Damn these fonts previews
https://redd.it/1mvrpb7
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The best TUIs
https://youtu.be/_fLmA4fjiAE

https://redd.it/1mvw48z
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Found out that Walmart uses Ubuntu
https://redd.it/1mvxxi6
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Linux for a general use - it's ready

I've been Linux-curious for the past 25 years.
Always ended up switching back to Windows or Mac — either because of hardware issues, app support, or just the pain of troubleshooting (too many variables, nothing really "mainstream").

But in the past few months... I switched all my laptops to Linux.
So, what changed?

Most of what I do is in the browser anyway.

The few apps I need are there and working: Signal, Spotify, OnlyOffice (MS Office replacement).

Hardware support turned out to be great.


First test: an old Huawei MateBook that struggled with Windows 10 and wasn’t even allowed to upgrade to 11. Installed Linux Mint → suddenly the machine flies. Temps are great, system is super fast, everything loads instantly. As a media/web machine for the kids? Perfect.

Next step: replaced Windows with Mint on my wife's Lenovo Yoga Slim 14. Same result. She didn’t even notice the switch — she basically just uses the browser anyway.

Troubleshooting? Honestly, using ChatGPT was a game-changer. Every time I had questions, I got clear answers, tweaked settings, and everything just worked.

Then came the big decision: I needed a proper laptop for freelancing. My first instinct? A new MacBook 😅
But after a long debate with ChatGPT, I ended up grabbing a sweet deal on an HP EliteBook. Chat did the research, confirmed Linux compatibility, and even suggested Fedora Workstation instead of Mint.

And to my surprise — even the fingerprint reader worked out of the box (right after install).

👉 If you’re a light/office user and comfortable asking ChatGPT for help: just go with Linux.

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Choosing a DE

Hey Linux community, I'm setting up a new machine a Mint machine with Ubuntu Studio packaging I'm having to chose a DE but I'm really not excited about any of the current DEs I'm running Fluxbox in my MX and I really like that but I wanted something a bit more modern. I initially looked into KDE but not too keen on it, I wanted to try Wayland but I'm not too keen on some aspects, I currently intalled MATE but I'm finding it uninspiring, love the nostalgia and what not but I'm not excited.

What do you guys use? what makes you want to spend time on your machine??

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Experience with arm based system

Hi has anyone run any distro on arm procesor and if so how was it. I know for a fact you can run most distros on arm but what about other programs. I'm asking because i'm considering of buying arm based laptop and i want to know if i can transfer all my riced system without recompiling everything for arm. Thanks in advance for every answer.

Edit: If it matters i'm using rn arch with hyperland but i'm also fiddling with void.

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Just got a Samsung SCX-3405 (SCX-340x) working with CUPS on ARM (Raspberry Pi print server)

So there's lots of issues with old Samsung printers and ARM drivers. I fought with it for a while until I just started trying printer drivers in the list.

Steps:

Connect USB printer to the Pi

Install CUPS

add user to lpadmin group

enable web admin for CUPS

install Samsung Unified Linux Driver (apt install hplip printer-driver-splix
)

add the printer in CUPS: go to web interface (http://pi.ip:631), go to Administration > Add Printer

It will show SCX-3400 via USB

Select it, name it and click add printer

on the next page it will ask you for Make and Model. Make is Samsung, but SCX-3400 series is NOT in the list of Models. You have to choose SCX-3200. Add it.

From the CUPS web ui, select the printer you just added and go to Maintenance> print test page

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Deskflow update: 10 months on with steady development
https://redd.it/1mwf82n
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Dolphin on non-KDE distros with a dark theme: the horror
https://ludditus.com/2024/09/24/dolphin-on-non-kde-distros-with-a-black-theme-the-caveats/

https://redd.it/1mwftnl
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Could Linux increasing popularity also affect security?

Since Linux is becoming more and more popular and more software/games/drivers are compatible with linux. Should we worry that the ammount of viruses and malware will become more common for Linux too?
I know there ARE malware and viruses for Linux just like there are for macOS, they are just not as common as window's. In Linux you dont need an antivirus but your common sense to not click or download sus stuff. But since Linux is becoming more popular and more common (non techsavy) users are trying Linux, will this make Linux less secure?
Idk if people are starting to use some sort of antivirus? are there any worth trying out just in case? or should i not worry about that at all yet?
id like to read your thoughts on this

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TIL: Linux also has a "BSOD"
https://redd.it/1mwl9d4
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NM GUI – A simple GTK4-based GUI for NetworkManager (using nmcli)
https://redd.it/1mwnqch
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Which light weight image viewer can open images at a window size that matches the image's height and zooms out to fit otherwise?

On Windows, I've used IrfanView for a long time. It's a light weight image viewer that optimizes opening images at a size based on the display size you have. I tried swayimg, imv, nsxiv and others but cannot find anything that has this behavior on Linux no matter which combo of flags I've tried.

Here's a few examples to describe the behavior I'm seeking.

# Images are smaller than your display's resolution

* You have a 2560x1440 display
* You open an image that's 800x600 in size
* IrfanView opens it and the IF window is exactly 800x600 in size

As you open up images with different dimensions, they all open up in a window size that matches their true dimensions allowing you to quickly and easily tile a number of opened images manually.

# Images are bigger than your display's resolution

Use case 1 (image width > display width):

* You have a 2560x1440 display
* You open an image that's 3000x2000 in size
* IrfanView opens it and the IF window is sized at 1971x1314 and the image is zoomed to 66% which allows you to see the full image in a naturally scaled way (aspect ratio kept intact) while maximizing its highest zoom amount based on your display's height

Use case 2 (image height > display height):

* You have a 2560x1440 display
* You open an image that's 1280x1697 in size
* IrfanView opens it and the IF window is sized at 991x1314 and the image is zoomed to 77% which allows you to see the full image in a naturally scaled way (aspect ratio kept intact) while maximizing its highest zoom amount based on your display's height

In all scenarios, all of this happens automatically and if you manually adjust the zoom, the window would resize to fit using the above ruleset. If I could reproduce this behavior in Linux I'd be really happy. Been looking for a while.

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I'm in a class teaching vialog (FPGA code basically...) how good are the linux tools for FPGAs?

I'm learning Vialog at SIUE and my OneXplayer typically has Arch linux on it with GNOME or Hyprland. While I'm not sure if we need our own devices, if we do I want to make sure that Vialog coding will work on Linux.

https://redd.it/1mwrv0c
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Getting back in the game after 20+ years, is Ubuntu still good or what do people recommend?

Had a hell of a time trying to move to windows 11, corrupted an HDD and SSD drive to be unusable. (I had multiple backups of important stuff so no loss in that sense) but I'm done with windows. I havent used linux in a couple decades, last i used it i was using Ubuntu, just wondering if it's still good or what.

Eventually used 3rd party software to get Win11 to install fine on a new SSD. But i'm not dealing with this shit again.

I want to put a linux distro on an NVME, keep windows on the current SSD. That way wife and kids can do their thing on what they're used to, and I can do my image/video editing etc on Linux, and also have a back up so if windows shits the bed again i'm not left scrambling. (I keep all the important stuff on different disks than the OS, and I back up semi-regularly, but after this shit show i'm going to add a couple more drives and automate backing up business stuff, family photos, movies etc.)


I've googled and gone down rabbit holes, and read reddit threads. There's too many contradicting posts, and at this point i'm at information overload. Have mercy on an old guy and just tell me what is stable and decent.



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afreq.sh daemon 0.2.0 released
https://github.com/eylles/afreq.sh/releases/tag/0.2.0

https://redd.it/1mwwiky
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A daemon to monitor file creation in the user-selected dirs and to write down who created those files

A story behind the daemon: a few weeks ago I noticed that I don’t have space in my /home. Investigation led to deleting \~20GiB of ancient garbage from the dot-dirs there. In too many cases I wasn’t been able to detect who created those files and if I need them. I didn’t like this situation, so I present you with a solution.

https://github.com/ANGulchenko/whomade

The daemon is in state "it works on my machine" yet, so bugs are expected. Nothing harmful is expected though.

If you use MATE, you can use the extension for Caja to avoid touching the daemon's CLI:

https://preview.redd.it/qx54m43ziikf1.png?width=612&format=png&auto=webp&s=bfa7746ecb32728a6f2c21f13384915051ac0561

Just press the RMB on the file and select "Who made this?"

The daemon works with fanotify, so root privileges are needed.

Extension just kicks "whomade -w" command, so daemon should be somewhere described by PATH var.

https://redd.it/1mwyt52
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Apple Type-C PHY driver RFC posted to kernel mailing list
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20250821-atcphy-6-17-v1-21-172beda182b8@kernel.org/

https://redd.it/1mx096d
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Dual boot in 2025

Hello.
I am considering installing Linux on a PC with Windows 11 preinstalled, and I have the option of doing so on the same M.2 NVME SSD or adding a SATA SSD and installing it there.

I understand that SATA SSDs perform worse than NVME SSDs, so I was thinking of making room for Linux on the SSD I already have in my computer.

I have read a lot of information about problems that can arise when sharing a disk between Windows and Linux, such as the former messing up Grub after an update, but I don't know if that will still be the case in 2025.

What do you recommend?

Thank you very much.

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Quickly navigate in man pages, using emacs, neovim or w3m.
https://codeberg.org/chimay/blog/src/commit/02bdd1d592f7130c2dd2cc13e35a63c551387e91/meta/man-pages.org

https://redd.it/1mx77vh
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Game application icons don’t show in GNOME but do in KDE

I’ve been using Ubuntu for a while now and I like mostly everything about it except one thing that may seem minor to some but it’s the fact that game applications don’t show their logo. It’s a generic grey cogwheel.

I tried out Kubuntu since I heard that KDE doesn’t have this issue and they were correct. The issue is now gone. For that reason alone I’m staying on Kubuntu KDE.

Weird reason to distro hop, I know, but it’s good to have choice.

https://redd.it/1mx8zrg
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