I'm a Windows user, however...

I want to migrate to Linux, and I don't understand anything about distributions or anything like that. Could you help me choose one and modify it too. I really don't understand anything, so I wanted to start with a more user-friendly interface.

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Any programs similar to SteelSeries GG Sonar app?

So on windows I use SteelSeries GG Sonar to put programs in virtual audio channel groups and to have noise cancellation for my mic. I absolutely love this app. It has made tweaking my audio so easy and I'm able to use them in OBS as well. I used to use Voicemeeter but I cannot go back to it after using Sonar. Is there any program for linux that can do the same thing? I'm on Arch and I apologize if this sounds like an advertisement of some sort. Program doesn't even work on Linux which is why I want to find an alternative.

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Aha! Marvelous...right on point! Cheers, Linus :)
https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-=winzTt3SCzv8BWGMm0fzrXS0gb59gK0h4dAe0L6hj3X_w@mail.gmail.com/

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Fan Control for Acer Nitro 5 on Linux Using NBFC / Nitro-Sense Alternative

Tested on:

My laptop

#1 FIRST YOU NEED TO INSTALL & CONFIGURE NBFC:

`yay -S nbfc-linux` Make sure to use the package manager for your distro (like `apt`, `dnf`, `zypper`, etc.).
nbfc config --list Find your exact laptop model in the list and copy the name exactly as it appears (including spaces).
`sudo nbfc config --apply "your laptop model"` Paste the name that you copy inside the quotation marks.
sudo nbfc start Start the process of nbfc ( if you want that nbfc starts automatically when you turn on your computer then do : sudo systemctl enable nbfc_service )
`sudo nbfc set -f 0 -s 60` `-f` selects the fan that you want to turn on ( 0 and 1 if you have two fans) and `-s` selects the speed that you want on that specific fan.
nbfc status Check your fans status

#2 CUSTOMIZE FAN CONTROL (FOR LAZY PEOPLE LIKE ME )

If you're tired of typing full nbfc commands, just create aliases.

`echo $SHELL` Check what shell you're using (bash/zsh/fish). For me it’s `zsh`
nano ~/.zshrc (~/.bashrc if you use bash) To edit your shell config file.
Then you need to scroll down and adjust how you want to manage nbfc (copy/paste my config if you want:

​

#Fan control
alias nitrostart='sudo systemctl start nbfc_service'
alias nitrostop='sudo systemctl stop nbfc_service'
alias nitrostat='nbfc status'
alias nitro0='nbfc set -f 0 -s 0 && nbfc set -f 1 -s 0'
alias nitro20='nbfc set -f 0 -s 20 && nbfc set -f 1 -s 20'
alias nitro60='nbfc set -f 0 -s 60 && nbfc set -f 1 -s 60'
alias nitro100='nbfc set -f 0 -s 100 && nbfc set -f 1 -s 100'

The alias is a mask of the commands of nbfc, you could change the names of the alias and the nbfc configuration if you want.

Finally you need to do source ~/.zshrc to save changes and your ready to control your fans with the commands that you assign in the alias.

Example with my config:

nitrostart \--> Start nbfc

nitro100 \--> Turn the fans on max velocity

nitrostop \--> Stop nbfc

NOTES:

Not all Acer Nitro models are supported by nbfc. Try similar configs if yours doesn’t work.
This gives you manual fan control — no automatic profiles.
Monitor temps with `sensors` (from `lm_sensors` package).
If you have any questions or if this doesn't work for your setup, feel free to ask in the comments — I'm happy to help!

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As an absolute beginner, install Linux with the help of AI feels really great.

It gives you straight answer, with a very readable step to step guide, minus all the hustle to search online and look for a right answer. It explains some difficult concept like a decent human do. It could also give a summary of questions I asked to reinforce my understanding. But why no one is talking more about this?

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Linux for my old Gaming laptop

This is a work laptop. Most of my work is online on Chrome(work, mail, canva, netflix, yt etc). I don't use any Microsoft Tools on the laptop as I never took an activation key. I rarely use this laptop for anything else. Will it be better to run Linux? What are the Pros and Cons.

My laptop -

Asus TUF Gaming FX504GE

Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8750H CPU @ 2.20GHz 2.20 GHz

Installed RAM 8.00 GB (7.86 GB usable)

System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

1TB harddrive, 128gb SSD, 4 gb graphic card



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I am trying to get Wayland with Weston to work on the newest Linux mint but have issues with getting it going.

So I go through the process of running everything in the terminal, and I launch Weston via terminal and try to get Wayland running, but when I try launching Wayland nothing happens , it's just blank for Weston. I am not sure what I am doing wrong, Ivenuninstalled and reinstalled again and it still doesn't work. Does anyone have any general advice on how to fix this?

Thank you

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Australian tech publication telling average users that Linux is now the smarter choice!

The timing’s interesting: as Windows 10 approaches end-of-life in 2025, and when users are being nudged towards a cloud-first model, this week's APC’s saying: maybe don’t. Maybe go Linux.This isn’t a niche Linux mag. It’s a mainstream Australian tech publication telling average users that Linux is now the smarter choice. That’s a shift. Feels like we’ve gone full circle: the same headlines from 2005, but this time it’s not about hope. It’s about practicality. Bloat, telemetry, UI friction maybe Linux’s time on the desktop really has arrived.

https://preview.redd.it/ojh8be24427f1.jpg?width=1151&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dd8e7e2c0a7965200408fbf90f72abcb65d4ca4c



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I am drowning in love with cachyos

hi im readhy to ditch windows space and go full to linux i tried fedora linux mint and they have good and bad but cachy os the thing about it is all my apps native not flatpack not appimage and thats what i want ! like iriunwebcam its for ubuntu (deb) and in arch or cachy its native i dont have to use boxbuddy to make it work

and discord is native !!!!



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Whatever happened to Bottles and Bottles-Next?

Bottles is one of the most user friendly prefix managers (from a perspective of a casual Linux user). However it has been months since any noteworthy updates have been released, it is still plagued by that awful bug, when you try to launch an .exe with the KDE file picker it has a 50/50 chance to crash internally and leaving behind zombie processes, where I have to restart my PC (and wait the 90 seconds for systemd to finally kill the remaining unresponsive processes...).

Bottles-Next had been announced and seemed promising, even though they decided to rewrite their work from Electron to Rust and libcosmic. But it has been 5 months since any work on it has been done on their repositories, whatever happened to it?

It really is a shame, because there aren't really any casual friendly alternatives for prefix management that are as known and "fleshed out" as Bottles (though Bottles still lacks UMU support).

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Post-quantum cryptography in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/post-quantum-cryptography-red-hat-enterprise-linux-10

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Linux is almost perfect at everything

I can play almost every game, but not those with extreme kernel-level anticheat.

I can run almost every photo/video editor, but not Adobe.

I can run almost all office apps, unless it's Microsoft Office natively.

Almost can run on all hardware, but not Nvidia. It can work great, but you will lose some performance against Windows(spically dx12 but this might fix hopefully)

And if...your nvidia card is in legacy support card all you can do is to cry

This post is well-made, but it may have grammatical mistakes, just like Linux XD

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GNOME: Introducing stronger dependencies on systemd
https://blogs.gnome.org/adrianvovk/2025/06/10/gnome-systemd-dependencies/

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Self-hosted ebook2audiobook converter, voice cloning & 1107 languages! :) Update!
https://github.com/DrewThomasson/ebook2audiobook

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The EU should force software monopolists to support Linux

The EU should force Microsoft, Adobe and other companies to offer their software for Linux as well. These companies are coldly exploiting their monopoly position to keep open source software down. Linux only has no chance on the desktop because no one creates sensible rules.

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Announcing HeliumOS 10 Beta!
https://www.heliumos.org/blog/post/announcing-heliumos-10-beta/

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GitHub - netshow: Cross platform, lightweight & high performance network connection monitor with friendly service names
https://github.com/taylorwilsdon/netshow

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What software do you use on Linux and purposes do you use it for?

I know they're are various alternatives to proprietary software in FOSS. There's Affinity and there's GIMP/Krita. What is your use case that you go the FOSS route?

I'm also pretty curious about the amount of users of FOSS. Like most people would use Steam as the main game launcher but why use Lutris even though you could add non-steam games to Steam.

I'm looking more for personal use cases or is it literally just because its FOSS that you use it?



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It's the year of Linux... at least for Denmark

Great news for the Linux community.
Denmark's Ministry of Digital Affairs will move away from Microsoft services, including Windows and Office 365. Hope more companies will follow.
They are also doing it with a caution
“If phasing out proves to be too complicated, we can revert back to Microsoft in an instant"

https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/its-the-year-of-linux-at-least-for-denmark-heres-why-the-countrys-government-is-dumping-windows-and-office-365


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mastering-zsh: Advanced topics to take advantage of zsh
https://github.com/rothgar/mastering-zsh

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Open Source Warp Alternative for... Everyone

Hi there good people of this subreddit.

Introducing NTerm: An open source alternative to the WARP terminal and much more.

Here's the gh: https://github.com/Neural-Nirvana/iota



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