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by kmathern
Tue Mar 12, 2024 12:20 pm
Forum: MX Respins
Topic: "Image disk mounter" for LXDE desktop
Replies: 4
Views: 128

Re: "Image disk mounter" for LXDE desktop

Under XFCE by doing right click on any ISO image I get the option "mount with image disk mounter". I know this could be done through terminal but I would like to have the same option in LXDE, to do it quickly. I did some research online but I am afraid of installing something that could b...
by kmathern
Mon Feb 26, 2024 2:45 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Can a m.2 nvme ssd be used with this 10 year old pc?
Replies: 14
Views: 745

Re: Can a m.2 nvme ssd be used with this 10 year old pc?

Just be aware that having upgraded all you can, a SATA SSD or a PCIe M2 SSD will only remove the constrictions of a spinning platter drive. In most any older machine, switching to a solid state drive will make a difference but you still have the limitations of the E1-series processor, an ultra low ...
by kmathern
Mon Feb 26, 2024 1:35 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Can a m.2 nvme ssd be used with this 10 year old pc?
Replies: 14
Views: 745

Re: Can a m.2 nvme ssd be used with this 10 year old pc?

That's probably the best option in term of hardware support, if it's a BIOS would not care if it's a SDD or HDD if it's SATA. From what I understand M.2 would work if the BIOS knows how to boot from PCI-E. But if you already have the M.2 drive it might be worth getting a $9 PCI-E adapter to give it...
by kmathern
Mon Feb 26, 2024 1:21 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Can a m.2 nvme ssd be used with this 10 year old pc?
Replies: 14
Views: 745

Re: Can a m.2 nvme ssd be used with this 10 year old pc?

Beware that an older motherboard might only have SATA II ports which would limit throughput to 300 MB/sec which is likely to bottleneck a sata SSD (typically capable of 500MB/s on a SATA III port from what i've seen). How would I find out the type of SATA ports it has (lspci, hwinfo, etc. ??) A rel...
by kmathern
Mon Feb 26, 2024 12:32 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Can a m.2 nvme ssd be used with this 10 year old pc?
Replies: 14
Views: 745

Re: Can a m.2 nvme ssd be used with this 10 year old pc?

Thanks for the replies. I initially didn't pay too much attention to siamhie's sata hdd to sata ssd suggestion. Mainly because the pcie x1 & x16 slots are right out in the open and don't require disassembly to get the harddrive. I'm not that handy mechanically and wasn't sure if I could figure o...
by kmathern
Fri Feb 23, 2024 1:31 am
Forum: General
Topic: Can a m.2 nvme ssd be used with this 10 year old pc?
Replies: 14
Views: 745

Re: Can a m.2 nvme ssd be used with this 10 year old pc?

I think it would work, it would be slow, since x1 does 1GB/s. if you look on Amazon you'll find PCI-e 1x to M.2 in the $9-$20 range, you can probably spare $9 to give it a try, you might even be able to return the device if it doesn't work. Even if it's slow as ssd's go I was thinking it would prob...
by kmathern
Fri Feb 23, 2024 12:08 am
Forum: General
Topic: Can a m.2 nvme ssd be used with this 10 year old pc?
Replies: 14
Views: 745

Can a m.2 nvme ssd be used with this 10 year old pc?

This isn't really a question about MX, it's a hardware related question. I have a 10+ year old Gateway pc, AMD Kabini based machine (https://www.newegg.com/gateway-sx2185-ub37/p/N82E16883113295). It's not my main machine anymore, but I've been keeping it as a backup. I would like to add a m.2 nvme s...
by kmathern
Sat Feb 03, 2024 7:01 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Time consumung: installing and updating new software or kernels..?
Replies: 72
Views: 1994

Re: Time consumung: installing and updating new software or kernels..?

@kmathern See what you started? By the way, Kent, it's nice to see you back around :hug: Yeah I do, not sure if you're happy or upset. I've always been a bit annoyed waiting on the dkms stuff to get compiled when a kernel updated/installed, especially when it was for hardware/devices I wasn't using...
by kmathern
Thu Feb 01, 2024 10:07 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Time consumung: installing and updating new software or kernels..?
Replies: 72
Views: 1994

Re: Time consumung: installing and updating new software or kernels..?

I get a false detection on the 8812au module. Don't have any realtek device. $ dumplist=""; for a in 8812au 8821au rtl8821ce; do lsmod | awk '{print $1}' | grep $a >/dev/null; status=$?; if test $status -eq 0; then dumplist+="$a "; fi; done; echo $dumplist 8812au It doesn't get d...
by kmathern
Thu Feb 01, 2024 3:37 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Time consumung: installing and updating new software or kernels..?
Replies: 72
Views: 1994

Re: Time consumung: installing and updating new software or kernels..?

I wonder if there could be a dkms cleanup tool, or maybe a step during installation that could identify un-needed dkms packages and offer to uninstall them for those who don't need them? Have it default to leaving them installed, and also explain the ramifications of removing them (positives -- less...

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