Last time when you seen Solus running ...

solusjeff

Hi Team,

this is a very ambitious project and sparked curiosity to I hope many fans, unfortunately for users ends as a wasting time. I personally follow the book (BTW other online sources are more comprehensive and reliable) and installed in the last 2 weeks lots of solus in various setting environments. My uptake is that every installation broke after I "upgraded" recommended "security" which was actually a upgrade to 'current' even my repo was 'stable'.

However after downloading over 800Mb upgrade and everything nice and check OK the reboot failed with a black screen and no clues. It looks like this OS works as long package manager is left alone untouched. For example I installed mc, htop and no surprise system boot broke. I asked some advice from community but I noticed there are a lot more questions and issues than answers and solutions. With all the bells and whistles this very promising distro has to be tested before is released. Thanks!

needed a robust and stable distro for high school computer labs project

elfprince

solusjeff I've used Solus non stop for the last 3 years, about 10 hours per day. It IS a 'robust and stable distro'. Please read the instructions about updating. It is spelled out to NEVER do partial updates, but full ones always.
Wrong technique brings wrong results. 😀

joebonrichie

Please do a full update and reboot before installing any packages - this is a known failing on our part

TraceyC

I've been running Solus for the last 2 or 3 years with about one year on the unstable repo. The only time my system had an issue after an update was my own fault. I had updated when the unstable repo was in flux (and there's a notice in the IRC channel if it's safe to update). I was able to fix the system. I rely on this laptop for my day job, so I am picky about what I run on it.

So to second what @joebonrichie said, always do a full update before installing any packages and your system will be fine.