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On Xfce (with i3) I just unchecked autostart Pipewire, installed Pulse, added that to start-up, rebooted and Viola! Worked like a dream.

I've just tried installing mx-23 over an existing mx-21 install. I was hoping to keep my existing home folder as described per this link (https://mxlinux.org/migration/) but no such option appeared and the new installation completed without any such prompt (I've got the snapshot of my original insta...

Eadwine Rose wrote: ↑Fri Aug 18, 2023 3:06 am Rant moved to chat forum.

Thanks for the responses. Quickly, to answer some of the questions posed: - I haven't asked for support because I like to try and solve problems myself first. I created a snapshot of my system before upgrading and used this on a new SSD which I intend to use instead of the one I'm using now. I'll tr...

Well, as stated in the title, I'm quite fed up with non-rolling releases and having to basically start from scratch every 2 years years that Debian decides to upgrade. For context, I've been a Linux convert for the past 9-10 years I love 99.9% of what mx offers - the specific mx-tools such as snapsh...

Is it just me, or does this new logo suggestion not read like MXM ?

Stevo wrote: ↑Sat Mar 18, 2023 3:00 pm
Currently under development is an MX tool that will reinstall any non-default packages, if they are available

Awesome!

I'd love a simple 'install alongside' option like we get on Calamares.

Manual partitioning simply does my head in, and I've had to install Mint as a dual-boot on other people's computers despite not personally being able to recommend it because of its Ubuntu base.

I had the same issue with Pulse audio. I fixed it by installing Google Chrome extension 'Disable Automatic Gain Control'.

Not the best solution maybe but it was driving me mad...If you're not using Chrome, I've no idea.

For what it's worth, you can also use dmenu scripts in rofi. If you replace every instance of 'dmenu' on the desired config with 'rofi -dmenu', rofi will run the script. DT did a vid on a this a week or so ago and it worked flawlessly for the scripts I experimented with: https://www.youtube.com/watc...