I Feel So Happy Ever Since I Got Back To Linux.

Ubuntu 25.04 Desktop

I started using Ubuntu back in college because my old laptop couldn’t handle much else. Then about five years ago, I switched to a gaming laptop and went back to Windows and ever since, I’ve been drowning in adware, bloatware, and all the unnecessary junk Windows has. For the past two months, I’ve been distro hopping (Ubuntu -> Kubuntu -> Fedora -> back to Ubuntu).

For the first time in years, it feels like my computer actually belongs to me again. I’ve also been keeping an eye on how much Linux gaming has progressed. I don’t really game anymore, but I genuinely hope Linux keeps growing in that space.

One thing I absolutely love is how helpful the Linux community is everyone has their own unique way of solving problems. I truly wish for the Linux community to keep growing and to never, ever have to look back at Windows again.

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Announcing SecretSpec: Declarative Secrets Management
https://devenv.sh/blog/2025/07/21/announcing-secretspec-declarative-secrets-management/

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Do you use email tools on CLI?

Is it good idea to to use email in command line interface or Linux terminal. How efficient is it? I see that all applications that run on terminal are blazing fast. Is it good idea to work with emails fully on CLI?

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Dell Precision M6800 - Advice on getting everything working

I know is immensely particular but for god sakes this is Reddit and if anywhere is going to have someone using this particular model of computer on linux then it's here.

I have a Dell Precision M6800 laptop that I love, and it has plenty of resources to run Windows 11. It runs Windows 11 just fine in fact, but I hate it. I want Linux on this thing. Problem is that damn NVIDIA GPU.

I have the Quadro K3100M chip, and I've hit so many issues getting this to work at all because of driver problems. I understand that this is largely the fault of NVIDIA not fixing an incompatibility with newer kernels, but there HAS to be a way.

I just got this sort of working on Kubuntu 22.04, but not fully. Kubuntu 22.04 is not supported anymore for security updates, and unfortunately going to 24 breaks the drivers altogether. I also tried just for the lols to find a Dell image of Ubuntu that would have been pre-installed on one of these devices, but unfortunately I've found nothing - and the driver pack from Dell does not play nice either.

If there is someone out there who uses this lovely behemoth of a device, what Distro are you using? And how did you get the GPU Drivers to work, if you did at all? Trying openSUSE next to see if I can replicate what I did on Kubuntu.

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What do you think about iSH

I have recently stumbled upon the iSH app for iOS, but I can't decide if I like it or not.
I can definitely see its uses, but it also seems like a significant security flaw if not treated carefully.

I would like to know if and how you guys use it.

I find it especially intresing for git syncing of something like an obsidian vault.

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A professor from an important University in Brazil was interviewed by the most watched tv news in the country. In his lab they use Ubuntu.
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EeePC 1000HE Gaming - Windows Vs GNU/Linux
https://odysee.com/@JoseskVolpe:c/EEEPC_Gaming_Windows_Vs_GNULinux:a

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Linux (Fedora) is cool
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Fedora Must (Carefully) Embrace Flathub
https://blogs.gnome.org/mcatanzaro/2025/07/21/fedora-must-carefully-embrace-flathub/

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Linux and Secure Boot certificate expiration
https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1029767/08f1d17c020e8292/

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We maintain HarfBuzz, the text shaping engine used in Linux desktop and more — Ask us anything (or tell us what confused you)
https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz

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Linux alternatives to windows apps

I am trying to slowly switch over to linux (fedora with kde). There are quite a few apps that have become part of my daily usage in the background. I was wondering what are the alternatives I can use on linux fedora-kde.

\- EqualizerAPO: I have a system-wide EQ that has a very custom and precise profiles that are unique for each of my output devices. Speakers are unbarable without eq, IEMs have a baseboost and a channel balance, etc. I also just like to play around with the EQ. Again, system-wide is important to me.

\- rawAccel: I have slight wrist problem, so I permanently have a 5 degree rotation on my mouse. I also have a specific mouse sensitivity. I also like that I can set a unique compensation on my different mice (laptop, different mice for on-the-go), but that part is not essential for me.

\- X-Mouse Button Control: I just use this to map the 2 buttons on the side of my mouse to horizontal scrolling.

\- Wallpaper Engine: I just really like my wallpaper changing automatically every so often and seeing some movement.

\- PowerToys-FancyWindows: I have quite a few different positions I can snap windows to using win+arrows.

\- Outlook: I know there is a solution, I just don't know it yet. I have a university email I need to keep an eye on. I know I should use wine or something like that?

\- Google Drive: I have a google drive that is synced with my university folder that is stored locally, just as a backup and for mobile access.

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Firefox 141.0, See All New Features, Updates and Fixes
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/141.0/releasenotes/

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Looking for Recommendations

Hey all! Looking to pick up a good laptop for Linux from Best Buy currently. I have a trade in credit available for around 800 and looking to use it there. Any ideas are great! Thanks in advance.

I'm a software developer by trade so that might be relevant.

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tf is this logo
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Built a little CLI tool to track my work sessions, figured I’d share it

I'm a backend engineer and always feel like I'm actively trying to remember what I did the previous day during my standup meeting. I used to take physical notes, but thought I'd built a tiny CLI tool for this instead. Called it `timr` and it helps me track start/stop sessions and generate ai summaries for them.

It’s just a single binary, no server or account needed. You can log sessions, filter them by category, and even generate an OpenAI-powered standup summary that gets copied to your clipboard. I made the whole project open-source.

I mainly made it for myself, but if you’re into terminal workflows or just want something lightweight to track your time without a bunch of overhead, it might be useful to you too. Repo’s here: https://github.com/miguejarias/timr

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[M-WM] Update on MaxWM
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Thinkpad t480 x Linux Mint
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Opensource AMD drivers lifespan

Hello guys I have recently made the switch from Nvidia to AMD GPU. My question is can I still use this driver when AMD itself quit support for RX580?

When I used Nvidia in the past (proprietary drivers) sometimes I couldn't upgrade to a new release of for example Linux Mint due to newer kernel that didnt support older Nvidia drivers. Right now I use Fedora Silverblue and it s working great. No need to load kernel modules anymore!

I like to use my tech for as long as possible (that's the main reason I switched to Linux, besides privacy and security) so my question is will the opensource AMD GPU drivers get support from the community?

Thanks

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Display Next Hackfest 2025
https://zamundaaa.github.io/wayland/2025/07/22/display-next-hackfest-2025.html

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A possible issue with Kde or Kubuntu.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/s/4K8WWyJuNe

I made a hasty critism of Proton some days back. But it seems like most of the problems were from KDE/Kubuntu. I had switched to Linux Mint and tested the same games. They work right out of the box. I was reluctant to use Mint cause I was really fascinated by Kde, especially it's connect app and deep customisation. But it seems like Kubuntu has issues to be fixed. I admittedly didn't like the default aesthetics of Mint Cinnamon, now I'm trying out Mint.

Just wanted to clarify that my previous issues were Kubuntu/KDE related. Thank you.

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