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Linux for family; someone who tried, and my thoughts

Hi! Hope everyone is having a good winter so far.

After about a year of using Linux, I’ve gotten a pretty good footing for what I want, and what I use. Distrohopping for the first month was pretty diseased but it helped me find exactly what I wanted, and I think that’s partially what helped me learn so quickly. But now, i have a different goal.

The old computer at my grandmothers that i used to play web games and Roblox on as a wee boy is still running today. It’s still running on an old 200GB HDD, and still being used to open outlook. Nothing wrong with it, but I think that there is something better in store for it rather than struggling to open web docs.

Distro of choice; fedora kionite, this was chosen for a couple of reasons.

1. I skinned KDE to look EXACTLY like windows 7, down to every last icon that was on the screen. I didn’t want her to feel like she was being thrown onto something she didn’t use before, and it wouldn’t be right to do so.

2. Stability. Yes, Debian could’ve worked or you could even suggest something different but keeping a system image as a backup is great. If something ever goes wrong, I wrote down on a sticky note how to bring back the previous image so she’ll be up and running in no time.

3. Containered system. it very easy for her to get applications, and can pretty much guarantee nothing interacts with the core system

After about a month using this setup, here are some thoughts that both she and I have come up with.

User: (98% of use is a web browser)

Snappier than windows, turns on faster

Internet pages load faster, less time waiting

Printer issues sometimes where it’ll “print” but refuse to actually queue the print job

Everything works as intended

My thoughts:

VERY easy to setup

Low maintenance

Got one complaint, and it was just for printing, everything else went smoothly

I did install Adblock and not get AV1, which did help a bit (chromium was used for familiarity)

Linux is a great alternative for old devices, or even people that aren’t as tech savvy that want a regular browser experience. If the hardware isn’t up for modern operating systems, seems like a decent option to try to keep some hardware out of the garbage

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What do you think of Puppy Linux?
https://redd.it/1pnki6a
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GIMP 3.2 RC2: Second Release Candidate for GIMP 3.2
https://www.gimp.org/news/2025/12/15/gimp-3-2-RC2-released/

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This includes KDE Connect/Gconnect
https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/1pni243/ios_263_adds_notification_forwarding_option_for/

https://redd.it/1pnobqu
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Maybe some other time, MediaTek...
https://redd.it/1pnryt7
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KDE just surpassed 300% of donation goal
https://redd.it/1pnx2cj
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T2 SDE Linux fully cross compiled [KDE] Desktop
https://redd.it/1pnymtj
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Your opinion?

Well, after the news with RAM prices, in combination with the company strategies from Microsoft and Google, I think the Linux distros will be more interesting for every user and highly in demand next year.

I mean they are faster than Apple, easier to handle than Microsoft and with higher security level, and open to programs not only from the own environment (like google and apple).


Whats your opinion?


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HomeBox - A simple home inventory management software
https://homebox.software/en/

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Red Hat acquires Chatterbox Labs
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Red-Hat-Another-AI-Company

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How realistic is it to give a child (around 7 years old) a computer/laptop with only Linux on it

keep in mind parents have a finance/medicine background with no tech knowledge and probably never heard of Linux before. i can obviously help him but i see him maybe twice a month, so i cannot be anything like a mentor or a guide.

i really see potential already from the way he acts and the way he approaches problems and how he solves them. his parents trust me with him but I'm not available enough end he has to be somewhat independent

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Fedora 44 Could Work Nicely "Out Of The Box" On Snapdragon-Powered Windows ARM Laptops
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-44-ARM-OOTB

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Rip Firefox, The Browser we knew is going AI :(
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mozilla-New-CEO-AI

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Shocked by Linux speed

I’ve been in IT for over 3 years, and I’ve never really dabbled in Linux but have followed this page and a few others for a while.

I got my hands on an old potato (HP), and thought it’d be a good time to try Linux.

Was actually amazed at the speed, had windows on it before and it was a slow experience, whereas Ubuntu has ran incredible.

Didn’t expect to like Linux, but seriously considering doing it for my main - major major upgrade.

Bit stuck on what is worth learning (I work security), but sure I’ll pick it up over time.

Great community

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UK Lawmakers Propose Mandatory On-Device Surveillance and VPN Age Verification, what does that mean for linux, in particular ubuntu?
https://reclaimthenet.org/uk-lawmakers-propose-mandatory-on-device-surveillance-and-vpn-age-verification

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As a (now ex) Windows user:I finally understand why People love the terminal

Alrighty, I switched to Linux around 2 months ago and as soon as I did that I truely understood the love that the terminal gets.

So this is how it started: I switched to Windows 11 as soon as it released since I wasn't a big fan of Windows 10 anymore... I actually really loved Windows 10 around the 2017 to 2019 mark. I thought it was a great operating system and I would honestly say that it was one (If not the best) Windows ever made. But around 2020 it started going downhill, there were more and more ads included into the operating system, and more features were integrated that I thought were just useless.

Little did I know that my biggest nightmare started with the switch to Windows 11...

Omg I literally hate everything about Windows 11... I hate how it looks with it's overly corporate soulless design, (Can't say that Windows 10 was super great either but it had cool and interesting things, like the fact that the original "Hero" wallpaper of Windows 10 were 4 metal tubes that they shot light through to create the "Windows logo effect". And it was generally more interesting to look at. The metro tiles also gave Me XBOX 360 vibes.

But I also hate the layout of Windows 11. The start menu is just a bunch of random apps cluttered together and the settings panel is the worst thing I've ever seen.

And that is exactly what made Me realize that the terminal is great... The settings panel... Or should I say the setting panelS. I wanted to change something about my power settings since my PC wouldn't shut down completely when I would turn it off using the Windows start menu.

So I simply went into the Windows settings and searched for "Power" only to come to basically nowhere. Then I clicked around the Windows settings for around 20 minutes without getting anywhere. Then I went into the stupid outdated Control Panel and clicked around it's horrible trash UI for another 10 minutes before FINALLY finding the setting I was looking for.

And I also only found it because I just started searching on Google where I can change that setting... And then I got to an article that first tells Me why the feature was implemented, and why it has problems, and why You should turn it off, before it then tells Me where to change the setting in way to many steps.

Then I was testing around with Fedora a bit and wanted to change a setting (Can't really remember what it was) but I could change it within a couple of seconds using just the Terminal. That was where I realized that the terminal might not be as fast for copy and pasting files (Except maybe You do it in bulk or with a complex file structure) but that the Terminal is great for so many other things.

I still have trauma from the Windows Control Panel and it really pushed Me over the last ledge to switch to Linux.

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Is it getting harder to develop desktop apps as desktop environments diverge further away from one another?

Note: This is not a wayland vs xorg debate, but rather curious how to overcome some app development challenges in wayland.

I was thinking what would it take if I want to contribute to a project like YomiNinja to make it work in wayland? Have a look at the 1 minute video in the project page to get some context.

I can’t rely on xdotool in wayland and I can’t rely only on wlroots since KWin and Mutter don’t use it, so it seems like I’ll have to code for different APIs to support KWin, Mutter, and wlroots. For example, on KDE I’ll probably have to use the KWin noscripting API to get the active window, the cursor position, etc. then I’ll have to figure out how to do the same thing in Mutter and wlroots.

XDG Desktop Portal seems like a perfect fit here but there seems to be some resistance for asking for these kind of "portals", here is an example of a request "Add a portal to see currently open windows" that's been open since 2019, from reading the messages there it seems to be 2 recurring concerns that is holding this back:

1. Security concerns: I think it’s better to respect end-users by giving them the choice to allow or deny permissions in a prompt rather than resisting to add the portal which completely removes the choice from the user
2. If this portal is relevant for a flatpak app: Portals are useful even without using flatpak since it's a way for app developers to avoid writing desktop-specific code

In the absence of Xorg’s APIs as a common denominator it feels like desktop environments are going to continue to diverge. Desktop environments might have their own implementation and API for each “missing” wayland protocol. This makes it more important for having XDG Desktop Portal be more than just a flatpak tool that's just developed for flatpak relevant use cases.

The easier it is to make apps for desktop linux for all kinds of use cases (time tracking, assisstive tech, OCR, etc.) the more people and companies will use it which hopefully increase investments in improving linux.


What's the community's opinion on this?

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Danish head of government IT (left) hands over the first "microsoft-free" computer to the head of Danish Traffic control, December 2025
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Why do we recommend distro before DE for new users?

I believe it's best to help people pick the right desktop environment before they pick their operating system distro. Most casual users switching over to Linux now have no interest in what's going on in the back end of an operating system besides what packages they can download. I recommend we as a community help people decide on the look and feel of their desktop before we start throwing distro information at them. A typical user only cares about having flatpqk support and some basic apps integrated into their distro at launch.

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KDE >> hyprland/niri

Holy…moly. I tried for multiple days to get gaming working on a tiling window manager. Using game scope, VM, etc. I was deep in the wikis. But I couldn’t do it and eventually my system bricked. I said “f it” and just reinstalled arch from scratch with kde. In less than two hours I had KCDII running perfectly. In three I had my desktop and keybinds flawless. Just want to give a HUGE shoutout to KDE for their ease of use. Truly beautiful and truly a godsend.

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