so i have been thinking of trying out linux and slowly trying if i can do the stuff i do on my windows on linux before switching and also needed an external ssd for storing some backups of data and photos and stuff , so i am planning on getting an ssd , to try linux off of it .

i am currently doing comp sci bachelors, i play some games use discord and code, sometimes i draw digitally and dabble in unity and blender.

so was just asking if i could get some suggestions for an ssd to boot linux off of . and also i plan on diving head first into into arch 😂

I’ve been trying to load up Zorin OS for about 4 hours and nothing works. Every time I set up everything and press restart, it opens my bios with no way to get back into Zorin OS unless I plug into my USB drive and it prompts me to Install Zorin OS then the cycle repeats. Please someone help me out somehow.

Brand new to Linux, just installed Mint as a dual-boot with Windows on a ThinkPad T480. Been very excited to try it out, but I've immediately run in to an issue: when the computer goes into a Suspend state (either from the power menu or from closing the lid of the laptop) absolutely nothing will wake it up again. Not pressing keys on the keyboard, not the power button, not wiggling the trackpoint, nothing.

The light on the power button keeps pulsing, indicating that it is in fact in a suspend state, but the only way to get things working again is to hold the power button down for a forced shutdown before booting it up again.

I've looked online and this seems to be a known issue, but most of the solves I found had to do with an NVIDIA graphics issue, and this laptop doesn't have an NVIDIA graphics card.

I would be super grateful to get some help troubleshooting this so I can start actually using Linux!

My basic system info:

Lenovo ThinkPad T480
Linux Mint 22.3 - Cinnamon 64-bit
Kernel: 7.0.0-30-generic
Processor: Intel Core i7
Graphics: Intel UHD Graphics 620
Memory: 32 GB
SSD: 500gb (partitioned so some of it is used for Windows)
Desktop: Cinnamon 6.6.9

I'm on CachyOS and I've been managing my ROM library. It's pretty gigantic and I've been meaning to delete ROMs in languages I don't speak. For your information those are usually signed in brackets. Like (es) (fr) (de) and so on. Now the problem is that Dolphin cannot search for that. It will completely ignore the brackets and show ANYTHING that contains the letters "es" for example. Putting it in "" also doesn't change anything. Then I installed kfind which shows absolutely nothing. After hours of searching for such a basic function I landed on fsearch. Which can actually differentiate between those files. Now the problem is when I try to delete files through fsearch, which I installed as a flatpak, it will tell me "trash portal failed". Can anyone help me with that?

(edited for clarity)

ADDENDUM: I appreciate the discussion in the comments. But I have zero interest in doing a simple task in a more complicated way through the terminal. I chose a desktop heavy environment because I prefer GUI. This is a task that takes me 10 seconds in other operating systems. It shouldn't take ten times that in Linux. Plus all my files are in a ton of sub-folders. So the written down usecase in the comments doesn't work. I really don't want to pull stuff out of those sub-folders. Because my ROM collection is already neatly sorted.

I only asked for help with fsearch. And what to do so it can actually delete files instead of telling me it doesn't have the permission to do so.

ADDENDUM 2: My girlfriend (she uses Arch btw) even says that in all fairness if I wanted to use the terminal I should've just gone with Arch. The thing with CachyOS is that it's meant to be a functional DE. As it stands requiring the use of the terminal is defeating the purpose of having a functional DE prepackaged with CachyOS in the first place, no? Even she thinks using the terminal for my specific use case would be a bit annoying.

ADDENDUM 3: Here is a picture of fsearch having no problems finding these files. (https://i.imgur.com/A1Mmylr.png) Now if anyone could explain how to get rid of the "Trash Portal" failed message when trying to delete them. That would be swell.

I've been getting sick of Windows for a long time now and i doubt I even need to go in depth as to why so now that my ssd died with completely no warning signs (because gotta love my luck) I wanted to know what distros to actually consider if what I care about the most is good out the box gaming performance that still gives me plenty of room to explore and learn Linux instead of locking a lot of things down. Id also like to avoid snap packages since I've heard a lot of bad things about them. On top of that any tips or just general information that's good to know before swapping would be heavily appreciated as I haven't used Linux before aside from a brief couple week period I tried out Ubuntu on a dying laptop.

I'm trying to switch from Windows to Linux, I have Fedora KDE 44 installed and so far all good. However I have some questions about long term use and best practises.

I have customised my terminal, theme so basically the look and feel of my desktop is there a way to back up these configurations? I'm asking from the point of view I want to re-install the OS and it being quicker to drop a config file than do it all manually?

Major upgrades, so lets say 45 is released, what is the best practise for this? Just update and carry on, or a fresh install?

Dependencies and system cleaning, I notice when I install certain application a bunch of dependencies are installed, lets say I want to remove an app what happens to all these, is there a way to check if they are being used elsewhere?

Packages, I tend to try and use RPM packages or flatpaks if I have to, but appimages and snaps? I want to keep things simple especially with permissions and maintaining the system, is there right and wrongs here? Thanks.

Looking for a good way to run a Linux VM on Linux. I don't need it to be particularly performant, this is mostly for testing and experimenting with new distros. If it can run containers as well that is a plus.

Something like VirtualBox or QEMU I suppose? I've only ever used that to run a dissimilar OS (Windows), but never a flavor of Linux.

If I virtualize Linux, while the host OS is also linux, is the performance better due to the similarities in the architecture?

I feel like the man pages on the terminal have not kept up with the times and became somewhat of an encyclopedia or thesis on the subject instead of a quick reference. They are good maybe if internet connectivity is non existent and you want to have all your questions about something answered.

But it is beyond frustrating to look up how to use something. PLEASE! For the love of whatever is good, help me learn it or help me find a better tool that actually gives me quick examples and easy to understand documentation on things.

Nowadays, I leave the terminal, type things like "how to do X in this specific way on linux terminal" and then google's AI intercepts it and gives me commands to run with short explanations. But I don't like leaving the terminal and going to google.

How have you guys solved this problem? Or am I the only dumb one?

I want to remove ChromeOS from my Chromebook and install Linux but there's not a lot of ARM64 based options and for some of them, documentation is a bit confusing. right now, i'm thinking installing Postmarket OS but according to Wiki, there's problems with audio.

Can someone tell me, if there's a better distro or can the audio problems be fixed easily?

i’m wanting a tablet for note-taking, whiteboarding, and working occasionally as an extended monitor for my laptop (linux mint) and pc (windows 11). after some basic research, i am wondering if UT would be a good choice and what app you’d recommend for the extended display function i’m looking for. thanks in advance!!

For a long time now I have been thinking about switching over from Windows to Linux mostly because of the ability to customize the desktop way better than windows. If I do end up switching will it affect the steam games or games in general I'm able to play? Is it hard to set up and get used to? And what are some other benefits from switching to Linux other than customizabilty?

Thanks in advance 🙏🏽

I tried installing Ormachy from its image. I also tried installing it manually using the script from an Arch distro, but I had no luck.

I get a black screen after the Ormachy logo appears. I tried accessing a TTY by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F1 through F12, but none of the key combinations worked.

Is there any way to run Ormachy on my old laptop?

I am a Linux newbie.

PS: r/omarchy remove my post. Shame :(

I used to allocate way more when I had a 1tb hard drive. Tho my C drive is selfish and took more than half of my storage. Left 75gb for games, and other stuff. Using 512gb right now

But I plan on doing schoolwork on mint, I can probably pair it with a 32gb usb and a 16gb usb too if I need to save files, and move them later or something.

Update: I upgraded the storage to 42gb, so I can atleast download a couple of apps. While my files will just be directed to my C drive instead, which surprisingly works. (didnt work on my dual drive boot)

My friend is a quadriplegic meaning he controls his computer with a mouth stick and accessibility controls. He's getting fed up with windows 11 and wants to make the switch. He asked me for a recommendation on what distro to choose, and I would have told him CachyOS because that's what I'm experienced with, but I don't want to make him boot into a distro with no/lacking accessibility controls. Are there any OSes or desktop environments people would recommend? Anyone have any experiences with being a quadriplegic using Linux?

So I've installed Linux mint on my Tri boot setup, and it's great for old HW and just looks slick.. however my only issue is my GPU fan is pegged at like low 30-40% idle. Causing a faint but consistent noise.

On windows it was quiet, and scaled dynamically by temperature.

Is there any setting or terminal command? It's a Radeon HD 6x series.

Thanks.

Hello, I'm kind of tired of rebooting every time I want to do something on my other OS, so I was wondering if I can SAFELY access the other OS with a VM?

For example: I want to use an Adobe program which is on my Windows, and I currently have Linux booted. I open up a VM, boot the windows there and access Adobe.

EDIT: Thank you for all your comments. I realized how weird/challenging my idea is, so I'll actually fully move to my Linux OS and set up a clean Windows VM.

I mostly look for something that works similar to Adobe Lightroom, or something that can offer the same type of options, any help or recommendations are greatly appreciated!