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nixos on a Windows laptop
Someone merged SteamOS with NixOS, and the result is the strangest Linux distro I've ever loved

Jovian NixOS is a strange but good combination that offers the best of both worlds.

bosgame m5 mini pc on a white bench with an xbox controller on top
I'm switching to Linux for gaming — here's why

Linux gaming is finally viable for me.

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Framework laptop running Arch Linux
Archinstall 4.0 finally makes installing Arch Linux bearable for normal people

Or if you just can't be bothered with the command line today.

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A tablet showing a GNOME desktop with extensions used to create a taskbar and application menu similar to Windows 11. An emoji selector is also shown
GNOME 50 killed Google Drive integration because nobody wanted to maintain it

We had our chance.

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A TV displaying the Steam Gaming Mode UI on Bazzite, with a mini PC next to it
I'm excited for the next generation of Linux distros, and for one big reason

With atomic updates and immutable approaches, gaming-focused Linux distributions like Bazzite are shaping the future for gaming.

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A laptop showing a Proxmox dashboard and Home Assistant dashboard side-by-side
Proxmox gave me Home Assistant plus a NAS, media server, and backup system on one PC

Proxmox lets you do so much

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Talking to OpenClaw via Discord DMs
Running OpenClaw in Proxmox taught me that elegance doesn't always beat reliability

OpenClaw worked so well in a Proxmox VM that it stopped feeling like a test and started feeling like part of my lab.

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Running Tmux and a couple of apps on the Linux terminal
Linus Torvalds says Linux 7.0's calm was a mirage as rc6 refuses to settle down

Linux 7.0 is proving to be a fickle beast.

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Ubuntu terminal on Windows PC
I stopped guessing why my Linux PC was slow and used one command to find out

Your boot isn't slow for no reason, it just hasn't told you why yet

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steam proton gaming bazzite
I used Bazzite instead of SteamOS on my gaming PC, and it does everything SteamOS can't

SteamOS is excellent for gaming, but as soon as you try and do anything else Bazzite is a clear winner

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A laptop shwoing the KDE Plasma desktop with apps including Affinity and Vivaldi open
Wayland is getting a 6-year-long fix for its most annoying quirk, and KDE and GNOME are already implementing it
KDE

It's on its way.

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kaos-logo-featured-purple
KaOS begins tearing systemd apart after dropping KDE Plasma last month

The end is nigh.

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Running Fedora inside WSL
Fedora 44 will automatically make your Windows games run faster, no tweaks required

Who said setting up Linux is difficult?

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 A tablet running Ubuntu with Firefox displaying the XDA homepage
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS drops next month, but there's a strong case for skipping it entirely

Maybe you don't need this one

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A person holding an HDD in front of a MacBook with Proxmox's web UI open
I replaced my entire Proxmox backup strategy with one tool, and I haven't thought about backups since
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Accessing Cosmos from a MacBook
Self-hosting freed me from the OS lock-in trap (and made my devices clutter-free)

Better privacy isn't the only game-changing aspect of self-hosted apps

Bazzite logo on the Asus ROG Ally
Immutable Linux sounded bulletproof until I tried to use it

I thought this was supposed to make things easier for the user?

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Linux Mint on a display.
Stop using these 6 built-in Linux commands; I found something way better

These alternatives have replaced several default commands for me.

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An Arc A750 resting on top of a MacBook M4, with the Proxmox web UI open on the laptop
GPU passthrough to LXCs beats VMs in Proxmox, and it's way simpler than you'd think

There's no point in wasting GPU resources on VMs when LXCs can share the same card

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CachyOS setup-5
CachyOS just dethroned Arch Linux on ProtonDB, and Linux gamers are finally noticing

It was inevitable once you see everything CachyOS has.

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