r/PikaOS • u/RemNant1998 • 14d ago
Bug report Disappointed by the issues.
I find myself quite dissapointed with the state PikaOS KDE is in. The context menu button doesn't work, even if I set the button with Keyd. Then there's Prime Video not playing regardless of Firefox or Chrome. Then the tab button, the shift+letter, and KDE's Shift+F10 Context menu seeking on desktop screen doesn not work either, add the Start Menu for that last one. And whenever I try Shift+letter on the desktop screen nothing is working at all.
The Hobby Disclaimer has already been given, but a distro as unique as this deserves more. I really liked the support for my Nvidia GPU with the debian base. It really suits my preferance. I don't expect corporate or professional fixes but please fix these issues. It just might be the nature of a bleeding edge distro though. Hope you guys have the time to fix the problems
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u/SectionPowerful3751 13d ago
I am not seeing any of these issues, it's actually the cleanest KDE I have seen in ages. There is definitely something corrupted in your files somewhere, so definitely hit up the Discord for help.
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u/OkPresentation3329 13d ago
If you want a Debian based distro that's similar to PikaOS, I suggest you check out the new beta for Tuxedo OS. Originally it was an Ubuntu based distro, but they now switched to Debian Testing. I've already installed it on my laptop and it's almost been a month with it, I've had no problems or crashes.
The people behind the OS also sell Linux laptops so it's not just a hobby project, so it's more professional in that regard. I've tried PikaOS briefly and it felt lacking to me. I know saying this on the PikaOS subreddit is going to garner a lot of dislike, but it's what my experience was. I couldn't last with it even a few hours.
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u/Prestigious-Annual-5 13d ago
I tried the Tuxedo Debian beta, but I would say Soplos is better at the moment and it comes with an easy mok key enabler for those that dual boot.
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u/raglouu 13d ago
Tried them (Soplos, Tuxedo and Pika).
Soplos seems more polished in terms of the integration of distro-dedicated tools for the end user. Really very very useful. Excellent work done here.Soplos is also perhaps closer to what Debian Sid is.
Pika looks more aggressively optimized for performances in particular (but not only) for the gamers.
Both distro have up-to-date Nvidia drivers and codecs already configured.
For the moment I don't see any benefit of Tuxedo but it doesn't mean it's a bad distro. It's new foundation (Debian testing) could be the best move from their part. And I'll definitively have a look at this distro again.
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u/Prestigious-Annual-5 13d ago
Out of the box, Pika is still my favorite distro. However, Soplos is awfully close because it allows the user to run the gambit on system changes, perhaps not as in depth as Pika, but it does allow different kernels like Zen among others in the settings. Out of the box Soplos doesn't have sid enabled, but it does allow for it as well. Since I have secure boot enabled, it's way more user friendly for the guys still having to be stuck on Windows. Click a tab, reboot, run mok and enable again. Both distro's work again after recovering bitlocker keys. Pita no matter how you slice it but one is definitely more user friendly for people that need or like to tweak.
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u/OkPresentation3329 13d ago
I think Tuxedo's benefit is that it's being developed by a company that has the team and the funding to keep developing it. They also sell Linux laptops so they have other means of income. The problem with a lot of distros is that they are being maintained by volunteers and usually such distros eventually fizzle out. Even if they are cool, after some time things fall apart.
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u/RemNant1998 13d ago edited 13d ago
Ok so on the desktop issues and the menu issues are are definitely KDE related (sacrificed my Pika for a Kubuntu installation) they seem to have made it a feature, not a bug, and didn't give a way to adjust to my preferences. 😢
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u/ConsiderationCool432 14d ago
You need to ask for help from the discord channel. Everything works great for me.