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This is more a general comment than anything else but has anyone had real issues with the so called KDE 6 upgrade? Most of my theming is now broken and accessing theming on line via settings no longer works. Feels like a step backward not forward. I really wished this thing had not been released.

Hi All, I have tried upgrading Arch and ran into this problem. I did trying restoring the system using Timeshift but the problem, oddly still remains. Any suggestions much appreciated. 27/727) checking keys in keyring...

For anyone looking to get Asus AC56 wifi adaptor working on Debian derivatives, I found this driver install works seamlessly: https://miloserdov.org/?p=5507 I have not tried on Arch.

Has anyone had any success recently installing linux (of any flavour) on the Nexus 7 tablet? Its an old Google based thing sitting around gathering dust. Our daughter no longer uses it, so I thought perhaps we could put Linux on it and use it when travelling. I have found a lot of very old...

I'm posting this more for people, like myself, who may have had major issues with one of the bigger name Linux OS's and want a decent alternative for new and older hardware. I was going to review Neptune myself but this Youtube reviewer does a much better job than I could manage, so I'm posting...

I think this is a dependency issue. Has anyone else had a similar problem and knows how to resolve it? Output below after attempted upgrade.... Synchronizing package databases... core is up to date extra...

Well now this has been interesting. I have four laptops, one running Arch which gives no issues, three running LMDE 5 which has been fine until LMDE6 came out. Two of the three failed to upgrade correctly. No big deal with one, its a travel machine I use overseas or on holiday. Simple...

Hi All, I was wondering if any one knew how to check user login history on Arch linux? I am familiar with the process on Windows, checking logs but I've had a hard time finding anything for Arch. As always, any help is much appreciated.

So New Years day I tried logging into Arch and got this..... Loading linu linux- lts.... error : file '/vmlinuz-linux-lts' not found. Loading initial ramdisk.... error : you need load the kernels first. Press any key to continue...... I did a search and found this: lsblk Know we mount our...

So I ran a "sudo pacman -Syu" update and this popped up. Loading Linux linux … Loading initial ramdisk … error: file ‘/boot/initramfs-zen.img’ not found Press any key to continue… I can still load into Arch from standard kernel but the zen kernel appears to have been broken by the update. Is...

Logged into Endeavour and suddenly find my Wifi has limited connectivity with a small yellow exclamation mark next to the wifi icon. I'd post output but of course I can't connect to the internet so, well....(I'm working from my LMDE laptop for the time being). Has anyone else had this problem...

Running Arch derivative EndeavourOS. Have noticed the firewall keeps turning itself off. Have run sudo ufw enable and sudo ufw status which states its "active" but then I check on it again, a couple of log off/in's later and its off, again. Anyone else experienced this?

Having had a few bad experiences with Manjaro recently, I'm looking for a new user friendly Arch derivative thats "stable". Does anyone have any suggestions, positive experiences?

I'm trying to recover accidentally deleted Libreoffice and WP office *.docx and *.odt files from my documents directory in Manjaro. I was wondering if Foremost would be a good tool to attempt this and if so what the right command would be? I have two SSD's. One SSD is the Manjaro drive...

Hi All, Purchased one of those cheap and cheerful EBay USB extenders. The kind you plug into an existing USB port, that then offers in this case, another x3 ports to connect to. Oddly it recognises one of my external devices, a USB powered speaker, but not my keyboard or mouse. I wondered if...

Hi All, Running a Debian Buster derivative Q4OS. All was well until the weekend when it spat the dummy on start up: error: symbol 'grub_is_lockdown' not found. Entering rescue mode... grub rescue> Does anyone know how to fix this? Any advice appreciated.

I was on the look for a lightweight linux OS for an old laptop and came across Q4OS. This is a German distro based on Debian Buster and I have to say, I really like it. It comes in the Trinity desktop or Plasma by default but offers other options too such as Cinnamon. I chose Plasma. It was...

If you have an ASUS AC56 can tell you this works with Mint. That includes LMDE. https://www.asus.com/nz/Networking/USBAC56/ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2019/11/install-rtl8814au-driver-ubuntu-19-10-kernel-5-13/ I

So I need to install a *.zip font pack in LMDE but I'm not entirely sure where to install it or the correct command to use. Any suggestions? SOLVED.

I have very new Samsung USB key 65GB purchased from a legit retail outlet. For some reason when I formatted it in Manjaro using USB stick formatter and tried copying files it claims it only has 4GB of drive space when the drive is empty. Is it something to do with the extn FAT32/NTFS? I'm a...