So, I just went on GitHub to take a look at opens PR, and most of them are trolls
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Upcoming changes for bcachefs; notes for users distributions
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-bcachefs/yokpt2d2g2lluyomtqrdvmkl3amv3kgnipmenobkpgx537kay7@xgcgjviv3n7x/T/#u

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Linux top: Here’s how to customize it.

https://preview.redd.it/02lldl00zqof1.png?width=1275&format=png&auto=webp&s=3d7c934146aa52a0ea494d2142b6566167630bd8

It’s been several years since my original write-up on customizing top, and my setup has evolved quite a bit since then. This screenshot is my current four-pane layout as of 2025. See other layouts, instructions, and more details here.

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I want to show my appreciation for linux

My interest in computers generally started when I was 7, with an old laptop running Windows 7. it was slow and all but somehow I learned how to install programs and stuff using it but I quickly got curious about how everything actually worked. That curiosity led me down a rabbit hole.

Before I even understood what Linux was, I was already deep into Android modding and iOS jailbreaking. I had reached 9 years old, I was flashing custom ROMs and unlocking bootloaders of old android phones lying around and what I didn’t realize at the time was that all of this came from Linux and an open-source mindset. the idea of freedom, control, and pushing devices beyond what they were "supposed" to do kinda fascinated me

Eventually, I discovered Linux itself. That completely changed how I saw software. started by running Ubuntu on old laptops, to eventually learning how to compile kernels and getting frustrated. Linux taught me about how computers work beyond just windows.

As I got deeper into it, I started exploring embedded devices and hardware-level mods. I’ve repurposed old routers with openwrt; experimented with running lightweight distros on raspberry pi and even built a server from an old laptop. I’ve also done hardware mods just for the challenge like building Hackintoshes (which taught me about EFI) and opening up devices to replace Wi-Fi cards, BIOS chips, or even reflash firmware manually. I’ve bricked and fixed my fair share of devices, but that's how I learned by breaking things and figuring out how to recover them.

Now, I run an Arch Linux server and media server. Almost every device I own has run Linux at some point. If i see Macos or Windows anywhere it'll kinda piss me off about how Microsoft or Apple doesn't allow freedom to users Everything I have done isn't even the tip of the iceberg of what linux is but seriously i think linux is the coolest thing.

This entire post sounds kinda weird but Im really grateful. I’m super thankful for the Linux and open-source community. They’ve built tools and shared knowledge that helped me learn all of this on my own. I’m only 13, but Linux and hardware modding have already taught me more than I ever expected and I’m just getting started.

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Roadmap to Arch Linux

Hello everyone!
I’m interested in learning more about Linux and eventually using Arch as my daily driver. That being said, I’ve read that Arch isn’t beginner friendly. So my question is what distros would be best to create a sort of roadmap that would lead to me learning Linux and eventually using Arch as my daily driver. Thanks!

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ms paint alternative?

I use ms paint regularly on another windows pc. copy paste the screenshot, crop, brush to color something out when needed add text as well

what is the mirror alternative to MS paint? crop/rotate/brush/text are musts it needs to have

linux mint newbie

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ms paint alternative? copy paste as IMAGE-kolourpaint

so trying kolourpaint now. I do copy paste but it only copies text into a box. it doesnt do a true print screen so I can save out as jpg. its just copying text

what am I doing wrong?

print screen on an image I want, paste into KP, but shows text

I want a true print screen image

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David Diamon's biography of Linus Torvalds, _Just for Fun_, free PDF
https://github.com/limkokholefork/just-for-fun-linus-torvalds/blob/master/just-for-fun.pdf

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Linux has some really good audio tools with names like... this
https://redd.it/1nfub6a
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are there programs to do this

so theres a game i wanna play that for some reason uses arrow keys.and since its a bullet game,and my arrow keys are small,that makes it very very hard to play,so are there any programs that can turn wasd into up down left right signals only if the specific x86 file is running?



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Anyone using Linux as a HTPC?

I’m setting up a HTPC, and I was wondering if anyone is using Linux for a HTPC, and if so what distribution?
I’ve recently started using Mint, and I was going to use that, but then I’ve read posts where others have used cinnamon.
Any help/clarity will be greatly appreciated!

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Red Hat being eaten, KDE Linux, Firefox getting worse - Linux Weekly News (The Linux Experiment)
https://peertube.wtf/w/6UAGoJrE38Lt1zcu3w7NJs

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Sniffnet v1.4.1 released
https://github.com/GyulyVGC/sniffnet/releases/tag/v1.4.1

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Finally finished ManjaroWizard: the ultimate post-install setup noscript for Manjaro Linux! Dev tools, Browsers, Gaming, Security, all in one interactive menu, Try it now!
https://github.com/HAKORADev/ManjaroWizard

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Do you think Immutable Distros will be the future of Linux systems? Have you any plan to switch? YES or NO, but why?
https://redd.it/1ng5tal
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Simple External Drive Snapshot Backups Using rsync and ZFS

I wanted to mirror an 8TB XFS-formatted local SSD to an external 8TB USB drive to protect against drive failure. I don't like btrfs, but I still wanted snapshots on the backup drive. This is how I did it:

sudo apt install zfsutils-linux
sudo apt install zfs-dkms -y
sudo apt install zfs-auto-snapshot

Reboot, then:

sudo zpool create backuppool /dev/sdb (use your drive device path, check lsblk)
sudo zfs create backuppool/backupdata
sudo zfs set mountpoint=/backup backuppool/backupdata
sudo zfs set compression=zstd backuppool/backupdata

Check that /backup exists etc. Then as root, these cron entries will create and retain 8 weekly snapshots. Right after each snapshot, this will initiate an rsync update from primary to secondary.

crontab -e

15 0 * * 1 root flock -n /var/run/zfs-auto-snapshot.lock sh -c 'LOCAL_TIME=$(date +\\%Y_\\%m_\\%d_\\%H\\%M); zfs-auto-snapshot --syslog --label=weekly_${LOCAL_TIME} --keep=8 // 2>/var/log/zfs-snapshots.log'

15 1 * * 1 rsync -avhH --delete /primarydatapath /backup >/dev/null 2>&1


NOTES:

Using zfs-19 compression buried the processor, so I swapped to regular zstd. Using the new "quick dedupe" in ZFS 2.3+ also buried the processor, so I'm not using that either. I briefly considered disabling speedstep which would have capped the processor at 2.2ghz (down from 3.8) to keep the temps down, but I only cared about getting enough savings to provide snapshot space. Against 5TB of video and picture data, I'm at 1.3:1 savings. You can view the compression via:

zfs get compressratio backuppool/backupdata

You can access snapshots in /backuppool/.zfs/snapshot. Also, optional, you can disable the automatically installed snapshot schedules from zfs-auto-snapshot by removing the following files so that you only take the weekly snapshots in the cron job above. I don't have any data change other than the rsync, so these snapshots were pointless for me:

\# find . | grep zfs | grep snap | grep cron

./cron.daily/zfs-auto-snapshot
./cron.weekly/zfs-auto-snapshot
./cron.monthly/zfs-auto-snapshot
./cron.d/zfs-auto-snapshot
./cron.hourly/zfs-auto-snapshot

Have fun!





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Spotted linux on a bus screen, but they have some errors.
https://redd.it/1ng92bz
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Trying Ubuntu for the first time, wish me luck!

So today I'm going to try Ubuntu for the first time, booting off my 64gb Kingston USB. I really hope i like it enough to keep it, and I'm open to tips, tricks, advice, anything of the sort. Please be nice as well, i know almost nothing about Linux and this is my first ever experience.

https://redd.it/1ngcp9v
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Installed Lubuntu for the first time today

I was running lubuntu off of my sd card (live) for a day or two, and today I decided to pull the trigger and install it on the sd card. I had to manually partition it and everything went well it runs just as good as ChromeOS (maybe a hiccup here and there but I expected it I have 4gigs of ram and the sd card is not that fast). Next I'm trying kubuntu and mint (xfce and cinnamon) and I have ventoy on a 128gb sd card with arch in it. I really hope kubuntu works next bc I don't like the way Lubuntu looks. :3

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Why Does Arch Have A Reputation For Being Difficult?

So back story, I'm still a really new Linux user. I'm a desktop user and use my PC for web browsing, watching media, sometimes creating media and gaming. Start of July I installed Bazzite and decided that it was too basic for me after a few days. Ended up on Fedora and I really like Fedora. Today I got a laptop and installed Arch on it and it's not difficult at all. The hardest thing for me after installing Arch was realizing that -S is case sensitive so when I wanted to install flatpak it kept erroring out until I figured that out. Where is this reputation coming from? If anything Arch is just very manual, but imo thus far (its only been a few hours) it's no more difficult than Fedora. Am I missing something?

https://redd.it/1ngglcs
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How would California's proposed age verification bill work with Linux?

For those unaware, California is advancing an age verification law, apparently set to head to the Governor's desk for signing.

Politico article

Bill information and text

The bill (if I'm reading it right) requires operating system providers to send a signal attesting the user's age to any software application, or application store (defined as "a publicly available internet website, software application, online service, or platform that distributes and facilitates the download of applications from third-party developers"). Software and software providers would then be liable for checking this age signal.

The definitions here seem broad and there doesn't appear to be a carve-out for Linux or FOSS software.

I've seen concerns that such a system would be tied to TPM attestation or something, and that Linux wouldn't be considered a trusted source for this signal, effectively killing it.

Is this as bad as people are saying it's going to be, and is there a reason to freak out? How would what this bill mandates work with respect to Linux?

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