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Hey Everyone, I wanted to know if there was a recommended way to change (and persist) CPU Governor mode. I remember using cpufrequtils in the past. Ideally a GUI utility to be able to change easily when needed. Didn't MX have something like this once in MX Tweak?

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The easiest: Use live-usb-maker to create a "self booting" drive.
LiveMedia/LiveUSB created with live-usb-maker is like "boot-loader for BIOS and UEFI" + frugal install.
When creating the "LiveSSD" make the ext4 with a label e.g like "Live-Install"
and add "blab=Live-Install" to the boot ...

Hi fehlix , thanks for responding. On my attempt using LiveUSB Maker, I encountered an error.
log:

/usr/local/bin/live-usb-maker gui -N --force=usb --force=makefs --label=Live_Install -C off --from=/home/Default/Downloads/Large Files/iso/MX-23.6.1_KDE_x64.iso -t /dev/nvme0n1
program: live-usb ...

CharlesV wrote: Fri May 30, 2025 1:38 pm Do you still need help with this ?

You bet Sir. I was getting a little worried this thread was going to die of loneliness.

@CharlesV Thanks!
FreeTube is a winner. Newbies can even use it to download YT.


Bear in mind it doesn't use the YT API like Official app and SMtube, it scrapes the website. You can't sign in and like and subscribe. comment etc, The 'subscribe' option is actually more of a bookmark.

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compound problem – a hard drive on the way out, and systemd incompatibility with this machine
I still may throw an SSD in there, just to see what the machine wants to be. But the guy I'm donating it to is not able to spring for an SSD at this time.


Compound problems are second only to ...

Hey All, I want to do a (generalised) frugal solo install to a nvme ssd ( nothing else on the drive other than MX-Frugal ) with a view to sharing a self-booting frugal MX with someone else to fit in his nvme2usb enclosure and run on his system directly. (not needing a live-usb to chainload).

In ...

if a forum staff member says it's generally known that there is some kind of performance hit in the distro on any system regardless of age or complexity, this comment must be based on some actual known data, right?


I think he may have been giving his considerable experience gleaned from ...

I'm loathe to push it further, at this time anyway,


I understand, my e-350 is actually in a nettop on a cabinet connected to a TV. At that distance, noise isn't an issue and the unit has a capable fan. The APUs (e-300/350) are only 18W TDP. However, with a laptop, the increased noise and heat ...

But MX under SysD actually did worse than W10! I was perplexed until I made this discovery.


I was hoping to migrate my e-350 to MX too when W10 is EoL. Bit worried now :frown: . If you don't mind a bit of fan noise (and warm fingers), have you thought about changing the CPU governor? Those ...