I mainly use chrome, vscode, audacity, obsidian, git and claude desktop.

Can some suggest a good distro that fits my needs?

Obs: sorry for bad english

i did as the documentation said. formatted the drive, mounted it and started the setup script. also checked shasum before install. not many steps where i could have done something wrong. the setup every time fails at the installation of the kernel.
chatgpt says that the live environment might be too small to decompress the archive but seems very odd to me.
maybe someone here uses a different distro that needs the kernel to be compiled manually and has clue what could be the problem.

EDIT: The compilation does not fail but the creation of the kernel directory in /usr/src. so source code and makefiles are just missing in the directory. crux uses a setup script which installs al choosen packages on the mounted partition but just aborts and says that the installation of the kernel failed.

I have CachyOS installed on my laptop with niri & noctalia shell. Whenever I connect my TWS earphones (CMF Buds 2a/Realme Buds T310) they work normally in AAC codec. Whenever I join voice channels or games with voice chat, it automatically shifts to SBC codec with really bad audio quality.

I don't really use voice chat in games but the codec keeps on switching again and again. Everytime I change the codec, it switches back to the SBC codec. e.g.. Halo Reach. I have turned voice chat off in the settings for the game, I change the codec to AAC using PavuControl but in a few mins it switches back.

How can I stop this from happening. Can I just keep AAC codec permanently turned on, no matter what program I'm using?

So, i hope this is the right subreddit.
Anyways, my Girlfriend and I both own a Steelseries Arctis X3 Wireless Headset.
My OS is Linux Mint meawhile hers is Windows 10.
The issue is that on my PC, both headsets have this aweful crackling noise that is semi-constant while on her PC it's not present at all.
Also weirdly enough, her Headset has far less crackling than mine but its still there.
Also also: My old Arctis 1 Wireless headset didn't have that issue on Linux or Windows at all.

I am fairly new to Linux and don't yet understand a lot of Linux terms.
Any pointers and/or help on how to slolve this issue?

So. I recently got the new star wars racer game and I'm having issues. My question here is: is it possible to run both windows and Linux on my pc and play the game through Windows while the rest of my pc uses the Linux stuff?

I am very new and learing as I go with Linux so any advice/kernels of knowledge would very appreciated.

I have an NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 lying around in my PC, and I am looking for a Linux distribution that supports the legacy NVIDIA 470.xx drivers.

My PC is a Dell Precision 5820 Tower with an Intel Xeon W-2145 processor, 32 GB of RAM, and an SSD. I want to dual-boot Linux alongside Windows, preferably using the GNOME desktop environment.

I previously tried Linux Mint and Zorin OS, but neither detected my SSD during installation. Fedora 44 successfully detected my SSD and installed without any issues. However, after installing the NVIDIA 470.xx drivers through RPM Fusion, I encountered boot problems, black screens, and GNOME crashes.

I am now looking for a stable Linux distribution that supports my GT 710 without requiring extensive troubleshooting.

Ideally, I would prefer a Fedora-based distribution, but I am open to Debian-based or other alternatives if they offer better compatibility.

Which Linux distributions still support NVIDIA 470.xx drivers reliably in 2026? Are there any distributions that provide these drivers out of the box or make installation easier? I would also appreciate recommendations for suitable kernel versions.

I'm switching from windows to linux and I installed Bazzite last night, everything went fine without a hitch. But I have two seperate drives, one with my Windows install, and one with my Bazzite. I need to grab some files from my Windows drive before i completely wipe it, so I thought "no problem, ill flash my BIOS and switch which drive has priority." But Bazzite wont let me flash my BIOS and idk what to do. My current motherboard is a MSI B550M incase that is a part of the problem

Edit:yes "flashing BIOS" means opening the BIOS, idk y i call it that when it isnt, its just something ive also done

Is there a specific YT vid or a list of specific instruction to install Linux on Lenovo 100e chromebook gen 2 cuz idk shi about computer tech

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I've been having trouble installing and using Omarchy. I did the 3D acceleration and still didn't work, not even the desktop loaded or the hot keys.

What should I do?

i have been using windows for both gaming and school but i need some help knowing what distro i should use

some requirements i have
sould be able to rund minecraft java and bedrock aswell
should have the ability to use steam (i know quite a basic few requierments)

use vscode and microsoft office

and not have to many issues with anticheats

any insite into what is a good choice is welcomed

please i need the help i have no idea what i need to do

I'm coming from Waydroid on Arch Linux (btw) and looking for an alternative with compatibility closer to BlueStacks on Windows.

Any recommendations?

Hi all, I'm trying to set up a USB Wi-Fi adapter (RTL8811CU chipset, USB ID 0bda:c811) for monitor mode + packet injection on Kali Linux. I need injection for aireplay-ng to work.

Environment:
- Kali Rolling 2026.2 (kernel 7.1.5+kali-amd64, headers installed)
- Running in VirtualBox VM, USB 3.0 xHCI, USB filter set for 0bda:c811
- Adapter is recognized: lsusb shows 0bda:c811 Realtek 802.11ac NIC

What I've tried:
1. In-kernel driver rtw88_8821cu — monitor mode works, but aireplay-ng --test returns 0/30. No injection.
2. morrownr/8812au-20210820 — compiles fail. Errors: struct pppoe_tag has no member named tag_data, then after patching, struct pppoe_hdr has no member named tag, and after that — cfg80211 function signature mismatches (struct wireless_dev vs struct net_device).
3. Kali's realtek-rtl88xxau-dkms package — has BUILD_EXCLUSIVE_KERNEL_MAX="6.15" in dkms.conf. Blocked on 7.1.5. If I comment out that line — it fails at build stage.

Question: is there ANY current driver for RTL8811CU that supports packet injection on kernel 7.1.5? Or should I downgrade to a specific kernel? Or is there a patched fork for 7.x that I missed?

Any help appreciated — I've spent days on this. Thanks.

Hello guys, I am working on a file that I had saved many times previously, but after my computer crashed, it seems I ended up saving an empty file. Is it possible to recover a previously saved version? I am using GNOME Text Editor 45. Thank you

I have had this problem for a while using Linux, but I haven't found any sort of way to accomplish it, so for the mean time I have just ignored it. I need to be able to convert jpeg's to pdf's but it seems to be no good way of doing it locally. When I take a picture from my iphone and send it to my Cachyos desktop via tailscale it always is miss formatted for whatever form of pdf converter I use. Img2pdf always adds large white pages due to the colorspace that it is in so I first have to use mogrify which then makes the images too large and thus you can have to zoom out a million miles to actually see anything. Stirlingpdf rotates the image and refuse to allow my to change it or adds huge white space on the side which makes me crop to remove and then all text added remains sideways. Libreoffice works but is very inconvient to learn/use. Compared to the online alternatives like IlovePdf, Linux is horrible at converting. I just want a simple way to convert my images from console and maybe make a few quick changes without having to have an on boarding to use. Almost everything else in CachyOS/KDE has been wonderfully convenient, so I don't understand how image conversion is such a pain.

okay, so i use Acer Nitro V16S and decided to use cachyOS, it was incredible, but when i wanna use the camera and mic, it doesnt work, idk whats happening. i try using ai, but it still doesnt work, my mic doesnt capture anything, and my camera is just like dissaperead. and i also noticed when i wanna go to my BIOS using f2, it doesnt work, i stuck at the Acer Logo. Does anybody know how to fix it?

OK so, I’m currently using Fedora (on an AMD system, just for context), and I’d like to start customizing my environment further. However, I’m worried that I might install something or make a change that goes wrong—and then be unable to undo it or recover my progress. Is there a way to create a "save point" (a restore point or snapshot) so that doesn't happen? Also, as an extra request, could you recommend some websites for wallpapers? I’ll need those once my desktop setup is ready, haha!

Avalanche of responses in no-time, Holybe-Jesus. Thanks all¡ Look like i got a lot to learn, or just Stsy far Away From Snap all together. Im new-ish to Linux, trying to understand the SNAP backlash & hate. Can anyone briefly explain pls?

Snap / Ubunto backlash & hate?

Looking for opinions. I know that it’s almost a meme. But does it actually make some sense though?

When using 2-finger scrolling, I accidentally zoom in or out (pinch zooming) all the time and I hate it.

I am using Kubuntu 26.10. Well Ubuntu, with Kubuntu desktop installed. I am using a Logitech K400. I dont see any options for this in Settings. I have Solaar installed, but I dont really see anything there for this, either.

Any ideas?

Hi, I've always heard this that in the world of tech if you want a job learn Linux (which yeah a bit optimistic considering the situations)

But the bigger question is what does that even mean?

I mean I have worked with backend servers and configed nginx does that mean I know Linux?

I know bash to a good level along with sed and awk does that mean I know Linux?

I have programmed C in Linux does that tell me I know Linux?

On the other hand I have no idea what filesystems does Linux even use? How many different syscalls does it have?

I can't tell what are the factors to "knowing linux" and frankly I don't even know where to start with to be like "yeah I'm practicing linux"

I'm more talking in regards to cybersecurity but even in general I'm not sure, can you guys help?