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Posted: **Thu Apr 17, 2014 11:20 am**

Peregrine had 11 days in her post on the first page and Jerry 9 days.

Posted: **Thu Apr 17, 2014 11:42 am**

My bad. I must have skimmed the results too fast.

In any any event, it's a reliable build for sure.

Our [great] niece (my wife's sister's daughter's daughter) has been using MX-14 with that Dell Inspiron 11Z netbook with no issues at all, and I doubt she's ever used another Operating System besides Windows before in her life, yet she's had no problems adjusting to it.

I did install a few extras on it (for example, I installed Firefox immediately, since I am definitely *not* a Qupzilla fan). But, other than a few minor tweaks I made like that, it's been working great for her.

She's been attending classes on Phlebotomy here locally in Savannah while staying with us (we setup a spare room for her while she's here), and has even been using Firefox for some of the online sessions they've been having via Cisco WebEX (in addition to the classroom based courses she's required to attend that they hold each Saturday, they have online classes during the week). See more about that product here:

http://www.webex.com/

Even something as complex as that product has been working just fine in Firefox under MX-14 (with nothing other than OpenJDK using the Iced Tea extension needed for her to participate in those online sessions her classes require from her). The built in Web Cam on that Dell Inspiron 11Z netbook is even working. I'm impressed.

I've got it setup in a dual boot config with 64 Bit Win 7 (what Dell shipped on it) and MX-14 right now; and I thought I might need to let her use Windows 7 with IE (using special ActiveX based WebEx plugins) to get the WebEx sessions to work with it (as I had no luck getting WebEx to work with Mepis 11 on it; which is one reason I replaced it's Mepis 11 installation with MX-14 to see if MX-14 would work, and it does).

With MX-14 installed, I did not need to resort to letting her use IE with Win 7 for those online sessions, as just using Firefox with MX-14 has been working great with Cisco WebEx (using IcedTea and OpenJDK from Firefox). So, there's been no need for me to jump through hoops and try to set up a limited user account under Win 7 for her to use for the online sessions her classes require during the week instead.

So, great work guys (especially anticapitalista and other developers helping out) for handling all of the hard detail stuff in getting the XFCE desktop and all of the apps to work together with a distro as "lean and mean" as MX-14), as it's running great on a slow single core Celeron CPU like that netbook is using, and it's so easy to use, that someone with *no* linux experience like our Great Niece is having no issues using it.

Posted: **Thu Apr 17, 2014 8:48 pm**

Approx. 10 year old desktop.

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$ inxi -F
System:    Host: mx1 Kernel: 3.12-0.bpo.1-686-pae i686 (32 bit) Desktop: Xfce 4.10.2 
           Distro: MX-14 Symbiosis 24 March 2014 
Machine:   Mobo: ASUSTeK model: P4B533 v: REV 1.xx
           Bios: Award v: ASUS P4B533 1006 date: 05/24/2002
CPU:       Single core Intel Pentium 4 CPU (-UP-) cache: 512 KB clocked at 1817 MHz 
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]
           Display Server: X.Org 1.12.4 driver: nvidia Resolution: 1024x768@50.0hz
           GLX Renderer: GeForce FX 5200/AGP/SSE2 GLX Version: 2.1.2 NVIDIA 173.14.39
Audio:     Card-1 C-Media CMI8738/CMI8768 PCI Audio driver: snd_cmipci 
           Card-2 Creative Labs SB Audigy driver: snd_emu10k1 
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k3.12-0.bpo.1-686-pae
Network:   Card: Realtek RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ driver: 8139too
           IF: eth0 state: unknown speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: 00:18:e7:08:25:57
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 160.1GB (-) ID-1: /dev/sda model: MAXTOR_6L080L4 size: 80.1GB
           ID-2: /dev/sdb model: WDC_WD800JB size: 80.0GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 5.1G used: 2.8G (58%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 0.80GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sdb8 
Sensors:   None detected - is lm-sensors installed and configured?
Info:      Processes: 106 Uptime: 5 min Memory: 136.6/1516.2MB 
           Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.1.18

Thank you to all the people who worked so hard to bring this very useful product to fruition. I'm sure 100 times more went on behind the scenes than is visible here. I've been a happy Mepis user for awhile, but MX-14 seems even more in tune with my needs - great performance on low spec hardware without sacrificing capability or ease of use. I hope it gets the exposure and accolades it deserves.

Posted: **Thu Apr 17, 2014 9:11 pm**

Welcome to the forum Old Giza!

Posted: **Fri Apr 18, 2014 4:59 am**

Smallest laptop:

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System:    Host: dm1 Kernel: 3.12-0.bpo.1-686-pae i686 (32 bit) 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.10.2 Distro: MX-14 Symbiosis 24 March 2014 
Machine:   System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP Pavilion dm1 Notebook PC v: 0587100002252B00000320100
           Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 1611 v: 96.3A
           Bios: Hewlett-Packard v: F.13 date: 07/07/2011
CPU:       Dual core AMD E-350 (-MCP-) cache: 1024 KB 
           Clock Speeds: 1: 1280 MHz 2: 1280 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] ATI Wrestler [Radeon HD 6310]
           Display Server: X.Org 1.12.4 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1366x768@60.0hz
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on AMD PALM GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.5
Audio:     Card-1 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] ATI Wrestler HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 6250/6310] 
           driver: snd_hda_intel 
           Card-2 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] ATI SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) 
           driver: snd_hda_intel 
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k3.12-0.bpo.1-686-pae
Network:   Card-1: Ralink RT5390 [802.11 b/g/n 1T1R G-band PCI Express Single Chip]
           driver: rt2800pci
           IF: wlan1 state: up mac: ec:55:f9:9b:d1:35
           Card-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
           driver: r8169
           IF: eth1 state: down mac: 2c:27:d7:a5:b6:51
           Card-3: Ralink
           IF: N/A state: N/A speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 257.8GB (1.5% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: Hitachi_HTS72322 size: 250.1GB
           USB ID-2: /dev/sdb model: DT_100_G2 size: 7.7GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 228G used: 2.7G (2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 2.17GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda2 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 56.9C mobo: N/A gpu: 58.0 
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A 
Info:      Processes: 132 Uptime: 5 min Memory: 164.6/2637.5MB 
           Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.1.18

Posted: **Fri Apr 18, 2014 11:01 am**

Laptop - Dell Latitude XT2

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$ inxi -F
System:    Host: Kitchen Kernel: 3.12-0.bpo.1-686-pae i686 (32 bit) Desktop: Xfce 4.10.2 
           Distro: MX-14 Symbiosis 24 March 2014 
Machine:   System: Dell product: Latitude XT2
           Mobo: Dell model: 0M643F Bios: Dell v: A05 date: 11/09/2009
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core2 Duo CPU U9400 (-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB 
           Clock Speeds: 1: 800 MHz 2: 1200 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel Mobile 4 Series Integrated Graphics Controller 
           Display Server: X.Org 1.12.4 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1280x800@60.1hz 
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Mobile Intel GM45 Express x86/MMX/SSE2 GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.5
Audio:     Card: Intel 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel 
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v:: k3.12-0.bpo.1-686-pae
Network:   Card-1: Broadcom BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY driver: wl 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: 00:24:2b:81:7a:d7
           Card-2: Intel 82567LM Gigabit Network Connection driver: e1000e 
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: 00:23:ae:22:88:c8
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 64.0GB (-) 1: id: /dev/sda model: SAMSUNG_SSD_1.8 size: 64.0GB 
Partition: ID: / size: 57G used: 3.4G (7%) fs: ext4 ID: swap-1 size: 2.17GB used: 0.02GB (1%) fs: swap 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 47.5C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A 
Info:      Processes: 148 Uptime: 20 days Memory: 974.8/2992.8MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.1.7

Posted: **Sat Apr 19, 2014 3:03 pm**

Here's the specs from my Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop:

System: Host: Inspiron Kernel: 3.12-0.bpo.1-686-pae i686 (32 bit)
Desktop: Xfce 4.10.2 Distro: MX-14 Symbiosis 24 March 2014
Machine: System: Dell product: Inspiron 1525
Mobo: Dell model: 0U990C Bios: Dell v: A17 date: 10/27/2009
CPU: Single core Intel Celeron CPU 550 (-UP-) cache: 1024 KB clocked at 1994 MHz
Graphics: Card: Intel Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (primary)
Display Server: X.Org 1.12.4 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
Resolution: 1280x800@60.0hz
GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel 965GM x86/MMX/SSE2
GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.5
Audio: Card Intel 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller
driver: snd_hda_intel
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k3.12-0.bpo.1-686-pae
Network: Card-1: Broadcom BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY driver: wl
IF: wlan0 state: dormant mac: 00:22:69:61:e6:7f
Card-2: Marvell 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller driver: sky2
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full
mac: 00:21:9b:e6:58:b3
Drives: HDD Total Size: 120.2GB (42.5% used)
ID-1: /dev/sda model: Hitachi_HTS54251 size: 120.0GB
USB ID-2: /dev/sdb model: Flash_Disk size: 0.1GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 39G used: 4.5G (13%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5
ID-2: /home size: 41G used: 23G (60%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3
ID-3: swap-1 size: 4.19GB used: 0.06GB (1%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda6
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 60.0C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 172 Uptime: 11 days Memory: 1862.6/4042.6MB
Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.1.18

Posted: **Sat Apr 19, 2014 7:28 pm**

System: Host: media Kernel: 3.12-0.bpo.1-686-pae i686 (32 bit gcc: 4.6.3)
Desktop: Xfce 4.10.2 (Gtk 2.24.10)
Distro: MX-14 Symbiosis 24 March 2014
Machine: System: Dell product: Dimension 4700
Mobo: Dell model: 0M3918 Bios: Dell v: A10 date: 01/04/2006
CPU: Single core Intel Pentium 4 CPU (-HT-) cache: 1024 KB
flags: (nx pae sse sse2 sse3) bmips: 5585
Clock Speeds: 1: 2792 MHz 2: 2792 MHz
Graphics: Card: Intel 82915G/GV/910GL Integrated Graphics Controller
bus-ID: 00:02.0
Display Server: X.Org 1.12.4 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
Resolution: 1024x768@60.0hz
GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel 915G x86/MMX/SSE2
GLX Version: 1.4 Mesa 8.0.5 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio: Card-1 Intel 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller
driver: snd_intel8x0 ports: ec00 e8c0 bus-ID: 00:1e.2
Card-2 Logitech QuickCam Communicate STX
driver: USB Audio usb-ID: 003-002
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k3.12-0.bpo.1-686-pae
Network: Card: Intel 82562ET/EZ/GT/GZ - PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller
driver: e100 v: 3.5.24-k2-NAPI port: dcc0 bus-ID: 03:08.0
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives: HDD Total Size: 240.0GB (-)
ID-1: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD800JD size: 80.0GB
ID-2: /dev/sdb model: WDC_WD1600AAJS size: 160.0GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 72G used: 9.1G (14%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
ID-2: swap-1 size: 2.18GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda2
Sensors: None detected - is lm-sensors installed and configured?
Info: Processes: 126 Uptime: 2:14 Memory: 224.0/1506.5MB
Init: SysVinit runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 4.7.2
Client: Shell (bash 4.2.371) inxi: 2.1.18

Posted: **Sat Apr 19, 2014 8:19 pm**

Laptop

System: Host: AntiMX Kernel: 3.12-0.bpo.1-686-pae i686 (32 bit)
Desktop: Xfce 4.10.2 Distro: MX-14 Symbiosis 24 March 2014
Machine: System: Acer product: Aspire 3000
Mobo: Acer model: Lugano M Bios: Acer v: 3A21 date: 06/10/05
CPU: Single core Mobile AMD Sempron 3000+ (-UP-) cache: 128 KB clocked at 800 MHz
Graphics: Card: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 661/741/760 PCI/AGP or 662/761Gx PCIE VGA Display Adapter
Display Server: X.Org 1.12.4 drivers: sis (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
Resolution: 1024x768@60.0hz
GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 0x209)
GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.5
Audio: Card Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS7012 AC'97 Sound Controller
driver: snd_intel8x0
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k3.12-0.bpo.1-686-pae
Network: Card-1: Broadcom BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller
driver: b43-pci-bridge
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: 00:0e:9b:d5:38:13
Card-2: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet
driver: sis900
IF: eth0 state: down mac: 00:c0:9f:a4:cc:66
Drives: HDD Total Size: 280.1GB (0.0% used)
ID-1: /dev/sda model: SAMSUNG_HM160HC size: 160.0GB
ID-2: /dev/sdb model: 3AS size: 120.0GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 70G used: 4.7G (8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3
ID-2: swap-1 size: 2.17GB used: 0.03GB (1%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda2
ID-3: swap-2 size: 3.73GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda4
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 48.0C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 140 Uptime: 8:54 Memory: 402.5/1134.2MB
Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.1.18

Phil
(inNC)

Other partition on HD is AntiX 13.2

Posted: **Sun Apr 20, 2014 4:11 pm**

I've got MX installed on a couple of laptops here. This one: HP Pavillion dv2000:

CPU: Dual core Intel Core2 Duo CPU T7250 (-MCP-) cache: 2048 KB
Clock Speeds: 1: 1600 MHz 2: 800 MHz
CPU Flags: acpi aperfmperf apic arch_perfmon bts clflush cmov
constant_tsc cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts est flexpriority
fpu fxsr ht ida lahf_lm lm mca mce mmx monitor msr mtrr nx pae pat
pbe pdcm pebs pge pni pse pse36 sep ss sse sse2 ssse3 tm tm2
tpr_shadow tsc vme vmx vnmi xtpr

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