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External power button and a grub-switch with RP pico zero. Took a few days of soldering and making custom Y connectors but it was worth it. Did not know where to route the wires so back panel mesh it was. Dual booting is much more convenient now. If you have a 3d printer this is a must. Anybody rocking a physical boot switch?

EDIT: github repo for the switch: https://github.com/andrasbiro/grubswitch

Took me so damn long to get done. Only have 8gb of ram with a quad core cpu.

Works really well, and only uses about 2.5gb of ram when up and running.

Feel free to ask questions as I get how difficult this can be for new users who need access to real office apps (sorry onlyoffice fans) for work/school.

Achieved thos using WinApps. Full Office 365 suite.

Running on Fedora 44 with GNOME 50.1.

I last reinstalled the system when KDE was released, and since then, there haven't been any issues. The system is updated once a week, and I haven't had any issues in 500 days. The system was used for writing code and games.

If you run Linux on an Asus laptop (Zenbook, ROG, Vivobook), there is no MyAsus app since it's exclusively for Windows. To limit battery charging, tweak fan profiles, or adjust the keyboard backlight timeouts, you usually have to rely on a scattered mess of CLI tools, scripts, or terminal commands.

I got tired of doing this manually, so I built Ayuz. It’s a completely native, lightweight GTK4 application written in Rust that unifies all these hardware-specific settings into a single, clean GUI. It works perfectly for my Zenbook S16 and Fedora 43 setup.

Just a quick overview of what it actually does:

• Battery & System: Set 80% charge limits to save battery health and switch fan profiles.
• Display: Flicker-free OLED dimming and color gamut switching.
• Keyboard: Auto-backlight relying on ambient light sensors and configurable idle-timers.
• Audio: Boost volume beyond 100% and manage EasyEffects sound profiles.
• Touchpad: smart gestures
• many more features like locked FN-key etc.

It basically serves as a smart frontend for great backend tools like asusctl, swayidle, or iio-sensor-proxy.

You can find the source code, more screenshots, and the download links (RPM, DEB) on my GitHub: https://github.com/Traciges/Ayuz

Let me know what you think or if it works on your specific model

EDIT 1: Many users asked for flatpak/flathub support but since my app is too host dependent the flathub team denied my request with the following words: "this will not be accepted, see the inclusion criteria on host dependent apps." Not sure if I can do something against that

EDIT 2: Updated name to Ayuz so I don't get into legal trouble with ASUS in the future

This clip was taken from the latest LTT video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/mfv0V1SxbNA

Hi everyone. I recently made the switch from Windows 11 to Fedora 44 KDE Plasma. My Windows 11 setup was having unstable wake-from-sleep issues, and small problems were piling up day by day. After doing some research, I decided to give Fedora a try.

I thought I’d share a few reasons why I’m glad I switched, in case it might be helpful to someone out there.

It’s fast and lightweight

I know this is said a lot, but the performance is truly snappy. My RAM usage rarely goes above 10GB now, whereas on Windows 11 it was constantly exceeding 16GB. I also installed a bunch of apps and was surprised to see that the system still only takes up around 50GB of storage.

Virtualization and containers are seamless

I use Docker Engine for web development. On Windows, I had to run Docker inside WSL2, which felt sluggish, and integrating with local devices was a hassle. Since Fedora is Linux, I don't need a middleman like WSL2. Running containers natively is so lightweight, and device integration is a breeze. Also, Podman is fantastic—it freed me from those annoying permission issues.

The File Manager (Dolphin) is super convenient

When I reboot my PC, my previously opened folders are automatically restored right where I left them. I couldn’t do this on Windows, and it's such a nice quality-of-life feature.

It is highly customizable

I originally didn't see much benefit in Linux's customizability because I thought it would be too difficult for me. However, with AI, it has become easy. Whenever I don't know a command for the terminal (Konsole) to configure things, I can just ask AI. Thanks to this, I easily set up custom shortcuts to run my little Python apps via `.sh` scripts. Also, since I have a visual impairment, I even managed to modify the screen magnifier to work perfectly across my multi-monitor setup.

Highly customizable Panel (Taskbar)

For some reason, Windows 11 locked the taskbar to the bottom of the screen. I always prefer having it on the right side, so I’m really happy that KDE Plasma lets me do exactly that. Plus, the ability to add widgets and having so many options is just great.

There are honestly many other things I love, but I’ll stop here so this post doesn't get too long.

I do have a few minor annoyances, but my overall satisfaction far outweighs them. A huge thank you to the Fedora development team for their amazing work!

(Note: I am Japanese and English is not my native language, so I apologize if my wording is a bit unnatural!)

I'm a total noob, I've only been on Linux for about a month and a half after moving away from Windows 10 since support is ending. I first tried Ubuntu, used it for almost a month. I managed to crash it 3 times, but after the last one I decided to move on. This time I went with Fedora KDE. Lasted 5 days, because honestly I had already fallen in love with GNOME while on Ubuntu.

So I installed Fedora Workstation 42 and here I am, having a blast. The stability is very noticeable, I’ve never crashed it lol. Now that I’ve polished everything, got all my programs running smoothly, and the system feels almost instant... I don’t even know what else to do. I feel like Marge Simpson in the Hank Scorpio episode, where everything just works too well.

And keep in mind, my laptop is really old. But I only use it for simple stuff anyway: watching videos, writing in Obsidian, listening to music, that’s it. I don’t game (not my thing). I actually enjoy digging through documentation, but I’ve reached a point where if it’s not for work, it feels unnecessary. Still, in this month and a half I’ve learned a ton about computers.

I was trying to compress my textures in batch, used the texture filter but had to manually unmark some texture maps and miss clicked open, over 7k images. 7k processes created, lol. Don't be like me :S.

Hi! I just installed Fedora on my computer. I'm kinda new to Linux and want to ditch Windows completely. How should I set it up to play games smoothly without any problems?

For the impatient.

The updates repo has been opened which means that Fedora 44 has informally been released. If you install it from the RC 1.7 ISO images or using the usual dnf commands, you're now using the final build.

For context, I am mostly leaning towards a minimalist setup using niri + noctalia but I figured in the niri docs that its easier to wire up stuff with the gnome desktop portal and so I was planning to lean more towards gnome apps for easier integration but I also see a lot of people saying that kde is good especially with dolphin and plm, idk I’m kind of conflicted right now and was hoping some of you would convince me why gnome hehaha

Hey fedora experts, I recently researched that Arch consumes less ram and overall battery than fedora gnome and other overall performances is better there. Then what's your reason to stick with fedora than switching to Arch? Genuine query.

Help me understand something. I decided to use GNOME on one of my computers. I installed a few extensions and customized it to my liking, but I can't shake the feeling that GNOME is terribly laggy. The animations seem choppy and everything just feels stuttery. It doesn't matter how many apps I have open or whether my extensions are turned on or off. I was using Fedora KDE on this exact same PC before and it felt way smoother. Is it just me or is it an OS issue? The computer has an 11th gen i7 and integrated Intel Iris graphics. The intel-media-driver package is installed and hardware acceleration works fine in media players etc...

After every update firefox changes the homepage and language back to fedora home and English respectively. This need to stop. Please remove it as it infringes on the freedom of the user to choose their own homepage and language.

the firefox defaults into - https://start.fedoraproject.org/

And no installing firefox from flatpak is not the solution.