linux

It’s not really a big deal, but I am currently writing this using a linux kernel I compiled from source, which certainly feels like an accomplishment. The Arch Wiki has made the process fairly easy to follow. I just took the stock Arch Linux configuration without changes for now....

If so how is it? I'm heavily considering grabbing an M1 and trying it out if it's in a state where I can be productive....

Anyone ever have this happen with dolphin?...

I have started using linux for 6 months since I leave Windows and already tried ubuntu, arch and liked mint besides arch AUR be so useful, but because I have had some issues with rolling release I choose mint, and I sometimes need latest package, there is somehow to install without being though appimage and tarball?

I’m a newb and ran the recommended mitigation code to set a chicken bit on my processor. After running it there was no indication that it worked. Is there a simple way to use rdmsr to check?...

hey everyone, can you all download the musescore (foss) app from your package managers and see if you can hit space on it and if the cursor moves, mine wont and i think it’s bugged

The one with the purple background and the 4 dots. Having trouble finding where to get it

I’ve come across Red Hat allot lately and am wondering if I need to get studying. I’m an avid Ubuntu server user but don’t want to get stuck only knowing one distro. What is the way to go if i want to know as much as I can for use in real world situations.

i need some help buying a monochrome laser printer with scanning that supports linux, plug and play is a nice thing to have....

I recently purchased a Mac Studio to replace my ancient Trashcan Mac (work in post audio, it’s a Pro Tools world, so no Linux options unfortunately)....

I made this post because I really like the design of GNOME, and although i’d like customizability, it is mostly enough for my everyday needs. But I want to understand why people may choose other desktop environments…or why you would/would’nt use GNOME.

Hello together. I try to use a systemd path unit, to monitor a directory structure. But as of now, I was only successful for the top level directory. The unit should be triggered, if a new file is written to either the top level of the monitored directory and also, if there is a new file in any of its subdirectories. I don’t...

I’m trying to find a good method of making periodic, incremental backups. I assume that the most minimal approach would be to have a Cronjob run rsync periodically, but I’m curious what other solutions may exist....

Hi all, first post here having moved from Red…...

Hello, I’m looking to setup a simple Linux-based media center PC, as I really can’t stand ad ridden TV interfaces, using an old tiny Lenovo Thinkcentre with a Ryzen 5 2400GE or something similar....

Sorry if this isn’t the right place to ask this, I couldn’t find a linux-no-stupid-questions community lol....

Title sounds confusing and It might be wrong terminology, sorry about that. I have POP OS and windows in VM (virtualbox) for few apps that are not available on linux. Im trying to install one app that requires diferent activation method because it recognized Im running virtual machine. Is there any way to hide that so I can...

On Ubuntu (and probably other distros as well) it’s as easy as going to Settings>Accessibility>Reduce animations and then turning it ON. This seems to apply to most applications, like firefox, discord and spotify....

New Arch Linux user running KDE....

I’ve been messing with my flash drives trying to follow some random documentation with dd and now both of my flash drives are reporting 0 bytes of free space. I was trying to clear out everything and start from scratch as if they were new. I wonder if there are any program out there that can just sudo reset-everything /dev/sdX

Hello guys I’m searching for a piece of software in with I can watch/launch things links a Netflix webapp freetube Plex/jellyfin or something like that in a format where I can just sit back with a remote or mouse and navigate around the gui’s...

Is there a common location of all of the man files, so I can view them in a different editor instead of the cli?...

I’ve had very good experiences with both but wanted to give debian a try, after accepting that it’s nvidia drivers and Optimus support suck, I need to decide whether to use EndeavourOS or OpenSUSE Tumbleweed, not using base arch because I don’t want to go through the install hassle.

School is starting up soon, and I want to install a stable distro to a 64GB flash drive that i own will remain stable while booting onto at least 2 computers (my home PC for maintenance and my School laptop for, well school)....

I want to configure a tool so that I can just call with a movie as an argument and automatically download the appropriate english subtitle by file hash or name. I recall I had something configured like that but now I don’t remember what was the tool I used.