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    Help me choose the best Linux distro for maximum FPS in games on a very weak laptop (Lenovo G500).

    Hi everyone. As a Windows 10 user, I want to try switching to Linux purely for gaming and maximum FPS, but I have a very old and weak laptop, so I’m afraid of making the wrong choice of distro. I’m not expecting “magic”, but I want to squeeze the absolute maximum performance possible out of my...
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    Help me choose the best Linux distro for maximum FPS in games on a very weak laptop (Lenovo G500).

    Hi everyone. As a Windows 10 user, I want to try switching to Linux purely for gaming and maximum FPS, but I have a very old and weak laptop, so I’m afraid of making the wrong choice of distro. I’m not expecting “magic”, but I want to squeeze the absolute maximum performance possible out of my...
  3. gator4ever_

    Solved Terminal starts with bash alias not found

    Hello. I lam fairly new to linux, and I have run into an issue where these 3 lines appear when i open my terminal. bash: alias: godot: not found bash: alias: =: not found bash: alias: run /home/alison/Desktop/Godot_v4.5.1-stable_linux.x86_64: not found At some point a few months ago I...
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    utter buffoon failing to install XP Pen driver onto chromebook

    Hello! I am completely new to Linux. COMPLETELY new. As in, I've been angrily struggling with it for the very first time for the few hours I've had on my laptop. I'm trying to install the XP Pen software/driver from the official site but I've been wildly unsuccessful in even understanding which...
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    I built a free, open-source content blocker for Linux . Help me improve it more

    Hey everyone, I built Haram Blocker — a desktop app that blocks adult, gambling, dating, and alcohol/drug websites system-wide on Linux by editing /etc/hosts. Unlike browser extensions, it works across ALL browsers at once. Features: 250+ domains blocked out of the box Password-protected...
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    New on Linux, Raspberry pi questions

    Howdy all, my name ain't betsy it's actually my truck and the reason I am here. I have purchased a raspberry pi 5 8G and with the help of a friend who has been in linux since we were both kids, I have got it setup on dietpi, or debian 13 trixie lite version. We are setting it up to run a tuner...
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    M&B Warband water problem

    Hello, I have a problem on the gog native linux version of warband, as shown in this video: https://sendvid.com/nrg4xubo it has weird dots in it, that I don't get in the windows version that I run through lutris... The reason I want to use the native linux version instead is because of the huge...
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    I need help with debian but I am afraid of bricking myself

    Of course does debian support secure boot? Does it work with rufus debian? Or balenaetcher? I heard from spirallinux and a redditor (that “SpiralLinux is Debian”) and there website said issuse arise from rufus Know of course I tried just looking at tutorial and watched it (not apply steps)...
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    Lost SSD

    Hi, new to the whole Linux experience. I had successfully installed Bazzite on my laptop, everything was working great. I have an aftermarket 2TB SSD I put in my computer a while back, and for some reason i decided to try and format it in Bazzite to get rid of the partitions that widows put...
  10. Whovianime

    inxi -w not working

    Hello dear people, I wonder what to do here. When I write: inxi -w I get the following: Use of uninitialized value $country in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/bin/inxi line 29126. Weather: Message: No current location found. Internet connection working? And after finding that inxi...
  11. Sharxxy

    Questions About From switching windows to linux

    So i have some questions -How can i Move my Data From windows to linux without a drive or usb stick cuz im broke -How do i make linux look like MacOS -What is the best distro or recommended - How can i use linux and windows at the same time when im gamimg -how can i try linux without downloading...
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    Fix Kernel Panic error on the Victus by HP Gaming Laptop

    Let's take it step by step. I have tried everything possible to install a different distribution on my brother's laptop, and it has not worked. His laptop is a Victus by HP Gaming Laptop 15-fb1013dx. Secure boot is disabled and nothing can be changed. When I try to boot the ISO in the Grub menu...
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    I keep getting errors like this while installing KDE Neon

    I keep getting errors in the format of "Command (insert command) failed to finish in (time). There was no output from command." I'm downloading the system to a 64GB SD Card (I'm using a 16 GB to boot the system) and it generally gets somewhere around 60-70% before quitting from one of these...
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    question i have been wondering if this is a bug

    when in kde the panel only allows me to set it to translucent... never adaptive unfortunately i wanted my top panel to behave like elementary os even though i am using kde arch linux and all and it won't set. everytime i make the panel adaptive... it reverts right back to translucent. i think...
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    HELP

    I have achieved consensus status - the highest level of this world. I want to help. implement my technology. INSTALL PC LINUX OS - this is the basis.
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    [CachyOS] Batman Arkham Knight fails to launch (Invalid DefaultMaterialName!)

    Would someone be able to help me troubleshoot why Batman Arkham Knight fails to launch for me? The game shows the splash screen then crashes, showing the attached error message. Below I've put the steps I've already tried troubleshooting via ChatGPT, but I was getting nowhere so here I am...
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    I REALLY need help here!

    Hi there! I'm new to this website :D so... Today I turned on my computer, just to find out that my hard drive I installed arch on is unbootable! I tried to boot from a few live USB's to reinstall or repair it, but all of them said, "Invalid magic number" I tried: -Resetting CMOS -taking out...
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    MrChromeBox | Kali Linux

    MrChromeBox From my previous questions I have asked how to make a USB bootable that boots Linux onto an old Chromebook. I have obtained the USB Drive but I am coming across some issues with my Kali Linux installation. When I boot from my USB Drive, there is always an error after the...
  19. voodoo

    Cannot for the life of me change default file manager (mime/d-bus confusion)

    I am using arch with xfce and I'm trying to change the file manager to pcmanfm or xfe instead of Thunar. This all started when I tried to set the default file manager to something other than Thunar in the GUI settings. It did not respect my choice, Firefox as well as folders on the desktop will...
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    ARM64 : Google Magneton Boards (14M868) Sound broken in recent kernel update.

    Recently, Google Magneton boards have been broken with a kernel update aprox. 2-3 months ago. This issue causes sound issues with both Headphones and Speakers. Pretty sure it's related to sleep considering this section of the log file. "[ 2791.127880] EC detected sleep transition timeout. Total...
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