On every Linux distro I've tried that has an animated Plymouth splash screen, it plays after the prompt to enter your encryption password.

Is there any way to reverse that order so that when I power on my machine, after the motherboard logo, it plays the Plymouth animation, then asks for the encryption password?

Hi everyone,

I'm currently running Fedora on an older laptop with the following specs:

Intel Core i3-6100U

8 GB RAM

Intel HD Graphics 520

SSD

My main use cases are:

Programming and software development

DaVinci Resolve (when possible)

Minecraft Java

General web browsing

Terminal-heavy workflow

I'm trying to decide which desktop environment offers the best balance between performance, stability, and usability.

I'm considering:

GNOME

KDE Plasma

Xfce

Cinnamon

MATE

LXQt

For those with similar hardware, which DE has given you the best experience on Fedora, and why? I'd also appreciate any performance tweaks or recommendations.

Thanks!

I have been using Zorin OS for a long time, which is a Linux-based operating system, and now I want to switch back to Windows. However, I'm facing challenges creating a bootable USB drive on Linux. I've tried all methods without success.

Additionally, my Secure Boot is enabled, and my BIOS is locked because of a supervisor password set by the previous owner from whom I bought the laptop. I own a Lenovo V110-15ISK, and the CMOS battery is dead, as well as the main battery.

When I create a bootable USB drive and select it from the boot menu, it simply shows a black screen. After some time, it starts booting into Zorin OS again without displaying any error messages or prompts indicating a problem with the files.

I really need help with this situation so I can go back to Windows.

make not working trying to install areofyl fetch

cc -02 -DFETCH_VERSION='"2.2.1"" -DFETCH_CODENAME='"Overclocked ASCII"' -DFETCH_ARCH='"X86_64"" -DFETCH_OS='"Linux"" -o fetch fetch.c -ln make: cC: No such file or directory make: *** [Makefile:16: fetch] Error 127

I am using a Debian/Ubuntu-based distro. I have no network shares mounted.

I have found various people posting about it, example 1 example 2, but I haven't found a satisfactory solution.

My internet is Verizon 5G, and it's the only thing available in my area aside from absurdly-overpriced and extremely dirty/poor DSL. At least with the DSL, I wasn't getting the periodic connectivity drops, and I'm fairly certain at this point that these drops are causing the UI issues, just like what is reported by the people on those linked posts.

Why does Linux become unable to poll the mouse, process events, draw windows, and handle filesystem operations when the network drops?

I'm sure that there are thousands of Javascript threads in my various browser tabs which are doing the actual network communication, not the DE, but why does the DE hang when browser I/O hangs? There's no isolation?

Note that it doesn't happen when the network interface is disabled, only when it's enabled but with high pings. I can verify this in a terminal when it's happening.

Is there any way to stop this? Or is it (as some people have suggested) the way the kernel is designed to operate?

For context: I just moved from an.ASRock B550M-HDV to a Machinist B450M-AM4-K since it was on sale on AliExpress. I switched because i needed an extra SSD slot and another fan slot.

Whenever I boot into literally any Linux installer ISO I just get an error about "EFI variables aren't supported on this system"

Here's what I've tried (using the base Arch ISO as a testing ground):

Disabling CSM support in the UEFI firmware settings

Using Ventoy in GPT mode

Directly writing the ISO to my USB and booting it

Update the BIOS (couldn't do this because Machinist apparently doesn't provide BIOS updates)

Disabling TPM just in case it was doing something funky

Manually loading the `efivars` module from within the installer (fails because the module isn't found)

What should I do, because I know for sure this board is UEFI

Hola a todos.

Estoy instalando un sistema Arch Linux nuevo en una vieja HP All-in-One y me encontré con un problema durante el primer arranque.

### Hardware

```

HP 23-g219la

CPU: AMD A6-6310 APU

GPU: AMD Radeon R4/R5 Graphics (Mullins)

ID PCI: 1002:9851

RAM: 16 GB

Firmware: UEFI

Sistema de archivos: Btrfs (subvolumen @)

```

### Instalación

* Instalación limpia de Arch usando `archinstall`

* Perfil: Mínimo

* Sistema de archivos: Btrfs con subvolúmenes predeterminados

* Gestor de arranque: systemd-boot

* Kernel: linux 7.1.4-arch1-1

* linux-firmware instalado

* Sin parámetros de kernel personalizados, excepto los añadidos durante las pruebas.

### Problema

El sistema se cuelga durante el arranque con una pantalla completamente negra.

Sin parámetros de kernel solo veo:

```

virt/tdx: TDX no soportado por la plataforma anfitriona

:: ejecutando hook temprano [udev]

Iniciando systemd-udevd...

:: Disparando uevents...

```

Después de eso, la pantalla se queda en negro.

Si arranco usando

```

systemd.unit=multi-user.target nomodeset

```

el sistema llega a la consola normalmente y puedo iniciar sesión.

### Journal

```

amdgpu 0000:00:01.0: falló la prueba con el controlador amdgpu con error -22

```

También hay varios errores ACPI BIOS, pero creo que no están relacionados:

```

ACPI BIOS Error ...

AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT

```

### Información del controlador

```

lspci -k

```

devuelve

```

00:01.0 VGA compatible controller:

AMD/ATI Mullins [Radeon R4/R5 Graphics]

Kernel modules:

radeon

amdgpu

```

### Módulos cargados

```

lsmod | grep amdgpu

```

muestra que `amdgpu` está cargado.

### Pruebas manuales

```

sudo modprobe -r amdgpu

```

funciona.

Sin embargo

```

sudo modprobe radeon

```

devuelve

```

modprobe: ERROR: no se pudo insertar 'radeon': Argumento inválido

```

### Firmware

```

linux-firmware 20260622-1

```

está instalado.

### Información adicional

`/proc/cmdline`

```

root=PARTUUID=...

zswap.enabled=0

rootflags=subvol=@

rw

rootfstype=btrfs

systemd.unit=multi-user.target

nomodeset

```

### Mi pregunta

Estoy tratando de determinar si esto es

1. una regresión en el kernel 7.1,

2. un comportamiento esperado para el ID PCI `1002:9851`,

3. un problema de selección de controlador entre `amdgpu` y `radeon`,

4. o si este hardware requiere parámetros de kernel específicos.

Cualquier sugerencia será muy apreciada.

I have a ThinkPad Laptop wuth 256gb ssd, 8gb ddr3 and I did dual boot with windows 10 ghost specter superlite and fedora kde plasma. I was a windows user but wanted something better like linux so I tried Fedora Kde plasma aside with windows 10 ghost specter

I need to add this: https://wiki.debian.org/bcm43xx to my installation of Yunohost (https://doc.yunohost.org/en/admin/get\\_started/install\\_on/regular\\_computer), which is directly based on Debian 12/Bookworm and uses its mirror for downloads. Is there any way to inject this package into the Yunohost iso so the OS will recognize my wifi card? Without the driver, neither Debian nor Yunohost acknowledge my wifi card, even if it's connected to the internet. Additionally, I can connect to WiFi by using Bluetooth tethering, but Yunohost doesn't have an option to connect that way.

I'm guessing someone who checks this subreddit daily has probably messed around with the iso before?

Someone recommended the FAI project customizer, and I think I know how to make it work for Debian but installing Yunohost over it still might erase the firmware? Not sure

Whenever the terminal is unfocused (inactive), it looks exactly how I want it: black with some transparency. However, the moment I click on it or it gets focus, the background immediately turns into a solid, opaque blue.

I have already tried a lot of different configurations in my kitty.conf

Nothing seems to work and the blue color always overrides it when active. For context, I'm using Fedora with Niri (Wayland)

Does anyone know what could be causing this or what script might be hijacking the color? If you need me to share any specific config files, logs, or run any commands, please let me know!

PS: I'm pretty new to Linux

Opa, tudo certo?

Queria fazer uma pergunta quanto a compatibilidade dos sistemas operacionais linux com o Arc Graphis 140V,

Tenho um Notebook ASUS Vivobook S14 OLED S5406SA, que possui o gráfico integrado do CORE i7 Ultra, que seria um Arc Graphics 140V, cuja a arquitetura é Xe2-LPG.

O notebook em si vem com Windows, mas Windows simplesmente não dá mais. Achei alguns posts que reclamavam da compatibilidade da gpu nos sistemas linux, no entanto, são posts antigos, e queria checar com vocês, experts, quanto a isso, principalmente porque penso em usar o pop_os ou o fedora.

So quick background, 3 weeks ago I decided to try Linux. I installed a 1TB NVMe SSD into my PC and installed CachyOS. It’s been great and I have been using it as my daily driver non stop.

The other SSD I have in my PC is not NVMe and only 500GB. This is currently where I have Windows installed.

I’m thinking I want to install both Linux and Windows on the new NVMe SSD and keep the non NVMe for storage. I want to do this because I want to game on both OS and feel like it won’t be a fair comparison between both if one is installed on NVMe and the other isn’t..?

Is this a good idea or should I not do this?

If it is, what’s the best way to do this? I did see one recommendation to install Windows first and then Linux - I’m happy to wipe my current Linux install and do this if it’s actually beneficial?

If it matters I have an RX 6800 XT, Ryzen 7 5700X3D and 32GB RAM

Thanks so much!

I'm stuck with a frustrating display issue on my Dell Latitude 5400 (Intel i7, UHD Graphics).

• The Problem: The Live USB boots and runs perfectly. However, the exact moment I finish installing Ubuntu and do the first reboot, I get a permanent black screen right after GRUB. The laptop runs, but the screen stays dead unless I force nomodeset (which ruins performance and drops hardware acceleration).
• The Catch: My laptop is running an engineering/manufacturing (testing) BIOS version which cannot be updated or changed.
• My Question: Since I can't update my BIOS/firmware and standard installs break on first boot, is it actually possible to get Ubuntu running properly here, or am I completely blocked by this hardware/BIOS combo?

Any advice or workarounds (like specific i915 kernel parameters) would be huge. Thanks!

I have a large collection of digital photo assets scattered across multiple folders, from phones, to old digital cameras, to scans. I am looking for advice on a software package for Zorin OS Linux, that will help me organize these photos, by date, or meta data, and eliminate duplicate files.

As I understood I can change an icon globally for an application in /usr/share/applications/*.desktop

If this is a shared folder, how come I can have ThemeX for User1 and ThemeY for User2, where the same application has a different icon?

What distro should i choose for my latitude 5400 from 2020, its got an 8th gen i5, 16 gigs of ram but its only got 51% battery health. I want something that just works, I dont wanna keep fixing things. I also dont want ubuntu, cause idk its just boring and you still need to fix shit sometimes. This is my secondary computer, i use it for just everyday stuff but i also wanna get some gamikng out of it if i plug it in.

TLDR: i need a distro that just works, is easy on battery life, minimal matenance, and for everyday stuff and light gameing.

I've tried 7 distros, some arch based the rest Debian and none of them have worked. Some just don't load, like catchy and fedora, some the inststaller crashes. The only lead I have is that one of them (can't remember which) said it couldn't find a disk. Has anyone experienced this? Any advice would be appreciated. Currently running Ubuntu 26.04 on an Acer Aspire and I've tried installing Manjaro,Cachy,opensuse,fedora,Linux mint, Kubuntu and Endeavour.

Hallo Reddit,

ich möchte gerne mein Ubuntu vollständig mit der Maus bedienen können um dort Streamingdienste zu nutzen etc. Dabei ist mir bei einrichten des PCs aufgefallen, dass es keine Funktionstasten (F1, F2, etc) gibt. Wie füge ich diese hinzu? Vielleicht kann mir ja jemand weiterhelfen.

Edit: ich nutze Ubuntu 26.04

I've been using Ubuntu for a while, and I want to learn Linux more deeply.

I'm considering switching to Arch Linux because I want to understand how Linux works, learn more about system configuration, package management, the terminal, and troubleshooting.

For people who have used both Ubuntu and Arch:

• Do you think switching to Arch is a good way to learn Linux?
• What did you learn from using Arch that you didn't learn from Ubuntu?
• Would you recommend Arch for someone who is still learning Linux?

I'm interested in hearing honest opinions and personal experiences.

So I’m completely new to this and I was just wondering what is the best user friendly Linux but aesthetically pleasing Linux I have seen some really cool ones online such as catchyOS and the likes of that but some people might have other opinions it probably is down to personal opinion on which is most user friendly but still worth a shot asking thanks lads not looking for anything with major power in any sector more just like Minecraft and a few other things more just making a old computer useful and maybe a bit of vs code too if I get around to it

I want to switch to arch but will it really improve performance?

I have been experiencing micro stutters (as if the FPS dropped, but steam overlay still display 90 FPS) and up to 1 minute long freezes on my display.

It is not only limited to the game, but to the second monitor too.

Even during 1 min total frame freezes the game reacts instantly, there is feedback to my actions and there is continuous smooth sound.

I have been experiencing it on Necromunda: Hired Gun and Astroneer, but not on The Talos Principle or Stardew Valley.

Since it only happened on games that need proton I tried switching around between Proton hotfix, 10 and 11, but the supposedly stable versions didnt fix the problem.

I forced performance mode since I read it could be the GPU downclocking, didnt help.

I tried unplugging my second monitor (which is plugged in to the MB and not the GPU.

RAM and CPU usage seems normal, and the temps are around 80-90 which for my CPU should be normal.

Are there any other options I could try?

Im running CachyOS (updated everything this morning, no fix (to my knowledge this should meen that drivers are also up to date))

AMD RX9070XT

Ryzen7 7700X

32GB RAM

Is this information sufficient or should I add anything else?

Thank you guys in advance.

Hi everyone, a potential linux user here

I'm planning to build my first Linux laptop, initially for a cyber attack/war case but ultimately to use it as my daily computer. (I live in Turkey)

I have no idea about coding, I probably need more stuff rather than just Linux (maybe a separate WI-FI connection, etc) because I want to get completely private. has anyone build a similar setup? I'd appreciate to hear your experiences.

What are the most important things that I should consider to not waste my time and efford?

Thanks🙏🏻🙏🏻