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by FraterLinux
Wed Dec 11, 2024 6:52 am
Forum: Bugs and Non-Package Requests Forum
Topic: Not sure if the right area to post but I have a solution to GDebi not working when opened via .deb file association:
Replies: 4
Views: 241

Re: Not sure if the right area to post but I have a solution to GDebi not working when opened via .deb file association:

0x6A7232 wrote: Sat Mar 02, 2024 9:04 pm To fix, edit

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/usr/share/applications/gdebi.desktop
Find the line

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Exec=gdebi-gtk %f
A simpler solution:

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Exec=sh -c "gdebi-gtk %f"
by FraterLinux
Wed Sep 04, 2024 4:27 pm
Forum: Tips & Tricks by users (not for help)
Topic: Manually install FreeOffice2018 on MX
Replies: 0
Views: 473

Manually install FreeOffice2018 on MX

Some FreeOffice features such as exporting to ePub have been removed from FreeOffice2021(4) for the paid version. But they are still available in FreeOffice2018.

If your system is 32-bit, use the command below to download the program. If the link is out of date, go to this page, download the latest ...
by FraterLinux
Wed Sep 04, 2024 4:19 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Unleash the power of PDF4QT (open source PDF editor)
Replies: 22
Views: 2216

Re: Unleash the power of PDF4QT (open source PDF editor)




For anyone who does need to edit edit pdf's - Master PDF Editor 4 - is in the MX Package Installer.


This is a closed source application. I am an enthusiast of open source solutions. PDF4QT is still under development, but as it is open source I think it is important to publicize it.


I'm ...
by FraterLinux
Tue Jan 30, 2024 7:54 am
Forum: General
Topic: Unleash the power of PDF4QT (open source PDF editor)
Replies: 22
Views: 2216

Re: Unleash the power of PDF4QT (open source PDF editor)

handy wrote: Mon Jan 29, 2024 6:29 pm For anyone who does need to edit edit pdf's - Master PDF Editor 4 - is in the MX Package Installer.
This is a closed source application. I am an enthusiast of open source solutions. PDF4QT is still under development, but as it is open source I think it is important to publicize it.
by FraterLinux
Mon Jan 29, 2024 11:37 am
Forum: General
Topic: Unleash the power of PDF4QT (open source PDF editor)
Replies: 22
Views: 2216

Re: Unleash the power of PDF4QT (open source PDF editor)


Hope you get your ap working in either a current deb file or appimage. Flatpaks are too bloaty to take much stock in. Okular's appimages are ridiculously huge. May as well run the flatpak. Plus neither opens on my laptop like pdf4qt's (cuties for short lol). Okular has an appimage with "full-libs ...
by FraterLinux
Mon Jan 29, 2024 11:33 am
Forum: General
Topic: Unleash the power of PDF4QT (open source PDF editor)
Replies: 22
Views: 2216

Re: Unleash the power of PDF4QT (open source PDF editor)

figueroa wrote: Sat Jan 27, 2024 4:55 pm According to the link, 4 apps, none of which are editors. Great.
The main function I use is Create Bitonal Document... To read on Kindle, bitonal PDF is better and reduces the size by almost 90%.
by FraterLinux
Mon Jan 29, 2024 8:42 am
Forum: General
Topic: Firefox is Finally Providing Deb Package for Debian
Replies: 21
Views: 1645

Re: Firefox is Finally Providing Deb Package for Debian

davidy wrote: Sat Jan 27, 2024 4:37 pm Because it's so hard to get (rid of lol). The repo news is the only news.
Can you explain better what that might be?
by FraterLinux
Fri Jan 26, 2024 4:58 am
Forum: General
Topic: Firefox is Finally Providing Deb Package for Debian
Replies: 21
Views: 1645

Re: Firefox is Finally Providing Deb Package for Debian


Debian has never stopped building their own debs for firefox and firefox-esr; perhaps the author's excitement is due to the fact that Ubuntu switched to only snap Firefox packages years ago.


I searched and found Firefox only offered on Debian Sid. Yes, Debian never stopped offering Firefox-ESR ...
by FraterLinux
Thu Jan 25, 2024 7:37 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Firefox is Finally Providing Deb Package for Debian
Replies: 21
Views: 1645

Re: Firefox is Finally Providing Deb Package for Debian




Mind making those images a bit smaller. Max sizes stated in the forum rules, thanks.


Could you give me tips on how to post smaller images?



When posting images from your Imgur account, use the BBCode link and not the Image Link.


imgur.jpg


I created an imgur account so these options ...
by FraterLinux
Thu Jan 25, 2024 7:04 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Firefox is Finally Providing Deb Package for Debian
Replies: 21
Views: 1645

Re: Firefox is Finally Providing Deb Package for Debian


I added the mozilla apt repository for firefox
$ apt-cache policy firefox
firefox:
Installed: 122.0~mozillabinaries-1mx23+1
Candidate: 122.0~mozillabinaries-1mx23+1
Version table:
*** 122.0~mozillabinaries-1mx23+1 500
500 http://mxrepo.com/mx/repo bookworm/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib ...

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