This Week in Plasma: Plasma 6.4 stabilizes
https://blogs.kde.org/2025/05/31/this-week-in-plasma-plasma-6.4-stabilizes/

https://redd.it/1kzuk63
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Intel Prepping Linux Driver For Future Data Center GPUs Based On Battlemage
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Future-DC-GPU-Linux-BMG

https://redd.it/1kzvsb4
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For those who say "Open-source software is useless compared to their commercial counterparts"

I properly got into Kdenlive two months ago, not expecting it to be fit for my language preservation project(and even that was a hit or miss direction i was going). I spent some parts of the day exploring it then, and after i got a hang of it(which was surprisingly easy), i was able to start my language preservation project!

I was so used to comments that "Linux is only good for web-browsing". Now, with the revelation that i can simply edit videos with something like Kdenlive, i don't believe that anymore. Sure, for some areas(like photo editing) it is till hit and miss, but it is very useful for 80% of use cases today!

It even supports my native language properly(in keyboard input), unlike other operating systems like Windows, which just have a generic QWERTY keyboard, so i don't have to install third party tools at all.

For those who say that: Without open-source software, my dream of localizing in my native language would still be a pipe-dream, especially with the stunts Adobe and others have been pulling lately.



https://redd.it/1kzwlwf
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What’s the deal with file managers?

This is a very personal gripe, and of course it is very silly, i'm perfectly used to the ones available in linux by now.

But that is one thing I can easily look back and feel like i'm missing something compared to Finder and Explorer. Why are linux file managers so odd? It's like they try to instinctively not do what the other two do, but end up with a very odd combo of stuff going on.

What's your favorite File Manager and why?

https://redd.it/1kzz2tb
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How is Bluetooth so much better on Linux?

I know this is an odd post since I only saw people complaining about Bluetooth on this forum, but I am currently running endeavorOS and Bluetooth is significantly better than when I was on windows.

I have a cheap dongle I got off Amazon that always had driver problems on windows, it either never connected properly, stopped working all together or I’d have to pair my devices all over again.

I have several controllers pairs and I have yet to have any issues grabbing any of them and simply turning them on.

Why the big difference?

https://redd.it/1l022io
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Well...well....what you know! Kees pissed off Linus again! ....meh
https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-=wj4a_CvL6-=8gobwScstu-gJpX4XbX__hvcE=e9zaQ_9A@mail.gmail.com/

https://redd.it/1l07j8z
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What are the perks of using Fedora?

I've been using Linux since 2008. I started with Ubuntu and did my fair share of distro-hopping over the years (Arch, CentOS, Manjaro). Eventually, I decided that Ubuntu was my distro of choice. I like its stability and compatibility, and I absolutely love its customized version of GNOME.

Now I'm in the mood to try something new again, and I've read a lot of good things about Fedora. I'm aware of the main differences between the two distros - Fedora being more focused on bleeding-edge updates, while Ubuntu emphasizes stability.

So now I ask you: are there really any advantages to using Fedora over Ubuntu, or should I stick with my current distro?

https://redd.it/1l09sd6
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GUI for btrfs or llvm volumes for home NAS configuration?

I have a proxmox homelab that I attach a bunch of random hard drives with various sizes and share over my network (DIY NAS).

I am not using freeNAS because the drives are different sizes and all the raid options require drives of the same size.

To combine the disks I am using btrfs and combining the drives into a logical volume. I have also used llvm for this with the same outcome.

The problem is, I only ever interact with the volume when I;
- reinstall the homelab OS
- add/remove/replace a drive

This isn't something I do every day and so I always forget the commands to work with the volumes or revive the volume when reinstalling.

I have a cheat sheet but it's only so helpful because I'm not that smart.

I have tried gparted, gnome disks and the KDE partition manager and they are great for working with single disks, I haven't found a way to visually manage btrfs or llvm collections/volumes (maybe I'm blind)

Is there a recommended GUI tool (or web UI that I can host from my proxmox host) that can be used to manage collections of disks over btrfs or llvm for smooth brains like myself?

https://redd.it/1l09ste
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Easyeffects is a good linux exclusive

Is a free and open source application for Linux and other systems that provides a large array of audio effects and filters to apply to input and output audio streams.

How does that matter?

If you have a terrible microphone, it can really help you and make your voice sound better.

I cannot even find anything close to this software in Windows; it is a legend.

And even sometimes I make funny sounds and change the pitch or add reverb.

And it is not even that resource-intensive, as I remember.

So, if you have a bad microphone, use it thank me later.

https://redd.it/1l0dti2
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TIL: Use $_ to reuse the last argument in Bash/linux terminal commands!

Just found out you can use `$_` in Bash to reference the last argument of your previous command.
For example, instead of typing: `mkdir dir1 && cd dir1`

You can do: `mkdir dir1 && cd $_`

Writing directory/folder name two timers in mkdir sucks!

https://redd.it/1l0ja1a
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Best Linux Video Editing program (with AMD GPU support) in 2025?

As of recently I'm rocking a new build with a 7900xtx and have fully migrated to EndeavourOS from Windows. I'm now using ROCm for everything I can and it's been great so far, but I still haven't figured out how I'm going to get my video editing done.

On my old Windows computer I previously used DaVinci Resolve for video editing, but Blackmagic have cut a raw deal for Linux users. Looks like I'd have to manually download every update from the Blackmagic website (ie. make an account, give all my personal details, login every time etc), then modify the AUR package, and even after that I still wouldn't be able to work with any of my old OBS recordings due to the lack of essential codecs (they are all AAC/H256 IIRC and I don't really feel like converting hundreds of gigs of recordings).

That's a lot of hurdles I don't want to deal with - it seems to me that Blackmagic simply doesn't like Linux users, so I'm not going to fight to make their software work.

Sooo, what are my options for alternatives? Is there any video editing software for Linux with particularly good support for ROCm?

https://redd.it/1l0jcpk
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Oniux: Kernel-level Tor network isolation for any Linux app
https://blog.torproject.org/introducing-oniux-tor-isolation-using-linux-namespaces/

https://redd.it/1l0n4tw
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Audacity Nord theme
https://redd.it/1l0o3fi
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Marriott Website blocking linux users

I just wanted to raise awareness of this. I can confirm I am having this problem. Here is a video I found of someone else demonstrating the issue.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grXDOQSGASE

https://redd.it/1l0q1gc
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I have made a UI for Konsave

I like to fiddle with themes on my systems and i have found Konsave by Prayag2 on Github. the "problem" is that it is a CLI tool and i wanted it to have a little bit of UI to handle my themes so i wrote it myself!

If you are a Linux newcomer and you are still afraid of the terminal or if you are just lazy and don't want to open the terminal every time you have to change your theme this might be a handy tool for you, give it a look!

https://github.com/TheUruz/KonUI

Peace! :)


EDIT: i have updated the README file with screenshots for anyone curious about how it looks \^\^

https://redd.it/1l0qkr7
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I'm 100% Linux now. Here is my journey.

Firstly, this will be a fairly long story, as I started out tinkering with Linux back with Mandrake and Red Hat circa 2000. Back when I had a 33.6K dial-up modem.

I had never been a PC user, or even a PS3 user, as I was in the publishing trade on Apple Macs in the 90's, and Linux was the last thing on my mind back then.

Then comes 1999 and I relocate to another state, and acquire a Pentium 233 MMX, with some horrible Riva TNT graphics.

My brother had graduated university with Comp/Sci and Maths, and was a programmer/analyst and a database firm in North Sydney. This is where I first encountered Iris running on an Indigo2 workstation. This got me interested in alternative operating systems... well at least different from MacOS and Windows.

https://redd.it/1l0ss3u
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I'm happy to write this from my new old PC with Linux Mint

This is my second attempt to migrate to Linux and it looks to be a success.

Long story short- I revived one of my old PCs with new SSD and loaded it with Linux Mint 22.1. I'm older guy and a welder mechanic so PCs and comps are much more of a mystery to me than Black Magic. Getting old PC to boot was much harder than making bootable USB and loading it into PC. Not I have to migrate stuff from old still running win10 PC to this old boy.

One issue that keeps popping up is that some keyboard keys don't work like thy should and they show other symbols. I don't get that but I will. Wish me luck :)

https://redd.it/1l0w07m
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Why do some devs prefer Snap over Flatpak?
https://redd.it/1l0xi8j
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Intel Overclocking Watchdog Driver Merged For Linux 6.16
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Overclocking-Linux-6.16

https://redd.it/1l0xgds
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Kees Cook cleared of malicious git shenanigans
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250601-pony-of-imaginary-chaos-eaa59e@lemur/

https://redd.it/1l1csss
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LFS package build recipes.
https://github.com/lidgnulinux/LFS-qi-recipes

https://redd.it/1l1c90d
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