Anyone with experience using mobile distros such as Graphene or Ubuntu Touch?

I have been using Linux since 2021. I have used Ubuntu, Mint, Kali, Fedora, and Raspberry PI OS. I prefer Ubuntu the most and am curious as to the performance on mobile. I have a Google Pixel 3, and it has had a lot of use. Needless to say it doesn't work as great as it did new. As I am often waiting relatively long for apps to load, I was wondering if Linux might be able to help.

For anyone who has tried mobile Linux:
-How is the performance, is it similar, worse, better?
-What does app support look like?
-Can you still install apk's?
-Do all hardware buttons function as intended?
-Are there notable downsides?

Before anyone says it, I know that Android is built upon a Linux kernel so it's technically mobile Linux. You know what I mean.

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Gf got me cool shirt
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CRT-fun?

I am trying to add a CRT effect to my monitor, I had first originally tried using Picom, but it seems not to work nor install properly through the usage of "yay" commands. Is there any linux-friendly way to apply a CRT filter to my entire monitor or would I just be better off attempting to reassemble/buy an old CRT. If anyone has any recommendations for programs please let me know! (endeavourOS/Arch with gnome btw)

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hopeseekr/BashScripts v3.0.0: obs-global-hotkeys, turn-off-nvidia, and more

https://github.com/hopeseekr/BashScripts

The big things in this release:

* [**OBS Global Hotkeys Installer**](https://github.com/hopeseekr/BashScripts/blob/trunk/obs-global-hotkeys) (GNOME Xorg + Wayland):

Quickly installs true OBS Global Hotkeys in GNOME Wayland + Xorg. This noscript is idempotent and safely finds available keybinding slots without overwriting existing user configurations.

It installs a pure-bash + curl API client for OBS' API and registers it with GNOME's internal global hotkey system. Works with both Xorg and Wayland.

* **turn-off-nvidia: Comprehensive NVIDIA GPU Power Management Script**

**turn-off-nvidia** is a comprehensive bash noscript for managing NVIDIA dGPU power states on Linux, standing out as one of the few power management solutions that fully supports **NVIDIA GPUs with AMD CPUs on Wayland** while also working perfectly on Xorg. It prioritizes Runtime D3 Power Management (RTD3) as the modern approach, allowing your discrete GPU to automatically enter deep sleep states (D3cold) when idle, dramatically reducing power consumption and heat on laptops.

The noscript provides multiple configuration methods including supergfxctl (excellent for ASUS laptops and Wayland), envycontrol, optimus-manager, and legacy options like bbswitch and acpi_call. It features intelligent system detection, comprehensive diagnostics, distro-agnostic package management (pacman/AUR, apt, dnf, zypper), PRIME offload setup for on-demand GPU usage, real-time power monitoring, and safe revert options. With extensive documentation and Wayland-specific guidance, turn-off-nvidia makes it simple to achieve optimal battery life on hybrid graphics laptops.

This is pretty much the only solution out there for massive power savings on Nvidia + AMD R9 / AI laptops on Wayland. You can toggle it to completely turn off the Nvidia GPU for the entire session. Reboot to restore.

**This is currently in beta.**

Espanol: https://github.com/hopeseekr/BashScripts/blob/trunk/README.es.md
Hindi / हिन्दी: https://github.com/hopeseekr/BashScripts/blob/trunk/README.hi.md
Chinese / 中文: https://github.com/hopeseekr/BashScripts/blob/trunk/README.cn.md

v3.0.0 ChangeLog:

* [image-mp3-to-video](https://github.com/hopeseekr/BashScripts/blob/v3.x/image-mp3-to-video) Combines an image with an mp3 to produce an H264 video.
* [git-filter-copy](https://github.com/hopeseekr/BashScripts/blob/v3.x/git-filter-copy) A utility to copy workdirs complying with .gitattributes export restrictions.
* [tar-stats](https://github.com/hopeseekr/BashScripts/blob/v3.x/tar-stats) tar drop-in replacement with live progress bars. (very early stage, lots of bugs).
* [git-shift-time](https://github.com/hopeseekr/BashScripts/blob/v3.x/git-shift-time) Added a utility to shift the timestamp of git commits.
* [turn-off-nvidia](https://github.com/hopeseekr/BashScripts/blob/v3.x/turn-off-nvidia) Added a utility to turn off Nvidia graphics card to greatly extend battery life.
* [obs-global-hotkeys](https://github.com/hopeseekr/BashScripts/blob/v3.x/obs-global-hotkeys) A utility that adds Global Hotkeys for OBS on Wayland.

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Is ventoy safe to use to install distros in 2025?

Yes I went through these two posts and came to know about privacy blobs issue which I don't have the technical knowledge to understand the full details about.

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1buhnrs/is\_ventoy\_safe\_in\_light\_of\_xzliblzma\_scare/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1k8yhml/so\_is\_ventoy\_confirmed\_safe\_alternatives/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button

I read that the ventoy developer somewhat addressed the issue after 2 years, a couple months ago, and said he's gonna work on it or sum.

So my question is, can I use ventoy to multiboot, or is there an alternative which is easy to install and understand for a less intelligent individual like me? If possible can you explain it to me in simple words?

Thanks

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Who owns an open source project? – RubyGems threatens to split
https://www.heise.de/en/news/Who-owns-an-open-source-project-RubyGems-threatens-to-split-10685184.html

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I compiled the Linux kernel for the first time
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What do you think about Debian in desktop market in longer term?

As there are much better desktop distros available which are updated regular (Mint, Ubuntu, Fedora) and debian isn't even focused for Desktop, do you think Debian will lose the popularity to be used as a Desktop OS

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The reason so many Linux users spend years distro hopping

You'll never find the perfect distro. You'll distro hop forever because every couple of years a new one emerge, but it will be still be a derivative of Debian, RH, Arch, Gentoo, or Slackware.

Instead of looking for the right distro, find the community that is the best fit for you, and you'll stop distro hopping.

My first distro was RH 8.0, only because the CD-ROM came with the book I bought to learn what Linux was all about. 6 or 8 months later I decided to try a different system. At that time it was Debian, Mandrake, Caldera, RH officially became RHEL established a foothold in the enterprise space a Fedora continued down the community based road. OpenSuSe wasn't a thing yet, Arch was on the bleeding edge still and much too unstable to serve as a daily driver, Gentoo and their portage, and Slackware was still had a significant presence in the Linux community. I narrowed my choices down to Gentoo, Debian, and Slackware. Decided against Gentoo, I didn't want to spend a lot of time installing an OS. In those days it took 3 hours or so to compile a kernel that was half the size of what compiles in a few minutes now.

I was on the fence, Debian or Slackware. Both went back to just two years after that historic post from a CompSci student in Finland.
Both were known for stability and security, while Debian's package manager with dependency resolution and tracking was why many flocked to Debian, Slackware took the opposite approach. You alone are responsible for resolving dependency issues, and any other issues that may arise. They had an email address, you ul might get a reply in a few weeks. The IRC was where the gurus were.

I chose Slackware, not despite those facts, not because of them. The Slackware community is not going to hold your hand. It was common knowledge in the Linux world back that when it came to Slackware, noobs stay away. For advanced users only. The Slackware Way, Pat Volkerdings manifesto outlining the philosophy of the Slackware distribution, aligned perfectly with my beliefs. The clincher, what sealed the deal for me, was something many Slackers have told me also sealed the deal for them, and it was a statement oft repeated by those that compared and contrasted the various distros. "If you run Redhat, Debian, Mandrake, or one of the other distros, you'll learn that distro. If you run Slackware, you'll learn Linux." The learning curve was somewhat steep, but well worth it. I've been running Slackware on every machine I've owned since then, almost 24 years now, but it's because I feel at home in the Slackware community. The community that surrounds a distro are the people you will have to ask to for help, and who will be asking you, so it would serve to have something in common with them. Most of us Slackers are well into middle age, and I'm sure there's more than a few not far from collecting social security. Young people are too impatient to put the time in that or takes to learn Linux on a Slackware machine. To this day I have never recommended Slackware to anyone that asked about a distro.

TL;DR

Find a community you are comfortable with, and there lies the distro that do many seasoned Linux users find so elusive

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Austria's armed forces switch to LibreOffice
https://www.heise.de/en/news/Austria-s-armed-forces-switch-to-LibreOffice-10660761.html

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OpenSUSE Leap 16.0 released
https://news.opensuse.org/2025/10/01/next-chapter-opens-with-leap-release/

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Dell Optiplex 3011 AIO Touchscreens

I have several (10+) Dell Optiplex 3011 AIO Touchscreen computers I got from an upgrade job a few years ago. I have found some great uses/projects utilizing these computers:

My Kid's School:
*Computer lab for highschool running Mint for web use and running Wine for some Rosetta Stone software
*Computer for teachers that they mainly use for access to Google Drive and Docs in their classroom.
*Computer for kid's library to run web-based library software to catalog books and check them in and out.

My Church:
*Computer in the sound booth that I operate that is connected to the sound board.
*Computer in my Sunday School Class that I use to connect to a TV to run presentstuon slides and videos.

My Home:
*Retro gaming machine.
*Ongoing project: Machine to run a family calendar, store recipes, watch YouTube videos, display family pics, etc.

I have also gifted a few of these to my family, for retro gaming and young kid learning games.

I have 10+ left and trying to come up with more ideas to use them for. I like the idea of Home Assistant, but I don't currently use it and don't have a ton of smart home devices, other than plugs, lights (bulbs), and Echo Dots, so not sure if there is much benefit there.

TLDR; Looking for project ideas to use on several Optiplex AIO Touchscreen computers.

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IBM Watchpad 1.5
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Linus: [bcachefs is] now a DKMS module, making the in-kernel code stale, so remove it to avoid any version confusion
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f2c61db29f277b9c80de92102fc532cc247495cd

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Linux Torvalds lashes out at RISC-V Big Endian proposal
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Torvalds-No-RISC-V-BE

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Amazon announces Vega OS for TV, a Linux-based OS that doesn't support sideloading
https://www.ghacks.net/2025/10/01/amazon-announces-vega-os-for-tv-a-linux-based-os-that-doesnt-support-sideloading/

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I was tired of searching for the perfect window manager for X11, so I decided to write my own.
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Linux will not add support for RISC-V big-endian developmemts/experiments for now.
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-%3DwgYcOiFvsJzFb%2BHfB4n6Wj6zM5H5EghUMfpXSCzyQVSfA@mail.gmail.com/t/#ece138059dc56014643bbda330810183031ef5c06

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will there be new open source games?

I started using linux a year ago and there is much I don't get yet. I know that a long time ago there were these games like tux cart , super tux, and 0.A.D that were made for linux. but now with WINE being more advanced there are basically no reasons to build new of these open source games, the market niche is gone.

so my question is, now that most games work in linux, is there a reason to build these open source games?

by the way I think open source games are cool and I want to see more of them, they are so optimized for some reason.

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In your opinion, what was the worst Linux distro that you've ever daily driven for at least a month?

(noscript pretty much says it all)

Curious to check out what y'all say... I'm only making this post because I'm bored. Maybe the distro could be something that broke too often after updates as one example.

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See how Greg Kroah-Hartman measures things up ( in respect to Linux kernel) ....fascinating!!
http://www.kroah.com/log/blog/2025/10/01/the-only-benchmark-that-matters-is.../

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