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I'm pretty sure every one's been in this situation at one time or another, where they would really like to continue using a perfectly good device, but can't because it's no longer supported. I've never let support or lack thereof determine whether or not I continue to use a particular OS. I will us...

Just use it. You don't have to junk your car once it's out of warranty, either.

j2mcgreg wrote: ↑Thu Sep 21, 2023 12:42 pm
You are also going to need one of these:
https://www.canadacomputers.com/index.p ... h=179_1160
You should buy the one that best fits the dimensions and screw holes of the HDD bays in your computer case.

I just use zip ties.

MX is based on Debian stable and the available packages are not going to be the absolute latest and greatest. If it is necessary for you to have all the latest and greatest software, then MX may not be the best choice for you. That said, if you make a request for a particular package in the appropri...

You've got a 256G drive, but it looks like you're only using 45G for your MX install, without a separate /home partition. Your MX setup is using 16G total. Doesn't seem too out of line to me. Drives: Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 16.39 GiB (6.9%) SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root ...

I choose KDE today because that's what Mepis and PCLOS used when I was getting my feet wet in Linux all those years ago. Once I get accustomed to something I stick with it until I'm given a good reason to change. A long, long time ago i briefly left KDE (3 at the time) for gnome2 in the hope that ub...

My MX-19 KDE ain't broke and don't need fixin'. Everything works just fine, thankyouverymuch. I'll update to MX-29 or whatever it is when my current OS no longer works for me.

Despite waiting for a while for bugs to be ironed out, the latest upgrade instructions simply didn't work in my case. I'm now, despite following the 'migration' instructions strictly, stuck in a constant loop of needing to enter 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' which freezes indefinitely, leading me once...

Double click. Oh, and Panel at the bottom, too. Just like God intended.

My old trusty MX 19 KDE is throwing up an error while trying to update: Preparing to unpack .../38-amd64-microcode_3.20230719.1~deb10u1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking amd64-microcode (3.20230719.1~deb10u1) over (3.20181128.1) ... dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-DmObLW/38-amd64-microcod...