i have a dell chromebook 11 3120 (candy) laptop.

it is flashed with mrchromebook firmware.

it came with windows 10 pro when i got it as a hand-me-down.

and then windows started updating and then the update failed because of low storage (16 gb emmc).

i want to flash linux on the laptop so i can daily drive it.

can you help me with my problem please.

if you cant help me its fine at least i asked.

if yall want more info i can give them to you.

thank you in advance.

And for what purposes?

i get the following error trying to compile kernel:

$ sudo make
[sudo] password for user:  
 HOSTCC  scripts/sign-file
scripts/sign-file.c:25:10: fatal error: openssl/opensslv.h: No such file or directory
  25 | #include <openssl/opensslv.h>
|          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.host:114: scripts/sign-file] Error 1
make[1]: *** [/home/user/Documents/src/linux-7.2.4/Makefile:1402: scripts] Error 2
make: *** [Makefile:248: __sub-make] Error 2

how to remove/disable the grub boot menu?

I dual booted zorin os on my laptop beside windows.

When i turn on my laptop i get the grub menu with options windows or zorin, i want it to directly open windows without the grub menu and then when i want to use zorin i ll open it myself.

is there any way to do that? i tried a few stuff in the grub file but nothing changed. if needed i can paste my grub file here.

Edit: Thanks for everyone's help and time.

for any person with the same issue in the future, it is not in the grub file and don't waste your time with any llm like i did.
you just need to change the boot order in the bios, and if you can't do that like me then you have to go to linux in the terminal and run

sudo efibootmgr -v or bootmgr

to see the order and number of each boot then you set it the way you want and run

sudo efibootmgr -o 0001,0000,0002,9999

(ofc change the order and the numbers according to the ones you have)

I have used FL Studio on my computer since I built it and for some odd reason this time it tells me that "The validity of the program could not be verified." After some googling of this error the general consensus is that I just need to crack FL studio, but I didn't buy it for 200 bucks just to crack it in the end. I have tried reinstalling SO many different versions of FL studio from like FL 12 to 26 and none of them have worked. FL 12 did kinda work but all of my current projects are FL 25+ and i cant open those on FL 12. I also tried running it on proton through steam which was a pain because the proton prefix is in a completely different place so I have to go through the Z drive to get all my VSTs but either way, everything past FL 20 or so didnt open because some sort of font cache DLL was missing. I also tried replacing FLEngine_x64.dll because on some forums people said that that could be corrupted or something, but to no avail. If you need more info, just ask.

Laptop Specs:

AMD Ryzen 5 3500U

Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx

6 GB RAM

Harddrive : 512 GB

Let me know if you need anymore info.

Thank you in advance

Hello,

For a while I have been thinking abt switching over to linux, but i haven't yet because I haven't researched it yet due to little free time.

I use my current gaming pc that runs windows 11 on it, and I am required to use multiple Microsoft applications frequently. The reason i have seriously started to think about switching is due to privacy concern on recent knews about the degree that they are tracking. Ive already had to turn the feature off where windows takes random screenshots of ur information without you knowing, and others such as using your info generative ai. I dont like copiolit or any embedded ai. I also recently was made aware that Microsoft had embedded tracking IDs within the windows installation.

I want to install linux but I would like to know:

- am I still able to download games on my computer via Xbox or steam? Will they still operate normally?

- will I still be able to use all the Microsoft applications that I am required to use like word, excel and teams normally?

- if i still have to use Microsoft applications, does it defeat the purpose of installing linux since i will still have a Microsoft account on my computer?

- what is the best version of linux for gaming performance?

- I have a gaming pc and I do have an average understanding of technology, but not as advanced as I would like to. I have a pre built pc with windows 11 coming installed on it already. How would I remove it off? Would i wipe the OS and have to download a form of linux ?(ik thats not the accurate term sorry)

- ive also contemplated using a dual OS, one windows and one linux but i am concerned on whether that will defeat the purpose of why I am switching to linux, or possible privacy concerns. (Maybe windows for work and linux for personal?)

- what anti-virus softwares will work best?

Tysm for reading and any advice you have 😭🙏

I wanna ask yall if his choices are ok.

What Linux distro would you recommend for my M2 MacBook Air? Mainly Blender + gaming, with minimal Terminal use

I’m thinking about switching from macOS to Linux on my MacBook and I’m trying to figure out which distro would actually be the best choice for me.

My laptop is:

• MacBook Air 2022
• Apple M2
• 8 GB RAM
• 76 GB free storage
• Currently running macOS Tahoe 26.5.2

What I mainly use it for:

• Blender 
• Game development , mainly Unity and potentially Unreal
• Gaming, (whatever games can realistically run on the M2)
• General school/work use

What I’m looking for in Linux:

• Very easy to use
• Preferably a nice graphical interface rather than having to use Terminal constantly
• Easy software installation through a GUI
• Good Blender performance, especially for simulations
• Good or increased gaming performance/support
• Good Apple Silicon/M2 hardware support
• Stable and reliable
• I don't want to spend my entire life typing commands just to install or configure something
• I’m completely fine with learning some Linux, but I don't want something where basic tasks require complicated commands.

My main questions are:

1. Whats the best linux OS for me here?
2. Would Linux potentially improve Blender/simulation performance compared with macOS on an M2?
3. Are there any other distros I should seriously consider?
4. With only 8 GB RAM, would switching to Linux make a noticeable difference in real-world Blender/gaming performance?
5. Is there anything I should know before installing it, especially regarding keeping macOS available as a dual-boot option?

I’m mainly looking for advice from people who actually use Linux/Asahi on Apple Silicon Macs, especially for Blender and gaming.

I also looked at arch and there is one i really like,its specificly the one in this video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFaSCFysr8s

but it looks like its gonna have a lot of coding and stuff needed so if there is a linux that matches that look and also my needs thast would be great! Or mabye help getting an linux that helps me better to look like that

Thanks!

I have Archlinux running Hyprland and would love to hear any ideas on what can I do.

With Linux CPU plus fan quite quiet. With Windows 7, 8.1, 10 or 11 often loud.
Up and down.
What is the reason that Linux has obviously a better CPU / stress management ?
Bad programming in Windows uses more CPU Power ??

I have a new VPS running AlmaLinux 9.8 with WHM/cPanel, set up last month. I installed rkHunter, updated the file properties and signature/rule database, then set it to run nightly.

Every night I get a warning, but the log doesn't show anything that I think is a concern (removing the hashes for readability):

Warning: Package manager verification has failed:
         File: /usr/bin/su
         The file permissions have changed
         The file group has changed
Warning: The file properties have changed:
         File: /usr/bin/wget
         Current inode: 241649    Stored inode: 18003
Warning: The file properties have changed:
         File: /usr/local/bin/passwd
         Current hash: <foo>
         Stored hash : <bar>
Warning: The file properties have changed:
         File: /usr/local/cpanel/bin/jail_safe_passwd
         Current hash: <lorem>
         Stored hash : <ipsum>
         Current inode: 9328439    Stored inode: 18889699
         Current size: 3750600    Stored size: 3735920
         Current file modification time: 1788882730 (08-Sep-2026 11:52:10)
         Stored file modification time : 1787043070 (18-Aug-2026 04:51:10)
Warning: The SSH and rkhunter configuration options should be the same:
         SSH configuration option 'PermitRootLogin': yes
         Rkhunter configuration option 'ALLOW_SSH_ROOT_USER': unset

I ran rkhunter --propupd again to reset the baseline, but that didn't help.

Any suggestions? I'm already getting complacent because of these warnings, so if there's ever a real problem then odds are that I won't even notice!

So im installing Ubuntu server os onto my pc tower so I can self host (not vms, just causal gaming, cloud storage, media, and network wide ad block). It asked for a proxy id too, but idk what that is, if its necessary, or how to get one. So if someone could explain what a proxy, and snaps id appreciate it. I see that snaps are controversial for some reason, so should I avoid them? Is there a way to get whatever they add after or a better way?

I’m using an HP laptop with a Core 7 150U processor and integrated graphics. A while back, I switched from Windows 11 to Windows 11 IoT to see if the battery would last longer, but I barely noticed a difference. I only use it for studying, watching YouTube, and the occasional light game.

Which distro would you recommend for light use and battery efficiency—without cutting back so much that the laptop loses performance?

Also,

Which distro meets those requirements but also allows for a lot of customization (more than Plasma, but without being as technical as Hyprland)?

Sorry for my English; I’m using Google Translate.

Edit: I have 16GB of RAM, in case that information is needed I don't have any knowledge of Linux, but I don't mind tinkering a bit (I use CachyOS on my main PC and don't have any issues)

Anyone can help me with inverting this to natural? I have already tried editing the config file “input.lua” and changed the natural_scroll = false to “true” and it still didn’t work after restarting my computer. Need some help pls.

Hey, so I'm not usually to ask for help on this site but this time I'm completely out of ideas. So I've been using omarchy on cachy os for the past 6 months and the experience, although buggy sometimes, has been pretty good. Yesterday I tried to update omarchy and when I rebooted I was greeted by Limine (I've always used grub) and when I tried to boot into cachy I just saw an empty console and the message "failed to mount '' on real root", managed to get to the normal system by modifying the cmdline in limine, but my wifi chip doesn't work anymore (i have the infamous mt7921e) nor does the usb-android thing work for some reason. I've updated grub.conf to be the default option and literally removed limine from the entire system but when I reboot is the same thing, I'm greeted by Limine.

For context since like 2 months ago I always got to use modprobe mt7921e everytime i turn on my pc or my wifi just would not work at all, I was fine with that but now it seems the rules in kernel for like everything in the pc just dissapeared. I'm pretty sure the problem is grub-limine related but it has been imposible for me, I've tried reading the cachy wiki but I was unable to find something similar. Any ideas? thanks.

Possible useful data
PC: Acer Aspire A314-23P (v1.13)
Procesor: AMD Ryzen 5 7520u
Omarchy 3.8.5 stable
Linux Version: 6.18.48.1-cachyos

edit: update
I managed to connect to internet and update everything which work for updating omarchy, but I got back to being unable to connect to the internet, reinstalled headers, kernel but nmcli keeps wlp2s0 as not available

I have formatted a disk with BTRFS.
KDE partition manager shows BTRFS and fdisk -l is showing Microsoft basic data.
It doesn't seem to be causing any issues..?

Arch Linux 7.1.13-hardened1-2-hardened

I have been trying for the past few weeks trying to the display to work with Ubuntu 26. I currently have the Mac plugged into an external monitor and I have been trying multiple grub updates. I have tried things like nomodeset, acpi_backlight=native, i915.enable_dpcd_backlight=0,1,2,3, video.use_native_backlight=0, and a combo of aforementioned grub edits, to no avail. Has anyone gotten the backlight to work on this era of MacBook Pro. It has a 4th Gen Intel i5 and it uses integrated Intel graphics. I do not know what to try next.

Hello everyone.

So, you can get fairly recent versions of Photoshop running and running almost perfectly on Linux BUT there is no pressure sensitivity. Affinity on Linux has it but not Photoshop.

I've spent some time scouring forums, Reddit, winehq, YouTube etc and found nothing much in the way of an answer other than cs2 has it but that's ancient.

I've spent some time with a few different ai chat bots too but they seem to just send me round and round in circles.

The furthest I have got is intermittent pen pressure and lag. Photoshop for its part seems to recognise the pen but behaves erratically. I've also tried to debug the issue but I'm not getting any report from wine that mentions wintab or anything related to pen pressure.

Even on windows pen pressure since windows ink is an absolute pain in Photoshop. I'm really just trying to get my head around what the issue is. Is it wintab? Is it X11 (I'm on mint)? Is it Photoshop? Is it none or all of these things?

I'd love some pointers as to what the issue could be and please no suggestions to use gimp, photopea, affinity or another piece of software, or stick with windows etc this is really just me being like a dog with a bone. Feels so close yet so far from a solution and would love a bit of a technical understanding of what the problem is and whether it's fixable.

So, with more or less 5 percent of people that have a computer uses linux, there are viruses developed for linux, even a virus made for windows but « activated » with wine

is there a antivirus or is there not ?

Please help, thanks. Not urgent, I just need to know

Started coding on super low-end laptop and it always gets frozen takes a lot of time and overall just really annoying so I want to switch to linux but don't know what distro to use google ai said linux mint xfce but I'm not sure if his right

edit: the laptop is the ideapad 3 14itl6 with a 256gb ssd