Been testing CachyOS (Arch Linux based), and I have to say I'm damned impressed.

Everybody kept saying how "Arch is hard" "Only for experts" blah blah blah. Nonsense. Speed at everything is blazing fast, especially running pacman, gigabytes of stuff, done in seconds. Not only that, but the software selection is huge, as well. This one may be a keeper.

https://redd.it/1jx9vaw
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Only PDFgear holding me back from switching

The only thing holding me back from switching from Windows 11 is PDFgear/Acrobat pro.

I still haven't found a complete package that lets me split, delete/add pages, edit text and images, and turn to fillable form.

Looking to use Zorin or other debian/Ubuntu base.

https://redd.it/1jxak57
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This Week in Plasma: The beginnings of Wayland session restore
https://blogs.kde.org/2025/04/12/this-week-in-plasma-the-beginnings-of-wayland-session-restore/

https://redd.it/1jxgxl8
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GNOME STF 2024 Project Report
https://blogs.gnome.org/tbernard/2025/04/11/gnome-stf-2024/

https://redd.it/1jxiwih
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Created A Collection of Automation Scripts under a Command Center for Linux Admins and DevOps Enthusiasts

So I’ve been working on something that might come in handy for some of y’all. It’s a repo where I’ve gathered a bunch of **automation noscripts** I’ve created over time for **system admin, development, and DevOps** tasks. I call it [IT Arsenal](https://github.com/sundanc/auto_noscripts), and it’s 100% written in **Shell**.

A few things you’ll find inside:

* Dope tools for automating those repetitive tasks, and development processes.
* Scripts that help manage Linux systems way more efficiently.
* DevOps tools to save you mad time and effort.

Built this to solve my own issues, but figured why not share it with the community? You can clone it or tweak it If you got suggestions or wanna contribute, pull requests are always welcome!

Repo link right here: [https://github.com/sundanc/auto\_noscripts](https://github.com/sundanc/auto_noscripts)

I am freshman, and I try to improve my skills. Would love to hear your thoughts or any ideas for noscripts to add next. Let’s make Linux automation smoother for everyone!

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AMD B850 chipset

Does anyone have any information on what the chipest driver situation is for the AMD B850?

I have bought a motherboard for my first pc build but from what i can tell it may be unsupported by linux at this time.

I was plannign to use linux for my first 'proper pc' but it seems i may not be able to.

hardware:

9800x3d

rx7800xt

MSI pro b850-p wifi

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gowall v0.2.1 The Unix Update (Swiss army knife for image processing)
https://redd.it/1jxn1ec
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cl-yasboi: Common Lisp Starter Project, With Unix and XDG Support
https://github.com/sebastiancarlos/cl-yasboi

https://redd.it/1jxrxbf
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Impossible to track user installed packages on Debian like Gentoo's Selectedset?

So, I've been wanting to write a program to track user installed packages in Debian 12 specifically like [Gentoo's Selected\set_(Portage)](https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Selectedset(Portage)) and have run into correctness issues. I wanted to write a python program eventually but I've been messing with ways to find out explicitly user installed packages excluding the dependencies that get installed along with them. My first intuition was to analyze all the apt history in /var/log/apt/history.log and the log rotations, but the default log rotation on Debian is 12 months, leaving only a year of apt logs which doesn't achieve this 100%. Next was to parse /var/lib/dpkg/status using heuristics but this would be a very rough estimate as there's nothing explicitly stating which package was installed by an arbitrary user. Then there's apt-mark showmanual supplemented with /var/lib/dpkg/status to get additional info but both of these display non user installed packages. I guess the challenge here is identifying what info is reliable which give moderate confidence. I finally landed on doing a fresh install of Debian 12, doing apt-mark showmanual and recording the packages that came installed with it, saving that info somewhere and comparing later runs of apt-mark showmanual against the initial run after install to see the difference. Currently this is the most accurate method I've found however, there's virtualization/containerization edge cases and a reliance on apt-marks's correctness. This probably provides the closest approximation to Gentoo's selected set. Is there something I'm missing or is it virtually impossible given how Debian works vs how Gentoo works?

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Post your best Linux quip for a license plate frame: “I’d rather be running Linux commands in a CLI”
https://redd.it/1jxuxp8
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Learning assembly for Linux x86_64
https://github.com/0xAX/asm

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"Remote" Gaming Setup suggestions

Over the last year or two I've fully embraced Linux as my primary operating system. I've distro hopped a bit and settled into the hype train that is Hyprland on Arch. Throughout this adventure I've only had 2 real hang ups: Adobe Suite and games with kernel anti cheat

My solution: I just ordered an HP t740 thin client. I intend to set this up as my "main desktop". It will be running Arch with Hyprland, handle my unnecessary number of displays, and all my basic tasks/work stuff.

I intend to set up my current gaming rig as a headless Windows box in my tech closet. I'll use sunshine/moonlight to access it for gaming. I have an XP Pen drawing tablet with screen that I plan on connecting to it and running the cables for it back to the closet (same room).

I'm my head, this should give me access to play all the games I could desire via sunshine/moonlight or steam streaming. As well as direct or streamed access to my creative applications and my drawing tablet still. Also, in theory, tailscale should give me access to my gaming rig when I'm away from home using my laptop I believe (haven't tested).


Does anyone have experience with this kind of project? Are there any common headaches or pitfalls I should anticipate? Have I forgotten any major pieces of the puzzle here? The thin client arrives Tuesday, so I'm trying to get as prepared to as possible.


Thanks for any input in advance!

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AI for Linux troubleshooting

I've always loved the concept of linux. And the different distros. But my own lack of knowledge + time to troubleshoot issues has always lead me back into windows's arms.


Recently my wife got a new device and since she was coming from mac, I installed bazzite gnome for her. She doesn't do much other than browsing and maybe light gaming so I thought it could work.


And it did. Well initiall it wasnt registering her wifi but then I found a solution. And then it worked fine for a couple of weeks.

Only to suddenly stop yesterday.

This time, I used usb tethering and just asked chatgpt.

While it couldnt get to the solution the first time, it helped me solve it eventually and man, this makes linux so much more realistic.

Altho I guess it lessens the learning aspect. But sometimes you just want things to work fast and well.

This is greeat!



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Pinta 3.0 is out: Paint.NET alternative has a redesigned interface

https://www.pinta-project.com/releases/notes/

The devs have done a great job of redesigning Pinta, porting it to gtk4, and fixing some memory leaks. Pinta (and Paint.NET) is an excellent intermediary image editor for anyone who doesn't need the complexity of GIMP, Photoshop, Photopea, etc.

https://redd.it/1jy4049
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3 weeks of win11 ist enough for years

Honestly i wanna say thank you for all the work behind Linux and his distros. Because of my new 9070xt i changed my os to win11, i wasn't able to get it to work on Ubuntu. And honestly, it worked fine on win11 out of the box.

But holy f......g s..t is win11 idiotic. Yeah, most stuff is just working fine, but if not you have barely any possibility to fix it. Beside the GUI of win seems like well planned by a group of little kids. I don't understand, why they need 3 different setting sections for Displays and appearance. One of them well hidden not in the system setting menu.

But the worst part came with AC shadows. Endless troubles, i watched like 50 different trouble shootings in YouTube. I fixed at least 40 issues. Then i got a Mail from an Ubisoft Dude, my problem is well known. I need to delete the save game, which gets creates upon the first start. I never went so far, it crashed before. So i read further. If it's not possible to delete this folder, i have to start steam or uplay, then disconnect the PC from the Internet and then the game will start fine.

I went so fucking angry about this "solution". For me it looks like Ubisoft has no Idea f.....g why their game crashes and they don't know either, why a disconnetion should help.

Then i downloaded Debian 13 (still unstable) and everything works fine so far. I was able to Install Kernel 13.6 and Mesa 25, the gpu is detected and works whitout any issue. I know, Linux has problems too, but the system is so nice talking to me, saying what's problem and i can actually solve the problems too.

https://redd.it/1jy4fwq
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Stable Linux for Modern Hardware?

I reasonably often upgrade my hardware, roughly every 2-3 years everything gets replaced and always AMD CPUs and NVIDIA GPUs and the experience usually is always the same, months of waiting for Hardware to work and then still riddled with issues and the system just randomly dies.

Recently I upgraded to a 7995WX and RTX 5090 and outside of Arch-based Distributions everything seems to be a no-go. I got Fedora 41 working for a few days but then randomly one morning it decided to get stuck on the boot screen after working for a few days and after a few reboots it got past that but crashed as soon as I logged in. Then I did a fresh install of Fedora 41 and upgraded to Fedora 42 that way, right away a black screen after upgrading. The Fedora 42 ISO won't even reach the installer anymore even though it is scheduled for stable release this Tuesday. Neither Ubuntu nor Pop!_OS will get past the "Try or install" screen. Same for Mint, Cinnamon, and basically any other Distributions that aren't rolling releases.

So what Distributions are actually reasonably up-to-date and can be used with the latest and greatest Hardware and are easy to recover/fix when they once again decide to give up? I know Arch will work but there are some pieces of Software that I use that are easy to get working on Debian/Fedora and a pain to get built on Arch-based Distributions and randomly crash, so Arch-based Distributions offer the "early-adopter" support I'm looking for but outside of that a lot of things are lacking because of the tooling I need to use for work.

PS: 99% of my use is programming with the need for a lot of different tools because I do Desktop, Mobile, Web and CLI development with a handful of languages and frameworks.

PPS: I know the usual suggestion that comes when I browse this subreddit "you use the wrong hardware" but that's not really how we're going to get Linux on Desktop to the masses by telling people they use the wrong Hardware.

https://redd.it/1jy3zd0
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ConfgenFS: All config files are now noscriptable
https://mzte.de/a/0003-confgenfs-all-config-files-are-now-noscriptable/

https://redd.it/1jy48kb
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What would be the easiest plug and play Distro to switch from Win10 for someone without any IT knowledge ?

Hello all !

I a guessing this topic has been adressed a few times, but I haven’t found a clear answer to my questions.

I am currently seriously considering moving from Windows to Linux for a few reasons :
- My laptop is getting older (6yo, i5, 4Gb RAM)
- Windows 10 support is ending and 11 will just eat up what perf I have left.
- I want to move away from the GAFAM and support OSS and if possible EU distro.

I use my computer for the following uses :
- Internet browsing
- Play some Steam games (Paradox mainly, but also AoE2 Which is a Windows one)
- Libre Office
- VLC media playing.

The thing is that I am not in the slightest an IT guy. I don’t know how to code, how to debug through counsol command, etc. I am really an average Windows user doing anything through the desktop.

So, here is my question : what distro and desktop should I use for these uses and given my knowledge ? ie. The most plug and Play / windowsy, the most stable and unlikely to crash and lowest learning curve possible ?

When it comes to distro, I understand 3 a recommanded :
- Ubuntu : fully supported and tested, least prone to crash and cause incompatibilities. But less plug and play.
- Zorin : game oriented, ready to use, but more likely to crash as specific packages not tested ?
- Mint : more windosy and easier UI, but specific packages (?) not tested thus prone to crashing.

And there is 2 desktop :
- GNOME : no choice if Zorin, good stable UI but no menu so can be difficult to start.
- Cinnamon : a more windowsy version of GNOME with menus and all.

What would you recommend based on your experience ?

Thanks a lot for your help !

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After yesterday's post, I added some updates to my project
https://redd.it/1jyaooe
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Dude was spitting facts.

Y’all really deleted that post calling out gatekeeping in the Linux community? That kinda proves his whole point.

He wasn’t even being disrespectful — just his own take And let’s be real for a sec: he was right. Way too many people in here treat Linux like it’s some secret society, acting like helping newbies is beneath them unless they’re compiling kernels blindfolded on a ThinkPad from 2003.

I’ve been on the Linux grind since I was like 12 — set up my first server to host a TeamSpeak 3 server back in the day ‘cause my squad needed a place to link up. Had no clue what I was doing at first, but I figured it out, and it was dope. That experience is literally what got me hooked on Linux. So yeah, I know the learning curve is real, and I get how overwhelming it can be for new folks. That’s why it bugs me even more when I see people get clowned just for asking questions. We should be encouraging that curiosity, not shutting it down.

Not everyone wants to run Arch or Gentoo. Some folks just wanna dip their toes in with Ubuntu or Mint, and that’s okay. Let people learn without making them feel dumb. It’s not a crime to make Linux more accessible.

Deleting posts that critique the culture? That’s not moderation — that’s insecurity. If we can’t handle a lil’ self-awareness, how are we ever gonna grow as a community?

Dude spoke the truth. Maybe instead of silencing it, we should listen.

https://redd.it/1jye30x
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postmarketOS has added support for COSMIC
https://postmarketos.org/blog/2025/04/09/pmOS-update-2025-03/

https://redd.it/1jyfaxq
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