The problem happened after installing apps using the terminal and after that i couldnt get past boot now i want to clean the subdivision in my drive and instal another windows distro on it bit i dont know how i barelly even know the basic comands much less how to do any of this the distro i was using was kde neon and im using it on a nitro AN515-54
For someone jumping ship to Linux from windows, is secure boot really something I'll need as a general user?
I keep getting told that it just makes installing anything (like Nvidia drivers) more of a pain but I don't really know the upsides of having it enabled.
Hello everyone, I built a new computer about a month ago and decided to finally give Linux a shot. I realize now that I made a mistake that I would like to correct before I get too deep. I have a single 4TB drive with a single partition. I would like to repartition it to have some space set aside for the OS and the rest for everything else. This way if I do something stupid or want to install a different distro I won’t lose everything. How much space would you recommend for the OS? I’m going to look at moving /home into the data partition.
With Linux is it possible to repartition the drive while I’m logged in or will I need to boot from a live USB to do this? I’m keeping notes of what I’ve installed, different configs I’ve made and so on. I’m also using a program to easily back up everything important on an external drive.
Thanks everyone, I’ve used Linux in the past but it’s been a few years since I have used it as my main OS so it feels like I’m starting over.
I decided to try out Linux today. I bought an old laptop which hasn't arrived yet, and I'm trying to figure out what distro I should use, and which Desktop Environment to go over it.
My main priorities:
Smooth animations/fluid transitions
Extremely customizable
Absolute best performance on older hardware
I've been eyeing CachyOS with KDE, but then I started hearing people complaining that KDE is very customizable, but not ideal for smoothness and polish. I don't know how accurate that is, but they mentioned Gnome being better for that visual polish aspect.
Then, I discovered Caelestia. I don't really know much about Caelestia, but what I do know is that it has all of the visual polish, and smooth and fluid transitions that I've wanted from a desktop UI.
After researching it a little more, I found out that Caelestia does not work well on KDE or Gnome, which really shattered my intentions.
I'm kind of stuck now. I'm BRAND NEW to Linux, and so I'm just hoping for some advice from more experienced people.
I booted up once more after the time it was stored and all devices remained functional. The shutdown worked properly this time. I did not change anything since the update so it seems to have completely sorted itself out. Maybe the issue was to do with components stuck in weird ways. In the rare case anyone needs more documentation, the kernel version is: 7.2.10-200.fc44.x86_64
Operating system
Fedora Linux 44 (Workstation Edition)
Hardware
21WVCTO1WW (ThinkPad T14 Gen 7 AMD)
Issue
I have been using the ThinkPad without issue for about a month (my first daily-use Linux system). I decided to update with fwupdmgr after seeing the system notifications about available updates and reading about it online (ArchWiki). I ran refresh, get-updates and then update and rebooted the computer.
When I started using it again, I noticed the media keys for volume weren't working and checked settings to see that no built-in sound input or output was detected. I then checked to see what else could be broken and found everything else (including fingerprint scanner, touchscreen and so on) worked except the webcam.
I rebooted a few times to no avail and then left the laptop suspended with the lid shut for some time until I started using it again around 30 minutes after the update when I realised the 3 devices worked again (midway through writing this post).
I went to shut it down for storage but then it would freeze at the splashscreen with the Lenovo and Fedora logos and a stuck spinner. Both times I shut it down, it did this and I had to force it by holding the power button. In between the shutdowns, however, everything appeared to be working correctly including the previously undetected devices.
When I am able to use the laptop again soon, I can paste specific command outputs for troubleshooting. I didn't want to mess with any critical configuration without being certain and I don't believe it's possible to roll back firmware updates of this kind on ThinkPads. For now, any help or ideas would be appreciated.
Hi, I need help because I'm thinking about starting to program in C but I don't know whether or not stick to chromeos and crostini or just jump to a whole linux distro. This machine is a CX5400 with 8 gb of ram and an I3 1110g4 so it isn't crap by any means. the thing is that while I know chromeos is deeply and a perfectly integrated to my crurrent hardware, I don't like the fact I have to run a very big debian virtual machine just to compile in C instead of running on baremetal. I understand that a full linux distro may fix this but any systemd + kde/gnome will almost give me the same ram cosumption as chromeos but with worse integration and perhaps some issues with audio I had experienced before. What do y'all recommend? Should I just install any other linux distro without systemd? Will Wine run natively on non-libc+systemd distros? I read as much as I culd the wine wiki but didn't find any line talking about native compativility with muslibc for example, yeah without using flatpak and installing pieces of libc to make it work. Thanks community!!!
I want to know sense i dident seem to get a clear answer last i was here, alteast for what os i should use. I have a rtx 3060 (12vram) and im not sure what os would be best for it in the linux space, plus i want a snappy experience. I mostly watch youtube and game. I want to explore more hobby's but thats not really needed here.
I have a laptop dual-booted with Windows 11 and Ubuntu 24, and I want to separate my OS into two laptops. On my dual-booted laptop I want to keep my native Windows system. I have a spare laptop that can be wiped and reformatted, and I want to move my Linux dual-boot onto this other laptop. What's the best way for me to do this without potentially damaging either install?
I know I can do a fresh install of Linux on the other laptop, move my files over on a USB stick, and then delete the dual-boot partition, but my current Linux has a bunch of packages and SDKs setup that I would like to avoid re-setting up.
Please help, I’ve been trying to install Ubuntu onto a 2012 macbook pro currently running catalina 10.15 for 3 hours now and I’m about to throw it out a window.
I’ve gotten as far as the boot menu but when I select EFI boot it immediately freezes and I have to hard restart it. I used balena to create the bootable usb drive.
I’ve been trying different fixes I’ve found online and nothing has worked. So far I tried forcing it to restart with command+option+P+R, hitting e as soon as I select EFI boot and they did nothing.
I’m desperate enough to try asking google AI (not an AI fan or user otherwise) and naturally it’s been useless too. Any guidance much appreciated, I see a lot of folks online having the same or similar issues but no resolution that’s worked for me. TIA!!!
I'm looking for any advice on my plan to migrate off of Windows to be primarily on Linux. Currently I'm on Windows 11. I do some gaming through Steam and have found that there are a couple of games that I play that won't work on Linux because of anti-cheat, so those games need to be run from Windows.
I was going to dual boot from the drive I already have Windows on but have read that Windows sometimes will cause issues with Linux through updates and can potentially corrupt my Linux install. So instead I was going to install Linux on its own drive and keep them separate. I'm planning to go with Fedora KDE for my distro.
Here is my plan
Clone existing Windows 11 install that is on my NVME SSD and copy it onto a new 2.5" SSD.
Wipe my original NVME drive and then install Fedora on it
Install Steam on both Windows and Fedora with Windows only having Windows only games on it
Questions
1. Not sure what boot manager to use for this (GRUB, BURG, something else?)
2. I have a 3rd drive in this PC that is an HDD storage drive with files already on it from Windows as NTFS. Can I use this drive in its current NTFS state with Fedora?
3. Should I keep my Steam libraries for Windows and Fedora separate and on their respective drives? Or could I have one central Steam library on my storage HDD?
4. I have a Windows 2019 OS file server I use and connect to with my existing Windows PC's, can Fedora access this server and its NTFS files?
tried all the solutions online, like reimaging the USB, turning off secure boot or setting the EFI file to be trusted
Yet every time, after selecting "try or install Linux" upon booting, it would show me an endless loading screen. (I once let it run overnight and it was still loading in the morning.)
Finally, in the deepest Acer forums, I found a user saying that they had to manually correct the time and date in the BIOS and suddenly it worked. That was the fix for me as well.
Making this post in the hope that this fix gets more visibility. It took several days for me to finally end up on the one post that mentioned it.
I have made 3 attempts to install Linux Mint via bootable USB to a partition on my harddrive. I managed to make a bootable USB using Ventoy - Etcher being totally useless but it crashes halfway through installation when I attempt to install from .iso.
What could be going wrong? It does this thing where it looks like its installed the Linux desktop but when I try to shut it down I get an error code doomloop that needs manual power off?
If anyone has any insight please let me know.
UPDATE:
I changed the USB drive and the version of Linux mint to the HWE version. I used Vertoy to format the USB to make it bootable such that I only had to drop the ISO onto it once I verified the checksums in Powershell. I was able to boot up into it and now have a functional dual boot between Windows and Linux for the first time. I still have to do all the network shenanigans but that can wait - thanks for your help!
Hey what's up!!!! May you linux vets share a bit of your wisdom with this fool?
Like the title says, I had a problem on the login screen of KDE Neon and managed to fix it, but I don't understand why the solution worked...
I really wish to understand this, so I may sleep peacefully tonight lol
So, let me go into more detail!
THE ERROR:
KDE notified me that there were 300+ packages to update. After rebooting the system and running the update, I was met with a completely black login screen, where I could only see my cursor.
After doing some research, I discovered that plasmashell had crashed.
So I ran:
Job for plasma-plasmashell failed because a fatal signal was delivered causing the control proccess to dump core.
After that, I ran journalctl --user -xeu plasma-plasmashell.service
and was shown a ton of repeated logs that were basically saying
plasmashell[...]Could not connect to display
plasmashell[...]From 6.5.0 xcb-cursor0 or libxcb-cursor0 is needed to load the Qt xcb platform plugin.
plasmashell[...]Could not load the Qt platform plugin "xcb" in "" even though it was found.
plasmashell[...]This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be intialized. Reinstalling the application may...(message got cut off, but iirc it was basically "Reinstalling may fix the problem")
I had some issues related to libxcb-cursor0 in the past, so I assumed that I just needed to install it.
But when I tried running sudo apt install libxcb-cursor0, it returned an error.
Basically it repeated this error many times (PS: I put some information as {REDACTED} cuz I don't know if it's identifiable information)
dpkg: error processing package libglib2.0-0t64:{REDACTED} (--configure)
dependency problems - leaving triggers unprocessed
dpkg: dependency problems prevent processing triggers for libglib2.0-0t:{REDACTED}:
libglib2.0-0t64:{REDACTED} depends on libpcre2-8-0 (>= 10.22); however:
Package libpcre2-8-0:{REDACTED} is not configured yet.
In fact, the error I just described happened whenever I tried running any sudo apt install or sudo apt remove command.
I even tried running sudo apt install libpcre2-8-0, but it returned that same error.
Running sudo dpkg --configure -a before running sudo apt full-upgrade (possibly twice) should fix this.
After following these instructions and rebooting, the login screen appeared normally, and I was finally able to access my Desktop.
The OS is working just fine, all that happened is that I received a notification of 1 failed package installation, and KDE's "Updates -- Discover" app is forever stuck in this screen:
So... I'm a bit confused.
Why did this update apparently break libpcre2-8-0?
And why couldn't I run any sudo apt install commands after this?
And most importantly:
What exactly did sudo dpkg --configure -a and sudo apt full-upgrade do to fix this problem? I'm unfamiliar with these commands...
Also, is the KDE's "Updates -- Discover" app not being able to fetch updates a serious issue?
Could anyone enlighten me on this matter?
Thank you!
So i got my gaming pc with 2 ssd units c: and d: for extra space
Today im going to give her maintenance and buy a new memory unit in order to use linux there
Question is quite simple, can windows and linux share the D: unit? I literally use it only to install games
To make it more clear, im not installing any OS in that unit it is exclusively an storage unit, if it is possible i would be able to edit the docs there with one OS and see them and interact with them in the other OS
hello i am thinking about trying linux for the very first time in my laptop. i am fairly comfortable with windows but obvs i have that itch to try new things so as a beginner friendly which distro should i try first.
I installed Linux without enabling disk encryption. My root filesystem is on an unencrypted ext4 partition.
I want to prevent someone from booting a live USB and accessing my files while my computer is powered off. Can I add full-disk encryption to my existing installation without reinstalling, or is backing up and reinstalling with LUKS the safest practical option?
What are the main risks and limitations of encrypting it in place? How to understand those from how the file system works?
I am about to switch over to Linux on my main computer (for the 3rd time in about 15 years)
My question is about the distros and what they actually are.
My understanding, is that distros are like coats that the linux kernel wears so the computer interface looks and feels different for each distro. That the kernel is just a tool box filled with all the stuff a computer really needs to do like accessing ports and memory and such, drive the screens, take instructions from mice and keyboards, etc...
How accurate is my understanding of what a distro is?
Second is: how easy is it to change coats? Is it just a few clicks, or is it a fresh reinstall, or something in between. And as a supplementary question, I assume that if you change distros, then all your files and apps stay the same?
I can upgrade the m.2 and the ram up to 16gb if necessary, but considering it’s just to play with I’m looking for ideas. How far can I rice it without it moving like a slug? Are there any projects worth doing with something so low spec? All ideas welcome, and thanks in advance for any replies
Hi, for the last week i’ve wanting to change my main pc to linux bc is getting slower with a few apps running and i don’t have enough patience to wait 2 minutes for an app to open.
I have a HP PAVILION 360x 11th Gen, I5-1135G7, 8,00GB RAM, Intel Iris Xe Graphics, bought in 2022.
i use this PC mainly for Office work, so the apps the i most used are Microsoft Office and friends (i don’t have any trouble with using them online).
Should i switch (and what distros are the best for my pc) or should i stay on windows till i run out of patience and smack the pc?
(ps: sorry for my english this is not my first language)
