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Read Linux man pages the easy way with GNOME or KDE tools.
Skip the terminal - search and scroll man pages in a GUI instead.
Save your favorite man pages with handy bookmarks and print options.
A man page is a manual page dedicated to a specific command, and every Linux distribution includes them. Man pages are a great way to get an in-depth look at how a command works.
Say, for example, you wanted to learn about the chmod command. You could either run a Google search (and risk being inundated with AI slop) or read the man page. Man pages can be a bit intimidating at first, but once you get used to the layout, you'll have no trouble with them.
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But there's always a way to make things a bit easier. With a nod to irony, some users prefer to use a GUI to read about commands they'll have to work with from within a terminal window. There were once some decent GUI apps for man pages (such as xman), but many of those GUIs have vanished from sight.
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