MX-21 beta 1 feedback thread

[PhantomTramp]

Why is the default configuration "User password (sudo) for admin tasks?

The Tramp

[Jerry3904]

You can switch back to su in Tweak.

[MXRobo]

demo, root,
possibly, I think - it worked last night.

[Jerry3904]

which brings up...is there something to replace the function with?

Filezilla?

[PhantomTramp]

Installed on a ThinkPad. TouchPad is a little jumpy but it is like that in Windows, too. I put in %P in the last clock property's field to get AM/PM. Some things are new and a few older things are in different places but all in all, I can't find much to complain about. If you decide to change the sudo default to the way it was before, who do I write the check to?

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System:    Host: <filter> Kernel: 5.10.0-8-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A 
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10.0-8-amd64 
           root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0 tk: Gtk 3.24.24 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm4 dm: LightDM 1.26.0 
           Distro: MX-21_beta1_x64 Wildflower July 27  2021 base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 20B20011US v: ThinkPad Edge E545 
           serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: LENOVO model: 20B20011US v: 0B98401 Pro serial: <filter> UEFI [Legacy]: LENOVO 
           v: HRET30WW (1.18) date: 04/24/2018 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 31.3 Wh condition: 31.6/38.9 Wh (81%) volts: 10.8/10.8 
           model: SANYO 45N1043 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: Unknown 
CPU:       Topology: Dual Core model: AMD A6-5350M APU with Radeon HD Graphics bits: 64 
           type: MCP arch: Piledriver family: 15 (21) model-id: 13 (19) stepping: 1 
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           Speed: 1377 MHz min/max: 1400/2900 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1317 
           2: 1290 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected 
           Type: l1tf status: Not affected 
           Type: mds status: Not affected 
           Type: meltdown status: Not affected 
           Type: spec_store_bypass 
           mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
           Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
           Type: spectre_v2 
           mitigation: Full AMD retpoline, IBPB: conditional, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling 
           Type: srbds status: Not affected 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: AMD Richland [Radeon HD 8450G] vendor: Lenovo driver: radeon v: kernel 
           bus ID: 00:01.0 chip ID: 1002:9995 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: ati,radeon 
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           Device-2: AMD FCH Azalia vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
           bus ID: 00:14.2 chip ID: 1022:780d 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.10.0-8-amd64 
Network:   Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Lenovo 
           driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 2000 bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10ec:8168 
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Realtek RTL8188EE Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Lenovo driver: rtl8188ee 
           v: kernel port: 1000 bus ID: 02:00.0 chip ID: 10ec:8179 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 232.89 GiB used: 5.50 GiB (2.4%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: SSD 850 EVO 250GB size: 232.89 GiB block size: 
           physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: 3B6Q scheme: MBR 
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           dev: /dev/sda4 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 57.6 C mobo: N/A gpu: radeon temp: 47 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0 
Repos:     No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
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           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           1: deb http://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/mx/repo/ bullseye main non-free
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/various.list 
Info:      Processes: 191 Uptime: 1h 41m Memory: 6.93 GiB used: 1.06 GiB (15.3%) Init: SysVinit 
           v: 2.96 runlevel: 5 default: 5 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 alt: 10 Shell: quick-system-in 
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[entropyfoe]

Agree, SwampRabbit gave the tip, MX Tweak --> Other_check the radio button

Changes to a classic root PW model. Which I prefer.
It was the Mepis and MX way earlier, right? Am I remembering correctly?

The question is which should be default. I would vote root.
I realize the devs cant ask for votes on everything.

But PhantomTramp asks a fair question.

Testing update,
Over two days of heavy use,installing, took another 23 synapic upgrades. Reboots, sleep and wake, heavy data transfer, has a real Debian stable feel to it, but with all the nice toys and tools added on.

A remarkable beta, worthy of a Warren beta level

[PhantomTramp]

..worthy of a Warren beta level..

Hear, hear!

EDIT: https://grammarist.com/spelling/hear-hear/

[agnivo007]

@agnivo007 the Thunar Samba plugin may be missing, it was just packaged recently, not sure if that is the problem or not.
Can you see if it’s installed?

@agnivo007 @SwampRabbit that thunar function used to call system-config-samba, which is not longer available due to the migration away from python 2. Thanks for finding the bogus thunar entry.

which brings up...is there something to replace the function with?

So how do I set up a network share/folder on mx 21 host? Is the important feature being permanently dropped? How does upstream bullseye handle this? Instead of thunar rt click, we could setup shares using another app in mx19 if I remember. Please elaborate, have been bugged a lot by this on mx19kde systemd too. Hoped network sharing would work well this time.

[dolphin_oracle]

@agnivo007 upstream debian tells you to edit smb.conf directly.

we are looking into it.

[Jerry3904]

I think we should stay, with the change to sudo as default. It took me a day to get my brain reprogrammed. Older Mepis users <,hand in air> know what they liked AND know how to change it.