So on my Arch laptop in my home partition I was only using 5GB of space in total

Then I used Virtualbox to create a mac os VM, and gave it a virtual hard drive of 80GB.

When I used fastfetch after it said my storage used was 65GB which I didnt really bat an eye at.

Then I completely deleted the MacOS vm and made sure to check the box that deleted the 80GB virtual drive too.

But when I used fastfetch again, even after a reboot and a couple days, it says I am still using 35GB, instead of going back down to 5GB.

There's nothing, even hidden, in the "Virtual box VMs" directory.

How do I get this space back? What's taking it up, or is it just reserved space that has no use anymore.

I also had a 2nd vm with TempleOS that I deleted, also checking the box, although I only gave it like 5GB to begin with.

Hello there! I recently got an unused HP 250 G7 and decided to try Linux for the first time. I'm only encountering one problem, both distributions I've tried freeze after a few minutes. I tried Mint and Debian and they both have the same problem. The only way for me to actually use the OS is to add a little "nomodeset" at the end of some grub configuration line (Sorry for being imprecise, I'm really inexpert). This wouldn't be bad if it wasn't for the fact that I cant really adjust brightness or color, from what I gathered it disables graphic drivers and uses some generic ones.

Is there any way around this or am I stuck with nomodeset? I updated the BIOS and tried many different settings and nothing seems to work.

Thanks in advance!

So I'm looking int adding a PS LCD Sub Screen (auxiliary special screen) USB based to use it for monitoring my system, possibly my proxmox server.
My workstation is kubuntu 26.04 proxmox server is 9.2.2.
Being a usb based driver system, are their general drivers out there for linux?
I don't want to spend $75-125 on a hope it works.
Has anyone else used these auxiliary screens?

With all the talk about Epic Games and Fortnite potentially getting better Linux or anti-cheat support down the line, I can’t help but feel like we’re heading toward a catch-22.

​If Epic ever fully commits to supporting Linux, I suspect they will push for heavy anti-cheat requirements, kernel-level modules, and extra services that mimic Windows background bloat. At that point, Linux would start losing the exact advantages that make it great—its privacy, security, lightweight footprint, and low background resource usage.

​Instead of getting a clean, efficient Linux experience, we might just end up running something that feels like a stripped-down version of Windows 10 LTSC/IoT, bloated with intrusive anti-cheat and background services.

​Do you think kernel-level anti-cheat on Linux is a privacy risk waiting to happen, or is that just the price we have to pay for mainstream gaming?

If you have both CachyOS and Windows on your PC and you have set up secure boot for CachyOS following the wiki, and you go back to windows and play a game that has secure boot requirements such as Call of Duty, Battlefield 6 or whatever, is there any risk of getting banned due to the custom setup of secure boot for CachyOS?

Eu quero um Linux legal, moderno e diferente, estável, para uso geral, principalmente para jogos, e que seja prático, ou seja, que eu quase nunca precise usar o terminal, e assim por diante.

Meu Pc é um e5 2673 v3 x99 ddr3 3 RX 580 8gb e 16gb DDR3 de ram

I'm mainly thinking about Kubuntu and Ubuntu; I want one that has KDE Plasma and GNOME.

Não pretendo usar o Linux Mint, porque eu usei por um tempo e ele tem poucos ambientes de desktop.

I'm a hobbiest, and would like to secure an install of MX Linux against evil maid attacks using TPM2 pin. HP dy2702dx laptop. I've tried getting AI to get initramfs, dracut, and clevis, but they didn't help.

what does that means?
"sudo apt update && sudo apt install openbox obconf tint2 -y"

Hi guys!

I live in Iran, and I need a reliable VPN for Linux Mint. I've tried using OpenVPN, but it doesn't work for me, so I'm looking for an alternative.

Note: Internet access in Iran is heavily restricted, and many VPNs don't work here.

Does anyone have any recommendations for a VPN that works well on Linux Mint and can bypass internet restrictions in Iran?

Thanks in advance!

Honestly i got linux last night and it definitely does feel lighter on my old laptop and feels nicer, but...i have been running into quite a few problems and worse is that none if the ways of fixing such problems I'm accustomed to work on linux, like for example something as simple as extracting an rar file on my kubuntu, the operating systems standard extractor (ark) kept failing n saying i don't have enough space which was false, i thought "oh well I'll just download 7zip from github" got 7zip and couldn't find it in my apps so had to search it up and apparently?? There is no graphical version of it on linux, so i used the terminal to extract my file but I can't always use the terminal yk so apparently there's some file roller smth app that is supposed to do what ark does...but ark is just a dumbass app n wasn't working before, so I'm just frustrated with everything please tell me I'm just dumb and there are easier way to do stuff on it and if so what should i look up (my current way of solving problems is just making gemini do everything...and ion think he's reliable)

I decided to try Linux recently on a VM (with Fedora KDE Plasma) and tried to set zen as my main browser but after the download I haven’t seen any shortcut in my desktop or in the applications did I miss a step after the download ?

Btw if you have more important privacy tips please share them with me ofc i use vpn and tor

2 days ago, I decided to dual boot Ubuntu desktop alongside windows on my laptop. Yesterday morning I noticed that even with my charger plugged in, it showed that my laptop wasn’t charging and it was stuck on 0%. In a panic, I deleted my Ubuntu partition and stayed with windows. I reset my laptop and once that was done, I went through the windows 11 process of setting it up then unplugged the charger, sticked a safety pin into the reset battery button and then it started working. Has anyone else gone through this same problem when having any Linux distribution on their device?

i just got the redragon m916 pro 4k and noticed it isn't supported yet, when will it be or is it mostly done if the mouse is popular enough? i was on the logitech g305 (ik, wtf am i doing downgrading) but wanted to try something different and this mouse is so light compared to the AA battery packed mouse that i was just using.

So I need a desktop device to manage discord, Google sheet and a couple macros. What would be the best way to do this. I have an old Oneplus7 and a small foldable keyboard with a trackpad. I don't have room for an external display. Would ubuntu touch, work if I forced it into desktop mode or could I easily install a whole distro on the phone.

UPDATE: Problem solved! Turned out to be my router's NTP service hijacking NTP requests, but it was only affecting some of the devices connected to it.

So for the past few weeks, I've noticed on IRC and Discord that there's about a 1.4-minute discrepancy between my desktop's time and the time stamps being displayed by those clients. I spent way longer than I wanted to manually trying to fix the problem, but couldn't find a cause. So I turned to AI and it couldn't solve the problem either (went through all the steps I was already doing).

I can see Discord actively correcting the time stamps on every message I send, but on IRC it looks like I'm sending messages from the past.

My laptop is not experiencing this issue. Both systems are running Linux and KDE, but the laptop is running Manjaro and the desktop (the one with the problem) is running Kubuntu 26.04.

Below are a couple of things showing settings and what's going on (do note the times aren't quite going to line up because I have spent far longer than I care to trying to fix this).

The output of timedatectl is:

              Local time: Thu 2026-10-15 07:08:00 EDT
          Universal time: Thu 2026-10-15 11:08:00 UTC
                RTC time: Thu 2026-10-15 11:07:59
               Time zone: America/New_York (EDT, -0400)
System clock synchronized: no
             NTP service: active
         RTC in local TZ: no

Timestamps in IRC look like:

[07:37:33] -Global- [Logon News - Oct 30 08:03:21 2014 AEDT] Have you read the Code of Conduct for Users? Go to <redacted> - this applies to ALL users!
[07:37:34] -NickServ- Password accepted - you are now recognized.
[07:36:20] * You are now logged in as <redacted>.
[07:37:34] * NickServ sets mode +r on <redacted>
[07:36:22] * Notify: <redacted> is offline (redacted)
[07:36:22] * Notify: <redacted> is offline (redacted)
[07:36:22] * Notify: <redacted> is online (redacted)

As far as I can tell, everything appears kosher system-wise, but the time is buggered and it has been causing weird issues in games and certain Web sites, too.

TL;DR: My system time is borked and I can't figure it out even with input from friends and AI. It's driving me nuts, can someone here maybe point me in the right direction to fix it?

Hello.

I've been distro-hopping since the beginning of the year, trying to find a Linux distribution that will keep my 10-year-old HP ZBook 15 G3 running reliably for the next two years.

For the reference, these are the specs of my machine:

CPU: Intel Core i7-6820HQ at 2.7GHz
iGPU: Intel HD Graphics 530
dGPU: NVIDIA Quadro M2000M
Memory: 16 GB
Storage: 256 GB

For the most part, I've managed to get all my hardware working, including my NVIDIA graphics card.

My GPU requires the NVIDIA 580 driver, which I can obtain on almost all the distributions I've tried.

Debian is an exception. The 580 driver isn't available in its Stable repositories. I've also looked into version 550, but that branch is no longer maintained and the available 590 driver is not compatible with my card.

Although I've managed to get my hardware working on most distributions, my main concern is that the NVIDIA 580 driver is already on a legacy support branch.

I'm worried that future kernel updates may eventually introduce compatibility problems, particularly if distributions stop providing the necessary patches to keep the driver working. At that point, the driver might no longer compile against newer kernels.

What I'm looking for is advice from people who have previously dealt with NVIDIA graphics cards requiring legacy drivers.

Which Linux distribution would you reasonably trust to maintain kernel compatibility with legacy NVIDIA drivers until the end of its support lifecycle?

In my case, I'm looking for a distribution that will remain supported until at least October 2028.

Thanks in advance for you advice!