MX Moksha "Out of Bodhi" Testing Release RC2

[kmathern]

Thanks for the info. These aren't really 'remasters' they are built like MX is with the build-iso-mx script one pkg at a time in a chroot. I suppose if it is essentially a definitions kind of file I could place an updated file in /usr/share/misc/pci.ids but I would need to generate the updated definitions on a running system I guess...? Until you mentioned it I didn't even know this was a thing...lol. I have learned my 'something new' today.. I'm kind of surprised that QSI and inxi don't simply run that command this as part of their info retrieval routine..

I just made a request for a backport of the sid/trixie pci.ids package. Having a updated pci.ids package installed will result in having a updated PCI ID list without needing to run the 'update-pciids' script. And it might work better with how you create your ISO with the build-iso-mx script.

[AVLinux]

Thanks for the info. These aren't really 'remasters' they are built like MX is with the build-iso-mx script one pkg at a time in a chroot. I suppose if it is essentially a definitions kind of file I could place an updated file in /usr/share/misc/pci.ids but I would need to generate the updated definitions on a running system I guess...? Until you mentioned it I didn't even know this was a thing...lol. I have learned my 'something new' today.. I'm kind of surprised that QSI and inxi don't simply run that command this as part of their info retrieval routine..

I just made a request for a backport of the sid/trixie pci.ids package. Having a updated pci.ids package installed will result in having a updated PCI ID list without needing to run the 'update-pciids' script. And it might work better with how you create your ISO with the build-iso-mx script.

Great stuff! Thank you!

[AVLinux]

Working toward a final release, trying out some stuff adapting my E-Modulus modular Conky, obviously it will look a bit more integrated with picom running but if we're going skeumorphic might as well go all the way!

[Aceediq]

Working toward a final release, trying out some stuff adapting my E-Modulus modular Conky, obviously it will look a bit more integrated with picom running but if we're going skeumorphic might as well go all the way!

wow...this moksha variant of yours has better aesthetics than AVL MXE and is also miles better than the images on bodhi's page...

I'll have to test this out to see how it performs...


also could you check if everything is fine if you hook up your laptop to a monitor over VGA/HDMI...this maybe unrelated, my laptop screen got bad and I slaved my laptop to a monitor over VGA but I don't see any taskbars or panel on the monitor, everything else works fine...I have not had the time to scour the web if this is a bug or it is just how enlightenment operates...

[FullScale4Me]

also could you check if everything is fine if you hook up ypur laptop to a monitor over VGA/HDMI...this maybe unrelated, my laptop screen got bad and I slaved my laptop to a monitor over VGA but I don't see any taskbars or panel on the monitor, everything else works fine...I have not had the time to scour the web if this is a bug or it is just how enlightenment operates...

Set the external monitor as the Primary display.

Applications ---> Preferences ---> Monitor Settings. Right click on external display and check the 'Primary check box.

Log out, then log back in.

[blast0id]

should I just wait for RC3 ???

LOL

[AVLinux]

should I just wait for RC3 ???

LOL

There probably won't be an RC3, most likely a finished release fairly soon... Some things to be aware of:

- This is coming along late in MX-23/Debian Bookworm's lifespan, there will only be one release of MX Moksha on Bookworm and all future development will move to MX-25/Debian Trixie, this release should be looked at as a proof-of-concept working demo of Moksha on MX but not as a long term support prospect.
- At this point this isn't a drop-in replacement for AV Linux, There are a lot of reasons to like or even prefer Moksha to Enlightenment but until I'm confident that it makes a reliable production platform there is no definite plan to make major changes.

[Aceediq]

also could you check if everything is fine if you hook up ypur laptop to a monitor over VGA/HDMI...this maybe unrelated, my laptop screen got bad and I slaved my laptop to a monitor over VGA but I don't see any taskbars or panel on the monitor, everything else works fine...I have not had the time to scour the web if this is a bug or it is just how enlightenment operates...

Set the external monitor as the Primary display.

Applications ---> Preferences ---> Monitor Settings. Right click on external display and check the 'Primary check box.

Log out, then log back in.

there was no option of monitor settings in AVL MXE 23.5

@AVLinux

[FullScale4Me]

there was no option of monitor settings in AVL MXE 23.5

@AVLinux

Set the external monitor as the Primary display.

Right click on the desktop ---> Applications ---> Preferences ---> Monitor Settings. Right click on external display and check the 'Primary' check box.

Log out, then log back in.

[Aceediq]

should I just wait for RC3 ???

LOL

There probably won't be an RC3, most likely a finished release fairly soon... Some things to be aware of:

- This is coming along late in MX-23/Debian Bookworm's lifespan, there will only be one release of MX Moksha on Bookworm and all future development will move to MX-25/Debian Trixie, this release should be looked at as a proof-of-concept working demo of Moksha on MX but not as a long term support prospect.
- At this point this isn't a drop-in replacement for AV Linux, There are a lot of reasons to like or even prefer Moksha to Enlightenment but until I'm confident that it makes a reliable production platform there is no definite plan to make major changes.

well, I am a huge fan of DE's with good aesthetics, not average, so I am already tilting to your moksha variant since it is aesthetically more cohesive and uniform, for example the taskbar icons...

other DE's that do a good job of serving looks are KDE and gnome...gnome is cringe with their wokeness and KDE is built with QT...

composition and rendering wise, there are only two plauers, IMO, KDE and enlightenment...

moksha is a variant of enlightenment, making it easy to get accustomed to...

so if everything under the hood of AVL MXE is the same as your moksha variant, I believe your moksha variant can see high mileage before being concerned with DE-specific updates...since non-DE specific updates can be done through mxpin or buy grabbing a deb file from your server...


the only major concern are dependencies but if there are still power users using mx19, then there are a lot of optimistic possibilities too...


I just hope compositions on moksha is as good as enlightenment in the very least it even better, if not, moksha would have to remain a prototype