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dolphin_oracle wrote: Wed Jun 11, 2025 8:42 am nothing wrong with it. chroot-rescue-scan is a handy option as well.

Will give it a try. And thanks again for all the information!

dolphin_oracle wrote: Wed Jun 11, 2025 7:38 am

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sudo update-rc.d $SERVICE remove
sudo update-rc.d $SERVICE defaults

Ahh, makes sense, remove and add, thank you!
That Chroot guide is still good to follow, correct?

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Most important question I have, is this guide bellow still current, if I want to Chroot into my system via live USB stick, since it is from 2016.

https://mxlinux.org/wiki/system/chroot ...

I tend to find this type of complaint/request stems from a Windows mindset where you can shout at and abuse the company, but expect everyone else to provide the same functionality without respect to their volunteer efforts that stem into multiple thousands of hours given away free of charge.

Yes ...

My apology. Didn't realize that same topic was already opened. And even on the same day!
Since looks like Mullvad is in the process of being added, I will wait. I have a thing to stay away from flatpacks. Too flat for me...

Mullvad Browser seems like another good browser alternative for keeping tech companies away from my browsing habits, if I use browser for all the sites, where I do not log in. Like Tor browser. Some sites will not load properly but thats OK. Here is simple way of getting it:

(Question, should I ...

Bottles is an appimage and is basically a virtualbox alternative, only a portable one that requires no addons or guest iso's-whatever.

Appimages are simply containers and flatpaks are (like containers but not really) like an ecosystem that imo is bloated and more complicated all around. For ...

Ivan/HC on github just made a completely portable working appimage of Bottles (like vbox). I ran it yesterday from my laptop and it couldn't get any easier even though I have vbox installed.
https://github.com/ivan-hc/Bottles-appimage

Interesting, I will give it a try.

Quote from his github ...

Sorry for later reply, getting over some aggressive bug. But I will prevail ;)

[ADDED] to clarify, the "virtualbox" entry in MXPI Popular Apps tab runs a script that pulls in all necessary packages from Debian Repo and Oracle [the ext pack] PLUS it adds your user to the appropriate virtualbox ...

Nokkaelaein wrote: Tue Oct 29, 2024 2:48 pm It's okay to install Virtualbox in a live USB booting MX Linux system (i.e. you have installed and configured it correctly

Thank you, for a presentation and all the info. It is good to know that manager is so flexible. I may try something similar