Freedom is the key to success with any distro

Message
Author
User avatar
GuiGuy
Posts: 832
Joined: Sun Dec 16, 2007 5:29 pm

Re: Freedom is the key to success with any distro

#11 Post by GuiGuy »

Eadwine Rose wrote: Sat Dec 22, 2018 1:28 pm.........
.. stick with this team and whatever distro they make because they are the best :happy:
You can say that again - I would even shout it (but you would disallow that ;)).

User avatar
Eadwine Rose
Administrator
Posts: 14468
Joined: Wed Jul 12, 2006 2:10 am

Re: Freedom is the key to success with any distro

#12 Post by Eadwine Rose »

GuiGuy wrote: Sat Dec 22, 2018 1:53 pm
Eadwine Rose wrote: Sat Dec 22, 2018 1:28 pm.........
.. stick with this team and whatever distro they make because they are the best :happy:
You can say that again - I would even shout it (but you would disallow that ;)).
:laugh:
Well.. one sentence IN the post isn't that bad ;) Having to read an entire paragraph in all caps though.. oof!
MX-23.6_x64 July 31 2023 * 6.1.0-34amd64 ext4 Xfce 4.20.0 * 8-core AMD Ryzen 7 2700
Asus TUF B450-Plus Gaming UEFI * Asus GTX 1050 Ti Nvidia 535.216.01 * 2x16Gb DDR4 2666 Kingston HyperX Predator
Samsung 870EVO * Samsung S24D330 & P2250 * HP Envy 5030

User avatar
Stevo
Developer
Posts: 14451
Joined: Fri Dec 15, 2006 7:07 pm

Re: Freedom is the key to success with any distro

#13 Post by Stevo »

manyroads wrote: Sat Dec 22, 2018 12:41 pm Personally I eagerly await seeing your youthful, artistic desktop layout. I posted my 'old guy, can't see small fonts' style in the MX18 screenshots, as have others.
Besides tiny fonts, don't forget monochrome icons everywhere, and grey-on-grey text. Then it will be really modern.

User avatar
entropyfoe
Posts: 615
Joined: Thu Apr 19, 2007 11:42 am

Re: Freedom is the key to success with any distro

#14 Post by entropyfoe »

freefreeno,

Icon and UI styles change, fads come and go. First it's 3d icons, then subtle 3d hinting, and bam- Apple or someone declares flat looking icons are the wave of the future !

If you don't like how your desk top looks, you have so many degrees of freedom... themes, icon sets, sizing, different desk top environments (like in antix iceWM, Fluxbox, JWM and permutations).
It's open source, there are lots of options, and as written above, it takes some digging, to find the options, the scripts, where you can make things look just about any way you want.

If you search in xfce forums, you can see other options.
Last edited by entropyfoe on Sat Dec 22, 2018 4:59 pm, edited 1 time in total.
MX 23.5 on Asus PRIME X470-PRO
AMD Ryzen 3600X (12 threads @ 3.8 GHz)
32 Gig DDR4 3600 (Crucial CL 16)
Nvidia GeForce GT 710
Samsung 970 NVMe nvme0n1 P1-3=MX-23.5, P4=testing
Samsung 980 NVMe =1TB Data, plus 2TB WD =backups
on-board ethernet & sound

User avatar
Stevo
Developer
Posts: 14451
Joined: Fri Dec 15, 2006 7:07 pm

Re: Freedom is the key to success with any distro

#15 Post by Stevo »

We also support users modifying MX however they like and making their own distro from it. Snapshot! Archive.org makes distributing it quite easy. Then the marketplace can decide!

User avatar
megatotoro
Posts: 173
Joined: Wed Jun 09, 2010 5:59 pm

Re: Freedom is the key to success with any distro

#16 Post by megatotoro »

Honestly, I haven't found any more freedom than in here, not to mention the great devs and community that are always willing to help. With MX I can do anything I want, from changing its appearance (not a fan of flat icons and not very fond of XFCE) to actually create a snapshot of the system adjusted the way I like it. Other distros have been removing features but MX is consistently making choices easier to handle without taking them away. From my perspective, that shows how much devs are committed to the user's freedom; I am deeply thankful for that.

User avatar
Richard
Posts: 1590
Joined: Fri Dec 12, 2008 9:31 am

Re: Freedom is the key to success with any distro

#17 Post by Richard »

I think we've been trolled. :)
The OP seems to have ducked and run?
Thinkpad T430 & Dell Latitude E7450, both with MX-21.3.1
__kernal 5.10.0-26-amd64 x86_64; Xfce-4.18.0; 8 GB RAM
__Intel Core i5-3380M, Graphics, Audio, Video; & SSDs.
HP Ryzen 5 17-cp3xxx with MX23.4 AHS & Liquorix 6.10-12~mx23ahs amd64

User avatar
Jerry3904
Administrator
Posts: 23081
Joined: Wed Jul 19, 2006 6:13 am

Re: Freedom is the key to success with any distro

#18 Post by Jerry3904 »

That's my suspicion as well, though he has made more than 50 posts on the Forum.
Production: 5.10, MX-23 Xfce, AMD FX-4130 Quad-Core, GeForce GT 630/PCIe/SSE2, 16 GB, SSD 120 GB, Data 1TB
Personal: Lenovo X1 Carbon with MX-23 Fluxbox
Other: Raspberry Pi 5 with MX-23 Xfce Raspberry Pi Respin

User avatar
Richard
Posts: 1590
Joined: Fri Dec 12, 2008 9:31 am

Re: Freedom is the key to success with any distro

#19 Post by Richard »

Bought out some good comments, though.
Thinkpad T430 & Dell Latitude E7450, both with MX-21.3.1
__kernal 5.10.0-26-amd64 x86_64; Xfce-4.18.0; 8 GB RAM
__Intel Core i5-3380M, Graphics, Audio, Video; & SSDs.
HP Ryzen 5 17-cp3xxx with MX23.4 AHS & Liquorix 6.10-12~mx23ahs amd64

User avatar
asqwerth
Developer
Posts: 7779
Joined: Sun May 27, 2007 5:37 am

Re: Freedom is the key to success with any distro

#20 Post by asqwerth »

Well, the prettification of this distro is a gradual process.
We are improving all the time but certainly there is still some way to go . I like that there are targets and milestones to aim for.

And people with artistic abilities who can create nice icons for the MX apps are always welcome to contribute them to the community.
Desktop: Intel i5-4460, 16GB RAM, Intel integrated graphics
Clevo N130WU-based Ultrabook: Intel i7-8550U (Kaby Lake R), 16GB RAM, Intel integrated graphics (UEFI)
ASUS X42D laptop: AMD Phenom II, 6GB RAM, Mobility Radeon HD 5400

Post Reply

Return to “General”