I finally did it. I deleted Windows.

I've been using Kubuntu 24.04 as my daily driver for 3 straight months not once needing to boot into Win10 so the time was right to say goodbye for good.

One question: I have a 128gb SSD that is located as /media/kazz/stuff. How do I get that device to automount please?

Swap partition size

I have 16GB of RAM. It’s been ages since I run Linux (Mandrake days). How much swap space should the swap partition have now a days or is it dead ideology? 🤔 Is zRAM used instead or just swap to file? 🤔 I will eventually just go with either Debian 12 or Fedora 41.

Thanks

Hello, I hope you can help me. I am using Fedora + Nvidia drivers. And with some updates I suspect kernel updates. And when restarting the Fedora logo is zoomed and has a very low resolution. And then there is a relatively long black screen until the login screen is finally displayed again. But this only affects the start after the update. The other starts are then completely normal again. Sometimes I even have to restart, because no login screen will be shown. I have observed the same behavior on another PC.

I have a Huawei Matepad T10 Tablet and due to the Google ban i am unable to use it for studies and playing games serviced by google. I dont know much about operating systems and therefore i am unsure if i can install linux on my tablet. If any of you know how to or know a video that shows how to then pls send me the link. Also pls tell me if it is possible to do it in the first place. Thanks a lot

Installing Jellyfin on proxmox (Debian LXC)

Every step that calls up for curl use in console, I get error 404

Can't even get the key never mind Jellyfin

Any advice? Google it and don't understand what the curl problem is

Yes I'm doing / apt install curl gnupg / successfully

I have been running into an issue for the last week and hoping someone can help me solve or at least prove what is the source of my issue.

SPECS:
CPU - Ryzen 7 1800X
MB - Asus Crosshero VI (BIOS Version 8801 after update)
GPU - Nvidia Quadro 4000 (Driver 535.183.01)
Linux - Debain 12 (Kernel 6.1.112-1)
Installed Software (Plex Media Server, ZFS, NFS Server, Zabbix Agent, Cockpit)

I recently upgraded my main gaming computer so I figured why not use the old parts for a plex server. I got an HBA in IT mode, some drives and put the old computer parts in a nice rack mounted case. Had no issues deploying Debain 12 and setting up ZFS and Plexmediaserver but after leaving the server for a few hours, I always get an alert that the server is down. Checking the console there is lots of kernel logs on the screen and the system needs to be reset to be operational again. I can't scroll on the local console so can only view the last 10 lines or so.

Examples of Logs on the screen during lock up:
Kernel Panic - not Syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt
INFO: task z_wr_iss:1087 blocked for more than 241 seconds.
watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#X stuck for XXXXs!
CPU: XX PID: XXXX COM: nfsd Tained
RIP: 0010:kmem_cache_alloc+0xeb/0x300

I google searched the above issue as best as I could and have come to the conclusion that I must be having a CPU stability issue. Initial troubleshooting steps say to update BIOS and Update/Revert Kernel. I have updated my BIOS to the latest version and have made sure im on the newest version of Debain 12. I even installed Ubuntu 22.04 just to try an older kernel and had the same results.

Next thing I tried was install windows and just disconnected the ZFS pool. No issues on Windows with a similar load so I know its not the hardware.

At this point I started finding more and more articles about how Ryzen can be hassle. I have run Arch and Debain on other Ryzen CPUs with no issues except this one machine. This eventually lead me to the Arch wiki regarding Ryzen. https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Ryzen#

I went through the post starting with making sure I had the newest UCode installed. Next I started looking at the Soft lock freezing section. I put both echo rcu_nocbs=0-$(($(nproc)-1)) and processor.max_cstate=5 within my kernel parameters as well as disabling cStates in the BIOS but it did not seem to help. I also see some mentioned of higher frequencies causing issues but I have made sure nothing is overclocked in the BIOS.

At this point I really don't know what else to try so I am hoping someone else has had this in the past and has some suggestions for me to try.

I have an old laptop HDD. I have a blank SSD. I would like to image the former onto the latter such that I can stick the SSD into the laptop and have it boot.

How do I do this in Linux? I'm presuming simply dd'ing won't preserve the boot sector and such.

switching my operating system from Windows 11 to Linux and primarily using my computer for web browsing with Brave and Chromium with dozens of extensions.
I'm curious about the benefits and potential drawbacks of using Linux for this purpose.

I run Fedora 41 and my system will crash back to the login screen when an RDP client disconnects from my system's GNOME RDP server. This happens with multiple client systems, both an Ipad 2 and my Fedora laptop. I saw a crash report thingy for xdg-desktop-portal, but IDK if that's related.

Possibly related is my XORG display server got screwed up and loops the login screen when I rebooted with a root terminal open (no commands were running, but the terminal was open). I am now using Wayland. I use AMD graphics, so fixing this is not a priority.

Thanks in advance,

QuowLord

EDIT: Ryzen 3 3200G with Radeon RX 5600XT, and I'm using both integrated graphics and the GPU for output.

I want to have my gallery stored in a separate partition so i can access it on both OS. However, I do not know if it will cause any problems or if it will make viewing photos more complicated. Will I be able to open Gallery apps on both OS and direct them to this partition? I only have one 1TB SSD, so all partitions will be on one drive.

i recently shrunk the size of my boot partion by abt 600gb to make it an ntfs drive for my windows install. i now want to delete that partition and move it back to the main boot partition to get my 600gb of space back. the only issue is in linux using the kde disk partition manager it wont let me. it shows a lock icon and if you try to apply it just gives you an error. i was told that i needed to have it unmounted so i went to my windows install to try and do i on there. the only issue is windows wont recogmixe the file system of the drive and the expand partion option is greyed out. if i have to i can zero the drive and reinstall but i dont want to do that. any ideas?

hello everyone!

I am having a weird issue where after installing AL8 or 9, I get a dracut error that the UUID of the raid array does not exist. I can get around this simply by manually assembling the raid at the emergency shell and then exiting and it will boot normally. But this happens at every boot. How do I fix this?

I have tried editing the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX value in /etc/default/grub with various values, including md.raid, md.auto, md.raid.uuid={uuid} and I have sometimes have gotten a successful boot, but nothing I have found works 100% of the time...yet.

Other tries have included forcing the /etc/mdadm.conf into the initramfs, rebuilding the initramfs and grub config. Any input appreciated.

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My GPU is an RX 7600, and I'm using Arch Linux. Even though my GPU temperature is actually quite good, when I open any game, the MangoHud overlay shows that it’s thermal throttling, even with temperatures around 50–60°C. Sometimes, the GPU also Power throttles, and I really don’t know what to do. I bought this card to run games smoothly on Linux, so this is frustrating.

I'm not sure if these throttles significantly affect gameplay, but it’s a little concerning from my perspective. I want to know if this is a known issue with the RX 7000 series or if it might be a bug. I checked LACT, and it also shows that is throttling. I also noticed that the fan curves and GPU power usage on Linux is worse compared to Windows.

The screenshot below is from the DBD menu, not even ingame and the same issue occurs in every game I try, for example Overwatch shows 50–60°C and it was thermal throttling as well.

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I'm on popOS on an MSI GL62 6QF laptop. I've got it set up where I have an internal SSD running linux and the internal HDD running Windows 10. Problem is, I need windows still on occasion and this HDD is 8 years old by now so I want to transfer it to a same sized SSD that I have. I tried booting up windows on the old HDD and using diskgenius to clone the drive onto my new one, but it took 5 hours and once it was done it refused to boot properly. DiskGenius seemed to have the option to clone 1 drive to another with neither drive currently booted up and while the computer is running, and ideally I would like to find something like that since if it's gonna take 5 hours I'd prefer to be able to use my laptop while it's happening. Especially if trial and error will be involved.

I'm trying to clone a 1TB drive and I don't have a 1TB usb so I don't have a middleman for a bootable .iso. From previous experience it doesn't seem like booting an iso from the drive it's intended to inhabit works.

Really I just need any solution that will let me use my laptop on linux while I clone my HDD straight onto my new SSD in a bootable form

Hey I got the T14 G2a, I want to dual boot and I have got a question, what Linux distro do I install? programming with pycharm and vscode, will dive into pentesting with it too and I was told kali, but I don't want to dive into the deep end immediately lol.

I use Linux for development with WSL2, and I like SharkKeys to swap caps lock with esc (vim user). I don't have a QMK keyboard so I need to use those kinds of solutions. How convenient is remapping on Linux? (X and Wayland)

I work for a company that sells used goods online. I clear hard drives of computers, then install an OS before resale. For obvious reasons I can't include windows with each computer. I want the next best thing to Windows. That anyone from college students to elderly people can use without much set up and no additional downloads. I currently use Fedora 41 KDE but I was considering using Mint or Fedora with Cinnamon. I feel like with Fedora you've gotta enable flatpaks before you can do much and before Fedora 41 graphics drivers were a big deal. Just wanted everyone's thoughts. Ps I've only been "into" Linux these past 4 months.

I am just kind of curious what apps do people use on wine. I am told most of the office apps are not great, so what else is there out there other then games that people really needed on wine?

Had a customer come in with a Dell XPS that seems to have gotten a corrupt BIOS and would not boot whatsoever. Could not do BIOS repair or anything. We purchased a replacement model and wanted to swap the SSD over and call it a day but were stuck on the Ubuntu splash page with no further movement.

Customer wants all data preserved including applications installed and their data. I can boot to a USB version and access the data no problem but user wants the machine exactly like it was before the BIOS failure

Please help with best steps!

Hi there,

So I just bought a Raspberry Pi 5 to play around with Linux and learn a bit about this system. Currently I'm running Ubuntu 24.04. Everything seems to run fine. But I want to install some programs to enhace my productivity, only to find out I can't install anything.

I need to install my cloud (I'm using pCloud), Obsidian and Onlyoffice Docs, and probably some more stuff. I've been trying it and downloaded .appimage files. I made sure to set the .appimage files as executables in the properties window. Double clicking. hitting enter, does nothing. No installation window opens. Doing some research, it turns out that Ubuntu 24.04 needs libfuse2 in order to install .appimage programs. Did it through the terminal, libfuse2 is installed, but still nothing happens. This issue is driving me mad. I've followed several tutorials and can't find a solution for this. Any suggestions are welcomed. Thanks in advance.

I have a client machine that has dual partitions and looks like the linux partition is corrupt. I booted to a 20.04 USB and I can Computer/Windows partitions/files but does not look like the Computer file system is complete.

If I open Gpart up, I see a total of 5 parts. 2 parts are ~475gb each and the rest are small partitions. The 465gb part shows as unknown, red exclamation, -- used space.

End goal will be to get 20.04 installed on top preserving data or if necessary, access/pull the data and install 20.04 fresh and transfer data back on.

Any support greatly appreciated. Have an IT background but LinuxNoob

Hello, I have a PC where I used to have Ubuntu and Windows in dual boot. I deleted Ubuntu but now, the problem is that Grub console shows up at startup and I have to type exit each time to boot into windows. So, how to remove that? I tried other people solutions already but it didn't work.

Hi, I am using debian 12 bookworm and the 6.10.11+bpo-amd64 kernel and am having some troubles with 'sudo apt update'.

I added 'deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-backports main' to '/etc/apt/sources.list' because i needed the backports for the driver of the network card I am using, but now every time I run 'sudo apt update', I get the following warnings:

W: Target Packages (main/binary-amd64/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:15 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/archive_uri-http_deb_debian_org_debian-bookworm.list:1

and similar warnings for different packages but the same 2 /etc/apt/sources.list files

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I know that the packages are in both repositories but I don't know which to remove If i need to remove any. Please can you help get rid of the warnings?Hi, I am using debian 12 bookworm and the 6.10.11+bpo-amd64 kernel and am having some troubles with 'sudo apt update'.I added 'deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-backports main' to '/etc/apt/sources.list' because i needed the backports for the driver of the network card I am using, but now every time I run 'sudo apt update', I get the following warnings:I know that the packages are in both repositories but I don't know which to remove If i need to remove any. Please can you help get rid of the warnings?

I commented out the one I added to /etc/apt/sources.list directly at line 15, and when I ran 'sudo apt install firmware-realtek', it seemed to recognize the firmware and work properly. my new question is: was commenting it out correct?

Thanks.

For a variety of good reasons, I built a new computer. It's running nicely, W11/Fedora dual boot. My only issue (mistake) is that I got a motherboard for which there is currently no Linux ethernet driver. The board itself (Gigabyte X870) is quite new, having been on the market for only a month or so. I'm doing nicely on wifi, so not a huge problem.

That said, when do these drivers typically become available, assuming they all eventually do?
Or should I start thinking about a ethernet NIC for one of my PCIe slots?

Thanks!

I'm using KDE and frequently have A need to type in other languages (ukranian, russian, spanish and english). I tried using the built in KDE virtual keyboard, but it seems it only comes if using A touch screen. I tried googling for A program, but all that came up were tutorials on using the on screen keyboard built into GNOME.