Why would someone use FreeBSD on a desktop?

I have seen a surprising amount of people using FreeBSD or some other variant of BSD. There's some on this sub, and there's even a whole sub for that. Is there any reason to do that? There's less development for FreeBSD because almost no one uses it, and no one wants to use it because there less development, I also heard there's less drivers. Is there any reason to use it, other that curiosity of course.

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EndeavourOS I love you!
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My first PC build in 15 years. Running linux mint for the first time. You have a new convert.
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Ghostty Terminal Is Now Non-Profit
https://mitchellh.com/writing/ghostty-non-profit

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Code editor Zed adds long-awaited rainbow brackets for improved nested code readability
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/12/code-editor-zed-adds-long-awaited-rainbow-brackets-for-improved-nested-code-readability/

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Pro Audio Config v1.7

A professional audio configuration tool for Linux systems that provides a simple graphical interface to manage PipeWire and ALSA audio settings. Finally, an easy way to configure sample rates, bit depths, and buffer sizes without digging through config files. [Pro Audio Config on GitHub](https://github.com/Peter-L-SVK/pro_audio_config)

# Whats new:

* **Advanced Tab**: Dedicated panel for studio/professional audio configuration
* **Exclusive Mode**: ASIO/WASAPI-style direct hardware access (bypasses audio mixing)
* **Low Latency Mode**: Configurations down to 64 samples (\~1.33ms @''48kHz'')
* **Quantum Floor Override**: Bypasses PipeWire's minimum buffer size restrictions
* **Application Targeting**: Route specific apps (DAWs) to exclusive hardware access
* **Real-time Mode Status**: Visual feedback on exclusive/shared audio mode

# Configuration & Performance

* **PipeWire Passthrough**: Direct ALSA hardware access configurations
* **WirePlumber Routing Rules**: Application-specific audio routing (0.5+)
* **Automatic Fallback**: Graceful degradation to standard mode if exclusive fails
* **Dual Configuration**: User-specific (\~/.config/) and system-wide (/etc/) support
* **Memory Locking**: mlock() support for reduced audio buffer latency

release-notes: [Notes Version 1.7](https://github.com/Peter-L-SVK/pro_audio_config/releases/tag/v1.7)

If you like it and want to support new releases in the future, donate button in the readme...

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State of Linux on Lunar Lake

My new laptop gets here tomorrow and I'm upgrading from a 10th gen i7 to a Core Ultra 9 288v. I'm seeing mixed sentiment on performance and driver issues with Lunar Lake. I'm currently using Garuda Dragonized on the laptop I'm replacing, but I'm wondering if another distro would be a better fit on the new hardware. Can anyone recommend a good daily driver distro that can also handle some light indie games and emulation but plays well with Lunar Lake?

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Whatmade 0.2.1 -- important update

Whatmade is a Linux daemon that monitors user-specified directories and records which process created each file.

This 0.2.1 update replaces stat with statx; this should drastically decrease false positives when detecting file creation: statx knows about creation date, while stat knows only about node changing, which happens a lot because of many reasons that have nothing to do with file creation.

Update as soon as possible.


https://github.com/ANGulchenko/whatmade

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HDR on Firefox appreciation post

I installed Firefox just to try out some stuff and I enabled the "gfx.wayland.hdr" flag in about:config just to see if it works (I'm using CachyOS/Gnome with HDR enabled)..

..and holy cow I was so stunned to find out that it actually works. I've been using Vivaldi and Brave previously and I had zero luck in enabling HDR but on firefox it just works. Now this is definitely my daily browser with HDR and the great extension support that it has.

Thank you Firefox! Keep on rocking!

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Why does Linux hate hibernate?

I’ve often see redditors bashing Windows, which is fair. But you know what Windows gets right? Hibernate!

Bloody easy to enable, and even on an office PC where you’ve to go through the pain of asking IT to enable it, you could simply run the command on Terminal.

Enabling Hibernate on Ubuntu is unfortunately a whole process. I noticed redditors called Ubuntu the Windows of Linux. So I looked into OpenSUSE, Fedora, same problem!

I understand it’s not technically easy because of swap partitions and all that, but if a user wants to switch (given the TPM requirements of Win 11, I’m guessing lots will want to), this isn’t making it easy. Most users still use hibernate (especially those with laptops).

P.S: I’m not even getting started on getting a clipboard manager like Windows (or even Android).

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The Document Foundation announces the approval of the Open Document Format (ODF) v1.4 standard by OASIS Open
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/12/03/tdf-announces-odf-v14-as-oasis-standard/

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Jolla is Crowdfunding a Brand New Sailfish OS Phone
https://commerce.jolla.com/products/jolla-phone-preorder

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New Jolla Phone - The independent European Do It Together Linux phone
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Revived terminal Spotify client: spotatui (continuation of spotify-tui)
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NVIDIA Improves Block Layer Peer-To-Peer DMA In Linux 6.19
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-IO-uring-Block

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Linux on PS4 is fun
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just made the switch as a complete tech noob!

just installed linux mint cinnamon today. i'm a total tech noob who just built their first PC in august of this year. i will embrace the learning curve, bye microsoft! i was tired of paywalls, low security, and giving my money to a billion dollar corp

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Linux saved my laptop

I have a ThinkPad T480s that was running windows 10 which was pretty much for learning, getting certifications , some coding and pretty much light stuff. I wanted to do a project which included running code on Pycharm and using android studio to open a virtual android device. My laptop just couldn't take it, it was getting hot like crazy, stuttering all over, I could barley make it run. I was very close to just buy a new one and then I thought to try Linux Mint after some documentation.

Oh man, my fans are barely running now even when I am fully loaded for my project. It runs like a brand new pc. I was expecting to be better, but not that good. Thank you Linux!

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Joined the Ranks, Bye Microsoft

I swapped to Linux, much like lots of folks in this sub, and I'm sure we'll see more and more everyday.
I'm a pretty heavy gamer and former content-creator, and I check a fair bit of boxes that most people historically would be driven away from Linux:
- high end NVIDIA GPU (5080)
- HDR monitor (AW3423DWF)
- Picky about high HDR, RTX, and DLSS
- Max out AAA gaming performance
- has some AAA games on non-Steam libraries

I'm super pleased to say that most of the stuff I play has minimal to an hour or so of tinkering to get to work with what I want!
I started with KDE and CachyOS, and quickly discovered Hyprland and fell in love with tiling window managers and keyboard-centric workflows. I installed a popular set of dot files, Caelestia.

Within about a week, I got all of the games I want working with all of the features I use, and most are better performing than on Windows 11, which is crazy cool to me!

Some quirky highlights:

- Cyberpunk at DLSS x2 Frame Gen with Path Tracing (GoG store)
- FF7 Rebirth with HDR and ultrawide resolution fixes
- HDR in general is way better than Windows 11's attempts at tonemapping
-KCD2 has higher FPS somehow?


There are some downsides, such as Monster Hunter Wilds having a breaking bug on Linux for now (though a fix is hopefully coming) as well as Elden Ring: Nightreign not having a proton version that allows both controller use/steam overlay use AND HDR, but I can live with that one.

Huge fan of Linux so far and some quirks of Windows now being gone, I deleted my Windows partition and won't be looking back! Thanks y'all for being so welcoming!

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My gimp experience and why I am switching to it (after starting to hate windows)

At some point il will most likely buy a mac for photoshop and use linux on my laptop, but until them I have moved to linux.
This had me face the challenge of finding a program to replace photoshop as I do semi professional graphic design.
I had learnt of the new gimp, and installed the beta version or what its called.
Now , compared to gimp 2 which was unusable unless you had 100 plugins for it, gimp 3 is actually pretty usable. In some ways (mostly tool customization) I kinda like it more
Basically here is my opinion
Photoshop
Pros: more stable. More plug and play
Cons: paid, not foss, and the fact that its made by adobe

Gimp 3
Pros: more easy access tool customization and advanced effects( as in no need to access 10 dif menus to do it)
Easier on the eye once you get used to it
Cons: ui has to have been the last thing they care about, as except the ease of access its basically dogshit.
And I also really dislike the way the text tool works


I am however very pleased with gimp otherwise
and will switch my workflow to it.

TLDR: unless you work for a megacorp you can most likely get by doing designs on linux

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IBM 380XD OpenLinux 2.2
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