Installing Solus

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Unable to run Budgie Live ISO - black screen
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- Have requirements for the minimum system configuration changed for Solus Budgie? I am unable to run the Solus-Budgie-Release-2025-01-26 iso in 8GB RAM as a live USB (get the b...
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Boot issues - possible kernel issue
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- Thank you very much for the link By the way, after realy very long time without any problem with Solus, sunday update destroyed sound (kkrrrrrrrr) on my other, Lenovo notebook...
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Can’t Install Solus 4.7 Gnome
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- Hello I booted Solus 4.7 Gnome using ventoy but it boots to a blank overview mode I can see the top panel but cant click on anything This only happens with Gnome I can boot an...
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"solus-enroll not recognized as valid certificate"
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- I have a similar problem like "solus-enroll not recognized as valid certificate" On my laptop (Lenovo) I don't have the MOK blue screen but I can manage secureboot keys in UEF...
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"Bad signature" message trying to verify sha256sum file
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- From the Download | Solus page, I downloaded the SHA256SUMS: File | Signed File | Public Key (all three files) for the XFCE version and imported the public key using gpg --imp...
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How to create a seperate /home partition when installing solus
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- im struggling with manually creating partitions for solus because i want a seperate home partition. i know i probably could have used a general online guide for any linux but ...
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Installation of Solus XFCE fails
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- Hi, I want to install Solus XFCE on an old Dell Laptop. All works fine, bute the installation ends with an error message. "program <i>/usr/bin/eopkg ar Solus https://cdn.getso...
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Clock not displayed on the panel of KDE spin of SOLUS distro . Can you check ?
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- ...oot on Secure Boot UEFI BIOS ( well after you registered the MOK key - UBUNTU , FEDORA, DEBIAN 12 - not necessary this additional step ... ; KDE very customizable ( at least f...
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How to run GNOME live session with Wayland
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- Hi. I'm running Solus Linux on a MS Surface Pro 4. The touchscreen works without any issues under Wayland. However, it doesn't appear to work properly (or at all) under X11. T...
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Problem when I install Solus Budgie
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- When I want to install Solus I have a problem : Thank you for your help
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Failed to start light display manager - lightdm.service
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- ...e, no new packages. sudo eopkg check - Result: all green/OK. sudo lightdm --test-mode --debug > lightdm_debug_log - Result: visible debug list, but when I cat lightdm_debug_lo...
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Verifying Solus Downloads
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- Downloaded Solus Budgie and attempted to verify using the public key but was unsuccessful. The download seems to be OK - used certutil -hashfile ....\Downloads\Solus-Budgie-Re...
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installation of Solus 4.6 KDE failed at the grub installation
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- I was attempting to replace another distro that was installed. When it failed, there was a file copied to the clipboard. I copied the file. Not sure how to upload the file in ...
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Solus Budgie 2024-10-14 : Black screen booting from live USB
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- Hello, Sorry for my broken English. I'm a Windows user, I've already experimented with Ubuntu on several occasions. Today, I'd like to switch completely to Linux and use Solus...
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Solus doesn't detect UFS drive
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- First off I'm trying to install solus on a asus E1504GA laptop with a universal flash storage drive. Solus doesn't detect the drive at all. I've install fedora, windows 11, an...
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Problem with Install system and slow eopkg update on Solus 4.6
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- I cant install the system and when I do eopkg update I get very slow speeds Install system log: https://termbin.com/visf
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Solus fails to install only if full disk encryption is enabled
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- Good afternoon everyone, this is a repost from reddit, I was redirected here from a fellow user. So I have this MacBook Air 2014, i5 4260U, 8GB/512GB and installing Solus on i...
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Unable to install Solus 4.6 Budgie on new laptop
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- ...ot, the image boots and lets me choose the boot options (e.g. normal, nvidia nomodeset, debug). However, no matter what I choose, I get a black screen. Does anyone have sugges...
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Unable to install Solus Plasma 4.6
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- Have tried several times to install on my main machine alongside windows 11. Ended up restoring my Zorin partition where Solus was to live. Everytime I run the installer it en...
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Is there a minimal ISO with no GUI?
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- Hello, is there any possibility to acquire "pure" Solus iso, that means with no graphical user interface?
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Installing Solus

Supported specifically related to the installation of Solus

Unable to run Budgie Live ISO - black screen

Boot issues - possible kernel issue

Can’t Install Solus 4.7 Gnome

"solus-enroll not recognized as valid certificate"

"Bad signature" message trying to verify sha256sum file

How to create a seperate /home partition when installing solus

Installation of Solus XFCE fails

Clock not displayed on the panel of KDE spin of SOLUS distro . Can you check ?

How to run GNOME live session with Wayland

Problem when I install Solus Budgie

Failed to start light display manager - lightdm.service

Verifying Solus Downloads

installation of Solus 4.6 KDE failed at the grub installation

Solus Budgie 2024-10-14 : Black screen booting from live USB

Solus doesn't detect UFS drive

Problem with Install system and slow eopkg update on Solus 4.6

Solus fails to install only if full disk encryption is enabled

Unable to install Solus 4.6 Budgie on new laptop

Unable to install Solus Plasma 4.6

Is there a minimal ISO with no GUI?