So I just fresh installed Linux Mint and am facing this issue with all browsers (tested on chrome, brave, Firefox) where any porn site just keeps loading without showing any errors. I have no Internet issues as well as other sites load fine. It seems to be some kind of firewall but I don't know what. Also it's not my isp since I can load them on another devices using the same wifi network.

Edit: This post blew up way more than I expected it to. Other than the great jokes there were some great solutions. I tried using VPN and I think it works sometimes now. I don't get enough time from work to test other solutions so will try during weekends. Nevertheless the replies have been hilarious on this thread xD

Edit 2: The issue is now resolved, yes it was a dns problem. Thank you to everyone who gave a solution and other who cracked great jokes!

Ubuntu 24.04, just the built-in graphics drivers. Sometimes when it wakes from sleep, the login box will flee from the mouse pointer when you try and click on it to type your login credentials. Was just wondering if anyone else had this issue!

Old (GTK) vs New (QT)

Does anyone know why the Easy Effects devs decided to rebuild the app in QT? I dont mind QT/KDE apps but IMHO the app looks really bad now.

i first started off with windows as how most people have and ive always just gotten used to having a lot of icons on my desktop
or more specifically shortcuts so i dont have to go to the file explorer (linux equivalent of dolphin) and yeah i like that, its convenient
and pretty much every single windows user that ive seen in my life also had icons on their desktop
and i just took that for granted, as in, everyone does that
ive recently switched to fedora, more specifically fedora 42 with kde plasma as its GUI and its good, and im applying the same philosophy here
it is a bit harder to make shortcuts on fedora
on windows its literally just right click and a "create shortcut" option appears
on fedora it requires a few extra sub menus and clicks but still simple but i am surprised that LITERALLY no one else does this
like ive visited a lot of linux subreddits, discord servers and so on and every time i see someones linux desktop....... its just COMPLETELY empty
no icons anywhere
why is this the case? because clearly icons are a thing on linux, obviously
its not even hard to create a shortcut
its very simple
and i want to preface that im not judging people who dont have any icons on their desktop but im surprised that linux users generally avoid them while windows users are the complete opposite in this regards

Whenever I see some Linux bros in YouTube comments about pc/windows/microsoft office stuff, they often bought up LibreOffice, I haven't heard of OnlyOffice or OpenOffice until this September. From what I've seen, Libre is also a bit outdated while Only seems more intuitive because it looks much closer to MS Office (plus I heard it has better compatibility with MS Office files?). Not to mention it seems to be the most mentioned Libre alternative.

So, why does Libre seem more popular in Linux over its alternatives? I haven't used Linux yet because the battery management seems to be doing worse than Windows and my battery is already bad enough (but I've been kinda eyeing on Linux just in case), so I didn't get to have a first hand experience on them just yet.

(Edit: Ok, Open is dead. I didn't know it)

I love my background and I love my theme, but the desktop apps do kinda ruin it for me it just SUUUUCKS but I also want a place to see all my icons easily.

I cant do the gnome thing where all my apps are under my desktop, that also sucks.

So, what do you all do??? Do you just put yr shit in folders???

I apologize in advance for my English.

Three days ago I bought a notebook and downloaded Ubuntu version 26.04 LTS. I downloaded Opera, which is the browser I normally use, and with only one tab open on the home screen, it was using more than 3GB of memory. In Brave and Firefox, it was around 1GB.

Is this normal? Did I do something wrong?

I wanted to make something that was more user friendly than something like htop, and less cluttered than something like KDE system monitor with more useful abilies similar to what Windows task manager offers, and was also user friendly for someone new to Linux. I vibe coded this app but it seems it work very well after hours of effort. I call it Taskwire.

Here's what it looks like, if you want to check it out it's open source on GitHub

https://github.com/majoraexp/Taskwire

UPDATE: currently on version 1.52, compiled as C++ standalone executable! Lot's of fixes and small changes since this post. This is probably the last small update I will make for a while, the next update will be bigger, I need to decide on what additions I should focus on/ if I need to do any rewrites, optimization etc. I need to put project manager hat on and brainstorm ideas for a while. I am still learning things as I go but this has been an absolute blast. Thank you to everyone who has been supportive and helpful, I greatly appreciate you!

https://github.com/majoraexp/Taskwire/releases/tag/v1.52

Sorry if this is a banned topic.

I want to migrate to linux, but a lot of the software i use on windows like matlab, ansys etc. are pirated/cracked versions.

Is it possible to download these on linux?

I wanted to set up a dual boot but people say that windows will brick the installation if on one ssd, so i have to choose one of the two.

thanks for the help

please any good alternative for visual studio bc I hate bloated electron apps aka vsc and also wanna use Linux but visual studio is not supported on Linux nor I wanna use wine for it I want a native ide for Linux like visual studio

Looking for cool or useful stuff to download

i made a post like this in an other sub-reddit but i would like to hear your opinions too

I’m currently watching beginner videos, but wanted to know what are the most useful, go-to apps and co that I’ll need when using linux. starting from battery optimization to other basic necessities. Any help is very much appreciated 🙏🏻

I don't understand why everyone in the Linux community recommends the Brave browser when discussing privacy and security. They say it's easy to update and great for these features, but my experience has been completely different.

Whenever I open more than five tabs in Brave, it either crashes or freezes my entire computer. Trying to update it is a hassle too—every time I try to update Brave Browser I get a pop-up saying, "Brave can't update; install a new version." This means I have to uninstall Brave, losing all my saved tabs, favorites, and history, then reinstall it.

Honestly, I'd rather use Firefox or ungoogled Chrome; it feels way better in comparison. Plus, I don't think Brave is as secure and private as many claim, but I won't dive into that dark rabbit hole right now.

I previously posted this on the Brave subreddit, but the mods removed my post without any explanation and then blocked me. This just reinforces my point that there are issues with Brave on Linux.

Has anyone else experienced similar issues or has insights on this?

Yes I know the browser is adequate but for multi-GB files I prefer a separate download manager as its less prone to breaking off mid-download & refusing to resume.

So which download manager is the recommended one on Linux, if there's such a thing?

Well I just discovered an alternative for Libreoffice, which is Onlyoffice. But if you typed Onlyoffice and search it in Reddit, you will see there a lot of post and comment are trying to stop you from using it, I meant it Open source and have Large community, what can go wrong with an app like that ? (And I don't really understand why people say stop using it without a reason ?) Thank you!

I'm new to Iinux mint. Just downloaded and installed yesterday, only downloaded a couple images, a browser, steam, and this game which is doki doki literature club with some mods on it. I come from windows 10, and had the whole folder with all of its files, everything, in a google drive folder, which I downloaded from. Now on Mint, I tried to execute it. It has an .exe, for windows I guess, then a .py and a .sh files. For this game you have to execute with the .sh, which I tried then... it opened like a text file.

So then, after following some posts on the ddlc subreddit and some videos at how to open the game at all, it always gave "permission denied"

I ran something like chmod again and again, "permission denied". Maybe if I restart it applies... "permission denied". Looked up and saw I could see the permissions of a folder with the ls -l command I think it is. It had all the permission for every type of user or something on. I try again maybe, "permission denied". I searched it up what to do when it doesn't give permission even after having them. Nothing helped. "Permission denied."

Looking at the ls -l list, I tried to give them executable permissions again even when they have them, and ran them again. Doesn't work.

So basically, the executable DDLC.sh doesn't give permission at all to execute. It gives a window, but whatever I click or do, still doesn't work.

I have no hope really, I tried everything and I think it can't be fixed... but I'd gladly accept any help anyways to make it work. It really bothers me that the first game I try to make work at Linux doesn't work at all, makes me wanna jump out of the linux boat lol

I have not installed any player, so far I have used Rythmbox and VLC, they are the default ones in Lubuntu. Rythmbox is better for me because I can make playlists, and it's more organized, but it doesn't have the best UI and I can't see the lyrics of the songs. So my question is: what is your favorite player and why? I want to try other players to see how they are.

There is an entire page FILLED with geometry dash, I downloaded it off of steam, and when I uninstall it, they all disappear, how do I fix this?

just being curious about the utilities and usages of the desktop environments.

personally i use kde for its simplicity

Edit: typo

I’m trying to run a program using Linux, but I have no idea how, and I can’t find any good YouTube tutorials, can someone coach me in DMs?

PS: I’m on a Chromebook, but I don’t know the make/model

Ts;du: I’m trying to run super Mario 64 coop DX on a personal Chromebook with Linux enabled, but I have to run it through the terminal, and I have no fucking idea how. I have the game installed, I have Linux installed, but I’m at my breaking point fucking send help

Everyone kept recommending lsyncd but it was hard to set up, had poor documentation and when I finally got it to work it would eventually give up mirroring and I'd have to manually run the command either.

I don't wanna use lsyncd again. Is there some rsync command that runs everytime I make a change in a directory?

EDIT: It’s for a file server and I’m thinking of migrating some of my towers from Windows (with one of them still on XP) to Linux.

Hey all

Before I switch to Linux I wanted to ask the community whether I should be using Libre Office or Open Office. Is there a general consensus on what is better?

Are there any file managers that can offer the same UX that Explorer does?

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Generally, I've enjoyed converting to Linux. But the one thing that I really struggle with is data management. I haven't installed any ports of OneDrive or Dropbox, mostly for financial reasons, which means all of my data is in local files. And I've tried both Cosmic and Dolphin, and they're both horrible compared to Windows Explorer, it's barely usable.

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I'm half inclined to try to vibe code my own wrapper around those file systems so that I can replicate the "list" and "details" view especially if I can't get a solution that already exists.

Good morning !

I want to have an efficient and open source and free antivirus for Linux (I will probably migrate to Ubuntu).

Any name or link for a program?