So, is Ventoy confirmed safe? Alternatives?

Afaik, the blobs haven't been reverse engineered yet. I heard YUMI uses a lot of stuff from Ventoy, so is it not safe? What about E2B?

Filler because automod: Ventoy is just such a great tool. Not having to have multipe USB sticks for different OS's is so freeing and updating is so incredibly simple. I dont know what im gonna do if I can't find an alternative :(

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discussing your experiences with linux

basically for the past month, i’ve been experiencing terrible just terrible stability issues with windows, even stripped out windows, and now im thinking about switching, i have fun optimizing stuff in windows but it’s always no use since it’s just dogshit.

can you please tell me your experience with overall stability with linux?

what should i expect when it comes to process, and like if i do some customization stuff like for example set the texts to green will that increase cpu usage like windows does when you do any sort of customization?

thank you in advance, you will help me so much but telling me your experience.

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Time to Boycott HDMI Cables for Good: Open Source HDMI 2.1 or Nothing

Alright, Linux community, we’ve had enough. For three years, Red Hat devs have been waiting on the HDMI Forum for open-source specs for HDMI 2.1. And what do we get? **Crickets**. Meanwhile, we’re left with half-baked drivers that barely work and a whole lot of headaches.

It’s time to face the truth: HDMI 2.1 is still locked behind corporate greed. We’ve been promised the future of display 4K at 120Hz, variable refresh rates, the whole shebang—but what we’ve actually gotten is a closed-source nightmare.

So here’s the new plan:

* We’re boycotting HDMI cables for good.
* We’re done with your overpriced, half-functional cables.
* We’re switching to DisplayPort, or, if we must, we’ll go back to VGA.

The HDMI Forum needs to wake up. We want open-source HDMI 2.1 specs, and we won’t stop pushing until we get it. So let’s make some noise—because we’re done waiting.

**#FreeHDMI2.1**
**#OpenSourceHDMI2.1**
**#BoycottHDMICables**
**#BackToVGA**

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Beginner Linux Distro Choices

Hey all, after some distro research I was hoping to install Fedora's Aurora and use a window manager like Hyprland.

As I'm pretty new to linux I'm realising that may not be possible as Aurora is a more immutable distro I believe. Has anyone had luck using Hyprland on Aurora or have any recommendations that would be similar?

Hoping to use this machine as my main personal computer. Some gaming through steam, social media, light photo editing, programming...

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After installing linux from my USB stick, can i delete the linux setup and use the USB stick normally after?

Like, after i succesfully installed linux and i no longer need the usb stick can i delete the setup from the stick and still use it as storage for files, photos etc?


I want to borrow my friend's usb stick for this as i don't have one myself and i want to make sure i can give it back to him fully functional


Sorry if this is a stupid question but i wanted to be sure, thank you

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Battery status for ulauncher
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OpenBSD 7.7 released - Apr 28, 2025
https://www.openbsd.org/77.html

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Lixom: Protecting Encryption Keys with Execute-Only Memory
https://publications.cispa.de/articles/conference_contribution/Lixom_Protecting_Encryption_Keys_with_Execute-Only_Memory/28547879

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Creative ways to use ubuntu from a mac

I own a 32gb windows machine which i was dual booting for over a year with linux mint . Now i recently got a decent mac with not so much memory. I am planning to use the other laptop to compensate for the loss in memory. As a first step wiped the ssd and installed ubuntu server LTS, installed docker and offloaded any python side project to vscode ssh tunnel. Also have installed multipass on the linux laptop and plan to use it to learn kubernetes. I was wondering if there are any other creative ways to use the ubuntu server laptop from a mac?

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Google is againsts sharing of Linux distros

BEWARE! When you upload an innocent linux distro or you own linux distro flavor iso images on google drive. It will automatically flagged by google as malware if the iso image size of a distro was below 1GB. Google is becoming more incompetent.

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Dock station that supports Linux

Long time Linux user (off and on). Setting up a laptop workstation for my new job and I'm shopping for a dock that supports Linux. When I search "laptop dock linux" on Amazon, the top searches all explicitly say that they don't support Linux. So where do I find dock stations that support linux?

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Camo Studio alternatives for Linux?

I run Fedora and I wanted to use Camo Studio ever since switching from Windows 11 but it's not available for Linux.

My laptop has a really crappy potato webcam and I'm going to take online meetings for some of my college classes and I really liked Camo Studio on Windows because you can not only use your iPhone as a webcam via USB or Wirelessly, but it also supports buil-in tools like framing, backround tools, image enhancements, overlays, AR, changing lenses, audio settings, etc. you get the idea.

I know there's Iriun and Droidcam for Linux but they don't have anywhere near the same capabilities that Camo offers. I really don't want to go back to Windows.

Do you know any good alternatives? Or should I resign and use Iriun even though it's basic?

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Fun Linux challenges for 12yo

My son is 12 and has always had a fascination with operating systems. He currently has 65 Windows and Mac VMs on his computer. Sometimes over a weekend he'll upgrade a VM from Windows XP all the way to Windows 11 just for the challenge, and he loves explaining the different UI elements and wallpapers and what changed from one version to the next.

I've been trying for some time now to get him interested in Linux (though my own skills with Linux are only intermediate at best) hoping it may segue into a career path someday, but he's been largely uninterested (not being able to run Fortnite is a huge deal-breaker for him). I've been bribing him with challenges (or "bounties," in Fortnite parlance) with cash for things like choosing and installing a distro, customizing it with wallpapers, and demonstrating mastery of basic terminal commands. He successfully got EmuDeck set up in his Mint install for all his emulators, so that's one killer app for Linux, at least.

TIFU though. After watching the latest Pewdiepie video he showed an interest in Hyprland, so I offered a bounty for getting that up and running without realizing quite how daunting a task that was. There were tears.

So my question is: does anyone have any other ideas for fun Linux challenges that might be suitable for a Linux beginner like him?

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What should I learn on Linux as a teen?

So I’m a teen who recently installed linux, I’m currently using Ubuntu and a vm to run Kali because I have an interest in pen testing and I’m trying to learn it.

I was wondering what are the best time efficient ways to learn networking, linux and python for networking by myself that will give me hands on experience that I can do with little to no experience or knowledge. Keep in mind I don’t have that much time on my hands because I’m in the final two years of school?

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Slack Tux plush, anyone know anything about him?
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Thinking of moving to Linux but I have questions.

So software isn't a issue as I use gimp and da Vinci resolve on my windows 10 with the only thing adobe software I use being Adobe express which I'm guessing I can access from a web browser on Linuxs.

I'm running a old PC and I've never installed a system before so could someone recommend a video on that.

I also wanted to ask if I decided I don't want to use Linux is it hard to go back to windows 10 with everything being the exact same as it was before thank you.

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1440p / 120Hz display compatibility with Linux

Hello, I am looking to buy a PC to run Linux, but I want to benefit from high resolution and high refresh rate.

If my monitor supports 1440p 120Hz and that the CPU I choose has integrated graphics that also supports it (HDMI 2.1, either Intel or AMD), will it work well under Linux (Mint) or should I expect problems ?

I don't want to buy expensive hardware and encounter problems.

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Linux appreciation post

I just wanted to write an appreciation post in relation to Linux. A year ago, my high end Yoga laptop died due to a motherboard issue and I couldn't afford a new laptop. I had to use my parents laptop which we collectively called the trashy laptop due to having a Celeron chip and 4GB RAM running Windows 10. My sister already broke the keyboard for being too slow. I removed bloatware using registry options but it was still slow af.

I used Linux on a school computer years ago and also in VMs. So I tried to install Ubuntu on this laptop and wow. It was quick and usable. I used it until I could afford a new one. Lost my trust in high end laptop and bought a refurbished laptop with i5 and 8GB RAM as I already have a desktop. Now I am running Fedora on it. I still have dual boot on just for Adobe and Office but I rarely use it.

Yesterday, I logged in my Windows. Just at lock screen I can see some trash widgets automatically switched on. I forgot about Edge with their AI bs and 'News Feed' which has news about USA while I am like 5000 miles away. It is funny how we pay so much for an OS and can't remove some files cause only the 'system admin' can do that to MY HOME PC. Thank god for Linux and their customisation. Can sudo my way out of everything.

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A legendary printer from 1997 and linux
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ytfzf_prime (Updated fork of ytfzf) - {search, watch, download from } youtube without leaving the terminal, without ads, cookies or privacy concerns, but with working maxres thumbnail display and docker implementation
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New Linux Patches Aim To Customize Out-Of-Memory Behavior Using BPF
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Customize-Linux-OOM-Using-BPF

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