GregKH awarded the Prize for Excellence in Open Source 2026
https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/01/30/gregkh-awarded-the-prize-for-excellence-in-open-source-2026/

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So linux mint is a little weird with drives, what am I doing wrong?

So I installed linux mint a while back and dual booted with windows. I have a 2tb nvme drive i used with windows and a 1tb nvme drive as my windows install drive, then i installed another 1tb nvme drive for linux.

The 2 drives fro windows stil have their data in case I switch back (spoiler I have not needed to yet) however I have noticed oddities. If i install a steam game to the windows data drive the 2tb on, it just didn't run, I moved it to the linux drive and boom it worked right away.

How do i make it so I can use the 2tb drive normally in linux? do I need to take all the data off it and reformat it for linux?

I am so tempted to wipe the windows drive because I have not switched back once, but the amount of git repos, ssh keys, and just general things that I might not need now but one day I will need is crazy. I have far too many servers running in the cloud that I might need an ssh key for in the future.

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What os is this?
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What was it like to move from Windows to Linux back in the day?

I've always used Windows, went XP—7—10, but decided to abandon the ship with my first laptop. The bare minimum basic experience is... pretty good actually! but I've been struggling for the past two weeks with various nitpicks. The laptop came preinstalled with Ubuntu - I hated the top bar and could not get it removed. Friend suggested Kubuntu--could not get CS2 to work; moved to Zorin--got completely different sets of annoyances.

But the most pain-inducing part for me so far has been managing my SSD so the data stays intact between reinstalls (as from what I've seen so far every distro annoys you in its own way), and working out how to get games (especially old games) which come with their own proprietary launcher to work.

Windup's too long--my question is: for those of you who experienced Linux 15-20 or more years ago, how does it compare? With old Linux i have the image of something completely unusable 'out the box'.

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"Bazzite Post-Mortem" from Antheas Kapenekakis of HandHeld Daemon
https://ba.antheas.dev/bazzite-postmortem.html

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Budgie 10.10.1 Released | Buddies of Budgie
https://buddiesofbudgie.org/blog/budgie-10-10-1-released

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Thruflux : A new fast zero-setup P2P mass file transfers over QUIC
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Linuxulator-Steam-Utils To Enjoy Steam Play Gaming On FreeBSD & Other Options
https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-Gaming-2026

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Is the processor P-state driver differently written in Linux and Windows? Shouldn't they both adhere to standard specification?

windows topic might not be relevant here but just sharing the observation.

in linux, you may be already aware of intel-pstate and amd-pstate drivers which directly interface with the cpu instead of the OSes getting in the middle..

so as per the acpi spec standard, EPP (Energy performance preference) value ranges from 0-255 where 0 is full performance and 255 is full energy saving.

In Linux, setting to power saver triggers 255 EPP value which seem to work as designed (or is it?), and limits the cpu clocks max to the base clock

but in Windows, setting to 255 does not limit to base clock but still lets boost clock take place (but seems to be slightly lower compared to balanced 128 value). only way to disable boost clock is to explicitly disable boost mode in windows but not by setting EPP 255 value.

so they both apparently implement the p-state autonomous drivers differently. is that the case or there is something else going on here?

is there any views on this? appreciate the comments in advance

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Dock Media Player Extension
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Classic Linux Wallpapers?

Are there any wallpapers you'd consider "classic" in linux/bsd spaces? I recently switched my windows box over to the old win98 clouds and the thought struck me that I don't really know of anything as distinctive as bliss or even OSX's leopard aurora. Maaaybe the one ubuntu shipped from 10.10 to 12.04-ish during the unity days or one of those geometric ones that came with plasma LTS's, but what do y'all think?

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Manga Reader version 2.3.0 released
https://georgefb.com/blog/mangareader-version-2.3.0-released/

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smolBSD Builds On The NetBSD-MicroVM Kernel For Booting To Service VMs In Milliseconds
https://www.phoronix.com/news/smolBSD

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linux on mobile options & recommendations

hello! for a long time now i’ve been dissatisfied with ios and android and been wanting a change. from what i looked at i’m not really sure if there’s a linux mobile version that is developed enough to actually be a day-to-day replacement that lets me chunk my iphone. is there a good options? if not then i’m working on building my own diy phone using a raspberry pi so a good distro to use for that would also help. ty

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Minimalist timer for your terminal
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Where to donate to?

As a private desktop Linux user, who has very limited knowledge and understanding of technology, I'm aware that I'll never be able to support the growth of Linux and FOSS, other than by using it and spreading the word. I have a strong desire to support the community though and would like to contribute. As someone working in non profit full time, I know that acquiring funds is what makes or breaks a project.

I'm aware that I can donate to the distro developers/communities or to foundations. However, as someone who isn't a developer, I'm ignorant of the underlying infrastructure that maintains the FOSS community. Which brings me to my question -

What is the best way to financially support the development of Linux and FOSS as a whole? Where's the money most needed?



I hope this is the correct sub for this question. If it isn't, I'm sorry.

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Microsoft's New Open-Source Project: LiteBox As A Rust-Based Sandboxing Library OS
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Microsoft-LiteBox

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WhatsApp Web can call now !

We’ve been waiting for WhatsApp calls on Linux for a long time, and now it’s finally here.
It feels great to use voice and video calls without any hacks or workarounds.
Small thing maybe, but great new for Linux users.

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LibreOffice 26.2 released today.
https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/libreoffice/

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Inside the Linux Kernel Runtime Guard (LKRG): A New Layer of Kernel Integrity Protection | Linux Journal
https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/inside-linux-kernel-runtime-guard-lkrg-new-layer-kernel-integrity-protection

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Valve explains why it hasn’t announced release dates for its new hardware, now plans for “first half of the year”
https://www.pcguide.com/news/valve-explains-why-it-hasnt-announced-release-dates-for-its-new-hardware-now-plans-for-first-half-of-the-year/

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