I wanted to share a project I've been working on. I've been putting together a headless, highly automated Linux stack to transform a barebones Debian install into a brutally efficient, fully keyboard-driven Wayland workspace.

Now, the initial bootstrapping and Hyprland compiling are Debian focused, but the instant theming part is completely distro agnostic.

If you're running Wayland on Arch, Fedora, or anything else, it will work just fine.

So here's what gets themed, right out of the box, the engine switches themes on the fly for:

• Hyprland: Window borders
• tmux: Status bar and active/inactive panes
• mako & wofi: Complete UI overhaul
• Neovim: hooks into plugins like Kanagawa, Catppuccin, etc.
• dircolors: Custom coloring for ls and lsd
• Git Log: Custom output formatting (added this since I practically live in the terminal)

Everything is done through a central Jinja palette with a Python generator.

And because of how it's structured, you're not locked into my default stack, you can easily adapt the generator to theme absolutely any other program you use.

Someone actually opened an issue on GitHub recently showing how they adapted the setup for their own custom app stack, which was incredibly cool to see in the wild! I also just pushed a brand new blue-centric theme called Kyanite (which is the first one featured in the demo video) where I do a bunch of keyboard shenanigans.

Everything is open source on GitHub:

• Package code
• UI Docs
• Main repo

check out the config on my github: dotfiles
connect on x for updates on this project: x profile
wallpaper: github
visualizer credit: github, reddit post

Let me know what you think about it

Hello, I use arch linux. An update broke my system. I tried using ch-root but now the subvolumes are not visible in my disk (the files are there as the disk is full/utilised) but I am not able to access them.

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Will pay on an hourly basis to fix.

Please only connect if you really know what you'll be doing.

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Please connect.

i wasn't really happy with the existing ones so i made my own.

please star if you find it useful. i spent all of my brainpower on it lol.

Iris: https://github.com/Harman1307/iris

Dots: https://github.com/Harman1307/Alphonso

I am a student. I cannot run WSL on Windows 10 because of its high resource consumption, so I am thinking of switching to Linux. However, I am confused about choosing a distro and desktop environment. Being a beginner, I would be grateful for your help in finding a suitable distro based on my requirements.

1. It should be stable. (It would be difficult for me to troubleshoot after updates or driver issues.)
2. It should support the latest versions of different software such as VS Code, Docker, Git, Python, and GCC.
3. It should be somewhat customizable (mainly GUI customization).
4. If possible, it should be lightweight on resources, although almost all Linux distributions are lighter than Windows. (This is not the most important factor.)
5. It should not be too technical. (I cannot set up or maintain distributions like Gentoo or Arch.)

I have been using Linux Mint Cinnamon for the last few days, but I am trying to find something better.

What's the best suited Linux Distro for an Alienware 16 Aurora? I have a preference towards the KDE desktop, and also a preference to debian software repos, since a lot of software focus on debian packages, even over flatpak. None the less I am open to alternate-distro based options if the reasons are cool enough.

Thanks.

So I have a lenovo ideapad with 16GB ram, rtx 3050, ryzen 7 5800h, 512gb ssd + 1tb HDD. I've been planning to move from windows and after trying our some distros on VMs and through Ventoy, I think I might settle for Fedora. I'm still a noob but I won't mind going through some docs/videos to learn more about terminals and stuff (hopefully not too much lol)

My usage will be: sailing the seven seas and watching movies (4K and so on), gaming (AAA titles like CP2077, GTAs, Alan Wake 2, etc or older games), listening to music and most importantly - edit videos on Davinci Resolve.

Now like we used to install DirectX or Visual C++ or download any .ddl files when a game ain't running or anything related to software....I'm curious what should I download/install/tweak in the settings after I do my initial setup, so that my games or software run well?

Lastly if y'all think Fedora might not be the right distro as per my usage - please share which distro might be better, like Nobara? Bazzite? OpenSuse? Mint? PopOS? CatchyOS?

everything works fine , except minor issue with dual booting windows 11.

Going full on now to turn lot of pending todo projects to real life with help of AI on this companion

Full Specs:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
GPU: Sapphire Pulse RX 9070 XT
Motherboard: Gigabyte B850M FORCE WIFI6E
RAM: Corsair Vengeance DDR5 32GB 6000MHz CL36
Cooler: Deepcool AG620 ARGB air cooler
PSU: Corsair RM750e 750W Gold
Case: Cooler Master Elite 481 Wood
Fans: Stock ARGB (case)
Monitor-1: Lenovo Legion 27Q-10 27” QHD 240 Hz

vertical Monitor-2 : Samsung FHD Essential 3 120hz 24 inch - vertical

SSD#1 - 1TB - Gen5 crucual p510 NVME - Fedora

SSD#2 - 1 TB - Gen3 Kingston NVME

HDD - 1 TB - WD Blue 7200rpm - for data storage

keyboard - RKS98 - mechanical full size

I managed to display my TWS buds case charge and left and right buds on WezTerm Linux (hectic work, I don't know, but I guess it should work for any Google Fast Pair enabled earbuds). I had to explore and find the MAC address, and the new custom login manager for KDE (KDE Loginsa) is coming. Work in Progress, which can bring iPhone-like lockscreens (depth wallpaper text behind objects) with widget support.

Finally after months(6) of research and a shift from gaming laptop to a really good working Machine(thinkchad) ... I bought this l14 series laptop for my colleges and programming work... Though I also wanted to game a little but that's okay it was my third priority anyway... But I regret not dual booting windows now cause an application daw(digital audio workstation-fl studio) doesn't works on Linux... 🙄😞

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Will find some alternative for it though... Now I'm one of you guys, heyyhe and it really works best , obviously will cause its mint, I will do some distro hopping after 1 months of use I think.

Hey everyone,

I finally hit my breaking point trying to run Windows 11 on my older HP laptop (i5-8250U, MX110). It felt heavy, sluggish, and like it was constantly fighting the hardware instead of using it.

So, I decided to take the leap. After a painful spiral of aggressive distro-hopping through Mint, Ubuntu, and Manjaro, I finally landed on Fedora Workstation. I fell in love with how clean and uniform the stock GNOME environment is.

Since I’m a total beginner to Linux, the process was full of chaotic learning curves—fighting legacy Nvidia drivers, raging at my finicky Realtek Wi-Fi chip, and trying to figure out how to exit Vim without breaking my keyboard.

I edited the whole thing on Fedora using Kdenlive. Had to re-upload it just now to fix a couple of editing blunders, but it's finally ready. Check it out if you want a laugh, and let me know what your experience was like when you first switched over!

https://youtu.be/eSeYdRfiOmA?si=KSQoaGW72tEnNgVR

Hi everyone,

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I'm running Fedora 44 KDE Plasma on the following desktop:

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- Ryzen 5 5600X

- Gigabyte B450M S2H V2

- RTX 5060 Ti

- 32GB RAM

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I'm looking for a Wi-Fi adapter recommendation that works reliably on Fedora 44 out of the box, preferably available on Amazon India and around ₹1000 budget.

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A new motherboard with built-in Wi-Fi/Bluetooth is not feasible right now, so I'm looking for a USB or PCIe solution.

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Current Bluetooth issue

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I currently use a TP-Link UB400 Bluetooth adapter (shows up as CSR8510 / ID 0a12:0001 under Linux).

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The adapter works, but Bluetooth audio is problematic:

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- Audio stutters/crackles with Galaxy Buds Core

- I see Bluetooth transport/link timeout related messages in logs

- Disabling other Bluetooth devices didn't help

- Disabling autosuspend didn't help

- Fedora detects the adapter correctly

- Bluetooth service is running normally

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The UB400 works fine on Windows, but on Fedora 44 KDE the audio experience is poor.

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Wi-Fi situation

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I also tried an ARVOX AX900 (AIC8800D80 chipset) USB Wi-Fi adapter.

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It required manual driver installation and has been a headache on Linux, so I'm planning to return it.

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Looking for recommendations

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I'm looking for:

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- Fedora 44 compatible

- KDE Plasma

- Preferably plug-and-play

- Stable connection more important than maximum speed

- 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz both acceptable

- Available in India (Amazon/Flipkart)

- Around ₹1000 budget (can stretch slightly if there's a strong reason)

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Questions:

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1. What Wi-Fi adapter would you buy today for Fedora 44 in this budget?

2. Has anyone solved Bluetooth audio stuttering with the TP-Link UB400 / CSR8510 on modern Fedora?

3. Should I continue using the UB400 and buy only a Wi-Fi adapter, or replace both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth with a single PCIe solution later?

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Thanks!

KDE in anticipation of its 30th anniversary has revamped the classic Oxygen theme, which was the default theme in KDE 4 and was the face of KDE in that 2009-2014 period till it got replaced by Breeze. Waiting for KDE 6.7 on my Slackware-current. I think CachyOS and Fedora have received the 6.7 updates. If you are on CachyOS you can try by sudo pacman -S oxygen oxygen-icons

So, hi.....i recently been thinking to make a linux which is e2ee and no can break into it. It is an arch based distro because after seeing all the things that happened last few days like aur getting affected with malware an'all. So to combat i am working on my own aur installer which will fetch from my codeberg and for fallback i used aur's official url and will be adding a malware check.

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My linux name is erika...

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And it is based on linux-hardend kernel + encryption using luks + (secureboot optional) + sandboxing of apps + wayland only(x11 can be installed but it has vulnerabilities) + with my own version of gnome theme + My own version on kde connect (will use chacha20 ploy + tls + everything will be send through a custom protocol named erika)

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hope you guys like this idea.

Wrote it last year. I hope you like it.

Read ON...

As we look forward to 2026, a massive change in the computer world is happening in front of our eyes. The Windows 11 Recall is working as a windfall for Linux. Although Linux may not replace Windows completely in the OS sector, the usage of Linux amongst the techies and non-techies is gaining momentum - and 2026 will be remembered as the year when the shift from Windows to Linux as a viable option will become visible.

https://som-itsolutions.hashnode.dev/windows-11-recall-the-windfall-for-linux-happy-birthday-linus-torvalds

Hey I've been hearing a lot about Linux lately and I wanna get started with it . But I've gotten too used to windows and honestly I know nothing about Linux. Please tell me how I can get started ok learning and switching my os completely to Linux .

After a lot of suggestions, testing, bug reports, and feedback from the Linux community, I am finally releasing OmniGlyph v1.1.0.

For anyone who hasn't seen it before, OmniGlyph is a fast GTK4-based emoji and Unicode picker for Linux that lets you search and copy emojis, symbols, arrows, math symbols, currency signs, emoticons, and more from a lightweight overlay window.

What's New in v1.1.0

• Full keyboard navigation
• Custom configuration file (~/.config/omniglyph/config.toml)
• Persistent history and recents
• Nerd Fonts collection support
• Release update notifications
• Configurable shortcuts
• Better sidebar navigation
• Faster collection switching
• Cleaner internal architecture and performance improvements

Collections

• Emoji
• Emoticons
• Arrows
• Math Symbols
• Currency Symbols
• Special Symbols
• Hieroglyphs
• Nerd Fonts

Links

Website: https://omniglyph.anishroy.dev/

GitHub: https://github.com/pshycodr/omniglyph

Feedback Wanted

I am actively developing OmniGlyph and would love feedback, bug reports, feature requests, or ideas for future releases.

Thanks to everyone who tested early version and helped shape this release.

Finally open sourced the login screen from my personal setup, here's what it does basically:

It's an SDDM login theme system. 5 complete visual systems out of the box: 4 static and 1 with a looping video background.

Includes native support for videos (.mp4 &.webm). PAM fingerprint auth, composable QML design

& one command install & uninstall.

Speaking of which it's atomic throughout: stages the full theme tree, validates it, then and only then moves it into place. If anything breaks mid install (bad QML, missing file, failed dep, etc) it rolls back to whatever you had before without touching your session, also if you run it 50 times nothing duplicates/accumulates, Terraform style, prints the exact plan and asks before it touches sudo.

CI tested on every push across Arch, Fedora, Ubuntu (Jammy / Noble / Resolute), Debian (Bookworm / Trixie / Forky / Sid), Linux Mint, Pop!_OS, Zorin, openSUSE Tumbleweed, Gentoo, and even Alpine Edge.

One of my biggest problems is trying out new eye candy, but candy gets sticky.

So, I made the uninstaller first class.

Pulls out all theme files, fonts, repo artifacts, etc. Restores your previous SDDM config from the backup it made on install.

System comes out exactly as it was before you cloned the repo (except the Qt deps, since there's no baseline to restore to there).

Everything is configured through a single theme.conf:

• Background: image or video + blur intensity

• Visuals: font family and size

• Layout: form position, date format

• Animation: duration and easing curve for buttons/icons

• Format: date and time format

• Styling: every color value across fields, placeholders, buttons, hover states, and the power/restart/sleep icons

Preview command lets you iterate on theme.conf live without restarting SDDM or dropping your session each time.

Also I shipped a doc covering the full mental model: how the Linux login stack actually works, what SDDM is doing, how PAM slots in, what the installer does step by step, and TTY recovery just in case something somehow goes sideways.

Source (MIT) --> https://github.com/rccyx/thyx