u/zeruxuf

صارلي فترة بفكر بوضعنا مع شركات التكنولوجيا الكبيرة. احنا حرفياً مجرد "ضيوف" عندهم، بيقرأوا بياناتنا، بيتحكموا باللي بنشوفه، وبكبسة زر بيقدروا يحظروا حسابك ويمسحوا وجودك كله.

طيب ليه ما نبني إحنا منصاتنا وإنترنت موازي خاص فينا؟
ترا الفكرة مش خيال، هي موجودة وبتكبر بسرعة (الويب اللامركزي P2P). عشان تتخيلوها، الموضوع بيشبه التورنت بالزبط: بدل ما يكون في سيرفر مركزي لشركة وحدة مخزن كل إشي، البيانات بتتوزع علينا كلنا.

كيف** حيصير هذا **كله؟

بياناتك** إلك:** ما في داتابيس لشركة تسجل فيها. حسابك وبوستاتك بتتخزن على جهازك إنت وبس.

لا** إيميل ولا باسوورد:** انسى قصة "تسجيل الدخول بجوجل". هويتك عبارة عن كي (Key) مشفر خاص فيك، وبتسجل دخول ببصمتك (Face ID أو Touch ID) بكل بساطة، وهيك استحالة تتهكر.

ما** في **زر "حذف أو حظر": لما تنزل بوست، بيروح من جهازك لأجهزة أصحابك دايركت. ما في جهة أو خوارزمية بتقدر تحذف بوستك أو تمنعك تتواصل مع مجتمعك.

حرية** مطلقة:** لأن البيانات مفصولة عن الشركات، أي حدا بيقدر يصمم واجهة التطبيق (UI) بالشكل والنظام اللي بيعجبه، والكل لسا بيقدر يتواصل مع بعض على نفس الشبكة!

هسا** وين المشكلة وليه ما نقلنا لهاد **العالم؟

الأكواد والبروتوكولات موجودة (زي Nostr و IPFS)، بس المشكلة إنه اللي بيبنوها مهندسين شبكات، فبتطلع التطبيقات معقدة جداً للشخص العادي.

اللي ناقص الفكرة عنجد هو واجهات مستخدم (UI/UX) بسيطة ونظيفة تكسر هالحاجز وتخلي الموضوع سلس زي أي تطبيق بنستعمله كل يوم.

بعرف ان البوست ما اله اي علاقة ب لينكس، بس شفت هذا الصب المكان الوحيد اللي ممكن الناس تهتم فيه بالفكرة، بحكم انه كثير منا مهتم فعلا بالاستغناء عن الشركات الكبرى.

Hey everyone,

I’ve been running Linux exclusively on my ASUS TUF Gaming laptop for a long time now. While the hardware performance is absolute top-tier, the official software support for the Linux ecosystem feels like it’s stuck in the past.

With the massive rise in the Linux user base over the last few years partly accelerated by the Steam Deck, Wayland finally maturing, and modern compositors making the desktop experience smoother than ever more and more power users, developers, and gamers are leaving Windows behind.

Yet, when it comes to ASUS, we are completely reliant on the incredible, unpaid work of open-source community developers (shoutout to the asus linux team for tools like `asusctl` and `supergfxctl`) just to handle basic things like power profiles, GPU switching, and matrix displays. If a small group of independent developers can make this hardware sing on Linux, why can’t a multi-billion dollar tech giant provide official, upstreamed support?

We shouldn't have to fight with kernel regressions, ACPI quirks, or custom patches just to get a premium laptop working the way it was advertised. ASUS produces some of the best engineering on the market, but ignoring the growing Linux demographic feels like a massive missed opportunity.

Are there any official plans from ASUS to actively contribute to upstream Linux support, or at least collaborate more closely with community developers? What’s keeping ASUS from giving Linux users the first-class experience they deserve?

Would love to hear your thoughts, especially if you're running a dual-boot or full Linux setup on modern ASUS hardware.

Hey everyone,

I’ve been running Linux exclusively on my ASUS TUF Gaming laptop for a long time now. While the hardware performance is absolute top-tier, the official software support for the Linux ecosystem feels like it’s stuck in the past.

With the massive rise in the Linux user base over the last few years partly accelerated by the Steam Deck, Wayland finally maturing, and modern compositors making the desktop experience smoother than ever more and more power users, developers, and gamers are leaving Windows behind.

Yet, when it comes to ASUS, we are completely reliant on the incredible**,** unpaid work of open-source community developers (shoutout to the asus linux team for tools like `asusctl` and `supergfxctl`) just to handle basic things like power profiles, GPU switching, and matrix displays. If a small group of independent developers can make this hardware sing on Linux, why can’t a multi-billion dollar tech giant provide official, upstreamed support?

We shouldn't have to fight with kernel regressions, ACPI quirks, or custom patches just to get a premium laptop working the way it was advertised. ASUS produces some of the best engineering on the market, but ignoring the growing Linux demographic feels like a massive missed opportunity.

Are there any official plans from ASUS to actively contribute to upstream Linux support, or at least collaborate more closely with community developers? What’s keeping ASUS from giving Linux users the first-class experience they deserve?

Would love to hear your thoughts, especially if you're running a dual-boot or full Linux setup on modern ASUS hardware.

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after going back and forth between kde plasma and gnome i finally tweaked my gnome as i like and i think it's time for a full gnome user

Thanks Gnome team for this amazing DE !

After using Linux for over 5 months completely Windows-free and relying on it for everything, I'm very satisfied with the experience and I'm never going back to Windows.

But there is exactly one thing that, no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't get to work like Windows: switching between GPUs. On Windows, if your laptop has more than one GPU, you can seamlessly switch between them whenever you want without logging out or restarting. On Linux, there are many tools to switch GPUs that work perfectly fine, but they are nowhere near Windows level.

For example, with a tool like supergfxctl, you can switch between: Integrated only, Dedicated only, or Hybrid mode which allows both to run together. The problem is that in all these cases, you have to at least log out of the entire system for the switch to happen, and this is driving me crazy…

Some might ask, "Why not just leave it on Hybrid mode and let it handle things automatically?" The problem with Hybrid mode is that the simplest, most trivial tasks can wake up the dedicated GPU for absolutely no reason. As a power user, I really care about these tiny details and it bothers me to see the GPU activate unnecessarily.

No matter what I did or tried to configure, it all comes down to one thing: the login manager. Honestly, I don't know if this is an issue just for me or if others suffer from the exact same thing. But the question is, can this be fixed if it gets more attention? Or is it a lost cause?

After using Linux for over 5 months completely Windows-free and relying on it for everything, I'm very satisfied with the experience and I'm never going back to Windows.

But there is exactly one thing that, no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't get to work like Windows: switching between GPUs. On Windows, if your laptop has more than one GPU, you can seamlessly switch between them whenever you want without logging out or restarting. On Linux, there are many tools to switch GPUs that work perfectly fine, but they are nowhere near Windows level.

For example, with a tool like supergfxctl, you can switch between: Integrated only, Dedicated only, or Hybrid mode which allows both to run together. The problem is that in all these cases, you have to at least log out of the entire system for the switch to happen, and this is driving me crazy…

Some might ask, "Why not just leave it on Hybrid mode and let it handle things automatically?" The problem with Hybrid mode is that the simplest, most trivial tasks can wake up the dedicated GPU for absolutely no reason. As a power user, I really care about these tiny details and it bothers me to see the GPU activate unnecessarily.

No matter what I did or tried to configure, it all comes down to one thing: the login manager. Honestly, I don't know if this is an issue just for me or if others suffer from the exact same thing. But the question is, can this be fixed if it gets more attention? Or is it a lost cause?

بعد استخدام لـ لينكس لمدة فوق الـ 5 أشهر بدون ويندوز تماما والاعتماد الكامل عليه بكل شي، أنا جدا راضي عن التجربة ومارح أرجع لـ ويندوز أبدا.

لكن في شي واحد فقط مهما حاولت ما قدرت أخليه يشتغل زي ويندوز، ألا وهو التحويل بين كروت الشاشة. في ويندوز إذا كان لابتوبك فيه أكثر من كرت شاشة فـ أنت بتقدر تحول بينهم متى ما بدك بشكل طبيعي بدون تسجيل خروج أو ريستارت، بينما بـ لينكس في أدوات كثيرة للتحويل وشغالة كويس فعلا بس مش بمستوى ويندوز أبدا.

مثلا في عندك أداة supergfxctl اللي من خلالها بتحول بين الكروت: يا الكرت الداخلي فقط، أو الخارجي فقط، أو وضع الـ Hybrid mode اللي بيخلي الكرتين يشتغلوا مع بعض. المشكلة إنه بكل الحالات لازم على الأقل تسجل خروج من النظام ككل عشان يحول بين الكروت، وهذا الشي اللي مجنني.

مهما عملت ومهما حاولت أزبط الموضوع، بالنهاية كل ده معتمد على شي واحد ألا وهو الـ login manager. بصراحة أنا مش عارف هي مشكلة بالنسبة لي أنا فقط ولا في ناس ثانية بتعاني من نفس الموضوع، بس السؤال هل ممكن الموضوع ده يتصلح لو وصل لعدد أكبر من الناس؟ ولا مفيش أمل؟