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thank you @dolphin_oracle "Delete the mx-tools.menu file under ~/.config/menus/applications-merged" worked :) didnt even need root

I did all this and the boot screen for MX looks better - thanks :)
Not sure if related or not but now I am getting the ps-mouse -5 error mentioned in another post recently in this same KDE forum. https://forum.mxlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=74327

I am able to get up n running by waiting for the ...

Thanks j2mcgreg your post reference helps to an extent, mainly the content after os bootup.

When my GParted live usb boots I am presented with a series of prompts / options in a series of teenie tiny menu's which I am able to work around (albeit rather inconveniently) using a reading glass. I think ...

copy - re-edited original post to reflect "copy for forum" format. - rrhobbs

<<< I have already been thru : System Settings > Display and Monitor > Display and set the Resolution and possibly Global Scale. It will probably take a few trials with different settings to get the display to a ...

Edited Quick System Info - appended to my original post. - rrhobbs

Display resolutions seem generally pretty buggy. I did a search thru past posts but didnt come up with much that seems relevant.

Native rez f my 13" laptop is 1920 x 1080. The startup screen ends up with a password menu so tiny I cant even see what I am typing.

Once I do get booted up, the browser ...

2.- tutanota-desktop-linux.AppImage that worked fine in XFCE, it doesn't start in KDE

if you start that app from the command line (not from a graphical launcher) do you see any error message ?

Always in XFCE I started it by double-clicking on the file, in KDE it doesn't even start by ...

On boot there is a notice ... in Grub I guess? "(VMX) outside text not allowed per bios"

Such warning can be ignored. OTOH, have you disable VM-bits (VT-x in intel) in bios. You might try to anable VT / Vm in bios.
Here some patch discussion on kerenel.org:
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch ...

On boot there is a notice ... in Grub I guess? "(VMX) outside text not allowed per bios"

Such warning can be ignored. OTOH, have you disable VM-bits (VT-x in intel) in bios. You might try to anable VT / Vm in bios.
Here some patch discussion on kerenel.org:
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch ...

I dont immediately see how to upload a pic here in the meantime here is a link to a pic of the boot up message. It comes right after the grub inset box ... and VERY quickly

I changed the link https://t.ly/iPQ3 (Google Photos)

Specifically the boot msg sez, "[ 0.093315] x86/cpu VMX (outside TXT ...