Currently this is only an idea being given a try. Expect official content not before August 2026.
The aim of this project is to provide three categories of tutorial videos for at least the ~100 most important Linux console commands and Linux concepts:
a very short video (128 seconds) for beginners
a regular-length video for beginners
a regular-length video for advanced users
maybe an additional video with many examples
These videos shall
be of very high technical content quality (no wrong statements)
have a very similar structure and style
refer to the other videos in order to avoid repetition and keep the videos as short as possible (stopping and repeating a video, and following a link for additional information are easy; watching a long video in a shorter time is not)
show (nearly) everything that is mentioned
be accompanied by a weg page with the script, the used commands, and a tar archive with the file and directory structure used in the video so that it is very easy for the audience to reproduce on their own system what they have watched
be available in many languages
be checked in regular intervals and updated if necessary
focus on the content i.e. not show the narrators
be combined to playlists; one hour of video would be 27 subjects – too much to remember but a good start for learning to use the Linux console (or deciding if you want to learn that)
These assumptions are the justification for this project:
A relevant amount of (potential future) Linux users prefers a video over reading a man page or a tutorial web page.
Quite often you want a very short summary of the subject with a more comprehensive version readily available.
That the large amount of available videos still leave enough room for improvement.
Offering the videos by an organisation instead of a person offers many advantages:
It is not necessary any more that a single person
is interested in creating videos
has the necessary skills to create videos
and has the necessary knowledge about the subject to create high-quality content.
By bringing different people together a lot more and better content can be provided as everyone involved needs to match only one of the criteria. People can also participate with little effort (time).
The project does not die when the single maintainer loses interest or the necessary available time to continue.
There is no (or a smaller) risk of conflict of interest with non-commercial activities.
It is easier (more reliable) to keep the whole video collection up-to-date.
The idea is that the domains and responsibility for this project will be migrated to a non-commercial association like a Linux users group. This project has been planned and started and is currently maintained by:
Hauke Laging
Peter-Vischer-Str. 29
12157 Berlin
hauke