linux4noobs

Previously used Endeavors, OpenSUSE, PopOS and GTA run 5 fps now on Fedora it run 25-40fps 1080 high

I got most of my games run pretty good now with the help of Steam compatibility and Wine now what should I do moving forward, win11 is a strong no go because I heard rumors about Microsoft locking bootloader with software update and I can’t stand fucking copilot/edge, should I wait until EOL or do it now? I’m pretty noob...

Hello I am seeking a simple solution to running a list of “chown -R” " commands in script.sh...

Pretty much the title. Maybe to add a bit of a backstory: Bazzite was awesome at first, all games ran on the first try!!...

Hey guys, so i just now pulled the trigger, formatted my windows installation and installed Linux for the first time. I went with bazzite, which seems very gaming friendly and idiot proof with its rollback functionality....

Problem is it can’t find mkdev.h:...

I am sorry and aware this is the wrong community. However, I am unable to find Ask Programmer....

I recently got my hands on an ASUS device equipped with an fingerprint sensor . As a Fedora user, I’ve been trying to set up the fingerprint sensor on my system, but it’s proven to be quite a challenge....

why? because it’s not triggering an obscure anti cheat on a game I’ve been playing when using wine (performance is still the same tho), everything else is just work no missing dependencies and it’s doesn’t get in my way like other distros (I tried Arch, Opensuse, Ubuntu, Debian), just to clarify I’m a complete noob...

Or maybe a way to use existing cloud services like Google Drive or OneDrive or Dropbox for this purpose?...

Is there an easy way to enable a inactivity timer when using a TTY like in Ubuntu Server for when there has been no inactivity for X seconds, it will execute vlock and lock the TTY.

I am using Arch Linux on an older Thinkpad and recent upgraded. KeePassXC was part of that and now, after I enter my credentials, and click to unlock my database it shows that it is loading but never finishes. I am using a password, Yubikey, and keyfile and have it set to max decryption time (5s) though I don’t know if that is...

I am using kubuntu and recently my .desktop files no longer launch from my desktop. If I go to ~/desktop in dolphin I can double click the same files and they launch just fine from there....

On Ubuntu Server and Arch I was able to change the following line in /lib/systemd/system/getty@.service...

I have gotten Wake On LAN (WOL) setup and working. However my machine is a Ubuntu machine using full disk LUKS encryption which means when booting it up, it requires a password/passphrase to unlock the machine before it boots into Ubuntu. The WOL systemD service I created will always make sure WOl is enabled for the next time...

Hey guys, i a am using ParrotOS and trying to install virtualbox from .deb package and i got the following warning...

I ran yay -Syu and everything went well but electron25 has taken over 10 hours to update. Is there anything I could have done to speed things up?...

Is it not possible to run Fedora Silverblue in live boot like other distros? I wanted to test it on my laptop before installing....

complete beginner so dont judge me but few days ago been trying to get more into linux so i installed arch. just today i deleted a separate partition on my disk and i couldnt access arch anymore, it wasnt showing on the bios. so i tried installing arch again using archinstall and it unmounted all the partitions on my disk....

After 3 days I finally got doom running but it’s not running very well (both on high setting 720p), not just doom I only got half the fps compared to windows on every games I tried, I’m so confused right now and I don’t know what to do. I pretty new to Linux any help is appreciated, this is hardware I’m running on: AMD...

I wish to change the default Nautilus file dialog that Firefox uses, to Dolphin (my main file manager) but I cannot find any solution. Every single time I download an image, Nautilus is opened instead of Dolphin....

Hello, everyone. Recently I finally decided to update my system, and right after the update ran into a problem: before update baobab showed ~22 GB avaliable space, and after the update it went down to around 8....

I really wanna ditch windows so bad but last time I tried Linux I got issues with gpu driver and I’m wondering if this laptop has a good Linux support