I been distro hopping since 2022 and i cannot stop my self ever since i install linux i keep wating to get some thing that a faster and better

[Is there a permanent solution?]

i recently found my hp laptop 14 dq-0xxx and i have been wondering if there is a distro i can use on it to connect to a tv and play party games/run dnd on I have upgraded the ram to 16gb

So guys whenever i boot my laptop it opens bios, then i have to exit it. And then bootloader shows up for 3-5sec for Arch. Then it boots my laptop. So how should i prevent these steps and solve it. Can't i boot directly to my OS than get redirected by this?

Someone please tell me what am i supposed to do

So, I am planning on switching distros from Linux Mint to Cachy OS. Last time when I went from Windows 11 to Mint I used an external hard drive connected to the laptop to handle the backups and the file transfer...but now that same hard drive doesn't let me do ANYTHING with it.

I have checked ownership stuff, apparently my user already has ownership of the drive. When I try to do changes to it apparently it is "read only" and I can't do anything with it other than copy files to my main hard drive. This even after I mounted it properly (I think??)

I know a lot of the "read only" file system stuff is for security and such, but this is not my root folders where messing around can actually break things, this is a drive I need to back things up into.

I'm not gonna be able to make the switch if I don't figure this out. I don't really have anywhere else where I could do this.

The drive in question is an HDD drive repurposed for just...storing stuff, and in this case I just need it to move my files off and back onto my main drive because it has enough space to do so.

So I have a Lenovo ThinkPad E16 with Intel Ultra 7 (155H). I tried installing linux for **3 DAMN DAYS!!.** Wanted to double boot. Tried Ubuntu first but got a pink screen and an error with a penguin, then I tried fedora, similar error but with black screen and the penguin. I was using Claude, chat gpt and gemini while doing the installation at all times, they said that ultra 7 with integrated graphics is very new stuff in the market so the distros haven't been updated yet. So for the final thing I tried pop!OS as the AI said that it usually handles these new graphics stuff the best and guess what it did work!!! First time I saw some graphics 🥹 I landed on some lock screen and it was asking for some username and password, I tried lots of things but nothing worked..... **Someone please HELP!!!!! WHAT DO I DO???? I WANT TO SWITCH TO LINUX BADLY!!!!!. I would love to use Fedora😋**

PS: I'm a beginner to linux so please forgive😶‍🌫️

Hello mint users! Does any body teryed to install gnome desktop on Linux mint?

Hey y'all. I was gifted a Nvidia 5060 OC 8GB. I am going to build a system around the card. I'm not a gamer so I don't care much about the 8GB card, it's better than my current GTX960. I build a new rig like every 10 years and this one is 11 years old at this point. I have been a Debian guy for nearly 20 years so I'm not really asking for an help with getting anything actually set up.

I am more curious if anyone spots an obvious problem with any of the hardware. Something like "The BE2XX wifi chipset isn't supported with speeds faster than 802.11B" or "Realtek is known to revert to token-ring networking under any kernel >5.0" or "STOP! The Ultra 7 270K literally explodes with anything later than Bookworm!!".

I am looking a bundle that includes:

Intel Ultra 7 270K Plus

32 GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5-6000 PCS-48000 CL38 (2x16GB)

Gigabyte Z890 Eagle Wifi7 Plus

* The MB has an onboard Realtek 2.5GbE LAN chip but unfortunately I can not seem to narrow it down to a specific chip.
* There is also an onboard Intel Wi-Fi 7 BE202 (BE200NGW M) which also has BT 5.4. As an aside, I have a Ubiquiti U6+ AP so Wifi 7 isn't a deal breaker.
* The sound (I use a bluetooth sound bar anyway) is a Realtek ALC1220.
* Obviously it's based on the Z890 chipset.

And, of course, the Asus Geforce RTX 5060 8GB (DUAL-RTX5060-O8G)

Thanks for reading!

Here’s pre story, I’m a noob at IT and all I do on my cheap as laptop is watch YouTube time by time and that’s all. My ex boyfriend installed a damn Ubuntu on it when we were together. But now after breaking up it keeps messing up with windows and I can’t launch my laptop simply as before. It broken down or something I have no idea. I need someone to guide me and help me to fix my old laptop and make it windows only as it was before.

There's a lot to learn when getting into Linux, from package managers and permissions to system services and reading logs. It can be overwhelming when a simple problem leads you down a rabbit hole of terminal commands and forum posts.

For people who've been using Linux for a while, what skill made the biggest difference in how confidently you troubleshoot problems? Was it learning basic terminal commands, understanding the filesystem, figuring out how to read logs, or something else?

I'd especially like to hear what you'd recommend learning early instead of waiting until something breaks.

Hey, I've been trying multiple linux distros, but one constant is always the same problem with audio. If, while my laptop is turned off, I unplug and plug again my headphones, once I turn it back on, the audio quality is terrible. It's low, it's broken, I can't understand any voice. If I unplug it and plug it back again, it goes back to working. I have searched everywhere. Currently I'm using Fedora 44 with Gnome. I disabled power save on my grub, but only that so far and it didn't work. Any tips?

EDIT1:
i found the following command:
echo "options snd_hda_intel power_save=0 power_save_controller=N" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/audio-fix.conf

sudo dracut --force
which apparently fixed the issue. I tested and it's working. If it breaks again i will return here.

One of the things I like about Linux is that there are so many small commands and shortcuts that can make everyday use easier, but a lot of them seem to be things you discover by accident or learn after you've already needed them.

I'm not talking about advanced sysadmin tricks or complicated shell scripts. I mean practical little things that are genuinely useful once you know they exist.

For example, Ctrl + R in Bash lets you search through your command history, which is much nicer than repeatedly pressing the up arrow when you know you've run a command before.

I'm curious what other tips people have that are simple enough for a beginner to use immediately but useful enough that experienced users still rely on them.

What's one Linux command, keyboard shortcut, or small terminal trick you think every newcomer should learn early?

TLDR: Is doing a clean Linux Install best for getting rid of MacOS or can I just delete the MacOS partition and shuffle my existing Linux install to the front of the disc? Are there risks of bricking the laptop with SIP being a thing.

So I've been working on a 2017 Intel Macbook air in Kubuntu and it's great, lots of tweaking to get it just how I like and now it's pretty much flawless, never want to go back.

The issue I'm having is I saved the MacOS partition just in case for dependencies etc, but it keeps messing up the EFI and locking me out of GRUB. I think it's something to do with that System Integrity Protection thing, but can't work out how to nuke that for good either. The only fix I've found is installing Kubuntu again on a spare partition so it can reset GRUB as the default boot and then going back into my old install. Not ideal, huge time sink and I'm always worried about my files, even with regular backups. rEFInd was no help, unfortunately. I've thought of making another boot partition as a backup but that kind of seems like more of a headache.

I'm done with MacOS at this point, just want a single boot system. My question is how do I go about doing that without bricking my lappy? Can I just delete the MacOS partition and shuffle my Kubuntu stuff to the front, or should I do a clean install of the whole drive and start from scratch? Would be nice to not have to re-tweak Kubuntu, but very do-able if it'll mean not risking a brick. Currently sda1 has my boot, then 100GB is in sda2 with MacOS, then I have a swap partition, and all my good stuff is on sda4 with some junk around it.

Thoughts?

Hello everyone and thank you.

I have some questions regarding maximizing battery life on my HP Omen 16 (Core Ultra 5 225H | RTX 5050) gaming laptop that's on CachyOS.

When I'm on battery, I switch to 60Hz, lower brightness as conditions allow, and have it automatically switch to Power Save mode.

I've read about PRIME Offload so, should I still go into iGPU Mode through BIOS?

Should I use TLP instead of the default Settings's Power Management? Or, Auto-CPUfreq?

Any other advice?

I'm interested in what experienced Linux users would recommend to someone who mainly wants to use their computer for browsing, studying, office work, programming occasionally, and general everyday tasks.

There are so many distributions and desktop environments that choosing one can feel harder than actually installing Linux. Every recommendation seems to come with a different philosophy, customization options, or warnings about what beginners should avoid.

For someone who values stability, sensible defaults, good hardware compatibility, and minimal maintenance, would you recommend something like Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Fedora, or something else?

I'm not necessarily looking for the most customizable or technically interesting setup. I'd rather have something that works reliably without needing to troubleshoot it every other week.

What would you install for that kind of user today, and are there any common beginner mistakes you'd suggest avoiding?

I want to switch from Windows to Linux; I have the laptop model mentioned, and I use Steam for gaming. What else should I keep in mind when installing Ubuntu?

I'd like to know what graphical interfaces are available in lightweight Linux for storage on USB drives and limited microSD cards.

Hey guys, I have Proton VPN and the other day I found out about Split Tunneling.

I set it up to exclude apps but I am not sure this is running correctly as internet speed seems slow and having issues when updating things.

I am using Linux mint Cinnamon.

So I added the following to my exclusions:

Lutris, Steam, Update Manager and Software Manager

In Lutris I was downloading a GoG game and getting speeds of 13MB/s

I turned the VPN off now to test wow forever and it is downloading it at 50MB/s

So I am wondering if I have set it up properly and if there was a way to test it.

(I run Lutris Flatpak version and Steam System version as it was the versions available on Software Manager)

I am installing Ubuntu for the 3rd time

But it has the same problem of crashes firefox, brave etc

And also had problems with

Sudo apt update

Get error segmentation fault (core dumped)

this is what my terminal tells me "usb usb1-port1: over-current condition

usb usb1-port2: over-current condition"

I found out what those two ports are and are no longer using them, these two are my back ports and my motherboard seemingly has no way of disabling individual ports(i think)

my motherboard is a B450M H from gigabyte

i quadruple checked the ports to see if it was "unclean" there are some dust on them butt its clean and the io plate is not touching the inside of the ports or anything like that( i think)

i used llms but to no avail

my question is simple could this over current being drawn be a problem and is there anyway of solving it

do you guys ever need to share your PC's internet with your Android phone over USB, or use your phone's internet on your Linux PC that way?
I've been messing around of finding ways to do so, and I'm wondering if it's actually something, someone has ever thought of, or am I just thinking of a problem nobody has lol.

I get:

Device 0 (VID=1bbb and PID=0168) is a Alcatel 6030a.

libusb_open() failed!: Permission denied

LIBMTP PANIC: Unable to initialize device

terminate called after throwing an instance of 'MtpErrorCantOpenDevice'

what(): Can't open device

I've looked this up online and tried all the recommended fixes, such as to /etc/fuse.conf, a new udev rule, changing the permissions on the device. I can load my older phone with no problem. This is a minor inconvenience, not an insurmountable problem. I'd like to understand.

I just got my thinkpad t480 for simple school task and maybe some very light gaming on the side and I was wondering if Linux would help it run better or if I can still use it for school with Linux.