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ArchLinuxLinuxAccount

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Is it acceptable for me to download or buy a handbook?

Is it cheating for me to buy a handbook from a book store or download a pdf file online - then come to the Arch Wiki as needed?
Would that be considered cheating, or would that be considered "doing it myself" or "learning myself"?
I know nothing about Linux or command lines for Linux, including the individual distributions.
I downloaded Debian to give myself Linux, but I want something more I want to learn more.
I want to build my own PC...literally (or at least start somewhere).

Trilby

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Re: Is it acceptable for me to download or buy a handbook?

What?  What "handbook" are you talking about?  If you're asking about installing arch, no such thing exists*.  If it did, it would be outdated even before it made it to print.  And any third party guide, printed or online, is unsupported.  For installation you should follow our installation guide, that's it.

If you want to learn more about linux / unix in general, there are certainly some good books out there - I believe we have a thread on these.  But none of them are specifically about arch linux.

EDIT:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=55064
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=51661

*note: I suppose such things probably do exist: but they are scams.

Last edited by Trilby (2024-06-16 14:27:11)

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Funny0facer

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Registered: 2022-12-03

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Re: Is it acceptable for me to download or buy a handbook?

Nobody expects you to know every command out of your head. I would advise strongly to have access to a second computer (may it be a smartphone, tablet, laptop, pc)  while installing ArchLinux.
There is no such thing as "cheating". But you should not just blindly type the things you read in a book. Instead: at least check the man pages of the command before that and try to understand the thing you are typing.

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