Linux in 2025 (for laptops)

Linux on laptops in 2025 is no joke - it’s genuinely good now

I’ve been running Linux on my laptop recently, and I have to say - experience has reached a point where it feels premium. With the broader adoption of Wayland, many of the things that used to be a hassle are now working seamlessly out of the box.

I’ve got smooth, screen tear–free scrolling, full support for touchpad gestures, and even fingerprint scanning - all working without any weird hacks. These used to be pain points just a few years ago, and now they’re practically set-and-forget.

What surprised me the most, though, is how good I could get the audio to sound. With some well-tuned EasyEffects profiles, both my laptop speakers and my AirPods sound noticeably good (better than Windows maybe act) The sound is clean, balanced, and actually enjoyable for music and media.

All in all, Linux feels like a truly polished daily driver in 2025 - not just functional, but enjoyable. There are only 2 pain points for me now.

1. DRM content streaming sucks.
2. A lot of CAD software (Fusion 360 in particular) is not on Linux so that makes using it a lil more painful ig.

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Migrating to Linux from windows

I’ve been running windows 10 21h2 for the past couple years. Never updated it because I didn’t want any of Microsoft’s crappy ai bloat. Anyways I know windows 10 is reaching eol some time this year and so instead of going to win11 I’ll be moving to Linux. I game so the comparability with games is quite important. I also develop for android studio and use visual studio code for web dev.

I suppose I just want to know what distro of Linux people would recommend for myself? I recall one being very compatible with games but I don’t remember the name of the distro..

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GeanyPad - Use Geany as a simple text editor
https://redd.it/1lys147
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DAPU — Distro Agnostic noscript to manage packages
https://github.com/deltaZenith/DAPU

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Operese (a Windows-to-Linux migration tool made by a nerd)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMoXClh8emw

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television 0.12 – Search Anything from Your Terminal – Just Create a Channel
https://redd.it/1lyuybu
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Making PC also a server

As the noscript suggest I want to know if it's ok or generally unadvised to make a PC run all the time to both use as a server and to use daily.
Would you rather recommend to use a virtualization tool to run my server there and separate my own PC from it ?
Is it also ok to ssh into it from the outside world, with keys only ?
Would you be so kind to provide tips for basic security if I ever go this route.

Thanks !

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LibreOffice Podcast, Episode #4 – Documentation in Free and Open Source Software
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLol18XcGTI

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Raycast-compatible launcher for Linux
https://github.com/ByteAtATime/raycast-linux

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GitHub - netshow: Lightweight, performant interactive network connection monitor with friendly service names
https://github.com/taylorwilsdon/netshow

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Chris's Wiki :: (Maybe) understanding how to use systemd-socket-proxyd
https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/SystemdSocketProxydNotes

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Linux 6.16-rc6 Released With Transient Scheduler Attacks Mitigations, AMD Zen 2 Fixes
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.16-rc6-Released

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install broadcom wl wifi drier easily

a noscript that does the steps for installing the broadcom-wl wifi driver on some linux distros



at the moment the following Linux distros are available:



1.) ubuntu

2.) open-SUSE / open-SUSE tumbleweed

3.) void-linux

4.) kde-neon

5.) arch-linux


https://github.com/howtoedittv/broadcom-wl-easy


i would love if someone can test it on their distro to see if it works


thanks :>

good day

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found an acer aspire one in the trash... 1 gig of ram. what builds can i actually consider?

i wanna install linux on this thing right now, i already tried windows 10 and lets just say, NO. it did not like that, not at all. 1 gig of ram is a totally different ballpark it seems.

i was thinking kali but not sure if its too big. anything and everything as far as ideas go are appreciated as loong as you figure it'll work on the acer aspire one.

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25th Debian Conference just started today. What are you looking forward to at the conference?
https://debconf25.debconf.org

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I finally get it you guys.

Twenty years ago, when my friends who were serious about coding all switched to linux, I resisted. I want to play my video games in the same OS where I code, I said. In college, while learning to code, I still resisted, not learning bash, sticking to my guns.

For the last decade, working my fancy corporate data job, I resisted. "My IDEs work, and our linux dev laptops are too annoying anyway" I said. At home, I said "I want to play my video games with no problems more than I want to get rid of everything terrible about windows"

And so my windows setup has grown, with one customization app after another. Synergy, to share mouse and keyboard among my various computers/monitors. DisplayFusion, to wrest some vestige of control from the tyranny of explorer and its awful edge-pushing, heavy handed, "your grandma should be able to use this" oriented approach to UI. Endless struggles trying to implement custom keyboard shortcuts for everything I want.

Hell no, these last few months as I semi-retired and started coding as a full time hobby, it became too much. I dipped my toe with a distro that looked and acted like windows, then said "why don't I just set it up like I really want?". And now I can't stop scrolling through r/unixporn.

I'm sure in no time, I will have my desktop environment setup and be entirely satisfied with it, just like all of you guys.

Right?

...Right?

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Introducing Operese (A Windows to Linux migration tool)
https://youtu.be/PMoXClh8emw

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Story Behind VLC Logo ( He refused tens of millions of dollars just to keep VLC ads-free , meet Jean-Baptiste Kempf.)
https://redd.it/1lzykw5
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Humble Bundle - The Ultimate Linux Developer Collection Bundle by Packt

I received this email a short while ago from Humble Bundle, and thought it might appeal to those new to Linux or who want to learn more.

>The Ultimate Linux Developer Collection Bundle by Packt offers budding IT professionals the tools they need to compete with the best in the field. Learn how to bend Linux to your will and create the most optimized operating systems around. This curated library of courses includes Linux Foundation Certified System Administrator, Linux Essentials: Hands-On Course with Labs, Mastering Linux Admin with Rocky - A Hands-On Approach, and more. Pay what you want and help support Alzheimer's Research UK with your purchase!

https://www.humblebundle.com/software/ultimate-linux-developer-collection-packt-software


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Today I Learned….

That there is a Linux version of Edge and 2.4mil Flatpak downloads!!
Huh, who knew…….
I used Brave because it came with Zorin, but after upgrading my hardware compatibility was atrocious. Switched to Fed42 and very happy with it. Back to Firefox.

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I'm finally switching from Windows to Linux!
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