Immutable distro with good accessibility options

Hello! Does anyone have recommendations for a immutable distro for old folks?

My grandpa's PC can't handle new versions of windows, I installed mint, but he had problems navigating the cinnamon UI, I was thinking he would have a better time with something like gnome.

In my research I found that fedora workstation has a immutable version, but if anyone has experience with this I would appreciate the input! Thanks :)

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Books like "The command line by William Shotts"

I have read this book twice and I just can't get over it haha. It's the Book that made me fall into love with linux. I have been using linux for nearly a decade now but really only became comfortable with stuff after reading this book.

However, as all good things must come to an end, there's only so many times I can read it. I am now looking for similar books where the author is pro foss and I like how he gives productivity tips along the way (for example, focus follows mouse setting is such a nice setting). "The command line" is filled with tips like these and author always writes in a simple tone. Ideally I am now looking for some intermediate to advanced level books with the goal to transition into system admin position down the years and possibly take linux+ comptia exams. (I have already cleared comptia A+)

Some popular noscripts I have come across (and would love to hear people's opinions on them)

1. The linux bible
2. Learning the bash (oreilly) by cameron newham
3. Comptia linux+ study guide by Richard blum and christine.
4. UNIX AND LINUX SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION HANDBOOK FIFTH EDITION by Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Trent, R. Hein, Ben Whaley, Dan Mackin

I am thinking to pick one book from this list but I am not quite sure which one Would be similar in tone to the "the command line". If you have other books you can suggest please feel free to share!

PS: I use man, and --help all the command but I like to read books for pleasure too and hence this post to find a linux related book.

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Recommended Linux Distros

So, I'm a distrohopper for not too long (6 months I think?) and I want more suggestions for Linux Distros that I can try! I know I can search online for some but I really need personal suggestions from you. I'm currently at EndeavourOS with KDE Plasma. So I prefer the plasma DE on the distro, if not then it's fine anyway. So, what do you suggest?

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SouthEast LinuxFest 2025 Registration and CFP is open
https://southeastlinuxfest.org/2025/04/self-2025-update/

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What do you like about configuring?

The noscript is rather abstract. I was wondering what people actually like when it comes to configuring their favorite software. For example, you could configure through some custom configuration language (like i3wm or ratpoison). Through a GUI/TUI application supplied on top of the application itself. Or through a standard text format like TOML/YAML etc. And then there is the special cases like suckless terminal where you edit the source code directly. Lastly the cases where you have to write some noscripting language like Python/Lua or a made up one like in Vim.

So what is your favorite way of configuring an application?

It probably highly depends on documentation. But I want to find out what other factors are there.

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Steam Linux Support - Valve will abandon support of the Steam client on Linux distributions without glibc 2.31 or newer as of 8/15/25
https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/107F-BB20-FB5A-1CE4

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I was bored, so I created a Reddit CLI client (read-only). You cannot upvote or comment, but it’s better than nothing—for sure, it’s my go-to choice for a quick peek at my favorite subreddit to check what’s new or news about tariffs, haha.
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Noob Question
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FreeTube - great client app for YouTube

Found a very good YouTube client app aimed at privacy. The app pulls all of YouTube's elements separately: video stream, comments, likes, recommendations, etc., and these elements can be disabled in the settings so that they don't even load. The app doesn't require registration or login, but it supports playlists, viewing history, etc. In my opinion, this is the best YT-client!

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Fun Fact! CBP is not allowed to search through Cloud Services when they seize your phone in Secondary Inspection -- "I'm going in an international trip to visit family. I'm a US citizen ... I take a pixel running grapheneOS and an encrypted Linux laptop," writes Redditor dontneed2knowaccount.
https://old.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1k2f7oe/fun_fact_cbp_is_not_allowed_to_search_through/mnwj35b/

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Clip Studio Paint en Linux

Hello everyone. I am a Windows user, but my laptop does not support Windows 11 and what's more, Windows 10 crashes or I have some errors and I go from using Windows 11 to make it even worse. I want to go to Linux Mint or Zorin, the problem is that I am an artist and the drawing program I use is Clip Studio Paint, it is the best one to use. From what I see, this app is not on Linux and I don't know how I could get it to work. Can you recommend a good Linux distro and how to get Clip Studio working? Thank you so much

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What are your top 3 gnome extensions? with 1 sentence reasoning at most

Trying to find cool extensions that I can use. Currently I only have some standard extensions like:
* Ubuntu dock
* app menu is back
And fuzzy search

I am looking for cool things that we can share accross this lovely community.

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Fedora failed during installation and now I can't access my pc at all

So I was installing Fedora 42, doing a whole disk installation removing windows but it failed saying bootloader could not be loaded, so I just restarted my pc to try and install it again but when I select my pendrive to boot into live environment GNU Grub shows up. From here I feel like I have tried everything but still can't get into live environment or any Linux distro just stuck in GNU grub, I also tried flashing a windows iso hoping it would work but after it I can't even see the GNU grub.

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NVK enabled for Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta GPUs
https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/nvk-enabled-for-maxwell,-pascal,-and-volta-gpus.html

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My wife finally forced to move past Win 8.1 Pro back to Linux. A win!

TL/DR: The wife's job required Win 8 Pro in 2014 when she started, no Linux client available to her. But Win 8.1 Pro was really stable so whatever...

FF to April 2025, her company AWS no longer supports Win 8 or even Win 10. But not being new, she asked about Linux. The tech support guy told her he could not get it working on Kubuntu (our preferred distro) but did on a distro I had never heard of called "Vinari." Gnome? No thanks.

20 second of research and found out Vinari is Debian based as are 'buntus. So I said "screw that guy" and installed Kubuntu 24.04. Literally 5 minutes after installation, AWS was up and she was able to log in. Been using it for a week without a single "tech support" call to the hubby (me, lol) so all good.

She's now waiting for the next required call to the company so she can tell the tech support guy "Oh, BTW, my husband got AWS working on Kubuntu in like 5 minutes. He said you can email him if you need help with that..."

ROFL

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Red Hat Linux 6.2 (from 2000)
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I made an app that gives you Linux in the browser, it's now open-source
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Do you struggle to remember the syntax of CLI tools? What is your solution beyond reading man pages?

I've been using Linux distros for many years now, but I've always spent hours learning the syntax, then forgetting it and having to relearn it months later. Maybe I'm dyslexic? Or does "Linux" (the ecosystem) have an unnecessary bias towards convenience for people with great memory?

For example, I install debian with root zfs, so that has required me to write a doc with hundreds of lines of code. It's not fun at all, and hard to read, similar to this: https://openzfs.github.io/openzfs-docs/Getting%20Started/Debian/Debian%20Bookworm%20Root%20on%20ZFS.html

I.e. it breaks with programming principles of being self-explanatory code, well-named variables, and so on.

I often have to read through man pages and try to understand what a particular argument does, but searching for it doesn't work since it matches with other text. Am I using man pages wrong? Is there a tool that searches arguments specifically?

Obviously LLMs are a great help these days, but they sometimes hallucinate.

Do you struggle with this as well, or have you found tools to support you?



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Just why?

I have a question.

On computer related posts, I always see someone saying "The Linux user always having to bring up how great Linux is every 10 seconds."

Now, I'm an intelligence guy who moved to the IT/Security field a few years back. I just don't get it. I have a Ubuntu Cinnamon laptop but my primary PC is my windows system. Started using it a year ago.

I use the Ubuntu system just daily stuff (email, web, word processing, YouTube), rarely if ever touching the terminal window.

It works flawlessly and it's lightning fast. My windows computer (the monster it is) sometimes struggles to open Microsoft word properly.

Why all the hate on Linux? Honestly, it doesn't need the terminal at all for the main distros unless you get fancy. Honestly, I'd feel better giving my mom (who is computer illiterate) a Linux system than a windows because I can't see how she could mess it up.

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Does anyone use electron based terminal emulators?

I’m aware of terminals like Tabby and Hyper — but does anyone actually use them? Why would someone choose an Electron-based terminal over emulators written in Rust (like Alacritty, WezTerm, or Ghostty) or something like Kitty (built with Python/C/Go)? Even the built-in terminal feels like a better option than one built on Electron.

I checked the RAM usage, and it was around 1GB for just 3–4 tabs. That’s why I’m asking. Blink and Electron are practically the same thing. So now your browser runs on Electron, your terminal runs on Electron — and half of your RAM is just gone.

Hyper and Tabby aren’t even the only Electron-based terminals — there are tons of them. That honestly baffles me. Is this just a case of “demand creates supply”?

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Open Source: A hedge against tariffs and geopolitics
https://vaibhawvipul.github.io/2025/04/08/Open-Source-A-hedge-against-tariffs-and-geopolitics.html

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