Episode 41 - Virtual Machines, CLI Functions, tldr
From Linux for the Layman: the Joy of Computing. by Mark Richter
December 28, 2024 · 33 min
About this episode
This episode discusses the utility of Virtual Machines for evaluating Linux distros, the use of Bash functions, and an overview of manual pages and the tldr command.
What Virtual Machines are good for (evaluating Linux distros) and which ones to use. An example of how and why to use a Bash function. Overview of manual pages and the tldr command.
People in this episode
Host: Mark Richter
Topics covered
- Virtual Machines
- Bash functions
- Linux distros
- manual pages
- tldr command
Keywords
- Virtual Machines
- Linux distros
- Bash functions
- manual pages
- tldr
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Linux, Linux distros, Virtual Machines
Products: Bash, tldr
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