What do you say when someone asks you why Linux?
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Steam Survey For July Shows Linux Use Approaching 3% - Phoronix
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-Survey-July-2025

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EXT4 Shows Wild Gains With Better Block Allocation Scalability In Linux 6.17
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.17-EXT4

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The XP-Pen Artist 22R Pro works on Linux now
https://redstrate.com/blog/2025/07/the-xp-pen-artist-22r-pro-works-on-linux-now/

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Intel begins Linux enablement of next-gen Nova Lake series
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Orbitiny Desktop 1.0 Pilot 4 Released

After a short and temporary break due to my CompTIA studies and my successful competition of my CompTIA Linux+ and CompTIA Network+ certifications, it is with great pleasure to be back and announce the 4th test release of Orbitiny Desktop Environment. For people that don't know yet, Orbitiny Desktop Environment is a new, innovative and traditional Qt based desktop environment for Linux. My target audience is anyone who wants a familiar and traditional desktop but at the same time a desktop that offers innovative and additional features not offered by any other desktop and this release brings you yet another innovative feature (this time with the file manager) not seen on any other desktop before.

So what's new in this release?.

Qutiny File Manager - New: Added the associated device name to the caption of a mounted directory's file icon. E.g: If /dev/sdc1 is mounted on "/mnt/my\_point" and you navigate to /mnt, Qutiny file manager will append "(/dev/sdc1)" to the mounted directory's icon caption. So, for example, instead of seeing a file icon named "my\_mount\_point" when browsing to /mnt, you will see "my\_mount\_point (/dev/sdc1)" if "my\_mount\_point" was associated with /dev/sdc1. Not only that, it also shows a different icon. This gives you a visual indication that the directory you are looking at is a mount point and that the mounted directory's associated device is /dev/sdc1. See screenshot for more details. So, you don't have to use a terminal to find out what the associated device of a specific mount point is. This works anywhere in the file system with any mount point anywhere in the filesystem.
Qutiny File Manager - New: Added designated icons to mount points. This way, you can easily distinguish mount points from normal directories (see above).
File Properties Dialog - New: Added a "File Hashes" tab along with an option to compare an existing hash against the ones shown in the File Properties dialog to check for a match.
Qutiny File Manager - New: If you browse to an empty directory and you press the "Delete" key, you will be prompted to move the directory to Trash.
Qutiny File Manager - New: Added a "Disk Media" shortcut to the "Primary" category in the sidebar. Clicking this navigates to /media/$USER
Qutiny File Manager - New: Added a new toolbar button called "Mount Points". It reads the output of /etc/mtab and displays all mounted directories in a popup menu so that you can just click and navigate to that directory.
Qutiny File Manager \- New: If you've navigated to a directory and that directory stops existing (moved to Trash or gets deleted), you will be automatically navigated to $HOME.
"Move to Trash" Confirmation Dialog - New: Now it also shows the path of the file(s) to be deleted.
File Properties Dialog - New: Added a "File Owner" field, it tells you who owns the file
Qutiny File Manager - BugFix: Fixed an issue causing the file manager to start ignoring navigation requests after a "move to trash" confirmation dialog is shown on the screen and a "no" is selected
Qutiny File Manager - BugFix: Fixed an intermittent and annoying crash
Orbitiny Desktop Window - BugFix: Fixed a rare and intermittent desktop crash occuring when a device file is attached or removed to the computer
Context Menus - BugFix: Fixed a graphical glitch with the context menu causing menu items with long captions not to be shown in full
Improved the graphical appearance of the Rename File dialog. Looks much more professional now compared to the original dull looking version.

Orbitiny Desktop 1.0 Pilot 4

Also, as of recently, Orbitiny can run either as a standalone independent desktop or a portable application (think of it as an extracted AppImage) which you can carry on a USB

flash drive and run it on virtually any live or installed Linux distribution. The standalone mode however does need a separate window manager. The standalone mode instructions are included in the standalone-run directory.

As for the source code, I am back on Gitea: https://gitea.com/sasko.usinov/orbitiny-desktop however binary downloads are available on SourceForge.net as is the case with some very reputable and famous Linux projects. I own http://orbitiny.org, http://orbitiny.com, and http://orbitiny.net but due to lack of donations ($0.00) so far, I haven't paid for hosting and built a website yet, hence, I use SourceForge.net. Once donations start coming (if ever), I will pay for hosting, build a professional website like other desktop environment projects have.

To anyone testing Orbitiny Desktop and finding things not working, please tell me. You need to let me know so that I can fix it. If you don't tell me there is an issue, it will never get fixed. Maintaining a desktop environment all by myself isn't an easy task but I appreciate every and each report received.

Initially, I built this DE for myself as when I switched to Linux in late 2014, I wasn't happy with the available desktops so I decided to build my own but later on, it reached a useful point and I decided to release the project for other people to use.

Here is more info about me. I am the developer of SkyiDE (Windows only) developed with Borland C++ Builder: https://fileforum.com/detail/SkyIDE/1158829578/1 and I took part in DonationCoder's 2007 C++ contest where I won a first prize along with another 2 programmers. So, there were 3 first prize winners and I was one of those 3. SkyIDE was a free integrated development environment for C++, Java, Digital Mars D, Free Pascal and other languages. The version linked is v2 and was developed with Embarcadero's C++ Builder but the initial version was developed with Borland's C++ Builder. As a top prized winner, I was awarded a copy of Embarcadero's C++ Builder \- with the lot. So yeah, initially I was a C++ Builder guy.

Just don't bother downloading SkyIDE now, it's old, it's gone and I lost interest in it due to my strong desire to learn and use Linux more and more as time passed. I find Linux so much more flexible than Windows. In late 2014, I switched to Linux 100% but I missed that familiar desktop look and other DEs didin't do it for me so I decided to build my own :)

I decided to work with Qt because there was no C++ Builder for GUI development for Linux (what a shame...), no, I don't do Pascal / Delphi, I've never liked Pascal or Python.

Download: https://sourceforge.net/projects/orbitiny-desktop/

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Finally an easy syncing authenticator!
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This Week in Plasma: day/night theme switching
https://blogs.kde.org/2025/08/02/this-week-in-plasma-day/night-theme-switching/

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My experience daily driving a Linux phone in 2025.

When I first started using Linux (a while back), I began wondering whether it was possible to buy a Linux phone or at least some mobile device—like a tablet—that could run a full Linux OS. Of course, the big names like Pine64 and Purism (Librem) were my first discoveries in the mobile Linux world. However, after researching what they offered and the pricing, I was disappointed. Availability was almost non-existent, and the specs-to-price ratio wasn’t encouraging. (I understand it's harder to make a Linux smartphone than an Android one, but the value still didn’t seem appealing.)

So, I started thinking about what could be used as a Linux-based mobile device and stumbled across a deal on a Dell Venue 8 Pro tablet. I installed Arch Linux on it and used it for a while, testing all its features. (The tablet is still with me today and serves as an ideal school device.)

But this story isn't about the tablet—it’s about what came next.

# Discovering PostmarketOS

I found out about PostmarketOS, which immediately caught my attention. I looked at the list of supported devices and decided the best option to test mobile Linux would be the Xiaomi Mi A1. It had decent specs, was affordable, and, most importantly, the bootloader could be unlocked easily with just a single fastboot command (unlike most Xiaomi devices, which I had experience with).

# Setting Up and Testing

I began by installing PostmarketOS and exploring desktop environments. I tested both Plasma Mobile and Phosh, ultimately settling on Phosh.

Then came transferring all the necessary apps and testing the software ecosystem through GNOME Software. In my opinion, the ecosystem is surprisingly good—I found everything I needed. The quality and usability of the apps were hit-or-miss, mostly because many were Electron wrappers, which made the phone feel sluggish.

Once I realized how resource-intensive those apps were, I switched to using Firefox (mobile) for most things. This change dramatically improved performance. Even banking apps, which I was initially worried about, worked fine through their web interfaces.

# Limitations and Workarounds

The only major downside was that I couldn't connect my TicWatch C2+ to the phone. I couldn’t find a way to keep a WearOS app running in the background the way Android does. I also tried Waydroid, which worked, but used too many resources to be useful for daily tasks.

One of the most interesting aspects was convergence. The Xiaomi Mi A1 doesn’t support HDMI over USB, so I couldn't experience “true” convergence (i.e., using the phone as a desktop when connected to a monitor). But I did connect a mouse and keyboard and tried running some desktop apps—and, surprisingly, they worked better than expected. If HDMI output had been possible, it could’ve been a very capable setup for lightweight and even some heavier tasks.

There were a few hardware-related issues. For example, when I received calls, audio wouldn’t automatically switch to the earpiece, so I couldn’t hear the other person. After manually adjusting the audio settings, everything worked fine. The camera was completely unsupported, but again, that’s a hardware issue, not a limitation of Linux itself.

# Final Thoughts

Now, in 2025, I can fairly and confidently say that it is possible to use a Linux-based phone as your daily driver. It may not be as polished or comfortable as Android or iOS, and yes, it still feels like it's in a semi-experimental state—but it’s functional, and with the right setup, quite usable.

Considering that just a few years ago (before 2018), PostmarketOS couldn’t even place calls, the progress is impressive. Support for new devices is improving, and Linux-first phones are slowly gaining traction.

Even now, it's possible to completely drop Android or iOS and rely on Linux alone—if you're willing to accept a few trade-offs. And with the way things are moving, the future for mobile Linux looks

bright.



My next step

I bought a Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite on an online auction for 2 USD, and will proceed to setup postmarket os on the new device so I will have a similar performance as on the Mi A1 but a working camera. Then a will proceed to use it as my new daily driver.

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Any DAW with linux support thats actually good?

Im getting so bugged having to dual boot and just ”waste” storage space for a drive that runs FL studio and cs2 essentially. I just wanna ise all my drives for my Linux setup but i cant find any daw that is atleast kinda similar to fl. Ive tried FL with lutris but it was running horribly.

Are there any daws that compete with ableton and fl for linux? Or is atleast pretty good like davinci and gimp

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Ksk Royal, "Android 16 finally brings native linux support with full GPU acceleration. . . . This is android 16 canary build running on my pixel 7a. With this update, android can now run Linux GUI Apps and even full desktop environment with hardware acceleration."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCsgEKTAM-g

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Is there a device between a smartphone and a laptop?

I’m looking for (or thinking about building) a device that truly combines the best of both worlds, something like:

Has a keyboard and touchpad like a laptop but also allows touch use on the screen like a phone.
Runs a full Linux distro (not just Android with Linux layered on top).
Works as a real phone: calls, SMS, decent camera, mobile data, notifications.
Portable enough to carry in a small bag or fanny pack, no need for a large backpack.
Can stay always on, receiving notifications and calls like a normal phone.
Has multiple ports (USB, HDMI, headphone jack, Ethernet).
I can quickly take it out of my bag to pay for something via NFC or Pix, answer a call, or reply to a message.

The idea is for it to be practical: for example, if I go to the bakery, I just take the device out of my bag and pay for the bread instantly, but I can also use it like a laptop for gaming, video editing, browsing, multitasking, and coding.





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whats your linux org

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I've seen this same link to whatsyourlinux.org being posted multiple times with identical wording, like some kind of copy-pasta. The guy posting it already got banned once. Does anyone know what this is about?

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If you search for Linux on Duckduckgo the icon changes to a penguin
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Lol, I got blue death screen on linux
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A C++ cron at Bologna Airport
https://github.com/GiuseppePuleri/NanoCron

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Slow Boot Time on Fedora KDE After Enabling Secure Boot - USB Device Denoscriptor Error

Hi everyone, I'm new to Linux and recently did a clean install of Fedora KDE (running kernel 6.15.8.200.fc42.x86\_64, also tested 6.14.0-63 with the same issue). After enabling Secure Boot to boot into Windows, I noticed a significant boot delay when returning to Fedora. During boot, I see three dots on the screen, and pressing ESC reveals a 45-second countdown with the following error:

USB 1-11: device denoscriptor read/64, error -110
[ *** ] Job systemd-udevd.service/stop running (34s / 45s): Shutting down

Once KDE loads, it takes a few seconds for my mouse and keyboard to become responsive.Additionally, I occasionally see this error (not sure if it's related or if it was present before):

amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: [drm] *error* EDID checksum invalid

Here are my USB devices (lsusb):

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:5411 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTS5411 Hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 174c:2174 ASMedia Technology Inc. ASMT2307
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 046d:c349 Logitech, Inc. LogiG MKeyboard
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0bda:5411 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTS5411 Hub
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0b05:1b9b ASUSTek Computer, Inc. USB Audio
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 046d:c08b Logitech, Inc. G502 SE HERO Gaming Mouse
Bus 001 Device 008: ID 0b05:19af ASUSTek Computer, Inc. AURA LED Controller
Bus 001 Device 009: ID 1b1c:0c3f Corsair iCUE LINK System Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0bda:0411 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Hub
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 174c:3174 ASMedia Technology Inc. ASMT2307
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 0bda:0411 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 009 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 010 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub

Error lines in (dmesg | grep -i usb):

[    6.461628] usb 1-11: new high-speed USB device number 10 using xhci_hcd
[   11.986392] usb 1-11: device denoscriptor read/64, error -110
[   27.858406] usb 1-11: device denoscriptor read/64, error -110
[   28.145350] usb 1-11: new high-speed USB device number 11 using xhci_hcd
[   33.491685] usb 1-11: device denoscriptor read/64, error -110
[   49.362436] usb 1-11: device denoscriptor read/64, error -110
[   49.476180] usb usb1-port11: attempt power cycle
[   49.912649] usb 1-11: new high-speed USB device number 12 using xhci_hcd
[   54.713213] usb 1-11: Device not responding to setup address.
[   59.726145] usb 1-11: Device not responding to setup address.
[   59.933437] usb 1-11: device not accepting address 12, error -71
[   60.113477] usb 1-11: new high-speed USB device number 13 using xhci_hcd
[   64.914087] usb 1-11: Device not responding to setup address.
[   69.926037] usb 1-11: Device not responding to setup address.
[   70.141267] usb 1-11: device not accepting address 13, error -71
[   70.148084] usb usb1-port11: unable to enumerate USB device
[   75.953419] usbcore: registered new interface driver snd-usb-audio

My motherboard is an Asus Strix X870-A Gaming, my graphics card is a Raden RX7900XTX and my CPU Ryzen 7 9800X3D (onboard Radeon gpu)

What I've tried so far:

* Switching between kernel versions (running 6.15.8 , tried 6.14.0-63).
* Turn off Aura in Bios (although still showing in lsusb command)
* Tried turn off secure boot
* update and upgrade Fedora
* unplug all usb devices (and change keyboard and usb port)

Could this be related to Secure Boot, a USB device issue, or something else?

Any suggestions to diagnose or fix the slow boot and USB error? I’d also appreciate tips on addressing the amdgpu EDID error if it’s relevant.

Thanks in advance for any help!

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₍^. .^₎ bongocat for wayland users
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