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Getting help: is additional guidance for Linux users necessary
The Getting help section in Episode 2 only specifies how to get help for Mac and Windows users. Does this need additional guidance for Linux users - i.e. what command they should use? This question was sparked when I submitted issue #1314
Both man and help should be available in Bash on Linux. I'm not sure whether a short note to this effect would be appropriate to make this explicit, or whether this is a 'red sticky note' question i.e. for the instructor.
It is shorter to indicate not available, and he choice of wording is probably influenced by the relatively smaller proportion of regular linux users. However, it may be worth indicating on operating systems where the commands are typically available, rather than not available. When discussing this material with an audience that has a variety of operating systems, many participants will comment that one method does not work for them.
