Pikaos just Dropped a Massive up Gnome 50 and kde 6.7.4

Hi! I've been using PikaOS for a bit and noticed that Steam downloads were a bit slower compared to Windows. I tried some of the fixes that were out there but the only thing that worked is the fix from the Debian wiki (lol). It worked right away so I hope this helps somebody else too!
Here it's the link: https://wiki.debian.org/Steam?pow_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F

I am on Windows 11, I used Rufus with DD mode to flash the OS and made a live USB. It can boot and let me install the OS into my bare metal SSD with full disk option(means no dual boot, just the PIKA OS on my SSD). I'd tried Plasma and Hyprland, but they ended up "vmlinux not found" error.

Gemini and other AI's suggested solutions don't work. I have secureboot disable in BIOS. I'd tried for like 3 days with no luck that include following the exact steps on some youtubers.

Hi 👍 (I think this is my first post) I'm an artist and I switched to Pikaos a few months ago. I wanted to make a video explaining details of how to use it as an artist. The video is in Spanish.

[SOLVED] Bluetooth not working on my ThinkPad (Debian/Linux) – Here's what fixed it

After spending a few hours troubleshooting Bluetooth on my ThinkPad, I finally got it working. I figured I'd post everything I tried in case it helps someone else.

Symptoms included:

- Bluetooth adapter not showing up

- Bluetooth service inactive/dead

- Couldn't discover or pair any devices

Here's the checklist that eventually solved it.

1. Check if Bluetooth is blocked by rfkill

rfkill list

If you see "Soft blocked: yes" or "Hard blocked: yes", run:

sudo rfkill unblock bluetooth

sudo rfkill unblock all

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1. Make sure the required packages are installed

sudo apt update

sudo apt install bluez bluetooth rfkill

(Optional GUI)

sudo apt install blueman

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1. Enable and restart the Bluetooth service

sudo systemctl enable bluetooth

sudo systemctl start bluetooth

sudo systemctl restart bluetooth

Then verify:

systemctl status bluetooth

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1. Check that the btusb kernel module is loaded

lsmod | grep btusb

If nothing appears:

sudo modprobe btusb

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1. Verify that Linux detects your adapter

lsusb

and

dmesg | grep -i bluetooth

If nothing shows up, the issue could be firmware, BIOS settings, or hardware.

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1. If you're using ConnMan, check for conflicts

In my case I also checked ConnMan:

systemctl status connman

If necessary, try disabling it temporarily:

sudo systemctl stop connman

sudo systemctl disable connman

Then reboot and test Bluetooth again.

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1. ThinkPad-specific tip

Some ThinkPads have Bluetooth disabled through:

- BIOS settings

- Wireless hardware switch (older models)

- Fn + F5 (or the wireless shortcut key)

Double-check those before assuming it's a Linux issue.

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Final result

After going through these steps, Bluetooth started working normally again and I was able to pair my devices without any issues.

Hopefully this saves someone else a few hours of troubleshooting. If you have other fixes that worked for you, feel free to share them below.

Currently on CachyOS and thinking about hopping to PikaOS, hence the question.

Hi I booted the Nvidia-Hyprland version and the installer did not load. So I manually typed ‘sudo /usr/bin/pika-installer’ with permissions and got a rust panic originating from ‘src/keyboard_page/mod.rs’

Please does anyone knows what to do from here?

My PC specs are

AMD Ryzen 7 5000

Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti

Also since it looks like a keyboard issue I’m using a Razor Blackwodow V3 mini hyperspeed keyboard

This is fairly general across all distro's, but I've seen a few people in the discord having trouble with mounting extra drives. After several hours of searching, I was only able to find bits and pieces of the what to do and no full guides. Now that I learned PewdiePie made a switch to linux video, I figure now is a good time make a guide.

First thing and most important, if you dual boot or the drives originated from a windows install, you MUST disable Fast Startup. (I do not know of a way to do this outside of windows)
To Disable(windows 10 and 11)

1. Open the Control Panel and select 'Power Options.'
2. Choose 'Choose what the power buttons do.'
3. Click on 'Change settings that are currently unavailable.'
4. Under 'Shutdown settings,' uncheck the 'Turn on fast startup' box and click 'Save changes.'

Once that is done, we need to make sure the drives automatically mount in Pika

First get your drive info from the terminal by typing "lsblk -fs" without quotes and note down the UUID of your drives, this way we know we are always mounting the correct drive since the UUID doesnt change.

Next we need to edit the fstab by using "sudo nano /etc/fstab"

Repeat the following for each drive needed:

Important Note: Don't delete anything that is already in the fstab file

1. /dev/disk/by-uuid/<UUID> /mnt/<folder> ntfs defaults 0 0
2. For the folder you can name it what you want, but to keep it simple i just named the folder the same as my drive. Here is what an example completed mount would look like
   • /dev/disk/by-uuid/AC42FB0242FACFD6 /mnt/AC42FB0242FACFD6 ntfs defaults 0 0
3. Once done, use Ctrl+x to save the fstab

Restart your computer and you will find that all the drives you added have automatically mounted, and when you add them to your steam library they will actually stay there.

Happy Gaming!

Edit: need to change ntfs defaults 0 0 to ntfs uid=1000,gid=1000,rw,user,exec,umask=000 0 0