Soplos Linux

Hi JoeDirt, You wouldn't break much. The only thing that stops working outright is grub-btrfs (Timeshift snapshots as boot entries — tied to GRUB by definition), and Soplos GRUB Editor, which obviously becomes pointless. Dracut isn't affected. It only generates the initramfs, independent of the bootloader — if anything the integration is more natural with systemd-boot via kernel-install. One thing worth knowing since you asked about every update: our soplos-release package (the version-identity package, updated frequently) runs update-grub in its postinst, guarded by command -v update-grub. If you fully purge the GRUB packages when switching, that check just fails cleanly and the step is skipped — no error, no broken update. If you instead keep the GRUB packages installed alongside systemd-boot, that hook will keep quietly running update-grub on every soplos-release update, rewriting a grub.cfg nothing reads — harmless, just wasted work. Also keep in mind our tools (Soplos Welcome, Kernel Installer) write kernel parameters to /etc/default/grub — e.g. nvidia-drm.modeset=1 when installing NVIDIA drivers. With systemd-boot that file goes unread, so you'd need to add those parameters manually to your boot entry. Other than that, updates won't give you trouble either way.

Hi JoeDirt, thanks for asking. The big list under "Soplos Kernels" is pre-populated directly from our repository — those are prebuilt kernels available via apt, not something generated by a system update. On Secure Boot: those prebuilt kernels from the "Soplos Kernels" tab aren't signed — no shim — so they won't boot with Secure Boot enabled. But as you mentioned, Soplos Kernel Installer also lets you compile your own kernel with MOK (Machine Owner Key) signing, and that does work with Secure Boot on. That's the path you already used when you manually built your "signed" kernel. So your options are: disable Secure Boot to use the prebuilt kernels, or keep compiling your own with MOK if you want to stay on Secure Boot.

Hi JoeDirt, thanks for the kind words! To answer directly: no, we don't curate Sid at all — if you enable it, it follows Debian bug-for-bug, exactly as it lands upstream, with no extra vetting or delay on our side. Use it at your own risk, as with any Sid repo. And no, we don't have a Discord or Reddit — that's exactly why these forums exist, they're our main community space. Glad you're enjoying Soplos so far!