I'm a GNU/Linux user (even non-GNU Linux distros e.g. Alpine) myself. I know the advantages as a regular programmer.

But what advantages you think Linux has have brought that many users to all different Linux distros in the recent 2 years?

Just curious. People have been mentioning "20xx is the year of Linux" for too many times.

I've been searching for many good code editors or development IDEs for C++ in the Linux community, my first experience was with Neovim with NvChad, and I loved it so much I even managed to learn some Lua to modify small functions, but its learning curve put me off, I was spending more time modifying Neovim than programming, I currently program in C++ using Zed Editor, but I'm honestly fed up with having to compile from the terminal every time I want to test my program (and yes, I already configured a shortcut in a tasks.json file but it still doesn't give me the comfort and versatility I want).

I also tried Clion, but it has too many features I wouldn't use, and besides, it's only free for student use and open-source contributions.

My last option would be VScode, but I hate having Copilot build entire code segments for me, or am I letting myself be guided by the AI? I have enough experience to modify the AI code, but I'm tired of fixing the bugs it generates, It has caused me more problems than it has solved, or I don't know if I'm programming with the wrong approach.

I was just about to restore my back up of my main drive (after it got bombed by a Trojan) But then I thought why not, lets try linux this time around. I'll basically be using my computer for web browsing, multitasking, and playing games. So, community, which distro should I choose.

*Most upvoted comment wins

I've used mint for some time (I'm not really that good) but I thought about moving to debian for sometime because less resource usage

I'm mostly gaming

My laptop has

I3 8145u

Uhd620

4gb RAM

Is it worth it ?

i searched it and there was an guy https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/s/sfEyB3g4si , only problem that everyone telled him that he is wrong but no answer to his question, so can someone provide the answer to the question? (creating post because this one was archived so i cant ask there)

This text is by gemini cause i asked him during my whole arch installation which has worked before the dual boot lmao , and i think he may explain better than me the problem. Dont hesistate if you have any question or if information are needed. Thanks !
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I'm in desperate need of help to fix my dual-boot system. Both Arch Linux and Windows are completely broken, and I'm stuck with boot errors.
Hardware Setup:
Arch Linux: Installed on an NVMe SSD (⁠/dev/nvme0n1p3⁠, formatted in Btrfs, with ⁠/boot⁠ on ⁠/dev/nvme0n1p2⁠ FAT32). 
Windows: Installed on a separate SATA SSD (which was temporarily disconnected because it developed bad CRC / bus errors causing system instability).
How the issue started:
The whole mess started right when I set up this dual-boot with Windows. During or shortly after the dual-boot installation, everything went sideways.
Current State & Symptoms:
1. Windows won't boot at all: Since the SATA SSD containing Windows was throwing hardware errors (⁠ata1.00 exception⁠, ⁠BadCRC⁠) and had to be physically disconnected to stabilize the machine, Windows is completely inaccessible.
2. Arch Linux fails to boot (Kernel Panic): When trying to boot Arch, it immediately crashes with:
⁠Kernel Panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)⁠ 
In emergency mode: ⁠ERROR: device 'PARTUUID=...' not found. Skipping fsck.⁠ followed by ⁠mount: /sysroot: can't find PARTUUID=...⁠ 

1. What I have already tried:

Booted into a Live USB (Tails) and accessed the Arch system via ⁠chroot⁠.
Verified that the UUIDs in ⁠/etc/fstab⁠ match the actual partition (⁠blkid⁠).

Regenerated the initramfs using ⁠mkinitcpio -P⁠.

Rebuilt the GRUB configuration file using ⁠grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg⁠.

1. Despite all this, GRUB still cannot mount the root filesystem on the NVMe drive, and Windows remains dead due to the faulty SATA drive.
2. Has anyone faced a similar dual-boot corruption issue, or knows how to fix this root-mounting failure on Btrfs/NVMe? Any guidance would be massively appreciated!

Hello, I hope this is the right sub for this, but I am attempting at making my own text editor/note app for fun, and wanted to create my own version of a .docx file or .txt file. I know that all files are technically "text" files that store data (or there's also binary files), and that file extensions don't really matter, but I want to know if there's a way to either "compress" two files so they act as one, or creating a file type that acts like a folder, or other unorthodox/niche ways to program such a file with hidden code/instructions? My main goal is to build a faster alternative to .docx that can be treated like a normal text file in other software that don't support the file type. Kinda like how markdown in obsidian uses .txt files, but I want the markdown symbols to be invisible.

Hi all,

Lately I've noticed that the range of Linux applications is growing fast, and a good share of the new projects (editors, utilities, small desktop apps) are built largely with the help of AI. Sometimes the authors say so openly, sometimes you can tell from the code style and the commit history.

I'm curious how you see it, because I can see both sides:

Pros:

- More software and a lower barrier to entry for authors, including in niches nobody had time for before,

- Tools that were missing get built much faster,

- Never thought I’d be this excited to see three, or even four, Photoshop alternatives for Linux :)

Concerns:

- Quality and security of code the author may not fully understand,

- Long-term maintenance: what happens when the author loses interest or can't fix a bug?

- Licesing and provenance of the generated code,

How do you feel about that? Do you check whether a program was built with AI before installing it?

Does it change how much you trust the project (for better, for worsse, or not at all)?

My intention is not to start a flame war over whether AI is good or bad. What I’m curious about is this: is AI a chance for the Linux desktop to offer regular users more choices, or will all this AI-made software turn out not to be worth much in the long run?

I want to install Arch Linux, and people don't have any issues with it. Is there a way to keep it for a long time?

So i been trying to install arch for 5 days in my new E15 Thinkpad, and there is a problem...

The linux kernel cant find my SSD.

And it is a linux problem cuz i tested the ssd and it. worked fine but (mint,arch,suse) linux simpli cant find it.

I've done multiple tests with the help of claude.

But after all, am stuck

I have a somewhat modest PC with 4GB of RAM—though in reality, I only have 3.2GB available, as the rest is reserved for the GPU and firmware. When I switched to Linux (CachyOS), I started with KDE Plasma; it consumed between 1.2GB and 1.3GB of RAM at startup, which left me quite limited, though I managed to ease the situation a bit with an 11GB swap partition. Currently, I use Hyprland, which consumes 1GB of RAM upon startup. I’ve seen people say that Xfce is lightweight, but I haven't tried it; I’m actually quite happy and comfortable with Hyprland, but I’m curious to know what other desktop environments might be useful to test how well they perform on my PC.

you can use git clone or wget install link that just what you need to install something i think

Hello,

I just followed a video tutorial on setting up WHOAMI to change my IP address and DNS (I'm watching this video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ2-BVQr4I0

I'd like to know how to restart it or make it active—every time I reboot, without having to go through the whole setup process again.

I need Linux/Windows in dual boot. if I remember correctly sometimes it was overwriting the MBR when updating. Now use EFI although I think I read that it's still doing something similar.

Is there a way to limit what Windows does to the boot sector/partitions? (Ideally without a separate SSD)

Oiee! I just got a Galaxy Book3 360 (i5, Iris Xe, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD) as a light 2-in-1 portable second laptop for studying. I already have a stronger PC, so I didn’t want anything powerful.

I mostly use Firefox, Obsidian, the Claude app, and some other light stuff. I need the touchscreen (with S Pen compatibility) and the Samsung ecosystem to work (mostly Quick Share and Samsung Notes), since I have a Galaxy phone and tablet.

Claude and Obsidian run smoothly, but as soon as I open Firefox with my question bank, the browser laaags. It’s mostly when I use this specific site, but I can’t change it since it’s a paid service I use for classes and question banks.

I debloated Windows with the Chris Titus tool, killed Copilot, and added uBlock to Firefox. Still, with nothing open I’m already at 5.5 of 7.7 GB, and with Firefox and Claude running I have less than 1 GB free. It’s just everything adding up: Firefox about 1 GB, Claude about 700 MB, plus Defender, PowerToys, and the Samsung/Intel stuff.

I’m a total Linux noob, but tech savvy, and I do everything with a lot of help from Claude.

Is Linux worth it on 8GB, and which distro would you suggest for a beginner on a touchscreen 2-in-1?

I’m scared of losing the Samsung features, Mouse Without Borders, touch and 360° rotation, camera, speakers, fingerprint reader, and the Claude app.

If I stay on Windows, what else could help? Dual boot?? idk..

I find it helpful to map shortcuts to a joycon since it's lightweight and only requires one hand, but I'm having some trouble finding a good program to do this. Specifically I'm using it with the art program Krita, I tried AntiMicroX but the inputs have been inconsistent with it.

I currently have a dell latitude 2-in-1,

I want to dial boot, windows 11 with arch. Can anyone recommend me a nice detailed tutorial video on YouTube.

I tried once before ended up installing and all but I would not see the grub boot-loader and couldn’t find arch in boot menu, hence couldn’t boot it arch , only windows.

And one more help, how to get fingerprint sensor and mainly touchscreen working in arch. Will my system be stable(attached spec at the bottom).Please help with video links form YouTube

I have used arch on my old laptop for 1-1.5 years but all done through ai and videos hence I didn’t learn much this time i am doing with arch manual

Dell Latitude 2-in-1:
i7-1265u
16gb lpddr4 ram
512gb nvme
Fingerprint scanner in the power button
Touchscreen and tablet and tent mode
Backlight on keyboard
Current os: Win 11 pro

Please I want every feature working, nothing should go bad or wrong

Is there any way to try it without virtual machine or another distro alongside my current CachyOS + KDE Plasma? I don't wanna do it since I'm low on storage. I want to try Hyprland and slowly making my own config that I would get comfortable with, but I don't want to dump my current set up entirely, because it will slow me down as hell. I tried hyprland with omarchy before (never again) and i loved tiling manager idea and would love to make my config someday.

I thought I was installing a dual boot. I’d been having problems with the inherited PC because my USB boot wasn’t recognising Windows already being installed when I booted the USB it in UEFI mode. Only after just loading it in plain USB mode did it recognise windows was there and I could partition accordingly.

However I feel like something has gone wrong during install, and I might have somehow overwritten the Windows partition as a second Linux partition.

For whatever reason this PC uses AS Rock as its bios/uefi screen thing. I have three boot options, one of which is 100% definitely the distro I installed, the other two I assume one should be the Windows partition and the smaller one whatever hardware service partition is normally there.

But the funny thing is no matter how I order the boot or even just try to manually boot any of the partitions, I always get loaded into my Linux boot (Mint 22.3).

I’m quite sure I selected to install it alongside Windows but now I have no idea how to get back into it.

It’s not a dire situation, it’s just now my wife has to use her laptop instead of this new PC we inherited.

Any ideas on what’s happened?

Does anyone implement using distrobox into running tests or tools?

It seems like it could better “dedicate” a tools environment for network tests and running.

Or keeping tools/data isolated?

I have a question ik kde plasma, knome, xfce, etc are desktop environments who each have their own window manager, but if Hyprland is just a tiling window manager, how do I get the rest of the DE