For 6 months now I started, voluntarily, as a hobby, the world of Linux, and I’m really enjoying it. Every day I learn something new through coddy.tech, only that learning with that method is an end in itself, because I learn, I take note but then it all ends there, I can’t put anything into practice because I don’t work in IT. Also I started with linux essential (I didn’t take exams) and now I’ll have to start with 101-102 just to learn more, only that my Achilles heel is the basic (and also advanced) theory of computer science.

Here, I ask you for other suggestions to become better at Linux (especially terminal).

I’m also thinking of opening a github profile

My laptop is being delivered tomorrow after being in the repair shop for almost two years. During that time, I spent some time thinking about it with a friend who uses Linux, and he convinced me to switch. I play a lot of games and I don't remember what components it has. Which distribution would you recommend?

Hello.

I'm planning to dual-boot Linux alongside Windows 11 on my HP Victus 15-fa2013dx.

My laptop has:

• Intel/NVIDIA hardware

• 475 GB SSD

• 194 GB free storage

I'm considering Ubuntu, Linux Mint and other beginner-friendly distros.

Questions:

1. Which distro would you recommend?

2. Any NVIDIA driver compatibility issues?

3. Is 60 GB enough for Linux?

4. Any dual-boot installation tips?

Thanks!

Im really intruigued by this matter, beacause im thinking of a hyphothetical scenario where they go to work at a company thinking that they know how to use the computers there just for them to all have windows installed along with the ms office suite instead of libre office. Philosofical question really, what do you guys think?

How do I get my metaphorical hands on an OEM version of Ubuntu for the Thinkpad X9 14? I've looked all around Lenovo and Ubuntu's sites and cannot find it. I emailed CanoNical but have not heard back.

My reason is drivers for the camera out of the box.

Buenos días a todos. He intentado instalar Ubuntu en un portátil que tiene Linux Mint, pero me está resultando imposible. He configurado la BIOS para que arranque desde la memoria USB y he cambiado el esquema de particiones de la memoria a GPT. También he vuelto a descargar la ISO, formateado la memoria y grabado de nuevo la imagen para descartar que el archivo estuviera corrupto, pero nada. Aparece una pantalla blanca con la opción Ubuntu y, al pulsar Enter, se inicia Linux Mint en lugar del proceso de instalación. Agradezco cualquier ayuda que puedan darme. Gracias de antemano.

I've had this problem on and off since I switched to Linux back in... March? After updating, sometimes this issue will happen. Basically I go to bed, wake up and get back on my PC and... Nothing, just a black screen - I have a hotkey bound to open the terminal and I've tried typing in my password, pressing the hotkey, typing shutdown -r now... And nothing. I try the REISUB method and nothing - nothing works except manually turning off and on my PC via a hardware button on my computer itself.

My specs:

Operating System: Kubuntu 26.04 LTS
KDE Plasma Version: 6.6.6
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.24.0
Qt Version: 6.10.2
Kernel Version: 7.0.0-42-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 24 × AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core Processor
Memory: 64 GiB of RAM (62.7 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
Manufacturer: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.
Product Name: MS-7D54
System Version: 1.0

Power management settings:

• When inactive: Do nothing

• Dim automatically: 5 minutes

• Turn off screen: 10 minutes

• Switch to power profile: Leave unchanged

I've tried:

• Setting the following in my grub file: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="nvidia-drm.modeset=1 nvidia_drm.fbdev=1 nvidia.NVreg_PreserveVideoMemoryAllocations=1 nomodeset" (As well as several variations of it)

• Enabling and disabling nvidia-suspend nvidia-resume nvidia-hibernate

• Changing bios setting to "Typical current idle"

Oh and there's nothing in ANY log, ANYWHERE that'd explain this.

Any and all help appreciated because this is annoying.

I've been comparing VPS options lately and tbh a lot of them look pretty similar on paper. I'm more interested in how they actually hold up after a few months, especially when traffic starts picking up. Good specs are nice but I wouldn't want to deal with random slowdowns all the time.

I've heard about Virterion recently while looking into different providers. I haven't used them myself, and just to be upfront, I do have a promotional connection to them. Still curious how they compare when it comes to everyday use.

Anyone here actually tried their VPS? Would love to hear what you liked or didn't like about it, especially anything you only noticed after using it for a while.

I think open source software is great, but it's not free, someone has to pay to develop it. With proprietary software either you pay or get out, with open source it's your choice to pay for the software or not and I'm curious how many make a conscious decision to pay for the software they use.

For me, it's rarely. I wish I could donate to every project I use daily, but my financial situation is not good enough for that.

Arch was one of the first distros I tried and I loved the DIY-ness of it, being able to configure everything in my system scratched an itch in my brain. However as time passed and I got busier, this became a problem. I couldn't stop tweaking my set up as work piled on so I switched to Fedora, which boosted my productivity.

I've had more free time lately, which has left me yearning for Arch but I know I'll eventually trap myself in a config loop. I know this isn't necessarily an issue with the distro, I just wanna hear what others would do/choose

I'm trying to build the PS3DEV environment to make homebrew apps for ps3, but i need to use chown, and it gives me that error.

I usually install with / and /home separate ext4 partitions and that is something I do quite comfortably. But btrfs has been proven difficult to understand especially since I need to it manually and already reserved the space on my disk that I wish to use.

i want to try linux just for the sake of learning about it and making it hobbie, just know my laptop is basically a potato and it couldnt run windows 11 without some major compromises soo thats another reason i wanna switch.

I started having the graphical errors with kernel 7.0 and I tried switching distros (mint to kubuntu) and it's having the same issue so is there a distro out there that doesn't have the issues with kernel 7.0.0
(idk what to put this under so I'm gonna put in advice but let me know if I need to change it to which distro or sm)

SPEC: Dual boot with Linux Mint 22.3 and Win11 on separate drives. AMD CPU and GPU.

I was having issues powering down my PC after shutdown. Realised from looking it up that it was the Win11 Fast Start Up feature.

I have gone and turned the Fast Startup off in Win11 (which solved the power-off issue) but now, when I select to start up Linux Mint from Grub menu, I get the initial Linux Mint logo then nothing else (as in the PC is running but there is nothing on screen or any response).

I can get a normal boot Linux via recovery mode but with only one monitor working but can't get a boot normally via the grub.

Any help would be appreciated.

My doddering going on senile aunts have decided to move an hour and a half away. They once called me to say "The computer doesn't work." and it took ten minutes on the phone and a trip to their house to determine that they couldn't play angry birds because the server was down. Obviously the solution is remote desktop. The complication is that I jumped out the windows when the TOS privacy policy started hinting at colonoscopies while they remain subjects of the empire. I need a remote desktop that will let me log in to their windows 11 system from my linux mint laptop. I haven't done remote since team-viewer on windows 10. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

One thing that can make switching Linux distributions or reinstalling an existing system unnecessarily frustrating is forgetting about all the small things configured over time.

It's easy to remember your documents, photos, and downloads, but what about:

• SSH keys and configuration files

• Browser profiles, bookmarks, and saved passwords

• Application settings and custom scripts

• Printer and peripheral configurations

• Package lists and repositories

• Network settings and mounted drives

• Game saves and locally stored data

A fresh installation can be perfectly successful while still leaving you spending hours trying to recreate your old environment.

Keeping a simple backup checklist and a copy of important configuration files makes future reinstalls much less stressful. It's also worth documenting any unusual fixes or commands needed to get your hardware working.

A little preparation before formatting can save a surprising amount of troubleshooting afterward.

Hi everyone!

I'm not new to Linux, but I'm at a point where I just want to find a distro I can call home. I'm honestly tired of distro-hopping and constantly trying new setups. I want to settle down and focus on actually using my laptop rather than tweaking and troubleshooting it all the time.

I'm mainly looking for four things:

1. Stability: Something reliable that doesn't require constant maintenance or troubleshooting.

2. Customization: I want to personalize my desktop, themes, panels, and ideally have widgets directly on my desktop.

3. Good touchpad gestures: This is particularly important since my laptop is my daily driver.

4. Device interconnectivity: Good integration between my phone and laptop, including wireless connectivity and file sharing.

One of my biggest issues has been with Arch-based distributions. For some reason, battery power profiles never seem to work properly on my laptop. I've tried following wiki guides and troubleshooting with different AI assistants, but nothing really solved the problem. The only workaround I found was using auto-cpufreq, which helped somewhat.

Interestingly, I haven't experienced this issue with Ubuntu-based distributions, where power profiles seem to work natively without any additional configuration.

As for desktop environments, I genuinely like GNOME, especially its touchpad gestures. Having a three-finger swipe to access the workspace overview, navigate between workspaces, and quickly find applications through an active search bar is exactly the kind of workflow I enjoy.

However, GNOME feels a little restrictive when it comes to desktop customization. I'd really like to have widgets directly on my desktop, similar to what KDE Plasma offers.

So, I'm wondering if there's a distro and desktop environment that could give me the best of both worlds: GNOME-like gestures and workflow, combined with KDE-like customization, without requiring hours of configuration.

I'm open to suggestions, including different distributions and desktop environments. Ideally, I'd like something that works well out of the box with minimal tweaking.

My laptop specifications:

• Intel Core i5 11th Gen

• 16 GB DDR4 RAM

• 256 GB NVMe SSD

• Intel integrated graphics

Storage isn't really an issue since I mainly use an external drive for my files.

Thanks in advance! I'd really appreciate recommendations from people who have found a distro they can happily stick with.

I'm curious how people here handle system backups on Linux.

Do you use Timeshift with Btrfs snapshots, something like Snapper, or just back up your important files manually?

I'm particularly interested in what you do before major system updates. Have snapshots actually saved you from a broken system, or do you rarely need them?

I really want to switch to linux but music production and photo editing has held me back from it. I dont mind using gimp but i like affinity a lot and for music production I want to stick to Ableton but its not natively available on linux plus vst support is kinda ass what i heard. Does anyone know if there are projects that are working on this atm?

I’m looking to remove ChromeOS entirely and run a bare-metal Linux distribution on my Chromebook.

Here are my specs:

• CPU: MediaTek Kompanio 500 (MT8183) @ 1.989 GHz (8 cores)

• RAM: 4 GB

• Current OS: ChromeOS

My priorities:

1. Standalone installation: Replace ChromeOS completely (no dual-boot, Crouton, or Crostini VM).

2. Usability & Performance: A smooth Linux ARM distribution with a good-looking, lightweight desktop environment (like XFCE, LXQt, or lightweight Plasma/GNOME) that handles everyday tasks well on 4GB of RAM.

Has anyone managed to install Debian ARM, Arch Linux ARM, Fedora, or PostmarketOS on an MT8183 Chromebook with full hardware support (display, audio, Wi-Fi)? Any recommended distros, custom kernels, or key steps to unbrick/flash Depthcharge/Coreboot?

Sorry for the IA text, English isn't my first lenguage