MX-23 Raspberry Pi comes out of the garage

[Jerry3904]

Could we leave it for Pi 4 and 400, but Pi 5 would use a browser, with something like this:

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mx-viewer | sensible-browser

Then if mx-viewer gets updated and works on the Pi we wouldn't need to recode?

(Or does this make no sense whatsoever?)

[dolphin_oracle]

its the same build. I would have to do two builds to have mx-viewer present on one and not the other. its not a dependency issue.

the mx apps are already set to use xdg-open if mx-viewer is not present. so all we need to do is not include it.

unless the problem is on the rpi side of things, I don't think this will get fixed, as qtwebengine5 is pretty much in maintenance mode at this point, with development gung ho on the qt6 stuff.

[Jerry3904]

Turning now to your questions, here's my thinking:

Desktop icons. I do want the "Pi Tips" available but think it might be much better as a Wiki entry--which has a translation button--so we can easily edit, expand, etc. I propose not putting the link with the other two, but creating a desktop file with the RPi logo (as I did for Raspberry Pi Documentation) and make it a "Favorite" in Whisker so it would be easily seen.

Apps. Here's my list of additions I would like to see:
--Galculator
--Geany
--Libreoffice Writer (284 megs) -- I can't see excluding a word processor from a desktop OS (except Fluxbox, which is a different kettle of fish), but leave installing the rest of the suite up to the user
--RPi Diagnostics (agnostics) -- thinking of the future
All install and run fine on the Pi 5.

[dolphin_oracle]

I'm not sure I understand your Desktop Icons statement, but we can put want you want on the desktop by modifying some existing packages so that the icons show up on first login.

modifying the favorites menu will require doing some kind of new desktop-defaults package to replace, provide, and conflict with desktop-defaults-mx-xfce-desktop. otherwise existing files will be in conflict during upgrades.

will add the apps.

[Jerry3904]

we can put want you want on the desktop by modifying some existing packages so that the icons show up on first login

Good. The Favorites idea sounds way too complicated and is not necessary.

[Jerry3904]

Here's the Wiki link: https://mxlinux.org/wiki/rpi-tips/

@chrispop99 When you have time and inclination, could you pls read through that for errors and omissions? I'm going to add some images in the next couple of days.

[Jerry3904]

And here's the desktop file--I'm not totally sure the name is correct...maybe rpi2mx would be better?

[dolphin_oracle]

And here's the desktop file--I'm not totally sure the name is correct...maybe rpi2mx would be better?

as long as the Name= field inside the desktop file is OK, the name of the file doesn't matter. but I don't want to upload to transifex until that Name= and the Comment= are set.

[Jerry3904]

OK, I'm changing it to "RPI-MX Tips"

[dolphin_oracle]

OK, I'm changing it to "RPI-MX Tips"

strings are up on transifex