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Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.14.5 wm: kwin_x11 dm: SDDM Distro: MX-19.3_KDE_x64 patito feo November 11 ...

Thanks for feedback.

Yes i can see that those screens do have a "Help" button that launches the "Help Centre" guide.
The "Font Management" help does directly link to the applicable section in the guide. However, help for the "Fonts" tab is not active although there is a section in the "Help Centre ...

HI,

upgraded my install of MX19XFCE to KDE and so far happy with the upgrade.
I have come across a few issues tho, mainly with the availability of the "Help" feature on some of the screens.
It may be just me assuming help would be available for all of the settings, maybe it isn't?

Couple of ...

Thanks for all the advice you guys give.
I’m comforted that some of you also experience an always on fan, having just spent money to “re-use” the old laptop by installing a modern SSD and upgrading the RAM I was hoping to get more life out of the battery if it didn’t have to spin the HDD anymore ...

Thanks for the clarification, however I can't locate the mentioned TLP-UI package in Synaptic.
I see a package called TLP but that appears to be for battery management, and its already installed.
I tried a Live Distro - Xubuntu, but that didn't make any difference to the FAN.
The fan does seem to be ...

@stevo haha no not dead but re-used.

Will try another distro, but I’ve a feeling it will be the same with the constant fan. I’ve tried many distros before settling on MX as my preferred choice. Will try it though cos MX has a great Snapshot utility to restore my build.

Will try the stress test you ...

BIOS “always on” fan setting is set to disabled.
AntiX kernel seemed to increase CPU so have reverted to original.

Thanks for the YouTube link, unfortunately its the wrong model.
Mine is a 1101SA. I'll have a go at disassembly some time, but I fear its not straight forward as I don't think the back panel removes as easy as the video shows.

Hi Guys,

I'm new to Linux, have recently resurrected an old HP Pavilion DM1 that was formerly running Windows 10 by upgrading the RAM to the 5Gb maximum and installed a Crucial MX500, 500 Gb SSD drive. I have installed MX Linux 19.2 and the machine boots up really nice, no noticeable issues with ...