scroll wayland compositor stable release 1.11.2

https://github.com/dawsers/scroll

scroll is a Wayland compositor forked from sway. scroll only supports one layout, a scrolling layout similar to PaperWM, niri or hyprscroller.

scroll is compatible with your sway configuration, and the dependencies are the same, so you can have both sway and scroll installed on your system and start either one of them.

Aside from the scrolling layout, scroll adds many new features to sway, including:

- Animations: scroll supports very customizable animations, but you can disable them.

- Lua API: you can run Lua noscripts that access the compositor and modify its behavior.

- Content scaling: The content of individual Wayland windows can be scaled
independently of the general output scale. You can do that with the mouse or some key binding.

- Overview and Jump modes: You can see a full overview of the desktop and work with the windows at that scale. Jump allows you to move to any window with just a few key presses, like easymotion in some editors. There are jump modes to preview and switch workspaces, tiling or floating windows or applications in the scratchpad. For floating windows and the scratchpad, it shows every window without overlaps for easier selection.

- Workspace scaling: Apart from overview, you can scale the workspace to any scale using key bindings or the mouse, and continue working.

- Trackpad/Mouse scrolling: You can use the trackpad or mouse dragging to
navigate/scroll the workspace windows.

- Portrait and Landscape monitor support: scroll is designed from the ground up
to adapt its layout to both portrait or landscape monitors. You can define the
layout orientation per output (monitor) or change it with a key stroke.

...and many other features.

Make sure to check out the TUTORIAL linked from the main README. It contains several videos explaining most features.

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Graphic software that supports DDS files and generates normal maps - recommendations

Hello, I recently decided that I don't want to use Photoshop anymore after it hit me with the 20€ cancellation fee (I'm a student and it hit hard). I'm looking for a software that:

1. Supports DDS files, can be natively or with a plugin.

2. Can generate normal maps based on height maps.

3. Can be used to edit textures.

4. Can be used to draw.

5. Is compatible with Linux.

I would prefer to use only one software at a time but if it's not possible, then I will settle for max two softwares.

I've heard that people hate Gimp and it doesn't allow non-destructive workflow.

For context, I'm a video game modder and I plan to switch to Linux from Windows 10.

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Minigalaxy - A simple GOG client for Linux
https://github.com/sharkwouter/minigalaxy/

https://redd.it/1lwbcka
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What do you use for backups?

I've got a few machines running as many distros. They each began as projects just for fun, but I have increasingly important services running on them and I'm at the point where losing any one of them would be a real headache.

I'm curious to learn what people use, I'm not looking for anything intricate, but something which is robust and reliable.

What do you use for backups?

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For those still hesitant to try Linux + It's Desktop Apps, because of the command line
https://redd.it/1lwdacc
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A Linux distro that draws you in by its name alone

Is there a linux distro that draws you in and like to try by its name alone?

The Void



For me its Void linux. I love the name and the project seems interesting too. Not sure if i can work with runit and if they got all my needed programs in the repos.

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Sparky Linux: "Takes the Options Ball and Runs With It!"
https://fossforce.com/2025/07/sparky-linux-takes-the-options-ball-and-runs-with-it/

https://redd.it/1lwi9t8
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How old is too old to make into a Linux laptop

Hi all,
I recently came back to running Linux. Using Mint in particular.
I have a few older laptops that are no longer upgradable, so I was thinking of wiping windows and putting Mint on them too.
How old is too old? One is 10 years old. (Found it in a box of old computer gear). The other is 2019.
Thanks.

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Want to shift to Linux from Windows

I am currently a windows 11 user. Quite fed up. I have a 64bit, 4Gb ram, intel i3 laptop....Acer Aspire A514. I as mentioned want t stitch to linux, basic usage, yt, ott, whatsapp, google suite, soke microsoft apps....so pleae guide me. I don't know much about linux!!

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I finally did it.
https://redd.it/1lwnkrp
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Windows running a Linux VM at 4K 240Hz - I love QEMU
https://redd.it/1lwmys3
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Mint/Cinnamon is horribly outdated

Cinnamon is currently my favorite desktop environment, and while I want it to stay that way, I am not sure whether or not that will hold true for long.

Linux Mint comes in three DE flavors, two of which are known to be conservative by design, so their supposed outdatedness can be justified as a feature.. Cinnamon serves as the flagship desktop, and is thus burdened with certain expectations of modernity. Due to its superficial similarities with Windows and ease of use, this is what a significant portion of new Linux are exposed to, adding a lot of pressure to provide a good first impression.

I've begun to question if Cinnamon is truly up to the task of being a desktop worthy of recommendation among the general populace. Technology is moving fast, and other major desktop environments have been innovating a lot since the birth of Cinnamon. One big elephant in the room is Wayland support, which is still in an experimental state. The recent developments in the Linux scene to drop X11 support have put this issue in the spotlight. If there isn't solid Wayland support soon, Cinnamon users will be left in the dirt when apps outright stop working on X11 platforms. Now, there's reason to believe that it's just a matter of time for this one issue to be addressed, but that still leaves a lot of other things on the table. GNOME's latest release has introduced HDR support, which is yet another feature needed for parity with other major platforms. How long will Cinnamon users have to wait for that to become accessible?

Even if patience is key to such concerns, there's still a more fundamental question about the desktop's future. Cinnamon inherits most of its components from GNOME, but many of these came all the way back from 2011 when GNOME 3 launched. To this day, there are still many quirks that are remnants of this timeline. For instance, Cinnamon is still limited to having only four concurrent keyboard layouts. This is an artifact of the old X11-centric backend that GNOME ditched as early as 2012. This exemplifies the drift that naturally occurs with forked software, and it's only going to get worse at the current velocity.

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FlatSync: Sync flatpaks between devices.
https://github.com/Ian-Marcel/FlatSync

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Intel Readies Big Graphics Driver Changes For Linux 6.17: Multi-Device Prep, SR-IOV, WCL
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Xe-Driver-Linux-6.17-Big

https://redd.it/1lwv1m9
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I've again updated my Linux installer for Windows that allows you to install Linux without a USB stick or manually having to configure your BIOS
https://rltvty.net/installlinux.html

https://redd.it/1lwxvl1
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What’s a Linux Distro you want to use but for whatever reason don’t?

For example, I’d like to use OpenSUSE but am so used to Debian based distros that I always give up.

I’d also use Fedora but the name alone has too many negative associations of neckbeardism.

Finally antiX, I love everything about it but can’t take it seriously because of how overly political and self righteous the creators are and how that’s injected into everything around the distro.

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OneDrive reliability on Linux

Afternoon all,

I'm trying to transition to a full daily Linux machine. At the moment i'm running a Win11 VM to support my Office365 suite, most specifically OneDrive.

(Currently on the family plan and Office365 is cheap.. makes sense for the 1TB storage, although it made A LOT more sense when you have the Skype minutes each month).


Does anybody here have OneDrive running and syncing reliably on a linux machine? It would be real bonus points to have the Just In Time file access like the native OneDrive. My OneDrive account is hundreds of gigs at this point and I generally just go for 256 GB SSDs on my laptop / OS drive.

I have seen the usual OneDrive / Fuse tutorials etc.. just curious well they work and any tips would appreciated, thanks.

Thanks a lot.

P.S. Am I the only one who prefers to use Excel / OneNote / Word instead of Googles products?

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What Linux distro to start computing initiation for a 4y old child?

Everything is said in the noscript. My son starts showing interest in the computer manipulation. I have an old laptop I could reconvert into a discovery machine with Linux, but I am wondering if there is a distro specifically adapted for children.

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Going back in time to 1998 with Debian Hamm/2.0, surfing the Protoweb via Netscape while playing Minesweeper and Chip's Challenge on a very early version of Wine!
https://redd.it/1lxaqy9
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What nobody talks about with Linux Gaming (EGPU Rant)

I'd like to start by saying this may be on framework, since I've had issues with their USB4 compat before.

I *REALLY* don't like windows, and I've been using linux on and off for several years (I use arch btw 🤓) both on my Main PC and my Laptop (FW16) for coding projects and general work stuff and I've loved it, but never been able to fully switch due to the gaming on linux not being great until Proton came out. When the Steam Deck was announced, I bought mine and found it amazing to work on/with and it pushed me to constantly try moving to linux permanently, which leads to the issue

EGPU Support on wayland is *borderline* unusable. And with X11 on its way out the door, that's a massive issue. And I'm not talking about arch being the issue, Fedora, RHEL, CachyOS, Bazzite, all the same issue. all-ways-egpu has managed to regularly get the egpu to work if it doesn't out of the box, but the frame stutters and lockups and lack of hotplug support is a massive issue when you're using a laptop with an underperforming iGPU.

I've been browsing around discords, reading through reddit and years old stackoverflow posts, going through my events log and trying several different egpu docks, but the issue is always the same both on my SteamDeck (which probably just doesn't have the bandwidth for a full PCIE card on its usb 3.1) and my Framework, and man does that suck.

I've settled on using Tiny11 and began looking for egpu passthrough solutions, but I just wanted to vent my frustrations that there's no real conversations being had about this when lots of youtubers and influencers are hailing "The Year of the Linux Gaming Desktop" and leaving us laptop users in the dust

**EDIT** This isn't about charity or wanting it done for me for free, this is about having people moving to linux having the whole picture, not just saying "It works, it just works".

Also: I'm actively contributing on a project with the aim to fix this, but the issues are plentiful and deeper than my current understanding of linux, so I'm learning. I just wanted to say that it's weird nobody talks about it when it's pretty important imo when you're considering moving to linux on a laptop (like Nvidia Optimus).

https://redd.it/1lx9u91
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‘systemctl’ vs ‘busctl’ as D-Bus clients (Visual Guide)
https://redd.it/1lxd0hl
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