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Re: MX-18 Feedback
Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2018 10:00 pm
by richb
Gordon Cooper wrote: Thu Dec 20, 2018 9:54 pm
@ entropyfoe. Like your comment of no re-tweaking. After years of trying to make things look better, I have given up tweaks and use the OS just as it arrives. The left-hand side panel, basic wallpaper and screen layout are fully acceptable as is. With no cosmetic changes to make, the system is put to use without delay. Yes,there are a few additions, qBittorrrent and choice of Conky immediately, a video editor and Audacity, leter when they are needed.
I am constantly tweaking. And in my mind it always looks better and easier to use with each tweak. Of course it is pretty darn good if left alone.
Re: MX-18 Feedback
Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2018 11:08 pm
by Gordon Cooper
That is one of the really good properties of MX, it can be left alone. Reminds me of one of the aviation navigational aids we looked after nearly 70 years ago. A team came from HQ every couple of years to do a so called overhaul. They did tweak some settings but once they had departed, we put all the adjustments back to where they had been and the equipment kept running perfectly. IMHO many of the reported bugs in MX, are the result of unnecessary tweaks.
Re: MX-18 Feedback
Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2018 11:40 pm
by asqwerth
Gordon Cooper wrote: Thu Dec 20, 2018 11:08 pm
... IMHO many of the reported bugs in MX, are the result of unnecessary tweaks.
Depends what you tweak, though.
Aesthetic tweaks - themes, icons, wallpaper, conky - are fun! (YMMV) and don't affect the system.
I never touch the left horizontal panel, because I'm used to it in MX and it makes sense to me (when I use Gnome desktop I leave the Dash on the left edge as well).
But I add a small horizontal panel at the bottom to act as a dock.
Re: MX-18 Feedback
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2018 4:49 am
by Paul..
Stevo wrote: Thu Dec 20, 2018 9:52 pm
Paul.. wrote: Thu Dec 20, 2018 8:50 pm
Stevo wrote: Thu Dec 20, 2018 6:55 pm
Archive.org uploads are done. Now with the slideshow yoinked from mxlinux.org!
Just tried the 64bit...torrent delivered the .iso and other stuff in the folder, 1.45GB in under a minute. NICE!!
Well, that's great! Where are you in relation to San Francisco?
Boston area...very impressive...smokin' fast!
Re: MX-18 Feedback
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2018 5:44 am
by xinomilo
hey all, thanks for a stable-fast release and for implementing encryption in MX18 installer :)
tried MX with 18beta first (interested to check out luks with mx) and then RC1 and now MX18 official.. i only have one issue on boot time. possibly plymouth related (?).
install process with encryption finishes succesfully everytime, but boot would get stuck on plymouth theme after input of luks passphrase. have to press F1 to go to verbose mode for boot to actually continue.. otherwise it stays stuck on that screen for ever.
tried different plymouth themes, and in some of them i get no input box for luks passphrase). in other plymouth themes i just get stuck there as mentioned above. till i press F1 and escape boot theme.
any ideas/fixes/workarounds?
thanks,
d.
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# inxi -Fxrz
System: Host: **** Kernel: 4.19.4-2-siduction-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 6.3.0
Desktop: Xfce 4.12.3 Distro: MX-18_x64 Continuum December 17 2018
base: Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch)
Machine: Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 4174W2X v: ThinkPad T420s serial: <filter>
Mobo: LENOVO model: 4174W2X serial: <filter> UEFI [Legacy]: LENOVO
v: 8CET59WW (1.39 ) date: 04/29/2015
Battery: ID-1: BAT0 charge: 22.2 Wh condition: 22.2/44.4 Wh (50%) model: SANYO 45N1039
status: Full
CPU: Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5-2520M bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Sandy Bridge rev: 7 L2 cache: 3072 KiB
flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 19936
Speed: 797 MHz min/max: 800/3200 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 797 2: 797 3: 797 4: 797
Graphics: Device-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics driver: i915
v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.19.2 driver: intel resolution: 1600x900~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Sandybridge Mobile v: 3.3 Mesa 18.2.6
direct render: Yes
Audio: Device-1: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0
Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.19.4-2-siduction-amd64
Network: Device-1: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k port: 4080
bus ID: 00:19.0
IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter driver: ath9k v: kernel
port: efa0 bus ID: 03:00.0
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 42.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 1995
Re: MX-18 Feedback
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2018 6:44 am
by Pierre
it's now on an Laptop thus:
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Pierre@mx-18:~
$ inxi -Fxz
System: Host: mx-18 Kernel: 4.19.0-1-686-pae i686 bits: 32 compiler: gcc v: 6.3.0
Desktop: Xfce 4.12.3 Distro: MX-18_386 Continuum Dec 20 2018
base: Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch)
Machine: Type: Kvm System: Acer product: Aspire 5920G v: N/A serial: <filter>
Mobo: Acer model: Chapala serial: <filter> BIOS: Acer v: 1.3706 date: 07/25/2007
Battery: ID-1: BAT1 charge: 20.1 Wh condition: 20.1/71.0 Wh (28%) model: SANYO Chapala
status: Full
CPU: Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core2 Duo T7300 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Core Merom
rev: A L2 cache: 4096 KiB
flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 8000
Speed: 1073 MHz min/max: 800/2001 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1073 2: 1335
Graphics: Device-1: NVIDIA G86M [GeForce 8600M GS] driver: nouveau v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.0
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.19.2 driver: nouveau unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa
resolution: 1280x800~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: NV86 v: 3.3 Mesa 18.2.6 direct render: Yes
Audio: Device-1: Intel 82801H HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0
Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.19.0-1-686-pae
Network: Device-1: Intel PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN [Kedron] Network driver: iwl4965
v: in-tree: port: 2000 bus ID: 06:00.0
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Broadcom Limited NetLink BCM5787M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express driver: tg3
v: 3.137 port: 2000 bus ID: 08:00.0
IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives: Local Storage: total: 232.89 GiB used: 105.36 GiB (45.2%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD2500BEVS-22UST0 size: 232.89 GiB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 14.70 GiB used: 4.76 GiB (32.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
ID-2: /home size: 196.62 GiB used: 100.60 GiB (51.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3
ID-3: swap-1 size: 3.00 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda4
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 75.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 81 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info: Processes: 189 Uptime: 1m Memory: 3.88 GiB used: 573.4 MiB (14.4%) Init: SysVinit
runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 6.3.0 Shell: bash v: 4.4.12 inxi: 3.0.25
Pierre@mx-18:~
this Laptop was running MX -16,, until a few hours ago .. ..
many eons ago it was saddled with Vista
Re: MX-18 Feedback
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2018 7:08 am
by svx_biker
Any reason the live USB shows as antiXlive when loaded on an existing machine?
I guess it's the second description that newer versions of gparted show besides the label.
Re: MX-18 Feedback
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2018 7:17 am
by Jerry3904
I think b/c the entire Live system was worked out by the antiX developers.
Re: MX-18 Feedback
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2018 7:43 am
by richb
Gparted shows MX-Live in my case when the Live USB is inserted. Made with MX Live USB Maker.
Re: MX-18 Feedback
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2018 8:51 am
by Gerson
Everything works perfect in MX 18 x64, only when I use Firefox and Thunderbird at the same time freeze the machine at times, if I use only Thunderbird there is no problem. This is a situation that happened to me in MX 17 that's why I stopped using Firefox and I think I'm going to uninstall it in MX 18 and use Vivaldi or Opera.