My Steam Machine is my main PC. Running Steam OS. I can watch vids on YouTube on the desktop mode, but it's locked at 480p. I know how to change the resolution in YouTube itself, but it won't let me choose 1080 or 4k. 🤷🏻‍♂️ I'm going thru Google to YouTube. Thanks for any help you can provide.

I'm new to linux and to get the max performance I'm using Cachy, but it's not debian based so I have no idea what I'm doing

hey

i am on wayland and using intel i5 12th gen and nvidia 4050 and when something is playing on the secondary display or something is there (any window) it'll pause or freeze but when its empty it'll be normal but pauses randomly
my nvidia smi
suggest me something what can i do

Thu Jul 23 00:41:28 2026       
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 580.159.03             Driver Version: 580.159.03     CUDA Version: 13.0     |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
| GPU  Name                 Persistence-M | Bus-Id          Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan  Temp   Perf          Pwr:Usage/Cap |           Memory-Usage | GPU-Util  Compute M. |
|                                         |                        |               MIG M. |
|=========================================+========================+======================|
|   0  NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 ...    Off |   00000000:01:00.0  On |                  N/A |
| N/A   47C    P5              3W /   60W |     150MiB /   6141MiB |     17%      Default |
|                                         |                        |                  N/A |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes:                                                                              |
|  GPU   GI   CI              PID   Type   Process name                        GPU Memory |
|        ID   ID                                                               Usage      |
|=========================================================================================|
|    0   N/A  N/A           91811      G   /usr/bin/gnome-shell                     41MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A          633025      C   /proc/self/exe                           82MiB |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Can you explain to me like I'm five what are BTFRS snapshots and what's the difference with backups?

I read about it but I'm not sure I understand.

I recently messed up my home directory a bit, so I'm thinking of setting up a backup/snapshot but I don't know where to start.

I have btfrs assistant but apparently it's for root only.

P.S. I just upgraded to Fedora 44

So when the protocol is https and I have a timeout of 60 it fails with the error 403: forbidden. But when the protocol is http with a timeout of 60 it works just fine. Why? Is it safe to just use http?

Title says most, what i mean is what resources will I NEEEED if i want to do this successfully? Any videos you guys recommend? Any sources you guys recommend?

I haven't seen anyone make or use a UWP compatability layer and what I have researched there isn't one. Is it just too hard? Is there not enough interest?

I am installing cachyos on a usb, but I want use it on two different computers. The one I’m planning on installing it on is a Samsung laptop, it probably uses integrated graphics. But I am wondering if I can use the same installation on my other laptop which is more powerful but has an nvidia laptop gpu. Will this cause problems with booting and if so, how can I prevent it?

Are there currently any good ways to listen to music online via a terminal? I saw that a few years ago there were several projects, but I wanted to know if there's something like listening to a YouTube Music playlist or something similar, I like listening to music while I play games, but I don't really like leaving my browser open in the background because it causes stuttering in the game.

But if don't have anything like that, something to download multiple songs at a reasonable speed would be welcome too, I just really didn't want to spend many hours doing something simple.

Yo I just wanted to ask how dual boot systems work since I have a dual boot of fedora and windows 11 on my laptop

Recently moved to Nobara Official (i believe it is modified KDE), its all running great, no complaints about performance, ease of setup etc, just a few how to questions. These are all things i know how to do on Windows, but seem unclear on Linux.

I figured out how to get the taskbar (unsure if its called that on linux, the bar at the bottom where the open apps show and the clock is) on both monitors, but can i have it so it only shows icons for the apps open on that specific monitor?

Can the icons next to the clock be collapsed, it feels like they take up 1/4 of the taskbar?

It seems that i can only pin certain things to the taskbar, i have a app i used regularly on windows, it has a linux version, it runs perfectly, but i cant pin it to the taskbar, the file is an executable, but maybe its because its not an "application". Also it has a icon.png file in the same folder, but i cannot get the icon to display, so i get a generic grey document with an ! in the middle in the folder, and on the taskbar it is the wayland icon.

Final questions, more of a request for suggestions. What basic apps should i consider replacing, i dont think i like dolphin (i cant quite figure out why), i have used alacritty before in the terminal, but konsole seems fine, so hit me with any suggestions for different basic apps

Namely, the Nvidia GeForce 640 Kepler GPU. I think it is no longer supported in the kernel. Newer distros (Mint 22.3, ZorinOS 18.1, Debian 13, Fedora 44) produce graphical bugs like flashing or artifacts. Debian 12 seems to solve those issues, although I haven't tested the performance beyond clicking through UI elements and light internet browsing. Interestingly, both Debian 13 and Debian 12 used nouveau but Debian 12 worked better. I tried MX Linux which seemed to support the GPU but the UI of the desktop environment was very customized and complicated. This is a family PC so I need something simple looking like GNOME (which also sadly isn't the most resource efficient). I don't think Debian 12 would be a right final option because it performs worse, like the global search stuttering a lot, and also it looks old in some areas (my dad is sensitive to that lol) and supports few extensions, should we need any. I'm at a crossroads.

I have a old v1 gysnc monitor and I'm using an AMD 9070xt . The monitor is a second monitor but for life I me I cant find a resolution to get it working, It will only run at 640 . I've tried a few different distros and everything I can find to mess with trying to get it to work I can get as far being able to set the monitor to 4k but no display unless it's set at 640 . I think it's not reading the monitor and it's a display port only monitor so no option to try hdmi . Is the combination of an AMD GPU with Linux and a old v1 gync monitor the cause of my issues anyone else fixed this

Hello,

I want to transition my gaming PC to run on Linux because I've been frustrated with Windows 11 lately. What gaming Distros do you recommend.

• Mostly play single player games, but I play a lot of Marvel Rivals and friendslop over Discord
  • Steam is my preferred game store.
• I use an RTX 4070 and a i7-14700F
• I don't have any experience with Linux on PC.
• I am looking for a distro just for gaming because I have a laptop that I'm fine with running windows.
  • I want to install Steam OS but am waiting for Nvidia support, and I don't have the money to buy an Intel or AMD gpu and motherboard/cpu.

I recently switched from Mint to Fedora KDE. While I do think I prefer Fedora there are a few minor things that irk me, and I'm pretty sure it's all connected to KDE Plasma.

I wanted to test this and try Gnome, but I don't want to do a complete reinstallation of linux. How safe is it to just try installing a new DE?

EDIT: thanks for answering guys, relieved some hesitation on my end. Found out real quick Gnome was NOT what I'm looking for. Guess I'll play around until I find what I like.

I'm using Linux Mint currently and I have a few issues I can't find a fix for: 1. When selecting a file, Nemo doesn't have a "View" selection (Like details, thumbnails, large thumbnails, etc) 2. The image previews are tiny on the right, any way to make them bigger?

I've only had Linux for about two days, but it randomly froze last night, and I just shut it down. When I woke it up today, it displayed a black screen, so I shut it down.

Then, a while later, it randomly froze right after I woke it up from suspend. Another time while I was scrolling Reddit, and then the third time while I was trying to find solutions. I used REISUB every time.

I checked my RAM usage and I was only using about 2 out of 14 GB, I'm using a pretty recent driver (picture attached), and all the temperatures are normal. I'm completely tech illiterate and I need help.

My computer is an Acer Nitro V15. I know Acer doesn't have the best reputation.

I built a new computer and installed linux mint. Before, I had Pop_OS and had the same issue I'm having now so I tried a different distro. First, sound works through my monitor and back panel, but not the front. The weird thing is, the mic seems to work through the front, but not sound. I've been troubleshooting the better part of 2 days and am running out of ideas. When I do pactl list sinks it shows the front's state is "suspended". Anyone have any ideas what I can try? Could it be a bad wire (even though the mic seems to work). Also, I think it detects that someone is plugged in but there is absolutely no sound.

I've had no experience with Linux before, and have exclusively used Windows all of my life. However, I'm planning to build my first ever gaming PC either later this year or sometime next year. I'm not the most tech savvy person out there, but I've been getting more into it lately by modding a bunch of my old video game consoles, and I kinda of find it fun to tinker around with software to get something to work or customize it how I like.

I don't really hate using windows, but i just feel like I want to try something new, and it feels like it just gets slower and more bloated the longer I use it. I've heard Bazzite is pretty friendly to Windows users, but I wanted to know if there any tips or things to keep in mind when switching? I've heard Mint is also good for first time users, but I heard that Bazzite is much more optimized for gaming.