MX Modified - Latest MX KDE 5.22 Using MX21 beta

[SwampRabbit]

Swamprabbit,
Can you give me a command string to run that will give you a list of packages you are interested in?

Dan,

There are a couple ways to skin this cat, a full list may be better than asking for specific ones.

Launch terminal from your desktop, Home folder, or where ever.

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dpkg-query --show --showformat='${binary:Package}\t${Version}\t${Architecture}\t${binary:Summary}\n' > kde-modified-packages.txt

Note: I'd prefer the architecture and summary because its good to know if both amd64 and i386 are installed and well the Summary because I don't know the KDE specific packages well.

You can modify the above by simply removing one of the portions.

[MAYBL8]

Screenshot of my current configuration:

[MAYBL8]

Here is my list of files as of this morning:

kde-modified-packages.xlsx

[SwampRabbit]

Here is my list of files as of this morning:
kde-modified-packages.xlsx

Thanks! A spreadsheet works too, saves a bit of time I guess with a few things.

[MAYBL8]

After doing a dist-upgrade today:

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$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
  gcc-8-base gcc-8-base:i386
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.

[andyprough]

Screenshot of my current configuration:

That's looking nice, it must be nice to be able to just apt update, apt upgrade the system. I have to hand select everything related to KDE for updates, which is around 500 packages.

How are your MX tools working? Have you tried MX Package Installer, MX Tweak, MX Boot Options, MX Snapthot, packages like that? I tested them this morning on my vm install, and all still seem to be working for me.

[MAYBL8]

Everything seems to working as expected. I have not clicked on every option in every tool but what I have checked is working fine.
I have this error when doing QSI.

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Network:   Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 9462 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: 4000 bus ID: 00:14.3 
           chip ID: 8086:02f0 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
Use of uninitialized value $row{"type"} in string eq at /usr/local/bin/inxi line 12287.
Can't use an undefined value as an ARRAY reference at /usr/local/bin/inxi line 12314.
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 10.91 GiB (2.3%) 
           ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Intel model: HBRPEKNX0202AH size: 476.94 GiB block size: 
           physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 15.8 Gb/s lanes: 2 serial: <filter> rev: HPS1 
           scheme: GPT 
           ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 vendor: Intel model: HBRPEKNX0202AHO size: 27.25 GiB block size: 
           physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 15.8 Gb/s lanes: 2 serial: <filter> rev: HPS2 

[andyprough]

If you and MAYBL8 have time, I may ask at some point what versions of certain packages got pulled in from both those repos.
Or time dependent maybe I'll just give it an attempt in a VM myself.

@SwampRabbit - Do you know is there a way in Debian systems to "pin" the KDE repos from Norbert to only grab their dependencies from Debian Sid or Testing, and to tell the system that everything else on the system is to update from the MX repos and from Debian stable? I think there must be a way, because that seems to be how the MX repos are set up.

[SwampRabbit]

Outside of basic and creative apt pinning and it some scripts? Not sure honestly and can’t really look because I am not at a computer.

I would look at how our MXPI MX Test Repo tab functions. Because I think that is essentially what you are looking for.

Someone else is for sure more experienced with such wizardry too.

I don’t think our repos have anything to do with it really, it’s more of an apt setup and functionality thing.

[FraterLinux]

thanks for the headsup. good to know since the plasma on MXkde is quite old.

Distro testers like to see news and the latest packages. But as they don't use it exhaustively they don't see the bugs. For a home user it is better to have an older and more stable version !!!