Official Raspberry Pi Respin

[CharlesV]

I dont know about MX RPI... but I have seen both XFCE and KDE have issues with the plymouth splash screens just upon upgrades of newer kernels. Many times after a kernel update, I must go into boot options, choose the same splash theme and then click on apply, rebuilding the initramfs packages.

[Jerry3904]

Good thought about the kernel, thanks.

[brookter]

Hi,

I bought a Raspberry Pi 5 a couple of weeks ago, and after a few days deciding the standard desktop wasn't for me, I installed the MX-Linux respin (XFCE version), and have been very impressed with it. I've used Debian on and off (some of the off periods were measured in years…) since the 1990s and am as comfortable with it as any Linux (slightly more than basic knowledge, but not anyway near expert), but this was the first time I've used MX-Linux and I am glad I did. I think it's really well done, and the PI implementation seems to me to be excellent.

So the first reason for this post is just to thank everybody involved in creating both the respin and the base distribution!

The second reason is to mention a little difficulty I had understanding what was going on and a suggestion for the Tips document. It's not a criticism, just a suggestion to help other new users of the respin.

The issue is that the main documentation and much of the help on the forum and elsewhere makes it clear that MX-Linux by default is based on sysvinit, and that systemd is provided for compatibility only. But when I tried to follow the instructions, I sometimes found that only the systemd version was there: e.g. ufw logs were only available through journalctl, when I was sure I hadn't enabled systems as the init system.

I tried searching the documentation and forum for a definitive account of where exactly systemd was being used in the default install, and the only place I could find (eventually) was the quote from earlier in this thread that the Pi Respin is systemd-native only.

there is no option. the pi respin is systemd-only.

If there's a more detailed explanation around in the documentations somewhere, then I confess I couldn't find it.

That's not a problem at all for me, now I know, but I wonder if would be possible just to add a short explanation to that effect to the RPI Tips document for new users? It would have helped me avoid some confusion at the beginning.

Again, only a minor thing and it doesn't detract from my overwhelmingly positive experience of the respin and the distro as a whole. Many thanks to all concerned…

[chrispop99]

Welcome to the forum. Glad you are enjoying the Pi Respin.

You make a valid point about making the init system for the Pi more obvious. The devs here always react well to good suggestions, and I suspect in due course this will be dealt with.

Chris

[Jerry3904]

That change would be easy to make, will look at it today.

Thanks for the report and suggestion.

[brookter]

@chrispop99 and @Jerry3904

That's great – thank you both for the quick response, and for the respin!

[Be OK]

@Jerry3904 , at " https://sourceforge.net/projects/mx-lin ... erry%20Pi/ " the md5sum and the sha256 , do not download at sourceforce.

[Jerry3904]

The sha256 is definitely in the folder that I downloaded from SourceForge (no md5sum was created IIRC), so not sure how to understand what you are seeing. Here it is:

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687d61595ca875985f957e2a8c2f3be55e874d11a6d1d14cc0c513191be5b215  mx23.4_rpi.img

[Be OK]

My BAD sorry , the link on page 1 go to a old version ! Downloaded the zip now. And that boots fine :) and has a sha256 .Your

[Jerry3904]

That change would be easy to make, will look at it today.

Thanks for the report and suggestion.

Done.