Why has the Linux Desktop market share decreased in India by nearly 10% on StatCounter?
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As promised I currently am at the holy place
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Can SliTaz run on 32mb of ram on idle?

This is because I am looking for an OS for my luckfox lyra with my PicoCalc setup, and it has 128mb of ram, and I am aiming for the OS I use, to use no more than a quarter of my ram. It's known to be more of a lightweight distro, so I decided to post here, to see if any more experienced people have an answer to this.

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Would a Grandmother be comfortable on your recommended distro?

To this day I still see people saying "I recommend Arch to all new users" or something to that degree. When we're skilled at something, then most aspects of it seem easy. And it actually becomes more difficult for us to understand how a new user thinks.

That is why I like to ask myself "Would a typical Grandmother be comfortable on my recommended distro." It is a bit of a stereotypical question, as I'm sure there exists grandmothers who use Arch, but stereotypes are helpful in giving us a picture of a large group of people.
In this case, it is a picture of someone who knows nothing about computers and just wants something to browse the internet.

This question can also be used for software development. Developers can ask "would a grandmother be able to use my program? If not, how can I fix it?"

Now if you already know the person then you can maybe recommend a more technical distro. But if you barely know anything about them, or they don't seem to understand computers well, then think of a grandmother.
Besides, distro hopping is a thing for a reason. People can advance to other distros once they are comfortable with linux itself.

I recommend Linux Mint to most new people.

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Red Hat will begin to integrate even further into IBM. About to get into enshittification?

IBM has announced that, starting in early 2026, RedHat back-office teams will become part of IBM, reducing RedHat's independence.

Among the teams that will move to IBM are: Legal, HR, Finance and Accounting

Following the recent waves of layoffs at RedHat, it appears that this decision is due to a cost-saving measure on the part of IBM, continuing with its plans from some time ago to save up to $3.5 billion through, among other things, job cuts.

For the time being, the engineering, product, sales, and marketing personnel departments will remain as they are.

We have already seen worrying measures from IBM at RedHat. From dismissing a Fedora project manager (Ben Cotton) to restricting free access to the RHEL source code (only for customers and partners; Alma, for example, has since had to rely on "the new" CentOS), and a few months ago, removing permission to use RHEL in production for small projects with a developer licence.

Do you think RedHat is heading for enshittification? Will it affect RHEL, CentOS or Fedora?

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Thinking About Switching

So after numerous moves from Microsoft that's made me lose trust, (many of which I'm sure users here who've switched are aware), I've decided to use Batocera-Linux. The reason for this choice is that I do alot of emulation and it makes sense to have a distro that supports this out of the box, plus they now have a built-in desktop for it. With that being said, I wanted to know if there's anything I should prepare beforehand such as files or any useful tidbits of information before I make the switch. I"ll probably run it off a usb stick as a trial just in case there's any catastrophic issues and if all's well I'll run it off my ssd.

Anyway, is there anything I should consider before switching over? I already know the compatibility for devices and other numerous things are lower than Windows, but there are probably numerous things about LInux that you don't find out until you're actually in there. So I guess what I'm trying to say is there any deal-breaker changes or things about Linux that changes user's mind I should know about before I start making any preparations to switch over? If there's any questions you need to ask me to assess I"m happy to answer. Thanks in advance for any info!

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[Update on the project that I have been working on] LinuxPlay a big ol refresh since my post 8 months ago

Ultra‑low‑latency desktop streaming over UDP using FFmpeg, with a Qt GUI for both **Host** and **Client**. Includes:

* **Codecs:** H.264 / H.265 (HEVC) / AV1 via NVENC, QSV, AMF, VAAPI, or CPU.
* **Transport:** MPEG‑TS over UDP for video/audio; TCP for handshake; UDP for control & clipboard; TCP for drag‑and‑drop upload.
* **Multi‑monitor:** Stream one or all monitors.
* **Clipboard & drag‑drop:** Bi‑directional clipboard, and client→host file upload.
* **WAN ready (optional):** WireGuard helpers for tunnelling over the internet.
* **Link aware:** Auto **Wi‑Fi / LAN** detection with network‑tuned buffers.
* **Resilience:** 5 s **PING** / 10 s **PONG** heartbeat; host auto‑stops streams if the client drops and returns to *Waiting for connection*.

[GitHub Repo](https://github.com/Techlm77/LinuxPlay)

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As someone who wants to move from Windows to Linux, is there a guide on how to make the process?

As the noscript says, I want to move to Linux, but I barely know anything about it. I've used windows for more than 20 years and I'd like to know how to make the process. I have no idea about distros or how to make windows programs run on it.

Does anyone know about a guide I could follow, or have any tips on how to get started?

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Did anyone notice that HDR is now available in Google Chrome?

Hey everyone, I noticed that after a recent Google Chrome update, HDR is now showing on YouTube and works perfectly. I’m using Fedora 42 with KDE Plasma 6. Has anyone else noticed this? Have you been able to use it with Netflix or other streaming platforms that support HDR?

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Switching from Window to linux

hey guys my laptop is 9 yrs old and i use windows, but ofcourse now since window 10 support will be end soon and my laptop cant run window 11, so i have decided to finally switch to linux, my laptop still works fine without any problem, i just wanna know does switching to linux gonna increase the perfomance by a bit, and i usually use my laptop for coding purposes, so any tips or suggestions, which version of linux i should use,

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Thank You Linux! You've brought the fun back into computing!

I miss the late 90's and early 200's and being a Windows guy (Win 98/XP), you were always trouble shooting drivers and crashes and dealing with a hardware issues.

But then around Win7 and Win10, computers got boring. This is of course due to the industry maturing and all the engineering to make sure everything "just works".

But with Win10 support ending, back in July I decided to jump over to Linux (Mint- Cinnamon). And it was exciting having to figure things out.

"Ok, why won't my Steam library see this additional drive?"
"Ok, I need to mount it"

"Ok, why can't I mount it?
"Ok, how do I mount an NTFS drive"
"Ok, I can install my Steam game (Windows only, yes I installed under compatibility mode), why won't it launch?"
"Ok, why can't I format it to EXT4?"
"Ok, I need to unmount it and I'll restart"
"AHHHHHHH!!!! What is it booting into recovery mode???"
"Ok, I need to edit the fstab to change from NTFS to EXT4"...

Honestly, I've had a LOT of fun troubleshooting Linux and trying out all the new softwares out there. It's been a hassle sometimes, but it honestly brings me back to the 2000's when computers were "new" and fun.

Just wanted to say thanks to the Linux.

(I've been on Linux Mint since July and opening up Windows 10 now just annoys me)

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Absurd fallacies of "minimalist" Linux setups
https://self-rover.bearblog.dev/absurd-fallacies-of-minimalist-linux/

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(powered by linux) MACROHARD on the roof of the Colossus II supercomputer cluster in Memphis.
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It's my one year anniversary of ditching windows as my main OS!
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Winboat is fantastic! Runs Excel really well on my laptop!!
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[OC] - Gowall v0.2.3 The OCR and Image Compression update (Swiss Army knife for image processing)
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I have officially made the switch.
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I made the switch to Fedora as my daily driver - no regrets

https://preview.redd.it/r9tv2s3jbquf1.png?width=2560&format=png&auto=webp&s=cdbbdb4fcd13a7c5a66b86f7eab3df325cba1234

Switched from my beloved Surface Laptop Snapdragon - that is truly a great piece of hardware I have to admit, but a nightmare to install Linux on - to an old ProBook with Fedora KDE

I upgraded the SSD and memory. Sure, it's way less powerful, but it's still snappy and everything runs butter smooth.

I still take the Surface to work (way lighter, and tools I need are installed), and as soon as I'm back home, I switch to this cosy potato. I also need to keep a Windows machine because it's not really easy to work with the Affinity suite on Linux. Besides that, it's been a really smooth experience. Everything is supported out of the box.

Besides, most of the time I use this machine plugged into an external monitor, keyboard, and mouse, so I don't suffer much from the crappy build/keyboard/touchpad/screen, which makes the experience really enjoyable.

In case people are wondering why, I mainly switched because of privacy concerns, telemetry everywhere, and now the dystopian feature called RECALL: that's the last straw. I'm also sick of getting ads everywhere in a paid operating system, and let's be honest, Linux ricing is just fun.

Came for freedom (as test first), stayed because it's actually a joy to use.

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What makes GPUs driver so much more special than other devices drivers?

DISCLAIMER: I dont fire against anyone! If i sound like that i blame my bad english. Im realy just curious! Love to anyone that does real work on open source out there!

I tinker with, and reinstall osses constantly on vms and all sorts of different hardware. To reach any acceptable performance in gpu related workloads like rendering static videos or games on windows or unix(...), i first need to install the driver for the gpu in queston. Be it nvidia, amd or intel.

But why is that? Why do i need to install drivers for my gpu, while all other(common) components are handled by the os just fine?
My question is not why i need drivers, but more of why only gpu.
I mean one could argue, that graphics cards are complex, but so are cpu, motherboard and co.
They seem to me not even that different from a top down view. They also have a processing unit, ram and similar. why are they different?
One could also argue, that the company behind designing graphicscards holds back vital information to intentionally hold back kernel maintainers, but amd produces both ends of the spectrum with cpus on the one, and gpus on the other side.

Any explanation or even a hint in the right direction would be very much appreciated!

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Kdenlive 25.08.2 is out continuing the focus on stability and polish
https://kdenlive.org/news/releases/25.08.2/

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I finally fully switched to Linux.

With windows 10 going EOL and none of my computers being compatible. I decided to commit and fully switch over all of them after years of just using it on 2. This seemed like the only viable option long term. I dont trust using Windows on unsupported hardware and extended support is only really delaying the issue.

I will loose out on playing one of my games and VR as a whole (I use the rift s). But I'm hopeful support will come eventually. I also haven't found a replacement app for Opal.

Im using Pop!_OS on my main computer and MX on the others. Ultramarine was my backup.

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