SUMMARY Even though the HWE kernel is shipping by default for months now with the Ubuntu 20.04 ISO's, neon-user-20210527-0944.iso *still* ships with 5.4. This makes the installation on newer hardware (i.e. Ryzen 4600U) a pain since the user then has to boot the installer in safe graphics mode, install the system, manually install the HWE kernel AND then manually remove safe graphics mode since it's persistent. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Boot KDE Neon ISO on any (graphics) hardware not supported by kernel 5.4 (i.e. Ryzen 4600U) 2. Observe failing to boot into graphics mode 3. Reboot KDE Neon ISO, now choosing 'safe graphics' OBSERVED RESULT System boots, but with quirks (i.e. I constantly get the 'Switch to external screen'-popup). Safe graphics mode persists after installation, with no easy way for the user to a) Install the HWE kernel b) Undo safe graphics mode EXPECTED RESULT Neon ships with HWE kernel as soon as it becomes available OR (perhaps more future-proof) The user is prompted post-install by a nice 'wizard' to install the HWE kernel and undo safe graphics mode. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: Neon (available in About System) KDE Plasma Version: 5.21 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.82.0 Qt Version: 5.15.2 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION https://www.reddit.com/r/kdeneon/comments/nggslr/kernel_58_by_default_when/
Update - problem still persists in neon-user-20210609-1125.iso.
Unstable image now uses HWE linux 5.8, please test to confirm https://files.kde.org/neon/images/unstable/20210615-1355/
(In reply to Jonathan Riddell from comment #2) > Unstable image now uses HWE linux 5.8, please test to confirm > https://files.kde.org/neon/images/unstable/20210615-1355/ Awesome Jonathan, thanks. Just tested with the image in your link, Neon Live USB now boots fine on my Ryzen 4500U laptop.