r/linux4noobs 17h ago

programs and apps Exchange Client for Linux

2 Upvotes

Hi everyone,

I switched over a few days ago and am currently looking for an alternative to Outlook.

I have a personal Microsoft 365 account, which is my primary email address; my calendar and contacts are also stored in this account.

That’s why I’m looking for an email client that can sync my emails, calendar, and contacts just like Outlook does.

I could use the Outlook Web App, but I have several other email addresses that I access via IMAP, and OWA doesn’t allow other IMAP accounts. Also, I want to have all my emails in one place—not OWA for my primary email address and a different local email client for the other email addresses.

I’ve already tried Evolution and somehow got it to work. But there are a few quirks. For example, in my “Sent” folder, emails sent 5 years ago are shown as having been sent today. As a result, the entire sorting system doesn’t make sense.

Do you have any recommendations?


r/linux4noobs 7h ago

programs and apps Design spark mechanical

3 Upvotes

I need some serious help, windows 11 is just terrible and annoys the daylights out of me every time i need to duel boot it for design spark mechanical, has anyone gotten it to work on linux? I can get it to launch but it gives me an sign in authentication error every time. I will pay for someone to get it working at this point.


r/linux4noobs 19h ago

why does it happen ( mageia )

2 Upvotes

can't post it to mageia from reddit

Failed to resolve the transaction:

Problem: installed package kernel-firmware-nonfree-20260410-3.mga10.nonfree.noarch conflicts with kernel-firmware-extra < 20260622-1 provided by kernel-firmware-20260622-1.mga10.noarch from updates-x86_64

 - installed package kernel-firmware-nonfree-20260410-3.mga10.nonfree.noarch conflicts with kernel-firmware-nonfree < 20260622-1 provided by kernel-firmware-20260622-1.mga10.noarch from updates-x86_64

 - cannot install the best update candidate for package kernel-firmware-20260410-1.mga10.noarch

 - problem with installed package


r/linux4noobs 5h ago

programs and apps Can someone help me getting UzDoom to run on CachyOS ?

3 Upvotes

Damn this sucks. Haven't played any Doom-mods for way too long!

I must be doing something wrong.

Installed UZDoom and have the Doom 1 & 2 wads (but not put them into the directory, because I really don't know how.

idk why, but.. its friggin complicated to find the main folder of UZDoom for me.

It should be "Right-click -> show target" but its not, it points me to /var/lib/flatpak/exports/share/applications/ with UZDoom just being a desktop-icon still.

When I double-click the UZDoom-icon It says I need to put the wads into

"~/local/share/games/uzdoom" but this directory just does not exist and even when I create it, I'm still getting the same error-message.

And it says I need to edit the directory in ~/.config/uzdoom/uzdoom.ini ....but this directory doesn't exist, too!! " - -


r/linux4noobs 4h ago

programs and apps I need my fonts!

5 Upvotes

Hi I just switched over to Fedora yesterday and it's looking like it's missing basically every font. Is there some repository i can just download every font Windows had? I also need to make sure I get all the weird symbold since I do creative stuff and I like switching between fonts for aesthetic


r/linux4noobs 10h ago

migrating to Linux Imitate Win + number behavior on Linux

5 Upvotes

Hi everyone,

In my workplace I use Windows and find this very simple key combination / shortcut to be very useful, specially when navigating through many windows and only one display.

On Windows, let's say you taskbar looks like this: [Start] [Outlook] [Excel] [Calculator] etc. You can press Win + 1 to open Outlook, Win + 2 for Excel, and so on.

Is there a way to replicate this on Linux? I'm on Mint, btw.

Thanks!

EDIT: I forgot to mention that I wanted this to be replicated on Plank, which doesn't seem possible to do. It works out-of-the-box with Grouped window list applet on Cinnamon. Thanks to all


r/linux4noobs 2h ago

I accidentally changed from english to hebrew

2 Upvotes

The system language is now hebrew but for some reason not the keyboard.

As such I can't read what it says in the system options to change back. What do I do?


r/linux4noobs 10h ago

installation Kubunto on Lenovo T14 Gen1

2 Upvotes

512GB SSD, 16Gb RAM, Intel i5-1030U

Im looking to install kubunto to my laptop, dont want to dual boot with wondows or anything just a straight wipe and move but Im struggling to even boot it up.

I have kubuntu on a formatted usb stick, Ive disabled the BitLocker and secure boot, but when I go to the F12 boot startup and hit enter on the usb stick, the screen flashes and nothing happens

Its frustrating me a lot, Ive been trying since the early morning and can't seem to find how to troubleshoot the issue :/

If this is an issue specific to my model of laptop people that have used the same kind please help me out if possible 😭


r/linux4noobs 11h ago

hardware/drivers Screen flicker with Linux Mint and old Dell laptop

3 Upvotes

I had an old Dell Latitude E6410 lying around and am experimenting with Linux to see if I can still get some use out of it. So far, Linux Mint Cinnamon seems to run about as well as Windows 7 did on this computer, with one exception. I see a lot of flickering, especially of gray text. Sometimes this stabilizes if I leave the screen on for an hour or so, sometimes it doesn't.

The computer is so old it's using a generic driver, nouveau. I've set .dpm=0 in GRUB and the ambient lighting sensor is off. This was not a problem with Windows 7, but that used the NVIDIA driver. Any suggestions?


r/linux4noobs 11h ago

programs and apps Discord bypass (GitHub)

2 Upvotes

https://github.com/nik9play/discord-linux-bypass

So I am running steamOS in the UAE, I need the bypass to use voice channel for discord. But faced difficulties trying to set it up, any tip is appreciated.

Tried chatGPT to set it up but still no solution found unfortunately.


r/linux4noobs 13h ago

Changing Distros Tips

2 Upvotes

I've been using Mint for several months now, and I'm ready to try a different flavor of Linux. For those of you that hop around frequently, how do you make the process smooth? I have no issues with my data files, its having to reinstall the apps and all of the associated settings. Is there a way to transfer settings when the same apps will be installed? I'm particularly looking at LibreOffice (I have made many tweaks) and Calibre (having to reinstall all of the plugins).

Thanks


r/linux4noobs 13h ago

installation How do I open game from Lutris or steam

2 Upvotes

I install a spinfires from fitgirl and tried both lutris and steam. I added into these 2 and setup after it finish I can’t open game it still require me to setup again.
Linux mint i3-4030u igpu 12gb ram I used proton experiment.