Out with the old, in with the new. Goodbye Microsoft.
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A new beautiful file manager for linux
https://github.com/compiledkernel-idk/prism-fm

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RPi 5 Travel Router - Upgraded USB WiFi Adapter(s)

Hear me out. I’ve made a Raspberry Pi 5 travel router out of curiosity and have absolutely loved it. However, I’m noticing serious range degradation for WiFi.

I’m looking for a solid USB WiFi adapter that can do what I need it to do for the travel router (give me more range), but also support my emerging interest in cybersecurity (which means I need other supported modes).

I’m not looking to spend hundreds, but something affordable. I typically always buy exactly what I need and then a little more just incase, and hopefully that makes sense to everyone. Not looking for anything that would have insane speeds, just needs to be durable. Style wise I’m good with two antennas, but aesthetically like the single better.

Current Setup:
Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB) - wlan0
Raspberry OS Lite (64-bit)
TP Link AC600 Nano - wlan1
Pi-Hole / Unbound - DNS and DHCP

Extras:
wlan0 - Connects to iPhone Hotspot for data
wlan1 - AP using PiHole DHCP (Just swapped to this setup and it’s been brilliant. Had issues running separate subnets for both wlan1 and eth0.)
eth0 - Static IP for Xbox

All traffic routes to wlan0. NetworkManager controls only wlan0/eth0 for static IP while wlan1 is unmanaged.

Happy to answer setup questions if interested in whatever it is that I’m doing haha OR if you see a flaw in my logic please point that out and explain why. Thanks!

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What are the reasons to install Linux in 2026?

I got a new computer and I'm thinking about what OS install on it.

Should I install Windows or Linux?

Windows runs every FLOSS app I run on Linux. Windows also runs every Windows app I emulate with Wine and the apps Wine can't emulate. Windows also runs the apps that are Windows only, including games that Steam and Wine can't run.

What is the killer feature Linux has over Windows in 2026 that makes it worth the install?

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Simple ad blocker/Patcher for Spotify(Flatpak) on Linux
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Why don't distros just wrap language-specific package managers instead of repackaging everything?

Hi,

I realize this is a very random and controversial topic, but bear with me. So far, I've written a total of two Linux tools myself. However, I realized that I don't make any of them installable for different distros separately, in other words deploy them for other distros. If I do, I only deploy them on AUR and that's all I bother with.

Maybe I'm just a bit lazy, but there's a commonly mentioned point that deploying a program for Linux is quite cumbersome. Because for each distribution, you have to deploy, that is, create packages, then track the versions of the relevant libraries, and act accordingly.

However, while writing these two rather insignificant tools, I realized something: Deploying these programs in the repository of the language (pip, cargo etc.) is quite easy and quite universal.

So my suggestion is this: Yes, perhaps there will be libraries and binary files scattered throughout the system. However, if we overlook this and assume that all these packages from different package managers can be managed nicely by the distro's own package manager (TLDR):

Why do distros bother to keep packages in their repositories that can be installed using the package managers of the languages themselves (like bun, cargo, uv)? Why don't package managers use extra tools like “uv tool install,” or “cargo,” or “bun” internally?

Proof of concept: https://github.com/ripytide/metapac

Edit: I realized in the comments that I had expressed myself poorly. Try to see the concept I mentioned as an experimental path. Not as an instant change, but as a gradual transition.

Edit 2: To give you an idea about the issue, Linus's talk about package managers: https://youtu.be/Pzl1B7nB9Kc (from 5:55)

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Switched and regret nothing, I even forget I am running something different.

I re-cased my workstation, and on a whim installed Ubuntu Studio.

https://preview.redd.it/dejcdnevdgbg1.jpg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9b345288d6c59d2c26504b760f956ec9bf5d8214

This is not another 30 day challenge. This was a most likely permanent, and at least “indefinite” at this point, since I have no foreseeable plans to switch back. For me its easy since in windows most of my workflow is browser based or opensource Linux native programs ported to windows (gimp, Shotcut etc). I ran Linux since 2004 on my Laptop or alternate device (, but its never been the ONLY OS on my workstation (1st distro was Mepis). I do have a 5 PC license for my MSP business for 365, but OnlyOffice is pretty much there for local machine use and I can log-into the portal and edit any collaborative documents with the browser based 365. (LibreOffice I dealt with for years, but I feel OnlyOffice Community Ed. is more polished and modern)

The machine is all AMD so the GPU is actually much more stable and reliable for video rendering in Linux (no more driver crashes!),

I had just re-cased my workstation when I decided to switch. So i edited the case review in this thing and It was so much easier than windows and at the same quality, rendering on the GPU seemed noticeably faster in linux.

Its been way smoother than I expected. Other things I found easier:

Screen Shots and annotation: I am using Gradia to take screen shots an annotate it directly. Instead of in windows having to use the snipping tool, and then open the file in another program to add notations or whatever. So much easier and much less time in different apps.

RDP-- How does Linux handle this better??? Using Remmia I have way more granular control over quality. In the remote session it is so smooth you can forget your emoted into a headless machine. (Assuming you tweak all the settings, it defaults to a low bitrate)

Webcam: I had a 1080p Razer webcam, that while decent quality wouldn’t work in windows without their software. Now not only did it just work, but OBS has control over all the quality and color settings that were locked out in windows!

OpenRGB- Detected everything works without being intrusive or eating CPU cycles.

Everything loads faster, just feel more responsive, and workflow is easier.

As someone who daily drove Linux on a laptop, this is the first time on my desktop I haven't felt like I am missing anything. Quick-books I have the cloud version so it runs in the browser, my 365 account can be access in the browser, any games I play just work. Way different than 5 years ago.

I will not be switching back.

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For your sanity reboot first

I have to be the unluckiest person in the world

I’ve been using Linux for almost two weeks, starting on my college laptop, and yesterday I installed it on my main PC (Nvidia). Today I woke up, styled my KDE a bit, let the kernel update, and that’s when the chaos began.

I spent nearly 5 hours trying to fix my internal keyboard bc it wasn't working at all only the fn keys

First, I thought maliit-keyboard.service was crashing. Tried restarting it and even deleting it, but was advised not to.

Booting the previous kernel (6.17.1) stuck at the loading screen; the new kernel (6.17.12) didn’t help either. 6.1 gave a “Dev disk” error, so maybe the SSD wasn’t the problem.

Installed the newest kernel 6.18 , yet nothing worked, nor i could boot after the login

Tried all i8042 commands, Nvidia drivers, more stable kernels (6.1), Wayland/X11 — still nothing.

then I tried removing old kernels to free space, but they didn’t existed somehow ?????
Compiling kernel 6.6 (Lenovo-friendly) failed due to missing directorie, even tho I installed them and booted ??


Checked BIOS (updated) and tested Windows.
In Windows it was even worse, the pc“forgot” my password??? had to create a new one , yet Keyboard still didn’t work.

I was starting to accept that maybe was hardware related the keyboard issues, and opened the device manager to see if at least the gpu was fine in windows and I saw an usb device that couldn't be identified, which led to a Reddit post from 3yrs ago, and the secret was to unplug every cable from the pc, turn it off and then reboot.

EVERYTHING WORKED FINE AFTER THAT, NO ERROR MESSAGES ON DMSG NO WEIRD STUFF HAPPENING HAD THE KEYBOARD BACK AND I COULD BOOT INTO ANY KERNEL INSTALLED

the amount of reboots, getting into bios mode, Reddit posts and videos just to simply having to turn it off and reboot

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Linux driver for the Elgato 4k60 Pro Mk.2

Hi everyone,

I’ve updated and improved the sc0710 driver for the Elgato 4K60 Pro MK.2 capture card. While the original driver was a great foundation, it hasn't been working with modern kernels and had some stability issues.

What’s new in this version:

Modern Kernel Support: Fully updated and tested on Kernel 6.18.3-arch1-1 (Arch Linux).
Multi-Application Support: You can now access the card from multiple apps simultaneously.
Hotplug Stability: Fixed the hard lockups/crashes that occurred when unplugging or replugging the HDMI cable.
Signal Restoration: Fixed image alignment and "swapped frame" issues that occurred after a signal loss.

If you have one of these cards gathering dust because of driver issues, give it a try! If you run into any trouble, please open an issue on GitHub and I'll do my best to help out.

GitHub Link: https://github.com/Nakildias/sc0710

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Nvidia is reportedly bringing official Linux support to GeForce Now soon, not just for Steam Deck
https://www.pcguide.com/news/nvidia-is-reportedly-bringing-official-linux-support-to-geforce-now-soon-not-just-for-steam-deck/

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There Is No One Left On Debian's Data Protection Team
https://www.phoronix.com/news/No-Debian-Data-Protection-Team

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Valve & AMD Developers Delivered The Most Code Contributions To Mesa In 2025
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-Git-Stats-2025

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Flathub most downloaded Apps and Games in 2025
https://redd.it/1q7t5y7
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Linus Torvalds: "The AI slop issue is *NOT* going to be solved with documentation"
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Torvalds-Linux-Kernel-AI-Slop

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Mumbai metro runs on Ubuntu
https://redd.it/1q7x0gn
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I made windows 8 start menu for linux
https://redd.it/1q7bk3w
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(Takes drag of cigarette) I love kernal logging.

I just had a realization while dialing in my daily driver.

I have a Lenovo laptop. It’s a beast. I love it. It shipped with Windows and it was clunky out of the box. Random freezes. Fingerprint reader would just quit working for a time. The one that haunted me was the keyboard. It would just drop off. Sometimes twice in a few hours, sometimes it wouldn’t happen again for a week or a month.

I chased that shit for six months.

Logs. Google-fu. Microsoft forums. Support tickets. The whole time it was just “try this… maybe?” vibes. No answers. The problem never actually went away.

So I before I got too deeply committed, I put Linux Mint on it. And yeah, it locked up twice while I was doing normal stuff. But here’s the differenence. THERE WAS A LOG. I looked at it and Xorg had absolutely biffed it. Turns out some ancient Xorg 2D rendering thing called glamor was hard-locking the graphics and tying up the kernel resulting in it doing absolutely noting. Hard freeze.

I googled glamor. Learned it’s optional. Turned it off. Problem gone.

And that’s when it clicked. When Linux breaks, it usually tells you exactly what broke. It doesn’t just shrug and tell you to reinstall or wait for an update fairy.

Sure, the very next day Ubuntu Server decided to “help” by installing its own postfix on a box running Mailcow, tied up port 25, and crashed my mail stack… but at least I knew why that happened too.

This is why I love running my own junk. It’s not that nothing breaks. It’s that when it does, the system leaves clues that I myself can Sherlock out.

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Found a fix for ryzen laptops that don't like to wake up from sleep (Tried for 7000 series and AI 300 series)

EDIT: This is not asking for support or help! Just want to clarify.

So about two months back I bought the Acer Swift 14 AI with a ryzen AI 365 / 32 gigs of ram / 1TB drive for about 650ish. Was a pretty good deal, installed arch and besides the wrestling match to get the speakers to play audio I was having a great experience.

It wasn't until I started putting it into my bag and putting the device to sleep that I would notice. I would leave my morning uni class and go get coffee with a friend and then when I pull my laptop out to take some notes down before the next class, it wouldn't wake up. Kind of thing where you mash the caps key or press the space bar a few times, but after 1-2 minutes I gave up and had to hard power off, and turn on the machine again to get it to get back into linux. This issue was so bad that I considered going back to windows all together because after two months I was tired of it, but then read an interesting forum post from another user seeing that the iommu would have issues waking up.

I use systemd boot, so I went to the conf file in /boot/loader/entries/ to edit my arch.conf.

under the options line, I added amd_iommu=off at the end, saved it, rebooted. I have never had an issue since I added it.

For grub you would have to edit the grub config file in /etc/default/grub

at the line GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT= add amd_iommu=off, save it and then update the grub.

Hope this fixes the issue for someone else, because even after asking other people and suggesting it was kernel panic I wasn't able to find a fix.

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Linux kernel AES library seeing improvements for better performance & more
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-AES-Library-2026

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Made/making the transition from windows to linux, happy so far. Hello, Linux fam.

I recently got a steam deck (Christmas) and after tooling around with it a bit, I decided to clear one of my three SSD's to make room for a Linux OS. I intend to keep my windows OS on the main drive for backup, and in case I simply can't get a game or app to function properly that I want to play/use. GTA being a good example off the top of my head.

I went through a few distros. The last one was Pop! OS, and I was not satisfied at all with it. Mostly, I struggled with performance. It may have been something I did wrong, but I could not get it to multitask to save my life. If I had a steam download going and tried to open Firefox, the task bar/explorer would just lock up. It didn't crash or freeze what it was doing in steam, but it wouldn't let me do anything else until I logged out, forcing the steam download to stop.

I'm sure there was some workaround or what have you, but part of the reason I'm only just now getting around to making the switch is because I didn't want that kind of headache.

Now, today, I decided to try another one, and I settled on Bazzite, and so far, I'm fairly pleased. Haven't had major performance issues, got most of my go-to's installed.
The only issue I've had is I cannot seem to get BNet installed through Lutris, but it's not a huge deal, as there are only a few games on there that I would like to play (D2R, D3, and the MW franchise) and I can always swap over to Windows for those.

I've got high hopes that this will be the OS I settle on, unless steam fully releases SteamOS in the near future, and I'm interested in learning more about how to work with Linux in general. Hopefully there's something like a beginner's guide out there that'll get me to a point where I'm comfortable messing with the terminal. If anyone knows of such a resource, and can point me to it, I'd appreciate it, but this is more of a "greetings to the community" post than "help me" post.

Also, there's something about being on Linux that makes me want to game even more than normal. Probably just the relative novelty for me, but I noticed a kind of excitement that I haven't felt since I was a kid, and that was a pleasant experience. Curious if anyone else experienced that early on.



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Canonical builds Steam snap for ARM64, uses FEX to run x86 games
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/call-for-testing-steam-snap-for-arm64/74719

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