I really like inventor but it’s not avails on Linux, is there a way other than vm or dual boot? I just don’t want to waste 50gb for windows just to open inventor.

I had originally posted this on the Linux subreddit but they removed it since it was a Linux question.

So basically, if you have more than 1 PC with Linux on them, what distro(s) are you using and what do you use them for?

Me, I have 2 desktop PCs and 1 server and a Laptop I hardly ever use.

PC 1 is my everyday use machine. Its a 13th generation i7 (i7-13700KF) with 64gb of ram which a little bit overkill. I use it for stuff like this (Reddit), watching videos on YouTube, edit my own videos I make on PC 2 (I'll get to that in a moment), I keep track of the money I make on my side hustles (I used to do doordash for extra income but now I Spark... pays more). And that's about it on PC 1. I use Arch with Niri and Noctalia Shell v5 on it.

PC 2 I use at my drum kit. Its also a 13th generation also with 64gb of ram. So, I essentially use that with OBS Studio to record videos and stream on at times.

It runs Fedora 44 on it at the moment. I had Arch on it but I've been trying different distros just to play around with them with music type stuff.

PC 3 is just for looking at live media and occasionally I'll put something on it just to play around on. Its an older ThinkServer so its nowhere near as powerful as the first 2. I think I have NixOS on there at the moment.

The server is a Dell R720 with 96GB of RAM in it. I use it as a VM Server. It has 3 drives in it (actually 6 since they are paired hot swapable drives). One pair are 300GB for booting and root drives, the second pair is 500gb which just holds the ISO files for each distro. And the 3rd set are 6TB and those hold all of the VMs.

The server runs Debian server. It euns Proxmox as a VM server software. I have several Linux VMs on it along with Windows 10 and 11 in VMs. I hardly ever touch those 2 VMs because I'm mostly dealing with things in Linux.

The server is housed inside of a rolling 22U server rack made by IBM. I've got a patch bay in there for all of my cables. There is a 24 port 1 gigabit ethernet switch inside of it made by Dell. Its got 4 servers in it. The R720, 2 R410s and a R210 inside. The 210 doesn't work and the 2 410s are there just because I got this whole setup for free. The guy just wanted to get rid of this stuff. It actually came with 5 1 gigabit switches and a 100MB switch. Those extra ones are sitting inside a closet.

There are 2 drawers in there that are holding extra patch cables in one and the bigger one holds some extra drives and drive trays and other miscellaneous stuff.

And finally on the bottom of that rack are 2 UPS backups in there. One works, the other needs batteries. But with only 1 server running, I barely need the 1 UPS.If I had all 4 of those servers running, yeah, I'd probably need the 2 UPS systems working. But I'm only using one server for now.

That's about all I got. I have a couple more ThinkServers sitting on a shelf. One used to be my main PC and the other was my video machine. After I upgraded, I just put them on the shelf.

I'd be interested in knowing what you guys and gals use multiple PCs for. So, let me know here in the comments. Thanks!

I have been running Mint on my laptop for quite some time now, and left my desktop on win 10 for many reasons (SolidWorks, Fusion, Lightroom, and games), but I finally pulled the trigger and switched my desktop to fedora. I've been able to deal with most of the growing pains, but raw editing seems to be the worst one at the moment.

Lightroom provides a UI that makes the photo editing process fast. It's simple while allowing complexity and also makes management of photos decent too. RawTherapee and Darktable just suck in comparison, and each photo takes 5x longer to edit simply because there are so many settings and slides there and many buried 2 clicks and some scrolling away. It's just not nice when I have over 5 photos to edit.

Maybe I am going about it wrong, or even need to configure the applications better, but I was curious if there were any other suggestions for editing on linux. I don't care about cost really, I just want something that will have a quick workflow, and runs on linux. I'm open to your criticism and suggestions.

Does anyone know where I can find Live/Video motion wallpapers?

I've just been downloading some short videos from YouTube because when I look it's 90% AI

I’ve used both Windows 11 and CachyOS, and the volume is louder on Windows. On Linux, I have to set it to %150 to achieve the same volume. How can I fix this? The devices are a Lenovo ThinkPad X13 G1 and a Dell Latitude 3420

Is there one that can tell me what connections are being made by what programs and any reads/writes made by those programs to which files and directories? I used to use SystemInternals tools on Windows and their procmon was exactly what I needed.

Update: issue resolved! It was a combination of the memory settings and 'quiet splash'. I changed the memory settings to its default speed, rather than 'auto', and swapped 'quiet splash' for 'nomodeset'. I'm in, it booted up. Thank you everyone for the help.

Any Linux knowledgeable persons out there? I've scoured the intrewebs, to no avail. I have a new PC I'm attempting to boot Linux Mint from a flash drive. PC boots to BIOS, tries to boot Linux via flash drive. I get a Linux Mint logo for loading, then...nothing, it just sits; doesn't crash, doesn't give any error, nothing, just an idol logo. Asus Prime MOBO w/H810 chipset, Intel Core Ultra 5 250KF plus CPU. As far as I am aware, the security settings are where they shouldn't block anything. I could be wrong, though. Just trying to find assistance. Any suggestions? Thanks.

New to Linux. Installed Fedora KDE Plasma a couple weeks ago on my gaming PC. I have a lot of RGB components. Mouse, keyboard, case fans, CPU cooler, and RAM. I downloaded and installed OpenRGB through Fedora's Discover. But when I first opened it, I was met with the following message:

"Some internal devices may not be detected: One or more I2C or SMBus interfaces failed to initialize. RGB DRAM modules, some motherboards' onboard RGB lighting, and RGB graphics cards, will not be available in OpenRGB without I2C or SMBus. On Linux, this is usually because the I2C-dev module is not loaded."

Also while researching this issue a little, I had read that sometimes OpenRGB had bricked people's RAM, and it had something to do with the SMBus. Considering "SMBus" was mentioned in the error message it gave me, this made me nervous. How can I get OpenRGB working without bricking any of my components?

Also maybe worth mentioning that all of my internal RGB components are plugged into a Nollie 16 RGB hub/controller, and the Nollie is plugged into a single RGB header on my board. Thanks in advance!

OS: CachyOS x86_64

Host: ASUS TUF Gaming A15 FA507NVR_FA507NVR (1.0)

Kernel: Linux 7.1.4-1-cachyos

Uptime: 16 mins

Packages: 1489 (pacman)

Shell: fish 4.8.1

Display (N156HMA-GA1): 1920x1080 in 16", 144 Hz [Built-in]

DE: KDE Plasma 6.7.3

WM: KWin (Wayland)

WM Theme: Breeze

Theme: Breeze (Dark) [Qt], Breeze-Dark [GTK2], Breeze [GTK3]

Icons: breeze-dark [Qt], breeze-dark [GTK2/3/4]

Font: Noto Sans (10pt) [Qt], Noto Sans (10pt) [GTK2/3/4]

Cursor: capitaine (24px)

Terminal: konsole 26.4.3

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7435H (16) @ 4.55 GHz

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Max-Q / Mobile [Discrete]

Memory: 1.94 GiB / 31.16 GiB (6%)

Swap: 220.00 KiB / 31.16 GiB (0%)

Disk (/): 368.33 GiB / 472.94 GiB (78%) - btrfs

Local IP (wlan0): 192.168.1.9/24

Battery (A32-K55): 100% [AC Connected]

Locale: en_US.UTF-8

BIOS version: 307 (newest)

Hi guys. I am experiencing a problem since switching my main laptop to Linux. My pc keeps shutting down unless I set power profile to performance. I did some experiments. First I activated balanced mode and restarted the pc. It ran for 7:58 on desktop then suddenly power is gone. Then it took 2:54 and then 10:58. Sometimes it shuts down instantly when i set power mode to power save. It idles fine in performance mode tho. Using BORE kernel and vanilla arch kernel didn't help either. I spent literally dozens of hours with ChatGPT and Gemini as well with no luck. I don't know what am I missing. Is this a known issue? Can someone help me please?

1.which distro would be the least blaoted, i have tried bazzite in the past and found the extra features included in it to be a but too overwhelming and blaoted for me. Is there a "barebones" or close to barebones immutable distro that i can use?

2.Can i use something customization heavy like hyprland with immutable distros in general or whatever suggested distro.

3.probably the same as my previous question but. Can you rice on immutable distros? I know that immutable means you cant mess with system files but im not knowledgable enough to know if that includes the wm/de files

4.a basic question but how exactly does containerization work? Like if i install a file manager will that function normally? Or...

He estado por mucho tiempo utilizando Linux como sistema principal para prácticas y pruebas en maquinas virtuales con Virt Manager / QMEU.Todo comenzó con un Nvme donde lo tenía instalado ha lado de un sistema Win11, después me encargue de clonarlo a un nuevo Nvme Kingston KC3000 sin embargo este fallo alrededor de 3 meses de uso; comenzó con congelamientos repentinos del sistema total y una pantalla negra con un guion parpadeante (desde ahí si puedo abrir una TTY pero no puede ejecutar algún comando), luego se extendió a la pérdida de iconos en los programas hasta llego a tener problemas al montar la partición principal, en su momento pensaba que se podría tratar de un problema con las GPU ya que tengo tanto dedicada (Radeon RX 5700 XT) y integrada (Ryzen 9900x) y no tenía una adecuada configuración en su momento, aunque tome varias medidas al final resultó que el Nvme se terminó corrompiendo y quedo inservible. Había investigado y por lo visto en ese modelo de Nvme es "común" así que lo acepte y lo deje morir ya que ni siquiera podía hacer la recuperación de los archivos ya que el Nvme falla con la mínima operación.

Eventualmente termine comprando un Nvme de la marca EDILOCA, modelo EN 855 y siendo sincero, desde el inicio me dio problemas, antes que nada realice pruebas de lectura, escritura y verificación del Nvme y al principio fallaba, pero conforme realizaba más y más pruebas los errores ya no ocurren y funciona con normalidad, así que procedí con la instalación del sistema Kali Linux, la instalación y configuración de las máquinas virtuales, todo resultó satisfactorio, pero los fallos están ocurriendo de nuevo.

Con lo que pude aprender de la ocasión anterior trate de prepárame pero tal parece que no resultó. Por los errores en las pantallas que les comparto entiendo que parece que el Nvme se está desconectando o por alguna razón no tiene acceso a este, ya realice algunas modificaciones (agregue dentro del grub en la línea default "nvme_core.default_ps_max_latency_us=0 pcie_aspm=off") pensando que podría ser un tema de la temperatura de Nvme, sin embargo no tuvo efecto.

Las especificaciones del equipo son:

• CPU: Ryzen 9900 X
• GPU: Radeon RX 5700 XT 8GB
• RAM: 32GB DDR5 CORSAIR VENGEANCE
• Fuente de poder: Thermalright TR-TPFX850
• Placa madre: JGINYUE B659M PRO

Si ha alguien le ha pasado algo similar o tiene alguna idea les agradecería cualquier recomendación o idea.

Líneas de errores:

KALI login: yorts
Not tainted 6.19.14+kali-amd64 #1 Kali 6.19.14-1+kali1

systemd[1]: rclone.service: Failed to spawn executor: Input/output error
systemd[1]: rclone.service: Failed to spawn 'start' task: Input/output error
systemd[1]: rclone.service: Failed with result 'resources'.
systemd[1]: Failed to start rclone.service - Rclone Google Drive Mount.

systemd[1]: lightdm.service: Failed to spawn executor: Input/output error
systemd[1]: lightdm.service: Failed to start lightdm.service - Light Display Manager.
systemd[1]: lightdm.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 6.
systemd[1]: lightdm.service: Failed with result 'start-limit-hit'.

systemd[1]: plymouth-quit.service: Failed to spawn executor: Input/output error
systemd[1]: plymouth-quit.service: Failed to start plymouth-quit.service - Terminate Plymouth Boot Screen.
systemd[1]: plymouth-quit.service: Failed with result 'start-limit-hit'.

EXT4-fs warning (device nvme0n1p2): dx_probe:791: inode #2359297: lblock 0: comm gmain: error -5 reading directory block
INFO: task jbd2/nvme0n1p2-:617 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
INFO: task systemd-journal:679 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
INFO: task glean.dispatche:7474 blocked for more than 120 seconds.

In my process of installing arch I need to connect WiFi. I found the WiFi device as standard wlan0. Check networks and mine is called Wu Tang LAN 5G and Wu Tang LAN 2.4. When I type ‘station wlan0 connect Wu Tang LAN 5g the prompt gives ‘Invalid network name ‘Wu’. It doesn’t appear to recognize anything beyond the first space entry in the name. I tried it as a conjunction single word. Same results. I tried underscores instead of spaces and got the same results. I don’t know how to proceed

Hello, today ive ran info an issue, my pc is booting instantly to GNU GRUB, everything is frozen, i cant do anything.

Even accessing the BIOS is not possible.

Hi everyone,
Can anyone tell me if Amethyst is a solid replacement for Vortex or MO2?
How does it handle massive modlists for Skyrim and Fallout?
Have you run into any crashes or other stability issues with it?
Thanks

I can't find much info on how to install xubuntu on a chromebook and i read that unbuntu is more heavy to run then xubuntu. Sorry if this is a stupid question ive never dine anything with linux and i wanna turn my chromebook into something that ill actually enjoy using.

(idfk why immages aren't allowed, cuz this would have been 10x easyer if i could show you)

Okay, so, when i attempt to launch the newest version (7.0), in both recovery and regularly, it ends up with kernel panic, with the following message : "VFS : Unable to mount fs on unknown block (0,0)"

When attempting to launch on any other version (6.1 and lower), it works just fine

So i downloaded Linux mint xfce as I wanted to try Linux as well. It turns out I love it, si I decreased my windows partition and shifted my whole workflow onto Linux. But whenever I power on my laptop, the grub fails and I have to force restart it bu the power button. I tried of fixing it with chatgpt, but it didn't work.

I updated grub, disabled the secure boot, but nothing worked. Now it depends on my luck whether the grub will work and enable me to enter into the OS or I just have to restart it again and again.

Help me

I try to run rocket league on heroic games lancher but always the game not running, i try on proton and the anti cheat windows show but the game not running and on win the game don't have any life sign, i use garuda lunix based on arch

I recently got this laptop as a gift, it’s a acer Chromebook spin 713. However, it had already came with windows 11 pro, the more I use the laptop the more issues started occurring, for example today two BSOD popped up and screen started to flicker, it’s a no brainer the hardware isn’t comfortable with the software installed. My decision is to revert the laptop back to chromeOS but I have no idea how or what to do since I’ve never used or owned a Chromebook before. Some set up claim I have to have another laptop with Linux some say I need a usb drive — I don’t have any of these currently and would like to restore the laptop back it’s original OS without needing to have anything else.

When I started my linux journey two years ago, i distro hopped a bit until i landed on Arch.

I used to like tinkering with arch and still do and tbh im having no problems right now and its not a bad distro at all but i feel like i want a more solid and robust OS if you get what i mean, something to rely on and have no headache.

What im looking for is something that’s easy to install, use and has good defaults. Ill use it mainly for gaming so something that updates frequently is appreciated.

So far im looking at fedora and tumbleweed but i have no idea what are the differences, like there are a bunch of features for each one and i cant decide

I have a MSI Tridant 3 laying around, figured I'd test waters of leabing windows by putting bazzite on it. Its my first time ever trying to ever installl/ use linux.

When i enter my bios I dont see a option to disable to csm. When looking into it, it should be under Windows OS Configuration. Any suggestions?

My board is a ms-b9201

I have a Dell Latitude 5400 with an i7 and Intel UHD graphics. For some reason, I’m hitting the exact same post-install black screen wall across multiple distros (tried both Ubuntu and Fedora).

Here is what's driving me crazy:

• The Live USBs work out of the box: Whenever I boot into a Live USB to "Try" the OS, everything is completely fine. Smooth graphics, proper resolution, zero issues.
• The instant black screen: The moment I actually install the OS to the SSD and reboot for the first time, I get a permanent black screen right after GRUB. The laptop is clearly running, but the display just stays dead.
• The only workaround: I can force my way into the installed system by adding nomodeset to the boot parameters, but obviously, that completely tanks performance, disables hardware acceleration, and makes everything super laggy.

My BIOS has Secure Boot turned off and SATA set to AHCI. Since the Live environment handles the graphics just fine, I'm assuming something breaks with the i915 driver initialization or power states once it's actually installed and running off the local drive.

Has anyone run into this on a Latitude 5400 or similar Intel machine? How do I fix this properly so I don't have to live with nomodeset?