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If the mobo architecture is slow or the cpu is obsolete, the fact that a hypothetical usb3 to pcmcia adapter can be plugged in doesn’t mean you're going to get usb3 speeds out of it! As Robert A Heinlein pointed out many years ago "TANSTAAFL". Feel free to look it up.

The most comprehensive list I've come across is here > https://www.slant.co/topics/4281/~web-browsers-for-linux Although I've not tried most of them, so I can't say how compatible some might or might not be with MX. It's a good read anyhow. It's missing Otter-browser. Appimage of latest RC: https:/...

'Twas probably due to a popped capacitor or two. Makes the OS unstable.

JMHO,
The only way MX has of becoming a major player is if some altruistic soul comes along and donates the untold thousands necessary to qualify for a Secure Boot key of its very own.

The capability of the CARD has no bearing on the capability of the MOTHERBOARD and/or CPU.

I use...AntiX when I feel a need to get "down and dirty" with Linux. It never disappoints! There's no need to go to Arch. And, if I get bored with AntiX, there's always Salix, which is based on Slackware. The ORIGINAL distro.

Having noticed that MX uses python 2.x.x, and this uses python 3.x.x, and Pavroo at Sparky replied to my query about it needing systemd in the affirmative, my request might be a pipe dream as it were.

I have found that the so called "Security Updates" from Microsoft included a truly annoying amount of nagware to update to Win10. After awhile, the nagware turned into "forceware". I had more to fear from Microsoft than from hackers. Having to spend half my meager Internet bandwi...

https://sparkylinux.org/multibootusb/ Is it feasible to add this project to Testing? I have been using Easy2boot to accomplish the exact same thing for the last 3 years, but the versions I have used required Windows to create the multi-boot USB stick. Easy2boot claim on their website to have enable...

I have had Windows updates turned off since the Fall of 2015, effectively making MY installations of Win7 "unsupported". With the continued annual purchase of Avast for security, I have had ZERO problems. ALL of the applications I use are not connected with Microsoft in any way (other than...