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drogon69 wrote: Tue Oct 05, 2021 2:09 am I've been researching some stuff in mxlinux and i3 for about a month now, but so far not a perfect marriage in some programs and software in mxlinux and i3.

what is it about, well in an archlinux you can open pamac manager without floating or not windows in any i3.

but within mxlinux and i3 a lot of problems have arisen, for example as far as I know and see you can't deliver a distro with snapshot only i3 iso and that is a pity I personally think.

why does this not work for the simple reason whatever you try to program inside the .config it will not work ,

example if you try to open synaptic it won't work neither will floating , you can open it via root in terminal but then can't install nothing , same in many programs within mxtools , some of them don't work because they may need floating , a bit very strange if you ask me because this is not with everything inside mxtools.

suppose you would remove xfce as an example and keep i3 about how are you going to open snapshot now , ah you think via root , yes ok maybe you can make a snapshot like that , but then what , via the software channels of synaptic or inside mxtools you can also don't use the software tool anymore because with floating or without it won't open , in short i3 and mxlinux is not a perfect marriage.

and i have tested different i3 configs within i3 from different distros , rofi works perfectly , but there are a lot of things that just way inside i3 are not compatible with mxlinux
the only good news is that i3 mxlinux runs under 200mb ram for me and that is one of the lowest rams i have ever seen.

i have 2 perfect distro even with polybar , rofi and dmenu all working inside , but to install software its only possible in terminal under any users and thats why some software inside mxlinux and i3 , wil not work perfect , if you know how to fix show me but you can not i have try many things inside .config (one word not working at all)

update

i think i have find away to a working mxlinux i3 , i have test alot of configs so far and distro but maybe , this config wil work , it opens under ubuntu focal , so why the hell wil it not run under mxlinux debian that is very strange , but i let you know or make a video proof ot it this day. so what i do is make 2 virtualbox and network share that i can put the new config on mxlinux from the tester i3 distro of ubuntu focal and mayby sysnaptic wil run

nXecure wrote: Wed Oct 06, 2021 11:18 am Dear pseudo-expert.
Add this startup command to i3 config after installing policykit-1-gnome

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exec --no-startup-id /usr/lib/policykit-1-gnome/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1 &

start your i3 session.
Launch mx-tools and select an item from there.
Enter password
...
Profit

Man, I really can't understand these pseudo-experts. They go "I am a tile window manager genius" but they don't know sh*t about how an operating system works. I NEVER use tiling (I am a stack NOOB), with less linux experience than Dr. pseudo-expert, but it seems I am a genius! I am waiting for those 100 dollars being donated to the MX-antiX project.

# Polkit #####################
lxpolkit &
#/usr/lib/policykit-1-gnome/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1 &

manyroads wrote: Wed Oct 06, 2021 11:26 am Personally, I prefer to use lxpolkit (and lxsessions) with wms. That's an old recommendation I received from @dolphin_oracle . Sadly though both lxpolkit & lxsessions are getting dependency heavy in many distros. I still like their rudimental look & feel, though. But I'm old. What do I know.

nXecure wrote: Wed Oct 06, 2021 11:31 am ...
Hopefully this will illustrate that there is more than one road (wink) to reach the same outcome, and that is the Linux way (choice).

dolphin_oracle wrote: Wed Oct 06, 2021 10:51 am well, none-root level mx tools seem to be ok.

drogon69 wrote: Wed Oct 06, 2021 12:19 pm

dolphin_oracle wrote: Wed Oct 06, 2021 10:51 am well, none-root level mx tools seem to be ok.

and how is it opened by sudo synaptic , yes that is the way that you have opened , that proofs nothing , sysnaptic must open without sudo in tilling window manager , you dont fool me