// you're never on your own
Millions of Linux users help each other every day, in forums, chat rooms, video tutorials, and Q&A threads. Every one of these resources is completely free, built by people who remember what it was like to start from scratch.
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These sites have years of searchable solutions, written by people who ran into the same thing you did.
The friendliest support forum in Linux. Moderators enforce kindness. No question is too basic.
forums.linuxmint.com →Twenty years of searchable answers. If you have a problem, someone's probably already solved it.
ubuntuforums.org →Stack Exchange Q&A format. Upvoted answers, well-organized, easy to search.
askubuntu.com →Beginner-focused tutorials and how-tos, written for humans.
itsfoss.com →The most comprehensive Linux documentation on the internet. Written for Arch, useful for everyone. A great reference once you're comfortable.
wiki.archlinux.org →talk to someone
Real-time conversations with real people who want to help. Ask anything.
The general help desk. Active, responsive, no question is too basic.
reddit.com/r/linuxquestions →Named for our audience. The whole point is helping first-timers without judgment.
reddit.com/r/linux4noobs →Discord and Matrix channels for real-time chat with other Mint users.
community.linuxmint.com →Discord and Matrix rooms for real-time help from the Ubuntu community.
discourse.ubuntu.com →Focused, competent community support from the Fedora project.
discussion.fedoraproject.org →watch and learn
Video tutorials, interactive lessons, and visual guides for people who learn by watching.
Thorough, beginner-friendly video tutorials and walkthroughs.
youtube.com/@LearnLinuxTV →Weekly Linux news and guides that make the ecosystem approachable.
youtube.com/@TheLinuxEXP →Hands-on walkthroughs for everyday Linux tasks and troubleshooting.
youtube.com/@ChrisTitusTech →Interactive step-by-step lessons from zero. Learn at your own pace.
linuxjourney.com →read the docs
Official manuals, free books, and deep references. Everything here is open, free, and written by the people who build this stuff.
Official distro documentation
The official guide, written for beginners. Step-by-step, clear, and friendly. Start here if Mint is your distro.
linuxmint-user-guide.readthedocs.io →Comprehensive and well-maintained. Covers installation, configuration, and daily use.
help.ubuntu.com →Thorough and current. Covers everything from installation to system administration.
docs.fedoraproject.org →Clean, well-organized documentation from System76, the team behind Pop!_OS.
support.system76.com →Free online book covering the foundation that Mint and Ubuntu are built on. Deep, thorough, authoritative.
debian.org/doc →General Linux reference
The single best reference on the internet. Written for Arch, useful for every distribution. If it exists in Linux, it's documented here.
wiki.archlinux.org →Classic guides and HOWTOs. Some of the oldest and most comprehensive Linux documentation in existence.
tldp.org →Every Linux manual page, searchable in a browser. The original documentation, the way the authors wrote it.
man7.org →The specifications and standards behind the Linux desktop. For people who want to understand how the pieces fit together.
freedesktop.org →Free books
By William Shotts. The gold standard introduction to the terminal. Full book, completely free. Start here when you're ready to go deeper.
linuxcommand.org →Free, comprehensive, and translated into multiple languages. Covers system administration from the ground up.
debian-handbook.info →Build your own Linux system from source code. Not for beginners, but extraordinary for understanding how everything works under the hood.
linuxfromscratch.org →The definitive guide to Git, the version control system that powers open source. Free, comprehensive, and well-written.
git-scm.com/book →Every one of these communities was built by volunteers who remember what it was like to be new. They're glad you're here. So are we.
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