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Hi everybody,

I currently use two monitors additionally to my notebook. I've added for each monitor a new panel.
When I remove my notebook from the docking station, the other panels are not disabled and appear on the screen.

- Notebook: panel on the left
- Monitor #1: panel on the top
- Monitor #2 ...

Hi everybody,

I'm not a professional (MX) Linux user and I wanted to understand the "sudo apt upgrade" command.
I thought this terminal command will install the last version of the available (installed) programms.
But it seems this only occurs for dedicated software.

How to set this behaviour to ...

I have a notebook with a fingerprint reader . I installed MX Linux 21 and I want to enable the fingerprint function but I don't find a way to achieve that.
I installed fprintd using the MX manager and I execute the fprintd-enroll to scan my fingerprint. I seem to work BUT... how (/where/how) should ...

I don't wish to always handle the graphic card manually. Is there another way? You can put it in Application Autostart tab, in Session and Startup from Menu, as a .sh file (but this time it will start without Nvidia always ..)

Or , again as a .sh file in Keyboard => Shortcuts tab .. if you ...

In your MX install, you currently have no control over the Nvidia card, so it's on at all times, wasting power and generating heat. If you can get Bumblebee working, then the Nvidia card will be off until invoked with optirun, making the battery life as least as good as in Windows (at least that ...

A Gaming laptop with a 45W CPU and discreet Graphics that consumes anywhere between 35-55w will never have good battery life, no matter what OS is running. This has been the thorn in the side of all gaming laptops since the day they were created. I recall battery drain times of less than an hour ...

There are five available bios updates for your laptop and can be found here:

https://www.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/support-product/8305?b=1

It looks like versions 1.03 and 1.04 deal with enhancing the feature set.

Unfortunately, you will need Win 10 installed in order to apply them


I have ...

There are five available bios updates for your laptop and can be found here:

https://www.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/support-product/8305?b=1

It looks like versions 1.03 and 1.04 deal with enhancing the feature set.

Unfortunately, you will need Win 10 installed in order to apply them


Thank you ...

On new Acer laptops like yours you have to set up an Administrator password for the Insyde H20 Set-Up Utility in order to access the advanced options.

Boot Mode: UEFI
Secure Boot: Disabled
I set an admin password, but it doesn't matter. I don't get any new options in BIOS
I still get the ...