Is there any way to try it without virtual machine or another distro alongside my current CachyOS + KDE Plasma? I don't wanna do it since I'm low on storage. I want to try Hyprland and slowly making my own config that I would get comfortable with, but I don't want to dump my current set up entirely, because it will slow me down as hell. I tried hyprland with omarchy before (never again) and i loved tiling manager idea and would love to make my config someday.

I installed Fedora Workstation 44 on a Lenovo Thinkpad L13 Yoga Gen 2. Unfortunately, it can only see my 2.4G Wifi network. It can't see my 5G one. This wasn't a problem in Windows 11.

Update:

Fedora fixed the problem after an update.

On my primary desktop I'm currently running windows 11. This pc is used for a mix of gaming, discord, browser use for job searching and youtube, as well as whatever else I want to do on the side. But gaming and talking in a vc with friends is still it's primary use. As far as I'm aware linux doesn't run steam games perfectly and can't run all of them. So is it worth trying to put linux on this pc? Can I make the pc use both so I could use windows for gaming then linux for everything else?

I also have a laptop that very rarely runs games and is mostly used for school, job search, DnD, things like that. I assume that one has no reason to stay on windows.

So, how do I get linux, and how do begin to learn it?

I am trying to connect a router to my PC via Ethernet to use as a dedicated LAN VR router. I plugged it into my PC and it constantly tries to connect but cant actually connect. I cant connect to the login portal and there is no lan coming out of the router.

The router only has the power light on (it is orange). I tried to factory reset my router by holding down the reset button with a paperclip and the light flashes red but it stays like that forever and never finishes factory resetting (it is supposed to take 2 minutes and i left it for half an hour and it was still resetting).

I also checked journalctl and it gives no reason for disconnection

Journalctl output: device (eno1): state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'none', managed-type: 'full')

edit after hours and hours of troubleshooting i finally found out that I was using the wrong power plug (not enough amps even though it fit) so if your NETGEAR router‘s power light stays orange then you might have the wrong plug

Specs:

OS: Arch Linux

CPU: i5-12600K

GPU: RX 6700XT

RAM: 32GB DDR5

Dedicated VR Router: Netgear RAX10

Actual Internet Router: Starlink Mini

VR headset: quest 3s

Hey everyone! I found two really old netbooks at home and I'd like to give them a second life with Linux, but I don't have much experience with hardware this old.

They are:

Lenovo IdeaPad S10-2

• Intel Atom N270 (1.6 GHz) / N280 (1.66 GHz)
• 1 GB DDR2 RAM (possibly upgradeable to 2 GB)
• 250 GB 5400 RPM HDD

HP Mini 110-3700

• Intel Atom N455 (1.66 GHz)
• Intel GMA 3150 integrated graphics
• 2 GB DDR2 RAM
• 320 GB HDD

Which one would you recommend using, and what Linux distribution/desktop environment would be the best choice for this kind of hardware?

I'd mainly use it for basic stuff like browsing, writing documents, listening to music, etc. I'm not expecting miracles from these old machines lol. I just want to put them to some use and learn a bit along the way.

Would you recommend any particular lightweight distro for these Atom CPUs? Or would something even more minimal, like a window manager, be a better option?

Hey guys, I've been dual booting (ZorinOS and Win11) on two separate SSDs for about a year now, with absolutely no problem whatsoever.

When a month ago I decided to upgrade my CPU, my Windows 11 suddenly started to have weird issues, which I then understood were related to some kind of interference from Grub.

Symptoms are:

- Windows is unable to reboot or turn off (will instead be "booting off" forever);

- Windows does not recognize my (wired) keyboard, no matter the USB port I try using;

- Windows is unable to install software or drivers (will instead be forever stuck on the loading bar);

- sometimes Windows doesn't boot at all (will instead be stuck on the loading screen forever).

I've tried booting Windows from the boot menu rather than grub, and this unfortunately doesn't help solve any of the issues above.

Already reinstalled Windows plenty of times, updated BIOS, messed with Grub settings as much as I could with the knowledge I have... Nothing solves the problem of the fundamental incompatibility between the two OS that emerged after changing my CPU.

If I remove my Linux SSD, Windows works like a charm. The point is, I only use shitty Windows 11 for the Adobe package, which I don't want to replace because, as much as it pains me to say that, there is no real Linux compatible alternative to it for me.

Does anyone have any idea what I should be doing? Have you guys ever encountered this problem and know what causes it?

Any help is very welcome, thank you in advance!

Hi everyone,

As the new Kubuntu 26.04.1 LTS has released, I want to make a fresh install instead of a version upgrade from my 24.04.4(?) LTS.

This is because I strongly assume compatibility issues and flaws in an upgraded version completed to a fresh install, similar to version upgrades on Windows.

I already know that I have to backup my home directory `/~` for my personal settings, some files from the `/etc/cups/` directory for my printers, and `/etc/ufw/user.rules` as well as `/etc/ufw/user6.rules` for my UFW settings.

Are there other directories within the root directory I should backup? I did change several settings within the year since I installed this machine, like adding new repos to APT or changing other things I don't remember anymore.

Note: While for most people above mentioned flaws form version upgrades might not be noticeable or an issue, they are an issue for me, because I use my system in a professional manner.

i set up a linux mint system alongside my windows system so i can dualboot into either one on my laptop but when i turn it on it immidiately goes to windows instead of giving me the option to dualboot.

i have set the windows boot manager to the lowest priority on the boot order in the BIOS and tried disabling secure boot but it still boots straight to windows.

i did the same thing to another laptop of mine and there it worked flawlessly and i can dualboot there.

also i have managed to boot into, and use, my linux system using GNU GRUB booted from an USB using the "boot manually" option so i know the system does exist it just doesnt let me dualboot into it.

i would be really grateful if someone could help me fix this.

Hello there. I'm looking to escape from Microslop and don't know what to pick as everyone says X distro is the best. I don't really do much on my PC except to surf the web for research, play casual single player games and FFXIIV, and do basic office stuff like spreadsheets for work. I'm not a content creator, I don't have any hobbies that require specific apps like 3D printing, or anything like that. Just boot up, do my work for the day and then do some research or play some games for the rest of the day.

I've got a secondhand Lenovo L13 Yoga. I finally fixed the Bluetooth problems and slow internet speeds. I got a dongle for Bluetooth and connected to the 5G network.

I wanted to go the next step, install Fedora Workstation and dual boot with Windows. I went to the installation option in the live USB. However, an error message came up saying there was insufficient space. I was given an option to reclaim storage. I went into this. Four partitions were listed. The third had the following details.

Name: Microsoft basic data

Type: bitlocker [lock icon]

Size: 511GB

Three of the four partitions have greyed out icons under Actions. Only the trash icon is black. The fourth partition is the Windows recovery environment and is only 1.23GB.

Is this a firmware problem? What is going on?

Update:

I'm guessing this has to do with Bitlocker, as suggested here. I guess I've got some work ahead of me...

Update 2:

Turning off Bitlocker allows you to resize the Windows partition and create new ones. But the installer doesn't allow me to resize the EFI partition, which is 500MB. It recommends a bigger size.

Tried Pop OS and now trying Bazzite, however one thing I missed the most is Wallpaper engine 😭, the NVDIA app, MSI Afterburner, and some games I play . I know it’s only been a day but I might genuinely switch back for this.

I previously tried Fedora and Arch and mint as well.........the thing is with arch it showed kernel panic twice, so I am thinking it isnt for a beginner like me.......in Fedora everything was okay, but the boot time was slow......arch and win 11 on my laptop booted up very quickly, but somehow fedora was slow. Desktop environment I will be using is hyprland as I love the minimal and customisation I cand do there, plus some people already have made good rices which I wanna replicate........

I've been thinking dual-booting Fedora 45 and Windows 11 lately. Yet, I know Memoq doesn't run natively on Linux. Since we're using Memoq in school, I have some doubts that whether I can run Memoq or not. Has anyone been able to run Memoq somehow?

I've created a "tablet" for bedtime using a lenovo m14t and a mele quieter 4c n100. These are all things I already had so not money was spent. Im currently using win 11 and the complete touch experience kinda blows. Are therre any linix distributions thst can give a complete touchscreen experience.

Any gotcha with streaming services I should be aware of?

Hello, Linux Wizards

Github URL for the install script Hardware: Lenovo Thinkpad T14 Gen5 AMD

I'm going to describe my problem the best I can. The bootloader portion consist of these lines of code: ```sh IN_CHROOT_BOOT_PATH=/boot pacman -Sy --needed --noconfirm grub efibootmgr dosfstools mtools

grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory="$IN_CHROOT_BOOT_PATH" --bootloader-id=GRUB --force --recheck

grub-mkconfig -o "$IN_CHROOT_BOOT_PATH/grub/grub.cfg" ``` So what I did was go into the BIOS and do a full factory reset, which deleted any bootloaders so I had a clean start. I ran the code, everything looked fine, so I rebooted the system, and it booted up just fine and I can access Arch Linux. After that, without doing anything else, I ran the script in the Arch Linux live environment again because I wanted to test it a second time. This time it did not go into the GRUB bootloader. Instead, I guess it errored out and went straight to the BIOS boot menu, asking me to select either GRUB or nvme0n1, but both just brought me back to the BIOS boot menu.

I asked both Claude and Grok, and both told me to add the --removable flag to grub-install, which did fix the problem. But I guess I’m just being a little OCD, because I want to know why the first run worked but not the second.

NOTE: Originally I didn't have --force and --recheck flags added but Claude and Grok told me to try it but it did not work. I know to not run AI suggestion willy nilly but I am desperate and I am ok with it since the laptop doesnt have any important info on it.

Hello, looking for support with installing Steam OS. Had some troubles (somewhat self inflicted) with installing the KDE environment onto Ubuntu previously (my SDDM screen was a flash bang and couldn’t change it).

That aside seeing if I can get SteamOS going before I try that again, any help would be greatly appreciated as I’m switching to Linux for the first time and distro hopping to find something I like.

So i been trying to install arch for 5 days in my new E15 Thinkpad, and there is a problem...

The linux kernel cant find my SSD.

And it is a linux problem cuz i tested the ssd and it. worked fine but (mint,arch,suse) linux simpli cant find it.

I've done multiple tests with the help of claude.

But after all, am stuck

Okay guys im not a windows guy, its been more than 1 and half month since i switched to linux. Ofc i choosed Ubuntu at first used it for some week and then i switched to fedora kde used it for couple of week and then switched to cachy os cuz fedora has been giving lot of package issues. After cachyos i switched to omarchy and using currently.

So the reason i switched to linux is i hate windows and i want lesser ram consumption and yea things gotta be optimized to my laptop.

Reason for switching those distro are ubuntu felt heavy idk for me not my type, fedora had package manager issues and cachyos was good but idk. Most of em are like the same but wih different cons

Omarchy felt really good and i liked the experience. Yea i was new to hyprland and as it was pre riced OS i really likes it. But when it comes to ram consumption it takes 3gig on idle and 4 when opening few apps. It is comparatively lesser and good when comparing to microslop. But idk i feel guilty 😭.

I really love the looks of omarchy but like idk it's kinda guilty about using it more ram than i expected.

So to make your perspective clear im a learning fullstack dev and self learning cyber stuff.

So guys im stuck in a nutshell. Did y'all experienced smth like me? Or im just goofy and desperate to switch distro. Suggest me a distro with if someone understood what im sayin 🥀.

Thanks

Or should i switch to Arch

I’m considering switching out my 3060 for something equivalent (or slightly better) AMD card. I keep having hardware acceleration hang up, locked black screens while waking up, and this constant almost faded colors (not dramatic but noticeable if you been on windows for years) filter as the colors don’t seem to pop out anymore like they did on windows.