My Linux Experience 2026

   Week 7  While daily driving Linux on my PC at home, I have noted several quality of life features that the operating system, or at least KDE CachyOS Wayland, offers the user. In this post I will sum up and list the features in a ranked order, from last (but certainly not least) to the best. Obviously there might not be an equal gap throughout the items of the list; the "best" one might only be slightly stronger than the second and third quality of life features. But without any ado, let's dive right in. 4.   Btop - computer performance monitor   "Btop " is an excellent performance monitor which is directly accessible right on the go. it features clean bars showing the usage of your computer components like your CPU and your memory (RAM). The usage percentages and the temperatures of all CPU threads are also shown (in my case there are 16 threads). Graphs showing the download and uploads of memory and storage are also present with a great deal of metrics...

  Week 6    If you have seen benchmark videos showcasing the performance of a certain CPU and GPU combination in a list of famous and demanding titles, you will remember that they always have this cool, live-updated, performance monitors that display the usage in percentage of the components as well as their temperatures, the memory (RAM and VRAM) being used, and obviously the frame rate (FPS) with the 1% lows. But unfortunately, the software that the video creators use aren't often native on Linux.   The app that I use on my CachyOS Linux desktop is  MangoHUD . It features a performance monitor which can be customised using the straight forward  GOverlay.  The GOverlay interface even includes a spinning cube simulation that can be used to test the performance monitor before applying it to a game.  The  GOverlay  interaface with the  vkcube  simulation - the "Basic" view is selected   As shown in the image above, the perfo...

  Week 5   As known to many people, the famous Adobe Premiere Pro video editing software is unfortunately unavailable on Linux, being reserved for Windows and MacOS users. But what if there was actually an option for the Linux users, which is actually on par with Adobe's feature rich, top tier editing software?  The  Kdenlive  project was started way back in 2003, eventually becoming part of the KDE open-source product suite. KDE is a non-profit international community of software developers that develops free and open-source software that powers schools, governments, cars, and even NASA as well as the CERN particle accelerator, according to their website. Kdenlive is run by a small team of developers, supported by donations from their fellow users.  Adobe Premiere was first released in 1991, developed by Adobe Inc., was one of the first computer-based non-linear video editing software of its time. Currently it hosts an estimated 30 million users on Windows...

  How to create a CachyOS USB: Equipment   Preparation List A working computer (can be laptop or desktop, Windows, MacOS, Linux, or even Raspberry Pi¸ with some workarounds) with no restrictions A USB with a minimum of 8GB storage capacity (note that the USB will be wiped during the process, so it is recommended to move your important files to another disk) An internet connection  The target computer (can be the same one as point 1 if you are planning of switching the operating system)  Note that your system will need the following specs in order for CachyOS to run:  3GB of RAM - 8GB is recommended 30GB of storage ( S olid S tate D rive or H ard D isk D rive) - 50GB is recommended For Windows/MacOS, go to https://etcher.balena.io/  and click "Download Etcher". The page will automatically scroll down, and you will be presented with several options. Click "download" beside the option that you represents your operating system. Open the .dmg file that ...

  Week 4   Welcome to the fourth episode of the "My Linux Experience 2026" series. In this episode, I will dive into a simple customisation tutorial for KDE Linux desktops, as well as share this week's experience using Linux. This will include some new apps that I have been trying out and my honest review of them. Let's dive right in.   To start off, I am still using the same Linux distribution, the Arch-based CachyOS. I installed it for the first time four weeks ago on my brand new PC. The technical specifications are listed at the end of every post and in the " About " page.   Customising your KDE desktop  Linux is notably known for being very open to customisation in comparison to other operating systems, allowing users to make their desktops fit precisely their taste. Operating systems such as Windows and MacOS start off their users with a generic taskbar and few options to alter the look of it. Putting the desktops of two Windows users side-by-side won...