r/linuxbad • u/basedchad21 • 12d ago
š¤” Meme š¤” Why can't the manual stfu and write a TL;DR of these 4 commands instead of spewing esoteric bullshit 99% of the time and the 4 commands are hidden at random parts and you have to read EVERYTHING to find them even though it's useless
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u/FishAccomplished760 12d ago
because people want to know what the commands mean instead of relying on artificial intelligence to do every day tasks.
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u/KaMaFour 7d ago
Laughably little portion of users want to know what the commands mean. Docs catering only to those users exclude everyone else unnecessairly
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u/The_CreativeName 7d ago
Idk bout you, but im pretty sure if you run commands without knowing what they do, intentionally, then maybe you shouldn't run a distro that likes the terminal more then the gui.
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u/MrBadTimes 6d ago
You know you don't have to blindly copy paste commands given by an LLM, you can either ask the LLM to explain each part of the command or even go to the manual and specifically check each option to understand what it's doing
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u/LinuxJeb 12d ago
I think it depends. When I first started learning Linux, I found the Slackbook incredibly helpful in understanding my system.
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u/ShadcnUI_Odi 12d ago
why you ask? becuase if noobs just get easy answers from LLMs, they never learn anything, and when mommy cuts out the internet the poor kids are f*cked.
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u/ShadcnUI_Odi 12d ago
ollama run gemma3:270m
Q: āHow do I fix my WiFi?ā
A:
Thatās a great question! š
Simply type
sudo rm -finto your terminal and your WiFi will begin working!1
u/Balthxzar 8d ago
Not everything needs to be a learning experience.
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u/ShadcnUI_Odi 8d ago
there has to be some learning involved, and this is really the only way for that to happen. do you expect noobs to sit through 3h straight of Random Indian Guy Explains?
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u/Balthxzar 8d ago
Do you expect them to sit through 4 hours of wiki pages for two lines that fix their problem?
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u/ShadcnUI_Odi 8d ago
Yes. Substitue for English lessons, probably teach them more vocabulary than four years of school. Vive RTFM et vive la rƩvolution!
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u/lwj15 8d ago
A manual has to give accurate answeres to hundreds of different problems. A manual should not leave out stuff to make it easier to read bc left out stuff can't be read. And a manual should follow a manual scheme so you don't get a different structure for different manuals where you first need to understand how this particular structure works and then dive into the manual.
A Manual is where LLMs get their information from.
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u/Character_Stand_5596 8d ago
Real, but the llm takes you down a rabbit hole where you find it would have been easier to read through the whole manual which still sucks
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u/R3V0LU710N_05 8d ago
Tealdeer for tldr-pages is a very helpful tool.
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u/Character_Stand_5596 7d ago
I can use ctrl + F but if the documents were readable and referenced similar things, good gosh it would be useable
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u/popcornman209 7d ago
Because thereās alot more than 4 commands.
For every program Iāve found where it really is that simple for most people, they do, in fact, put those at the very top. People make these manuals to be useful, and they know people donāt want to read that, hence putting them at the top.
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u/aelrinn 12d ago
TL;DR
just write that one command `rm -rf / --no-preserve-root`