What killer feature(s) would the MX devs love to implement?
Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2024 7:20 pm
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What killer feature(s) would the MX devs love to implement?
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Re: What killer feature(s) would the MX devs love to implement?
Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2024 10:11 pm
Working desktop-agnostic gui switch nvidia Optimus graphics. Solutions for Ubuntu and arch based distros tend not to work on Debian.
Re: What killer feature(s) would the MX devs love to implement?
Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2024 5:49 am
Thanks, guys. Great distro!!
Re: What killer feature(s) would the MX devs love to implement?
Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2024 7:27 am
Not a dev, but I'd like automatic and working in-place-upgrades from one main version to another like e.g. Mint does it :)
Re: What killer feature(s) would the MX devs love to implement?
Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2024 8:00 am
... But Mint's is actually no different than MX's:
It's done through normal updates
However it won't upgrade i.e. from 17.3 Rosa to 18.0 Sylvia (different Ubuntu bases).. so, you need to reinstall.
It's done through normal updates
However it won't upgrade i.e. from 17.3 Rosa to 18.0 Sylvia (different Ubuntu bases).. so, you need to reinstall.
Re: What killer feature(s) would the MX devs love to implement?
Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2024 8:06 am
There is mintupgrade which allows jumps of major versions 
I used this to upgrade my Mint system from 20 to 21 successfully.
https://linuxmint-user-guide.readthedoc ... nt-21.html
I used this to upgrade my Mint system from 20 to 21 successfully.https://linuxmint-user-guide.readthedoc ... nt-21.html
Re: What killer feature(s) would the MX devs love to implement?
Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2024 8:23 am
MadMax wrote: Sun Apr 14, 2024 7:27 am Not a dev, but I'd like automatic and working in-place-upgrades from one main version to another like e.g. Mint does it :)
Re: What killer feature(s) would the MX devs love to implement?
Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2024 8:50 am
Also not a dev, but I have wished for years that there was an MX minimal version that supported the choices of Debian Test and Unstable
EDIT: and let me add in my waxing: it would be nice if the version allowed init choice(s) as well.
I believe that type of test bed would allow a lot of pre-trial work on MX before major technology changes, like Wayland.
EDIT: and let me add in my waxing: it would be nice if the version allowed init choice(s) as well.
I believe that type of test bed would allow a lot of pre-trial work on MX before major technology changes, like Wayland.
Re: What killer feature(s) would the MX devs love to implement?
Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2024 9:18 am
Where do I start?
- Fine-grained window and decoration metrics and colour scheme support, as was possible on Windows 7 and earlier.
- 3D style/skeumorphic themes and icons, not like the boring flat icons and boring flat borders of today.
- UAC-style Sudo prompt that can't be tampered with by applications (or at least, is hard to do so). Or a simple "Yes/No" prompt instead of having to enter the password every time, if so desired.
- A proper GUI toolkit that isn't a glorified OS on steroids (Qt), isn't encumbered by regular breakage (GTK) and well-integrated into the desktop environment.
- Move much of the drivers out of the kernel and as separate modules, so the kernel doesn't have to be rebuilt every time it's updated.
- Minimal non-bloaty boot loader that doesn't take 30 seconds to decide that, yes, that disk drive is indeed, a disk drive.
- Device Manager style GUI hardware manager.
- Case-insensitive file system
- A proper servicing stack for updates, instead of the bodge "let's run this and hope it doesn't crash the session" solution.
- One single, coherent service management system.
- One single, coherent init system (instead of five)
Re: What killer feature(s) would the MX devs love to implement?
Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2024 9:31 am
manyroads wrote: Sun Apr 14, 2024 8:50 am
EDIT: and let me add in my waxing: it would be nice if the version allowed init choice(s) as well.
I believe that type of test bed would allow a lot of pre-trial work on MX before major technology changes, like Wayland.
antiX is playing around with that idea currently.
We offer you a development release of antiX-23-full edition (32 and 64 bit) shipping with 4 init systems out of the box and still systemd-free!
*sysVinit
*runit
*s6
*s6-66
This ‘spin’ has been developed by ProwlerGR and is fully supported by the antiX team, even though it is in development stage.
* Multiple grub (isolinux) entries available allow to boot live into any of the 4 available inits
* The s6-rc Service Manager (inspired by the runit Service Manager), comes preinstalled making s6-rc management a breeze.
* Service files have been optimised, providing a very strong foundation for any official work to come.
UNOFFICIAL antiX-23 “init-diversity” spin. https://www.antixforum.com/forums/topic ... sity-spin/