So, I bought this refurbed Lenovo ThinkPad T460s for 160 €, with the intention of installing #kdelinux on it.
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So, I bought this refurbed Lenovo ThinkPad T460s for 160 €, with the intention of installing #kdelinux on it. That did not succeed, it would not boot the USB stick, which does boot on my Carbon X1, oddly. But a kubuntu stick booted fine, so now I have a laptop with #kubuntu on it.
I had one issue - it would not wake up from sleep, but that was easily fixed by adding a param to the grub commandline.
Kubuntu #plasma and software in general is a bit old compared to my normal arch system, but fine, and the installation is easy - I'd say most people with just a little bit of computer knowledge and/or a brief instruction could do it.
PS: #kdelinux developers, if you have an idea why I could not install, let me know - same if I can provide any kind of information.
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So, I bought this refurbed Lenovo ThinkPad T460s for 160 €, with the intention of installing #kdelinux on it. That did not succeed, it would not boot the USB stick, which does boot on my Carbon X1, oddly. But a kubuntu stick booted fine, so now I have a laptop with #kubuntu on it.
I had one issue - it would not wake up from sleep, but that was easily fixed by adding a param to the grub commandline.
Kubuntu #plasma and software in general is a bit old compared to my normal arch system, but fine, and the installation is easy - I'd say most people with just a little bit of computer knowledge and/or a brief instruction could do it.
@anderslund What parameter did you add to grub? I’ve had similar issue (waking from sleep) with Mint and Ubuntu on an HP.
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Next, I am going to use this to lend or show to people considering switching to #Linux, I installed some nice applications on on top of what kubuntu provides by default, so that people can see if they can handle their normal tasks on it. I may also add a #Nextcloud account for trying that, and I will suggest to people to try #kdeconnect of course
@anderslund You could also try Tuxedo OS which is based off Ubuntu, uses KDE as its primary DE, and is supposedly quite polished (I haven't tried it), as it is the default operating system installed on Tuxedo's line of computers.
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@anderslund What parameter did you add to grub? I’ve had similar issue (waking from sleep) with Mint and Ubuntu on an HP.
@kr3st3n I edited /etc/default/grup, this line (result):
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT='quiet splash intel_iommu=off'
and then ran 'sudo update-grub', according to this:
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/issue-with-suspend-on-lenovo-t560-cannot-wake-up-from-deep/63811 -
@anderslund You could also try Tuxedo OS which is based off Ubuntu, uses KDE as its primary DE, and is supposedly quite polished (I haven't tried it), as it is the default operating system installed on Tuxedo's line of computers.
@mok0 Yes, but why? I don't think it is more up to date than kubuntu?
And it is still my intention to put kdelinux on this system when the issue is fixed
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@mok0 Yes, but why? I don't think it is more up to date than kubuntu?
And it is still my intention to put kdelinux on this system when the issue is fixed@anderslund Oh it's just because I find Arch an inferior OS.
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@anderslund Oh it's just because I find Arch an inferior OS.
@mok0 I find arch the most stable, easiest-to-work-with linux I have tried
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@anderslund Oh it's just because I find Arch an inferior OS.
@mok0 However, kdelinux is not arch, even if its base is arch based. It does not use pacman, and relies on flatpak/snap/appimage for apps.
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@mok0 Yes, but why? I don't think it is more up to date than kubuntu?
And it is still my intention to put kdelinux on this system when the issue is fixed@anderslund kdelinux is basically a distro for KDE developers and beta testers. Not a user oriented distro.
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@anderslund kdelinux is basically a distro for KDE developers and beta testers. Not a user oriented distro.
@mok0 "Designed to be safe, maintainable, functional, and modern, KDE Linux will be the best choice for home use, enterprise workstations, public institutions, pre-installation on computers you can buy, and more.
…Eventually! We’re not there yet, and need your help to make this goal a reality."
