A place to ask Linux-related questions, post advice and suggestions, etc. Any questions pertaining to Linux from novice to greybeard level are welcome. ---- ### Asking Questions: Please provide enough info to for people to actually help you. While there are some things that are generally the same, there is no one “Linux” - every distro has some things they do different and you’ll get better answers if you provide some info. And remember the people here are helping you purely out of their own good will - so be nice! If you are encountering a problem, please include: 1. Which distro you are using
2. A brief summary of the problem
3. Any steps you have attempted
4. Relevant details such as hardware specs (see below), application versions, etc. ---- ### Capturing System Specs In almost all cases, posting output from inxi -Fmz - either as in a code block, as a linked file, or as a screenshot - will be appreciated. Some distros may pre-install inxi but on others (such as Fedora), you may need to install it yourself. But we understand that there will be times when you are unable to provide this info (such as with boot problems). The output from inxi info should be safe (especially with the -z option)… But in general,**YOU SHOULD ALWAYS REVIEW OUTPUT AND REMOVE ANY PRIVATE DATA BEFORE POSTING ONLINE** (e.g. replace “Your Name” with `` or something similar - this helps in preventing doxxing, identity theft, and similar issues). - Some common graphical screenshot apps:gnome-screenshot, ksnip, shutter, and flameshot . There are also terminal-based ones like maim and scrot.
- There are plenty of free, text-pasting sites (e.g. pastebin.com) out there that are arguably better than pastebin itself. Any of these should work. We recommend any of the instances of the opensource PrivateBin. But you can find more options listed here.
- To copy text from a terminal app, first open a terminal (
Ctrl+Alt+T), then run the command, then to select text hold down the left-mouse and drag to select. Once selected, release left mouse and either press Ctrl+Shift+C *or* right-click on the selected text and choose “Copy” to copy text to clipboard. - You can also format the text as a codeblock. To do so, select the text in your post and clicking the icon that looks like a `` symbol. For larger outputs (more than 2-3 lines), it is recommended to add a blank line above and below the output to help with formatting. ---- ### Recommended Beginner Distros: Please keep in mind that this is not to say other distros are necessarily “bad” for beginners. Linux is not Windows or Mac, so there will be things to adjust to. This list of the distros is what we think users trying Linux for the first time (and presumably having little or no experience with it) will have the easiest times adjust to. It is still recommended to try them and to watch videos on youtube etc. - Nobara Project
- Linux Mint
- PopOS ---- Other kbin communities you may enjoy: - /m/linux : general Linux news and info
- /m/linux_gaming : news and discussion around gaming on Linux
- /m/linuxmasterrace : memes and joking around about Linux culture/sub-culture (the name is a play on the “pc master race” from some old Zero Punctuation video game reviews)
- /m/opensource : discussion and recommendations about open source software
