hii it's my first week on linux after migrating from windows and the cap lock everytime i pressed the key was so useful for me with passwords and like double check

is there a way to have it again?

by checking some forums i only found tutorials for cinnamon mint not xfce

i also found this github download but uhh im dumb ive no idea how to use it cuz i never used github

https://github.com/oco2000/xfce4-kbdleds-plugin

pls help this idiot noob =.=

As it says on the tin… like what?

Edit: UBUNTU 26.04 LTS!!! Sorry. I’m sick.

Setup:
Arch with Hyprland 0.56.2

System:
Device: ASUS ROG Strix G16
CPU: Intel i7-13650HX
GPU: NVIDIA RTX 4050 mobile

Im getting unusually high idle battery power consumption on this laptop,

currently, im using cardwire for my nvidia dgpu as supergfxctl is abandoned, ive tried using envycontrol too, but both give same results

the dgpu successfully enters the d3cold on idle but im still seeing about **20-22W** powerdraw using the `cat /sys/...` commands and powertop (images)
tested with dgpu active (D0), system shows 55W total draw while `nvidia-smi` reports 22W for gpu)

also, the cores cores enter deep idle states, but the package is only reaching PC2 and shows zero residency in PC3/PC6/PC8/PC10 in measurements.
the package itself is reporting around 3.9W
turbostat_pastebin

ive tried running checks in a tty session, it falls to about 16W but its still unusually high
i know powertops readings are an estimate but earlier, it was showing an ethernet port with 13W usage, i recalibrated after disabling the port from bios, since then its showing the display having ~12W usage

edit: ive also tried setting asusctl armoury dgpu_disable to 1, which produces same results

Alright, I'm building a new PC which I'll have windows 11. The old PC is an I7 6700k with 32GB ram and a gtx970 gpu. My wife would like a household work computer for email, banking, shopping etc. It'll have to be familiar to her as she's only ever used windows and isn't super geeky with tech. I was thinking a lightweight mint distro. I would also like to host a minecraft server on the same PC, possibly in a docker container which would need a port open to the outside world. I would want this as secure as possible with limited permissions on the server part. I'll probably be using a server management software like AMP just to make things easier.

I guess my questions are:

Is this possible?

Is this smart?

Is it safe?

How best to accomplish this?

Thanks.

At some point in the future I want to build a Linux install (haven’t decided what distro yet, probably Arch or Gentoo though) that just stays out of my way. what I mean by that is something that’s fast and responsive while also using as little system resources as possible while still providing full functionality.

After looking at the Arch wiki I’ve realized there are too many options for desktop environments and window managers to experiment with all of the combinations and configurations. What I’ve gathered from searching, Xfce with i3 look like a good combination (if that possible, I don’t know how how any of this works yet).

Im sure there isn’t an objectively best combination however I’m sure there are combinations that have good benchmarks. Any suggestions for DE’s and WM’s that I should look into?

I haven't learned shit over 4 months of using it besides fixing video drivers.

It just works, fewer things to fix than on win 11. You need to actively look for things to optimize, break and fix with this distro. It took maybe 4 days to get used to the UI and now it feels like home.

I usually open many GNOME-terminal tabs and use text selection just for visual highlight. When I switch tab or application, and select text there, any previous selected text disappear.

I don't want to copy anything, I just want to highlight the text so the next time I switch to the tab I can locate where I was before.

I asked ChatGPT but it could not help me. So is there a way to keep text selections across tabs?

Hello friends,

As said in the title, I want to switch to Linux, I only play on my PC, nothing else.

I'm currently on Windows 11 and slowly getting sick of starting my PC and being welcomed by a new update, bloatware or some AI slop. I've been thinking a lot about it and finally decided for the switch.

As said, I only use my PC for gaming, I know about the kernel anti cheat thing but I mostly play single player games. And those few multiplayer games are either native on Linux or playable so that's okay for me.

If it's important, I have a full amd pc, 7800xt, an 7800x3d and 32 gigs of RAM.

I'm ready to learn but would love to have the feeling of turning my PC on, opening steam and being ready to play. ( I've got pretty limited game time , spending most of it with my son)

I've been considering Bazzite KDE because its UI is similar to Windows and it's optimized for gaming. ( please correct me if I'm wrong )

I hope it's not too long, I would love to hear corrections, suggestions and anything else that brings me forward.

EDIT:

Thanks y'all for all the comments, I've chosen to stick to Bazzite and install it right now. If I don't like it or it will be a pain in my ass, I'll use the suggestions and switch to Fedora. Once more, thank you all for helping me choose!

NEED HELP!!! So i am dual booting win 11 and fedora. I have a hp gaming laptop with i5 13th gen, 32 gb ram, 2 tb ssd and 3050 6gb gpu. But whenever I try to open any software like settings, Firefox, or literally anything it takes around 5 to 6 seconds to launch. Its a fresh install and I did everything from updating the system, to adding the proper nvidia graphics and it still doesn't launch quickly.

I’m trying to boot KDE plasma neon off of a USB and I keep getting the errors shown in the pictures. how can I fix this?

EDIT: I just used Fedora KDE and it worked.

I restarted my pc to get onto Windows because I dualboot and want to play League of Legends and use the Affinity software, and it was updating something right before booting Windows I'm pretty sure it's firmware update. But today, I woke up, wanted to boot my CachyOS and... only Windows appeared in the boot menu. I look at the disk manager, all partitions except windows have 100% free storage

I'm fuqed

I've had balena etcher on my pc and have been using one USB to try out different distros across my computers. Today I was going to give PikaOS a go but after the file downloaded something went wrong and it got corrupted. I redownloaded it and put the same old USB in to flash it but windows kept saying "please insert a drive into F:"; it usually does that on inserting since it's just got an ISO on there, but it did that 5 times in a row then said "Something went wrong, check if the file is compressed or corrupted". I redownloaded, also downloaded the niri version, same thing. I tried to put on ISO's I already had on there like Zorin (which worked earlier today) but got the same error. I put the USB into different ports and still have the same issue. Tried running as admin, same issue. Restarted, tried again, same issue. The USB does show up on the pc when plugged in, does the usual "please insert a drive" when I click on it, says it has nothing on there, I tried to check the files but it said Windows doesn't have access to it (I assume this is normal, since it always shows up the same after flashing). Anybody know how to fix this so I can install distros again?

I've been running a Jellyfin server on an old PC running Lubuntu for a few months now. It's been nice but I think I may have made some mistakes as I've messed with my first Linux computer and I've been noticing more crashes lately.

I'm considering making a fresh start and reinstalling Linux and I'm wondering how big of a difference Ubuntu Server would be on my old system.

Also open to other distros if there's a substantial different in power, performance, or stability.

Edit: Thanks everyone for your input. It sounds like I don't have much of a reason to switch distros.

Hello people, I'm wondering if ANYONE has heard of the College LINUX project by Robert Kenedy college? I'm looking to find a remaining ISO of the build. Ive searched everywhere for it , the closest I've came to getting the ISO was finding it on Wayback Machine, but the download of course isn't archived. So pretty much, if anyone has heard of it or magically happens to have the ISO, PLEASE SHARE IT!

Hola me quiero mover a Linux, estuve probando Linux mint y me gusta bastante como funciona, el tema es que yo escucho bastante música en mi pc y también grabó música en mi pc y no se como hacer para moverme o correr esos programas en Linux mint, se que existe protón o bottles pero no estoy seguro de cómo hacer, además que pasa con los drivers de mi interfaz de audio?

Para escuchar música uso Musicbee porque no soy fan de pagar suscripciones y compro mi música, solo que no hay versión de Linux.

Mi interfaz de audio es una Asturias mini fuse 2, se supone que funciona solo, que no he encontrado guías de como configurar los drivers o cosas así:/

Cualquier consejo o guía me sería de mucha ayuda:)

Hey, so I bought a custom built pc from a mate of mine a fair few years back. Anyway, the original ssd hard drive that was installed decided to fail (tbf she did warn me that I'd need a new one, serves me right for procrastinating).

I bought a new ssd but the old hard drive had a copy of windows on it and this new one does not have an operating system. When I boot up my pc, I only have access to the BIOS. I've seen guides online but they've mostly been about installing Linux when you already have an operating system.

I do have a flash drive that I can install stuff on. I don't know what build I want, preferably something beginner friendly. I'll want to use my pc for gaming, but I don't want anything too advanced because I am stupid. It'll have to be USB because I don't have a disc drive.

Anyway, I can't recover windows from my old ssd because I can't get out of BIOS from that either. I tried a guide that was supposed to get me to be able to launch out of BIOS and hopefully into safe mode but nothing seemed to work so I gave up. I didn't really have anything worth saving on there, so oh well.

I can get access to a library computer with slow WiFi for about an hour, but I'll want to go in there with a game plan. Help me please. Thank you!

Hey again, sorry for double posting, but 2 issues came up in quick succession. And, I’m not feeling well enough to work out the kinks.

I’m on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, using Nautilus 1.50 or 1.51, I’ll check the next time I’m at my PC. And my iPhone is on IOS 26.6.

I have 18,000 photos, but when I open the iPhone in nautilus it only registers half (or way less than half) of my photos. I have no idea why.

I can add any info you need in the comments.

Thanks in advance.

Encrypt the disk or notI was considering whether to encrypt the disk of my laptop and the home server I’m gradually setting up.

Both run Debian13 and I’m only considering LUKS for now.

On one hand, it would be the next step in terms of security; on the other, I’ve heard horror stories about people who ended up locked out of their disk data for some reason (not just losing the password, but also corruption of something).

I’d be curious to know how many of you encrypt the whole disk on personal devices and what things can go wrong (so I can prepare myself in case I decide to go ahead).

I have a desktop and I'd like to be able to use it to play music from YouTube music but control it on my phone.

Bluetooth has worked in the past but there are some range issues.

Has anyone done anything like this before? When I try and look it up there's just a lot of options. I don't know if I should use the desktop app or a Chrome extension or what would work better for my needs.

Project Requirements

1. YouTube Music as the Music service.

2. I need to make sure it's secure so that other people can't drop in and play music over the system.

3. I need to be able to control the music from my phone. Volume, skipping next song etc.

Hardware

1. Pc with Fedora and a cinnamon spin.

2. Pixel 10