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Windows, for the most part, has everything in one place: the Registry. (1)

1) Windows Vista still needed a network.ini file in C:\Windows\System32 for some things to work right.


The last version of Windows I had installed on my home PC was Win95, a coworker loaned me his floppies of Red Hat 4 ...

I finally got around to installing virtualization and have been trying out some of the suggested "beginner" distros, so far MX Linux is the easiest to install and configure. But in all this I've noticed something, EVERYONE here has spoiled me, with MX Tools, I gotten so used to going there to get ...

I tried this afternoon and everything worked fine

dolphin_oracle wrote: Sat Apr 26, 2025 10:12 am those packages just went up yesterday, so possible there is a bad sync. @timkb4cq

I believe you're right, I've tried Utah and Milan also and same thing.

I use apt notifier to keep my system updated, this morning during the upgrade I got this error and upgrade stopped:

Err:1 http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/MX-Linux/workspace/mx/repo bookworm/main amd64 libindi-data all 2.1.3+dfsg-1~mx23+1
404 Not Found [IP: 128.61.111.9 80]
E: Failed to fetch http ...

Just got a new nvme and reinstalled, used 23.5 instead of 23.4 and the problem is gone.

Leave the scaling at the default setting and just raise the DPI. My HP 15's resolution is 1920 x 1080 and all I did was raise the DPI from the default 96 to 120.


I tried that and it didn't work, any other suggestions??


ive already described how to fix the problem, did you try it?


I ...

IN XFCE, I just increase the DPI setting. Can you not do the same thing in KDE?


you mean change the DPI to fix the problem in KDE?
i dont know, because it says "changing DPI values from default will conflict with many apps" on the tooltip of "force font DPI", and i have seen enough broken ...

I use it a lot to rescue peoples data off Winblows machines, it just utterly amazes them I can do that with MX, but they refuse to even try it.

Thank you, I'm not a spring chicken any more and every now and then I can't remember the simple stuff, but the apt update was what was needed, again thank you.