.

    (That being said, I DO read the manuals for appliances and all that. THAT stuff is luckily easy)

    • vala@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 hours ago

      This is an actual problem and causes headaches for a lot of beginner programmers. The only solution aside from finding well written guides, is to just look everything up as you go like you are reading a legal text or something. Eventually it gets better, but also doesn’t because programmers are terrible at naming things and making assumptions.