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WOW! When I saw this thread started I figure it would blowup but not to this extent. I will make my answer to this question as respectful and as easy as I can for the Developers. Can you make MX25 a surprise? I hope this is not too much to ask and is possible.

CharlesV wrote: Tue Jun 03, 2025 11:20 pm
And if XFCE doesnt ring your bell... then KDE or one of the other DE's. But dont change MY default's please!

I am willing to bet that most of my suggestions will satisfy more users, not less. I am not in a position to change anything; I'm just remembering some of my issues as I was getting used to things. I am well aware that many things can be changed, but the ease at which they can be changed is not ideal...and quite unfriendly compared to those spyware OSs we all know.

As I said, I have tried many other DEs. I am impatient and xfce is fast (and I have gotten used to its quirks).
PS. I almost forgot. I want MX Linux to be able to run flatpak files without doing the mental equivalent of "what is this?" and not being able to run it in the GUI.

user101
You can use the G.U.I. to install Flatpak files by using the MX Package Installer by using the last tab on the right and is the way I do it since I had many bad experiences with using the command line interface.

Mauser wrote: Wed Jun 04, 2025 12:33 am You can use the G.U.I. to install Flatpak files by using the MX Package Installer by using the last tab on the right and is the way I do it since I had many bad experiences with using the command line interface.

Yes but I'm talking about ones downloaded from third-party sites outside of the (mostly old) flatpaks offered in MX Linux.

Mauser wrote: Tue Jun 03, 2025 11:42 pm WOW! When I saw this thread started I figure it would blowup but not to this extent. I will make my answer to this question as respectful and as easy as I can for the Developers. Can you make MX25 a surprise? I hope this is not too much to ask and is possible.

I'll try and see if they can make the default desktop background neon yellow, after that changing every 10 seconds to a different neon color, no mouse support from the getgo (you have to start that yourself) and without any icons at all to simply tab to, so you have to dig for about 5 minutes while enjoying the colors until you keyboard yourself to the configs.

user101 wrote: Tue Jun 03, 2025 10:21 pm I have tried several. Thanks so much for your 'concern'...

It's neither concern nor mock concern. You clearly have issue with a lot of fundamental Xfce behaviors and want MX Linux to countermand upstream Xfce decisions to suit your peccadilloes. Keep doubting trying, Etienne. I'd rather you be happy with something fast than miserable with something fast.

CharlesV wrote: Tue Jun 03, 2025 11:20 pm The beauty of Linux is that you can make it pretty much anything you want.. and change it how YOU like.

And if XFCE doesnt ring your bell... then KDE or one of the other DE's. But dont change MY default's please!

This is largely my sentiment as well. Most of the vocabulary spent on this thread boils down to "I have a tweak I like and I want to inflict it on everyone else for my convenience". Fortunately the MX dev team isn't a democracy and these sorts of decisions aren't decided by a popularity contest. Personally I like the look and feel of Windows 10 dark mode, and my theme reflects that. Asking "please force everyone else to use the Windows 10 Dark theme for MX-25" is myopic, selfish, and rude. That would be like children writing letters to Santa Claus about what other kids deserve to get for Christmas.

Mauser wrote: Tue Jun 03, 2025 11:42 pm WOW! When I saw this thread started I figure it would blowup but not to this extent. I will make my answer to this question as respectful and as easy as I can for the Developers. Can you make MX25 a surprise? I hope this is not too much to ask and is possible.

We cannae do that I'm afraid captain! We only have 1.2GWh o' developer power left! We need the power to implement our new Neon Background Seizure Wallpaper security feature!

Sorry, haven't read all this thread, but all I ask is that things like flatpak, be user option to install or not, don't make it default, stick with deb packages only.

WARNING: THIS POST CONTAINS STRANGE THINGS

I love recommending MX Linux to everyone who wants Linux without having to understand how to use a Debian (Remember? Ubuntu is that African word that means I don't know how to install Debian).

The result for a good recipe is to mix ingredients from different origins. I sometimes do it.

I always dream that some distributions would help each other instead of looking at each other from afar, at least with the "special packages"; sometimes I add the repo of MX Linux and SparkyLinux to Debian or Devuan.

The problem is that Aptus from SparkyLinux is very nice, but has a flaw: it turns any distro into a Sparky where it is used, a problem I solved by changing the package dependencies.

What would I like? For MX Linux and SparkyLinux to join forces for the "special packages" and to have a commonly used Aptus between the two distros.

Is that too much?

Eadwine Rose wrote: Wed Jun 04, 2025 1:09 am

Mauser wrote: Tue Jun 03, 2025 11:42 pm WOW! When I saw this thread started I figure it would blowup but not to this extent. I will make my answer to this question as respectful and as easy as I can for the Developers. Can you make MX25 a surprise? I hope this is not too much to ask and is possible.

I'll try and see if they can make the default desktop background neon yellow, after that changing every 10 seconds to a different neon color, no mouse support from the getgo (you have to start that yourself) and without any icons at all to simply tab to, so you have to dig for about 5 minutes while enjoying the colors until you keyboard yourself to the configs.

Let's add subliminal messages to every forth picture while were at it.