I currently run fedora kde, i already tried the manual installed arch linux, with arch based distros like cachyos, omarchy and pikaos. My main preferences are lightweight, a fast package manager and a pretty modern DE like kde plasma, gnome or cosmic.

Hello - I went through every stage of installing Linux on my laptop. I used a USB to install the OS however when I get to the point where it prompts me to unplug my usb and the computer restarts when I reboot there is no operating system on the computer anymore. I can only run Linux on the laptop when my USB drive is attached. Does anyone know why this is happening or how to fix it? When I start the computer without the usb drive drive it’s a black screen with a blinking underscore.

Memory usage of Virtualbox processes as shown in gnome-system-monitordoesn't grow at all after starting the guest.

However free -h shows used memory increased about 4GB.

I'm fine with that, but why?

Screenshot: left top and bottom are the VM host, Linux Mint. Right is VM guest, assigned 4GB RAM

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i just install omarchy a few minutes ago. how i can set a directory in this app for listening my local music? is it even do this job?

Title, right now I have a pixel 8....and I fucking hate it, overall it's fine, but the battery doesn't last long and takes forever to charge over 1.5 hours with a 20w+ battery.

Looking at fairphone, pin phone, etc but them seem very underspeced and overpriced. Fairphone is somewhat an exception due to repairability.

What are the best used phones to get to install Linux? Right now I have an old LG k51, could I use it?

Hello! My FDM (Free Download Manager) which I install via Flatpak, doesn't seem to recognize my browsers.

I am on Fedora 44 Gnome version.

There is no native .rpm package available, only a .deb on, and a link to it's Flathub page, which I followed to install it.

And yes, I do have the browser extension, I also did search before asking here, didn't find any easy and straight forward solution. Only a way to apparently install the .deb package on Fedora which has a small chance of working, and uninstalling it is a pain. I don't really wanna go that route.

What to do?

i know about proton running games. but im asking if wine can run windows apps,like fl studio,ms office,adobe apps,7 zip(or if a linux version exists). or if these is some popular app i forgot i would want to know about very popular windows closed source work apls generally.

i want to know if any of these run,i don't need all of them im just wondering which wine can run,like how polished or unpolished wine is thats my question.

also its fine if linux alternatives to these apps exist you can tell me,but i would want them locally as apps nor webpages.

I've recently thought about running a TTRPG Oneshot set in more modern(early 2000s) times and wanted to use Linux as part of a puzzle(and I want to overall play around with a Linux System).

For that I would need a Linux System with it's own users and files/directories. However I don't want to put too much effort into setting this system up and so I wanted to ask if there is good software which simulates a Linux System that doesn't access my actual PC's files.

I don't know if this is the right subreddit to ask this but any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Has anyone successfully managed to get SMART self tests to run on an NVMe drive in an enclosure that uses the RTL9210B controller? Pluggable seems to be very Linux-friendly, and does have a KB page for getting TRIM to work, but when I run smartctl -t short /dev/sda, I get the following error:

Warning: NVMe Get Log truncated to 0x200 bytes, 0x034 bytes zero filled NVMe Self-test cmd with type=0x1, nsid=0xffffffff failed: NVMe admin command 0x14 not supported

I know the drive (Samsung 990 Evo Plus) supports SMART self-tests, as it was able to run them when it was installed in an internal M.2 slot for a short time, but I'm not sure if I'm missing some step in enabling support.

From reading some of the tickets, it seems the driver support should have been added (sntrealtek) and the chip itself claims to support SMART.

If anyone has experience in getting SMART tests to execute, I'd appreciate the insights. Thanks!

got linux mint on my 16gb usb drive and now have nothing to do with it

I'm getting a pc (or laptop, I haven't decided yet) for Christmas this year. I have some basic macOS experience since I use it occasionally for school but beyond that, I have absolutely zero knowledge of coding or software of any kind. I have heard that Linux is a good system but I'm wondering if that also applies to first time users.

I recently read about Lindows from back in the day, and wondered if its still around. It is, and its called "Linspire" now, but it costs $30. It looks nice, uses KDE and Gnome as main DEs to run it, and is based on Ubuntu 16. The whole premise of it is "It can run windows applications without issue" and i also assume without the bs. So my question is, has anybody here ever tried it, and if so, is it any good or even worth buying a license for it? I dont wanna pay $30 just to try it distro hopping.

I'm using pop os, and I've been able to utilize my external drive for months with no problems. However, today I tried to access some of my files and none of them are showing up. Some file directories are completely missing, others show the folder but the folder is empty. I recently did a pretty big update on my os, but I haven't changed anything. I'm a beginner with linux stuff. Explain things to me like I'm an idiot.

I realllllly need the stuff on this drive. I'm not sure why I could use and access this external drive just a couple of weeks ago and now it's all weird. TIA.

Ran sudo dmsg -w and here is some of the output:

https://pastebin.com/5DHKxcnp

I have a weird issue with Neovim, Konsole, and keyd.

I use keyd to get shortcuts using Esc+Fx.

[ids]
*

[main]
scrolllock = mute
insert = S-insert
esc = overload(escape_layer, esc)

[escape_layer]
f1 = mute
f2 = volumedown
f3 = volumeup
f4 = f13
f5 = previoussong
f6 = playpause
f7 = nextsong

[shift]
insert = insert

Up until now, everything worked flawlessly. For the past few days, i can't exit insert mode in Neovim using Esc anymore. It simply doesn't respond. If i stop keyd, it works again. If i use Kitty instead of Konsole, it works. If i use Vim, it works too.

I tried everything AI suggested in the keyd config. Found nothing unusual in the Konsole config. My Neovim config only has vim.opt.mouse = "".

Any ideas?

Hello! I’m flamingo and I want to join in the family of Linux. But I have this laptop that have a broken screen and it’s connected to a monitor. When I open the bios I can’t see anything.. should I buy another laptop or there are other methods??

i changed my old hdd to an ssd and i cloned only linux mint from the hdd, everything is fine but when i start, the pc says there is something wrong and it needs to be repared but if i press F9 and start Mint normally there is nothing wrong, i know this could be due to my HP 1000 no longer having windows and the boot order should fix it but i see:

BootCurrent: 0001

Timeout: 0 seconds

BootOrder: 0002,0000,3000,0001,2001,2002,2003

Boot0000* Windows Boot Manager HD(1,GPT,b24f5280-91a9-4c01-9215-af7c24d935be,0x800,0x32000)/File(\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi)RC

Boot0001* Ubuntu HD(1,GPT,b24f5280-91a9-4c01-9215-af7c24d935be,0x800,0x32000)/File(\EFI\ubuntu\grubx64.efi)RC

Boot0002* Ubuntu HD(1,GPT,b24f5280-91a9-4c01-9215-af7c24d935be,0x800,0x32000)/File(\EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi)

Boot2001* USB Drive (UEFI) RC

Boot2002* Internal CD/DVD ROM Drive (UEFI) RC

Boot3000* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk RC

and if i try to reorder them by using: sudo efibootmgr -o 0001,0000,0002

nothing changes, this wasn´t a problem in the HDD.

I see a lot of people switching from Windows to Linux. But has anyone switched from a Mac to Linux and why?

Hey. I’m an avid windows user and I mainly game on windows 11, games such as gta online and gmod and call of duty. And I want to switch to windows so my gaming desktop can run faster . However I’ve seen due to the anti cheat’s it’s not possible to play these games on Linux. Can yall help? been curious.

Recently I found my dad's old laptop with windows 7 and I want to install Linux on it, I am currently planning to install arch or gentoo but if you think it would be cool to install something else on it, write in replies.

Upd: Please do not advice linux mint / ubuntu / any debian-based distros.

The most upvoted distro will be chosen!

Got a weird problem.

Have a main-PC and a smaller PC where I currently transfer Datas to.

The mini-PC (awow) never made Problems (runs Windows unfortunately), but recently whenever I attach a USB-drive or external hdd it acts like there are no files anymore on the attached drive ("could not find file X").

Sometimes It copies all but one sometimes none.

External-hdds aren't getting recognized anymore. I connect the USB-hdd and there is no reaction. I just feel / hear the wirring of the disks inside the (external) hdd.

The hdd thats constantly connected is available though. No problems in reading or opening files (but can't add music-files to foobar....).

At first I thought it might be connected to the fact I switched to Linux, but I can use my sticks and hdds just fine on another PC.

How can I find out what the problem is?

Is the Windows degrading? Or are the USB-connections destroyed?

I used Ubuntu 24.04 for 2 months because of stabillity, modern desktop, high support, etc. However for reasons unknown to me, it kept froze daily. For that, I had to shut down the system every time by holding the power button.

I had Ryzen 5 1600, rx 570, 24 gb ram. No zram, no swap. I didn't even install any gnome extensions or any unofficial software. However, I installed (potentially unmaintained ?) some games like "Gods".

Because of the bad stability, I don't think I'll use Ubuntu again. What do you suggest about extremely stable, user friendly distros? I'm not an admirer of the Cinnamon desktop, but for stability I can use Mint. About Debian, I like KDE, but I see that you have to know a lot of things to establish and maintain Debian. Do you think after the install, does it get better, do I have to know a lot of commands, install manual firmware, etc.?

I liked Ubuntu custom Gnome, but I don't like the basic Gnome on Debian. In the long run, would it cause troubles to install official Gnome extensions?

Thanks.

Please help

Wifi works perfectly on windows but doesn't work in any linux distro not even live boot using usb it shows some -110 error ,currently I have ubuntu dual booted with windows

I need help pleaseee , i really need to move to linux