Hyprland 0.48.0 is now available!
https://hyprland.org/news/update48/

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Seeking a Linux Music Player Alternative That Can Handle a 250GB Lossless Library – Beyond Basic Play and Shuffle

I want to preface this with saying that I've been running arch for 3 years on my thinkpad (I use moc, but don't have a big library, nor the need to organize it that well on there) , which I use everyday, this is related to my desktop

I'm a Music player poweruser (feels wrong to say haha) So to start, I'll say that this is really a last ditch effort on my part. 3 years ago, I tried Every single music player available on windows (I do mean every single one unironically) After months of tirelessly trying every single one of them to find one that worked for me I stumbled upon music bee, now the problem is that it doesn't work under wine or bottles.

Now I think it might be best to explain my use case to avoid misunderstanding. I do not use streaming services whatsoever because they simply don't have the music I want. I have over 250gb of lossless music. multiple discographies from various different artists, some so underground that even by googling the band name and specific song name, you won't find anything. So I need a music player that can handle that much lossless music. I also need to be able to edit metadata. Again I have thousands of songs, they need to be organized properly. I also need playlist support. What I just described is the bare MINIMUM that a music player should be able to achieve. heck at this point I don't even care if the UI makes my eyes bleed. I just want a music player which can achieve the bare minimum for my use case. I don't care anymore about dynamic playlist support, lyrics support, granular UI customization and the sleuth of other features that Music Bee offers. I just want a music player which can properly organize, play and manage my enormous library.

Like I said this is a last ditch effort as I've already tried a lot of stuff and nothing came even close to achieving basic functionality. I'm really hoping someone with more knowledge than me on linux might know of some very unknown music player supported under linux that can achieve that.


EDIT: Thanks for the replies, I think I got what I was looking for. Everyone who took time out of their day to answer I can't even begin to thank you enough. Kudos to everyone here, I hope everyone has a nice day!

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You Need To Know About Bootc
https://sean.thrailkill.cloud/posts/you-need-to-know-about-bootc/

https://redd.it/1jie020
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fensterchef 1.3 was released! Well, it's a window manager duh
https://redd.it/1ji7cra
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HP is interested in creating a SteamOS handheld, says Windows is a “struggle”
https://www.pcguide.com/news/hp-is-interested-in-creating-a-steamos-handheld-says-windows-is-a-struggle/

https://redd.it/1jiotpn
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Introducing rpi-image-gen: build highly customised Raspberry Pi software images
https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/introducing-rpi-image-gen-build-highly-customised-raspberry-pi-software-images/

https://redd.it/1jiodab
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nnn v5.1 Moscow Mule is released
https://github.com/jarun/nnn/releases/tag/v5.1

https://redd.it/1jiprip
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Linux 6.14 Released With Working NTSYNC Driver, AMD Ryzen AI Accelerator Support
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.14

https://redd.it/1jis9wp
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How does a linux distro 'break'?

Just a question that came to my mind while reading through lots of forums. I been a long-time arch user, i used debian and lots other distros.

I absolutely never ran into a system breaking issue that wasnt because of myself doing something else wrong. However i see a lot of people talking about stabilizing their systems, then saying it will break easily soon anyway. How does this happen and what do they mean whit "break"??

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Hi, how do I get started on linux?

So, I've grown sick and tired of all of the bullshit that Windows is and I developed a peculiar hate towards Microsoft as a whole. What do I need to do to change to Linux?

Bit of context, because, looking back, it's kinda funny:

Couple hours ago I was doing the usual routine file cleaning from my boot ssd (only got 500 Gb so I cant really afford to leave useless stuff around) and came across a 50 Gb folder from onedrive. I dont use onedrive because is super annoying. I delete it. "Folder too big to fit in the bin, delete it directly?" "Yes".

My fucking desktop disappears, because for some fucking reason all of it was saved in that onedrive folder.

I dont use onedrive.

Manage to get the app links back but, uh-oh, all of my important folders are now gone.

Crashed out like I never did before. Swore on my life to never willingly use Windows again. Dont want sell a kidney to use Apple products. I'm left with the next most popular option: Linux.

And here we are.

I heard that this OS is not for everyone and a bit complicated, but if it can free me from that fuck-ass mega corpo shit called Windows, I'm willing to learn.

After all I'm not exactly new to computers, I think I'll manage. (probably gonna regret this statement in a bit)

So, how do I get started? Is it that much different to windows? Is this even the right sub/tag for this kind of question? Maybe, if you have a youtube video for beginners from a trusted source, please link it to me.

I apologize for the long "context / rant" but I'm so mad right now I had to express it, and thanks for listening to me

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GIMP 3.0.2 quickly releases to solve common crashes - https://www.gimp.org/news/2025/03/23/gimp-3-0-2-released/
https://redd.it/1jj1ftp
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Todoist on the terminal
https://redd.it/1jmjcpn
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Torvalds Frustrated Over "Disgusting" Testing "Turd" DRM Code Landing In Linux 6.15
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.15-hdrtest-Turd

https://redd.it/1jmkjak
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Why some of the redditors here in Linux related subs are so toxic?

This a rant of sorts.

I am a new Linux user. And I face many issues. I post them here(reddit) to get answers. But I have noticed a theme. Any time I post any complaint. There is at least one guy going " it's all open source, why don't you fix the issue / code yourself and submit it?" or "why don't you go back to windows"
What?
I am a general ordinary user. I am ever so grateful for the free software that I am given. But that does not mean there isn't any issue. I AM facing an issue or There is a missing feature which I feel is totally common sense not to have. Or compared to windows, some things feel too complicated for no apparent reason. About going back to windows, I dual boot but as my current projects go (Django) many features are restrictive on windows. For example, redis has no windows client, I have to run WSL and many times it does not work as intended on windows.

Some issues I face while coming from windows:
Desktop shortcuts : shortcuts are so useful, I can have a number of vs code projects and I don't feel like opening them every time from open folder from vs code, on windows it was easy, just edit the shortcut for the project so it will directly open in the said project. Or context menus, having 7zip or 'send to' available when you right click on something is very useful. I can send files to my phone using quick share by right clicking the file. There are some other features I'd like to have too. Is it so wrong to have some wishful thinking?

Today I posted in Ubuntu subreddit about thumbnails of images not getting created until you visit said folder. And yep. There is one guy telling me to "why don't you do it yourself? " Yeah buddy, if I had the knowledge and skill to do that, I wouldn't have posted here.

Please people, not everyone is a c++ / Rust systems developer. Some people just want to use it as a daily driver and not face issues or inconveniences which can be categorised as common sense or we are so used to that we wish that Linux had same feature.

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What’s a Linux feature you can’t live without?


After switching to Linux full-time, I realized there are certain features I just can’t imagine giving up. For me, it’s workspaces/virtual desktops—the ability to switch between tasks seamlessly is something I never knew I needed.

Another one? Package managers. Going back to hunting .exe files and manually updating apps feels like a nightmare.

What about you? What’s a Linux feature that, if it disappeared, would make you reconsider your setup?


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[Debian] Bits from the Release Team: trixie freeze started
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2025/03/msg00011.html

https://redd.it/1jmjrt0
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This Week in Plasma: zero VHI bugs and much more
https://blogs.kde.org/2025/03/29/this-week-in-plasma-zero-vhi-bugs-and-much-more/

https://redd.it/1jmgv3d
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nVibrant - Digital Vibrance for nvidia under Wayland
https://github.com/Tremeschin/nVibrant

https://redd.it/1jmst7u
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Most Kea (DHCP-Server) Hooks Open-sourced
https://www.isc.org/blogs/kea-hooks-opensourced/

https://redd.it/1jmn3ug
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Linux making me feel like a boomer

Haven't used linux in about 20 years, but recently decided to install so I know how to use it.


Figured out how to boot Ubuntu or Windows on the same PC, took a few tries. Figured out how to install Thunderbird on both and make both instances refer to the same profile. Took a few tries.


Had to use different version of Thunderbird than the one Ubuntu installs by default in order to use the same profile as Windows. Trying to make a shortcut to Thunderbird on either the desktop or taskbar.... WHAT THE FUCK? Have watched like 45 minutes of Indian people explaining how to do it and cannot figure out how to make a simple shortcut!



Not asking for help, I'll figure it out, but it made me more sympathetic to my mother and boss and older people in general when they have no clue about how to do simple things on a computer.

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How I solved 'different tools on different Linux machines' with Git and dotbins
https://redd.it/1jmznub
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