> I think that newer users of Linux are not used to searching for documentation in man pages, instead they go look for an answer they can copy-paste off of Stack Overflow.

I do not disagree entirely, but I would add that they've probably learned to do this because most linux distributions* are not very well documented -- in comparison to BSD systems, which are known for their amazing handbooks, man pages, etc.

*: Excluding (of course) Arch, Gentoo, and (Last I checked) Slackware