I know next to nothing about Linux but I’m done with windows bullshit and ready to convert my pc, I’m just wanting some advice as to were I should start looking to help with that, atm I’m thinking mint is my best starting point? Any advice will help.

My specs are
Intel-i7-10700f
Ram-16gb
ssd-1tb
Nvidia-rtx2060

I've just had my phone die and am dealing with the consequences of not paying attention to what drive I was trying to format means I am now out of excuses to delay myself on learning about the music management options available to me on Linux. I technically still have my old Windows pc if I need it, but all the music is on an external (NTFS) HDD.

I'm debating between 4 options and was hoping for some input from those with experience with them (or alternate recommendations) to help narrow the field or help me understand what I am actually wanting / trying to do. Short list is: Audacity, Clementine, Qmmp and Quod Libet.

I have two Linux systems: a laptop with Bazzite and my ill-fated desktop that is now running Kubuntu (and still finding more things to fix / purge). My old Alienware desktop is also alive and well, and more importantly still has my Musicbee install and playlists on it. But this is a learning opportunity, and I'm trying to do something between get similar/basic library functionality and figure out a way to properly organize the roughly 80gb of music in my library (not including all the stuff that I have from Steam soundtracks that I would need to download, move and categorize too)

Need:

- CD ripping

- playlists

- Android sync (recommended app for 2way sync is bonus but I've gone without for years)

- switch view/layout to easily switch to album or playlist for viewing or playback

Want

- Relatively easy/intuitive to understand, or at least well written documentation

- Visualizer would be a nice touch to zone out to before bed

-Wireless sync of data

- Dark mode or style options?

I'm kinda scared about the management and tagging stuff, but I figure "What the hell?" as Doc Brown said. I'm trying to learn so if two options are equally good sounding/feeling and one has that feature it's what I'll go with I guess.

I'm looking to better appreciate what GitHub is, and isn't.

From what I understand, GitHub was introduced as a method for developers to keep track of changes in software, to easily integrate changes into the final product.

A few of the applications I use come directly from there, I don't think they're in any repositories or flatpak. They tend to have installation instructions on their GitHub page.

My question is: what if there are no instructions? Am I correct in believing that GitHub is not intended as a platform for installing software, it's just that most developers decide to include installation instructions for the benefit of laypeople?

If I found a project I wanted to install but there were no instructions, I would have to know the details of how to build and install it for my platform, right?

Hi! I don't know if this is the right place to post this, but I'm still pretty new to Linux, and I'm going to try switching from Pop!_OS to Fedora. I'm trying to figure out if this is the right order to install these media codecs and get hardware acceleration working.

So, in the terminal, do I run:

[https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm](https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm))

Then:

sudo dnf swap ffmpeg-free ffmpeg --allowerasing

Next:

sudo dnf install mesa-va-drivers-freeworld sudo dnf swap mesa-vulkan-drivers{,-freeworld}

And finally, the 32-bit stuff:

sudo dnf install mesa-va-drivers-freeworld.i686 sudo dnf swap mesa-vulkan-drivers{,-freeworld}.i686

GPU: AMD 6600

Fedora 44 KDE plasma desktop.

edit: also I'm getting this information from

https://rpmfusion.org/Configuration

And

https://rpmfusion.org/Howto/Multimedia

I installed Linux Mint, but I'm having issues with the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth drivers. My network chip is a MediaTek MT7902. The problem I'm experiencing is that either Wi-Fi works but Bluetooth doesn't, or vice versa. I can't get both to work properly at the same time. I need Linux kernel version 7.1 or newer.Which other Linux distribution would you recommend installing to get both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth working properly with the MediaTek MT7902? Has anyone else dealt with this chip and found a working solution? I'd really appreciate any advice or suggestions. Thanks in advance!

A while ago (like around a year ago) my linux install got a kernel panic and stopped working . Recently I've tried to fix it again . I figured out how to boot into an old kernel using the GNU Grub terminal . (not sure if terminal is the right term) However, I cannot figure out how to use that kernel by default . whenever I shut off my computer and turn it on again, I'm back to a kernel panic . I'm using ubuntu on an old macbook air . i'm not sure what exact version . I'm really not very tech smart so sorry if there's an obvious solution .

Hi everyone,

I've been having some issues with my dual-boot setup for a while. Previously, I couldn't change the boot priority through the BIOS using F2 because my laptop would freeze, forcing me to reset the BIOS to its default settings. As a workaround, I had to press F12 every time I wanted to boot into Linux and select it manually.

Last night, Windows updated, and since then, I've been unable to boot into Debian 13. I can still access the BIOS using F2, but Windows is now the only boot option available.

I've checked my disk partitions, and fortunately, the partitions dedicated to Debian are still there. However, I can't find any way to boot into Linux.

The initial issue with accessing the BIOS settings seems to be related to the laptop itself, which is an Acer Nitro V15. Is there any way to install debian again? the files seems to be intact.

I've been trying to resolve these issues for quite some time without success. I'd really appreciate any help or suggestions!

Thanks in advance!

EDIT: Up and running. Cinnamon 22.3 installed, Steam running and drone simulator downloading 👌 radio controller is next and we’re cruising.

I just got a refurbished ThinkPad L14 after not having a personal notebook for years, the last ones were always passed down to me and bloated and died a painful and prolonged death.
It came with Windows 11 and I just won’t… My only experience with Linux so far was one Ubuntu install on an ancient ThinkPad I had previously dis- and reassembled. To my surprise it did start back up, made it through the installation on the fifth try and booted a couple of times. Main problem was the completely dead battery, it just kept shutting down. So I know how it’s supposed to work but I didn’t get to do anything with it at all. I don’t know how to code, think rudimentary excel and a handful of keyboard shortcuts. I’m very much willing to learn though, I’m getting into 3D printing as well as FPV drones right now and I want to run ballistic software, probably CAD as well. Also, forgive my ignorance, but would I be able to run Steam and connect stuff like controllers? Should I keep Windows as backup or just scrub it?

With that said, what would you recommend as an OS for someone as oblivious as me? Help me out here please

If someone had hands on this masterpiece of a laptop, please share your experience. It seems like it’s the best laptop for Linux EVER.
I wish someone could send me 2k so I can buy it lmao. /j
For how long will this laptop be in stock ?

I have Fedora installed on a smaller ssd, and wanted to use a partition that i have from my main windows disk as a secondary drive to increase my storage. I already partitioned it and made so it mounts automatically with the /etc/fstab, but now i want to know how to actually install things on it with dnf and flathub as applications are the most part of my storage use.

Ive had this issue before, and i "fixed" it by switching to x11, but now im using wayland again

Pretty much the scroll wheel "jumps" 2 lines at a time, making each "scroll step" longer than it should be

Arch linux, kde plasma, wayland

SOLVED, it was a scroll speed issue

Hey Guys,
i got the idea to prefent doing dangerous shell commands. So i want some aliases for dangerous commands but you just can set aliases for one word commands.
Is there an other easy way to capture these commands an 'translate' them is a simple echo or printf? I don't want to write a function for my .zshrc just to prefent these issures. Just want an easy way ;)

Is it to dangerous to define the ForkBomb, because this run the frokbomb by reading its file?

Maybe its easyer to understand be reading the code.
So here is the snipped from my .bash_alias:

# ------------------------------------------------------------------
#for your own good !! EMERGENCY
# ------------------------------------------------------------------
#alias rm -rf /*='printf "\033[1;31m Force Remove Recursiv ROOT?! \033[0m\n"; false'
#alias rm -rf /etc/cron.d/*='printf "\033[1;31m Force Remove Recursiv CronJobs?! \033[0m\n"; false'
#alias sudo chmod -R 777 /='printf "\033[1;31m Watch your own rights?! \033[0m\n"; false'
#alias :(){ :|:& };:='printf "\033[1;31m Fork Bomb?! freez your PC \033[0m\n"; false'
#alias sudo find / -type f -exec shred -n 5 -z -u {} +='printf "\033[1;31m erases all Data and destroy OS!!! \033[0m\n"; false'
#alias dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sda='printf "\033[1;31m Disk Destroyer?! \033[0m\n"; false'
#alias sudo bash -c 'echo c > /proc/sysrq-trigger'='printf "\033[1;31m Kernal Panic OR BlueScreenOfDeath \033[0m\n"; false'

[Solved]

I tried the swap SSDs with different os's Windows and cachy, between to similar thinkpads. Kernel modules shouldn't be a problem. But I can't start into limine. Secure boot is off. What can I do to boot ?

I have a Medion Akoya E2293 with an Intel Pentium Silver N5000, 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB eMMC storage, running Xubuntu 26.04.

Modern websites, especially ChatGPT, feel really slow. Pages take ages to load, and scrolling or switching conversations can be laggy.

I see people running Linux on laptops with just 2 GB of RAM, so I'm wondering: Is web browsing simply too demanding nowadays for this kind of hardware, or should I still be able to get a reasonably smooth experience?

What's your experience with older, low-end laptops running Linux?

Is my Laptop to the end of it's life because of modern requirements?

For someone jumping ship to Linux from windows, is secure boot really something I'll need as a general user?

I keep getting told that it just makes installing anything (like Nvidia drivers) more of a pain but I don't really know the upsides of having it enabled.

Edit: I'm using fedora KDE