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thanks j2mcreg. I will do fresh install with reformatting of the ssd. but have to reread all the comments here and figure out how to keep my TB mailboxes and config, my FF history and all the saved passwords.

thanks for all your help eadwinerose. I should have marked this as resolved a few weeks ago. I followed the instructions here, already don't remember which ones (!!), uninstalled the 32-bit version of new FF and installed the 64-bit version. now all is well.

tnks, j2mcreg. so you do copy and paste to backup device. i've been backing up using LuckyBackup.

thanks j2mcreg for the clarifications. So now my question is, once I've saved those 2 TB files to my external devices, and I've installed MX23 clean, my ssd has been reformatted and is "clean". so how do I get those saved, backed up TB files into my new TB under MX 23? do I have to change the suffix ...

hi j2mcreg: tnx for the instructions. Just to be clear, some questions.
1. the <insertfilename.default is a "Today" file. So this is something that updates every day?
2. by "saved emails" in TB are you referring to the in- and outboxes or something else?
3. once I have saved the <insertfilename ...

Hi all. I am hoping for further help here. Basically, I want to do a fresh install of MX 23, use the default of all (except swap?) on one partition. I do not have a fancy customized set up. Maybe I'm crazy but I'm willing to configure the new apps that come with the new MX version. The things that ...

one addendum:
when I tried the whoami command in the terminal emulator under mesblvd@moach:- I just got the answer that I am mesblvd@moach.
But when I tried the whoami command after su I was recognized as root (that is not the precise formulation that I received).
so what precisely is this su command?

hi eadwinerose: sorry for the jungle I pasted in. btw I do not understand your instruction "Use code output here
Anyway, I have eliminated all of the jungle above except the beginning, with additional comments in brackets []:
I pasted in below what appeared in the terminal emulator. Please let me ...

OK. I am not sure what is going on. I finally got into the game as root in the xfce terminal emulator after using su command, put in my admin password and was recognized as root, then used the sudo command I learned in this forum, and removed the 32bit FF 135. Then I went to the downloaded 64 bit ...

this is what I get when I type whoami into the xfce terminal emulator:
mesblvd@moach:~
$ whoami
mesblvd
mesblvd@moach:~
$
I understand this means I am not root. how do I go to be root so I can enter my admin password and remove FF--or do anything else one needs to be root to do.