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by alexjack
Sat Nov 13, 2021 2:24 pm
Forum: Software / Configuration
Topic: Lots of unrecognised login passwords in Seahorse
Replies: 0
Views: 255

Lots of unrecognised login passwords in Seahorse

In seahorse under the passwords/login category, I have 16 entries that I don't recognise and 4 that I do. They are named with one of the schemes: 1) uuid 2) uuid|Xal.10-digitnumber.Production.Default 3) uuid|Xal.10-digitnumber.Production.Msa.randomstring 4) uuid|Xal.10-digitnumber.Production.RETAIL....
by alexjack
Mon Oct 11, 2021 4:26 am
Forum: Package Requests / Status
Topic: Avidemux Video Tool?
Replies: 18
Views: 2469

Re: Avidemux Video Tool?

by alexjack
Tue Sep 21, 2021 8:50 am
Forum: Hardware /Configuration
Topic: Ryzen 5 5600G rebuild
Replies: 16
Views: 2772

Re: Ryzen 5 5600G rebuild

Is there an MX21 beta AHS repo? MX21 beta has newer kernel and mesa than MX19 AHS as far as I can see.
by alexjack
Sat Sep 18, 2021 5:41 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Does desktop Linux have a security problem? [Solved]
Replies: 14
Views: 2549

Re: Does desktop Linux have a security problem? [Solved]

Re: "Good security practices are not easy. There is little that is more dangerous that using the web as a playground for games, porn, or free stuff. Be wise." A certain young user of the system tends to run a fair few Minecraft mods from around the web. That is probably the most risky alon...
by alexjack
Sat Sep 18, 2021 5:35 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Does desktop Linux have a security problem? [Solved]
Replies: 14
Views: 2549

Re: Does desktop Linux have a security problem? [Solved]

manyroads wrote: Sat Sep 18, 2021 10:09 am If paranoia is operative, then you might consider using: https://www.qubes-os.org/
Well, I am trying to figure if paranoia is operative!
by alexjack
Sat Sep 18, 2021 5:17 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Does desktop Linux have a security problem? [Solved]
Replies: 14
Views: 2549

Re: Does desktop Linux have a security problem? [Solved]

Thanks for the input all. I have made some adjustments, the main one being I moved my sensitive info files from the 'open all the time' LUKS partition into a 'open only when needed' Veracrypt volume. Following the advice, I am considering further partitioning of activities between machines or virtua...
by alexjack
Fri Sep 17, 2021 4:08 am
Forum: General
Topic: Does desktop Linux have a security problem? [Solved]
Replies: 14
Views: 2549

Does desktop Linux have a security problem? [Solved]

I was directed to this article by a popular Linux podcast: https://madaidans-insecurities.github.io/linux.html As a still relatively inexperienced Linux user, it sounds quite scary. Particularly the comments on lack of X11 isolation and ease of accessing a sudo password. I have often wondered about ...
by alexjack
Thu Sep 16, 2021 2:30 pm
Forum: Software / Configuration
Topic: Cannot Ctrl-V on the terminal to get clipboard pasted
Replies: 8
Views: 1151

Re: Cannot Ctrl-V on the terminal to get clipboard pasted

m_pav wrote: Thu Sep 16, 2021 1:54 pm Left click and drag to highlight a block of text with your mouse, move mouse to, or switch to terminal, position cursor and centre click. Only tried on Xfce, not KDE or Fluxbox.
Ooh, I like that :happy:
by alexjack
Tue Aug 31, 2021 3:34 am
Forum: Hardware /Configuration
Topic: Corectrl
Replies: 17
Views: 3181

Re: Corectrl

Yes, read the whole thread, but for some reason I just didn't spot it in MXPI. I see it now. Doh!
by alexjack
Mon Aug 30, 2021 5:26 pm
Forum: Hardware /Configuration
Topic: Corectrl
Replies: 17
Views: 3181

Re: Corectrl

I'm looking for CoreCtrl for MX19. Can't seem to find it. Was it removed from the repo?

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