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Mauser wrote: Sat Jun 23, 2018 6:51 pm At least Germany showed up to play this time. I didn't get to watch it with all the pain I am in because of the weather. Congratulations to Germany on the big win today.

Emh.... They actually lost the group (probably on the paper the easiest group after the England's)

The distro is receiving the deserved attention. I can only be glad it is!

Very comprehensive answers! Thanks guys!

Would your direction point towards a "prettier/ modernized" UI?

What do you mean by this exactly?
Sorry it was a vague question,I admit it.
I ll rephrase:
- Are you considering putting many resources into the look and feel side of the distro?

For example the Elementary Os team have spent most ...

Also, another good impression was given by the package manager. I think the whole idea is very well executed.
I tried many distros and their package manager was one of the main things that made me decide to turn back: for example, Elementary OS is a good distro, not great for many reasons ...

Adrian wrote:

avatar.jpg.png

Is that the name of the file? Is it .png or .jpg?

That is my profile picture. It works and correctly visualised in the login screen. My only problem is the desktop background picture not being visualised at all, outputting a black screen.

My bad, sorry !
I changed it to a solid colour to avoid the "black screen " as I was trying a few things out.
Here is the same config file and the outcome is the "black screen"

[greeter]
background = /home/vince/Pictures/FalconBoosters.png
theme-name = Greybird-mx17
xft-antialias = true
xft ...

... can you post the contents of the /etc/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf file, please indicate the location path of your wallpaper you want to use.

I will attach the lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf file as follows:
[greeter]
background = #3465a4
theme-name = Greybird-mx17
xft-antialias = true
xft ...

Guys, a little update.

I uploaded the wallpaper I wanted. However, when I save and logout the wallpaper is not displaying: it is black.
-Do I need to copy / paste the file somewhere in the "root" folder?

It has been a week since I installed Mx and loving it so far. I am a previous Arch user so my experience is probably a little unusual: I used Arch for years and learnt to set it up quite comfortably. While I won’t discuss the reasons to try a new distro I will say that MX-Linux attracted me with ...