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I have been live-booting different Linux OS's to see which one I like best and works best on my computer (a Vista-era Dell with 6 GB RAM and 600GB of storage). I have live-booted Elemetary, Mint, several flavors of Ubuntu, PCLinuxOS, Antergos, Manjaro, and Korora.
I have heard many great things about Solus, and seeing how it is the rising star of Distrowatch, and how its Budgie desktop is one of the only ones not to have screen tearing, I am eager to give it a spin.
But wouldn't you know, its the one distro that just won't live boot on my computer. I tried setting up the USB with Rufus as a DD image as the Solus website suggests. I even went back and tried it as an ISO image, as I do with all the other distros. But Solus just won't boot up. After the Solus logo countdown page, the screen goes black, and "Unable to get SMM Dell signature" pops up briefly in text, then back to black with a flashing curser. And there it just stays.
Does anyone have any suggestions for me to try before I move on and cross Solus off my list? Thanks for your help in advance.
So, it looks like Solus for some reason has trouble with your version of UEFI or your uefi has trouble with that version of Solus. Not a solution, but perhaps a start towards finding one. Perhaps a simpler answer would be to try Budgie with something else, like Ubuntu Budgie or even Archman.
Yes, I think I will be moving on for now. Maybe in 6 months or so I may circle back around to Solus. I did try Ubuntu Budgie and I really liked it. In theory I really like the idea of a rolling release, so where I'm at now, I think I will roll the dice on PCLinuxOS and dual boot it on my hardrive with Windows. Should it not work out, or not be as stable as I would like it to be, or I'm just not experienced enough to maintain it properly, then I think Ubuntu Budgie will be my back up choice. And like I said, in 6 months or so, maybe I'll give Solus another try... see if they fixed the issue by then.
Yes, I think I will be moving on for now. Maybe in 6 months or so I may circle back around to Solus. I did try Ubuntu Budgie and I really liked it. In theory I really like the idea of a rolling release, so where I'm at now, I think I will roll the dice on PCLinuxOS and dual boot it on my hardrive with Windows. Should it not work out, or not be as stable as I would like it to be, or I'm just not experienced enough to maintain it properly, then I think Ubuntu Budgie will be my back up choice. And like I said, in 6 months or so, maybe I'll give Solus another try... see if they fixed the issue by then.
Void Linux is a rolling release. it is a decent enough Distro Original built their are a few in here that run it too. I use too but Slack is my main OS. It has Budgie too I just checked there repo https://www.voidlinux.eu/packages/
Just a quick update. I installed PCLinuxOS (KDE Plasma) on my computer, dual booting it with Vista. So far I really like it, and have only had one problem- after a kernel upgrade, I've been getting some video glitches: within the first 2 days after the upgrade, the monitor would occasionally go black except for the cursor and plank. That hasn't happened since then, but at random times I will only get audio when I play video files. But I did discover a solution for the Solus problem thanks to this quick video: https://youtu.be/UHyravdf2Qk
For anyone else having problems live booting Solus,
1. When you see "Automatic boot in x seconds..." press up/down arrows to get menu.
2. Press Tab while "Start Solus" is selected
3. On line that appears delete "--" and replace with "nomodeset".
Doing this, I was finally able to live boot Solus. But I will be sticking with PCLOS for the foreseeable future.
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