LMDE 7 "Gigi" released!
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Mint-LMDE-7

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Super smash tux
https://redd.it/1o6itim
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Why is it that USB file transfer speeds just get buffed all the time

So something I have realized is that on linux, all my USB file transfers starts from around 50% done, while on windows they normally start from 0% on the same USB drive and I would like to know if anyone has any idea as to why this is happening (The transfer on linux doesn't take longer to start, I mention this because maybe someone says that the transfer takes longer to start and thats why)

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Important update on Chat Control in Europe:
https://redd.it/1o6o4hn
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Linux Mint LMDE 7 Officially Released – Based on Debian 13
https://linuxmint.com/download_lmde.php

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Zorin OS 18 has been released to coincide with the end of Windows 10
https://blog.zorin.com/2025/10/14/zorin-os-18-has-arrived/

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Linux Package Managers Compared: APT, DNF, Pacman and Zypper
https://linuxblog.io/linux-package-managers-apt-dnf-pacman-zypper/

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What desktop environment you all use?

I'm curious to know what desktop environment do you guys use and why?
My favorite desktop environment is Cosmic just cuz I like the fact that it feels like you're using hyprland if hyprland had a desktop. I'm a fan of their style of tiling windows:)

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Done with Windows! Every one of these guys will be running Linux at the end of the day.
https://redd.it/1o75xda
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Oops! It's a kernel stack use-after-free: Exploiting NVIDIA's GPU Linux drivers
https://blog.quarkslab.com/nvidia_gpu_kernel_vmalloc_exploit.html

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Wayland + Sway + multiple TUI apps on 512MB Raspberry pi
https://redd.it/1o76e7p
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Linux on a Surface Laptop Studio
https://redd.it/1o7bj07
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LineageOS 23 launches with Android 16, application updates, improved VM support, and more
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/lineageos-23-launches-with-android-16-application-updates-improved-vm-support-and-more/

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Nervous about switching to Linux

Microsoft has officially discontinued updates for Windows 10. Instead of simply upgrading to Windows 11, I am tempted to try switching to a Linux system. I am more than a little nervous. There are so many versions of Linux its hard to tell which one to use.

My long term concern is security, without regular patches from MS I don't know if PC will be safe, and is Linux really any better on that front? In the short term there is also the matter of whether my programs will work on Linux or will I need to reinstall and patch everything.

Any advice for a newbie about to take that first step into the brave new world of Linux OS?

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Installer noscript for local static (rootless) versions of popular modern cli tools

I've created a bash noscript to download and install static binaries for a few popular cli tools directly from their respective github releases page to ~/.local/bin .

https://github.com/vvollers/localtoolsinstaller

you just need curl (or wget) essentially to get started.

The goal for me was to be able to quickly install some of these tools for new VMs/servers, where I didn't have root access, but where I wanted to have access to these tools.

I really hope it is useful for someone else as well. Please let me know if you encounter issues.

PS: I'm aware of homebrew, which should be able to do similar things, but the noscript is more lightweight and I can essentially run it as a oneliner anytime I need to install something.

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Linux foundation Linux.com email

Hey all,

Been thinking about getting myself a linux.com email from the Linux foundation.

For this, one needs to be an individual supporter ($99) and then buy the linux.com email add-on ($150).

I know that the Linux foundation has some great discounts for their certs on Black Friday, but does anyone know if these discounts also apply to the email add-on?

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Very new and moderately dumb
https://redd.it/1o7t5of
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Kyunnect, "um Flatseal para Snaps"
https://redd.it/1o7vcsh
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5956 fragments on a 2.8 GB file on an aged ext4. Output of filefrag -e.
https://pastebin.com/1mChjz8r

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Which USB drive brand is reliable for the linux distro?

I don’t want to be something cheap from AliExpress that can corrupt items inside of it, so any expert user of Linux distros can help me out with this question and recommend a good reliable brand of USB Flash Drive that can hold Distro without any issues since I want to test first and later buy a Sata SSD where I'll install in and use double with my windows 10 on the HDD.


I don’t want to move all the data to a cloud service and being all back later from there.

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Is 51gb too small for my fedora root partition if I store files on another btrfs partition?

hi guys
im currently dual booting windows 11 and fedora (42 with kde plasma as its GUI)
before i installed fedora, i partitioned my 1TB D drive into 2 parts: the smaller 51gb one and the bigger 877gb one
(this was done on windows using AOMEI + windows is on a completely separate ssd)

later on i used gparted and made the bigger partition use the same file system as the fedora root partition so "btrfs" and now fedora recognizes the bigger partition and i can successfully store bigger files on that big partition

im curious on if this was a mistake or an ok move on my part since shortly after installing fedora i had some regret
was 51gb too little? its currently only using 16gb or so, i installed nvidia drivers, rpmfusion and all the codecs needed since fedora doesnt come out of the box with everything and yeah, everything works great on fedora
i only used fedora for a week, or about week and a half (and most of that time i still remained on windows since most of my stuff is there) so i dont know if this might be an issue in the future and i dont want to in the future reinstall fedora since i found no safe way of resizing the fedora partition

should i be worried about something and change things or is everything fine as is?

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