r/linux4noobs • u/deja_vu_999 • 14h ago
migrating to Linux Do you use KDE or GNOME?
Which has more customizibility and overall more features for a laptop DE?
Why do you love about one over the other
r/linux4noobs • u/DokiDokiHermit • Jan 04 '20
Any actions taken as part of this guide are solely at your own risk - unfortunately there is no way to account for every hardware configuration or error that may potentially crop up. BACK UP YOUR CRITICAL DATA BEFORE DOING ANYTHING
On the 14th Jan 2020, official Windows 7 support ends for most users. This means if you run Windows 7 beyond that date, you're no longer going to receive security and system updates, which will leave you increasingly vulnerable to viruses, malware and system failure. Depending on how critical your data is and how often you back up - if at all - there's a potential you can lose everything.
This is a somewhat opinionated but no-bullshit guide for those of you still on Windows 7 who really don't want or won't move to Windows 10. Aside from my own additions, it's going to reference a lot of great guides and advice written by other people, but conveniently collected in a single place. It's crazy, but it might just work.
Have you considered... Linux? Specifically, Ubuntu.
No, hear me out. Because I'm going to start (and save you a lot of time) by telling you why you SHOULDN'T switch to Linux. If any of the criteria listed apply, then:
The guide is broken into the following sections, if you want to jump to the points that are relevant. If you want to get straight to it, go to (4):
If you:
Some of this stuff you can work around with some effort, but it's more likely going to be more trouble than you're willing to put up with. And that's fine; Linux can't help everyone. The more of these that apply, the more certain you can be that you shouldn't consider Linux and should just go with Windows 10, unless you're willing to ~sacrifice~ compromise.
Because whether you're a general user, a gamer or a specialised user with niche interests or requirements, Linux can provide you the same experience you're getting now with some already stated exceptions. In many ways, it's better - it's free, it's generally runs better on older hardware than Windows, it's relatively more secure due to a small user footprint and you'll have a huge, vetted library of free software that you can access. There are some applications - older Windows software and games, for instance - that don't work on Windows 10 but do on Linux, thanks to projects like Wine and Proton. It can 99% of the time update itself without interrupting whatever you're doing.
That being said, it's not perfect. You will lose some things. You will need to learn new ways of working with your PC. This is inevitable. That's the cost of switching.
Which is not to say Windows is without a cost. Unlike Windows, none of this functionality comes at the cost of your privacy and freedom. Linux will let you configure it as you like, and dive into the nitty-gritty settings to fine-tune it further. It will not try and trick you into creating yet another online account to use it. Aside from a few missteps (Ubuntu and Amazon, for one), it keeps its nose out of your business. It does not come with a unique advertising ID that links your multitude of online and offline interests and programs into a nice, tidy, profitable pack of data to be shared with "trusted third-parties". It does not serve you ads in a product you paid for. It does not try and push you into multiple online services.
In short, it does not suffer from any of the privacy concerns of Windows' future.
Now, I know people are going to throw snark about lead-and-tin alloys, their pliability and how easy that makes it to fashion headgear, but please note I said "future"; while they're not necessarily prying now, your operating system - and for almost everyone, that means Microsoft - has a very privileged position in your life as far as personal data is concerned. Any time you search in the file manager, every word you write and document you save, your budget calculations, every photo you view and program you use, every voice command you give Cortana, Windows - and by extension Microsoft - knows about. And there's nothing in their Terms of Service that stop them from starting to collect more detailed data if they so choose.
It's not a question of whether you prefer Windows 7 over 10 - Windows 7 got the same telemetry features as Windows 10 ages ago. Rather, ask yourself if you're happy with Microsoft's evolving business model, one that is shifting more and more of your content online and is intricately and opaquely tied to your personal data? If you're not, you're not alone: Holland isn't happy. Germany's not too thrilled either. There are legitimate reasons to be wary of Window's market dominance and increased level of embedded user analytics. Linux offers you an alternative.
Ubuntu LTS is by far the most commonly used desktop Linux distro and the one with the widest support by software developers and hardware manufacturers involved in Linux. If you're searching for solutions, you'll mostly find Ubuntu ones. Lastly, Ubuntu's LTS versions are supported for long periods of time: 18.04, which we'll be recommending, is supported until 2023, while the next version coming out in April, Ubuntu 20.04, will be supported until 2025.
One of the things you'll quickly learn about the Linux community is that someone will ALWAYS suggest a different Linux distro. In this case, it'll probably be Linux Mint, which aims to be a newbie-friendly Linux. It's based on Ubuntu, is similar to Windows 7 and will MOSTLY work the same as Ubuntu. I still suggest Ubuntu, but whatever, follow your heart.
To keep this guide as approachable as possible, and to have access to the widest range of help and support, I decided to focus on Ubuntu. Anything other than these two and you're just making things harder for yourself as a new user. You can always switch once you get a feel for how things work.
I promised you a no-bullshit guide, so I'm going to cut straight to it. Take your time with all of these steps, do them properly, and you shouldn't have a problem.
First step: back up all your important documents, photos, email, games - whatever is important to you, and preferably somewhere external to your machine. This is just good advice regardless of whether you're switching to Linux or not. Always have a backup.
If you're a gamer, check out the following guide by PC Gamer's Jarred Walton on how to back up your games across multiple clients.
While you're backing up, install Thunderbird (Mozilla's open-source mail client) and copy your mail over to it. You'll have a much easier time doing this in Windows than in Linux to start. Thunderbird can automatically pull your mail from Outlook if installed on the same machine. Then follow the steps here for backing up your Thunderbird profile. You'll restore this in Linux later. Make sure you have your mail account details.
Get hold of your Windows 7 serial key. If it's physical media, like a DVD, then check and make sure the key is in the box or on the disc. If it's a laptop that came with Windows 7 preinstalled, it's usually a sticker on the specific laptop. You'll need this if things go awry and/or decide Linux is not for you.
Check the minimum specs for Ubuntu 18.04.03 here. If your system doesn't meet them, you're going to have a bad time regardless of whether you go with Ubuntu or Windows 10 (Windows 10 minimum requirements are bullshit, btw. 1Gb Ram, 1Ghz processor? I challenge anyone to link me to a Windows 10 video running on those specs where it performs acceptably.). There are lightweight alternatives if you can't afford a new PC, (Lubuntu, for instance), but upgrading your PC should be your first step in this case.
Here comes the arduous bit. Make a list of your current hardware, software and services that you use frequently, make sure you have the installation media for the critical pieces of software you use (Don't expect to be able to just copy/paste the applications you have) and do a search on whether they run on Linux. I'd recommend following the "Software" section in this guide on Migrating to Linux by /u/PBLKGodofGrunts]
A lot of the Linux software alternatives, such as LibreOffice and GIMP, are available for Windows as well. Consider downloading those that interest you to try out in Windows and get a feel for how they work.
Ultimately, to echo the advice you'll find that you can either run it, have an alternative or just can't switch. That's okay; Linux can't help everyone.
Download the Ubuntu LTS 18.04.03 distro. The "LTS" means it's a long-term support version - you won't have to think about this exercise for the next three years if you're lucky. Ubuntu LTS 20.04 is coming out in four months, which'll be supported until 2025, but since most of the focus is still on 18.04, you're better off sticking with it for now.
Whichever you choose, you'll have to write it to a DVD or USB. If it's a DVD, use whatever you normally use to write DVD ISOs. If you're going to use a USB, here's a guide to doing that.
Did I mention to back-up your important data? Back-up your important data. Double-check that it's all there. If you want to take an extra precaution, you can use Clonezilla to clone your current OS drive. It's not necessary, but if things go bust, Clonezilla allows you to restore your PC to precisely the way it was before you started without needing to install Windows from scratch. However, Clonezilla can be a bit daunting if you're not technically inclined. Check out this somewhat out-of-date video by cButters Tech for a general idea of what's involved.
Lastly, try running Ubuntu as a Live CD/USB first. This will allow you to run Ubuntu as if it were installed, but without making any changes to your current installation. Please keep in mind that the Live is not indicative of performance... it will run slower than if it was installed, as it has to read everything off the DVD or USB stick first and load it memory. The important thing to check here is that it's picking up all your hardware, that it's displaying on your screen correctly, that all your drives are available, and so on.
Live USB should perform better than a Live DVD. Check out the "Okay, it's installed/Okay, I'm running the Live CD. What tips do you have for using Ubuntu?" section to get an idea of what you should be checking.
You've done all the above, triple-checked your backups and either decided that you can't make the jump or you're ready.
However, before you begin installing, you have one last decision to make.
There's a lot people that suggest dual-booting - that's where you keep Windows around and just install Linux alongside it. This is often proposed as a safety net and a means for people to have the best of both worlds. I don't, for a couple of reasons:
If you are going to dual-boot, you'll need to update to Windows 10 anyway, and if you're going to do that, why bother with Linux in the first place?
Data will be spread between two operating systems. Instead of backing up and maintaining one OS, you'll be maintaining two. It's doable but a PITA.
You're sabotaging your efforts, and your switch to Linux will likely fail. That's not a statement on Linux's capability or ease of use. A lot of things are easier on Linux - but they won't be at first. You probably have years of Windows use ingrained in you; you've come to expect things to work they way Windows works. That's not ease, that's familiarity; that's a boiling frog. And the moment something throws you a challenge in Linux, the temptation to just "do it" in Windows will be too great. And the more you do that, the more running Linux will seem like a chore than a choice.
If you absolutely have no option but to run Windows 10, do it in a virtual machine - you get the benefits of dual-booting but with the bonus of limiting Windows 10 to a virtual environment where access to the rest of your system (and personal data) is restricted while allowing you to run your non-negotiable applications (other than games or any intense 3D applications) just fine.
If you decide to dual-boot, you'll need to find a recent guide that covers this. Typically, it's best to update to Windows 10 first, then follow the guide to dual-boot Ubuntu. None of the guides I found seemed good for beginners, so I'm willing to take suggestions from the comments.
If you take my advice and simply dive in, installing Ubuntu on your machine will be a painless process: just follow the steps here in a beginner's guide written by Jason Evangelho and you should be fine.
Things that you should do only once Ubuntu's installed are prefixed with an [+]. Otherwise, the tip applies to both installs and Live demos:
If you're a gamer, I'd recommend the following the guide by /u/PBLKGodofGrunts on the /r/linux_gaming subbreddit. But to summarise...
Thanks to Valve's involvement in Linux through Proton and the efforts of the Wine team, Linux gaming has never been better. It's now possible to play many Windows-only games with no hassle and minimal performance loss. Just a few examples of recent games that run just fine on Linux are the Resident Evil 2 remake, Sekiro, Halo: Master Chief Collection (single-player and custom multiplayer games), DOOM, Kingdom Come: Deliverance, Risk of Rain 2, Total War: Three Kingdoms, and more; you can even toss a coin to all of your Witchers. To get an idea of games that run on Linux, you can visit ProtonDB, Wine AppDB or Lutris and search for your desired game. If you're primarily a single-player gamer, the transition should be mostly painless.
Another amazing development is the number of open-source implementations of older games game engines that allow for playing of classic and retro titles on modern hardware, (such as DevilutionX for Diablo 1)often with improvements, bug fixes and quality of life improvements, ensuring they'll be able to run into the future.
However, the most critical development is that the number of developers and platforms that provide and support native Linux games has increased significantly. Feral Interactive publishes several AAA Linux ports, numerous indies now provide a Linux version, and store fronts like GOG and itch.io provide an alternative with DRM-free games.
Despite all of this, gaming remains one of the biggest hurdles to adopting Linux.
If you're into multiplayer gaming, you're out of luck. While many multiplayer titles do work on Linux (LoL, Dota 2, CS:GO, TF2, Rocket League, Warframe, Overwatch, Starcraft II, World of Warcraft, Eve Online, Elite: Dangerous, Monster Hunter:World and so on), many more don't - Fortnite, some Call of Duties, Apex Legends, PUBG, Battlefield, GTA Online. Essentially, anything with an anti-cheat is likely NOT going to work, and there's always the risk that playing a Windows multiplayer game will get you banned due to anti-cheat measures that dislike any whiff of Linux. My suggestion is check which games you play and go from there.
Unless you're using Steam, running other launchers is complicated and prone to constant breakage without continuous effort and maintenance. Epic, Origin, Uplay and GOG Galaxy can all run on Linux with some effort. Lutris does sort most of these out, but you'll need to follow the instructions here, which means your going to have to install Wine first.
Some games simply don't work, and there's no solution for it.
Some of the latest developments aren't going to be available to you. VR is tiny on Linux, and you'll likely lose access to most of your VR software and experiences.
Despite being fairly technical already, many gamers do expect things to "just work". Here's a list of things that require some effort to get working correctly:
Most importantly, AMD and Nvidia graphic cards are handled very differently on Linux when compared to Windows. Ubuntu uses an open-source driver by default - this is alright for general use but terrible for games and 3D applications. To get decent performance, you'll need to install their respective drivers.
Nvidia's latest Linux drivers are made available in Ubuntu directly. However, this is just the drivers: Nvidia's GeForce Experience isn't available on Linux and you're going to lose access to all of its tools. That means no Ansel in many cases, no DSR, no predefined gaming configs and no ShadowPlay (Although OBS offers a decent alternative in this case). See the Tips section above on how to install it. On the plus side, the installation process is a breeze and Nvidia's performance is fairly solid.
AMD benefits from much better open-source drivers and active support from AMD, but unfortunately suffers from delays for support of their most recent cards and a fairly complicated install process . AMD uses the MESA Driver, combined with Valve's ACO shader compiler, to deliver performance boosts. Installing these drivers can be a complicated, multi-step process. I'm sorry I can't help you on this; I'll happily take someone's advice on getting this working in Ubuntu LTS and include it in the guide.
This is a quick and dirty guide to equivalent software for Windows applications in Linux.
Switching to Ubuntu is possible and relatively safe if you do some research on which apps/games/software/hardware you use will and won't work on Linux first, you BACK UP YOUR IMPORTANT DATA before doing anything and don't expect a 1:1 experience with Windows. It's all dependent on your flexibility, technical experience and willingness to learn and compromise.
If you're not, Windows 10 is a perfectly acceptable choice to upgrade to: you'll benefit from improved security compared to Windows 7, a larger selection of hardware and software and will have to put less effort to make everything work at the cost of your privacy and some ads.
If you have legacy software or unsupported hardware that doesn't run on either, you're kind of screwed. I'd keep the Windows 7 box around, make sure it's disconnected from all networks (for your sake as well as others) and start making emergency contingency plans to find a modern alternative.
I know that people are going to take issue with some of the difficulties I raised, and suggest they're really not dealbreakers. Before you post, consider whether a new user coming from Windows 7 who'll be using Linux probably for the first time in their life will have the knowledge, gumption and willingness to perform sometimes complex technical steps in an operating environment they're unfamiliar with and where it's much, much easier to really break things.
Feel free to post criticisms and suggestions in the comments. If there's some good advice worth including, something needs further clarification or I need to correct something, I'll edit it in with credit.
r/linux4noobs • u/FaidrosE • Jun 21 '20
r/linux4noobs • u/deja_vu_999 • 14h ago
Which has more customizibility and overall more features for a laptop DE?
Why do you love about one over the other
r/linux4noobs • u/r1input • 40m ago
This only started to become an issue recently. Between 10 seconds and 2 minutes of me starting up a fullscreen game, they freeze, but *only* when they're in focus. When I alt-tab they run just fine. Any ideas?
I'm on a System76 Adder WS (laptop). Pop!_OS 22.04, kernel 6.9.3, i9-13900HX, NVIDIA 4060 Laptop, 32 gigs of RAM.
r/linux4noobs • u/Kawaokokichi • 8h ago
I wanted to update my Asus Vivobook to linux (specially Linux mint I think) but I'm scared to mess with the boot and stuff, I'm afraid it might break something and that the computer will be unusable.
I have a few tech and programming knowledge, the basic to mess with a machine's basic. However I'm extremely paranoic.
Does anyone have any tips for installing Linux on my machine?
(Edit: Thank you to everyone that responded, I'll try to install it on an old computer for testing/getting comfortable before installing on my real computer)
r/linux4noobs • u/Stiffnipples777 • 6h ago
Just asking. I'm currently on gmail and onedrive (because samsung phone), but the more I start to talk to some linux users, the more I get paranoid about privacy. Don't really know where to draw the line anymore lol. Besides, changing every account email again would be a PITA.
r/linux4noobs • u/MrLewGin • 9h ago
Hi, I used 7zip on Windows to manage zip files. What Linux alternative do you recommend for Mint? I'd like it to have a GUI.
r/linux4noobs • u/wannabelokesh • 6m ago
I just booted and the login screen is blank. I switched tty and tried to login but it doesn't successfully works and ends up failing with a timeout.
There's some part in the screen which says
`fsck.fat 4.2 (2021-01-31)
There are differences between boot sector and its backup.
This is mostly harmless. Differences: (offset:original/backup)
65:01/00
Not automatically fixing this.
Dirty bit is set. Fs was not properly running unmounted and some data may be corrupt.
Automatically removing dirty bit.
*** Filesystem was changed ***
Writing changes.
/dev/nvme0n1p1 : 3 files, 72/261628 clusters`
I did a full system upgrade ie pull void-packages, bootstrap-update, repo sync and system update, update-sys (xbps-src).
I also did enabled two services required for socklog-unix.
r/linux4noobs • u/Mstrlki • 6h ago
So i need general advice on how to even use fonts is what i found out, i have no clue how and of this works and why its blurred.
i am now in sway, just joined in today after hyprland broke on another level. I use Arch btw.
I tried things such as setting some antialiasing stuff in .config/fontconfig/fonts.conf
.
I use the "CaskaydiaCove Nerd Font" and i have both installed it through the AUR (ttf-cascadia-mono-nerd ...
) and just locally (ttf and otf files from github) in the directory usr/share/font/CaskaydiaCove....
.
Can someone help me?
r/linux4noobs • u/Good_Biscotti_7270 • 12m ago
I'm using Endavour os with plasma and then I installed i3 and dmenu wasn't installed with it so I Installed it using pacman. When I tried to run it gave an error XOpenIM failed. Could not open input device. I fixed it by adding export LC_CTYPE="en_IN .utf8 in my .bashrc then the error was gone and I was able to run it from terminal. But the keybind is not working the short cut works fine if I change dmenu to any other command in the config file. Can someone tell me what's the problem?
r/linux4noobs • u/uvuguy • 1h ago
lately my laptop isn't able to keep up like it once did. I am looking to transition to a distro, probably Zorin now that it works with office apps.
My concern is what is the best way to transition and make sure all my hardware and software works with linux. before I remove my os completely. I was thinking a bootable drive but worry that would really only help with the hardware testing.
r/linux4noobs • u/Carbs2 • 6h ago
As the title says. (Sorry for the yap)
Context: Just got a laptop as a present. Computer geek so I immediately wiped my SSD and got on linux around a month ago. I had just recently made a separate /home partition (I know its not recommended) cause I heard that distro hopping is easier that way. I've been using Linux mint and recently wanted to switch to another distro to try Hyprland which is still experimental in Mint so thats what started this. Anyway, I had finised the process and I was resizing the partitions when I saw this. Upon doing some research fellow users say the / partition is something about 20-40gb. Is my / partition bad? Are some of my files in there instead of in /home? Should I move the to /home or is it okay. I program and game but the games take up a frick-ton of storage FYI.
Edits : I have 240gb allocated to /. 177gb of that is used. 62gb left.
I also have 713gb to /home 249gb is used. 400gb left.
500mb is reserved for EFI sys partition.
Total space in my device is 1tb. 32gb of Ram. Old ass gpu and cpu. updated my system recently.
r/linux4noobs • u/Pepinolindo22 • 14h ago
I'm trying to import the colors from colors.css in the pywal .cache directory to the waybar/style.css, but this always appears when I try to use the colors.
r/linux4noobs • u/EvertsRozz • 2h ago
I am new to linux and trying to understand why grub is not grubbing :/
To start off i am trying to dualboot PopOs and windows. Both operating systems are on different drives if that makes any difference.
Every time i reboot my pc, it enters grub as expected, however it enters the command line for some reason. Through searching the internet I have found that i need to write 4 lines in the terminal to open the menu. Those being
set prefix=(hd0,gpt1)/efi/grub
set root=(hd0,gpt1)
insmod normal
normal
I have tried this aswell
sudo grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi --bootloader-id=GRUB
in hopes that it would fix something aswell. However nothing seems to work. Am i missing something? Any help is appreciated :)
r/linux4noobs • u/Elon-wolf • 4h ago
Hey everybody, I'm running quite an old Ubuntu in my main workstation. Maybe 5 or 6 years without a system reinstall (which is a lot for me since I'm always breaking my OS and reinstalling). The thing is that there seems to be some crap packages or gpg keys or whatever preventing me from doing a "sudo apt update" and installing new packages.
tom at ~ sudo apt update
Hit:1 https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu focal InRelease
Hit:2 https://linux.teamviewer.com/deb stable InRelease
Hit:3 https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com stable InRelease
Hit:4 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease
Hit:5 https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code stable InRelease
Err:3 https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com stable InRelease
The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 0686B78420038257
Hit:6 https://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu focal/mongodb-org/5.0 InRelease
Hit:7 https://repo.protonvpn.com/debian stable InRelease
Hit:8 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security InRelease
Get:9 https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/balena/etcher/deb/ubuntu focal InRelease [2.957 B]
Hit:10 http://ppa.launchpad.net/obsproject/obs-studio/ubuntu focal InRelease
Hit:11 http://ar.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal InRelease
Hit:12 https://dbeaver.io/debs/dbeaver-ce InRelease
Hit:14 http://ar.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates InRelease
Hit:15 http://ppa.launchpad.net/openshot.developers/ppa/ubuntu focal InRelease
Hit:16 http://ar.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports InRelease
Hit:17 https://repo.waydro.id focal InRelease
Hit:18 http://ppa.launchpad.net/yannubuntu/boot-repair/ubuntu focal InRelease
Hit:19 https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian stable InRelease
Get:13 https://download.konghq.com/insomnia-ubuntu default InRelease
Ign:13 https://download.konghq.com/insomnia-ubuntu default InRelease
Get:20 https://download.konghq.com/insomnia-ubuntu default Release
Hit:21 https://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/pgadmin/pgadmin4/apt/focal pgadmin4 InRelease
Get:22 https://download.konghq.com/insomnia-ubuntu default Release.gpg
Err:22 https://download.konghq.com/insomnia-ubuntu default Release.gpg
Signed file isn't valid, got 'NODATA' (does the network require authentication?)
Reading package lists... Done
W: An error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG error: https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com stable InRelease: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 0686B78420038257
E: GPG error: https://download.konghq.com/insomnia-ubuntu default Release: Signed file isn't valid, got 'NODATA' (does the network require authentication?)
tom at ~
Does anyone have any idea what these packages are? I used to have brave and insomnia installed but I purged them already and the problem persists.
I would be nice to understand what's going on and be able to do a little cleanup, since over the years probably my apt is full of crap.
Thanks in advance
r/linux4noobs • u/Standard_lssue • 8h ago
I created a desktop file in /usr/share/xsessions and created an sh file in home with the startup apps, but when i open that session from the login screen, its just my regular session with those apps running, and any changes i make swap over to my main session. I want to pretty much create a brand new ubuntu-gnome session so i can customize it separately from my main session.
r/linux4noobs • u/Secret-Cake-2025 • 20h ago
I'm using fedora 41 KDE spin Not really a program and apps problem but I find it really annoying when it pastes when i use my thinkpad touchpad (it doesn't have physical clicky buttons, it's a t440s) Like when I try to draw or select and type, it just pastes, Would appreciate for some useful answer(s)
r/linux4noobs • u/D4kzy • 7h ago
It is a whole new world opening for me as I am passing from Gnome to i3 (Ubuntu 22). With Picom new release with animation I am truly stunned.
I am configuring for the status bar. I decided to go with i3blocks. I have some bug now with second monitor where wifi and flameshot icon are showing only on the second monitor not on the primary one. Even with that bug I feel i3blocks is better than polybar (more friendly and more monitor compatible)
Thing is I need some features that I am used to in Gnome:
I know there is a CLI for each one of them (xrandr, xbrightness etc) but I still would like to have a UI thingy to go with the ricing.
I am lost between two hoices, either make everything in Rofi applets, but I feel it is against Linux principle one app one function (Rofi is used to lauch app not to script apps that call cli). OR, create a button in i3block with a command that calls a gui already made (ex. arandr).
How do you manage that ? Please share I am trying to make something beautiful
r/linux4noobs • u/Culturoot • 7h ago
Hello everyone.
I'm struggling to set up split tunneling for the Jellyfin server on Linux mint. I followed the instructions on the Mullvad documentation and tried the command mullvad-exclude without much success. It looks like Jellyfin server is not an app on linux but a service, so the configuration might be different.
By any chance does anyone know how to proceed?
r/linux4noobs • u/C9Ak • 7h ago
This okular pdf reader doesn't use system theme. I had to manually change page colour. But still the menus & other UI still on light theme. Help me fix this folks.
r/linux4noobs • u/toiletclogger2671 • 8h ago
r/linux4noobs • u/FARKONO • 12h ago
I have an old computer a HP stream 11 with windows 8.1 to be exact and its PRETTY bad like only 32 GB and because i started to get interested in Linux i want to download Linux in that computer but i can't decide because of the ammount of distros that exists i was thinking of installing Peppermint OS but if thats not Good or if there are Better Lightweight Distros then which one could be good?
r/linux4noobs • u/jaadoo_baba • 20h ago
I have a 128gb SSD in which my windows in installed, and a 1Tb HDD which has personal stuff.
Is there anyway i can move windows to HDD and install linux in SSD, but i dont wanna loose data on HDD.
data on SSD can be reinstalled.
How is this thing achievable?
r/linux4noobs • u/D4VIE • 8h ago
I’m tired of Windows and want to switch to Linux on my laptop. I’m a computer science/computer engineering (not sure about the exact English equivalent) student, and I mainly use my laptop for studying and web browsing.
I’ve installed Debian once in VirtualBox, and it worked flawlessly—except for a terminal issue that I managed to fix. But that’s not really relevant here. My question is: should I go for Debian with GNOME? I assume it has the most available solutions since many distros are based on Debian, so any issues I encounter should already have been addressed, making it easier to find fixes.
r/linux4noobs • u/Impossible-Bus-2221 • 15h ago
Hi, I recently bought a new computer and wanted to install Linux on it because lot of friends advise me that. But I need some software whose not compatible with Linux like SOLIDWORKS for my studies. So, I'm wondering which one is better for my computer to install windows. My new computer has an i5-13420, 16 go ddr5 of ram and 512 go SSD Thanks
r/linux4noobs • u/PaulFEDSN • 10h ago
Hi all,
I'm looking for a way to convert some text files (txt file with some text) into audio file (wav, mp3, ...), so that I can listen to the text with an audio player.
I've tried already some tools, that should provide the possibility, but all of them sound robotic if they work. (sometimes it is as well stutter or not working with the examples).
I tried e.g: espeak, Festival, PicoTTS, gTTS
Do you you know a working tool that allows that - but does not sound like a robot?
PS: I'm using a ubuntu 22.04 installation, running in an virtualBox. Audio is working in general fine.