I've been on Linux (first Mint, now Ubuntu) for close to a decade now because Microsoft is evil and Windows sucks and runs like shit. I can browse the internet, play some games, manage my files, write some documents. It's good. I've recommended it to others for those reasons.

However, I've often felt like I was banging my head against a wall when trying to install more specific software. Most recently: LaTeX.

I've heard it's a better way of editing text documents and I was looking forward to trying it out. But I simply cannot get to that point. There's nothing in the AppCenter that's a straightforward install and run. I've looked it up and seen people say they use MiKTeX and TeXLive and Vim and EMCAS? So now I'm not sure I understand what it "LaTeX" really is at all.

The only thing that makes sense to me so far is Overleaf. You get a GUI that lets you type in the "code" and hit a button and it spits out a PDF. It's like markup. Cool! But I'd prefer to use it locally, and I don't understand how. I've followed instructions on this (1999 lookin' ass) website, which is supposed to be "straightforward". I still don't have anything on my computer that lets me edit or create documents. At least I don't understand how.

Am I that stupid? I'd like to think not. I've managed to install Linux at least. And I'm not scared of computers, I've installed some other stuff through the CLI in the past. I might be impatient. But is that so bad? I thought this was fairly common software, I'm on the most common distro, and creating documents is a common task. I'd have thought installing it would just work. But it won't and it's lowkey making me lose my damn mind.

Not sure I want help, I'm mostly just venting. Probably I'll just try Overleaf and see if I like that for the time being. But I really wish Linux was more user-friendly. A big selling point is that it lets you do whatever you want, but what use is that theoretical possibility if it's too complex to actually execute? Right now I'm feeling completely locked in.

I have tried linux mint a few times over the years and inevitably get frustrated and go back to windows due to needing to learn so many little things just to get going. Although I get frustrated with it, I still feel this enticing pull towards linux. I want to learn, I just don't understand how people consider this easy at all. Where do I go to get a good deep learning of this and to ease my biggest pain points.

Biggest pain points:
1. First and foremost, how do you learn the equivalent of the windows explore? I open it up and it looks familiar, but everything goes to weird pathways. I install things and I don't know where they go.

1. The terminal. How did anyone even figure out any of the commands for this? I have been told that terminal is essentially an optional thing you can do with linux, but most users use the terminal because it makes things "easier". I was dabbling in a few of the beginning commands. And when I thought I understood things it clearly showed I had 0 idea what I was doing. things like sudo apt commands. I just felt like whenever I was "downloading" anything through terminal it felt like I was downloading an unknown program and always had me wondering if it was really what I was searching for.

This also meant for updating, I felt like I had updates almost daily, if not multiple times a day it would show that I had updates.

I guess those are really my biggest pain points. I have tried looking at videos to learn, but it feels like I still need a background in coding or something to understand these things.

It could be as simple as the person saying so go in to the terminal and type in sudo apt upgrade and then they would just say what sudo was, but it made no sense to me. I would even consider myself a very tech savvy person as well. Which is probably why I always run away from linux, because if I feel like it's to advanced I just consider it not worth going further.

Maybe you guys can shine some light on this and really point me in a better direction. Possibly maybe even someone that was in my position and finally had that "aha" moment.

So, either in a few months or more (depending on a repair thing for my current PC) I'm gonna build a new one, now granted if everything works out I'll stay on windows, but for my next PC that I'm gonna build as my first PC build, I wanna make the move to linux, granted I will have windows on a second SSD for games with kernel level anti cheats. Anywho, I wanna use Nvidia since I've had nothing but trouble with my AMD GPU and since I wanna use windows on another drive, I don't wanna use it for my next PC, so I wanna know if a 5070ti will work well on bazzite since I've heard that linux and nvidia doesn't mix that well. You can also recomend another distro, I want a gaming specific distro, well not specific but a focused one and I've heard CachyOS is good on Nvidia but I'm scared of Arch. I also don't care about it being super identical to windows, if it works well with wireless PCVR over steamlink (since virtual desktop doesn't support linux I've heard) then that's a total plus, downloading stuff should be easy, since I don't know how to install stuff with the terminal or whatever. I don't wanna use linux mint as my daily driver for a gaming PC, if it was a non gaming PC then yeah I would use mint, like if it was a work PC I'd pick it. What do you guys recomend?

Next month I am going on vacations and I would like to read a book on how to use Linux and terminal commands. Any recommendations?

around 300 pages preferably, written concisely.

Thank you for your reccommendations

I'm using Bazzite, and I literally just switched, so my knowledge on Linux is extremely bare bones. I'd like to set up a group of windows on a screen and 'save' their layout so that I can open them all at once at any time. Specifically, I'm trying to have OBS and a few webpages open, since from what I can tell, flatpak OBS can't add custom docks. Is there a way to do this? Or is it a manual process every time?

Hi!

I use the bash shell. I can do

$ head `which apt`
#!/usr/bin/python3

import sys
import os
import subprocess
import shlex
import shutil

def usage():
    print("""
$ head $(which apt)
#!/usr/bin/python3

import sys
import os
import subprocess
import shlex
import shutil

def usage():
    print("""

But not

$ which apt | head
/usr/local/bin/apt
$ which apt 2>&1 | head
/usr/local/bin/apt

Well, I can do it, but it won't let me see the head of my Linux Mint's Python wrapper for apt.

Apparently - according to my internet research - that's because with pipe, the path becomes stdin and not an argument for head. I need which apt | xargs head for it to work.

Could you please elaborate on the difference between these two? I have a hard time understanding it.

I also read through this thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux4noobs/comments/9hz1pz/piping_vs_command_substitutionwhats_the_difference/
I realize, after reading it, that if I have some commands that should be called one after another, I still don't know if I need pipes or command substitution and that I would just have to try. I'd like to do better. When do I need stdin, when an "argument"?

Thank you so much in advance!

I have a spare laptop that my boss gave me to fiddle around with and test out Linux with our ISP servers and switches for security purposes. I have absolutely no idea where to even start. So if there are video guides to go along with the install process that would be great.

Hey everybody I'm a windows user from the very start but I am considering shifting to Linux. The problem that I am facing is that I don't really know anything about it. All I know is how to use windows.

So I need serious help. If anybody can tell me where to start, how to practice before actually installing any type of Linux and where to practice as well. Why am I saying before installing is because I have only one pc which is behind handled for all my tasks so basically I don't want to lose any stuff and get blocked out.

Any help and advice is really appreciated. My DM is open as well.

got a newer pc and on my current is mint and neon kde

1-any thing specific I need to do to transfer the whole drive to the new pc? will it work plug and play? do I need to upodate anything?

2-I do not like mint at all. too many issues. id like to try something else on that partition. I know how to cope with windows and install process on partitions but not with linux

some insight on how to remove mint and slap a different distro on that partition?

I've successfully and permanently switched from Windows to Bazzite KDE Plasma and I'm running all my games through Steam via Proton Experimental/ge/cachyos, but someone told me that they're using Gamescope. What is that and are there any advantages over Proton?

So I've been dreaming of switching to Linux over months deciding which distro and it's benefits and everyone knew that id pick mint

I heard that there is a catch

I had GT 610 Fermi architecture with 4 gigs of ram and i3 3220 but indie titles (silksong nine sols ultra kill etc.) ran VERY well as I mean and there was some kind of a catch on Linux

It only supported vulkan and I have openGL I read that there is a way to make it run opengl via switching to it and downloading the preparatory drivers (installing nouvue first then on desktop installing preparatory ones) will that reduce my overall fps or make games crash? And if it did... Is there a way to make it run well just like it did on windows with my potato toaster?

Also it's a nividia GeForce 610 so anyone doesn't get confused I don't know what fps i got there but after posting it in linux_gaming the mod suggested me to come here.

That's all and thank you:)

(Note: haven't switched yet so I couldn't regret it I'm planning to use XFCE Linux mint which is well for beginners)

I'm not quite sure of how to word the question, but I'm wondering how well things can be sandboxed with Steam's Proton. I ask this in the context of the possibility some games or mods might be malware and it's assuming that the game is running as a windows game without native Linux options. I know roughly that everything in your home folder could be accessed by the game. How well can it be mitigated? Is it possible, assuming no linux malware hidden inside, to make windows based malware unable to effect or see anything beyond its own steamapp folder?

or other projects for qubes os using less ram like mirage firewall

16gb drr5 ram, intel processer, 2025

ram is expensive 🥀

i tried litequbes but got a lot of errors and someone mentioned its for older systems

Hi everyone!

A couple of days ago I posted about GUI problems, freezes etc. I had reinstalled Linux Mint on Oct 3 (v22), but the problems keep happening since spring, when I was still on v21. I also changed the SSD used.

A lot of people suggested changing the kernel used.

First, again, my current system specs:

System:
  Kernel: 7.0.0-38-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.3.0 clocksource: tsc
  Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.6.9 tk: GTK v: 3.24.41 wm: Muffin v: 6.6.3 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0
    Distro: Linux Mint 22.3 Zena base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 21K4S02000 v: ThinkPad T14 Gen 4
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: LENOVO model: 21K4S02000 serial: <superuser required>
    part-nu: LENOVO_MT_21K4_BU_Think_FM_ThinkPad T14 Gen 4 uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: LENOVO
    v: R2FET72W (1.52 ) date: 09/15/2026
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 51.6 Wh (97.4%) condition: 53.0/52.5 Wh (101.0%) volts: 17.3 min: 15.5
    model: Sunwoda 5B10W51867 type: Li-poly serial: <filter> status: not charging cycles: 73
CPU:
  Info: 8-core model: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U w/ Radeon 780M Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    smt: enabled arch: Zen 4 rev: 1 cache: L1: 512 KiB L2: 8 MiB L3: 16 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1907 high: 3438 min/max: 419/5135 boost: enabled cores: 1: 2375 2: 1100
    3: 2287 4: 1977 5: 1330 6: 1100 7: 2612 8: 1331 9: 1100 10: 1330 11: 1418 12: 3438 13: 1319
    14: 1319 15: 3244 16: 3244 bogomips: 105402
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Phoenix1 vendor: Lenovo driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-3 pcie: speed: 16 GT/s
    lanes: 16 ports: active: HDMI-A-1,eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, DP-4, DP-5, DP-6, Writeback-1
    bus-ID: 64:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:15bf class-ID: 0300 temp: 37.0 C
  Device-2: Chicony Integrated Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 bus-ID: 3-1:2 chip-ID: 04f2:b7c0 class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 4480x1868 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1185x494mm (46.65x19.45")
    s-diag: 1284mm (50.55")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-A-0 pos: primary,top-left model: Dell S2721DS serial: <filter>
    res: 2560x1440 hz: 60 dpi: 109 size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.23") diag: 676mm (26.6") modes:
    max: 2560x1440 min: 720x400
  Monitor-2: eDP-1 mapped: eDP pos: bottom-r model: Lenovo 0x403a res: 1920x1200 hz: 60 dpi: 161
    size: 302x189mm (11.89x7.44") diag: 356mm (14") modes: max: 1920x1200 min: 640x480
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi device: 1 drv: swrast
    gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: radeonsi x11: drv: radeonsi inactive: wayland
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 25.2.8-0ubuntu0.24.04.4 glx-v: 1.4
    direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon 780M Graphics (radeonsi phoenix LLVM 20.1.2 DRM 3.64
    7.0.0-38-generic) device-ID: 1002:15bf
  API: Vulkan v: 1.3.275 layers: 3 surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 0 type: integrated-gpu driver: N/A
    device-ID: 1002:15bf device: 1 type: cpu driver: N/A device-ID: 10005:0000
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Rembrandt Radeon High Definition Audio vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel pcie: speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 64:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1640 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_pci_ps v: kernel
    pcie: speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 64:00.5 chip-ID: 1022:15e2 class-ID: 0480
  Device-3: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
    speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 64:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k7.0.0-38-generic status: kernel-api
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.5 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active
  Server-2: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: off (using pipewire-pulse)
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Lenovo RTL8111/8168/8411 driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
    port: 6000 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp1s0f0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Qualcomm QCNFA765 Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Lenovo driver: ath11k_pci
    v: kernel pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 17cb:1103 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: docker0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: USI driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-3.1:6
    chip-ID: 10ab:9309 class-ID: e001
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.3 lmp-v: 12
    sub-v: 65e2 hci-v: 12 class-ID: 7c010c
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 953.87 GiB used: 227.32 GiB (23.8%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung model: MZVL21T0HDLU-00BLL size: 953.87 GiB speed: 63.2 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 7L2QGXD7 temp: 32.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 937.33 GiB used: 227.32 GiB (24.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 511 MiB used: 6.2 MiB (1.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -1 file: /swapfile
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 5 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-2: 1-2:2 info: Hitachi ports: 4 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 045b:0209
    class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-2.1:4 info: Winbond Ducky One2 SF RGB type: keyboard,mouse,HID
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 4 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 0416:0123 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
  Device-2: 1-2.3:7 info: Sunplus Innovation Optical Mouse type: mouse driver: hid-generic,usbhid
    interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 1.5 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 98mA chip-ID: 1bcf:0005 class-ID: 0301
  Hub-3: 1-3:3 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 05e3:0610 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-3.1:6 info: USI type: bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 10ab:9309 class-ID: e001
  Device-2: 1-5:5 info: Shenzhen Goodix USB2.0 MISC type: <vendor specific> driver: N/A
    interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 27c6:6594 class-ID: ef00
    serial: <filter>
  Hub-4: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-5: 2-2:2 info: Hitachi ports: 4 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 045b:0210
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-6: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 3-1:2 info: Chicony Integrated Camera type: video driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 5
    rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 500mA chip-ID: 04f2:b7c0 class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
  Hub-7: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 1 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-8: 5-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-9: 6-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 1 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-10: 7-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-11: 8-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 1 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s lanes: 1
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 45.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 37.0 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 4500
Repos:
  Packages: 2438 pm: dpkg pkgs: 2422 pm: flatpak pkgs: 16
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/git-core-ppa-noble.list
    1: deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/git-core-ppa-noble.gpg] https: //ppa.launchpadcontent.net/git-core/ppa/ubuntu noble main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
    1: deb http: //packages.linuxmint.com zena main upstream import backport
    2: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble main restricted universe multiverse
    3: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates main restricted universe multiverse
    4: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ noble-security main restricted universe multiverse
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.sources
    1: deb [arch=amd64] https: //download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu noble stable
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.sources
    1: deb [arch=amd64] https: //dl.google.com/linux/chrome-stable/deb/ stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vivaldi.sources
    1: deb [arch=amd64] https: //repo.vivaldi.com/stable/deb/ stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.sources
    1: deb [arch=amd64] https: //packages.microsoft.com/repos/code stable main
Info:
  Memory: total: 32 GiB note: est. available: 30.05 GiB used: 4.57 GiB (15.2%)
  Processes: 422 Power: uptime: 3m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: s2idle wakeups: 0
    hibernate: platform Init: systemd v: 255 target: graphical (5) default: graphical
  Compilers: gcc: 13.3.0 Client: Unknown python3.12 client inxi: 3.3.34

Yesterday, I tried Winapps via a Docker VM, but it was unusable because of entire system freezes, so I looked into the coredumps since my Oct 3 install:

$ sudo coredumpctl list
TIME                            PID  UID  GID SIG     COREFILE EXE                       SIZE
Sat 2026-10-03 20:50:13 CEST   1081    0    0 SIGABRT missing  /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg           -
Sat 2026-10-03 22:13:53 CEST   5873    0    0 SIGSEGV missing  /usr/bin/python3.12          -
Sun 2026-10-04 02:20:23 CEST   1077    0    0 SIGABRT missing  /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg           -
Mon 2026-10-05 10:22:25 CEST   1125    0    0 SIGABRT missing  /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg           -
Mon 2026-10-05 15:15:48 CEST   1060    0    0 SIGABRT missing  /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg           -
Mon 2026-10-05 16:35:29 CEST   1071    0    0 SIGABRT missing  /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg           -
Mon 2026-10-05 16:40:58 CEST   3210 1001 1001 SIGSEGV missing  /usr/bin/gnome-screenshot    -
Mon 2026-10-05 17:27:40 CEST   6087 1001 1001 SIGSEGV missing  /usr/bin/gnome-screenshot    -
Tue 2026-10-06 02:19:55 CEST   1079    0    0 SIGABRT missing  /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg           -
Tue 2026-10-06 15:23:15 CEST   1064    0    0 SIGABRT missing  /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg           -
Wed 2026-10-07 00:15:36 CEST  64530 1001 1001 SIGABRT missing  /opt/zoom/ZoomWebviewHost    -
Fri 2026-10-09 00:38:00 CEST   1136    0    0 SIGABRT missing  /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg           -
Fri 2026-10-09 10:47:58 CEST   1069    0    0 SIGABRT missing  /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg           -
Sat 2026-10-10 07:56:09 CEST   1139    0    0 SIGABRT missing  /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg           -
Sun 2026-10-11 15:21:08 CEST   1076    0    0 SIGABRT missing  /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg           -
Mon 2026-10-12 00:55:49 CEST   1146    0    0 SIGABRT missing  /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg           -
Mon 2026-10-12 13:00:42 CEST   1059    0    0 SIGABRT missing  /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg           -
Tue 2026-10-13 15:46:46 CEST   1146    0    0 SIGABRT present  /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg        8.9M
Wed 2026-10-14 17:04:52 CEST   1062    0    0 SIGABRT present  /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg        8.9M
Thu 2026-10-15 15:16:11 CEST   1165    0    0 SIGABRT present  /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg        8.9M
Fri 2026-10-16 11:34:22 CEST  33279 1001 1001 SIGSEGV present  /usr/bin/gnome-screenshot 3.9M
Sat 2026-10-17 08:09:38 CEST   1171    0    0 SIGABRT present  /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg        7.8M$ sudo coredumpctl list
TIME                            PID  UID  GID SIG     COREFILE EXE                       SIZE
Sat 2026-10-03 20:50:13 CEST   1081    0    0 SIGABRT missing  /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg           -
Sat 2026-10-03 22:13:53 CEST   5873    0    0 SIGSEGV missing  /usr/bin/python3.12          -
Sun 2026-10-04 02:20:23 CEST   1077    0    0 SIGABRT missing  /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg           -
Mon 2026-10-05 10:22:25 CEST   1125    0    0 SIGABRT missing  /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg           -
Mon 2026-10-05 15:15:48 CEST   1060    0    0 SIGABRT missing  /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg           -
Mon 2026-10-05 16:35:29 CEST   1071    0    0 SIGABRT missing  /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg           -
Mon 2026-10-05 16:40:58 CEST   3210 1001 1001 SIGSEGV missing  /usr/bin/gnome-screenshot    -
Mon 2026-10-05 17:27:40 CEST   6087 1001 1001 SIGSEGV missing  /usr/bin/gnome-screenshot    -
Tue 2026-10-06 02:19:55 CEST   1079    0    0 SIGABRT missing  /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg           -
Tue 2026-10-06 15:23:15 CEST   1064    0    0 SIGABRT missing  /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg           -
Wed 2026-10-07 00:15:36 CEST  64530 1001 1001 SIGABRT missing  /opt/zoom/ZoomWebviewHost    -
Fri 2026-10-09 00:38:00 CEST   1136    0    0 SIGABRT missing  /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg           -
Fri 2026-10-09 10:47:58 CEST   1069    0    0 SIGABRT missing  /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg           -
Sat 2026-10-10 07:56:09 CEST   1139    0    0 SIGABRT missing  /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg           -
Sun 2026-10-11 15:21:08 CEST   1076    0    0 SIGABRT missing  /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg           -
Mon 2026-10-12 00:55:49 CEST   1146    0    0 SIGABRT missing  /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg           -
Mon 2026-10-12 13:00:42 CEST   1059    0    0 SIGABRT missing  /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg           -
Tue 2026-10-13 15:46:46 CEST   1146    0    0 SIGABRT present  /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg        8.9M
Wed 2026-10-14 17:04:52 CEST   1062    0    0 SIGABRT present  /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg        8.9M
Thu 2026-10-15 15:16:11 CEST   1165    0    0 SIGABRT present  /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg        8.9M
Fri 2026-10-16 11:34:22 CEST  33279 1001 1001 SIGSEGV present  /usr/bin/gnome-screenshot 3.9M
Sat 2026-10-17 08:09:38 CEST   1171    0    0 SIGABRT present  /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg        7.8M

A whole lot of Xorg crashes!

Looking into the first Xorg crash shows

$  sudo coredumpctl info 1081$  sudo coredumpctl info 1081
           PID: 1081 (Xorg)
           UID: 0 (root)
           GID: 0 (root)
        Signal: 6 (ABRT)
     Timestamp: Sat 2026-10-03 20:50:13 CEST (3 weeks 2 days ago)
  Command Line: /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg -core :0 -seat seat0 -auth /var/run/lightdm/root/:0 -nolisten tcp vt7 -novtswitch
    Executable: /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg
 Control Group: /system.slice/lightdm.service
          Unit: lightdm.service
         Slice: system.slice
       Boot ID: 8bce1c24607842e2b55a2307361f3080
    Machine ID: -
      Hostname: hostname
       Storage: /var/lib/systemd/coredump/core.Xorg.0.8bce1c24607842e2b55a2307361f3080.1081.1791053413000000.zst (missing)
       Message: Process 1081 (Xorg) of user 0 dumped core.

                Module libzstd.so.1 from deb libzstd-1.5.5+dfsg2-2build1.1.amd64
                Module libsystemd.so.0 from deb systemd-255.4-1ubuntu8.17.amd64
                Module libudev.so.1 from deb systemd-255.4-1ubuntu8.17.amd64
                Stack trace of thread 1081:
                #0  0x00007efa0509eb2c __pthread_kill_implementation (libc.so.6 + 0x9eb2c)
                #1  0x00007efa0504527e __GI_raise (libc.so.6 + 0x4527e)
                #2  0x00007efa050288ff __GI_abort (libc.so.6 + 0x288ff)
                #3  0x000063ea71216fae OsAbort (Xorg + 0x1e4fae)
                #4  0x000063ea7121caf7 n/a (Xorg + 0x1eaaf7)
                #5  0x000063ea7121db77 FatalError (Xorg + 0x1ebb77)
                #6  0x000063ea71099210 n/a (Xorg + 0x67210)
                #7  0x00007efa0502a1ca __libc_start_call_main (libc.so.6 + 0x2a1ca)
                #8  0x00007efa0502a28b __libc_start_main_impl (libc.so.6 + 0x2a28b)
                #9  0x000063ea71081395 _start (Xorg + 0x4f395)
                ELF object binary architecture: AMD x86-64

           PID: 1081 (Xorg)
           UID: 0 (root)
           GID: 0 (root)
        Signal: 6 (ABRT)
     Timestamp: Sat 2026-10-03 20:50:13 CEST (3 weeks 2 days ago)
  Command Line: /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg -core :0 -seat seat0 -auth /var/run/lightdm/root/:0 -nolisten tcp vt7 -novtswitch
    Executable: /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg
 Control Group: /system.slice/lightdm.service
          Unit: lightdm.service
         Slice: system.slice
       Boot ID: 8bce1c24607842e2b55a2307361f3080
    Machine ID: -
      Hostname: hostname
       Storage: /var/lib/systemd/coredump/core.Xorg.0.8bce1c24607842e2b55a2307361f3080.1081.1791053413000000.zst (missing)
       Message: Process 1081 (Xorg) of user 0 dumped core.

                Module libzstd.so.1 from deb libzstd-1.5.5+dfsg2-2build1.1.amd64
                Module libsystemd.so.0 from deb systemd-255.4-1ubuntu8.17.amd64
                Module libudev.so.1 from deb systemd-255.4-1ubuntu8.17.amd64
                Stack trace of thread 1081:
                #0  0x00007efa0509eb2c __pthread_kill_implementation (libc.so.6 + 0x9eb2c)
                #1  0x00007efa0504527e __GI_raise (libc.so.6 + 0x4527e)
                #2  0x00007efa050288ff __GI_abort (libc.so.6 + 0x288ff)
                #3  0x000063ea71216fae OsAbort (Xorg + 0x1e4fae)
                #4  0x000063ea7121caf7 n/a (Xorg + 0x1eaaf7)
                #5  0x000063ea7121db77 FatalError (Xorg + 0x1ebb77)
                #6  0x000063ea71099210 n/a (Xorg + 0x67210)
                #7  0x00007efa0502a1ca __libc_start_call_main (libc.so.6 + 0x2a1ca)
                #8  0x00007efa0502a28b __libc_start_main_impl (libc.so.6 + 0x2a28b)
                #9  0x000063ea71081395 _start (Xorg + 0x4f395)
                ELF object binary architecture: AMD x86-64

Back then, I still used kernel version 6.14.0-37:

$ journalctl -k -b 8bce1c24607842e2b55a2307361f3080 | grep -m1 'Linux version'
Oct 03 20:50:09 hostname kernel: Linux version 6.14.0-37-generic (buildd@lcy02-amd64-031) (x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc-13 (Ubuntu 13.3.0-6ubuntu2~24.04) 13.3.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Ubuntu) 2.42) #37~24.04.1-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu Nov 20 10:25:38 UTC 2 (Ubuntu 6.14.0-37.37~24.04.1-generic 6.14.11)$ journalctl -k -b 8bce1c24607842e2b55a2307361f3080 | grep -m1 'Linux version'
Oct 03 20:50:09 hostname kernel: Linux version 6.14.0-37-generic (buildd@lcy02-amd64-031) (x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc-13 (Ubuntu 13.3.0-6ubuntu2~24.04) 13.3.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Ubuntu) 2.42) #37~24.04.1-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu Nov 20 10:25:38 UTC 2 (Ubuntu 6.14.0-37.37~24.04.1-generic 6.14.11)

The crashes appear to happen irrespective of the kernel.

Does anyone have any other ideas into what else I could look (before getting Lenovo to replace my motherboard)?

Thank you so much in advance!

i'm not someone with tech literacy, and i have a life, apologies if some of the things i say here feel stupid. i'm just trying to get by and customize my desktop 😭 stupid things happen everyday and linux mint is a beginner distro omg

so, i was exploring and trying to figure out a way to make my storage drive accessable to steam since i couldn't select it for a drive. i figured it was permissions, since i also couldn't download another thing (as i remember...)

then, i went to the disk management, i tried to change /storage to /home, but it didnt seem to work.. so i deleted the partition. nothing seemed to happen, the partition was still there.

i was pretty confused until i restarted my pc and got sent to emergency mode.

(sdit: in emergency mode, the partition is unallocated space now.)

(also, i'm not sure if this is connected, but in journalctl -xb, i saw:

"nvidia: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel"

"nvidia: module license taints kernel"

"Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint"

"nvidia: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel"

"nvidia: module license taints kernel"

i can't install anything, i can't do as much as the super user, and also, my timeshift files are gone (gee i wonder why), and my internet wont turn on.

Linux Mint 22.3 - Cinnamon 64-bit 7.0.0-38-generic AMD Ryzen 5 5600G with Radeon Graphics x 6 NVIDIA Corporation GP108 [GeForce GT 1030] Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Cezanne [Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Vega Mobile Series] 15.6 GB 643.5 GB Cinammon 6.6.9 X11

Hey everyone!

I have a 2017 MacBook with the following specifications:

Processor: 1.8 GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5

RAM: 8 GB DDR3 (1600 MHz)

Storage: 121 GB total, with around 100 GB available

I wanna become a SOC analyst and hence I want to start learning skills on linux. I'm confused which linux should i use that'll be best for my MacBook. I asked chat gpt and it said I won't be able to run heavy labs on it so I want your help knowing whether it's right and if it's right then what should I do??

Running Debian 13 with gnome on an older system (gt 1030, i5-9400k, 16gb ram), and considering switching my DE to hyprland. Would this be a good idea / would it be as smooth an experience as gnome is for me?

I have an Acer Aspire 5610 (a laptop from around 2006, these are the specs https://www.miniputer.com/Acer/Aspire_5610.html ) with an original Windows Vista installed. However, my idea is to install Linux and then install a VM inside for Windows 98. I have checked several lightweight distros and I think the following are compatible with my laptop: Puppy Linux, Tiny Core, Linux Lite, AntiX Linux (and I'm not sure about others).

Which one would properly run a VM? (on top of my laptop being able to install said distro, ofc!)

Thanks!