About LinuxToday.net
LinuxToday.net is an independent Linux troubleshooting reference. Each page answers one problem — an error message, a piece of hardware that stopped working, a system that won't boot, a task you do twice a year and never remember — and gives the fix first, with commands for Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, Arch, Linux Mint and openSUSE.
Who the site is for
The audience LinuxToday.net writes for is intentionally broad:
- Users new to Linux who want a clear orientation to the major distributions and a few well-tested installation walkthroughs.
- Returning users who already use Linux daily and need a place to look something up — a command, a workflow, a project's release model.
- Sysadmins and developers who want concise reference pages on topics like security advisories and the kernel release process without wading through pages of marketing copy.
The tone of the site is technical but not exclusive. Where a piece of jargon is unavoidable, the surrounding paragraph explains it. Where a paragraph would explain something a reader is unlikely to need, it isn't there.
What the site covers
Content is organised into these sections:
- Errors — exact Linux error messages, what causes them and the command that fixes them.
- Fixes & guides — step-by-step fixes for hardware, boot and desktop problems, plus install, upgrade and admin walkthroughs.
- Cheat sheets — one-page command references with working examples.
- Tools — small calculators and generators that run entirely in your browser.
- Scripts — short, readable shell scripts for recurring sysadmin tasks.
- Distributions and Software — quick references for the major distributions and popular applications.
- Project overviews — how the kernel, Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, Arch, GNOME and KDE are developed and released.
Not affiliated with LinuxToday.com
LinuxToday.net is an independent reference site. It is not connected to, endorsed by or affiliated with LinuxToday.com, the long-running Linux news site, or with any Linux distribution, desktop project or company mentioned on these pages. If you are looking for LinuxToday.com's news coverage, please visit that site directly.
Editorial approach
A few choices shape every page on this site:
Evergreen over breaking
LinuxToday.net does not chase day-to-day project announcements. Pages on the kernel, on Ubuntu, on Debian and so on describe how those projects work, what they release and where to follow them officially — rather than freezing in a particular release date or version number that will be wrong in a few months.
No invented specifics
The site doesn't publish fabricated quotes, made-up statistics, predicted release dates, or guessed-at version numbers. Where exact details matter, pages link through to the upstream documentation. The aim is for everything you read here to either be true at the time of last review or to point at the place where the current truth lives.
One topic per page
Each guide or reference page covers one clearly-scoped topic. If a sub-problem is large enough to need its own walkthrough, it gets its own page. This is the opposite of the "ultimate guide to everything" pattern that dominates much of the search-result landscape; the trade-off is fewer pages, more useful ones.
Reviewed, not just published
Every substantive page on the site carries an "Updated" date. That's the date someone last read the page from start to finish and confirmed that the steps and references still match reality. It is not just an automated timestamp.
How the site is produced
LinuxToday.net is a small static website. There is no content-management system, no comments, no user accounts. Pages are written by hand as HTML fragments, served as static files, and edited in the open. The site doesn't republish other people's articles or aggregate news from RSS feeds; everything you read here was written for the site itself.
Content is written and reviewed by a small editorial team that has been using Linux on desktops and servers for years. The team isn't identified by name on the site for a simple reason: the value of a reference page is what it actually says, not whose byline is at the top.
What the site doesn't do
- Sponsored content. The site does not publish sponsored articles, paid placements, or "guest posts" in exchange for links.
- Comment sections. There are no on-page comments. Corrections come in by email and are applied directly to the page.
- Engagement-bait headlines. If a headline promises "the ultimate" or "the only" or "you need to know", the page doesn't live up to it. We try not to write them in the first place.
Advertising
The site does not display advertising, publish sponsored content or use affiliate links. It uses Google Analytics to see which pages are read; the privacy policy and the cookies page describe exactly what that involves.
Getting in touch
The contact page lists the right email addresses for general questions, corrections and security disclosures. Corrections are particularly welcome — if a step in a guide no longer matches reality, hearing about it is the most useful thing you can do.
Licensing
Unless otherwise noted, original written content on LinuxToday.net is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) licence. The site name, logo and overall design are not covered by that licence.
Linux® is the registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. Distribution names and other project names mentioned on the site are the property of their respective owners and are used for identification only.