diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c4e2e961..7cfb35b7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -88,12 +88,14 @@ https://github.com/endeavouros-team/EndeavourOS-ISO/tags
 
 If not, it will default to using the latest "unstable" development state.
 
-example using latest **stable** release (23.10.1 Galileo KDE Release)
+example using latest **stable** release (23.11.1.2 Galileo KDE Release) 
+
+**Warning:** do **not** use the zip tarball, in case this causes issues with symlinks.
 
 ```
-wget https://github.com/endeavouros-team/EndeavourOS-ISO/archive/refs/tags/23.10.1.tar.gz
-tar -xvf 23.10.1.tar.gz
-cd "EndeavourOS-ISO-23.10.1"
+wget https://github.com/endeavouros-team/EndeavourOS-ISO/archive/refs/tags/23.11.1.2.tar.gz
+tar -xvf 23.11.1.2.tar.gz
+cd "EndeavourOS-ISO-23.11.1.2"
 ./prepare.sh
 ```
 ### Or use latest **unstable** development branch using by cloning this repo using git:
@@ -112,7 +114,7 @@ tar -xvf 22.12.2.tar.gz
 cd "EndeavourOS-ISO-22.12.2"
 ./prepare.sh
 ```
-But caused by the change to KDE these iso will use XFCE4 LiveSession and you will need to build calamares manually:
+But caused by the change to KDE these iso will use XFCE4 LiveSession and you will need to build calamares manually to get old style theming that is setup for the XFCE4 LiveSession:
 
 using this PKGBUILD: 
 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/endeavouros-team/PKGBUILDS/18e3f580abb68486091492168956619bb0f32abe/calamares/PKGBUILD
diff --git a/airootfs/root/endeavouros-skel-liveuser/src/etc/skel/.config/kickoffrc b/airootfs/root/endeavouros-skel-liveuser/src/etc/skel/.config/kickoffrc
deleted file mode 100644
index 70860c51..00000000
--- a/airootfs/root/endeavouros-skel-liveuser/src/etc/skel/.config/kickoffrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[Favorites]
-FavoriteURLs=/usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop,/usr/share/applications/calamares.desktop,/usr/share/applications/eos-apps-info.desktop,/usr/share/applications/eos-log-tool.desktop,/usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop,/usr/share/applications/org.kde.partitionmanager.desktop,/usr/share/applications/org.kde.systemmonitor.desktop,/usr/share/applications/pavucontrol.desktop,/usr/share/applications/reflector-simple.desktop./usr/share/applications/welcome.desktop
-
diff --git a/packages.x86_64 b/packages.x86_64
index 132b7b3a..529aab6e 100644
--- a/packages.x86_64
+++ b/packages.x86_64
@@ -248,11 +248,11 @@ firefox
 meld
 
 ## Fonts
-adobe-source-han-sans-cn-fonts
-adobe-source-han-sans-jp-fonts
-adobe-source-han-sans-kr-fonts
 cantarell-fonts
 noto-fonts
+noto-fonts-emoji
+noto-fonts-cjk
+noto-fonts-extra
 ttf-bitstream-vera
 ttf-dejavu
 ttf-liberation