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Revamping Your Linux Experience: Seven Modern Alternatives to Man Pages Episode

Revamping Your Linux Experience: Seven Modern Alternatives to Man Pages

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Welcome back to Better Linux Tips, I’m your host, and today we’re exploring seven fresh alternatives to the classic man pages. First up is Qman, “a modern manual page viewer with navigation, scrolling, hyperlink, and table of contents support” that feels more like browsing a website than plain text. Next, if you love cheat sheets, TLDR is for you—because “TL;DR stands for ‘Too Long; Didn’t Read,’” offering concise, community-maintained examples. Want that in Rust? Tealdeer sounds like TLDR when you say it aloud, and it’s just as fast and practical. For an interactive cheat sheet UI, try Navi: browse, execute, and even color-customize your snippets. Cheat.sh brings instant, online or offline cheat pages across dozens of languages—no install required unless you want the cht.sh client. If you prefer color in your pager, switch your PAGER to most, which adds left-right scroll and multi-window support. Finally, GNOME users can fire up Yelp or the gnome-help tool for a graphical take. Whether you’re a keyboard ninja or a GUI fan, ditch the dull man pages and find the tool that fits your workflow.
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