MX Modified - Latest MX KDE 5.22 Using MX21 beta

[fehlix]

@dolphin_oracle If you need it tested based on sid let us know. I would be happy to test something for you.

apt-notifier will be soonish available for testing, after some unit-tests made on sid and bullseye.

[fehlix]

@richb
Opps, I clicked on the wrong "solved" button as is it is too close to the quote-reply button,
please, revoke the [solved] on this thread
thanks

[markol]

I don't know that we've managed to get MX Updater running with MX KDE Sid. What you could try is to trick apt into installing it - disable Sid and Norbert's repos and enable the Buster repo. Then 'sudo apt update' but do not upgrade. Then try 'sudo apt install apt-notifier' without the '--upgrade' (or with it if it helps). If it installs, then quickly disable Buster repo and enable Sid and Norbert's repos again. Something like that. Could be that it's just incompatible with this advanced plasma desktop no matter what you try though.

Tried that :)

I'll just wait for the official release, my system is running fine. Keep up the good work!

[MAYBL8]

dist-upgrade from today.
Typical sid error:

Code: Select all

$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt --fix-broken install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 libelf1 : Breaks: libelf1:i386 (!= 0.182+20210203-1.1) but 0.182-3 is installed
 libelf1:i386 : Breaks: libelf1 (!= 0.182-3) but 0.182+20210203-1.1 is installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt --fix-broken install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

[norbert]

Same here, borken package ...

[andyprough]

Norbert is taking a job at Fujitsu Research Labs: https://www.preining.info/blog/2021/02/ ... arch-labs/

Best of luck Norbert! I feel a bit sad for him as it sounds like he will be having to deal with some Windows machines. One thing I would note is that Windows 10 runs like chained lightning in a vm on MX if you keep the virtual machine files on an NVMe SSD drive. On my laptop, Windows 10 is noticeably faster on an MX vm than it was in its pre-installed state on the hard drive.

[norbert]

Thanks Andy!
Yes there is considerable Windows requirements, mostly due to the smart card that is necessary to connect to the VPN. I will surely set up a VM (another) for that ;-)

[SwampRabbit]

@andyprough and @MAYBL8

Saw this and figured I'd share in here since its related (kinda)
https://salsa.debian.org/JJRcop-guest/d ... -tightrope

[andyprough]

@andyprough and @MAYBL8

Saw this and figured I'd share in here since its related (kinda)
https://salsa.debian.org/JJRcop-guest/d ... -tightrope

Looks OK. I use negative numbers for pinning repos when I want to achieve this effect. But the problem with trying to keep an advanced version of plasma running on MX is that you wouldn't just be pinning a couple of repos, you'd be pinning hundreds of individual packages, some of which would be likely to be added or removed from one update to the next. I'm sure that repo wizards like you and Tim that keep MX running could figure it out, but it's beyond me.

[SwampRabbit]

Tim’s the repo man (wizard) not me.

I ain’t even brave enough to be doing what ya’ll doing in here.