2) do you mean this: synaptic > settings > repositories

In MX25-beta the "software-properties" are not installed, but nonetheless the repositories are not edible.After upgrading to Debian 13 ("Trixie")
Important: The Software & Updates GUI has been removed from Debian 13 ("Trixie"), and the previously installed version fails to run. Please perform the following steps to restore GUI repository editing capabilities and enable necessary repositories for your upgraded Debian 13 installation:
Remove old packages: In Synaptic do a package search for software-properties and uninstall the three previously installed matching packages.
Now the Settings > Repositories GUI will work. Click the New button and add the necessary Debian 13 repositories as follows:
URI: https://security.debian.org/
Distribution: trixie-security
Section(s): main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
URI: https://deb.debian.org/debian/
Distribution: trixie-updates
Section(s): main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
URI: https://deb.debian.org/debian/
Distribution: trixie
Section(s): main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
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jb@mx:~
$ picom
[ 09/23/2025 04:29:20.651 sanitize_options ERROR ] Backend not specified. You must choose one explicitly. Valid ones are:
[ 09/23/2025 04:29:20.651 sanitize_options ERROR ] dummy
[ 09/23/2025 04:29:20.651 sanitize_options ERROR ] xrender
[ 09/23/2025 04:29:20.651 sanitize_options ERROR ] egl
[ 09/23/2025 04:29:20.651 sanitize_options ERROR ] glx
[ 09/23/2025 04:29:20.651 session_init FATAL ERROR ] Failed to get configuration, usually mean you have specified invalid options.
[ 09/23/2025 04:29:20.651 main FATAL ERROR ] Failed to create new session.
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Snapshot created on: 20100101_0945
System:
Kernel: 6.15.11-1-liquorix-amd64 [6.15-12~mx25ahs] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.0 clocksource: tsc
avail: hpet,acpi_pm parameters: audit=0 intel_pstate=disable amd_pstate=disable
BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.15.11-1-liquorix-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
resume=UUID=<filter> resume_offset=19646464
Desktop: Xfce v: 4.20.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.48 wm: Compiz v: 0.8.18 with: xfce4-panel
tools: xfce4-screensaver vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie)
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: VAIO product: VJS112 v: Reserved serial: <superuser required> Chassis:
type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: VAIO model: VAIO serial: <superuser required> part-nu: COM uuid: <superuser required>
UEFI: Phoenix v: R0420K9 date: 05/30/2021
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 22.1 Wh (100.0%) condition: 22.1/34.9 Wh (63.2%) volts: 8.5 min: 7.6
model: VAIO Corp. VJ8BPS52 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: full
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i5-7200U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Amber/Kaby Lake note: check
gen: core 7 level: v3 note: check built: 2017 process: Intel 14nm family: 6 model-id: 0x8E (142)
stepping: 9 microcode: 0xF6
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 2 cores: 2 threads: 4 tpc: 2 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 128 KiB desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB desc: 2x256 KiB L3: 3 MiB desc: 1x3 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2510 min/max: 400/2601 boost: enabled scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq
governor: performance cores: 1: 2510 2: 2510 3: 2510 4: 2510 bogomips: 21599
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling mitigation: Microcode
Type: ghostwrite status: Not affected
Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: Split huge pages
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed mitigation: IBRS
Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: IBRS; IBPB: conditional; STIBP: conditional; RSB filling;
PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsa status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 620 driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5 process: Intel 14nm
built: 2016-20 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:5916 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Quanta Front camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-7:5 chip-ID: 0408:3020 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.16 compositor: Compiz v: 0.8.18 driver: X:
loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 509x286mm (20.04x11.26") s-diag: 584mm (22.99")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: PZ1.04G45.00 serial: <filter> built: 2016 res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60
scale: 100% (1) dpi: 190 gamma: 1.2 size: 257x145mm (10.12x5.71") diag: 295mm (11.6") ratio: 16:9
modes: 1920x1080
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris platforms: device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: iris
surfaceless: drv: swrast x11: drv: iris inactive: wayland,device-0
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.0.7-2 glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes
renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2) device-ID: 8086:5916 memory: 3.74 GiB unified: yes
Info: Tools: api: eglinfo,glxinfo de: xfce4-display-settings x11: xdriinfo, xdpyinfo, xprop,
xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_avs
bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:9d71 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.15.11-1-liquorix-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.5 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Foxconn
driver: ath10k_pci v: kernel modules: wl pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0
chip-ID: 168c:003e class-ID: 0280 temp: 48.0 C
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet driver: r8169 v: kernel
pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: d000 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
class-ID: 0200
IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Foxconn / Hon Hai driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1
mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-5:4 chip-ID: 0489:e0a4 class-ID: e001
Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 4.1 lmp-v: 7 sub-v: 25a
hci-v: 7 class-ID: 6c010c
Info: acl-mtu: 1024:8 sco-mtu: 50:8 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff
link-mode: peripheral accept service-classes: rendering, capturing, audio, telephony
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 119.24 GiB used: 63.22 GiB (53.0%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: MZNTY128HDHP-00000 size: 119.24 GiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 100Q scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 118.99 GiB size: 116.56 GiB (97.96%) used: 63.21 GiB (54.2%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 256 MiB size: 252 MiB (98.46%) used: 8.7 MiB (3.5%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 10.66 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swap/swap
ID-2: swap-2 type: zram size: 7.66 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100 comp: lz4
avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4hc,zstd,deflate,842 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 62.0 C pch: 55.5 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Repos:
Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2313 libs: 1162 tools: apt, apt-get, aptitude, nala, synaptic pm: rpm
pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.sources
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ trixie main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ trixie-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
3: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ trixie-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.sources
1: deb https://ftp.yz.yamagata-u.ac.jp/pub/Linux/MX-Linux-Packages/mx/repo/ trixie main non-free
2: deb https://ftp.yz.yamagata-u.ac.jp/pub/Linux/MX-Linux-Packages/mx/repo/ trixie ahs
Info:
Memory: total: N/A available: 7.66 GiB used: 3.66 GiB (47.7%)
Processes: 265 Power: uptime: 4h 14m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep avail: s2idle
wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend, test_resume image: 2.99 GiB
services: upowerd,xfce4-power-manager Init: SysVinit v: 3.14 runlevel: 5 default: 5
tool: service
Compilers: gcc: 14.2.0 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.37-release inxi: 3.3.38
Boot Mode: UEFI
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<channel name="xfce4-desktop" version="1.0">
<property name="backdrop" type="empty">
<property name="screen0" type="empty">
<property name="monitor0" type="empty">
<property name="image-path" type="string" value="/usr/share/backgrounds/xfce/default25.png"/>
<property name="image-style" type="int" value="3"/>
<property name="image-show" type="bool" value="true"/>
</property>
<property name="monitor1" type="empty">
<property name="image-path" type="string" value="/usr/share/backgrounds/xfce/default25.png"/>
<property name="image-style" type="int" value="3"/>
<property name="image-show" type="bool" value="true"/>
</property>
<property name="monitor2" type="empty">
<property name="image-path" type="string" value="/usr/share/backgrounds/xfce/default25.png"/>
<property name="image-style" type="int" value="3"/>
<property name="image-show" type="bool" value="true"/>
</property>
<property name="monitor3" type="empty">
<property name="image-path" type="string" value="/usr/share/backgrounds/xfce/default25.png"/>
<property name="image-style" type="int" value="3"/>
<property name="image-show" type="bool" value="true"/>
</property>
</property>
</property>
<property name="desktop-icons" type="empty">
<property name="icon-size" type="uint" value="32"/>
<property name="file-icons" type="empty">
<property name="show-home" type="bool" value="false"/>
<property name="show-filesystem" type="bool" value="false"/>
<property name="show-trash" type="bool" value="false"/>
<property name="show-removable" type="bool" value="false"/>
</property>
<property name="single-click" type="bool" value="true"/>
</property>
</channel>
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sudo nala upgrade -y
For picom to work, you need to create a user configuration fileJerry3904 wrote: Tue Sep 23, 2025 4:31 am Switching topics: in the Fluxbox version running installed on my ThinkPad , the compositor picom does not seem to be configured correctly:
--enabled in startup, logged out/in and then rebooted just in case
--in Tweak, the pull-down menu on the Compositor tab has no entry and neither of the picom buttons works
--in terminal apparent config problemsOr am I just missing something?Code: Select all
jb@mx:~ $ picom [ 09/23/2025 04:29:20.651 sanitize_options ERROR ] Backend not specified. You must choose one explicitly. Valid ones are: [ 09/23/2025 04:29:20.651 sanitize_options ERROR ] dummy [ 09/23/2025 04:29:20.651 sanitize_options ERROR ] xrender [ 09/23/2025 04:29:20.651 sanitize_options ERROR ] egl [ 09/23/2025 04:29:20.651 sanitize_options ERROR ] glx [ 09/23/2025 04:29:20.651 session_init FATAL ERROR ] Failed to get configuration, usually mean you have specified invalid options. [ 09/23/2025 04:29:20.651 main FATAL ERROR ] Failed to create new session.
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picom --daemon --config $HOME/.config/picom.conf &
Solution A works.fehlix wrote: Mon Sep 22, 2025 5:07 pmSome trouble shooting steps:re-user wrote: Mon Sep 22, 2025 11:13 am I'm too user to guess but I suspect something with the theme of grub.
I had a problem on the same imacs that under previous ubuntu can display grub only if "console" attribute given to grub.
A) Maybe check whether it is is or not related to the new live-grub theme by switching the live-grub to terminal console only.
Add a line like thisas last line to the live grub.cfg file at /boot/grub/grub.cfg an the live usb.Code: Select all
terminal_output console
It would then show grub as black/with console alike liveGrub menu. And would give and indication about either graphic-module changes,
or if not loaded mayb something with the used efi.image/efi-partition on the liveUSB.
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System:
Kernel: 6.12.43+deb13-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.0 clocksource: hpet
avail: acpi_pm parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/antiX/vmlinuz quiet splasht nosplash lang=it_IT kbd=it,us
tz=Europe/Rome
Desktop: Xfce v: 4.20.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.48 wm: xfwm4 v: 4.20.0 with: xfce4-panel
tools: xfce4-screensaver vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: MX-25_Xfce_beta1_x64 Infinity
September 21 2025 base: Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie)
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Apple product: iMac9,1 v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required> Chassis:
type: 13 v: Mac-F2218EA9 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Apple model: Mac-F2218EA9 serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required>
UEFI: Apple v: IM91.88Z.008D.B08.0904271717 date: 04/27/09
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core2 Duo E8135 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Penryn level: v1 built: 2008
process: Intel 45nm family: 6 model-id: 0x17 (23) stepping: 0xA (10) microcode: 0xA07
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 2 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 128 KiB
desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 6 MiB desc: 1x6 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1592 min/max: 1596/2660 scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil
cores: 1: 1592 2: 1592 bogomips: 10613
Flags: ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: Split huge pages
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: EPT disabled
Type: mds status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode; SMT disabled
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass status: Vulnerable
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; STIBP: disabled; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not
affected; BHI: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsa status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA C79 [GeForce 9400] vendor: Apple iMac 9 1 driver: nouveau v: kernel non-free:
series: 340.xx status: legacy (EOL~2019-12-xx) last: release: 340.108 kernel: 5.4 xorg: 1.20
arch: Tesla process: 40-80nm built: 2006-2013 ports: active: LVDS-1 empty: none bus-ID: 03:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:0867 class-ID: 0300 temp: 67.0 C
Device-2: Apple Built-in iSight driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-4:4 chip-ID: 05ac:8502 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.16 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.20.0 driver: X:
loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: nouveau gpu: nouveau display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1680x1050 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 444x277mm (17.48x10.91") s-diag: 523mm (20.6")
Monitor-1: LVDS-1 model: Apple Color LCD serial: <filter> built: 2006 res: mode: 1680x1050
hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 99 gamma: 1.2 size: 433x270mm (17.05x10.63") diag: 510mm (20.1")
ratio: 16:10 modes: max: 1680x1050 min: 640x350
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia nouveau platforms: device: 0 drv: nouveau device: 1 drv: swrast
gbm: drv: nouveau surfaceless: drv: nouveau x11: drv: nouveau inactive: wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.5 compat-v: 3.3 vendor: mesa v: 25.0.7-2 glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes
renderer: NVAC device-ID: 10de:0867 memory: 242.2 MiB unified: yes
Info: Tools: api: eglinfo,glxinfo de: xfce4-display-settings x11: xdriinfo, xdpyinfo, xprop,
xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA MCP79 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:08.0
chip-ID: 10de:0ac0 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.12.43+deb13-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.5 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: NVIDIA MCP79 Ethernet driver: forcedeth v: kernel port: 21e0 bus-ID: 00:0a.0
chip-ID: 10de:0ab0 class-ID: 0200
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Device-2: Broadcom BCM4322 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN vendor: Apple AirPort Extreme driver: wl
v: kernel modules: ssb pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:432b
class-ID: 0280
IF: wlan0 state: dormant mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, nfsd, smbd, systemd-networkd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Apple Built-in Bluetooth 2.0+EDR HCI driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 4-1.1:3 chip-ID: 05ac:8215 class-ID: fe01
serial: <filter>
Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 2.1 lmp-v: 4 sub-v: 21b4
hci-v: 4 rev: 16c class-ID: 6c0104
Info: acl-mtu: 1021:5 sco-mtu: 64:1 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff park
link-mode: peripheral accept service-classes: rendering, capturing, audio, telephony
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 305.48 GiB used: 2.53 GiB (0.8%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital model: WD3200AAJS-40H3A0 size: 298.09 GiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s tech: N/A serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 4A11 scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Kingston model: DT 101 G2 size: 7.39 GiB block-size:
physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB rev: 2.0 spd: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 tech: N/A
serial: <filter> fw-rev: PMAP scheme: MBR
SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
Message: No partition data found.
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 46.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 67.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 1199
Repos:
Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2206 libs: 1118 tools: apt, apt-get, aptitude, nala, synaptic pm: rpm
pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.sources
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ trixie main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ trixie-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
3: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ trixie-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.sources
1: deb http://it.mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ trixie main non-free
Info:
Memory: total: 1.75 GiB available: 1.68 GiB used: 1.01 GiB (60.2%)
Processes: 244 Power: uptime: 1m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep avail: s2idle wakeups: 0
hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend, test_resume image: 679.2 MiB
services: upowerd,xfce4-power-manager Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical tool: systemctl
Compilers: gcc: 14.2.0 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.37-release inxi: 3.3.38
Boot Mode: UEFI