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by uncle mark
Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:02 pm
Forum: General
Topic: KDE theme wipes user's files using 'rm -rf'
Replies: 16
Views: 325

Re: KDE theme wipes user's files using 'rm -rf'

Stevo wrote: Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:51 am Yes, MX KDE users will also be vulnerable.

Yet another example of why I appreciate having become old, dull, and boring. Defaults are almost always just fine with me.

"Themes? We don't need no steenking themes."
by uncle mark
Tue Mar 26, 2024 5:44 pm
Forum: MX Help
Topic: please advise best way to update from MX 19.4 xfce
Replies: 6
Views: 130

Re: please advise best way to update from MX 19.4 xfce

Will that work even between versions? I never dared that one. I upgraded my install on 21 to the test version to get as close to the one that was on 23, breathed a sigh of relief as that worked with test and then it was easy enough to cross to the new MX, but I have never done a jump from.. what is...
by uncle mark
Tue Mar 26, 2024 4:03 pm
Forum: MX Help
Topic: please advise best way to update from MX 19.4 xfce
Replies: 6
Views: 130

Re: please advise best way to update from MX 19.4 xfce

I want to preserve the fetch mail settings in Thunderbird and import all my email files. I have been saving to external SSD and HDs my Data, which includes Thunderbird emails per instructions from this Forum that I followed. thanks! This is actually quite easy. Back up the hidden DOTthunderbird fil...
by uncle mark
Thu Mar 21, 2024 4:00 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Best machine, and Intel or AMD?
Replies: 12
Views: 389

Re: Best machine, and Intel or AMD?

One last thing. I advise all Linux users to keep a mile away from machines with nvidia graphics. Their drivers are just dog awful and always create problems down the track. I've been out of the game way too long. Back in the day when I was building machines (both cheap and higher end), nVidia was t...
by uncle mark
Sun Mar 17, 2024 12:30 pm
Forum: MX Help
Topic: Mouse and keyboard froze after visited website had problem: [Solved]
Replies: 23
Views: 481

Re: Mouse and keyboard froze after visited website had problem: [Solved]

Hi Charlie, Thanks - fortunately no MX partitions were compromised so all is well plus I've been taught a bit more. I'll mark this as solved now, cheers. I'm late to this party and this may not have any relevance to your initial problem/question, but I would strongly advise installing the uBlock Or...
by uncle mark
Mon Mar 11, 2024 3:24 pm
Forum: Older Versions
Topic: MX Linux 19.4.1 in any version, not able to download, why?
Replies: 3
Views: 131

Re: MX Linux 19.4.1 in any version, not able to download, why?

timkb4cq wrote: Mon Mar 11, 2024 2:40 pm
Be aware that MX-19 reaches EOL in June 2024 after which it will receive no more updates.
That'll still give me several years. I ran M11 until about five years ago. :spinning:
by uncle mark
Sat Mar 09, 2024 6:28 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Yes, about all that old Windows 10 hardware.....
Replies: 93
Views: 2122

Re: Yes, about all that old Windows 10 hardware.....

People didn't change their OS on their PC because for the longest time, besides maybe Vista, they didn't NEED to. Even the much maligned Vista, once you had the drivers for it and installed Service Pack 1, worked well, even if it was more heavy on the system requirements than XP. Again, you guys ar...
by uncle mark
Sat Mar 09, 2024 2:15 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Yes, about all that old Windows 10 hardware.....
Replies: 93
Views: 2122

Re: Yes, about all that old Windows 10 hardware.....

I haven't "configured" anything on this MX19KDE load since I installed it, and even then it was all a point & click operation. Those of us who install our own OSs are a tiny sliver of the computing world. People buy a computer and run with what's presented to them. I've converted a han...
by uncle mark
Sat Feb 10, 2024 7:12 pm
Forum: Tips & Tricks by users
Topic: Thunderbird 115 UI mods...
Replies: 8
Views: 305

Re: Thunderbird 115 UI mods...

Eadwine Rose wrote: Sat Feb 10, 2024 7:07 pm :laugh: Ideal is when you need to pet it to get it larger ;)
Did you say what I think you said, or am I just a dirty old man?
by uncle mark
Sat Jan 20, 2024 3:21 pm
Forum: Older Versions
Topic: videodownloadhelper--companion app--update-not in pkg installer [Solved]
Replies: 8
Views: 300

Re: videodownloadhelper--companion app--update-not in pkg installer

thanks timkb4cq. well, I have the .bz2 file in my downloads folder, which is in my data folder, not in a firefox location. I did extract, now I have the .bz2 file and another file, vdhcoapp-2.0.10. This second file contains a number of files, one of them a vdhcoapp executable. I then went to xfce t...

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