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/

https://redd.it/1o7d2mm
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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?

https://redd.it/1o7eu4v
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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.

https://redd.it/1o7d9r8
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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?

https://redd.it/1o7r2ct
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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

https://redd.it/1o7yz0k
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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.

https://redd.it/1o8095q
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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?

https://redd.it/1o81drk
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A wallpaper manager for X11 (feh) and Wayland (swww) written in rust
https://redd.it/1o84kyr
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Koncentro v1.1.0: Now with Subtasks and Minimize to Tray
https://redd.it/1o85ao8
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GRUB - boot loader

I’ve been away from Linux for a while (10+ years) and didn’t know how much I missed grub. From now on, every pc I have will have grub as default boot loader. It’s so much easier than having to remember which key to press when you want to boot into your bios - or to press any key at all, just wait for the menu to appear and then choose whatever you want. Changed my CMOS battery today and didn’t realize how much I love this little tool. Thank you once again, Linux.

https://redd.it/1o84tlm
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I feel like distro ISO sizes have bloated the last few years...why?

I started playing around with Linux in 2013, when the stock HDD on this machine crapped the bed. Win7 Pro's ISO is/was 2.7GB then, and tipped the scales pretty significantly. Nowadays that would be pretty lean - there were dozens of distros that tried to keep it under 650MB then, and did a pretty good job.

Every ISO seems to have doubled or tripled in size, especially in the last 4-5 years. What's adding the "bloat" to most of these distros (from my POV at least)? Or am I just crazy/misremembering?

https://redd.it/1o88jml
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Mesa 25.2.5 Released With Very Important Intel Graphics Driver Fix
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-25.2.5-Released

https://redd.it/1o89tva
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Does the Linux kernel get bigger and bigger as more hardware support is added to it? Does that mean everyone running Linux technically has a ton of kernel code that doesn’t apply to their machine?

Pretty much noscript.

I’m just trying to understand these things a little better. Am I understanding it correctly that kernels contain a ton of drivers —> so they might have 100 drivers for different laptop speakers even though each individual user only needs 1 but they have to support everybody?

Does that imply on your machine you have a ton of unused kernel code? Or is there some process that removes the unused driver code?

It’s all so confusing to me man haha

https://redd.it/1o8aeie
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seems like the W10 EOL is actually bringing people to linux
https://redd.it/1o8edt8
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Collabora + MediaTek: Pushing boundaries on the latest IoT boards and Chromebooks

Collabora and MediaTek continue to advance upstream Linux support for the latest Genio IoT boards and Chromebook Plus laptops, enabling full hardware functionality, improved security, and broader access to the open source community.

https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/collabora-mediatek-pushing-boundaries-on-the-latest-iot-boards-and-chromebooks.html

https://redd.it/1o8frqy
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Most people don't need a new laptop

I am currently typing from a Thinkpad T480S running Linux (KDE) and it feels fast. This is a laptop from 2018 (i5 8th gen) and was really cheap. I also use Windows 11 on my other laptop and I can say it would not run as smooth on this hardware.
Most people just use a laptop for: email, browsing, documents, presentations and music.
Linux prevents e-waste and saves money

https://redd.it/1o8ilrj
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Happy 29th birthday to KDE! – Adventures in Linux and KDE
https://pointieststick.com/2025/10/16/happy-29th-birthday-to-kde/

https://redd.it/1o8io1q
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