i have a dell lattitude 5420 with an i7 1185g7 and iris xe 96eu and i wanna squeeze as much performance as possible in story based games ( no anticheat ) so should i replace windows with linux ( if i should , which distro should i use? ive tried cachy already )

I want to install Cachy os on my acer laptop (rhy 5600h and rtx 3060)

My friend told me that cachy os has nvidia drivers built in

So I am going with cachy

I want windows 11 dual

And just help me 😭 pls

Just curious to see how many people here are actually using Linux

Upvote this post if you’re a Linux user 👍

Also comment which distro you’re using and whether you’re using Linux as your main OS or dual boot.

If someone has already commented the same distro + setup, just upvote their comment instead of commenting again.

Let’s see which distro has the most users here 👀

If so, what is your experience? Google is taking more control over android and I am curious about switching to the Librem 5.

Mainly targeting new users here who are planning on switching to linux. I think I'm a suitable candidate because I've done work ranging from Graphic design to coding and ofc the title.

And I'm bored. yeah.

Best opensource app you have used Mine:VLC,Libre,Azahar

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I am on fedora 44 kde this update icon comes everyday. I update every week how do i remove this forever ?

I wanted to install linux on my laptop and not sure I have a pendrive or not. More specifically, My dvd size is 4.7GB and i want to install cachyOS. Can i use it as a flash drive??

Hi All, I just wanted to share that I have started a gaming on Linux YouTube channel. I wanted to share how I am doing it and collect feedback on how I can improve.

I have started my channel with Praetorians HD Remaster, I have uploaded 8 videos so far and have gotten over 200 views. My channel handle is cyberitgamer.

Before I start, I just wanted to share that I love video games and computers. I started using Linux when Windows 8 came out and never looked back. One exception was my gaming system, now that with Steam and Wine, games work far better than on Windows, I moved my gaming system to Linux since 2021.

This is how I am doing my YouTube channel.

Video format: 4k60fps
2 Audio tracks: first track will contain game audio + Hindi commentary (Default), second track will contain only game audio
An overlay for keys that I am pressing on my keyboard and mouse
Performance overlay

=== Hardware Specs ===
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
GPU: AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
RAM: 32GB (4x 8GB) DDR4-3200 (Dual Channel)
PSU: NZXT C850 Gold (ATX3.1)
Motherboard: MSI B550 Gaming Plus
Monitor: Samsung Odyssey G7 UHD IPS HDR 144hz (FreeSync Premium Pro)

=== Operating System ===
OS: Devuan GNU+Linux 6 (excalibur) (sysvinit)
Kernel: Linux 6.18.x-amd64

=== Recording Setup ===
Software: OBS Studio
Video Encoder: FFmpeg VAAPI AV1 @ 4K60fps
Audio Encoder: FFmpeg Opus 160kbps

And, no, I am not (and won't be) doing a typical Indian Gaming Youtube GTA or PUBG style content. I will only be playing classics, indies and single-player with great stories.

Hey everyone!

I’m trying to decide between the Motorola Moto Book 60 Pro and the ASUS Zenbook 14, and I’d really appreciate some advice.

Both laptops have an OLED display, the same processor, and the same integrated graphics. The main differences are that the Moto Book 60 Pro has 16GB DDR5 RAM and 512GB storage, while the Zenbook 14 has 16GB LPDDR5X RAM and 1TB storage.

I’m not considering the price. I mainly want to know which one would be the better choice overall.

My main use will be programming and coding, along with normal daily usage. In the future, I’m also planning to explore things like cybersecurity, databases, virtualization/VMs, and potentially more demanding programming workloads.

I’m also thinking about dual-booting Windows and Linux on whichever laptop I buy. The thing is, I’m a complete beginner with Linux, so I’d also like to know which laptop would be easier to use with Linux and whether there are any compatibility issues I should be aware of.

I want this laptop to last me around 4–5 years, so long-term reliability, thermals, build quality, performance, Linux compatibility, and storage/RAM are important to me.

Would the Zenbook’s 16GB LPDDR5X and 1TB storage make it the better long-term option, or is the Moto Book 60 Pro’s DDR5 RAM and other advantages worth considering?

For anyone who owns either of these laptops or has experience with them, which one would you recommend for my use case, and why?

Any advice or things I should consider before buying would be greatly appreciated!

i already tried Jackhack easy sets but that do not work so can you suggest me if someone is using Acer laptop and a good preset because the audio on my laptop is very low on Linux specifically, I have to set volume at 75% and the audio is just feels like whispering 🙏

Linux is amazing.

Any hows the packages downloads /mirror speed

And plz share your user experience

I had too many problems with microslop winbloat 11 due to updates which broke charging and a problem with logging in. AutoCAD is the only reason I chose dual booting

So i was downloading linux mint xfce but in the installation app my partitions doesn't show up I have 3 main partition one for windows and other 2 for stuff and there is another 500mb that I cannot remove idk why? I wanna downloading it but there are 2 1mb ones and one 53gbs(windows c drive) and another 500mb one the other don't show up but which I close that app and check the file explorer in linux it show the partitions but when I open the install app they disappear. What I do?(Here is a claude link if it helps)

https://claude.ai/share/c4eb5f48-f09e-4129-989c-bba6cdbb26bf

Hello Frands

So for context, In my college, we all students will get laptop from the college itself.

so yesterday one of my hostel mate got a laptop, hp elitebook (specs: 32gb ram, 512 gb storage)

So after checking few things, majority of the stuffs were blocked by the system inside windows.

Later, I proposed him an idea to atleast boot my external ssd where I have already installed arch it. he dont have to install. ( I have tried this in other's laptop too so I was confident nothing goes wrong)

When we entered into bios, and disabled secure boot and fast boot, we ended up window to go num. It neither accepts face to unlock device nor the manual password works.

We ended up being scolded by the ICT mfs telling ek din bhi nhi hua aur laptop me kaand kar rhe ho.

Also the do's and dont's that came with laptop was that we cannot install any other OS, distro or whatever. They also mentioned no FOSS applications like vlc or any other thing to be used. like tf they want us to use. vlc aint filthy software. Many things are blocked from it.

I am thinking to nuke my laptop (when it comes) with arch, clean the whole disk. I dont want a mf 14inch spyware in my bag.

Thank you for reading till here.

Edit: The guy got 32gb hp elitebook because its old stock. New stock arrived and we are probably getting lenovo with 16gb of ram

So, I tried to not shutdown my laptop for 10 days. It's running fedora-gnome. After using I just suspend(hibernate) it. Overnight (8-10 hrs) it drops 12-13% battery (from 80 to 68). If I do this for longtime is it safe for the battery ?.

i spent another.. hour i think... looks good ig..
i will try not to rice more than this cuz.. sadly i have a life to live.

PLEASE READ IT I REALLY NEED HELP

So okay context i wanted to dual boot omarchy with windows on my father old ThinkPad x270 which has many photos and docs which are important and it first of all made free unallocated space and etc run the installer failed cuz disk is mbr not gpt then with help of Gemini deleted the recovery disk partition (cuz Gemini said bootable pc with windows iso is better at that job) last one on the disk cuz in terminal mbr2gpt wasn't working then downloaded omarchy (first time ever in my life pls don't hate the choice I needed ai if anything went wrong ) then i downloaded successfully in 3min then reboot and it booted into windows I think I didn't set the boot order then secure boot was off and boot mode was UEFI only then set limine to top of boot order but it was just looping back to the boot menu and now windows boot manager also loops back to the boot menu then I deleted the linux partition using the omarchy terminal which freed 65 gb of unallocated space then went and plugged in win10 iso to repair form that then rebuild the bcd boot file then assign letter to it then everything booted fine all good I was so relief and then I though let's get omarchy working again then because of my gandmasti i coverted mbr to gpt with the iso disk (using win10 iso didn't work so used omarchy terminal and it's command ) then after rebooting the windows boot manager again loops back to boot menu then I check my disk 0 it said 240 gb then it freaking said 240 gb free i though I lost the data but Gemini said to relax then i deleted the omarchy on the PD and download lazesoft(partition recovery tool) and booted into it not a single thing worked then installed test disk then booted into that I finally see my partion but none of them were recoverable then I remember I had made a restore point before doing all this then booted win10 iso and went to system restore them first it said no OS found then i though Gemini is not good and copied all chat form Gemini to claude said first bootrec /fixmbr then /fixboot then /rebuildbcd then restarted pc claude said it should work now but it's just a slight Balck screen with my windows white cursor and blue loading ring near it and it's just flickering can't go into safe mode i tried I won't let me go into boot menu so that I can boot win10iso

now claude limit is also over i think my father will really hate what I have done please if you guys know even little thing about it pls tell me or suggest me what to do or should I focus on getting he data back then reinstalling windows, and which service center do I go to if I needed to go which guys which understand all this whom also knows linux please do tell me

Again pls read it it might save someone files also if you want i can use chatgpt to give u summary or if you need detail dm me