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Seriously, except package managers, what's the difference between distros?

What I've seen yet the differences are, just the package managers, different defaults and rolling vs stable releases which are in fact related to package managers. Except these, are there really any other differences? Thanks!

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IBM stock dropped 25% Tues, not related to Redhat but may have an impct

IBM stock dropped 25% on Tuesday worst day since 1968.

I didn't see anything related to Redhat but given IBM's track record in the past there will probably be bloodletting in many places in their business.

**https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/article/ibms-historic-crash-exposes-a-deeper-tech-divide-chart-of-the-day-100000015.html**

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Linus Torvalds Reaffirms That Linux Is Not "Anti-AI" & Not A "Social Warrior" Project
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Is-Not-Anti-AI

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cterm -- Tiny terminal emulator release!
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Strix Halo sleep issues with newer kernels
/r/Fedora/comments/1uww77z/strix_halo_sleep_issues_with_newer_kernels/

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COSMIC Epoch 1.3.0 released
https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-epoch/releases/tag/epoch-1.3.0

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FreeBSD 16 Retires The Last Of Its GPL Code From Its Base System
https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-16-Goes-GPL-Free

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Switching help
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Just had my first "oh wow I actually did it" moments

I am a new linux user who was never into IT and my programming background is fairly basic

I struggle with some of the most basic things on linux, even installing software that has a linux version but isn't in a repository is an afternoon's worth of work for me since I don't even know what's the part that's not working and I often end up giving up on solving it myself and use AI

Today was the first moment when it clicked, I was struggling with deleting an app since it required the terminal (perms) but the actual app name was different from the displayed name and the name I saw in the properties

That's when I realized - I have the tools right there in the terminal to see the name of the apps in that folder, so I used ls -a and solved my first linux problem without AI

I know for most here this isn't impressive or interesting but I'm very proud of myself and I hope to keep on learning how to think like a linux user and not a windows user

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Linux specific malware website tries exploiti using terminal

This website faked a ReCaptcha and literally asks to open the terminal and paste a command. (see image). Very bold.

Please keep in mind, always try your best to make new users aware of such dangers!


\- I reported it to Google Safe browsing just now, in case anyone wants to try and look at it or help by reporting it too, this is the link in a safe format, assemble it yourself at your risk: "emaliowe . pl".
\- Possibly blocked by Firefox, since I don't have anything in my clipboard after opening the page.

https://preview.redd.it/worpsjifh8dh1.png?width=720&format=png&auto=webp&s=f0c1254ed439508fda8f799e984ea78820e6378f



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Linux 7.2-rc3 Bringing Fixes For The SEGA Dreamcast Drivers In 2026
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.2-rc3-SEGA-Dreamcast

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Why is hibernation so hard?

First of all, this comes from a place of love. I'm not asking for tech support, I'm genuinely curious. I've tried Linux multiple times, daily drove it on my laptop for a year and would love to keep it that way (Probably won't switch on my main desktop, since I need some Windows DCCs). Linux offers much sleeker experience.

I enjoy some tinkering in my free time (but not that much to use Linux on my work PC). I always tinkered with Windows to some extent. I'm not looking for out of the box solution.

But why is it so much fuss to setup hibernation and suspend then hibernate? It's a crucial feature for laptops. To be fair, I have always dual booted with Windows and I understand that is the more complex option. I can bear having hibernation working only on Linux, since I use Windows only when I really need to, but even that takes too much time in the terminal.

Am I missing something or is it really always this way? Why is suspend out of the box with no problems?

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Measuring input latency on Linux: X11 vs Wayland, VRR, and DXVK
https://marco-nett.de/blog/measuring-input-latency-on-linux-x11-vs-wayland-vrr-dxvk/

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The one thing "back in the day" that was such a hassle on Linux that is a non-issue today?

For me, ca. 1999 or maybe 2000?..., it was the whole process of getting my Mandrake Linux rig to work with the scroll wheel on my mouse. So much banging-head-to-keyboard work with XF86Config simply to get a damn mouse fully working! Lol.

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Made a simple interactive menu wrapper around wget for category-based downloads (pictures/music/video/ebooks/software)
https://github.com/Abhisheksinha1506/open-dir-downloader

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Haiku Activity & Contract Report, June 2026
https://www.haiku-os.org/blog/waddlesplash/2026-07-13-haiku_activity_contract_report_june_2026/

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Plasma 6.7.3 complete changelog
https://kde.org/announcements/changelogs/plasma/6/6.7.2-6.7.3/

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Android apps on linux desktop

Since Android is linux based and many desktop apps have a native android version, what's stopping people from downloading the correct dependencies and using Office, playing mobile games and in general using the whole android app store on their desktop?

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In Steven Spielberg's new movie, Disclosure Day, a Linux distribution appears, tasked with protecting the world's most important files
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Hidden AMD laptops gems

Does anybody know good AMD CPU + GPU laptops that's good for gaming? I searched for AMD powered laptops and there is not that much, Framework 16 and TUF gaming. Idk if there is any other good choices existed on market that amd powered

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