dolphin_oracle's respins (updated June 23, 2024)

[kd4e]

Which of your 64-bit respins, without systemd, would you recommend as a server base OS, please?

Thanks for creating and sharing these!

[dolphin_oracle]

Which of your 64-bit respins, without systemd, would you recommend as a server base OS, please?

Thanks for creating and sharing these!

they are all desktop centric and have relatively minor changes from the original isos. The "bare" one has the least desktop apps installed though. MX isn't really targeted as a server system OOTB. Adrian has a cli version that may be closer to what you want though.

[kd4e]

I'm also looking at Devuan and VOID but would prefer to use MX, my 'daily driver', if I can.

Thanks!

[a_freed_man]

I've been using the systemd only respin for about a year now. I see the ISOs were updated in Sept and I'm about to install it on a new Geekom IT8, but I'm noticing MX Linux has difficulty initializing the sound drivers. It's not only with this respin; the same is true for the AHS and standard MX desktop ISOs.

I have the earlier ISO (original bare systemd only respin, prior to the Sept update) installed on a SSD USB drive which I can boot from. It doesn't do sound on my Acer Swift 5 either. Both the Acer Swift 5 and the Geekom IT8 use the same Intel Cannon Point-LP High Definition Audio chipset. Here is the audio info from quick sys info on the Geekom IT8:

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Audio:  Device-1: Intel Cannon Point-LP High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
           alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:9dc8 class-ID: 0403
           Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.0-18-amd64 running: yes
           Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes

Is there a solution to this problem? 6 months ago or so I dug deep to try & find one, and did manage to get full sound out of the headphones but not much at all out of the speakers. I spent a lot of trial & error time fiddling with blacklisting drivers, options etc but never found a complete solution.

[Eadwine Rose]

Please open your own topic with your issue on this respin in the respins forum, and share the full QSI there, thank you.

[je55eah]

I have installed all the current updates to the systemd varient. I also installed and configured fluxbox so you can choose either fluxbox or xfce if you use this. Firefox ESR is installed rather than the mainstream release, but it's easy enough to switch back with synaptic. I also added a few keybindings for the MacBook Pro backlights (they might work for you too) and I set alt-p to capture a screenshot.

https://easyupload.io/rgbl8n
MXsystemd20230408.iso
md5:
1ffd93abc7d3a1cf5689c48fd2f5e1f9

[asqwerth]

I have installed all the current updates to the systemd varient. I also installed and configured fluxbox so you can choose either fluxbox or xfce if you use this. Firefox ESR is installed rather than the mainstream release, but it's easy enough to switch back with synaptic. I also added a few keybindings for the MacBook Pro backlights (they might work for you too) and I set alt-p to capture a screenshot.

https://easyupload.io/rgbl8n
MXsystemd20230408.iso
md5:
1ffd93abc7d3a1cf5689c48fd2f5e1f9

It would be prudent to start your own thread to announce your own respin, so it is not confused with dolphin's.

[je55eah]

@asqwerth
it is dolphin's respin, brought up to date.

[asqwerth]

Putting it delicately, the download origin/source is different.
@je55eah

[je55eah]

@asqwerth
Any suggestions? I just searched for a site that was free to use then used it. I didn't see anything bad like porn or excessive ads.