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Elsewhere on the night shift
We don't cover everything, and we won't pretend to. Here's where else to go. Rated honestly, including where each one will lose a beginner. Nobody paid to be on this list; these are just good.
When you're stuck right now
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Q&A for Ubuntu and everything built on it (Mint, Pop!_OS, elementary). Your exact error is usually already answered. Search the message text before you post. Answers can be years old, so check the date.
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The best Linux documentation there is, full stop. Written for Arch, but roughly 80% applies to any distro. The catch: it assumes competence and won't hold your hand, so read slowly and skip the Arch-only install bits.
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r/linux4noobs & r/linuxquestions
Genuinely kind places to ask when you're new. No "just read the manual" energy. Post your distro, its version, and the exact error, and you'll usually get a real answer within the hour.
When you're ready to actually learn
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William Shotts' book, free as a PDF. The one to read if you want to understand the terminal instead of pasting into it. Our survival kit gets you moving; this makes you fluent.
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Beginner tutorials with clear screenshots and steady updates. It runs ads to stay alive. Fair enough. So expect a busier page than this one.
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A neutral catalog of nearly every distro, with release news and a popularity ranking. Great for browsing once you've read ticket #0004. And mildly dangerous if you're prone to distro-hopping instead of using your computer.
Your own distro's people
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The official forum for whatever you run
Mint, Ubuntu, and Fedora each have an active forum, and they know their own hardware quirks better than any general site can. When a fix depends on your exact distro and version, this is where the sharpest answers live. Search first; post second.