2007 MacBook Pro Running Linux Mint Flawlessly
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Arch Linux
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Laptop fan not working on Linux Mint — tried ACPI fixes in GRUB but still no luck
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Static Web Hosting on the Intel N150: FreeBSD, SmartOS, NetBSD, OpenBSD and Linux Compared
https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/11/19/static-web-hosting-intel-n150-freebsd-smartos-netbsd-openbsd-linux/

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The bus uses arch btw
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I switched to KDE LINUX (latest edition), and I am loving it, few bugs on first day but now its working fine.
https://redd.it/1p18a4v
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Yt-dlp: External JS runtime now required for full YouTube support
https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/15012

https://redd.it/1p1buah
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Should i try Solus ?!!

Hello Every one, now I’m on Mageia now and I’m enjoying it , but you know the distro hopping 🤓 , so I was searching for uncommon distro and so many people recommend Solus , i never used Budgie DE before , but some of them telling that there is nothing out of the box there , so I was asking the people who tried Solus if it deserves a chance !!

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Built my own xdg-open alternative because the old one annoyed me — meet YAXO
https://github.com/yogeshdofficial/yaxo

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Online command book

Good afternoon, I would like to ask if anyone has the book The Linux command line by William Shotts IN SPANISH VERSION.
I have it in English, but it would be easier for me to read if I had it in Spanish
Greetings
Thank you so much

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Setting up a clean and reliable Linux dev environment.

I’m trying to figure out the best way to build a solid development environment on Linux. I’m starting with plain Ubuntu 24.04 every time, and I often have to set everything up on different laptops, so I’m trying to find the least painful and most repeatable way to do it.

I came up with a few ideas:

1. Taking a system snapshot
Feels like a simple way to “freeze” a good state and go back to it when everything breaks. Not sure if this is reliable enough for a daily dev setup or more of a last-resort safety net.

2. A custom automation noscript
Something that installs all dependencies, tools, packages, config files, maybe dotfiles. Sounds practical, but I’m wondering if plain bash noscripts eventually turn into an unmaintainable mess, especially when used across different machines.

3. Ansible
I’ve been reading about it recently. It looks powerful and structured, but I’m not sure if it isn’t overkill for a single-machine setup. On the other hand, since I reinstall environments on multiple laptops, maybe it would actually save me a lot of time.

I’d love to hear what problems I might run into with each approach. Things like package version drift, breaking updates, environment differences, tools that don’t behave the same across clean installs, etc.

If you were starting from scratch on Ubuntu 24.04, how would you build your dev environment so that it’s stable, reproducible, and easy to restore on any machine?

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I feel the urgency to change to linux as soon as possible because of this, but i have questions , HELP
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Affinity Suite Running on Fedora Linux
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Racing karts on a Rust GPU kernel driver

Tyr, the Rust-based driver for Arm Mali GPUs, continues to rapidly progress, and the prototype now runs GNOME, Weston, and even full-screen 3D games like SuperTuxKart! 🔥

https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/racing-karts-on-a-rust-gpu-kernel-driver.html

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Why do both snap and flatpak exist when they both do the same thing?

As noscript

Basically my understanding is snap is a sandbox packaging system that works on all distros developed by canonical

And flatpak is a sandbox packaging system that works on all distros developed by themselves?

Why have two formats that fundamentally do the same thing?

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Will the Steam Frame cause VR Linux Distros to start popping up?

Been thinking about the frame a bit, and its got me thinking. If it runs SteamOS, why cant anyone with enough VR technical experience and knowledge of the device put together a custom distro? Would there even be a reasonable reason to do that or would it literally only be something to do as an unnecessary mod?

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Another stupid question about postmarket OS porting

What should be the exact directory structure of the project on my desktop? Should I have the pmaports folder be separate from the kernel sources repo that the instructions tell you to clone? Or should the kernel sources be cloned inside one of the subfolders under pmaports?

https://redd.it/1p1rl6w
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Dell laptop idling just below 3 watts on Pop!_OS with zero tuning
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Gaming on Ubuntu Server

So I don't really sit at my gaming desktop running LMDE7 anymore due to having a Legion Go, a work laptop, and a personal laptop. I really just wanna use this system as a headless server that I can occasionally sit down at and game locally or remotely on it. I will probably just use CasaOS for Plex and Jellyfin.

I was thinking of just using the latest Ubuntu Server with a desktop environment installed and the display manager purged so it will function as Ubuntu Server traditionally does, but I can also login in, run startx, and open Steam and play.

I've used Linux for nearly 15 years and never used Proxmox. Would learning a hypervisor like Proxmox be a better fit for what I'm trying to accomplish?

https://redd.it/1p1uy3r
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Tool to view what changes to disk a program has made?

Is there a way to view what writes to the filesystem have been made broken down by program?

For example Text Editor wrote the following 3 files to /home, Photo Editor updated 20 files in /photos etc etc

https://redd.it/1p1ua8x
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HIRING SBC/Linux Engineer — Create Lightweight OS Image that Boots into Fullscreen App

I’m looking for an experienced SBC/Linux integration engineer to create a minimal, stable Linux image for a Raspberry Pi / RK3588-class board that boots directly into a fullscreen application (Godot).

This is essentially a custom kiosk-mode SBC environment, not a full OS build.

Environment must be locked down to kiosk mode no desktop, no browser, no shell access, no user-initiated application switching.

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What I Need

A lightweight Linux image that:
• boots directly into a single fullscreen app (via systemd)
• auto-restarts the app on crash/freeze
• is optimized for GPU/CPU performance on low-power ARM boards
• locks to a 1280×800 display
• supports audio output
• includes simple brightness + volume controls
• is stable under long-duration runtime (3–6+ hours)
• includes basic logging + crash output
• supports a simple USB update method (drop-in app file replacement)



Target Hardware
• Raspberry Pi 4/5, or
• RK3588-based SBC

(Plan on testing functionality on the above hardware prior to delivery.)



Requirements

You should have experience with at least one of:
• building kiosk-mode systems
• Raspberry Pi OS / Debian / Ubuntu / DietPi / Armbian customization
• systemd service creation
• GPU driver configuration on ARM
• kiosk environments (digital signage, arcade cabinets, etc.)
• optimizing thermal / power behavior on SBCs
• headless or minimal-desktop Linux images



Deliverables
• bootable .img file
• systemd service(s) for auto-launch + auto-restart
• GPU/CPU tuning (governor, throttling behavior)
• resolution + display config
• audio config
• brightness/volume noscripts
• instructions for app updates
• debugging/logging notes



Nice to Have
• experience with Godot export pipelines
• experience with KMS/DRM configuration
• experience with ARM GPU quirks (Mali/Broadcom)


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