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Unofficial MX Respin for LXDE Desktop updated

Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2023 4:24 am
by user-green
I am pleased to announce my first release of unofficial MX re-spin for LXDE Desktop. The Japanese version is available, too.
Here is the downloading address:

ttps://sourceforge.net/projects/mx-respin-iso/files/lxde/lxde-core-20230203/
sourceforge.net/projects/mx-respin-iso/
https://sourceforge.net/projects/mx-respin-lxde/

Re-spins are also archived at https://archive.org/details/@usergreen?query=lxde

MX Respin LXDE デスクトップとその日本語版をリリースしました。ふつうの Linux ディストリビューションとして使えます。すべてのアップデートは適用済みです。上記アドレスよりダウンロードできます。

Best regards,
Green

Re: Unofficial MX Respin for LXDE Desktop Released

Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2023 7:49 am
by bin
As a fan of the LXDE Desktop I'm very pleased to see this announcement. Downloading - albeit very sloooooowwwwwllllyyyy..... looking forward to giving it a whirl. I find that it helps to use xfwm4 instead of openbox for window management these days due to the issues with gtk2 support as we move towards Bookworm.

Re: Unofficial MX Respin for LXDE Desktop Released

Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2023 9:55 am
by AVLinux
Hi, Great work!

I had been doing an LXDE build for a while but put it aside decided to work with Enlightenment instead, good to see another LXDE spin out there, I'm sure people will appreciate it, kudos to you!

Re: Unofficial MX Respin for LXDE Desktop Released

Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2023 8:59 pm
by user-green
Thank you, bin and AVLinux

I am sorry, but there is a bug for the released re-spin.
Each MX Tool should start from commandline, as it might NOT start up from Main Menu.
In order to know the right command of an MX application, right-click the menu > Edit Launcher > Command.

And also please be noted that audio is muted by default (though this is not a bug).

Best regards.

Re: Unofficial MX Respin for LXDE Desktop Released

Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2023 10:41 pm
by figueroa
LXDE installs beautifully from the MX Package Installer with lovely and very usable defaults. Why would a respin be needed?

Re: Unofficial MX Respin for LXDE Desktop Released

Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 1:47 am
by user-green
figueroa wrote:
LXDE installs beautifully from the MX Package Installer with lovely and very usable defaults. Why would a respin be needed?
It is because I would like to provide an out-of-the-box Linux distribution for non-English users. So I added many language supports in my respins other than English.

For example, there are many websites that introduce Ubuntu Japanese remix. The reason is simple: it is important for non-English people whether he or she could use a Linux distribution in its native language or not. So there still many websites that tell how to set up Japanese environment on MX.

Re: Unofficial MX Respin for LXDE Desktop Released

Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 5:52 am
by user-green
To figueroa,
You gave me a good suggestion to fix the bug I mentioned. I tested as you said by MXPI and compared with my respin.
Then it was made clear that the missing of LXDE PolicyKit was the cause.

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apt install lxpolkit
It will fix the bug.
Thank you.

Re: Unofficial MX Respin for LXDE Desktop Released

Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2023 2:53 am
by user-green
The LXDE Desktop version has been updated to fix the previous bug.
It is now available from https://sourceforge.net/projects/mx-res ... -20230205/

Best regards.

Re: Unofficial MX Respin for LXDE Desktop Released

Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2023 6:48 pm
by user-green
For your information,

Screen Lock is NOT supported by default on LXDE Desktop.
In order to use screen-lock function, you need to install lxlock package as follows:

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apt install lxlock
But please be noted that power management tool like xfce4-power-manager sometimes conflicts with lxlock. If the conflict occured, screen-lock might not be enabled.
In that case, a workaround is to remove xfce4-power-manager.

Best regards.

P.S.
To disable touchpad from command line, execute:

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synclient touchpadoff=1
To enable touchpad from command line, execute:

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synclient touchpadoff=0
Or you can also use GUI applet "TouchPad Indicator" as follows:

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apt install touchpad-indicator

Re: Unofficial MX Respin for LXDE Desktop Released

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2023 8:26 am
by ydek
Congratulations on Respin MX LXDE, it will be very useful for old computers/notebooks.
Thanks for adding in ISO the locales pt_BR.UTF-8 - Portuguese locale for Brasil

Greetings!