What does this have anything to do with Linux?
What about these questions? How to teach tech literacy? Or are you looking for resources to learn?
And what does it have to do with Linux?
I want to know what people have to say about it.
But mostly I want to develop a philosophy for myself when approaching tech and I think the linux community has a lot of tech literate people (not including the elitist ones).
And I would like to know both what you think about these and also any resources would be appreciated.
I’m not 100% sure what you’re really trying to get here, especially about a “philosophy for myself when approaching tech”.
What I think you’re going for (And please correct me if I’m wrong) is how to figure out solutions to issues when you come across them. So to answer your questions:
When to use the internet? After you have already read whatever documentation you have on hand - things like man pages for a command, readme docs that come with a program, etc. A few minutes of really diving into documentation can save you hours of looking on the internet sometimes.
How to use search engines? In short, use keywords, and not normal language. If you are having a blue screen of death in Windows when you launch a program, you would look up “Programx launch bluescreen” instead of “When I launch programx, I get a blue screen”
Where to look for forums? I think any forum you find relating to your issue would be fine. Even communities like this can at least point you in the right direction when you ask your question. I think what’s more important is what you post to the forum. All too often, there are posts like “steam doesn’t work, please help” without even basic information to help troubleshoot the issue.
Better requests for help with have things such as “In Garuda, when I try to launch steam, I get this error message. I have uninstalled steam using pacman & re-installed without any change, my system is up to date. Here are my system specifications and my installed drivers”
I would recommend looking at other posts when you are on a forum to see what extra information is commonly requested and to put that in your post. Even if it’s not related to the issue at hand, it shows that you are trying to help them help you.
