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• Looking for open source linux / android stress testing software.

  Looking for open source linux / android stress testing software. Specifically to test storage / ram / cpu / gpu etc. Same goes for android but to also include tests for the screen / speakers / sensors etc. Coming from windows I would use OCCT / prime95 / memtest86+ / 3D mark / valley benchmark, h2testw. So I am looking for open source alternatives, preferably with a gui, for both linux and android. This is with an aim to just stress testing components for several hours to make sure the syste...

• Linux mint 22.3 cinnamon desktop freezing, audio and mouse cursor fine.

  I’m having an issue in linux mint 22.3 cinnamon where the GUI locks up but audio still plays and the mouse cursor still moves. The solution is to press ctrl+alt+f1 to take me to a terminal and then press ctrl+alt+f7 to go back to the GUI. Then everything works fine. Forgive me, I do not know what to call the terminal when accessing ctrl+alt+f1 other than tty1. I also have an issue where when using a browser (librewolf / waterfox / zen) and using the pop out video window, sometimes over time it...

• windows 10 ltsc iot inside qemu/kvm using virt-manager question

  I would like to install windows 10 ltsc iot inside qemu/kvm using virt-manager. My question is will this be completely isolated from the host os (linux mint 22.3 cinnamon)? I am used to running virtual machines on windows 10 using virtualbox. I just wanted to confirm that this setup should be good before going ahead. I intend to run only open source software on the linux install and this is a closed source / hostile / untrustworthy OS. I wanted to make sure it is fully isolated like I am used...

• Is it possible to use a virtual machine to more safely run pirated games on linux?

  I am looking for help on how to run closed source / pirated games on linux within a virtual machine. I would like to start by saying if I could walk into a shop and buy with cash, a game on a CD like in the old days I would. I have recently become very privacy conscious and until I figure out a way to anonymously and privately purchase things like this I am going to stick with pirating. Also, it is helping me to archive content as everything seems to be moving online and I want to stick with off...

• My journey on switching to linux mint as a windows 10 user. First ever fediverse post.

  Hello all. I have been lurking on lemmy.ml for a while and learning about the fediverse and recently decided to jump in. I wanted to come here to share my story on switching to linux, effectively switching my mindset in the process. TL;DR: Around october 2025 I was going to update a system to windows 11 and opened a can of worms regarding the privacy eroding, invasive nature of it. Freaked me out for a while thanks to big techs horrible recommendation systems only making this worse but gradu...