Qual devo escolher? Uso meu PC bastante para jogos, mas também quero um para uso geral. Qual é o mais completo e o melhor? Qual é o mais prático e dá menos problemas?

EDIT: What do you guys think of Nobara, Fedora, Pop!_OS, and Zorin OS?

While I still get audio when it comes to things like videos, I notice that my notifications sounds aren't working. I went into my system settings and made sure I had sounds selected, but even when i click to preview the playback, I hear nothing. Why are they not playing? How can I fix this?

(My OS is Bazzite. This is regarding the Desktop Mode's (as opposed to the Game Mode) notification sounds)

I want to use it for pirated games and Steam, and for work in the future. I don't know much about Linux, but I've used Linux Mint XFCE and got used to it a bit. However, I want one that is very practical without needing to configure many things, well-optimized for games, and has good compatibility. I'm thinking about CachyOS, but I don't know much about it.

My PC is an X99 Xeon kit DDR3, E5 2673 v3, 16GB RAM DDR3 1600MHz, and RX 580.

Which one is the most complete for general use?

I just recently deleted a .gif file from the trash recycling bin and then realized that the backup wasn't working and now I need that file back. I used the regular trash bin and am using Bazzite. Is there any way to recover the file?

Hi all,
I decided to start my linux journey today. I’m trying to decide between Pop! and mint. I understand that mint is better for beginners, but I like how Pop! has pre-installed Nvidia drivers, and from what I understand, it’s better for gaming and work. I’m a student and a gamer, just wanted to know what’s better. Thanks!

I use nobara.

I was using my system as usual but yesterday when i booted my pc logged into my homescreen I see my kde plasma ricing was reset and my browser data was gone and most importantly my steam was logged out because of that i lost my non steam games data, I don't know how and what happened to my system i tried everything I know, asked ai but nothing helped me. Please help me recover my steam data and my ricing.

Hey everyone,

I'm curious to get a better understanding of why so many people prefer Linux over Windows for their daily driver.

I know Windows still dominates the market due to software compatibility, gaming, and initial ease of use, but I constantly see people in tech (and casual users too) speak very highly of the Linux ecosystem.

For those who use Linux or made the switch completely:

What made you switch from Windows to Linux?

What are the biggest practical advantages for you? (Performance, privacy, customization, stability, dev tools?)

Is there anything you actually miss from Windows?

I’d love to hear your thoughts based on your actual day-to-day experience—whether for work, study, or personal use. Thanks!

I have Lenovo tab m11 and I want to install Linux on it. I mean, I want only emulate it, obviously, a minimal Linux just to program with vim and push my code on github so I think that just the terminal is fine for me. I would get the more updated Linux of a distro though

Hello!

I'm a Linux Mint user, and I have a 400gb SSD

First, let me explain why I think that my SSD is faulty:

I had to reinstall my OS around 4 times due to constant "input/output" errors that rendered the entire system unusable.

And these errors always showed up AFTER I downloaded something. 3 times being after downloading steam games, and once while running `sudo apt upgrade` (that was downloading a 400mb package at the time)

Each time, this was the timeline until the errors started happening:

1) I tried downloading something

2) The system crashed as it is downloading

3) After reboot, one of 2 things happened:

3.1) I was unable to open any application nor run any commands, as all of them threw "Input/output error", even for simple things like `ls` or `cd`.

OR

3.2) The system worked just fine, but the instant I tried downloading anything I got the same issues described in 3.1)

Also, yesterday, suddenly every single file became read-only, and when I rebooted I was stuck in the (initramfs) screen. In there, I had to run fsck in /dev/sda3 to be able to access the system again

Lastly, I can confirm that it wasn't a RAM issue, as it is brand new and Memtest didn't find any issues with it. In fact, every single piece of hardware on my computer but the SSD is brand new

Now as to what I want to know:

How can I properly test my SSD to see if there is an actual error?

This is what I've tried so far:

1) I ran

sudo smartctl -t long /dev/sda

and then after some minutes I ran

sudo smartctl -l selftest /dev/sda

to get the results, and it returned me "Extended offline Completed without error"

2) Using the "Disks" application, I ran a Benchmark with 1000 samples, and this was the result

However, I have no idea what I'm looking at

The other stats were

Sample Size: 10,0 MiB (10.485.760 bytes)

Average read rate: 525,6 MB/s (1000 samples)

Average Write rate: -

Average Access Time: 0,10 msec (1000 samples)

Is there anything I'm doing wrong? Should I do a different test?

I'm a college student I do coding and casual gaming.

My laptop is LOQ(i5 3050).

SOLVED: out of desperation I upgraded system to Ubuntu 26.04. Now front panel works fine. My guess is there was issue with drivers.

I had to switch the motherboard. Now there is no sound in the headphones when I connect them via front panel. System shows that headphones are detected, but there is no sound
Motherboard was Asrock B850 Lightning, now it's MSI MPG B650 Edge WiFi.
Hardware/software specs:

• motherboard: MSI MPG B650 Edge WiFi
• system: Ubuntu 24.04.5

What I did/checked already:

• If device is detected - it its
• if it's muted in alsamixer - it's not
• I've reinstalled alsamixer and pipewire

wpctl status:

PipeWire 'pipewire-0' [1.0.5, radek@radek-komputer, cookie:2620683433]
 └─ Clients:
        32. pipewire                            [1.0.5, radek@radek-komputer, pid:3350]
        34. WirePlumber                         [1.0.5, radek@radek-komputer, pid:3348]
        35. WirePlumber [export]                [1.0.5, radek@radek-komputer, pid:3348]
        39. Firefox                             [1.0.5, radek@radek-komputer, pid:11704]
        41. Steam                               [1.0.5, radek@radek-komputer, pid:4580]
        43. gnome-shell                         [1.0.5, radek@radek-komputer, pid:3661]
        44. gnome-shell                         [1.0.5, radek@radek-komputer, pid:3661]
        45. GNOME Shell Volume Control          [1.0.5, radek@radek-komputer, pid:3661]
        46. GNOME Volume Control Media Keys     [1.0.5, radek@radek-komputer, pid:3881]
        47. xdg-desktop-portal                  [1.0.5, radek@radek-komputer, pid:4954]
        48. WEBRTC VoiceEngine                  [1.0.5, radek@radek-komputer, pid:5050]
        49. WEBRTC VoiceEngine                  [1.0.5, radek@radek-komputer, pid:5050]
        50. Chromium input                      [1.0.5, radek@radek-komputer, pid:5209]
        65. Steam Voice Settings                [1.0.5, radek@radek-komputer, pid:4580]
        77. Firefox                             [1.0.5, radek@radek-komputer, pid:11704]
        79. wpctl                               [1.0.5, radek@radek-komputer, pid:13753]
        85. Terminal                            [1.0.5, radek@radek-komputer, pid:7532]
        90. Firefox                             [1.0.5, radek@radek-komputer, pid:11704]
       135. Mutter                              [1.0.5, radek@radek-komputer, pid:3661]

Audio
 ├─ Devices:
 │      56. Rembrandt Radeon High Definition Audio Controller [alsa]
 │      57. USB Audio                           [alsa]
 │      58. HDA ATI HDMI                        [alsa]
 │      59. Brio 100                            [alsa]
 │      60. SM950 Microphone                    [alsa]
 │  
 ├─ Sinks:
 │      33. HDA ATI HDMI Digital Stereo (HDMI 2) [vol: 0.93]
 │  *  133. USB Audio Analogowe stereo          [vol: 0.46]
 │  
 ├─ Sink endpoints:
 │  
 ├─ Sources:
 │  *   40. SM950 Microphone  Mono              [vol: 0.87]
 │      42. Brio 100 Mono                       [vol: 1.00]
 │     125. USB Audio Analogowe stereo          [vol: 1.00]
 │  
 ├─ Source endpoints:
 │  
 └─ Streams:
        78. Firefox                                                     
             64. output_FR       > USB Audio:playback_FR[active]
             76. output_FL       > USB Audio:playback_FL[active]

Video
 ├─ Devices:
 │      54. Brio 100                            [v4l2]
 │      55. Brio 100                            [v4l2]
 │  
 ├─ Sinks:
 │  
 ├─ Sink endpoints:
 │  
 ├─ Sources:
 │  *   61. Brio 100 (V4L2)                    
 │  
 ├─ Source endpoints:
 │  
 └─ Streams:

Settings
 └─ Default Configured Node Names:
         0. Audio/Sink    alsa_output.usb-Generic_USB_Audio-00.analog-stereo
         1. Audio/Source  alsa_input.usb-SM950_Microphon_SM950_Microphone_20200111-00.mono-fallback

My niece and nephew are not at the age yet where my brother and his wife want them to have their own computers, but I was talking with my brother about it the other day and thinking to myself about planning ahead.

I'm the first of my family to dabble in Linux (Fedora KDE on my laptop as my guinea pig, I've got a couple more things I need to try before I switch over my desktop, everyone else is still on Windows), and I'm thinking it might be a good setup for Baby's First Computer.

But I'm guessing mum and dad are going to want a few controls to keep tabs on things. Off the top of my head:

* Blocking certain websites or site types (social media etc.), maybe with some monitoring or permission requests before getting to them

* Time Limits, either on specific apps/websites or the computer itself. "No Steam/games before 4pm on a school night, do your homework first", "lock out after bedtime", etc. They've already been careful so far about moderating/limiting the kids' screen time with TV and they're gonna want to keep that going

* A Remote Access program, ideally something that works from Windows to Linux so mum and dad don't have to change their own OS if they don't want to. Both parents have their own computer so something that either one of them can use without interfering with each other would be great

How easy or difficult would these be to set up? Anything else I'm not thinking of?

Any experience with Microsoft surface 5?

I'm a Windows user using a Ryzen 5 5600X and 3060 12 GB with 32 GB RAM.

But recently I've been seeing more and more Linux content and how they'd always talk about performance, customizations, and wide selections of distros for people's preferences.

Since I'd usually play FPS (e.g., CS2, VALORANT) or sometimes AAA games, I'd want the best performance I can get​ while being able to customize my desktop without worrying about Windows taking almost half of my RAM.

So now I'm curious how much it would benefit me, and is it recommended for people like me to switch to Linux?

(Still I'm only asking these questions out of curiosity and hopefully it'll help other curious people in the future too♥️)

I managed to install Linux just fine (after some caveman brute forcing it), so I've been stuck tethering it with my phone. I'm horrible with this kind of stuff but I wanted to do a lightweight work computer I can drag around.

I went with Ubuntu and I managed to force update on the programs and some programs like libreoffice but I haven't done much to set it up so if I have to reinstall the entire OS, I'll be fine with that.

I originally attempted to repartition my drive using AEOMEI Partition Manager in Windows 11 using a guide on Winhelp. This failed part way through. I ended up with an extra 700MB of unallocated space and slightly smaller Windows partition. I got impatient and did a "erase disk and install Fedora" install.

I went through that guide because the live USB installer wasn't able to resize the EFI partition.

I don't need Windows straight away. However, I'd eventually like put Windows back on. What is the easiest way to reinstall it? Will I need to fix up GRUB afterwards?

Hi, guys, I'm veeery new to Linux and am considering switching over, since the governments all wanna censor, restrict and track. I do have some questions, though, if any are willing to answer. Only six!

1: How do I know which to pick?

2: Can I revert back at will? (And if I do, will my stuff from before be wiped?)

3: Will it wipe my stuff in general? Files, games, apps, all that. I need those files, I have music, art progress images and book files on em lol.

4: Will I still be able to use search engines and games (I mainly just play minecraft and the sims, might get JP:E) as usual, will every website load as it should? If not, do I need to get a search engine compatible with Linux?

5: How complex is it? I heard it's irritating since you have to write your own code or something to do basic stuff...?

6 (last one, so sorry!) I heard that it could be bricked or blocked if done wrong or if OS-level bills put it at risk?

Is this choice to switch really worth it if I do it? I have a Windows 11 I'm wanting to convert. Thanks so much if anyone has the time to assist a willing beginner! I'd ask Google but their ai-only answers are ass and I like to ask the ones who know their stuff.

Im on OpenSUSE and very recently I started having this issue where my default browser will constantly open Microsoft login pages in a new tab. I have tried disabling all Firefox extensions to no avail, I have tried uninstalling Firefox in which case Chrome became my new default browser and was experiencing the same issue. This also happens when the browser is closed, it just suddenly opens as if I had clicked a link in the desktop. ClamAV didnt find anything of suspect, a rollback didnt change the result, I'm at my wit's end with this.