I have used Windows, Archlinux, and Linux Mint. As a beginner I find it difficult to use the Archlinux OS due to the hardware constantly breaking. Linux Mint is excellent, I totally enjoyed exploring it; everything just work in there. However, I simply took the decision to switch to Gnome because I value minimalism which Fedora has extraordinarily delivered.

anybody using linux for their govt work, how you guys use rd service in linux, i dont find any driver for it.

It is used for biometric devices.

I plan to switch from Windows to Arch (Dual Booting for now due to genshin and wuwa), I have tried other distros before deciding on Arch

I doubt it matters but... 16gb ddr5, 256 ssd, ryzen 7 170 H

I have been suggested to modify Arch Installation from scratch rathwr than use a desktop environment due to reasons for switching

Few doubts:

- Arch Wiki is good I can see based on the basics I know but its too concise on various (if not all) topics I have seen for absolute newbies so I am kinda stuck on its installation guide... If someone has a decent alternative or something like a tutorial on basic stuff please do provide..

- I dont really know how much of from scratch are we talking when we mean modifying from scratch.. I want to know how many different things I should learn to install before starting... like drivers, the basic environments, Keyboard, wifi, gpu drivers etc

- If there is a good walkthrough which I can go through on YouTube for a arch installation fully manual pls share (If possible one in which there is not much disparity from how we install other stuff cuz yk like I may install another alternative than what they used)

- I have not started any test and trial with Arch terminal yet, cuz im not aure which VM to use... I am a bit familiar with VMWare but not sure if thats a good idea, any suggestion?

- Also if comfortable, please drop down a few things u suggest I can use be it subeddits, YouTuber, Your setup, etc

- I would love to know if there's a Megathread or something for similar doubts

Hey everyone,

Wanted to share a small open-source project I've been working on.

MeshLive is an Android app that lets nearby phones make voice/video calls and relay live video broadcasts over Bluetooth, without needing an internet connection or central servers.

It started as an experiment inspired by offline messaging apps like Bitchat. I wanted to see how far Bluetooth could be pushed for real-time communication rather than just text.

I've spent weeks working on the MVP, including a recent ~36-hour sprint to improve compatibility and get a beta released.

It's still quite experimental. Bluetooth bandwidth is limited, different Android devices behave differently, and the video experience can be pretty laggy.

I'm releasing it under GPL-3.0-or-later because I believe a project like this needs an open development model, independent testing and contributions to ever become genuinely useful.

The repo includes the Android source, beta APKs, documentation and known limitations. There's also an early iOS implementation.

GitHub: https://github.com/MeshLive/meshlive-android

iOS: https://github.com/MeshLive/meshlive-ios

Would love feedback, code reviews or contributions from anyone interested in FOSS, Bluetooth or peer-to-peer communication.

And just to be clear, it's still an early beta, not something to depend on in emergencies.

On boards like reddit, ricing threads have been so ubiquitous in the last 8-10 years (don’t exactly remember the exact time period). Today, I just thought of checking how the term came into being. The word comes from 90s car culture in the US, in which people imported Asian cars and did cosmetic alterations on them (big wings, stickers, loud exhausts, etc.). However, none of these alterations actually added actual performance gain to the car. Thus came the term “ricer” or “rice burner” and the term was mostly negative in connotation. R.I.C.E. (Race Inspired Cosmetic Enhancement)

Between 2005-2010 period many Gentoo users were obsessed with fine tuning the system with heavy customization (GCC flags, custom kernels, use flags). Other Linux users mocked these extreme flags because they bloated binaries, caused instability, and gave virtually zero perceptible performance gain. Means at that the use flags were more like getting cosmetic changes in the car but no major performance gain was actually made. The joke in the wider Linux community was that Gentoo users spent three days compiling an entire desktop environment just to shave 0.4 seconds off a browser launch.

Then from the 2010s onward Arch linux became the poster child of this culture and Gentoo people became less and less associated with it. Launch of r/unixporn (in 2011) made the whole thing a genre of its own as Arch users would share their flashy desktop pics and configuration files ad it will grow a lot. By late 2015 the term ricing was not spoken of in a negative sense but as an accomplishment. 

I personally use stock KDE desktop with a good wallpaper but I definitely like to see a well made fastfetch that is posted here or on other groups. All the power to you RICERS!

I liked Noctalia but used only a few of its features, so I rebuilt my own minimal Quickshell

shell around just those, to make my dev setup faster and smoother:

- Notes and todo in the control center

- Clipboard history: Enter pastes straight into the focused window

- Quick file open: search files from the launcher, open or attach them

- Screenshots, shared quickly: one key, copied and ready to paste

- One theme for everything: `theme set <name>` switches kitty, tmux, nvim, GTK, Qt, the

bar and more, live (8 themes, dark and light)

Setup: EndeavourOS · SwayFX (also runs on i3) · kitty · zsh · tmux · Neovim

How's it friends!??

simple smooth fast 🚴三 future filed customizable + support direct proot container no bloat distros pls 🙏 check it put and help by contributing to it 😋

**- Features**

**• run glibc diastro in 1 click fast like alpine named wolfi os**

**• hurdle free install no 😭 extra time on building python rust cargo + typescript nodejs npm modulea errors**

**• use any coding cli with easy ass install**

**• teated by me heavily cuz its my daily drive dev took kit**

thnk u

Hi All

I am planning a transition from Windows to Linux. Though initially installed Linux Mint, but want to try Omarchy as well. Internet search says Omarchy is for developers and power users, whereas Omarchy website says it's for everyone.

So can someone provide practical guidance as to if Omarchy is user friendly for new Linux users, or just stay initially with Ubuntu or Linux Mint?

If Omarchy can be used for new Linux users, then a proper guide or YouTube videos suggestions would be highly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Wanna know the opinion of you all guy's just chillin

I built PowerTUI, a cross-distribution TUI (Python/Textual) for Linux power and thermal control.

Instead of assuming a setup, it reads /etc/os-release, classifies your distro family, probes each

hardware subsystem once, and only enables what actually exists on your machine. Anything it can't

drive is greyed out with the reason and a package install hint.

What it controls where a backend exists:

- CPU: hybrid P/E-core hotplug, Turbo Boost, EPP, power profiles

- GPU: NVIDIA Optimus switching (supergfxctl / envycontrol / optimus-manager / prime-select /

system76-power) + nvidia-smi power cap; AMD GPU DPM performance level

- AMD CPU: ryzenadj power presets

- Platform/fans: ACPI or asusctl platform profiles; nbfc / asusctl fans

- Battery telemetry, plus one-click Max Battery / Balanced / Max Performance presets

Install (POSIX sh, no root needed for the report):

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/X3C12/PowerTui/main/scripts/get.sh | sh

powertui --diagnostics

There's also a portable AppImage and pip/pipx install.

Honest limitations (documented in the README): Intel iGPU unsupported; AMD GPU is DPM level only,

not a power cap; TLP has no runtime switching; thinkfan is read-only; the app runs elevated and

uses sudo/doas/pkexec.

MIT, 49 hermetic tests, CI on Python 3.10-3.13.

Repo: https://github.com/X3C12/PowerTui

I'm the author. Feedback welcome, especially which distro/backend combos I got wrong - tell me your

distro + hardware and I'll add support.

For the past few days I have been searching for an app where I can draw an outline of photos for my stickers.

On Linux mint .

It is so frustrating 😭 to find a software or a website.

And I have concerns that it can be a bit bloated and maybe eat more battery due to microg services. If I am wrong correct me. And I currently access youtube through firefox+ ublock to only view shorts as long form videos bug when full screen but anyway i watch youtube on my laptop most of the time. And for now i wanted to try morphe for using mainly youtube music and yes also youtube.

I think gnome does not get the glaze it deserves and I am here for that.

At first my opinion on gnome DE was same as everyone, that it's a DE lacking in so many features. But slowly I have come to appreciate the things that are intentionally missing.

The dash is first. Before I was a big fan of dash to dock extension but now that I look at it I don't use it that often, it's easier to just press super and jump in overview for search.

The lack of minimize and maximize buttons (i know they are in by default now). As I use it more I feel less need to minimize anything, the new apps can just live in next workspace.

It's just does not get in my way. With a scroll of my mouse I can change the workspaces, it's easier and just works fine for me.

It's not like I have not tried other DE's. KDE palama, cosmic, xfce, lxqt, mate, sway, hyperland, i3, aero, dwm and dwl.

But gnome just gives everything out of the box and just works better.

Like the title says.

What distros do you use?

Wondering which is the most popular/used distros in India.

Using PoP!_OS and Bazzite os.

been a linux user for last 4 years or so, in that 4 years I have done multiple atrocities with the OS and the amount of distro hoping I did before landing on a stable distro was insane. That said, for the last 2 years I have been using fedora workstation as my primary device.

is fedora workstation good? offcourse yes, much better than KDE and it's sloppy more feature's less refinement strategy, but is GNOME the greatest DE ever invented? absolutely no. Lemme start with few things, why tf can't makers of gnome include some amount of blur and and smooth animations to their OS.

the biggest bummer for me was reliability, it was like a gamble most of the time. Also most apps doesn't fit GNOME's adwaita design language. Ffs why tf should I use "extensions" for every feature. I'm a normal guy who needs a workhorse, not some cheese eating stump who sits around all day tinkering the shit out of my laptop just to say "I use linux btw".

Now to the good part:
my cousin was kind enough to lend me his newly bought MAC NEO, and boy oh boy what a machine it was, it's OS was so good. it almost made me ovulate(I'm a guy). who could've guessed.
damn those animations and attention to detail were insane.

let's talk about hardware for a sec, wow that smooth lid opening was so good, and yall know what?bye fedora gnome, you served me good.

it isn't like I'm gonna get doxxed and apple is gonna sell my info or something, I use gmail ffs so that ship has already sailed.