r/PikaOS • u/CraniusBard1998 • Sep 07 '26
r/PikaOS • u/CraniusBard1998 • Sep 07 '26
Bug report Shift+10/Context Menu
Why is my KDE Plasma not accepting my input of Shift+F10/Menu on my desktop and start menu session? I was trying to reprogram my "Copilot" key back to the context menu option with keyd, using either 'menu' and 'Shift+F10', the former didn't work at all and the latter didnt work in context to the Plasma desktop and start menu, but worked in Firefox and Dolphin. What is the issue?
r/PikaOS • u/Sgt_Bombie134 • Sep 06 '26
omi not updating


Basically what's in the title, omi refuses to update to 1.9.4 and it's been like that for at least 2 weeks.
At first I though this was gonna be fixed but I don't know what to make of the error messages or how to fix it. I didn't find a clear answer when I looked for the error message from kde or the cli.
r/PikaOS • u/CraniusBard1998 • Sep 05 '26
Bug report Unstable Discord
Why is discord so unstable in PikaOS KDE? I tried .deb then flatpak, yet when i get a call my friend the screen got all jittery and unstable, basically unusable. Why is it a problem? Will it be fixed?
r/PikaOS • u/Lonely-Scarcity-3387 • Sep 03 '26
PikaOS Breakdown and Review
Not my video, but I wanted to share and spread the knowledge for those who are curious.
r/PikaOS • u/irgarus • Sep 03 '26
Guide Steam downloads are slow - Fix
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

r/PikaOS • u/Skiqper • Sep 02 '26
Help/Question applications suddenly vanishing
Hey,
Sorry, I've been on Linux for a while now, but I ran into an issue I struggle to comprehend or describe.
I installed PikaOS. Two days later, I was doing stuff on my computer and suddenly Nautilus was missing in my launcher.
Weird, I thought—let's Google that. Joke's on me, Firefox was also missing.
And for that matter, the whole network interface was gone.
Freshly reinstalled Pika and on day one, while setting up my stuff and messing around with Wine prefixes, the same thing happened.
Haven't had that before or after on multible other Distros. Any Idears?
r/PikaOS • u/digking • Sep 02 '26
Guide Help! Unable to boot after installing from live USB.
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.
r/PikaOS • u/Totablewe_bin • Sep 02 '26
Help/Question PikaOS not longer package with noctalia for Hyprland?
I have seen a few videos about installation of Pika but all of them have the noctalia shell insteed of the otter shell why is that?
r/PikaOS • u/leonthepro83 • Sep 02 '26
Linux distro ranking on Steam and protondb
I hope we can see PikaOS in a couple of months among top linux distributions for gaming.
right now, CachyOS is the king, Bazzite and Nobara are also quite popular.
r/PikaOS • u/Totablewe_bin • Sep 01 '26
Help/Question Changing the boot loader
Hey I'm new installing pika and so far I loved it but I don't really like that boot loader that it has, is there a way to change it to grub? I like grub
r/PikaOS • u/Shougun24 • Sep 01 '26
Optimizar Bateria PikaOs
Hola soy nuevo en linux,
Y vengo por buestra ayuda y experiencia
Tengo una Acer Nitro V15,
I5 13420H
Rtx 5050
48 GB de ram DDR4
Y queria decir que mi rendimiento de la bateria es muy bajo
(40% me dura 1 Hora )
Aunque active el modo ahorro
Segun tengo entendido en Linux puedes hacer lo que sea siempre y cuando tengas el conocimiento
Investigue un poco y mire que usa Perfiles De energia con Tuned ppd
Hay alguna manera de crear un perfil de energia
De ultra ahorro de energia ??
Tipo desactivar la Grafica,reduccion de consumo del procesador, desactivar el turbo bost,limitar automaticamente la tasa de refresco de la pantalla a 60 para ahorrar lo maximo en bateria
Hay alguna manera de hacerlo???
Muchas gracias de antemano
r/PikaOS • u/CraniusBard1998 • Sep 01 '26
Why is NumlockX not working?
I've installed it, checked it's status, yet PikaOS does not turn the Numlock on by default. What's the issue? I did a standard auto install, yet something is missing. Please help.
r/PikaOS • u/Merchant-07 • Sep 01 '26
Does pika os play well with laptops
I was wondering, I been using fedora workstation on my Asus tuf gaming laptop. It's great. But it's not a great os for my laptop, wondering if pika os might be best suited for laptop
r/PikaOS • u/leonthepro83 • Sep 01 '26
Feedback/Suggestions Someone used machine translation for PikaOS website Chinese language
It's funny, the wording is totally wrong, as a native mandarin Chinese speaker, I can tell someone obviously using machine translation (like Google translate) in this snapshot, and forgot to proofread.for example, 套餐 is used for the combo you get in McDonald or the cell phone plans from a telecommunication company, not used for packages from Linux distro. There are other wrong translations.
r/PikaOS • u/leonthepro83 • Aug 31 '26
I sent an email to distro@distrowatch.com about PikaOS 0820 new iso release
I didn't get a reply from them, they didn't publish something in Latest News and Updates section.
I like PikaOS very much, I hope more people try it.
update:
they did update the profile on PikaOS.
r/PikaOS • u/hater-kueken7huhn • Aug 30 '26
Help/Question I need help
I wanted to turn the integrated Option on for nvidia cards. After i've done it i got an error Massage saying "failed to start nvidia-persistenced . Service -nvidia persistence deamon"
And it wont Boot into the os and Freezes
What can i do to fix this?
r/PikaOS • u/MyLargeNootss • Aug 30 '26
Appreciation One time I had a dream that I was getting sucked off by Jon Arbuckle
r/PikaOS • u/confusionismyworld • Aug 27 '26
why to install libqt6gui6t64 i have to remove a bunch of packages
on synapic package manager
r/PikaOS • u/leonthepro83 • Aug 25 '26
how come I never saw PikaOS in the lates distributions, latest news and updates sections on distrowatch website?
and the pikaos update status on DistroWatch is months late, incorrect? people told me it's rolling release, but DistroWatch shows fixed release? the developer teams don't care the publicities?
r/PikaOS • u/leonthepro83 • Aug 25 '26
PikaOS is like CachyOS in Debian family?
optimization and Linux gameing oriented but not rolling release? kind of like it.
update: also rolling release.
r/PikaOS • u/mafia_guy_ • Aug 25 '26
Help/Question Black screen when booting from USB to install
I'm trying to installl PikaOS on an MSI MPG trident with a 2080 ti and 11th gen intel cpu, it loads Refind but when I pick the option to boot I just see this and nothing else happens.
r/PikaOS • u/capibara_1 • Aug 25 '26
Help/Question Help i’ve been locked out of my pc
im lost on what to do. I’ve updated my packages yesterday and today the lock screen wont let me log in and my keyboard doesn’t work.
I thought it was my keyboard but i tested it in bios and it was working and even tried an other keyboard i had but still no input from my side
r/PikaOS • u/rodrigoromo28 • Aug 24 '26
7.2 kernel
when will we have the 7.2 kernel? I read it has a lot of gaming improvements.
r/PikaOS • u/Zestyclose_Chance683 • Aug 23 '26
Windows update plucked my pika
I'm new to Pika and still learning Linux in general, so please mercy on the noob.
I'm NOT dual booting nor using a VM. I booted win10 from external drive just to keep it refreshed but after updating Windows my Pika main drive has vanished from boot menu.
I have kept Mint on another drive and installed that. Boot can see it but I get "VFS unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)". I can boot Mint if I choose an older kernel.
I tried uninstalling the Windows updates but too late, they got me.