My second kernel panic ever, pretty interesting imo
https://redd.it/1m7lqoc
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Best Linux Apps (personal observations) for some use cases

Making a list based on my own experiences on Linux (may or may not helpful for anyone, as everyone has different use cases). I am not gonna include WPS office btw because urm I don't like it tbh

Microsoft Word Alternative:

1. Libreoffice Writer 25.8 (It's beta rn but it is quite good).
2. Google Docs (It's one of my favourites)
3. OnlyOffice Writer Software (rn some options are kinda lacklustre but overall it's not bad).

Special Mention: If you are comfortable with Latex, TexStudio is also quite good for writing documents.

Microsoft Powerpoint Alternative

1. Libreoffice Impress (Super cool)
2. OnlyOffice Powerpoint Software (It has a presenter function than any alt).
3. Google Slides

Reminders:

1. Planify (Nothing beats this imho)
2. Everything else tbh.

Screenshot:

Gradia (on GNOME) and Spectacle on KDE. If you are on X11, Flameshot works consistently well across all DEs

Image Editing:

1. PhotoGimp
2. Pinta

Note: if you include premium soft, prolly the best one is Photopea (web).

E-book reading:

1. Foliate.
2. Calibre
3. Use Kindle on Waydroid

Free PDF reading/editing:

1. Okular (FOSS, so it's automatically my fav, also it's beyond any other FOSS tool ik for PDF editing)
2. PDFGear on Wine (it runs really well after the necessary mods are made to the wineprefix, number 2 because it's not FOSS, good for PDF signing imho)
3. Papers (If you don't need to make any annotations)

(If you include native/wine paid soft, I would say Master PDF Editor is prolly the best one to use, there is QOPPA's PDF Studio, but that struggles with HiDPi rendering).

Annotation/Hand Written notes Tools:

1. Xournal++, super good for annotating PDFs or other documents
2. RNote, super good for drawing
3. Drawing (It's good for basic stuff)
4. Miro/Excalidraw (It's a good non-FOSS alt, but its a web app unfortunately)
5. Goodnotes on Web (not FOSS, but becoming progressively better and honestly I think it will good for PDF annotating oneday).

Note: Another alt might be to try and use waydroid emulation to do notetaking if you have a touchscreen. Rn trackpad gestures are not supported (so imp things like pinch to zoom via trackpad do not work on waydroid, making it painful to use apps like JNotes).

Notetaking:

1. AppFlowy
2. Obsidian
3. Joplin

Anki can be used as a FOSS software if you like to use flashcards.

Notion is one of the best web apps for this, and despite it not being FOSS, I do see it's value.

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I made a noscript that shows the name of and file path to all system daemons, and their affiliated config files and paths

[EDIT\] I'm not sure why the comment structured itself that way, but all that text is meant to be a singular noscript. Just copy it all at once.

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The noscript itself will be the comments.

Let me explain.

I wanted to know where all the daemons were. As far as I could tell, digging through all the systemd files was the only way. Daemons refer to config files. I wanted to know which ones. In figuring this out, I realized that I could not find an efficient way to show all system daemons, locations, all config files they use, and where those files are. As far as I can tell, there is no meaningful or convenient organization of daemons. So I thought, "wouldn't it be cool if I could run a command that shows me all the daemons, where they live, what config files they use, and where those config files are?"

So, my thought process was this:

1. "systemctl list-units --type=service" shows all system daemons.
2. Each unit file shows the file path to the daemon that systemd is starting.
3. Doing "strings | grep conf" at the daemon file shows the config files that daemon uses
4. Doing "find / -name [filename\]" will find the config file

So I vibe-coded (asked an AI to make, and then modified) a noscript that does this and outputs the result like in the attached picture.

Now, I'm a crap coder (which is why I asked an AI), and I bet this noscript isn't great, but it works, and I think it's pretty cool that I can now reference this whenever I need to mess with a daemon.

Tell me if you think this is neat, useful, or dumb, and why.

https://preview.redd.it/7f4wfakbnqef1.png?width=395&format=png&auto=webp&s=8da55b12a02487c63f31bf3ba462fad9829fbebd

https://redd.it/1m7t8kd
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Linux is the only true upgrade from Windows

Been using Windows for about 3 decades, since the MS-DOS and Windows 3.1 days. I've used every major Windows version (only skipped 8) since then. Though I don't hate Windows (not even Vista or 11), it's not exactly a secret it's been on a downwards trajectory with no signs of recovering. But for all this time I'd never considered any alternatives, just stuck with Windows and accepted it for what it was.

Nearly a month ago, I finally decided to try out Linux, and couldn't be happier with it, like pretty much instantly the moment I got access to the desktop. I was skeptical, thinking I'd probably not like it if I could even get it to work, but everything went way smoother than expected. Everything just kind of works (some things require some extra effort, but the same can be said for doing things on Windows).

Everything is so fast, like continuing from sleep mode, instantly in there. Restarting is like 5x faster than it'd be on Windows. Installing and updating stuff is all done in a flash. Endless customization and freedom, zero bloat. It only does what and when I tell it to. This is the best OS experience I've ever had.

Anyone on Windows still on the fence and somehow reading this, could absolutely recommend giving it a try.

https://redd.it/1m7x3q3
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Bash noscripting is addictive, someone stop me

I've tried to learn how to program since 2018, not very actively, but I always wanted to become a developer. I tried Python but it didn't "stick", so I almost gave up as I didn't learn to build anything useful.
Recently, this week, I tried to write some bash noscripts to automate some tasks, and I'm absolutely addicted to it. I can't stop writing random .sh programs. It's incredible how it's integrated with Linux.
I wrote a Arch Linux installation noscript for my personal needs, I wrote a pseudo-declarative APT abstraction layer, a downloader noscript that downloads entire site directories, a noscript that parses through exported Whatsapp conversations and gives some fun insights, I just can't stop.

https://redd.it/1m81ocp
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PixiEditor 2.0 a FOSS Universal 2D Graphics Editor launches 30th of July
https://pixieditor.net/blog/2025/07/24/v2-release-date

https://redd.it/1m83pxw
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A Brief History of Graphs; My Journey Into Application Development
https://blogs.gnome.org/sstendahl/2025/07/24/a-brief-history-of-graphs-my-journey-into-application-development/

https://redd.it/1m867tl
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Kdenlive 25.08 RC ready for testing
https://kdenlive.org/news/2025/2508-rc/

https://redd.it/1m8cpcv
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Hardware-encrypting drives test suite -- "We conduct a systematic security study of 24 TCG Opal-compliant drives. . . . Our analysis shows persistent errors and vulnerabilities in SED implementations regarding basic device usage, data encryption, and random data generators."
https://is.muni.cz/th/hy1ai/?lang=en

https://redd.it/1m8dlir
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What distro has the most expansive and up to date repository?

I'm currently on Arch as a relatively new linux user and people always say the AUR makes Arch have the largest repository which I guess is technically true but most of those packages if not all are unofficial and for security and stability concerns I'm not sure I want to touch those. I believe Debian is second place in terms of size but Debian is also notorious for old packages. I would imagine Ubuntu or Fedora is somewhere in the middle. Would love to hear everyone's thoughts and perspectives.

Asking so I know what distro to use for my gaming/workstation desktop that I'm currently saving up for. I'm willing to compromise not having every application available on Windows as long as I have a large variety to choose from and they're up to date.

https://redd.it/1m8g0zc
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You can finally run Doom and other graphical apps in Android's Linux Terminal
https://www.androidauthority.com/linux-terminal-graphical-apps-3580905/

https://redd.it/1m8jgh1
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Looking back on 8 years of distro-hopping and Linux fun
https://l-o-o-s-e-d.net/distro-hopping

https://redd.it/1m8lvhe
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What's a good distro and DE to replace TV user interface?

Edit it's settled. Im buying a Roku instead thanks everyone


I hate my TV software it's slow as hell and especially HBO. Im waiting 1-3 seconds per click sometimes with the remote. I'm just looking for something that's easily accessible with remote control or my 8bitdo controller to flip through apps. Im wanting to use general streaming apps you could find on, say, a Samsung TV. Basically YT, prime, HBO, Tubi, Hulu, etc. I want to put this into a Rpi 4b, Pi zero wireless, and I could've sworn a Rpi 3a but I can't find it right now. Any recommendations for which Rpi and setup to use for this? Help please

https://redd.it/1m8mbt7
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I just found out /proc/sys/kernel/random/uuid and uuidgen

I just found out that you can use:

cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/uuid

or

uuidgen

to generate a random UUID. This is super useful when I need a UUID for testing.

In the past, I used to search for "uuid" and go to https://www.uuidgenerator.net/, but not anymore :)

ps. uuidgen is part of the util-linux package in Nix, so it's probably available by default on most Linux systems

https://redd.it/1m8syx4
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Those are not the Wayland bars I was searching for
https://redd.it/1m8vekd
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Permanently assign NVME SSD to specific numa node?

I've been trying to figure out how to do this or if it's even possible to do this. I have a 7900x3d and when performing read and write tests with my SSD on the non-x3d ccd I get higher and the more consistent throughput. I've enabled ACPI SRAT L3 Cache As NUMA Domain so Linux can see each CCD as a separate numer node but I can't for the life of me figure out how to permanently assign my nvme SSD or a specific PCIe and device to a specific numa node.

If you want to know why I'm doing this, it's for fun. I have a system and I just want to see how much I can squeeze out of it to the last drop.

I'm also open to other suggestions on how to get all of the storage stuff running specifically on the none X3D CCD.

https://redd.it/1m8v2k8
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Tippes my toes into linux (mint) for the first time
https://redd.it/1m8ynnn
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tickrs and ticker stocks pricing package

Long shot posting here but in case it w ork :

I use ticker and tickrs to get stock prices

For a while, both do not work anymore

AM I the only one ?

I tried without VPN, etc etc.

I'm on Manjaro Linux...

Note : one of my machine (openUSE) have the same problem.

https://redd.it/1m916c6
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Distros and ZFS

I don't even know where the hell to post this kind of question so I'm posting it here.

I am primarily a Gentoo person and its ZFS support is second to none. However the distro is becoming annoying to me having to constantly rebuild shit over. I'm looking for something that has an install process that isn't murder to get ZFS on which would probably be "manual" or ("the arch way"). I've tried Debian but debootstrap is a nightmare to use for me.

I've looked at Fedora - but the only noscript ZFS people recommend requires two drives (and I'm not doing mirroring at least not on this machine). Ubuntu supports ZFS out of the gate but ...yeah no.

https://redd.it/1m94ews
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Ubuntu Long Term Review

(Sorry for yapping)
I've been using Ubuntu for a few months now, and I have to say, I really don't understand all the hate. It makes my PC with an i5-6500, 1050 Ti, and 16GB DDR4 feel fast and snappy. I used to share a PC with an i7-6700, 6700 XT, and 16GB DDR4. after buying this PC and installing Ubuntu it actually feels like an upgrade. It is also MUCH easier to use than people make it seem. Connecting to Wi-Fi was a breeze; I just clicked on my Wi-Fi and entered the password. Installing things was just a simple copy paste into the terminal.
Neofetch says that I use just 3.5GB of RAM with A LOT of stuff open. For comparison, 4.2GB was used on my windows PC idle. I also get a higher framerates playing less intensive games like Roblox and Minecraft than the higher end PC with Windows. I only have 120GB storage on my PC, and I've only used 67%.
However, there is the downsides. Of course, it is Linux. There is some bugs and compatibility issues. For example, Minecraft bedrock normally works, but sometimes there will be a bug that takes a very long time for the unofficial launcher to fix. As of right now, Vibrant Visuals has no shadows on the ground, only on the walls, and the reflections on the water are very messed up and look bad. Now, I have to wait a few weeks for them to release a new update.
All in all, Ubuntu linux is definitely an improvement over Windows if you are willing to work through the bugs(Usually just fixed by restarting your computer). The UI is great, and it feels fast. Would recommend.(please stop hating on Ubuntu!)

https://redd.it/1m95wqs
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Revived my old laptop!

I just completed a transplant on my old Asus X551c latop. I3, 4gb ddr3, 500gb sata. Mid when I bought it new. It's been my garage pc for the last 2 years. The battery died years ago, so I have to keep it plugged in. Just recently the wifi card took a dump too. I debated tossing it, but it's been my road workhorse forever. Found a wifi card and "oem" battery on ebay for cheap. While I had it open I thought "why not upgrade that tired old hdd with a ssd?". Got a cheap 500gb sata ssd and wow the laptop came to life! I was running Lubuntu because it was the "fastest" at web browsing on this old machine. Now it's running Mint xfce and just as fast as my gaming pc! And the battery works! I should've done these upgrades years ago.

https://redd.it/1m947tn
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