Luanti 5.13 released (formerly known as Minetest)
https://github.com/luanti-org/luanti/releases/tag/5.13.0

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Dell Profiting on Open Source Ubuntu
https://redd.it/1mgu280
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Wanting to switch to linux

Hello Everyone
I am a Windows user, been using it for past 10-12 years, currently I am in college, and I wanted to try a new OS ( linux) I researched about it, went onto youtube
Learned about some of the benefits, have seen many distributions of it, like arch, ubuntu, fedora etc
There are loads of different distributions, and I have seen some videos, saying NO GUI is there on linux.
I code on my machine usually C++ and java or some Android dev stuff, and currently thinking about web3.

Now I have multiple questions-
Please Answer them

1) I am thinking of dual booting the linux os, as I have windows lifetime subnoscription so don't want to loose that, and just for switching between the them, is that good or will it affect my system performance (i5-12 HX) (16 GB) (1 TB SSD)??

2) Which distribution will be the best for me, personally I liked fedora because of its gui, but I want something on which I can learn more about the functions and stuff so which distribution to go for?

3) Should I part my SSD, before installing linux?

4) Which creator to watch, in order to understand the whole OS, from installation to everything?

5) will switch to fedora in the end, Idk when but I will, so is that good?

6) will battery life increase, as linux takes very less resource

6) and last just how to start, where to start?

What the are the benefits you all got from switching from win to linux, and what are the benefits you got?

TLDR:

1. Is dual booting Linux with Windows safe? Will it affect system performance?
2. Which Linux distribution is best for me if I want to learn deeply (I liked Fedora)?
3. Should I partition my SSD before installing Linux?
4. Which YouTube creators should I watch to learn Linux from installation to advanced use?
5. Is Fedora a good choice for long-term use?
6. Will battery life improve after switching to Linux?
7. How and where should I start my Linux journey?
8. What are the benefits of switching from Windows to Linux that others have experienced?


I will be very thankful for your response. :)

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Fish is amazing.
https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell

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Jeremy Dufour, "Linux on the Samsung Z Flip 7: How & Why?" -- "The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7 doesn't just bring new features in design and performance: it also lets you run Linux natively, via an integrated terminal that launches a Debian virtual machine!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiVYhCDpgXc

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Pop!_OS is not that popular...
https://redd.it/1mh3jdt
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The state of intel's battlemage cards in August 2025

I'm on archlinux (kernel 6.15.9) and I have a arc b570 (with a Ryzen 5 3500X). And, I'm very happy with my system. I don't really get the infamous black artifacts in any of my games that so many others seemed to get on the battlemage series cards.

Plus, everything I play (enshrouded, genshin impact, red dead redemption 2, elden ring, kcd2) is giving me amazing performance, more than 60 fps on high settings (1080p), Coming from a gtx 1650 super, I'm literally blown away by how much better this graphics card is at such a good price point.

The fact that intel not only gave us such a budget friendly card but is also working on their driver support for linux is amazing. Do ya'll think intel can catch up to the two giants (amd and nvidia) in the gpu market? I hope they do at this rate.

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Wine is crazy
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Calibrating HDR possible?

Hi,

Ive got a great HDR monitor and i've been using it for gaming. Its an awesome miniled (Q27G3XMN).

Colour's looks very different to windows though. Im on KDE bazzite atm and I feel like there's a greenish tinge. Its very obvious when going from SDR (which is calibrated from windows) to HDR.

I havent been able to go deeper and improve/change it.

\- Can i calibrate colours? Or is there a way to override?
\- Is there an app to do it?

Thanks.

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Phantom-0: A Lightweight Linux Privacy Toolkit for Secure, Trace-Free Sessions

🛡️ Phantom-0 is a lightweight, open-source privacy toolkit for Linux that gives you full control over system identity, session cleanup, and digital trace reduction — all without needing virtual machines, new operating systems, or sketchy third-party tools.

Whether you’re a developer, researcher, journalist, or simply a privacy-minded user, Phantom-0 helps automate the steps most people overlook: rotating system identity, clearing session residue, and cleaning metadata at both startup and shutdown.

🔧 Core Features
• Startup cloak: rotates hostname, MAC address, and DNS metadata; pre-cleans temp data and initializes a hardened Firefox session
• Private browser session: retains bookmarks and logins while auto-clearing telemetry, cookies, and session traces
• Shutdown cloak: wipes RAM, logs, trash, and free disk space — reducing what’s left behind after reboot
• Modular design: systemd-compatible, easy to audit, and simple to customize

🔍 Ideal for:
• Privacy-focused Linux users
• Journalists, developers, and digital rights advocates
• Anyone looking to reduce metadata and browsing traces without sacrificing usability

⸻

🔗 Get Phantom-0 on GitHub:
https://github.com/phantom0-dev/phantom0


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Koncentro: A productivity app with a Pomodoro timer with integrated website blocker
https://redd.it/1mhd8by
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DDoS affecting most of the fedoraproject.org services
https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/for-your-information-ddos-affecting-most-of-the-fedoraproject-org-services/161568/4

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LibreOffice project and community recap: July 2025
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/08/04/libreoffice-project-and-community-recap-july-2025/

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ShellCheck (a static analysis tool for shell noscripts) 0.11.0
https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/releases/tag/v0.11.0

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What specifically sets your preferred distro apart from the others, FOR YOU?

I recently bought a new laptop and while I wait for it to be delivered I've been reading a bit about the various linux distros and their advantages / disadvantages. Now, I've used Debian (and a bit of Ubuntu) as my main OS on various laptops and desktops for about a decade now, but I think I want to branch out and try something new. I'm particularly interested in trying one of the rolling release distros like Arch or OpenSuse tumbleweed, mostly just because I've never given them a fair shot. That being said, it's difficult to find good comparisons online that aren't just repeating the same high-level talking points like "Kali is for security while Debian is for sys-admins".

What I really want to know is, what are some of the key features unique to your distro of choice that really sets it apart from the rest in interesting ways? I'm looking for neat things you can do with your package manager, useful software packages, or interesting design choices that affect the way YOU, specifically, interact with your OS; not things like desktop environments that aren't inherently tied to the distro.

Also I'd love to hear about the interesting ways you interact with your OS, what you use it for, and any sort of unique customizations that are possible because of your choice of distro.

Thanks y'all!

*edit typo*

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battery-switcher-76: An automatic power profile manager for Linux systems running system76-power
https://github.com/robotman40/battery-switcher-76

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Atuin (sync, search and backup shell history) 18.8.0
https://forum.atuin.sh/t/release-v18-8-0/1240/1

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NetBSD 11.0 Preparing For Release With Improved Linux Emulation, Better RISC-V Support
https://www.phoronix.com/news/NetBSD-11.0-Released

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I want to get into utilizing optical storage mediums (blurays) for media preservation and long-term/archival storage but I need some insight!

My interest in bluray and optical storage mediums in general have grown exponentially for the last few days and I want to get myself an external bluray reader/writer for my Linux PC (Im on Fedora 42 KDE) and some blurays for long-term storage and media preservation. I however have never used bluray before or used optical discs in any advanced technical sense. I know how to create partitions and filesystem's for hard drives but no idea how optical drives work exactly.

I also wonder how blueray utilization (burning, playback, storage etc) is done today as finding clear up-to-date info about it seems to be a little fuzzy. What is the go-to software? What filesystem's are being used for storage on blurays that are available on Linux? Is there any general knowledge that I should know? And are there any newer optical storage mediums on the horizon that might extent from bluray?

I'm up for questions if you want further information!


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leepspvideo, "Android 16. Full Debian Linux environment with a Graphical Interface" -- "Google Pixel 8 running latest Android 16 Canary build ZP11.250627.009"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2C7GOmbDxw

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KDE Haruna video player is surprisingly good after years with smplayer

I've been using smplayer for the last 10 years, it was an ok replacement for PotPlayer when I switched away from Windows, over time I got used to its quirks and it did most of what I wanted, but unfortunately it has a tendency to break with updates.

Rotating videos worked on and off. And for the last few years it just became unresponsive for the first 5 seconds after loading a video. After last smplayer or mpv update broke the aspect ratio of rotated videos, I started looking for alternatives.

VLC doesn't have all the features. QMPlay2 is closer but isn't as customizable and wasn't stable for me.

And then I stumbled on Haruna and it's just... perfect.

Performance is much better than smplayer, no issues with rotating video and aspect ratio according to metadata. It took me 10 minutes to rebind all the keyboard shortcuts to the same ones smplayer uses via a familiar UI. And it has all the features I want, autoloading files from a directory into a playlist, single instance, adjusting speed via keyboard, screenshots, zoom, per-frame navigation, subnoscripts support... The only thing missing so far is an OSD with video technical details (resolution, code, bit-rate).

I never heard Haruna mentioned before, and it's surprisingly powerful. Kudos to George Florea Banus and other contributors.

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