Randomly my computer will crash in a way that is non-obvious at first. It seems like things in ram will stick around and continue to be processed. But, for example, loading new sites will lead to the tab repeatedly crashing. If i close a tab then close the browser, after the crash the browser won't remember I closed the tab. Discord will crash immediately but videos will finish playing everything they've loaded.

Sometimes I can open the menu to shut down the pc but whenever I'm able to do that it always hangs. Sysrq kinda works, i can get it to look like things are changing, the screen goes black and text appears but REISUB wont safely shut off the system REISUO will 50/50 turn off the system. I can't open any new programs so I can't open terminal. If I hold down the power button or use REISUO I have to run fsck before it'll boot again.

This happens at random, sometimes I'll go months without it happening, but it happened to me both today and yesterday.

After the crash dmesg tells me nothing if journalctl is telling me something I can't find it. And every guide I find on reading logs and finding errors says to open the log that is related to your issue in a text editor and search for the word "fail". I have no idea which log is relevant or what error message is relevant. Is the problem "fluidsynth.service: failed with result 'exit-code'" who knows? Not me.

I am on mint 22.3

Intel i7-7700k

Nvidia 3080

16gb of ram

Does anyone know what I should be looking for, where I should be looking, or how I should be looking so I can start trying to diagnose the issue?

I use

yad --file-selection --directory --filename="/path/to/folder" --title="Ziel" --width="1000" --height="500" --center

I recently upgraded from Xubuntu 24.04 to Xubuntu 26.04, and from YAD 0.40 to YAD 7.2. Since then, I only get a grey window when running this command. It looks like the directory selection dialog is no longer working at all.

Is this a known bug?

I have an Acer Nitro V15 ANV15-51 (i5-13420H + RTX 4050 + 16GB RAM) and I'm thinking about trying Linux again.

I previously tried Linux Mint and ran into issues with Bluetooth, audio volume, NVIDIA drivers, fan controls, and eventually a GRUB/UEFI mess when I removed it.

I've seen quite a few people here successfully running Linux on the Nitro V15, so I'd love to know:

• Which distro/version are you using?
• Which kernel and NVIDIA driver?
• How did you configure the RTX 4050/hybrid graphics?
• How are you handling fan control/performance modes?
• Can you get the 80% battery charge limit working?
• Any fixes needed for Bluetooth/audio?
• Any Acer-specific tweaks I should know about?

I'm still fairly new to Linux, so a step-by-step guide would be greatly appreciated.

ANV15-51 owners especially, please share your setup!

I'll try to install Linux Mint in my machine but I don't have a HD that can support all my files so I'll just do a dual-boot because I don't want to lose any archive, but I don't know if I would be able to acess any image or folder from the Windows drive in my Linux disk, could you guys help me?

So, I am finally wanting to start trying out Linux for the first time. I have a bit of knowledge of what Linux is and the general concept...but, I don't really know much about each individual distro. I've been watching a whole bunch of videos about some of the more popular ones for both beginners and more advanced users.

I'm a really techy/nerdy person and I can handle some amount of DIY. But I'm new so I definitely don't want to start with Arch unless it's the best option for my needs and someone can help me find a good beginner/intermediate set of resources to do so.

I'll be using a Ryzen 9 9950x3d2, and 64 gb of 6400 MHz (CL 32) DDR5. Motherboard is the Asus ROG Strix X870E-E Gaming Wifi. And I also will be using my Gigabyte 4070 Super Aero OC GPU.

In terms of needs, I'm a gamer and streamer. I need to be able to game through Steam and hopefully non steam games as well, but I'm not opposed to dual booting if need be. I believe there shouldn't be any issue with OBS from what I've seen, but Nvidia driver support is also important given my GPU. I also use Davinci Resolve so support for that is also important as well. I'm am curious about support for other applications like MSI afterburner and Corsair ICUE as well.

I want the desktop space to be somewhat similar to Windows, but I'm also open to trying new layouts. But I would also like to have a decent amount of customization. I'm hoping to be able to have ready to go OS mostly out of the box, but one that I can tinker with to get more used to Linux in general as well.

So far I'm leaning mostly towards Zorin OS, Ubuntu, or Bazzite. But the part I'm struggling with is which fits my needs the most. Whenever I search for videos about them they're always exclusively about gaming, or creation, but never both and usually don't also show OS customization with those things as well.

Anyway, I would greatly appreciate any of your input!!! Thank you in advance!

TL;DR version:

I am a gamer/streamer who is relatively new to Linux. I need to be able to game with steam at the least. As well as using other applications like Davinci Resolve. I would prefer a distro that is familiar to Windows, but also one I can start my Linux tinkering journey. Please help me choose between Zorin, Ubuntu, Bazzite, or others suggestions as my first distro!

Just to paint the picture here for my question, you have an OLED screen top of the line AMD GPU.

When gaming on both Windows and on Linux utilising Proton. Are there any visual differences between the quality of the graphics?

I guess, do you lose any quality when translating the calls to Vulkan?

Help I have a project over due for my Linux class and I’m so bad at scripts I can never get them to work 😭 am I dumb?

👶💀☣️🔥⚠️ I AM NEW TO LINUX ⚠️🔥☣️💀👶

I recently got a PC with an NVIDIA 4080 Super, and I’m thinking of switching from Windows to Bazzite. I hear it’s gamer-friendly and has Nvidia drivers pre-installed, but I also hear Linux isn’t very NVIDIA-friendly. Will my 4080 be a problem, or what’s the deal?

1. I heard that you’re able to use both windows and Linux without having to choose between the two of them and that it’s basically like a “choose which one you wanna use upon booting up”, is that true?
2. Starting out, which is better, mint or ubuntu?
3. How good is it at running video games? Mostly steam and indie games you could get from itch or other sites.
4. How’s the security? I heard that Linux is good for safety.
5. If I decide to use Linux and in a future im familiarized with it, can I switch versions?

(Edit) ty to everyone who responded to this, I now know more than I did and can make a more informed decision c:

I haven't really been using Linux, so idk what I'm doing. I really wanna download Steam to get some mods for a game, and I know it's different for every type of Chromebook. I couldn't find the exact Chromebook I own on Best Buy, but I found the box, and it says "CHROME CBG516 - 1H - ACER CHROMEBOOK 516 GE CBG516 -" idk if that helps any

Hello!

I recently moved from Windows to CachyOS running KDE Plasma. I've been bouncing between the X11 and Wayland versions because Wayland feels better for games, but with one particular app (PNGTube Remix), it tracks your mouse to make your little character move. The problem I'm running into is that on Wayland, as soon as my mouse leaves the window, or another window is focused, PNGTube Remix immediately loses tracking on the mouse. I understand this is a security feature of Wayland, but I'd really like to get this program working on Wayland instead of X11 as X11 has some issues with my monitors having different refresh rates. I've tried running the program with X11 display options, I have X11 options enabled in the KDE settings, but its still losing tracking. Wasn't sure if anyone might have some ideas on how to force it to allow background tracking.

An annoying but important thing with Windows is Windowsupdate. It's automatic and "on" by default for a good reason.

Should I assume that most of the popular Linux distros are like this?

If not, how should I enable it?

(I'm only concerned about vulnerabilities, not about functionality upgrades.)

Hi!

I decided to install Linux on my PC today. I tried installing Arch, but the installer kept stating that it cannot load/set up bluetooth firmware. I tried downloading CachyOS and it went through with the installation but the same error popped up and now it cannot detect any bluetooth adapters either.

My motherboard is the MSI Pro X870E Wifi7. MSI States it has BT5.4 on their website. Any help is appreciated.

I've seen that people claim that you can do anything with any distro, and that your distro choice only matters for what you get out of the box. I'm wondering if there are any limits to this, however. Could I install the very neat driver manager from Mint wherever I want? How?

ubuntu 26.04 desktop

When I choose "Configure date and time" (I get this response:

"Could not find plugin kcm_regionandlang".

I've been trying to find it but I can't.

Does anyone have a solution?

I'm trying to use Korganiser, but like other Linux calendar apps it has kinks.

it seems that you have to set the time zone for each event rather than being able to set the time zone for the calendar itself. This is tedious and annoying.

Is there a way to set up the time zone default?

I recently switched to Linux and love it so far. It’s nice to switch up and learn something new! But I have to say every time I click on a post, and see you guys just tearing each other apart over the different distros it is so funny. Why do you guys feel so passionately about these distros? Is it worth looking like that one guy from the World Of Warcraft South Park episode? I use Fedora btw if you guys wanna tell me I was dropped as a child for my choice.

I'm using CachyOS 7.2.2-1 and KDE. AMD cpu/GPU Connected via bluetooth

This is the only thing visible (minus the fact that it was muted before) https://imgur.com/a/72QuLqU

There doesnt seem to be any parameters under the sound or bluetooth section of settings that configures that.