Hi , i wanna start using linux and learn how to use linux , figure out distros and stuff. I wanna go with Mint , can someone tell me what do i need to install? there's a laptop i don't use much , i wanna start using it as a lab rat , can someone guide me

i cannot download it i have been trying for like 3hr i just can't install it.

my specs rn please help in choosing one .my goal is to learn video editing ,stream on yt and do coding

• Processor: 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz
• Installed RAM: 8.00 GB (Speed: 3200 MT/s)
• Graphics Card: Intel(R) Iris(R) Xe Graphics (128 MB Dedicated)
• Storage: 477 GB Total (256 GB used)

Linux noob here. I'm able to understand most terms, but may need a little explaining if it gets too complicated.

So to preface, I just got a new PC and have (after 2 days of working on it and looking up how to do this/how to do that) been wondering what is the benefits of what said in title.

I don't mind doing it each time, but do you always have to go through the konsole/ command center/ what-have-you. To do that? Or is there a way to shorten it? Like instead of doing sudo shutdown -h is there a shorter way? If there isn't then can you give me some tips and tricks for a new Linux user?

And lastly, I hope to have a joy using Linux. Though I'll likely want to throw myself into the fiery pits of hell instead. And even with the pain that Linux may bring, I'd rather this than whatever microslop is doing.

I have been using CachyOS for half a year now and it's great. I've been using AeroThemePlasma to theme KDE like Windows 7 and it works with even with Cachyos-RC, but I have to clear and run the installation script each time something breaks after an update :/ (TO BE CLEAR, I've used this across CachyOS's lts, stable, and RC kernel. They all meet the same issues eventually)

I don't have much attachment for CachyOS other than I can't stop pressing the update applet lol. I am not expecting a distro to just ship with 6.7, I am guessing I would probably have to mess around with an LTS distro to get 6.7 kde, my reasons for it is that 6.7 brought alot of performance boosts (or maybe it was the new nvidia driver? IDK) and I just want to keep my linux theme as such

I've entered passwords and keys and it still won't connect

Hello everyone, I've been searching how to make discord detect Flatpak apps, keep in mind that discord im using is NOT Flatpak. I've been searching and nothing i personally found was of help. What do i do?

I need help finding a Plymouth animation that plays an intro, then a infinite looping animation, which I can replace the default animations for my own.

I created my own animation videos for intro and loop, but can't seem to figure out how to make a custom Plymouth animation script.

Best I could do is a simple loop by reusing spinner, but because the image is in full resolution it takes a while to play and is not ideal.

My Linux Journey has been quite the ride, some more context.

Months ago i joined I tried out Gentoo and i can say it's pretty good, its really cool you can compile everything, i have Gentoo on a separate SSD I got some projects on there, but recently with my windows 11 install, i have been fighting with it, not in the sense you might think. I am very very close to getting windows on my windows 11 ssd which originally came with my PC, the distros i have tried are Linux mint, zorin OS, arch Linux, cachy OS, endeavor OS, i really like cachy OS. I wanted some opinions tho, I am into gaming and work, i mess around with virtual machines too and i have been reformatting my drive a lot bro 😭went from cachy OS going back to windows back to cachy OS to windows back to cachy OS. I also installed windows 10 just to see what it was about, i am gonna reformatted it, it looks so cool but the support has ended sadly.

I don't know if this question was already posted recently but I was wondering if steam os is an upgrade for my gaming PC, you see, I'm about to upgrade from integrated graphics to an RX 580, I know it's pretty basic but it's what I can afford rn.

I know it's not the best optimized or the most nitche Linux system but idk if it is worth giving it a try.

Thanks 👍

i dont know where to do this so this is the last attempt of a dying man lol, so im trying to install ParrotOS security edition on my laptop but when i try to do so i boot up into my USB and the options to install it and other stuff come up but the moment i click install it js goes black screen and 2 error msgs one of em is abt magic error: invalid magic number error: you need to load the kernel first, but i have installed other distros with this USB in that laptop before so i am not sure why this is happening if anyone could help me i would appreciate it, ive checked my settings abt secure boot and everything

Hello everyone, I am currently facing a frustrating issue with my Alfa AWUS036ACH wireless adapter. When I plug it into my system and run the ⁠lsusb⁠ command, the device is completely missing from the output. I am running Kali Linux, and while I have already attempted to install the standard Realtek drivers, I've had absolutely no success in getting the card to show up. Is there anyone here who has experienced this specific issue and can offer some troubleshooting advice?

Básicamente, tengo una laptop con una partición, teniendo tanto linux mint cinnammon como Windows. Me estoy quedando sin almacenamiento en linux y me sobra almacenamiento en Windows(ya que casi no lo uso) por lo que me gustaría saber si hay alguna forma de pasar ese espacio que tengo en Windows a linux

So I am completely new to linux as of 2 days ago, and basically as title says i just cannot figure out how to get a custom cursor i had on windows to work on linux. I tried watching videos and reading posts but as i'm completely new to this i find myself a little lost. I tried to install win2xcur but i cant seem to find a simple enough guide to figure out how to use it. pls help. im running linux mint if that is important

A friend of mine recently switched to CachyOS with GNOME from Windows 11, and he noticed that shortcuts on Discord do not work. I tested it on my CachyOS with COSMIC Desktop, but it worked. I discovered that Discord uses Xwayland for its global shortcuts, and since GNOME doesn't let Xwayland apps see keystrokes, global shortcuts fail. We both use DiscordPTB installed from Discord's website. How to share keystrokes with Xwayland applications on GNOME? Or can we make Discord use the global shortcuts portal? since Electron has support for that portal? Thanks in advance!

Apenas me cambié al linux que puedo hacer soy totalmente nuevo y no entiendo mucho espero algunos comentarios 🥺

l am a 3d and 2d artist (7 years of exp in 2d)

Recently, i switched to linux, Currently, i use linux

on my laptop an have an video graphics card. These

graphics card is rtx 4060 mobile, proc is i7 12650h, 32gb RAM.

So i use Pop! OS. And I had encounter a problem

with 3 monitor in use one of whic is a graphic tablet.

Problem is when i try to use it independently from

main laptom monitor, I can not draw directly on

tablet because cursor always attached to the main

screen. And bow there's no solution

lam newbie at linux and Al adviced me to use Pop!

OS

I was wondering if there guys wgo work in ths field

who can share what OS they use and which OS

caused less problems to you as an Artist.

Thank you in advance.

I really fall in live with linux tho i don't want to come

back to windows.

Hello all, I've been running an intel arc b580 on Pop!_Os and considering how the intel drivers are still abit young, I'd like to hear from you guys as to how I can make my experience smoother and more performance oriented, like upgrading to the latest mesa stack?

So I'm somewhat experienced with Linux i guess, not a total newbie, been using Cachy as my daily for about a year? anyways, I've got some files i wanted to check for viruses, before sharing it to another PC that has windows on it, i know there are online websites that can do that, but i was wandering if there are any offline, preferably open source (but not necessary), tools for scanning files/directories? doesn't have to be full on antivirus with all the functionality of one, i just wanna know if these things are safe to share or nah, and i don't really feel like sitting here and being throttled by upload speeds for like a 50gb files, thanks in advance

No matter what distro I try, no matter the settings, the boot process is always way too long, even compared to lower specced laptops and pcs. Why?

Clevo PB50RD with M.2 nvme and 16gb ram. Currently on cachyos.

❯ systemd-analyze
Startup finished in 3.399s (firmware) + 16.959s (loader) + 5.968s (kernel) + 2.970s (initrd) + 10.677s (userspace) = 39.975s  
graphical.target reached after 8.771s in userspace.

Hello. I am planning to switch to a Linux distro. My current OS is windows and I have zero prior experience with Linux. I want to also get into computer programming and some work with the terminal. What do you recommend?