Windows nervt dich? Zeit für was Besseres!
Kennst du das? Zwangsupdates, mysteriöse Abstürze und dein PC, der plötzlich sein Eigenleben führt...

"Von Windows zu Linux in 12 Kapiteln" ist dein Ausweg – OHNE Nerd-Abschluss! (Link unten)

Was dich erwartet:

• Ein Schritt-für-Schritt-Guide, der dich WIRKLICH an die Hand nimmt
• Keine Technik-Fachsprache, die nur Experten verstehen
• Sicherheits-Tipps, mit denen Windows nicht mithalten kann
• Praktische Lösungen für all deine "Ja, aber..."-Fragen
• Zero Drama: Mit Snapshots & Backups geht nichts schief!
• Und für GAMER: Linux rockt mittlerweile richtig hart! Deine Windows-Spiele laufen meist nicht nur problemlos – sie performen meistens sogar BESSER! Das Buch zeigt dir genau, wie du als Gamer umsteigst, ohne auf deine Lieblingsspiele verzichten zu müssen.

Linux ist längst nicht mehr nur was für Nerds!

Christin Löhner zeigt dir, wie auch DU dich von Windows-Problemen verabschiedest. Ein Betriebssystem, das DIR gehört statt umgekehrt? Das gibt's wirklich! Und es fühlt sich verdammt gut an. Du bekommst nicht nur eine technische Anleitung, sondern einen echten Begleiter für deinen Umstieg. Von den ersten Zweifeln bis zur stolzen "Ich nutze jetzt Linux"-Aussage. Die beste Nachricht? Du kannst es. Wirklich. Trau dich! Dein Windows-freies Leben wartet schon.

https://www.christin-loehner.de/blog/von-windows-zu-linux-in-12-kapiteln

Hard to believe Santa Clara didn't already have a Micro Center store. 3 decent man-on-the-street Linux advocates interviewed.

I Tried To Find Linux Users At Micro Center

At the opening of the Santa Clara Micro Center Adam went around asking people if they were Linux users to answer the question: is 2025 (finally) the year of Linux?

@linuxmint @kde @gnome

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8rtu6YNT44

And just like that, #LinuxMint is up to date, all my apps are up to date and the whole process was even less effort than #MacOS.

(I'm not even gonna touch the nagging horror of some other OSes and their breakgrades.)

Got myself a new (2nd hand laptop). Paid £65 for an old Dell latitude E5470. Needed to spend another £10 for a charger, and will spend another £15 for a new battery.
£90 in total - Installed #linuxmint and reused old RAM so now have 16Gb machine that zips along.

So, ich bin jetzt auch dabei. #unplugtrump #linuxmint

This week's Linux and FOSS news:

LINUX NEWS

Ubuntu 24.10 will reach EOL on July 10, upgrading to 25.04 is recommended:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/ubuntu-24-10-oracular-oriole-eol-july-2025

Ubuntu 25.10 (shipping GNOME 49) will remove GNOME X11 session:
https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-25-10-questing-quokka-to-remove-the-gnome-on-xorg-x11-session

Linux Mint 20 reached EOL, upgrading to 22 is recommended:
https://news.itsfoss.com/linux-mint-20-eol/

Linux Mint 22.2 adds out-of-the-box fingerprint authentication support with Fingwit app:
https://9to5linux.com/linux-mint-22-2-will-feature-fingerprint-authentication-with-fingwit-app

Nitrux drops the Plasma-based NX desktop for Hyprland, due to the discontinuation of Plasma LTS released:
https://9to5linux.com/nitrux-linux-drops-its-kde-plasma-based-nx-desktop-for-hyprland
(It's a bit weird choice that they ditched a full DE for a standalone compositor, which is tiling in fact, and requires editing some config files manually, not sure if DE users want that.)

Kali Linux 2025.2 released with revamped Kali Menu, GNOME 48, KDE Plasma 8.3, 13 new tools (including Azurehound, binwalk3, bloodhound-ce-python etc.):
https://9to5linux.com/kali-linux-2025-2-released-with-revamped-kali-menu-13-new-hacking-tools

GNOME 49 Alpha 0 available with preparations for disabling X11 by default:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-49-Alpha-0-Packages

Sway 1.11 released with explicit sync support, support for the ext-image-copy-capture-v1 and ext-image-capture-source-v1 protocols for improved screen capture, support for the alpha-modifier-v1 protocol for setting an alpha multiplier for a surface, etc.:
https://9to5linux.com/sway-1-11-tiling-wayland-compositor-adds-support-for-explicit-synchronization

(More Linux and FOSS news in comments)

#LinuxMint / #LMDE and #Gnome on #Debian all recognize and run MacBook webcams OUT OF THE BOX. This wasn't possible *last year*. Holy shit.

Another day, another good deed. Installed #Linux #Mint on this 2010 Fujitsu laptop and it works great. It's going back to its owner now with Linux in it.

Linux Mint 22.1 Cinnamon is ok for now, that's all I care about.

#linux #ubuntu #linuxmint #cinnamon #wayland #gnome

Ubuntu 25.10 Drops Support for Using GNOME on Xorg/X11 https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/ubuntu-25-10-dropping-xorg-support

Interestingly, #YouTube claims that showing content on how to #download or even #watch #videos hosted on their site as "#HarmfulContent"...

• And I'm not talking about 'bypassing paywalls' or 'circumventing age restrictions' but merely saying that '#YoutubeDLP got an #update' or 'a new #Invidious release came out.'

So not even encouraging "#crimes" like #piracy. (Which OFC they don't want to see on their platform!)

• Simply having #ytdlp being shown as one of many programs in the #Flatpak Repo of #LinuxMint is apparently sufficient to get a video yeeted off the platform.

Seriously, WTF!?

• Even #LinusTechTips and @geerlingguy ain't safe.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftJ6eGll8HU

My gaming mad workmate has recommended me a £150 Asus mothered broad (plus Ryzen 7) for my Linux super desktop build..

However Ive seen this and its within budget (along with the Ryzen 9 CPU)

https://rog.asus.com/uk/motherboards/rog-crosshair/rog-crosshair-x870e-hero/

Any point in me building an insane rig &maxing out with memory etc for Linux? I'm doing audio recording/video work, plus some art.

Cheers in advance Linux and music people!
#linux #customPC #PC #computer #tech #audio #recording #DAW #music #musicstudio #Ubuntu #debian #LinuxMint

My gaming mad workmate has recommended me a £150 Asus mothered broad (plus Ryzen 7) for my Linux super desktop build..

However Ive seen this and its within budget (along with the Ryzen 9 CPU).

Is there any point in me building an insane rig and maxing it out with memory and stuff for Linux? I'm doing audio recording and video work, plus some art.

Cheers in advance Linux and music people!
#linux #customPC #PC #computer #tech #audio #recording #DAW #music #musicstudio #Ubuntu #debian #LinuxMint

I'm putting together a persistent USB installation of Linux Mint for a friend who wants to switch to Linux. It has both a tweaked Cinnamon in it, and an XFce that looks like MacOSX. Lots of apps & games pre-installed too. He'll love it, I'm sure.

Switching people to Linux, one by one.

Linux Mint 20.x users take note. 

https://news.itsfoss.com/linux-mint-20-eol/

#Linux Weekly Roundup for June 8th, 2025: #Ubuntu Touch OTA-9, #VirtualBox 7.1.10, #RaspberryPi Imager 1.9.4, Rocky Linux 9.6, #Wireshark 4.4.7, #KDE Gear 25.04.2, #LibreOffice 25.2.4, Linux 6.16 RC, #LinuxMint 22.2 introduces new fingerprint authentication app, #fwupd 2.0.11, and more https://9to5linux.com/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-june-8th-2025

Linux Mint has announced a new app to support fingerprint authentication. It includes 'smarter' PAM integration to preempt authentication issues, and fall back to password login if needed.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/linux-mint-fingerprint-support-coming