linux

I own several external 2.5’’ HDDs on the 1 TB range where I save my data. Samsung has worked well for me, but now I need more space....

A way to long introduction...

The fact that you get a full OS for free, customizable and no crappy forced in features that you don’t want is amazing....

I think it would be great to have a archive so that the various documentation, comments and hacks / workarounds could be searched....

In every ubuntu derivative, if I open a terminal and type an unrecognized command I always get suggestions....

I came from Arch to Void just today and after installing KDE and enabling dbus, I enabled SDDM, I type in my password and it says login failed, I tried lightdm, I couldn’t login neither in my user account nor root, I setup plasma to run with xinit, plasma did launch successfully, but sudo NEVER worked inside plasma, it always...

I’m looking for alternatives to wii backup manager, what do you recommend?

I’m considering switching to linux but I’m not a computer savvy person, so I wanted to have the option to switch back to windows if unforeseen complications (I only have 1 pc). Is it just a download on usb and install? And what ways can I get the product key or “cleaner” debloated versions.

Isn’t it enough to just enter your password once to login, then receive a warning whenever you’re about to do something potentially dangerous?...

Hi all,...

It’s been a long day and I’m probably not in the best state of mind to be asking this question, but have you guys solved packaging yet?...

I don’t know if I didn’t install non free firmware. Pavucontrol is installed. If I type alsa on a terminal it returns: bash: alsa: command not found....

Hardware: 2014 macbook, nuked macos, clean xubuntu 24.04 installation...

Fellas, I’m at my wit’s end with this one. I’m trying to set a general rule for window opacity in sway, and then have a few programs excepted from it....

Pondering upon (the illusion of) different distros and its consequences - Thoughts?...

long time xubuntu user, now on 24.04....

I’m a regular user of Linux systems but apart from a couple of test Ubuntu installs many years ago they’ve always been containers or VMs with no DE which I can throw away when I break them. The Steam Deck showcasing how far Wine/Proton has come combined with Windows being Windows has given me the push; I’ve made a Mint...

I currently have a low end Windows gaming laptop that I was planning to upgrade to Linux before Win10 goes end of life, but my HDMI port stopped working, so now I’m debating buying a new Linux laptop instead. Can anyone provide any recommendations?...

Bonjour tout le monde,...

I’m on partition disks, configuring LVM on a computer with 2 drives: /dev/nvme01 is the device I want to install in, SCSI2 is a storage HDD I do not want to format, I need the data....

I understand that nvidia support for wayland is lacking, but I know it’s possible....

VLC is the supreme of all open source projects, you used it in school, college, work and home....

I found out that xubuntu spams users including me, which to me is a no go....

this never happened before, it’s also not happening ion my backup computer (same OS, xubuntu 24.04)....

os: xubuntu 24.04...