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A great Linux, the second one I feel comfortable with!

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davemx
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A great Linux, the second one I feel comfortable with!

#1 Post by davemx »

https://davespagnol.wordpress.com/2018/ ... -everyone/

I've popped a little testimonial on my web site. Cheers! :number1:
Desktop: Mini-Box M350 with Asus H110i-plus motherboard, Pentium G4600 processor, 2TB SSD and 16Gb RAM DDR4-2133
Printer/Scanner: Brother MFC-J5335W
Laptop: Lenovo V15 ADA
Media Centre: Lenovo Q190

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oops
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Re: A great Linux, the second one I feel comfortable with!

#2 Post by oops »

Hello davemx ... nice web site ... me too, the second one I feel comfortable with, the last one was Ubuntu 10.04LTS.
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Stevo
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Re: A great Linux, the second one I feel comfortable with!

#3 Post by Stevo »

Thanks for the write-up! About the youtube-dl section, though: we've recently updated youtube-dl in the main repo, so that may now longer be necessary, especially if we continue to keep it up to date. Also, youtube-dl-gui uses its own internal downloaded youtube-dl which is separate from the system version (as does qmplay2), and the internal version can be updated from within the program.

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fehlix
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Re: A great Linux, the second one I feel comfortable with!

#4 Post by fehlix »

Stevo wrote: Tue Sep 25, 2018 3:18 pm Thanks for the write-up! About the youtube-dl section, though: we've recently updated youtube-dl in the main repo, so that may now longer be necessary, especially if we continue to keep it up to date. Also, youtube-dl-gui uses its own internal downloaded youtube-dl which is separate from the system version (as does qmplay2), and the internal version can be updated from within the program.
To be fair, it's not obvious to realize, that youtube-dl-gui uses it's own youtube-dl, which also updates it with one click. You find the internal used version under /home/$USERNAME/.config/youtube-dlg/youtube-dl.
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davemx
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Re: A great Linux, the second one I feel comfortable with!

#5 Post by davemx »

I've re-written the bit on YouTube-dl. My understanding is that programmers are forever catching up with changes in the YouTube site, and then the devs for each distro are, in turn, catching up with them, and changed it to an explanation of what to do if it's not working.

Hope everyone's happy with the rest of it.
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Re: A great Linux, the second one I feel comfortable with!

#6 Post by Comedido »

Hello everyone

MX is being the best experience I've ever had on Linux. I'm a rookie, really a rookie, (few months), but I felt comfortable from the first moment.

I hope to learn a lot from your experience :happy:
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fehlix
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Re: A great Linux, the second one I feel comfortable with!

#7 Post by fehlix »

davemx wrote: Tue Sep 25, 2018 2:53 pm https://davespagnol.wordpress.com/2018/ ... -everyone/

I've popped a little testimonial on my web site. Cheers! :number1:
I've just check the latest brother installation, which you also have mentioned.
Seem they did also fixed a couple of issues with their latest installer, including the /var/spool/lpd
and those lib will be installed lib32gcc1 lib32stdc++6 libc6-i386.
You can try my latest brother-downloader and installer script,
which includes also a checksum verification.
Just start it, e.g. from the command line as

Code: Select all

./brinstaller.sh 'Your-printer-model-name-here'

Code: Select all

#!/bin/bash
# brinstaller.sh
# by fehlix,  2016 -2018
#
# helper script to fetch'n'install latest Brother printer driver
#
# New Brother-Installer-Version: 27.12.2017 Version 2.2.0-1
# New Brother-Installer-Version: 13.09.2018 Version 2.2.1-1
BRDATE="13-09-2018"
BRVERS="2.2.1-1"
# http://download.brother.com/welcome/dlf006893/linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.1-1.gz
# SHA256SUM
# 4bca9b72ea14b8ffe4a5276e0b881d64f1cb5b7b29bcf06869d2cad90bd95bff  linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.1-1.gz

function usage() {
cat<<USAGE

	Usage: $0 [Brother-Printer-Model]

	This helper script will fetch and install latest 
	Brother printer-installer version $BRVERS dated $BRDATE
	Pass Brother-Model parameter or type at prompt
	like HL-L6400DW, MFC-L9570CDW, DCP-135C

USAGE
}

BROTHER="$1"
[ -z "$BROTHER" ] && read -p 'Please enter Brother Model : ' BROTHER
[ -z "$BROTHER" ] && usage && exit 1;
read -p "Ready to fetch and install Brother Model '$BROTHER' (Y/n) :" OK
[ -z "$OK" -o "$OK" = "Y" -o "$OK" = "y" ] || { echo "Abborting $0";  exit 1; }

# set -x
chksum=sha256sum
CHKSUM="4bca9b72ea14b8ffe4a5276e0b881d64f1cb5b7b29bcf06869d2cad90bd95bff"

# Please enter Brother Modell Type (e.g. HL-1030, MFC-L9570CDW, HL-L6400DW)
# HL-L6400DW

BRINS="linux-brprinter-installer-${BRVERS}"
BRIGZ=$BRINS.gz
BRURL="http://download.brother.com/welcome/dlf006893/$BRIGZ"
CHK=$BRIGZ.sha256

[ -f "$BRINS" -o -f $BRIGZ    ] || { echo wget $BRURL;  wget $BRURL; }
[ -f $BRIGZ  -a -f $CHK ] && rm -f $CHK
echo "$CHKSUM  $BRIGZ" > $CHK
$chksum -c $CHK || { echo "CHKSUM Error: abborting installer" && exit 1; }
 

[ -f $BRIGZ  -a ! -f $BRINS ] && gunzip -kv $BRIGZ
[ -f $BRINS ] && chmod +rx $BRINS && sudo -k && sudo ./$BRINS "$BROTHER"  
exit $?
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richb
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Re: A great Linux, the second one I feel comfortable with!

#8 Post by richb »

Welcome to the Forum. I have no doubt your experience will be enhanced by being on the Forum.
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AMD A8 7600 FM2+ CPU R7 Graphics, 16 GIG Mem. Three Samsung EVO SSD's 250 GB

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Re: A great Linux, the second one I feel comfortable with!

#9 Post by richb »

A clarification on the test repo in MXPI. It is not the Debian Test Repo, it is an MX test repo that is populated by our package managers. It includes some packages from Debian Testing, other distro offerings and other miscellaneous packages that are not available tin Debian Stable.
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davemx
Posts: 319
Joined: Sun Aug 12, 2018 2:31 pm

Re: A great Linux, the second one I feel comfortable with!

#10 Post by davemx »

fehlix wrote: Tue Sep 25, 2018 4:48 pm
davemx wrote: Tue Sep 25, 2018 2:53 pm https://davespagnol.wordpress.com/2018/ ... -everyone/

I've popped a little testimonial on my web site. Cheers! :number1:
I've just check the latest brother installation, which you also have mentioned.
Seem they did also fixed a couple of issues with their latest installer, including the /var/spool/lpd
and those lib will be installed lib32gcc1 lib32stdc++6 libc6-i386.
You can try my latest brother-downloader and installer script,
which includes also a checksum verification.
Just start it, e.g. from the command line as

Code: Select all

./brinstaller.sh 'Your-printer-model-name-here'

Code: Select all

#!/bin/bash
# brinstaller.sh
# by fehlix,  2016 -2018
#
# helper script to fetch'n'install latest Brother printer driver
#
# New Brother-Installer-Version: 27.12.2017 Version 2.2.0-1
# New Brother-Installer-Version: 13.09.2018 Version 2.2.1-1
BRDATE="13-09-2018"
BRVERS="2.2.1-1"
# http://download.brother.com/welcome/dlf006893/linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.1-1.gz
# SHA256SUM
# 4bca9b72ea14b8ffe4a5276e0b881d64f1cb5b7b29bcf06869d2cad90bd95bff  linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.1-1.gz

function usage() {
cat<<USAGE

	Usage: $0 [Brother-Printer-Model]

	This helper script will fetch and install latest 
	Brother printer-installer version $BRVERS dated $BRDATE
	Pass Brother-Model parameter or type at prompt
	like HL-L6400DW, MFC-L9570CDW, DCP-135C

USAGE
}

BROTHER="$1"
[ -z "$BROTHER" ] && read -p 'Please enter Brother Model : ' BROTHER
[ -z "$BROTHER" ] && usage && exit 1;
read -p "Ready to fetch and install Brother Model '$BROTHER' (Y/n) :" OK
[ -z "$OK" -o "$OK" = "Y" -o "$OK" = "y" ] || { echo "Abborting $0";  exit 1; }

# set -x
chksum=sha256sum
CHKSUM="4bca9b72ea14b8ffe4a5276e0b881d64f1cb5b7b29bcf06869d2cad90bd95bff"

# Please enter Brother Modell Type (e.g. HL-1030, MFC-L9570CDW, HL-L6400DW)
# HL-L6400DW

BRINS="linux-brprinter-installer-${BRVERS}"
BRIGZ=$BRINS.gz
BRURL="http://download.brother.com/welcome/dlf006893/$BRIGZ"
CHK=$BRIGZ.sha256

[ -f "$BRINS" -o -f $BRIGZ    ] || { echo wget $BRURL;  wget $BRURL; }
[ -f $BRIGZ  -a -f $CHK ] && rm -f $CHK
echo "$CHKSUM  $BRIGZ" > $CHK
$chksum -c $CHK || { echo "CHKSUM Error: abborting installer" && exit 1; }
 

[ -f $BRIGZ  -a ! -f $BRINS ] && gunzip -kv $BRIGZ
[ -f $BRINS ] && chmod +rx $BRINS && sudo -k && sudo ./$BRINS "$BROTHER"  
exit $?
I will do! I'll just have to set up a new partition to test it. Is the script available as a deb through the repositories? I would imagine that if it were, it would include a copyright notice for Brother? It would be great if you could install a script through the installer or synaptic, it runs and installs!
Desktop: Mini-Box M350 with Asus H110i-plus motherboard, Pentium G4600 processor, 2TB SSD and 16Gb RAM DDR4-2133
Printer/Scanner: Brother MFC-J5335W
Laptop: Lenovo V15 ADA
Media Centre: Lenovo Q190

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