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I've just built a new PC (Project Leviathan) for myself, and that for a while will be Windows 11.

However, with the remains of Project Behemoth, I want to build a Linux gaming machine for my children.

It's going to consist of the following:

i7 6700K

32Gb DDR4 3000MHz

Nvidia GTX 1080

Four SSD's - 250GB, 480GB, 500GB & 1TB.

I've never used Linux. I have no idea what will work well with the parts available. It also needs to be easy enough for a 9 - and a 12 year old to use with a little guidance from me.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

I want a few perspectives on this because I feel like I'm hitting edge cases every time I update.

I'm on Linux Mint and one day I updated without thinking about it too hard, many updates before went without a hitch after all. After the update however, my sound bar stopped being recognized through the s/pdif cable and after many, many hours of research, I finally gave up and continued connecting through bluetooth (which has its own issues).

Fast forward to the next update, I'm thinking "I already know something is going to break, but let's just update anyway and see what happens!" Well, what happened is that my main steam game which I play to relax and upload to youtube stopped launching because of some monitor resolution error. Every other game I tested worked, it was literally just my favorite game that was shot down by pure chance. Once again, after hours and hours of research I gave up and rolled back with timeshift.

After that I vowed to never update again. Fast forward to me installing Linux Mint 22.3 on a new computer and seeing updates available. I'm thinking "I know something is going to break, but at least this is a brand new install so it won't have much impact." Well, guess what? After I restarted the pc, it got permanently stuck on the startup logo.

Is this just bad luck? Why can I reliably predict something breaking when updates are supposed to make your system better?

I just went fully to Linux about a week ago when I got my new laptop. The problem is that I can't update the BIOS because it is only for Windows. I have an Acer A14-52M. The BIOS is just an .exe with nothing else. The main reason I want to update the BIOS is because of how my screen looks, sure there is a small amount of bleed on one of the sides but that isn't the problem. The problem is the whole screen looking overexposed. And one of the BIOS updates literally says, "updates brightness table." So it'd be nice to have. I'm not sure how I'd go about updating the BIOS though, would I have to reinstall Windows?

Is xubuntu still popular and useful currently? I was recommended by The Odin Project which seems outdated itself

So, I have an AMD Ryzen 9900X and every time my computer processes Vulkan Shaders the temps are just insane, like 80C. One time I saw it at 87C. I'm thinking it might be my CPU cooler but I could be wrong. I'm using Fedora 44 Linux. The Thermal Paste I use is from thermal grizzly, maybe I should just buy a new one.

My CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken Plus 360 – AIO CPU Liquid Cooler

Hey, I have tried Omarchy and Cachy os with niri and i really like both of them but i use my laptop for school and some times i cant get the programs i need to or smth because i use arch based distros. So was just wondering what you guys would recommend to try thats not arch based?

My specs are an Intel Xeon E5 2697 v2, 44gb ram, AMD Radeon R9 290, 120GB SSD, 1TB HDD.

I don't have any experience with Linux, I would like some guidance and help on what distro to pick. I play some old total war games and I browse the Internet.

I'm a complete noob, but I'm done with windows, and it doesn't support my old pc anymore. Any help is appreciated.

TIA.

I love linux, I love phones so the logical decision is to get a linux phone but idk what to get ideally I want under 200 dollars I dont care if its used. Even specs like camera I dont care as long as the software runs fast. I dont know how you get to pick the os but I guess ubuntu touch is fine? Isn't that the most stable? But yeah just if you could help me out.

Atualmente uso o Linux Mint e estou gostando bastante da estabilidade e da facilidade de uso. Meu objetivo é aprender Linux em um nível mais avançado e entender melhor como o sistema funciona internamente.

Conversei com uma IA sobre esse assunto, e ela recomendou o Arch Linux para quem realmente quer aprender Linux, pois a instalação e a configuração são feitas de forma mais manual, exigindo que o usuário entenda conceitos como particionamento, boot, systemd, permissões, gerenciamento de pacotes, sistemas de arquivos e outros fundamentos.

Isso me deixou com uma dúvida: o Linux Mint é suficiente para adquirir uma base sólida ou o Arch Linux realmente proporciona um aprendizado muito maior?

Na experiência de vocês:

• O Linux Mint é suficiente para aprender Linux de forma aprofundada?
• O que o Arch Linux ensina que o Mint não proporciona da mesma maneira?
• Vale a pena migrar agora ou continuar estudando no Mint até dominar os fundamentos?

Gostaria de ouvir a experiência de quem já utilizou as duas distribuições e saber se essa mudança realmente fez diferença no aprendizado.

hi ,

i recently ditched windows and installed linux .

i am using mint 22.3 cinnamon x11. Laptop with Intel i5 10gen igpu + nvidia gtx1650 with 595.71 driver . Prime nvidia performance mode. External monitor with HDMI .

Brave browser as well as chromium browser ( both non flatpak) is using too much CPU like 70% during 4k video yt playback with hw acceleration turn on in brave , compared to Firefox/librewolf which uses like 25-30% CPU. All browsers latest version.

is this a known problem ? can it be fixed simply?

also as I tested in windows 11 with brave 4k video playback. its using only like 20% CPU . something is wrong with the relation of linux and brave browser.

appreciate your help.

What makes a distro feel comfortable to you to make you want to main line it for a while?

So i switched from nobara to fedora now, and since i have an Nvidia RTX 3060 i should probably download a few drivers before i can start fully using it.

Any guides or suggestions? I primarily want to use it for gaming, editing and some webdevelopment.

My specs are:

12th gen intel core i7-12700F

32 GB RAM

Nvidia Geforce RTX 3060.

Guys, I wanted to ask if it was possible to run Linux on a Samsung S5610

Hi, just a quick, somewhat silly question: I just created a new user, and I discovered the GECOS field for my users. It made me realize I don't know what to put there, and I'm torn between just putting my first name, putting my first name and a made-up last name, or leaving it blank. I don’t want to use my real name for privacy reasons, but I don’t mind using my real first name. Do you have any suggestions, or am I completely off base here?

Trying to get into linux, really in need for my desktop to look and work better. Windows does not work the way i want it to, rather i have to work according to windows right now. I am in need of crazy amount of personalization, i want my PC to work how i want it. I need it to complete tasks my way, look my way, and feel my way. Not some pre build machine with barely any customization, i'm ready to spend weeks if needed but i want my PC to look like it is mine not window's!!. Really in need of some roadmap and resources to learn how arch linux works and how i could build the personalization i need.

I want to install fedora but the installer always crash and the screen flicker when I take the frame-rate to 60Hz it goes better but not perfect I have a GTX970 and an I3 10100

sorry for my english

I am building a custom NAS with an old xeon and a x99 mobo, 16 gigs of ram, an NVME for the OS, HDDs for storage and a 1060 3GB GPU, ¿what is the most suitable distro for this? i wanna use it as a streaming NAS for my family and also as a private cloud, i want a distro that is solid and easy to understand. I am a beguinner in server building and management and a learner in linux, i know how to do very basic things with the terminal. Thanks!

I've recently started using gentoo, and got to the point of customizing my kernel. Been following the handbook: configured it via make, included everything that would be required to boot from an efi stub as a built-in (such as arguments for the kernel, efi stub support, filesystem support, etc.), created directory under EFI, where i put compiled bzImage, and added it's entry with efibootmgr.

When trying to boot into it, either naturally from boot order or from uefi interface, it hangs after it sets the backlight to max brightness; it hangs so that whatever was on the screen, stays on the screen (like firmware logo or black screen, if explicitly booting from uefi interface).

The keyboard is somewhat responsive, as in caps lock lights can be toggled, but not special fn keys. Pressing ESC doesn't show any info, as people usually say, so maybe I'm thinking it's graphical issue? I've recompiled it with nomodeset option added to the kernel arguments string, and it finally booted.

Any help would be appreciated, since i still struggle to debug and fix such problems. I feel like I've included all intel related options for my hardware in the config, could it be my nvidia card then?

Specs for those interested:

CPU: Intel I7 8650U GPU: NVIDIA MX150

EDIT: seems I've found the issue. I didn't set default drm client to fbdev (Device drivers -> Graphics support -> Direct Rendering Manager -> Supported DRM clients) as the default drm, and instead it was set to log. After changing that, my console framebuffer is being used now and i see login tty.

So I see a lot of things recommending the usage of smarttools for my drives and occasionally how to diagnose specific issue but is there a general guide to explain how to red a report, what each of the things mean, and how to interpret it?

I'm trying to make fastfetch run when Kitty is started, I tried looking it up but the results were all confusing