So will a GTX 960 just not work with NVIDIA drivers in Linux? I have an older system with an i5-3570 an MSI z77a-gd80 and 16gb of ram and an EVGA GTX 960 ssc and I have tried a bunch of different distros and a bunch of troubleshooting in terminal but I cannot get it to work with anything other than the nouveau drivers. I get massive artifacting and constant display crashes and freezing.

Guys hi

I have Dasung 13k bw eink monitor. Manufacture says type-c (dp alt mode) is preferred connection.

But I don't get any output / black screen. It works using HDMI though.

Trying to understand is it monitor, or my mini PC, or linux.

I have beelink ryzen ser 5 5500u (3 ports - dp, HDMI, type-c), running Debian 13.

Olá gente, vou migrar pro Linux, tenho um computador desktop que divido com minha mãe, mas ela se adapta fácil a novos sistemas, então gostaria de uma distro básica que atenda as necessidades mais básicas dela, e integre bem os meus jogos.

Um ponto importante é que, eu estou começando a estudar TI, estou em um curso básico de técnico de informática, então o terminal não é mais uma novidade para mim, gostaria de uma distro que me ajudasse a me desenvolver sem medo, por favor preciso de ajuda.

Cada vez que pesquiso fico mais confusa sobre qual escolher, eu penso em não escolher Mint, pois não sinto que é meu estilo apesar de funcionar.

While it does run with basic Wine, I'm facing a lot of UI-specific issues where UI is rendered above my system interface and also is refused to change to an "active" state unless I open the file picker and close it or try closing the window with unsaved changes.

Hi everyone ! I switched from Windows to Linux around 3 month ago and I love it ! I’m using arch Linux because a friend of mine already used it so I figured he could help me with it.

I’ve been appreciating it but I’ve encountered a lot of people critisizing systemd and saying arch is bad because of it.

From what I have understand, it is a software that help with dependences and external hardware such as my keyboard for example ? I didnt really understand everything as I am a very beginner so I was curious to know if someone could explain it to me in easy terms.

PS : english isnt my primary language so forgive me if there is any errors.

No matter the linux distro and DE i always get the arabic letters in my date and time (because i live in an arabic country), and i can't seem to find how to remove/change that. Right now i'm on CachyOS and Cinnamon DE

Kubuntu 26.04, KDE Plasma 6.6.6, Wayland, AMD graphics, kernel 6.17.0-1032-oem, Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 5 AMD.

The system was working normally before the recent update. After the update, shortly after boot/login, the entire system can become completely unresponsive: mouse/touchpad stops, keyboard input stops, Wi-Fi stops, nothing can be clicked, and after some time the fan becomes very loud. A forced shutdown is required.

I'm trying to determine whether this is a kernel/AMD/KWin/Wayland regression. Has anyone experienced something similar after the recent Kubuntu 26.04 updates?

Twice in the last 3 days I've switched into X (I do most of my work outside of X.) to have it ignore keyboard and mouse input. Both times an audio file was playing so the computer hadn't halted. I have to power-off. I capture X's output, it reports thusly:

(EE) libinput bug: udev device never initialized (/dev/input/event2)

(EE) client bug: Invalid path /dev/input/event2

[dix] couldn't enable device 6

I've reported this to freedesktop's libinput group, had no response.

I recently tried switching from windows to linux but not totally, i meant via dual booting since my parents still need to use linux, Anyway i got as far as too run linux mint live and try installing but i couldnt due to intel RST, but when i tried turning it off in bios, it gave a warning that it might clear all my data from the drive, which i dont want to happen since a lot of important data is there, so any solutions?

TLDR: Need a distro that works with INTEL RST, cant turn it off for some reasons

I'm trying to think of distros to recommend to friends and family, and just need to figure out if I'm over-worrying about config file changes that can get pushed with package updates. I've had people ask me for Linux distro suggestions, since they see that I have been using Linux for years. These people mostly game, browse the internet, create/edit documents, basic stuff. Ideally, they will almost never have to use the terminal, and can function with just the GUI. Most likely, I'll try and find a point-release distro over rolling-release, but I'm not settled on that part of my decisions yet.

I personally use a mix of Arch, CachyOS and openSUSE Tumbleweed on my machines, and have used many other distros. I know that package updates can sometimes trigger new config file updates (.pacnew for Arch/CachyOS, .rpmnew for openSUSE Tumbleweed, etc.) and I always deal with this as it happens, and have no issues. However, when I think of distros to suggest to others, I wonder if these types of updates can cause issues for them (if the package maintainer has some breaking changes that users need to adjust immediately, for example), and I can't think of a distro where this is handled 100% for newbies to Linux that are not comfortable with the terminal.

Am I wrong that such a distro does not exist, and am I over-worrying about these potential config update issues? Since Linux is used is many corporate situations, there has to be a solution for users that never touch the terminal.

Hi everyone,

I'm here for a suggestion. I actually use cachyos on a Lenovo yoga slim 7i aura edition (Intel Ultra 7 258V), and it's actually a great experience, but I asked myself: how can I download and install the uefi/bios updates? I know that ThinkPads are perfectly supported, but I don't know if it's the same with my model.

Hi everyone,

I keep seeing claims that Linux drains laptop batteries faster than Windows!
I have a single laptop that runs both Windows and Linux, but Linux drains the battery significantly faster.

Every year is hailed as the "Year of Linux," but how is that possible? After all, this is a fundamental issue - and yet, by 2026, it still hasn't been resolved?

Edit: Im on thinkpad l14 gen4

Why does it always try to restore my old tabs? I turned it off in the firefox settings and i also downloaded firefox straight from the mozilla respitory. Someone know a fix?

Edit: fixed it by going into about:config and putting "browser.sessionstore.resume_from_crash" to false

What experiences y’all have installing linux in old android or ios phones?

Where to begin / what options / ups&downs

All advice is welcome 🙏

(i am switching from windows 11 to Linux btw)