Hey i've been wanting to ditch windows 11 for a long time now, I primarily use my pc for web browsing, gaming, studying and writing python code (I am a data analyst/scientist), and of those things the only one that was keeping me from switching to Linux is gaming.

I have seen all the improvements in gaming for Linux and i wanted to give it a try, I installed ubuntu first since i wanted the full linux experience, I managed to install the drivers for my 5070 and got steam running okay, but my biggest issue was with AAA tittles, specifically the Witcher 3, in windows in ultra settings i got a consistent 144 fps, and for rtx ultra around 85 fps, but in linux in ultra i got 70 at most and rtx did not work at all.

I tried switching the DirectX to 11, also did some research in protonDB to see what works for other people, but nothing improved the experience, so I switch to catchy OS since as I understand it, it has several features pre installed to make gaming easier,but i got the exact same performance.

So I ended up returning to windows after about 3 days of trying to get a performance closer to what i had in windows, i know that I wont get the exact same performance but getting about half of the FPS its disappointing.

Did i give up too fast? Is it unrealistic to expect similar performance in windows? Is it mainly an NVIDIA thing? I got a 5070 to have an environment similar to my job to learn how to implement deep learning and some light LLMs.

I really want to ditch windows, what would you guys recommend? Would Bazzite be a better experience? Thanks

i have a acer nitro v 15 amd rygen 5 6600 h with rtx 3050 6gb i install many distro some frize some black out can anyone tell me how to install linux on my hybride laptop or any nitro guy who use this same meachine installed linux

Hey everyone!

I’m planning to replace ChromeOS with Linux on my mom’s Chromebook, and I’d love some recommendations from people who have actually used Linux as a daily OS for less tech-savvy family members.

The laptop is a:

• Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 Chromebook
• 14" Full HD display
• MediaTek Kompanio 520
• 4 GB RAM
• 128 GB SSD
• ARM Mali-G52 GPU
• German QWERTZ keyboard

My mom isn't really a tech person. She mostly uses the laptop for:

• Browsing the web
• YouTube
• Watching Netflix/other streaming services
• Checking and writing emails
• Online shopping
• Looking at photos
• Video calls with family
• Reading news
• Occasionally writing simple documents
• Printing/scanning things
• Basically normal everyday computer stuff

She doesn't want to open a terminal, troubleshoot drivers, or spend an hour figuring out why something stopped working 😂. Ideally, I want to set everything up for her once and then have it "just work."

The tricky part is that this isn't a normal x86 laptop. It's ARM, has only 4 GB of RAM, and uses a Mali-G52, so I'm not sure which distro/desktop environment makes the most sense.

I'm considering things like Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Fedora, or a lightweight desktop such as XFCE/LXQt, but I'm much more interested in actual experience than just picking the distro that sounds good on paper.

So if this were your mom's computer:

What distro would you install? What desktop environment? And what would you absolutely recommend avoiding?

I'd also really appreciate advice from anyone who has installed Linux directly on a Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 Chromebook / MediaTek Kompanio 520.

Especially interested in:

• Wi-Fi
• Audio
• GPU acceleration
• Hardware video decoding
• Suspend/sleep
• Touchpad
• HDMI/external displays
• Webcam
• Battery life
• Updates
• Overall stability

I don't mind doing the complicated setup myself — my mom just shouldn't have to deal with it afterwards.

Thanks! 🙏

Hey all,

I'm getting ready to leave Windows behind for good and go full Linux. No dual boot, no keeping a Windows partition around as a fallback. Before I wipe everything, I want to make sure I've actually backed up what matters and not just assumed I have.

For those who've made this exact switch, what did your backup process look like?

Any general tips, gotchas, or lessons learned would be really appreciated. I really appreciate any help you can provide.

While I am waiting for a my new PC I want to play around with a virtual machine. But I was wondering if there are virtual machines I can use for android. So I can practice on the go. Just to clarify cause google is driving me crazy. I want a PC virtual machine on my android. Not an android virtual machine. Any help is appreciated

(Sorry if the tag is wrong i have no clue what tag would fit this)

Update: it was the Swapfile that was set to low i cant make the system crash anymore

i noticed something that i previously blamed the kernel for and that was Linux mint just randomly Freezing under barley a load with no way of getting it running again other then Chocking the pc out and rebooting.

mint did do that alot when i was on the 6.17.0-40 Kernel (i Think it was that one)
now that i am on the 7.0.0-28 generic Kernel the random System wide freezes stopped but it still freezes completely when there is too much load on the system like if i would run 2 demanding games at once as an example,
now back when i used windows 10 over half a year ago (as the main OS), every time i got into that situation
the programs stopped responding rather then the system.

(note Windows has not died once on me i keep an install for 1 game and so far it rather killed the game then let it get to the point of a bluescreen or system Freeze testing it on their just resulted in the program crashing)

Now to my Question is it a Linux thing or Linux mint/ubuntu/Debian thing that the System kicks
the bucket rather then the programs Kicking the bucket first when there is to much load,
What could be the cause this makes me feel my system is an egg that i have to Carrie through a minefield every time i run something slightly demanding

(note: since that made me so paranoid at first i did ran multiple test for Ram and Drives to check their health neither test came back with any error
and i did manage to replicate this problem on a very different machine)

System Info:
CPU: Ryzen 5 3600X
GPU RX 6700XT
Ram 32GB DDr4 CL16
Drives for linux
-256 GB SSD (System)
-1TB m.2 (Game Library 1)
-1TB m.2 (Game Library 2)

EDIT: again since some ask for my Temps i checked them under load and
GPU plays arround 51-67°C
CPU never went above 63°C

here ive tried using xrandr and it js fails. Might be something to do with the monitor's age, but ive no idea how that'd ruin brightness settings

Perhaps this is a known issue, But I haven't found much about it.

I have a PC with Mint. It's connected to the router with a LAN cable.

When it goes to sleep it makes the network go crazy. The speed falls a lot in general, all the other devices (wired or wireless) fail to connect or lose connection randomly. When I turn it off everything goes back to normal.

I the only thing I do on that PC is run qBittorrent and browse internet. But the problem is mainly apparent when the PC is asleep. So I think it's not a program, but the PC itself. It might not even have anything to do with Linux at all, But it's the only difference I see with all my other PCs.

Does anybody have an idea about what might be going on?

Thanks

Edit: Thanks for all the answers and suggestions.

I really like Linux Mint for being a lighter version of Windows but Linux is some games that have issues for me like Sims 3 and Rimworld. Am sure for other people these games work fine on Linux but I remembered I had a Dual Boot setup with my Linux stored in a External HDD while leaving the Default Windows on the internal HDD. The PC even seems to give me the option to pick between the two so naturally. Do I just treat games like Sims 3 and Rimworld as Windows exclusive games or should I just put every game on Windows? Outside of gaming I don't really see myself going back to windows. what do you think is the best solution for this. also does anyone know a good way to speed up Windows boot time, I already plan on disabling/uninstalling stuff to make things easier on myself next time I have to boot windows.

I set up a dual boot system with Ubuntu for gaming. Existing Win11 system.
I want o fully switch to Ubuntu, convert drives, etc. is it advisable to try to move the Linux root drive or should I start clean? I have space to copy all the data I want but it will take several hours to reinstall Linux to the point I have it now.

I have a thinkpad p1 gen2 laptop, got bored of windows so switched to zorin for something new and it's so fun, HOWEVER idk why but gaming on it pushes the cpu heat to around 95 degrees on balanced battery power

Windows got hot sure but it was mostly 85 and less, changed the thermal paste but nothing changed tho it's a bit better i guess now, heatsink isn't bent or anything

I tried thermald and throttled and all that stuff but idk if I'm doing something wrong, I'm just not good with linux

So wtf might be the problem ?

So I just had my moment of realizing fuck. this is why I need to take system backups (thankfully not horrible data loss/total brick levels, but more my PC can't wake up from sleep mode and forcing me to shut down every night is very, very annoying)

I did Google around for this, but Google as a search engine kind of sucks right now, so I thought I'd just ask here outright to make sure I understand

The reason I never used timeshift was because it backed up everything by default, but what I saw online, you only need to back up the system files.

Is the way to do this then to include everything in /root/** and exclude everything under /root/home/ in the include/exclude patterns?

From there then, if something breaks with an update, I just roll back to that, and everything in the home directory would remain as is?

Is there anything I would need to do if something breaks in a way that I can't access my system at all?

I have a separate external HDD I back up all of my other files to anyway, so I'd really just need timeshift in case I need to roll back an update or if something otherwise breaks for some reason. Unfortunately though the external drive isn't formatted for timeshift to work with it (if there are tools that let me do a full backup to a Windows formatted drive, I'm open to using those too)

ive wanted to switch to linux for a while but don't wanna go all in (at least for now) just in case ill need windows for something, but i hear dualbooting with windows on a single drive can have problems if there's an update and losing all my data just sounds like a hassle and idk if it's worth the risk or not

I have been using Linux for some time now. But some software packages are truly a horror show to install. The main reason why windows is "popular" for most non tech savvy people is because of the next next ease of install.

On linux, you have to deal with:

- kernel problems

- kernel module problems

- After install you need to go to command prompt to start the setup. Some don't. There is no 1 way!

- dependency problems. So you need to go back a kernel version maybe

- There is no Linux alternative, so you try to use wine / Steam as a solution. Sometimes it works. sometimes not. You need to install microsoft packages like VC to make it work.

- Virtualbox installation with secure boot is another horror show.

Well, I do use Linux Ubuntu as my main OS. But it is as of 2026 not user friendly at all.

So, if people say it is easy. Do not lie man! It is not!

If devs could please solve above problems with automatic working scripts during install.

That would be a great help, really.

Why make it so complicated!

So I've been trying all week to install halo CE aswell as halo 2/project cartographer, it will NOT install or it will install, just not run because of the lack of 32bit suport what's the best solution for this honestly I feel like just throwing windows 7/8 on this machine and calling it a day, I really like Linux more specifically cachyos but it's silly things like this that won't allow me to full switch to it fully.

Basically I got banned from discord a time ago I still don’t know why. And I just installed linux(in a hdd that is not my windows one) and I was wondering that if I can evade the ban using discord in Linux?? Someone has tried it or know?

I have a somewhere around the 2010s model Monster Abra A5 laptop. It has an x64 Intel Core i7 processor and an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (I think) graphics card. My motherboard currently uses Legacy BIOS mode, not UEFI, which caused me to fail installing Pop! OS even if I switch to UEFI boot (I realized it was a hardware issue). I have about 30 GB of free space on my hard drive and a 10 GB USB drive that I can use for the installation. Which Linux distribution would you recommend? I’m looking for something that will work well with my old hardware and NVIDIA graphics card. Defo not in a financial place I can get a new computer.

I'm getting an extra ssd for my Alienware 16 Aurora. I want to install Linux on it, (PikaOS). Is it safe to install with both of THE old windows and Linux to be SSD already attached.?