AV Linux MX Edition 23.1 progress

[Aceediq]

@AVLinux is there a way to have Zyn fusion on AVL MXE?

[AVLinux]

Hi,

I no longer include the KX Studio Repos but people can usually safely cherry pick stuff after installing from this page here: https://kx.studio/Repositories:Plugins

Some of the KX stuff is maintained regularly some is not maintained at all, I provide the popular 'Distrho-ports' Plugins but I'm not going any further down that road.. Plugins are an endless, limitless and a thankless task...lol

[Aceediq]

what necessitated the addition of openshot?

also @AVLinux @Stevo is there any linux firewall gui program as simple and easy to use as simplewall?

Don't know much about firewalls, I ship gufw because that seems to be the MX default.. Some people who aren't experienced with Video editing like Openshot, it is simpler to get started with than Kdenlive and Cinelerra-GG. I prefer Cinelerra-GG myself and have used it for many years but AVL is geared to all types of Users. As always the Package Manager can remove anything you don't use..

The MX Linux firewall gui program - summary.

4.5.1 Uncomplicated Firewall configuration

The "Firewall Configuration" is a GUI app used for the configuration of the "Uncomplicated Firewall",
aka UFW. This makes it a simple task for novice users to configure their firewall. This GUI app
(gufw) is installed by default in Xfce and Fluxbox only. KDE users can search in MXPI for the
package named ‘gufw’ to get the same "Firewall Configuration" app.

Gufw/firewall configuration does meet my needs...I need a firewall app that can limit internet connection on a per app basis...for example, my system is connected to the net through wifi but let me say chrome is not able to access the net, other app can...

[Aceediq]

Hi,

I no longer include the KX Studio Repos but people can usually safely cherry pick stuff after installing from this page here: https://kx.studio/Repositories:Plugins

Some of the KX stuff is maintained regularly some is not maintained at all, I provide the popular 'Distrho-ports' Plugins but I'm not going any further down that road.. Plugins are an endless, limitless and a thankless task...lol

Thanks

[FullScale4Me]

Don't know much about firewalls, I ship gufw because that seems to be the MX default.. Some people who aren't experienced with Video editing like Openshot, it is simpler to get started with than Kdenlive and Cinelerra-GG. I prefer Cinelerra-GG myself and have used it for many years but AVL is geared to all types of Users. As always the Package Manager can remove anything you don't use..

The MX Linux firewall gui program - summary.

4.5.1 Uncomplicated Firewall configuration

The "Firewall Configuration" is a GUI app used for the configuration of the "Uncomplicated Firewall",
aka UFW. This makes it a simple task for novice users to configure their firewall. This GUI app
(gufw) is installed by default in Xfce and Fluxbox only. KDE users can search in MXPI for the
package named ‘gufw’ to get the same "Firewall Configuration" app.

Gufw/firewall configuration does meet my needs...I need a firewall app that can limit internet connection on a per app basis...for example, my system is connected to the net through wifi but let me say chrome is not able to access the net, other app can...

In MX Program Installer is a firewall called Opensnitch that can be 'trained' on an app by app basis. After a rule is made in the training it can be turned on/off at will without having to be recreated each time.

Dedicate a significant amount of time for first training as EVERY app that tries to access anything off machine will trigger a rule creation (training).

[AVLinux]

Hi, just an update..

I've hit a couple of snags, one is a long-running peculiarity of Enlightenment and it has shown me another error in my own methodology regarding Icons..

Anyone who has installed my previous MXDE-EFL Enlightenment spin had probably noticed that when the system was installed the nice default Icon set disappeared and were replaced by the horrid Enlightenment-X defaults and then had to be reset, not a big deal but an annoying Quality Control detail and I sweat the details... the last 2% of pretty much every AV Linux release has just about killed me, this one is even worse because this ISO will have a much larger audience than MXDE and Enlightenment is a dark horse in a world of better known and loved Desktop Environments...

The Icons theme being forgotten not appearing issue is a deep-seated quirk of Enlightenment and how it uses the system hostname within it's Icon caching system, I won't bore you further with the geekly details... System Icons are a personal choice and the issue is that the default 'Enlightenment-X' Icon theme is missing Icons for MANY common programs and it certainly is missing them for specialized Custom AV Linux Packages and Utilities so on the first boot of the installed system about 60% of the Icons are missing... now if you know AV Linux and you've used Enlightenment before then it's trivial to select and restore the nice custom AVL Evolvere theme but if you've never laid eyes on either you're going to think it looks like crap and not know how to fix it... Several install tests have indicated to me that all my work on dozens of Custom Icons for the intended Evolvere Icon theme has been a bit misguided, if you use AVL with my intended theme it looks very tidy and cohesive with all default apps covered by matching Icons but even though Enlightenment-X is an extremely poor and basic theme pretty much switching to any other Icon theme (even Papirus) is going to miss many Icons for a lot of the AV Linux Custom Actions, Utilities and other specialized Packaging so I need to go back to the drawing board and come up with a dedicated set of Icons that get installed by default with the dozens of AVL-specific packages. This is the best future-proofing for giving people the freedom to choose whatever Icon theme they want.. I should have known better but I was really hyper focused on curating and perfecting the custom Evolvere theme.

I have made a start on a set of Icons that will get installed with the AVL Custom Packaging and they should blend fairly nicely with other themes but will also have a distinct appearance to help the User understand they are using AVL custom apps and utilities. It's a slow start and there are probably 40 or more Icons to be made. Unfortunately this is going to take a lot of spare time and delay things further...

*EDIT - Update to original Icon screenie, got into a more 'lights and shadows' idea that fits Enlightenment better..

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[siamhie]

Just as you are wrapping things up, Enlightenment puts out a new version.


Enlightenment 0.26 Released With Various Improvements
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Enlighten ... 6-Released

[AVLinux]

Just as you are wrapping things up, Enlightenment puts out a new version.


Enlightenment 0.26 Released With Various Improvements
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Enlighten ... 6-Released

Hmmm, well it's a nice thought but after the trouble I've caused with asking for PipeWire 1.0.0 in MX Main I'm not going to wear out my welcome, I think I'll be content with the current E version in Debian Stable... I think the best case scenario is possibly Enlightenment 0.26 would get in to MX-23 Test and AVL and MX Enlightenment Enthusiasts could upgrade from there at their own discretion...

[siamhie]

Just as you are wrapping things up, Enlightenment puts out a new version.


Enlightenment 0.26 Released With Various Improvements
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Enlighten ... 6-Released

Hmmm, well it's a nice thought but after the trouble I've caused with asking for PipeWire 1.0.0 in MX Main I'm not going to wear out my welcome, I think I'll be content with the current E version in Debian Stable... I think the best case scenario is possibly Enlightenment 0.26 would get in to MX-23 Test and AVL and MX Enlightenment Enthusiasts could upgrade from there at their own discretion...

Seeing as 0.26 was just released, I probably wouldn't worry about it. Even Sid still has 0.25.4 in their repo and nothing in the experimental repo.
https://packages.debian.org/search?suit ... ightenment

[AVLinux]

'YADbridge" is now separated from the need for AVL-MXE theming and Icons has it's own Icon set, perhaps in the future this will help allow some of the AV Linux tools to get into the MX Repos, lots to do yet but making some headway and the Icons list is getting worked through.. I've been heavily leaning on my subscription to the noun-project which has great resources for custom Icons!

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