How do I get started?

Hey everyone! I've been thinking lately about switching to linux, but I don't know which version of linux should I use considering that my pc is an old piece of hardware from 2008. And also what are the pros and cons of switching from windows to linux?

My specs are:

•4gb ram

•Pentium dual-core cpu E5200 2.50ghz

•Nvidia 9600 GT

•ECS G31T-M7 motherboard

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I put Linux on the worst laptop i have and it works fine somehow
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My good ole EliteBook
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Anybody build Linux From Scratch here?

I did a Linux From Scratch run about 15 years ago and really tempted to do it again. I made a basic build on an old Pentium 3 and got X onto it but I messed up building a Gnome desktop and kind of left it. I really enjoyed it though as I learned so much about Linux systems and it would be good to get a refresher on the deep down stuff, particularly the kernel.

Anybody else had a go at it?

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Nefoin - Auto Install Any Nerd Font You Want in seconds via CLI. No Manual Download or Cloning Required.
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Resurrecting old machines with EFI limitations. Is Linux a viable option?
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This Week in Plasma: HDR calibration wizard
https://blogs.kde.org/2025/05/17/this-week-in-plasma-hdr-calibration-wizard/

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Monster Hunter Wilds stutter

Hello I’m having stutter issues when traversing the map and sometimes in combat. Haven’t had these issues on windows so I ask if someone have a fix for this or is it just quirky game and it runs like that on this OS? Bazzite 42 GPU AMD RX7900XTX Mesa drivers 25.0.5 CPU ryzen 7 7800x3d Already tried different proton version, cleaning shader cache, running on gamemode, running on gamescope, swapping direct storage files. Just desperate because it one of few games I come back to often and I’m having worse experience on Linux than on windows with this game. Any input appreciated

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great website
https://endof10.org/

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A Citizens EU Countries Initiative, following the recent successful ones, to make Linux, LibreOffice and other EU Apps from https://www.goeuropean.org the standard OS, Apps in the EU public administrations since are funded by Germans, French People 40% tax money, is it a good idea? Have your say?
https://www.reddit.com/r/BuyFromEU/comments/1kopwwn/a_citizens_eu_countries_initiative_following_the/

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niri v25.05: the all-new overview, and tons of other improvements
https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri/releases/tag/v25.05

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Just got 2 badass old toughbooks, Which distro deserves to be installed?
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Samba shares are read-only on iPhone after updating to iOS18

Context: I tried to drop some PDFs into a samba share from my iPhone recently. This has never been a problem, but, today, the shares are suddenly read-only, but only on my iPhone. The shares are still read and write from other clients. I followed several guides that basically said I needed to add `vfs objects = catia fruit xattr_objects` to my smbd.conf. Cool, I add it. Restart samba service and now nothing can access that server via Samba.


Go to said server and try to access on CLI using smbclient and I get error: `tree connect failed: NT_STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_NAME`


I'd love to be able to drop files on my samba shares using my iPhone if anyone has any idea about this. I've scoured the Internet for solutions, and nothing relevant has come up.

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Plasma 6.5 is gonna be a big one
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Successful Laptop dGPU Passthrough // Running Rust on Windows 11 X-Lite ISO
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Is a tiling window manager actually superior and more efficient?

Every single blog post/video extolling the superiority of tiling windows managers, they all amount to the same thing -

- how you don't need to deal with the 'mental overload' of a normal overlapping windows which is so horrible.
- the superiority of never touching the mouse
- the superiority of vim keybindings
- how tiling wm's means you can use multiple workspaces
- when someone points out apps like your browser, editor shouldn't be resized, they point out they are always fullscreen in a separate workspace with a shortcut
- if you then point out some apps are better off as floating, they point out sure you can tweak your config to make them so
- same for other things, the answer is always writing your config file
- presume that the alternative is always pressing alt-tab and resizing windows endlessly
- the lower resource usage

None of these are things that you need a tiling wm for. A regular DE lets you do all this and more with the exact same workflow and you don't need to write custom config files

- you can define multiple worskspaces/virtual desktops, put my apps in those, and switch between them just as fast.
- you don't need to confine yourself to one paradigm, choose what fits best
- the apps you most need tiling for - your terminal and code editor, support it natively - eg tmux, vscode etc
- the DE uses more resources because it does far more. by the time you end up adding polybar etc to your hyprland/sway/i3 and writing custom config files for disks,BT,volume etc etc its going to be the same
- what exactly is so inferior about using a mouse? its a GUI. I want to see tooltips and function definitions on mouseovers etc because they are additional info that a keyboard can't give. using my mouse to see an overview in Plasma/Gnome and then selecting a window is far more efficient than other methods
- DEs tend to work much better with multiple monitors/remembering positions etc

and the thing is most DE's whether it Windows or Linux have some sort of extension/feature that gives you tiking features anyway.

e.g Windows has a great implementation of snap zones etc, ChromeOS copied it, I believe KDE/Gnome etc might have it too. you can use powertoys/fancyzone or its equivalent and have the best of both worlds.

tldr - people who say tiling is superior are just talking about workspaces and shortcut keys essentially and you can do the same with regular windows.

Tiling multiple windows only makes sense with huge monitors and/or tiny fonts/perfect eyesight. why would you want to keep multiple apps visible at all times? most of the time I want them fullscreen or a given size/position instead of it jumping all over the screen as I open more windows.

this is an example -
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/leukipp/cortile/main/assets/images/demo.gif

choose what you want, but there's an undeniable superiority complex about being a 'hardcore' user who uses tiling, never touches the mouse and is more efficient, and I just dont think thats true.

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How Do I Know If onn. AC Powered USB 3.0 Hub with 4 USB Ports Is Using AC?

I regret buying this. https://www.walmart.com/ip/onn-AC-Powered-USB-3-0-Hub-with-4-USB-Ports/325592700

It has no indicator light.

It claims Transfer data lightning-fast at up to 5 Gbps per port.

How do I know I am getting what I paid for :(



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After trying to install the puppylinux (first Linux experience) and a series of unfortunate events I booted again into windows and deleted the disk with Linux and what I think was the boot loader , and now ... What ?
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Finally switched to Linux (almost)

Almost (90%) switched to Linux! I have been trying to switch to Linux for 3 years, but the software I used during my studies was holding me back.

Chose Ubuntu 24.04, updated it to 24.10. (Upgrade to 25.04 in the plans) The hardware works, the system works great too.

The only thing that makes me boot into Windows is Fusion 360 and some Steam games. (I know about Proton, but some games does not work)

UPD: I switched 6 months ago, but I am writing only now

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[Debian] Bits from the Release Team: hard frozen trixie
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2025/05/msg00004.html

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Firefox 138.0.4: critical security fix. Update now
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2025-36/

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