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Hehe, in 2000 I bought the 2nd edition of the book "Beginning Linux Programming (Programmer to programmer series)" [1] and learnt so much about Linux programming, and programming in general.

For us people 40+, even "Stack Overflow" was the easy/lazy way to get knowledge. There was something called expertsexchange.com at some point in the 2000 (but it became pay-walled at some point). But generally, downloading PDFs from Emule or going to the library was THE way to learn.

Fortunately, nowadays we have LLMs and tools that are way better. No regrets, and I am so happy to live in this era.

[1] Beginning Linux Programming (Programmer to Programmer) 2nd edition by Stones, Richard, Matthew, Neil (2000) Paperback