Neon - Bionic Early Access

[DrGeoffrey]

Heads up!

https://files.kde.org/neon/images/bionic-early-access/

[GreyGeek]

Time to make a persistent LiveUSB using Btrfs!


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[claydoh]

goos luck with that, those images were not necessarily stable or ready to go. Also note that the url is no longer valid.

From checking my irc scrollback in #kde-neon there seems to have been some issues still that could not be fixed before the weekend, so we might get lucky and see something soon.

[GreyGeek]

goos luck with that, those images were not necessarily stable or ready to go. Also note that the url is no longer valid.

From checking my irc scrollback in #kde-neon there seems to have been some issues still that could not be fixed before the weekend, so we might get lucky and see something soon.

URL no longer valid? True, but the ISOs are there, under a different directory, but I won't reveal how to get to them for the reasons you mentioned.

[DrGeoffrey]

Welp, I burned a USB before it disappeared, but I did not install. It booted ok, but could not find my touchpad. Bizarre, it found the erasure-head, but not the touchpad. Can't remember ever seeing that on this T460s.

No matter. Netrunner Debian is running so well that I decided to try Netrunner Rolling (Manjaro). Aside from the curious "Manjaro does not play well with anyone else's GRUB," it's running like a champ.

[kc1di]

I could not get Manjaro to recognize my wireless card at all. Kubuntu finds it and sets it up just fine
I'm sticking with Kubuntu for now any way.

[DrGeoffrey]

Agreed, Kubuntu is very, very good. I have too much experience with updates creating problems for which I have no time to fix (a hazard when running leading edge hardware in Linux). As a result, I run multiple distributions; currently Kubuntu, Netrunner (Debian), and Netrunner (Manjaro). Netrunner (Debian) replaced Neon which became too long in the tooth for my T460s. Netrunner (Manjaro) replaced Tumbleweed which proved incapable of maintaining a reasonably consistent quality.

Perhaps Netrunner (Manjaro) will suffer the same fate, as only time and experience will tell.

Not recognizing my wifi card would quickly lead me elsewhere, too.

[oldgeek]

I tried Manjaro on a virtual machine (Virtual Box) but it would not recognize my password or download updates. I tried the 32-bit version on my old netbook but it would not work. As far as I am concerned, Manjaro is dead in the water. I'll stick with Kubuntu 18.04 on my main computer and Lubuntu 18.04 on my netbook. They just work.

[papakanush]

I could not get Manjaro to recognize my wireless card at all. Kubuntu finds it and sets it up just fine
I'm sticking with Kubuntu for now any way.

That was exactly my experience. Very stable with Kubuntu 18.04. Maybe because my laptop is a little old (Dell Latitude E6430). Built like a tank, but with16G ram and SSD, the ole girl is plenty quick.