On Fri, 20 Mar 2020 18:32:59 +0100, Wendelin Uez wrote:

> But. of course, additional links are highly appreciated,especially links
> to online documentations, I have a lot of time now.
>
OK, here you go: these are all general Linux recommendations because I
know nothing about NextCloudPi

Seeing that you already know one operating system well,

"Linux in a Nutshell" may be useful since it assumes that you already
understand another operating system. There seems to be a German edition
too. It does assume you're happt using a command line - unsurprising
since very few of the standard programs have graphical user interfaces.
Its fairly pricing, so you could also look for a used copy of either it
or "UNIX in a nutshell" because Linux is really a clean-room
reimplementation of UNIX and many of the utility programs are the same.

"Linux for Dummies" covers much the same material, but with more
explanation and without expecting you to know much about other operating
systems.

Freebies
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Bookmark and visit: http://www.debian.org/

This is a relevant site because Raspbian is Debian Linux adapted to run
on a RaspberryPi

Also bookmark: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/

This covers virtually everything you could want to know about Raspbian
but were afraid to ask. It isn't an easy read because it can be technical
and there's a lot of it, but it is well laid out.

And finally: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/

System D is the support system the boots Linux and manages its operation
as well as major servers running under it. As you are installing such a
major system, this link, which is well laid out and fairly easy to
follow, may save yo sal lot on time and trouble if yoy run into problems.

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Get know how the manpage system works. manpages document all the programs
etc installed on your RaspberryPi. The command:

  man less

tells you how to use the 'less' program, which is used to search through
and read text files. The command 'apropos' is used to search through the
manpage library to find the utility program you need to do something:

  apropos file

This command lists the names of all programs that work with files. You
scan this list to find one that does what you want and then use the 'man'
command to read how to use it.

There are many more utility commands that you're used to under Windows
because the UNIX/Linux way is to write utility programs that only do one
specific thing, but do it extremely well, so:

cp - copies file(s) to create copy(s) with a different name or in
     a different directory
mv - moves renames files or moves them to a different directories

rm - removes (deletes) file(s).

I hope this helps.


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