Ask Lemmy

With Linux related issues, it’s usually a good idea to include the name of the distro.

For example: debian apt unmet dependencies

or even: arch wiki nvidia

When looking for information about a particular rock, add the word “mineral” in the search query. If you forget to add it, you’ll usually end up reading about some mystical and magical properties you can still probably include in your next D&D campaign. If you’re feeling extra technical, try adding mindat or webmineral

Example: Chrysocolla mineral

Technical: Chrysocolla webmineral

I'm not entirely sure this is what you're after, but "reddit" makes it a lot easier to fix software issues, at least with Windows. Regular search engines are SEO'd to death or you get the Microsoft forums where a "experienced expert" suggests steps OP already performed to then recommend a full system wipe.

I wish Lemmy had this trove of info and I try to put solutions on here as they are asked, but it will take time

Not exactly what you're looking for but it's also helpful to exclude results. You can do this by having a "-" with no space before a term you want to exclude.

For example, if I want to search for pictures of the dish "ratatouille" and not screenshots of the Disney movie, I would type "ratatouille - movie -Disney"

Edit: not sure why there's a space after my hyphens in the post. They're not there when writing.

"2025"

That's the term I actually add to so many searches.

(But don't forget to adjust it next year)