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by xtac
Wed Jul 02, 2025 10:55 am
Forum: Chat
Topic: Distros you tried but didn't like
Replies: 74
Views: 3619

Re: Distros you tried but didn't like

Tried Devuan, but it couldn't even get my Bluetooth on my laptop to activate. Tried MX, worked immediately from the live ISO, so I just installed it. I'd be willing to try anything that's not SystemD, anything I don't have to compile myself, and anything that doesn't spy on me or sends/sells my data ...
by xtac
Wed Jul 02, 2025 7:40 am
Forum: Tips & Tricks by users (not for help)
Topic: Clipman guide - to make it more like Windows :)
Replies: 0
Views: 1993

Clipman guide - to make it more like Windows :)

Hello. I searched quickly but couldn't find anything that addressed my question.
I wanted to set up my Clipman so that it functions more like Windows Clipboard and which could be opened with a shortcut to show the clipboard history. Here is my guide to achieve something similar to how the Windows ...
by xtac
Wed Jul 02, 2025 7:17 am
Forum: Installation
Topic: Express VPN not installing from MX Package Installer [Solved]
Replies: 9
Views: 417

Re: Express VPN not installing from MX Package Installer [Solved]

Thank you kindly! Tried but yeah, nothing happens in terminal. I guess there's nothing to remove.
by xtac
Tue Jul 01, 2025 4:06 pm
Forum: Installation
Topic: Express VPN not installing from MX Package Installer [Solved]
Replies: 9
Views: 417

Re: Express VPN not installing from MX Package Installer [Solved]

Thank you all so much. I appreciate the effort and assistance provided. I'll check out the last link for installing it manually on another day :D.

What can I do to remove any files downloaded to my system for Express VPN from MXPI?
by xtac
Tue Jul 01, 2025 3:43 pm
Forum: Software / Configuration
Topic: [Redshift] The Mx solution 09/2024 - Manual Config and more
Replies: 14
Views: 852

Re: [Redshift] The Mx solution 09/2024 - Manual Config and more

Thanks for the awesome guide and especially for the links to the sample manual config file and how to get some lat and long from Google Maps. Appreciate your effort with this!

I just had to learn how to actually make a config file and what these symbols ~/ mean haha. Turns out ~ means home. But I ...
by xtac
Tue Jul 01, 2025 12:51 pm
Forum: Installation
Topic: Express VPN not installing from MX Package Installer [Solved]
Replies: 9
Views: 417

Re: Express VPN not installing from MX Package Installer [Solved]

Thanks, I tried that here's the results from both running the Fix GPG Keys from MX Tools as well as trying to install Express VPN again from MX Packgage Installer:

https://i.postimg.cc/hz2VB00z/Fix-GPG-keys-result.png

Get:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates InRelease [55.4 kB]
Hit:2 ...
by xtac
Tue Jul 01, 2025 11:59 am
Forum: Installation
Topic: Express VPN not installing from MX Package Installer [Solved]
Replies: 9
Views: 417

Re: Express VPN not installing from MX Package Installer [Solved]

okay here is the system info:

System:
Kernel: 6.1.0-37-amd64 [6.1.140-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-37-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
Desktop: Xfce v: 4.20.0 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.38 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm v: 4.20.0 vt: 7
dm ...
by xtac
Tue Jul 01, 2025 10:39 am
Forum: Installation
Topic: Express VPN not installing from MX Package Installer [Solved]
Replies: 9
Views: 417

Express VPN not installing from MX Package Installer [Solved]

Hello. I am using MX Package Installer to install some apps, Everything so far worked except Express VPN. It gave me an error message which read that I must look at the console output. Here is a copy from the console. Can anyone please help me to install Express VPN? Thank you.

Reading package ...
by xtac
Tue Jul 01, 2025 5:51 am
Forum: MX Help
Topic: MX-23.6 init system? [Solved]
Replies: 8
Views: 563

Re: MX-23.6 init system? [Solved]

Thanks everyone! This truly is the best online community. Everyone is very helpful, friendly and welcoming! Thanks to everyone who responded!

Last question. Is theSysVinit the default init system on the Xfce DE? I just installed MX Linux now with default settings. MX was the only distro that ...
by xtac
Sat Jun 28, 2025 1:42 am
Forum: MX Help
Topic: MX-23.6 init system? [Solved]
Replies: 8
Views: 563

Re: MX-23.6 init system? [Solved]

Thanks so much for the answers! I appreciate the clarification. Right now I'm deciding between MX-Linux and Fedora for my 2015 Acer laptop and I really don't want the systemd. Happy to hear I can select from the MX Boot Options.

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