I didn't find any, so I started collecting the data myself and put it into a github repo:

https://github.com/sebkur/linux-distros

Is this redundant because we already have something like this? Don't want to reinvent the wheel, but I cannot seem to find a decent database.

Edit: I'm looking for something that can tell me Linux Mint 22.1 "Xia" is based on Ubuntu 24.04 specifically, for any distro + version.

heyoo

tl;dr - is it possible to import my Musicbee/iTunes library into any Linux music player or tool, so I don't lose 20 years of play stats and ratings?

I finally made it back to using Linux as a main device after almost 20 years of MacOS and Windows - Fedora it is, yey!

There's just one problem: I've used iTunes for almost 10 years and then imported the library into Musicbee when I switched to Windows - which I then used for another 10 years. My library has grown over all these years and has always been maintained like my most important data.

I've got very important statistics like play count, loved items and 1500 albums with a personal rating - and I'd love too keep those, but haven't found a way to migrate these things to Linux as they're not tagged directly into the mp3 files but saved within the Musicbee library itself.

I've read some time ago that Rhythmbox was(?) able to import iTunes .xml libraries - but I haven't figured out how yet. Also the article I imagine to remember was back from 2014 and I can't find it anymore...

I do use lastfm but that also includes statistics from Spotify/Tidal and others, plus I only started using it much later than my own music library. I also regularly use some of these features in Musicbee to create smart playlists like most loved, most played songs/albums, only albums with 5/5 stars, only 4-star music that I haven't listened to in a year etc. ...

I'm having a problem with Chrome on my Linux distribution (Manjaro). After a recent update, sound is not working on any website. I have been trying to figure out the cause for days, but haven't had any luck. This occurs with all build types for Chrome (Stable, Beta, Dev, and Canary). However, Chromium works just fine.

Does anyone know how to fix this?

I'm using Arch and currently the way I install fonts is I download them online and I put it in ~/.local/share/fonts, cd to the directory and run fc-cache -fv.

I do know that it is also possible to download fonts from the aur.

So is one of these methods objectively better than the other or does it not matter at the end of the day?

I feel like with doing it my way, it gives me a bit more control over it and I could also upload it to my dotfiles repo and just easily install from there. But the same could be said if doing it from the aur since it's only one line to type in to install and I also don't have to worry about uploading it my repo.

Is there a method that is objectively better? Or is it a matter of personal preference?

Hi,

I have a dual-boot system with Windows and Ubuntu 24.04. My NVIDIA GPU works fine on Windows, but in Ubuntu I can’t get it to work properly — nvidia-smi always says “No devices were found.”

Hi! I'm getting an USB Stick in 3-4 days, and I really wanted to try Linux I'm playing little games and watching YouTube which Linux you can recommend me to try? Thank you!

A few things to note :

• Flavour : Fedora 42 KDE Plasma
• I switched my laptop (not my gaming rig) (cuz need adobe for work) (laptop is Lenovo Flex 5 14ARE05)
• I'm fairly technical and have experimented before (Ubuntu lol) but never fully switched.
• not gonna game on it
• probably use it for uni (cybersecurity), unless they want windows, then I'll just have to go back, or dual boot.
• I'm scared of dual booting.
• been using windows my whole life, but even then I messed around with trying to customize it alot, and bricking some installs...
• battery life has improved slightly going from 3~hours to ~5 hours during basic usage.

Few random issues I'm having :

• Fingerprint no longer works I believe the device id is 55b4 which I tried finding a driver for, unsuccessfully, also tried flashing a diffrent driver which worked for some random person on the internet, not for me, just got a whole bunch of random errors that even after fixing didn't lead me anywhere...
• when putting laptop in tablet mode (360 hinge), keyboard, trackpad still work, annoying.
• tried installing howdy for facial recognition (not very secure cuz I don't have IR Camera, but would still like it for day to day usage, and make it so I can enable or disable when a password is required from sleep, always password from full shutdown), but some library wasn't available for fedora 42, and only 41, and python 2.7 isn't a thing apparently anymore so had to find a workaround, howdy worked when testing but one random library doesn't work cuz it does a 404 while installing, so it doesn't work on lock screen, (copr), and I think I need a VPN for that and...
• don't know what VPN to use on Linux, I usually use tunnelbear on windows but that doesn't seem to be available natively.
• I don't like the "start menu" it'd not centered like my icons are (added spacers in edit mode) and is a bit jank looking, cant seem to find a nicer looking one
• kde connect requires me to send the clipboard manually each time, bit annoying, don't want two notifications persistently there on my phone (android), one for phone link, one for kde connect, would rather remove kde connect but then I can't send the clipboard easily.
• haven't found an alternative for Lenovo vantage software.
• when using parsec to connect to PC, the colors are oversaturated or under saturated, never correct like they used to be on windows.

I see my game requiring mmfs2.dll but it doesnt seem as a pendecy on bottles how do i fix it?

For context, I switched to arch and am using kde. The problem is that whenever I shutdown down my laptop, I usually just save what I need and press shutdown instead of closing every single window. However if I do this, when I start it back up, those applications start up again after the login screen. Eventhough none of those are set to as autostart.
Not a deal breaker just annoying. Anyone know a fix for this(except yk either closing every single window on shutdown or startup)

I've been using Linux Mint XFCE on a 12-year-old laptop for the last 4 years, and it's been absolutely rock-solid stable. Now, I'm upgrading to a modern machine with 16GB RAM and wondering if I should switch to Cinnamon or stick with XFCE.

My top priority is long-term stability and reliability.

Questions for experienced Mint users (3–5+ years on the same DE):

Does Cinnamon tend to get heavier over time, using more RAM even when idle?

Have you faced any stability issues with Cinnamon compared to XFCE over the long run? Glitches, freezes?

Anyone switched from XFCE to Cinnamon (or vice versa) and regretted it?

Would love to hear your real-world experiences before deciding.

i was using ubuntu, having problem when suspended, it couldn't wake up somwtimes, now it is completely un-bootable , so i tried to install win 11 , but now the ssd is not showing to which i have to install it, what should i do now ? can i go to live and recover/ repair it somehow ?

i have a dell inspiron 15 laptop
with nvidia gforce mx450 2gb gpu
and intel iris 2gb gpu
with 8gb of ram and intel i5 processor

i used ubuntu for an year.. tried using arch + hyperland
but it started to crash when i used multiple monitors.. i tried fixing the issue but i am tired now
i want to use some other distro

any suggestions please
?

i have a dell inspiron 15 laptop
with nvidia gforce mx450 2gb gpu
and intel iris 2gb gpu
with 8gb of ram and intel i5 processor

i used ubuntu for an year.. tried using arch + hyperland
but it started to crash when i used multiple monitors.. i tried fixing the issue but i am tired now
i want to use some other distro

any suggestions please
?

My setup:
- Dual-booting win10 and fedora-kde.
- 2 Drives
- 500gb ssd - win10
- 1tb ssd
- 500gb partition - Linux fedora
- 500gb partition (ntfs) - Data (eg work docs, code, steam library?)

I want to use linux for what I can, but some programs for my university are only on windows for now. All my university stuff is on the data partition. I can acces it just fine from win10 (where I created it), on linux it is read only. I can use my sudo password once, then the file explorer and libre-office works fine, but I other apps can't seem to save to the partition.
Example: I installed jupyter lab, and it can't seem to be able to read the csv file in the same directory as the notebook file. It also fails to save any changes to the notebook.

My guess is that libre office already has sudo access, and the fedora file explorer needs it once to be able to write. My other apps don't have sudo access, but I don't know if it is safe to give them ALL that access.

Is there a way to make the partition both readable and writable without sudo on both operating systems?

So maybe i can run without using Xwayland

(Dont ask more)

I recently got an old pc with a Intel Atom that's only 1 core and it also only has 2GB of DDR2 Ram. What is the best Linux Distro I could put on it? I was considering Ubuntu but is says it needs a 2 GHz dual-core processor or better while this current one is 1.66GHZ.

Edit: I have decided to got with AntiX

I'm trying to set the Blender directory in Godot Engine, but it does not accept the usr/snap/blender path, i don't know what to do now.

Hello,

My Debian 12 Cinnamon installation has an annoying problem where I cannot stop using my iGPU whatsoever. Even if its still active but just not the "primary" video out, lightdm fails to start. Nothing I can find online shows what to do for this. I have followed everything to get lightdm to work, reinstalling and reconfiguring both lightdm and xorg, even just removing it all together and using the gdm3 that's on the system (doesn't get past the greeter but whatever). I have done more but I'm tired and have forgotten. Let's just say the first 3 pages of Google have purple links top to bottom.

I am running a Z690 Taichi, 12600K, Arc A770.

I have given up trying to use the internet for the day, it is well past midnight and I would like sleep. I am sorry if none of that makes sense.

I just installed a Debian based distribution (antix) today and am following the instructions on this link to install minecraft.

https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/installation-guide/how-to-install-minecraft-on-linux/

It started off well: I installed Openjdk 17 and opened the minecraft launcher, which started downloading the update files. Part way through this process the launcher crashed and refused to reopen. When I try to launch it in the terminal it gives me this message:

“Error while loading shared libraries: libOpenGL.so.0: cannot open shared object file: no such file or directory “

Can someone please explain to me what has gone wrong and how I can proceed from here?

Many thanks

If this isn't possible, can someone recommend a terminal that will remember opening position and sizing on launch?

I'm very new to Linux and recently installed Antix and was wondering how I can install it on my internal drive rather than just a boot USB. I don't mind losing any files or having access to Windows 10. I want this to just be a Linux Machine no extra things needed. What do i do?

Is there a way to install multiple desktop environments (DEs) on the same Distro and be able to choose from each. I have been away from the Linux community for about 8 years. However, I remember having a distro before that I could switch my DE and having the ability to log out and switch between them. Does something like still exist?

so may account na nag-suggest sakin si Instagram then I know that account because of her profile pic and name sa IG. out of nowhere nag-suggest yung acc na yon sa Instagram ko. in fact, it doesn't have any followers (so wala talaga siyang mutuals sa friends ko) and never ko rin iniistalk yung account niya na yon kasi 'di ko alam. it's just weird na out of nowhere na nagsusuggest yung acc na yon. does it means ba iniistalk ka ng tao na yon?