r/linux is a subreddit with 1.9M members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses linux, software, looking for, distro, and laptop, and they frequently recommend/review desktop environment, git gui, and music players.
Welcome to /r/Linux!
This is a community for sharing news about Linux, interesting developments and press.
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Popular Themes in r/linux
#1
Advice Requests
: "Find a name and feedbak for my linux project"
2 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "CoolerControl 5.0.1 released - Powerful cooling control and monitoring for Linux 🐧"
1 post
#3
Pain & Anger
: "I am starting to hate the linux desktop because of Red Hat"
1 post
#4
Opportunities
: "Guys can we do something about Desktop UX?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/linux
#1
Linux
: "Got my dad in Linux yesterday"
59 posts
#2
Software
33 posts
#3
Looking For
31 posts
#4
Distro
: "My Linux Distro https://syslinux.chamesle.org/#about"
7 posts
#5
Laptop
6 posts
#6
Tool
4 posts
#7
Linux Distro
: "My Linux Distro https://syslinux.chamesle.org/#about"
4 posts
#8
Mp3 Player
3 posts
#9
Struggling
3 posts
#10
Music Player
2 posts
Products Discussed in r/linux
Desktop Environment
51 reviews
#1
KDE
5.0★ from 6 reviews
#2
KDE Desktop Environment
4.4★ from 5 reviews
#3
XFCE
4.4★ from 5 reviews
Git Gui
42 reviews
#1
GitKraken
4.3★ from 8 reviews
#2
Sublime Merge
4.3★ from 4 reviews
#3
SmartGit
4.3★ from 3 reviews
Music Players
39 reviews
#1
Clementine
3.3★ from 4 reviews
#2
CMus
4.0★ from 3 reviews
#3
VLC
4.0★ from 3 reviews
Flair Used in r/linux
#1
Software Release
: "gzip 1.15 released"
20 posts
#2
Discussion
: "Got my dad in linux yesterday"
18 posts
#3
Development
: "CAD Companies Sleeping on Linux"
8 posts
#4
Distro News
: "Alibaba Cloud contributes $3m to Omarchy to help build the ideal agentic operating system"
5 posts
#5
Kernel
: "Simple optimization in Linux 7.4 improves VFS do_open() (open a file for reading) performance by up to 39%"
4 posts
#6
Fluff
: "filet | Terminal File Manager"
4 posts
#7
Tips and Tricks
: "REISUB sequence"
3 posts
#8
KDE
: "New KDE Goals announced"
1 post
#9
Hardware
: "AMDGPU HDMI 2.1 4K240Hz on linux 7.2. Success!"
1 post
#10
Popular Application
: "Fake Balena etcher website with virus"
1 post
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Yearly
+171k members(9.8%)
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Last updated: September 22, 2026