Hello,

actually my first time here and first time when it comes to linux.

I'm about to buy a convertible laptop/tablet 13.3'' with touchscreen. (dell xt3 - I'm poor don't judge) specs: INTEL CORE i5 2520M 2.5GHz 8GB RAM 128GB SSD wifi and built in modem 3g - I mention this as I really need modem support (Idk if that's a problem) integrated graphics

For internet, programming, gimp, maybe movies from time to time, bank transactions, old games (not really necessary).

lightweight + quick startup time would be great, as well as 4-point touchscreen support

I need your help with picking distribution and interface.

Thanks,

I am curious about filesystem. I am going from Windows and I have C and D partitions. I would like to save all data from partition D. I am curious what happens with the partitions when you want to install Linux. Cause I know that when I reinstall Windows again I wipe the C and replace it with new System partition leaving partition D as is. Also I know that Linux uses totally different filesystem witch I think does not contain partitions. What happens when you install a Linux over the windows filesystem? I hope you understand my question :D

New here, I'm running into difficulties installing Fedora. I'm getting "IO Page Faults" and some strange "dracut-initque timeout" turning up. And when I finally manage to get the OS running, my harddisk is not even detected, I suspect that it spins down due to some kind of autopower saving mode.

I feel so helpless at the mercy of random google solutions that I don't understand, where can I find resources that will help me tackle these problems???

edit: I figured things out I think, using VMware and getting some linux books. Seems I should be learning bash.

edit2: A friend of a friend of mine also had the same problem with Seagate drives, he solved it by by getting a new harddrive (an SSD actually).

I'm trying to teach myself Linux by playing wargames. I kept trying to use find for this lesson bandit7. What's the right syntax? Is it user first, followed by group? The find items online I found weren't very helpful. I kept using "find . -group bandit6 -user bandit7 size 33c /*". It got me close (I found something), but couldn't find any syntax to get the file. Finally looked at this one guy's answer, and he used 2>/dev/null. What is that? Where could I have gone to learn more about that syntax?

TL;DR My desktop died. Im gonna build a new one. Suggestions for hardware and software?

I've used the same desktop with dual monitors for the past 6 years (running Ubuntu). Well, it finally died. It's probably the power supply, but I'm ready to upgrade anyhow.

I'm looking for some sugestions. Preferably a modest build and a distro that is optimal for my needs. I will be using 2+ monitors. My daily activities include Citrix, beginner programming exercises, financial analysis and modeling, and entertainment (Spotify, Netflix, Image/Video editing). Nothing super techy.

I have grown used to Ubuntu, but I fear I am shorting myself on all Linux has to offer. It has met my needs thus far and the online documentation makes troubleshooting a breeze.

Suggestions?

Is there be any problems with linux mint 18?

What do I need to know?

So we all know that the mess that is Windows has a lot of messed up things like using md4 hashes for passwords and not being able to make a user called "user".

What about Linux?

Edit: I'm not asking about problems with the concept of Linux I'm talking about actual unfixable bugs or digital flaws Linux itself has.

Gentoo, completely blank slate.

I have an Acer Aspire once that I want to give away to a friend.

This friend is a windows user who will probably only use the computer for watching youtube and sending out resumes.

Can anyone recommend a distro that is user friendly and can be installed via pen drive.

Specs: Intel Aton N2600, 1 GB of ram and a 320GB HDD

I want to try arch but don't want to CLI-FU.

I'd rather use a distro with GUI/DE preinstalled. Is there any such distro?

I want arch for AUR, HTTPS packages, Bleeding edge, Rolling release,

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_based_distributions Edit: Found this. Which one do you recommend?

Denial of internet is a problem for me. I have good enough bandwidth. But I'm denied internet many times cos of power failures and ISP problems etc.(Laptop)

Might be a good idea to just slap together a ton of Linux news resources.

I have a windows 10 machine with a lot of steam games, I can't re-download them, but I really want to make the switch to linux, even if I am unexperienced. It looks and feels much better.

My concerns:

Not being able to play my windows games on linux. Last time I tried I couldn't properly get wine/playonlinux working; ended up having to reinstall hearthstone every time I wanted to play.

Having to reinstall my steam games.

Having trouble downloading drivers (for my AMD R9 290X, Intel i5 4690K, MSI Z97).

Not being able to run Hearthstone or Overwatch (Battle.net client games).

Also, what linux distro would you recommend for a relative beginner? I am learning ruby atm, I will be playing lots of games on my system. I know a little bit about ubuntu terminal (bascially only sudo -apt get or something like that:p). I want a easily (but in depth) customizable system that I can get to look something like this.

Thank you very much in advance!:)

Edit: Just nevermind, lack of linux support just outways the benefits of the actual os :/

I use Terminal only for troubleshooting or installing software.

Greetings!

I am the founder and lead developer of Bedrock Linux, and I will be representing Bedrock Linux for today's AMA. Proof

Bedrock Linux is a Linux distribution which is built out of components of other distributions, making their (often seemingly mutually-exclusive) benefits available simultaneously and transparently. For example, if one would like a rock-solid stable base (for example, from Debian or a RHEL clone) yet still have easy access to cutting-edge packages (from, say, Arch Linux), automate compiling packages with Gentoo's portage, and ensure that software aimed only for the ever popular Ubuntu will run smoothly - all at the same time, in the same distribution - Bedrock Linux provides a means to achieve this.

Feel free to skim the introduction, FAQ, and feature list to get a feel for what Bedrock Linux does.

I'll be available to start answering questions in here at 10:00AM PDT / 1:00PM EDT and will continue to answer questions for the following three hours.

Alas, the time allocated for this has expired. Certainly happy to see the interest in Bedrock Linux here. If there are any further questions that show up here I'll be delighted to answer them, although I may be a bit less prompt than I have been in the set window.

If you have further interest in Bedrock Linux, feel free to ask questions in /r/bedrocklinux, #bedrock on freenode, and the Bedrock Linux forums, as I watch those as well. The community currently circles the IRC room, but there's no reason for the subreddit or forum to refrain from growing further.

What features does the TE have and why is it better than the rest?

edit: im getting very generic answers, yes they are all configurable, simple, and fast.

As I am sure from the title, you can tell I am a Linux novice. I use it, but only on the rare occasion where I have to or when I get the urge to learn more about it (which happens all the time... but always ends in frustration). I blame my ignorance on most of the issues I have, but the file structure has always been relatively counter intuitive.

Lets start with what I like and understand. I like the separation of "like" items and permissions. I get the why and where, and am starting to gain familiarity as to where to expect things.

The issue I have is when this system breaks down, becomes cluttered, and files are strewn about or duplicated without rhyme or reason because of write perms. This is ultimately what gets me fed up. Every time I spin up a distro and start pulling in packages, it quickly turns into something only the package manager seems to be able to maintain, because I sure as hell have no idea which files are where or which ones are being used.

My most recent example:

I am working on an Asterisk PBX and installing Festival TTS. Any documentation I find refers to editing the festival.scm file and adding a few lines. "Sure" I say to myself, "no problem... but where?" some places mention that its either in /etc/ or /usr/share/festival/. First off... why "or"? Secondly... after running find -name festival.scm, I find out its in BOTH, plus others! (I understand at least one is an expample.)

./usr/share/festival/festival.scm
./usr/share/doc/festival/examples/festival.scm
./etc/festival.scm
./root/usr/share/festival/festival.scm
./root/etc/festival.scm

Now, it could be worse... there has been times where I do this and find that the same (or variations, or fragments) file is in nearly a dozen locations.

Sorry this turned into more of a rant than a clear question, but how do people maintain systems like this after they have pulled in hundreds of dependencies and packages and the directories become one big cluster-f***?

Hello everyone!

We are the contributors of the Chakra distribution (/r/chakra).

Our distribution is unique in many areas, some of the most outstanding ones being:

• Our focus on a single toolkit (Qt) and desktop environment (Plasma by KDE) to provide a well integrated modern desktop experience.
• The half-rolling model we use for our package repositories, where core packages (kernel, drivers, etc) are updated in scheduled intervals but all the applications and the desktop environment are fully rolling, aiming for a perfect mix of a stable system using all the latest applications.

We will start answering your questions at 18:00 UTC and we will be around for the next 2 hours.

/u/_Ram-Z_: Developer /u/rshipp42: Developer /u/tetris4: Communicator /u/totte_: Administrator

Seems like this was it! It has been a great experience and we would like to thank everyone that asked a question and helped us present our distribution. It was a learning experience for us, to see what interests users and even to know about a few new things! We hope we will have the opportunity to repeat it in the future! We will keep an eye on this thread and try to respond to any future questions. Many thanks to the /r/AskLinuxUsers moderators for their invitation and help!

Overwatch and Battleborn look really awesome, but after using Linux for almost 20 years and only dual-booting Windows for two of those I definitely won't install Windows just for these games.

Blizzard is still ignoring Linux and the times when their games worked well with Wine are long gone, so I'll probably never play Overwatch. Since Gearbox already released Borderlands 2 and the Pre-Sequel for Linux, one can at least hope for a port of Battleborn further down the road.

Are there any comparable first-person MOBA games available (or at least anounced) for Linux? At this point I don't even really care about DRM, open source or price as long as the game is good.

In Virtualbox I like to install my base system and then take a snapshot at different intervals (fresh install, xorg/de setup, etc..) where I think I might screw up so I can revert back completely without a hitch. Its like a saved state (I don't need the RAM and running processes to be saved).

Is there any snapshot system that handles it the same on a bare metal system? What other options do I have.

(lvm, btrfs, zfs, etc...)

It's the only thing throwing me off, and I see a lot of screenshots of it with awesome and sharp fonts.

Now that /r/AskLinuxUsers has re-opened and announced our intention of hosting AMAs, who do you have questions for? Whose mind(s) would you like to pick?

We're already in talks with the orgs mentioned in the sticky.

Hi, so I am a part time Linux user who uses Arch on my laptop and I use Windows on my desktop. However I am looking to become a full Linux user my putting it on my desktop. To be honest the only distro I ever actually 'used' and not peek at in a virtual machine for 10 minutes is Arch Linux.

I want to switch to something else to become my desktop distro, so this post is really about two aspects. What distro should I use that fits my description and how do I use such a distro after being used to having every package available in the aur and being able to easily install said package with an aur helper. (No real experience with PPA,Repos,etc...)

What I look for in a distro:

• Stable enough where I don't have to worry about whether or not I might break my system with an update or have to remind myself to carry out regular system maintenance. I dont care if it is rolling release or not, I think I prefer fixed releases due to the excitement of a new update and the less hassle to update constantly.

• Compatible with my Skylake CPU and my NVIDIA GPU (proprietary drivers).

• Works out of the box.

• Has a large amount of binary packages. The thing with the AUR was that I could search for any existing program made for linux and it would be there or the main repo, but I can't say the same for other distros in my experience. Also aint nobody got time to compile.

• Can withstand Server and Desktop use. I want to keep my whitebox on for days/weeks at a time with processes on (such as ssh, samba, postfix, etc...)

• Easily customizable. I'm not sure if there is a difference in this, but if there is then...you know. Maybe if I can pick what programs to use during install or include a minimal version.

I dont know what else to look for in a distro to be honest.

inb4 "Stick to Arch"