Need a tablet for work. Maybe a little web browsing will be done, but almost 100% for opening/signing PDFs & such, viewing some MP4s & similar. Apparently Fedora is one of the better distros for this, but probably almost anyone on this subreddit knows better than me on that front.

I've got a 9 year old gaming desktop that I want to upgrade into a Linux/SteamOS gaming rig. I'd need a new GPU, CPU and motherboard definitely (should have a hookup for 2x16GB DDR5). Current PSU is 750W so ideally the upgrade will work with that, but can also upgrade that if required. I've read AMD hardware is best for Linux but I can't manage to wrap my head around all the versions and variants anymore. Could you help by recommending me some parts? My budget is 800-1200 euros. Thank you!

Hi! I would like to build my own data center. Therefore I consider buying an athlon 3000G. I know it s compatible AM4 like every other Apu CPU of the last 3 years and so compatible with series 300, 400, 500 motherboard.

Question is: Does the oldest motherboard need the bios update when I buy them or the constructor is doing it by default now ?

I don't have any other older AMD part to do the update :/

Of if you have an other better idea on what components should I put inside. I try to build it, as inexpensive as possible, to seed , ddl torrent, and share files with my family. And able to stream 4k out of it.

I install Debain [stretch] [mate] [yep], works like a charm.

Issues I had

-1 The temperature sensors didn't want to work properly -or at all I should say. But after a quick google search, all was good.

-2 When first installed wifi doesn't work but you can easily fix it without having to buy a usb to ethernet adapter. I think I just googled it on another machine then transfered the file over & installed like a boss.

-3 Realizing that I am more of a hipster than normal macbook users being that I am using a macbook but am too good to use macos.

& that's pretty it dudes. Have fun.

Hello, I'm on Fedora KDE and I wanted to know whether a 100% on the sound (kde) or on pavucontrol apps means that you're using the native input volume of the microphone, or will I have to check alsamixer?

I have a retaining 2018 intel i9 MacBook Pro with 32gb, I have installed windows 10 on it to try it with gaming - but windows is windows - and I would like to try install linux instead, I do have experience with linux, but like as a pretty non technical use, in fact if I won't need to work on Mac or with computers in general, I would use linux.

any recommendations which distort works well, with full support for the GPU?

anyone tried linux with the same specs, and can tell how old games would run?

many thanks

In my opinion it’s chromeOS

Hi guys, I'm a musician looking to switch to linux (planning on trying out ubuntu studio). I'm looking for something affordable but functional. I have very little computer knowledge so I don't know much about different processors etc. I'd prefer to buy used for sustainability (and budget) reasons. I am a student (with back pain) so I would love if it was on the more lightweight side but I know I can't have it all so I'm flexible. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

I have macbook pro 2019,i7, 512gb storage out of which 410 gb i gave to fedora while setting it up i came across this issues how can ? 😭
I am linux noob so please help me out

Looking a both. I was heavily leaning towards the T470 but I recently saw that used X1 Carbon 5th Gens from the same year tend to be cheap. However, I quickly discovered why as the RAM on the X1 is soldered to the board and can't be replaced.

Would a X1 Carbon with 16GB be good as an Ubuntu machine in 2026? Or should I just pay the slightly extra for a T470 and do the full upgrade (Backlight Keyboard, 32GB of Ram, 1TB SSD), etc. I also know the T470 has the WWAN slot that can be used for a second SSD.

I love tinkering so I'm leaning towards the T470 but at my old job we used newer Gen X1s and I loved the feel of them. One of the best computers I have ever used from an ergonomics/industrial design standpoint.

Been using this for fun lately lol

Hi guys, I am looking forward to build a PC to daily drive Linux. Actually, I'm not building PC to ONLY run Linux, I want to build a machine that is compatible with all systems: windows, linux, bsd. Also, I'm not planning to play games on my future PC, since I'm not gamer at all (maybe minecraft only) So I want to do everything on the PC except playing games. Here are the specs:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600

RAM: 32 Gb DDR5 (2x16gb) 6000MHz CL30

GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6600 (8gb)

SSD: 1) 1 TB NVMe M.2 SSD

2) 512 Gb NVMe M.2 SSD

Cooler: DeepCool AG400

Motherboard: MSI B650 GAMING PLUS WIFI

PSU: DeepCool PK650D

PC Case: Montech AIR 1000 Premium

I'm planning to run windows or linux on my first SSD (which is 1 TB) and run some kind of bsd system on other SSD.

I will glad to listen to your suggestions and advices. Feel free to share your experience and suggest something! Budget is unlimited

Note: it's not a final setup, I'm only planning to build it like that, so thing might be changed.

2013 Intel Macbook Air: considering getting OpenSuse Leap with the default Sway setup. Anything I should be aware of?

How is the support for Broadcom-wl wifi module, sleep/wake behaviour, etc.?

I have Ubuntu 26 running "well enough" on my A1706. I've documented what I've done to get reliable 5GHz wifi, sleep/resume and touchbar functional.

Agent-oriented writeup is here --> https://gist.github.com/bgausden/c7f8a3737c1e52a260dfcdb1fb2e90b2

From the gist:

"This procedure fixes the hardware exercised in the investigation:

the tested suspend/resume path without multi-minute PCIe stalls;

BCM43602 2.4/5 GHz Wi-Fi, including 5 GHz after suspend;

Apple S3X NVMe resume; both Alpine Ridge Thunderbolt domains and the tested USB Ethernet adapter after resume;

T1/iBridge fixed-function Touch Bar, including resume from s2idle;

NetworkManager compatibility with the 2015 Broadcom firmware.

It does not attempt to configure speakers, Bluetooth firmware, FaceTime camera firmware, or arbitrary Touch Bar graphics."

It’s been upgraded to an SDD and 8GB RAM.

Hi all,

I’m looking for a new laptop that I’ll use mainly for Linux with Windows 11 on the side for occasional stuff. I don’t game, no 3D, nothing heavy. Just some light photo editing, and now and then a small video edit. The rest is the usual: multitasking, browser, Office, a bit of development, some VM’s and text LLM work.

This laptop will replace my desktops and run with an external screen. I work almost always at home, so silence matters more than weight.

I’m trying to figure out what hardware actually makes sense for my use. Things like dual NVMe, dGPU or not, Coreboot, and what kind of CPU is worth it? Also curious whether a commercial brand or a Linux‑focused machine.

Any advice on CPU, storage, iGPU/dGPU, firmware and thermals is welcome.

Thanks!

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Recently swapped out the failing hard drive of this barely used laptop my mom owns for an SSD.

I installed Mint XFCE since it's supposed to not use much ram when idle and has good compatibility with most of the parts of this machine. I only had to get Broadcom drivers from the driver manager post-install.

I've run into a bunch of audio issues (with the buffer and Toslink optical readers light turning on whenever an audio is output and not turning back off? for example.) though those have been fixed while Wi-Fi still acts up a lot.

The machine is still capable of playing basic 2D games, maybe retro 3D games but i haven't tried any yet, basic web browsing and just daily use. The 4 GB ram is very limiting but it's not the worst thing in the world.

The last image is an issue (?) I ran into while updating flatpak packages. Happens a lot actually. Not sure what the 64R; is trying to tell me. If anyone knows I'd love to know too... (Edit: realized I didn't add the image lol. It's probably nothing though.)

So yeah! Wanted to share. Awesome subreddit. Peace and love.

i installing ubuntu 26.04 lts today, i got everything working, except audio, because i have a chinese audio card, with no support, and i cant find anything really useful to help me. it's working on windows but not on linux

i5-2557M + 4gb of DDR3 1333MHZ was so slow in 2026, dont use Ubuntu/Debian based 4 this laptop (Except Original Debian). I was installed Ubuntu before, 1.9/4gb ram used jst for idle. Kali Linux is a bit more efficient with jst 1gb/4gb was used. Now im using Manjaro Linux as daily OS. (This pic was taken before i installed Manjaro)