MX-23_KDE alpha2 feedback thread

[richb]

simple-scan is already installed, it shows in menu as "Document Scanner". markol proposed to replace it with skanlite and skanpage

Duh! I need to pay more attention I guess.
Document Scanner does the job efficiently and nicely in my case.

[Stevo]

Is strawberry installed by default in that ISO? I thought I had to install the MX version when I booted the ISO?

Richb, Strawberry is a more actively developed fork of Clementine.

Anyway, the MX 23 version is 1.0.17, a few releases ahead of Debian the last time I looked, and theirs is still built with Qt5. When I tried that, Strawberry cmake said that Qt 5 builds, while they work, are no longer actively supported, and recommended a Qt6 build for more features, so that's what I did for MX 23. XFCE users will want to also install qt6-gtk-platformtheme so that qt6 themes will match the GTK 3 theme...

[Adrian]

Yes, I added strawberry by default, I got whatever was available in the default enabled repos.

[dolphin_oracle]

could testers please remove the following packages, reboot, and see if your keyboards, mice, touchpads, etcc... still operate?

xserver-xorg-input-evdev
xserver-xorg-input-kbd
xserver-xorg-input-mouse
xserver-xorg-input-synaptics

that should leave xserver-xorg-input-libinput installed and taking over from the legacy drivers.

[richb]

@dolphin_oracle Yes mouse and keyboard still work. I have no other input devices.

[asqwerth]

Can you check if skanlite now scans in pdf? In the first mxkde to be released, we started with skanlite in the development /beta stage but then found it didn't give any option to scan into pdf format.

[baldyeti]

Is strawberry actually better than clementine at this stage ? Can it import clementine's config ?

For users installing while keeping their home folder, they'd have to redefine their preferences, playlists and re-scan their audio collection which can take time...

[chrispop99]

Is strawberry actually better than clementine at this stage ? Can it import clementine's config ?

There is no way Strawberry can use Clementine's config. There is a workaround, but it's pretty complicated:

https://wiki.strawberrymusicplayer.org/ ... Clementine

Personally I would stick with Clementine.

Chris

[markol]

Can you check if skanlite now scans in pdf? In the first mxkde to be released, we started with skanlite in the development /beta stage but then found it didn't give any option to scan into pdf format.

Skanlite in 5.24.7 offers to save scans in some 20+ image formats including pdf (if that's what you were asking?)

Edit: just checked... same in the MX23 KDE Alpha

[asqwerth]

Can you check if skanlite now scans in pdf? In the first mxkde to be released, we started with skanlite in the development /beta stage but then found it didn't give any option to scan into pdf format.

Skanlite in 5.24.7 offers to save scans in some 20+ image formats including pdf (if that's what you were asking?)

Edit: just checked... same in the MX23 KDE Alpha

The first MX-KDE was MX19. Skanlite scanned in tons of formats then, but not pdf. It was in the first test alpha (perhaps that was a dev-only internal alpha) until we found it did not scan in pdf.

If it's now providing pdf in MX23, then there's been an improvement and perhaps @Adrian can consider it again. However, I think those who use Plasma more often than I should chip in with their preferences. I have not much skin in this game.