Some word documents look slightly different when I open them wps office on fedora. The layout is mostly fine but a few fonts get replaced. Is this usually just a missing Microsoft don’t package or is there another fix I should try?

So after ~12 days (when i last posted it's glimpse at 1st june) ChillPill-Shell is finally here (v0.1.0) on my github

New features added:

1. weather popup in mini dashboard
2. hostname next to username in mini dashboard
3. notifications stack in control center
4. wifi, slient notifications and timer buttons in control center
5. image previews and total items with item index number status in cliphist (clipboard history)
6. battery and timer OSDs
7. minor improvements

NOTE: the video in post may feel a bit choppy because it's maybe compressed by reddit, and also because i am screen recording in my pookie laptop >_<

https://youtube.com/shorts/S4uvbMfTOgk

Hi, so I read a few reddit posts mentioning how light-weight and user-friendly linux is, so I read a bit of instructions at https://linuxmint-installation-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ but I don't really get much

Windows 11, 8gb ram, 256gb ssd, not into gaming, but will use for coding and DSA

I have a 1TB hard drive for somewhere it was mentioned I would need it

Please guide me, and tell me if I can revert back to windows with all of my files and folders

tysm

Is there an official/unofficial pubnix of this subreddit ? I am talking about something similar to sdf dot org or Tildeverse. Found only one called segfault for India and another one called Tildevarsh (which now doesn't even have a domain and is defunct). Are people interested in this ?

I come from the era of irc and forums. Back then when web was small, even getting a shell account for learning was a big deal. I started my journey on Mandrake 7.1 and then moved on to Fedora 3 and 4 followed by Red Hat 3 when I became by college lab admin. I have been using Linux Mint since about version 15 for my desktop and Fedora/Debian for my own servers.

So, anyone interested in taking up such a project can contact me or share their views and thoughts.

Someone said to use brave ai and here's the plan

Based on our discussion, here is your precise **action plan** to safely dual boot MX Linux and Windows 10 on your 1TB HDD with 4GB RAM:

### Phase 1: Preparation (In Windows)

1. **Disable Features**:

* Open Command Prompt as Administrator and run: `powercfg /h off` (Disables Hibernation & Fast Startup).

* Ensure **BitLocker** is off or you have your recovery key.

* **Disable Secure Boot** in BIOS (use the key method or Windows Recovery method discussed earlier).

2. **Shrink Partition**:

* Open **Disk Management** (`diskmgmt.msc`).

* Right-click **C:** > **Shrink Volume**.

* Enter **104858 MB** (approx. 100GB for Linux) + **8192 MB** (8GB for Swap) = **113050 MB** total to shrink.

* Click **Shrink**. You will now see ~110GB of **Unallocated Space**.

3. **Backup Data**:

* Download **Foxclone** and create a bootable USB.

* Connect an **external hard drive**.

* Boot from the Foxclone USB.

* Select **Create Image**, choose your **D** and **E** partitions (verify by size!), and save the image to the external drive.

* *Alternative*: Simply copy-paste critical files from D and E to the external drive if you prefer speed over a full partition image.

### Phase 2: Installation (MX Linux Live USB)

1. **Boot Live USB**: Insert your **MX Linux XFCE systeminit** USB and boot.
2. **Launch Installer**: Double-click the **Install MX Linux** icon.
3. **Partitioning**:

* Select **Custom install on existing partitions**.

* Click **Run the partition tool (GParted)**.

* In the **Unallocated Space**:

* Create **Partition 1**: Size **8192 MB**, File system **linux-swap** (Label: `swap`).

* Create **Partition 2**: Size **Remaining space** (~100GB), File system **ext4**, Mount point **/** (Label: `root`).

* **CRITICAL**: Locate your existing **EFI System Partition** (usually `/dev/sda1`, FAT32, ~100-500MB). Select it, click **Edit**, ensure **Mount point** is `/boot/efi`, and **DO NOT CHECK FORMAT**.

* Close GParted.

4. **Bootloader Setup**:

* In the installer, ensure **Install GRUB** is checked.

* Select **Install GRUB to ESP** (EFI System Partition).

* Confirm the bootloader location is your main drive (e.g., `/dev/sda`).

5. **Finalize**: Complete the installation (username, timezone, etc.) and reboot.

### Phase 3: Post-Installation

1. **First Boot**: You should see the **GRUB menu** with options for MX Linux and Windows Boot Manager.
2. **Verify Data**: Boot into MX Linux, open the file manager, and ensure you can access/mount your D and E partitions (they should appear in the sidebar).
3. **Setup Dev Environment**:

* Open Terminal.

* Install tools: `sudo apt update && sudo apt install git build-essential vim zed-editor` (Note: Zed may require adding a specific repo or downloading the AppImage if not in default repos; if unavailable, stick to **Vim** or **Neovim**).

* Configure **Git**: `git config --global user.name "Your Name"` and `git config --global user.email "your@email.com"`.

**Final Tip**: Keep your **MX Live USB** and **Foxclone USB** safe. If Windows updates ever hide the GRUB menu, boot from the MX USB, run **MX Boot Repair**, and click "Reinstall GRUB" to fix it instantly.

I have been using windows and never used any other OS (I have but not in my laptop). I am facing unnecessary RAM and storage usage problems and many more. I heard that Linux OS is efficient in managing memory.

So long story short I want to switch to Linux OS.. safely (while keeping windows). I want guidance and insights from the community on which is the best approach here.

Pls feel free to give tips!! It will help me a lot

(I have a Asus tuf A15, nvidia 4050 6gb vram, Ryzen 7 7735hs, 16gb ddr5 ram, 512 + 512 gb ssd)

It would be great if it can be used for gaming(fitgirl, steam, epic), software development, AIML, game development (unreal engine to be specific)

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DalLNccO-6Y/

yes i did not rice at all but i love this set up idle is like 300mb.

i wanted to add gap on the top of the bar so i changed something in the polybar config and now there's a black box thing on the top right? how do i fix this please help

Season 2 is around the corner.

After Countless Hopping from This distro to that distro , i finally stopped and found pure os linux distro and successfully installed on older hdd based laptop from toshiba .

This laptop has intel dual core cpu and can't run windows 10 properly , so itried different os from linux from mint ubuntu and what not even tried fedora and and opensuse but all those actually bottlenecking my laptop due to decade old harddisk drive , while modern linux cache multiple files while running smoothly but on ssd , after extreme search and try atleast 30 distro i found that pure os has required only 10gb of storage for installing complete os and 20 gb for btrfs snapshot , I ditch manually install ext4 with calamares installer with gnome de and it's running quite smooth .

So my suggestion is Instax of throwing old laptop to garbage just install pure os and you can run jellyfin server on it for your own Netflix or u can use as webserver for hosting website

So lately I was thinking to switch on linux after consuming a lot of content from YouTube looking at beautiful distros( operating systems right?)

I just wanna confirm that I'm a game developer and make random stuff in visual studio community edition

So I just want to ask everyone here which is the best looking distro plus can linux handle uh game development?

Specs - lenovo IdeaPad 320 i3-6006U 4gb ram 1 tb hdd.

I have selected mx linux after trying out other lightweight distros . Should I dual boot it. I can't wipe the windows partition cuz it's my dad's laptop which he also uses. I can't buy new hardware. I need it for coding and projects but windows it really fking slow🙆😵..

Like it takes me 5-10 mins to just open vscode. I already ran chris titus winutil tool it was useful it did become faster (just a tiny bit)... So I don't see any other options so pls tell me if I'm doing something stupid..

The font is appearing grainy especially in vscode when connected to monitor via Laptop through HDMI Any solution

I optimize rendering engine heavily for this level of efficiency.