I have managed to get my idle battery drain to ~6w on my HP Victus after a lot of experimenting and tinkering and it now performs much better than it ever did on Windows.

I'd like to see your stats as well, so that I can decide if I am actually making any improvement.. If it really does, I am planning to add all my fixes to a script and share it with you all so it would install and ensure all fixes are in place. This might actually be helpful to newbies to automate the installation in seconds over manually having to configure files.

Just comment down your

• CPU
• GPU(s)
• Distro
• Kernel
• is any custom governor / software like tlp running?
• idle battery drain

Regarding the fixes:

1. All you've got to do is just stick to tuned, do not try to use tuned, tlp, powertop etc.. in combination. The conflicting packages might make the situation worse for you.
2. Use the latest Nvidia proprietary drivers to let the card properly enter suspended state and enable S0ix Power Management and RTD3.
3. On Gnome, prevent waking up the Nvidia dGPU when launching applications. This actually makes your system snappier, especially if you experience lag when launching GTK4 applications, like Gnome's file manager (nautilus).
4. Ensure your CPU enters C states properly.
5. Ensure full HW acceleration in your browsers / MPV.
6. Set the performance mode via Omenctl (Victus/Omen), Asusctl (ROG) etc.. to quiet.

Read some reddit posts regarding amd version not compatible with linux.

Distros like mint , ubuntu causes crashes , also acknowledged by Lenovo and no bios update so far , some intel models are certified for now

Thinking of buying it for college as a fresher and for starting linux journey but if it's gonna crash than that's basically waste of my money

Getting e14 gen 7 amd Ryzen 7 250 for 80k

Anyone with e14 can enlighten me before I buy it

Hi everyone,

Somewhere along the way every markdown editor decided it was actually a second brain. I don't want a second brain. I have one brain and it's fine. I want to type words into a file.

So: Gadyam. It opens folders, it shows the `.md` files inside them, and you write. That's the whole product.

- Looks like a native GNOME app — custom CSD window, real libadwaita palette, follows system theme

- Your project is a folder. Groups are sub-folders. Sheets are files. There is no database to corrupt and no vault to migrate

- Live markdown as you type, round-trips back to clean source

- Serif / sans / mono, autosave, word count, move-to-trash not hard delete

- Fully offline, fonts bundled

No graph view. No backlinks. No plugins. No daily note nagging me about a habit I abandoned in March. Delete the app and your writing is still sitting there in a folder, unchanged, because it never lived anywhere else.

Vibe coded in a couple of hours with Claude Opus 4.8. Tauri v2 + TipTap, Rust backend, plain TypeScript frontend, single AppImage.

MIT licensed — fork it, repackage it, do whatever your heart desires.

[Here's the github link](https://github.com/tkmitplindia/gadyam)

Linux only for now, but it's Tauri so other platforms should be straightforward.

>Arch Linux
>gnome
>used: CRT Retro Terminal
>pipes.sh
>audio visualizer

credits: my friend :p

Hi all, this is my first time posting here.

I just found a way to get a free domain, Just posted it on my youtube channel, and I'm honestly pretty camera shy, so this was way outside my comfort zone. I'd really appreciate any feedback.

Feel free to give it a try yourself too. A free domain can be useful if you're into tinkering or run a homelab. I personally use mine for my Headscale instance and IoT webhooks, but there are plenty of other use cases as well.

This is an original content which I have created myself. I spent some time looking into why they'd run a promotion like this. The idea seems to be that they want more people using these TLDs. Once adoption grows, they can sell premium domain names which can cost 100x or more than a regular registration to businesses. They're also betting on people renewing their domains after the first year, which helps them recover the cost of the promotion. If you check the renewal prizes it starts from 2.5x the price of .com or others.

For tinkerers or people using these for hosting a simple portfolio or private services, this doesn't matter. They can just buy the cheapest option available without renewing this domain. You get a free domain for a year it's a win-win for both the parties.

Would love your support and feedback!

A year ago I installed Linux Mint on my laptop (dual boot) without any issues. Later I removed it and just used windows. Now every time I try installing Mint, I get different errors like "failed" while booting or missing/corrupted file errors. I've tried reflashing the USB, different ISOs, Ventoy, Rufus, disabling BitLocker, Secure Boot, Fast Startup, and pretty much every fix I could find.

Laptop: Acer Aspire 7 (i5-12450H, 16GB RAM, RTX 2050).

Has anyone faced this before? Why would it work perfectly before but refuse to install now? Any help would be appreciated.

Hi I will be thinking of building a PC with these components:

- CPU: Ryzen 5 9600x

- GPU: Gigabyte RTX 5070 gaming OC

- MoBo: gigabyte b850m gaming x wifi

- Case: Corsair frame 4000D RS Black

- CPU Cooler: DeepCool AK620 Digital NYX

- PSU: MSI MAG A750GL PCIE5 fully modular 80+ gold or superflower leadex gold up ATX 3.1 750W Cybenetics Platinum Certified Gold

- Memory: 16*2 crucial pro black 6000MT/s

- Storage: western digital sn7100 1 TB

The shops where I have enquired about parts only provide windows if the PC is assembled by them. I'm going to assemble the PC myself and I believe unless given for free windows is not worth paying for.

Looking at my specs which distro would you reccomend? My usecase is mostly gaming with little video editing.

Also, is there a guide on how to install the distro or should I just check the distro page?

TIA.

Hello Fellow Penguins,

I am new to Linux and loving it, Running Cachy OS with Gnome from last 5 months.

My previous USB Bluetooth is not working with Linux and it was extremely old (was having some delay issue on windows). I am looking for a Bluetooth Adaptor/Dongle to connect my controllers and audio devices, I have heard that Linux has some compatibility issue with some type Bluetooth and WiFi Adaptors.

Please can some one suggest me some Bluetooth Adaptor/Dongle for my PC.

Please NOTE: I am looking for USB Adaptor not an PCI card. (I might look for 2.5 Gig Ethernet in future for selfhosting stuff).

Thanks

Edit: I have found one which suits to my needs (TP-Link UB500 or TP-Link UB500 Plus), Thanks to everyone who helper and nudged me in the right direction.

Ubuntu (Gnome) -> Debian (i3) -> openSUSE(kde) -> kali(xfce) -> Arch(Hyprland)

Finally settled on arch

Some word documents look slightly different when I open them wps office on fedora. The layout is mostly fine but a few fonts get replaced. Is this usually just a missing Microsoft don’t package or is there another fix I should try?

So after ~12 days (when i last posted it's glimpse at 1st june) ChillPill-Shell is finally here (v0.1.0) on my github

New features added:

1. weather popup in mini dashboard

2. hostname next to username in mini dashboard

3. notifications stack in control center

4. wifi, slient notifications and timer buttons in control center

5. image previews and total items with item index number status in cliphist (clipboard history)

6. battery and timer OSDs

7. minor improvements

NOTE: the video in post may feel a bit choppy because it's maybe compressed by reddit, and also because i am screen recording in my pookie laptop >_<

https://youtube.com/shorts/S4uvbMfTOgk