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I wonder what are people's '10 things to do after installing MX-Linux' (in this case 18.3) ?

For me , i was uninstalling the games , installing whisker menu , installing nvidia driver , installing codecs , installing vlc , filetransfer , update then straight to work ...

I don't take that much steps , since MX provided everything i need for my work .

Please share your version of '10 things to do after installing MX Linux 18.3'

A bit puzzled.

Whisker menu is already installed by default.

And vlc, I believe.

This subject has already been discussed here.

asqwerth wrote: Thu Aug 01, 2019 7:44 am A bit puzzled.

Whisker menu is already installed by default.

And vlc, I believe.

And codecs (libav). Not sure what "file transfer" is.

JayM wrote: Thu Aug 01, 2019 7:45 am That's already been discussed here.

You just linked back here.

asqwerth wrote: Thu Aug 01, 2019 7:44 am A bit puzzled.

Whisker menu is already installed by default.

And vlc, I believe.

yes , but little did i know , at that time my installer image was a bit broken , so whisker menu , vlc , and a part of Libre Office wasn't properly installed , installing them from the MX Package Installer fixed the problem

sunrat wrote: Thu Aug 01, 2019 8:11 am And codecs (libav). Not sure what "file transfer" is.

I was migrating from win7 , just doing some file transfer from the NAS my workplace installed

1. Enable my data disk in the disk manager
2. Change my wall paper
3. Fire up synaptic and load about 30 programs (adds to maybe 160 packages with all dependencies) Such as audacity, k3b, ksnip, bleachbit, ripperx, handbrake, scid, stockfish, eboard, espeak....I really should automate this with aptik !
4. Run synaptic to get all updates
5.Widen the panel change the clock so it shows seconds
6. Install the NVidia driver with the MX Package Installer
7. Switch conky to the antiX conky
8. Set up a desktop short cut to the data drive
9. Run bleachbit to clear all the post install stuff out
10. Reboot and test stability after all the up dates
11. Configure Firefox, set home page to duckduckgo, set downloads to go to a folder on the data drive, import bookmarks, add noscript
12. ....? what else?

The codec installer is the easy way to get the Movie DVD playback working, as well as add a few quite small texture libraries that many games will benefit from having installed.

1) add temp sensor for the mobo (needs some extra stuff done other than just "sensors-detect")
2) remap buttons on Logitech ergo
3) install nvidia
4) set up dual monitors
5) set up xbox controller
6) check if bluetooth works
7) disk manager - set up automounted partitions
8 ) set up panel
9) set up mouse acceleration
10) install codecs

At this point I am at page 8 of 29 pages in LO to go through with things I do to set up my system exactly like I want it.

Update everything

Purge useless bloatware: adobeflash*, virtualbox*, ntp, ntpdate, transmission-gtk, clementine, smtube, geany, featherpad, conky

Install: chrony, mousepad, gkrellm, gkrelltop

Disable useless autostarting bloatware: avahi, samba, bluetooth, cups, cups-browsed, pppd-dns, rpcbind, openvpn

Purge firefox and thunderbird and put the versions from Mozilla's web site in home folder so they don't have root access.

Tweak stuff like panel, settings, keboard shortcuts and install other software.

Apologies for necroposting. One thing that needs to be done as of early- to mid-2020 is to run MX Repo Manager from the main menu and change your MX mirror to one of these:

• Italy, Milan - http://it.mxrepo.com
• Netherlands, Alblasserdam - http://nl.mxrepo.com
• United States, Los Angeles CA - http://la.mxrepo.com
• United States, Salt Lake City UT - http://mxrepo.com

These are MX's own mirrors. The others are voluntarily run by various third parties and many of them appear to have been neglected since early 2020 and are no longer working properly. Then click Apply and run in a terminal to load the new mirror's package list.

(Lots of people still have broken package mirrors so this is why I'm posting this.)